Moshu is also the son of the Cao family, who was Cao Song's servant in his early years, and went to Tibet with Cao Song, and is one of the most useful people around Cao Song.

The ink book went to Beijing to escort the birthday gift.

In addition to the birthday gift prepared for the Li family, there was also a tribute from Cao Song to the Ouchi.

Cao Song mentioned the birthday tribute in his family letter, I am afraid that there is something inappropriate, so I asked my cousin to look at the gift list and delete it as appropriate.

There are four gilded bronze Buddha statues, eighteen white sandalwood arhats, each one foot two inches high, eight plates of Buddha beads of various colors, and two hundred catties of sandalwood.

With Cao Song's grade, it is not bad to enter this Hallolive gift. Not to mention, this birthday gift caters to the emperor's thoughts of the Buddha, and it can be regarded as his favorite.

Fortunately, the white sandalwood is not a common thing. Even in Beijing, the white sandalwood Buddha statue is priceless.

Eighteen statues, each one foot two inches, serious need a lot of materials, it is a little eye-catching.

"That's what your master collected himself?" Cao Hao asked about the ink book about the white sandalwood.

He was not afraid that Cao Song would spend money, but that Cao Song would take someone else's, this white sandalwood was too rare and valuable.

"This material was offered by Wanfu, there are two pieces in total, and the whole one was given to Li Dutai, who made people carve a three-star statue of Fu Shoulu; The two pieces of the lord are smaller, and they carved eighteen arhats. Moshu replied.

Wan Fu not only prides himself on being the descendant of Wanyun Dragon, but also holds the resources left by Hongmen in his hands, and it is not unusual for him to have some good things in his hands.

Cao Hao nodded, feeling that this birthday gift was well prepared.

But when he saw his own gift list, Cao Hao couldn't help but be stunned.

In addition to the common gold, silver and jade, there is also a white sandalwood Guanyin statue and two plates of white sandalwood hand beads.

There is no need to ask about the ink book, Cao Hao can also think that these are made of the leftover materials of the eighteen Arhats.

In previous years, this white sandalwood was only a rare thing, and now it is full of auspiciousness in the government and the opposition, and it is mostly stained with white, which makes Cao Hao have to be careful.

"Although these two things are inferior to the tribute, they are not available to people like us. Stay first, and wait until the end of the year to send a New Year's gift to Prince Yi's mansion, which can be added to it. Cao Hao said.

Moshu hesitated for a moment and said: "Master, this Guanyin has carved a total of two, in addition to sending this one to Beijing, our old lady also left one, please Qingliang Temple presiding master opened the light, now morning and evening to worship." When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said: "I know, when you go back and tell your master, just say what I said, that Guanyin can't be kept, or find a chance to give it to your fourth aunt and grandmother." ”

Moshu bowed down to answer, Cao Hao called Cao Man, and let him take Moshu to the Internal Affairs Office to give a birthday gift.

Cao Hao returned to Wutong Garden, and Chu Yu had already received a letter back.

She smiled and said, "This birthday gift, the old lady is very happy. ”

Cao Hao was stunned when he heard this: "Is it because of that white sandalwood Guanyin?" ”

"It's not because of that." Chu Yu replied: "Although the old lady also praised the rare white sandalwood Guanyin when she saw it, the rarest thing was the dried vegetables prepared by the second old lady. Hooked by Li Wei's Tuyi a few days ago, the old lady is homesick these days, how can she not be happy when she sees the dried vegetables? ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good to be happy, then Guanyin and the hand beads will be put away first." ”

Chu Yu wondered, "Why is that?" Guanyin is mostly begging for a son, and the old lady is still chattering, first look at the fourth sister's side, if there is no movement after a year and a half, invite Guanyin to them. ”

Cao Hao said: "The second child got a piece of white sandalwood and made a tribute, and the remaining materials, Guanyin and hand beads, these two things are really not suitable for staying at home." ”

Chu Yu nodded, knowing that her husband was worried.

This kind of thing is the most difficult to say, when it is peaceful, it is just Cao Song who is filial to his aunt; When it's not right, it's a "disrespectful" pigtail.

Because of this Guanyin, Chu Yu remembered something and said, "Today, Zheng Hu's family came to greet the old lady and mentioned their aunt and grandmother." Zheng invited the son of Guanyin from the temple to worship, and I heard that he had already started to eat Changzhai. It's hard to be so sincere, counting her age, she is not young anymore. ”

"Didn't mention any news from the Wang family?" Cao Hao raised his eyebrows and asked.

Chu Yu said with a smile: "I really mentioned it, saying that their uncle spent thousands of taels of silver to make up for the real shortage for his brother, and he is the same state of the sixth grade." It's just that the place is a little far away, and it's in Fujian. After Hallowe, I'm going to work. ”

"It's really cheap." Cao Hao snorted and said.

Although he has never dealt with Wang Quantai's brother, it may make Wang Lusheng and Zheng both unbearable, which is enough to see that he is disgusted.

Chu Yu is still talking about the interesting things that Zheng Hu's family mentioned when they asked for peace today.

"Zheng Hu? Zheng Hu! Cao Hao muttered in his mouth and stood up suddenly.

Chu Yu was taken aback and said, "Master, what's wrong?" ”

Cao Hao said: "I haven't seen him for a few days, and I just want to see him, so I sent someone to invite him over, and I want to have a good drink with him today." ”

Chu Yu looked out the window, and wondered: "Master, it's already dinner time, isn't it okay to go and call people directly?" Besides, the old lady instructed the kitchen to make a few dishes with dried vegetables, saying that she told us to go to the Orchid Garden for dinner. ”

At this time, Cao Hao also calmed down.

Zheng Hu is different from Cao Song, he is just the commissioned infantry military academy of Zheng Liupin, and he wants to go to the northwest, and he has to turn a few scenes in the middle, which is not something that can be thought about clearly for a while.

Besides, it depends on Zheng Hu's wishes.

Willing to go out to support the identity of the sister, and willing to go to the northwest to use their lives to be rich and noble.

The husband and wife went to Orchid Garden together, and several children also came back one after another, and the big guy accompanied Li to dinner lively.

Although I heard Li's praise and praise, Changsheng and Tianbao were still not used to eating southern-style dishes, and they only sandwiched one or two chopsticks.

Li Shi saw it and didn't say anything, but there was something wrong in his heart.

The older generation of the Cao family has been born in the old country, and the younger generation has grown up one after another, speaking Beiyin, and eating and drinking hobbies are no different from those in Beijing.

The Cao family's decades in Jiangning have been separated by too long.

Except for her, no one seems to remember the official residence of Jiangning Weaving Mansion, which was once the home of the Cao family.

Thinking of these, Li was a little sentimental, and his spirit was a little sad.

Seeing this, Cao Hao sent Chu Yu to disperse with the children and stayed by himself.

"The old lady doesn't have to be sad, Jiangning is not far from the capital. When the spring of next year begins, the old lady will go to the south for a walk, and it won't take much time. Cao Hao sat on a chair by the kang and comforted Li Shidao.

Li shook his head and said, "It's just that I've been thinking a lot for a while." Thousands of miles away, tossing once. Isn't it that easy? I don't know if people are old and love to think about the things that happened earlier. Yesterday I dreamed of your father again...... Dream of your grandmother too...... Your grandmother is in good spirits, and I will give her tea ......", said in the end, with a bit of a trance.

Seeing this, Cao Hao was worried that his mother was depressed and hurt, and said: "Xiao Si's errand is idle, and when the New Year comes, let him take two months off from the yamen and accompany you to Jiangning." Tianyou and Hengsheng's family affairs are almost in the second half of next year, and the second aunt is an elder in the family and will always come back to participate. My mother used to stay for a few months, and she happened to come back with her second aunt. ”

Li straightened his waist and hesitated, "Is this good?" Wouldn't it be too much trouble for the little four? “

Cao Hao said with a smile: "If you can go back to Jiangning with the old lady's light, maybe Xiaosi won't be able to save her." He also grew up in Jiangning until he was a teenager, even if he couldn't catch up with the old lady's thoughts, he might have the opportunity to go back to the south to see, and he would be full of joy. “

When Li heard this, he had hope and said, "It's a long way away, isn't it cheap on the road?" ”

Cao Hao said: "As long as it is not the ice period of the first month of the winter moon, the internal affairs government has a boat to and from the capital and the south, but it is the most convenient to say hello to the sixteenth master." ”

Li's face showed a little expectation, Cao Hao accompanied the old lady to count the days, now it is the middle of October, if you travel in February next year, that is, three and a half months, a hundred and ten days of hard work, fast and fast.

After enlightening his mother, Cao Hao waited for the Li family to settle down before returning to Wutong Garden.

Chu Yu said with guilt: "It's all mine, knowing that the old lady is homesick, and I don't know how to solve it, I led the old lady to talk about the early years in an afternoon, which made the old lady think more and more about the south." ”

Cao Hao told Chu Yu that he planned to arrange for Li to return to Jiangning in February next year.

Chu Yu was happy at first, and then hesitated: "Even if the old man is not free, I will follow and serve the old lady......"

Cao Hao waved his hand and said, "The matter is arranged for the old lady to go back to the south to relax, where is there a shortage of people to wait?" You just want to follow, the old lady won't follow, there are so many housework, and you can't do without ......". Now that they have this plan, the husband and wife no longer have to worry about Lee's depression and illness.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day Cao Hao went to the yamen, he sent someone to Zheng's house to spread the word and invite Zheng Hu to come here for dinner in the evening.

When he arrived at the Yamen, Cao Hao first looked at the newspaper and approved the documents as usual.

Not long after, a commotion was heard in the distance.

The yamen is a heavy place, and it is not a vegetable market, how can anyone make a fuss?

Without Cao Hao's orders, Jiang Jian had already taken the first step to inquire about the news.

didn't wait for Jiang Jian to come back, the sixteenth elder brother arrived.

The sixteenth elder brother held back a smile, looked at Cao Hao, and said very gloatingly: "The mouth that eats people is soft, and the hands that take people are short, and what I am talking about is your household." Not only has it been someone's 'carbon mirror', but it is also a good student to do things for others, what does it look like to procrastinate? ”

"The astronomical scope is coming?" Cao Hao was surprised: "Did his head be caught by the door, and who offended him?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother smiled unkindly: "Who knows, he is a notoriously mean person, and who knows what he is holding onto?" You don't have to go out, Zhang Tingyu is here, see how Zhang Tingyu copies......"

When Cao Hao heard this, he felt quite happy.

If Zhang Tingyu is not there, he will be the one who will make the fabric.

If the astronomical mirror does not give up, whether it makes sense or not, it will be a shame for both of them.

Cao Hao called someone to serve tea and said, "The Sixteenth Master came to look for me?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother smiled: "Exactly, I came to report the good news, if you are going to move......