No matter what happened to Zhao Jia's family, Cao Song was his son's after all, and he still went to visit Shaoyuan first after all.

The imperial doctor has already come to ask for the pulse, but he only said that he was in a hurry to attack the heart, and prescribed two prescriptions for good health conditioning. When Chu Yu saw Cao Song coming, he avoided first and let their mother and son talk.

At the gate of the courtyard, Cao Hao was standing, waiting for Chu Yu to come out.

Chu Yu lowered his head and looked at his chest, but his expression was a little wrong.

Cao Hao only thought that the imperial doctor said something bad, and asked, "What's the matter, you are seriously ill?" It won't be long before the second uncle will be in addition to filial piety, if the second aunt is sick, it will be chaotic enough. ”

Chu Yu shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal, just take care of it for a few days." Second brother, is this a reparation? Do we need to be guarding here? ”

Cao Hao glanced at the side of the main room and said, "I have already told him, and he knows in his heart that he will not play tricks again." Let's go back quickly, I haven't seen my daughter for two hours, and I'm worried about it. ”

Since he knew that Cao Song would not make trouble, Chu Yu had nothing to say, and the husband and wife went back to Wutong Garden together.

Tianhui has already woken up from a sleep, and she is about to breastfeed. Chu Yu took the child from the ** hand and gave the milk herself. Cao Hao saw that her daughter was eating sweetly, and she was very conflicted. I hope she can grow up early, but I am afraid that she will suffer when she grows up.

Chu Yu thought of the little girl she was looking at in the silver building, although she was not very old, she had a good appearance, on par with Wu'er, and Tianhui didn't know what she looked like when she grew up...... Peony Courtyard, upper room.

When Zhao Jiashi saw Cao Song coming in, he snorted coldly, turned his face away, and didn't look at him. Cao Song saw his mother lying on the bed with a towel on her forehead and a white face, and she already regretted it a little in her heart.

He stepped forward and sat on the edge of the kang, but he didn't know how to coax him.

Lu Ju, who was originally standing by the kang, saw Cao Song coming, leaned over, and retreated.

"Mother, the son didn't mean anything else, but he saw that his aunt and Xiaosi were scared like that, so he ...... in a hurry" Cao Song saw that Lu Ju was going out, so he said in a huff.

Zhao Jia's didn't listen to it, but after hearing it, his heart came up again. She got up with a "slam", threw the towel on her forehead on the kang, and said, "Why am I boiling my heart and lungs?" Are you out of tune? I know how to call the shots for my brother, but what do I think of as a mother? Whose son dares to disobey his mother like this? It's all because I've indulged you, and I'm getting more and more unruly, right? ”

Cao Song turned around and said, "Mother, my sons are twenty years old, not a child, I know that my mother wants to save some money." But it's not so provincial, Aunt Jade is already in her thirties, and she grew up next to the old lady since she was a child. Although his status is not high, he has never left our house and has never suffered outside. If you don't keep her, how about leaving her a woman's home? If she had the idea of going down the aisle, she would have mentioned it after her father died. If you don't look at anything else, just look at her serving her father for three years of filial piety, and her son should also support her for the rest of her life. ”

Zhao Jiashi was told by his son, with a little shame on his face, and said, "You young man, what do you know? How good is this widow? She doesn't have a son and a half daughter, how will she survive in the next few decades? ”

Cao Song heard his mother mention the child, frowned, and said, "Mother, have you forgotten? In the month my father died, my mother was sick, and if it weren't for serving my mother, my aunt wouldn't have lost her child...... But I don't know if it's a little brother or a sister...... Because of this, the son looks at the fourth aunt more differently than the third aunt......"

Cao Quan's wife and concubine were not originally ranked, but after Lu Mei entered the house in the 49th year of Kangxi and made a second room, Baodie and Jade were only ranked.

Zhao Jiashi remembered the old things, and his expression was also a little moved, but he still pouted and said angrily: "Your father is alive, and I have to tolerate this concubine's room; Now that everyone is gone, I can't be a widow alone? ”

Cao Song saw that his mother's words were right, and said: "Even if the fourth aunt is willing to go, isn't there still the third aunt?" Mother pondered these useless things, but added to her own blockage. ”

Zhao Jiashi saw that his son was crackling, and he spoke much better than Pingsu Lisuo, turned his head and asked, "This is all what your brother taught you, let you coax me?" ”

Cao Song shook his head and said, "Mother, it's the son who has figured it out himself." In the past, my mother had to worry about everything, and my mother thought a lot, which was really hard work. Now that the son is older, he will not let his mother worry about it in the future. ”

Zhao Jiashi listened, but he was a little stunned, it seems that his son has really grown up. She only felt that her eyes were sour, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or what, as if her throat and eyes were blocked by something, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

I heard Cao Song say again: "Mother, my son just told my brother that he is not ready to take the exam, so please ask my brother to help him find a relationship and make up an errand." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Jiashi was attentive and hurriedly asked, "Your brother answered?" But what errands can you make up? It would be nice to make up for the guards, which is both decent and idle. As he spoke, his face was already showing joy.

When Cao Song saw it, he was afraid that Zhao Jia's would be regarded as a quasi-letter, and he would be disappointed if he couldn't make up for it, so he hurriedly said: "Mother, the palace guards all have a quota, where is it so easy to make up?" If there is no vacancy, it is just looking for a relationship, and it is not useful. ”

The guards in the palace are usually double stilts, and the reward is three squads, and the lowest grade is also the sixth grade. When Zhao Jiashi thought of this, he was looking forward to it, but he also knew that what his son said was right. Who has no foundation for this person who can make up for the guards?

That's really a radish and a pit, a few days ago, when Zi Tianhui was full moon, I heard someone mention whose kid wanted to make up a guard, spent eight thousand taels of silver, and failed to do so.

"If this guard can't make up for it, then what other errands can he make?" Zhao Jiashi asked.

Cao Song said: "Who knows, you have to see where there are vacancies." The left and right sons are on an errand for the first time, and they can be done when they have a share of the errand. After earning a fortune, it is good to subsidize the family. ”

The eldest son was expected to be on an errand, and Zhao Jiashi couldn't care about being angry, and looked at his son and said: "You will be removed in a few days, I didn't know that you were going to go out on an errand, and only four sets of clothes were cut for you in the change of seasons, where can this be?" Ming'er called the tailor over and cut a few more sets of clothes for you. I still have some good materials here, or I brought them from the south, I wanted to wait for you to do a happy event before cutting your clothes, but now I can use it first. ”

Seeing that his mother was in a good mood, Cao Song hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Mother, the cousin of my uncle's family will be given to the third child!" ”

Zhao Jia's heart is still beautiful with a small abacus, thinking that the eldest son has both a cousin and a cousin in the capital, but after a few terms, he has a great future. Although the husband has also been in office for more than 20 years, after all, he started from the seven-pin county order, and he is only a five-grade in the end. On his son's side, even if he can't catch up with his brother, he is still much better than his old son.

Thinking of her husband, she couldn't help but feel sad.

Thinking like this, Zhao Jiashi didn't listen to Cao Song's last words, and raised his head and asked, "Huh? What to give to the third child? ”

Cao Song knew that his mother was in a hurry, and if he didn't make it clear, then after the filial piety was removed, he would have to settle the matter. If that's the case, isn't it sad to die?

"If my mother really likes Cousin Ruhui, I'll give it to the third child! The cousin is two years older than the third child, and the two of them are also the right age. Cao Song said stiffly.

Sure enough, Zhao Jiashi listened, frowned, looked at Cao Song for a long time, and said, "What's the matter, where is your cousin not worthy of you?" Ruhui wants to have a good look, and she wants a family background, if she was not sick the year before last and delayed the draft, or Fujin in the palace would have done it. Now that I have given up my old face, I have begged your uncle several times, and I have been doubly careful in front of your aunt, so that I have a little hope. But now you say this. Since our Zhaojia clan's daughter is not worthy of you, are you still thinking about what golden branches and jade leaves? ”

Cao Song lowered his head and said: "Mother, what golden branches and jade leaves are not golden branches and jade leaves, this is to marry a daughter-in-law for yourself, if it is pleasing to the eye, it is in my heart, but it is more noble than golden branches and jade leaves." If it is not eye-catching, it is a golden branch and jade leaf, and it is as annoying as a dog's tail grass. ”

It was the first time Zhao Jia's heard his son talk about this, and he was very surprised, with a little surprise, and said: "What kind of flowers and grass, what do you mean, which girl's daughter have you fallen in love with?" Which one is it, I want to hear it, whose daughter is so good? Even my Zhaojia clan's concubine is even down. ”

Cao Song knew that her mother was a bit snobbish, but Jinghui's truth was difficult to say now, so he said vaguely: "The eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, her family is a big Manchurian family, and she may not be able to look down on our family." ”

Hearing his son say this, Zhao Jia's became more and more curious, and said, "Manchurian big family...... Tong Jia's? Guarga's? Fucha's? Or Nara? Our family has even married the county lord Gege, and can't marry her daughter? ”

Half of what Cao Song said was the truth.

That's what Jinghui means, and he can't make up his mind. It's just that when he goes over there now, Jinghui rarely shows up, and mostly asks Chun'er to come out and spread the word.

There are only two "Dong E families" who come and go with Cao Mansion, Jinghui and their grandchildren, how dare Cao Song mention it. After all, the matter of Kali has made a lot of noise, and it is the woman of the Zhaojia family who has also heard about the affairs of Dong E's family.

She also felt it in front of Cao Song, after all, Kali was prominent in Jiangning back then, and for a while, she was in the limelight.

Therefore, Cao Song said: "Mother, don't ask, wait for her son to come down on an errand, and then beg to see." Ruhui's cousin's side, the mother must not mess around, the son will not marry her. ”

This curiosity is curiosity, when it comes to business, Zhao Jia's family is a little difficult, and said: "No, although I didn't listen to your aunt's decision, but it's almost six or seven points, how can this be good?" ”

Cao Song saw that his mother didn't say anything, and hurriedly said: "Mother, you like your niece and want her to be your daughter-in-law, and your son can understand it; The son looks down on that girl, her background and upbringing are all the best choices, but the son only wants that one in his heart, and the mother is also considerate and considerate of her son, okay? ”

Seeing Cao Song so solemn, Zhaojia frowned and said, "Since you have this heart, why didn't you tell me earlier, now this is not up or down, but how is it good?" ”

"In the end, it is the father's filial piety, how can the son talk to his mother about these things, is the son still a person? Today, he confessed to his mother, hoping that his mother would love her son. Cao Song lowered his head and muttered.

Zhao Jiashi sighed and said, "Wait and see, as you said, when you come down on an errand, you will think about the matter of the marriage......

* Turn, half a month passed, and on the tenth day of the eighth month, it was the second room "except filial piety".

In the morning, Zhao Jia's family took his son and daughter to move Cao Quan's spirit master from the inner hall of the peony courtyard to the ancestral hall to settle down, and it was necessary to burn incense and bow down.

After that, everyone changed out of filial piety clothes and wore new clothes. This period of filial piety is in the past.

Relatives and friends came one after another, Chu Yu accompanied Zhao Jia's family to entertain his relatives, and Cao Hao took Cao Song's brothers to receive male guests in the front yard.

There are all kinds of customs of "removing clothes", some invite Taoist priests to do waterway dojos, and some invite opera troupes to come to the house to sing big operas. But there is one thing that is indispensable, and that is to set up a table and eat wine.

In the past, people paid attention to white ceremonies and ceremonies were more grand than red ceremonies. This "removal of clothes" is also a big thing, not only close relatives, but also people who have a little friendship, all of them have to come over to give gifts and eat wine. Among them, including Tian Jiashi, the daughter-in-law of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Langzhong Ma Liandao.

Tian Jia's second daughter is sixteen this year, and she has also reached the age of talking about others. Because she is a family of coaters, her daughter was supposed to participate in the annual "small election" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But Tian Jia's family felt sorry for her daughter, how could she be willing to send her to the palace as a palace maid to wait for someone. Therefore, I entrusted someone early and was unsuccessful, which can be regarded as a waiver of errands.

For the brothers of the Cao family, Tian Jia's family had already made people inquire carefully, and they knew that they were not married, so they had some thoughts in their hearts.

In front of Zhao Jia's family, Tian Jia's family had to flatter two sentences, and his words showed so much meaning.

Zhao Jia's family saw that someone took the initiative to get married, and he was secretly happy in his heart. She regretted a little why she was so dead-faced in front of her sister-in-law, as if she was as good as Hui, which made her sister-in-law stand up to the fullest.

However, the Ma family is coated, but Zhaojia's can't look down on this. Thinking of what her son said about the big Manchurian family, she couldn't help but mutter, whose family is it......

(To be continued)