Because of Cao Hao's arrangement, the daughter of the Li family was spared the embarrassment of entering the yamen, and only took a turn outside the yamen of the criminal department, and was led by Zheng Hu to the new house for resettlement.

The white-haired Gao Taijun stood outside the gate, watching everyone's carriage gradually come from the mouth of the alley.

Li Yu, who was riding on horseback, already recognized her, hurriedly grabbed the reins, turned over and dismounted, and galloped to Gao Taijun and knelt down: "Ancestor......"

Gao Taijun picked up Li Yu, looked behind him, and frowned: "Why are you the only one, your eldest brother and third brother?" ”

Li Yu replied: "There are still some formalities to be done on the side of the Yamen of the Criminal Department, and the eldest brother has followed the subordinate officials of the Governor's Yamen to go there." The third brother traveled a long distance and was physically weak, so he rode with the fourth brother and the fifth brother. ”

At this time, everyone in the carriage had already gotten out of the carriage and asked Gao Taijun for peace before approaching.

Gao Taijun looked at this and then at that, held back his tears, and led everyone into the courtyard.

Although this is a two-entry courtyard, the courtyard is relatively spacious, and there are many houses in the front and back, adding up to more than 20 rooms.

When they came to the house, led by the Wang family, everyone kowtowed to Gao Taijun in turn.

The family has been full of changes, and after a few months, they no longer think about it. Now that Gao Taijun has come forward to protect them, their originally uneasy hearts have finally settled down.

Li Yu, Li Cheng and the others are fine, but their eyes are red, and the female relatives can't help crying.

Gao Taijun's gaze slid over everyone's faces, originally there were more than 200 people in the Li Mansion in Suzhou, and nearly 70 people in the capital, which could not be compared with the illustrious family, and it was also the home of the official eunuchs.

The daughter-in-law who entered the door was not the daughter of a poor family, but a young lady from an official gentry's family, and she had not suffered anything. Unexpectedly, he was affected by the dilapidated Li family, and even the dowry was confiscated.

Gao Taijun sighed and said to Li Yu and Li Cheng: "Help your grandmother up." As he spoke, he instructed several of the little concubines of the whole family: "Help your grandmother to get up too." ”

Everyone responded, the Li Yu brothers helped the Wang family, the whole family helped the Sun family, and Gao Taijun pointed to the seat and let the two of them sit.

The others were concubines and great-grandchildren, all of whom stood and listened to Gao Taijun's teachings.

Although Gao Taijun wanted to come out alone when he left Cao's Mansion this morning, where could the Li family let the old man be like this, he grinded for a while, and asked her to bring out Qingmei and Qingtao.

Now, these two maids are waiting at the door, ready for Gao Taijun to command at any time.

Gao Taijun waited for the Wang family and the Sun family to sit down, so he called Qingmei forward and gave an order.

Qingmei responded, went to the east house and took out a box, and put it next to Gao Taijun.

Gao Taijun looked at the Wang family, saw that her hair was half gray, and she was already old, and her disgust with her was also a little lighter, and said: "Niece and granddaughter-in-law, you are also an elderly person, and now that your master is not here, you can also rest." In the future, let the granddaughter-in-law worry about it. ”

When Wang heard this, he was taken aback, looked up at Gao Taijun, and was speechless.

Gao Taijun has lived in the Li family for most of her life, and has never interfered in the Li family's family affairs, but she is not a fool, and she knows about the disputes between the Wang family and the Sun family.

When she was in Suzhou earlier, she could turn a blind eye, after all, the most difficult thing between this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is, not to mention that the Wang family is not Li Nai's biological mother.

Now, it is a difficult time for the Li family, and it is not easy to have a good life, where can they be allowed to fight among themselves.

That's why Gao Taijun is so in charge.

Seeing Wang's surprise, Gao Taijun glanced at the twin sons standing under Li Cheng, and said, "Wulang and Liulang are still young, and they still need someone to teach them, you are a grandmother, and you will have to worry more in the future." ”

Seeing that the words had deep meaning, Wang's expression froze, and he said, "The daughter-in-law respects the old lady's orders." ”

Gao Taijun nodded, asked Li Yu to step forward, sent the box to the small table next to Sun's seat, and said, "This is five hundred taels of silver, you take it first and use it for domestic use." ”

Sun got up, looked at the Wang family with an uncertain expression, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Ancestor, earlier it was the wife who took care of the house, and the daughter-in-law Sun was afraid that she would not be able to manage it well. ”

Gao Taijun shook his head and said, "Your daughter-in-law has married three of them, and she still says this." Now, no more than before, there are only a dozen or so people you need to take care of. Your mother-in-law is old, so you should do your filial piety. ”

When Sun saw this, he no longer shirked and bent his knees.

Gao Taijun nodded, and asked Qingmei to take a few silver seals, and said, "A woman's family, there must always be some silver to be around." The Li family suffered this catastrophe, and your private house and dowry were also in vain. I still have some silver, and I will give it to you today, and the amount is not much, and whether you want to like it, or if you want to add something you want, you can make up your own mind. ”

Saying that, the Qingmei was divided in turn, two hundred taels for the Wang family, one hundred taels for the Sun family, sixty taels for the three people including the Quan family, and twenty taels for each of the Zhao, Lu, and Hu families.

After distributing the silver, she said to Li Yu and Li Cheng: "I still have two thousand taels of silver, one thousand for your grandfather to spend, and one thousand to see if I can redeem your father's punishment." ”

Li Yu and Li Cheng listened, and they couldn't say anything in their hearts, they were both happy and ashamed...... * Cao Mansion, Lan Courtyard, Shangfang.

Looking at Li Nuo kneeling on the ground, Li personally helped him up and said, "I haven't seen him for more than ten years, I really dare not admit it." They are all their own family members, why do they do this great gift? ”

It turned out that Li Nuo came out of the yamen of the Criminal Department, thinking that Gao Taijun was still in the Cao Mansion, and thinking that he had received the favor of the Cao family, so he came over to greet the relatives.

"I haven't seen my aunt and grandmother for many years, and my grandson doesn't dare to be rude. This time, my grandfather and father were in Beijing, and thanks to my aunt and grandmother and cousin, my grandson was rightly thanked. Li Nuo said: "Where is the ancestor, please let my aunt and grandmother allow my grandson to go to ask for peace first, and then talk to my aunt and grandmother." ”

He is twenty-four this year, with a short beard, and he looks honest and steady, like Li Nai when he was young.

Li looked at him, thinking that Li Nai was dragged down by his father and ruined his career, and these grandchildren didn't know if they could support the Li family's door.

"The old lady can't rest assured of you, so I left here early in the morning and went to the new house." Li Shi heard him ask this and replied.

When Li Nuo heard this, he accompanied the Li family to talk for a while, but he was just telling the details of the Li family's questioning in the past few months.

When Li heard this, he sighed. For Li Xu, he couldn't say whether he was resentful or pitiful. If the cousin could listen to the admonition, restrain the light like her husband, and plan early, why did he end up like this.

After talking about the family routine, Li Nuo hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Uncle, can my cousin say, when will my grandfather be dispatched?" ”

Li said: "I mentioned it once, because your grandfather was not in good health a while ago, and now he is recuperating, it seems to be at the end of the month." You can rest assured, it will always let you go to the side. ”

Since Li Xu has been convicted, there is nothing to avoid his family, and he has been arranged to be in the Criminal Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it is not difficult to meet him.

Li Nuo listened and said, "Aunt, grandmother, grandfather is old, and grandson wants to go with grandfather and wait for grandfather." I don't know if the yamen will allow it, if not, my grandson wants to ask my cousin to ......"

Li Xu is old, and the Li family is not at ease, but Li Nuo is the eldest grandson, and Li Xu and Li Nai are not there, so the Li family still needs to be taken care of.

"Why isn't Brother Yu going? You are your father's eldest son, and this family is full of old and weak women and children, and you have to take care of them. Li asked.

"The second brother is active-minded, and he is more thoughtful than his grandson, so it is more appropriate for him to stay in the capital." Li Nuo said.

Seeing that he was insistent, Li said, "Since this is the case, I will ask your cousin to ask." ”

Li Nuo got up again and thanked him, because he was not worried about his family, he sued him, left Cao's mansion, and was led to the Li family's new house.

On the side of the Li family's new house, Gao Taijun finished explaining the matter of the silver, so he ignored everything and let the Sun family arrange it.

The Sun family arranged a place to live, and the Wang family's house, which was pointed out by Gao Taijun, was in the west room of the main house in the backyard, and Gao Taijun lived in the east room.

Other people's residences are arranged by the Sun family.

There are two transepts, and three concubines live. There are three rooms in the east wing of the backyard, for Li Cheng and his wife, and three rooms in the west chamber for Li Jian and Li Zheng's brothers.

There are three halls in the front yard, the Sun family lives on the east side, and the west house is reserved as a living room. The east chamber is for Li Nuo and his wife, and the west chamber is for Li Yu and his wife, who sit in three rooms and make a kitchen and warehouse.

When Li Nuo returned, everyone had already dispersed in front of Gao Taijun and went back to clean up their houses.

Li Nuo saw that his new home was not big, but it was well organized, and he was very grateful to Gao Taijun in his heart. He first went to Gao Taijun to ask for peace, and then said that he wanted to serve his grandfather and go to Shengjing.

Gao Taijun also thought about this, after all, there is no descendant in the Li family now, Li Xu is old again, and he doesn't know if he can survive it, and he must have children and grandchildren in front of him.

Knowing that this great-great-grandson was small and stable, she still wanted to keep him in charge of the house in Beijing, so she wanted to persuade him to stay and arrange for Li Yu to go.

Li Nuo smiled bitterly: "Ancestor, the Li family has fallen and become a family of the people, where is there anything else that needs to be taken care of by the grandson?" The third brother is not in good health, and he is bent on taking the exam, so he can't move. Although the second brother is silent, he has an idea. Today, although he borrowed the light of his ancestors to give his grandchildren a place to live, he couldn't just be idle. The second brother has the ability to accumulate wealth, and after the Li family, he has to rely on him to bother more. The grandson is just lazy and chooses a light job for himself. ”

Although the Li family is in a depression now, Gao Taijun is also quite relieved to see that several great-grandchildren are sensible.

"I still have three thousand taels of silver here, and I thought that when your father returns, I will give it to him and let him buy land or property. Since you said that Erlang has this ability, then I will give him half of it and let him do it? You have to think about it, these three thousand taels of silver are the last capital of the Li family. If it is damaged, it will be even more difficult in the future. Gao Taijun thought for a while and said.

"Sun Erxin and the second brother will not disappoint the ancestor." Li Nuo said.

Gao Taijun pondered for a moment and said, "If that's the case, then do it......"

* Cao Hao came back from the ya, and heard Li mention that Li Nuo had come to ask for peace.

Cao Hao's impression of him is still the meeting in the forty-ninth year of Kangxi, when Li Nuo was seven or eight years old, because he was a concubine, he acted very well-behaved.

Even now, he's only in his early twenties.

He is Li Nai's eldest son, and when his father and ancestors are absent, he takes care of his family. In the name of a housekeeper, he instinctively sent his brother to the exile to enter filial piety, but he wanted to go in person.

This filial piety alone made Cao Hao feel a little good: "I inherited the loyalty of my eldest cousin, if he really wants to be like this, I will make up my mind to fulfill his filial piety ......."

(To be continued)