The next time, after breakfast, Cao Hao accompanied the Li family to Li's house.

It is not the second-entry courtyard that the Gao family placed in his early years, but the old mansion of the Li family in Dongzhimen.

The house here was sold by officials when the Li family was raided earlier. Cao Hao had planned to buy it secretly, but he didn't expect it to be a step too late, and the house here and several other properties of the Li family in Beijing were all transferred at a discount by several families in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Until October of the year before last, before the Li family's birthday, before the palace gave the princess's old mansion near the Xidan archway, the internal affairs office got the news first, remembering the relationship between the Li family and the Li family, so they made the old mansion of the Li family as a "birthday gift" and sent the house deed.

In the capital, it cannot be said that every inch of land is gold, but the ancestors of the Li family were officials to governors in the early years, and this house is naturally not small.

The Li family was unwilling to accept generous gifts for nothing, but this house had a different meaning to the Li family, so they still accepted it after all. just took out the private money again and asked Chu Yu to prepare a similar return gift.

The old house of the Li family was given to the Li family by the Li family.

Because of Li Xu's criminal status, it is not appropriate to have private property under his name, so the house here falls directly under Li Nai's name.

For this, the Wang family was still holding his breath in his heart, and he talked to Li Xu twice in private.

According to her meaning, Li Jiao and Li Zheng are Li Ding's flesh and blood, so they should inherit the incense of the second room, so as not to have no one to serve Li Ding after his death.

In this way, the descendants of the Li family were divided into two houses.

The old house is an ancestral property, even if it is outflowed, and the old aunt and grandmother send it back, it should be regarded as a public industry, and what is the matter if it falls directly into the name of the big house?

Li Xu saw that she was confused, and he didn't persuade her, but said: "After a hundred years, do you want to go out with Wulang and Liulang?" ”

When Wang heard this, he was startled and said, "I am the wife of the grandfather, and the eldest master is here, why do you want to spend time with my grandchildren?" ”

Li Xu said: "If you don't have that idea, let's live in peace, what a big house, a second room, it will be the boss who will give you a pension in the future......"

Although the Wang family is partial to Li Jiao and Li Zheng in her heart, she also understands in her heart that the pillar of the Li family is still Li Nai's house......

Li Xu got the news yesterday and knew that Li's mother and son were coming over today, so he ordered someone to clean his house inside and out.

But the smell in the house can't be eliminated by cleaning.

When Cao Hao came after Li, he was choked by the smell that came from his nose.

Even the Li family was stunned by the smell.

This taste is none other than the "old man's taste".

It's just that seeing Li Xu's unaware appearance, Li can only pretend that he doesn't know, greet Li Xu, and then sit on the chair in front of the kang.

Li Xuyuan refused to lie down to entertain guests, and in the morning he ordered someone to carry him to the Luohan Collapse. But then I started coughing, and I couldn't do it, so I had to go back to the kang and lie on my back.

Now that I see + Li's, Li Xu is half leaning on the pillow, and his face still shows a little joy; When he looked at Cao Hao behind Li, he smiled and nodded, but he didn't deliberately get close as before, his eyes turned to Li again, and he looked like he wanted to say something.

Seeing this, Li glanced at Cao Hao with some hesitation.

Cao Hao picked the corners of his mouth and smiled, and said to Li Nai next to him: "Some people haven't seen the eldest cousin, if the eldest cousin is free, how about talking to the younger brother for a game?" ”

Li Nai hurriedly said: "My forehand is itchy, cousin, don't be idle, I'm a stinky chess basket." ”

Cao Hao confessed to Li Xu and withdrew from the house with Li Nai.

After entering the study in the West Wing, Cao Haofang said: "Look, my uncle's complexion is much better than that of the first month, and I want to come to recover in sight." ”

Li Nai shook his head and said gloomily: "It's just because the weather is getting warmer...... But the doctor explained clearly, the old man's lungs are not good, and he is afraid of cold...... Even if the wheezing is lighter in spring and summer, I am afraid that it will be worse in autumn and winter, and at that time, we will have to resign ourselves to fate......"

Cao Hao listened and couldn't help but be silent.

In fact, Li Xu is too old to be old, and he is already a long life expectancy in this era.

Although Cao Hao does not have a deep relationship with him, he knows what he means to his mother, and still hopes that the old man can live for two more years......

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In Li Xu's room, Li Xu looked at Li and said: "The Wang family is getting more and more confused, I want to talk to you yesterday again, it's all unscored, I have already said her, my sister doesn't have to take it to heart......"

When Li heard this, he felt more and more guilty.

Li Jiao and Li Zheng brothers, who are sixteen years old, will be counted as Ding if they are born in a few months.

With the current ability of the Cao family, Cao Hao really has the heart to take care of it, and it is not too difficult to arrange an errand for the twins.

But because Cao Hao was estranged from the Li family, he rarely took the initiative to take care of the Li family's affairs, and the Li family did not want to embarrass his son, so he avoided saying anything about this matter.

Now that I'm in front of my cousin, I can't deceive myself in the end.

Regardless of whether she is the daughter of the Li family or not, it is a fact that she has been taken care of by the Li family for more than ten years.

The person in front of him and the deceased Han family, named brother and sister-in-law, can actually play the role of adoptive parents when Gao Taijun ignores the world.

Just because Li Xu is a man and concentrates on foreign affairs, the relationship between the brother and sister is lighter, and they are not as close as mother and daughter as Han and Li.

"I really can't do my best in the matter of official learning, but don't worry, big brother, as long as I'm still here, I won't make it really difficult for my nephews and grandchildren. Big brother, you are old, you should be a good life and enjoy happiness, and you must no longer be sad for your children and grandchildren. Li Shi said with concern.

Li Xu shook his head and said: "Over the years, I have inherited too many sisters, and my children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren. Compared with previous years, today's words are much better......" Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment and said: "I left my sister behind, I have a few words I want to explain to my sister......"

Li Shi listened and hurriedly said: "Although the eldest brother commands, although I can't guarantee anything, I will definitely do my best." ”

Li Xu was silent for a while before he took out a palm-sized silk bag from under the pillow and said solemnly: "I shouldn't bother my sister anymore, but it's not good to drag it out any longer, so I can only ask my sister for help with a thick old face." As he spoke, he sent the silk cloth bag to Li.

Seeing Li Xu like this, Li also added solemnity, and took the silk bag, although it didn't have much weight, he still felt heavy in his hand.

Li Xu motioned for Li to open it, and when he looked at the contents inside, Li couldn't help but widen his eyes.

It turned out to be a stack of bank bills from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than a dozen of them.

The top one is one thousand taels of silver, and then flipping back, there is nothing smaller than this one, and the last one is ten thousand taels.

This stack of silver tickets was deposited at different times, and all of them added up, estimated to be 30,000 or 40,000 taels.

"Big brother, this is ......" Seeing this, Li Shi was shocked.

Li Xu stroked his beard and said: "After the opening of the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, people were asked to save it one after another, and it did not use my name, and outsiders did not know." ”

Li looked at the stack of silver tickets, and could somewhat understand his cousin's thoughts.

The Li family's crime was that there was a huge deficit, and after the Li family was confiscated, there was still a big hole left. These tens of thousands of taels of silver went in, but it didn't help, they hid and passed on to their descendants, and there was hope for the family to turn over.

It's just that I didn't expect that my cousin would entrust this money to himself.

After thinking about it, Li nodded and said, "Don't worry, cousin, I will definitely give this silver to the children in the name of ......."

Unexpectedly, Li Xu continued: "These are just small heads, and the big heads are not deposited in the bank, but hidden in the tomb of Tongzhou...... Under the old lady's tombstone, there are five thousand taels of gold, which was left by the old lady in his early years; Under your sister-in-law's tombstone, there are 5,000 taels of gold, which I buried when your sister-in-law was buried in the ground. ”

Li Shi was surprised at first, but at the end he showed some disapproval: "Ten thousand taels of gold is one hundred thousand taels of silver...... Coupled with these deposits in the bank, the eldest brother is enough to make up for the shortfall...... Why do you have to suffer that......

Li Xu sneered: "Although the deficit on Li Jiaming's face is more than 100,000 yuan, even if the deficit is filled, there will be other crimes...... It's just a son of heaven and a courtier......"

Li Shi was speechless, showing a little embarrassment: "Big brother, if 30,000 or 40,000 yuan is transferred from my sister's hands, and then given to the children, it is not too much trouble...... Even if it is spread outside, it is just a few words to the younger generations of the mother's family...... But with that 10,000 taels of gold, the movement will be big......"

Everyone knows that the Li family has a rich private house, and "took out" tens of thousands of taels to buy property for the Li family, which is now poor, and barely said it in the past.

After all, the Li family has the grace of nurturing the Li family.

But "taking out" more than 100,000 taels of silver to "subsidize" the Li family is a little unreasonable.

After all, the Cao family's wealth on the bright side is not much more than hundreds of thousands.

Li Xu shook his head and said, "It's only the silver that bothers my sister to get over it, and I don't plan to move the gold...... Wang is not the biological mother of the eldest child, and has two own grandchildren, so he is becoming more and more stingy, biased and sincere, and does not like to care...... Nuo Ge'er is filial, but in the end, he is a concubine, and when Cheng'er comes back, this family will be handed over to Cheng'er after all. When Cheng'er came back, his sister quietly told him where the gold was buried, and said that I said that within twenty years, the gold should not be used......" Speaking of this, he sighed and said: "If Cheng'er has a ...... Wait for Nuo Ge'er to support the door, and then tell Nuo Ge ......"

Listening to the meaning of Li Xu's words, he not only prevented the Wang family from being consumed, but also did not believe that the eldest son had the ability to join the family.

It's not bad, it's just a little cooler.

Li Shi was silent for a while, and said: "Since it is a matter of hiding gold, the eldest brother has an arrangement in his heart; Then these tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets, please make a charter for the eldest brother, and the younger sister will definitely follow it......"

Li Xu said: "Half of the silver money bothered my sister to help buy the land, find a reason to send it over, and use it as public property...... The other half, two thousand taels for Brother Yu'er, and two thousand taels for Xiangyu's body...... The two of them, brothers and sisters, in the end, are my blood and blood, dragged down by the family, and suffered a lot in the early years, I, as a grandfather, must always do my best...... For the rest, don't move for the time being, after I close my eyes, if there is a bad peace in the family, who has been wronged, please ask my sister to come forward to appease some...... Wang has been with me all my life, and Nuo'er has accompanied me to endure hardships in the Northeast. It's hard for the two of them to get through it......"

Li said: "Okay, my sister has written it down, and I will act according to the arrangement of my eldest brother......"

The Li family and Cao Hao's mother and son returned home after lunch at Li's house.

After returning home, Li directly called his son into Fuyuan Hall, and then sent the maids out and told him about the silver ticket.

The matter of hiding gold, the Li family did not say anything, not because he didn't believe his son, but because he didn't want his son to despise the Li family even more.

There is a definite number in the Qing Dynasty, not to mention the side, only to say that the 10,000 taels of gold, the old lady of the Li family and Li Xu are suspected of "greedy for ink".

When Cao Hao heard this, he always felt that something was wrong.

Even if the name of the Li family is not signed, the money from the Bank of the Internal Affairs Department is indeed saved by the Li family.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and even if it is secret, who knows if there will be clues outside.

If outsiders really want to know, it seems that the Cao family hid family property for the Li family, which violated the law.

However, even since the Li family had already accepted these silver tickets, he was unwilling to say anything, which caused the old lady to feel uneasy.

He had already made a plan in his heart, and after a few days, he would find a reason to collect the Li family's silver ticket from his mother.

The Li family's silver tickets did not move, and they made up the more than 30,000 taels of silver by themselves, not for the side, but to buy their mother's peace of mind.

But he didn't know that these silver tickets, before and after they were rediscovered, had only been stored for a few hours.

That night, before going to bed, Li sent all the maids away, and lit the more than a dozen silver tickets one by one and burned them to ashes......

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Came to participate in the annual meeting of the starting point, lived with Futian mm on the first night, chatted excitedly, stayed up all night until dawn, excited, and did not calm down to code words. The tragedy of the next day.,I fell asleep before I finished the code.,The second half of the chapter was only finished today...... I didn't update it if I owe two chapters.,Back to Yanjing today.,I'll make it up as soon as possible.。

Everyone should also see that the Chongkang characters are beginning to take a curtain call.

Xiao Jiu doesn't want to control the fate of the characters in the book, and tries to give them a reasonable future.