Cao Mansion, Peony Courtyard, Upper Room.

Sun Jue asked the two brothers-in-law about their homework, and at the same time pondered in his heart, I don't know what Cao Hao said to the two elder brothers, is this considered a private marriage to the elder brother?

Cao Ying was in the middle and asked her mother how the medication was. After all, there are still a few days before the New Year, and if you are still sick until the first month, you will be blamed.

Speaking of taking medicine, Zhao Jia's is a little strange. Because the taste of the medicine is obviously "insufficient" after drinking these two days, there is no medicinal taste. Because of the change of a doctor this time, Zhao Jiashi also wondered if the other party was a quack doctor and prescribed a random prescription to fool her.

She told her daughter what she was confused about, Cao Ying hurriedly shook her head, and said: "Mother thinks too much, people like us, there are only so many people who invite people to come to the house for diagnosis, all of them have jobs in the hospital, how dare they fool people?" ”

Zhao Jiashi sneered and said: "If this is the case, it is because there is less ginseng, and I always feel that there is no medicine!" ”

Cao Ying said: "Didn't my mother say that the last time I prescribed a prescription to remove the fire, these are for treating headaches and insomnia, the prescription is different, the medicine in it is different, and the taste is different!" ”

"Maybe they can't bear good medicine!" Zhao Jiashi heard this, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

Cao Ying was bowing his head to help Zhao Jia's legs, but he didn't hear it, and raised his head and said, "Good medicine?" What is a good medicine? ”

Zhao Jia's family still wanted to nag and nag her daughter to be dissatisfied, but she has never been tough in front of her children, and she can't pull her face to say that she is deflated. Therefore, she pursed the corners of her lips and said, "Nothing! What kind of medicine is not a medicine, no matter how good it is, it can be eaten as a meal! ”

Cao Ying's surname is soft, and she is not annoyed when she is robbed by her mother, and said: "Mother is not suitable for the weather in Beijing, dry and cold, and my daughter is not suitable for the first two years!" ”

Zhao Jiashi said: "You are born in the south and grew up in the south, and you haven't even seen snowflakes a few times, so you can't stand the cold in Beijing." I grew up in the capital, and I went to Jiangnan with your grandfather when I was a teenager. Speaking of Jiangnan, she really thought about it in her heart.

This is also strange, before entering Beijing, she was full of thoughts about the good in Beijing; After entering Beijing, I remembered that I was in the south, but it was strange. Thinking of Concubine Li again, although the two were a little unhappy when they first arrived together, they got along very well after that.

Here in the capital, although there are many sisters-in-law, cousins, cousins, and cousins, there is not even one who can do a good job.

When Cao Ying saw her mother mention Jiangnan, she looked longing and asked, "Mother, is this thinking about Xiao Wu?" ”

Zhao Jia's thought of his young son who took the initiative to stay in Jiangning, and his heart couldn't help but catch fire, and he frowned: "That little white-eyed wolf, who will worry about him?" Hmph, but it's good to see your uncle and your aunt, even your own mother has given up! ”

Cao Ying smiled and comforted: "Mother, don't worry, Xiao Wu is also sensible, Brother Hao is in Beijing, and the knees of the uncle and the aunt are really desolate, he can think of sharing the worries for his brothers, and he should praise them." ”

Zhao Jiashi sighed and said, "Now that your brothers are getting older, I'm afraid that I, the mother, can't control it anymore!" Everyone says that your uncle is knowledgeable, and Xiao Wu can stay in Jiangning to follow your uncle to do learning, I am not unhappy in my heart, but the children are the mother's heart, he is still young, not in front of him, I really want to! ”

"Mother still needs to be relieved, after all, there are two brothers and a few of them in front of her, even daughters and sisters, and they can often come back to visit their parents. Thinking about the uncle, it is pitiful, the second sister and the eldest brother both left Jiangning in their teens and entered Beijing. Over the years, there have been a number of people who have seen each other. Cao Ying said.

Zhao Jiashi nodded and said, "Yes, compared to your aunt, I am a blessed one, this is the benefit of having more children!" Speaking of this, he remembered something, frowned, and said: "By the way, how did I hear about ...... in a trance" Speaking of this, Sun Jue, who was afraid of the outside, lowered his voice and said: "How did I hear about it...... Aunt Sun's concubine has a big belly again? How many of these are there, and you're too indulgent? ”

Cao Ying was reprimanded by her mother, blushed and said: "Mother, the first two aunts gave birth to girls, and our father is looking forward to adding another boy to Li'er as a companion!" ”

Zhao Jiashi glared at her and said, "Confused! Even if your uncle wants a son, he has to get out of your belly. How many family backgrounds does the Sun family have, and Aunt Sun himself has two brothers. When your lord separates the family, although my uncle is the eldest son, he won't have a few extra money. There aren't many people who can stay for Li'er, so do you want to get him a little brother to share it in half? Pity my eldest grandson! ”

Cao Ying didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so he mentioned the old things before leaving the cabinet in one sentence and one sentence in the west, Zhao Jia's family was the most high-spirited in his early years, and now he sees his daughter talking about old things, and he has to show off.

The mother and daughter talked and laughed, and they heard that a maid came to report, saying that the two aunts came to see the girl, Cao Ying got up and met Baodie and Jade.

These two are both concubines from girls, and they are both in their thirties. Baodie gave birth to Cao Xiang, Jade was pregnant last year, but because she didn't know, she had a miscarriage during Cao Quan's filial piety.

This treasure butterfly once waited for Zhaojia's family, and was later stolen by Cao Quan, because of a big belly, he made a fuss, and then he was helped as a concubine. Therefore, over the years, whenever Zhao Jia's is not happy, he has to bring up these old and rotten sesame seeds.

Baodie has been by Zhaojia's side for a long time, and she has been taught by beating and scolding, so she can only be a stuffy gourd and toss with her. Now, she is putting all her hopes on her son Cao Xiang.

Jade has no children by her side, and now although Wu'er is not kept in her yard, she often coaxes her to play games. Even with the fourth sister, she is much closer to Aunt Jade than in the past.

Zhao Jia's mind is now on the accounting, she saw that Baodie was nothing, but when she saw Jadeite, she couldn't help but ponder.

Jade did not give birth to a son and a half daughter, and it is appropriate to keep filial piety for her husband for three years, but there is no reason to keep festivals. Not to mention anything else, that is, the monthly money of her and a few maids and daughters-in-law in her yard, as well as the monthly food and clothing expenses, also cost more than ten or twenty taels of silver, which is not a small head.

It seems that when the filial piety period is out, I want to talk to her about this. She is still young, and it is better to find a common man to fill the house than to work hard in this house.

Jade also noticed that Zhao Jia's was looking at herself, although she didn't know why, she felt a little chill in her body.

Zhao Jiashi made up his mind in his heart, and complained a little about Chu Yu. There is no way to make ends meet in this house, mostly because there are too many people and too scattered, although many people receive monthly silver, but they do not have serious errands.

*The women's seats are on the side of the peony courtyard, and the men's seats are in the flower hall in the front yard.

When he saw Sun Jue in the flower hall and was so respectful to the sixteenth and seventeenth elder brothers, Cao Hao only felt funny when he looked at it. Then he woke up again, don't be too proud, don't let the crow fall on the pig, I can't see that I am black, and I am not so trembling in front of Kangxi and the fourth elder brother.

This is the fear of power, but because Cao Hao also grew up with the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother, he treats them as children in his heart, so he can be so casual and have fewer scruples.

The sixteenth elder brother originally wanted to chat with Cao Hao at the wine table, but now that there are outsiders, it is inconvenient, so he just stretches out his chopsticks to eat. Although the seventeenth elder brother talks and laughs freely in front of acquaintances, in front of the living, he has a small face, and he is also quite dignified as a prince.

Sun Jue trembled, half sitting, but he was also uncomfortable.

Cao Hao thought about Sun Jue's temper and surname, and he really didn't want the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother to see his ugly state, but both of them were guests, and he didn't have the skills to break up, so it was not good to snub Sun Jue like this. Otherwise, he was really afraid that Sun Jue would think that he would be neglected, so he turned around and took Cao Ying's method and spread evil fire.

This is inconvenient to speak, the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother eat attentively. Because Cao Hao specially ordered, he asked Chu Yu to order the kitchen to make a little lighter home-cooked food.

Therefore, although there is a table of dishes, there are indeed not many chickens, ducks and fish, and the most meat is a plate of old soup with lamb and scorpions and stewed chicken offal in the middle, and the others are mostly plain vegetables.

The seventeenth elder brother saw this dish for the first time, and when the sixteenth elder brother said it before, it was an exaggeration, but now that he has tasted it with chopsticks, he knows that it has a different taste.

The sixteenth elder brother has been eating the fat duck and fat chicken in the palace all day, and now he only feels very refreshing when he eats this small dish, and he doesn't care about Cao Hao and Sun Jue who are sitting together, these two elder brothers are actually holding chopsticks and are busy.

Because of the rules and teachings since childhood, although the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother have never lived with chopsticks, they are quite elegant in eating. It's just that most of the plates on the table have been more than half gone.

In the past few years that Sun Jue has been in Beijing, he has come and gone to socialize and has seen some good banquets. Originally, on the way to the front yard, he was still wondering what Cao Hao would do to entertain guests. He's not an outsider, don't talk about this. These sixteenth elder brother and seventeenth elder brother are noble princes, and they finally came to the last time, so it is natural to bother to entertain them, and in his heart, he is even a little complacent, he has not been to the Cao family for half a year, but he happened to meet the prince and elder brother.

Cao Hao saw that the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were unwilling to deal with Sun Jue, so he didn't say much, just beckoned the two to eat more vegetables.

During the banquet, everyone didn't talk much, and the meal was eaten quickly, and in less than two quarters of an hour, the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother had already eaten to their heart's content.

There are people on Cao Hao's side, so the little brothers want to go to the city for a walk, and go to the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion by the way.

Cao Hao thought of the tribute basket that the two of them brought, and thought about whether to let them bring a basket to the thirteenth elder brother, but he didn't mention it. I'm afraid that the thirteenth elder brother will be sad when he thinks of something else.

Although Sun Jue did not say a few words to the two princes, he was a little regretful, but his face was still respectful as usual. Seeing that the two elder brothers were leaving, they followed Cao Hao and sent them outside the house diligently.

The sixteenth elder brother originally had a few words to explain to Cao Hao, but he couldn't find the kung fu to say, and his face was a little unhappy.

When the seventeenth elder brother saw the sixteenth elder brother like this, he knew that he was thinking that Sun Jue was an eyesore, so he also raised his head and stopped looking at him.

Sun Jue couldn't help but sigh in his heart, in the end, he was a royal person, and he was majestic everywhere, so that people did not dare to underestimate him.

When the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother urged the horse to drift away, Cao Hao returned home with Sun Jue and invited him to the hall to serve tea.

Although Sun Jue said that he only drank a glass of wine, he seemed to have drunk too much, and he nagged endlessly, and said for a while: "Although the sixteenth elder brother is majestic, he is still a little gentler than other princes, and he can't complain that he is favored by the Lord of Long Live the most." ”

A while. Sun Jue said again: "The seventeenth elder brother is in a bad situation, and I heard my colleagues in the ministry mention that his biological mother, Qin Guiren, is a palace person who treats crimes. It was only because of the benevolence of Long Live Lord that he did not enter the cold palace. Seeing that the seventeenth elder brother had a thin face, he thought that it was because of the food and drink in the palace. Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Hao dissatisfiedly: "Fu Ruo is too trouble-free, even if the money in the house is tight, it will not be like this." There is really no money to spend, you tell your brother-in-law, can your brother-in-law not pull you? ”

Cao Hao listened to him talk to himself endlessly, but he just listened to it, but in the end he felt weird.

Maybe I didn't pay attention early this morning, where did the sun come out? Why is Sun Jue so abnormal, it seems that the two of them are so close.

Abnormal and demonic, Cao Hao glanced at it, but what he wondered in his heart was, could it be that he had lost his eyes, Sun Jue was not a hypocrite full of etiquette, but a good old man who fought for righteousness and squandered money? If he really borrowed money from him now, would he regret his big words?

What kind of mess do you think? Cao Hao hurriedly shook his head, it seems that he is living too lightly, or he is addicted to calculating.

Sun Jue chattered for a long time, and saw that Cao Haoshi was not interested, so he stopped talking.

Cao Ying also had a meal in the courtyard of Zhaojia's family, and talked to Chu Yu for a while. It was getting dark outside, and Sun Jue and Cao Ying left Cao's house.

Cao Hao was a little worried about Cao Song and went to Huaiyuan. Cao Song was still asleep, never woke up, and there was some sweat on his forehead.

Cao Hao stretched out and touched it, compared his own size, and saw that there was no fever and fever, so he was relieved.

Those baskets of tribute oranges have already been sent to Wutong Garden, and Chu Yu is thinking about how to divide them. When Cao Ying left just now, she packed half a basket for her to take with her.

Although oranges are not rare, they are different from the oranges on the outside in terms of size, color, and taste. It's hard to say whether it's delicious or not, but it's good to look at.

For the Chinese New Year, it is good to put it up for sacrificial use, or for the children to play with, and it is much stronger than the outside.

The Jueluo family and Yongqing family outside the house, as well as the second wife's office, Tian's office, Mr. Zhuang and Wei Hei's place outside the house, must be sent to ......*

(To be continued)