Volume 1 Taibai Dawn Chapter 17 Cao Baoyu from the Yan Dynasty
"Sister Li, I also know that you have difficulties, and I am not a person who is difficult for strong people, you can make a price, how much is each before you are willing to sell." Cao Yi took a sip of tea and replied lightly.
"Cao Gongzi is really tormented by the old body, where can I afford your sentence Sister Li, but since Cao Gongzi has fallen in love with those girls in my Jinfeng Building, I am naturally very happy that they can find a good home, just thinking that those girls have been with me for several years, I am also a little reluctant as an old mother......" Li Laobuar shook the silk handkerchief in his hand at Cao Yi, causing the corner of the latter's eyes to twitch, and he couldn't stand the "charm" of this pomegranate sister in his heart.
"Stop, sell yourself as a maid, how many silver taels a piece!" Cao Yi directly interrupted Li Laobustard's bitter play, otherwise this Li Yanhong would have to be pulled behind.
"Uh...... Since Gongzi Cao loves the girl of Jinfeng Mansion so much, then he has first-class qualifications, fifty taels of silver each......" Li Yanhong stretched out five fingers and looked at Cao Yi with a greedy look in her eyes.
This Li Yanhong really dares to ask for it, you must know that in these years, the annual expenses of a poor family of three are only a little more than two taels of silver, and the price of fifty taels per person is really a lion's mouth.
"It seems that Li Laobustard, you don't plan to do business with me, okay, I'll go to Baiyulou to have a look." After speaking, Cao Yi put down the teacup in his hand and got up to leave.
"Wait...... Slow down, Gongzi Cao, you also know that I have indeed spent a lot of money to cultivate good girls here, and there are many who have been raised for four or five years, so how about forty-five taels per person for first-class qualifications? Li Laobuar hurriedly blocked Cao Yi and asked him to sit down again and have a good talk. Naturally, one asked for the price, and the other sat on the ground to repay the money, and finally negotiated at a price of forty taels of silver per person.
In the end, Li Laobuxing asked all the women with first-class qualifications in the Jinfeng Building who had not yet shown up and combed their faces to come out, lined up in a row, and after a rough visual inspection, there were more than two dozen of them.
Li Laobushi smiled and asked Cao Yi to take a good look, which made Cao Yi slightly embarrassed, because many little girls looked at him with fear in their eyes, and some women who were already a little older also looked at him secretly with charm, and even worse, some of them threw flattering eyes. For this kind of active hook-up, Cao Yi naturally didn't consider it. On the contrary, those who are soft and weak, and whose eyes dodge fear, can make him feel pity and look up to him.
According to his own aesthetic habits, he went all the way and selected five, and the selected girls all showed a sad face, which also shocked Cao Yi a little, this Li Laobustard is really so good to them? Why did they all look so sad when they were bought and ransomed...... At this time, Cao Yi was thinking about things in his heart, and he was a little distracted, and walked over next to a petite girl, but he only swept part of it, and suddenly Cao Yi turned around suddenly, staring at the girl's eyes, very familiar eyes, yes! It was the kind of look in Liu Yun's eyes before the plane exploded, fearful, helpless, weak, and a little complicated reluctance......
Cao Yi stared at it for a few seconds, the little girl opposite looked even more scared, her body was still trembling slightly, Cao Yi turned her head to Li Laobustard and said, "Sister Li, I want this!" ”
"Ahh The little girl took a step back suddenly, her face turned pale, and she turned her head to Li Laobustard and shouted with a slight cry, "Mother Li, I don't want ...... I don't want ......"
At this time, a relatively old, handsome and lovely woman next to the little girl gently held the former in her arms, blessed Cao Yifu, and pleaded with a cry: "This son, Xiaoyun is still young, only thirteen years old, I beg Gongzi to be gracious, let me comb it instead of Xiaoyun......"
"Comb ...... Combing? It's not combing, I'm just buying maids......" Cao Yi paused and asked Li Laobu, "What, Sister Li, didn't you make it clear?" ”
"Ouch, Master Cao, didn't I make fun for my girls for a while, so I forgot to say it, and I was so anxious that I pulled them all out," Li Lao Bustard clapped his hands and explained.
At this time, all the women who were selected by Cao Yi, including the little girl who was still trembling and scared before, all showed surprise on their faces, raised their heads to look at Cao Yi in disbelief, and then looked at Li Laobustard, as if they couldn't believe it, and were confirming with Li Laobustard. After getting the nod of Li Laobustard's confirmation, they all cried with joy, and tears flashed in their eyes.
The little girl seemed to think of something, and knelt down to Cao Yi suddenly: "Childe, please buy Sister Ying'er too, she is very good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she ...... Cough! "I was so excited that I seemed to be choked, and I didn't even finish my words.
The red sleeves behind Cao Yi were also moist at the corners of his eyes, as if he was infected by the sisterhood between the two just now, and gently touched Cao Yi's back with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Childe, buy her too"
Cao Yi nodded, and said to Li Laobu: "This Ying'er girl is also going to be there, Red Sleeves, you go and settle the money with Sister Li, as for the seven girls, I will clean you up for half an hour, say goodbye to the goodbye, reminisce about the old, and go back to Cao's Mansion with me in half an hour...... Ugh"
Originally, Cao Yi was talking, turned his head and saw Yu Xuanji, who was observing all this behind the curtain, and the latter blessed his body like him: "Xuanji thanks Gongzi Cao Gongzi for giving my sisters a better home, I hope Gongzi can treat them well in the future, Xuanji is grateful!" After saying that, he blessed again.
"That's natural, Xuanji, everyone is polite, even if you don't say it, I'll treat my maid well, eh, if you're busy, don't worry about me......"
"......" Yu Xuanji looked at Cao Yi, which made her feel a little helpless to forcibly talk about it, mainly because Cao Yi didn't know what to talk about with Yu Xuanji. Besides, this kind of Qinglou Oiran has the most brain-dead fans, who knows where it will jump out in the future, a person who hates you will hide behind you and give you a cold arrow, which makes people unguardable, so if you don't touch, you won't contact.
And Yu Xuanji, as the head brand of Jinfeng Building, in the past, which literati saw her and didn't come up like a fly seeing a fishy, but now when he sees Cao Yi acting so unruly, he is also stubborn, you want to drive me away, but I won't go, so I also sat next to Cao Yi's seat and stared at him like this.
Cao Yi felt a big headache, so he could only turn his head and smile, "Xuanji, have you eaten breakfast?" The weather is nice today, why don't you go out and play? ”
"......" Yu Xuanji was speechless for a while. After breakfast, Mr. Cao, have you ever seen a girl from the Qinglou who doesn't stay in the Qinglou and runs around the ground? ”
"......" Cao Yi was stunned, "I'll just ask casually, and you can answer casually."
“…… Burst...... Hehe" Red Sleeves listened to the conversation between Childe and Yu Xuanji in the back, covering his mouth and forcibly holding back a smile, but he found that the Jin'er girl behind Yu Xuanji was the same, and accidentally, both of them laughed at the same time.
This time, it was Yu Xuanji and Cao Yi, who looked at their maids speechlessly. Yu Xuanji sighed faintly, "Gongzi Cao, do you hate Xuanji very much, that's why you want to drive me away as soon as possible." After speaking, he looked like he was already crying, as if Cao Yi had done something to him.
"No, my admiration for Xuanji is like a surging river, endless, and like the flooding of the Yellow River, it is out of control." As soon as Cao Yi finished speaking, he wanted to give himself a mouth, he really came from the mouth, wouldn't he push himself into the fire pit when he said these words now?
Sure enough, hearing Cao Yi's words just now, Yu Xuanji, Green Brocade and Red Sleeves all had round eyes in an instant, their small mouths opened slightly, and they looked at Cao Yi in surprise. As a woman of this era, I was still a little frightened when I heard this unrestrained language at first glance.
Yu Xuanji's white face was also covered with redness, he lowered his head shyly, and said softly: "That...... Can Cao Gongzi write a poem for Xuanji...... What about writing a poem? ”
"Of course you can, go get pen and ink, I'll write to everyone of Xuanji!" In order to solve the current embarrassing situation, Cao Yi also waved his hand with pride, and casually agreed.
When the pen and ink were taken, he dipped the ink hard, and picked up the pen and wrote, while Yu Xuanji stood aside, looked at the words written by Cao Yi, and unconsciously read them out.
"Teenage ......"
"The stunner in the world is a man. Light and thin good waist. Xiang Wei fell asleep, his hair was full of makeup and wine, and his red face was full of apricot blossoms, and he was ...... "Yu Xuanji read it, the look between his eyes became brighter, and he glanced at Cao Yi, who was struggling to write, and continued to recite this poem.
"Jiaoduo loves to fan Qi and cover her lips with a smile. The heart is gentle, the taste is elegant, and it is not worthy of the wind and dust...... The heart is gentle, the quality is detailed and elegant, and it is not called in the wind and dust. After Yu Xuanji finished reading, he read the last three sentences again, the more he looked at it, the more he was happy, and asked Cao Yi to write "Cao Yi Cao Zhaozheng", carefully picked up this one, lightly opened his lips and blew the incense wind slightly, and then put it away with a precious face, and solemnly saluted Cao Yi.
"Youwei thank you for your praise from Gongzi Cao, and the little girl is grateful!" Yu Xuanji's real name is Yu Youwei, Xuanji is just her stage name when she later entered Jinfeng Building, and at this time she and Cao Yi said her real name, which is enough to witness that Cao Yi has occupied an extraordinary position in her mind.
Cao Yi also felt a little like lifting a stone to hit his feet at this time, the busier he was, the more chaotic he became, but fortunately, the seven girls were all packed up at this time, and they had all rushed over and waited. Although Cao Yi gave half an hour to say goodbye, but just bought by the Cao family, how dare these girls, who have long been familiar with the warmth and coldness of society, really let their future masters wait for half an hour.
When Cao Yi came, there were only Liu Baiqing and Red Sleeves in the carriage, and now when he goes back, even if he drives Liu Baiqing out and does it with the groom, it is crowded with nine people plus himself, but fortunately, Cao Yi's corresponding carriage is large enough to accommodate these people.
At this time, Cao Yi looked at the group of warblers and Yanyan in the car, and thought in his heart, wouldn't I be exactly the same as that Jia Baoyu if I go on like this, it just so happens that his yard is called Yihong Courtyard, and my yard is called Qingyun Pavilion, which can be quite corresponding, thinking of this, Cao Yi showed a self-deprecating smile.