Chapter 3: Strangers
After Yuan Yun bathed and changed clothes, he began to wander around the yard, looking at the black and white smoke constantly coming out of the boiler room, in addition to sighing, he still sighed.
After all these years, the servants at home still feel that it must be warmer in winter, so they always desperately add coal, even if the house is so hot that it makes people sweat, they will not stop.
When Liu Yiyi came out of the bathroom, the flush on her face had not yet dissipated, making the whole person delicate and beautiful, which made Yuan Yun very impulsive to carry this goblin back to the room and toss it.
"Yuan Lang, do you want to eat something to cushion your stomach before the banquet, you go out hunting early in the morning, and you are not afraid of being hungry." The moment Cai Wenji spoke, she had already arrived at her side, and then skillfully cleaned up Yuan Yun's collar.
Yuan Yun glanced at Liu Yiyi beside him, and felt a little weak in his heart, after Cai Wenji had a child, she returned to a serious appearance, she was so ridiculous just now, if she was known, it would probably be another lecture.
"The concubine went to the front yard to greet her, and those servants couldn't be stared at by anyone." Liu Yiyi picked herself out with a word, and then disappeared into the backyard in an instant.
Yuan Yun touched his chin and watched Liu Yiyi's round buttocks gradually disappear very playfully, then he turned his head and smiled at Cai Wenji: "I ate some dry food when I was hunting, so I am not very hungry at the moment, but Wenji, you better hurry back to the room, now it is freezing, you have just given birth to a child, you can't freeze." ”
Cai Wenji smiled lightly, and Yuan Yun held herself, and then slowly walked towards the residence, and walked two steps before saying leisurely: "Our Yuan Wei is very well-behaved, unlike her brother and sister, who always likes to cry, and the eldest sister said that she will definitely be a virtuous and good family girl in the future." ”
The corners of Yuan Yun's mouth couldn't help but hang a touch of warmth, her daughter Yuan Wei's name was Cai Wei taken by Cai Wenji from "The Book of Poetry: Xiaoya", she just hoped that her children could grow up as strong as bean seedlings.
When I was thinking, I had entered Cai Wenji's hut, and the house was as elegant and chic as ever, but now in addition to books, pen and ink, there were many more children's things.
Dong'er seemed to be reading the letter, but did not see the master come in, and when she found out, Yuan Yun had almost finished reading the contents of the letter.
"It turned out to be Brother Xingba's family letter, no wonder Dong'er is so obsessed with it." As soon as Yuan Yun finished speaking, Dong'er held back a big red face, immediately cleaned up, and then retreated to the door.
Cai Wenji shook her head with a wry smile and said, "Yuan Langmo is always teasing Dong'er, she will marry into the Gan Ning family by the end of spring next year, and there is not much time left for her to stay around." ”
Yuan Yun smiled and said, "When the time comes, we will lose a lot of dowry, and if it is cheap, Gan Ning will be cheap, and people will take it away, and they will knock Lao Tzu hard." ”
Cai Wenji immediately continued: "Who is to blame?" At the beginning, I was expecting you to accept Dong'er into the house, but you tried your best to match the two of them. ”
Yuan Yun hurriedly shook his hand and said, "We have enough women in the back house, how can I afford to bring women back, don't continue to talk about this matter." ”
When her daughter Yuan Wei saw her parents coming in, she began to wave her little hands in the crib, and at the same time, her legs and feet were constantly kicking, looking very energetic, especially when Yuan Yun picked them up, she even giggled twice.
Cai Wenji looked at the daughter in Yuan Yun's arms dotingly, and then said with a smile: "Queen Fu sent some gifts, all of them are some jewelry for girls, and I don't know how we can wear them as young as Weiwei." ”
Yuan Yun immediately frowned, he had predicted that if he got too close to this Queen Fu, it would not be a good thing sooner or later, but now under Queen Fu's deliberate overtures, the people of the Yuan Mansion still have a friendship with her, such as Cai Wenji and Cao Qinghe.
Thinking about the last time he saw before leaving Xu Du, Yuan Yun couldn't help but tell the other party that if he wanted to live comfortably for a long time, then he had to let go of the beast in his heart, and the beast in Queen Fu's heart was the desire for power.
At that time, after Queen Fu heard Yuan Yun's words, her face kept changing, but she still denied it, saying that she had no ambition as a woman at all.
Yuan Yun didn't know what kind of madness she was smoking at the time, and directly told Queen Fu that if she involved her father, then the only result would be the end of the door.
Originally, Yuan Yun thought that saying this directly would make Queen Fu completely give up the relationship between the two families, but who knew that she was much more active later, and she would reward some things if she had nothing to do, although it was not a too valuable thing, but after all, it was a royal location, which made the eldest sister and the second sister of the family simply happy Don't want it.
"The letter sent by Queen Fu this time is very strange, and it specifically mentioned what Yuan Lang said last time, she will be cautious, what did Yuan Lang say to Queen Fu?" Cai Wenji was a little curious, because Yuan Yun could influence the Empress of the Han Dynasty, and she was not surprised that there were ghosts.
Yuan Yun kissed the baby bump in his arms, and then said to Cai Wenji: "Queen Fu's side can deal with it, don't invest too much, Wenji had better write to inform the people on your mother's side, let them stop a little, now go to the royal family, you will only be hit by Cao Ren, we are not in Xudu now, if something happens, no one can save them." ”
Cai Wenji nodded, then shook his head again, and said: "Most of the Cai family's children have been sent to Luoyang, and now there are only a few people who can barely use it, it seems that the Cai family wants to restore to the big family of the past, and the concubine body has no hope." ”
Yuan Yun hugged his daughter in one hand and Cai Wenji gently in the other, and then said with a smile: "As long as the Cai family can precipitate two lives, there will inevitably be talents, and a good environment will have a great advantage, so don't be in a hurry." ”
"Brother-in-law should not worry about Sister Wen Ji's family, it is better to worry more about the Yuan family, and now you are only a son." When Cao Jie spoke, he had already walked in through the gate.
Today's Cao Jie is no longer as naughty as in the past, but has become a dignified and virtuous woman, under the education of Cai Wenji, now her every move is very stable, but unfortunately her mouth is still mean.
When Cao Jie arrived in the house, he first saluted Cai Wenji, and then moved to Yuan Yun's side in an instant, and then looked at Yuan Wei in his arms and smiled softly, looking indescribably gentle and lovely.
"Big girl."
Yuan Yun secretly praised, and said with a straight face in an instant: "Sister Jie, it's okay to run out, even if you come to Luoyang to visit relatives, this time is too long, it's been three months, don't you miss home at all?" ”
Cao Jie snorted, slipped to Cai Wenji's side again, and then put his arm around Cai Wenji and said, "Sister Wenji and Sister Qinghe also said, I can live as long as I want, and if my brother-in-law doesn't like me, then don't come to the back house." ”
Yuan Yun only felt that he had kicked on the iron plate, and in desperation, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly, and he didn't plan to answer anymore, otherwise he would definitely provoke Cao Jie, a little girl, to go crazy, almost every time, as she got older, she became more and more knowledgeable about others, but it was very bad for him Yuan Yun, and she was unlucky.
Since he couldn't contradict Cao Jie, a little girl, Yuan Yun could only change the topic and say: "Why don't you see Guo Yi, didn't he come with you?" ”
Cao Jie immediately frowned and said: "Brother-in-law, it's not that I said you, a big family should have the appearance of a big family, it doesn't matter if Guo Yi is young, now he is a big man, how can he still go in and out of the back house of the Yuan Mansion at will, you are not afraid that others will laugh at you." ”
Yuan Yun sighed, and then he understood, no wonder Guo Yi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang are not coming to the back house now, and after Wen Ji is pregnant, they don't come to class again, it is estimated that Cao Jie is behind his back.
Although several villains have grown up a lot now, Cao Jie still has considerable prestige, and those boys are not her opponents at all, so naturally they can only obey their orders.
Not long after, Cao Qinghe and Zhen Mi also walked in, the two took over Yuan Wei, and then intimacy for a while, and soon no one paid attention to Yuan Yun anymore.
In desperation, Yuan Yun could only go to the front yard with a smile, at this time the guests should also come, and they really can't be lazy.
The seating arrangement in the front yard is still the consistent style of the Yuan Mansion, that is, the large round table, which is still resisted by many people in Xudu, but after arriving at the Luoyang boundary, it is obvious that the people here are more receptive to new things, so it is popularized.
Several cooks have begun to set up a grill in the middle of the front yard, tonight's main dish is the elk hunted in the morning, which has now been cleaned up by the cooks, and then began to apply various spices, looking at this cooking skill, Yuan Yun only felt quite proud, the chip in his head, I don't want to use the recipe the most.
After a while, the first person to enter the gate turned out to be Wu Yong, who has now become the gate official of Luoyang, and after he heard that Cao Ren would become the commander of Xu Ducheng, he cried in Yuan Yun's study for three days in a row.
In the end, Yuan Yun couldn't stand it, so he could only agree to bring this guy to Luoyang, otherwise if it continued like this, it was estimated that Wu Yong would move directly to Yuan's study to live.
Looking at Wu Yong's fat body, Yuan Yun sighed secretly and said, "Is the grain from the north safely delivered?" ”
Wu Yong hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Not a single grain is bad, it has been put into storage, and the small one has specially divided the accounts into a few copies, so that it is convenient for the public to check them." ”
Yuan Yun grabbed a pear from a table casually, and then squatted on the steps at the gate, and then asked suspiciously: "Since you are always reluctant to give up transportation, why don't you just go to be the official who escorts the baggage, and what are you doing guarding a city gate?" ”
Wu Yong laughed and said, "The small one naturally doesn't dare to hide Yuan Hou, any caravan crossing the city gate has to pay taxes, but the small one guards the gate, which is much more convenient." ”
Yuan Yun was stunned for a moment, and then smiled in an instant: "You are really a smart person, there are indeed a lot of door taxes, and the oil and water are definitely enough, right?" ”
Wu Yong coughed and replied cautiously: "It's just a little bit, Yuan Hou doesn't have to mind, the small one is at most to provide some convenience for his family, but he doesn't dare to take any benefits." ”
Yuan Yun didn't bother to care about these at all, in this era, there was no distinction between public and private, and Wu Yong's approach was naturally everyone's practice, it is estimated that even if someone sued Cao Cao, Cao Cao would just laugh it off.
Wu Yong felt that the sooner this topic ended, the better, so he changed the conversation and said: "Cao Ren has dug a big gold mine in Hanoi County, he is now the richest family in Xu Du, and now many clans have heard about this and have begun to scold him, and now that there are more and more people leaning towards Cao Ren, should Yuan Hou also find some way to deal with it?" ”
Yuan Yun shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly, and said, "Let him dig hard, it's just a gold mine, can it still compete with the financial system established by Qianzhuang?" ”
Wu Yong was stunned and wondered: "What money bank?" What financial system? ”
Yuan Yun coughed, knowing that he had missed his mouth, this matter is still in the development stage, it is best not to let people know too much, and it will slowly affect the world subtly, until it is a blockbuster, there is no need to be too public, this big net has been opened, and when everyone understands, it will be impossible to stop it.
Suddenly, I saw Xu Yi and Xiahou Nan's heads coming in through the gate, followed by Lu Qiling and Yudie.
Yuan Yun immediately chuckled, then stood up from the steps, and before he could speak, he heard Xu Yi rush to say: "I met a guy at the door, saying that he was an old friend of Brother Yuan, but he didn't have an invitation, so he couldn't come in." ”
Yuan Yun was stunned and said, "Who?" Can you tell me your name? ”
Xiahou Nan replied at this time: "He called himself Li Li, saying that he met Brother Yuan in Chang'an that year. ”