Jiangning, Qingliang Temple, back mountain.

Cao Hao sat on the ground, and in front of him were two open paper packets, one with smoked chicken and the other with sauce pig's trotters, both of which were cut. Opposite him, there sat a young monk in a cyan monk's robe, with his head spinning his head, his hands folded, looking at the two bags of meat very reverently.

"Little monk, do you really want to take the ordination tomorrow? No longer weigh it up? Although the monk is pure, Hongchen also has the interest of Hongchen. How good it is for people to live for a lifetime, feel free and do as they please, why use these rules and precepts to detain yourself! Cao Hao couldn't help but persuade.

He is like this, but he is just a greedy boy, where is there any Buddha surname!

This little monk is the Shami Zhiran of Qingliang Temple, he is calmly stretching out his hand, very elegantly broke a chicken leg to his mouth, listened to Cao Hao's persuasion, and said indifferently: "Great freedom is not comfortable, not comfortable is great freedom, Cao Shizhu does not need to persuade anymore!" After saying that, he had already taken a bite of the chicken, and nodded his head as he ate, looking very satisfied with its taste.

Cao Hao shook his head disapprovingly: "You are only sixteen, you grew up in Qingliang Temple since you were a child, and you have never seen the world of flowers outside...... Even if you go out for two years, it's never too late to decide if you are ordained! ”

Zhiran quickly finished eating a chicken leg, took half a piece of pig's trotters, and said while eating: "If you can't bear the loneliness of cultivation, even if you are seventy or eighty years old, it is okay, and it is nothing to be ordained or not to be ordained at the moment." The master only has one disciple, if the little monk can't be officially ordained, the master and his old man should be disappointed! ”

Cao Hao smiled, this little monk is both greedy and filial, and he is too far from the six pure roots. It's better to let him be, and help him when he wants to return to the vulgar.

Zhiran thought that he hadn't opened the meat for a long time, and in a blink of an eye, he ate the two bags of meat food cleanly, and then said to Cao Hao: "At the beginning of the month, the temple made a new batch of incense, ready to be used for the Buddha's birthday next month. ”

"Newly made incense?" Cao Hao is very happy, this is a good thing to "bribe" the fourth elder brother, just contact them not far away, and then get closer in front of the thirteenth elder brother, and let the Cao family be an invisible "four parties".

The two talked for a while, and Cao Hao mentioned that Ming'er would come to watch the ceremony, and the little monk Zhiran solemnly thanked him. He was an abandoned baby, and he was thrown at the door of Qingliang Temple in his infancy, and he was raised by the master since he was a child, and he really didn't have any relatives, and his friends were only Cao Hao.

When I returned to the Weaving Mansion, I saw Zhuang Chang frowning and coming out of the second gate. Although Cao Yin's spirit has been getting better recently, he still can't get out of bed, Zhuang is getting older, and he doesn't shy away from it so much, so he goes to Kaiyang Courtyard to discuss some official affairs that need to be discussed with Cao Yin.

Cao Hao stepped forward and said hello, because he saw Zhuang Chang's brows tightened, he couldn't help asking, "Sir, are you worried about the will of the previous days?" ”

Zhuang Chang nodded: "According to the charter, after these few years of old decay handed over the staff of the Weaving Mansion, he will go to Suzhou, and in the future, the adults will need to take care of the son more!" ”

"The Li family?" Cao Hao didn't know whether to rejoice for the Cao family or grieve for the Li family. But after all, the two families are really closely related and have too close contacts. In the eyes of others, the three major weaving Cao family, the Li family and the Sun family in the south of the Yangtze River are "one glory and one loss".

Li Xu is different from Cao Yin, more like a bureaucrat. He was born the same as Cao Yin, but he has always been under Cao Yin all these years, and now he can be directly loyal to Kangxi and become the chief official of the General Administration Department, I am afraid that he will inevitably be obsessed with power. In the past few years, he had embezzled the money from the salt class to fill the deficit in Suzhou. Cao Yin persuaded him several times, but he didn't know how to avoid trouble.

Thinking of this, Cao Hao and Zhuang Chang were a little worried. Zhuang Chang sighed and said: "After all, it is the mother of the child, if the son can help, he will help him, if he can't help, he must think about taking off the staker, don't be implicated, otherwise these plans will be in vain!" As for the old decay, next year will be an old man, and he really has no choice but to pray for illness. ”

It's all heartfelt words, Cao Hao nodded in response.

Zhuang Chang said again: "Although the old man is not in this mansion, the old cousin can be trusted. When he was young, he had received the favor of his son's father and ancestors, and he only had one piece of gratitude to the Cao family, and he would not have two hearts. ”

"Mr. is too worried, even if Mr. is not in this mansion, he is also a close friend of his father. Mr. Zhuang in the capital city, the kid has always treated him as a teacher, and he will never dare to have half a point of simplicity! Cao Hao said solemnly.

Zhuang Chang nodded: "The son is pure-hearted, quite the demeanor of an adult when he was young, but he is old and verbose!" ”

The two said goodbye, Cao Hao entered the second gate, and still went to Kaiyang Courtyard to greet his parents first.

After more than a month of conditioning, Cao Yin's complexion was much better and he sat on the bed. Li sat on a small pestle in front of the bed, peeled a lychee in his hand, and handed it to her husband's mouth.

Cao Hao stood at the door, and when he saw this picture, his heart warmed. These words, as Cao Yin's health gradually improved, Li's mood also improved. Calculated carefully, there are really not many husbands and wives who have been guarding like this for a few months. In previous years, Cao Yin had a lot of official business to deal with, and spent most of the month in various places in Jiangnan, and he spent very little time in the weaving mansion.

"Uncle is here!" The big girl next to the Li family came in from outside and saw Cao Haodao.

Li got up and turned around, only then did he see his son coming, and he was a little embarrassed to see him looking at him with a smile.

Cao Hao sighed in his heart, his mother's person is too shy, but her husband feeds her a lychee, an old husband and an old wife, what? However, his face was not obvious at all, and he took a few steps forward to say goodbye to his parents.

The father and son said a few words of gossip, and Xiuluan asked Li in a low voice, the food in the kitchen is ready, is it time to set the meal.

Although Cao Hao had just watched the little monk eat two packets of meat, he had not eaten it, and he was a little hungry, so he smiled and said to Li: "Today, my son will mix rice with his mother!" Later, I'll call Ping'er too, our family may not have eaten together for a long time! ”

Li Shi looked at his son and smiled lovingly: "Not today, the doctor asked your father to clear his stomach these days, and I will accompany your father to drink porridge!" Besides, Ping'er prepared it early, waiting for you to have dinner together! There are also guests, you can change your clothes and go, don't make people wait for a long time! ”

"Third sister, there are guests there?" Cao Hao was a little curious: "Whose daughter, is it the young lady who came and went when my sister was at home?" I went, but it wasn't appropriate, right? ”

"It's not those ones, you'll know when you go, so quickly change into your coat!" But the Li family just sold it to his son and refused to say it directly.

Back at Qiuji's house, Cao Hao changed into homely clothes and wiped his face. Because he saw the embroidered warbler coming in, he asked, "Have you been to the Chunnuan Pavilion?" Do you know what kind of guests are there for the girl? ”

Xiuying knew it, and replied with a smile: "It's Miss Zheng who is here, and when the maid went to Mrs. in the morning, she was just in time for Miss Zheng to say hello to Mrs. Zheng." Later, the third girl got the news and came to see Miss Zheng, as if she had left Miss Zheng to live in the house! ”

Cao Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head, no wonder Fang Cai felt that his mother was smiling strangely, and his father was also watching a play, it turned out that Zheng Woxue was here. Because of the pearl farming matter, Cao Yin was reluctant to let Zheng Woxue leave the Cao family, which is understandable. However, now that he has figured out to transfer the breeding method, there is no need to involve her on himself.

No matter what he thought, Cao Hao still changed his clothes and went to Chunnuan Pavilion. After all, the Zheng family brothers and sisters were involved in the Cao family because of him, and this knot must be untied. In addition, when he first met the Zheng siblings, he promised to help them avenge their siblings. Now, he is also getting older, and if the two brothers and sisters have such and such ideas, he also wants to help achieve them with all his heart. In this way, it is not in vain that the two of them have worked hard for the Cao family for many years.

Before I arrived at the door of Chun Nuan Pavilion, I saw Qiu Xuan and Dong Zhi coming towards me, and saw Cao Hao's body blessed: "Uncle is back, the girl is waiting!" ”

Cao Hao waved his hand and ordered the two to get up. When I entered the Chunnuan Pavilion, I heard Cao Yi's voice: "The winter in Beijing doesn't have to be in the south, but it's really cold." However, the colder it gets, the better it is in the hot spring village! ”

"Hot Spring Zhuangzi?" A strange and soft female voice.

|“ Well, my brother built a big and big Zhuangzi and took us over to play. There are hot springs not only in the house, but also in the yard! The water vapor is swirling, and people walk in it, as if in a painting. Originally, Bao Gege said that everyone would go back when the peach blossoms bloomed this spring, but they missed the season! Cao Yi said unsatisfactorily.

Cao Hao entered for a while, but neither of them noticed it, and they chatted happily to themselves. Even if they didn't say anything, Cao Hao was embarrassed to eavesdrop and coughed lightly.

Cao Yi got up with a smile: "My brother is back!" The woman who was originally sitting opposite Cao Yi with her back to the door also got up and turned around, it was Zheng Woxue, whom Cao Hao had not seen for many years.

Compared with ordinary southern daughters, Zheng Woxue's body is quite tall, a fist higher than Ping'er, wearing beige clothes, and a bamboo green pinching of teeth and shoulders on the outside, which looks very refreshing.

"Wo Xue has seen Childe!" The moment she saw Cao Hao, Zheng Woxue slowly bowed down.

"Miss Zheng, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Cao Hao didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to be polite.

Cao Yi was beside him, watching the two of them so polite, and said with a smile: "If I hadn't listened to Sister Zheng, I wouldn't have known that my brother and second brother were still Jiangning's little overlords!" I really didn't expect that my brother would be so swaggering! ”

"At that time, it was stubborn, and a lot of things were not done properly!" Cao Hao said with a little regret.

Zheng Woxue just smiled lightly, but Cao Yi didn't believe it: "Since I saw my brother, my brother has been steady, and I really can't imagine that my brother is still stubborn!" ”

Vanilla took a few spring sprouts to set up a meal, Cao Yi invited his brother to sit in the right seat, and asked Zheng Woxue to sit down, and he was accompanied by the prime minister. Although Zheng Woxue is more demure and doesn't talk much, but after all, she is unfamiliar, so Cao Hao hurriedly used a bowl of rice, put down the chopsticks, said "slow use", and then got up and came back to ask for his own home.

The revenge of the brothers and sisters in Zhengzhou should not be talked about in front of people, so it is better to wait until you see Zheng Hu and ask him what he means. Thinking like this, Cao Hao let go of the Zheng family in advance, and remembered that the few packets of Buddha incense brought back from Qingliang Temple should be sent back to Beijing before the Buddha's birthday. Thinking of the capital, and thinking of everyone in the capital, the sixteenth elder brother bothered to arrange a meeting, but he didn't catch up in the end; There is also a new garden in the house, I don't know how it is repaired; Cao Song, Amethyst and Mr. Zhuang are all good...... Just thinking about it, I saw the little maid Cai'er talking back and forth, it turned out that Xiaoman was at the gate of the yard, saying that he was looking for the uncle.

Xiaoman returned to Jiangning, and his grandmother and mother rushed to give him tonics, and after a month, he gained a whole circle of weight, and his double chin appeared. Seeing Cao Hao, Xiao Man hurriedly smiled and said, "Uncle, have you had dinner?" ”

Cao Hao saw that his eyes flickered, as if he was a ghost, and said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, say, what the hell is going on?" ”

Xiao Cao scratched the back of his head, "hehe" laughed twice: "Uncle, the little one can't do it, he was really forced by the Zheng family's brother-in-law." Speaking of this, he lowered his voice: "He wanted to see the uncle, but he was suppressed by his sister-in-law, so he didn't dare to come directly to the uncle, so he begged the little one to pass the word to the uncle." ”

The "brother-in-law of the Zheng family" in Xiao Cao's mouth is Zheng Woxue's brother Zheng Hu, who married the granddaughter of the housekeeper Cao Fu and Xiaoman's cousin two years ago.

Cao Hao frowned slightly and asked, "He also returned to Jiangning?" ”

"Well, what about waiting for news in the teahouse of the Zhang family on Front Street, can you see it?" Xiaoman replied.

Cao Hao nodded: "Let's go over and take a look, I'm looking for him too!" It's just that you, not long after you came back, but you are out of luck! Speaking of this, he glanced at Xiao Man lightly, although he has never been an outsider to Xiao Man, but his surname is really unacceptable, Xiao Man has been with Cao Hao for four years, knowing that although he has a good temper, but he is tired of the troubled people around him, his face immediately turned pale, and he said pitifully: "Uncle, the little one doesn't dare anymore!" ”

"Alright, alright!" Cao Hao glanced at Xiao Man: "When you come back, you think about it carefully, if you really like to take care of things, follow your grandfather and uncle to learn to be a housekeeper." ”

(To be continued)