Although Gao Taijun was angry and said that he wanted to go back to Suzhou, where would he say that he would leave? After all, there is only one daughter of the Li family, and I still don't want her to be too embarrassed, and I heard that the Li family is going to send people to Jiangning.

Li finally persuaded the old lady, and then remembered the abnormality of his son's side, and said that when Cao Yin went out, he sent Xiuluan to bring Zhu'er and Cui'er.

Although she has become a mother-in-law, Li is not good at asking in public, so she sent Xiuluan and her mother-in-law down, leaving Zhu'er and Cui'er alone to speak.

Zhu'er and Cui'er also had some shadows in their hearts, their faces were blushing, their heads were hanging low, and their chins were reaching their chests.

These two girls are the sons of the Cao family, and they were specially selected by the Li family for their sons before Cao Hao went to Beijing the year before last. picked up their appearance and surname, they are better than ordinary young ladies from small families, and the Li family has long had the idea of promoting them to be the people in their son's room.

Now, two and a half years have passed, and these two are still dressed as girls, with unopened brows and unbroken bodies. Li couldn't help but be a little worried, thinking about whether his daughter-in-law was virtuous and docile in front of people, and was jealous in private, but he was afraid that he had wronged his daughter-in-law with too much heart, so he said: "I remember that there is a hairpin named hairpin in your uncle's room, why didn't she follow the waiter, she is...... But you have opened your face? ”

Zhu'er and Cui'er were stunned when they heard this, and as they both shook their heads, Zhu'er replied: "Back to Mrs., after the uncle got married, he changed to a new yard, but Hai'er didn't come with him, and stayed with Sister Amethyst!" Before the slaves and maids left Beijing, they heard the uncle talk to Sister Amethyst about letting some people of the right age go out to marry, and Hai'er seemed to be among them. ”

Li Shi nodded, and asked again: "Since it's not you, and it's not that hairpin, then who is your uncle's room now?" This Xiyun and Xicai are two rooms? ”

Zhu'er and Cui'er were speechless, and after a while, Cui'er said: "This, it's not that the slaves and maids are prevaricating, but I really don't know, but I don't look at the two of them like each other!" ”

Li Shi was puzzled: "This ...... You have to leave someone to wait in your uncle's room, right? Won't your grandmother do everything? ”

Zhu'er said: "Back to Mrs., Ping said that the upper room is the four waiters who are following now. It's just the uncle's rule, there is no night watch in the room, this has been until now, and no one has been raised! ”

"Don't leave anyone in the room for the night?" Li repeated: "This, is the rule set by your uncle?" Was it there at the beginning, or did it come after getting married? ”

Zhu'er and Cui'er glanced at each other, and understood in their hearts that it seemed that Mrs. was suspicious of the county lord's jealousy, and she was like this for the uncle. Although both of them have some hope for their masters, they are not people with a bad conscience, and they still tell the truth, the Tao has long existed, and it has been like this since they were in Kwai Yuan.

Cui'er spoke quickly, and unconsciously brought out Mama Ye and the joy of rain. Li originally thought that he hadn't seen Chu Yu's old grandmother by his side, but after hearing about it, he realized that there was another reason.

After thinking about it for a while, Li waved his hand and told Zhu'er and Cui'er to go down. Xiuluan is the big girl she has relied on the most in recent years, she was waiting under the porch, and when she saw Zhu'er and Cui'er going out, she entered the house.

Li sat there, his expression smiling but not smiling, and there was indescribable melancholy in it. Xiuluan entered, worried in her heart, and asked with concern: "Mrs. is an uncle?" The slave maid looks at the uncle is sensible, and the wife needs to relax her mind! ”

Li Shi nodded and said with a smile: "Originally, men in the world were greedy, but I didn't expect that this surname came out of my stomach!" That little Gege looks pure and lovely, and it is really her good fortune to be able to find a husband like Hao'er! ”

Xiuluan was confused, but she also heard the smugness in Li's tone, and said with a smile: "Look at what Mrs. said, that is, Mrs. doesn't boast, is the uncle still bad?" Only a surname like the old lady can train a son like the uncle. Although the slave maid is in the second gate, I have also heard my brother and sister-in-law mention that there are many official sons and sons in Jiangning City, and none of them have the reputation of an uncle. No matter who says it, they must give a thumbs up, praise filial piety and promising! ”

Hearing Xiuluan mention that the people outside praised his son, Li suddenly felt happy, but after thinking about it, he was a little unconvinced, and asked, "Didn't they coax you?" How old is Fang Erfang, and which one will know him? ”

Xiuluan hurriedly shook her head: "No, no, the slave's brother and sister-in-law, the wife has also seen it, honest and honest, where is the person who can make up nonsense?" Although the uncle is not very old, since he was born in our house, it is for the sake of the master, and the people who pay attention to the uncle are indispensable to go! Not to mention, the uncle is on an errand in front of the emperor, isn't this a big deal? Speaking of this, I remembered something: "Madam, the uncle has been promoted to the Taoist platform now, is he more decent than our Futai adults?" ”

Li said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Hao'er is out of the picture, and this official position is now higher than his father's!" Who would have thought that at such a young age! How do you think that he will not have to stay up in Beijing for ten or eight years, this is a little more effort! ”

*The little Cao-sama who is out of the ordinary, is doing something that is not very interesting right now.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, perhaps because of the cold weather in Layue, most of the Qinglou painting boats are stationed on the shore, and the business is very deserted. It is not surprising that the water here is not frozen, unlike in the north, but the temperature is not high. Everyone's warm room does not wait, who rarely goes to the painting boat to blow the wind.

Under the trees not far from the shore, a plain-looking tweed carriage was parked. Outside the carriage, Wei Hei, Xiaoman, and a few elders stood on horseback with the escorts.

In the car, Cao Hao lifted the curtain and told Chu Yu about the legend of the Qinhuai River. As for the romantic history of "Qin Huai Bayan" or something, Cao Hao is the Spring and Autumn period penmanship, and he has brought it in a few words.

Maybe it's because Qin Huai's current scenery is mediocre, and Cao Hao's story is a little boring after being deleted, Chu Yu is very puzzled, and asked in a low voice: "Forehead, is this Qinhuai River really so famous?" That doesn't sound like anything unusual! ”

Cao Hao sighed in his heart, this is the "holy land" in the hearts of men, and it is naturally extremely famous. Although in the early years, there was a saying that "fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March", but in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Qinhuai River was more famous than Yangzhou.

Thinking of the embarrassment when he first boarded the painting boat when he was a teenager, Cao Hao naturally held Chu Yu's little hand: "I persuaded you to change my clothes and come out, in that case, we can also pick a painting boat to go shopping, maybe we can meet the market, and we can't prepare some good food!" ”

Chu Yu smiled and said: "If it's okay in Beijing, there are father-in-law and mother-in-law here, even if you don't talk about us, you won't be happy that we are messing around!" ”

Seeing her well-behaved face, Cao Hao couldn't help but straighten her face and teased her: "Okay, it's like a good daughter-in-law!" When I saw my father-in-law and mother-in-law, my husband had to throw it aside first! ”

Chu Yu listened and hurriedly explained: "E, don't worry, Chu Yu didn't mean that!" Chu Yu was just afraid...... I'm afraid that my parents-in-law don't like ...... of my own" Speaking of this, I saw Cao Hao looking at her with a smile, where was the slightest bit of annoyance? She was so embarrassed that she couldn't help but slap Cao Hao twice.

This Qinhuai River has also been visited, and Cao Hao instructed the coachman to go home. Originally, he still wanted to go to Qingliang Temple to see the little monk, but at the end of the year, the temple was full of incense, and Chu Yu did not have a maid and maid to follow, which was a little inconvenient, so he still went again when he was ready.

Chu Yu was still worried about the clothes, and whispered to Cao Hao: "E, Chu Yu heard that there is a ready-to-wear shop making clothes outside, why don't we cut two pieces!" It's the second aunt's side, Chu Yu looked, her flag outfit was not as regular as Chu Yu's, and the style was a little lively! ”

It is rare for Chu Yu to be so attentive, Cao Hao remembered Gao Taijun's expression yesterday, as if he was really not used to seeing the flag costume, so he smiled and nodded, opened the carriage curtain, and asked the few long-term followers who followed, which garment shop in the city was the largest and the tailor had the best handiwork.

Among the long followers who followed, there was a cousin of Xiaoman, whose name was Liqiu, who seemed to be the most familiar with Jiangning City, and said several shops in one breath. Cao Hao was a little confused when he heard this, so he asked the coachman to pick up the most famous "Cutting Cloud Building" among the several places mentioned by Liqiu.

Maybe it's really because of the fame, there is a carriage parked in front of the cloud cutting building. The people who came in and out of the door were all women who were showing off their flowers, Wei Hei was used to seeing the market, and he could see at a glance that the good and the bad were uneven, and there were a few dusty women mixed in it, so he whispered to Cao Hao through the car curtain.

Cao Hao looked at Chu Yu, who was already full of curiosity and was about to get out of the car, so he couldn't bear to spoil her interest, so he said to Wei Hei: "Brother Wei, it's okay, ask Xiaoman to ask their shopkeeper to see if there is a clean place upstairs!" ”

After a while, Xiao Man led the shopkeeper of Qiyun Building over. The shopkeeper has been in business for decades, and his vision is the most poisonous, although the car in which the guests are riding outside the door is not decorated, but seeing that the long-term servants who came with him are all high-headed horses and brightly dressed, he said with extra courtesy: "Guests, please rest assured, there is a special place to entertain distinguished guests on the second floor of the store, and it is very quiet!" ”

Cao Hao got out of the carriage first and nodded to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then his attitude became more and more respectful. Cao Hao looked curious and asked, "Looking at the shopkeeper like this, he seems to know Cao?" ”

The shopkeeper bowed down and said, "Back to the eldest son, when the son was in Jiangning last year, the younger one saw the son!" ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "The shopkeeper doesn't have to be polite, today I brought the inner son to choose two ready-to-wear clothes, and I have to bother the shopkeeper to choose some high-quality products!" ”

The eldest son of the Cao family married the emperor's granddaughter, who doesn't know in this Jiangning City? The shopkeeper was stunned and speechless for a moment.

Seeing this, Cao Hao frowned slightly, and gestured to Xiaoman. Xiao Manshang went to the shopkeeper and stuffed a piece of ingots in his hand, and said in a low voice: "Shopkeeper, don't hurry up and lead the way, don't think about anything else, this gossip is not good to say casually, otherwise...... Otherwise......"

The shopkeeper woke up like a dream, even if he was still thinking about whether he would be able to show off in the future, there was a county lord Gege who came to buy the clothes in their building, and this Xiaoman's words shattered his dream. Yes, take the Cao family as a raft, and use the royal Gege as a raft, isn't he going to die?

Although it was Layue, the shopkeeper couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "Eldest prince, please...... Please...... The small one makes people clean up the upstairs! ”

Cao Hao opened the carriage curtain and said to Chu Yu: "Get out of the car, let's see what his clothes look like, is there anything you like?" ”

The result was only disappointment, and the ladies of serious families at this time all invited tailors to make clothes on a quarterly basis. Those who come out to buy ready-to-wear are either from ordinary families or from merchants' families.

Although this cutting cloud building is famous, the clothes look like a lot of styles, and the tailoring is also good, but it is only in this material.

Chu Yu has seen all the materials allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs since he was a child, and after arriving at the Cao family, whether it is used by Cao Hao in Beijing, or by the Li family and Gao Taijun here, they are not ordinary products, where can I see these? If you really want to wear these things, the result may not be much better than the flag costume, and I am afraid that it will attract the jokes of the servants in the house.

Looking at Chu Yu's difficult appearance, Cao Hao said: "It's all because I didn't think it through, think about it, there are a few people who put clothes outside, what good material can they have?" Let's ask the tailors commonly used in the house to come tomorrow, not only you, but I also want to buy some clothes! After all, when you go to Shandong, you can't socialize as casually as in the past! "Saying this, I'm just afraid that Chu Yu won't ask someone to make clothes alone.

Sure enough, Chu Yu heard that Cao Hao wanted to cut clothes, and he also agreed; Thinking that by the way, I would make two sets of Han family clothes and change this flag outfit, and my grandmother's face might be better, so I thought about it and let go of my worries.

Out of the Cutting Cloud Building, Cao Hao felt a little guilty, speaking of which, he had not given any gifts to his wife in the past year since he got married. Do the math, in a few days it will be the first anniversary of the two getting married.

Thinking like this, he happened to see that there was a jewelry and jade shop next door, and Cao Hao said to Chu Yu: "Let's go there and have a look, see if we can find two pieces of jewelry, and prepare your new clothes!" ”

Chu Yu smiled and agreed, and followed him into the store next door.

It looks a lot more magnificent, and in the lobby, there are many fewer customers than the ready-to-wear store next door, and there are some jade objects on the counter.

On a chair in the corner of the lobby, there sat a slightly wealthy old lady, who was picking out jewelry, and behind her stood a girl in flag costume with her head bowed and a few maids.

(To be continued)