Wei Hei and his entourage arrived in the capital on September 24, and Cao Hao was not in the mansion because he went to the yamen to deal with these backlog of official affairs. Chu Yu's side has already been prepared. Hearing the news of Wei Hei's return, he hurriedly asked Xiyun to bring two maids over to pick up Hengsheng.

Hengsheng has been more than a month, but he looks like a child of nearly 100 days, with a round face, a wide forehead, and oily hair. Mama Ye smiled and her face bloomed, this child is too strong, it is really rare.

Heng Sheng was lying in the rocking car, very afraid of people, and grinned when he saw people.

Even Zhao Jia's heard the wind and came over to take a look. Although she was a little unimpressed with raising a righteous son, in front of Chu Yu, she still praised a few good words about the child's cleverness.

Zhao Jia's family gave birth to three sons and one daughter, and she knew that being a child was a mother's heart. The people in the partial growth house are thin, only Cao Hao's brother is one, Tianyou is the eldest grandson, and it is reasonable to be around his grandfather and grandmother on behalf of his parents.

In Zhaojia's eyes, this Hengsheng is just like a cat and a dog, let Cao Hao take it back and relieve Chu Yu's fatigue. Because after a few glances, she also lost her interest, and after giving some gold and silver bills as a gift, she took the maid back to the peony courtyard.

Although Chu Yu is a royal mansion, he does not understand Mongolian. A clan like her usually refers to the fact that after marriage, if she wants to marry Mongolian, only the Ministry of Internal Affairs will send a special Jingqi grandmother to teach Mongolian. Among the servants who accompanied the marriage were Mongolian male and female servants.

Chu Yu was accused of marrying the Cao family and marrying into Beijing, so he saved this step. She wanted to ask about the child's condition, but the nurse was Mongolian and did not speak Chinese. It was still Amethyst who remembered Wuen and asked the little girl to talk to the Mongolian nurse, so that it would be clearer.

The child was born on August 14, and there was nothing abnormal about the child after birth, and he was a very healthy little one.

Although Unn has been in the government for a few years, because of his young age, he has not been on an errand in the past few years. Now, just in need of someone to teach this nurse to speak Chinese, Chu Yu told Amethyst that Liuwuen was on an errand in Wutong Garden.

Amethyst was speechless, and Unn was also full of joy. Because she was specially ordered by Cao Hao, everyone has always taken good care of her. Every time she wanted to repay the Cao family, she begged Amethyst several times. Because Cao Hao said that she is young and does not have to be an errand, and Amethyst is not easy to make decisions on her own, she has delayed until now.

While talking, Hengsheng came to a bubble of boy's urine. In the laughter of everyone, the nurse hurriedly picked him up and picked him up. I heard Mama Ye say in surprise: "God, the little master is actually carrying three spins!" ”

Everyone followed Mama Ye's hope, but it wasn't anything, Hengsheng couldn't see it just now, but now when he came back with the nurse, three small whirls appeared on his head.

Chu Yu and Amethyst were still rare, so they listened to Mama Ye say: "This old saying is good, 'one spin is good, two spins are good, and three spins don't use knives to fight', this young master looks strong now, and our house may have a big general." ”

Chu Yu took Hang Seng from the nurse and looked at it carefully. Isn't it, three hair whirls that are not much bigger than a soybean grain on the top of the head. Because of his thick hair, if you don't pay attention, you really can't find it.

Amethyst also stepped forward to look at it, nodded with a smile, and said, "It's really three!" Grandma, what did the slave and maid say yesterday, it has always been unusual for Young Master Hengsheng to meet Uncle and Grandma with such a blessing. ”

As he was talking, there was a happy smoke to report, saying that the two aunts of the dealer family came with the girl.

Chu Yu handed Hengsheng to the nurse, and ordered with a smile: "Why don't you invite the two of you to come in quickly!" He also instructed Xicai next to him: "In the morning, Wu'er is still talking about Niuniu's sister, you go to the second wife's side, pick her up, and say that Niuniu is here!" ”

Xicai went in response, Xixia picked up the curtain and invited Lianqiu and Xiqiu to come in.

Chu Yu smiled: "How are the two aunts resting these days? Jiang Ning's journey from Beijing was more than half a month, which was really tiring. ”

"I'm tired of my grandmother, we shouldn't do anything, but Mr. was a little tired in the first two days, and he was impatient to go out these days. Today, I heard that grandma has a new master, so two of us sisters are here! Reicho replied with a smile.

Xiqiu took Niuniu's hand and asked Niuniu to come forward and call someone. Niuniu is three years old, she is naughty and tight, and she is not afraid of people. She crossed her fingers and smiled, and according to her aunt's instructions, she said childishly: "County Lord...... County Lord's sister-in-law Ann! ”

Niuniu is born in Cao Mansion and the head of Cao Mansion, Cao Hao and Chu Yu have always been treated as their own little sisters.

Although Mr. Zhuang and his family Fang came back from Jiangning a few days ago, they did not stay in Wutong Garden for a long time because of the fatigue of the journey.

Chu Yu hurriedly waved her hand at Niuniu, called Niuniu over, hugged her in her arms, and asked a few words carefully.

While talking, Wu'er took the hand of the fourth sister and came back, and when she saw Niuniu, the two of them just laughed.

These three little girls, one is four years old and two are three years old, muttering, and talking about children is also lively.

Chu Yu sat on the edge of the kang, looking at this lively scene, and there was more smile on his face. Whether the forehead is in Beijing or not in Beijing is the same thing. Even if he is in the yamen, the mansion is not deserted.

I remembered that last night, I slept until I woke up in the middle of the night...... Chu Yu realized that she had some backache, straightened up, and thought about whether the nourishing medicine that Mama said should make people boil.

* Cao Hao's side is worry-free, and the subordinate officials in the yamen perform their duties, but there are some that need his final signature and painting.

Tang Zhiyu has been waiting for Cao Hao for a long time, and the statistics of the Taifu Temple Horse Farm that the two of them made outside the Saiwai last time had already made people go to the horse farm to find someone to check. The correlation between horse loss and changes in weather conditions was also counted. This data should have some effect on the prevention of large-scale horse plague in the future.

At the same time, after the data, Cao Hao also gave advice, that is, when the weather is found to be abnormal, the horse herd should be properly isolated to prevent the most prone to several types of horse plague.

When he first wrote this, Cao Hao was still amused in his heart, as if he began to fight the plague after he arrived in the Qing Dynasty. With a few precautions that everyone will know hundreds of years later, he can also be blinded here. No matter what, in the end, it can be regarded as benefiting the country and the people, and Cao Hao is also quite proud in his heart.

If it weren't for the discord with farming, he would also want to study and study rice, and if he accidentally came up with a father of "hybrid rice", then he would be able to leave a name for eternity. It's just that I think about it occasionally, as far as Cao Hao is concerned, there is no difference between rice and weeds in his eyes. If he is allowed to be a farmer, he should no longer expect a harvest from the field.

However, not to mention anything else, Cao Hao really wanted to build a farm on the side of Xiaotangshan. Now, there are peaches on the mountain, and then open a vegetable field, make a small pond, and get tired of living in the city in the future, and take your wife and children to that side, which is also considered a farmhouse.

In contrast, he was not interested in the garden in Haidian Town. Although it is adjacent to the garden of the Chunjun Palace, it is also convenient for Chu Yu to meet his mother's family. But thinking of the successive princely mansions, Cao Hao had the idea of staying away.

Tang Zhiyu handed over the sorted statistical folds to Cao Hao. Although Cao Hao is the chief official, if he wants the racecourse to act according to the plan here, he still has to go through Kangxi's instructions.

Cao Hao opened the fold and looked at it, and saw that only his name was listed below, which was a little strange, and asked: "Lord Tang, this is a joint fold between the adult and the official, why don't you see the adult's signature?" ”

Tang Zhiyu bowed down and said: "Back to the adult's words, this was originally the proposal of the adult, but the humble position is only a little bit of a small effort, and I dare not take credit." ”

Cao Hao shook his head with a smile and said, "Lord Tang's words are ridiculous! The official is just talking about it, and most of the errands are still tired on Lord Tang's side. One yard is one yard, Lord Tang does not dare to take credit, and the official does not dare to be greedy. As he spoke, he reached out and took the brush from the pen stand, dipped it in ink, and added Tang Zhiyu's name after the fold.

Tang Zhiyu wanted to dissuade him again, but it was too late, so he hurriedly said: "Thanks to the promotion of the lord, it is really a shame to be lowly." ”

Because he is a Confucian disciple and pays attention to the dignity and humility of the upper and lower levels, he was originally very polite to Cao Hao, the chief. After working together outside the country for a long time, Tang Zhiyu also liked Cao Hao quite a lot.

Thinking of Cao Hao's epidemic prevention in the capital the year before last, Tang Zhiyu has greatly changed his opinion of it. Although he is so young and has jumped to a high position, he is indeed suspected of nepotism, and he borrowed the light of King Chun's mansion, but he is already much stronger than those Manchurian officials who are bent on settling with the Lord of Long Live.

Although Cao Hao Su said that he looked inconspicuous and dewy, he was not a person who was a vegetarian eater. In his position, Cao Hao can also be regarded as a capable official.

Cao Hao stayed at the yamen until noon, and after processing all the documents that needed to be handled by him, he put down his pen and straightened his clothes and got up.

It looks like it's about to enter October, and the first day of October is the birthday of the thirteenth elder brother. In the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion, there is nothing missing. Even if he loves tea, now Cao Hao has no new tea garden in his hands, so he wants to go to the glaze factory and change the set of tea sets to make a birthday gift.

Because this was planned before going out in the morning, Cao Hao asked Chu Yu to pack a set of home-style clothes and bring them. When you go shopping to change things, it's always bad to wear this official skin. Those who like to go to Liulichang are all rich or expensive characters, such as the prince, Baylor, Guogong and the like, and when the street comes to the end, you can always meet three or two.

Wearing an official uniform, it doesn't make people laugh, but it's uncomfortable. Therefore, Cao Hao changed out of his official uniform and went out of the yamen, and Xiaoman had already led the horse over.

Because he didn't go out of the city today, Cao Hao only took Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong, gave the Ren brothers a few days off, and asked them to visit the capital.

The four masters and servants got on the horse one after another, and Cao Hao heard the humane: "Lord Cao, take a step slowly!" ”

But it was the voice of Yi Duli, the young secretary of Taifu Temple, who was also wearing ordinary clothes, riding a horse, and coming with two elders.

Yiduli's family lives in the north of the city, and Cao Hao lives in the west of the city, which is not a good way. Cao Hao still had some doubts in his heart, so he heard Yi Duli say in a low voice: "Look at Fu Ruo's dress, there is a dinner, or do you want to listen to the play?" ”

In the past two years, there have been many fans of Kunqu opera in Beijing, and after the officials of various ministries came out of the yamen, they went to the opera garden to ask for a pot of tea, and there were many people who pased until dark.

Cao Hao doesn't like to listen to that very much, although he grew up in Nanmian since he was a child, but he is still a little unaccustomed to Nanyin. Although I have accompanied the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Song a few times in the past few years, they just look at the people's livelihood, and they are not interested in the people on the stage.

Although the melody of Kunqu Opera is melodious, it can't stand it, he can't understand it, and he doesn't have the patience to ponder the lyrics.

Therefore, hearing Yi Duli ask like this, Cao Hao smiled and waved his hand: "Where to listen to that, I want to go to Liulichang to see if I can find a good tea set." A few more days are the thirteenth master's birthday, find a good thing, let him be happy. Little Brother said that I didn't catch up, and this time it's not good to be lazy. ”

Yi Duli has always been good friends with the Thirteenth Elder Brother, and after listening to Cao Hao's words, he took a closer look at him and said with a smile: "Today's people, which one is not tending to be inflammatory?" You are sincere, and you have always been close to the Thirteenth Master all these years. ”

Because Yidu Li is the brother-in-law of the thirteenth elder brother, the two families are also close to each other. Therefore, Cao Hao said: "This is all as it should be, the thirteenth master treats people righteously, and his heart is kind, and he will be blessed in the future." Don't say it's me, it's an adult, isn't it because of this, and I have a relationship with the Thirteenth Master? ”

Yi Duli smiled: "Fu Ruo, Fu Ruo, I haven't seen you for half a year, but you will talk about it." In this case, I will go with you today to borrow Fu Ruo's good luck to see if I can also exchange decent things for birthday gifts. ”

The two of them walked side by side and walked leisurely to the front door.

Seeing that Cao Hao's face was black and thin, and he no longer had the white and tender appearance of the original son of the family, Yi Duli had to ask the reason again. What kind of errand did you run, but I have suffered a lot when I look at it.

Cao Hao said according to Kangxi's instructions that the Yidu family was a Manchurian nobleman, and his ancestors and fathers had also fought in Mobei in their early years, so they had also heard of Alxa. After asking a few words about Mongolian customs and people, I came to Qianmen Street while talking.

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(To be continued)