Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

Cao Hao sat at the head of the bed, looked at the sixteenth elder brother who entered the room directly, and said with a smile: "Why don't you report it first?" Allow me to change this garment, sweaty, and carefully smoke you! ”

The sixteenth elder brother raised his eyebrows and said, "What is not smoked, there are not so many rules!" came over like this, and I was worried that I would disturb your rest and be disgusted by my eldest niece; If I toss you to change your clothes again, I'm afraid that my uncle, I will be treated as an uninvited guest! ”

As he spoke, he looked at Cao Hao's expression.

But his cheeks are sunken, his face is dull, and it is uncomfortable to look at.

The sixteenth elder brother casually pulled a stool, sat on the edge of the bed, frowned, and said, "I saw your recipe, why did it become like this?" Didn't you say that the previous stab was less than two inches deep? Even if you are not feeling well, why should you be strong, even if you are recuperating outside the mouth, what can you do? Could it be that in this court, without you Cao Hao, no one will share the worries of Huang Ama? ”

A series of blames, but full of concern.

Cao Hao just wanted to speak, but he felt that his throat was itching, so he hurriedly covered his mouth and "coughed" twice.

When the sixteenth elder brother saw it, he reached out and patted him on the back.

Cao Hao turned his head, covered his mouth and nose, looked at the sixteenth elder brother and said, "The sixteenth master should sit farther away, carefully infected with the cold, will it not be my sin at that time?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at him and said loudly: "What so much nonsense, the master's body and bones have always been good, where can he be like you, like a big girl, shame or not?" ”

Cao Hao was sick, his nerves were a little weak, and listening to the high voice of the sixteenth elder brother, he only felt that his head was shaking and his temples were jumping.

He hurriedly raised his head and said with a wry smile: "My sixteenth master, this disease is not what I am looking forward to, if you don't say a few words, let me be quiet and quiet." ”

Seeing him like this, the sixteenth elder brother was quite worried, and said, "Okay, I'll talk about it when you're better." It's just that looking at you like this, it's strange that people can't bear it. Who is the doctor you invited, how are your medical skills, do you want to call someone over to the hospital to have a look? ”

"It's the old man we are used to, the son of the Chen family in Guan County, who is famous in the Tai Hospital." Cao Hao replied.

"It's him, that's fine." The sixteenth elder brother responded, and seeing that Cao Hao's spirit was a little insufficient, he didn't stay for long, and said a few more gossips, and went out first.

When he arrived outside, looking at the full house of tonics, the sixteenth elder brother said to Chu Yu: "It is a medicine that is three parts poisonous, so I will ask the doctor and pick it up to nourish Cao Hao." ”

Chu Yu responded, and the sixteenth elder brother originally said that he wanted to visit the Li family, but he thought that it was still in the middle of the month, so he didn't do it.

He looked around and said, "What about the children?" Not in this yard? ”

"I was here, but I was afraid that I would infect the children, so I moved to another hospital yesterday. I have already sent someone to pick it up, and let them come over to greet Uncle Sixteen. Chu Yu replied.

The sixteenth elder brother said: "It's not an outsider, so you don't have to be polite." I'll see you next time, too......"

Before the words fell, ** people had already come over with the children.

The sixteenth elder brother's face immediately smiled, stepped forward and touched Tianyou's head, pinched Hengsheng's little face, and said, "Two Tao boys, do you remember which one the master is?" ”

I told the two little brothers, and looked at Tianhui again.

Seeing the eyes that had lost their brilliance on Tianhui's little face, the sixteenth elder brother thought of his son-in-law who died last month, and couldn't help but feel like a knife.

God treats himself so thinly, but he doesn't even give himself a room; Speaking of which, Cao Hao can also be regarded as a blessed person.

The sixteenth elder brother endured his grief, untied his purse, handed it to Chu Yu, and said, "I know that your family is not short of this, but I came here in a hurry, and I didn't have a gift around me." This half bag of beads was bought by me from the Tai Hospital. It's all first-class, but for some reason, I didn't enter the treasure library, but entered the imperial pharmacy. It's rare to see beads that are so big and round, and if you grind the powder into medicine, it will be a waste of things, so let's play with the children. ”

Chu Yu was busy, took it with both hands, and asked the maid to come over with an empty box.

Because this purse containing pearls is half new and not old, it is often worn by the sixteenth elder brothers, and the Fujin people embroidered it by hand, so it has to be returned.

She poured the pearl into the empty box, but she couldn't help but be stunned as far as her eyes could see.

They are all beads the size of a little thumb cap, and they are all round and tight. Most of them are white beads, and some are black beads, which don't look ordinary.

She was born in the royal mansion, and she had seen some good things.

This bead made her feel a little heavy, because this bead looked uniform in size and had few flaws, and it looked the same as the first-class beads from the Cao family's own bead factory.

"Uncle...... Grandmother...... Grandpa ......, "Tianyou hasn't seen him for more than half a year, and he can't hold it, muttering quietly."

When the sixteenth elder brother heard it on the side, he couldn't help laughing, squatted down, flicked Tianyou's head, and said with a wrenched face: "What is this called?" That grandma and saved, if you accidentally bloom your buttocks. ”

Tianyou just smiled, but Hengsheng stepped forward, with his little arms, in front of his brother, looked at the sixteenth elder brother, and said, "Tell my father, beat you ......"

The sixteenth elder brother was amused by his appearance, and with a bit of a playful heart, he asked, "How to fight?" As far as your father looks like now, the two of them are not opponents of your father! ”

Hengsheng saw that the sixteenth elder brother was smiling proudly, lost a smile on his little face, and turned his head to look at Chu Yu.

Chu Yu smiled and said, "This is your uncle and grandfather, talking and playing with you, call someone quickly." ”

Hengsheng refused to scream, looking at the sixteenth elder brother, as if he also noticed that he was being teased, his little face turned red, and he said in a low voice: "Uncle and grandpa, you can't, beat my brother ......"

Tianyou stepped forward, grabbed his brother's hand, like a little adult, and said: "Uncle and grandpa said to play, don't hit people, last time he brought us delicious food, my brother forgot?" Among them, the black sesame candy, you are the favorite. ”

"Black sesame candy?" Hengsheng seemed to remember a little, reached out and scratched the back of his head, laughed twice and did not speak again.

Tianyou coughed, walked up to Chu Yu, took Chu Yu's hand, and said, "Mother, let's ask my uncle and grandfather to bring some black sesame candy over, okay?" My brother likes to eat that, and Zuo Cheng and his aunt also like it. ”

Chu Yu touched his son's head and said with a smile: "Your father saw that you like to eat that, and he has changed the recipe from the palace, and he has already made a lot of people. I'm just afraid that you will eat too much and break your teeth, so I won't let you eat it. ”

Tianyou was overjoyed when he heard this, and the sixteenth elder brother was listening, and said to Chu Yu: "Speaking of this, you should be careful." Not to mention anything else in the palace, there is no shortage of these various recipes. Like those dim sum food, even if you change the recipe, revise and change, and after you go to the taboo, you can sell it in your Daoxiang Village shop? You're in good order, just make that little hard-earned money. ”

"The forehead said to be content, not to be greedy, to save gains and lose their own hearts, to make indecent, to make people laugh in vain." Chu Yu replied.

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said, "That's fine." It's not ostentatious, and it's worry-free. ”

Chu Yu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Uncle Sixteen, these beads ...... Is it a medicinal herb? Isn't it too expensive, in recent years, the beads in Beijing have been expensive, and there are more than 100 of them in this half package. Is this reserved for the queen mother and the harem lords, it was given to us like this, and the sixteenth uncle should not be involved anymore. ”

The sixteenth elder brother raised his eyebrows and said: "I don't know which one did it, this designation was received from the library at a high price, and then if it really needs this flavor, it is specified to be exchanged with small beads." Not only beads, but also other scarce medicinal materials, this is nothing new, otherwise what do those bastards rely on to make money? It's rare that when the present passes, it is just in time for their newly purchased medicinal materials to be put into storage, but it is cheaper for us. ”

Speaking of this, the sixteenth master had to give a few instructions, and said: "If it is not bad as expected, the news that this imperial medicine will be rewarded to your house spreads, and there will be a fat sheep coming to the door." When the time comes, let Cao Hao watch Zai, it is best to recover some money. ”

Chu Yu listened, but felt that it was inappropriate.

After all, it was given by the palace, and if you dare to sell it, maybe there will be a "big disrespect" hat on the side of the imperial history.

Seeing her hesitation, the sixteenth elder brother said with a smile: "Who wants you to go to the street to set up a stall?" Pick up a few kinds of valuable, leave half a catty and eight taels, as a royal gift. For the rest, just use your brain vividly and think of a round statement to the past. ”

After the uncle and nephew finished speaking, the sixteenth elder brother got up and went back.

When Cao Yin came back, he knew that the sixteenth elder brother was "ordered" to visit, so he had to write a thanksgiving excerpt on behalf of his son.

*Outside the Tung Wah Gate. Tai Hospital Crude Pharmacy.

Looking at the half-empty warehouse that was "ransacked" by the sixteenth elder brother, the ninth elder brother's face turned green.

He only felt that his heart was on fire, and he pointed to the trembling ambassador of the treasury, and said sharply: "The medicinal materials that came in at noon today are gone?" ”

This is talking nonsense with his eyes open, there are not ten carts of medicinal materials in the warehouse this morning, but there are also eight carts, and there must be a few thousand catties.

Even if the sixteenth elder brother takes a lot of people, the number of people he brings is limited, and it will be the end of lifting one or two hundred catties.

However, those who were just caught up and slipped away were all worth silver, such as cordyceps, musk, saffron, bird's nest, wild ginseng, bear bile, ginseng fruit, Tianshan snow lotus, sea dragon, tortoiseshell, leopard bone, borneol, etc.

There are things that are worth a hundred taels of gold at a market price of one tael.

This time, the new drugs are in the warehouse, and the amount of next year and the whole year will be purchased, which is worth more than 100,000 taels of silver.

If you want to say that the sixteenth elder brother has taken all the new medicines, the ninth elder brother can still find an excuse to chase these medicines back. Because of the rule of the crude medicine storehouse, all high-quality medicinal materials should be set aside two catties, saving the emperor, the queen mother and others from the lack of medicine.

When you use one catty, you have to buy it separately. This last catty can only be used for the emperor and queen, and others are not qualified to use it if they are sick.

The sixteenth elder brother is in charge of the internal affairs office, and he is clear about some rules, and he keeps two or three catties of each good medicine.

This number, Brother Jiu wants to do it, but it is too difficult.

"This old sixteen, Cao Hao's kid pretended to be sick, and he also pretended to be crazy? What is he going to do? Thinking of the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that flew out of thin air, Brother Jiu couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh, and cursed through gritted teeth......*

(To be continued)