Chu Yu took the post and was a little embarrassed.

I don't know how Mrs. Ru of Tong Mansion thought of the Cao family, and in the name of congratulating the Li family on his birthday, she gave a heavy gift, and then brought her invitation to the Li family and Chu Yu.

In this way, Chu Yu is not easy to push away at will.

"Eat and drink?" When Li Shi heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "I remember that Mrs. Tong didn't have it last year, and the anniversary of her death has not yet arrived, how can Mrs. Ru feast?" ”

As a concubine, you must also serve filial piety to your master's mother.

Chu Yu closed the post and said, "I can't wait for anything, what can I have, it is estimated that Mrs. Ru's edict has been sealed." Thinking about these two days, the master will also receive a post. ”

When it comes to officialdom and personal contacts, it cannot be influenced by personal likes and dislikes.

It's just that Mrs. Ru is too ignorant of the rules, Chu Yu is still wearing filial piety, how can she go out to eat and drink?

This is another person's private matter, and the Li family doesn't have much to say. It's just that her identity is limited, which makes her feel a little more sympathetic to the deceased uncle and wife, and sighs.

When Cao Hao came back from the Yamen, Chu Yu mentioned to her husband that Long Keduo favored concubines and posted gifts.

"Which day?" Cao Hao thought for a while and asked.

"The fifth day of the next month." Chu Yu replied.

"It's half a month, it's early enough." Cao Hao replied casually.

The date of the Holy Driving Expedition has been set, that is, October 20, that is, the day after tomorrow.

Long Keduo can not only set a banquet after half a month, but is he sure that the holy car can end the siege within half a month?

Nanyuan Ranch is the southern suburb of the capital, more than 20 miles away from the capital, and it is closer to the capital than Changchun Garden.

In this siege, in order to show the national prestige to the Khalkha Mongol kings, in addition to the prince Baylor, civil and military officials above the third rank took turns to follow the emperor.

Cao Hao had just returned from Tongzhou on an errand, so he was not on the list of the first batch of followers, and he had to go on a shift on October 26.

For Tianyou's desire to go and hunt, it is not difficult.

Although the ranch is where the holy car is located, and the guards are particularly strict, Tianyou is the son-in-law of the Earl's Mansion and the grandson of the Chunjun Palace, and he is not an unknown person, and he can also enter the paddock with several uncles of the Chunjun Mansion or the cousins of the Pingjun Palace.

However, Cao Hao thought about it and decided to talk to his son.

Recently, the brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng have been a little depressed, and it is the growth period from children to teenagers, and Cao Hao hopes that they can grow up healthily.

"God bless, the siege of the Holy Driving Nanyuan is indeed a major event that the whole capital is concerned about. It makes sense that you want to see it. It's just that, at your age and as my father, you can only beg others to fulfill your wishes. I can only take you one, but I can't live on the left and become on the left. These words, a few of you are a little estranged, is it because you are not studying in the same school? Cao Hao asked.

Tianyou nodded and said, "Listen to the meaning of Zuozhu, the schoolwork of the official school is more onerous, and the time to go to school and leave school is later than that of the flag school." In addition, the second brother now enters the palace in the early morning and comes back early to rest at night, so the big guys are not as old together as before. ”

Speaking of this, Tianyou also sensed that something was wrong, and frowned: "Father, do you want someone to ask in the official school, the son looks at Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, and these sons have no spirit." When Mr. Qian was there, he once said that reading should not be 'plucked out of the seedlings'. Zuo Cheng's body is not as strong as others, what should I do if I am tired? ”

Looking at the appearance of the little adult, Cao Hao said: "The two of them are not sick, but heartsick. A few days ago, I told them about their backgrounds, and it seemed that the two of them were deeply touched. They are not distant relatives of Mr. Zhuang, but the widows of their father's best friends. ”

Then, Cao Hao simply said that there were changes in Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng's family, so that they had been living in Cao's house.

"Their family is a Manchurian bannerman, and their ancestors also have hereditary lords and titles, if nothing happens, they are also qualified to enter the flag school." Speaking of this, Cao Hao sighed.

Children are the most sensitive, although when it comes to the learning atmosphere, the official school is much better than the flag school, but the difference is different. One needs to study hard to get the entrance qualification; One is qualified to enroll by relying on his family.

As the children get older, this difference in status becomes more and more prominent.

"Huh?" Tianyou listened and was surprised.

Cao Hao got up, stood in front of his son, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are busy with your father's errands, you are the elder brother, it is good to take care of their brothers for your father." ”

Tianyou nodded, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Father, is it also for the sake of Uncle Zuo's affection that Uncle Ma gave his daughter to Zuo Zhu?" If so, will my father allow my sister to live on the left? ”

"How did you remember to ask this?" Cao Hao was a little strange.

Tianyou hesitated for a moment and replied: "Fu Ning said that everyone outside knows that her mother bought a thick dowry for her sister, and if it weren't for her young age, someone would have come to the door to say goodbye." Those people...... The picture shows the money of the father and mother......"

Fu Ning is a friend he made in Qixue, and although his family is not as noble as the Cao Mansion, it is also the home of the lord.

Seeing Tianyou's worried expression and talking about this matter seriously, Cao Hao couldn't help but shake his head and said, "How old is your sister?" Zuo Cheng was raised in our family, and Tianhui is a brother and sister, how can he be a husband and wife? ”

Tianyou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good if it's not." If he changes to the left, his son is not worried; Zuo Cheng is sick and can't take care of his sister. ”

Tianyou's thoughts are all on sharing his father's worries, and he also looks down on the matter of the siege.

When he came out of the study, he went directly to the maple courtyard where his brother lived on the left.

The structure of the Maple Courtyard is similar to that of the Aoi Courtyard, except that the courtyard is larger, the main house is wider, and it is a structure of four broken five and five small rooms. Therefore, the brothers Zuo and Zuo Cheng live together here.

When Tianyou came, it was already dusk, and the upper room was already lit.

There is a little maid sweeping the floor in the yard, and when she saw Tianyou entering the courtyard, she was busy standing with her hands tied, please say hello.

Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng heard movement in the house, picked up the curtain and came out, and welcomed Tianyou in.

Seeing that Zuo Zhu was about to lead himself to the West House, Tianyou smiled and said, "Why don't you go to your house?" ”

"It's messy over there, how to treat guests." Left Residence Road.

Tianyou was only curious when he listened, and looked at Zuo Cheng next to him.

Zuo Chengdao: "Let Mulian pack up some old bedding and clothes and come out, but they haven't been wrapped yet." ”

While talking, the three of them arrived at the Westinghouse.

"Hang Seng hasn't come back?" Zuo Zhu asked.

"Well, I said that I would stay in the palace and come back tomorrow." God bless replied.

On the Kang table in the West Inghouse lay an account book, and an open wooden box with some silver bills and copper coins in it.

"Is it a big deal to throw away government education? These words, you are also busy, and we have less effort to speak. Outside is not as good as at home, if the monthly money is not enough, you must not wronged yourself. Father knows, and will allow us to increase the monthly example. Tianyou said.

Zuo Zhu waved his hand and said, "It's to study, not to eat, drink and have fun, except to buy books, where is there a place to spend money?" ”

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "I am cleaning up these today, thinking of helping a classmate...... It is the second place in this year's college examination, with excellent learning and a poor family background. In winter, there is only an old jacket on his body. His mother was sick again recently, and even the old jacket was used as a medicine, so it was pitiful. ”

"It's really not easy, just help if you can. If the money is not enough, send Mulian to get it from me. "God bless.

Although he has a good heart, he is not the surname of a bad person. After studying in Qi for more than half a year, I have seen a lot of cheats and abductions, and I have already thought that I will send someone to inquire about Zuozhu's classmate, so as to save Zuozhu and Zuo Cheng's brothers from being fooled.

"When I first entered the government school, my brother and I couldn't keep up with our schoolwork, but he helped us patiently. He also grew up with his widowed mother...... "Zuo Zhu said this, and he couldn't say anything.

Thinking about his classmates copying books every night to earn copper plates, thinking about the two dilapidated rooms his family rented, Zuo Zhu didn't know how to describe it to Hengsheng.

They grew up in the house since they were children, and they came into contact with the homes of the eunuchs, and if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have known what a "poor people" was.

The rice is sorghum and stick batter, and the dishes are only pickles and Chinese cabbage. Even tofu has become a luxury.

If there was no protection from the Cao family, would their brother's situation be better than that classmate?

My mother had long said that when I went to the Cao family, I only had some of my mother's dowry jewelry. Then, in the past ten years, the father-in-law left a share of the profits from the trading in the south and accumulated an estate for the two brothers.

When they reach adulthood and leave Caofu to stand on their own, they will also be able to worry about food and clothing.

Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng grew up in Cao Mansion, and they didn't know much about their livelihood, and they didn't have any ideas about having an industry under their own name.

In the past few months of entering the official school, most of the classmates I have come into contact with are children of ordinary people, and many of them are from poor families, and these two brothers have also grown up in the world.

After going to the house of that good classmate, they realized the taste of poverty more profoundly, and they also understood how lucky they were to grow up in Cao's Mansion.

"My brother is kind-hearted, but that guy's surname is stubborn, so he may not be able to accept it. I went back to his house and was just in time for dinner at their house. He preferred me and my brother to eat. The stick noodle can knock out big teeth, I only ate one bite, I can't eat it, and he gave me a face. Zuo Cheng frowned and said.

Tianyou listened, but felt that this person was very childish, and said, "How old is that person?" ”

"Two years older than my brother, thirteen. The homework is fine, but he is a hard person and can't speak. Zuo Cheng replied.

A few people gossiped a few more words, and God blessed him before returning to Aoi Courtyard.

Looking at the appearance of Zuozhu, he wanted to lend all the monthly silver saved by the two brothers to the classmate, so what did their brother do?

Tianyou thought about it, and asked Xiaoxie to take twenty taels of silver and send it to the Zuozhu brothers.

* Outside Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion.

The fourth elder brother stood in the study, his brows furrowed. Entering the palace today, when Wei Zhu was empty, he said a word to him, the emperor seems to be very concerned about the news in the northwest recently, and has asked the fourteenth elder brother a few times.

The fourteenth elder brother didn't come up every other day, but the emperor didn't seem to be satisfied with the content.

When the fourth elder brother thought of this, he only felt like a numb heart, whether the imperial father wanted to reprimand the fourteenth elder brother for unsuccessful peace talks, or wanted to summon the fourteenth elder brother back to Beijing......

(To be continued)