Seeing Li's hesitant appearance, Cao Hao knew that he had to say something to make her die.

"Mother, the eldest cousin entered Beijing this time, in addition to donating officials and doing Hanyu's family affairs, he also took a favor for his uncle." Cao Hao said thoughtfully.

Li Shi nodded, and said disapprerovitically: "Your uncle hasn't been in Beijing for a few years, and it's rare for your eldest cousin to come once, so naturally you have to do it everywhere." ”

"Mother, the eldest uncle asked my cousin to give a heavy gift to the Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion!" Cao Hao said.

When Li heard this, he hesitated. After being in Beijing for many years, even if she no longer pays attention to foreign affairs, she knows whose family she has a better relationship with and which government she has an estranged relationship with.

"Although the ninth elder brother is not on an errand in the sixth department, everyone knows that he is the fourteenth elder brother." Cao Hao continued.

Hearing that the fourteenth elder brother involved in the limelight, Li couldn't help frowning.

For his son's surname of being cold and afraid of trouble, the Li family knows it. Regarding her husband's decision to sit down and move the grave before his death, Li knew that the truth was not because it was convenient for his descendants to sacrifice as his husband mentioned, but because his son was impatient to socialize with the old family.

Although the fourteenth elder brother is beautiful, he has never had any contact with the Cao family.

Although the Li family is a woman with little knowledge, they also know that this royal matter is not something that courtiers can participate in, otherwise, they can win great wealth and wealth, and they can never recover.

Not to mention other people's families, it is the powerful people in the capital, because of the participation in the matter of seizing the heirs, there are still fewer people who have raided their families over the years?

As a mother, Li has no thoughts about his son becoming a dragon and his daughter becoming a phoenix, but only wants the family to be safe.

"After all, it's a close relative, otherwise Hao'er will send a letter to your uncle and persuade you?" Li said with a little uneasiness.

"Mother, why was my father estranged from my uncle when I was alive, and it wasn't because I didn't conspire with each other? My uncle's surname is stubborn, even if my father persuades him, he can't listen to it at all, let alone me as a junior. Cao Hao said.

Li sighed and said, "No matter what, he is your uncle." Even if what he does is not in line with your heart, it should not hurt the affection of relatives. ”

"Mother, it's not the son who stops his mother from having more contact with his uncle's house. It's just that at this time, the fourteenth elder brother is the scenery, and the uncle is already standing on the side of the fourteenth elder brother. Our family had close contacts with my uncle's family, and in the eyes of outsiders, we also became the faction of the fourteenth elder brother. Even on my brother-in-law's side, I'm afraid that I will be implicated. When the time comes, I can't tell, and I don't know what to say. If the fourteenth elder brother inherits the throne, it will be fine, but if he is replaced by other elder brothers, even his son will be left behind. Cao Hao looked at Li and said.

It is true that the Li family misses his mother's family a little, but no matter how close his mother's family is, it is not as good as his own children.

Hearing that not only her son is going to fall, but even the prince and son-in-law are going to be implicated, she has changed her face and said in a loud voice: "Your uncle is really confused, but how rich is rich, when will it be the end?" ”

Cao Hao didn't want to scare her, and comforted: "Uncle is not an ignorant child, he has his own thoughts, and my mother doesn't have to worry too much." Maybe my uncle is lucky, and the credit for Bo Qingtian's protection is not even guaranteed. It's just that my son has always been lazy and impatient to participate in this. I'm afraid that my mother will be wronged, but in the past two years, we have maintained some good contacts with my uncle's family. When the dust settles on the royal event, whether the mother wants to return to Ningning or wants to take her grandmother over, it is all according to her mother's wishes. ”

After saying this, Li nodded again and again, and said, "Well, well, I listen to Hao'er." We don't learn from your uncle, we don't care about the wealth and nobility, we just let the wife of the family live peacefully, which is better than anything else. I'll reply to your uncle, there are a lot of things at home, and I'm not in good health, so I can't get out of it, and it's your father's filial piety ......"

finally persuaded Li to break off his mind of returning to Suzhou, and Cao Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I vaguely remember that in the Red Studies Forum in my last life, I mentioned that the Cao family's second raid had a sin, that is, when the Li family raided the house, he hid the family property for the Li family. Although I don't know if it's true or not, I have to pay attention in advance.

I thought that since the eighth elder brother died of illness, the "Eight Masters Party" would disappear, and the Li family would be able to escape. Who would have thought that Li Xu would be so unrelenting, and he would have to make do with the Fourteenth Elder Brother through the Ninth Elder Brother.

The fourth elder brother is not a generous person, and the Li family has chosen twice and three times, all of which are in his hostile place, and it is strange that he can fall well. Not to mention, the Li family still has a deficit of hundreds of thousands that has not been made up.

Even if he knew that his mother was soft-hearted and thought of the Li family, Cao Hao had never really regarded the Li family as a relative.

Whether it is said that he is selfish, or that he is cold, since he knows that Li Ding is calculating the Cao family, the Li family is just a trouble for Cao Hao to deal with.

However, thinking that after the death of his father, his mother has been in bad spirits, and she has always been lonely and lonely. Cao Hao said to Chu Yu that the husband and wife took more time out of each day to accompany the Li family.

Li has no hobbies, only embroidery. In the past few years, there have been a lot of things at home, and she doesn't like to use needlework, but when she encounters good work, she also likes it very much.

Seeing this, Cao Hao chose an innocent and honest gift from the embroidery girl released by the Internal Affairs Office to enter the Cao family.

The embroidery girl was only thirty-seven or eight years old, a childless widow, and her husband's surname was Liu. Because of years of hard work, he looks older than the Li family, like a person in his fifties, and the Cao family is also called "Mama".

She doesn't like to talk, but she is a good embroiderer.

With her by her side, Li also relieved a little loneliness.

Zhao Jia's was impatient with this, but when he saw that Li was paying attention to the female red, he remembered that the fourth sister and the fifth son were two, so he half-jokingly asked Li to teach their sisters how to needle.

Li thought that the fourth sister and the fifth son were both in their teens, and they should also learn this. In addition to the two of them, there is also Niu Niu.

As for her granddaughter Tianhui, although her blindness is good, her eyes are not good, and she has too late to maintain it, who is willing to let her spend her eyes?

Niuniu is the same age as her fifth sister, one year younger than her fourth sister, and she is nine years old this year.

Niuniu is the name of the milk, her big name, Mr. Zhuang was never determined before his death; Later, Mr. Zhuang died, and Mr. Zhuang's brother, Zhuang Chang, knew about this and named his niece Shuping according to the model of her two half-sisters.

The people of Cao Mansion are used to calling Niuniu's nickname, and this big name is rarely mentioned.

Li also has to take care of his young son Changsheng, so naturally he has no kung fu to teach a few girls needlework. Therefore, she discussed with Mama Liu and asked Mama Liu to make a few girls' needlework.

Every morning, Mama Liu talked with her in Li's house, appreciating and appreciating the embroidery that Cao Hao had made people buy; In the afternoon, Mama Liu was at her residence, instructing several girls and children in red needlework.

Niuniu only loves to read, and she doesn't like these, so she can't bear the two beggings of the two sisters of Lianqiu, so she can only respond.

Since moving to Changping, Cao Hao has discussed with Qian Fuzi and arranged the children's classes in the morning. In the afternoon, the children learn to ride and shoot, or follow Cao Hao to the vegetable garden to familiarize themselves with farming.

In this way, Niuniu Xuenu will not delay going to school.

Although Mama Liu is just an illiterate embroiderer, she was born in a female red family and has her own regulations for taking apprentices.

The three little girls, when they were brought to her for the first time, in addition to asking a few words whether they had learned female red or not, and how long they had learned it, she did not immediately teach them the skills of female red, but took out more than a dozen embroidery samples, put them on the kang table, and asked the three of them to choose one each, and learn embroidery.

Among the three, the fourth sister and the fifth son have learned female red with jadeite, although the craftsmanship is not exquisite, but they can also make small objects such as purses and handkerchiefs; Niuniu has only seen Lianqiu embroidered by them, and she has never even taken a needle.

Among these dozen embroidery samples, there are flowers and birds, the patterns are bright and the colors are gorgeous.

A couple of girls picked up this and looked at it, picked it up and looked at it, and they just thought that each one was good.

It wasn't until Mama Liu coughed twice, a few girls did you look at me, I looked at you, and knew that I should pick one out.

All of a sudden, all three of them put down their hands, and none of them would pick first.

is still the fourth sister, who looks like a sister, and said to Niuniu with a smile: "Sister Niuniu, you are the youngest, you pick first." ”

Niuniu refused to do anything, looked up and said: "It's still the fourth sister to pick first, and then the fifth sister, Niuniu is the youngest, and she should be the last to pick." ”

One of the two of them thought about "growing up and being orderly", and the other thought that he wanted to be a sister and take care of the younger one, but he was at a stalemate.

Watching the two of them give in to each other, Wu'er sat on the side, just laughing.

Seeing this, Niuniu wrinkled her little nose and said with a smile: "The fourth sister let Niuniu be 'friendly'; Otherwise, let's compromise and let the fifth sister pick first, which not only fulfills the heart of the fourth sister's 'friendship', but also fulfills Niuniu's 'respectful' meaning, wouldn't it be both? ”

The fourth sister listened, smiled and nodded yes.

When Wu'er saw that he was talking about himself, he wanted to wave his hand and say no, but when he saw that Mama Liu was sitting next to him, he was afraid that she would be impatient, so he had to take the closest embroidery sample to him under the gaze of the fourth sister and Niuniu.

"What is it? What is it? Niuniu leaned over and watched in Wu'er's hands.

When the embroidery was opened, it turned out to be a rich peony, and the four sisters and Niuniu couldn't help but speak. Peony petals are overlapped, and it is the most complicated embroidery of flowers and plants.

The fourth sister was afraid that the fifth sister would be embarrassed, so she looked up at Mama Liu, thinking about how to intercede for her sister to change the embroidery pattern, and saw Mama Liu said lightly: "Since the fifth girl can be picked, the two girls should hurry up." ”

In a word, the fourth sister was blocked.

The fourth sister could only look at Niuniu and said, "Sister, there are still many embroidery samples left and right, let's pick them together." ”

Niuniu nodded in response, and her subordinates were already looking at the embroidery one by one. She picks the color, but not the one with the best embroidery and the brightest color, but to find the one with the simplest embroidery and the least color.

Finally got a bluegrass embroidery sample in her hand, Niuniu was happy, and just wanted to say that she wanted this. When I looked up, I saw Wu'er holding the peony embroidery, frowning slightly.

Niuniu's heart moved, thinking that the second wife's words have always been mean, if Wu'er really suffered from the embroidery, I don't know how the second wife will scratch the noise.

Thinking like this, she put down the embroidery sample of the bluegrass and picked an embroidery sample of "pine crane prolonging life".

In addition to the peony embroidery sample of "flowers blooming and rich", among the remaining embroidery samples, the most complicated is a "hundred birds and phoenix". Even if Niuniu wants to accompany Wu'er to be scolded, she doesn't dare to take that one, this "pine crane prolonging the year" has trees and birds, and it can be regarded as a complex embroidery.

At this time, the fourth sister also picked out the embroidery pattern, which is a "magpie Dengmei". Although plum blossoms are easier to embroider than peonies, the vivid magpie is also difficult for beginners.

Mama Liu watched coldly, but she was quite touched.

Before coming to Cao's house, she also taught girls among several relatives. Pick up the embroidery, or play the sharp, pick the brightest; Don't be lazy and pick the simplest.

These little girls in front of them, although they are also a little clever, are rare friendships, which make people feel warm.

She nodded, and asked the little girl to hand them the embroidery braces she had made, and let them start embroidering according to the embroidery pattern.

The fourth sister and the fifth son are good, and they can use the needle with the wire, but Niuniu here, but they don't even know how to hold the needle.

The fourth sister and the fifth sister saw that Mama Liu had no intention of teaching, so they came to Niuniu's side, took out a thimble from the sewing box to help her put it on, and whispered to her how to match colors, how to sew needles and threads.

Niuniu listened carefully, saw the demonstration of the two again, looked at the embroidery brace in her hand, she smiled and said to the two: "The fourth sister and the fifth sister embroider first, and Niuniu will watch by the side for a while, and then move the needle." ”

When the fourth sister and the fifth sister heard this, they sewed the colored thread and embroidered it stitch by stitch.

Niuniu looked at this hand, then looked at that, thought for a while, came to Mama Liu, and said in a low voice: "Mama, can you borrow Niu Niu Gendai's pen?" ”

Mama Liu glanced at Niuniu, called the little maid next to her, and brought it to Niuniu.

In addition to the Dai pen, there is also half a piece of paper wrapped in the Dai pen.

Niuniu picked up the Dai pen, scribbled on the paper, sharpened the tip of the pen, and then lay on the kang table, facing the embroidery sample, and sketched it on the embroidery brace with the Dai pen.

Mama Liu looked at the few little girls who were engrossed on the kang, the corners of her mouth were raised, showing a little smile...... * Caojia Zhuangzi, the school field.

The seventeenth elder brother stood beside Cao Hao, looked at the few little boys running laps on the field, and asked Cao Hao with some puzzlement: "Isn't it riding and shooting?" Why did you still run on? ”

Cao Hao smiled: "This is the foundation, to strengthen the body." When I was a child, my body was extremely weak, and I ran like this for a few years before I stopped taking tonics, just like ordinary people. They can't all be raised to be nerds, and physical fitness is more practical than riding a horse and archery. ”

The seventeenth elder brother is three years younger than Cao Hao, and he is twenty-three years old this year, and he has no son and half a daughter.

Looking at the few energetic little boys in front of him, Brother Seventeen showed a little envy on his face.

Seeing this, Cao Hao knew what was on his mind, and he was a little unbearable, and said: "This good doctor may not be in the hospital, otherwise people will ask around to see if there is a good doctor?" The Seventeenth Master and Fujin are still young, as long as they find a good doctor, investigate carefully, prescribe the right medicine, and breathe. ”

The seventeenth elder brother smiled a little bitterly and said, "It's not that I don't want to find a doctor, but I don't dare to find it." Even if he knew that Doctor Fang Tai's medical skills were superb, he didn't dare to ask him for a pulse. ”

Cao Hao was confused and said, "Why is this? ”

The seventeenth elder brother sighed and said, "If it is found out that it is my fault, E-Niang's side will be sad; If it is found to be Fujin's fault, then it will be impossible to live a clean life in the future. Children also depend on fate, or everything follows fate. ”

Unsatisfactory things in the world, ** out of ten.

On the side of the seventeenth elder brother, it is indeed difficult to have both. Cao Hao's side didn't want to say anything, so he had to respond and say: "What the Seventeenth Master said is also true, and this is also in a hurry." In his early years, his father had nothing to do with his knees for many years, and he had a sister when he was old. ”

At this time, a few little guys have already finished running around the school field and followed the Ren brothers to practice long boxing.

Among the four people, Hengsheng looked the most sturdy and tiger-headed, but he fell into the eyes of the seventeenth elder brother.

The seventeenth elder brother pointed at Hengsheng and said to Cao Hao: "Look at this little calf, this is the kid with three spinning children on his head?" Maybe Fu Ruo really wants to raise a big general. It looks like it's rare, if it weren't for the difference in seniority, I really want to share half of your son. ”

The seventeenth elder brother has always been Sven, and what he likes is mountains and rivers and geography, Cao Hao didn't expect him to like Hengsheng, and said with a smile: "Isn't the seventeenth master the most impatient with military affairs?" Why do you still have an eye on the future general of our family? ”

"It's not that your family is not good with your two righteous sons, it's just that Hengsheng looks at the most solid. If God has eyes, it will be our great blessing to give me Tongfujin a sturdy little brother like Xiang Hengsheng. Brother Seventeen looked at the children and said quietly.

Cao Hao listened, and didn't want him to touch the scene again, and said: "I haven't played chess with the seventeenth master yet, so I want to kill a game of ...... today."

* In the blink of an eye, it's dusk.

Chu Yu's side sent away the seventeen Fujin who came to visit, and together with Cao Hao, he accompanied the Li family and Zhao Jia's family to dinner.

After dinner, Li talked to Zhaojia about family life, and called Mama Liu over again to ask about the girls learning embroidery today.

On Mama Liu's side, she didn't pick a few girls, but praised them, saying that the fourth sister was patient, the fifth sister had a good color match, and Niuniu was the first time to take a needle and thread, but also with a bit of aura.

Li Shi came into contact with her for a few days, and knew that she was not a clever person, and she would not say this deliberately to please herself. Therefore, she was full of joy, but Zhao Jiashi was a little uncomfortable.

Speaking of Niuniu, she is just the daughter of the late Xixi of the Cao family, and she was raised by a maid, with a low status, where is she worthy of learning to be popular with the girl of the Cao family?

But Mama Liu was hired by the big house, not the second room, and the fourth sister and the fifth son were just borrowing light to learn, and Zhao Jia's family couldn't say anything.

Cao Hao went to the study to sort out and record the growth of the crops on the other side of the farmland, while Chu Yu returned to his room, talked with Tianhui, and read to Tianhui.

Tianhui also studied with her husband in the private school in the morning, but Chu Yu felt sorry for her daughter, afraid that she would be tired of reading books, so she wouldn't let her take the books after school.

Chu Yu and Cao Hao, husband and wife, changed shifts and read to their daughter, so that she can recite it according to her husband's requirements even if she doesn't read.

As for writing, Cao Hao asked someone to buy a few knives of paper and asked Tianhui to write big characters, saving her from writing small characters.

Although Tianhui was actually taken to the palace by Wang Fujin of Pingjun in the past two years, Cao Hao and Chu Yu used this method to help their daughter enlighten, and now the "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names" have been memorized, and they have begun to memorize "Thousand Character Text......

(To be continued)