Li Ding listened to his father's question, and replied with a smile: "I can't complain that my father said that my uncle treats people generously, and this year's Cao family's birthday gift is two percent richer than in previous years!" ”

Li Xu shook his head: "I've been dissatisfied with my father for most of my life, and now I really don't know what to say!" Think about the friendship between the Cao family and our Li family, they had when they beat your grandfather, and this is a lot of decades! Because your uncle has always loved research and learning, and is not keen on officialdom contacts, his father looks down on him very much, and thinks that there is nothing inferior to him! Now it seems that even this amount of tolerance is better than him as a father! ”

After listening to his father's words, Li Ding's expression was a little stiff, and his heart was like a few mice, and he only felt that he was confused and clueless.

is also a family of coats, now that others in the Li family dare to snub, who in the Cao family dares? Not to mention Cao Yin, even Cao Hao went north to take up his post, and the scenery along the way has already been reported to the Li family.

Nineteen-year-old Daotai, how many people have been there since the founding of the Qing Dynasty? Why, why, just because I married the county lord and my sister married the iron hat palace? In this way, the Li family is a serious relative of the emperor, and his eldest sister entered the palace in her early years, but she died of illness in the next year because of her poor fortune. Isn't the concubine in the palace now also a close relative of the Li family, who entered the palace through the Li family?

Li Ding thought about this, and the resentment in his heart could not be dissipated. Because of dissatisfaction, even Cao Yin began to doubt it, if it wasn't for the Cao family's obstruction, how could his father, the chief of the political envoy, resign after only half a year? Not to mention, it was the Cao family's in-laws who succeeded the Sun family.

Li Xu didn't notice his son's dissatisfaction, and said to himself: "Kali is going to fall, and it is difficult for Zhang Boxing to stay in Jiangnan!" Tsk, since they began to tear each other down for forty-eight years, there have been signs of it, but it is a pity that my father is greedy at the bottom, and he insists on joining in! Look at the Cao family, your uncle is sick and addicted to Buddhism, and he is hiding far away. It's just that they unintentionally accepted a concubine in the second room who had something to do with the Governor's Mansion, and in the end, they only 'died violently after giving birth', and they didn't have anything to do with it! For my father, I boast that I am no worse than your uncle, but now I have several moves behind! "At the end of the day, it's very melancholy.

Li Ding Zhengse said: "Why is my father so arrogant? If the Cao family had not planned before, how could they have the power they have today? If we say that we are not as good as the Cao family, it is nothing more than that we can't pull down our faces, we can't learn the Cao family's next work, and we are 'selling property' and 'filial son and father', and we take turns to play the show! If you are really poor, what is the birthday gift? first sold his property, put on a posture of repaying the debt, and then made a tea garden, so that it was not easy for the Lord to interfere. With the benefit of the country's tea, the Fei Cao family has furniture, this is the 'loyal courtier' praised by Long Live Lord! ”

Li Xu frowned when he heard this. He has intersected with Cao Yin and has known each other for more than 40 years, so he still knows a little about him. Although Cao Yin is more cautious and thoughtful, he is not the hypocritical, contrived, and greedy person in his son's mouth.

Thinking of Cao Hao's indifference in the face of his accusations, and looking at his son's slightly mean face at this time, Li Xu suddenly had an evil fire in his stomach. He glared at Li Ding fiercely, and scolded angrily: "Nonsense, the uncle of the Cao family is your elder, how can he be so disrespectful?" Are these nonsense that you, as a junior, can say? ”

Seeing that his father was annoyed, Li Ding hurriedly stood up and stood with his hands solemn. After Li Xu finished reprimanding, he muttered: "It's not that my son intends to confess, it's just that this Cao family is not the only one!" ”

Li Xu was stunned when he heard this, squinted his eyes, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said: "Now, my father and your aunt and uncle of the Cao family are old, and what happens to the two families in the future depends on your generation!" When the Kali case has a result, and the previous divorce is cold, you should also go to Beijing! The son of the Sun family also entered Beijing, and you should have let your eldest brother go, but your eldest brother is such a surname! If it's okay in Jiangnan, my father can still protect him; If you enter Beijing, you will not be eaten alive by life! ”

Li Ding listened to his father's meaning, afraid that the Li family would have to be handed over to him in the future, so he was overjoyed in his heart, and said with a smile: "Father, don't worry, the cousin of the Cao family and his son are close relatives, where can they be estranged?" Although the son is older, he also attaches great importance to this cousin, and he will naturally be close to him in the future! ”

The father and son, who have a spectrum in their hearts, think of the Tengda of the Li family in the future, look at each other and smile, and the haze that they have hidden for a long time immediately dissipated.

*Shandong, Yizhou, Daotai Yamen, partial hall.

Cao Hao sneezed a few times in succession, his face was flushed, and he looked at the two lifters sitting opposite, he was a little embarrassed, coughed, and said to the two: "This official still has some chores, so I'm out of company first!" If you have any questions, just ask Mr. Zhuang! ”

The two lifters hurriedly got up and arched their hands: "Congratulations to my lord!" ”

Cao Hao glanced at Mr. Zhuang, who was holding back his smile, and after a slight gesture, he got up and went out first.

Fortunately, as soon as he left the side hall, Cao Hao's sneezing began again. He walked into the courtyard, took out a handkerchief, wiped the spit stars that had accidentally spewed out, and said to himself with a little confusion: "Which one is talking about me, why is it endless?" ”

It just so happened that Cao Song came back from outside, saw his brother standing in the courtyard, and asked, "Didn't you say that you want to find a criminal name, why is my brother here?" ”

Cao Hao pointed to the side hall: "Just came out, Mr. is here!" Speaking of which, I looked at Cao Song's dress and saw that he was wearing a coarse cloth short coat: "Why is this dress and went out of the city to hunt?" Didn't see you come back with something? ”

Now it is about to be Qingming, it is the birds singing and the fragrance of flowers, cool and clear, a few willows in the yard swaying gently, and it is very comfortable to see people's hearts.

Cao Song raised his chin, patted his chest and said, "Brother, my brother is having fun now!" I didn't expect that in such a small and broken place, there are more martial arts halls than our Jiangning! I went out to see two of them today, and I want to go and see it tomorrow, looking for a good one, not only can I learn some kung fu, but it is also convenient for my brother to call people! ”

Cao Hao nodded: "It's good that you have this thought, but if you want to do martial arts, you mainly look at riding and archery and strategy, but you can't be sloppy in these!" ”

Cao Song listened, a little uncomfortable, touched his cheeks, and said wistfully: "There are still three years, what's there to hurry!" ”

Last year, Cao Song participated in the township test martial arts in Zhili, and because he was just in time to change his wisdom teeth, his face was swollen and his head hurt terribly. When it came to riding and shooting, he didn't play well and fell off the list.

"Who said you had to wait three years?" Cao Hao patted his head: "This year's Halloween Festival is different from usual, it is sixty full birthdays, if there is no accident, there should be ten ** will add Enke!" ”

Cao Song's eyes lit up, raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother, really?" You didn't coax anyone? ”

Cao Hao was just about to speak, and sneezed twice in succession, and then glanced at Cao Song: "I didn't see that I'm going to be busy here, what are you coaxing?" If you add Enko, for the autumn and winter examination, most of the township examinations will be arranged in February and March, which is only a year's work, you have to know in your heart! ”

Cao Song hurriedly agreed: "I know, let's go back to the yard, and in the future, when my brother was a child, I will shoot more arrows every time!" Even if something happens, don't miss the target! ”

Cao Hao saw that he was already eager to try and couldn't stand, so he smiled and waved his hand: "Well, well, go ahead!" Go ahead! ”

Cao Song ran out a few steps, and then remembered the matter of "Jing'er", could it be that ugly girl is really a cousin of the Cao family? When I turned around, I saw that my brother had already gone to the inner courtyard, so I didn't bother to think about it anymore, and went back to the courtyard to find someone to set a target.

* Inner courtyard, main house.

Chu Yu and Amethyst are discussing the holiday, Ming'er is the Cold Food Festival, and then it is Qingming. Speaking of which, it was the first time they had a holiday in Yizhou, and the two of them wanted to do a good job.

Qingming is going to sweep the tomb, but where is the Cao family's tomb around here? Chu Yu was originally kind-hearted, and wanted to pray for the child in her belly, so she thought of donating some money to Puji Hall and Nursery Hall.

Pujitang is to adopt orphans and poor in foreign lands, and Nursery Hall is to adopt abandoned babies, and there are these two places in most county seats. According to the customs of the north, this Puji Hall and the Nursery Hall will go to the wild to collect the exposed bones on the Qingming Day, and ask the monks to do more than that, so that these lonely souls and wild ghosts can be reincarnated as soon as possible, which is called "forgiveness of orphans".

Cao Hao came in, just heard it, and praised it very much, but what he meant was not to donate silver to the two places, but to send some rice, meat, vegetables and other food, so that these homeless people could have a good holiday.

Amethyst listened, and said to Chu Yu with a smile: "Slave and maid, look at the kindness of the uncle and the county lord, like an old lady who has gone away!" Before the old lady was alive, she also thought about the loneliness and poverty outside every Qingming Festival! ”

In a word, Cao Hao also remembered his grandmother, and said to Amethyst and Chu Yu: "Although this place is not close to our ancestral grave, it is not too far. ”

Chu Yu nodded in praise, Amethyst regretted her words a little, and said: "This Qingming is properly arranged, and there is also the Cold Food Festival, and the things that will be used for a day tomorrow must be prepared in the next morning!" This pastry, porridge or something, do the uncle and the county lord want to chew it! ”

Cao Hao thought about the prohibition of lighting a fire during the Cold Food Festival, looked at Chu Yu or a flat lower abdomen, a little uneasy, just wanted to ask Amethyst if it was appropriate to eat cold food like this, and thought that Amethyst was a girl's family, where did she know these? After thinking about it, his expression was a little hesitant.

Chu Yu has been married to him for more than a year, saw his worries, and said with a smile: "It's just impatience and greasy, toon sprouts mixed with gluten, tender willow sprouts mixed with tofu, all Chu Yu loves to eat!" ”

* The capital, the palace of Pingjun, the inner house.

Bao Ya sat in front of the window, looking at the begonia flowers in the yard in a daze, and waited until the spring breeze suddenly rose, making the delicate begonias shake and shake, and finally fell to the ground with two petals. Her heart tightened, she only felt that she was the only one left in the world, she couldn't cry, she couldn't sigh, her chest was like a ball of cotton, and it was so uncomfortable that she was suffocated...... The sparrow came in with a bowl of ** and put it in front of Baoya: "Gege, you don't use much for breakfast, drink the bowl**!" Two more months...... You have to take care of your body! ”

Bao Ya turned around, tilted her head to look at the sparrow, and said with a smile: "Look, this hasn't happened yet, she has become a housekeeper!" Counting the qualifications of all the palaces in the capital, who else has a strong body like me! ”

The sparrow is her maid since she was a child, and she is also going to follow the marriage grassland, listening to Gege making fun of herself like this, she couldn't help blushing, and said angrily: "Gege is really, these words can Gege say?" Be careful to let the grandmothers hear, it's endless nagging again! ”

Bao Ya turned around, looked at the begonia in the yard, and said in a low voice: "How many more can you nag, how many more can you nag...... If there is a choice, I would rather die in this palace and let them nag for the rest of their lives......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the sparrow: "Gege, it's not good to say such things again!" This...... This ......"

Bao Ya lowered her head: "Are you afraid that I will become a prophecy, don't you know that I am looking forward to this ......"

The sparrow knew what was on her mind, and she was so distressed that she had red circles in her eyes, and she didn't know how to explain it for a while. After all, that thought is absolutely unacceptable, even girls from ordinary families are not allowed to be free, not to mention that their own master is such a noble status.

Bao Ya patted her face, turned around, picked up the **, drank it in one gulp, and said with bright eyes: "On the first day of the next March, the Pantao Palace temple fair in Xibianmen, let's go to worship the Queen Mother of the West!" ”

Seeing that she was interested, the sparrow responded with a smile: "Yes, Gege asked Fu Jin, it just so happened that we could go together!" ”

Bao Ya listened and frowned slightly: "If you go with your sister-in-law, where is there any chance to have fun?" Speaking of this, I thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "I heard that these two sisters-in-law are sour again, hehe, won't it be another little brother!" The sister-in-law thought of Cao Hao and Chu Yu again, and said, "I didn't expect Chu Yu to have a baby, but she is younger than me!" Cao Hao wants to be Amma, and he doesn't know how to be happy! ”

Seeing that Bao Ya mentioned the child's smiling face, the sparrow asked, "What's the matter, Gege is greedy?" But there's no need to rush this, and this time next year, ......"

Bao Ya listened to a few words, Fang felt that something was wrong, her face was flushed, and she came up to chase the sparrow: "Okay, you are laughing at me?" See if I don't screw your mouth......"

The two masters and servants are fighting and making trouble, as if to dispel the loneliness in the room.

(To be continued)