Weaving House, Kaiyang Temple, west side.

Taking advantage of Cao Yin's good spirits, the Li family took a letter from the Jueluo family to discuss Cao Yi's marriage with him.

This time, when Cao Yuan returned, in addition to bringing back several return gifts, he also brought back a letter from the old lady of the Jueluo family. In the letter, the Hitara clan mentioned that he was old and not in good health, and hoped to hold his grandson as soon as possible, so that he would have no regrets in this life, and euphemistically expressed his hope that Seshtu and Cao Yi would get married before the end of the year.

Cao Yin nodded and said, "Since the in-laws said so, it should be." It's just that the time is in a hurry, but can people watch it? ”

Li said with a smile: "After reading the letter, I first asked someone to turn over the yellow calendar, and it will take some time to prepare the dowry and go to Beijing again, and I didn't call it before September." In the future, September 16, October 5, 24, and November 22 are all good days for marriage. It's just that if the master responds to the family matter, I will ask the Cao Yuan family to take the birth dates of the two children and find these people to count. ”

Cao Yin said, "Hmm." September is also too rushed. I'm looking at October 24. Let's calculate it first, if it is good in September, let Yi'er go to Beijing as soon as possible. Let's hurry up here to prepare some dowry. ”

Li nodded and said, "It's already being prepared." There is just no precedent. Yan'er is married to the king of the county, and Yi'er's dowry can't be compared with her, but her in-laws are yellow belts, and she can't compare with the second girl in Xifu. I thought that the clothes on the head and face were the same as those of Yan'er, and the gold and silver that did not pierce the eyes were slightly thinner by one percent, and the lacquerware and ruler were each reduced by two cents—this was thicker than that of the second girl. Sir, look ......."

Cao Yin said: "It's very proper. It's just the same, Hao'er once said that the Jueluo family is not very rich, and the dowry is not too public, so don't lose the face of the in-laws. In addition, the old lady left all the dowry silver for Yi'er and asked her to bring it, and her dowry will be given to us separately. ”

"I'm thinking of a place with my master." Li Shi smiled, "I'll explain the matter of the silver to Yi'er when I go back, and ask her to go to Jueluo's house to quietly supplement the family." In fact, she has always been knowledgeable, and she is not worried about us. ”

Cao Yin smiled and nodded, he was also quite satisfied with this daughter, knowing that she would not do anything to embarrass her in-laws.

Li hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "There is another matter that I have to ask the master for an idea." Yi'er got married a few years ago, should he also be informed by Xifu? ”

Speaking of his brother Cao Quan, Cao Yin was also quite annoyed. There is no need to mention the gap between Kali and his own family, now Kali and Governor Zhang Boxing are already on the same footing, but Cao Quan was placed on the road platform at this juncture, and married a daughter of the Lu family to be the second room, which is like automatically standing in line. If it weren't for Cao Yin's face, I'm afraid Cao Quan wouldn't know how many times he had been repaired. Cao Yin secretly mentioned his brothers several times, but Cao Quan still didn't know whether he was alive or dead, always thinking about what balance, and thinking that he could stand in neutrality by finding a family from Zhang Boxing's side and showing loyalty. In the end, Cao Yin almost pierced the last layer of window paper before Cao Quan woke up.

Things outside are a mess, and things at home are still messed up. Cao Yi's matter, from beginning to end, Cao Quan can't do anything for half of the master, and as soon as Zhao Jia's family makes trouble, he has no way. Cao Yin is really tired of talking to Cao Quan about something, but Cao Quan is Cao Yi's biological father after all, and this matter should be said in a reasonable way.

Cao Yin glanced at Li helplessly: "Please come over from Xifu." ”

Li said: "Then let someone count the son first, if you have to get back two words, let Xifu choose one, and it will be counted as ......" She saw that her husband only nodded, his face was tired, so she stopped the next words, helped her husband to lie down, and went to the person by herself.

* Cao family, Xifu.

Lu Mei has been nervous since she saw Cao Hao in Dongfu, for fear of identity goofs, she stayed in her small courtyard more honestly than ever, and at the Dragon Boat Festival family banquet, she even said that she was sick and did not attend.

After pretending to be sick for a few days, Zhaojia sent his mother-in-law to lead the doctor to take a look. Naturally, the doctor only said that he was thinking too much, and that his spleen was weak and his liver was hot, and he prescribed medicine. And the mother-in-law tactfully touched Lu Mei, Zhao Jia's is pregnant, and she can't get sick, Lu Mei's illness is about to get serious, so she has to be moved out to live. Where does Lu Mei dare to pretend again, it will be "cured without treatment".

Lu Mei went to the main room with a stomach to say goodbye to Zhao Jia's family, and just after passing through the hall, he saw Jade and Bao Die coming together. She asked and found out that Cao Quan and his wife had been invited to Dongfu.

Lu Meile had to see Zhaojia's family, because it was difficult to come out, and she already had some thoughts of inquiry,—— she had asked the maid Fuyun, knowing that Jade was originally serving the old lady and was from Dongfu, so she was going to pull Jade and Baodie to her side to drink tea.

Bao Die was originally the dowry maid of the Zhaojia family, and she got a son, but no one in the family except the Zhaojia family did not flatter her, not the second room is better than the second room! At this time, Lu Mei got the real name of the second room and pressed her, where would she be happy in her heart? She also knew that Zhaojia's family couldn't accommodate the second room, so she didn't bother to be polite with Lu Mei, and after saying a few words, she wanted to pull Jade away.

Seeing her attitude, Lu Mei's resentment towards Zhaojia's family was immediately transferred to Baodie, with a smile on her face, but she held Jade's hand tightly and invited her to drink tea again.

Jade is a peaceful person, and he is also called Zhaojia's repair, and he has no temper, but he only looks at the situation at home coldly, but he refuses to offend that side. Therefore, she was dragged by Baodie and Lu Mei with both hands respectively, and she was very embarrassed, and she was not easy to speak, so she had to smile awkwardly.

Baodie knew that Jade Bing's surname, it was impossible to let her tear her face today, so she snorted lightly, let go, and turned her head away.

Lu Mei proudly dragged the jade to his yard.

The tea was brewed, Lu Mei skimmed the tea foam and tried to phrase it, starting with Tieguanyin's tea, and gradually transferred to Dongfu. However, Jade drinks more tea and talks less, and Lu Mei praises whoever praises something, and she follows to cater to two sentences; Lu Mei wanted to say something insufficient, but she smiled silently; What does Lu Mei want to ask, she can say a word and never say a word.

Lu Mei went around for a while, and he felt bored, and finally gave up those tricks, and asked with a smile: "I heard that our second master is studying in Beijing?" Will you come back for the township test next year? Uncle Dongfu also has sixteen or seventeen, right, is it a person or a jinshi now? ”

Jade smiled: "Uncle is now on an errand in front of the emperor." ”

Lu Mei's eyes lit up, and he pretended to be surprised: "Uncle is so good!" It's just that...... Is it now in Jiangning? I heard that it is time to get married, this ......"

Jade shook her head and said, "I haven't released it." In a few days, I will go back to Beijing to get married. ”

Hearing that Cao Hao would return to Beijing, Lu Mei's heart that had been hanging for a long time finally fell back to its original position, and he immediately felt a lot brighter, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he began to calculate how long Cao Hao could return to Beijing temporarily, and how long she would have to hide.

* Here in the weaving house, Cao Yi tried two new dim sum in the kitchen, and after tasting it well, he asked the maid to take the food box and put two plates in it, and personally held it for his parents to eat.

As soon as I entered Kaiyang Courtyard, I met the maid Jinlu in Li's room. Jinlu came over to greet him and said, "The girl is looking for the old lady?" They're in the main hall of the upper room. ”

Cao Yi was stunned: "What's the matter, there are guests coming?" "I don't think it's right, if there are guests in the main hall of the outer courtyard, how can there be any reason to let them go to the inner courtyard. Then it should be...... Sure enough, Jinlu said: "It's the second master and the second wife of Xifu who are here." ”

Cao Yi snorted and said, "Then I'll come back later." He turned around and walked out.

Jinlu sent her out, and when she saw that there was no one left and right in the hall, she smiled and whispered: "The girl is very happy, and the slave maid is happy to the girl." ”

Cao Yiqi said: "What kind of joy? ”

Jinlu said with a smile: "The slave maid just delivered tea, and I heard that the old lady discussed the matter of the girl's marriage, and said that it was done a year ago." Isn't it a great joy for a girl? ”

Cao Yi blushed and spat at her and said, "You hooves actually made fun of me." ”

Jinlu knew that she was ashamed, pursed her lips and smiled, and she confessed and retired to do her own thing.

Put down Cao Yi and cover his feverish face and went back to his yard without mentioning it, but said that in the main house of Kaiyang Courtyard, Cao Yin and his wife told Cao Quan and his wife about preparing to let Cao Yi get married before the year, and took the words calculated by the person for Cao Quan to choose, one is the fifth day of October, and the other is November 22.

Cao Quan had mixed feelings in her heart, in fact, she had always felt guilty about Cao Yi's daughter, and she also wanted to do something for her, but she didn't admit it, and in the end she could only choose a wedding date for her. The more he pondered it, the more unpleasant it became, and he couldn't help but say: "Yi'er's dowry ......"

As soon as he said these five words, Zhao Jiashi answered at a lightning speed: "Didn't the old lady leave five thousand taels of the third girl's dowry?" More than enough to think about. The dowry of our second girl is nothing more than ear. ”

Cao Yin's face sank, but he didn't speak, only lowered his eyelids and tasted tea. Li looked at her husband's face, thinking that he was annoyed that his brother and daughter-in-law were rude and intercepted, and then looked at Cao Quan's iron blue face and Zhao Jia's fiery eyes, and said to Cao Quan with a smile: "Uncle doesn't have to worry about the dowry, it's all prepared." Uncle, let's get a message back to our in-laws, so that the family can prepare. ”

Cao Quan glared at Zhao Jiashi hatefully, looked at the two words written on the red note in front of him, picked up November 22 casually, and said, "I think it's good to see this one." ”

Cao Yin also nodded when he saw it, this said that it not only left time for Cao Yi to go to Beijing, but also staggered the busy time of the New Year, which is really good. Li also praised two sentences.

Zhao Jiashi felt bored, so he only lowered his head to support his stomach and did not interject. Seeing this, Li said with a smile: "There is nothing else to do, my aunt is heavy, so let's go back and rest early." ”

Zhao Jiashi did not refuse, so he stood up steadily, and said goodbye to Cao Yin and Li with a smile. Cao Quan originally wanted to ask a few words about Cao Yi, but when he saw that the two clouds of Samadhi True Fire in Zhao Jia's eyes were about to burn, he was afraid that he would be burned to ashes if he sat again, so he had to get up and retire.

After the two of them left, Cao Yin put the teacup on the table, looked unhappy, and paced back to the room. Li sighed, although she didn't expect anything from them, but it was always chilling, she shook her head secretly, and followed her husband in.

Cao Quan and Zhao Jia's both returned to Xifu with a stomach full of anger, and closed the door, but it was a change from the norm, it was not Zhao Jia's who took the lead, but Cao Quan threw a tea cup on the ground.

Zhao Jiashi said coldly: "Ye is really going to pick expensive falls, and if he falls like this, his family will drink the northwest wind." ”

Cao Quan said angrily: "I have been married to the Cao family for many years, but I have lost your money and spending? What the hell are you clutching so tightly?! ”

Zhao Jia pointed to his stomach and said, "For what?" It's not for us kids?! The old ladies each left 5,000 taels of silver to marry these big ones, but our small ones didn't have a millimeter!! What will you take to give him a wife if you don't save some chewing? ”

Cao Quan said: "Can the Cao family still have a short wife and money?" ”

Zhao Jiashi sneered: "If you marry a wife, you still have to take a concubine?" What can I do with a second house if I don't have any money? You might as well take a look in the small south courtyard to see how much your second-room grandmother eats and wears, which is ordinary and which is not costly? ”

At the mention of Lu Mei, Cao Quan was unreasonable, and he had no words.

Zhao Jiashi saw that Cao Quan's face was softened, so he took out a handkerchief, wiped tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a sad voice in his mouth: "You just care about your own happiness, how do you know that your family is difficult?" We are eating from the official, but where is the ability of the big brother and sister-in-law to make money? Yi'er, that kid, I also want to do my best, but I also have to have silver to do my best, right? There are five thousand taels of dowry silver from the old lady, which is enough for her, where can we use it? What are you worried about? ”

Cao Quan snorted, glared at Zhao Jia's family, didn't say a word, stood up and went to the backyard Lu Mei room.

When he went out, Zhao Jiashi skimmed his veil and was angry, and said to himself: "I don't know what year you will have to marry these five thousand taels of silver." ”

* At the gate of the weaving house, a team of people galloped over, which was Cao Hao and others who came back from Yangzhou. Cao Hao was very tired, not only tired of going back and forth, but also tired.

Last night, he did not refuse Zhao Hongyu's kindness, and took Wei Xin, Wei Bai and others to settle in the Zhao Mansion.

The matter can be regarded as a successful ending, and Zhao Hongyu's mood is too good. He asked his son to go in and deliver the message, and he reminded Li Ding in every way, and naturally the Li family also wanted to take note of his goodness. On the Cao family's side, he is a dignified four-grade prefect, and he can be regarded as having made enough face before and after the saddle. Except for the two concubines of the royal family and Li Ding's concubines who died in vain, the others are all "bandits", with a full forty corpses, and the credit for such "bandits" is naturally great, not to mention that there is also the Cao family on the son's side to help with good words.

Although Li Ding was friendly with Zhao Sigongzi, he did not rest at Zhao's house, and still stayed at Wangfengzhuang. Zhao Sigongzi was very smacked, of course, he couldn't help but admire this brother's courage.

(To be continued)