Although it is time to hold the lights, the weather in the capital is still hot and humid.

Cao Xiang Courtyard, East Wing.

Because he was in a hurry, he didn't have time to make new furniture, but he found a few pieces from the warehouse and repainted them. The smell hasn't cleared yet, but fortunately it's hot, the windows are all open, and there are still people in the house.

The cicadas in the courtyard kept chirping, and people were irritable when they heard it.

Green chrysanthemum covered her head, sat cross-legged on the kang, wrapped her hands around the handkerchief in her hand, and didn't know whether she was looking forward or afraid.

The kang was covered with new bedding, which was sewn improvised, and the table on the ground was lit with red candles, which also exuded a bit of joy.

Lu Ju's parents have passed away a long time ago, and his uncle and aunt are the head of the house, but he is not his biological father, how can he be careful? The dowry sent by the envoy yesterday is nothing more than all the clothes and things of Green Juping.

I thought I could set up a banquet for wine and dinner, and I was decent, but when I came, I was exempted from the banquet because of the "praying for rain" in the yamen, and Mama Zhang nagged in front of Zhaojia's family.

Zhaojia's heart also loves to be lively, but in the end, he is afraid of affecting his son's career, so he doesn't dare to be casual.

The upper room also held the lamp, and Lilac sat under the lamp in the outhouse, spreading the list in front of him, and was looking to see if there was anything missing from Cao Xiang's travel.

Poria sat on the opposite side, fell down on the table, and said, "Sister, you really don't go out of Beijing with the fourth master?" ”

"Always leave someone to watch the house." Lilac raised her head and said.

Poria glanced at the side room, lowered her voice and said, "Sister, why are you preparing to be in the side room?" This grandma is not here, is that so? In the heart of the second grandmother, is she not waiting to see this person, and wants to deliberately give her face? ”

Lilac shook her head disapprovingly and said, "Say a few words." The second grandmother is a noble girl from a big family, when did she shorten the rules? Naturally, the number of etiquette is like this, and it is like this. ”

Poria pursed her lips and said, "I also want to stay in Beijing with my sister......

Cao Xiang changed into new clothes, although he had flown to the beauty in his heart, but he was dragged by Cao Song and Cao Fu, and after saying goodbye to Zhaojia's family, he went to his biological mother Baodie to sit with him again before returning to his yard.

Seeing his anxious look, Cao Fu couldn't help laughing, holding a lantern, dangling it in front of Cao Xiang, and said to Cao Xiang: "Fourth brother, are you marrying a sister-in-law, or are you going to go to the battlefield?" Should my brother make trouble in the cave room? Trouble until dawn, and you can't make the fourth brother anxious? ”

Cao Xiang listened to his younger brother's bad idea, smiled, and did not answer, but the speed under his feet was not slow.

When he arrived at the gate of Cao Xiang's courtyard, Cao Song stopped.

Cao Xiang and Cao Fu saw that their brother stopped, and they also stopped.

Cao Song patted Cao Xiang's shoulder, his face was a little solemn, and said: "I used to be a hairy child, but I didn't expect the fourth brother to marry a daughter-in-law on an errand and grow up to be sincere." In the future, you must not be ridiculous and frivolous, and remember that you are not only not yourself, but also your brother and uncle, and there are Xiaowu and Changsheng under them, and there are nephews such as Tianyou and Hengsheng who are learning...... I don't want to discourage you from making up for the shortcomings, so I didn't say much. It's just that you should know that you are so self-dedicated, and the eldest brother also said that the uncle's heart should be uncomfortable. Since my father passed away, my uncle has been worried about our brother's future schoolwork. When the fourth brother was self-centered, did he think about his uncle's concern and teaching over the years?

I know that the fourth brother was wronged when he was a child, and he has a grudge against his wife in his heart, but he is a parent who is all in the world, 'all good and filial piety are the first, and all evil silver is the first', these two sentences should be engraved on the tip of the heart, which is the truth of the world. Can't you think that if your wings are stiff and your waist is straight, you can break through the door and go freely?

Mrs. does not lack your son, but you do not need Mrs. Mother-in-law. You are smart, you don't need your brother to say more, think about it yourself. ”

Nowadays, the world most respects etiquette and filial piety. Even if Cao Xiang is a concubine, he can be regarded as the son of Zhaojia's family. If you don't respect your mother, it's a sin of unfilial piety.

Cao Xiangyuan lowered his hand and listened, and when he heard the end, he was already ashamed, and lowered his head and said, "The second brother taught, and the younger brother wrote it down." ”

Cao Fu was stunned, looking at Cao Song's gaze, a little surprised.

Cao Song saw that Cao Xiang did not defend himself, and had the intention of being taught, waved his hand, and said: "It's good to know this truth, it's not early, go in, don't let the new aunt wait in a hurry." ”

"The second brother goes first, and the younger brother goes in again." Cao Xiang said.

Cao Song listened, nodded with a smile, and beckoned Cao Fu to leave.

Walking a few steps away, Cao Fu couldn't help it, and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, what you taught the fourth brother just now, did you come up with it yourself?" ”

Cao Song heard the strange words and said: "If you don't think about it yourself, you have to ask others to think about it?" It's all plain that I have taught you less, so that you have to turn the world upside down. Hmph, Xiao Wu, I can tell you, study hard and do your studies, don't twist three or four, or my brother will let you try family law. ”

When Cao Fu heard this, he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and muttered: "I thought the second brother was possessed, and the tone of this speech is the same as that of the eldest brother......"

"Possessed by a head!" Cao Song slapped his head with his backhand and said, "Hurry up and go back to reading a book......

Today, although Cao Song wants to say these words to his younger brother, there is really no one who can come up with them.

When the husband and wife were talking, Jinghui reminded her husband.

Now, Cao Xiang is getting bigger, and this will be released immediately, if the knot is difficult to dispel, it will affect the feelings of the brothers in the future, not to mention, if there is gossip, it will still lose the face of the Cao family.

As for the uncle of the long house, he has already split up, but after all, he is still the eldest of his parents.

Although it is said that the flesh and blood are close relatives, there is no need to talk about those false courtesies, but people's hearts change people's hearts, and no one is impatient to put a hot face on a cold butt.

If the nephews do everything themselves, then there is naturally nothing to worry about as an uncle. The long house has children and grandchildren, who will be idle, and have to rush to the ground to bother for the nephews?

* Although Cao Xiang didn't drink, after stepping into the courtyard, his body was already fluttering.

Looking at the red light reflected in the wing, his face added a little tenderness, took a few steps forward, and gently pushed the door open.

Although he knew each other at a young age, Lu Ju couldn't help but stiffen his back when he heard the footsteps, and his palms were full of sweat.

Cao Xiang walked to the side of the kang and sat down, looked at Lu Ju's hand with a ring, covered his hand on it, and did not speak.

There was silence in the room, except for the chirping of cicadas outside.

Seeing that Cao Xiang didn't squeak for a long time, Lu Ju couldn't help but whisper: "Fourth master......"

"From now on, I won't call you sister......" Cao Xiang grabbed Lu Ju's hand and said.

"Hmm." Green chrysanthemum bowed her head in response.

At the door of the upper room, Poria poked her head out, looked at the wing, and saw that the red candle had been extinguished, so she couldn't help but turn around and make a grimace with Lilac, covering her mouth with a handkerchief and laughing.

"What a shameless crazy girl...... Lilac said with a blank look at her.

The cicadas in the trees gradually became sparse, the sky was full of stars, and the night was getting thicker.

In the east wing, a sigh floated out at some point: "Did I wronged you......"

*Rehe, Cao's Annex, East Courtyard Upper Room.

Cao Hao was wearing a middle coat, sitting on the edge of the kang, looking at the girl sitting in the middle of the mattress, feeling a little depressed. Don't children sleep a lot? Why is this precious girl sitting for half a night, and she is still so energetic.

"Tianhui, let Mama coax you to settle?" Although Fang Cai had already asked twice, Cao Hao still didn't give up in his heart, and couldn't help but ask again.

Tianhui's idea was right, and there was no room for negotiation, so he shook his little head resolutely.

Chu Yu was sitting in front of the dresser, putting her hair away, and when she heard her husband's words, she felt sorry for her daughter, turned around, and said, "E, I'll put her to sleep." was picked up by Bao Gege for a few days, Tianhui missed me. ”

Cao Hao listened, and didn't know whether to eat his daughter's vinegar or his wife's vinegar, so he reached out and hugged Tianhui, pinched her little face and said, "Do you want Daddy?" ”

"Mom......" Tianhui turned her little body and shouted in the direction of Chu Yu.

Chu Yu had already put down her hair, heard her daughter's voice was wrong, got up and walked to the side of the kang, and saw her pouting, as if she was annoyed.

Chu Yu remembered that during the meal, Hengsheng said that his sister was angry because his father gave her brothers "delicious" and didn't give it to her.

Chu Yu couldn't help laughing, took her daughter from Cao Hao's hands, and said softly: "Tianhui, don't listen to your brothers coaxing you, your father loves you the most, and if you have delicious food, she will naturally not pull you down." Mom left a lot of dumplings there, but it was not good to eat at night, so Ming'er will give it to you. ”

Tianhui didn't speak, but looking at the look on his face, this "hatred" was recorded.

Cao Hao listened, looked up and asked Chu Yu: "Our baby girl doesn't sleep, is it because she is angry?" ”

"Don't say a few words...... Chu Yu said on the kang, put her daughter down, and gently patted her to sleep.

In the end, it is a child, after staying up for so long, Tianhui is too sleepy. Gradually, she closed her eyes, and after a while, there was the sound of even breathing, and she fell asleep.

Seeing this, Cao Hao went down to the ground and turned off the lights, groped to the edge of the kang, and lay down behind Chu Yu.

"Forehead, it's weirdly crowded here, and the mattress is not spread to the end......" Chu Yu whispered.

"It's okay, I want to sleep next to you......" Cao Hao touched his wife's arm and replied softly.

Chu Yu listened and did not say anything more. Cao Hao came over, but he just pulled a small hand and kissed a small mouth. Although Chu Yu has been raised for almost a month, he is injured in the chest, and he does not dare to mess around.

"Tianhui is so stubborn, the little idea is so right, who is this like?" Cao Hao thought about her daughter's little appearance just now with her lips pursed and ignored herself, and said, "Isn't it like her second aunt?" I looked at Ergege's surname, and I was a little stubborn. ”

Chu Yu listened and argued in a low voice: "The second sister is not stubborn, but her surname is cooler than mine." ”

"That's like a sister? When my sister was a child, she had a good idea. Cao Hao said in a low voice.

Chu Yu couldn't help but chuckle, turned her head sideways, and said to her husband, "Who else can you look like?" I heard my mother-in-law say that when I was a child, I was not like an ordinary child......"

That's for a reason, it's clear that the mind is already old, and no matter how young you are, it doesn't look like it.

But these children in their own family are really eccentric, all of them are top-notch, they can't be coaxed as children, and they have to be reasonable with facts.

The husband and wife whispered a few words, and then fell asleep grogily.

There was nothing to say all night, and when Cao Hao opened his eyes again, it was already the second time.

Before the window was white, Chu Yu had already finished grooming and was sitting by the kang, dressing Tianhui.

Because it was a festival, Chu Yu's two heads were inserted with two sets of golden and blue Duofu Duoxidian, wearing a tender green flag suit, a red velvet flower pinned to his chest, and colorful silk threads were also tied to his wrists.

Cao Hao got up and freshened up, remembered something, and said, "Yesterday's zongzi was used for the festival?" ”

It turned out that after yesterday's rice dumplings were ready, they were served on the table at dinner. Although the glutinous rice is still glutinous rice, and the jujube is still a jujube, because the wrapping is not tight, the skin of the zongzi is sticky, and the appearance is really poor.

"There are a lot of bags in the kitchen, and the one who served the table last night was hand-wrapped by me and Bao Gege." Chu Yu replied.

"Yes, when Baoya learns to cook, then he will come out of the east." Cao Hao said with a smile.

Because they were afraid that Baoya would be bored alone, Cao Hao and Chu Yu sent someone to pick up their father and son yesterday, thinking about celebrating the festival together.

Baoya stayed here for a long time, originally to stay overnight, and didn't want to have an old princess of Horqin, who lived not too far from Baoya, and was a neighbor on the grassland.

The old princess followed her husband to the court, and when she heard that Baoya was in Rehe, she sent someone to invite their mother and son over.

Chu Yu took a foot-high box from the top of the kang and took out a new sachet from it. This is half the size of a palm, it is a gourd-style sachet with a royal blue background, and the magpie Dengmei is embroidered with apricot thread, and two ears are sewn on the waist of the gourd.

Chu Yu personally tied Cao Hao around his waist and said, "I know that the forehead doesn't like the smell of flowers, and it is filled with mint." ”

"Freshly sewn?" Cao Hao looked at it, frowned, and said, "Didn't you let you take care of it, if you were tired, it would be fun?" ”

"It's okay, I'm either lying down or sitting all day, fiddling with a needle and thread in my hand, it's better to boil up." Chu Yu said with a smile.

It's just an excuse, and it took a lot of thought, otherwise I wouldn't have concealed this, just because I was afraid that Cao Hao would stop me.

Cao Hao knows his wife's temper, and he doesn't listen to persuasion in his bones. In the end, it's a kind of mind, and I can't bear to talk about it anymore.

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the "Daughter's Day" in the early years, girls at home have to wear new clothes, and daughters who go out often return to their parents' homes at this time.

Tianhui sat on the side of the kang, from the inside to the outside, with a "long-lived thread" made of blue, white, red, black and yellow silk threads tied around her neck and right wrist.

Looking at her daughter's pink carved appearance, Cao Hao couldn't help but pick her up and kiss her fiercely on her little cheek.

After sleeping for one night, Tianhui Xu was angry, and was tickled by Cao Hao, "giggling" and laughing.

Chu Yu had already taken a "longevity thread" for her husband to tie on her left wrist, and said, "Forehead, the head is coming out, we should go and say goodbye to the lord and wife." ”

Cao Hao nodded, hugged Tianhui, and went to the main courtyard with his wife.

Under the corridor, there were already maids and mothers-in-law shuttling back and forth, and when they saw Cao Hao's family of three coming over, they leaned over and bowed over to see the courtesy.

In the room, Tianyou's voice came: "Grandmother, why don't you let you speak?" ”

"This is the old rule, you can't speak when you tie the 'longevity thread', or you don't have a head to speak." Lee replied.

A maid had already entered the house to tell her, and came out to spread the word, saying, "Uncle, grandmother, lord, wife, please go in." ”

When I entered the house, I saw Tianyou and Hengsheng climbing down from the kang.

Cao Yin and Li have finished grooming, and Li, like Chu Yu, has added jewelry on his head and pinned velvet flowers on his chest, which looks very festive.

Cao Hao put down Tianhui and joined Chu Yu to ask Cao Yin and his wife to see him.

Because it is a festival, breakfast is placed here, and the family uses it together.

The rule of other people's families is that most of the female relatives cannot serve the table, and the daughter-in-law cannot serve the table. The Cao family has a small population, and Chu Yu, the daughter-in-law, has a noble status, and she can't eat at the same table a few times a year, so there are not so many constraints.

Cao Yin is the parent and sits alone in the main seat, the east side is Li is Tianyou, the west side is Cao Hao and Chu Yu, and the next is Tianhui and Hengsheng.

In addition to meat and vegetarian side dishes, and a few kinds of porridge, there are also three or four kinds of zongzi on the table.

There are triangular zongzi and four-cornered zongzi, and Li peeled one for her husband and then for her two grandchildren. On Cao Hao's side, he did it himself, and Chu Yu wanted to feed Tianhui.

Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren sat at a table, and Cao Yin saw it in his eyes, and his face was much softer.

After breakfast, Cao Yin was going to the yamen, and Cao Hao sent his father outside the gate. On the gate, mugwort has been inserted, green, looking full of vitality...... * Rehe Palace, Xiyu, Songhe Qingyue.

From the Kangxi reign, the princes and grandsons who came with him gathered in the Queen Mother's Hall to invite the Queen Mother. Even the third elder brother, who lives outside the palace, is no exception.

The harem that came with Hu was headed by Concubine Yi, standing on the side, looking at it was also flowery and joyful.

The Queen Mother was also in a very good mood, and she smiled and accepted the gifts of her children and grandchildren.

Among the princes of Suihu, the twenty-brother Yinyi is the youngest, only eleven years old, half a step shorter than his brothers. When the Queen Mother saw it, she beckoned him to come forward with a smile and asked a few questions.

The prince is in the study, and he is playing Manchu and Mongolian in elementary school, so Yinyi can be regarded as a lisuo when he talks back.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she became more and more happy, and explained to the third elder brother and the fifteenth elder brother that they wanted to take their younger brother or something.

The twenty elder brother's biological mother, the noble person, stood behind the concubine, and saw the queen mother close to her son, and her heart was also very happy.

The sixteenth elder brother was in charge of the affairs of the Internal Affairs Office, so he asked Kangxi in a low voice: "Huang Ama, the third elder brother of Prince Heshuo Jian's Mansion was ordered by his father to come from the capital to Rehe to greet the Queen Mother and Huang Ama and send Dragon Boat Festival tributes, is it summoned now, or is it ...... changed?"

Yongqian is the sister-in-law of Yaa Jiang'a, and the prince of Jian, who died before, was born of Fujin, although he ranked third, but because his two brothers died of illness, he was the actual eldest son of King Jian's mansion. It's just that because of his young age, he hasn't asked for the title of prince yet.

Kangxi listened, turned around and said hello to the Queen Mother, and asked someone to spread the word that Yongqian would come to the Queen Mother's Palace.

After a quarter of an hour, I heard the performance of the inner attendant, and the third elder brother of Prince Jian's mansion had arrived.

With Yongqian, it is the tribute of Prince Heshuo Jian's Mansion for this year's Dragon Boat Festival, a huge and colorful zongzi.

The rice dumplings were several feet long and more than half a man high, and there was a wooden lifting board underneath for two strong chamberlains to carry.

Seeing that the Queen Mother and the palace dependents all looked straight, even Kangxi was a little curious in his heart.

This is the 9981 pound weight of the "nine dumplings", there are 81 pounds of size of the "nine dumplings", together with 729 dumplings to compose......

(To be continued)