I don't know when it started, snowflakes fell in the sky, and when Cao Hao and Chu Yu got up, it was already covered in silver.

The snow on the ground could not be on the surface of his feet, Cao Hao stood at the door, watching the pear blossoms dance like a flutter, and exhaled deeply. Calculate the itinerary, and in half a day, their parents will be able to go to Tongzhou.

The snow was falling just right, the weather was not as dry and cold as yesterday, and the northwest wind was gradually subsiding, and it looked very quiet and peaceful.

Chu Yu finished washing in the house, didn't see Cao Hao, picked up the curtain and came out, saw him standing at the door looking at the snow scene, and also stood next to him, his face was soft and joyful.

It was rare to see her so happy, Cao Hao took his wife's hand and didn't say anything, and the husband and wife stood under the porch for a long time.

When Xiyun arranged breakfast and came out to invite them in, the two of them turned around together and entered the house.

After breakfast, Cao Hao couldn't sit still, and said to Chu Yu that he wanted to ride a horse to greet him.

This time, Chu Yu opened his mouth to dissuade him, saying: "Forehead, it's snowing outside, and if you delay talking on the road, if you catch a cold and the wind blows, it's not beautiful, after all, they are old and young." ”

Cao Hao thought about it, so he put it down and waited hard at the post station.

Every few minutes, he was about to take out his pocket watch and take a look, and he really knew what "Du Yu Ru Nian" was.

Whether it is the family affection of his flesh and blood, or the comfort of his soul in a foreign land, Cao Yin and his wife are special existences for him.

It was like the source of water and the root of wood, which could make his heart quiet.

By noon, the snow had stopped and the sky was gradually clearing.

Even with Chu Yu, he was a little restless, and he had already made people prepare ginseng soup with wine and food to ward off the cold at the post station.

In less than a quarter of an hour, people had to go out to look around, hoping that Cao Yin and them would arrive early.

In this post station, there were also a few officials who went out of Beijing and entered Beijing, and I heard that there was a hall official from Taifu Temple here, so I had to come to visit.

Most of them were unknown to Cao Hao, so after a few words of entertainment, they dispersed.

After a while, Cao Hao finally looked forward to the news that the Cao family's convoy was already a mile away.

Cao Hao listened, immediately got up, and went to the door of the post station with Chu Yu to greet him. Cao Shuo got the news and was already waiting here.

He could already see the team in a shadow, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, Cao Hao took a few steps forward, looking at the approaching crowd, and his heart was indescribably happy.

In the crowd in front, a person came out quickly, turned over and dismounted beside Cao Hao, and half-knelt down and said: "The little one asks for the uncle, the lord and the wife will be ......."

It was Wu Sheng, who he hadn't seen for several years, and he went to Jiangning on an errand after Cao Quan's death, and now it's been two and a half years.

Cao Hao leaned down slightly, pulled his arm up, and said, "I heard that my wife is in charge and married you a daughter-in-law, and I want to congratulate you." ”

Wu Sheng raised his head, looked at Cao Hao, and said, "Uncle, the little one is looking forward to returning to Beijing all the time, and he wants to be an errand boy by the uncle's side." ”

Cao Hao patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's fine in the future, your brother added a kid at the beginning of the month, and you will be an uncle!" As he spoke, looking at the approaching team, he was a little puzzled in his heart.

Because the winter is going north, the waterway is not passable, so this time the Cao family moved, but the population is the same as the soft, and some cumbersome things will be transported by waterway in the spring next year.

However, as far as the eye can see, the convoy is long, and there are many followers, even more than 100 people on horseback.

After Wu Sheng asked Cao Shuo and Chu Yu behind Cao Hao to say goodbye, seeing Cao Hao's doubts, he said on the side: "Uncle, I met the governor of Zhejiang and his family at the post station, and the two families rushed together. ”

The governor of Zhejiang, Lord Wang, whose full name is Wang Duzhao, was born in Jinshi and has been governor of Zhejiang for many years.

According to the newspaper of the palace a few days ago, he entered Beijing this time to serve as the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry. Like Zhang Boxing, the governor of Jiangsu, he was born in a professional class and was widely known in Shilin.

Cao Hao looked at the team that was getting closer and closer, turned his head sideways to look at Chu Yu, and saw that Chu Yu's eyes had fallen on the team.

Yicheng got the news and also bowed down and hurried out to greet him.

Riding a horse to open the way in front of him was Cao Fang and a white-faced middle-aged man he didn't know. Seeing Cao Hao and Chu Yu waiting at the gate of the post station, Cao Fang took the reins of the horse, came down in advance, and stepped forward to salute: "Uncle, grandma, lord and wife have arrived!" As he spoke, he pointed to the first carriage in front of the team, and said, "The master is in that carriage" and pointed to the one behind: "The wife and the master are in that car!" ”

Cao Hao nodded, and had already walked forward quickly with Chu Yu and Cao Shuo.

The convoy had already stopped at the gate of the post station, and Cao Hao and Chu Yu stood next to Cao Yin's car first. Cao Yin had already picked up the car curtain, revealing half of his face, looked at Cao Hao and them, and said with a little disgust: "I have already confessed that I won't let you come out, why bother in this cold day." ”

Anger is blame, but the joy in his eyes cannot be hidden.

Cao Hao looked at his gray hair, wrinkles on his forehead, and his rickety body, only felt that his eye circles were hot, and he took two steps forward and said, "Father, my son helps you get out of the car!" ”

Cao Yinyuan still wanted to hate him, could it be that he was too old to be old, and he still needed his son's support?

But in front of his daughter-in-law, he didn't want to give his son no face, so he reached out and helped Cao Hao's arm to get out of the car. Cao Shuo saw it on the side, and hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Cao Yin on the other side.

Since the end of March last year, it has only been a year and a half, but it seems like a few years have passed.

Seeing that the back of Cao Yin's skinny hand was crawling with old age spots, the high-spirited middle-aged man appeared in Cao Yin's mind.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed.

He has grown from an immature boy to an adult, and Cao Yin has also become a white-haired old man from the prime of life.

Cao Yin got off the bus station and stabilized, looked at the snow on the ground, and then looked at Chu Yu, and said gently: "Mrs. is very worried about you, go over quickly!" ”

Chu Yu's eyes were already red, so he leaned over and took Xiyun to Li's car.

Cao Hao looked at his father, he had thousands of words to ask in his heart, and just as he wanted to speak, he saw another person coming out of Cao Yin's carriage, it was Cao Fu.

Cao Fu is tall and already looks like a half-sized young man.

He jumped out of the carriage, walked to Cao Hao's side, leaned over and said, "Big brother! As he spoke, he turned to Cao Shuo and said, "Third brother! ”

Because he is thirteen this year and is in the period of voice change, he sounds a little dull when he speaks.

Cao Hao looked at the little brother twice, every time his father's family letter was written, he must mention him, what homework he learned, and what poems he read.

The meaning of spoiling is obvious, which makes Cao Hao can't help but taste a little.

Thinking that he couldn't be by his parents' side, having this clever cousin in front of the second elder made the second elder's evening scene more lively, and Cao Hao's heart could be calm.

"Grown up!" Cao Hao nodded with a smile and said, "I always heard your uncle mention you in the letter, and the second aunt also saw the heavens, and it was finally a family reunion." ”

Cao Hao finished saying goodbye to Cao Yin, and he was also worried about the Li family, so he turned his head to look.

The carriage of the female dependents was about to enter the post station and stop at the door of the house, so Chu Yu had already gotten into the carriage of the Li family.

At this time, the Wang family's carriage also arrived.

Cao Yin approached with his son and nephew, exchanged a few words, and then entered the post station.

There are no big things, though. But the small and soft population added up, and the Cao family also used more than a dozen carriages.

Cao Fang and Wu Sheng commanded everyone to seal the things on the carriage and arranged for people to see it.

The big housekeeper in Jiangning Mansion is Cao Fang's elder brother Cao Yuan, but this time he can't see it, Cao Hao asked Cao Fang: "The big housekeeper and the old housekeeper haven't seen each other, the old housekeeper wants to retire in the south?" ”

Cao Fang lowered his hand and replied: "The little father is looking forward to returning to Beijing, and he was going to come with the old lady." It's just that in the end, it's the end of the year, and it's the winter wax moon, so I was persuaded by the lord to let him come with the furniture over there in the spring of the next year. ”

So that's the case, then Cao Yuan stayed in Jiangning, waiting for the rest of the furniture to be escorted into Beijing next spring.

Cao Hao asked Cao Fang, and just as he wanted to enter the house with his father, he saw a person from the dismounted entourage coming out, wearing green cloth clothes and a hat on his head, coming to him.

Because he couldn't see his face clearly, Cao Hao didn't know which one he was, but compared with other people, this person's dress was a little familiar.

Cao Yin saw that his son was stopped, followed his line of sight, saw the person coming, patted his head with a smile, and said, "Look at my surname, I forgot that there is a gentleman." ”

Where did this "Ya" come from, Cao Hao still thought to himself, the man had already walked closer, reached out to the hat, and revealed a bald head with a little scar.

Seeing the visitor looking at him with a smile, Cao Hao couldn't help but let out a surprise and said, "Zhiran! ”

It's not Zhiran, which one else can it be? He smiled and groaned, bowed his head and said, "Amitabha, don't Master Cao Shi come to be harmed?" ”

It's really overjoyed, speaking of the young friends in Jiangning, in addition to Ning Chun, Yongqing and Ma Jun, it is this Zhiran little monk of the same age as Cao Hao.

The last time the two met was when Zhiran was officially ordained in the spring of Kangxi's forty-ninth year, and they hadn't seen each other for four or five years.

There are friends from afar, and they don't talk about it.

Cao Hao's heart also added a little joy, and asked, "Why did you come out?" Didn't you say that your master and uncle wanted to pass on your mantle and let you succeed you as the presiding officer of Qingliang Temple? ”

This stood in the courtyard, but it was not time to speak.

Zhiran glanced at Cao Yin and the others standing next to him, and said to Cao Hao with a smile: "It's a long story, let's ask Old Donor Cao and others to go into the house first, and the little monk will talk to Master Cao later." With that, please Cao Yin and the others go into the room.

Cao Yin saw that he wanted to avoid his daughter's dependents, waved his hand and said: "Little monk, you are an outsider, no matter these, you still come in together, and it will be easy to talk for a while." ”

Seeing Cao Yin say this, Zhiran agreed, and followed the Cao family into the house.

This is the room that has been prepared before, and the kang has already burned enough, and as soon as I enter the house, I feel that it is much hotter.

Li had already come in first, standing in front of the kang, looking at his son who followed her husband in, and her tears could not be stopped.

Cao Hao saw her teary eyes, full of love, and her heart was also sour, and she stepped forward to greet her: "Mother...... My son said goodbye to his mother......"

Seeing Cao Hao kneeling in front of him, where could the Li family endure it, and he couldn't care about his daughter-in-law and nephew by his side, he stepped forward and stretched out his hand, took his son's head in his arms, choked up and said: "God has eyes, I finally look forward to this day......" In the end, he was already crying.

Chu Yu stood aside, holding Tianyou in her hands, seeing her mother-in-law like this, her eyes were also wet, and she hurriedly turned to the side, wanting to wipe away her tears. As far as the eye could see, I just saw a young monk next to the Cao Shuo brothers.

Chu Yu couldn't help but be stunned, just thinking that he didn't know who it was, but he actually went directly into the inner hall, but he felt that something was wrong.

This monk looks, how can he be a little kind, and his eyebrows are very familiar?

Although Chu Yu felt strange in her heart, she couldn't stare at a young monk in public, so she turned her head to look at her mother-in-law and husband.

Cao Hao was taken into Li's arms, and when he heard Li's sobbing, his face was also a little moved.

Although she has not been with the Li family for a long time since she was a child, Cao Hao can deeply feel her unreserved maternal love. In her heart, her husband and children are her heaven, and she cares about her son the most.

Tianyou was originally in Chu Yu's hands, and he was still a little restrained, standing next to him honestly. Seeing that Li was so sad, he couldn't stand it, broke away from his mother's hand, ran two steps forward, grabbed Li's clothes, and said with a crying voice: "Grandmother ......"

After listening to his grandson's call, Li came to his senses, let go of his son, wiped his tears, bowed his head and said to Tianyou: "Don't call someone soon, this is your father!" ”

It's strange to say, when I saw Chu Yu just now, Tianyou obediently listened to my grandmother's instructions and called people; When he saw Cao Hao now, he grabbed the placket of Li's clothes and refused to step forward.

Li lowered his head, pushed Tianyou forward, and coaxed: "Go and shout 'Father', aren't you still talking about what you want to have fun?" ”

Tianyou bit his lip, looked at Cao Hao, and then at Li, his little face was piled up, and he whispered: "Hurt grandmother to cry, bad guy ......"

(To be continued)