The entire court, and Cao Ge dared to talk to Ye Siheng like this.

Everyone retreated to the side intentionally or unintentionally, trying to keep as far away as possible from Cao Ge Lao, so as not to harm the pond fish.

Even Emperor Mu Wu's face was not very good-looking, and he gave Cao Ge Lao a look.

Cao Ge Lao naturally didn't overdo it, and regarded it as invisible.

Although the Nine Princes now know what the method of teleportation is, he is for the country and the people, and he is upright, and he is fearless at all!

Ye Siheng chuckled, but he didn't care, "It's okay, Cao Ge Lao even the imperial brother has to teach a lesson, and this king will not punish you if you say a few words." ”

Cao Ge's face softened slightly, and he went down the steps, "Thank you, Lord Wang, it's just that this matter of raising money for disaster relief is urgent." ”

"Then Elder Cao Ge will talk to your students and let them do something to help, after all, this snow disaster, many states and counties in my country have been affected, and the money of the merchants in Kyoto is not enough at all." Ye Siheng said.

Cao Ge didn't know the details of his students, so he said: "Don't be too hopeful, the prince doesn't have much money, they don't have much money, they are officials and honest, and they can't get much silver." ”

Ye Siheng squinted his eyes slightly, his eyes were a little meaningful, "Lord Cao just needs to say, this donation is the king's intention, they can give as much as they can, don't hide it, when the time comes, if the king does it himself, it will be a bad look." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces were different.

Cao Ge Lao was furious again, didn't this mean that his students had taken bribes and embezzled a lot of money? !

He asked directly: "What does this mean, Lord Wang?!" ”

Ye Siheng leaned on the back of the chair with an indifferent look, and didn't bother to explain and argue with Cao Ge Lao at all, "The hour is not early, you can do what you have to do, don't delay the hour." ”

On weekdays, Cao Ge Lao must have argued with Ye Siheng, but now that the heavy snow outside has not stopped, he cares about the people, so he salutes to Emperor Mu Wu and retires.

The coachman and the servant were waiting at the palace gate.

There's less snow here.

After returning home, Cao Ge asked the little maid to go to the next post, and then discussed the donation with his wife.

It's better to say it's a discussion, it's better to say a notice.

"Madam, let's take out all the fifteen hundred taels." Cao Ge said.

Mrs. Cao was stunned, and then said, "Master, can you only give five hundred taels?" You also know that my son is going to get married, and I want to prepare a dowry. ”

"No! I have already said in front of the emperor and the ninth prince that I would give 1,500 taels, how can I break my word! If I can't show it, I'll lose face! Cao Ge Lao had a calm face, "The marriage between my son and the Su family, you can talk about it again and see if you can make it less." ”

Mrs. Cao looked at him, her face was a little dead, and said: "Master, my son likes the girl of the Su family, then the Su family doesn't want much when they see you as a civil official, as long as the dowry is eight hundred taels and a dowry, no matter how little, what do people think of my family?!" The Su family may not marry their daughter! ”

Cao Ge said: "Then don't marry, I think I just gave your family a dowry of three taels back then, and now, I have become an important minister of the cabinet, you have a head and a face outside, and you raise your eyebrows in your mother's house." Madam, marry a wife and marry a virtuous man, the Su family costs as much as eight hundred taels, and his daughter is married, and she is also squeamish, and she may not be able to become a good virtuous helper. ”

Mrs. Cao just smiled faintly, but the smile didn't reach the bottom of her eyes.

"What does the old man mean that he is not married to the Su family? Regardless of his son's marriage? ”

"It's not that I don't care, but I'll pick a better wife for him." Cao Ge Lao said, "The Su family is helpful to him, but he is a manly man, how can he rely on the Yue family to have some relationships, others will only say that my family is camping and clinging to the powerful." ”

He has been honest all his life, and he can't stand this anger.

Mrs. Cao tugged at the corners of her mouth, "Eight hundred taels want to cling to the Su family?" Master, you really think so highly of our family! The Su family just saw that our son had a valuable character, and the girl was interested in him, so they were willing to agree to this family business. ”

Cao Ge Lao didn't want to beat the mandarin ducks, so he said: "In this case, then let the Su family have less gifts, now the court and the people are in trouble, you go and talk about it, they will understand." ”

Mrs. Cao took a step back: "Just give a thousand taels, okay?" ”

"No, if you say 1,500 taels, it's 1,500 taels!" Elder Cao Ge said.

Mrs. Cao's heart is already like ashes.

The little guy outside was already shouting, saying that Cao Ge's students were almost there, and Cao Ge Lao had been greeted in the front hall.

"Madam, listen to me this time, and I will listen to you next time."

After Cao Ge finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

Mrs. Cao looked at the departing back, her face expressionless: "There was no time at all, it was to listen to me." ”

Her family used to have more than a dozen acres of land, and if she started a small business, she was not rich and expensive, but she didn't worry about food and clothing.

Her parents chose this husband for her, and only received a dowry of three taels, but they provided him with education for many years.

Yes, she became the Lady of the Decree, raising her eyebrows in her mother's house.

But in the whole world, what lady is wearing patched clothes at home, and she can't even afford to use the charcoal fire for heating.

Because she didn't have many decent clothes, she rarely went to banquets, so as not to make people laugh.

She is only in her early forties, but because of her hard work and lack of maintenance, she looks like an old woman in her fifties......

She sat quietly in the room, the cold eating away at her.

I don't know if it's a heart that has already been cold, she can't feel cold now.

After a while, my son came.

In front of her son, Mrs. Cao naturally didn't dare to show anything, and smiled as always: "Bin'er, is it cold outside?" ”

She poured Cao Bin a glass of warm water.

No tea.

Because they want to save money, they don't drink tea at home at all except for entertaining guests on weekdays.

Cao Ge Lao said earlier that he likes to drink sweet soup, which is complete nonsense.

In fact, the Chunyang tea is expensive, Cao Ge will not accept this gift, and he will not spend money to buy it himself.

"Auntie, it's not cold outside." Cao Bin said, and reached out to pick up the cup, wanting to take a sip of the hot one.

Then Mrs. Cao saw chilblains on his hands.

Cao Bin's complexion changed slightly, and he quickly put down the cup and covered it with his sleeve.

But Mrs. Cao's eyes were already red, and she grabbed his hand and looked at it, "What...... What's going on? Why do you have so many chilblains......"

Cao Bin said: "My son just painted a few more paintings, the weather is too cold, so I have frostbite, A-Niang rest assured, when spring begins, it will get better." ”

Mrs. Cao immediately understood that her son was painting to sell money to subsidize the family, because the family had little money and was reluctant to use charcoal.

"It's A-Niang who can't stand you." Mrs. Cao muttered.

Cao Bin immediately shook his head: "A-Niang, don't say that, I want to marry a wife, A-Niang has always helped me Zhang Luo, I can make some money to paste the bride price, so that A-Niang is not so hard, and I am also happy." ”