Unlike the snow dance in Shandong, although Jiangning is also cold, it is not as cold as the one in the north. It’s just that the sky is often foggy and the humidity is very heavy. Although the wind is not strong, clothes should not be worn less, otherwise frostbite will be very likely to develop.

Outside the weaving mansion, Cao Yuan greeted him in a navy blue sweater. His son-in-law Zheng Hu, with the New Year's goods from the mansion, came back from Guangzhou.

Seeing his father-in-law come out, Zheng Hu hurriedly got off the horse and greeted Cao Yuan: "Tiger greets his father!"

Cao Yuan waved his hand, called him up, looked at the convoy behind him, and asked, "Where are Yun'er and the others?"

As he was asking, he saw a young woman coming out of a green carriage behind him, holding a terrifying little boy in his hand, which was Cao Yuan's daughter, Cao.

Cao leaned over to greet his father and said to his son: "How do you teach you on the road? Why don't you kowtow to grandpa quickly!"

The little boy was already chubby, wearing a thick jacket, like a small meat ball, knelt down to the ground, and said angrily: "Kang'er greets grandpa!"

Cao Yuan hurriedly leaned over and picked up his grandson. He was not afraid of being angry when he saw him. He was very happy. He rubbed the little guy's head and let go, and said to his daughter: "What about the little one? Didn't you write to me that I had a second child last summer?"

Cao replied: "Tai'er is sleeping in her breasts' arms, afraid of sweating, so she blew the wind and didn't let her get off the bus!"

Cao Yuan nodded and said, "Since you can beat me, your mother has been nagging, go home! Get packed up, come with your mother to pay tribute to your wife, wait for my son-in-law and I will put the New Year's goods here into the warehouse, and let's talk to the house!"

Cao responded, got on the carriage again and headed to the back street. Although Cao Yuan was only in his forties, his father Cao Fu was an old man from the Weaving Mansion. In the second year of Kangxi, he followed Cao Yong's grandfather Cao Xi to Jiangning, and he was very decent in the Cao family. At first he lived in the mansion, but later Cao Fu had more children, so the mansion here rewarded the three-entry house on the back street to the old housekeeper.

On Cao Fu's side, in addition to his eldest son taking over the position of the old housekeeper and working in Jiangning Mansion, his second son Cao Fang was next to Cao Yong in Yizhou, and he also had a son-in-law who was the chief manager of the West Mansion.

Among the Cao family, Cao Fu's most decent person, including Cao Fu, even the people in the capital.

Logically speaking, the daughter of the Cao family's housekeeper was even a small official, but Zheng Hu was very proud. However, Cao Yuan saw that the young master Cao Yong treated the Zheng brothers and sisters very well, and he had no objection to the marriage arranged by the mansion.

As expected, in just a few years, Zheng Hu was out of his homeland and gave money to donate his identity as a prison student to help Wei Xin go to Guangzhou to make a living.

After he called the accountant to count the New Year's goods according to the booklet, Cao Yuan remembered something and asked, "Tiger, have you made up your mind on the other side of Bihelou? Now there is another change!"

After Yang Mingchang's death, Cao Yuan sent a letter to Zheng Hu, asking him how to deal with the Bihelou. Logically speaking, he was Yang Mingchang's legitimate son. Even if the Yang family refused to recognize him in the early years, if the official sued him, he would be a bloodline of the Yang family, which would not be fake. The matter has only been more than 20 years, and many people still remembered the matter of Yang Mingchang being the son-in-law of the Zheng family.

Although he had no feelings for his father Yang Mingchang, Zheng Hu still asked: "Dad, what's the matter? Is the Bai family swallowing the Bihe Building directly, or is the two brothers of the Bai family unevenly sharing the accounts and causing trouble?"

Cao Yuan smiled and said, "The Bai family hoped that 'Yang Baiwan' would die soon. Who would have thought that Bai Lao Er, who had always been lustful, became smart. Last month, I didn't know where to find a little boy, saying that it was Yang Baiwan's son from the outer room. The couple tightly controlled the Yang family's property, so that the Bai family who were waiting to share the money stared blankly and scammed the guys in both ways!"

Zheng Hu listened to these farces and said, "Bihelou has been moved into an empty shell by the Bai family. Why are they making trouble? It's for the Yang family's beads. Next year and next, there will be beads coming out!"

Cao Yuan nodded and said, "Maybe it's because of this, whether it's the Zhuchang or the Prescription, it's worthwhile in the eyes of others, and it's nothing in our mansion. But the Bihelou is the Yang family's property. If you brother and sister want to recognize your ancestors, this is a good opportunity!"

Zheng Hu shook his head and said, "Who cares about his surname? Do you have to give him three years of filial piety for a surname? In that case, I am afraid that my mother will be in peace! Death is the greatest, and death is a hundred times. In the future, the tiger will be a tiger. Whether it is the Yang family or the Bai family, it has nothing to do with it!"

People in the world have many moral ethics. Cao Yuan originally thought that it was a pity for his son-in-law to not recognize his ancestors and return to his hometown, so he paid more attention to the Yang family. Now seeing that he is so open-minded, he nodded and did not persuade him again.

In addition to delivering New Year's goods to Jiangning Mansion, Zheng Hu had to travel to Yizhou before the New Year to deliver New Year's goods to Cao Yong.

*

Yizhou, Daotai Mansion, inner house.

After Cao Yong called for someone to carry him back to the inner courtyard, he felt sad.

It was not that he had not seen the complicated expression that Mr. Zhuang had, but he didn't know that he would have been so worried about Liu Heng who had nothing to do with him. He really couldn't be hard on his mind. He had only one goal, that was to give Liu Heng a way out.

Although he was not a saint, he was still a little merciful. Looking at the young man in his twenties, he was not angry at all, and Cao Yong didn't think about anything else, but just wanted to reach out to help him, but did not think about anything to give him anything.

To be able to protect him was just a small task, but to Liu Heng, it was a matter of life and death. Even if Prince Jian’s mansion knew in the future, Cao Yong would not be very worried. He just gave more money and walked around.

He sighed in his heart, thinking of Princess Baoya who married Korqin far away. If she was not the princess of the royal palace, she might not have been so unrequited to Liu Heng. However, it is ridiculous to think about this now. Perhaps Liu Heng didn't know that there was a little girl who was so obsessed with him. You know, when he was in the capital, his fame became great.

In the warm pavilion, Chu Yu was fiddling with several boxes of jewelry on the kang. When he saw Cao Yong coming back, he got up and lay the cushions on the kang, helped Cao Yong sit down, and prepared a hand stove and foot stove for Cao Yong, so that he could sit down properly.

Cao Yong took a box casually and took it a look. It was full of silver jewelry, silver hairpins, silver pendants, silver bracelets, silver rings, etc.

Although the common people use silver as jewelry, these plain white jewelry can only be used when mourning. Although these jewelry are of many styles and many types, looking at this box, it is just an ordinary object, unlike Chu Yu's use.

Chu Yu used her dowry items, mostly created things; occasionally some were not created things, and they were all purchased by the royal palace by famous masters.

Cao Yong swept his eyes and there were seven or eight boxes on the kang table, and asked, "Why are there so many? Do you want to reward people?"

Chu Yu nodded and replied, "Although the mansion is filial this year, it is not easy to be too simple in the year. It's just right to add some silver jewelry. The craftsman here looks ordinary. He originally ordered two boxes for the girl of the Tian family. Now it seems a bit crude, but she can't give it away. After all, she has to wear it for a long time!" As he said, he took out a few other boxes and pushed it to Cao Yong: "These sets are Chu Yu's dowry. I'm asking someone to find them today. I'll give two sets of girls of the Tian family, one set of sister Amethyst, and the prince looked at me, but I still made it?"

These women's household items are the same in Cao Yong's eyes. How could he tell whether it is good or bad? He glanced at them and said with a smile: "I don't know this. You look good, it's good!"

Chu Yu smiled and said, "Even if it's right, except for the Tian family girl, Zijing sister, Madam's, Yulong, Yuzhu's, Xiyun's, and other women's, they will be able to get enough money."

When Cao Yong heard her mention of Jade Spider, he remembered Cao Songlai's letter from home that he had just read in the study.

After returning from the battle with Mengyin, he had privately asked Chu Yuyu and Zijing about the rumors that Yushu was wrong. Because he was afraid of wronging her, Xun Yuqiong and Yuchan interrogated her carefully. Although Yuqiong only said that it was his fault, compared with what Yuchan told him, it was clearly that Yushu deliberately led her to the capital while he was speaking.

Although I realized that I was restless, I was Cao Song's housekeeper after all, so I had to ask Cao Song how to deal with it.

Today, Cao Song mentioned in his letter that although he was his girl, he was also a girl from the Cao family, just for his brother and sister-in-law to discipline him. If there are people who are ignorant, just ask someone to get him, and you don’t have to worry about them.

Cao Yong told Chu Yu about Cao Song's meaning. When Chu Yu heard this, he frowned slightly and said, "The second brother is also cruel. He is following him!"

Although Cao Yong did not have the intention of pitying the fragrance and jade, he also knew that Yushu and Yuqiong were different from other girls in the mansion. He was just a person and had no relatives.

Thinking of Cao Yi's incident, in addition to Seshtu's fault, the two girls were also somewhat wrong. Cao Yong was a little more disliked by the Jade Spider and said to Chu Yu: "If you want to keep her, don't forget to find an old nanny to teach her the rules. If you are really naughty, you will be dismissed! Otherwise, being by my second brother in the future will make the family and the house uneasy!"

When Chu Yu saw that he was not happy, he also thought that something happened to Cao Yi in the capital. The girl beside him made a fuss. He sighed and said, "Looking at the two Aunt Qiu, the jade dragon is also very responsible. This jade spider does not show off without any water, who would have thought that he is so ignorant!"

Cao Yong said, "Don't be wronged! If she really makes mistakes without intention, just teach her a lesson; if she is not upright, she will eventually harm others and yourself, and staying with her second brother will also be a disaster!"

Chu Yu replied: "Well, I know that my husband is kind, Chu Yu will ask you carefully and decide!"

*

The west courtyard, the wing room, the jade spider room.

These days, Yu Zhu was already in panic. Although Yu Qing comforted her, Jueluo's gossip was not her business, so there was no need to worry, but looking at Yu Chan's proud eyes, she knew that she was afraid she would not be able to escape.

Cao Song was not in Yizhou, and the princess and Zi Jing treated him indifferently. I think they wanted to sacrifice themselves to protect the family law in order to maintain the family law. Yushu was really regretful and afraid when he thought of this. He was too confused. He knew that the Cao family was the strictest in managing the family and was most taboo about life, so why did he still have so much trouble? He couldn't make any benefits, and he was afraid that he would have to spend his life.

The princess grandma didn't say anything, probably because she wanted to ask the second master what she meant. But she was not the second master's heart. He always respected his brother and sister-in-law, not to mention pleading for her, but because she was afraid she would blame her heavily.

Thinking of this, Yu Zhu was a little grateful that the second master was not here. She still remembered clearly the matter of dealing with Fangcha in the capital in her early years.

Even the eldest maid next to the lady, the second master was not afraid of getting angry, let alone the one in his room. I am afraid that if he beat him up, he would just beat him to death.

She kept thinking about how to survive, but she couldn't think of it. Until today, she heard that someone from Jiangning came, and she knew that she would not have time to delay.

After inserting the door, looking at a bucket of cold water with ice on the ground, and looking at a charcoal basin that had gradually faded in the room, Jade Spider gritted her teeth hard, removed the cotton jacket, middle clothes and bellyband, revealing her naked body, and wiped it with a towel dipped in cold water.

When the cold water touched her body, she suddenly shivered, and tears had already come out. She was trembling, and she didn't make a sound, wiping her body with cold water over and over again, like dead leaves swaying in the cold wind, looking very pitiful.

It was not until her body became hotter and she sneezes a few times that Yu Zhu stopped her hands, wiped her body, and found a rag to clean it. Then, she put on her jacket and looked at the mirror carefully. Except for her redness and nothing unusual, she pushed the door out and carried the bucket back to the kitchenette here.

When he returned to the room, Yushu's head was a little heavy and his body was a little soft, and he felt it was cold and hot.

She had a few chills, and felt trembling. Looking at the warm kang, she held back and sat on the chair in front of the dressing table, lying on the table, and never wanted to move again.
Chapter completed!