Chapter 666: Fighting for New (Chinese)

The capital city, the Duke's Mansion.

Cao Yi looked at the Cao Song and Cao Xiang brothers, with a little worried expression on his face and said, "Are you so funny? How old is the fourth child? It is the age to study hard. Other people's children are still taking the Jinshi exam in their thirties? Even if they end up for the first time the following year, they will only be eighteen years old. If they are lucky, it is the decentness of our Cao family. Even if they can't pass, what's the point of getting one or two subjects?"

Speaking of this, she paused and said, "Even if she wants to become an official, she will go to school for another two years and add a post in the department. She will be more at ease than now."

Cao Xiang also knew that his sister was talking about the truth, but he had other concerns in his heart, so he had to do it.

Cao Song smiled and said, "Sister, don't talk about him anymore. The younger brother scolded him. Who made this kid stand up right? He has been thinking about it for more than one or two days. My younger brother has written a letter to my uncle and brother to report on this matter. My cousin recommended a master, who is an honest and polite person and can help him in the future."

Upon hearing this, Cao Yi nodded and asked, "When will you leave? All the people who go there are selected? The distance is not close and it is too far from home. It will take another three years to go there. I have to choose a few loyal ones."

"I have set off for the sixth day of the lunar calendar. The family of the fourth house, two servants, and two girls are all chosen to be honest and honest." Cao Song said.

Cao Yi then felt relieved and said, "I just went to the eldest sister and the second sister? What are the instructions, sisters?"

Cao Song replied: "My eldest sister's personality is not known yet. What can I say, it's nothing more than being cautious. Sister Fojin was a little surprised and said she was hoping that our fourth brother would pass the imperial examination. She didn't expect to give up. It's a pity."

After hearing this, Cao Yi hesitated for a moment and asked Cao Xiang: "Fourth brother, are you short of money? Are you in a hurry to go out to work as a businessman, do you want to support your family as soon as possible?"

The students of the Imperial College have different monthly performance assessments, and they can get one to two taels of silver every month. In a few months, after their 16th birthday, even if Cao Xiang is a member of the Eight Banners, he will be able to get silver and rice.

"Sister, my brother wants to become an official as soon as possible. No matter how much you read, you still have to go out to practice as soon as possible." Cao Xiang raised his head and said.

Even if you want to become an official, there is no reason to leave Beijing.

Cao Yi thought of Zhaojia's personality and sighed in his heart, knowing the difficulties of this younger brother.

"It's getting late today, so I won't keep you. Go back and say to my second wife, "On the day of the festival, I will take the time to go back, as if it's a farewell to my fourth brother." Cao Yi said.

Cao Song responded and said with a smile: "It's best if my third sister can come back, but I can just drink a cup of wedding wine from the fourth child."

Cao Yi smiled and said, "The marriage has been decided? I remember a few days ago there was a girl from the censor who took it to combine the eight characters. How about it? Is it their family?"

Cao Song shook his head and said, "It was said that the horoscope was not in line with each other, and the marriage was not decided yet. It was the fourth brother who went out and had no care. I begged my wife to give Lu Ju to my fourth brother. I chose the fourth day of the lunar month to hold a wedding."

When Cao Yi heard this, he frowned and said, "-Confused! Whose family rules? Grandma didn't come in and took the girl to do a wedding? Yuqiong served for four or five years, and after Jinghui entered the door, he gave him a title. This is the truth."

Cao Song was said embarrassedly and said, "Sister, this is the time, and the fourth brother is going to travel far?"

"The fourth brother doesn't have a girl of his own? I looked at Dingxiang and Fuling, and they are all stable, so why did they even beg the second wife's girl?" Cao Yi looked at Cao Song and said, "Second brother, you are a man, don't be a good person outside, why should you worry about the inner house?"

In fact, she was suspicious of Zhao Jia's in her heart.

Although this banner family talks about marriage, although it is a perfect match for the eight characters, it is just a formality. Even the stalls say a lot of good things. Occasionally, if there are really those with the eight characters, fortune tellers will also tell the way to remedy them.

For example, if you change the head of the bed, and adding a bottle to the house is considered a taboo.

When Cao Xiang saw his brother being told, he looked up and said, "Third sister, don't do the second brother's business. It's because his younger brother likes Lu Ju, and his second brother wants to fulfill me."

Cao Yi has always been too lazy to interrupt the matter of the second wife of the Cao family. However, now that Cao Yin and his son are not in Beijing, Cao Song is a foolish person with no scheming, and she is really worried.

She thought about it and said to Cao Song: "I know you love your brothers, but there is no such way of caring for you. It is no longer in accordance with the rules, let alone placing a wine and eating a table. Without leaving any room for a newcomer, how can the wife and concubine be in peace when the newcomer enters the door? Let's just open your face quietly."

"Three sisters..." Cao Xiang was listening and couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Cao Yi glared at him and said, "Looking at me for a girl, is this your future? This is not a pity, it is a harm to her. This time, my brother has stood up for you, and something goes wrong in the future, and you are crying."

Seeing his sister saying this, Cao Song remembered that his wife looked inappropriate when she heard about this. After realizing it, he said, "Sister Three, isn't it just a table of wine, just a lively place, how can there be such a big relationship?"

Cao Yi sneered, "It's not a matter of relationship? It's not a big deal for a house. It's not a big deal for men in other mansions. For what reason, is it so? Who is a fool who is willing to find a son-in-law who loves his concubine and kills his wife and tells him his daughter? Anyone who says he's a kinship and finds out the details, he will say that the fourth brother's horoscope is not in line with his horoscope."

Cao Song didn't think of this before, and then he realized the taste. He nodded repeatedly and said, "It's still the third sister who said it clearly. It's true that this is the truth..."

Cao Xiang knew that Cao Yi had good intentions, but he was still a little worried when he thought of Lu Ju's grievances.

After leaving the Duke's Mansion, Cao Xiang said, "Second Brother..."

Cao Song glanced at him and said, "I'll listen to my third sister. Can I still harm you? Since you two are in love, you don't have to care about these false things. I'll ask your sister-in-law to add more clothes and jewelry to Lu Ju. It's not only good to have affordable benefits, but also less right and wrong, which is also good."

Speaking of this, he raised his face and said to Cao Xiang: "Fourth brother, you must remember that you are not alone, and you want to do whatever you want. Staying in this family makes people feel so suffocating. Who didn't survive this way? Speaking of which, my brother also has times when he is ignorant, so he has no shame to teach you a lesson and let you make trouble. Look at what kind of life is the eldest brother living, and he has been a job as a teenager, and never had a time to be self-employed? If it weren't for the sake of the uncle and brother, and the Imperial College, who is not a person with a status, would the actual shortcomings of these seventh grade fall on you?"

After talking about it, Cao Song was a little excited: "Since he was benefiting from the family, don't say those willful words anymore, otherwise he would be an ungrateful bastard, not my brother!"

Cao Xiang was scolded and his face turned red, and he whispered: "Second brother, my brother knows he is wrong..."

Cao family, Dongfu, inner courtyard.

It was about to reach the fourth day of the lunar month in a few days. Lu Ju is going to go back to her uncle's house to get married. Madam Zhang came to pick up her granddaughter. Lu Ju had already packed up her package and wanted to go with her grandmother's house.

Zhao Jia did not know that Lu Ju had an affair with her son, so she felt wronged. She held her hand and said, "Your parents have been serving me for a few years. I originally wanted to leave you to your third master, and I didn't hide this from you. After your third master was gone, I also thought about your way out, but I was afraid that it would be difficult to find someone, so I sent someone to the yamen to get rid of your household registration early."

After saying something, Lu Ju couldn't help but feel ashamed, and said with red eyes: "Mrs. I know everything about me. I feel grateful to her..."

Zhao Jia stroked her hand, looked at her appearance, sighed, and said, "This is a good example, and this kind of character is enough to be a grandmother. There is really no way. Your second master loves your brothers and repeatedly complains to me. If I grit my teeth and refuse to rely on it, outsiders will only think that I don't love my concubine's son, and they will point my backbone and call me unvirtuous."

"It is my blessing to be with the Fourth Master..." Lu Ju said the truth.

Although I became a concubine, there were no twists and turns. It was so smooth that I didn’t dare to think about it before.

"Good boy, who else can I believe? Although it was not my son, I was also my son. I was thinking about it when I was at such an age. You are a proper person. With you by my side, I can still worry less." Zhao Jia continued.

Madam Zhang was not satisfied with her granddaughter's marriage, but after all, she became a concubine, so she didn't talk much.

However, she felt a little deficient in her heart. After hearing Zhao Jia's words, she said, "It's better that my wife is a little more kind. If it were other people, how could my mother be able to be as good as a wife?"

Zhao Jia smiled and asked Hongmei to take the jewelry box, take out a pair of gold-inlaid jade bracelets from it, put it on the green chrysanthemum, and said, "I'm asking you to serve me for a few years. This is my dowry. Speaking of which, it's better to give you the Fourth Master than to others. I'm still thinking about you coming back from another place to light a cigarette..."

After saying a few words, Zhao Jia asked Hongmei to take two pieces of clothing materials, add two more hangings of money, and said to Madam Zhang: "It's time for the holiday, Madam, please add some clothes."

Madam Zhang thanked her thanks with gratitude and asked Lu Ju to kowtow to Zhao Jia before picking up the material and taking her granddaughter home.

Thinking of the purple orchid and green jujube that he used to, Zhao Jia really felt reluctant to leave, groping for the cigarette pipe and not saying a word.

When Hongmei saw that Lu Ju was about to become a concubine within a few days, she was already very jealous and thought that she must flatter her wife so that she would have a good destination in the future.

Therefore, when Zhao Jia took a cigarette, she said with a slight interest: "Madam, do you want to eat cigarettes? I lit a cigarette for you?"

Zhao Jia shook her head bored and said, "It's hot, so I'm impatient to eat it. I pour a cup of herbal tea. I don't have anything new in the house. I've been suffering every day. I'll have a lot of trouble. I'll pick someone to make up for it tomorrow."

When Hongmei heard this, she poured a cup of herbal tea and sent it to Zhaojia. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Madam, I heard from someone that Aunt Bao is not sick, but is dissatisfied with the marriage that her wife refers to."

"Oh? Is there something wrong?" Zhao Jia couldn't help but stand up.

Hongmei said, "Maybe I heard it, but I looked at it. It was because Sister Lu Ju is the wife's beloved person and the granddaughter of Madam Zhang. Aunt Bao is afraid that the new aunt is disrespectful."

After hearing this, Zhao Jia spitted on the ground and sneered, "What is she? She is the turn to pick on her? She is just a girl bought for a few taels of silver. She is just a good girl and has a son. She becomes arrogant and acts like a blessing. I don't urinate and look at her, and I really treat myself as a good thing..."

In Baodie's room, Jade sat beside the bed, held the medicine bowl, and advised him: "It's better to be generous. The Fourth Master is about to leave Beijing in a few days. Do you have the heart to let the child go on the road?"

"Sister, I'm so upset and feel uncomfortable..." Baodie held Jade's hand and cried, "Mrs. I have four sons. The fifth master is still young. Who else took concubines before getting married? Even if there is a family room, I haven't passed the road. In order to prevent this, the family law has been moved. Why did Jade Spider not have it? Although the Fourth Master did not come out of her belly, he called her "mother". If he makes a fortune in the future, he will earn her a title, right?"

"Sister has thought too much. Didn't this ask for your brother if you love me?" Jade put down the medicine bowl and advised.

Baodie wiped the tears with a veil, with a little resentment on her face and said, "What are you thinking about? Are you still afraid that the Fourth Master will go over to the Fifth Master? Because the Fourth Master has done a good job in knowledge and is in the Imperial College, I have to ask someone to ask questions. If the family background is better and the girl is good, the wife will push it to me after finding a son-in-law. The rest are either recruiting son-in-law or the old girl left in the family. For why? My sister can't understand?"

Although I don’t know what Zhao Jia is thinking, what Baodie said is also the truth.

After hearing this, Jade could only sigh and said, "No matter what the Fourth Master said, it would be better if he was a son; but if the fifth girl had to let her wife take the initiative, she would not know what the result would be in the future."

"What can we get? Climb the high branches." Baodie said, "Hey, on the side of the wife, what can we do if we are angry? I am angry with the Fourth Master. I don't know who really loves him, but I just think that the wife is kind-hearted and wait happily for the concubine. The girl Lu Ju is full of her mind and is most in line with her wife's wishes. In the future, relying on her wife's power, I don't know what tricks to make."

"Looking at the fact that the green juju is pretty good, my sister just wants to bloom." Jade said.

"If you are a serious person, can you be like a man? You are from the wife's room, not by the man..." Baodie felt prejudice in her heart, but she still didn't like Lu Ju.

As the two were talking, a little maid came in and reported, "Auntie, the Fourth Master is here."

Upon hearing this, Jade had already stood up, Baodie said, "Please come in."

Cao Xiang entered the house and gave a gift to his biological mother and Jade. Seeing that he had something to say, Jade found a caretaker and avoided him.

Cao Xiang sat beside the bed, looked at the empty bowl at the head of the bed, looked at Baodie again, and said, "Auntie, how good is you?"

Baodie remembered Jade's previous words and was reluctant to worry her son. She nodded and said, "My aunt's house is all there, are all the aunts and sisters?"

"Everything is good. My eldest sister and my concubine both gave me something. My third sister said she would come back from the Dragon Boat Festival and give her son a farewell." Cao Xiang replied.

"Mrs. Third Aunt..." Baodie was quite moved when she heard this. Because in the past few years, Cao Yi rarely returned to the house except for the wedding and white events.

Even if I occasionally return home, I often go to the Western Prefecture, which has caused Zhao Jia to complain a lot in private.

"The third sister told my brother that she would not allow the fourth day of the New Year to be held..." Cao Xiang said: "I said that I was afraid that it would be spread and delayed my son's kinship..."

When Baodie heard this, she couldn't help but burst into tears, chanting "Amitabha" in her mouth, saying, "The third girl really loves you. I've worn out my mouth, and you don't believe it; this time there is someone who understands..."

Seeing that his biological mother was like this, Cao Xiang was quite moved and whispered: "My aunt, don't bother with your son. It's better to raise your body as soon as possible and leave the capital with your son."

Baodie heard this and shook her head and said, "I won't leave, I have to keep it in this mansion."

Cao Xiang asked in confusion: "Auntie, why is this? The aunt has set rules in front of his wife for many years, so she doesn't want to go out and relax? Her son also wants to be filial to her aunt and have a table with her aunt."

Baodie showed a look of relief on her face and said, "Now the master and the uncle are not in Beijing. If we leave so unknown, who would know what the wife will say in the future? The wife loves money the most. I am afraid that we will all leave and no one will divide the property with the second master and the others."

"Where is the second brother, how could this be?" Cao Xiang said.

Baodie shook her head and said, "Although the second master is humane, they are mother and son after all, and can they disobey the wife for you? Anyway, I won't leave, I'll be guarding this house and waiting for my son to come back."

Cao Xiang is already in a mess. What are you doing when you plot against me and I plot against you?

Rehe, Cao Family Garden.

It was a rare vacation, so Cao Yong also started to fall asleep. Cao Yin was busy with work and went to the palace every day before dawn. Li felt sorry for his son, so he didn't have time to let him save this in the morning and evening.
To be continued...