Chapter 1045: New buds of dead trees

Due to Cao Yong's arrangement, the female family of the Li family was relieved of entering the yamen. They only took a walk outside the yamen of the Ministry of Justice, and then Zheng Hu led them to the new house to settle.

The gray-haired Gao Taijun stood outside the gate and watched the carriages gradually coming from the entrance of the alley.

Li Yu, who was riding a horse, recognized her, hurriedly tied the reins, turned over and dismounted, rushed to Gao Taijun to kneel down: "Old ancestor..."

Gao Taijun helped Li Yu up, looked behind him, frowned and said, "Why are you the only one, your elder brother and your third brother?"

Li Yu replied: "There are still some procedures to be done on the yamen of the Ministry of Justice. The eldest brother followed the officials of the Governor's yamen to the place. The third brother traveled a long distance and was in a weak state. He took a bus with the fourth and fifth brothers."

At this moment, everyone in the carriage had already got off the carriage and greeted Gao Taijun before approaching.

Gao Taijunqiang looked at this and then that. He held back his tears and took everyone into the yard.

Although this is a two-entry yard, the yard is relatively spacious and there are many houses in front and back, with more than 20 rooms in total.

When they arrived in the house, they were led by Wang, and everyone kowtowed to Gao Taijun in turn.

The family changes have occurred. After a few months, they no longer think about it. Now it is Gao Taijun who comes forward to protect them. Their originally worried hearts finally come to rest.

Li Yu, Li Cheng and others were fine, but their eyes were red. The female family couldn't help crying.

Gao Taijun's eyes slid across everyone's faces. Originally, there were more than 200 people in the Li family in Suzhou and nearly 70 people in the capital. It cannot be compared with the prominent clans, and it is also a family of officials.

The daughter-in-law who brought in the family was not the daughter of a poor family, but was the ladies of the officials and gentry families, and had never suffered any hardships. Unexpectedly, she was burdened by the destruction of the Li family and even her dowry was confiscated.

Gao Taijun sighed and said to Li Yu, Li Cheng, "Help your grandmother get up." As he said that, he ordered several sisters-in-law of the Quan family, "Help your grandmother get up too."

Everyone responded, Li Yu brothers helped Wang, Quan and Sun, Gao Taijun pointed to the seat and asked them to sit down.

The others were concubines and great-grandchildren, and they all stood and listened to Gao Taijun's teachings.

Although Gao Taijun wanted to come out alone when he left Cao's mansion this morning, Li's family could not let the old man do this. After a while, she asked her to bring Qingmei and Qingtao out.

Now, these two maids are waiting at the door, and Gao Taijun will give orders at any time.

When Mr. Gao waited for Mr. Wang and Mrs. Sun, he called Qingmei to come forward and gave an order.

Qingmei responded and went to the east room to carry out a box and put it next to Gao Taijun.

Gao Taijun looked at Wang and saw that her hair was half gray and she looked old. Her disgust for her became a little weaker, and said, "Nephew, you are also an older person. Now that your master is not here, you can rest. In the future, let your granddaughter-in-law worry about this family."

When Wang heard this, he was shocked and looked up at Gao Taijun, unable to speak.

Gao Taijun lived in the Li family for most of her life and never interfered in the Li family affairs. However, she was not a fool, and she knew the dispute between Wang and Sun.

When she was in Suzhou earlier, she could turn a blind eye. After all, the most difficult thing between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was, let alone Wang was not Li Nai's biological mother.

Now, it is the time when the Li family is in a difficult situation. It is not easy to live a good life, so how can they be allowed to fight in the internal struggle?

That's why Gao Taijun made the decision like this.

Seeing Wang's surprise, Gao Taijun glanced at the twins standing at the head of Li Cheng and said, "Wulang, Liulang is still young and needs someone to teach you. You, a grandmother, will be more troublesome in the future."

Seeing that the words had a deep meaning, Wang's expression froze and said, "My wife respects the old lady's instructions."

Gao Taijun nodded, asked Li Yu to come forward, and sent the box to the small table next to Sun's seat, saying, "This is five hundred taels of silver. You can keep it first for the sake of your family."

Sun stood up, looked at Wang with an unstable look, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Old ancestor, the wife was the housekeeper earlier, and the grandson's wife was afraid that it would not be managed well."

Gao Taijun shook his head and said, "Your wife has married three, and you still say this. Now, there are only a dozen people you need to take care of. Your mother-in-law is old, so you should be filial."

Seeing this point, Sun stopped ruthless and bent his knees to respond.

Gao Taijun nodded, asked Qingmei to take a few silver seals, and said, "For women, you must have some silver for you. The Li family suffered this catastrophe, and your private house and dowry were all lost. I still have some silver to you today. There is not much. Do you want to praise or buy some things you want, and make your own decisions."

As he said that, he asked Qingmei to divide it in sequence, including Wang's 200 taels, Sun's 100 taels, Quan's 60 taels, Zhao's 20 taels, and Hu's 20 taels.

After dividing the silver, she said to Li Yu, Li Cheng: "I have left two thousand taels of silver here, one thousand for your grandfather to spend flowers, and one thousand for see if it can redeem your father's punishment."

Li Yu, Li Cheng couldn't say anything when he heard this. He was both joy and shame...

Cao Mansion, Lanyuan, Shangfang.

Looking at Li Nuo kneeling on the ground, Li personally helped him up and said, "I haven't seen him for more than ten years, so I really don't recognize him. They are all their own family members, why did this great gift?"

It turned out that Li Nuo came out of the Ministry of Justice, thinking that Gao Taijun was still in Cao's mansion, and thinking that he had received favor from the Cao family, he came to pay tribute to his relatives.

"I haven't seen my grandmother for many years, and my grandson dare not be rude. This time my grandfather and my father are in Beijing, and it is thanks to my grandmother and cousin. My grandson is just thanking me." Li Nuo said: "Where is my grandmother? Please allow my grandmother to go and pay tribute to you first, and then talk to my grandmother."

He is twenty-four years old, with short beards and looks honest and steady, just like Li Nai when he was young.

Li looked at him and thought that Li Nai was dragged down by his father and ruined his career. These grandchildren were wondering if they could support the Li family.

"Old lady, I can't worry about you. I left here early in the morning and went to the new house." Li replied when he asked.

After hearing this, Li Nuo talked with Li for a while, just to tell the details of the Li family's indictment over the past few months.

When Li heard this, he sighed. He couldn't tell whether it was a resentment or a pity to Li Xu. If his cousin could listen to the advice, he would restrain his light like his husband and plan as soon as possible, how could he have reached this point?

After talking about family matters, Li Nuo hesitated for a moment and finally asked: "Grandpa, cousin said, when will the grandfather be sent?"

Li said: "I mentioned it. Because your grandfather was in poor health a while ago, he is now recuperating, as if it was at the end of the month. Don't worry, you will always let you go."

Since Li Xu has been convicted, there is nothing to avoid his family. He is also arranged to be in the Department of Justice of the Internal Affairs Office, so it is not difficult to meet him.

Li Nuo heard this and said, "Grandma, grandfather is old, and grandson wants to go with his grandfather and serve his grandfather. I wonder if the yamen will agree. If not, grandson wants to ask for cousin..."

Li Xu is old and Li is not at ease, but Li Nuo is the eldest grandson, Li Xu and Li Nai are not there, and the Li family still needs to be taken care of.

"Why aren't Brother Yu going? You are your father and eldest son. This family is all old, weak, women and children, and you still have to take care of you." Li asked.

"My second brother is active and more thorough than his grandson's work. It's better for him to stay in the capital." Li Nuo said.

Seeing that he insisted, Li said, "Since that's the case, I'll ask your cousin to ask."

Li Nuo stood up again and thanked him. Because he was worried about his family, he sued him and left Cao's mansion. He was taken to the Li family's new house.

At the new house of Li family, Gao Taijun finished giving the money matter, but ignored everything and allowed Sun to arrange it.

Sun arranged a residence. Wang's house was pointed out by Gao Taijun. It was in the west room of the main room in the backyard, and Gao Taijun lived in the east room.

The residence of other people is arranged by Sun.

There are two ear rooms, three concubines living in the east wing of the backyard, three rooms, and three rooms in the west wing of Li Cheng and his wife, and three rooms in the west wing of Li Zheng.

There are three main halls in the front yard, and Sun lives on the east side, leaving the west room as a living room. The east wing is for Li Nuo and his wife, and the west wing is for Li Yu and his wife. Three rooms are for the downward seat, and the kitchen and warehouse are built.

When Li Nuo came back, everyone had already dispersed from Gao Taijun and went back to clean up their own houses.

Seeing that the new family was not big, but was well organized, Li Nuo was very grateful to Gao Taijun. He first went to Gao Taijun to ask for An, and then told him that he wanted to serve his grandfather to Shengjing.

Gao Taijun was also thinking about this. After all, there are no servants in the Li family now, and Li Xu is old and I don’t know if he can survive. He must have descendants in front of him.

Knowing that this great-grandson was steady in his childhood, she wanted to keep him in charge in Beijing, so she wanted to persuade him to stay and arrange for Li Yu to go.

Li Nuo smiled bitterly and said, "Old ancestor, the Li family has fallen and has become a family of people. Where can I do anything to take care of my grandson? The third brother is in a bad health and is determined to take the exam, so he cannot move. Although the second brother is taciturn, he has an idea. Although he borrows the light of the ancestor to allow his grandsons to have a place to settle down, he cannot just do it. The second brother has the ability to accumulate wealth, so the Li family will have to rely on him to worry more. The grandson is just lazy and chooses a light work for himself."

Although the Li family is in a state of depression, Gao Taijun is quite relieved to see that several of his great-grandchildren are all sensible.

"I still have 3,000 taels of silver here. I originally thought that when your father came back, he would give it to him, and ask him to buy land or buy property. Since you said Erlang had this ability, I would give him half of it and let him give it to him? You have to think that this 3,000 taels of silver is the last capital of the Li family. If it is lost, the future will be more difficult." Gao Taijun thought for a while and said.

"Sun'erxin's second brother will definitely not disappoint the ancestor." Li Nuo said.

Gao Taijun pondered for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, then do it like this..."

When Cao Yong came back from the yamen, he heard Li mention Li Nuo coming to pay his respects.

Cao Yong's impression of him was the meeting in the 49th year of Kangxi. When Li Nuo was seven or eight years old, he was born in a villain and acted very well.

He is only in his early twenties now.

He was Li Nai's eldest son. When his father and ancestors were not around, he would take care of his family. He could instinctively send his brothers to exile to the exile place, but he wanted to go there in person.

This filial piety alone made Cao Yong feel a little favor: "I inherited my cousin's loyalty. If he really wanted to do this, I would definitely think of a way to fulfill his filial piety..."
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