()

The main room of Xuanrui Hall is five rooms, facing south and north. It was built according to the identity of Mrs. Yipin, the old lady. In the middle is the hall, and a four-piece black paint seat screen is placed at the bottom of the wall facing the door. The "Laozi's Sutra" is painted on it. Under the screen is a case of ebony. On both sides of the case are wide chairs with plum birds carved on the backs of the chairs, which are considered as the main seat. In contrast, eight chairs arranged with geese wings on the left and right sides, which are also made of ebony wood, which are considered as guest seats.

On the west, there are two living rooms of the old lady Sun family, separated by screens in the middle. On the outside, according to the customs in the north, a row of two feet tall kangs were built on the north side of the house. The head of the kang was a lattice cabinet with a rooftop. There was a soft couch and a small table table with two Ruyi on it. On the ground were two rows of chairs, and half-new bamboo cushions were laid. It seemed that family members or regular guests were entertaining here.

The inner room is a large ebony carved bed and a matching dressing table, which are all the dowry of the old lady. When the Sun family and the Cao family were married, the Cao family was the one who was very successful. Therefore, the dowry of the old lady was extremely luxurious. Even as a first-class imperial decree, it still does not lose its identity. Behind the big bed is a secret pavilion. It was originally an old lady who could not withstand the tide and coldness of the winter in the south when she got older, so she used ground heat in the warm pavilion behind the bedroom. Because the windows behind were made of green window screens, it was also called Longcui Pavilion. Later, Cao Yan was born, and the old lady carried him to her and raised him personally. Longcui Pavilion became Cao Yan's bedroom. Because it was not sunny, the summer was cool and it was very comfortable to live in.

The two east rooms have similar structures to the west, but there is no dark pavilion, and the inner room is a bed and the outer room is a kang. Sometimes it is kept for the relatives' female relatives to live in, which is considered half a guest room.

When Cao Yan returned to the main room, the old lady was leaning leaning against the soft couch outside the west room, and two maids knelt on the kang to pinch her shoulders.

Seeing Cao Yan come in, the old lady's face became more joyful and she sat up. Cao Yan was close to this grandmother who was extremely loving to her from the bottom of her heart. When she was born in her previous life, the elders from the father and maternal lines had passed away. Although her parents and brothers and sister-in-law were also spoiled since childhood, they were still different from this kind of spoiling that was different from her generation.

When Cao Yan first arrived in another world, he was worried about the future ups and downs of the Cao family and missed his family in his previous life. The loneliness in his heart was beyond words. This grandmother who unconditionally spoiled his grandson just aroused his sincere admiration and felt more sincere than others. Therefore, he entered the house, walked a few steps, and arrived at the kang, and said according to the old name: "The ancestors are here, summer is long, it's so boring. Is it good for my grandson to play the Leaf Card with you?"

Seeing that his grandson raised his little face and was so well-behaved, he felt even more like he had eaten honey. While holding Cao Yan's hand, he nodded and said ok. Amethyst and Tea Crystal who followed Cao Yan into the room were both smart people. Hearing this, he took the cards and the money box without waiting for Sun's orders.

The leaf card is an ancient paper mahjong. It has no white hair and winds in the southeast, west and north. It is divided into four gates: "Wen", "Suo", "Wan", "Ten", and "Ten", and each gate is one to nine. There are also four flower cards: "Plum", "Orchid", "Bamboo", and "Chrysanthemum". The flower card can be used as a blank card, and sometimes it also represents the God of Wealth. If you catch a card, you will double the winning or losing, and the two will double the two, and so on. The gameplay is similar to modern society. You can also have a cannon.

Although Cao Yong was only seven years old, his history of playing Ye Zi cards with Sun's family has been several years. Of course, it is not as complicated as adults play. He just caught a few cards to compare the points. It is also a pastime for the grandparents and grandchildren when they have nothing to do.

The two maids on the kang were named Shanhu, one was named Daimao, the other was the 14th and 5th, and the other was 12th and 3rd. They were also able to see the old lady, and they hurriedly got up and moved the kang to the two masters.

The old lady saw that there were few people and asked Cha Jing to work with Coral. Amethyst helped her read the cards, and Daimao went to pour tea. After serving the tea, Daimao thought that Cao Yong had little rice to eat in the morning and it took one or two hours to supper, so she stepped out. She went to the kitchen to make two portions of lotus root powder, and then took the mung bean cake that the old lady liked and the meat muffin that Cao Yong liked, and put it on a small plate to serve it to the room.

Everyone had played several games, but the old lady and Cha Jing won, while Cao Yong and the two families lost. Cao Yong was hungry, but when Dai Mao brought the food in, he couldn't help but rub his stomach, and his face became a little more happy. In the past few days in the Qing Dynasty, in addition to being worried and afraid, he was not used to eating and eating. If someone who was used to eating three meals, he would not be hungry for two meals.

When the old lady saw Cao Yong looking at the food, she put down the card in her hand, sent Coral to wash the veil and wiped Cao Yong's hand, then smiled and nodded to Dai Mao: "Good boy, I can't be careful for you!" She angrily said to Cao Yong: "I'm hungry, why don't I open my mouth? The snacks in the kitchen are always available. It's not unfair to be hungry!"

Cao Yong just laughed. It was understandable that such a big man was pretending to be a child to coax the elderly. After all, he was filial to this body. If he spoke up, he would be a little embarrassed to eat. Although he was hungry, he was a child's body and had a small appetite. After drinking half a bowl of lotus root powder and two pieces of meat muffins, he was full.

Amethyst went to wash the veil and handed it to the old lady. The old lady wiped her hands. Seeing that Cao Yong was eating sweetly, she drank two spoons of lotus root powder, ate half a piece of mung bean cake, and then asked the remaining snacks to the maids in the house to share them. Although the snacks looked like two plates, each plate was only four pieces, so the coral tortoiseshell was almost empty for each piece.

While talking, after eating the snacks, Amethyst and Coral asked the little girl outside to pour fresh water, wash two more handkerchiefs, wipe the grandparents and grandchildren, and the maids also cleaned up their own hands. Then, everyone picked up the cards and started playing.

Cao Yong just wanted to make the old man happy and didn't care about winning or losing. But when he saw the old lady winning cards one after another, he couldn't help but notice that Amethyst played points behind the old lady. Coral was honest. Every time the points were bigger than the old lady, he would deduct the cards and admit defeat, saying that it was a little smaller; Cha Jing was naughty, and saw that the points were bigger than himself, deduct the cards and admit defeat, and the points were smaller, so he would win the cards proudly.

The old lady cares about these small money. She is having fun with her baby grandson. Seeing Amethyst's gestures, Cao Yong also learned about Coral. When the points were bigger than the old lady, he deducted the cards and admitted defeat, asking the old lady to win more. But the tea crystal became so angry that he lost several times in a row. As a result, most of the strings of copper coins divided into four people were piled up to the old lady. The old lady won a smile, but he said that he was lucky today. Cao Yong and several maids were also smiling, and the room was full of joy.

After playing a few more games, he saw that the copper coins in front of the coral were gone, and Cao Yong had only a few big money left. The old lady was afraid that his children would lose all their money, so she refused to win again. When she met a small spot, she opened the card and compared with the size. When she met a large spot, she also deducted the card.

Amethyst stood behind the old lady, her face changed again and again, and she didn't make gestures for a long time. Cao Yong guessed the reason and was quite moved. He won several times in a row, and his face was filled with joy of winning money.

When the old lady saw her grandson happy, she was happier than winning money, and started to lose happily. Coral was older and saw that the old lady was trying to lose more than she won, which made the two masters happy. However, Tea Crystal was heartless and did not think so much. As everyone deducted the cards, they won a few games, but they still got a lot of capital.

There was constant laughter in the room, and the little maid outside had already sang: "Report to the old lady, the second lady is here!"

When the old lady put down the card when she heard this, her smile faded a lot.

The second wife is the wife of Cao Yin's brother Cao Quan. She is from Manchuria Banner. Her mother's surname is Zhaojia. Her father Cheng Lin served as the prefect in Shandong. A few years ago, when Cheng Lin was the prefect of Jiangnan, she became a relative of the Cao family. She wanted to marry her daughter Cao Yin as her successor, but later because Cao Yin married Li, she married her daughter to Cao Yin's concubine Cao Quan.

At that time, Cao Quan served as a county magistrate in a county under Hangzhou Prefecture, the seventh rank. Although the father of Zhaojia was only from the fifth rank, Zhaojia was a Manchu family, and her uncle Marhan was a high-ranking official in the capital. After Zhaojia married into the Cao family, he brought some minor sex, and always felt that the Cao family was just a coat of Zhengbai Banner and was too humble. Although Cao Xi and Cao Yin and his son served as Jiangning weaving, they were only a fifth rank official. Because they did not live in Jiangning at that time and were suppressed by elders, Zhaojia became domineering, put on the genealogy of Manchu aunt, and made her husband Cao Quan obedient.

A few years ago, Cao Quan was promoted to the magistrate of Jiangning Mansion, and the second house moved to Jiangning. Cao Yin only liked him a little, so he set up a house on the west side of the Weaving Mansion, and he was well-tied. Zhaojia was a man who refused to be at peace. Because his sister-in-law Li was filling in the house and was a few months younger than him, he became negligent and arrogant, and he also dealt with it in front of Old Lady Sun.

The old lady has been a "My Madam Jingqi" for more than ten years. She is the most concerned about everyone's rules. She can't stand Zhao Jia's rudeness. She didn't talk about her family rules, but she also asked Cao Quan to write a divorce letter.

Zhao Jia went back to her parents' home to cry, wanting her father to make decisions for her, so she only changed her two big-eared sacks. Cheng Lin told her daughter about the connection between the Cao family and the royal family and the identity of Sun's first-class imperial edict. Because the Cao family has always been low-key, these things are not known to outsiders. Cheng Lin also learned about it after getting married to the Cao family and listening to the news from the capital. Cheng Lin and his wife came to apologize, and Zhao Jia was careful, which made the old lady relieved. In the future, Zhao Jia became ruled and dared not take the big shots again.

Until two years ago, when Cao Yong was awarded the title of "First Class Light Vehicle Commander", Zhao Jia became a living and wanted to seek some benefits for his son Cao Song. Knowing that the future of the Cao family's juniors was all about the old lady, he thought of ways to show his diligence. The old lady was so noisy that she ordered her to exempt her daily rules and only allowed her to come to serve on the first day of the first day and the fifteenth day of the day. Even so, she did not stop Zhao Jia's thoughts and still came every few days. Zhao Jia was also smart. Every time she came, she either held her daughter or held her son, and the old lady didn't want to blame her for her grandchildren.

On this day, in addition to Zhaojia and the maid and mother-in-law who accompanied her, there were the eldest daughter of the second wife, Cao Ying, the eldest son of Cao Song, and the second son of Cao Shuo. Cao Ying was twelve years old, two years older than Cao Yan, and ranked higher than Cao Yan, the eldest son of the eldest son, so both mansions called her eldest daughter; Cao Song was half a year younger than Cao Yong, and his uncle was second; Cao Shuo was only one and a half years old, and his uncle was third, and he was learning to speak.

A few granddaughters and grandsons first greeted the old lady, and then greeted Cao Yong. Although the old lady didn't like Zhao Jia, she was not ashamed to give her in front of the child. She asked someone to carry Cao Shuo to the kang and coax the young grandson to speak. Cao Ying took the two little maids to find Cao Yan.

Cao Song has always been naughty and active, and can't sit still in the room, so he pulled Cao Yong out of the corridor. Unlike Cao Yong's gentle and delicate temperament, Cao Song has a huge head and a strong body, and is half a head taller than Cao Yong.

"Why did you go to school and stop after a few days? Are you afraid that people will bully you? Don't be afraid, I'm there!" Cao Song waved his little arm and said righteously.

Cao Yong only found it funny. He was still older, okay? Seeing Cao Song's cute appearance, he couldn't help but want to tease him, so he pretended to be a mature person: "Second brother, I am the brother, and they are all protecting his younger brother. Where is the reason why the younger brother protects his older brother?"

Cao Song rolled his eyes, showed a "you are stupid" expression, and said seriously: "I am the brother! Didn't it mean that the eldest month is one year old and the younger month is two years old!" As he said that, he stretched out his fleshy little hand and waved his fingers and said: "You are eight years old and two years old and six years old and two years old; I am seven years old and five years old. I am born in the first month of the year, you are born in the early July, I am not old and you are a full six years old? But those adults are confused and want me to call you brother!"

Cao Yong had never heard of such an algorithm, and there was a smile on his face. Cao Song just thought it was touching him. He looked around and saw that the maids were far away. He took out a cage cage of plum size weaving from his arms and stuffed it into Cao Yong's hand: "I'll play with you. My ancestors raised you like a girl, and I don't allow you to go out. It's so boring!" Although he gave it out, his eyes were not far away from the cage, which seemed to be my beloved thing.

When Cao Yong saw this, he put the cucumber cage in Cao Song's hand: "I'll just look at it, you'd better take it for fun!"

Cao Song refused to accept it, patted his chest and said, "How could I take back the things I gave? What did it become? I bought it for you specifically. You are not in good health, so what should I do if you get sick if you get sick!" As he spoke, he no longer looked at the cage. It seemed that he gave it to you with sincerity.
Chapter completed!