Chapter 606: The Dragon Raises Head (I)

On the second day of the second month, the dragon raised its head.

Cao Yong woke up early, with a moisturizing face and a refreshing expression. Chu Yu had a pink face and a hint of charm between his eyebrows and eyes.

February 2nd, commonly known as "Dragon Rising Head", was called "Zhonghe Festival" in ancient times.

In the old custom of the capital, you cannot shave your head in the first lunar month, otherwise you will be a "dead uncle" and you will not shave until the second day of February.

In addition, February 2 is also the day when I take my "sister" back to my parents' home to live for a while.

Cao Jia's status is limited, so it is difficult to come back and stay for a while. He just came back for a meal. Cao Yi has already decided to come back and stay for a few days, so he can spend a lifetime with his mother and grandmother.

The Chun Palace had sent someone to ask before. Chu Yu thought that his brother-in-law had not yet made any progress in his life and that his mother-in-law was busy, so she thought she would not go back.

Li thought that she hadn't returned last year and was tired for two months before and after the New Year, so she asked her to go back to her parents' home for a few days to rest.

When Cao Yong thought of this, he felt a little reluctant. He pinched Chu Yu's hand and asked, "How many days will you rest in the palace and when will you go back? I'm afraid that Tianyou and Hang Seng will miss you."

After the fifteenth, Tianyou and Hang Seng have already enlightened, so they cannot return to the palace with Chuyu.

As he said this, Cao Yong remembered Dunlun last night and continued: "I miss you too."

Just as Xicai brought in hot water, he saw this scene, blushed and lowered his head.

Chu Yu pulled out his hand, tied the buttons on Cao Yong's collar, and replied, "I'll come back later. I can't wait for the prince to wash it in the past two days. The changed lingerie was placed in the third drawer of the stand cabinet, and the beads and hats were in the outer room cabinet."

"Well, I've written it down. You'll have a rest. Follow your sisters to visit your family and listen to operas, and don't be bored in the palace." Cao Yong said.

Although it was just a small separation, the couple was a little hard to part with.

At this time, I heard the cry of Tianhui from the Waiba: "Woo, it hurts, it hurts..."

Chuyu and Cao Yong went to the outside room, and saw the nurse holding Tianhui and looking at Madam Ye in embarrassment.

Madam Ye held a thick needle wearing red cotton thread in her hand and whispered in her mouth: "Be good, Miss, just rub it again."

On the kang table next to it, there was a small plate of soybeans and a few thick needles with cotton thread.

It turned out that she was stabbing Tianhui's ears and then she had just stabbed one ear, and Tianhui stopped doing it.

Chu Yu took Tianhui from her nurse's arms, looked at her daughter's eyes with tears in her eyes and her earlobes were red. She felt sorry for her daughter. Looking at Madam Ye, she said, "Madam, do you have to pierce her ears today? Or, wait two years before you pierce Tianhui?"

Tianhui hid in her mother's arms and was already trying hard to get her little head.

Madam Ye glanced at Chu Yu and said angrily: "Last year, the old slave said he would prick the lady. Princess felt sorry for him and stopped him. This year, she still stopped him. The lady is going to follow Princess back to the palace. In the future, the days to go out are inevitable. Other girls are pricked when they are full moons. Even if they cry a little, they don't know if they hurt. Now, it's getting better. Didn't Princess respond yesterday?"

Chu Yu touched his daughter's head and thought about going to the Duke's Mansion a few days ago. Jueluo also asked about Tianhui's ears and eyes, and he was a little hesitant.

She thought for a while, looked down at her daughter in her arms, and said softly: "Tianhui, can you please let the nanny prick? Don't Tianhui like to eat Shaqima? Is it good to eat it for you later?"

Tianhui nodded, shook her head again, and finally lay on Chu Yu's shoulder and sobbed hard.

When Cao Yong saw this, he couldn't bear it. He looked at his daughter's ear-tie and said to Madam Ye: "Madam, if you don't have another ear, you'll have a piercing next year. Tianhui remembers it hurts now, so he is naturally afraid, so he won't remember next year."

Seeing that Cao Yong was also talking to Tianhui, Madam Ye sighed and said, "Mr., this lady wants to pierce six ears. If it really pierces one a year, wouldn't this cause the lady to suffer for six years? It would be better to pierce this breath, so that she won't be able to get this happen every year."

When Cao Yong heard this, he looked at Chu Yu with three rows of ear pliers on his ears, and was speechless.

Chu Yu was already holding Tianhui and sat down by the kang, saying, "The left and right are suffering, so let's prick it."

Cao Yong, a father, was so cruel that he said, "I'll go and see if Lao Liu is here." As he said that, he went out to the outer hall.

The manager Lao Liu is an old man from the Cao family. He was Cao Yin's eldest follower when he was young, and now he is one of the foreign managers of the Cao family. He came from Jiangning with Cao Yin and his wife, and he has a good skill in shaving his heads. Both Cao Yin and his son were shaved by Lao Liu.

A little maid happened to report from the corridor that Old Liu had arrived and was waiting outside the yard.

Upon hearing this, Cao Yong asked someone to lead him in.

Old Liu was already in his fifties. When he saw Cao Yong, he bent his knees and wanted to kneel down to pay his respects.

Cao Yong reached out to help him and said, "I have said that I have suffered a few things, but I still have this trouble?"

"The master and the uncle are polite, and the young ones are even more afraid to distract the rules." Old Liu still kneeled down stubbornly.

Such conversations are the last one every month when shaving your head.

Cao Yong sat down, and Old Liu had already arranged the things to shave his head.

"I heard that your eldest son and your second boy have also become a disciple?" Cao Yong asked.

"Yes, I'm shaving my head for the man in the front yard. My work is a bit rough, so it's hard for everyone to dislike you." Old Liu replied with a smile.

While talking to Lao Liu, Cao Yong raised his ears to listen to the movements inside.

It was difficult for Tianhui to cry and did not make a big fuss.

After a while, Chu Yu is back.

Lao Liu put away the razor in his hand and bowed to see it.

Chu Yu nodded, as a gift, and said, "Manager Liu came from the master's yard, but are you tired? If you are tired, Tianyou and his brothers will ask someone to ask a master to shave their heads from outside."

Old Liu Chun lowered his arms and said, "The little grandma Xie is polite, and the little one is as strong as a cow. Don't worry. It is a small blessing to be able to shave the young man's head. If you beat him more, we will look forward to this day."

Cao Yong remembered the way Hang Seng ran all over the floor when he was shaving his head last year, and said to Lao Liu with a smile: "Those boys, I guess they have to listen to your fun before they can calm down and let you shave your head. But you are old, and although this job is not a hard work, it takes a lot of effort. After I finish it, I will go back and rest first. When the boys finish class, it will not be too late to shave them."

Lao Liu agreed, Chu Yu took people down to prepare breakfast, and Cao Yong let Lao Liu shave his head.

After shaving my hair, my head was shining brightly.

Looking at the broken hair scattered on the ground, Cao Yong had to sigh, poor his pity, this was gone again. Apart from the time of mourning, when he could just keep his hair legitimately throughout the year, it was the first month of the year.

Chu Yu had already returned and asked someone to offer two strings of money, saying that he would buy cigarettes for Lao Liu.

Lao Liu thanked the reward and continued to hold the money.

Tianyou, Hengsheng, Zuozhu, Zuocheng and several others were dressed neatly and came to pay tribute to Cao Yong.

They started to study with Master Wen every morning (7 o'clock in the morning) and stopped until Weichu (1:00 in the afternoon). When Weichu arrived at Shenchu ​​(3:00 in the afternoon), they began to follow the Ren brothers to simply move their fists and feet.

At the end of a day, four hours of homework are really not easy for them.

The effect is also extremely obvious. In less than half a month, the children's bodies looked much stronger.

Because they have to go to Lanyuan and Wutongyuan to pay their respects every morning, they usually get up at the beginning of Mao (6 o'clock in the morning), wear it, and come out with breakfast.

Cao Yong asked a few questions about his homework, and Tianyou and Zuo Zhu were fine, but Hang Seng and Zuo Cheng had little faces.

When the children went out, Cao Yong said to Chu Yu: "On the other side of the school ground, put more sand to the children for playing."

Chu Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr., yesterday Tianyou secretly told me that Mr. Qian hit Hang Seng's handboard. I looked at it last night. My hands were red and it looked so painful. It was hard for Hang Seng to cry out, and he didn't shout it hurt. He just said that he was stupid and could not compare to his brothers, and he could recite the surnames of Baijia."

The Mr. Qian she mentioned was Qian Chenqun, the newly joined western seat of Cao's mansion, and was the teacher who was appointed by Cao Yin for his grandsons.

Qian Chenqun was not old, but at his thirty years old, he was a child of a scholarly family in Jiangnan. He was a rare talent. He was entrusted to the Imperial Academy in his early years and later served as a teacher in the Eight Banners. He was a juren in the 53rd year of Kangxi.

Cao Yin and his father were old friends and paid great attention to this nephew.

Since the Qian family beat his father, they have lost their family power. Qian Chenqun was very miserable and was in a mess after arriving in the capital.

Cao Yin knew that Cao Yong was going to find a teacher for Tianyou and the others, so he thought of Qian Chenqun.

After hearing Qian Chenqun's resume, Cao Yong was unwilling to do so. He was afraid that he would be a pedantic person who was not familiar with the world and would teach his sons to be stupid again.

However, after inquiring from all sides and meeting him twice in person, Cao Yong changed his mind.

Although Qian Chenqun's livelihood is difficult, he gets along with others, "a sound and a peaceful manner, even though the older generation cannot reach it."

It can be said that Qian Chenqun is not only a talented man, but also has a very ancient style in his behavior and deserves the word "gentleman".

It is just that the world is getting worse and the gentleman is no longer popular, so he will be so upset.

For the children, the influence of Mengshi was crucial. Cao Yong certainly hoped that the children would become good-character people, so he invited Chen Qun to go to the palace to visit the palace.

Although he did not agree with corporal punishment, Cao Yong did not like his wife spoiling her children too much, and said, "Tianyou, this guy, has learned to complain, this is not good. The mother-in-law and mother are not like men. I will act like a spoiled person next time, and you must talk to him well."

Chu Yu was still hesitating and said, "Hengsheng is one year younger than Tianyou and the other three, so there are some things that I can't remember. Otherwise, let Hangsheng go to school again next year?"

Cao Yong waved his hand and said, "Everyone is going to school, but he is not alone. Don't worry about the child too much. What's the point of hitting me? When I was a child, I was also beaten to a board. When I came out of the yamen, I went to Mr. Qian's side for a while. The boy Hang Seng grew up with a hundred families. Aquat taught him a few months ago, but I still can't remember it."

While talking, Xicai had already brought people to arrange the meal.

The table is colorful, but it looks very beautiful.

There are thin lotus leaf cakes as thin as paper, fried meat sauce, chopped beef shredded pork, sauce-shredded pork, bean sprouts and vermicelli, etc.

There are also three agate bowls, with thin noodles inside, which is "Dragon Beard Noodle". It is still made of spinach juice and the noodles are fragrant.

Today, there is still a tough battle to fight. Cao Yong touched his forehead and crossed his legs to the kang, feeling full of energy.

Tianhui was also carried onto the kang, but her eyes were swollen and her mouth was pouting and she didn't say anything.

Cao Yong used lotus leaf cakes, rolled the pork and bean sprouts, wrapped them and sent them to Tianhui's mouth, and said, "Good daughter, open her mouth and have something delicious. It will always hurt this time. We will never pierce it again."

Although Tianhui didn't speak, she still opened her mouth obediently.

Chu Yu looked at the clock on the ground. It was already Chenchu ​​(7 o'clock in the morning), so he said to Cao Yong: "I'll feed Tianhui, the prince will have breakfast, I'm afraid that the master will wait."

Cao Yong did not delay, used noodles in three mouthfuls, then rolled up a few lotus leaf cakes and ate them full.

Chu Yu handed the noodle bowl in his hand to Xicai and asked her to continue feeding Tianhui. He got up and put on the court beads and tops for Cao Yong, and tied up the sachet.

"The lunch is lunch..." Chu Yu asked.
To be continued...