Chapter 69 This is the Cai Mansion
Just looking at the color of the snow-white martened skin, the woman knew it was valuable. Yang seemed a little unhappy and said expressionlessly: "It's all old problems when the weather is cold and the legs hurt. There are many people in the family and the expenses are also high. If there is no need, it's better not to have big hands and feet."
Cai Wei smiled and said, "What Wu Niang said is that her mother was far away from Kaifeng, so she thought about buying some clothes for her aunts to avoid the cold."
Cai Yan thought to say that "there was no money spent on Cai's family". Then he thought, this would be great, and he would have an excuse to save some money in the future.
Yang nodded slightly and said with a cold face: "The capital is not as good as Hangzhou. You can do whatever you want in Hangzhou, but the emperor cannot use his temperament to the point of being at his feet and should not argue with others anymore."
Cai Ying was stunned. It was less than half a day after entering the capital. Even if the bad things happened on Maxing Street, she didn't believe that Cai Jing would yell all over the world.
Seeing that the scene became cold, Mrs. Sun looked at each other with several girls, and then pulled Cai Hua's arm with a smile on her face, then looked at Yang, and said with a smile: "It's those sluts who caused trouble first, so no wonder Lin'er."
As he said that, he patted Cai Ying's head twice and smiled and said, "Don't be impulsive in the future. If you are really bullied by others, you will not be able to give up. It will weaken the title of Cai's mansion."
"Well, I've written it down."
Cai Yan smiled bitterly, but he knew the kindness of the woman in front of him, so he could only nod and agree.
Sun looked at Manager Zhang who was bent beside him and said, "He is young and has just entered the capital. Manager Zhang should be with him carefully."
Manager Zhang lowered his head and said, "It's true that he is not cautious in his work. I'd like to ask Mrs. Six to punish him."
"There is no need to punish me. Manager Zhang is busy with many things and has some negligence for a while. However... I need to be careful in the future, so as not to worry about the ten girls far away in Hangzhou. I blame us for not being able to take good care of the slaughter."
"I will be more careful in the future."
Sun nodded, Manager Zhang bowed and stepped back, but Cai Yan frowned in his heart, and finally saw the "court fighting" scene that he had not encountered in Hangzhou City.
Seeing the scene awkward, Yang said, "The capital is no better than other places. Being careful is always good, go and rest."
Yang turned around, and everyone had to follow him and left. The cold and welcoming ceremony ended simply.
Seeing that someone left, Manager Zhang straightened up, looked at Cai Li silently for a few more times, and then reached out to signal.
"Young Master, please follow the old servant to the West Courtyard."
...
After seeing the attic in front of him, Cai Yan found that it was different from what he imagined. When he was in Hangzhou, his courtyard was already very frugal. After coming to Kaifeng, he realized what frugality was.
The Hangzhou courtyard is a courtyard house with a study, practice room, kitchen, storage room, stable, and the entire courtyard is only lived by him. He thought that the west courtyard that Chunhua said was living by him. After stepping into the courtyard, he realized that it was not, it was just a two-story wooden building.
"I miss Hangzhou..."
Cai Yan looked up at Mulou, and his old face was cold without any concern for Manager Zhang.
"Young Master is joking. It's not easy to live in the capital. Our family has a lot of people and they occupy every inch of land. Even if there are tens of thousands of dollars in the family, we cannot force others to move away."
When Lu Tao entered this mansion, she became an ordinary girl. There was no such thing as the agility of Hangzhou. Spring flowers were older, experienced more things, and looked more natural.
He advised him again: "The West Courtyard is a little smaller, and we can live in even a squeeze. We dare not complain and will be scolded by the master."
"scold?"
Cai Yan glanced at Manager Zhang next to him and didn't like the thin and a little cold middle-aged man very much.
"The courtyard is too small, and people look gloomy... Seventeen, let someone clean up my mother's courtyard. It is too close to the fireworks and willow alley, so it is not a place to read with peace of mind."
"promise."
Seventeen clasped his fists and agreed. Cai Yan looked at the wooden building in front of him again. The wooden building was two floors up and down. The first floor was originally home to the seventh brother Cai Xiao and the thirteenth concubine Wang, and the second floor was home to the eighth brother Cai You and the ninth concubine Zhao. Cai Yan came from Hangzhou, and the two younger brothers and aunts also squeezed on the second floor to free up the entire first floor building for him. He looked at him quite taking good care of him. Cai Yan was still not very satisfied. He was not dissatisfied with Zhao and Wang, but was dissatisfied with Cai Jing.
From the bottom of my heart, I didn't want to come to Bianjing, and I didn't want to live in Cai's Mansion to meet them all day long. It was not that Cai Yan was pretentious, but that she really didn't want to.
Lu Tao moved the items into the yard one by one and arranged them neatly according to his habits. It took two hours for these bad things alone, and it was not until late at night that she was calm.
The first day, the two aunts who lived together only met him once and said nothing. There was Qiqi, a close friend who had to stay by his side no matter what, so it was not convenient for the two women to stay too much.
There was nothing to say all night and no one came to disturb him. Cai Hua also got up early. Lu Tao was even earlier than him, and erected the wooden stakes for practicing martial arts and boxing in advance.
Hard fists are domineering, and each punch and kick are all aimed at killing other people's lives. They focus on strength and speed, and look more rigid and rigid. Originally, Cai Yan thought that martial arts were just fictional fists and some tricks looked more cumbersome and useless, but in fact it was not. He looked at random waving and jumping around like a dance master. In fact, it was not, just because the fists and feet practiced are not necessarily fists and feet, which are probably sword techniques or shield techniques, and are fighting techniques in chaos. The reason why later generations looked at fictional fists and fists was because of the lack of actual combat, and people were not allowed to hurt people's lives at any time. Those who kill people were like tigers, and hesitation was also the biggest obstacle for martial arts practitioners.
The hard fist is fierce and domineering, and looks a bit stiff and rigid, but it often hurts people's vitals and takes lives. Moreover, the tricks of the hard fist are not only fists, but also used for swords, shields, guns and spears. It is just not many tricks, and they are all fatal with a simple blow. The reason why it is called hard fist is more because people in the mountains and forests do not often use swords to fight, but more of them are private fights.
"ha!"
The little hands are tightly wrapped with plain cloth, and each punch must be "ha" with great momentum. It is not like this when practicing boxing. According to Old Man Annon, this was the case at the beginning. Practicing boxing is not practicing swords. Hitting wooden stakes causes great damage to both hands. While roaring, you will hold your breath. Hitting wooden stakes can reduce some pain. When you get used to it, you can suppress the breath in your chest. When you hold your breath in your chest, it will be meaningless if you roar or not.
"Hahaha!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Straight punch, side turn elbow hit, kick and knee hit, and three-combo hit is very smooth.
"ha!"
"Bang!"
Another side-turning elbow strike, followed by a "bang bang" punch, occasionally mixed with legs, feet and knees.
Before the dawn, I heard a strange scream in the yard. Gu Qinniang and Lu Tao were already used to his noise, but Zhao and Wang jumped out to check it out, and saw Cai Yan hitting the wooden stake downstairs.
"Bang bang..."
Seeing Cai Yan downstairs, he didn't seem to be doing it. Although he was not as terrifying as a tall man practicing boxing, Zhao and Wang were still frightened.
"Sister, is it inappropriate for the fifth young master to practice boxing in the yard? Our family is praised by poetry and prose... and... the noise of the fifth young master to practice martial arts and boxing was too big, which shocked Xiao'er, and You'er was always bad."
Wang looked downstairs with a worried look on his face. Zhao was silent for a moment and said, "Sister also knows that after the fifth young master bought a martial arts school in Hangzhou, the eldest young master had advised the master, but the master's attitude... If Master nodded, you and my sister could only close the doors and windows."
Wang smiled bitterly. She was just a singer in Fanlou. If she hadn't been pregnant, she wouldn't know how to live in the future. Thinking of her son's crying after waking up, she was very worried about looking at the little man downstairs.
"It would be fine if our sisters were crowded together, but if they were worried all day long, my sister could bear it, but Xiaoer couldn't."
Zhao looked at Wang, then looked at Cai Yan, who was jumping downstairs with his footwork...
"It's better for my sister to be careful. My sister should know that the fifth wife and the sixth wife can be called "王er", but you and I can only call it "Fifth Young Master". If it weren't for the child, you and I should have slept in the bed in the backyard at this time."
Wang was stunned and couldn't help but think about the miserable miserable girl from the Cai family and hesitated for a while...
"Sister, you know. Not to mention the concubines in the big family, the girls in the houses and the beds are all the same. Even the palace maids of the official family are serving people alive and not being sent to others. It is already lucky that the young master will send them to others. It is also your and my fate. The master can still have a child at such an age."
"Anotherwise, the master is old. Although you and I have Xiaoer and You'er now, the child is young after all, and you and I have no family to rely on. Once the master is sick, what should the children do? Although the fifth young master is not like the eldest young master, the second young master, the third young master, and the fourth young master are already adults, but the fifth young master has ten sisters behind him and the Hairui business name is not something you and I can compare with."
Zhao looked at Wang again and looked downstairs again.
"My sister is right. Our Cai family is headed by poetry and etiquette, but the fifth young master set up a martial arts school. My sister is also the magistrate's attitude. Even if my sister doesn't mention this matter, no one will mention it?"
Wang's heart was shocked, and then he realized that his stupidity was coming. He saluted Zhao, who was still staring at Cai Huang.
"What my sister said is that it is indeed the little sister who is reckless."
Zhao did not look back, and watched the little man jogging downstairs, thinking, "Xiao'er, You'er and the fifth young master should be the same. They are both young masters from Cai's family, and the little yanei, unlike the eldest young master and the others. Perhaps... the fifth young master makes a fuss at home, which may not be beneficial to Xiao'er and You'er."
Seeing that the downstairs had turned from one to two children to run, Wang smiled bitterly and sighed.
"My sister is still thoughtful..."
...
Cai Yan was "haha" in the yard, running in the yard, soaking his hands with potions in Green Peach, and then reading the Four Books and Five Classics for a while... He was so busy early in the morning, not much different from Hangzhou City. After doing these, he had to eat some food as usual, but found that this place was not the small courtyard of Hangzhou City after all.
In this era, two meals a day, two meals at lunch and evening. Logically speaking, whoever is hungry in the morning makes some food for themselves, but the Cai family is more officials in the court. Every day before the morning court, the chef will prepare meals early, and the Cai family has the habit of breakfast.
Breakfast is ready. When he was in Hangzhou, Lu Tao prepared food for him and ate breakfast in his own yard. Sometimes he would give it a try in the school. Now, he must eat with everyone, otherwise he would be hungry.
Chapter completed!