Jinyi Music

Chapter 367

Seeing everyone, Si Lian went over to salute. She married the youngest son in the family, all of them were elder brothers and sisters, and she had to go forward to salute each of them. When everyone saw her coming back, they laughed and asked her how she was outside. Lian only said that it was very comfortable for Chuang Tzu to serve warm soup, everyone laughed and said,
"After the new year, let's go again, and we will also warm wine, eat meat and watch the snow scene!"

The Zhuangzi they are talking about is naturally not the small Zhuangzi of Silian, but the big Zhuangzi of the Mou family over there. It is rarely used, but the scenery inside is said to be excellent.

Everyone was chatting and laughing, Si Lian was not in the capital, but they were walking outside. There were a lot of things they had seen and heard in the capital, such as when the crown prince returned to the court, Shang Zhezi proposed ten disaster relief strategies, why someone impeached Minister of Rites Wang Chongen Wang Chongen went to Zhezi to beg for the bones, and wanted to return to his hometown for the elderly, so the young lady of the Wang family has not come out to socialize recently.

What about the young lady who fell in love with the young master of the other family, and the young man who fell off his leg while running in the snow, he was the acquaintance of the fifth young master of the Mou family.
"He's still the son of a family, it's really demeaning!"

Speaking of which, in the Mou family, except for Mou Bin who is taciturn and has a serious face, the sons and daughters below don’t know if they have been suppressed by him since they were young. When he is not at home, everyone is talkative. In short, it is no different from ordinary people.

Everyone was talking about the excitement, but they heard the report from the servants outside.

"Master and Eighth Master are back!"

As a result, the atmosphere in this room was immediately quiet, and everyone stopped talking, and followed Mrs. Liu to welcome the head of the family back home.
"master!"

"Father!"

"Father!"

Mou Bin nodded at everyone, and sat down in the revolving hall, and the servants served the dishes like flowing water. Mou Bin stretched out his chopsticks, and the people below began to eat. Mou Biao sat next to his wife and looked left and right. asked,
"Second brother, why don't you see your second sister-in-law?"

Mou Liang replied,

"Your second sister-in-law is feeling unwell, she is resting!"

Mou Biao nodded and didn't ask any more questions. As a brother-in-law, it's a sympathy to ask, but it would be bad to ask more. He turned around and asked Mou Gong again,
"Third brother, when will your marriage be scheduled?"

Mou Gong these days is in good spirits on happy occasions, he is very high-spirited, but here he does not dare to show it, carefully glanced at Mou Bin and Liu who were sitting above him, and replied,
"After the Chinese New Year, let's be in March!"

Mu Biao nodded,

"Third brother needs help from brothers in his marriage, just ask for help!"

Mu Gong nodded,

"it is good!"

Mou Biao had returned to Beijing earlier, but he had never been home. Now that his daughter-in-law came back, he had just returned to the mansion, so he asked about everything, and since he was sympathetic, he stopped talking, and lowered his head to eat. While putting meat in the daughter-in-law's bowl, Si Lian probably didn't eat well at her mother's house since she was a child. After a long time, her stomach can't stand greasy food. Now she eats too much meat at her husband's house, but she can't digest it, so she eats less on weekdays. Meat dishes.

This box picked up the piece of Dongpo meat, carefully took a bite of the lean meat, frowned and looked at the oily fat meat, not knowing what to do with it for a while, she was caught by Mou Biao's chopsticks as soon as she hesitated,
"give me!"

Afterwards, I took another piece for her. Seeing her eat the thin one, I picked up the fat one and ate it. Everyone at the table laughed when they saw it. Sixth sister Mou Xiuhui laughed and said,
"Old Ba, you really love your daughter-in-law, you even eat her leftovers..."

Mou Biao replied without raising his head while he was eating the rice,

"It's not that I eat her leftovers, it's that she helps me eat the lean ones. It's not like Sixth Sister doesn't know that I only eat fat meat!"

He is protecting his wife, everyone laughed when they heard this, Mou Bin snorted and glanced at his sons,
"What are you laughing at? After you marry a wife, you will be half as good as the eighth pair of wives. This backyard will be peaceful..."

After that, he glared at his second son,
"Your daughter-in-law is not in good health, and you are still running around outside. Where did you mess around last night?"

Mou Liang didn't dare to raise his head when his name was called, and replied in a low voice,
"It's not messing around, it's just a meal of wine!"

"A drink?"

One drink called a group of entertainers who sang, danced and accompanied the wine!
Mu Bin's eyes narrowed, and he wanted to scold his son. He glanced at the daughters and young daughter-in-law who had not yet left the cabinet on the table, and felt that it was not easy to scold him in front of him, so he changed the words again.

"After eating, go to the study to talk!"

Mou Liang immediately turned bitter when he heard the words, but he winked at his little brother for help. Mou Biao just pretended not to notice, and took up a bowl on the side to fill Silian with soup. After doing this, the atmosphere at the dinner table became more and more low Even Silian involuntarily lowered her head to carefully pick up the rice. Even the sound of bowls and chopsticks colliding on the table was pitifully rare. Biao took Silian back to his yard.

Silian asked,

"Second brother, what did you do outside to make father-in-law angry?"

Mu Biao snorted and said,

"What did he do, but he went out to prostitute with a bunch of cronies!"

After saying that, he frowned,
"Second brother didn't pass the imperial examination last time, so he is looking forward to study hard in the next three years, and come back with a good reputation, so that he can become an official in the future..."

The most important thing is to be able to go outside, and go to a place where you can stay away from the right and wrong places in the capital. If you don't pass the exam, I'm afraid my father won't wait another three years, and most likely he will find a way to send his second brother away.

"Second brother only has one chance!"

It's a pity that he still doesn't know anything. Relying on Lao Tzu's influence, he eats, drinks and has fun with others all day long, and has no intention of studying at all!

Originally, it was difficult for Si Lian as a younger sister-in-law to say about the second elder brother, but when his wife Guan Shi was pregnant, he was still out with prostitutes. Such a husband is really too much!

So he frowned and said the words, Mou Biao snorted when he heard the words,

"Then he deserves his father's training!"

In turn, he smiled and flattered his wife,
"Silian, don't worry... I won't, if you are pregnant, I will go home every night and watch over your mother and child!"

Si Lian blushed when she heard this, and said angrily,

"The horoscope has not been written yet, you have a good idea!"

Speaking of this, Mou Biao also had some resentment, sighed and said,
"I knew it earlier... I shouldn't have said anything at the beginning..."

After saying that, she leaned over and whispered in Si Lian's ear with green eyes,
"Tonight you..."

As soon as he whispered a few words, he was hit by Si Lian's fist, and the small fist hit him, which made him happy. He bounced and led Si Lian to run into the snow, and the two fought. After making a fuss all the way back to the Qingjing Courtyard, as for how loving and lingering the young couple are locked in that small world at night, that is indescribable!

Anyway, on the second day, Mr. Mouba had a refreshed meal and went to the yamen for breakfast, but Si Lian suppressed her yawn and stood in front of Mrs. Liu. Mrs. Liu ordered the people around her to fetch some wooden signs,
"This is the signboard of the deacon in our house. With them, you can mobilize everyone in the family, the servants in charge in the outer courtyard, and the women and maids in the stove at the back... to do things well!"

Silian took it with both hands, and saluted,

"Yes!"

Silian took the sign and went back to her yard. She summoned the cook on the stove in her yard to ask about the ingredients used in previous years' dishes, how many ingredients were prepared, etc. The cook said one by one, and then said ,
"If Mrs. Ba Shao wants to know more details, you can go to the accountant and adjust the accounts to see..."

Silian nodded, Cuixi and Cuiqiao went to the accounting room to bring over the account details of previous years, she opened it, but frowned. The expenses must be huge, food, clothing, housing and transportation, it is not surprising that it costs a lot of money, but...

This is too much!

It's not that the people in Mou Mansion eat a lot, but the unit price of shopping is really high!
When she was in her natal family, she dealt with the vendors in the market every day, how could she not know the market?

"They're greedy too!"

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. It is something tacitly understood by the master and servants, but there must be a degree!

Did Mrs. Liu not know, or did she let them mess around?

According to Silian's understanding of the Liu family, she shouldn't suffer from being dumb. Most likely, it's a lady from a family like the Liu family who really doesn't have a deep understanding of the prices in the capital!
So Si Lian asked the cook to make a list of the things needed for this year. The cook was illiterate, but she had a good memory. She said that Si Lian took notes by herself, and that Si Lian also knew how to cook. Asked, the cook was secretly startled,

"It's still as if this person has never seen the world, and has never eaten or seen many things, but he didn't expect that every sentence asked the point..."

So she curbed her foolishness, and answered cautiously, Si Lian made a list, and led the maids and women out in the afternoon,

"Let's go to the market first, there are disasters everywhere this year, I'm afraid it's not easy to buy this thing!"

Everyone went over to take a look, and sure enough... the price of meat has risen this year, and the prices of vegetables and fruits have turned up even more. Si Lian, who is used to walking around the market, was also secretly shocked. Seeing this, Mama Wang clicked her tongue and said,
"The price is too expensive. If you eat a feast of fish and meat in Laonu's hometown, you might be able to buy a yard in the village!"

Mou's family is a big business, so naturally they don't care about the money, but Si Lian was born in the market, but she was reluctant to spend such money for nothing. After thinking about it, she said,

"I know a little about the sellers who buy goods from the vendors in this market. Why don't you go to them and ask them. The price will be cheaper after the quantity is large..."

So I walked around the market, and I found those old acquaintances. I heard that they bought in large quantities, and it was much cheaper. Of course, I don't know if it is because of the large quantity, or because of the golden signboard of Namu Mansion. When acquaintances knew that she had married into the Mou family, and saw her go shopping, they all complimented her.

"Madam Ba Shao thinks this is the head of the house, and she can handle such important shopping errands!"

You must know that the purchasing errands in the big family are the most lucrative. Others don't know, how can these merchants who have been supplying ingredients for various households for many years not know?
(End of this chapter)