Passerby's daily life

Chapter 40 The Mansion Gate ([-])
"But isn't it called Susu? I haven't seen you for a few years, and I don't recognize her attire anymore. I thought it was another daughter in our family before!" Without waiting for any reaction from the crowd, the eldest lady said again : "Susu is looking better and better now, she is enough to be a roommate for us Qinghe!"

Hearing this, except for the second wife who didn't know what to think, the faces of everyone in the room changed, only Susu, the person who entered the room, was still indifferent after hearing these words.

Su Su bowed respectfully to the eldest lady, and said: "The maidservant looks good because of her parents. I can't afford the compliment from the lady, but I still want to thank the lady for her attention. The servant girl has begged the old lady for a long time, and she will come out in the future." It’s hard to change your mouth now, it’s slaves who don’t have the good fortune to serve the son and his wife.”

The slippery Susu told Da Furen to retreat.

It was the second room's turn, and we hadn't seen each other for three years. The second lady didn't change much. After paying her respects to the old lady, she sat aside without paying attention to anyone. Even the third girl greeted her, the aunt, as if she had nothing to do with the concubine before. He nodded lightly like a holiday.

If it wasn't for Susu's understanding of her personality, she would really have thought that she was going to become a monk.Because she was reluctant to bear the name of the uncle's mansion, and to satisfy her own vanity, she actually gave up the second master and took a concubine from a good house and asked her to go to Donghai Yanzi to take up the post. After Susu knew this, she was really speechless.

Nowadays, there are no Japanese pirates in the Dachu sea area who dare to invade. After all, the founding emperor Shengwu almost hit the Japanese pirates' hometown.Although the second master is only a seventh-rank shipping supervisor, he is also a very rich position.The New Year's gift for the old lady was a bit thicker than the old man's.

I heard that the woman in charge who came to give the New Year's gift was gossiping with the old sisters in the house in private. The second master is not a playboy. Madame's style.She was pregnant as soon as she arrived there. Although she gave birth to a girl, she was the eighth among the sisters, and the second master loved her very much.The servants all said that if they gave birth to a son in the future, they might be another flat wife.

It is absolutely impossible for Shun'anbo Mansion to have another flat wife.The Song family can't afford to lose such a big man.

Who would say that the second wife is purely looking for trouble, the second wife has three wives and concubines, she would rather accept another "second wife" from the outside, and she is not willing to ask the other two concubines to follow.You must know that concubines with serious concubine books cannot be bought or sold.

Although the biological mother of the second young master and the third girl gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the son was still the eldest son, but only because he was born as a servant girl, after so many years of suffering, he was promoted from a maidservant concubine to a good concubine, and his status was still inferior to this one. Aunt who is holding the door tightly.

Thinking about it this way, Susu is a bit Spartan. Co-authoring the second lady is really not out of her mind, but she did something that hurt the enemy one thousand and self-damaged eight hundred, just to make trouble for the second young master and the third girl.

In the second room, the second young lady and the seventh young master came from the main room, the third young master's aunt was a noble concubine, and the new aunt who entered the door was also a good concubine with a concubine certificate, only the second young master and the third young lady's aunt was born as a concubine, inferior to others, So what if she gave birth to the eldest son of a concubine, the third girl could not be the daughter-in-law of the concubine's son of a big family.

After thinking through all this, now that Susu sees this "cold" second lady again, she feels a gust of cold wind blowing by, she really is a biting dog and doesn't bark.

After all, the old lady was getting old, and she was physically and mentally overwhelmed by the boat for several days. After talking with the grandchildren whom she hadn't seen for a long time, she told everyone to disperse, saying that they had a good get-together at night, which could be regarded as a cleansing for the old lady. up.

Everyone left, and it was lunch time.

Of course, the Suian Hall in the capital also has a small kitchen. There are four serious cooks: the one who can cook the southern dishes that the old lady is used to is the apprentice taught by Xing Mama in Yangzhou. She is called Sister-in-law Liu. Liu Da, who is in charge of buying in the small kitchen of Suiantang, is a family-born child; there is also Mama Wan who can cook Beijing dishes, a pastry chef who is proficient in all kinds of dim sum, and a pastry chef who can prepare various soups and medicinal meals. Aunt Bai who is on duty at the Food Bureau.The latter two were both invited by the Grand Master at a high price.

For the old lady, she doesn't really care about whether her daughter-in-law is good or not, and she doesn't expect it. After all, the three sons are all filial, and she is rich and well-off, so there is no need to be idle.

Yang Liu personally passed on the rice, and within a short time, there were eight bowls, eight dishes and sixteen dishes on the table, as well as four main courses and two soups.After the old lady and the girls had finished their meal, she was very satisfied and asked someone to show around the kitchen.

After dinner, the four girls went down to settle down, but there was still no food for the maids and maids.Mother Qin then said: "I didn't mention it before because I was afraid of disturbing the old lady and the girls eating, but now, each room in the house has a small kitchen for the masters to eat and drink, but the servants have to go to the big kitchen to get their meals. Daddy Madam said that the capital is expensive, so we can no longer eat and drink like we did in Yangzhou. Not only the meals, but also the maids' clothes, jewelry, rouge and gouache are all purchased by the public."

The old lady's expression remained unchanged, but her hand holding the tea bowl tightened, and she asked: "Who is in charge of the shopping in the big kitchen and the shopping at the public office?" Mother Qin said in a low voice: "The shopping in the big kitchen is accompanied by the second lady." Fang Linhu, but the steward of the big kitchen is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Yue’s nanny. Xue Rui, the wife’s companion, was purchased by the government, and his wife is the most useful by her side.”

After hearing this, the old lady sneered: "Don't bother with this for now, and ask someone to go to the big kitchen to get the meals for the maids and women. When I came in, it seemed that there were already some rough maids and servants in our yard, and they gave me one by one. Watch carefully, and those who steal and play tricks go back wherever they came from. Yangliu, after dinner, you go home."

Yang Liu smiled and said, "I want to go home and have a look, but I'm not in a hurry." Then she called a little girl in a goose-yellow shirt, green silk trousers, and a pomegranate red scarf around her waist, from outside. "Chunfeng, come and see the old lady."

This little girl was only about seven or eight years old, and although she looked childish, she behaved very well. She kowtowed to the old lady and said, "Your maidservant pays homage to the old lady." The old lady smiled and said, "Get up quickly, take a look I knew it was a smart one, and this belongs to your family?"

Yang Liu replied: "This is the maidservant's second uncle's daughter, who just started working this year. Grandpa said that this naughty slaveservant can read and see by the old lady's side, and she looks like a lady. I also ask the old lady to teach her to teach her."

After hearing this, Ning Cui said with a smile: "I've seen someone who praises herself, but I've never seen someone who praises you so much. Tell me to see what a lady is like!"

Susu said from the side: "Yangliu laughs at the spring breeze, but it's really a family."

The little girl was a little nervous before, but when she saw that the sisters in the room were very friendly, and the old lady was really lenient, she breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Grandpa Numai said that after the old lady settles down, let the uncle and maidservant come in for the old lady." Greetings. He also said that the maids and wives in the courtyard were all selected by the elder at the order of the uncle. Even the ones bought from outside were screened several times, and the ones selected were all honest and well-behaved. Only today Take a look, after all, it can't compare to the sisters who often follow the old lady."

The old lady smiled and said: "Look at the sweet one, she is better than your sister." Seeing that the little girl is clean and has few jewelry, she told Susu: "It's too clean, turn around and pick two flowers that were rewarded from the palace. Flowers for your younger sister. The third-class cases are still a few short, so I ask Chunfeng, Ningxiang, and Wutong to make up."

Su Su hurriedly called Ning Xiang and Wu Tong to come in, and together with Chun Feng kowtowed to the old lady to thank her.

Others' old ladies are impatient, but Madam Yangliu and Qin saw the servant girls in the yard, those who should be promoted, and those who should fill in the vacancies.After careful calculation, there are dozens of maids and servants in the Suian hall alone, plus the servants who serve the girls in front, no matter how small the movement of the house is, it is impossible to be silent. Mammy went out to preside over the battle.

(End of this chapter)