Jia Mu is a lively person, and the Rongqing Hall where she lives is always lively.
In the past year, Rongqing Hall has become particularly lively because Jia Lian married Wang Xifeng, a hottie who was very good at pleasing Jia's mother.
However, Rongqingtang is generally not very busy at noon.
The so-called morning and evening rituals include checking and greetings in the morning, and serving and sleeping in the evening. Jia Mu is also used to taking a lunch break at noon, so generally not many people go to Rongqing Hall at noon.
That afternoon, after her lunch break, Jia Mu was sitting in the bright room of Rongqing Hall, chatting and having fun with a few senior and respectable old ladies, headed by Aunt Lai.
Aunt Lai and a few other old nuns, although they are all servants of the Jia family, are currently sitting on the small stool.
According to the custom of the Jia family, older slaves who have served their parents are more honorable than younger masters.
Therefore, in front of Jia Mu, the old ladies such as Aunt Lai can usually sit on the small stool, while the grandsons-in-law like Youshi, Wang Xifeng, and Li Wan usually have to stand.
Daughters-in-law such as Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang can sit on the chairs to welcome the spring, explore the spring, and celebrate the spring. Young ladies like Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai who will come in the future will sometimes sit on the chairs and sometimes sit on the kang.
As for the big-faced baby, well, he often sits in front of Jia Mu’s arms.
In the Rongqing Hall now, in addition to Jia Mu, Aunt Lai and a few other old nuns, there is also a group of maids, wives and mothers-in-law, including mandarin ducks and parrots.
Like Xiren, the mandarin ducks and parrots have also grown up compared to two years ago, and they can even be seen as beautiful embryos.
Just as Mother Jia was chatting and having fun with Grandma Lai and other old ladies, she heard someone in the backyard laughing and saying, "I'm late, I didn't greet the ladies!"
The pink face contains the power of spring but does not reveal it, and the red lips smell it before they smile!
I saw a group of daughters-in-law and maids surrounding a beauty like a star over the moon, coming in from the back door of Rongqing Hall.
This beauty has a pair of red-phoenix triangular eyes, two curved willow-leaf eyebrows, a slender body, and a coquettish physique.
This beauty, with brilliant embroidery, looks like a concubine and a fairy: she is wearing a narrow kerchief coat with hundreds of golden butterflies, a bright red satin with flowers, an emerald crepe skirt with flowers on it, and a golden bun with eight treasures and pearls on her head.
There are five phoenixes hanging on the Chaoyang beaded hairpin, a red gold necklace on the neck, a bean green palace ribbon on the skirt, and a double-balanced rose pendant.
With such a coquettish look, who else could it be but Wang Xifeng?
Aunt Lai and other old nuns got up and greeted Wang Xifeng one after another. What Aunt Lai said was: "Grandma, please don't tolerate us. Although we are much older than you in terms of age, we can't compare in terms of position."
Grandma, you are precious, we are all slaves."
"When we come to the house, as long as the old ladies, madams, and grandmas don't dislike us and are willing to meet us, I will be very grateful. There is no reason for you to welcome us, grandma."
Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Although your status is not high, I know that you are all rich people, especially you, Aunt Lai. Not only can I not neglect you, but I also have to please you. In the future, we old ladies
On my birthday, if I am too poor to give birthday gifts, I will go to you and borrow three or two hundred taels of silver."
What he said made everyone laugh.
Jia Mu smiled and said: "You are a naughty little boy, aren't you busy at this time? Why are you so naughty at my place again?"
She really likes Wang Xifeng, her granddaughter-in-law. Not only can she manage the inner house, but she can also make her laugh and admire her very much.
Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "I'm not afraid that the old lady will be bored. I heard some interesting news at noon. I thought that the old lady should be taking a lunch break at noon, so I didn't tell her right away. Now I'm here eagerly."
Jia Mu smiled and said, "Have you heard any interesting news again?"
Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Didn't the old lady ask me to send a housekeeper's daughter-in-law to Zhenzhu's house this morning to help with the funeral? The news I heard this time is related to the funeral."
Jia's mother was curious: "Oh? Pearl, this girl's family has a funeral, can she still make interesting news?"
Wang Xifeng said: "Isn't it?"
Jia Mu said, "Stop being so secretive and tell me quickly."
Wang Xifeng said: "Just this morning, Brother Yun from the West Corridor went to Pearl's house to visit the funeral and offer sacrifices."
Jia Mu was confused: "So Brother Yun knows the Pearl family?"
Wang Xifeng said: "Zhenzhu has a brother named Hua Zifang, and Hua Zifang and brother Yun are friends with each other."
Jia Mu nodded: "In that case, it is appropriate for Brother Yun to visit the funeral and offer sacrifices."
Wang Xifeng said: "Ancestor, the matter is not that simple. This morning, Brother Yun not only went to Hua's house to visit the funeral alone, but also brought two young noble men with whom he was acquainted."
Aunt Lai interjected and said with a smile: "Old lady, grandma, please forgive me for talking too much. When it comes to the precious young masters, there are not many people in this world who can compare with the Second Master Lian and the Second Master Bao in our house."
"I've also heard about Brother Yun. Although this brother is now an accomplished man, he passed the Wu County Examination and ranked first in the Wufu Examination this year."
"But after all, he is just a side branch of the family. Even if the young masters he befriends are valuable, how can they be compared to Second Master Lian and Second Master Bao?"
Normally, Wang Xifeng would have felt proud when she heard these words of flattery towards Jia Lian, but now she felt depressed.
Because in her opinion, the two young masters Jia Yun brought to Hua's house today are more valuable than Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu.
Wang Xifeng held back her depression and continued to follow the plan she had made in her heart: "Old lady, my brother Bao and my brother Bao are naturally very valuable, but today Brother Yun brought the two brothers to Hua's house to visit the funeral.
This young master is also very valuable."
Jia Mu was curious: "Oh? Who is he?"
Wang Xifeng said: "I heard that one is named Cao Wu and the other is named Tang Daqian."
"The father of the young master Cao Wu is Cao Wei. He is now a third-class uncle and serves as the minister of the bodyguard department. He is a military attaché of the first rank. The father of the young master Tang Daqian is Tang Anping. He is a first-class uncle and seems to be in charge of some kind of firearms camp.
He has long wings and is a military attaché of the third rank."
As soon as these words came out, Grandma Lai immediately lowered her head, knowing the embarrassment in her heart.
Although she is just an old servant, her family is not simple.
Her eldest son Lai Da is the chief steward of Rong Guo Mansion, and her second son Lai Er is the chief steward of Ning Rong Mansion. Over the years, this family has made a lot of money from Ning Rong Er Mansion.
Her family lives in a very large mansion.
The original book describes her garden like this: Although the garden is not as good as the Grand View Garden, it is still very neat and spacious, with springs, rocks, trees, pavilions and pavilions, and there are also many shocking places.
Grandma Lai's grandson, Lai Shangrong, lived the life of a young master. He was raised like a phoenix by his maids, mothers-in-law, and grandma. He read and wrote, and tried to become an official.
Therefore, Aunt Lai, an old slave, has some knowledge.
She knows what it means to be a third-class military attaché, from a first-class military attache, to a first-class military attache, to a third-class military attache. These are things that the current Ning Rong Second Mansion cannot compare with!
Although the lintels of the Ningrong and Rong mansions are very high, they are both the lintels of the Duke's mansion, but the lintel is like the external face, while the title and official position are more important on the inside.
Jia's mother also knew this, so she was eager to waste her ancestor's remaining influence and sent Yuan Chun to the palace to be a female historian. The purpose was to get Yuan Chun on the line with the newly enthroned Emperor Tianzhi last year, hoping to make him a concubine in the future.
The Jia Mansion not only has a lintel, but also a backer in the palace.
At this moment, Jia Mu was stunned after listening to Wang Xifeng's introduction...