After Sun Chengyun’s wedding, Yuzhu’s father-in-law Fucha Changde’s 40th birthday is approaching.
My eldest brother-in-law, An Lin, had to go to Changchun Garden as an errand and had to take care of important things. Yuzhu, the son-in-law who was equivalent to the son-in-law, naturally took on the important role.
Previously, Anlin had sent people to post posts to the six relatives of the Fucha family... However, for a wealthy family to celebrate their birthday, just posting another post is definitely not enough, and that would be too disrespectful.
Manchu people have many gifts.
According to the established rules, when a wealthy family celebrates their birthday, they must notify relatives and friends at least one month in advance.
Three days before the birthday is approaching, someone should be sent to post the post again to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings caused by relatives and friends forgetting, or being delayed by something.
When treating guests to a drink, the most important things are the following: Should you ask a restaurant to arrange the banquet for you, or do your own chefs do it yourself? How many tables will be served? Is it a flowing seat or a fixed seat? How many tables need to be prepared for spare seats? Who likes it?
Making trouble after drinking?
Among them, the most troublesome thing is how to arrange the seats for the invited distinguished guests?
In the Qing Dynasty, if the distinguished guests were seated in the wrong order, it would definitely be a disaster that would offend someone to death.
For example, if Yuzhu is invited to a birthday banquet, should he sit at the table of the princes and elder brothers, or should he sit at the table of the grandchildren of the Tong family, or as a uncle, should he sit at the table of relatives of the Fucha family?<
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Hehe, the knowledge and attention to it are simply a profound and profound study of secular etiquette.
Because it has been decades since I entered the customs, and banner people are not allowed to do business or farm.
In many clans that hold titles but have no real power, their lords or bannermen's wives specialize in providing advice to powerful families, and even personally organize weddings and weddings, treat guests and give gifts.
The head of the Dog Breeding Department is a favored assistant to the Duke Ma Jia Hanyuan. In addition to raising dogs for the royal family, he also specializes in organizing weddings, funerals and other weddings and funerals.
Changde and Yuzhu sat at the round table and listened with great interest to Han Yuan's old allusions about holding birthday banquets.
After hearing this, Han Yuan said with a smile: "When people under our banner celebrate their birthdays, they don't make fixed seats, but prefer flowing seats. Why? Because we have no way to predict the guests who come to congratulate us at short notice. If guests come, come up.
It would be a shame for the host’s family to receive the gift list but not have a seat to enter.”
Changde nodded frequently and sighed: "Mr. Han, you are still thoughtful."
Han Yuan waved his hand and said: "Master Chang, since we are sitting together, it's better to treat each other as brothers so that we can feel comfortable and relaxed, right? I, the so-called Duke of the country, only have five hundred taels of silver a year. Five hundred taels of silver."
It’s just dendrobium rice, how can it be enough for a big family? Alas, the silver rice is not enough, what should I do? I can only rely on Master Chang and Master Yu to feed you two."
"You two have rewarded me with food, and you are Han's parents. How can I be called my father by my parents? It's better to call me brother." Han Yuan's attitude was very low, and he didn't say anything.
It's very pleasant to listen to and quite touching.
Yuzhu couldn't help but smile. This old man from Han Yuan was actually willing to put down his pretense as a Duke in order to make money. He was indeed a wonderful person.
The official salary of Han Yuan is five hundred taels a year, which seems like a lot. In fact, it is only forty taels a month.
In addition, the annual salary of the head of the Dog Breeding Department is only three hundred taels.
Putting the two together, Hanyuan's family's monthly expenses are less than seventy taels at best.
Hanyuan's family had a large population of wives, concubines, and children. Outside, he had to live in a dignified manner and maintain a team of sedan bearers, coachmen, etc. The expenses were huge, making life very difficult.
To put it bluntly, if he didn't want to make some money, why would Han Yuan put down his pretense as a prince and attend weddings and funerals in public?
Changde originally only wanted to spend one thousand taels of silver on his birthday. After all, after Sabu's death, Changde kept his filial piety for another three years and is currently in a huge deficit.
Yuzhu was so knowledgeable that he took the initiative to add one thousand taels of expenses, which was a grand occasion of two thousand taels.
According to the convention of drawing one out of ten, Han Yuan can get at least two hundred taels of silver, which is enough to feed the whole family for three months.
What Hanyuan does is not a unique business. There are many people under its banner who are engaged in this industry, and the competition is extremely fierce.
Changde chose Hanyuan mainly because Hanyuan has a very good reputation in this industry. Everyone said that Hanyuan will do things honestly when it is paid, and will never cheat or cheat to enrich its own pockets.
As we all know, in this era when etiquette is prevalent, the most fearful thing for the host family who organizes weddings and weddings is that they have to spend money and suffer notoriety because of a momentary oversight.
That would be a big loss outweighing the gain.
Yuzhu's point of view has always been that problems that can be solved by money are not problems. He is also willing to spend money to support his father-in-law's birthday.
In any case, the close relatives of the official wife are all serious relatives that Yuzhu must take care of.
Hearing that the fifth elder brother would come to congratulate him in person, Han Yuan couldn't help but said: "Master Chang, with the fifth elder brother coming to support you, your birthday banquet must be very honorable."
Yuzhu took the initiative to double the money and also invited the fifth elder brother to support his face. Changde deeply felt the respect his son-in-law had for him and was extremely satisfied.
In fact, Yuzhu doesn't know how to organize a birthday banquet. His principle is to only pay and not say anything, and everything will be subject to Changde's wishes.
As long as the father-in-law feels comfortable, Yuzhu will be satisfied.
Han Yuan actually really wanted to get in touch with Yuzhu. This was because Long Keduo, the nine-men admiral, was in charge of more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and he had eight banner commanders and assistant leaders, as well as a lot of general soldiers, deputy generals and others from Green Camp.
General.
These people are real wealthy people who hold real power and have no shortage of money to spend.
To put it bluntly, as long as Yuzhu is willing to help introduce, do you need to worry about Hanyuan's business?
However, Yuzhu closed her mouth tightly and almost didn't speak.
A smart person like Han Yuan can't find a reason to get in touch with him. Alas, it's too difficult.
Han Yuan gritted his teeth secretly. He was well-informed, but he had never seen Yuzhu with such an unusually low-key style.
In the city of Mansijiu, which young upstart, including the prince's elder brother, is not domineering and bossy?
However, Yuzhu has a series of dazzling titles and strong strength, but is extremely calm.
No matter what Changde said, Yuzhu just smiled and said nothing. This is the rhythm of driving a crazy person away.
"Master Yu, what do you think?" Han Yuan endured it again and again, and couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked Yuzhu.
Yuzhu smiled and said, "I don't know anything. I just listen to my father-in-law's orders." He expressed his stance and closed his mouth again.
Han Yuan felt itching with hatred, but he had no choice but to do anything. This was the first time he had met a weird young upstart like Yuzhu.
Seeing Yuzhu being so obedient, Chang De couldn't bear it anymore and said with a smile: "Uncle, the fifth elder brother is here and he must be seated. When the time comes, you will have to accompany him to eat and drink."
This person, basically, if you respect me a foot, I will respect you a foot.
Yuzhu refused to come forward and pretend to be six fingers, so Changde was naturally very satisfied.
Originally, Changde thought that with Yuzhu's family background and identity, he would definitely make some comments.
Who would have thought that Yuzhu, adhering to the principle of paying for it and speaking with integrity, sat there for a long time, refusing to interrupt.
This is very satisfying!
"Come here, let's make some Biluochunlai, which my uncle likes to drink."
"嗻."
Soon, the tea was replaced by Biluochun, which Yuzhu loved to drink.
Yuzhu took a sip of tea and said to himself that the sponsorship of one thousand taels of silver, coupled with his low-key style of life, earned his father-in-law's recognition of him, which is worth it!
As the old saying goes, it is better to say nothing than to say nothing, and it definitely makes sense.
When elders are around, don’t talk too much. It’s rare to be confused. This is also the truth!
Birthday celebrations in Changde are just a pretense.
Yuzhu knew in his heart that everyone in the Fucha family was a monkey spirit.
Taking advantage of Changde's longevity and observing Yuzhu's behavior is the real purpose of the Fucha family.
The two families who just got married will definitely need to get along.
When celebrating a birthday, carefully observe Yuzhu's style nearby so that Fucha can make necessary adjustments based on preliminary understanding.
There is no way, the strict etiquette of this era is too ruthless and cruel to women!
Longevity is a big deal, and all aspects must be in place.
Changde and Hanyuan discussed it for two hours before finally settling the matter.
Yuzhu is also a great person. After sitting for so long, he always had a smile on his face, and his butt seemed to have roots and was stuck to the chair.
Han Yuan has been suffering from not having a chance to strike up a conversation with Yuzhu, and his head is eight big.
Changde was extremely satisfied. His son-in-law had contributed money and effort, and he was still willing to sit with him for so long. He was truly a rare and good son-in-law!
After Yuzhu left, Changde praised Yuzhu greatly in front of Irgen Jueluo and Xiuyun.
Irgenjue Luo Shi also felt that she had found a treasure. She originally thought that with Yuzhu's family background and knowledge, no matter how you put it, he should be a person who knows half of the heavens and all the earth, and is eloquent.
Who would have thought that Yuzhu's behavior would be so low-key.
"Sir, our family is actually not short of money. I originally planned to prepare 30,000 taels for our Xiuyun. Now it seems that how about putting another 30,000 taels in the open?" Ergen Jueluo was originally a
Hiding your clumsy thoughts, there is meat in the buns, and you will never show it to your face.
Changde smiled and said: "Thanks to the good fortune of old man Amata, why don't you put a few of the three-hundred-year-old Changbai ginseng you have hidden in our girl's dowry?"
The couple looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
Think about it, Sabusu has been the general of Heilongjiang for eighteen years, how can his personal pockets not be rich?
I'm not bragging, there are so many ginseng, bear skins, sable skins, tiger skins, etc. in the Changde family's warehouse that they are almost rotting.
Heilongjiang's leather goods are famous all over the world, and they are all good things that are hard to buy even with money.
Given Sabusu's high prestige in Heilongjiang, his direct granddaughter is getting married. Hey, how can the old subordinates he has promoted and the elders of the Sauron tribe not give generous gifts?
Now, since Yuzhu is willing to spend money to support his father-in-law, he still respects his father-in-law.
Changde and his wife reciprocated the favor, so they stopped hiding it and generously put the dowry money and treasures in an open place.
Xiuyun is seriously overage, so Changde naturally thinks that the sooner she gets married, the better.
However, Irgen felt that Luo was more scheming and had to test Yuzhu's temperament, so he took the step of longevity.