The third master of the Wang family? Isn’t that Wang Zisheng?
Didn't he send a message to Wang Xifeng yesterday, saying that he wouldn't come if something happened at home?
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The Wang family was originally the descendant of Prince Bo of the county controlled by the Du Taiwei. Today, the family is divided into twelve houses, two of which are in the capital, and the remaining ten houses are in their hometown in Jinling.
At that time, Wang Xifeng's grandfather, Wang Yongqing, once held the position of "Minister of Rites and Assistant Manager of the Domain Affairs". He was in charge of the tributes and congratulations from various countries. In addition, he was also in charge of all foreign shipping cargo in Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan and Zhejiang.
With the help of Wang Yongqing, the Wang family became extremely wealthy, which led to the saying "There is a shortage of white jade beds in the East China Sea, so the Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling".
Wang Yongqing has three adult sons and two daughters.
Wang Xifeng's father was his eldest son, Wang Zipeng. By his generation, he had no title. However, the late emperor was merciful and rewarded him with a sixth-grade job, and he worked in the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years. Because Wang Zipeng was too honest and capable,
Normally, being an official would be considered useless. Later, he simply complained of illness and returned to his hometown in Jinling with his old wife and son Wang Ren.
Mrs. Wang is the eldest daughter in the family, after Wang Zipeng, she married into the Jia family and became the head wife of Rongguo Mansion.
The third child is the most promising, the second son in the family, named Wang Ziteng, known as the "Second Master Wang". He was supported by the Jia family and succeeded Jia Daihua as the governor of the Beijing Camp.
It has been more than ten years since I was promoted to governor of nine provinces, and my whole family is currently away from Beijing.
The name of "Master Wang San" is Wang Zisheng. He is the third son of the family. He is a concubine. He and his wife used to take care of the household affairs for his brother Wang Ziteng. Now that Wang Ziteng has gone to work abroad, Wang Zisheng still
Stay in Jingli and look after the house in Jingli for your brother.
The youngest sister of the Wang family was also a concubine, and later married into the Xue family, and is now known as "Aunt Xue".
Mr. Wang San, who is an idle man, suddenly "cannot come to attend the baptismal ceremony because of family commitments" yesterday. Now he comes suddenly, especially when he comes near noon. There must be an interesting reason for this.
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But no matter what, you are a guest when you come in, and you can't be rude. As a junior, Jia Lian still has to rush out the door.
Mrs. Wang San's car arrived directly at Yimen, and Youshi led people to welcome her in.
As soon as Jia Lian stepped out of the door, Wang Zisheng strode over and said loudly:
"This is my granddaughter's wedding. Even if I have something to do at home, I have to put it aside. It's only right to come here quickly!"
As he spoke, he pointed at the cart behind him and said loudly:
"Look, look, these two big cars full of stuff are all for my granddaughter.
There are also clothes for the four seasons, fine brocades, two hundred hangings of gold silk dragons and Kyoto hangings, two hundred red eggs, and two large plates of gold and silver. In addition to the large one that was delivered yesterday
Cars, red gold bowls and chopsticks, red gold necklaces and longevity locks, red gold bracelets, anklets, and bright red brocade. We really feel for our eldest sister."
Jia Lian thought:
There are a lot of gifts today, but why do you have the nerve to say, "The big cart of red gold bowls and chopsticks, the red gold necklace, the longevity lock, the red gold bracelet and anklet, and the red brocade that I delivered yesterday"?
For those who don’t know, they thought it was “a large cart of red gold bowls and chopsticks, a red gold necklace, a longevity lock, and a red gold bracelet and anklet.” In fact, it was “a pair”! “A pair”! “A pair”!
It’s not that I don’t think you’re polite, it’s that I don’t like you bragging here!
I even look down upon your coldness yesterday and your pretended enthusiasm now.
I just don’t like to see this kind of face, so I have to expose it to you.
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Jia Lian pretended to be surprised and said:
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, this is such a generous gift. Oh my, my, this is all for our eldest sister?"
In fact, I deliberately walked to the car to take a closer look. Sure enough, I saw that one of the plates of golden dragon whisker noodles actually had the word "Shou" embedded in it. I picked it up, played with it in my hand, and said with a smile:
"Oh, oh, oh, my third uncle is so grand.
My little girl has just had her third birthday today, and it will still be sixty or seventy years before her third uncle comes to congratulate her on her birthday."
Wang Zisheng looked at the word "longevity" in Jia Lian's hand and was stunned for a moment. He didn't know how to respond, and suddenly kicked a boy next to him:
"You bastard! This kind of mistake can happen!"
The boy was trembling with fear and said with a grimace:
"It's a little bastard. I was really in a hurry just now, so I just brought the longevity noodles ordered by others from the store. Although I took off the longevity noodles later, I didn't expect that there were still some noodles that I hadn't picked out yet.
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Sure enough, Jia Lian guessed it correctly.
It’s true that Wang Zisheng couldn’t tell yesterday.
It is true that I came here in such a hurry today.
The reason for the change is probably that early this morning, Mrs. Wang arrived at the old lady's place and realized that the eldest sister's third party was very grand today.
Only then did Mrs. Wang realize that she had miscalculated, and she was afraid that she would be laughed at for being disrespectful at home, so she urgently sent someone to notify Wang Zisheng and his wife to come.
It seems that it was not easy for Wang Zisheng to piece together these two large loads of things this morning.
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Jia Lian smiled and said:
"Forget it, it's our eldest sister's blessing to have her third grandpa love her so much, and she happened to have the word "longevity" added, which means that our eldest sister was born with both longevity and good fortune, which is also a good sign!"
As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver and threw it into the boy's arms:
"This is to thank you for the word 'longevity'."
Then he smiled at Wang Zisheng and said:
"Third uncle, please come in quickly. We'll be waiting for him to start the banquet soon."
After slapping my mouth, I will rub it for you. We are such a "show person".
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There was a banquet outside, but it was just as lively inside. Jia Mu hosted a banquet to entertain all the female relatives, and also listened to books and watched various plays. During the banquet, she called in the theater troupe from outside and sang a few of her signature plays.
In the second half of the day, in accordance with the rules of the third-party washing ceremony, all the female relatives of the family gathered in Sister Feng's small courtyard. This was the official third-party washing ceremony.
In the main position of Sister Feng's main room, an incense table has been set up to offer offerings to thirteen gods including Bixia Yuanjun, Qiongxiao Empress, Yunxiao Empress, Birthing Empress, Child Delivery Empress, Bean Empress, and Eyes Empress. The "grandma who delivered the baby" who delivered Sister Feng's baby at that time had already put the navel hairpin, basin cloth, cylinder stove, millet, gold and silver locks, flowers, flowers, roses, buckets, locks, and scales.
, small mirror, green tea leaves, new comb, new cage, rouge powder, pig pancreas soap balls, new towels, copper tea tray, green onions, ginger slices, mugwort balls, baking cage, incense candles, money and food paper code, raw and cooked eggs
, sticks, etc. were placed on the table. The statues of Kang Gong and Kang Mother were placed at the head of Wang Xifeng’s bed, and many offerings were placed in front of them.
When the auspicious time comes, Mrs. Xing will be led by Mrs. Jia to offer incense and kowtow, and then the grandma will bow three times before entering the house and carrying the eldest sister out.
In front of the child's head is a golden basin for washing, and everyone is about to add basins.
Jia Mu took the lead and scooped out a small spoonful of water from the copper basin that was filled with locust sticks and mugwort leaves to make soup. She poured it into the gold basin, then put in a little Ruyi inlaid with eight treasures made of gold wire. The grandma who gave birth smiled and congratulated her.
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"If you wish, good luck, and long-lasting blessings."
Others also added red gold, peanuts, gold beans, jade, jade, jade, and jade, and there were even more gold and silver.
After "adding a basin", the grandma who gave birth picked up a mallet, stirred it in the basin, and said with a smile:
"Stir it once, stir it twice, stir it three times, and the elder sister leads the younger brother to run away."
As soon as the eldest sister's body got wet, she cried "Wow", and the grandma who gave birth smiled and said:
"Sound basin!"
Everyone laughed:
"What a bright voice, I'm afraid I'm just a little 'Phoenix' again."