"Have you been waiting for a long time? Who took me in? Who talked with me?"
The reason why Jia Lian asked this was because there were many official matters in Jia Lian's Yamen in the past two days, and the construction of the Provincial Courtyard could not be delayed any longer. Therefore, Jia Lian yesterday arranged for the housekeeper Jia Yun to go to the Ministry of Industry's Maintenance and Repair Department in the middle of the day today.
I calculated the price of materials and labor carefully, and I guess I haven’t come back yet.
Since Jia Yun, who is extremely kind to others, is not here, then the Jia family...
In this era, the children's enlightenment book "Zengguang Xianwen" has written:
If you don’t know how to welcome guests at home, you won’t know your master until you go out.
When a guest comes to your home, a person who knows etiquette must have a way of treating guests. "Sincerity, respect, acceptance, and joy" are the qualities that a host should have. Otherwise, if you treat guests rudely, you will lose your face.
For a "respectable" family like the Jia family, "face" is very important.
Welcoming guests to the entrance, picking them up to the dining room, taking their seats, serving tea, and chatting with them are all necessary "common sense" operations.
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The result was that the boy grinned:
"Today, Mr. Xiaoyun went out at noon. It was only Uncle Lin Zhixiao who took Mr. Chang Shi in."
Lin Zhixiao is the second housekeeper, and he is no more a nephew of the Jia family than Jia Yun. Although he can be admitted, his status is not high enough to chat with guests.
Jia Lian was a little surprised:
"No one is there to talk with you? Then let them just sit in the room by themselves?"
The family member said calmly:
"No...no...yes.
Someone went to see the old man, and the old man said that his foot was sprained and he couldn't make it.
Someone went back to the Second Master..."
"Okay!"
Jia Lian's eyebrows immediately frowned.
This family is all stupid!
Not to mention whether Jia She is out of tune, the problem is that Jia She inherits the title of Duke of Rongguo. He is a hereditary first-class general, a first-class military attache, and a distinguished nobleman with proper merits, which allows him to accompany him in a dignified place.
Speaking to a senior historian from the fourth grade?
Jia Zheng is a fifth-grade worker from the Ministry of Industry, so it is appropriate for him to greet this fourth-grade chief historian. But the problem is that since the stroke, although Jia Zheng has been taking acupuncture and taking medicine every day, he can still manage with the support of others.
He has just been able to speak a few words, but his mouth is still crooked. You want him to talk to the guests?
If you are not at home, then there will be no one in the huge Rongguo Mansion?
Where did Baoyu die?
Baoyu is also fourteen or fifteen this year, and Jia Zheng usually asks him to go out to meet guests. Now when it comes to employing people in the family, the only son-in-law of the second wife is not able to help him?
So, Jia Lian asked:
"Have you gone back to Mr. Bao?"
The boy quickly replied:
"I went back and said that the chief historian of Prince Zhongshun was here. The people from the second gate came back and said that Mr. Bao had a heat stroke today and was not feeling well and could not come out."
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Your sister!
Jia Baoyu doesn't leave the house every day now. How could he get so hot?
What's more, if Jia Baoyu really gets a heatstroke, the old lady will be in trouble?
No need to ask, this guy is just hiding and being lazy.
I don’t believe it anymore. If his father Jia Zheng calls him, no matter how disgusted he is, he will immediately get out and behave himself to meet guests!
No need to ask, this boy Baoyu must have brought the same information as "Fengyue Baojian". Whenever something happened, he would hide in the house and do "exercises" with his personal eldest sister Xiren.
Maybe next time I ask "Where did Baoyu die?", this kid really died on the attacker.
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I really can’t wait any longer!
The issue of education is really the top priority of the Jia family today.
Jia Lian himself is the "locomotive" of the Jia family, so he has to quickly put wheels on all the "train cars" behind him.
A person who fights alone is a "general".
He who can command others to fight together is a "marshal".
Jia Lian, the Grand Marshal, has many things to do and has to make plans quickly.
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"Oh, it's really rude. I kept Mr. Changshi waiting for a long time."
Jia Lian walked into the hall with a smile.
The long historian, who had been sitting there waiting for a long time, immediately jumped up from his chair, rushed over to greet him and said:
"The lower official Zhongshun Qiao Shixue, the chief historian of the palace, pays homage to Mr. Jia."
People are polite, but we can’t be rude.
Jia Lian smiled and replied:
"I came in from the yamen and was busy, and the second master of the family was ill again. Letting Mr. Qiao sit here for a long time is really a sign of neglect. I hope you will forgive me."
Qiao Changshi quickly waved his hands and said:
"Master Jia is highly valued by the emperor now. He is rarely busy with things, so how can we talk about the word 'negligence'?"
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This Chief Historian Qiao Shixue is no one else, he is the same arrogant Chief Historian who forced Lu Wuyuan to take Shan Ziye back last time.
Jia Lian didn't recognize him, but he didn't know how many of Jia Lian's deeds he had heard.
At this time, when Qiao Shixue saw this "legendary Mr. Bai Lianjia from the Niehai Sea", who was young, graceful, calm in manner, chatting and laughing, he felt even more frightened in his heart:
Never underestimate this person!
When I think of Lu Wuyuan's pitiful face, but he just goes around and around "doing Tai Chi" with you, he is really "a piece of meat that cannot be steamed, cooked, flattened, or stir-fried, and is as soft as a piece of hob meat."
Qiao Shixue is disgusting.
Think about it, the sesame and mung bean magistrates trained by this person are so difficult to handle, how difficult it is to deal with Jia Lian himself.
However, to be able to serve as the chief historian in Prince Zhongshun's Mansion, and to win the trust of Prince Zhongshun and his wife, Qiao Shixue is not a "greenhorn". He knows how to "take care of others".
At this time, in front of Jia Lian, he was even humbler than Lu Wuyuan. He stood aside with a smile. Jia Lian asked him to sit down, but he just refused repeatedly and did not dare:
"Xiaguan's coming here is a little abrupt, but he is not good at building Tan Mansion. He came here because he was ordered by the king.
But before going out, the prince has already told me that Mr. Jia must be very busy with official business, so I must not disturb your official business."
His tone was extremely respectful. If you closed your eyes and listened, you would have thought he was kneeling on the ground and speaking.
But Jia Lian was not a fool. He understood the meaning of "come by the king's order" and stood up to ask politely:
"Your Excellency, since you are here on the king's orders, what advice do you have?"
When Qiao Changshi saw Jia Lian getting up, he knew that he was so polite to King Zhongshun, not to him, Qiao Shi, so he immediately took out a document from his arms and held it respectfully with both hands:
"The prince came back from the palace yesterday, and he also obeyed the emperor's order.
Today, I will order Xiaguan to bring the house deed and land deed of 'Jixian Building', and ask Mr. Jia to give Xiaguan a receipt, so that Xiaguan can go back and report to Prince Zhongshun."
Haha, it turns out you gave me "Jixian Tower".
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Jia Lian took the property deed, opened it and looked at it. When he saw that there was no mistake, he smiled and said:
"I am truly grateful for the favor given by Prince Zhongshun. Sir, please thank the Prince for me."
Then he ordered someone to get pen and ink, wrote a receipt, handed it to Na Na Chang Shi, and said politely:
"Lord, Mr. Shi, the Chief of Labor."
Qiao Changshi took the receipt with both hands and smiled apologetically:
"Your Excellency, you are so polite. I am truly honored to be able to come and see Master Jia in person.
Originally, for such a good thing, Prince Zhongshun's most trusted general manager, He Jin, was in front of him, so it was really not his turn to come and see it.
But coincidentally, last night, General Manager He suddenly fell ill and died suddenly. This is the official's turn to receive this honor."
Jia Lian sneered in his heart:
This guy has such a clever mouth, he conveys all the words without showing off.
This is what Prince Zhongshun asked him to tell me: He Jin has been eliminated.