These things in the second room, Ning Nianzhi will not meddle in them. At the beginning, she just saw that the third young lady didn't look like the kind of bitter and mean to see money, so she mentioned a few words, but if people didn't listen, she wouldn't care.

In the blink of an eye, it was December, and with the help of the old lady, Ning Nianzhi was handy with the housekeeper. There is also the second master in charge of the side, and the second lady does not dare to make any trouble, so after changing the four housekeepers in succession, the entire original family, even if it is all under Ning Nianzhi's control.

Now, she just took the slip to discuss with the old lady: "In the past, the next person in the family during the New Year was a new dress for one person, I saw that they were all thin, really this year it is better to change to two bodies, one thin, one thick, Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year are still on errand in the mansion, an extra month of monthly reward, grandmother, what do you think?" ”

The old lady smiled and nodded: "This is a good idea, as soon as you enter the door, reward more things, those people also think you are good, this extra monthly silver, can also win people's hearts, after all, at the beginning of the war, the big guy takes one more monthly case, and the life can be better." ”

"And this Chinese New Year's Eve meal, I ordered sixteen, this is the menu, grandmother, take a look?" Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, and the old lady waved her hand: "It's not a big deal, you just have to make up your mind, you don't need to discuss it with me." It's just a little bit, in previous years, during the Chinese New Year, this military camp, our family also wants to express it, you can have a snack on this. ”

"Grandmother, don't worry, I will definitely not forget this matter, I asked people to ask a few restaurants, prepared tens of thousands of cages of buns, and cotton clothes or something, I will definitely not treat the brothers in the barracks lightly." Ning Nianzhi hurriedly said, these people are the foundation of the original family, Ning Nianzhi is not the one who can't distinguish the weight, for a few taels of silver to move the foundation of the original family, and when he turned back, the original family fell, and there was no place to use this silver.

"And there is food, three stone each." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, this is a large amount of expenditure every year, otherwise, the original family army will say less than 200,000, and one person and three stones will be 600,000 stones.

"You just have to know what you know." Seeing that Ning Nianzhi had arranged it properly, the old lady's eyes narrowed even more with a smile: "I knew you could do it, with you, I'm just waiting to enjoy the blessings, but fortunately, that kid from Dongliang is angry, and he has taken a fancy to you early on, otherwise, such a talented girl, it is a family of hundreds of women, maybe it will be cheaper." ”

Ning Nianzhi's face turned red: "Grandmother ......"

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about it." The old lady waved her hand and glanced at Ning Nianzhi's stomach again: "If it is the coming year, you ......" said half a sentence and paused, the child has to depend on fate, the more anxious you are, the more reluctant the child is to come, don't ask, maybe when fate will arrive.

It's just that she didn't say it, Ning Nianzhi could also see the meaning of that look, and she didn't break it, she just smiled and accepted a few slips on the table: "Grandmother, yesterday I received the Zhang family's post, saying that there is a pot of flowers blooming at home, do you want to join in the fun?" ”

The old lady moved slightly: "Zhang's family? Which Zhang family is it? Zhang Shoubei? ”

Ning Nianzhi nodded: "It's his family, what kind of character is Mrs. Zhang?" ”

"Mrs. Zhang's temperament is lively and cheerful, if you go, you may be able to make friends with Mrs. Zhang." The old lady smiled and said, "I have this old bone, so I don't have to join in the fun." ”

At the beginning of December, a few days after Ning Nianzhi received the decree of canonization, the old lady held a banquet at her house and invited many people to come over, firstly, to officially take Ning Nianzhi to know the upper-class woman in Cloud City, and secondly, to announce her attitude and decision to the outside world, and said in front of everyone that the original family was the housewife, and in the future, Ning Nianzhi was in charge.

Since then, Ning Nianzhi has begun to receive invitations from all over the place. This is the third one of the Zhang family, and the first two Ning Nianzhi have found an excuse to hide from it, if this Zhang family hides as usual, I am afraid that no one will dare to send an invitation in the future.

"Grandmother is not old, and I hope that my grandmother can give me more guidance." Ning Nianzhi made a nervous look: "It's the first time I should give such an invitation, I don't have much experience in dressing up or something, who I befriend after I go, what do I want to say, I don't know the bottom of my heart, grandmother, you can't leave me alone." ”

Holding the old lady's arm and coquettish, the old lady was really in a good mood, patted her hand and smiled: "What's so difficult about this?" I'll let Mama Liao follow you, since it's a flower-viewing banquet, Mrs. Zhang must have invited some young people, it's a little inappropriate for my wife to go, just go back and tell me more about this flower-viewing banquet, I'll listen to it. ”

After a pause, he said, "I remember that you didn't have a peach-pink dress?" Just wear that, enjoy the flowers, just dress it well, Zhang Shoubei and your grandfather are also small friends, the two families have moved around a lot in the past, if you have anything to make up your mind, you can also ask Mrs. Zhang to help you. ”

Ning Nianyi responded one by one, turned around and really wore the peach-pink clothes, before going out, he specially came to the old lady to ask, the old lady looked her up and down, and nodded with a smile: "I just said that this dress is good, it looks so good, my granddaughter-in-law must be the first person today, and she is more beautiful than Huajiao." ”

"Grandmother, don't say it, our own family, it's nothing for you to praise me, if you still say this in front of outsiders, others will definitely say that our original family is boasting about itself, and we are thick-skinned." Ning Nianzhi nodded on her face, and the funny old lady couldn't help laughing, and when she finished laughing, she reached out and pulled out a golden hairpin on Ning Nianzhi's head, replaced it with a hosta in her dressing box, nodded and smiled: "This is better-looking, beautiful and refined, but more like a beautiful lady." ”

Ning Nianzhi couldn't help laughing: "Look at what my grandmother said, our Ning family or the original family, which one is not everyone?" ”

Before going out, the Ning family, after getting married, was the original family, if they were not considered to be ladies in these two families, did they have to come out of the palace to be considered a wealthy family?

The old lady clapped her hands: "That's right, we are originally everyone's girlfriends, everyone's daughters-in-law, no one can compare, our family is the only one!" ”

Mama Liao also praised Ning Nianzhi a few words, and the old lady immediately nodded to Mama Liao: "Wait a while, you follow Nianzhi's past, this is the first time she has gone out, if there is anyone you don't know, you can mention it more next to you." ”

"The young lady is extremely smart, even if there is no old slave on her side, she will definitely be able to control the whole scene." Mama Liao smiled, and the old lady nodded at her: "You old thing, I see that you are really confused, let's go to be a guest, not invite someone to come to our house to play, what do you want to do in control of the audience?" ”

When the guest has to be a guest, you must have the attitude of a guest, and you can't dominate the guests. Mama Liao nodded hurriedly: "Yes, the old slave said something wrong, wait a while, I still have to mention the old slave by the young lady." ”

A small pit on Ning Nianzhi made the old lady even more satisfied, and seeing that the time was almost up, she let Ning Nianzhi go out with someone. Yuan Dongliang had long planned to take Ning Nianzhi around Cloud City, if there was no accident, he would have to live in Cloud City for twenty or thirty years in the future, but there were more things, the old man was probably not angry that his grandson was too relaxed every day, and he insisted on detaining people in the yamen, when he went home, Yuan Dongliang could follow him home, and when he went out, Yuan Dongliang had to go out with him. After repeated times, Yuan Dongliang was a little embarrassed to mention this matter to Ning Nianzhi.

Ning Nianzhi was originally a person with an indifferent personality, he had the joy of going out to play when he went out to play, and he could find something to make himself happy without going out to play, but sooner or later, there was no need to delay the business. Moreover, she herself also wants to take care of the affairs of the original mansion as soon as possible, and become the master of the house, isn't she able to go wherever she wants?

Really speaking, this is Ning Nianzhi's first time going out, and it is really rare to see anything along the way. Mama Liao saw her look strange, so she introduced her in a low voice: "The weather here is relatively warm, and there are flowers and plants in winter, and there is a special market here, which sells flowers and plants. The old slave is a rough man and doesn't speak very well, but he also knows that these flowers and plants are placed in the house, and it makes people feel comfortable when they look at it, and the room feels bright. ”

Ning Nianzhi couldn't help but smile and said: "Mama's words have all been said to people's hearts, if this is still called not being able to speak, then I will become dumb, when did this flower market start doing business?" ”

"There will be someone in the hour." Mama Liao hurriedly said, seeing that Ning Nianzhi was interested, she said in more detail: "This flower market is also divided into several places, the south side is sold ordinary flowers and plants, and the east side is more expensive, such as orchids or something, raised in the greenhouse, and the west side, there are more types in the water, and some shops even buy some fish and shrimp and other things, and the north side is mostly saplings, and the magnolia flowers in our house have been planted for more than ten years." ”

said that there was a little regret on his face, when he fought before, since Xiliang had already attacked Yuncheng, he naturally would not let go of the original mansion, fortunately, he didn't burn down this mansion directly, but just went in with soldiers and horses to make a waste.

The old man was not in Cloud City at all, otherwise, I am afraid that the crime would be more serious. That's it, the emperor has already investigated the responsibility for dereliction of duty, so the old man is in a hurry to train his grandson at this time.

Most of the things in the mansion were not brought out, and after those Xiliang soldiers went in and looted, they lived directly in the original mansion, and the flowers and plants were all ruined, and the magnolia tree did not escape, and was cut down directly.

Now the flowers and plants in the house are newly raised by the mother-in-law who served the flowers and plants before, and the annual ones are spread all over the ground, but they look like raising flowers and seedlings, and the little family is very angry. So when Ning Nian first saw him, he couldn't help but laugh.

But now that he knows the reason, Ning Nianzhi really thinks a little bit about it, and wants to take care of this garden again.

"I'll take a look when I'm free." Smiled and said, Mama Liao nodded hurriedly: "I don't know what flowers the young lady likes, if you want to say that this magnolia flower is still the best grown in Chongming Temple, we can go back and ask for a flower seedling to come back, if it is a camellia, it is a coincidence, the camellia on Zhang Shoubei's mansion is notoriously good-looking......"

Ning Nianzhi listened to Mama Liao's chattering words, and there was no sentence to respond, in addition to the annual flowers and plants in the garden, there are still a variety of saplings that are easy to serve, for these ornamental flowers, in fact, she is not much interested, otherwise, all the fruit trees?

There are a lot of benefits to fruit trees, first of all, they are too common, easy to take care of, not like the eighteen bachelors, very delicate, and she doesn't have the patience to take care of them. Secondly, the fruit trees are also very beautiful to bloom, peach blossoms and pear blossoms or something, can't they all be a scene? Finally, and most importantly, after two or three years, you will be able to bear fruit, and it is not a few years of waiting for nothing, right?

I don't know what the old lady likes, so I went back and asked. If the old lady doesn't like fruit trees, then she has to think about it.

When the carriage arrived at the door of Zhang's house, Mama Liao leaned out and handed out the invitation, the little maid guarding the door took a look, and hurriedly let it go, and there was a mother-in-law waiting at the second gate, and when she saw the carriage, she came over to salute: "But the young lady of the original family?" The slave maid said hello to the former young lady. ”

Ning Nianzhi silently counted his title in his heart, five words, it was really troublesome.

"The old slave is served by our wife's side, our lady has been thinking about the original young lady for a long time, and let the old slave guard here after breakfast, and often hear our wife say that the original young lady is the most beautiful person she has ever seen, and now look at it, our lady is really right, the original young lady is really a fairy daughter-like character."

The grandmother hurriedly stretched out her hand to ask Ning Nian to get out of the car, and while leading people inside, she chattered endlessly, praised it, and didn't wait for Ning Nianzhi to be polite, so she changed the subject: "What kind of tea does the original young lady like to eat?" Originally, our lady wanted to prepare some tea from the capital, but then I thought about it, the original young lady is from the capital, this popular tea in the capital, I am afraid that it is more proficient than our wife, if our lady gets that, but the class has an axe, simply change our Yuncheng side of the specialty, but think about it again, the original old lady loves the original young lady so much, and the original young master, that is eager to take the original young lady as her own eyeballs, this cloud city specialty, maybe it has been tasted a long time ago, hey, It's embarrassing for our wife......"

The corners of Ning Nianzhi's mouth twitched, from the time he entered the door to the present, he hadn't even been able to insert a word, how could he meet chatter wherever he went?

However, just by looking at this grandmother, you can almost figure out Mrs. Zhang's temperament. Of course, there is also the possibility of mistakes, maybe Mrs. Zhang is a person who doesn't like to talk, but likes to listen to others?

Then, when he met Mrs. Zhang, Ning Nianzhi understood that people are still grouped. With such a nagging grandmother, Mrs. Zhang is not bad at words. Seeing inside, he pulled Ning Nianzhi's sister and the eldest sister and shouted shortly: "I have long wanted to invite you here, but I am afraid that you will be surprised, the first time I saw my sister, I felt that there is such a good-looking person in this world, this body's temperament, standing there, that is, the fairy daughter in the sky has come down, when she doesn't smile, she is cold and cold, and she is gentle and considerate when she laughs. ”

Ning Nianzhi was a little embarrassed, his appearance, put it in the capital, is it inconspicuous at all, okay? I haven't heard anyone say that she looks like a fairy daughter before? Could it be that Yuncheng is praising people for being good-looking, and there are such a set of words back and forth? I guess I really can't find a suitable one, so it's an exaggeration?

"What do you like to eat?" There are a lot of dim sum here in our Cloud City, I ordered someone to make some of everything early in the morning, you come and taste it, if you like it, I will ask someone to pack some for you when you go back, and you can take it back to eat. ”

"No need......" Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, and was interrupted by Mrs. Zhang before he finished speaking: "You're welcome, but some dim sum, it's nothing, if you can afford me, don't shirk it, can't people like us even afford to give some dim sum?" If you don't want to go, you can send me some snacks when you come back. ”

"Okay, I'll give you some snacks that are unique to the capital." Ning Nianzhi didn't shirk it, she didn't need to be too tactful and polite when talking to such a person, it also gave her temper, she liked such a cheerful person.

The nagging is also a bit of a miss for Ning Baozhu.

"Our flowers are planted in the flower room, otherwise, the weather is not cold, and it is not good to bloom, take a walk, I will take you to the flower room to see, if you have a favorite flower, take it away!" Mrs. Zhang took Ning Nianzhi directly to the flower room, Ning Nianzhi was really curious, she wanted to change her garden, and she also had to inquire about the habits of flowers and plants in Cloud City, but don't plant summer flowers in winter, that's a joke.

"This blue and white blooms in summer, just sprinkle seeds in early spring, it's easier to feed, just sprinkle water, don't worry about anything else......"

"This Mingying flower blooms in early winter, with many petals, thick, put a pot in the house, it is beautiful and fragrant......"

Mrs. Zhang is simply an expert in raising flowers, and what she said is the Tao, Ning Nianzhi listened carefully, asked two questions from time to time, and said less than a stick of incense in time, the two of them had a feeling of seeing each other late, how suitable to be a confidant.

"If I could have talked to my sister earlier, I'm afraid I would have to go to your house three times a day to talk to you. In the beginning, I felt a little familiar with you at first sight, but now it seems that we are indeed in love. ”

Mrs. Zhang was also very happy, and Ning Nianzhi also nodded: "If Sister Zhang is free in the future, just go to me, it just so happens that I don't have any good friends here in Yuncheng, Sister Zhang goes, I can still talk to more people, and I won't be lonely." ”

As she spoke, the grandmother before said that there were other guests coming, and Ning Nianzhi hurriedly said, "You just go, don't worry about me, I'm just here to see the flowers." ”

Mrs. Zhang really didn't treat Ning Nianzhi as an outsider, so she ordered the maid to wait, and took the grandmother to the front to greet people. Most of the people who came were friends with Mrs. Zhang, although their temperaments were different, but they were able to get Mrs. Zhang's approval, and their character was also very good.

If Ning Nianzhi is willing, she can also be exquisite, plus with the original family behind her, no one dares to snub her, and it takes almost no effort to integrate into it, picking up some topics that women are most interested in, talking about rouge gouache, talking about clothing styles, the popularity of the capital, and the popularity of Yuncheng. Friendship between women sometimes comes very quickly.

By the time he left Zhang's house, several people had already expressed their goodwill to Ning Nianzhi and agreed on the time for the next reunion.

Ning Nianzhi smiled and groaned, and then as soon as he turned around, he saw Yuan Dongliang waiting at the door with the reins. Mrs. Zhang smiled first: "I heard that the former young master hated the former young lady and couldn't hold it in the palm of his mouth, but I didn't expect that it would really be inseparable for a while, just that's it, we don't dare to keep the original young lady, otherwise, the former young master is in a hurry, in case even the door of our house is demolished, how can it be good?" ”

When the words fell, several ladies around him couldn't help laughing, and joked with Ning Nianzhi: "You can go quickly, if you go to our mansion next time, you must explain where to go earlier, in case the eldest young master thinks that we have hidden you, then our mansion will suffer." ”

Ning Nianzhi, who was laughing, had a red face, and he hated to hide himself as an ostrich, but Yuan Dongliang did not shy away from it, and came forward to salute everyone with his fists: "My wife is new to Cloud City, and I will ask you to take care of me in the future, Yuan Mou is here to thank you in advance." ”

Mrs. Zhang smiled again: "If you really want to thank us, when you are free, you will invite us to have a good meal, this cannibal has a short mouth, and if there is something delicious, we will take care of Mrs. Yuan." ”

"This is a trivial matter, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, the day after tomorrow is a good day, I set up a banquet in the house, and I asked you to give a face, and the day after tomorrow I brought you over to eat and drink early." Yuan Dongliang said with a smile, and Ning Nianzhi hurriedly followed with a smile: "It's really a good day, everyone, why don't you go to our gathering?" It also saves you from choosing another day for the next post, and there is good wine and food at home, but you are waiting. ”

Mrs. Zhang is a cheerful one, and she should clap her hands, and as soon as she responds here, the remaining few are not welcome, and she hurriedly finalized the matter.

When the carriage came, Mrs. Zhang waved her hand and said, "It's not too early, I won't keep you, let's get together again the day after tomorrow, Sister Ning, but we have to prepare more good things in the capital, and let us all taste the rarity." ”

Ning Nianzhi smiled and nodded, held Yuan Dongliang's hand in the carriage, lifted the curtain and waved his hand, and then slowly returned.