Chapter 5: Qianhuatang (2)
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Mrs. Ji's heart jumped suddenly, but she saw that Ji Xiaotang, Mrs. Ji, Mrs. Ji and others had nothing unusual on their faces. After serving Mrs. Ji with her heart, until she left Xuanhuatang, Mrs. Ji was still worried in her heart.
"When you sent it over, did you make it all clear?" Back at Qianhuatang, Mrs. Ji was busy and called Feng's mother to come to her side to ask.
"When I returned to my wife, I said it clearly according to my wife's instructions. If I can't do such a little thing again, not only will I fail my wife, but I will also live this age in vain. As for how the pearl hairpin got to Ji Xiaoyun's head, Mother Feng was also confused.
"What's going on?" Mrs. Ji frowned, or she should have asked Ji Xiaotang why she did this. "What do you mean by three girls?"
This question also stumped Feng's mother.
The master and servant were facing each other, and they were both frowning.
Mrs. Ji couldn't help but ponder in her heart.
"This third girl is unfathomable." Feng's mother said.
Mrs. Ji nodded, Ji Xiaotang was not only incomprehensible, but also made her jealous.
Mrs. Ji is difficult to serve, but in Mrs. Ji's opinion, Mrs. Ji is not difficult to deal with. But Ji Xiaotang is young and inconspicuous, and it seems that just a slight flick of her sleeves puts her in an embarrassing situation, and she can't advance or retreat.
"Let's put aside the matter of those two girls for the time being, just talk about this pearl hairpin. What does she mean? It's just getting good things and refusing to keep them for yourself. So it was given to the second girl? Or does she not look down on this pearl hairpin and thinks that the gift I gave is meager? Or maybe you want to say something to the old lady......"
Mrs. Ji Da wanted to break her head, but she couldn't figure out Ji Xiaotang's intentions.
"What do you think. None of this is likely. Mother Feng said slowly.
Mrs. Ji also felt that these conjectures were unlikely.
But what else is there?
The master and servant thought for a long time, and Mother Feng's face suddenly changed.
"What do you think of?" Mrs. Ji asked immediately.
"The most unlikely possibility, but maybe that's exactly what it is. β¦β¦ These three girls can't be treated as ordinary little girls. β
"What the hell is it, tell me." Mrs. Ji urged Feng's mother.
"The wife's behavior has annoyed the three girls." Feng's mother analyzed for Mrs. Ji, "The third girl doesn't want to make trouble in front of the old lady. Let my wife be deflated, the house is restless, and I don't plan to swallow my anger......"
Ji Xiaotang is reminding Mrs. Ji. In other words, she was beating Mrs. Ji.
This also shows that Ji Xiaotang has clearly seen Mrs. Ji's secret intentions and methods.
She ...... She is a thirteen-year-old girl, how can she ...... "have such scheming and means?" Mrs. Ji didn't want to believe it.
"But other than that. There is no other possibility. Feng's mother said. While thinking back to Ji Xiaotang's words and deeds, he trusted his own judgment more and more.
Ji Xiaotang didn't go head-to-head with Mrs. Ji, and even without any big moves, he had already defeated Mrs. Ji. And Ji Xiaotang's more clever thing is that she not only left leeway, but also left a back hand.
Mother Feng couldn't help but be shocked, just looking at Ji Xiaotang's two actions, his open-minded means. It's definitely not comparable to Mrs. Ji. Far behind is not only Mrs. Ji, but also all the people in Xinhuatang today. Even including the Yang family, no one is Ji Xiaotang's opponent.
"Mrs. ......," Thinking about this, Mother Feng was busy and persuaded Mrs. Ji, "Fortunately, the third girl doesn't plan to make trouble, and Mrs. hasn't done anything yet, so it's better to stop and everyone will be at peace." β
For what has been done, only a good student flatters Ji Xiaotang and shows Ji Xiaotang that it is just a misunderstanding, and there will never be such a misunderstanding again. Watching Ji Xiaotang act, he should let go of the past and not cause another incident.
Speaking of which, for what Mrs. Ji did before, Feng's mother did not agree with it in her heart.
"But I don't believe it, she has such a skill? I'm going to be pinched by a little girl?! "Mrs. Ji is a proud woman.
"Madam, why bother with a little girl." Feng's mother hurriedly persuaded again, "Mrs. shouldn't forget what Mrs. is for this time." β
Their purpose should not be to control who and who to compete with, but to serve Mrs. Ji well and wash away the unfilial name of Master Ji.
Feng's mother persuaded her like this, and Mrs. Ji finally remembered this important matter.
"That's it." Mrs. Ji waved her hand impatiently, "Look, what should I do now?" β
"The matter of the pearl hairpin is easy to solve. The wife went on a trip in person, and gave a considerable piece of jewelry to the third girl. "Mother Feng gave Mrs. Ji an idea.
"Really?" Mrs. Ji was a little reluctant.
Others may not know, but Mother Feng knows Mrs. Ji's thoughts.
Mrs. Ji looked down on the people in the second room of the Ji family in her heart. Mrs. Ji never showed such emotions in front of others, but she never concealed them in front of her. In Mrs. Ji's opinion, Mrs. Ji is a countryman, and her family is just a small military attache who is not in the stream. said that it was a military attachΓ©, but it was still exalting the Mu family, but in fact, it was just a martial artist.
Second Master Ji is just a two-term seven-rank small sesame official, and the husband and wife have been in the countryside all their lives, how can they compare with the daughter of her old family.
Mrs. Ji looked down on the second room of the Ji family, and she also despised Mrs. Ji in her heart, but this time Mrs. Ji and the second room of the Ji family entered Beijing, she still had to entertain these people, and even had to stutter.
It was this contradictory mood that made Mrs. Ji make all the previous arrangements.
But now, a thirteen-year-old girl in the second room of the Ji family made her deflated and had to lower her head.
Of course, Mrs. Ji was unwilling.
"Madam, she is a little girl after all, and she is a junior. Mrs. is to be more lenient, and that is also the generosity and compassion of Mrs. as an elder. People know that only Mrs. Zan is. Mother Feng was busy and persuasive.
Mrs. Ji finally nodded.
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As soon as Ji Xiaotang returned to Yanhua Hall from Xuanhua Hall, he heard a report from the little girl outside. said that Mrs. Ji was here.
Ji Xiaotang took the girl out of the door, and welcomed Mrs. Ji to the main hall and sat down.
Seated in the hall, Mrs. Ji looked around. I was slightly surprised.
After the Yanhua Hall was arranged, Mrs. Ji once brought someone to see it in person, although she did not have a deep memory, but she still had an impression of the layout and furnishings in the house. Now that I look at it, Yanhuatang has changed.
Even if Mrs. Ji looked at it with harsh eyes, she couldn't help but praise it.
"I didn't expect you kid to decorate the house like this." Mrs. Ji said.
"Aunt teased." Ji Xiaotang smiled. I held a cup of tea and presented it to Mrs. Ji. "I've changed the layout of the house, but I haven't had time to report to my aunt, and I ask my aunt to forgive me."
"Why are you so polite, you kid? Auntie, this is your home. That's how it should be, and I'm glad to see it. Mrs. Ji smiled, and was secretly surprised by the furnishings in the room.
In order to satisfy Mrs. Ji and Second Master Ji's family, she did not hesitate in the layout of these courtyards. I took a lot of antiques from the storeroom.
But now look at the furnishings in Ji Xiaotang's house. Even if it is not inferior to the Yang family. Among them, there are a few rare things that are obviously imported from overseas, even in the Yang family, which can only be seen in the old pavilion house.
This represents at least two things.
The richness of the Ji family's second-room family exceeded her estimates.
Ji Xiaotang's status in the second room of the Ji family.
Mrs. Ji looked at Ji Xiaotang's gaze and looked at it a little more.
After a few words, Mrs. Ji asked Mother Feng to bring a brocade box.
"My subordinates are confused, Xiaotang, don't mind." Mrs. Ji told Ji Xiaotang that she had prepared two pearl hairpins to give to the two sisters, but the subordinates had done something wrong.
Feng's mother knelt down for Ji Xiaotang. He also slapped himself in the mouth.
"It's all my wife, and I've never seen such a fairy-like person as a girl. I want to come to the girl to please her, and I also take the opportunity to get close to the girl......"
Mrs. Ji Da is putting her posture low.
Ji Xiaotang's purpose is not to fight with Mrs. Ji, what she is trying to do is to let Mrs. Ji retreat, don't make any more troubles from now on, and everyone will live in peace.
After sending Mrs. Ji away, Vanilla came over to pass on the words of Mrs. Ji and asked Ji Xiaotang to go to Xuanhuatang.
"The wife is also here, and I want to discuss some things with the old lady and the girl."
Ji Xiaotang followed the herbs to Xuanhuatang.
In the upper room of Xuanhuatang sat Mrs. Ji, Mrs. Ji Er, and Ji Xiaoyun.
ββ¦β¦ We also have so many people, and it is not a day or two to live here, and we should make a charter for everything. It's okay for us, or for the eldest lady. Mrs. Ji said.
Ji Xiaotang and Mrs. Ji discussed this matter in private, and now that Mrs. Ji raised it, Ji Xiaotang nodded.
"With me, we should find another house to live in. I don't need you to spend money, although the house in this capital is expensive, I can still afford one, even if it is smaller, we will live closely. Mrs. Ji said.
Mrs. Ji said this many times, and Ji Xiaotang was familiar with it, so she just smiled and didn't speak.
Mrs. Ji didn't answer this either.
"You are all people who have nothing in mind, I don't care about anything, and I can't help but say a few words." Mrs. Ji spoke again, "We are a big family, and people have never looked down on us, but now I am afraid that we will still be unable to eat in our hometown, and we will flee to the wilderness, and we will look down on us even more." I can't eat the food that people give me, so you can also give me some ambition! β
Mrs. Ji Er couldn't answer, and Ji Xiaotang couldn't help laughing.
"I understand what grandmother means, what my mother means, and I don't want to disturb my uncle and aunt too much......" Ji Xiaotang said something like this, and then asked Mrs. Ji, "Grandmother, do you think this is feasible?" β
"Excellent, just do it!" Old Madam Ji was very happy and nodded immediately.
Mrs. Ji was a little hesitant.
"Xiaotang, everything else is fine, it's just the corner gate, isn't it ......?"
"What is it?" Old Mrs. Ji interrupted Second Mrs. Ji's words, "This is excellent, as long as you think about it, and it is soft, I am in charge of this matter." Listen to Xiaotang. β
Mrs. Ji Er could only remain silent.
"Mother just listen to me, this is a matter of two pennies, for a long time. Just know the benefits. The aunt and housekeeper will not be unexpected, and they will not be careful. Ji Xiaotang said with a smile.
"I asked someone to call the eldest lady and give it to her." Mrs. Ji is going to call the girl to command.
Ji Xiaotang hurriedly stopped.
"Grandmother, my mother and I should go to Qianhuatang to discuss with my aunt." They are guests from afar, and they still have to have the respect they should have for their hosts. "If we don't make it, we will naturally ask our grandmother to come out and call the shots."
Ji Xiaotang said. Mrs. Ji was full of joy.
"That's it. Don't feel that you have to swallow your anger when you come here, I will always call the shots for you. This house. That was also bought by our Ji family's white flowers! We can live however we want! β
asked the nurse to hug Changsheng, and took Ji Xiaoyun with her, leaving only Mrs. Ji to rest in Xuanhua Hall, and the mother and children went to Qianhua Hall surrounded by the girl's daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Ji got the news. Come out in person. Let them sit in the upper room.
Mrs. Ji did not have a pankang in the room where she entertained guests, only a chaise longue, two yellow pear chairs under the bed, several cases, and half-old vermilion elastic ink chairs on the chairs. On the couch is a yellow pear low table, and two vermilion python silk backrests are set opposite each other.
invited Mrs. Ji to sit on the couch, Ji Xiaoyun, Ji Xiaotang and Changsheng sat on the chairs under the couch in turn, and the little girl served fragrant tea and snacks and fruits.
A house full of splendor. The beast is fragrant.
After chatting for a while, Mrs. Ji's words naturally turned to Ji Xiaoyun and Ji Xiaotang's sisters.
"The old lady is there. Thanks to Xiaoyun's service, Xiaotang helped me take care of the house. β
When it came to housework, Ji Xiaotang naturally opened his mouth.
"There are some family matters to discuss with my aunt."
The things to discuss with Mrs. Ji are also very simple, the first thing is the food and clothing of the second room of the Ji family and Mrs. Ji, and Mrs. Ji does not have to worry about it. They don't need Mrs. Ji's kitchen to get on and off these people's meals.
"Xuanhuatang, Jinghuatang and Yanhuatang all have kitchens, which are also very convenient." Mrs. Ji Er also said.
As for how to arrange their meals, naturally there is no need for Mrs. Ji to interfere.
"How does this work?" Mrs. Ji, "The second wife is like this, she just doesn't treat us as a family." Mrs. Ji also told Mrs. Ji that she had already arranged it.
The old lady's food and clothing are naturally superior, Ji Er's is equivalent to her, Ji Xiaoyun, Ji Xiaotang and Changsheng are just like Ji Xiaolian's sisters and brothers.
"I wanted to take the old lady into Beijing several times, and let me and the old man do our filial piety in front of the old lady. It's just that the old lady is reluctant to come to her ancestral home. I treat my nephews and nieces as if they were my own flesh and blood, and I don't have the opportunity to take good care of them. Now God has mercy, I finally have a chance......" Mrs. Ji said this, originally planning to be more contrived and press Mrs. Ji's head, but when she caught a glimpse of Ji Xiaotang smiling next to her, Mrs. Ji dispelled such an idea.
When Mrs. Ji spoke, she was much more plain and sincere.
"Let me do more filial piety in front of the old lady, and get closer to my nephews and nieces."
"In this arrangement, I am worried that there will be less thoughts to disturb the eldest aunt, and more thoughts to facilitate the care of all parties. The eldest aunt should be filial to her grandmother and take care of our sisters, but there is no hindrance. Ji Xiaotang said with a smile.
After talking for a long time, Mrs. Ji finally nodded, secretly happy in her heart.
For her, this arrangement really saves a lot of worry and a lot of things, and this is proposed by the second room herself, and the old lady agrees with it, even if outsiders talk about it, they can't talk about her.
For Mrs. Ji, this is simply something that cannot be desired.
Next, Ji Xiaotang said a few more things, all of which were convenient and beneficial, and Mrs. Ji naturally complied.
Finally, Ji Xiaotang mentioned the matter of the back corner door.
The entry and exit of Mrs. Ji and the owner of the second room are naturally the same as the entry and exit of Mr. Ji's family. However, Ji Xiaotang and the others also brought a lot of servants from Qingyuan, buying every day, and the people going in and out of errands, if they were mixed with the original people in Xinhuatang, there would be many inconveniences.
Fortunately, there is a back corner door at the back of the East Road Courtyard, which leads directly to the street outside, and Ji Xiaotang's plan is to let the subordinates they bring enter and exit through this side door.
The people who originally served in Xinhuatang were not allowed to enter and leave this door again.
"There are many adults in the family, so that it is clear at a glance and easy to take care of." Ji Xiaotang said.
The east side door leads directly to the outside street, crosses a stone bridge, extends in all directions, is the prosperity of Beijing, it can be said to be very convenient. The descendants of Xinhuatang also love to walk through this east side door.
Ji Xiaotang's charter will cause inconvenience to Xinhuatang's original subordinates, but it is beneficial to the affairs of a large family.
Mrs. Ji hesitated for a moment, and nodded, but she was uncomfortable in her heart, and secretly felt that Ji Xiaotang was a little domineering.
"The second wife looks fine now, the second girl doesn't like to talk, and the long-born child can't see anything. Only these three girls, after all, followed the old lady, and they also learned the old lady's domineering. "Sent away the mother and daughter in the second room, Mrs. Ji said to Feng's mother.
"If this is the idea of the three girls, this is the rare thing to see the three girls!" Feng's mother highly praised Ji Xiaotang's regulations, "The girls who have not come out of the cabinet have a lot of concerns, and most of them are embarrassed, and the three girls are rare to be neat and see it thoroughly." β
Mrs. Ji didn't speak.
"Madam, speaking of which, the east side is bustling outside the door, and there are many people walking around in the house, and there are also some private evils inside, which cannot be stopped repeatedly. Now this is also very beneficial in our house. Besides, this is what the third girl requested, even if someone complains about dissatisfaction, then there are only those who complain about the third girl, the old lady, and the second wife. β
"You're right." Mrs. Ji smiled at this time.
"The things that the three girls came to discuss are all beneficial to the wife."
"It's to save me a lot of worry, and I don't have to worry about it."
"And what is the wife's plan?" Mother Feng saw that Mrs. Ji was thinking about something, so she asked.
"They are like this, and I am happy to reciprocate and add icing on the cake." Mrs. Ji ordered to go down, and in the future, the monthly silver of Ji Xiaotang's three sisters will be sent over on a monthly basis according to Ji Xiaolian and Ji Xiaoxue. "Now that it's winter, let the account office pay for the whole year's monthly routine first, and there are new clothes for the New Year. β¦β¦ The old lady, no matter what you buy in the second room, you can pick one from us every day and send it over......"
Master Ji and Second Master Ji returned to their respective rooms, and they were very happy to know these arrangements.
"Madam, I will say that you are incomparably smart, and no matter how difficult things are, you can handle them properly. I am completely relieved that this matter is entrusted to you. My wife deserves to be my good helper! "Master Ji praises Mrs. Ji.
"Big brother and sister-in-law are all reasonable people, and they need to get along well." Second Master Ji instructed Second Mrs. Ji, "Restrain your subordinates and don't make trouble." At the old lady's place, you also talk more for the eldest brother and sister-in-law. β
"Xiaotang, you sisters also have to get along well." Second Master Ji instructed Ji Xiaotang again.
Ji Xiaotang nodded in agreement.
"Daddy, where are you going today?" Seeing that the second master Ji changed into the coat out of the door, Ji Xiaotang opened his mouth to ask.
"Now that I've entered Beijing, my father can't be an idle person anymore." Second Master Ji smiled and spoke, but there was a complaint in his tone. "Today, I have to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials to deliver the post, and then according to your uncle's wishes, I will go to the old mansion of Yang Ge to pay a visit."
"Where is the prince?"
"I went to the yamen of the ministry, and I went to the prince to deliver the post. When the prince is free, I will take you to see you, as well as your uncles. β
"Daddy, don't forget Huaijin."
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