Chapter 971: Busy
The Wen family really brought back good news from Princess Yan.
Princess Yan didn't know if she was particularly giving face to her in-laws, and when she saw that the Wen family was helping to intercede, she was magnanimously relieved, and said that she was willing to forgive Mrs. Wan, just for the sake of a small punishment and a big commandment, she didn't want to see each other this year, and it was not too late to ask Mrs. Wan to show her face in the Yan Wangfu until the New Year.
It's already late November, and it's the wax moon in a blink of an eye, and it's just a month away from the New Year. Mrs. Wan pondered that she was sick, and it was over to survive the two small festivals of the lunar month and the small year. On the first day of the first lunar month, when the officials went to the Yan Palace, and the officials and dependents of the various families also went to greet Princess Yan, she wore the costume of the decree and showed her face in front of people, even if there were more gossips, they would all disappear, what else did she have to worry about? !
Mrs. Wan was overjoyed, and suddenly felt that it was very worthwhile to form this relationship with the Xie family. Although the object of marriage is her concubine who has never looked good, as long as she has the status of her in-laws, the Wan family can always borrow the strength of the Xie family. As for who exactly is the object of marriage, is it important? No, it doesn't matter! When she came to Xie's house, Mrs. Xie's Wen rarely asked her future daughter-in-law Xie Yingrong to accompany her, and she herself didn't mention her concubine Wanlong much, which is exactly the reason. For the people of the two families, what they need is only the name of the in-laws, not the two people who are married!
Mrs. Wan's heart suddenly felt a lot happier again, although she still looked at Wan Long very unpleasantly, but she didn't have the time to take care of it. Recently, her two daughters are in a bad mood and have made an awkward fuss, and the two sons seem to be always away from home, and they don't know what literati and artists they are making friends with. She had to avoid other officials who might have heard that she had angered Princess Yan, and on the other hand, she had to pay attention to her four children, which was almost a pain in her head. At this time, General Yuan Xiao's family wanted to enter Beiping City, not only Princess Yan wanted to set up a banquet to entertain them, but even the families of the chief officials of several major yamen had to host a banquet to invite each other. Mrs. Wan thinks that she has a close relationship with Mrs. Xie and is still an in-law, so she naturally wants to be the first helper of the Wen family at this time. In this way, I am getting busier and busier. Where can she still take care of the bad luck of finding a concubine and a concubine?
Mrs. Wan, who is a helper, is so busy, let alone Wen's. In order to prepare for the banquet for Mrs. Yuan and Mrs. Yuan, she was so busy just worrying about the venue, manpower, and all kinds of family members. Because the matter was sudden, she had to deal with all kinds of affairs in Layue at the same time, and she couldn't spare her hands for a while, so she had to ask a few girls in the family to help her, and even her sister-in-law Xie Meijun asked her to entrust two affairs to barely support it.
The Xie Mulin sisters worked together in a division of labor, mainly to help take care of the affairs of the family, and then work together to calculate the accounts for the Wen family, supervise the purchase of various materials, and also help suggest the dishes and decorations on the banquet. Among them, Xie Yinghui is the most familiar with this kind of thing, she can be said to occupy the main position, and many times the Wen family has to rely on her to make ideas, but occasionally she needs to change her ideas to the form applicable to Beiping City. Xie Mulin took a back seat very cooperatively, was in charge of logistics, and did not compete with the eldest sister for his strengths and weaknesses, and was low-key, but he took care of the affairs very thoroughly, which made the Wen family and other elders worry a lot.
Xie Yingfen has always been a trouble-free, she is not assigned many affairs, she takes care of the brothers at home when she has free time, and at the same time takes care of the diet and daily life of the two old ladies. She is very skilled and handy at this kind of thing, so naturally she doesn't have to worry about others.
It's just that Xie Yingrong has some different ideas. She is actually not very proficient in general affairs, and she has not yet reached the point of being an independent director, but she can't sit still when she looks at the two sisters taking charge alone, and when she looks at Mrs. Wan or Mrs. Liu going to the house, she praises the two sisters-in-law. She also wants to show her face in front of other wives, especially to show her future mother-in-law her ability to please her. What if Mrs. Wan doesn't like Bandung? In the end, it is the mother-in-law, and those who should be honored should still be honored. Besides, she doesn't often see Bandung, so if she doesn't let others know what she can do, how can she let Bandung hear about her benefits?
Xie Yingrong took the initiative to ask Wen's for more responsibility. Fortunately, the Wen family acted cautiously and knew the skills of this concubine, so he just gave her one or two errands that were easy to show her face but not easy to make mistakes, and told her to experience first. If she can't hold up this little thing, then there is no need to say more later. While the girl is still unmarried, learn slowly!
Xie Yingrong probably knew that this was a great opportunity for him, and he must not make a mistake! Otherwise, you will be disgraced and thrown in front of outsiders. There is no need for Aunt Dajin to mention it every day, she herself learns very hard. Although there will be a small mistake from time to time, and things can not be done satisfactorily, but they still hold on to the big mistakes, which is already very satisfying to Wen. Wen has relented, and will hand her another errand in a few days. Xie Yingrong became more and more happy.
Xie Yinghui glanced at the proud third sister lightly, didn't say anything, and only presented the prepared menu to the Wen family: "My daughter has discussed with the second sister, this is a newly drafted menu, adding several dishes that my aunt said before, and removing the dishes that the governor's wife and the inspector's wife don't like, how about the aunt?" I just don't know what the taste preferences of the Yuan family's daughters are? If we can get the news, we can add a few more dishes. ”
"Good work." Wen Shi accepted the menu and said with a smile, "I have already asked Chonglin to find someone to inquire, and when I find out the preferences of the Yuan family's daughters, I will tell you." Your sisters have been tired a lot these days, and there is nothing to do at this time, so go back and rest. It's cold again, it snowed for more than two hours last night, you're all cold, right? Dinner is only used in your own room, so you don't have to brave the cold wind to come and say goodbye. Your own family, you don't have to pay attention to so many trivial courtesies. ”
Xie Yinghui answered, glanced at Xie Yingrong who was sitting still, and then gave Xie Mulin a look, and the sisters withdrew and returned to the courtyard together.
On the way, Xie Yinghui couldn't help but spit out: "Your mother is too good-tempered, and she can even be proud of the three girls!" She only helped with a few small things, and she thought she was doing it. Our sisters were able to accomplish the same thing on their own a few years ago, how could we ever show it off to others?! ”
Xie Mulin was very calm: "It's okay, the third sister is already a member of someone's family, my mother knows whether she will marry out sooner or later, or marry into a family, and there is a mother-in-law who is not very good-tempered, and she may not have to endure hardships." On the one hand, my mother wants her to learn more things, so as not to make a fool of herself in her in-law's house in the future, and on the other hand, she also pities her in the future, so she is slightly better to her. If the eldest sister thinks about the future, there is no need to be like the third sister. ”
Xie Yinghui thought about it, and sure enough, she was in a much happier mood: "I don't understand why she suddenly didn't marry Wanlong." Even if Wan Long is okay, Mrs. Wan and the two sisters-in-law are unbearable. How dare they think of my brother! I really don't know how many pounds and taels I have. Speaking of which, she still had some regrets, "Why did your mother intercede for Mrs. Wan?" Just let the princess hang Mrs. Wan for a while, tell their mother and daughter to stop a little, and be less stupid in front of people, what's the difference? ”
Xie Mulin smiled: "Xiao Rui said that Princess Yan was actually not very angry, she just wanted to knock Mrs. Wan." Now that there is about to be a happy event in the Yan Palace, Princess Yan has more to worry about, who has time to pay attention to her? ”
Xie Yinghui blinked: "So, it is rumored that the county lord is about to get married...... It's true?! ”