103 Large households
When Wan Yue brought back the rough stone cut in half, Xiao Nan had just gotten up.
Wanyue said: "If you get up so late and go to see the eldest lady, beware that she is unhappy." ”
Xiao Nan said: "I have my own way. Half of this stone was prepared for her. ”
"Aren't you going to sell it? Just be so willing to give her half of this treasure? ”
"Compared with making money, being able to get more contacts in Xiao Mansion is more conducive to our actions." Xiao Nan said, "Since I am already in charge of the internal affairs of this Xiao Mansion, if my connections are not good, I will be blocked everywhere." ”
When the two were chatting, someone from the internal affairs office came to pick up Xiao Nan, they brought a chair, and a group of workers who came to move to welcome Xiao Nan to his new residence, and respectfully asked Xiao Nan what things to bring over. For Xiao Nan, as long as he brought some change of clothes, of course, no one knew what the three big bags of gold in his warehouse were, so he stayed here for the time being.
Now his identity is no longer what it used to be, and the servants dare not steal his things after eating the bear's heart and leopard's guts.
They not only brought Xiao Nan a sedan chair, but also prepared for Wanyue and the dumb man, the dumb man is a child's heart, and he is happy to sit on the sedan chair.
In fact, for Xiao Nan, this is also the first time he has gone deep into the real interior of the Xiao Mansion in an upright manner. Although he went to the third young master's garden once last time to meet Xiao Tianyou, it was dark at that time, and he was simply in the clouds and dizzy.
This time, you can really take a leisurely look at the internal structure of the Xiao Mansion.
After Xiao Nan sat on the sedan chair, the group of people carried him and set off. This time it was not the side roads that Xiao Nan was used to walking, but the real main road in the house.
The interior of the Xiao Mansion is like a huge palace, with one after another red tile door walls and gates, in terms of area, it is not inferior to a large palace.
The main road is paved with five-colored stones, with stone lamps, street lamps, neat flower beds and town house beasts on both sides, extending in all directions, which can accommodate four carriages at the same time. On both sides are long vermilion walls, and on the walls you can sometimes see hollow carvings, sometimes you can see flowers, sometimes you can see all kinds of magnificent gates, and the grandeur is extraordinary.
However, on this main road, except for the walls on both sides, there is actually no other scenery to be seen, and the natural green landscapes in the Xiao Mansion are all locked in courtyards one by one.
In this huge Xiao Mansion, the eldest lord is undoubtedly the real emperor.
In the end, Xiao Nan was carried to the gate of a red-walled compound and stopped, and the gate and gatehouse alone were reminiscent of those pompous palace tourist attractions in China.
There was also a specially guarded family member standing outside the gate, and when he saw Xiao Nan coming, he knelt down on one knee in the Manchu Dynasty.
Entering the gate, the first thing to see is a more than ten meters of Jiaolong playing with pearls hollow out of the big shadow wall, in front of the wall is a fountain pool, bypassing the shadow wall, inside is actually the Suzhou garden condensed into the general, the bamboo forest is pleasant, the flowing water is murmuring, from the rich forest road to enter, twists and turns, three steps and a scene, sometimes it is the Western stained glass greenhouse flower hall decorated with roses and roses, sometimes it is the classical corridor lotus pond, completely like entering a theme park, and those pavilions and pavilions that rise and fall in the forest, is his new residence.
Of course, according to the rules of the Xiao family, the pavilion here cannot exceed three floors.
There was a branch housekeeper who claimed to be in this courtyard and followed Xiao Nan, introducing him as he walked, his surname was Zhuo, and he seemed to be a very pragmatic and cautious person, about forty or fifty years old, and he was very careful in his words and deeds. According to him, this courtyard occupies an area more than thirty times that of Xiao Nan's original small courtyard, integrating the leisure garden and the living area, which used to be the residence of the eldest young master, and now that the eldest young master has moved away, he will let Xiao Nan live.
The so-called removal is estimated to have been taken away. Although the eldest young master is the eldest son, he is cowardly and incompetent, and he is manipulated by others. It's just because he is the eldest son that he didn't fall into the same treatment as Xiao Nan.
Steward Zhuo also said that in this courtyard, there are more than 100 servants, girls, mothers-in-law, and workers of all sizes!
In fact, there were not so many people originally, but the head of internal affairs was newly transferred in the past two days.
As he spoke, he took out the post with a purple cover from his sleeve and showed it to Xiao Nan, which was written Xiao Nan's latest monthly income and some new accounts.
It turned out that Xiao Nan's monthly salary was fifteen oceans, and later he cut and cut again and again, and cut to seven oceans, but in fact, in his hands, there were only five oceans.
Five oceans is about equal to a well-off family's monthly expenses, Xiao Nan originally thought it was okay, plus he made some money later, and he didn't care about the lack of money.
And what is written on this post is that his monthly salary is 3,000 yuan! That is, his monthly salary for a few years!
This disparity is a bit too big! And in this Xiao Mansion, those young masters who want to rely on the moon to eat, they are all holding industries and shops in their hands, and their accounts are in a hurry, this gap really makes Xiao Nan feel,
He himself is a real bun, and he has never seen the luxury of a real rich man!
The servants in this courtyard are also divided into ranks, and the monthly salaries are different, the high-level servants have thirty yuan a month, and the low-level ones have two or three yuan.
In contrast, Xiao Nan was indeed inferior to the servants here before.
When they finally came to the living pavilion, the maids in the inner room of the pavilion all came out to greet Xiao Nan, these maids added up to ten, each of them was a girl with a peugeot appearance, what attracted attention was their dress, they combed the maid's hair ornaments, but the hairpins were all gold, silver and jade, and they also wore gold bracelets and jade bracelets, jade and gold rings, and the clothes they wore were also the finest silk satin, decorated with various exquisite embroideries.
It can be seen that these maids are super servants with a monthly salary of thirty oceans.
The two maids who took the lead in asking Xiao Nan for peace were a little older, dressed more solemnly than the other maids, claiming to be the big maids here, the older one was called Hibiscus, the other was called Water Lotus, and the other slaves and maids all used flowers as their names.
Steward Zhuo deliberately reminded him quietly, saying that these maids are still virgins and can "have sex".
When Xiao Nan heard this, his face couldn't help but heat up slightly, he finally understood, how extravagant and dissolute these young masters were, drunk and dreaming of death.
Then he said to these maids; "From this day on, I have brought you a sister to teach you, and you must listen to her." So Wanyue was introduced to these maids.
How smart these maids are, they can already see from Xiao Nan's expression that Wanyue is no less than the status of a young grandmother, so they hurriedly came over and saluted Wanyue and served her like a young grandmother.
Wanyue also put up the shelf and said: "Since we all know each other, we are all sisters, I have been with the thirteen young people for a longer time, and the sisters have time to get together and eat tea, by the way, I will talk about the things to pay attention to when serving the thirteen young people." ”
I feel like I've really arrived at the feudal family of the Republic of China!
Although Xiao Nan remained silent, he complained violently in his heart.
The pavilion where Xiao Nan lives has two floors, and it is inconvenient for him to go up and down the stairs on one leg, so the upstairs is cleaned up as a place for viewing, and his real bedroom and study are downstairs.
The decoration is naturally not said, it is really rich, just in his bedroom, it feels like it can be as big as a small party. And Xiao Nan's previous bedroom had a few more people, and there was no empty space.
However, Xiao Nan still felt that his original humble room was more secure. Although that small courtyard is actually not safe, even Xiaoci can come when she wants to come twice in three days.
This pavilion is covered with exquisite carpets inside and out, and he has to slip his shoes when he enters the door, Xiao Nan is on a cane, and when he arrives at the door with the careful support of a few maids, there are maids who take off his shoes for him.
It's just that after the maid took off the shoe on his right foot, she touched the hard prosthetic foot, and she couldn't help but let out an "ah" in fright.
When she landed, Fleur glared at her fiercely and scolded, "Don't slap your mouth yet!" ”
The maid who took off her shoes hurriedly knelt on the ground and slapped herself desperately.
Although Xiao Nan couldn't bear it, he thought that he might have to restrain these maids from talking and eavesdropping in the future, and in front of these more than 100 servants, if he couldn't stand his authority, it would be difficult to manage. So he had to keep a straight face and said, "Step aside first, and ask Wanyue to serve me." ”
"Don't get in the way of the young master's eyes, get out of here." Furong told the short-eyed maid to step down, and then knelt down and said, "Young master, forgive me, the new little girl is not sensible, don't worry about her generally." ”
She deserves to be a big girl, she is kind and powerful, and she does things decently, if she meets a cruel master, she does this to protect the girl, and at the same time intercedes for her.
I don't know what kind of torture and tempering I have endured in this Xiao Mansion to have the look I have now.
Xiao Nan waved his hand, signaling that this matter was over, and when he entered his bedroom, he first sat on a delicate and comfortable modified Arhat bed, which had a small square table with freshly brewed tea and a few small fruit saucers. It can be seen that the life in this courtyard is conservative and traditional and closed, although there is a small Western flower hall, in fact, everyone's words and actions are still the same as the original Qing Dynasty.
To be exact, it is like the harem of the Qing Dynasty. The hierarchy is strict, and the foyer is as deep as the sea.
As soon as he sat down, several maids brought hot water basins, as well as small cloth hammers wrapped in satin for beating his legs, as well as cushions and small bedding, they all knelt on the ground to serve Xiao Nan, each performing their duties, some rubbing his legs, some holding the foot basin, but no one dared to touch his prosthetic legs, for fear of angering Xiao Nan.
Xiao Nan said in his heart, this kind of "service" is really corrupt, if he is really immersed, I am afraid he will not want to go out at all. There are so many beautiful girls to serve, I am afraid that it is enough to eat and sleep, and I don't even need to move my fingers.
Ah, the old society of all evils.
"I'm going to see the eldest lady, I'm just here to recognize the way and send down things, you don't have to bother, prepare me to meet the eldest lady's clothes and matters." Xiao Nan said.
"Slave and maid, let's do it!" Furong saluted and said, "Young Master, are you going to the eldest lady's Dufang Courtyard, are you going to ......?" ”
"Please. You can see what I wear. Xiao Nan said.
"I'll go with you." Wan Yue said that the purpose of her visit was to prevent another guy like Zhao Taiwu from appearing.
"Then I have to prepare clothes for Sister Wanyue, and I have to comb my hair again." Fleur said that it was the first time she had seen a woman comb Wanyue's short hair, and she felt extremely novel. After all, she has been in this Xiao Mansion for many years, and she has never been out since she was sold to Xiao Mansion by her parents when she was ten years old.