Chungui wants to go to the Wang family's kitchen to "learn art", since Wang Jiugui's refreshing response, there will be no more obstacles, and the third grandmother is still with her, and in the past few days, she not only thinks that she is very familiar with Chungui, but also because she had the opportunity earlier, she witnessed the demeanor of "Song Gongzi", and there is quite a bit of "endless aftertaste" interest, so she pestered Chungui and said endless private words in the boudoir.

"Song Langjun is a native of Jinling, it is not surprising that he is fluent in official language, and it is rare that he can also understand our Fenzhou accent, unlike some scholars, except for making articles, he doesn't know anything about secular people, even if he is in high school, his future is very limited."

This praise is quite clueless, Chungui really can't understand the Fenzhou accent and the secular feelings, and can't agree with the view that the "Fen language" has a bright future, only a little aftertaste, Lan Ting's familiarity with the Fenzhou dialect seems to be inconsistent with the identity of Jinling people, it is a small flaw, and he quietly made up for him: "My grandson originally couldn't understand Fenzhou dialect, but because I was married to Jinling, I was not so familiar with the official dialect, so I could only speak Fenzhou dialect, and gradually, my grandson was able to understand." ”

Originally, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taizu was the capital of Jinling, and later Chengzu ascended the throne and ordered the capital to be moved to Beiping, but the official language is still based on Jinling dialect, but the subjects who moved the capital to settle in Beiping with Chengzu are slowly familiar with the accent of Beiping, and there is little difference between Fenzhou dialect and Beiping dialect, so Lanting, who was born and raised in Beiping, can both speak official and Beiping dialect, and there is no obstacle to communication with Wang Jiugui, Wang Ping'an and other Fenzhou people.

But in order to disguise his identity, Lan Ting naturally said official words, such as the third grandmother, the inner house girl, in fact, I can't understand it, unlike Wang Jiugui and Wang Ping'an, who are businessmen who travel all over the world, I heard that official words have become a basic skill, and the third grandmother met Lan Ting earlier, and was surprised that Lan Ting could understand what she said, and she was inexplicably happy in her heart, as if this was such a sweet thing, and even made her happily share it with Chungui.

The third grandmother did not doubt the identity of Song Gongzi as a "Jinling person" at all, and took Chungui's arm, but deliberately stretched her body a few inches away, so that she could look Chungui up and down, and only after seven or eight eyes did she say: "My sister is really blessed, my husband is not only a child of the family, but also so personable, listen to the third master of my family, Song Gongzi's knowledge is even full of praise for the master, this time to take the exam, the next year will be the title of the gold list, my sister in the future, but it is the wife of the official family, which makes people envious." ”

This compliment, more and more headless and brainless, when did Wang Jiugui have enough ability to evaluate Xu Shilin?

But of course, there is no need to point out the absurdity of the third grandmother's words, and Chungui also said shallowly: "Cheng sister Jiyan, if the grandson can really be named on the gold list, it is a happy event, but my sister said that the word envy, that is really a joke, if my sister's husband and the third master have a heart, what is the difficulty of obtaining an official position?" The vanity of the official wife, where will the sister be in her eyes. ”

Chun Gui said "take the official", of course, does not refer to the imperial examination to enter the office, in fact, the current situation, the imperial examination is indeed not the only way to enter the office, if Gu Changrong, in the end or by bribery to buy the official, the same is bribery, as long as the businessman is willing to give up the money, he can still buy an official title, the difference is nothing more than the family buys/officials can get real positions, and most of the businessmen only occupy an empty title.

In the eyes of the real Shilin, of course, he scoffed, and the vast majority of officials who relied on bribes to buy officials are indeed unlikely to rise to the top, but in the eyes of ordinary people who are not Shilin, no matter how they become officials, as long as they become officials, they are superior and enviable.

The third grandmother is such an ordinary person.

He sighed: "Isn't this the reason? But in this matter, the old man is like eating a scale, and he is unwilling to let his descendants get a more noble identity, and even the third master proposed to move around more with dignitaries, but he was reprimanded. As if he was not without resentment, this time he approached Chun: "The lord is still different from the uncle, just like the uncle and Song Gongzi made friends, how could the master have half a sentence of complaining, and treated Song Gongzi and Gu Niangzi as distinguished guests, which should be replaced by the third master, but it is not so cheap." ”

As a daughter-in-law, she complained about her father-in-law's partiality in front of outsiders, and Chungui was really a little unable to answer, but fortunately, the third grandmother didn't care whether Chungui agreed, she actually had other intentions: "Although my sister is blessed, there is a sentence, I am my sister, I still have to remind you, look at the age, my sister should be in time for a short time, right?" Presumably and Song Gongzi are still newly married, between this husband and wife, at first it was naturally more affectionate and sweet, but no matter how much love, after a long time, men can't stand all kinds of temptations, so they have to covet freshness, especially the sister's husband, who is a child of the family, and will definitely be an official in the future. ”

Spring Return: ......

"By my sister's side, I still need to have more reliable helpers, and I don't have to worry about the people who come in in the future and don't share the same heart with my sister."

After speaking, he pulled his body a few inches away, and his eyes stared at Chungui and swirled.

Chun Gui was a little crying and laughing, but when she saw that the Bai family who was following her on the side was very unhappy, she had to continue to socialize with the third grandmother: "What does my sister mean?" ”

"Don't hide it from my sister, I have a sister who is a fellow mother, just reached this year, and the appearance is also extremely smart, and knows some words, quite good at singing and dancing, although the matchmaker is vying to say that he agrees, but my father, such a daughter is still in the boudoir, and he has long said that he is not willing to marry easily, and he must be handsome from the family, although it is for the side room, his father is also willing to marry a rich dowry for the little sister."

This is actually clear, the third grandmother's maiden father accompanied this outstanding little daughter, the purpose is to marry with the family, but although the status of the businessmen of this dynasty has improved, it is still not more noble than the class of scholars, and the sister of the third grandmother wants to be a wife, she can only choose a poor scholar, and she must first bet on whether her son-in-law can be admitted to the examination and jinshi, the risk is a little high, and it is more secure, of course, to choose the children of the family, but to take a step back and take the identity of a good concubine.

And because men in this dynasty, especially men of the clan take concubines, it is commonplace, and women have no position at all, so the third grandmother proposed to Chungui the idea of matching the little sister to Lan Ting as a concubine, and she didn't feel embarrassed at all, she really regarded this as a good thing - ordinary concubines, all men give women a dowry, women do not need to marry, and there is no slave to accompany the room, but her sister-in-law, not only does not need a penny of dowry, but even will paste a sum of money upside down, although the third grandmother does not know "Song Gongzi" 's family is rich, but in her opinion, no one will refuse a fortune from the sky, right?

Gu Niangzi wanted to contribute to this matter, in front of her husband and aunt, she was not only virtuous, but also earned a share of credit, which is really the best of both worlds.

Chungui looked at the third grandmother's extremely eager and confident eyes, and could only smile: "Sister has this beautiful intention, I shouldn't have shirked it, it's just ...... The mother-in-law repeatedly told her not to distract her grandson for the sake of other things before she won fame, so this matter still needs to wait until after her grandson takes the exam. ”

"Wait until then, of course." The third grandmother didn't hear that this was a prevarication, pursed her lips and smiled slightly, and secretly thought: My little sister is such a posture, and she has such a makeup, she is willing to be small, and she must be a good concubine of officials.

However, she thought in her heart, the third grandmother treated the spring return more and more attentively, to speak, she could actually go through Wang San, and directly seek Lan Ting to mention this matter, but what made the third grandmother grit her teeth was that Wang San also coveted her little sister very much, and said many times, "It's better to tell my father-in-law, I married my aunt together, you are my aunt's own sister, it is impossible to be slack." Wang San had such thoughts, and the third grandmother thought that he would definitely not do his best, so he could only please Chungui.

Chun Gui pretended to concentrate on learning cooking, but in fact she secretly had the personnel intentions of the Wang family's internal kitchen, but she actually did not have too much contact with the blister chef who was invited from Huizhou - although "washing hands and making soup" is a requirement for women, in fact, most of the people who are responsible for the blistering kitchen are men, on the one hand, of course, because of the restrictions of being a woman, it is impossible to show up and go out to work, but although the Wang family invited the blister kitchen, this blister chef is rarely in charge of the kitchen in person except for the banquet guests, and he supervises the washing, cutting, cooking, frying and other affairs, at most in the seasoning checks.

The inner kitchen of the Wang family, there are twenty or thirty servants on duty when they return in the spring, managing the master's three meals a day, refreshments and meals, and they are also responsible for delivering meals to each room.

However, Chungui also learned that Wang Jiugui was a generous proprietor, and he had the shrewdness of a businessman and knew how to pay according to work, so although the work of the kitchen was heavy, the salary was also superior, so although the servants in this place were busy, there were no complaints.

Under the recommendation of the third grandmother, Chungui met the steward of the inner kitchen, a woman surnamed Zhan, in her early thirties, her words and deeds are very refreshing, but she has a pair of triangular eyes, revealing power, not like a good person.

Under the Zhan family, there is also a more faceless woman, surnamed He, it is said that her daughter is now the eldest maid in the Zheng family's room, so the servants call her Mother He, this round-faced and thick-waisted woman, she smiles when she meets people, and compared with Zhan, she is not much kind.

Chun Gui was careful for a while, and found that even the third grandmother treated He's mother a lot closer than Zhan's.