Chapter 8 Staying in Hanxiangyuan
The gifts given by Mu Sanye are not cheap.
Mu Qingwan remembered Zhang's clothes and jewelry, but they were all old from a few years ago, and the hairpin on her head was still a "high imitation", Mu Qingwan, as the real master behind Linlang Pavilion, couldn't she see her own goods? I remember that style, and the master who made it discussed the details with himself.
It seems that this Anping Marquis Mansion is also a story, and it is no wonder that if there is any other way, Second Master Mu is reluctant to come back.
"Take it, it's all the third uncle and I will fight cocks and crickets to win back, haha."
Mu Sanye was very happy to see Mu Chen and a few people accept the gift. In fact, if a few people knew about Mu Sanye's mental activities, they would definitely roll their eyes silently, and if they didn't take the benefits, they would be stupid.
It was the turn of the juniors of the Anping Marquis Mansion to salute Second Master Mu and Mrs. Mu.
Let's start with the lineage, there are a total of three people in the lineage, except for the eldest daughter Mu Qingyin, the rest are Mu Qingjia and Mu Jun, but unfortunately when Mu Qingjia saluted Mu Erye and Mrs. Mu, his attitude was not respectful, and he was unwilling to do the kung fu on the surface. Mu Qingwan felt that being able to go all the way to Qingyun Academy to participate in the selection of female students showed that this person had enough self-confidence, but his emotional intelligence was not very high. Mu Jun refused directly, crying and making trouble, and finally was waved by An Pinghou and let Xiao An take him away.
There is no one in the second room? Mu Qingwan felt strange.
It's the turn of the concubine, there are more people at this time, Mu Qingwan tries to remember everyone's name, there are more concubines in the big room, Mu Qingxin, Mu Qingrou and Mu Qingqing, and the second concubines Mu Qingfu and Mu Qingping.
The big house is so prolific in terms of children, why is there only two concubines in the second room? Mu Qingwan doesn't understand, she is actually lazy in her heart, and she doesn't want to care about other people's affairs.
The rankings of the Hou Mansion are all sorted according to the eldest and youngest, regardless of the descendants.
From the grandson here, Mu Chen is the eldest grandson, the eldest young master; Mu Chen is the second grandson, the second young master; The third young master is the little chubby dun just now, Mu Jun, five years old, is the only son of the big house, Uncle Mu is old and has a son, so he is not spoiled; The fourth young master is Mu Lan, and the Hou Mansion currently has no concubines.
From the granddaughter, there are many people, and the eldest lady is the eldest daughter of the legendary Mu Qingyin who was not present, sixteen years old; The second lady is Mu Qingxin, the eldest daughter of the big house, born to Aunt Ma, fifteen years old this year, not yet in time; The third lady, Mu Qingjia, the second daughter of the eldest house, is fourteen years old, that is, Mu Qingwan has seen a flamboyant and domineering person when she was in Qingyun Academy before; The fourth lady, Mu Qingfu, the concubine of the second room, was fourteen years old, her biological mother died early, and she was raised under the name of Zhang; Fifth Miss Mu Qingrou, thirteen years old, Mu Qingwan has also seen the little white lotus, the biological mother Aunt Zheng; Sixth Miss Mu Qingping, eleven years old, biological mother Aunt Zhou, second room maid; The seventh lady is Mu Qingwan; Eighth Miss Mu Qingqing, only four years old, a big housemaiden, her biological mother has passed away, and now she is raised under the name of Xiao An.
Mrs. Mu had already prepared, and at the beginning, she asked the to take out a meeting gift and give the fat dun Mu Jun's excellent inkstone, as for the girl here, the pearl bracelet with better color sent by the concubine was sent by the concubine, the pearl was round and full and shiny, and the concubine was a carved silver bracelet sent by the concubine. The gift is decent, and it is impossible to find fault with it.
"Okay, in the future, you brothers will help each other, and the second room will go to the yard to clean up."
Seeing that it was almost over, An Pinghou got up and prepared to leave.
"Master, it's almost noon, let's stay and eat together."
Seeing that An Pinghou had no intention of staying, An Shi said to stay, and there was a pleading look in his eyes.
"No, I'll go back to the yard."
After saying that, he walked away with the old butler without looking back. Later, Mu Qingwan learned that it turned out that Anping Hou was surrounded by his original cronies, and he was also the housekeeper of the original Hou Mansion. The later housekeeper was promoted by An's and was An's person.
Seeing An Pinghou leaving, Second Master Mu greeted Uncle Mu and Third Master Mu, so he took the family and went straight to Hanxiang Courtyard along the familiar route.
After walking for a long time, Mu Qingwan sighed that the courtyard of the powerful people in the capital was really big, and her small courtyard in Pingcheng could not be compared with here at all. Of course, Mu Qingwan has a strong ability to accept, after all, in modern times, she is also a person who is used to living in villas and mansions.
When Mu Qingwan arrived at the place, she realized that she had just heard the errand, and the Hanxiang Courtyard was actually the Hanxiang Garden, which was much larger than she imagined, and it was an independent part of the Anping Hou Mansion, similar to a small garden. Mu Qingwan also began to wonder who her grandmother was? I can actually live in such a yard.
There are several courtyards inside, there is a main courtyard in the center, which is just for Mu Erye and Mrs. Mu to live, the south courtyard is given to Mu Qingwan, and the north courtyard is given to the three brothers. Many of the houses in Hanxiangyuan have no traces of people, and there is no door plaque at the door of the courtyard, and it always feels that it was vacant after the construction was completed.
Hanxiangyuan has rockeries, lotus ponds, trees and flowers are numerous, beautiful. The house is very clean and should be cleaned frequently, so Xu Niangzi took someone to clean up briefly, and moved the salute of Mu Erye's family into the house.
Mu Qingwan's residence, there are a few osmanthus trees in the yard, and the osmanthus flowers are fragrant in August, so the whole yard is full of fragrant osmanthus smell.
Just because Mu Qingwan blurted out a sentence "You can make osmanthus cakes and eat them in the future", Mu Lan wanted to live with her sister. So, there was another dumpling in Mu Qingwan's yard. Mu Yan was very unhappy, but Mu Yan was seven years old, and it was not suitable to live with Mu Qingwan, so he could only watch Mu Lan play happily with his sister, and he could only live with his eldest brother.
There are many places in the yard, and even the kitchen has been built, so the family naturally started their own stove.
Not only that, but he also told Mu Fu that in the future, the kitchen of the second room will be purchased by himself and will be independent of the house. The kitchen has a lot of oil and water, there are many things that can be fished, and the house is already beyond its means, and a penny is also money, of course Xiao An's is unwilling to separate, and he watched the white flowers and silver slip away from his eyes. It wasn't until Mrs. Mu said that the money didn't need to come out of the house to give up, of course, as a rich woman, Mrs. Mu was really not short of that money, and she was just happy. These are also later words.
At lunchtime, the family ate together to celebrate the return to Beijing and the family reunion. But Mu Qingwan felt that no matter where she was, as long as the family was together, it didn't matter what she was.
Besides, in other places in the mansion, in the face of Mu Erye, who suddenly appeared in the mansion, everyone reacted differently.