Chapter Forty-Eight: Entering Beijing

It's finally here.

Lifting the carriage curtain, faintly seeing the solemn and majestic Shangjing standing in the snow, Zhen Shi Niang let out a long breath, and got up in the morning to hurry, and if she didn't arrive, she was really going to be tossed to death.

She didn't expect that this Gu comprador was actually the youngest minister of the famous Great Zhou Dynasty and the comprador manager of Xiao Yu's Mansion in the Ministry of War, named Gu Pengcheng.

Listening to the magpie, although Xiao Yu and Shen Zhongqi are good friends and frequent visitors to the Zhuangyuan Mansion, because she had a bad relationship with Shen Zhongqi at the beginning, Shen Zhongqi never let her see his friend, and Xiao Yu didn't know her.

That's why she decided to give it a try.

If she can get acquainted with a big man like Shangshu of the Ministry of War as a backer, she will be able to fight for Jianwu and Jianwen a bright future.

In her previous life, she was accustomed to seeing parents trying to force their children to take college entrance exams and fight for their careers to find jobs, and Zhen Siniang used to be very disdainful of these.

In her previous life, she deliberately went against her mother, refusing to go to the largest tertiary hospital in the city that her mother tried her best to find for her for an internship, and she still remembered that her mother had persuaded her bitterly, "Internship there, as long as you behave well and have a good relationship with the Corey people, after graduation, your mother can ask someone to keep you in this hospital...... " Knowing that the tertiary hospital is her best choice, and it is also the dream destination of every medical student, but she just hates her parents for her relationship and going through the back door, making people point fingers at her behind her back, said that she was a relational and an embroidered pillow.

In the end, she found an internship in a second-class hospital known for treating incurable diseases, and later she learned that although she had excellent grades, she was not afraid to break into the second-class hospital only by virtue of her own newborn calves, and she couldn't enter the second-class hospital.

Learning a tough skill is a condition, if you want to get ahead, you must also have an opportunity, and someone recommends promotion.

"I didn't expect that I would also make friends with powerful people for Brother Wen and Brother Wu." Thinking of her previous life, Zhen Siniang sighed faintly, "...... I really don't want to be a mother, and I don't know the kindness of my parents. ”

She hopes that Jianwu Jianwen can be self-improving, but those who are too rigid are easy to break, and those who are good and soft are undefeated, she is even more afraid that Jianwu Jianwen is too upright, like she used to be, she doesn't know how to turn around, and in the end she will either die prematurely or be poor for a lifetime.

clenched her fists vigorously, since she is here, she must seize this opportunity to lay a foundation for Jian Wu Jianwen!

Thinking about it casually, the carriage entered the city smoothly, and it had been more than a long time since she came to the Zhongtang Mansion, and the comprador Gu arranged her in the guest room and handed her over to a housekeeper.

After dinner, Zhen Siniang rested early.

Accustomed to getting up early, Zhen Shiniang woke up before the next day, closed her eyes for a while, and heard that Hong'er, the maid who served her in the carriage yesterday, entered the water, and sat up.

After washing, Hong'er saw that Zhen Shi Niang was still wearing the thick cotton jacket that was full of patches yesterday, so she hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "There are three or four braziers in the old lady's house, and Dr. Jian is a little thick when she wears this, so it's better to change to a thin one." "In this house, even the inferior maids wear fine brocade, and she will be laughed to death if she dresses like this.

Although she has known each other for less than a day, Hong'er likes this country woman who is born with a beautiful country and a slow voice, although she dresses coarsely but not vulgarly, she is gentle and indifferent, and she always has a shallow smile on her face when she talks to herself, which makes people feel extra reassured, especially those eyes, Hong'er feels that she can see through what she thinks when she occasionally glances at it, and what she says makes people feel comfortable.

“…… She saw that my padded jacket was patched, and it didn't look good. Zhen Siniang looked down at herself, although this padded jacket was full of patches, it was extraordinarily thick, knowing that the big families in the city were particular, she had one without patches, but it was too thin, and the magpie was not allowed to wear it.

Looking up and down at Zhen Shi Niang's newly changed light blue coarse cloth floral short jacket, although there was no patch, it was also washed white, Hong'er's lips squirmed, and she hesitated to give her clothes.

"What time does the old lady usually get up?" Seeing her intentions, Zhen Siniang diverted the topic without a trace.

"The old lady has always woken up early, and this kung fu woke up early." At the mention of the old lady, Hong'er remembered her task, "The slave will pass you food, and the second grandmother should send someone to come in a while." As she spoke, Hong'er pushed the door open and walked out.

After a while, he came in with two little maids with four exquisite side dishes and a plate of osmanthus cakes, "I don't know what Dr. Jian likes to eat, the slave maid asked for these for you on his own initiative, if you don't like it, the slave maid will go to change it for you." With a wave of her hand, Hong'er personally served a bowl of porridge to Zhen Shi Niang, and stood aside to help her prepare vegetables.

Looking at the four dishes and one soup on the table, which was more luxurious than what she ate during the holidays, Zhen Siniang shook her head, "No need, this is good." ”

Hong'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "...... It's a docile one. "You know, but all the guests who come to the house, the breakfast rule is eight dishes, it is the kitchen that saw Zhen Shi Niang's clothes in shabby, and she despised it, and her little maid couldn't argue, so she had to take it hard, if the stall lady came, she would probably drop the dishes on the ground and cry directly to the old lady.

After eating, Zhen Siniang remembered the second grandmother mentioned earlier.

“…… Who is the second grandmother? After staying overnight, she saw a housekeeper who made Hong'er tremble, which shows that the hierarchy in this house is extremely strict, and she must hurry up to understand the personnel relations here, so as not to make a bunch of jokes like Grandma Liu when she first arrived in Daguan Garden.

"The second grandmother is the second master's wife, presiding over the middle hall and the middle house, feeding ......" Hong'er poured a cup of tea for Zhen Shi Niang, and looked up at the leaky pot, "This kung fu should also be sent." ”

Zhen Siniang was stunned, before she came, she heard the magpie say that Xiao Yu is the same as Shen Zhongqi, and he is the eldest among the brothers, how could she let her brother and daughter-in-law preside over the feed?

He asked, "I heard that Xiao Zhongtang is the boss of the mansion...... because Xiao Yu is an alternate co-organizer of the university students of the palace, and he is called Zhongtang to the outside world.

"Hmm." Hong'er nodded, "There are three masters in the house, the eldest in the middle hall, the second master didn't take the exam again after he failed the list the year before last, helping to take care of the house's affairs, the third master is fifteen this year, has passed the hospital exam, and is preparing for next year's township exam............" Hong'er carefully introduced the situation of the Zhongtang Mansion to her, "The eldest grandmother had a difficult birth when she gave birth to Brother Feng a year ago, and the middle feed was originally presided over by the old lady, because she was sick later, so she temporarily let the second grandmother take over" looked at the door and lowered her voice, "This second grandmother ......"

As she was talking, she heard a chaotic sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and Hong'er's expression tightened, "God, the second grandmother is here in person!" He hurried out.