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Volume 4 Drunk Cold Wine 13, Into the New Era 2

The new house is waiting for the inscription of the year, not only the plaque on the gate is empty, but the plaque couplets in each courtyard are also empty, and there is not even a name, so it is particularly difficult to introduce. Fortunately, Wu Chang is slippery and understands what he said.

Nian Liang, accompanied by Yin Xun and Wu Xuan, walked around the courtyard, and after looking at it, he went to the main hall to drink tea and talk.

Xia Xiaoman didn't follow him to see the yard, she first sent Cai Shu and Cai Apple to lead a few of her little maids and the cook to follow the maids sent by Wu Xuan to hand over here, familiar with the location of the tea room and kitchen, and serve the tea of everyone in the front hall for a while. He sent Ji Zheng's family over to rest, and then came back to take Qingying and Xiao Wei's sister-in-law and other housekeepers' daughters-in-law, first followed Wu Xuan's daughter-in-law Wu Yuan's family and Wu Chang's daughter-in-law Wu Su's family to familiarize themselves with the courtyard environment, and how to arrange the places where these servants were brought out from Nian's house as they went.

The courtyard in the south is obviously different from the one in the north, the north side is so spacious, and the courtyards of the houses are like this, while the south side is delicate and small everywhere, and the place is not large, but there are many yards cut off, surrounded by corridors, Xia Xiaoman is a little confused when he walks, and the overall feeling is that it is larger than the house that the Ji family found on Wanxiang Street in Beijing, but the real area is not easy to say. And looking at this, how to look familiar, the layout of the yard is clearly different, but the scenery is the same, except for the stone engraved with the word "Changsheng" in the main courtyard of the inner house, which is an imitation of the Changshengju, and the design of the flower pond rockery in the rest of the yard seems to be the same as the Ji family.

Xia Xiaoman muttered in his heart, and his signature smile appeared on his face. Turning his head and asking the sister-in-law of Xiaowei beside him, he said, "Have you sent the courtyard map that the master changed for the Ji family to Meizhou?" How can I look at these ......?"

Xiao Wei's sister-in-law also looked similar, but the matter of the house was run by Wei Di, not her husband Wei Kai, so she hurriedly laughed and said: "If you go back to the second grandmother, this is really not my family's errand, I don't know." ”

Xia Xiaoman just nodded. Wu Su on the side heard it and thought that she disliked the garden. hurriedly said: "Second grandma, it's the drawings brought in the letter of the big housekeeper Wei, and it's called changing the land." ”

Wu Xuan and his wife came south from the north when they were young, and although all these years have passed, they still have an indelible northern accent in their words, and their official language is relatively standard; Wu Chang's daughter-in-law, Wu Sushi, is an authentic Meizhou native with a typical southern accent. The flat tongue is not very good, and he speaks lightly and quickly, which makes Xia Xiaoman a little difficult to hear.

She clicked her eyes here, and Wu Yuan hurriedly repeated her daughter-in-law's words over there, adding: "But where did it change badly and make the second grandmother dislike?" The second grandmother must forgive her sins, and please show the second grandmother, so that we can change it as it is. ”

Xia Xiaoman shook his head. smiled: "Aunt Wu is too worried, I just look at the image and ask." ”

She didn't remember that Nian Liang had asked Wei Di to give Wu Chang the courtyard map of the Ji family, but she only remembered that Nian Liang had enthusiastically mentioned that she would personally design two scenes to show the ownership of the house. Xu is Nian forgive and later gave? Those things were not something she could ask about, and she didn't pay attention to them at all. In fact, it was given by Wei Di on his own initiative. Eighty percent is also to please the master, after all, it is a picture that Nian Liang personally changed to show his preferences. It's just that now she is allergic to the "Wu Chang wheelchair drawings incident", and she is sensitive when she listens to the drawings, and she always feels that it is not a good thing for these housekeepers to make their own decisions.

Wu Yuanshi saw that she was not annoyed, put his mind at ease, pointed to a pool that was still empty, and said: "Now the sky is getting warmer, the water is not hot, and I am afraid that the spring will be cold, and the fish will not be able to raise it." I didn't dare to buy fish and put it in. Then he pointed to the flower pond not far away. said that the flowers here were bought, but they were also afraid of the cold. I didn't dare to transplant, I still put Yunyun in the warm dock, counted and counted, and found a reason to look at a few places that were not very decent, and tried my best to confess that there was no problem with my work ability.

Xia Xiaoman only smiled, what she said, she nodded, and then told Xiao Wei's sister-in-law to remember it decently. Xiao Wei's sister-in-law is already familiar with Xia Xiaoman's style of doing things, and she responds decently, and she doesn't take it to heart.

Only then did they go around to the backyard warehouse, and the two little maids hurriedly ran back and forth: "Master invites the second grandmother and Sister Qingying to come over and talk." ”

Xia Xiaoman and Qing Ying glanced at each other, they were all unknown, so, Wu Yuan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were still here, so Wu Xuan obviously didn't leave, so they called them over at this time, and they didn't know what was going on. At that moment, he instructed Xiao Wei's sister-in-law to follow and continue to look at the yard, and after a while, she would place some things in it according to the discussion, and then discuss it later, and the two of them hurried to the front.

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When entering the city by boat, Nian Liang and Xia Xiaoman Tongji's family had a boat, Yin Xun and Wu Xuan were not on the boat, and they didn't have to talk well in the courtyard just now, and they sat down in the hall at this time, and the little maid served tea and waited outside the hall irrelevantly, and Nian Liang ordered someone to invite Xia Xiaoman and Qingying, and then smiled and said to Yin Xun: "The chief steward looks better than last winter." Mine is not, the big steward of Lao waited for two days. After a while, the banquet will be eaten, and the chief steward will rest in the house. ”

Originally, according to the normal speed of the ship, Nian Liang and his party could arrive at the latest on February 14, but Yin Xun took his son Yin Bin and a group of domestic servants, and the thirteenth came out of Yashan Villa and entered Meizhou City to wait for the arrival of the little master, lest the little master arrive in time to notify him, and he would fall into the crime of disrespecting the master. Before they wanted to forgive them, they slowed down on the road, walked around again, and did not enter the city until today. In the past two days, Yin Xun's father and son lived in Wu Xuan's house, and the servants were all arranged in the inn.

Yin Xun listened and hurriedly said: "The old slave has been tortured, those are all deserved!" The old slave thanked the master for mercy, and the old slave left the place where the old slave was used, if not, the old slave wanted to go back today, and cleaned up the village to treat the master to be idle and take a look. He paused and said sincerely: "It's all thanks to the master's blessing, and the old slave can still make this old bone." The old slave looked, the master is better than the winter. ”

Nian Liang smiled and said, "Borrow the good words of the big steward." I'm getting better. This is also a half-day road to the village, and I am afraid that it will be midnight when I get home, and it is inconvenient to travel in the dark light, so why should the chief steward be in a hurry. ”

Wu Xuan answered on the side and said with a smile: "Master, I'm afraid that my lord will have to clean it up." Stay to cause trouble to the master, according to the small view, and ask the master to live in the small house, if the master is okay here, the master will not be too late to go back tomorrow morning. "He also followed Yin Xun as an errand when he was young, and he was regarded as a nominal master and apprentice, and he has always been called a master before and after.

Nian Liang smiled: "It's not in the way." There are many people, and it will be cleaned up in a while. The chief steward will stay. So persuaded a few words. Wu Xuan and Yin Bin were all beating drums on the side, and Yin Xun responded to stay in the house.

Nian Liang turned to Wu Xuan and said, "I haven't asked in detail, what does Uncle Xuan feel about his body now?" Can you find a good doctor? ”

Wu Xuan This is also the first time in a few years to see the New Year, because I don't know what the temper of this young master has become, and today he came in a wheelchair, that is, when he saw him, he was rude, saying that he was not completely healed when he fell and injured himself. I was afraid of delaying my lord's affairs, so I still came to the place in a wheelchair.

Where do you care about these things, I was very close to him when I came up, and when I opened my mouth, I called 'Uncle Bolt', and mentioned the ginseng at the beginning, and my gratitude was overflowing.

When Wu Xuan heard this, his heart became steady, and he felt that his face was extremely bright. I have enough confidence to speak. At that time, I had no time to say more, and it was just a few words to pass, and after listening to the New Year's inquiry, Wu Xuan only felt more and more decent, and said with a smile: "Xiaodi has not yet been able to give birth to the grace of the lord." If it weren't for the wheelchair given to Xiaodi, Xiao would have been paralyzed in bed all day long. I'm afraid it won't be so fast, although it's not very good now, it's much stronger than before. The doctor also looked for it, and the plaster was also used, and he said, 'It will take a hundred days to break the muscles and bones', and he only called it to be raised. ”

Wu Xuan has two sons and a daughter, the daughter has been married for many years, the eldest son Wu Chang is twenty-three, and the second son Wu is seventeen. Both of them have arrived today. listened to the conversation between Nian Liang and Wu Xuan. Wu Chang stood up first and walked to the middle of the hall. Kneeling down with his clothes, Wu Cheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed, kneeling behind his brother.

Nian was stunned and asked, "What is Brother Wu doing?" It doesn't have to be like this, there is nothing wrong with saying it. Then he instructed the little servant to go over and help.

Wu Chang was not supported, and took his brother to kowtow three heads to Nian Liang respectfully, and said: "The younger one is the father, and the one who is willing to give the wheelchair to the grandfather on behalf of his family." ”

Nian Liang smiled and said, "What is this?" Brother Wu, please get up. ”

The Wu Chang brothers had just been helped up, and someone from outside reported that the second grandmother and the Qingying girl had come over.

Everyone was a little stunned, although they had just seen the two of them, and they knew that they were the second-room grandmother and the housekeeper girl who were in charge of the inner house, but the inner house had nothing to do with them, and they also sent housekeepers like Wei Di and Wei Kai to come out and talk to the stewards, and if they were served, the stewards should be directly given to the master.

Unless......

Everyone subconsciously glanced at the legs of the past few years, and everyone was clear about the good and bad bones of the master, who was in charge of the matter, and then looked at Wei Di Wei Kai who was sitting on the side, and there were some things in his eyes. Wei Kai didn't react, but Wei Di was a little embarrassed.

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Xia Xiaoman came in with Qingying, saluted Nian Liang first, and several stewards got up and came over to salute Xia Xiaoman. Xia Xiaoman had been taught before, and knew that he couldn't accept his full courtesy, so he hurriedly returned the half-courtesy. And Qing Sakura flashed and didn't dare to stand it, but she wanted to go over and salute the chief steward. Xia Xiaoman couldn't sit in the right seat on such an occasion due to her identity, and she didn't know what Nian Liang asked her to do, so she was thinking about whether to stand behind Nian Liang or stand on the ground, when she saw Zhige move over a round stool and put it under Nian Liang. Nian Liang nodded at her, she understood, and hurriedly sat down.

After everyone finished the ceremony, they sat down, and Nian Liang pointed to Xia Xiaoman and said: "Man Niang is now taking care of the inner house, and she can also manage the things on the accounts." Qing Ying must have recognized her here, Uncle Shu recognizes her, right? ”

Wu Xuan nodded hurriedly in response, this Qingying Primitive Nian Shoutang Tian Steward was the only daughter, and the Tian steward and his wife were sent to the Nian Mansion after they passed, and they were first on an errand in the inner courtyard to dispense medicine, and then they were assigned to Nian Liang.

Nian Liang nodded and said, "Qing Ying is now in charge of the medicine." ”

Everyone knows in their hearts, knowing that the little master is going to take charge of Meizhou in Beijing, so they all inquire about the people and things around the little master, and they naturally understand that Aunt Xia.

Nian Liang looked at everyone's expressions, paused and said, "Today." Chief Steward Yin and Uncle Bolt also mentioned the local affairs in the accounts. You are all old people who have served in the Nian family for many years, and I have to help me a lot in the future, I can trust you, but now that I am here, I have to settle the accounts first and be clear to each other. INTERVIEWER It's good to have a plan about how to spend it in the future. ”

He also said: "It is needless to say that he was sent to Fuze before Layue. These two months need to be sorted out. When I first arrived, I had to visit my relatives for a day or two. Just wait a few days and then come back together. Take the Nian Shou Tang side first, and then Yashan Villa. I have never been taboo to talk about illness, my body, you all know it, maybe there are times when you can't follow, you don't think I'm slacking, this matter has to be entrusted to Wei Diwei's housekeeper. Because the Manniang side has to manage the vegetables and vegetables. She also followed the tent on the other side of Yashan Villa; And Qing Sakura's side...... Nianshoutang's land account and goods, she followed along. ”

At the time of the change of management, it is necessary to audit the accounts.

Everyone naturally knows that there is going to be an audit of the accounts, and that the fight knows that since the year of forgiveness from Fuze, his own family began to settle the accounts, the new master is the first time, this is the first impression, where can I be sloppy?

As for this, who will check it...... The little master is not in good health. It is natural for housekeepers such as Wei Di to take over the accounts, and as for women to take care of the accounts-this is the real estate of an old lady, and there is a precedent for women to take care of the accounts. Besides, I heard that the shop in Beijing said that the fifth master took care of it, but the fifth grandmother also controlled the accounts, and now the sixth master ...... Isn't there no six grandmothers? Hey, whoever the little master is in charge of, whoever is in charge, what can the grandmother housekeeper in the second room or the maid housekeeper do.

And. It's just a woman.

Everyone's hearts were boiling boiling water and turning flowers, and their faces had to be calm as usual, and they were all busy nodding yes.

Nian Liang nodded with satisfaction, turned his head, and whispered to Xia Xiaoman and Qing Ying: "If you have time, you will also go to Nian Shoutang to go around and recognize the door." After a pause, he added. "Recognize people, too. ”

Blue Sakura will know. Answered. Xia Xiaoman didn't say anything and glanced at him. Seeing that his face was as usual, and he still had a warm smile, but there was a flash of fanaticism in his eyes. She sighed, and he finally got his wish and began to control something.

This is a new era of self-ownership.

Nian Liang saw that Xia Xiaoman didn't look happy, but said that she was worried about the accounts. He couldn't be clearer about the progress of her learning accounts, it was impossible for her to pick up the accounts at this time, in fact, he didn't expect her to pick them up at once, anyway, he still had a confidant in the account room, and there was no shortage of people who specialized in keeping accounts. And he also knows in his heart, at this time, the book must be beautiful and bright, and he can't pick out any faults. When he said this, he just gave her a place first, and with this start, if anything in the future can be logical.

He smiled and whispered to comfort her, "It's nothing, don't worry." ”

She was stunned, clicked her eyes, I don't know why, what? What are you worried about?

Nian Liang didn't pay attention to her surprised expression, but asked everyone about the general situation of Yashan Villa and Nian Shou Hall, and the actual managers Yin Bin and Wu Chang picked up the main ones one by one. Yin Bin brought some servants from Yaya Villa, because he was afraid that Nian Liang would not have enough manpower from Beijing. Wu Chang also found a few reliable people, and said that he would be able to forgive him for a while, so he would bring someone to see him and buy someone.

There is still no conclusion on how many people are needed here for Nian Liang, so he only asked Yin Bin's people to stay first, and then he used how many to sieve again, and then sent back to Zhuang in many places, which was not enough for Wu Chang to find people to buy people.

The things that should be explained and asked are all over, and this side is scattered, Wu Xuandao ordered a banquet in Hefeng Lou at night to catch the wind for Nian Liang, which is considered to be his filial piety to Yin Bin, and asked Nian Liang whether he moved over, or asked someone to bring wine and food to eat at home.

Nian Liang smiled: "Since you have booked the table, let's go over and eat." Not only us, but also book a few more tables and call the stewards and deacons of the last year's longevity hall to come. This time I'm going to do the East. ”

Everyone was busy and didn't dare, Nian Liang insisted on having a treat, and the two sides pushed and gave in, in the end, according to the meaning of Nian Yu, this banquet was also prepared to feast on the stewards at all levels in the Nian Shou Hall, deacons and some decent guys.

Everyone got up to say goodbye, Nian Liang was about to send it out, Wu Chang seemed to suddenly remember something, patted his thigh, and hurriedly said to Nian Liang: "Wait a minute, it's a little confused, and I just forgot about it." ”

He said and took out a bag in his arms, and finally took out a bag, and presented it to Nian Liang with respectful hands, and said: "This is the pattern of the wheelchair given by the father, and the little one is done for his father, so he will put it in this bag and offer incense, just to return it to the master today." ”

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