At this time, Mother Liu leaned on the old lady's ear and whispered, "Old lady, that woman is not easy to deal with, not to mention, she jumped over the pit we dug, if the old man comes back and hears that you haven't seen anyone until now, we will be the one to blame." ”

Wang's brows furrowed, she was also afraid that the boss would be angry, although the boss was filial, but once it involved in business, things involving disharmony and etiquette, even she, the mother, would not give face. Thinking of the boss's black face, Wang was still afraid, not only afraid that his son would be angry, but also afraid of the separation of mother and son.

Bai Erjia also secretly said at this time, "Old lady, look at what gift she gives you, if we don't see her, won't we be able to catch her?" ”

Wang's eyes rolled, and he thought, this is indeed the case, there are a lot of gifts given to her in previous years, there are furs, ginseng, venison and other medicinal materials, as well as wild things on the Northeast Zhuangzi, silk cloth, gold and silver utensils, gold and silver jewelry, of course, not many, not complete, all of them are selected by his son, but compared with the first brocade clothes and fine fur and jewelry, it is much worse, which is also the reason why Wang is resentful in his heart.

The people who were sent back all came to cry and complain to him, which made Wang even more angry, and secretly decided that when she returned to the mansion in the capital, she would definitely give her a good look.

"Bai Er's family, you go and tell her that I have dinner here, let her come over, and wait for a few nephews and nieces to meet their eldest aunt and uncle. Call the second son and Min'er over for dinner. ”

"Yes. Old lady. ”

Bai Erjia took a few people and went to inform them separately. I went to Pearl by myself, and Pearl was still reading the account book at this time, thinking about how to get to know Lord Song Lin and Princess Shu's concubine Feng Quan, and I was not allowed to see the male owner of their family, as long as I could see the hostess, this matter would be half done.

Pearl writes a letter and asks her guards to inquire about the social circles of the two families, or the places they usually like to visit, especially to pay attention to the preferences and taboos of the two families. Something important has happened in the past, and I have been close to someone. Who are the in-laws and the old ones? These are all important. After that, I made a list to spend the New Year here for a long time. Pearl wrote a letter to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing. Let them bring bamboo charcoal and bedding. Grains, vegetables and fruits, as well as fine wine and fine tea packed in tinware, and that's it. Liu Xuan may be coming back, and the last time he wrote to say that the speed was much faster than last time, because the joints were opened, and the local businessmen and local snakes prepared the best mutton fat jade, Hetian jade, and various gems in advance. So after some picking, I've gone back. This time there were twenty more carriages than the last time, and all of them were made of tires, and the cars were made of iron pipes and planks, which were strong and light, and the load capacity was doubled, and the horses could be pulled and moved. It's just that you have to bring more jacks and spare tires.

Qin Hui had already sent someone back to inform him that the emperor would stay for dinner and would come back very late, so that Pearl would have dinner by himself. Pearl is planning to make a pot to eat at night, and has already asked people to prepare beef and mutton, as well as vegetables, bean skin, vermicelli, and let people use fresh fish to make fish balls, shrimp balls, cuttlefish balls, and fish balls, which are all loved by children. She has already informed the second son and the eldest lady, these two guys have eaten once, they like it very much, I didn't expect that these two children like to eat spicy pot, Pearl has no choice but to let them make a mandarin duck pot, and then prepare a few light side dishes, Pearl dare not often give them a pot, just because they are afraid that they will get angry, last time the eldest lady because of eating too much, the mouth was foaming, or Pearl found ointment from the space.

Qin Min was still happy that day! said, if it was in the past, the mouth was foaming, and he would definitely have to eat bitter medicine soup. Pearl thinks about it, but after that, Pearl doesn't do it. This time, because I haven't eaten a decent meal in a long time, let them satisfy their hunger this time!

"Madam, Bai Er's family is here, saying that the old lady said it, let you go to see her and have dinner." Liu Zi came in and replied, the rules on Pearl's side are very strict, you can enter the door to see the master, but not anyone can do it, it must be someone around Pearl, if it is an outsider who comes in, it will be light, you will be fined a bonus, and if it is heavy, you will have to be thrown out directly, if you find any misdeeds, then you have to distribute or even disappear.

Pearl was interrupted from her train of thought, and she was in a very unhappy mood, and said, "I know, let's go, will the second son and the eldest lady go?" ”

"Bai Erjia's words have already been informed."

Pearl put down the brush in her hand, sealed the two letters, and handed them directly to Liu Zi, asking her to pass them to the little maid in the outer courtyard and send the letter to Zhuangzi. Then let Qingfeng and Mingyue bring the gifts for the old lady and the two cousins, and of course, the third son's.

I gave a gift, got such a cold reception and ridicule, and even sent someone to raid the treasury, set rules for myself, and gave a gift for the first time, and the pearl made clothes with my own hands, and selected the best furs, precious jewelry, ginseng and other valuable medicinal materials, but in exchange for what? If she gives a gift in the future, Pearl will directly push the matter of giving gifts to Qin Mansion to Qin Hui, and she can make other gifts, Qin Hui is afraid of causing a strong backlash from Pearl, so she has to go next.

The gift to the old lady this time was prepared by Qin Hui, a box of fine furs, two sets of jewelry, twelve pieces of cloth, a ginseng that is more than 100 years old, a Hetian Yushouxing ornament, and the rest is the native products on the Zhuangzi. In the warehouse where they put their jewelry, it is divided into those given by others, and the pearls themselves are all separated, and the pearls are separated, and the pearls said that Qin Hui will take the other jewelry casually, that is, his own jewelry, and he will not give a single one. Qin Hui laughed at her for being too stingy, but Pearl said that Qin Hui gave away all the jewelry she received, and she didn't stop her, but she didn't give her own jewelry, even a ring. Rare is expensive, her jewelry is meticulously crafted, consuming manpower, brainpower, material resources, risks, and taking too much, if it is not necessary, it is absolutely not okay to send it out.

The back room for the third son is the same as for the fourth son and the fifth son, I heard that the third son Qin Dening is a child who likes to read very much, a nerd, although he does not live with his parents, but the nerd has a strong foreign family, and often takes Qin Dening to the Han family, the Han family is now Han's father as an official in the imperial court, and he happens to be the son of the country, and he attaches great importance to Qin Dening's education, of course, Pearl thinks that people are nerds, but in the eyes of others, it is a humble gentleman.

Wang's two nieces, Qin Hui also prepared a gift, which was a string of tourmaline beads for one person, the color was very bright, and it was brought back from the Western Regions along with the mutton fat jade, plus two brocade horses for one person and one fox skin scarf. Of course, the value of this gift is definitely not as good as the pearl's gift to Qin Yan, the inkstone, Hui ink, and lake pen are all treasures, all brought by modern times, with new ideas, carving, and the quality is much better than that of ancient times. In addition, the jade pendant of mutton fat jade, take it out and sell it, it is not a problem to sell it for 1,800 taels of silver, and moreover, embroider a jacket for Qin Yan's cocoon silk, the jacket is rose-red, and the embroidered flowers are multicolored peony gold threads to make leaves, the effort is not small, the pattern is novel, it is very gorgeous, and when the Chinese New Year is over, that Yan'er wears it out, and the pendant of mutton fat jade hangs, who dares to say that she neglected the concubine, who can say that she is not good to the concubine? Even if it is to take advantage of the Wang family and show virtue in front of her husband, she will not treat Yan'er slowly, now Yan'er doesn't know that she still wants to be a mother, just think that she is her own child, at a young age, she is very arrogant, every time she takes her back to her parents' house, let this girl learn from those nieces, she is very good at putting on a fight, the women of her mother's family are strong, and the attitude towards concubines and concubines is very obvious, and the little girl learns like this, the old lady's two nieces are concubines, although they are good-looking, their mouths are sweet, But because Qin Yan is recorded in the name of the Yue family, and they are all treated together, those two naturally can't compare with her, the little girl's shelf is too big, and she looks down on them in her heart.

When he arrived at the door, someone went in to report that Pearl saw that Qin Dezhang and Qin Min had arrived, and Pearl entered the door, took off the big red gorilla felt cloak with rabbit fur lining his body, revealing the big red silk grape gown inside, saluted his head, and said, "I've seen the old lady." ”

"Well, is the tea ready?"

Liu's mother said, "It's all ready." Not long after, a girl put a cushion on the ground, and another girl held a tray in her hand, and a bowl of tea was placed in it. ”

After a long time, Pearl knelt straight, a full quarter of an hour, the tea bowl was taken, Wang took a sip, and then the tea snapped out, and the pearl's body was also splashed with tea stains, Wang shouted, "This tea is cold, how to drink?" Is this bullying me? ”

Pearl said, "What the old lady said is, come and see, who prepared the tea, and who is responsible for boiling the water to make tea and serving the tea?" Pull it out and hit twenty boards. Then ask someone to boil water to cook tea again, bring the tea stove to the house, and prepare new tea sets and good tea, so that the old lady can drink comfortably. ”

"Yes." Mama Liu, who was beside Pearl, immediately turned around and went out after Pearl's voice fell, and Pearl came over, followed by four big girls, two little girls, and Mama Liu and Mama Qi. Mama Liu and Mama Qi also have two hits, not to mention the four girls around them, who have practiced martial arts for many years, and a few little girls, mothers-in-law, were pressed to the ground in front of the yard in two clicks, and they were hit with a thunderbolt. Four big girls were enough to clean up the few people, and the two little girls went to the kitchen to carry the small stove into the house, with a kettle on it, and a tray on one side, on which a whole set of tea sets were placed.

Wang Shi was really frightened, Liu's mother and Bai Er's family around him didn't expect that it was too late to be so stunned, there was no sound of begging for mercy outside, this is a little strange, if someone shouted, it is estimated that Wang's and Liu's mother and Bai Er's family could wake up earlier, but there was a sound of a board outside, and Wang shouted,

"Stop, don't stop me yet! Liu, you are so bold, you dare to touch my people? That's how you become someone's daughter-in-law? ”

"The slave interjected, and the old lady said something inappropriate." Mama Qi said at this time. (To be continued.) )