Chapter 396: The Life of a Wealthy Family
Song Jingyun and Lu Pingwan have been in Hong Kong City recently, but they have been a little busy recently.
Bai Liu used to come to the Song family often, but now he has changed from a guest to a host, which is still a little different in nature.
She used to live in the main building guest room in the middle with Jelly Bean, but Lu Pingwan felt that it was not solemn enough, and now let her and Song Jiaying move to the east building, while Jelly Bean moved to the west building.
In fact, they still have to go back to the main building for dinner, and the three generations of their ancestors and grandchildren are combined, only five people, and it is not that they can't live.
It's just a matter of ritual.
Bai Liu felt a little funny, but it was indeed very different psychologically.
Now, for example, the housekeeper asks her if there is anything she needs to add, and she really starts to think about it.
The housekeeper would say the same thing before, but Bai Liu felt that he was not suitable to make a request, and more often shook his head, and now he finally regarded the Song family in the middle of the port city as his home.
"I'll take a look and I'll tell you later." Bai Liu nodded to the butler.
The housekeeper followed behind Bai Liu with great eyes and listened to her arrangement.
This housekeeper is also an old man of the Song family, probably in his forties, and he is very loyal. The old housekeeper Yuan Bo was old and rarely worked, and he returned to the mainland some time ago to be busy with the restoration of the Yuan family's old house.
The east and west buildings are connected to the main building but are independent, the east building has three floors, Bai Liu and Song Jiaying's bedrooms are on the second floor, and the second floor has their own study. On the third floor, there is a small library and relaxation area, where they can read a book and bask in the sun, and enjoy the flowers in the courtyard.
On the ground floor is a large living room and a small living room, as well as an entertainment area.
"Usually when my father and mother have a meeting at home, is there a small conference room in the main building?" Bai Liu looked at the entertainment area on the first floor.
"Yes," replied the butler, "there is a meeting room in the main building, and there is also a meeting room in our side building for organizing banquets and entertaining guests, and the main building will entertain some distinguished guests, and Mr. and Mrs. are more focused on private matters. ”
Bai Liu set her eyes on the side building, she didn't expect the Song family to be so particular, that's fine.
She nodded and pointed to the entertainment area: "I want to change to a home theater, I don't know if it's convenient on the first or third floor, by the way, do we have a special sports area in our house?" ”
The housekeeper pondered for a moment: "When we reinstalled, my wife specially instructed us to install the most advanced entertainment equipment, and the home theater and fitness equipment were placed on the negative floor. ”
"My husband has an outdoor golf course, a tennis court behind the house, and a training field on the side of the court."
Bai Liu is convinced, really comprehensive.
She was a little curious about the security question: "Sorry, I want to ask how many workers we have in our family. ”
The housekeeper said without thinking: "There are forty-six people in total, they are scattered on various floors and in the courtyard, you can rest assured, they don't usually appear, Mr. and Mrs. don't like to have a lot of people in the house, but the area is relatively large, and more people are always needed to clean it." Of course, all you have to do is ring the bell and someone will show up. ”
The maid lives in a small building not far away and everything is well organized.
Bai Liu felt a little unreal, she came to Hong Kong City to have a real sense of a wealthy young lady.
Well, it's amazing.
She nodded: "I know, then do I usually have a driver when I go out?" ”
It was inconvenient to go down the mountain alone.
"Of course, we always have three cars, usually everyone is too idle, we finally welcome you." The butler smiled.
"Okay, I'm sorry for you." Bai Liu smiled and thanked him.
The housekeeper shook his head happily: "Don't bother, Mr. and Mrs. have helped many of us, and everyone hopes that the Song family can be better." ”
Bai Liu suddenly understood that it didn't seem difficult to integrate into the life of a wealthy family.
The Song family was well managed by Lu Pingwan and Song Jingyun, and there were too many messy things, and even if the servants had more work because of their arrival, they also sincerely welcomed their arrival.
Yes, having a few more young masters means the continuation of the family, and it also means that everyone can continue to work in the Song family for a long time.
There are many wealthy people in Hong Kong City, but there are very few people who treat servants as human beings like the Song family.
They need each other.
Bai Liu looked upstairs and downstairs all day long, and frankly speaking, the villa was more suitable for living than the courtyard house, even if their home in the capital had been renovated many times, it was still not as comfortable as the villa.
If it weren't for the fact that her home was in the capital, life in the port city would be really comfortable.
In the evening, Song Jingyun and Lu Pingwan came home before and after, and specially asked her to come over for dinner together.
At the dinner table, Song Jingyun asked her how she felt: "Are you still used to living, if you feel uncomfortable, let them change it, you're welcome." Now you are also the master, and you don't need to see outside. ”
She was instantly amused, and it turned out that the previous "seeing outside" was obvious.
"Of course, I'm going to learn to be a master now," she said, "but there's nothing to change much, it's very comfortable, and if you haven't just started to be ambitious, you'd really like to start messing around." ”
She didn't hide her thoughts.
Lu Pingwan laughed when she heard this: "That's not good, people's responsibilities are directly proportional to the benefits they enjoy, unless someone helps you carry the weight." Your dad and I also think about retirement every day, but we don't dare to rest, and if you go on strike, Jelly Bean will be very tired in the future. ”
It's a very real problem, it's not that you don't want to rest, but you don't dare to rest.
Bai Liu nodded "painfully": "That's the truth, so I can only think about it." ”
She laughed: "It's not just for this reason, I always think that people can fight for their hobbies and continue to work hard, which is also a very lucky thing, which can prove the value of life." There is an old saying, 'Cang Liao knows etiquette when he is honest, and he knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing', and people will have a higher level of needs after getting food and clothing. ”
Song Jingyun nodded frequently, and said with a smile when he heard the last smile: "There is also a similar theory in the West, called Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, there are related books in the study, if you are interested, you can take a look." ”
Bai Liu smiled and nodded: "Of course I'm interested, people won't be able to keep up with the times if they don't study." ”
"Yes, at my age, I still have to learn new knowledge every day," Lu Pingwan turned his head and suddenly said, "Bai Liu, you and I will go to a banquet tomorrow, the banquet of the Rong family." Mrs. Rong was a good friend of your grandmother, and they had another good friend at that time, Mrs. Zheng. ”
Bai Liu suddenly realized that she had heard Mrs. Zheng talk about their friendship.
"I'm going to a banquet?" She felt a little sudden, even a little nervous, "Do I need to prepare anything?" ”
Lu Pingwan rarely saw that she was nervous, so she pretended to be relaxed and said: "Don't worry, you are our Song family, this is your business card." Tomorrow you can choose a set of clothes, and I will take you with me. ”
Bai Liu took a deep breath, thinking that she had also seen the emperor and empress, could it be that these wealthy families were more terrifying than the royal people?
No, at least they won't be careless of human life.
"Can you tell me about the basic situation of the Rong family?"
Lu Pingwan nodded and spoke eloquently.