Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 340

At dawn the next day, Mrs. Wang and her third aunt Wu arrived at Fan Ning's mansion with dozens of maids and wives, and dozens of oxcarts were piled up with all kinds of belongings.

The third aunt Wu is Zhu Yuanfeng's second wife, about the same age as Wang, and she is also from Pingjiang Mansion. After Zhu Yuanfeng's first wife passed away ten years ago, Wu is actually the mistress. She is very shrewd and capable, and takes care of Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion. Be organized.

On the one hand, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wu have a very good personal relationship. Mrs. Wang followed her husband to work in Qingzhou, and the eldest son Zhu Zhe entrusted Mrs. Wu to take care of her. help.

The one who received them was Fan Ning's mother, Zhang Sanniang. The day after tomorrow, her son was going to get married, and setting up the wedding room was of course the most important thing right now.

Seeing her mother-in-law, the relationship between the two quickly became harmonious. Although Zhang Sanniang was born as a peasant woman, she was not as good-looking as the Wang family, and she was an official wife for a long time. Talking and laughing, he took everyone to the inner house.

Of course, Mrs. Wang also deliberately lowered her figure. This mother-in-law, who will be her daughter in the future, cannot offend her, otherwise her daughter will suffer in the future.

"Pei'er has been sensible since she was a child. The first time I saw her, she was only seven or eight years old! She is well-educated, smart and beautiful. At that time, I thought she was like a little fairy. At that time, I recognized her. At the beginning of last year , when the Cao family came to Pingjiang Mansion to ask me about the marriage, I immediately refused, no one can compare to Pei'er's status in my heart!"

Zhang Sanniang was very forthright and made no secret of her love for Zhu Pei in her heart. Wang's heart was full of joy when she heard it, and she could feel that her mother-in-law loved her daughter from the heart rather than polite words, which moved her even more.

"Pei'er's father and I also supported the old man's idea because she and Aning grew up as childhood sweethearts and had a deep relationship, and promised Pei'er to Aning, mother-in-law. You don't know that Pei'er originally had a marriage contract with the Liu family. , it was Pei'er's grandfather who broke the engagement."

Zhang Sanniang praised: "I've heard about this too. It's still the old man who is courageous and decisive. To be honest, the son of the Liu family is not worthy of A Pei."

In Zhang Sanniang's view, only her son and Zhu Pei are a match made in heaven, and no one else is worthy of Zhu Pei except her son.

"Thank you in-laws for your compliments. In fact, Apei still has many shortcomings, especially since she was spoiled by her grandfather since she was a child. She has a bad temper. I ask my in-laws to be more tolerant in the future."

"Don't worry, we all came from daughter-in-laws. We understand the pain of being a daughter-in-law. I will never force things that I don't like on Pei'er."

What Zhang Sanniang said was the truth. When they were kicked out of the house by their father-in-law, they were impoverished for two full years. At that time, she swore that she would never let her children experience this kind of feeling again.

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Everyone entered the inner house and began to arrange it busily. Bundles of silk and satin, a picture of silk curtains, a piece of expensive and luxurious utensils, building green cottages, laying out wedding tables, gold candlesticks, white jade plates, gold wire The silver lanterns are misplaced, and even the word "囍" for marriage is made of gold leaf.

The Zhu family spent a lot of money on arranging the wedding room, and spared no expense, which fully demonstrated the unparalleled financial resources of the Zhu family.

Near noon, Mrs. Wang found Zhang Sanniang again. It was the first time for Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wu to come to Fanning's mansion. The structure and layout of Fanning's mansion were quite different from what they had imagined, and they discovered many things during the arrangement process. Regarding the problem, Mrs. Wang had to come to Zhang Sanniang to discuss it. If it was not properly resolved, the wedding ceremony would be in trouble.

"Mother-in-law, there is something very important I want to discuss with you."

When Zhang Sanniang saw her mother-in-law's serious expression, she also became a little worried. None of them had any experience in arranging large-scale weddings, so they must have not thought carefully about many things.

Zhang Sanniang hurriedly said, "Let's talk in the lobby."

"No, it's more convenient to talk about the details of the guests' reception here."

Wang pointed to an open space next to her, "Where is the banquet going to be arranged?"

Zhang Sanniang nodded, "It can accommodate about a hundred people over there. We contacted the nearby Qingfeng Restaurant, and they will provide food and beverages then."

Mrs. Wang shook her head, "That's the problem. There are nearly 200 relatives, friends, and colleagues of Zhu's family alone. I'm worried that we won't be able to sit here."

Zhang Sanniang was taken aback. They sent out more than 20 invitation cards. They thought that Zhu's family had twice as many people, but they didn't expect more than 200 people to come. How could there be so many people?

"This is how to do?"

In fact, I didn't see this problem, but my third aunt discovered it. She has rich experience. She discovered this problem, and I also asked her how to solve it.

"She said that there are two solutions. One is to level the trees and trees, so that the place will be bigger."

Zhang Sanniang shook her head again and again, "This is definitely not possible. Before marriage, trees and flowers are planted for the prosperity of the children and grandchildren. There is no reason to cut trees and remove flowers. It is too unlucky. This plan cannot be adopted."

Wang said with a wry smile: "I also think this plan is inappropriate, so the only option is to hold the banquet in another place."

"That's a good idea!"

Zhang Sanniang agreed: "To the east of Feihong Bridge is Qingfeng Restaurant, less than [-] steps away from here. If you book the restaurant for a day, you don't need to change the invitation card. Guests can go directly to eat."

The wedding banquet usually starts at noon, and everyone eats until dusk, and the welcoming team only leaves in the afternoon. Wedding means a ceremony at dusk, and all the worship is done after dark.

So after the banquet is the wedding, and then the guests will go home after drinking and eating.

Mrs. Wang originally wanted to suggest going to Zhulou. The nearest Zhulou is about a mile away, but Zhang Sanniang reminded her that the invitation had already been sent out. It is also one of the top ten restaurants in Beijing, not bad.

"I don't know if Qingfeng Restaurant can accommodate so many guests?"

"OK!"

Zhang Sanniang hurriedly said: "We have been eating there for the past two days, and I asked the shopkeeper specifically, their three floors can accommodate 100 people, and there are several courtyards behind, which can also accommodate more than 100 people. If the restaurant is fully booked, There can also be more than a dozen tables in the yard, and it’s no problem for 300 people to dine.”

"Okay! I'll leave this matter to my mother-in-law."

After a pause, Mrs. Wang said again: "There is another problem. My third aunt also noticed it. It's just a bit rude to say it. Of course, I just made a suggestion. Don't blame my mother-in-law!"

Of course, Zhang Sanniang knew that there must be a problem, and the other party brought it up. It was all for her son's wedding. How could she have any objections?

Zhang Sanniang hurriedly said: "I don't have any experience in this field, so there must be something I didn't think carefully about. Just bring it up now to avoid embarrassment at that time."

"Then I'll just say it!"

"Just say it!"

Looking at the inner house, Mrs. Wang said: "My third aunt and I came here for the first time. Aning's mansion is different from what we imagined. It occupies a large area, but there are not many houses, especially the inner house only has two courtyards. And a water pavilion in the inner hall, to be honest, it can only accommodate the two of them, and there is no room for others."

Zhang Sanniang felt the same way, she nodded and smiled and said, "You and I definitely want to go together. There are indeed too few houses here. It is obviously an eight-acre house. It feels that there are fewer rooms than the three-acre house in my hometown, so I don't agree. Relatives live in the inner house, but now everyone lives outside."

Encouraged by Zhang Sanniang, Mrs. Wang continued: "It is for this reason that after the inner house is furnished, we will lock the door. When the time comes, guests will not be able to enter the inner house. Everyone can only stay in the outer house."

Zhang Sanniang suddenly felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong for a while, she looked at Mrs. Wang suspiciously, hoping she could explain clearly.

Wang said again: "Although the time for the banquet is from noon to dusk, in fact most of the guests will come back in the afternoon. From afternoon to evening, the guests will stay here for at least two hours, and most female guests will avoid it, so we must To find a place to rest for male and female guests, especially after drinking, the guests will definitely be overwhelmed and need a room to rest, we must take these details into consideration.”

Zhang Sanniang sighed, "If you don't tell me, I really can't think of these details, mother-in-law, just tell me straight! I don't want Ah Ning's marriage to make people laugh because of his lack of consideration."

Mrs. Wang nodded, pointing to the empty space where the banquet was supposed to be held, "There will be two big tents set up there, mainly for male guests to meet and chat, and drunk male guests can also rest.

Then the main hall on the first floor of Cuiyun Building is the place of worship. After the arrangement is completed, guests cannot enter the hall, and the door must be locked. There are several rooms next to the lobby that are piled up with sundries. We have to clean them up and give the bride and groom a place to wait for the worship hall. Now There is no place for female guests to rest. "

"Female guests can go to the second and third floors!"

As soon as Zhang Sanniang finished speaking, she suddenly realized that if the second and third floors were to be used as rest rooms for female guests, they would not be able to accommodate people.

Wang said apologetically: "I'm really embarrassed to raise this question, but I have to solve this practical problem. Why don't I invite my mother-in-law to temporarily live in Pei'er's third grandfather's mansion. There is a VIP room there, and the conditions are very good. Moreover, life is very convenient, and there is no problem staying for a few months.

Or our family still has an empty house on the side of Zhuquemen, about five acres, which is Peier's dowry, and the mother-in-law can definitely move there, but it has not been lived in for more than ten years, and it needs to be tidied up. "

Zhang Sanniang sighed, "My mother-in-law is right. Aning and Pei'er are married. Of course, the young couple should have their own place. We shouldn't live with them. We didn't think carefully. Let's discuss it." , move out today and make room for you to decorate."

"I'm so sorry for making this rude request, mother-in-law!"

"It's okay, I'll go discuss it with Aning's father."

Zhang Sanniang turned around and walked towards Cuiyun Tower, just in time to see Mingren, she quickly asked: "Mingren, where is your father?"

Mingren scratched his head, "It seems to be at Qingfeng Restaurant, discussing the menu with the restaurant."

"Hurry up and find Dad, there are important changes."

"I'll go right away!" Mingren ran out like a gust of wind.

(End of this chapter)