Ordinary clear day

Chapter 121 Signs
Although she felt very face-saving, considering Nala's feelings, Tong still restrained a little, and stopped showing off her daughter's abilities. The opinions of the three sisters-in-law shall prevail.

Shuning has been following Tong's orders these days, listen more, watch more, and talk less.After watching the housekeeping process of these three wives, she really learned a lot.Although usually taught by Mrs. Tong, compared with a "small household" of thirty or forty people, things are not so complicated compared with a big mansion of hundreds of people. Moreover, if the usual housework management is compared to modern enterprise management In terms of administrative, personnel and logistical work, the housework before and after the Chinese New Year is more about public relations.

This happens to be what Shuning is not good at.I used to hear that my mother was a housekeeper, and giving gifts to friends or father's bosses and colleagues during the Chinese New Year was actually a trivial matter.When carrying out public relations activities in this big family, not only must people of different grades, titles, friendships, and relationships send different gifts, but also the relationship between the recipients.For example, the wife of a certain country’s official family is weak and the concubine is strong. When giving gifts, it is necessary to satisfy the concubine, but it must not go beyond the regular wife; The courtesy must not make the two feel that one is more favoritism than the other.and so on.

Shu Ning felt that this was too much of a headache, how could she remember the situation of living in so many families, so she could only sit and watch the situation of Wu Xindeng, the manager, carrying his back in various mansions in central Beijing.She finally understood that the housekeeper didn't seem to have any special skills before, but in fact he has great skills, and it turns out that the people who can sit in such an important position are not ordinary people.

Tong probably also saw that her daughter didn't understand these things, so she frowned, thinking that she was still young, so she stopped forcing her and let her back down first.Shuning secretly breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and retreated.

Wanning ran away yesterday, and seeing that she was really helpless, Nala readily let her go.

Shu Ning was about to go back to the courtyard, before turning onto the path, she thought for a while, then turned to the bamboo courtyard.She went to visit Fang Ning on the second day after she came back, and the other party received her very happily, but these days, she found that Fang Ning seemed to have something on her mind, and she often started to be in a daze when she was talking, asking her what was wrong, and she also Just say it's okay.

But how could Shuning fail to see that the eldest sister was troubled?It's just that although Aunt Chen is sick again, she has recovered a lot. What else should Fang Ning worry about?But since the other party didn't want to talk about it, she didn't bother to press her. She just went to talk with her when she had time, so that Fang Ning could feel at ease.

When she was about to reach the bamboo courtyard, she found a few girls hiding behind the bushes and whispering. It seemed that Fangning's girls were talking about her daughter's concerns to others. Her heart moved, and she sat on a stone chair by the road to rest her feet. , a clump of bushes next to her covered her figure, and those girls didn't notice it.

Listening and listening, Shu Ning couldn't help being surprised.

It turned out that at the end of November, the natal family of the second sister-in-law Xi Tara came to visit and mentioned that a relative of her family intended to remarry another wife. After inquiring about Fang Ning, she knew that the girl was actually innocent. If he is a good character, he wants to find out the tone of the Earl's Mansion. If he is willing, he will come to propose marriage as soon as he fulfills his filial piety.

Fang Ning is about to be 17 years old, and it is time to get married. After observing the filial piety, she will be too old. It would be good if she can get an appointment as soon as possible.However, considering that she was not her own biological child, Nala had to ask Jin Bao what he meant, so she made a distraction, thinking of telling her husband first, and sending someone to inquire about the other party's situation before talking.

Unexpectedly, the result of inquiring was not very good.That was originally the son of an aunt of the Sitala family, whose surname was Shu Mulu. He was already 27 or [-] years old.His mother pawned the dowry jewelry, and only then did he find a small position (seventh rank) in the cabinet classics for him, but this person has no ambitions, and he doesn't know how to make money, and he hasn't been promoted to a higher level after five or six years.

He had married a wife before, so he was in the same family as Yemen, and she was quite beautiful, but she was a bit more aggressive.Seeing that her husband was worthless, she always scolded him, and even her mother-in-law was ignored, making the family uneasy.Later, when the wife's natal elder brother was promoted to the fourth rank, he somehow found some people to make trouble and force the brother-in-law to divorce his wife.After a few months of quarreling, it was the mother who finally sent the message and asked the man to write a divorce letter.

Three months later, the ex-wife married a local official to fill in the house. On the day of the wedding, she specially sat in a sedan chair and passed by her ex-husband's door with drums and gongs.The neighbors in the neighborhood said that she had done too much, but the man persuaded others not to speak ill of her. Everyone said that he was a soft guy who was bullied by a woman and didn't even fart.

After Nala knew this, her brows were greatly frowned.Although the other party has a good temper, if Fang Ning really married, she would not be offended, but this person's official position is too low, her temperament is too soft, and her family background is even worse. Apart from her family background, there is really nothing worthy of the Earl's Mansion daughter.But thinking that Fang Ning would find it difficult to marry into a good family, Nala didn't know what to do, so he asked Jin Bao what he meant.

Jin Bao had nothing to do with it, but felt that the other party's official position was a little low. After discussing it, the two couples decided to wait and see for a while, after all, they were still in Xiaozhong.

This was originally a private plan of the husband and wife, and I don't know which girl or woman was talking too much, and revealed to Aunt Chen that someone came to propose marriage, but when Aunt Chen heard that she was a hopeless, useless and old The man passed out immediately, and when he woke up, he went to Nala and cried loudly, begging her not to marry his daughter into such a family, and knelt down and kowtowed several times.Nala was so angry that she scolded the talkative maid, and then comforted Aunt Chen, saying that she would never make Fang Ning careless.

After Wanning heard about it, she also strongly opposed it, and she also inquired about a lot of unfavorable news from the second cousin's sister-in-law.Seeing that there were so many objections, Nala said that when his in-laws came to visit again, he said that the family was still observing filial piety, and he didn't want to mention these things, so he shirked the matter.It's just that she was very careful with what she said. Shun Ning just got help from Yue's family and got a position in the Armed Forces Academy. She will take up the post after a year. Now she must not offend their family.

I heard that the aunt of the Sitara family was a little disappointed with the result, so she had to find another daughter-in-law with a gentle personality.

Fang Ning had heard about these things a long time ago, but it was difficult to ask more questions.Aunt Chen was already recovering from her illness, but the trouble relapsed again. Fang Ning was busy taking care of her mother, but also worried about her own marriage, so she was often depressed.

When Shu Ning heard about it, she sighed and alarmed the maids behind the bushes.She pretended to be nonchalant and said: "The shoes are a bit narrow, and I feel tired after only a few steps. Is the eldest sister at home? I was just going to chat with her."

The girls murmured that Fangning was there, and Shuning went into the courtyard with a smile.

Fangning is indeed in the house, but Wanning is also there.She came to see her sister often recently, and probably knew that Fan Jinchun and Fang Ning were impossible, and she didn't mention it again, but after the previous incident, she really understood the difficulties of the eldest sister's marriage, and those from a poor family background were unwilling to be reconciled, but those from a good family background But she doesn't know how to marry, so she found another way, asking Qiaoyun to use money to buy off the young servants who went out to inquire about the children of middle-class nobles who are not in Beijing.

The new year is approaching recently, and many children will return to Beijing for the new year, which happened to give Wanning the opportunity to know about many young men.She told Aunt Chen and Fangning about these things, Fangning was fine, but Aunt Chen was very happy to hear it.It's just that she is still sick and not in good spirits, so she can't talk for too long, so Wanning usually talks to Fangning.

Fang Ning felt a little restless when she heard that, Shu Ning saw that she was uncomfortable, so she looked for an opportunity to change the topic, turned around and came back to the female red needle thread.Fang Ning is actually not good at sewing, but she is much better than Wan Ning. When she heard Shu Ning's words, she knew that she was trying to save her, so she hurriedly took out her sewing basket to echo.

Wanning didn't run away this time, and rather complacently asked the maid to fetch her latest work.Shu Ning took a look and found that she cut different colors of fabrics into different shapes, put them together into patterns and then sewed them together, which seemed to be a popular practice in the modern 80s.

These things are indeed more beautifully made, and Wanning is embellished with various ribbons and laces, the whole needlework looks very attractive, it's just a bit of a trick, but Wanning herself is very proud.

Shu Ning boasted a few words, and made a suggestion: "That year when I returned to Beijing for the first time, I gave my second sister a pillow. Didn't second sister say that the embroidery on it was made by the court of France? Since my sister knows, why not?" Try to do more?" She hasn't done ribbon embroidery for quite a long time, and not many people know about it, so this kind of gorgeous embroidery method should be helpful to Wanning in terms of women's red Bar?After all, female celebrity is not something that can be achieved in a short period of time.

Wanning's eyes lit up: "You reminded me, anyway, there are so many ribbons that can be used. I'll try it right away, and I'll make sure it's more beautiful than yours."

Fang Ning looked up at her, then at Shu Ning, and seeing that Shu Ning had no dissatisfaction, she lowered her head and ate tea in silence.

Shu Ning has no idea, even if Wan Ning has made ribbon embroidery, she is still not as good as herself in female celebrity, but if she continues to be so shriveled, she will be very disrespectful.

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On the day of the sacrifice, many relatives and clansmen came.The three couples in the first room, the third room and the fourth room were all busy greeting guests, and they were extremely busy.

Jinbao had already sent someone to deliver a letter to Xingbao's family, and after two or three reminders, Xingbao finally confirmed the date of his arrival.They will stay in the Earl's Mansion for a few days, and still live in Taoyuan.After their family moved out, this courtyard was originally arranged for Qingning and his wife, concubine and children to live in, but they moved in only a few years later, so it is still empty now.

Xingbao brought his family to Earl's Mansion, but he was wearing the official uniform of the fifth rank.Zhang Bao and Rong Bao stood in front of the door to welcome them, they were a little surprised when they saw them, and then looked at the female relatives who got out of the car behind them, although Suo Chuo Luo was wearing dark blue clothes, they were dressed luxuriously, with exquisite silver jewelry all over their heads; Lian Yuan Ning was wearing a white cheongsam, the cuffs and hem were covered with embroidery; and looking at those concubines and maids, it seemed that they were afraid that others would not know that their family was rich.

Zhang Bao and Rong Bao looked at each other, they both frowned slightly, but they soon put on their smiling faces again, welcomed the elder brother's family into the inner courtyard, and when they finally reported back to the elder brother, they both felt puzzled when they mentioned Xing Bao's abnormal condition.Rong Bao said: "Second brother, who always puts the most emphasis on status, it is really strange that he would wear the official uniform of the fifth rank while bearing the title of the fourth rank."

Jin Bao sighed, and said: "I just heard some rumors before, but now I can finally confirm it." Rong Bao hurriedly asked what was going on, and Jin Bao said, "I heard that the second child climbed up to the prince. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has found a vacancy, although the grade is lower, but it is a good position with real power. He is wearing an official uniform today, presumably for the purpose of showing off?" Rong Bao frowned, Zhang Bao said: "No matter what he plans, There are so many people here today, presumably he won't cause trouble, let's treat each other well and see what he says."

Jin Bao and Rong Bao nodded, their expressions were a little solemn.

However, Xingbao spoke kindly, with a smile on his face, but there was a hint of complacency in his words, which made people uncomfortable.But the three brothers were no longer stupefied, so they praised him a few words, and secretly showed Jin Bao's prestige as the head of the family and a high-ranking official.

Suo Chuoluo probably lived in the position of mistress for a few months, and he has gained some self-cultivation. Although his words are still a bit harsh, he has not done anything out of the ordinary.Cheng Ning had been separated from his cousins ​​for a long time, and had already dragged them away, leaving only Wei Ning in the living room with his father in a daze.

But Yuanning is a little different here.She is very dignified in every move she makes now, and she is also honest with the maids. When facing the cousins, she often raises her chin unconsciously.Others didn't care, but Wanning was very uncomfortable seeing her, and satirized her a few times, overtly and secretly, Yuanning was offended by her, and was about to yell, but stopped for some reason, and smiled a little strangely: "Second sister seems to be in a mood Not too good? I heard that the fifth elder brother is not coming recently? The second sister must be very upset, right?"

Shu Ning sighed secretly, the PK between the two sisters started again, she got up and sat next to Fang Ning, the two looked at each other, both silently bowed their heads and drank tea.

Wanning frowned, and said: "He has to prepare for the military training, he is very busy, it's normal if he doesn't come. Besides, what does it matter if he comes or not?"

Yuan Ning frowned: "Is he busy? But I heard from my two elder brothers that he just went to Beijing West Camp with a few honorable children a few days ago. He seemed to be free, but he didn't have time to come Looking for you. Second sister, you seem to have fallen out of favor."

Wanning frowned even tighter, snorted "nonsense", and turned her head away.Yuan Ning continued: "But my sister, I've been very busy recently, and I was honored by the crown prince's grace to play in the palace once."

Wanning twitched her lips and said, "Oh? So you have climbed up to the crown prince? You are really lucky." There was a hint of disdain in her speech.Yuan Ning didn't care, but continued: "And I'm very lucky, I also met Empress Yifei and Empress Defei. Aren't these two the birth mothers of the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother?"

(I have to work overtime on weekends, it’s really miserable~~~ The writing is a bit too much, but I can’t find the place where the chapter is broken, so let’s upload this part first, let’s make a notice, there will probably be more than two book friends tomorrow Cameo appearance~~~)

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