As a result of spreading the invitations widely, there were so many guests, even more than the banquet where Zhou Man got married.
When the genius was slightly bright, the servants in the princess' mansion got up, opened the door and saw a silvery white outside.
Jiulan and Xibing brought hot water into the room, Zhou Man was still sleeping soundly in the quilt, when he heard the movement, he turned over gently and continued to sleep.
Xibing put the water on the shelf, and stepped forward to push her, "Lady, it snowed last night, and there are not many clouds today, so it should be sunny."
Zhou Man responded, barely opened a gap, and asked, "Are there enough people?"
It snowed last night, so many people are needed to shovel the snow today.
Xibing: "My servant will ask the old lady later."
Zhou Man responded, and lay on the bed again before getting up.
It snowed a lot last night. At this time, the roof is white, the trees in the yard are piled with snow, and the grass in the flower garden is all white. Some servants are shoveling the snow from the road under the trees and into the grass.
Zhou Man took a deep breath, and the cold but sweet breath entered her throat, but she felt very happy, and couldn't help but smile on her face.
She gathered the fox fur on her body, and said with a hearty smile: "This snow is not bad."
Xibing laughed and said, "Everyone says that auspicious snow heralds a good year, and next year will definitely be good."
"Even so, keep an eye out for the snow on the roof and have someone sweep it off."
Western cakes should be served.
Jiulan came up with a food box with her servants, "Lady, breakfast is here, eat it while it's hot."
Only then did Zhou Man turn around and go back to the house, and asked, "Grandmother, mother and eldest sister, have they eaten?"
"The old lady and the madam have both used it, and the little lady is still awake."
Zhou Man: "Let her sleep. In such a cold day, she should sleep in. She can grow taller with more sleep."
Zhou Man lived in the main courtyard, and there were still not many servants. Apart from the main room where he lived, the wing room with the best light was converted into a study room, next to Zhou Man's pharmacy, left and right ear rooms, and Xibing Jiulan lived in one side. , and one side is a small room for Bai Jingxing's children.
Of course, she doesn't live here, and she is more often brought by her grandmother than the mother who can only be seen in the evening.
Whether in Beihai County or in the capital, she lived with Mrs. Zheng most of the time.
The princess's mansion is not small and has many yards, so you can choose whatever you like to live in.
Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zheng chose two adjacent courtyards, which were close to the garden and had good lighting.
Zhou Man chose a courtyard in Erjin to use as a library. The houses inside have been remodeled, and there are rows of bookshelves.
In Zhou Man's small study room, except for some books she often used, she puts other books in the library.
In addition to the Bai family's collection of books, only half of the bookshelves are now placed, and the remaining half is still empty. When Zhou Man and Bai Shan wrote letters, they said that one of the goals of the rest of their lives is to fill the bookshelves.
The aristocratic family passed on the family with books, as long as there are books, there is a possibility of learning knowledge, and the family will be invincible.
This is what Mrs. Liu said to Zhou Man when she put the books in the Bai family collection on the bookshelf. Zhou Man and the little boy Bai Jingxing both said they remembered it.
According to regulations, Dianzhong Province sent palace servants to Zhou Man. Most of them were court ladies, but there were also servants. There were 18 people in total, of which there were six servants.
Mrs. Liu didn't give Zhou Man these people. In her words, "I don't doubt the people sent by the Dianzhong Province. It's just that you are working in the palace now, and you will inevitably see a doctor for your majesty and the prince. Keep these things in the yard." inconvenient."
"The suspects don't need it. Since we can't trust them completely, then we don't need it," Mrs. Liu said, "This is one, and the second is that you and Zhishan don't like to use servants very much, and there are very few servants around you." No, putting them in the main courtyard will make you feel uncomfortable."
Zhou Man nodded, "How does grandma plan to use them?"
Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "I plan to keep them in the two yards of your mother-in-law and me. The elder sister is growing up. In addition to the May you put by her side, I need to add some more people. I see them That's pretty good."
"The ones who come out of the palace are not bad in manners and knowledge. With them leading the elder sister, our elder sister's manners and etiquette will definitely be good in the future."
Zhou Man thought about it, nodded and said, "It's fine for grandma to make the decision."
So when Zhou Man arrived at Mrs. Liu's courtyard, a court lady opened the curtain, and she bowed to invite Zhou Man in. As soon as she sat down, she bowed and left to make tea.
Mrs. Liu said: "The ingredients were almost prepared last night. The guests arrived around noon. When your fourth brother and the others arrive, please ask them to help welcome the guests in front."
Respond to Zhou Man.
Mrs. Liu touched Zhou Man's hand, and she felt relieved when she saw that her hand was warm, "It's cold today, you can't go out for a wind while you're pregnant, and be careful when there's snow on the road, by the way, let people look around again." Look, there are a lot of guests here today, and there are a lot of female relatives, the snow must be swept away to prevent the guests from falling."
Mrs. Liu explained everything in detail, and Zhou Man sat there for a while, realizing that there was little he could do to help.
After a while, Mrs. Zheng also came, and everyone at the other end of the Zhou family also came cheering.
Mrs. Liu smiled when she saw them, and entrusted Mrs. Qian to take care of the kitchen, Zhou Lijun to serve the female guests, and Zhou Sisao to arrange the table and chopsticks and manage the servants.
Zhou Man and Zheng Shi are also in charge of entertaining the female guests. Mrs. Liu pointed to Zhou Man and Zheng Shi and said, "This time Bai Shi will also come with a lot of people, and Ziqian still has many people who I don't know. You can tell her when the time comes." One finger, you don’t need to be familiar with it, but you must at least recognize someone.”
Zhou Man and Zheng Shi should go down.
After everything was arranged, the princess mansion began to operate in an orderly manner. Before the guests arrived, Zhou Man was leisurely sitting in the study with a cup of goat's milk and watching a group of children.
Oh, she doesn't need to look at it, the Zhou family has always had the older children taking care of the younger ones, but now Wutou and Liutou take the younger brothers, nephews and nieces to play.
After looking at it for a while, Zhou Man beckoned the oldest five and six to come over, and asked, "Where have you been reading now?"
Wutou said: "I have finished reading "Spring and Autumn"."
"Do you still remember the "Analects" you learned earlier?"
Five heads: "... I can memorize a lot, but I can't remember it completely."
Zhou Man nodded, "Do you still remember the name of the medicine and the soup recipe I asked you to recite?"
"Remember some."
Zhou Man then said, "Recite it and let me listen."
Wutou stood up with his hands behind his back, and Zhou Man nodded slightly, "I have not been at home these few years, who is teaching you?"
"Third sister and sister-in-law, they have always made me recite the names of medicines and soup prescriptions, and usually let me read the "Huangdi Neijing" at most, and the rest are gone."
Zhou Man said: "You can go to the Imperial Medical Office, I will ask you again now, are you really going to be a doctor in the future?"
The five heads nodded seriously, "Of course, my parents said, as long as I can learn five points of my sister's skills, that's fine."