Mrs. Guo reprimanded Cheng Jing and Yuan, so how could Madam Lu dare to say anything
She pretended not to hear and asked with a smile: "So will the New Year's Eve dinner still be served in the upper room this year?"
According to the rules of the Cheng family, each room has a reunion dinner on the Little New Year, and everyone has the reunion dinner in Tingyuxuan on New Year's Eve. The New Year's Eve dinner that Aunt Lu mentioned refers to the New Year's Eve dinner on the Little New Year.
Madam Guo did not let go of the topic and said, "It's just Silang and I here to celebrate the New Year, so it doesn't matter where we are. As for the eldest lady, send someone to tell her that since there are so many affairs in the capital and the eldest master is counting on her to help with it, let her stay in the capital. As for the New Year gifts from various families, please ask her to worry about it and send them all at once! We will just take care of the few old relatives in Jinling City."
Madam Lu responded respectfully and waited for Madam Guo to continue. Unexpectedly, Madam Guo picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "I heard that Madam Zhou will come from Baoding in the spring. Go and ask when she will arrive. When she arrives, we will have to invite Madam Zhou to have a simple meal."
Mrs. Zhou
After thinking for a while, Nanny Lu realized that the person Mrs. Guo was talking about was Zhou Shaojin's stepmother, Li.
This is really a rare decency!
Even when guests came from the second wife, Mrs. Hong’s family, the old lady never treated them like this.
She couldn't help but perk up and replied with a smile, "Okay."
Mrs. Guo put down the teacup and said, "Then go and get busy! If you have nothing else to say, you don't need to tell me. It's just the same few things."
Nanny Lu had no choice but to retreat.
It would be easy to pass the message to Madam Yuan, but the old lady didn't mention a word about the money for this year's festival gift.
Should we get it out of the public or should we make it difficult for Madam Yuan and let her figure it out herself... If this is misunderstood, then it will be a matter of pleasing neither side.
This is really a fight between gods, and the little devils are suffering!
She's almost worried to death.
Zhou Shaojin, on the other hand, was happily cleaning the house with Old Lady Guan—Cheng Yi would be back tomorrow.
After studying with old man He for some time, according to old lady Guan, he has become much more sensible.
Zhou Shaojin was very suspicious.
Even though the fourth room had such a difficult life in the previous life, Cheng Yi was still quite optimistic. Nothing has happened in this life yet, so it would be strange for him to be "sensible"!
However, she was still very happy that Cheng Yi came back.
The house will definitely be more lively.
Si'er came over to ask Old Lady Guan for advice: "Do you think we should hang this colorful brocade curtain or that green fine cloth curtain?"
Old Madam Guan smiled and said, "You'll have to ask Shao Jin about this. They young people have different perspectives than us, so that we don't have to complain in private when Yi Ge'er comes back."
Zhou Shaojin smiled at the old lady and said, "I think you want to put the blame on me. If cousin Yi comes back and sees that the room is not decorated to your satisfaction, you can push me out and say that I helped decorate it."
"That's what I mean." Old Madam Guan laughed and said, "You better be careful, or you won't be scolded by Brother Yi."
Zhou Shaojin smiled and told Si'er, "Hang up the colorful brocade curtain. It's New Year's Day, so it'll be more festive."
Si'er smiled and retreated.
A little maid ran in and said with a smile, "Lady An, second cousin, the people from the Liao family in Zhenjiang are here to deliver New Year gifts. They are accompanied by their chief steward, who said they want to set a date for the first cousin's wedding before the New Year. The accompanying maid has already entered the main courtyard and is paying respects to the ladies, wives, and grandmothers in each room!"
Old Madam Guan calculated the date and said, "They came early this year. We haven't even had Laba porridge yet!" Then she said to Zhou Shaojin, "Go back and change your clothes first, and then go meet the Liao family's maid to see if they have anything else to say."
The Liao family looked at several dates and Mrs. Guan sent people to re-check the horoscopes. They were all good days. Mrs. Guan wrote to Zhou Zhen and told him the result. Zhou Zhen replied that everything was up to Mrs. Guan. Mrs. Guan chose the ninth day of the third lunar month.
In Zhou Shaojin's memory, Old Lady Guan in her previous life also chose this day.
He said that he was afraid that the autumn examination was too close and that Liao Shaotang would be distracted by his newlywed status.
But for some reason, the Liao family chose the date of May 18th.
After much discussion, both families finally compromised and set April 24th as the date for Zhou Shaojin's wedding.
Later, Liao Shaotang failed the imperial examination. The Liao family felt that Liao Shaotang should be allowed to take part in the autumn examination before getting married. Old Lady Guan did not show any weakness and said, "I said at the beginning that it should be set on March 9th. That was the date that our Cheng family had personally checked by a Taoist priest from Mount Longhu. It was you who insisted on setting the wedding date on April 24th. What do you mean by saying these things now?" Only then did the Liao family members be suppressed.
She thought it was normal at the time, but now it seems that the Liao family was not sincere enough.
I wonder if the Liao family will choose May 18th again in this life.
Zhou Shaojin absentmindedly changed into a brand new pink cotton jacket with green bud edges, put on the South Pearl flower that Cheng Chi had given him last time, and went to Old Lady Guan's room.
Old Mrs. Guan had just finished washing and combing her hair, and was letting Nier put on her hairpin.
Nanny Wang, who was serving on the side, hurriedly asked Zhou Shaojin to sit down with a smile. Her smile was very kind and loving, and she looked at her as if she was looking at her own granddaughter.
Zhou Shaojin couldn't help but marvel in amazement.
Nanny Wang was a dignified and conservative person, and this was the first time she had seen someone express his emotions so openly.
Is it because cousin Yi is coming back
Zhou Shaojin guessed.
After a while, the old woman from the Liao family came over.
Two maids came, one of them was Nanny Zhong, and the other was a woman about the same age as Nanny Zhong. She looked timid and honest, and did not dare to speak. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Nanny Zhong was the main person in charge of the socializing with the Cheng family.
The two of them went forward to greet Old Lady Guan and Zhou Shaojin, and greeted each other's elders. Nanny Zhong sent the other nanny away: "... Go and bring in the box of donkey-hide gelatin that the eldest lady specifically asked me to bring to Old An when I came here."
The maid murmured "yes" and stepped back.
Nanny Zhong smiled apologetically and said, "I can't help it. My family has been busy preparing for the Master's wedding these days, and it happened to be the New Year, so I had no choice but to let her come with me. If I have been disrespectful, please forgive me, Old Anren and Second Miss!"
Zhou Shaojin never speaks when his elders are around.
Old Lady Guan saw that Nanny Zhong came for something, so she exchanged a few words with her, and then the two of them got to the point tacitly.
"Our eldest wife said that since Old An had someone look at it and the ninth day of March is the best date, then let's set the wedding date on the ninth day of March. Later, our chief steward will discuss the wedding date with the matchmaker according to this date."
Old Mrs. Guan was very satisfied.
Zhou Shaojin was a little surprised.
It seems that something happened in my previous life that I don’t know about.
She listened silently, and then she saw Nanny Zhong glance at her and tell her that Fang used her dowry to buy Liao Shaotang a small courtyard with two entrances in the capital. She said, "Our eldest wife said that this is just for you. When our eldest wife passes away, the dowry will be divided equally, and you will also have a share. In addition, the furniture, furnishings, maids, and coachmen in the house in the capital are all complete. Once you get married, you can take your family to study in the capital."
The Liao family in Zhenjiang is a big family. In terms of population, the five branches of the Cheng family in Jiuru Lane are not as many as one branch of the other family. If you can live alone with your husband for a while after marriage, without those trivial matters to disturb you, the relationship between husband and wife will surely improve rapidly.
Old Mrs. Guan was overjoyed.
Zhou Shaojin knew it very well.
This should be the condition proposed by Fang.
As long as she could get her brother-in-law to get guidance from Cheng Jing or Cheng Wei, her sister would be able to get the protection of her mother-in-law Fang.
Zhou Shaojin smiled and nodded at her.
Nanny Zhong quickly stopped talking and started talking in detail about how many guests the Liao family was going to invite for Zhou Chujin's wedding, how many tables of banquets they were going to prepare, how much monthly allowance Liao Shaotang would get after getting married, and so on.
The more Mrs. Guan listened, the happier she became. When Nanny Zhong got up to say goodbye, she even stood up and saw her off.
Nanny Zhong kept saying “I dare not”.
Zhou Shaojin smiled and volunteered to take the place of Old Lady Guan to see Nanny Zhong out.
Seeing that no one was around, Nanny Zhong smiled and said, "Second Miss, is there anything you are not satisfied with? Just tell me and I will tell our eldest wife right away."
Zhou Shaojin expressed what he meant.
Of course, she didn't say that this was her sister's idea, she just said it was the result of a discussion between herself and her father.
Nanny Zhong was a little disappointed, but she also felt that what Zhou Shaojin said made sense.
Some favors become less and less the more you use them.
She thanked him with a smile, and accompanied by Nanny Wang, went to the fifth room to pay her respects to Madam Wen.
Zhou Shaojin still thought that his sister's wedding would have some twists and turns like in her previous life.
Who knew that after Laba Festival, official news came from the Liao family that Zhou Shaojin and Liao Shaotang's wedding date was set for the ninth day of March.
Zhou Shaojin was happy at first, but then he broke out in a cold sweat when he thought that his brother-in-law would fail the imperial examination next year.
If my brother-in-law didn't pass the imperial examination like in his previous life, wouldn't the Liao family put the blame on my sister? And my grandmother would have no excuse to defend my sister.
Do you want to talk to the Liao family and set the wedding date in May
But that was also the Cheng family's idea. There was nothing they could do if the Liao family wanted to make things difficult for my sister!
Zhou Shaojin walked and walked until he arrived at Hanbi Mountain House.
Biyu and the others were dusting, and hurriedly invited Zhou Shaojin to sit inside: "Be careful, the dust will fall on you."
Zhou Shaojin forced a smile.
Qingfeng walked in from outside and said with a stern face, "Second cousin, are you here to look for the fourth master? The fourth master is settling accounts in the house! The fourth master said that no one is allowed to disturb him when he is settling accounts, even Uncle Huaishan is now serving him outside the house!"
"Oh!" Zhou Shaojin responded.
She wasn't planning on looking for Uncle Chi either.
It would be hard for her to explain this matter to Uncle Chi, and Uncle Chi might find out the truth in a few seconds. If she went to tell Uncle Chi, wouldn't that be just looking for trouble
Besides, she shouldn't have disturbed Uncle Chi when he was settling accounts. Last time, she didn't know and accidentally barged in...
Zhou Shaojin stood in the courtyard of Hanbi Mountain House and watched Biyu and the others sweep the dust for a while, then he stood up and said goodbye.
Biyu asked curiously, "What did the second cousin come here for?"
Cheng Chi moved to Hanbi Mountain House, but Hanbi Mountain House did not add any staff. Everyone was busy and no one took Biyu's words to heart.
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Sisters, please update the story about the spirit beast egg in Zixiao 1!
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※(To be continued)