[Red Mansion] Mother Jia has a paralyzed face

This banquet has been busy for a long time from the preparations to the official posting. Zhang Rui saw that Mrs. Zhang was busy going around, although she felt a little sympathetic, but she didn't have any intention of getting started, so she ordered Mrs. Zhang to take care of Wang and Mrs. There are three Jia Min sisters.

They are all trained as housekeepers, and they can take care of small things well.

Jia pardoned Jia Zheng for many things, so Zhang Rui took Jia Zhu and Jia Lian to dodge in the yard.

When it comes to inviting in-laws, it's not good to leave anyone behind. The Jia family has many in-laws. When Mrs. Zhang came over with the invitation list she had drawn up to give Zhang Rui the target, she was speechless looking at the long list of names.

The historian of Jia's mother's family, the Zhang family of Zhang's family, the Wang family of Wang's family, the Lin family who was engaged to Jia Min, the Chen Ran who was not formally engaged, and the Ningguo Mansion and the former Jia She's grandmother's family. , plus some other relatives who are scattered, this adds up to a hundred people.

Not to mention that when the servants of each family are in Rongguo Mansion, they have to be more nervous, so as not to make something wrong and upset the guests, then the comeback of Rongguo Mansion will be discounted.

So even if Zhang Rui finds it troublesome, he will check carefully to see if there are any omissions, but Zhang's butler is indeed good, there is basically nothing wrong with the list, and the menu also takes into account the tastes of each family.

After all, she is an aristocratic woman brought up by a big family. Although Jia Mu’s housekeeper’s methods of managing affairs are not simple, the angles of the two people’s handling of things are completely different. Looking at Zhang Rui from an outsider, Zhang’s methods are more scheming. It is also frank.

In comparison, the Wang family is much inferior. Looking at it in the past few years, the Wang family's yard is certainly safe and sound, but this method is a bit inferior. It is still necessary to use both kindness and power to deal with servants, and the Wang family has less kindness.

It's just that the heart of filial piety fluctuates, so I don't know if there is any trouble in the backyard...

Pulling back her wandering mind, Zhang Rui nodded at Zhang Shi, "You did it carefully, so let's do it~"

"Yes, the daughter-in-law can save it."

They are all close families. The Zheng family of Ningguo Mansion came to help early in the morning, and Zhang's mother and sister-in-law also came early to help greet the guests.

Because the Zhang family is the matchmaker between Jia Mei and Chen Ran, Zhang Rui directly asked the Zhang family to tell Chen Ran later that if it was convenient for him to invite his parents to Beijing, taking advantage of the fact that no one else came, Jia Mei was not too old When you are young, the marriage should be done early.

What's more, as Zhang Rui expected, as soon as the old lady of the Lin family arrived in her yard, she started talking about Lin Ruhai and Jia Min's marriage.

"It should be done, but girl Mei is older, there is no sister who is not married, and this sister goes out first, what do you think, Mrs. Lin?"

Mrs. Lin held the hand of her future daughter-in-law, her face full of impatience, "It's the reason, but I also look forward to the day and the night, and I hope that Min'er can marry in early, then I can relax and relax." Already~"

Jia Min was shy, but in front of the old wives of various families, she was still very generous. People were delighted to see it, and Mrs. Lin was even more reluctant to let go.

Of course, Zhang Rui didn't mean to stop Jia Min from getting married. A 17-year-old girl is no longer young, and it would be unreasonable to stay any longer. Of course, I also hope that Ru Hai will become my legitimate son-in-law as soon as possible, and my future in-laws can first see what auspicious dates will be in the second half of the year, and make preparations in advance so as not to rush."

"Okay, I'm relieved to have my in-laws."

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When this family came over, Zhang Rui felt dizzy from watching, and didn't know what happened to his old eyes from time to time. Some people always had to react for a while before they remembered who they were, but she was an elder, and there were few people older than her No one to blame.

A few girls are also here, but after asking Zhang Rui, let the girl from the family lead the girls from other families to play by themselves, there is no need to go with a group of old and married women, it's so boring.

"There are such a group of girls who look like flowers, and they all feel younger." Shi Anshi, the eldest sister-in-law of Jia's mother, said with a smile while sitting next to Zhang Rui.

Everyone else agreed, and Zhang Rui counted that Jia Mei and Jia Min were the biggest among these girls. It seemed that they really couldn't wait until Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang took their wives and some guests back to their respective courtyards. Only the Shi family was left in the house, so she smiled and said to Shi An: "I shouldn't bother my sister-in-law, but I haven't had much contact with the outside world in the past three years. Sister-in-law helps to see each other."

Shi An looked at her sister-in-law suspiciously, and asked, "You already have a candidate for this concubine's big girl, I don't believe you can't pick one, what's going on?"

"Didn't I say it in the letter I sent to my parents before? Give the two concubine daughters some autonomy in their marriage. Girl Mei wants to be a scholar, and Jia You wants to marry into a wealthy family as a second wife."

"I'll just say you're unnecessary. Which family's daughter's marriage is not decided by the elders, but you want to let them decide for themselves. It's so popular!" Shi An's eyes were full of disgust, she was the most unbearable concubine. Yes, but this sister-in-law also offered to pass the ladder to others.

Of course Zhang Rui knew that her sister-in-law did not approve, and she knew it in the reply, but she had her own reasons, "It is not uncommon for aristocratic families to marry to consolidate their status. My daughter-in-law has already married, and now there are only daughters. They marry well. Rongguo Mansion There is no harm, of course I am willing to give some favors."

Shi Anshi had an expression he knew would be like this, "So someone is greedy?"

"Heh~ I'm so old, I'm really not afraid of being greedy." Zhang Rui didn't want to explain any more, and said directly to his sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, please help and see if there is any suitable candidate. No matter how good it is, I'm still the mother-in-law, and their aunts are also in the mansion, no one can surpass the word of filial piety, don't worry, when will my sister-in-law see me suffer?"

This is true, her sister-in-law is not a soft-spoken person, if Shi An hadn't watched her grow up when she got married, the two sister-in-laws might not have such a good relationship.

"Okay~ I'll go back and show you."

When Shi An agreed, Zhang Rui felt relieved. In Jia's mother's memory, Shi An was a reliable sister-in-law. As long as she agreed, she herself would not have to worry about anything.

The female guests and the male guests left for the banquet, and Mrs. Zhang even arranged for an opera singer. Speaking of this, Jia She also said that Zhang Rui complained that she had sent out the opera singers raised by the Jia family, and now he asked someone to watch the opera. Go out to find a team.

Zhang Rui kicked him out right then, when she was still the one who didn't understand anything at the beginning!There are a lot of families in Beijing that don't have opera troupes, and it's just that the honorable ones are so good. Isn't there one in the Lin family?

But this theater troupe is from outside, and there are a lot of people. Zhang Rui told Mrs. Zhang specifically, and ordered the servants to watch carefully, and not allow these people to leave casually, so as not to bump into the guests and make jokes again.

Mrs. Zhang deeply agrees with this, so there are always servants on the sidelines. The famous opera troupe in Beijing is good at singing. Zhang Rui doesn't like to listen to operas, but it's okay to watch lively operas, otherwise everyone else will She is full of interest, but her boring look can disappoint the fun.

This banquet was well organized, and when the parties left in the evening, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves, and Mrs. Zhang did not neglect any of the guests, and took care of almost every one of them. Zhang Rui could tell that the guests were enjoying themselves. back.

Mrs. Zhang left with her daughter-in-law at the end, and Mrs. Zhang sent it to the gate specially, feeling a little bit reluctant in her heart.

Zhang's mother patted her daughter's hand, and said gratifiedly: "You have suffered a lot now, but you must also pay attention to your body, don't burn your body for the housekeeper's power, you must know that success will last for a long time."

"Mother, don't worry, my daughter knows." Mrs. Zhang wiped her tears with a handkerchief, raised the corners of her lips not wanting her mother to worry, "Of course my mother-in-law still doesn't want to see her husband, but her old man is kind to her grandchildren, and Hu'er was raised by her mother-in-law." Well-behaved and sensible, my daughter is no better~"

Reluctantly saying goodbye, Mrs. Zhang told Mrs. Zhang several times to go back to her natal family, and then she left in front of Jia's house.

On the other side, Zhang Rui went back to the courtyard to see a few children. Naturally, the children couldn't stay together with the adults, so they sent them back early. Jia Hu didn't let him go back to the outer courtyard. When he entered, he saw three brothers. They hugged each other and slept like piglets.

Rest assured, go to wash and rest, almost lie down on the bed and immediately fall asleep today.

After a night of no dreams, Zhang Rui got up from the bed early the next morning and got dressed. Nurse Jing, who was brought up to replace Nanny Lai in the past two years, came in and whispered, "Master, yesterday the old man spoiled a little girl in the outer courtyard."

Although Zhang Rui decided not to do anything, but Mother Jia has been a housekeeper for more than 20 years, and has a lot of people who can use her, so she still has control over the house. At this time, after listening to Mother Jing, she knew that if there was no problem, she would He didn't come to report, so he asked, "What's going on?"

"Going back to the old lady, the lady took the servants to interrogate. Last night, the young servant who was sleeping with the old man suddenly had diarrhea. He thought he would come back in a while, but he was negligent and didn't call someone else to replace him, so he let the second-class maid named Luyou get into the room." It's empty." After a pause, Mother Jing looked at the face of the master, and whispered: "The Eldest Master didn't refuse."

Well, anyway, it was sent to the door by the catcher. Jia Amnesty held back for the past three years, of course he would not push it away, and just pulled him into bed. Zhang Rui thought about it, and he was not too surprised.

But Jia Amnesty's refusal doesn't mean it's right for the maid to climb the bed, "Did Mrs. Zhang ask anything else?"

Nurse Jing shook her head, "The madam didn't ask anything else, but the servant heard from Mrs. Li in the big kitchen that she didn't pay attention at first, but she did see a fire-burning girl in the kitchen adding to the dinner of the servant next to the old man. What... a few of the servants have a stomachache."