Chapter 377 Busy New Year's Day, Si Lian's Master
Silian saw everyone and went to salute. She married the youngest son in the family. They were all brothers and sisters. Everyone wanted to salute. When everyone saw her coming back, they smiled and asked her how she was outside. Si Lian just said that it was very comfortable to warm soup on Zhuangzi, and everyone laughed,
"After the New Year, we will go there again. We will also eat wine and meat to watch the snow scene!"
The Zhuangzi they mentioned was naturally not the small Zhuangzi of Silian, but the large Zhuangzi where the Mou family was. They usually use very little, but the scenery inside is said to be excellent.
Everyone was talking and laughing. Silian was not in the capital, but they were walking around outside. They talked about the experiences in the capital. What did the prince return to the court and submit a memorial to propose ten disaster relief measures? What did anyone impeach the Minister of Rites Wang Chongen? Wang Chongen then wrote a memorial to ask for bones and wanted to go back to his hometown to take care of his old age. The eldest lady of the Wang family has not come out for social engagements recently.
What other lady has a crush on which family's son, and whose family's playboy has fallen on the snowy day. It is the familiarity of the fifth son of the Mou family. When he visited him, the boy cursed his servants on the bed.
"Are you still the young master of the aristocratic family? You really lose your identity!"
Speaking of the Mou family, except for Mou Bin, a taciturn and serious face, the sons and daughters under him have been suppressed by him since childhood. If he is not at home, they are all chatterboxes. Speaking of parents and other families In short, it is no different from the common people.
Everyone was talking about it lively, but they heard from the servants outside.
"The master and the eighth master are back!"
So the atmosphere here immediately became sober, and everyone stopped talking, and followed Liu to welcome the head of the family home.
"master!"
"Father!"
"Dadfather-in-law!"
Mou Bin nodded to everyone, and each of them sat in the revolving hall. The people served the dishes as if they were flowing. Mou Bin stretched out his head and chopsticks, and everyone started eating. Mou Biao sat next to his wife and looked around. Asked,
"Second brother, why didn't you see your second sister-in-law?"
Mou Liang responded,
"Your second sister-in-law is a little uncomfortable and she is resting!"
Mou Biao nodded and did not ask too much. The brother-in-law asked the question was a kind of affection, and it would be bad if he asked more questions. Turning around, he asked Mou Gong again.
"Brother Third, when will your marriage be determined?"
Mou Gong has been in a happy mood and is very energetic, but he dared not show it here. He carefully glanced at Mou Bin and Liu who were sitting on his head and said,
"It's time for the New Year, March!"
Mou Biao nodded,
"The third brother needs help with his brothers in the marriage, just speak up!"
Mou Gong nodded,
"good!"
Mou Biao returned to Beijing before, but he had never had a home. Now that his wife has returned, he has lived in the house. Therefore, he asked about everything and said nothing more. He lowered his head to make a living. While putting meat into the wife's bowl, Silian probably didn't eat well at her parents' home since she was a child. After a long time, her belly couldn't stand the greasy stomach. Now she eats too much meat at her husband's house, which makes it impossible to melt. Therefore, she eats less on weekdays. Meat dishes.
This room picked up the piece of Dongpo pork, carefully took a bite of lean meat, frowned and looked at the fat fat meat, and didn't know what to do with it for a moment. As soon as she hesitated, she was picked up by Mou Biao with chopsticks.
"Give me!"
Then he picked up another piece for her. Seeing that she had eaten the thin ones, he picked up the fat ones. Everyone on the table laughed when they saw it. Sister Mou Xiuhui smiled,
"Old Ba, you really love your wife. You eat all the rest of her..."
Mou Biao responded without raising his head while raising his rice.
"This is not what I eat leftovers of her, she helps me eat thinners. I only eat fat meat, and it's not that I don't know!"
He was protecting his wife. Everyone laughed when they heard this. Mou Bin snorted and glanced at his sons.
"Why are you laughing? If you marry a wife in the future, you will have half of the wife-Eighth wife-in-law, and the backyard will be peaceful..."
After saying that, he glared at his second son.
"Your wife is in poor health. You are still running around outside. Where did you mess around last night?"
Mou Liang was named, and he didn't dare to look up and replied in a low voice.
"It's not a mess, I just had a drink!"
"A drink?"
A group of art singers were called to sing, dance and accompany them for a drink!
Mou Bin narrowed his eyes and wanted to scold his son. He glanced at the daughters and young daughters-in-law on the table. He felt that this was not easy to scold in front of him, so he changed his words.
"After eating, I went to the study to speak!"
When Mou Liang heard this, he felt bitter, but he looked at his little brother for help. Mou Biao pretended not to see it, picked up the bowl beside him to serve the soup for Silian. After making this, the atmosphere on the dining table became lower and lower. Even Si Lian couldn't help but lower her head and carefully stew the rice. The sound of the bowls and chopsticks colliding on the table was pitiful. Only Mou Biao could eat it. After the meal was finished, everyone took their leave. Biao pulled Silian back to his yard.
Silian asked,
"Second brother, what did you do outside? Did you make your father-in-law angry?"
Mou Biao snorted,
"What did he do? He just had a bunch of friends and friends visiting prostitutes outside!"
After saying that, he frowned,
"My second brother hadn't finished his last imperial examination. He hoped to study hard in the past three years, get back from the exam, and become an official in the future..."
The most important thing is to be able to be released from the capital by going to the place, which is a place of failure. If you fail to get a good exam, your father will probably not wait for another three years, and he will probably find a way to send his second brother away.
"The second brother only has one chance!"
It’s a pity that he doesn’t know anything. Relying on my power, he eats, drinks and has no intention of studying all day long!
Originally, Si Lian was a sister-in-law who was a brother-in-law, but when his wife Guan was pregnant, he was still visiting prostitutes outside. Such a husband was really a bit out of the way!
So he frowned and said something. Mou Biao snorted when he heard this.
"Then he deserves to be scolded by his father!"
Then he smiled at his wife and said,
"Si Lian, don't worry... I don't know. If you are pregnant, I will return home every night and guard you mother and son!"
Si Lian blushed when she heard this and said angrily,
"These eight characters are not yet drawn, you think beautifully!"
Speaking of this Mou Biao, he was also a little resentful and sighed,
"If I had known it... I shouldn't have said anything I had waited for two years..."
After saying that, he looked over with green light and whispered in Silian's ear,
"You will... tonight"
Just after saying a few words, Si Lian was fisted. The little fist hit him, which made him happy. He jumped and led Si Lian into the snow. The two of them fought and made a fuss. I went back to the quiet courtyard all the way. As for how loving and loving the young couple were locked in that little world at night, it is indescribable!
In short, Mr. Mu Ba was refreshed and had breakfast the next day, but Si Lian forced herself to yawn and stood in front of Liu. Liu ordered the people around him to get a few wooden signs.
"This is the deacon sign in our mansion. If you have them, you can mobilize people from all over the house, the servants in the outer courtyard, the mothers and girls in the back stove, etc.... do your business well!"
Silian took it with both hands and bowed,
"yes!"
Silian took the sign and went back to her own yard. She called the cook on the stove in her yard to ask about the ingredients used in previous years, and the preparation of ingredients, etc. The cook said one by one, and said
,
"If Mrs. Eighth Young Master wants to know more, you can go to the account to adjust the accounts and read..."
Si Lian nodded, Cuixi and Cuiqiao went to the account office to bring the details of previous years. When she opened it, she frowned. Although she had never taken care of the affairs of the big family, she also knew about the things in everyone.
The expenses must be huge. It is not surprising that food, clothing, housing and transportation are too expensive, but...
This is too much!
It’s not that the people in the Mou Mansion eat a lot, but that the unit price for buying things is really high!
When she was at her parents' home, she dealt with vendors in the market every day, so how could she not know the market?
"They are too greedy!"
When the water is clear, there will be no fish. The master’s subordinates must have a certain degree of tacit understanding!
Is Liu not sure, or let them do whatever they want?
As Silian knew Liu, she should not suffer the loss. Most likely, Liu, a lady from a family background, had no in-depth understanding of the prices in the capital!
So Silian asked the chef to make a list of what he needed this year. The chef was illiterate, but he had a good memory. She said that Silian picked up the pen and recorded it himself, and Silian also knew how to cook, remembering it while
Asked, the cook was secretly shocked.
"I also think that this person has never seen the world and has never eaten many things, but I didn't expect that every question has come to my mind..."
Then he calmed down his foolishness and answered carefully. Silian made a list and led the girls out in the afternoon.
"Let's go to the market first. There will be disasters everywhere this year, so this thing is probably not easy to buy!"
Everyone went over and saw that... the price of meat has risen this year, and the prices of vegetables, fruits and vegetables are even more upturned. Silian is used to walking around the market, and she is also secretly shocked to see it.
Mother Wang said as she saw it,
"This price is so expensive that it's biting. If I were to eat a big mat with fish and meat in Lao Nu's hometown, I'd probably be able to buy a yard in the village!"
The Mou Mansion is a big business, naturally doesn't care about this money, but Silian is born in the market, but she is reluctant to spend money so much. She thought about it and said,
"I know a little about the vendors who buy goods at this market. Why not go to their place to ask. The price will be cheap after the quantity is large..."
So I went around the market all over the market, and found out that I was looking for those acquaintances in the past. I heard that they were buying in large quantities, but it was a lot cheaper. Of course, I don’t know whether it was because of the large quantity or the golden signboard of the Mou Mansion.
When an acquaintance knew that she had married into the Mou Mansion, she saw her coming out to buy it, and then she praised her.
"Mrs. Eighth Young Master thinks this is the Zhang family. Such an important buying errands can be done!"
Chapter completed!