History of Struggle of Salted Fish

Just after Mao's hour, Jiu'er entered the inner room with hot water, saw that Xiang Wan had already opened her eyes, and then stepped forward to help her up.

"What time is it?"

"It's time for the first time." It was after 6 o'clock, so I got up.

"Is everything in order?"

"Miss, don't worry, the girls perform their own duties. The small items for daily use are stored in the main room, and the large ones are still in the courtyard for marriage. It is the first time you meet your in-laws today, do you want to bring the two sets of hair masks over here first?" , and it goes well with clothes."

"Don't be so troublesome, just bring that crystal set, and the clothes are the lotus-colored skirt."

"Will you be too plain?"

"It's okay, people want to see me, not my clothes."

"Clothes make a man, but gold clothes make a Buddha. I think the carmine red one is pretty good and festive." After finishing speaking, Jiu'er regretted it. The second son of the Du Mansion didn't come home all night on his wedding day. The young lady might be celebrating. Can't get up.

"It's okay. Is Mama Ding here?"

"Mama Li and Mama Ding are already waiting at the door, I'll call them right away." Li's family is also surnamed Li, and Mama Ding belongs to Meng Shan's family.

Because the little girls don't know how to comb women's hair, and they can't borrow someone to comb their hair every day, so they had to let Meng Shan's family try.In the future, I will have to find a craftsman who can comb hair.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Xiang Wan finished her hair and put on her clothes. Seeing that nothing was wrong, she asked Jiu'er and Zi'er to hold the prepared meeting gifts, and called a rough woman to lead the way. He hurriedly went to the main courtyard.

When Xiang Wan arrived at the main room, Mrs. Xu and Master Du were already seated, and two couples were seated one after the other. The aunt at home is not qualified to meet formally.

Thanks to Brother Lin's nanny's science popularization yesterday, Xiang Wan already had a general understanding of the main characters in Du's mansion, and prepared gifts according to their heads.

The servants in the main courtyard saw that the Second Young Mistress came alone, and they still laid out the futons and prepared hot tea without squinting, as if they knew the Second Young Master's absence.Xiang Wan felt that this family was really good enough. Even if she didn't care, the groom didn't return all night, and from the night of the wedding to the morning of the next day, even a servant who reported the letter didn't come, so he didn't know that he had identified her as Yu. Second Miss is easy to bully, but she is fully aware of her strong psychological quality.

Of course, Xiang Wan really didn't mind cooperating with them to continue the play.

Xiang Wan took the teacup from the maidservant, knelt down on the futon respectfully and raised the teacup above his head.Another servant woman presented Xiang Wan's pre-prepared shoe uppers and forehead wipes. Of course, she did not do any stitches.

"Elder-in-law, please have tea." Very good, the red envelope in his hand is very thick.

"Mother-in-law, please have some tea." Xiang Wan followed suit, but Xu's gift was a rosewood rosewood lotus bracelet.

The next step is to greet the uncle and sister-in-law, because they are of the same generation, there is no need to kneel.The meeting gift from sister-in-law Wang was a hibiscus flower headdress the size of a bowl, and uncle also sealed it with silver, which was a little thinner than Master Du's.Xiang Wan's greeting gift to sister-in-law and uncle was a pair of slap-sized Jin Ruyi.

Those who got to the back didn't need to salute to Qing.

The third young master and the third young mistress met his sister-in-law together, and sent Xiang Wan a peony hairpin made of pure gold and a set of four treasures of the study.

The third young lady took it readily, and still did not forget to joke: "Second sister-in-law understands my heart best."

The third young master is a concubine and has no fame, and the third young mistress is a merchant.Xiang Wan wasn't sure if she was really happy or just pretending to be good.

The two sisters-in-law are said to be one from the concubine and the other from the concubine, but they are about the same age, and they can't recognize the sequence teeth by their clothes.

The third young lady took the initiative to help introduce. It turned out that the lively one was the eldest daughter Du Xinyue, and the steady one was the second daughter Du Xinlan.

Xiang Wan each gave a double dough fan embroidered with gold silk. The handles of the fans were made of emerald jade, which could only be regarded as quite satisfactory.

It's easy to recognize the two young children when they arrive, they are all from the eldest grandma, the older one is Brother Ying, and the younger one is Brother Lin. Xiang Wan originally prepared 2 pairs of golden scorpions, but before going out, they replaced them with two golden ones. Red gold lock inlaid with jade.After all, the eldest young mistress was considerate in every way yesterday, not only sent her own maid to accompany her, borrowed her maid to comb her hair, asked her son to press her bed, and was the only one in the house who came to visit her.Of course, a large part of it was because of her status as the head of the family, but Xiang Wan felt that a person should reciprocate.

Mrs. Xu looked sleepy this morning, she sent all the daughters-in-law back, and she didn't intend to lecture the bride.

When Xiang Wan returned to his room, he began to think about what the Du family meant. Could it be that the second young master Du was just going to disappear for the rest of his life?

Xiang Wan was thinking about the Du family, and naturally someone in the Du family was thinking about her new wife.

Although the third young mistress has small teeth, she entered the door earlier than Xiang Wan, and she and her husband have always been in harmony, so they started talking unconsciously.

"Our second sister-in-law is really a wonderful person."

"Why didn't I see it?"

"Your second brother didn't come home all night on his wedding night. She didn't ask a word. That's fine. Look at the gifts she gave this morning. If you want to call her elegant, send some yellow and white ones." Things are not heavy, but you want to say she is vulgar, but you gave my sisters round fans and you four treasures of the study. Isn't it wonderful?"

"Maybe it's because you think too much. Maybe they didn't make any preparations at all, and they just came together improvised."

"It's also possible, but about your second brother, she is indeed too calm. She doesn't seem like the master who can swallow her anger. Just wait, it will be revealed sooner or later."

Since he was left in this yard without any attention, Xiang Wan decided to be self-sufficient and self-reliant.

Xiang Wan first used the breakfast that he didn't have time to eat. Well, compared with Li's family's, there was a big difference in craftsmanship.

Afterwards, Xiangwan asked Zhu'er to call the white woman who led the way in the morning, so she had to understand her current situation.

The white lady speaks crisply, but she doesn't say things that shouldn't be said. For example, when it concerns the second young master, she will get confused.

In less than half an hour, Xiang Wan basically figured out the old rules in his yard.

This courtyard is called Yuzhu House, and it is said that Lord Du himself chose the name. The courtyard is located on the east side of the mansion, adjacent to the Songzhao Hall of the young master. Because the two young masters had to study in the past, there is a small kitchen in the courtyard, which is limited to serving people. The master starts the stove, but the second young master has some foreign affairs in recent years, so he doesn't often start fires in the yard.Originally, there were 2 mothers-in-charge, 2 on the stove, 6 servants, and 6 mother-in-laws in the courtyard. A few days before Xiang Wan entered the house, Mrs. Xu decided to transfer the two mothers-in-charge to other servants. The boy moved to live in the outer courtyard so that the new grandmother could take over.

As a young mistress, Xiang Wan can also have 2 mothers in charge and 6 maids, but the wife who goes to the stove and the wife who is the rough envoy are calculated on a per-room basis, that is to say, if the second young master comes back to live, he can also have 2 more The mother in charge has 6 maids, but the mother-in-law does not add others. Of course, the second young master has not used a maid since he was 15 years old, so he replaced it with a servant.

Xiang Wan's current maids are beyond the mark. The daughters of Li's family and Meng Shan's family are now transferred to work in the yard by her.

The monthly bill of silver for the old lady in the Du Mansion is 100 taels, for the grandmother in charge is 50 taels, for the young master is 50 taels, for the young grandmother is 30 taels, for the young lady is 20 taels, for the young master Sun is 30 taels, and for the aunt is 10 taels.In addition, Xiang Wan can make 4 sets of large clothes and 2 sets of jewelry every season.In winter there is silver frost charcoal, in summer there is ice making.

When it comes to the monthly allowance of the servants, the 2 mothers in charge are 5 taels each, the big maids are 1 taels each, the little maids are 5 taels each, the servants are 2 taels each, and the rough envoys are 3 taels each.

What Xiang Wan was most concerned about was the standard of food. According to Bai Pozi, she had 1 breakfast, 2 main meals, 1 snack, and 1 supper every day.There are 2 porridge, 4 snacks, 2 hot dishes, and 2 cold dishes for breakfast; 2 staple foods, 4 hot dishes, 2 cold dishes, and 1 soup for dinner; there are 3 kinds of snacks every day, and 3 kinds of supper.The whole month is the standard of 120 taels.

Xiang Wan couldn't help but be disappointed, the benefits in all aspects of the Du Mansion were really not high.

Anyway, let's tidy up the small kitchen first.

According to Mrs. Bai, the small kitchen is purely the private house of the young master and grandma, but the ingredients can be prepared in advance and let the purchaser do it.

Xiang Wan didn't feel sorry for Yinzi, but was afraid that the tree would attract the wind.It seems that there is still a long-term plan, so I have to let Li's family give her a little treat occasionally.

After lunch at noon, Xiangwan took the maids to decorate the main room. Yesterday Jiu'er had already taken people to sprinkle quicklime everywhere to repel insects. In the inner room, the head of the bed faces east. Zi'er took Yue'er and Qiao'er to make the bed and hung up the curtains. Ye'er put the bucket between the end of the bed and the west wall, and hung the curtain to block the view.

Although Gong barrels are prepared, Xiang Wan doesn't plan to use them frequently, one is because the smell is bad, and the other is that the wood will be spoiled after a long time.If you really need to use it in the future, it is better to change to a porcelain one.

A dressing table was placed on the east side of the bed, and Pearl put the dowry on it in due course.

Two suitcases and two floor-to-ceiling wardrobes were placed more than a foot apart on the right side of the barrel curtain at the end of the bed. Jiu'er and Zhu'er put Xiang Wan's more expensive small items on the upper shelf of the wardrobe, and they were nothing more than gold and jade ornaments. Well, the 20 taels of silver note and the house deed are still locked in the poplar box in Ruyi Lane. This time she only brought 5000 taels of silver note and some broken silver coins and gold and silver locks, and she also prepared some small gift boxes. object.The seasonal clothes that are often worn are put in the cabinet, and the rest are put in the box, and the two boxes of clothes are locked in the warehouse in the yard.

According to the size of the room at that time, the inner room would be quite crowded, so Aunt Xie decided to make a small round wooden table with four low stools. Looking at it now, even an Eight Immortals table is enough. Of course, a small table The round table is enough to serve seven or eight dishes.Xiang Wan came here this time but didn't bring a tea set. Zi'er spread the tablecloth and moved the white porcelain set in the wedding room over to make tea for Xiang Wan.The back room is roughly like this from now on, just need to add some decorations.

Xiang Wan was a little tired, so she went to the Babu bed first to catch up on sleep. The hard bed in Xi's room was really uncomfortable for her, so she simply moved here tonight. Anyway, no one would care about her after closing the door.Thinking about it, he pulled the bed curtain, and let the maids and women continue to toss outside.

Jiu'er saw that he was going to sleep late, so he led everyone out of the inner room, and continued to lightly arrange the main room outside the bedroom, for about an hour or so, and he did it well.

Xiang Wan got up after a short rest, and the outside room was already tidy.Xiang Wan couldn't help thinking that it would be nice if he could live in peace like this all the time, but he soon laughed at himself that he was the frog boiled in the warm water.

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