The next day, when Jia Lian returned to his house, he found that the house was much quieter.
When I got home, Sister Feng happened to be there, so I asked her, "Grandma Liu is gone?"
"She left after noon. The old lady originally said to keep her for two more days, but she made up her mind to leave. She couldn't stay, so she just left. Hahaha, speaking of which, our house has not been so lively for a few days. After all, Grandma Liu has given our family a boost."
Sister Feng was counting the goods and talking with a smile. Apparently in her eyes, Grandma Liu was just an excuse that could bring joy to the family.
So Jia Lian sat on the kang, laughing and scolding: "I am so old, and if I still tease you like that, I will narrow you down."
Jia Lian was present at least yesterday afternoon, and had a glimpse of how some Sister Feng, Yuanyang and others were having fun teasing Grandma Liu to please Jia Mu and others. It is rare that Grandma Liu is not annoyed at all despite her ugly appearance. According to Jia Lian, Grandma Liu is confused on the face but understands in her heart.
Sure enough, Sister Feng smiled and replied: "You are a good person, and we are all bad, right? It's just to please the old lady, who would deliberately tease her?"
When she left today, we did not treat her badly. The wife alone gave her a hundred taels of silver, and the old lady wanted to spend all her money to bring her back, including food, clothing, cloth, pills, candies, silver coins, plus our other The money was given to her, and she was able to take care of her family for ten years without worrying about food and drink. Based on this calculation, do you think she made a profit or a loss? "
Jia Lian had nothing to say about Sister Feng's rebuttal. Indeed, for a wealthy family like the Jia family, just a little leakage from the fingertips is enough to make a poor rural family rich for a long time.
But Jia Lian had been building up his authority in front of Sister Feng for a long time, and could not tolerate Sister Feng's provocation, so he waved to her, and when she came over suspiciously, he pulled her in his arms, pinched her mouth with his hand, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I, Jia Lian, have married a daughter-in-law who is good at scheming. Not only can I help my family with their scheming, but now I can also help other people's families. It's great."
Such blatant ridicule naturally made Sister Feng blush. What made her even more embarrassed was that there were many maids in the room.
Ping'er, Xiangling, Xiaohong, Feng'er and two young daughters-in-law were molested by Jia Lian as his younger daughters-in-law in front of so many people. She felt that her authority as the grandmother was severely suppressed, but she had no choice but to do anything.
Jia Lian wanted to hug her, but she couldn't struggle. She couldn't scratch a few marks on Jia Lian's face in front of the servants, right?
Fortunately, the people who often work with her are the most sensible people. Seeing her being affectionate with her mistress and grandma, they all immediately moved away from her.
Only then did Sister Feng let go, grabbed Jia Lian's palm and took a bite. Unexpectedly, Jia Lian was not someone to be trifled with. He immediately pinched her mouth, lowered his head and kissed her. He kissed her so hard that she almost lost her breath. Then she pushed him away and gave Jia Lian a shy look. , hurriedly interrupted: "I have two things to ask you!"
"One is the lack of manpower in the house. Since Ying Yatou and the others moved into the garden, according to the old lady's instructions, they have been assigned four more maids, four mothers to monitor and keep vigil, and sweepers everywhere. The mother-in-law doesn't count.
Especially in Baoyu's house, the old lady was worried that there were too few people to serve her, so how many people did she add to his house in less than a month?
Although the old lady said that if we don’t have enough people, we can recruit people from her courtyard, but she said that no one in our family can grievances against the old lady, so she discussed with me to buy a few people from outside. "
After hearing this, Jia Lian said nonchalantly: "You can just decide this matter yourself, why bother asking me."
The male protagonist is outside and the female protagonist is inside. Jia Lian does not want to interfere in the affairs of the inner house unless necessary. What's more, the Jia family has a set of strict standards for purchasing buyers. If you don't want to buy someone with an innocent background, you don't have to worry too much about recruiting spies, craftsmen, and the like.
And Jia Lian didn't know that the reason why the inner house was short of help was not only due to the increase in the Grand View Garden, but also Sister Feng's own needs.
In the past, although there were many people around Sister Feng, it was all because of the housekeeper's needs. There are not many people who really serve her.
Now it's different. She is a marquise and has nearly doubled the size of the courtyard, including a flower hall and a bathing pool. From a practical point of view as well as from a perspective of style, the courtyard also needs people to fill it. Therefore, Jia Lian was not surprised and had no objection to purchasing a few servants.
If his wife wants to be powerful and powerful, there's no reason why he shouldn't support her. Anyway, in this era, adding a few more servants really doesn’t cost much.
Unexpectedly, Sister Feng turned over and hugged Jia Lian's neck, faced him Chi Chi, and said with a smile like a flower: "Oh, do you really don't care? It's okay for mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law to be transferred into the house from other places. Even for this young man As for my little maid, I need to buy ten or twenty of them.
I also thought that with the reputation of our Marquis, if word got out that he wanted to buy servant girls, I don’t know how many daughters of poor families would compete for the spot. At that time, what kind of style? The Marquis is not just free to choose, and the Marquis likes Peugeot maids, he really doesn't take advantage of the opportunity to choose two more good ones?
If it were me who had to choose, it might not go as the Marquis intended. "
Faced with Sister Feng's joke, Jia Lian didn't take it seriously, "Do you think that with my current status, I still need to use this method to attract beauties? It is no exaggeration to tell you that as long as I am willing, no matter where I go, I will keep her There are a large group of beauties following behind me. Huh, if I hadn’t restrained myself, you would have become a group of sisters. So, if you like to see ugly people dazzling in front of you every day, you can just recruit them. I won't say a word more."
Sister Feng's face turned dark immediately and she cursed: "Bah, you think it's less now? Let's count the ones in our family, not counting Lin Yatou, Ping'er Xiangling Qingwen, Aqi Aqin, the one in your study, And the four from Lixiangyuan, there are eleven or two on the surface alone, not to mention, who knows how many more you have hidden from me..."
Facing Sister Feng's half-suspicious and half-probing eyes and words, Jia Lian's expression remained unchanged and terrifyingly calm.
Sister Feng became discouraged and felt that talking about this topic was meaningless, so she turned to say: "Okay, let's get down to business. Tomorrow is the birthday of the eldest man in the mansion over there. Although the eldest master Jing will not return to the mansion according to common sense, but As juniors, we cannot slack off.
Sister-in-law You has decided that she still has to do it, she just needs to invite relatives of the host family to come and have fun. They have few manpower there, so my wife asked me to help with preparations. I will personally deliver these goods later, will you go? "
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"Let's go over together and take a look."
There are no adult men in Dongfu, so Jia Lian has to help take care of things outside, both emotional and rational.
Sister Feng was about to get up and clean up, but Jia Lian refused to let her go. Just when Sister Feng was secretly wondering if Jia Lian wanted to take advantage of the time to play some tricks, she heard Jia Lian say: "Our precious daughter will be three years old next year, so it's time to I’ve given her a name, but it doesn’t sound right to call her such a young lady.”
"Oh, have you thought about what you want to name her?"
Sister Feng didn't really care. In this era, the name of a daughter's family was essentially dispensable. Most of them are just casually given nicknames by their elders and live their whole lives.
Jia Lian pretended to think for a moment. In fact, Jia Lian was unwilling to tamper with the original work above the names of people and things.
For example, Xiangling, Yiyingxuan Pavilion and the name of the scenery in the Grand View Garden.
Even if it was his own precious daughter, Jia Lian was not prepared to interfere at first. He felt that if he followed the original work, it would not be impossible to wait for Grandma Liu to give her a name.
But after meeting that little kid Ban'er yesterday, Jia Lian's mentality changed slightly. He didn't want his daughter to have anything to do with Wang Ban'er's family.
It happened that Grandma Liu only stayed in Rongguo Mansion for one day before leaving, and her daughter did not get sick from visiting the garden too much, so Grandma Liu did not have the opportunity to name her daughter.
Therefore, Jia Lian felt that it was better to choose this name himself.
"The correct name is called 'Qiao', Cao Qiao Qiao, which is the same as Heng'er, the eldest daughter of Dongfu. Like the boy, it comes from the grass character of their generation. The nickname is 'Qiao'er', which corresponds to the day of her birth. ,how do you feel?"
"Jia Qiao? Qiao'er, Qiao'er..."
Wang Xifeng muttered a few words and his eyes lit up. The daughter was born on the seventh day of July, which was the Qiqiao Festival, so it was very appropriate for Jia Lian to name her like this.
Not to mention, she originally felt that her cultural level was far inferior to Jia Lian, and it was also her right as a father to name her child. She never thought of fighting with Jia Lian. What's rare is that Jia Lian asked her for her opinion, which made her very happy, so she nodded quickly and said with a smile: "These two names are well chosen. It seems that you, as a father, are still paying attention. Okay, let's Let’s call my daughter Qiaoer from now on.”
As he spoke, his smile brightened.
When Jia Lian saw this, he also smiled. This woman is quite innocent and cute sometimes.
Arriving at Ningguo Mansion with Sister Feng, Ningguo Mansion was indeed much busier than usual.
Jia Lian was in the front yard, helping to make arrangements for various places. When he turned around, he found out that Sister Feng had gone to Qin Keqing Courtyard. He knew that the two good sisters must have a good time chatting, so he had the courage to go there. Come to Xiyuan.
Xiyuan of Ningguo Mansion is the residence of Lao Niang You, Second Sister You, and Third Sister You. The environment is quiet and quiet.
At dusk, in the main courtyard in front of you, Sanjie You, dressed in a smart outfit, put her hands on her hips, pointed at a group of dejected and swaying young girls below and cursed: "You useless things, you are tired after practicing for so long? That's it, No wonder these men look down on us women. It’s me, and I look down on you too..."
The girls felt aggrieved: "But, we girls are not meant to do this."
"That's right, how can any girl in the world train as a soldier? Isn't this a reversal of yin and yang..."
The oldest of these girls looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, and the youngest looked like a cardamom.
Their lazy but plausive appearance really made Sister You, the chief instructor, fall down with anger.
"You guys really piss me off..."
Seeing that these subordinates were so useless, Third Sister You angrily raised the whip in her hand and wanted to hit them. Suddenly seeing Jia Lian approaching, she immediately forgot her anger, took two steps forward to meet him, and then stood still.
When the girls saw Jia Lian, they all hurriedly stood in two rows and greeted him feebly:
"Greetings to the Marquis..."
"See you, I've met the Marquis."
The voice was also uneven, which made Third Sister You grit her teeth even more secretly. These deaf guys have taught them how to greet Jia Lian, but they just can't remember it!
Now it's better, he must be laughing at me in his heart.
Jia Lian didn't smile. He just stood quietly in front of the group of girls. Gradually, these originally lazy women involuntarily straightened their postures and looked solemn.
Wherever Jia Lian looked, the unorganized teams were consciously trimmed. So much so that a moment later, the group of reserve female soldiers who appeared in the middle of the courtyard was completely different from before, both in spirit and in the order of the team.
After about twenty or thirty breaths, just when the uneasiness in the hearts of this group of girls was very strong and they couldn't help but feel a little restless, they heard Jia Lian's indifferent voice: "Go down and have a rest."
"yes……"
The girls hurriedly dispersed as if they had been granted amnesty, and soon disappeared.
Only then did Sister You come up, looked at Jia Lian, and said unhappily: "You can laugh at him if you want. I feel useless myself."
Jia Lian's eyes indeed had a hint of smile. It would be strange if it were easy for Third Sister You to lead troops like this when she was still young.
So Jia Lian didn't say anything and walked directly into the main room.
Third Sister You hurriedly followed, and after entering the house, she began to complain: "Those who were given to me by the eldest sister just now are all maids selected from all over the house. You saw the situation just now, they are simply rotten wood that cannot wither." !
These days, I have thought of and tried every method, but it just doesn't work. They haven't made any progress at all, and it almost makes me angry to death. "
Seeing that Jia Lian was listening, Third Sister You came closer and put her hand on Jia Lian's shoulder: "Let's discuss it with you..."
"you say."
"Can the agreement between us be voided? I really don't want to pay attention to these idiots. With their appearance, it's really hard for me to believe that they can become talents through training!"
"Okay, if you don't want to take it, just take it. I didn't force you."
Seeing Jia Lian agreeing so easily, Sanjie You knew that Jia Lian did not understand what she really meant.
So he sat down in Jia Lian's arms and said with a smile: "What I mean is, if I don't help you with your military training, you can just accept me into your personal guard, just like those two female guards, okay?"
"That won't work. You have no strong skills, no qualifications, and no official position. You can't even command these girls. How can you possibly command the big and powerful men under me? I advise you not to think about it. , stay at home peacefully, and it would be nice to help your eldest sister take care of the family business in my free time."
Seeing that the beauty trap didn't work and Jia Lian was still so ruthless, Third Sister You pouted and said displeasedly: "Then I can be a top soldier under them, right?"
"Big-headed soldier?"
Jia Lian subconsciously looked at Sister You's chest. You can't tell the big-headed soldier, but the big-breasted soldier is worthy of his name.
"Well, it also depends on whether they are willing to accept you."
Third Sister You was quite dissatisfied. With her relationship with Jia Lian, how could she really be willing to be inferior to the two Aqi daughters? She put her arms around Jia Lian's neck and started acting coquettishly, completely unaware that her second sister had also arrived after hearing the news. Just in time to take in the whole look of her inviting favor in front of Jia Lian.
Fortunately, the two sisters had a deep love for each other, and Sister You was not too jealous. She just calmly poured a cup of tea for Jia Lian.
"Ah, when did you come...!" Third Sister You's face turned red and she was about to get up.
Second Sister You said angrily: "I just came here and saw a cat rubbing against Mr. Marquis's body, and he was not ashamed."
Jia Lian found Sister You's joke very appropriate and interesting. Seeing that Sister You was so embarrassed, she spread her legs and patted the free one. Second Sister You understood, and even though she was shy, she sat down obediently. Looking at each other face to face with Third Sister You, they both lowered their heads shyly and leaned on Jia Lian's chest.
Since the last birthday of Third Sister You, the two sisters have opened up their hearts, so although they are shy, they are not beyond expectations.
Of course the most beautiful one is Jia Lian. Although Aqi and Aqin were already in front of them, the second sister You and the third sister You were better than the Aqi sisters in terms of their pretty appearance, and they were also very colorful characters in the original work, so Jia Lian was a little impatient. , I want to take down Second Sister You and enjoy the most beautiful things in the world.
