"On the first day my granddaughter came, you told me that the one thousand taels my father gave me for living expenses was not enough." Lin Daiyu said hurriedly, feeling that the old lady was not polite to her.
"Ahem!" Ou Mengmeng raised her head and spread her hands towards everyone.
Sichun and Qin Keqing laughed. The old lady knew this and she didn't mind.
"Okay, Daiyu is right. If you want to be frugal, you have to start with me. Otherwise, what will others do? The old lady eats several times as much as we do in a day. I didn't realize that your second aunt is still saying that your mother's The cost is more than the three springs combined. People, don’t worry about poverty and inequality. So, from today on, the three of you will make an agreement with Yu’er. Everything will be paid out of my private house!” Ou Mengmeng turned to Sanchun and said.
Sanchun and Xichun were still confused at this time and didn't know what they were talking about.
Yingchun frowned slightly, but stopped talking.
Tanchun was happy at first, but immediately frowned.
The elder's words yesterday actually hit her and Yingchun's hearts hard. Xichun is from Dongfu, and no matter what the elder does, he will never sell girls from Dongfu for money. But as for the eldest master, neither the old lady nor the second master said anything.
In fact, they all agreed with the eldest man's words. If the mansion was defeated, the old lady was afraid that if she died, the family would be doomed. So it needs to be reorganized. Now I have to be frugal even when I eat, which also shows that this restaurant is really good at everything but failing at the bottom.
The old lady uses her private room to educate them, just to make them live a better life, but no matter how well she teaches them, they are just concubines. If the old lady leaves, they will only be sold more expensively. We can only hope that the eldest sister and Miss Lin will marry well so that they can be brought along. At this time, how could they not have mixed feelings in their hearts.
"Old lady." Yuanchun called hurriedly. It's not just the case of Sanchun and Daiyu. Basically, she knows the old lady's private house. The most expensive items every year are clothes, cloth, and jewelry. The old lady really has no shortage of them, and those little things are nothing. One thousand taels a year, in fact, that's what it means. Anyone who doesn't have any old knowledge and spends money to buy everything now is not considered a wealthy family. What she meant by calling her an old lady was, don't scare these children.
"Oh, is it time to marry Baoqin?" Ou Mengmeng ignored Yuan Chun. She saw that behind Yuan Chun was the new person she played yesterday, but she didn't see Baoqin.
"Yes, that's what I mean. She has been in the palace with me for five years and finally got out of the palace. I let her go home for a few days. I was just trying to discuss with you whether to let her out. She has been working too hard these years. Yes." Yuanchun said hurriedly. Over the years, the thing she felt most sorry for was holding Qin in her arms.
"Really, your man asked me what I was doing." Ou Mengmeng smiled and did not continue talking.
It is not a loss for Baoqin and Yuanchun to enter the palace. Baoqin's monthly routine in the palace is the same as Yuanyang's, and Baoqin's monthly routine and rewards in the palace are all taken by the Jia family to Baoqin's family. Although Baoqin's parents were not in charge, they had long been respectable people in the house. Outside, this would be a moderately wealthy family. Now that Yuanchun wants to let Baoqin go, it depends on whether Baoqin's family agrees.
"Do you have any arrangements?" Yuanchun hesitated for a moment and then asked.
"Ask her clearly what she means. If she is willing to stay, she can stay and be your companion. After being with you for so many years, you must have someone around you who treats you sincerely. If she wants to go out, that's fine, and we will take care of her. "Ou Mengmeng doesn't want to say it now, because it's useless to say it now.
"Yes!" Yuan Chun hurriedly served Ou Mengmeng some food.
"You all sit down, it's not a sin to be a daughter-in-law." Ou Mengmeng pointed at Qin Keqing and Yuan Chun, motioning for them to sit down, "You have watched the eldest wife since you were young, and the second wife has been waiting for me to eat. Not to mention that our family has big rules, this rule , it was your eldest wife who established it first, as well as the rules for girls and brothers. To be honest, the Zhang family has been wealthy for several generations. They really don’t have much money. I don’t know who learned such a big rule from. So don’t talk about your mother. Her rules were also taught by someone hired by the Zhang family. First, the old lady told me, isn’t marrying her just to change the family? Let her do it. Now I see, I was still wrong. "
Ou Mengmeng picked up the porridge and took a slow sip. She looked at the porridge and didn't know what it was made of. It was too sweet and she didn't like it at all. She likes to drink clearer white porridge with some pickles and light snacks in the morning. Looking at the porridge, I hesitated for a while, then turned around and said to Yuanyang, "Tomorrow morning, make me pure white rice porridge, don't add anything, white japonica rice, less rice but more soup, soup with silk rice flowers, do you understand?"
"Yes!" Yuanyang was stunned for a moment. White japonica rice was eaten by the servants in the Jia family.
"It's not good either. I'm too fat. White rice is too oily. Go buy some millet and cook it with corn grits, as well as rice. Don't use thin rice in the future. Add some corn grits to the rice. Yuan'er and I eat it. They are skinny people. Just don't eat it." Ou Mengmeng took another mouthful of sweet porridge with a look of pain on her face. Even though Jia Mu is so fat, she still can't get enough of food. The point is, she eats so sweet that she really doesn't know how to write the word "death".
At first, everyone was sad that the old lady had to go so frugal, but they were not moved. It turned out to be because she thought she was too fat.
Yuanchun originally sat down, but now he can't eat anymore. Are you fat? Not so offensive.
Daiyu may be the one who knows the old lady best here. She lowers her head to eat silently and refuses to raise her head. This old lady is really different from her own mother. However, they also have the same thing, that is, they have a very witty temperament. She thought the humor was a little too much.
The Jia family had good table manners. The maids nearby held their breaths and could only hear the faint sound of chewing.
This Ou Mengmeng didn't break the rules. These children were all going to get married. What would she do if the rules in their families were the same? So she lowered her head and concentrated on eating, and of course she was thinking about what she should do next.
The biggest hidden danger of the Jia family is: first, the Yuanchun concubine. She brought Yuan Chun back.
Secondly, the Jia family exceeded the system. This is actually not a big deal. As mentioned before, Jia's mother is still there, so they can barely explain it with the official plaque. Although Jia Zheng said he lived in Rongxi Hall, he lived in a side room and he didn't even enter the main room. . Jia She didn't even live in Rongxi Hall, so overall it was fine.
The third one is Qin Keqing, her identity is a bit difficult to handle. Does this Heavenly Family know? It's really nothing light and nothing serious. Now that Jia Rong is sent out, how long can she actually keep Qin in Rong Mansion? This hidden danger is actually not completely eliminated.
However, Jia Mu actually didn't know much about the affairs of Dongfu. That is to say, Jia Jing went to the Taoist temple, and Jia Zhen was unable to support herself, so she came to rely on her from time to time. So Jia Mu didn't know what Dongfu had done before.
Jia Jing is the patriarch, and the first and only person in the Jia family to have passed the Jinshi examination. He is considered the smartest person in the Jia family in a century. What can such a person do to tell Jia Mu?
Jia Jing's relationship with Jia She and Jia Zheng has always been average, and he doesn't like them, so Jia She and Jia Zheng probably don't know either.
But now, when Ou Mengmeng wanted to come, she was afraid that something might happen in the middle. Otherwise, why would everyone avoid Ning Mansion? In Ningrong Street, everyone only recognizes Rong, not Ning.
It's just that these things can't be rushed and can be put aside. Now her problem is how to deal with the Jia family's internal affairs.
I'm in a bad mood and I'm going on a business trip tomorrow, but a group of people at my workplace are really annoying me. It feels like my head is really exploding.
