Chapter 27 Don't Be a Woman
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to the eldest branch of the Qi family, there is also a large group of collateral relatives. There are not only family banquets, but also ancestor worship, moon worship, watching plays, drinking... there are so many things to do.
Chen Tang had just come in not long ago, and Qin Jiangyun didn't want to let her do too much, nor did she want to do nothing. After careful consideration, she asked Chen Tang to prepare the gifts for the various families.
Chen Tang naturally agreed, without refusing or taking on any work, and just did whatever he was asked to do.
This job is not hard.
The purchases for the mansion had been completed, and there was a precedent for the annual gift-giving between relatives. Chen Tang only needed to check and arrange for someone to send it out.
It’s not light, but it’s not that light either.
The Qi family has many branches, many business friends, and complicated personnel relationships, so there are many tricks to the gift giving process.
"The master of this shop was originally the manager of the shop. Now that he has been promoted to the shopkeeper, he naturally has to add a little more..."
"The owner of that house used to be with the Second Master, and now he has opened another store, so the gift must be more complete and decent..."
"There is also this family. Although they were good friends when the master was alive, they are not as wealthy as they were a few years ago. As long as the gift looks good, it's fine..."
Chen Tang listened to it roughly and looked at the thick stack of gift lists. He secretly sighed that the Qi family really had more things to do than the Shen family.
After this group of servants left, Qin Jiangyun held Luan Jie'er and talked to Chen Tang about some family matters. After only a few words of casual chat, another maid came over to reply.
Seeing that Qin Jiangyun was unable to get away, Chen Tang took the initiative to seduce Luan Jie'er into her arms, took her for a stroll in the garden, and also invited Aunt Chun to go along.
There is a neatly-knit garden between the Qi family's study and the backyard, with luxuriant flowers and trees and lush forests. In the middle is a lotus pond, but as midsummer has passed, only a few withered lotus leaves and water lilies remain in the pond.
Chen Tang saw that a few hibiscus flowers had just bloomed on the shore, and they were lovely in pink and purple. He was about to ask Huaping to pick a few, but a little maid had already climbed up the steps, picked a large bunch of flowers from a high place, and presented them to him attentively.
Seeing that the maid was not very old, Chen Tang smiled and said, "She is worthy of being trained by my sister-in-law. She is so smart. How old is she?"
The maid bowed with a smile.
"My name is Fen Cao, and I am fourteen years old this year."
As they were talking, the maid picked the most beautiful hibiscus flower, squatted down and put it on Luanjie'er's lapel.
The group was walking and talking when suddenly a woman came out from behind the flowers and trees.
She has an oval face, skin as white as snow, a slim figure, picturesque features, but a look that is cold and untouched by worldly affairs.
The lotus is like a face and the willow is like eyebrows, she is truly extraordinary and extraordinary.
Aunt Chun smiled and waved, asking someone to come over.
"Sister, this is our third grandmother, come and meet her."
The beauty looked at him coldly, without even greeting him, she twisted her slender waist and walked away like a willow in the wind.
Chen Tang was given a cold stare for nothing.
Aunt Chun sighed.
"Third Madam, this is Aunt Xue from our courtyard. She has always been unruly, so don't take it personally. That's just her temper. She gets irritated with everyone she sees, including our master..."
Aunt Chun only said half a sentence and then stopped.
Shen Tang smiled and patted her hand comfortingly.
"It's okay, I guess we just don't get along!"
This aunt might be very much favored by her second cousin, so she takes advantage of the favor and becomes spoiled.
After everyone finished playing in the garden, it was already dinner time when they returned. Qin Jiangyun insisted that his brother and sister-in-law stay to have dinner together.
Chen Tang remembered that Qi Huaijing wanted to eat venison at noon, so he politely declined.
After Chen Tang left, Aunt Chun served Qin dinner and talked about meeting Aunt Xue in the garden.
"...When I met Third Grandma, she turned around and left without saying a word. Fortunately, Third Grandma was good-tempered and didn't say anything... It seems that there is no law in our courtyard."
Qin Jiangyun sneered.
"The king's law! Is there still the king's law in our courtyard? Now a nine-tailed fox spirit has been born in this courtyard, and it is the king in troubled times! Even in the previous generation, when the mistress had been away from home for so many years, and the master's backyard had no head of the family, he had never seen such a seductive and charming person!"
Mrs. Yue has been away from home for many years, and Mr. Qi has only one daughter, Youlan. The story behind this is really hard to describe in a few words.
Ever since Mr. Qi passed away, the women in the backyard of the previous generation returned home, got married...all the battles of wits and courage disappeared.
The Qi family was a merchant family. They did not have the rule of the noble families that once a woman was taken in by her master, she had to remain a widow. So they lived a quiet life.
The courtyard is deserted.
It was not until Qi Chengzhou got married that the Qi family's backyard became lively again.
Qin Jiangyun is also the daughter of a merchant family. She grew up among her aunts and maids and is used to the fighting and competing behaviors.
After getting married, she had the grace to tolerate others, but also the means to control others.
In addition to Aunt Chun, there were three or five other maids, both plump and thin, who had all been favored by the Second Master for a while.
She is the principal wife. No matter how favored the women in this courtyard are, they cannot surpass her rank.
Until Aunt Xue entered the mansion.
…
Aunt Chun sighed, sat sideways on the couch, and rubbed Qin Jiangyun's legs.
"Grandma, I'm going to say something I shouldn't say. Our master has seen all kinds of beauties, but how could he have been so addicted that he had to approach someone who ignored him?"
"Oh, you still don't know the virtues of men? The harder the bone is, the more delicious it is to chew! In order to get this woman, he used so many tricks and schemes, and almost got involved in a murder lawsuit, but he finally got it! Of course..."
As he spoke, Qin Jiangyun sighed, stroked his sleeping daughter, and suddenly thought of Chen Tang.
"I heard that a maid was driven away from the East Courtyard today?"
"Well, somehow I irritated Third Grandma and she got fired on the spot."
"He does have a bit of a temper. It seems he is not the kind of soft persimmon that can be easily bullied."
"Look at the Third Master's behavior. It would be funny if he raised a soft persimmon grandmother."
Hearing this, Qin Jiangyun thought of Qi Huaijing's various ridiculous behaviors after marriage, and couldn't help laughing.
As she was laughing, she suddenly felt a sore nose.
Qi Chengzhou has always been proud of himself. After taking control of the family business, he became even more arrogant. He felt that marrying a wife, taking concubines, and playing with women were all natural and proper.
"If a man, with all his wealth and status, does not indulge in pleasure and debauchery, his life would be in vain."
Qi Chengzhou always looked down on his third brother's arrogance, and Qin Jiangyun also felt that Sanlang was too willful.
But at this moment, she really hoped that her daughter would grow up to be like Chen Tang and marry a willful husband like Qi Huaijing.
Don’t be a woman in your life, because your happiness and sorrow will be determined by others.
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