Chapter 361: Happy Events
Although Song Yicong is a relative of the Duke of Chengguo Mansion, he now lives in the Duke of Chengguo Mansion and is the nephew of the wife of the Duke of Chengguo. Now that he has passed the high school entrance examination and has a good ranking, many people have come to the door to send gifts and congratulate him.
In this case, it is certainly not easy for Xu's mother to refuse. After all, it is a good thing, and people are also coming to congratulate, and there is no reason to turn people away.
Of course, she will not accept generous gifts, but just some small gifts of no value. When people left, they also returned the gifts, so there is no need to worry about being caught.
The Duke of Chengguo Mansion was very lively.
The Duke of Chengguo Mansion has also become very popular in the capital during this period, changing its previous low profile. Many people were secretly speculating whether the Duke Cheng's Mansion was preparing to do something big.
However, General Xu and his son did not send back any news. The few people in the Duke Cheng's Mansion did not seem to do anything out of the ordinary.
This made everyone confused again.
Could it be that they were overthinking?
The palace examination was soon after the announcement of the results. Song Yicong locked himself in the room for several days to prepare, and finally went to participate in the palace examination with full confidence.
Perhaps Song Yicong himself has some talent and good luck. The questions asked by the emperor in the palace examination were somewhat similar to an article he had read before!
He was a little annoyed. He just glanced at it casually at the time.
But he calmed down quickly. After thinking for a while, he solemnly wrote down his opinions and ideas.
In the end, although Song Yicong did not get into the first class, he still got a good result of 12th place in the second class!
This made Xu's mother and the old lady very happy.
For the old lady, although Song Yicong was not the child of the Duke of Cheng's mansion, he was the nephew of her daughter-in-law's family! The relationship was very close!
If he and his grandson served as officials in the same court in the future, they could help each other, isn't this the role of in-laws?
On this day, someone delivered a letter to the Duke of Cheng's mansion. After receiving the letter, Xu's mother slapped her thigh excitedly, and then hurried to the old lady.
"Mom, I got a letter from my parents! My eldest brother and his family are coming over, saying they will also attend Mu Hua's coming-of-age ceremony!"
The old lady was a little drowsy, but she perked up after hearing this, and she sat up reflexively, scaring the old nanny who was serving beside her to help her up to avoid spraining her waist!
"Someone from my parents-in-law is coming? Who are they?"
Mother Xu looked at the letter and said happily, "Except for my parents who are old and can't travel far, everyone else who is free can come! When Mu Hua's coming-of-age ceremony is over, Yicong and Baotong will go back with them!"
The Song family meant that Song Yicong and Song Baotong, the two siblings, had been bothering the Chengguo Mansion for a long time, and now that Song Yicong had passed the high school entrance examination, it was a big happy event. They thought about it and just came over.
The two families had not visited each other for a long time.
The old lady of the Chengguo Mansion is still alive, and as in-laws, it is their duty to visit.
As for the other meaning, the Song family did not say it in the letter.
Song Yicong is now a high school graduate, and it is very likely that he will be an official in the court in the future, depending on what department he is assigned to and what position he holds. As parents and close relatives, they naturally hope that he will be assigned to a good position and stay in the capital in the future.
If this is the case, it is very necessary to establish a good relationship with the Chengguo Mansion.
So they decided to come here with their family.
The old lady smiled when she heard what Xu's mother said, "Great, it's so lively! Our house hasn't been so lively for a long time! Then you should make good arrangements, and don't neglect it. You are the housekeeper, you can take care of everything!"
Xu's mother didn't say any polite words, and said frankly: "With these words from you, I can make arrangements boldly."
The old lady laughed and scolded: "Look at what you said, am I a stingy person? You really want to be beaten!"
"Of course I know that mother has always been hospitable, enthusiastic and generous, otherwise I would not dare to accept this letter!"
This was not said by Xu's mother to please the old lady.
Such a joke really happened in the capital before.
There was an official's wife. One year, her family came to the capital, with several people. After arriving in the capital, they all lived in the official's house.
Logically speaking, although more people came and stayed longer, they were still her in-laws after all. Such things didn't happen often, so she just had to be patient. Even
if she was dissatisfied, she had to wait until they left before she got angry.
Who knew that the old lady in this mansion was not a generous person. She was upset when she saw so many people staying at her mansion on the first day. In the end, these people stayed for more than half a month, and they had to spend money every day on food and drink. This
made the old lady feel very distressed.
In the end, she didn't care about her face anymore and directly ordered them to leave!
Not only did she make her daughter-in-law sick, but she also became a laughing stock in the capital.
The daughter-in-law's relatives didn't come empty-handed, but also brought a lot of gifts. They didn't come to the capital to ask for money, but to do serious business.
Who would have known that they would be kicked out
before the matter was settled! They were so angry that they even said that they would never come to their house again!
That’s why everyone knew about this.
The old lady might have also remembered this matter and curled her lips, “The old lady in Zeng’s house is so stupid. How much can she eat with a few relatives? She is so stingy and makes people laugh.”
Her family is rich and powerful, let alone ten days or half a month, even if they stay for a year or two, she can afford it and is willing to support them! It’s better to spend money to make the house more lively and popular than to guard those dead things!
Xu’s mother sighed: “The best blessing of my second half of life is to have such a good in-law family.”
Although her husband is not around, the mother-in-law never makes things difficult for her, the daughter-in-law. The children she gave birth to were all well-behaved and sensible.
Life is like this, there are gains and losses.
Xu's mother felt that the future would definitely get better and better, and her husband would come back from the border one day!
But the old lady glared at her, "Why do you say that? There will be more blessings in the future! Even greater blessings!"
Xu's mother slapped herself lightly, "Okay, okay, I said the wrong thing, the blessings of our Chengguo Mansion are still to come!"
After sitting with the old lady for a while, Xu's mother couldn't help but get up and leave, and hurried to prepare for her mother 's family to come to visit!