Chapter 333 Cruise
Wang Xifeng wished she could worship Liu Laolao's family as if they were Bodhisattvas.
If they saved the aunt of the East Mansion, it would be equivalent to saving both of their mansions.
Otherwise, not only would the old lady and Brother Zhu have a hard time living, but the East and West Mansions would never be able to return to the way they were before.
After marrying into this family and watching the changes in this family bit by bit, Wang Xifeng fully understood the importance of the eldest aunt in the East Palace.
Although her father-in-law is now on a diplomatic mission to the Rakshasa Kingdom and Jia Lian is the doctor of the armory, they both appear to be very powerful on the surface, but in fact, the eldest aunt of the East Palace is the mainstay of the two palaces.
Because the old lady was ill and the eldest aunt in the East Mansion had just escaped death and had difficulty walking, she had no time and it was not convenient for her to take her family around the mansion. However, the whole family was invited into the sewing room by Wang Xifeng. Although it was summer now, she asked the people in the sewing room to make two sets of clothes for each of them for four seasons.
"Second Madam, Granny Liu wants to go home."
While Wang Xifeng was helping the old lady drink her medicine, Ping'er quietly approached her and whispered to her, "She is going to the East Palace now, saying that she wants to say goodbye to the first lady."
"Is it Granny Liu who saved people?"
Although Grandmother Jia had her eyes slightly closed, she could hear it very clearly.
"yes!"
Wang Xifeng said hurriedly, "Her son-in-law's ancestors were related to my family. When the aunt-in-law talked to her about it, she strongly invited them to come to the capital. The East Palace was busy the other day, so I brought them here and asked Ping'er to entertain them."
“This is our family’s great benefactor.”
When Lady Xing was about to feed her medicine, Grandmother Jia waved her hand, indicating that she didn't want to drink it anymore, "Although I am sick, you should still take good care of me."
"Don't worry, old lady!"
Xing said, "She is the lifesaver of my eldest sister-in-law. Both I and my two sisters are grateful to her. Since you were ill and it was difficult to entertain you, we all took turns to go and keep you company. Even when the second girl and her friends were done with school in the evening, we went to chat with her and give her gifts."
It was she who gave a lot of jewelry to her daughter-in-law as a gift.
Although I felt sad when sending it.
"My sister-in-law didn't take care of her the past two days, but today, I will definitely not let her go."
This is indeed the case.
If there is no Grand View Garden, Huifang Garden is also a good garden.
"When Uncle Six left, didn't he say he would take care of the chickens at home for you?"
Shen Ning sat on the slide and took her to visit the garden at home, "Now that you are here, stay longer and visit our garden."
"I've been living here for two days."
Granny Liu was a little embarrassed. "In the past two days, I have eaten and seen everything I have never eaten or seen before."
That day at the city gate, she even saw the royal angels.
"But it's all thanks to you."
She had already inquired.
The second wife of Rongguo Mansion had died long ago, and she was also at odds with Madam Shen.
Zhou Rui and Zhou Rui's family, whom the son-in-law once knew, died earlier than the second wife.
Although the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion is also the aunt of the Wang family, the younger generation has no idea about the ancestral connection.
But he is also a kind person.
Even though the old lady in the mansion was ill, she, as the granddaughter-in-law, had to serve her all the time, but she still took time to accompany them to measure their clothes and asked her personal maid to take care of them throughout the process.
Granny Liu never imagined that one day she would be able to live in such a wealthy home, with everything provided for her.
"For us farmers, it is a great honor to have this experience in our lives."
“…”
Shen Ning patted Granny Liu's hand, "You are polite, aren't you? Look at me, I was not polite to you that day."
Let Wang Xifeng entertain them, that is what Wang Xifeng should do.
Of course, she would also send a lunch box and a few plates of snacks from time to time.
Even Rong Ge'er went over and kowtowed.
Wang Gou'er was also entertained by Jia Zhen, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian in turn.
Chen Ning was actually quite happy. She didn't need to tell anyone because everyone in the Jia family was remembering the help that Granny Liu had given her.
"You, have a destiny with our Jia family."
Shen Ning led her along the shade of the trees, but she didn't expect that a melodious piano sound could be heard from the direction of Ning Cui Xuan. "Huh? Is Mr. Zhan teaching piano today?"
She looked at Granny Liu and said, "Grandma, how about we go and listen together?"
"Okay, okay!"
When you get to a wealthy place, of course you have to pretend to be cultured.
Granny Liu was very interested.
So after a while, Chen Ning took Granny Liu, Mrs. Liu, Ban'er and Qing'er onto the boat, and they sailed together to Ningcuixuan.
The whole family had never thought that they could take a boat in this mansion.
They stayed in Xifu for the past two days and walked around some places. The corridors and courtyards everywhere were so beautiful that they were dazzled.
When I came to this mansion, I didn't even go to the front yard. I was only in the backyard, where there was a scene every three steps and a painting every five steps. Now I'm on a boat.
There are not only reeds but also lotus pods on both sides of the river.
Among the jade-green lotus leaves, there are small and cute lotus pods, which look like they have been carefully cared for.
Granny Liu was amazed and said, "How come the lotus leaves grow more neatly here?"
They have them in the countryside too, but many of them are accompanied by dead leaves.
When country children play in the water, they like to pick lotus leaves and pods. Many of them are picked by children before they even grow up.
“Where is more orderly?”
Shen Ning smiled, "My nieces want to learn painting and want it to look good, so I specially asked someone to take care of it."
It's summer now, and Daiyu and her friends all like to go boating.
The boat they often took was decorated with soft light blue vines to prevent mosquitoes, just like Ningcuixuan.
"Oh my god, this... this needs someone to take care of it!"
Liu covered her mouth.
She knew that even the lowest-ranking servant in the Jia family received two hundred yuan a month.
This is two hundred dollars I earned, and my food, accommodation and even clothes were all provided by the employer.
"There's no other way. We have to find a professional. Otherwise, it won't be able to be raised to be this good-looking or this beautiful."
A bright red dragonfly landed on the small lotus pod, and soon after, a black dragonfly flew over.
The two little guys flew up together, some fast and some slow, and had fun. Shen Ning was also very happy to see it. "But lotus root is a treasure from head to toe."
Lotus flowers can be appreciated, lotus pods can be eaten, lotus leaves can be made into tea, and she has eaten several dishes stir-fried with lotus leaf stems and shredded pork, not to mention how many ways there are to eat lotus roots.
Shen Ning heard Aunt Li say that the girls wanted her to prepare a lotus root feast when they harvested lotus roots. She was recently thinking about how to make it more perfect and expand the recipe.
You have to accept this.
Shen Ning looked through the girls' accounts and found that only one item, based on their family's consumption, was considered to be balanced.
"You can raise fish in the lotus pond..."
Just as I was talking about fish, a red carp flashed beside the lotus leaves, made a small splash, and went down again.
The smile in Shen Ning's eyes deepened, "The lotus pods can be sold, and the lotus roots inside will be worth even more in winter."
"How much?"
Granny Liu asked expectantly.
"One catty costs anywhere from five hundred coins to one tael of silver."
Shen Ning didn’t remember the details, but it was roughly between these two. “In winter, there are few vegetables, and wealthy families, or restaurants, etc., will not care about the money when they see fresh lotus roots.”
At this point, she smiled at Granny Liu and said, "I see there is a pretty big pond over there in your village."
"Yeah yeah!"
Granny Liu nodded quickly, "But that's a wild pond."
The pond water is not deep, so no one likes to go there to wash clothes.
The ducks and geese are all over there.
"Madam, what do you think about us buying that pond and growing lotus roots?"
"Great!"
Shen Ning smiled and nodded.
It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.
"It shouldn't cost much money to grow lotus roots in a wild pond. If you want to grow lotus roots, I'll ask Aunt Yu who's in charge here to come over and teach you for a few days."
"That's a good feeling!"
Granny Liu was so happy that she clapped her thigh on the spot.
The wild pond really doesn't require much silver.
Moreover, in the past two days, their family has been overwhelmed with gifts.
Not to mention the gold and silver jewelry, Guang Ban'er and Qing'er collected more than ten small gold and silver locks.
They were all given by the young girls in that mansion.
They all looked like fairies. Although they were small, they were very polite. They thanked the old woman for escorting Madam Shen back home.
Actually, Aunt Liu didn’t think she had done anything.
Madam Shen herself had long since avoided those Japanese.
If she doesn't send it off, someone else will.
But their family is really blessed.
"I'll buy that pond when I get back."
They also received several bags of silver, which were sent by the ladies and aunts in the mansion over there. Princess Rongguo in the palace was said to be an aunt of this family, and even she ordered the eunuchs to send a lot of rewards over.
Granny Liu was no longer worried about her family's life becoming difficult.
As long as you don't go to prostitutes or gamble, you can save up a fortune for your descendants for several lifetimes.
This was also the reason why she felt embarrassed to stay any longer.
Others don't know the reason behind this, but she knows it.
She could never accept this life-saving grace.
Granny Liu was also afraid that her daughter and son-in-law would take Mrs. Shen's support and the Jia family's care for granted.
Once you get used to living here, you'll become a frivolous person and won't be able to keep the money even if you have it.
Therefore, these two days, she gave her daughter many instructions behind her back.
Even though her son-in-law mostly lives in the outer courtyard, whenever she sees him, she will talk about him all the time.
The men in the Jia family are all officials.
They were polite and courteous, so we thanked them, but they knew what they had done.
It was just a meal of rice and flour porridge, and Mrs. Shen also gave green bean cakes and steamed buns as gifts in return.
After much calculation, Granny Liu realized that at most she just gave her a basin of water, asked her to soak her feet, picked the water, and then changed her shoes.
So, she became more and more uneasy as she lived there.
"Don't worry if you laugh at me, but these days, because of you, I've been nervous about accepting these gifts..."
“Hahaha, hahaha~~”
Shen Ning laughed, "Just accept the gift. I said, this is the fate between you, me, and the Jia family."
This fate is too deep.
There is this fate in the Red Mansion, and they also have this fate here.
Otherwise, why did she hide in Liu Laolao's house among so many families?
Maybe God was using her to compensate Aunt Liu.
"Go, go, go, Mr. Zhan's piano has stopped, and the following music won't sound good."
Before he finished speaking, the tune changed. The notes were numerous and complex. One of the notes startled the dragonflies so much that they flew away with a whoosh.
Chen Ning actually didn't know that her daughter was also making trouble. The sound that sounded like a devil's music was quickly picked out by Jia Yue when her cousin Daiyu was playing the piano.
Daiyu had no choice but to give up playing and hold down her cousin's hands, "Yuer wants to learn the piano, let's learn separately later!"
That day my aunt went missing, and my little cousin started crying loudly in the morning, and they were all scared.
The adults were busy looking for someone, so they could only take care of their little cousin.
In fact, I am very worried.
It is inevitable that I pamper my little cousin even more.
Otherwise, no one would let her in to learn the piano.
"Now learn ..."
Jia Yue's eyes were clear and bright.
Lin Daiyu was speechless and helpless.
"My dear sister, does your hand hurt?"
Jia Yue: “…”
She looked at her chubby little hands and stretched them out to Daiyu, "Hoohoo~"
“…”
What can Daiyu do? I can only blow her.
"Sir, the lady is here."
When the maid whispered to Mr. Zhan, she was standing by the window and saw it.
Zhan Xue waved her hand and tiptoed out to meet him.
"We were just passing by and came here by boat to listen to your piano teaching."
Shen Ning smiled and told her not to worry about them.
"Yue'er is here too."
Zhan Xue winked at the maid, "Otherwise, you should take her away!" The boat ride was the little girl's favorite activity. She smiled and said, "If she doesn't leave, no one will be able to learn my piano lesson."
"Haha, that's what I said!"
The girls have been learning piano for some time.
Although their qualifications are different, the devilish sound just now was too low standard.
"You should have sent her back when you were teaching piano."
When Shen Ning saw Daiyu bringing her daughter back, the smile on her face couldn't help but deepen.
In the Dream of the Red Chamber, everyone said that Daiyu was petty, but in fact, she had never been angry with her sisters.
"Mother~"
"Aunt!"
Both children came towards her.
"I'll take Yue'er away. You guys go to class and come back together after school."
"Hmm~"
Daiyu bowed to Granny Liu and the others, then hurried back.
After taking her daughter, Shen Ning waved to Zhan Xue, and the flower boat crossed the small bridge in front of Ningcuixuan and headed west.
At this time, Jia's mother had already learned from Yuanyang that Granny Liu and her family were warmly received in the East Palace.
She sent everyone away and quietly asked Yuanyang if she had given any extra gifts to Granny Liu.
"That day when you were ill, you were still thinking about this matter, so I sent you two hundred taels of silver, two sets of clothes, one set of gold and silver jewelry, two small gold locks that a child can wear, and some gold and silver ingots."
How dare the mandarin ducks neglect it?
"Later, my wife and aunts also sent gifts."
Although they are all of lower quality, there are too many people! "Don't worry, old lady. We won't be rude."
The eldest grandmother, the second grandmother and the girls also sent gifts.
"Alas~"
Grandmother Jia sighed, "I am feeling better now. When Granny Liu comes back, you can go and invite her over so we can talk."
At least saving Shen was also saving her.
Otherwise, if Nanny Lai’s affair were to be exposed, she would not be able to face the children and grandchildren in this mansion.
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