Chapter 1469 Mentality
Seeing that they had no idea what to do, Old Lady Liu simply let them take over. Occasionally, when Zhou Lijun, Zhou Liru and Manbao were free, she would take them with her and teach them how to manage the household.
Sometimes Zhou Wulang couldn't help but stand aside and listen.
The wisdom of the aristocratic families in dealing with the world has been accumulated over hundreds of years, and they have their own rules. Old Madam Liu doesn't think they all have to abide by them, but they should not make any big mistakes.
At least when interacting with others, following certain rules can not only make others feel comfortable, but also make yourself feel comfortable.
Zhou Lijun was very interested in this kind of thing and listened surprisingly attentively.
While everyone chose their rooms and arranged their belongings according to Madam Liu's instructions, and listened to Madam Liu talk about how to interact with the neighbors in the future, everyone slowly moved their things from Changqing Lane into the mansion.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang also occupied a yard and each chose a room to live in. However, they did not go home often and mainly lived near the restaurant, so they deliberately chose a yard close to the side door.
Zhou Lizhong chose to live in the same courtyard with them, and also helped Zhou Liwei, who was not in the capital, to reserve a room.
Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu took Bai Shuping to occupy a courtyard behind them, while Bai Shan decided to live with Bai Dalang and Bai Erlang, mainly because they both liked the courtyard near the garden, which was also close to the main courtyard.
There were empty rooms in every courtyard, but even so they didn't occupy all the courtyards, and two courtyards were still left empty.
Old Madam Liu had previously sent many of her staff to the farms outside the capital and back to Longzhou, so there were not many servants left.
She originally wanted to buy some for the servants, but when she saw Manbao and Baishan reading together, she didn't know what came to her mind and suppressed the idea.
She took the time to ask Manbao, "Have you thought of the inscription for the plaque on the gate?"
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "Let's call it Zhou's House."
Madam Liu smiled and nodded. "Then you can quickly ask someone to write the inscription. I'll have someone make a plaque and hang it up."
Manbao went to find Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang's handwriting was pretty good, and he was not stingy. He just wrote two words for her. Old Madam Liu then asked someone to take it to make a plaque.
Since she had already decided to move in with them, she naturally stopped being shy and simply opened her boxes and took out some money to buy a lot of things and began to decorate the yard they had chosen to live in.
Screens, curtains, bed curtains, lamps and candles are needed in each room, as well as bamboo mats and couches for the pavilions and some open rooms...
When Zhou Wulang and his friends went in to take a look, they didn't think the house was missing anything. It had tables, chairs, benches, beds, cabinets, etc.
Some houses even have large screens. They can just move some quilts and wooden basins in and live there, right?
Who knew that once Mrs. Liu took over, they would realize that there were so many things missing in this house?
Housekeeper Zheng has always been easy to take care of, and now she is also full of fighting spirit. When Old Madam Liu is not in good spirits, she is the one who goes to the mansion to keep an eye on her.
After all the rooms that needed to be lived in were tidied up and the missing items were supplied one by one, everyone opened their mouths wide when they went in to take a look.
Zhou Lijun reached out and touched the new orchid screen in her room, sighing softly, "With so many things, the money spent could buy a whole house, right?"
Zhou Wulang also felt so, especially when he saw a candle without a root placed on a lamp stand. Every lantern in the corridor was very exquisite, not to mention some porcelain and ornaments added to each room.
Thinking that this is Manbao's future mother-in-law, I feel inexplicably guilty.
Manbao didn't pay attention to these things. She felt that the mansion seemed to have changed after being tidied up by Old Lady Liu and Zheng. It looked particularly beautiful.
So she generously took out all the rewards she had received before and asked Old Lady Liu to place them in each room.
Old Lady Liu was not polite at all and asked people to put all the silk fabrics into Manbao's room or into the side room next to hers.
She smiled and said, "No one lives in the side room of the main house. It's usually for children to live in. I had someone modify it for you. In the future, you can put some of the rewards you receive in there, and if you have extra clothes, you can put them there. I have someone make a wardrobe and shelves for you."
As for the porcelain and ornaments, she mostly placed them on the treasure rack in the main hall to show off.
Then he opened his own boxes and took out some calligraphy and paintings to hang up. The whole house instantly looked different.
Bai Shan took a look and hung up the calligraphy that Mr. Jiang gave him in the study.
While Zheng watched as the books from Changqing Lane were moved over and arranged, she whispered to her mother-in-law, "Mother, Manbao is so amazing. When she marries into our family, where can we buy such a big house for her?"
Seeing her worry, Old Lady Liu smiled and said, "Isn't it a good thing that your daughter-in-law is capable? Don't worry, Shanbao is also very capable. They are still young now, and they will definitely leave the capital and go somewhere else in the future. The capital is just a place to stay."
The reason Old Lady Liu agreed to let Manbao live in was because one day when she went to Changqing Lane to see the two children, she saw them gathered together to look at the map of Gaochang drawn by Lord Yang. At that time, Bai Shan's eyes were full of envy and her tone of admiration was, "I didn't know Lord Yang could speak so many languages. I heard that he even knew the Korean language from Jian'an Prefecture."
Manbao asked him quietly, "Do you want to learn?"
"I'm looking for a doctor who knows how to do it at the Imperial Academy. Dr. Liu knows how to do it, but he doesn't like me, so I don't plan to look for him. I heard that Dr. Zhao from the Four Schools of Medicine also knows how to do it, so I plan to find time to visit him."
At that time, she was standing not far away and watching the two teenagers chattering together, and she knew that they still had a lot to learn and places to travel in the future.
This is just a place for them to stay.
Unless Bai Shan returns to the capital to serve as an official after serving in the government in the future, it will be difficult for him to stay in one place for too long.
Looking at all the ministers in the court, they all experienced ups and downs, being sent out and returning to the capital alternately. Is there anyone who stayed in one place for more than ten years?
So there was no need to worry too much about where they lived. She said, "In the future, Manbao will follow Shanbao. With Shanbao's ability, he won't let Manbao suffer any injustice. What we need to do now is to uphold the family tradition and prevent them from losing their sense of proportion due to sudden wealth and prosperity."
When you first enter Daze Street, it is better to be low-key than to be too high-profile and lose your composure and mentality, causing people to laugh at you.
In fact, not only the Zhou family, but she herself was a little nervous.
Although the Bai family comes from an aristocratic family, even the direct branch rarely comes into contact with the wealthy families in the capital, let alone their side branches.
Old Madam Liu could only remind herself every day that as long as she followed the etiquette, it would be fine. It was always difficult at the beginning.
Old Madam Liu was nervous, but the Zhou family, who were all country people who had moved to the city, were not nervous at all. They were not familiar with the city people here and didn't think too much about it.
It's just a move. Just say hello to the neighbors and let them go about their business. Who has time to think about so many things?
See you at 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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