Generally speaking, there are only a few houses with three courtyards like the Xiao Mansion living in this alley, and most of them have two courtyards. Some of the houses are quite old and may have been lived in by one or two generations, but it is certain that each family in Jeju City has some small business to make money, otherwise they would not be able to afford to live in a mansion.
There has been quite a bit of commotion at the Xiao Mansion these past two days, so everyone knows that there is a new neighbor, and some are already planning to visit and greet each other. In fact, in ancient times, everyone's hearts were relatively simple, and people loved to be lively. The saying "a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative" always works.
Now, Jiang Sui personally delivers fruits and invitations to every household. Everyone understands that the new neighbors are down-to-earth and easy to get along with, and they all smile and promise that they will come to congratulate on the 8th.
That afternoon, the Xiao family received many return gifts from neighbors. Some were local specialties, and some were things sold in their own shops. Anyway, there was a variety of things, and they were not expensive. The main purpose of the gifts was to express the idea of reciprocity.
Then there were some aunts who were about the same age as Xiao's mother. They were already chatting cheerfully with each other, and Xiao's mother invited them to have tea at the mansion.
Seeing how grand and elegant the Xiao Mansion was, everyone knew that this family was wealthy. After chatting with each other, they found out that they were the owners of Xiaoji Noodle Shop, the most popular noodle shop on the street this year. Who on West Street and North Street hasn't tried Xiaoji's food?
Jiang Sui also considered this in advance. There might be more guests at home in the next few days, so appropriate tea and snacks are always available.
Several neighbor aunts saw that Zhou was pregnant with such a big belly, they knew at a glance that she was carrying twins. They kept praising Xiao's mother for her good fortune and were so envious. Xiao's mother was also so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
Zhou was really moved by Jiang Sui, and sent her a special person to serve her. The person was in his thirties, carefully selected, looked very calm, and spoke softly. She was not used to it in the first two days, but the person really took care of everything.
After Xiao Mian came back, he withdrew very tactfully, not conspicuous at all, and was very capable of handling things.
Zhou didn’t know how to thank Jiang Sui for her kindness, but she kept it in her heart.
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Soon, it was the 8th. Jiang Sui specially invited a team from the folk to prepare buffets. They were responsible for the job. They would bring their own kitchen utensils and make a menu. The host would give them a specific number of tables, and they would take care of the preparation. Then, the servants in the mansion would come to the front yard to help greet the guests.
When Su Yanqing received the invitation, he actually sent three maids, who were about sixteen or seventeen years old, along with three indentures.
Because the rule of wealthy families is that when there is a happy event at home, to entertain guests, it is necessary to have a maid with regular features to serve tea and water, which is considered a courtesy to the guests.
Jiang Sui was worried about where to find it. If she went to buy it again, it would be unnecessary. Her family was not yet at the point where everyone needed a maid to serve them.
As a result, Su Yanqing knew how to handle things and directly sent three of them to her. Maids like these who serve people personally are all top-class slaves in the pawnshop, and their value is twice that of the menial servants.
In fact, she didn't know that this was Madam Su's instructions to let Su Yanqing do it. Madam Su also received the invitation. She had already accepted Xiao Lanlan in her heart and regarded her as her future daughter-in-law. She just lacked an opportunity to meet her formally.
Since she will be the mistress of the Su family in the future, and the Xiao family has now bought a house, Xiao Lanlan is more or less a proper young lady. She needs someone to serve her and she needs to get familiar with and adapt to everything.
Anyway, Su Yanqing brought people here personally and asked Xiao Lanlan, Jiang Sui and the second sister-in-law to choose one person each to serve them. Since Xiao Qin and Xiao Mian had not yet started a family, he only brought three people with him. They were all newly assigned from the Su Mansion. They were family-born children and could be used with confidence. They were well-trained and knew the rules.
This can't be considered as hiring someone to monitor us, it's a sign of sincerity.
However, Zhou already had someone serving her, so there was no need to have one more. Su Yanqing and Madam Su were very sincere, so Jiang Sui and Lanlan couldn't refuse.
Lan Lan let Jiang Sui choose first, and she would keep the remaining two by her side and help wherever they were needed when the time came.
There are three maids, namely Yingchun, Baoxia and Ranqiu.
In fact, Jiang Sui didn't really need someone to serve him, but the offer had already been made, and if he didn't choose it, wouldn't he be giving Su Yanqing no face?
So, she chose to have Ran Qiu by her side.
After being chosen, Ranqiu also came over and kowtowed to his future master:
"Ran Qiu has met the Madam."
According to the rules, now that the mansion has been purchased, Xiao's mother will be the old lady, and Jiang Sui will be the fourth young master's wife. Ran Qiu will be her personal maid in the future, so naturally she can just call her Madam.
Jiang Sui was still a little uncomfortable with being worshipped on his knees, but he still agreed with a smile.
Afterwards, Yingchun and Baoxia paid their respects and kowtowed to their future masters respectively. Xiao Lanlan was still unmarried, so she could just be called Miss.
Not to mention Jiang Sui, even Xiao Lanlan was not used to it. Suddenly, there were two more maids serving her. In fact, she had never thought that one day she would be served by others.
Su Yanqing has been watching her gently from the side. She has learned a lot in the past few months at the girls' school. It can be clearly felt that her etiquette and posture are getting better and better. She is gradually beginning to develop into what her mother hopes for. It is said that she is particularly talented in managing the mansion and can learn things quickly. Several female teachers in the girls' school often praise her to her mother. Now, whenever Lanlan is mentioned, her mother always smiles.
They seldom had the chance to meet each other, because he had been exhausted by all sorts of mess in the past few months, and he only felt happy for a while when he saw her.
Su Yanqing always took out the little free time from his busy schedule just to see Xiao Lanlan. He would occasionally wait at the side door of the girls' school until she got out of school. Then the two of them would walk along the lake embankment next to the school. Even if it was just a simple stroll and a chat, or at most just holding each other's hands, they were very satisfied.
Su Yanqing was very well-educated, and before marrying her, he would never do anything overly intimate towards her. This is called starting from emotion and ending with etiquette.
Sometimes, he would send someone to deliver a letter to her, inviting her to go boating, drink tea, etc. The two of them were just like a normal couple in love, stable and smooth.
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