Chapter 15 Learning to be a Housekeeper
Song Yuning smiled and nodded: "Indeed, I'm honored to meet you, Master Xu."
Xu Hui raised an eyebrow, a playful smile on his lips as he said, "Since you know my identity, why do you still call me Master Xu? You should call me cousin."
It's obvious that this young master was brought up in a pampered state at home. His words and actions are quite casual and he doesn't seem to care about the etiquette and rules between men and women.
Seeing that Song Yuning seemed eager to get rid of him, Xu Hui couldn't help but feel a little teasing in his heart.
Song Yuning had seen many little boys of this age in the hospital before, so he knew best how to deal with them.
She smiled at Xu Hui and said respectfully, "Cousin, I've been out for too long. If I don't go back soon, I'm afraid my grandmother will be angry.
I don't want to be punished, please clear the way and let me pass." After saying that, Song Yuning once again gave Xu Hui a standard half-salute, then walked around him and left briskly.
Hearing that she might be punished, Xu Hui really didn't say anything to stop her. He just stood there and watched Song Yuning's back disappear.
Song Yuning had just walked a short distance when she ran into Xuetuan and Yuejian who were looking for her.
Song Yuning quickly waved at them and asked, "Why are you here? Is it Grandmother asking about my situation?"
Xuetuan shook her head: "No, the old lady was tired and had already returned to Changchun Hall. This servant and Yuejian saw that the young lady had not returned for a long time, so we came to check on her."
"It's okay. I just forgot the time while enjoying the breeze. Let's go back to Xuezhuxuan."
The next day is the time for the bride to pay her respects to her husband's family and recognize them as relatives.
My eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Zhou, is seventeen years old this year. She has an oval face and looks very good. She and my eldest brother, Song Chengli, are a perfect match when they stand together.
The old lady, Xu and Song Hongzhi were all very satisfied with the eldest daughter-in-law and gave her generous red envelopes and gifts.
As for their younger sisters, Zhou also prepared a purse for each of them. Song Yuning reached out to take it and squeezed it, and found that there was something hard inside.
When I returned to Xuezhuxuan and opened it, I found that there were two little goldfish.
Although Song Yuning didn't know what was in the other sisters' pockets, she thought it was probably all gold.
This sister-in-law is also a wonderful person, and the gift she gave touched Song Yuning's heart.
She had everything else she needed, and the Song family would not treat her unfairly, but her monthly allowance was fixed, only ten taels of silver each month. The other four sisters all had concubines with them.
Most of these concubines have some property outside, so they will provide some subsidies to their children.
Only Song Yuning, whose biological mother had passed away, must have been very short of money, so Zhou prepared two small yellow croakers for her.
Over the next period of time, Zhou's thoroughness in handling affairs soon became apparent.
She was extremely filial to her mother-in-law and the old lady. She would pay her respects to them every day without fail and would also serve them at meals.
Xu was also very satisfied with her daughter-in-law, so she chose a suitable opportunity to hand over the power of housekeeper to Zhou.
Xu was still young, in her thirties, she was full of energy, but she handed over the power of the housekeeper early, not to promote Zhou, her daughter-in-law.
It was because Song Hongzhi wanted to take away her housekeeper rights.
Song Hongzhi had a concubine named Bai, who followed him for ten years and gave birth to two sons, the eighth son Song Chengqian and the twelfth son Song Chengyan.
After following Song Hongzhi for ten years, she continued to be honored and favored. This concubine named Bai was very capable, so in the past two or three years, she had been urging Song Hongzhi to get the right to manage the household.
Song Hongzhi also mentioned it to Xu several times, but was finally rejected.
Now that the eldest daughter-in-law has entered the house, it is only natural that she should be in charge of the household. Xu handed over the power of housekeeper to the eldest daughter-in-law to prevent Song Hongzhi from proposing to give the power of housekeeper to Bai again.
No matter how shameless Song Hongzhi was, he certainly would not dare to take the housekeeping power from his daughter-in-law and give it to his concubine who was not entitled to it.
Zhou did a good job. Since she took over the power of housekeeper, she did not make any mistakes. Not only was Xu more and more satisfied with her, but even the old lady was full of praise when she mentioned Zhou.
"You are indeed a good child. You have been managing the mansion for a long time. Everything is in perfect order. My grandson is so lucky to have you as his wife."
The old lady held Zhou's hand lovingly and praised her with a smile.
Zhou's face flushed slightly. "It's all thanks to my mother and grandmother's teachings. Yihuan doesn't dare to take all the credit."
The old lady was even more satisfied, and then she said, "I asked you to come here today because I need your help with something."
Upon hearing this, Zhou quickly stood up and said, "I wonder what important matter Grandma wants me to ask? As long as Yihuan can help, I will definitely not refuse."
The old lady pointed at Song Yuning and the other four and said, "They are getting older and older. Learning things like music, chess, calligraphy and painting won't be of much use to them.
Your mother was not in good health before, so I didn’t want to bother her too much. Now that you are at home, I want you to take care of them more and teach them how to manage the household.”
Zhou was a little surprised, but she had heard the prophecy of the Five Golden Flowers a long time ago. Seeing them being taught like legitimate daughters, Zhou felt that the lady had treated them well enough.
Unexpectedly, they even wanted her to help teach them how to manage the household. Those who can manage the household are all legal wives.
The old lady actually put so much effort into training the five of them, which shows that she has very high expectations for their future.
Zhou was not prepared to refuse. Her sisters-in-law were all favored guests and would all get married in the future. It would be better to sell one of them now. Who knows, there might be a time when she would need their help in the future.
"So that's what it is. Don't worry, grandma. Yihuan will definitely teach the five younger sisters how to manage the household." Zhou glanced at Song An Ning and the others and said with a smile.
Song An Ning and the other four looked at each other without saying a word.
From that day on, in addition to going to school and learning music, chess, calligraphy and painting every day, they had another lesson, which was to learn housekeeping from Zhou.
Zhou was a very good teacher. The old lady asked her to teach well, and she really tried her best.
Whether it was the New Year's Eve dinner or the Lantern Festival on the 15th, she took her five sisters with her throughout the whole process and let them see how she did it.
However, the days of following the housekeeper Zhou did not last too long. In February of the new year, there was another happy event in the Song family: Zhou was pregnant.
The pregnancy reaction was a bit strong. Although Zhou was still in charge of the housekeeping, she no longer did anything herself. Most of the time, she just looked at things like the account books.
Song Yuning and the other five people began to learn how to look at the accounts again.
The news of Zhou's pregnancy was not spread until three months after she got pregnant. It didn't matter if it was spread out. Song Yuqing came back the next day after the news was released.
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