As the newly appointed housekeeper, Cao Laosan looked at the increasing number of guests with a trembling heart and a blank look in his eyes. Their master had never mentioned holding a banquet, nor had he sent out invitations.
Those who can make decisions are not at home. How come so many people come all of a sudden? Who will entertain them?
These people are really something. Even if they want to come to your house, they have to choose a good time. Why are they in such a hurry?
If we fail to entertain them well today, we will be so embarrassed! Those people will say behind their backs that the Qiao family is just a bunch of idiots who cannot show up in public!
When Cao Laosan found Xu and Zhang to report this, he couldn't even force a fake smile on his face.
Although she had not been in the Qiao family for long, she could understand the old lady's working style to some extent. Today's scene was definitely not what she wanted to see.
It was the first time that Xu had encountered so many uninvited guests. She was at a loss for a moment. Her mother-in-law was not at home, and her sister-in-law was even worse than her. She didn't even have anyone to discuss things with.
Fortunately, Nanny Qin had seen countless big scenes, and she was standing by to help her hold the stage.
Xu's face turned pale. Although Nanny Qin had told her many principles and rules, she found that there were difficulties everywhere when she actually started.
She had been spinning like a top since the first guest came in the morning. These people's sudden visit caught her family off guard.
There wasn't even any tea to entertain guests at home, so we could only offer them plain water.
They wanted to take out some honey and make some honey water to entertain the guests, but as the number of guests increased, the consumption of honey soared, and they could not afford it, and it was easy to be criticized.
She asked for Qin Ma's advice with sweat all over her forehead.
"Mammy, this won't work. We have to find a way to stop them from coming. Our family is not prepared at all and can't accommodate them!
The people in the village can’t go out to work, they are stuck at home. I don’t know what they will say to us? My mother-in-law doesn’t like to be ostentatious, she will be very unhappy when she comes back and sees this. She will definitely be angry if she sees it!”
Nanny Qin had helped the master organize such wedding banquets before, but that was always done under the premise that there were sufficient manpower and money, and the master could do whatever he wanted.
The Qiao family doesn't have those conditions now. All the capable masters are gone, leaving two daughters-in-law with no experience to deal with. Even the housekeepers only have one or two capable ones. Even if she has a million ideas, she can't use them!
Nanny Qin went over everything she needed to do from beginning to end in her mind, and immediately came up with a plan.
"Madam, the head of the family is not here. They came here early just to find out about the salt mine. If anyone asks, you and Madam Zhang can just blame the old lady and say you know nothing.
Butler Cao, please send a few people to the road as soon as possible to clear the carriages. Don't let them stop in the fields and destroy the crops. They are the lifeblood of the old lady.
Ask Village Chief Li to bring a few familiar villagers to set up tables outside and run errands. And find someone to guard the intersection and help the old lady..."
With these instructions, the servants of the Qiao family finally stopped being like headless flies, unable to find their direction. They started to get busy one by one, and the situation was soon under control.
The prefect's wife was sitting in the main room, fiddling with the rough tea bowl in her hand, slightly raising her eyebrows, thinking: This Qiao family is really full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. They figured out the clues so quickly. Obviously, there is someone guiding them behind the scenes. It's really not simple.
She saw with her own eyes how the Qiao family went from being in chaos at the beginning to quickly becoming orderly, and their response speed was no less than that of other families like them.
But when she took a look and saw the women from the Fan family who were also sitting next to her, she couldn't figure out who else could be helping her behind the scenes?
But now it seems that their calculations may have been wrong! Since the owner was not here, they had been sitting there for a long time. The prefect was about to say goodbye when he saw the eldest daughter-in-law of the Qiao family coming over with a nanny.
Xu stepped forward and bowed to the wife of the prefect and the two ladies of the Fan family one by one. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "I am really sorry for neglecting you all...Now that my mother-in-law is not here, I would like to ask you sisters to help entertain these concubines."
The three of them hurriedly stood up, smiled, and agreed readily.
Xu and Zhang stood beside the ladies with smiles on their faces, carefully observing and trying to figure out how they treated their guests and what kind of words they said to different people.
Nanny Qin said that her mother-in-law would definitely be impatient with these social engagements in the future, but the Qiao family could not avoid such occasions.
As long as the men in their family become more and more successful, such things will happen more and more often. The sooner they adapt to it, the better it will be for them!
The wife of the prefect and Mrs. Fan both came here with sincerity, and seeing that the daughter-in-law of the Qiao family was really willing to learn, they naturally did not mind sharing their experience with her.
One was willing to learn, the other was willing to teach, and the scene suddenly became harmonious! Xu and Zhang were truly beginning to take a step towards the circle of official wives.
Soon, the wealthy businessmen and wives of minor officials who came to visit discovered that the wives who entertained them were actually the wife of the prefect and the mistress of the Fan family.
Each of them was of a nobler status than them, so they gave up any other plans they had.
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