Chapter 13 Cheng Mansion
The group spent the whole afternoon buying two boxes of clothes. Generally, the expensive materials in the shop are not made into ready-made clothes, and the guests also choose materials. People who can afford these materials have needlework and thread wives in their houses, and occasionally they like the new styles in the shop to customize. The two pieces that Sun chose were made by someone before, but the man didn't pay for the money at home and didn't want the clothes. The shopkeeper could only sell them in the shop. If it really didn't work, he would treat them as sample clothes for his family and then wear them. Unexpectedly, he met a country lady who went to Beijing and bought them.
Jinhua and Yinhua also chose a few outfits, but Zhuhua couldn't choose the best ones. She only had expensive materials and girls' outfits made of girls' outfits made of ordinary materials. Sun hesitated for a long time but couldn't decide, so Cheng Dashan decided to buy one outfits.
The Li family didn't want to buy expensive ones, but Cheng Dashan decided to buy one for them both expensive and cheap ones. After a meal outside, they went back to the inn. After a night of rest, they set off in new clothes the next day. Zhuhua chose girls' clothing after Sun hesitated. After leaving for a while, the carriage left after entering Chang'an City. It took more than an hour to arrive at Cheng's mansion.
Jinhua and Yinhua lifted up the curtains of the car along the way and looked outside curiously, Zhuhua sat in the corner with no interest. She was still young and had plenty of time to learn about the city. Moreover, the wind outside was so strong that she didn't want to lie on the window and blow the cold wind.
When he arrived at Cheng Mansion, the housekeeper had already received the news and stood at the door. When he saw Sun and Jinhua and Yinhua getting off the carriage, he linked the names he had told Cheng Dashan. However, when the bead flowers holding the little flower dog appeared, he was a little unsure who this was. The master said that when he left home, there was a child in his wife's belly. Could it be this child? Then why was the only child's clothes worse than others?
Feeling his gaze, Zhuhua also looked up at him curiously. Anyway, she was just a child, and it was not rude to stare at a man, let alone an old man. Gao Jin, a housekeeper in his forties, is quite kind, with a little silver thread in his hair, with a beard, and always smiling on his face. He was originally a manager of the Queen Mother's family, the Xun family, now the Queen Mother's mother's family. After the Xun family was framed and confiscated, they were sold. Because his mother was the queen mother's nurse, King Kang bought him and placed him in this house.
After sending the house out, King Kang asked Gao Jin about his plans. Gao Jin thought that King Kang had a confidant around him, and he couldn't get it if he went out. Besides, he was not young anymore, so he might as well stay in the Cheng Mansion with a master with a weak foundation and a simple personality. In addition to him, King Kang also sent twenty servants and later rewarded four beauties. The senior manager privately felt that King Kang valued Cheng Dashan very much.
After Cheng Dashan moved in, he ignored everything about the house, and it was up to Gao Jin. Except for Cheng Dashan who wanted to send the beauty Kang Wangshang away, Gao Jin also followed Cheng Dashan's wishes. He was very good at serving, and he was not picky about food and clothing, nor was he close to women. Sometimes he would get drunk. A beauty once took the opportunity to get close to him while he finally found an opportunity to touch his house, but he was so upset by his alcohol. When she mustered up the courage to go forward to take off her clothes, she was vomited by him, and then she was discovered by the servant who sent the sober soup.
After Gao Jin knew about this, as a housekeeper, of course, he felt guilty for not being able to guard against the starter villain, but for some reason he was quite pitiful to the beauty, both pitiful and ridiculous. Afterwards, he apologized to Cheng Dashan and asked how to deal with the beauty. Afterwards, he asked how to deal with the beauty. After all, it was given by the emperor, so it was not easy to deal with it too seriously. Cheng Dashan had no impression of this matter. When the housekeeper talked about it, he was still in a hangover and said that he would lock up the man and let the wife deal with it. Seeing that he was so light in his handling, Gao Jin also had a good impression of the new master, but he was a little worried about the heroine far away in the countryside, afraid that she would be mean.
Cheng Dashan also had the idea of pleasing Sun in this way, and wanted her to see that even if she was not there, he would not have any thoughts on it. Even if a beauty rushed over, he would not continue. Not only did he not accept it, he also gave the beauties full of power to her for disposal. She would pinch it if she wanted to, and he would never feel sorry for him.
The day Sun and others arrived at Cheng Mansion, the senior manager did not say this. After Sun and others took a break, he led them around the Cheng Mansion for a while. Zhuhua knew from the beginning that King Kang had sent Cheng Dashan a three-entry house, but she had no idea how big the three-entry house was. When she got off the carriage, she judged from the outside that the house was not small, and the front door was obviously renovated, and the color on the pillars was still very new, and she preferred brown rather than vermilion.
In order to welcome Sun, the mansion made an exception and opened the door. The butler said that the door of the mansion was usually not open, even if Cheng Dashan entered and exited, it was from the side door on the side. When he entered the door, Zhuhua saw a screen wall, and a picture of a galloping horse was engraved in the middle of the inverted square space, which was quite imposing that the general's house should have. There was a square yard behind the screen wall, and there was a hand-paper veranda on both sides. Zhuhua visually measured that the width of the yard was smaller than the width of the exterior wall, and there was probably a space on both sides of the veranda, but there was no door from the front. In front of the yard was the hall, and the hall was also divided into the front hall and the rear hall and the side hall. The furniture inside was also new. Zhuhua touched it like everyone, and then pushed it secretly, thinking that the wood was quite heavy and had a faint fragrance, which was probably quite valuable.
After looking at the hall, Zhuhua guessed that the backyard should be quite large. Sure enough, after passing two doors, we first arrived at the main courtyard, which contained three upper rooms and more than ten rooms. They were all built in a grand and simple manner, not like the style that Cheng Dashan would choose.
Sure enough, after he led the people to see it, he said to Sun: "I saw that there were only some stone and wood carvings in the room, which looked gray. After the New Year, we would paint it again. I heard from Qin San that there was a house on the street that was renovated and painted the pillars into gold, and the sun would shine. I think that was good."
Zhuhua frowned and thought, but she didn't know how to persuade her when she saw Sun blanch him.
"What are you doing? If you spend some money, you can spend it randomly. This yard is very new and does not need to be renovated at all."
Even for the purpose of saving, Zhuhua breathed a sigh of relief for the yard to escape.
Following the mountain veranda to the east wing, there are three upper rooms inside, which look more delicate than the main room. There are bamboo planted inside, even in winter. Everyone walked around and went to the west wing. On the way, they saw a small garden, and there was a small pond in the garden, which was quite interesting. However, the garden is now bare and there is no scenery, and there is still a little verdant in the winter in the north. The west wing is built next to the garden, with many plum blossoms planted in the yard, and there are only a few small buds among the branches.
After the senior manager took everyone out of the west wing, he walked through the garden and walked in, and passed two doors to a courtyard.
"This is the back room. Some ladies live in the back room, while others live in the back room with servants or concubines and concubines." said the senior manager.
The courtyard with the back cover room is a bit simpler than the front, but compared to the hometown, it is better enough. Zhuhua is content to choose a secluded one, and her eyes can't help but look at the west-most room.
When she noticed her gaze, the senior manager pretended to accidentally point to the westernmost room and said, "Except for that room, there are four beauties given by the emperor."
He carefully glanced at Sun's face, and saw that she was not angry, but just rolled his eyes to Cheng Dashan.
Cheng Dashan quickly explained: "This is already the most remote courtyard in the mansion."
Sun didn't answer his words, looked down at his three daughters and said, "How about you three living in the west wing together? Or do you prefer the east wing."
"The west wing is good, there are flowers." Yinhua quickly responded.
Zhuhua and Jinhua also nodded.
After visiting the yard, it was getting dark, and the group went to the side hall to have a meal. As soon as the meal was finished, the people below said that the four beauties wanted to come to see their mistress.
"What do you see? Let them stay calm and don't come out to meet people." Cheng Dashan waved impatiently.
The senior manager looked at Sun hesitantly. He had already seen that the Sun of the Cheng family would be the real master in the future.
Sun originally wanted to see these beauties in life, but after walking around, he saw that Cheng Dashan was really not interested and his mind became weak. After leaving for a day, he was too tired. He said, "See you tomorrow, don't let them leave the yard if you have nothing to do."
After saying that, she looked at the senior manager again, "Is there a needlework lady in the house? Miss Third has no new clothes that fit, so our winter clothes must be made."
The senior manager frowned in embarrassment and said, "The servants in the mansion are not complete, and there is no serious needlework lady. The master's clothes are also made by the servants of the rough. Because there is no need for embroidery or something on it, they don't think anything. If it were the clothes of the wife and the lady, they would probably not be able to show off their skills. Otherwise, I would ask someone to bring some people to the wife to pick them up tomorrow. The mansion should have been in the mansion long ago. The ladies should have at least one or two big maids and three or four little maids around them, and they also have to ask the nanny for advice."
Seeing that Sun was tired, the senior manager stopped and said, "It's the end of the year now. These are things for next year. You don't have to hurry up. You have to take the matter of adding a maid. After entering the mansion, the newcomers have to teach them before they can use it. The New Year is the busiest time, so they have to get started quickly."
"Okay, I'll pick it tomorrow." Sun said, looking at Uncle and Aunt Li, who was also tired, "Cousin, cousin, you can live in the east wing. Have a good rest tomorrow, and we'll go shopping on the street the day after tomorrow."
"Okay, we all listen to you." Aunt Li replied.
After chatting for a few more words, everyone went back to the ward to rest.
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