Otoharu

Chapter 447 The Neighbors

"It's not all because of my uncle's face. My uncle is now a sixth grade. He is not bad on this street. Besides, he is young and has a bright future. Well, my uncle, naturally you have to be more polite to our family." Li Meier said naturally.

Mrs. Li also knows that her family has been honored by her in-laws, but thinking about her son's entrance examination for a Jinshi soon, he will definitely be an official in the future, so she is not so sour.

Mrs. Jiang got up to take the tea brought in by Nanny Lin, and offered one to her mother-in-law, smiling, "Our house is pretty much set up, we should set up two tables, please tell them to come over and have a good time."

Moving to a new house requires a warm house.Mrs. Li took it very seriously, and said, "If you buy two tables of good wine, the in-laws treat us like flesh and blood." The in-laws really have nothing to say, and the three thousand catties of carbon are given away, and they don't ask her family for a penny. Really bold atmosphere.

"I'll arrange this matter. We're new here, and the house warming wine must be very busy. I'll also study the fashionable dishes in the capital, so that the guests can eat comfortably." Li Meier smiled. volunteered.

"I didn't think about letting others do it, you girl is idle anyway, so just show off your skills, your father is going to be an official in the future, and you as a girl, you can't lose your position to him. " Mrs. Li also laughed and said, thinking that her granddaughter has such good cooking skills, no matter where she goes, she is very good at it.

Li Meier stared at Mrs. Li with wide eyes, pretending, "I found out that when you arrive in the capital, why are you different, grandma?"

"What's different?" Mrs. Li asked.

Li Mei'er put on a 12-point sincere face, and said, "Suddenly she became very knowledgeable, and even her speech was different from when she was in my hometown."

Immediately proud of herself, Mrs. Li put down her teacup, copied her hands, and said with a frowning face, "That's right, this is the capital city. What do you think it is. What do you mean by going to the countryside and doing as the Romans do? Since we have arrived at the place where the emperor lives , Of course you have to show the style of the people of the capital! Do you know!"

"I didn't know before, but now I know." Li Meier nodded solemnly in response.

Mrs. Li also taught her girl with satisfaction, "It's not too late to know now, you are not stupid."

Li Meier: ...

Mrs. Jiang and Nanny Lin snickered for a while, and arranged for lunch.The men in the family are all studying, even Brother Kang is studying, and Brother Kang is going to be a transfer student, so naturally he has to study hard at this moment, so as not to be ashamed when he fails the exam.

After lunch, Mrs. Jiang took her daughter to do needlework, and while talking about warming wine, Mrs. Li said, "It's a good time to prepare banquet wine and invite in-laws." What a good in-laws, I think my son is a blessing, The eyesight is also good, Fang made such a close relationship back then.

Jiang smiled, "I was thinking, when we moved, the neighbors all sent people over to talk, so it's better to set up two more tables for the warming banquet, and even invite the neighbors together."

Li Meier said, "Why don't you ask grandma first to find out what kind of temperament the neighbors are, and how many people are in each family, and then it won't be too late to post."

Mrs. Jiang was very satisfied with her daughter's thoughtfulness, and nodded, "Very well. Let's go to your grandmother's place and ask."

Mrs. Li said, "Well, you guys go, I'll watch dinner with A-Lin." Ever since the family moved into a big house, Mrs. Li didn't like to visit her in-laws all the time.

Mrs. Jiang went there with her daughter. The house Jiang Yanzhi bought is not considered a prime location in the capital, but at least it is considered a silver location, and the surroundings are all low-end and low-end official families.It's not that houses in prime locations are unaffordable, it's just that houses in such locations are generally priced but not marketable.

Mrs. Jiang and her mother inquired about their neighbors, and Mrs. Xu said, "There are six families in our alley. Besides our two families, one is the family of Mr. Li, the supervisor of the household department, the other is the residence of Mr. Jiang, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and the other is It's the residence of Deputy General Lin of the Imperial Guard, and a member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang Zuo's family. They are not difficult to get along with. The Lin family is a military general's family, Mrs. Lin is straightforward, and the Zuo family's ancestors are officials and eunuchs. Mr. Jiang’s family is most particular about etiquette. You have to post a post to buy warm house wine, four tables for the women’s table, and three tables for the men’s table, that’s enough.”

Mrs. Jiang was a little confused, and said, "Mother, isn't it too much to set four tables for the ladies' banquet?" In fact, Mrs. Jiang counted, that is, her mother's family and neighbors, and her family had just moved in, and the neighbors came over for a drink , but there are only four families, and it is more than enough to count eight people.

Zhou Hanyu took her mother-in-law's words and said with a smile, "Sister, I don't know. There is a reason for this. Many families in the capital city live together as a family. As long as the elders are around, they don't want to divide the family. For example, in the family of Mr. Na Jiang, the family has four generations under the same roof. The old man and the old lady gave birth to four sons. Counting with your fingers, there are more than twenty people, but when there is a happy event in each family, and the family goes out, there are usually a dozen or so, if we don't prepare more tables, our family will be rude."

Jiang Shi and Li Meier clicked their tongues, Li Meier couldn't help but asked, "Auntie, is their house big enough?"

"Of course it's not enough, except that the old lady and the old man live in a slightly larger room, and there are two little great-granddaughters living with them, and the rest of the three generations just squeeze into one courtyard." Zhou Hanyu said, "But in fact, such things are still common in the capital. Quite a lot."

After all, it is not easy to live in the capital, and the house is expensive. Many people buy a big house and live there for several generations. If it is not for the particularly promising younger generation, where there is the money, they will dispose of another house by themselves.

Mrs. Xu sighed from the side, "If you want me to say that these people can't think about it, why are there so many children and grandchildren crowded together, there are many people, so there are many things. Also, the whole family eats the officials, and the children and grandchildren see that there is something to eat." If you drink, you don’t know how to make progress. It’s better to separate the family, live a peaceful life when you are old, and live your own life when you are young, and you know how to find a job to support yourself.

Li Meier also agreed deeply, nodded and said, "Grandmother said so."

Zhou Hanyu laughed, "I'll say the same thing. When brother Zhang grows up and they each start a family, they will separate out immediately to save the noise." Mrs. Xu said quickly, "Brother Zhang is the eldest son, so we can't separate out. .”

Zhou Hanyu laughed, but she just said it so casually, and quickly changed her words: "It's still early, the children are so old, and the children have to be married before we can talk about the separation."

(End of this chapter)