Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 190 Seating
When the wives of the civil officials and the wives of wealthy households in the county flattered Mrs. Qian, Zhang Cao's two deputy Mrs. Qianhu and Mrs. Yang Baihu gave Ning Wan a special smile, signaling her to see Mrs. Qian's demeanor.

Although civil servants and military officials are both courtiers and have the same rank, they were naturally equal in civil and military at first, but I don't know when the power in the hands of civil servants has grown, and because of this, there has been a trend that civil servants are more noble than military officials Not only did the civil servants disregard the military officers of the same level, but even the military officers who were two or three levels higher than them did not take it seriously.

The county magistrate is a seventh-rank official, deputy thousand households is from the fifth rank, and a hundred households is the sixth rank. Naturally, the status of women must follow their husbands. Right now, Mrs. Qian is facing several military officers who are several ranks higher than her husband. Madam ignored it, precisely for this reason.

Of course, Mrs. Zhang and Cao's two deputy Qianhu and Mrs. Yang ignored Mrs. Qian, and just sat and talked to themselves.Although the power of civil servants is much stronger than that of military officials in the court, everyone is in Liaodong now!This place is different from Shanhaiguan, which has not experienced war for hundreds of years!In this land where wars with foreign races have never been completely stopped, the role of military officers is much greater than that of civilian officials!
Seeing that Mrs. Qian had entered the flower hall and was about to sit down in the middle seat, she suddenly turned around, stopped as if remembering something, and looked back and asked, "Is Mrs. Lu Qianhu here?"

When Mrs. Qian received the invitation from the Zhao family to attend the banquet, County Magistrate Qian told her, "It's fine with everyone else, but Mrs. Lu Fuqianhu, you have to make friends with her."

Madam Qian naturally saved it.In the past few years, because of the frequent robbery cases, my husband was almost dismissed from office, the boss repeatedly reprimanded, and the people complained. It is useless to issue many arrest warrants, even if all the arrests in the entire county are used to only investigate this. Not a single case has caught a clue.

Just when the couple murmured behind their backs that they might be judged as "lower" in the official evaluation this time and had to be dismissed from their official positions and return to their hometowns, Deputy Lu Qianhu, who was newly transferred to Hutai County, captured the gangster in one fell swoop, and then From this case, another major case in the customs was drawn, and county magistrate Qian made a great contribution because of this, offsetting all the previous bad things.

After all, County Magistrate Qian is a person who has read the books of sages and sages, so he naturally understands the truth of repaying kindness. When Mrs. Qian comes here, he has another idea. He has a good relationship with Deputy Lu Qianhu. If there are similar things, maybe her husband will return What more contributions can be made, and the official position will be raised?
So Mrs. Qian made an exception and asked Mrs. Lu Shao.

Ning Wan stood up and smiled, "How is Mrs. Qian?"

Madam Qian quickly laughed and said: "I was going to go there on the day you got married, but there was something important at home that I couldn't leave without, so this is the first time we've met!"

When she and Lu Tieshi got married, County Magistrate Qian and his wife gave congratulatory gifts, and the gift was not insignificant. Naturally, Ning Wan remembered that, knowing that County Magistrate Qian wanted to befriend Tieshi, she smiled and said, "I've heard that before. Madam Qian has an extraordinary demeanor, and now that she has met her, she realizes that her reputation is well-deserved."

In Ning Wan's dream, from the time she came to Zhao's house until the barbarians went south to attack the city, County Magistrate Qian had been working in Hutai County, so she also had some contacts with Mrs. Qian, and naturally she had thought about Mrs. Qian's thoughts carefully.

Mrs. Qian is the daughter of a scholar. She has been able to read and write since she was a child, and she is also good at calligraphy and painting. After marrying Qian County Magistrate, who was a scholar at the time, she sold the dowry for him to study. .Therefore, she has always had great influence on Qian County Magistrate, so if she wants to maintain a good relationship with the county magistrate's office, Madam Qian is a very important part.

Although Mrs. Qian has always been proud of Jiangnan, she is actually even more proud of herself. She often calls herself a talented woman in her words, so it is better to praise her for her good manners than her good looks.Sure enough, after hearing Ning Wan's words, she sighed: "In the past, Mrs. Wang of the Human Way had the style of being under the forest. I really admired her. When I was young, I used to read the scriptures without letting go of the book. It's just that since I got married, I have to wash my hands and make soup. Every day Tired of firewood, rice, oil and salt, it will eventually disappear to everyone."

Ning Wan smiled and persuaded, "Mrs. Qian is not as clear-sighted as Mrs. Wang because of her family affairs, but she is more blessed than Mrs. Wang when she has a clear heart and a beautiful boudoir, which Mrs. Zhang is known for." Although Mrs. Wang Xie is a rare talented woman in ancient and modern times, she married a good-for-nothing husband, and her evening scene was very bleak. It was not as happy as Mrs. Gu Zhang's descendants who were known as the best boudoir at the same time.

Madam Qian was very happy when she heard that, "I don't think you know so much at such a young age." She took her hand and said, "Let's sit together."

The style of writing in Liaodong is really not as good as that in Jiangnan. The female relatives here are not many literate, let alone know the life of Mrs. Wang Xie Daoyun and Zhang Tongyun, who is known as the beauty of the boudoir, so they all look at them. But she laughed and said nothing, only Miss Ding San was eager to get back to the game and said: "When it comes to raising women, there is nothing like the capital. My sister said that there is a nanny specially invited from the palace in the prince's mansion to teach everyone the rules. Every move, every word and every action must be practiced hundreds of thousands of times before it can be achieved!"

Mrs. Qian couldn't hold back her "poof" smile, "You are talking about servants who serve others, we are talking about the daughters of everyone in the history books, it has nothing to do with it!"

At this moment, everyone understood, so they laughed loudly, almost knocking the roof over.Mrs. Ding couldn't bear it any longer, so she hurriedly pulled Miss Ding San, "When we came, your father told me to go back earlier because of something at home." Then he said to Mrs. Zhao, "Let's take our leave first."

Mrs. Zhao is the host, so it's not easy to laugh with everyone, so she pointed to a girl beside her, "Send Mrs. Ding and Miss Ding for me."

Everyone always hated Ding's family, but they didn't want to deal with them. Now that Madam Qian personally shamed Ding San away, it has nothing to do with them, so for a while, she felt that Madam Qian was amiable, so she greeted her with a smile and sat down to talk.

Ning Wan has been pulled by Mrs. Qian, and now Mrs. Qian wants to sit in the middle with her, so naturally she refuses in every possible way.It's not that she thinks that being the wife of a military general is inferior to the wife of a civil official, but that she is not as simple-minded as Madam Qian.When visiting someone else's house as a guest, it is natural to consider the owner's wishes, or why would there be a saying "the guest does as he pleases"?

Mrs. Zhao's treat, of course, will be arranged. If I sit down with Mrs. Qian, it will definitely break the seat that she has arranged. Not only is the seat wrong, but the toast and the show will be messed up. Awkward?Ning Wan didn't know how to arrange the seats today. After all, although the Zhao family had a good relationship with the civil and military officials in Hutai County, they rarely invited everyone together, and this was an exception.

Besides, there is one more thing, although everyone calls herself Young Madam, but Ning Wan knows that Madam Qian and Madam Zhang, Cao, and Yang are actually conferred by the imperial court when it comes to their identities. It's still early for the order, why should they be invited to sit at the top table.

Ning Wan refused to sit, and Mrs. Qian didn't sit either. Everyone gave up their seats, and Mrs. Zhao came over with a smile and said, "Instead of fighting here, we might as well go to the stage and fight. There is no need to watch the play, just watch everyone!" Everyone laughed, and they followed Mrs. Zhao to the stage.

Zhao's theater has two floors. When entertaining guests, the male guests are usually on the first floor, and the female guests are on the second floor. Everyone goes out from the flower hall and goes upstairs through the corridor.Although this is a theater building, it is a house with slatted windows all around. In summer, all the slatted windows can be removed for ventilation and coolness. Now in winter, only the row of slatted windows directly in front is removed. There are smoked cages under the seats, and when Fang enters the room, he feels a warm fragrance blowing over his face.

Ning Wan slipped her eyes inside, and she knew how Mrs. Zhao's seating was arranged.Facing the center of the stage, two long plans are placed side by side, one east and one west, and there are several seats behind each plan, which are the main seats.She couldn't help but glanced at Mrs. Zhao in admiration. It was the custom of Wen Dong and Wu Xi to stand in the imperial court. Wouldn't it be good to use it in family banquets?
Mrs. Qian was invited by Mrs. Zhao and Ning Wan to sit in the middle seat on the east side, and then she came to her senses and stopped holding Ning Wan.Ning Wan immediately let the three wives of Zhang, Cao and Yang sit first, and after everyone declined a few words, they pushed the oldest Mrs. Zhang to the first seat. In fact, Mrs. Cao, Ning Wan again, and Mrs. Yang refused because she was the wife of a hundred households. The one sitting in front of Ning Wan.

Sitting down for a while, hot tea was served, Fang said a few words, and ordered the play according to the seat when the playlist came, and the play started to sing, everyone was addicted to it, and suddenly it was noon, and it was time for a discounted play Mrs. Zhao stood up and said with a smile: "We might as well go to the flower hall to eat, it's spacious and the dishes can be arranged."

How can everyone agree, "Today's theater troupe is good, we are engrossed in watching it, let's put it here, who can eat what!"

Although there is a small theater troupe in Hutai County, it is not a little worse than the big troupe invited from outside this time, and everyone usually likes to go to the theater, so Mrs. Zhao actually just asked and sent a message to let him know. People put the banquet in the theater building. Although the long table is not as good as the big table, it is still enough.

The refreshments were withdrawn for a while, and the wine and dishes were served. The first dish was of course jelly dishes. After everyone made a toast, the show started again.This scene is Xiu Ru Ji. Kun Jiao, who plays Li Yaxian, is very beautiful in her costume and sings well. When it comes to the scene where she wants to pierce her own eyes and persuade Zheng Sheng to study, Ning Wan just listens to Xi's sister and says quietly behind her: "I hate this the most. I cry every time. You can go out with me."

It turned out that apart from the two long tables in the middle, there were long tables on one side and the back on the viewing stage, and the rest of the people sat in different places. Sister Xi specially chose a seat behind Ning Wan, so that the two sisters One can whisper something.

Ning Wan also had something to ask Sister Xi, so she got up and said with a smile, "It's just right, I also want to go out and relax."

The two went downstairs arm in arm. Someone had already brought a cloak and a hand stove, dressed them and went to Sister Xi's yard. Before entering the door, they heard Zhao Guomao crying, "I want to go to the theater, I want to go to the theater! "

Sister Xi showed a look of disgust, and asked sharply when she entered the door: "Who told the Second Young Master that the theater troupe was invited at home?"

The girl and woman on the side said: "No one told the second young master, but the second young master guessed it when he heard the sound of gongs and drums." He added: "I have been crying for more than half an hour, and I can't persuade you."

"What can I do?" Sister Xi sighed and said, "Of course he won't make trouble when he gets tired."

Ning Wan couldn't help but stepped forward and said: "Since the second young master wants to watch a play, let's take him to see it, as long as he doesn't make noise." Zhao Guomao is actually a child, and he likes to watch lively, as long as he is allowed to watch plays, He could sit without moving for a day.

Sister Xi asked angrily: "Could it be possible to bring him under the stage to make people laugh?"

Ning Wan has a way, "On our way back, I saw a row of houses not far from the stage. Although it is not facing the stage, you can still see the opera, so let the second young master go to the house to watch it, so as not to cause trouble. , everyone will save trouble." That's what she did before.

"I'm afraid he'll make trouble again when he gets there." Sister Xi didn't believe it, but she still listened to her cousin, "Take Second Young Master over there to watch the theater. If he makes trouble again, bring him back and lock him in the house!"

Zhao Guomao left, and when he passed by Ning Wan, he still smiled at her and called out, "Cousin!" Ning Wan laughed, "Second young master is so good! Let's go to the theater!" Seeing Zhao Guomao and serving him All the maids and women left, and the courtyard immediately became quiet. The two went to the downstairs to tidy up again, and then put on their makeup in front of the mirror. Ning Wan asked, "Cousin, what good happened to you?"

"Where is there any good thing? It's just me thinking about it!" Sister Xi took out a small jade box and used a hairpin to pick out some snow-white oil for Ning Wan. Moisturize."

Ning Wan wiped it as she said, and she really thought it was good, so she asked, "Where can you tell me where you bought it? I also asked someone to buy some for use."

"This is made by their family," Sister Xi showed the box to Ning Wan, "These boxes are all specially made, without the logo of the merchant. If you like it, I will ask my uncle and wife for two boxes at another time. "

Gao Jiayuan was just a very ordinary small official, but he prospered because of the discovery of a jade mine in the place where he worked. Needless to say, Mrs. Zhao often gave jade articles as gifts.Ning Wan really didn't know before, and now she just smiled, "Forget it, it's the same if you buy it elsewhere, why bother to say so."

I wanted to ask Sister Xi again why she thought about it all of a sudden. Seeing that she had a relaxed expression and a smile on her face, she put it down. It should be Mrs. Zhao who persuaded her. After all, Sister Xi is her own chosen daughter-in-law who will take care of her in the future. Zhao Guomao's life, she always has to care about it.

The two sisters had been out for a long time, and they had to go back. They rearranged their clothes and went back to watch the stage, but instead of passing through the corridor, they went around to the place where Yue Guomao was watching the play, and saw Zhao Guomao lying on the window watching. If he is fascinated, he ignores them. A group of maids and women may watch the theater next to him, or rest in the house, which is extremely worry-free.

Sister Xi laughed, "I don't think this method is so good, he won't make trouble anymore."

Ning Wan said again: "Your mother-in-law will be happy when she finds out." The reason why Mrs. Zhao also married her second son was because she didn't want to lose her second son, and second, she wanted her second daughter-in-law to take good care of her son. She was happiest seeing Zhao Guomao getting good care.

The two of them came out after talking, and a row of girls came out from a distance to the kitchen, holding big food boxes in their hands, and they knew that it was time to order new dishes when the singing was over. They looked at each other and said: "We Hurry up and get back to your seat, everyone may not be paying attention yet."

After going up two steps, Ning Wan suddenly smelled the strong smell of milk, so she turned around and stopped the middle-aged servant woman who brought the maids to deliver food, "What kind of food is this?"

(End of this chapter)