Chapter 70: Allocation of Courtyards
Wang Ziteng felt a pain in his head when he saw this farce! His sister was quite capable, but how could she raise a good son like this?
He quickly winked at Shi Ding and asked him to leave immediately. Did he want to continue watching the show?
"Okay, get up! Go with Zi Teng and his two brothers to the front to have some tea. We women won't listen to any of your big talk."
Wang Ziteng and the other two hurriedly saluted and dragged Jia Zheng away! Jia She also stood up and left the hall.
While comforting Baoyu in her arms, Grandmother Jia thought for a moment, and then said to Wang Xifeng, "Feng girl, Cong'er's status is different now. He is a real noble of super-class! Go and clean up Chenwu Courtyard, and let Jia Cong's maids move in first. When Cong'er comes back, he will have a real courtyard."
Wang Xifeng was shocked. In addition to the main courtyard of Rongxi Hall, there were indeed several other halls and courtyards with names in the Jia Mansion.
For example, the courtyard occupied by Baoyu's study is Qixiazhai, the courtyard occupied by Jia Zheng's study is Mengpozhai, the courtyard occupied by Daiyu and Jia Min's former residence is Tingzhuyuan, and the courtyard occupied by the Xue family is Lixiangyuan temporarily!
These courtyards were all top-notch in the mansion, and even Wang Xifeng was not qualified to live in them. Now that Chenwu Courtyard was given to Jia Cong, it also foreshadowed a change in his status.
Of course, this is not surprising! Jia Cong was awarded a title for his military merits, and he was likely to be an earl of the highest rank, so his status as a bastard was not important.
"As the second sister-in-law, you must carefully prepare all the arrangements and furnishings. You must not lose face for Brother Cong!"
"Don't worry, old ancestor. I am a fool. I will ask my eldest sister-in-law and your smart granddaughters to help me with ideas. I will definitely arrange it properly!"
The old lady was tired after entertaining guests for a while, so she asked Yuanyang to help her go to rest. Madam Wang followed her, but Madam Xing said, " Since the old lady has handed this courtyard to you, you must be careful. Cong'er's status is different from before, so you can't be careless! I will also ask someone to get some ornaments later, and you can add them to the room."
After saying this, he left.
As soon as the elders left, the group of children suddenly became happy!
Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows and smiled, "This time I have received the order from the old lady. If you want to decorate this courtyard for our great master without trying to please me, then you are just dreaming!"
Xichun ran over first, "Second sister-in-law, I...I have a set of fine watercolors, so I'll give them to you. I also want to help Third Brother decorate the yard."
Daiyu held Xichun back and said, "Feng girl, you, the sisters are helping you, but you are making trouble! Although Congge is a noble, he was also the first in the three consecutive cases. If you, a poor man who can't read a few words, let the third brother's courtyard become tacky, do you think the ancestors will let anyone off..."
Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Of course I can't do this, but my cousin is well-read. Ping'er, go and ask someone to invite Baochai over. We can't invite the daughter of this scholarly family, so we can only look for someone else!"
Daiyu bit her teeth lightly and pointed at Wang Xifeng, "You black-hearted person, who can't make things difficult for you? If you can't say something nice today, I will not forgive you!"
Li Wan hurried forward and held their hands, "You are so hot-tempered, you are arguing with the girls? When Cong went to guard the border, he was thinking of you sisters and didn't forget any of you. This time, you should all help to decorate the courtyard for Cong."
"Let's go look for Sister Bao first, and we should also call a few girls from Congge's courtyard. After all, they know Congge best, and they are also going to move there, so naturally they have to come along and give some advice!"
The girls naturally respected this eldest sister-in-law, and Li Wan usually taught them to read and learn, so it was not surprising to say that the eldest sister-in-law was like a mother. Therefore, when Li Wan spoke, everyone naturally agreed.
Afterwards, the group headed towards Lixiangyuan!
Lixiangyuan had just received the news. Aunt Xue was almost dumbfounded. She took a few sips of tea before saying, "This Cong brother is becoming more and more capable. He was just awarded the title of first-class son last year, and this time he is going to be awarded the title of earl and marquis. The most rare thing is that Cong brother is not even twenty years old. If your brother had half of Cong brother's ability, our family would not need to rely on this or that."
Xue Da Silly grinned and said, "Mom, this is not easy. Let my sister marry Cong. With a duke like him as her brother-in-law, we will see who is blind enough to mess with Master Xue!"
"You evil creature , you can only borrow Cong'er's influence! If you rely on Cong'er's face to cause trouble outside, I can't control you, and I will let your uncle beat you with a stick!"
Xue Pan shrank his head, laughed and didn't dare to say anything. He was indeed very afraid of his uncle Wang Ziteng.
Baochai, who was sitting aside, was a little absent-minded. Besides being happy about Jia Cong's promotion to the title, she was also worried!
In the past, although Jia Cong was not bad, he was born as a bastard and could only be considered a potential stock! As the legitimate daughter of the Xue family, although she was not a noble lady, the Xue family had a fortune of over one million, so it was appropriate for her to be with Jia Cong. But now, Jia Cong had already achieved success and had a title, so how could she, a mere merchant's daughter, be worthy of him?
In fact, ever since Jia Cong was conferred the title of First-Class Son, Baochai has been feeling uneasy. Fortunately, in the past year, Jia Cong's occasional letters have remained the same as before, and the content of her letters is obviously different from that of other sisters. Therefore, she was able to put her mind at ease.
However, now that Jia Cong has gone one step further and has been granted the title of marquis, the gap between the two has unknowingly become so large that it is difficult to look up to the past.
Even if Jia Cong had not changed, how could the old lady of the Jia family be willing? At this time, the most important thing was to match the family background and the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. Even Jia Cong could not object. So, what should she do?
"Madam, the eldest and second mistresses and all the girls in the mansion have arrived!"
Xue Dashazi laughed and slipped away when Aunt Xue wasn't paying attention. Aunt Xue didn't bother to pay attention to him and quickly stood up and said, "Hurry, hurry up!"
Without waiting for them to go out to greet them, Li Wan and Wang Xifeng led a group of girls into the yard.
Baochai chatted with the other girls, while Aunt Xue pulled Wang Xifeng aside and said with a smile, "You are usually a busy person, why did you come to my courtyard today?"
Wang Xifeng looked around and then said with a smile, "It was Feng'er who neglected Aunt. Didn't she come all the way here to apologize to Aunt?"
"My son!" Aunt Xue tapped Wang Xifeng's forehead, "I think you don't come to the temple for no reason!"
