Chapter 828 The Three Banquets
The Liao family held a wedding banquet, and most of the guests they invited were people from the government office, and a few were neighbors and heads of several wealthy families in Jiangning City.
The Xia family also received an invitation. The person who came was the general manager of the Xia family. Several of the Xia family's gentlemen had gone to the capital. Only the old man and his wife of the Xia family were in Jiangning City. They were old and rarely went out, especially It's a small banquet like Xisan, and they won't show up.
After Mrs. Xia returned to Jiangning City to recuperate for a while, her body was worn to the point of death at first, and then she got better. However, she was so thin that she was reduced to just a layer of skin and bones, and her temper also subsided a lot. She was no longer there. seek death.
The third master of the Xia family was the only one in Jiangning City. She felt sorry for her third son, so she couldn't bear to torment him.
However, in early August, the third master and third wife of the Xia family, as well as Xia Zilan, all went to the capital and took away Xia Zilan's dowry.
Xia Zilan's wedding was originally scheduled for June, but Mrs. Xia was critically ill at that time. It was difficult for the Xia family to hold weddings, so they postponed the wedding for a few months. No, the third wife of the Xia family went to the capital in advance to prepare for her wedding. The wedding is over.
Old Mrs. Xia originally wanted to go to the capital, but when Mr. Xia sent her back to Jiangning City, he deliberately left a confidant old lady to wait on the old lady. Seeing that the old lady was making preparations to go back to the capital, the old lady persuaded the old lady to give up. Got this thought.
However, she didn't want the eldest and second daughter-in-law to have a hard time, so she asked the third daughter-in-law to send a message asking the eldest wife and second wife of the Xia family to come back and serve her.
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The Liao family's wedding banquet was very grand, and the guests were full of praises. They also praised Liao Jingtang and Zeng Jing for their conduct.
However, Zeng was lying in bed and confinement, unable to get up. All the female relatives at home were received by Mrs. Jin. After all, she was a servant. Although the ladies who came understood this, they still treated Mrs. Jin a little lightly.
Mrs. Jin was a servant, so she didn't care so much. She enthusiastically arranged the seats and refreshments for the female family members. Some of the female family members were curious about Zhu Qingtong and would secretly inquire about Mrs. Jin.
Mrs. Jin would say perfunctorily, "She is the cousin of the Liao family. She lost her husband and came to Jiangning City. She wanted to take refuge with my young master. However, my young lady happened to have a baby, so she was not allowed in and was placed outside. Stay.”
"I heard it was quite violent. That cousin is not a good person." A lady asked curiously.
Mrs. Jin didn't dare to say anything more, so she just said, "My cousin and grandma were cornered by a scoundrel, so she came to ask for help... Normally, she has a good temper."
"Hmph, it turns out that my cousin and grandma were in a hurry, so you guys helped me out. If it wasn't the situation, wouldn't you just watch my cousin and grandma being bullied?"
Suddenly, a voice sounded at the door. Mrs. Jin followed the sound and saw Zhu Qingtong supporting an old woman walking in.
Mrs. Jin knew this woman as Hu Ma, the personal maid who served Mrs. Liao.
Mrs. Jin immediately raised her smile and greeted her, "It's Ma Hu. Why did you come to Jiangning City and didn't send a letter home? I can take someone to pick her up."
"Huh, I'm writing you a letter so that you can be prepared and block my old lady from the door again?" Hu Ma sat down on the chair at the head with a dark face.
Mrs. Jin's face looked a little ugly.
No matter how high Ma Ma's status is in the Liao family, she is still a servant and a slave. How can she sit in the first seat? That is the seat of the housewife. Only Zeng Jing is qualified to sit. Apart from Zeng Jing, Ma Ma Hu also Not qualified to sit.
But Hu Ma sat down carelessly. What is this, giving them a blow as soon as they come?
Mrs. Jin straightened her face and said, "Look at what Mother Hu said, you are the one in front of the old lady. Even if we don't open the door for anyone, we have to open the door for Mother Hu. Besides, Mother Hu came here right away, so why did she bring her with her?" I came with my cousin and grandma, who is still mourning.”
Mrs. Jin is not a good person either. She always questions Ma Hu when she opens her mouth.
Mother Hu didn't care about that. She glared at Mrs. Jin angrily, "Why, the second young lady is so precious, but my cousin and grandma are nothing? My cousin and grandma are just mourning, and they are not allowed to attend the child's baptism banquet?"
Mrs. Jin was very angry... If the young lady is not valuable in gold, does it mean that Zhu Qingtong is valuable in gold?
No matter how valuable Zhu Qingtong is, she is just a cousin and a guest. The young lady is the serious second young lady of the Liao family and is the master.
"Go and tell the Second Young Madam that today, my cousin and grandma are staying here." Hu Ma said, without even the slightest thought of asking Zeng Jing and Liao Jingtang for their opinions.
Mrs. Jin didn't dare to answer.
Although Ma Hu is serving the old lady, she is not her master yet. She only listens to the orders of the young lady. Ma Hu wants to order her, hum...
"Hu Ma, you should wait until the banquet is over to talk to the second young master yourself about this matter." Mrs. Jin said, "I am just a servant, but I cannot be the master of the young master and his wife."
Mrs. Jin deliberately used the word "servant" hard, intending to remind Hu Ma that she was also a servant and was not qualified to come and live wherever she wanted.
Hu Ma heard the underlying meaning of her words, and her face never looked good.
Zhu Qingtong stood aside and remained silent, letting Hu Ma go and compete with Mrs. Jin in the ring.
The people watching the excitement looked at Hu Ma curiously, and then looked at Zhu Qingtong with disdain. The look in her eyes made Zhu Qingtong very uncomfortable.
But if she wants to live here today, she has to endure all this.
What happened at the banquet was quickly informed by the maid. Zeng Jing knew that Zeng Jing was very weak and had not recovered enough yet to be able to muster the energy to care about other things.
She said weakly, "Go tell the young master and let him handle this matter."
"Young Madam, what will happen if Mother Hu and my cousin live here?" the maid asked worriedly.
Zhu Qingtong didn't have a good heart at first sight, but the old lady... well, she never had a good heart.
These two restless and kind-hearted people together are enough to embarrass the young lady.
The young lady is still in confinement.
The maid looked at Zeng Jing worriedly, and Zeng Jing twitched her lips and said, "They want to live here, but they have to have a place. The house at home is tight, and even if they move around, they can't make room."
After entering the courtyard for the third time, there were no rooms, and there were more than a dozen maids and women living there. Except for Mrs. Jin, who lived alone in one room, the others were arranged according to their status. Two or three people lived in one room, and there was no room for them at all. The extra rooms are for them to live in.
The front yard is where the young guard and the head guard live, and it is also very crowded.
Her yard is a little looser, but only a little looser. Among the three main rooms, she and Liao Jingtang live in one, and the remaining two are used as a banquet room and the other as Liao Jingtang's study.
There are three rooms in the east wing where two sons live, as well as two wet nurses, two maids, and two mothers-in-law. The living space is not spacious.
Of the three rooms in the west wing, one was used as a warehouse, and the other two were occupied by her two eldest maids and two second-class maids.
The entire Sanjin house was fully occupied inside and out, and there was no room left for them to live in.
Therefore, Zeng Jing was not worried that Liao Jingtang would keep them at all.
(End of chapter)