Chapter 559 D-Zuan Anxin
When she got home, her stomach was already growling with hunger, and Feng Ziying couldn't help but complain that Master Qi couldn't even spare a meal.
Of course, Feng Ziying doesn’t want to eat. The food at Qi Yongtai’s house is very simple, even simple, which is similar to Qi Yongtai’s character.
In fact, although Qi Yongtai was born in a poor family, he has now worked for a long time and will never be too poor. His hometown still has a hundred acres of land, and he also has a not too shabby house in the capital, which even has one or two households. To subsidize the family's shop.
Mr. Ge, you cannot be too extravagant, but you must maintain a minimum of dignity. You cannot go in and out without a car or a sedan. You must have daily entertainment and banquets. And with the salary of Dazhou, if you want to maintain a decent life for the officials and their families, even the chief minister must Don't even think about it.
Therefore, some necessary livelihood is inevitable. Of course, the safest way is to buy a few shops to collect rent. This may be a problem that every official who has entered the third rank or above has to consider and deal with.
Of course, if you are a local official with a good reputation and can handle affairs, you can even receive some subsidies every year.
What I'm afraid of are those old Beijing officials who have been hanging around in high-ranking yamen such as the General Affairs Department of the Hanlin Academy for a long time. They have no experience in the local area and have no foundation at home. It will be difficult. At the end of the year, they even have to fight in the autumn wind in order to succeed. Have a good year.
It’s good to have a home. As soon as we sat down, hot meals were served.
Pork oriole, roasted deer meat, simmered pigeon eggs, a pile of fried radish with soy sauce, and a filling tube of bijing porridge.
The Feng family now has the aura of a wealthy family, especially after Jin Chuan'er came. In addition to her often cooking for Feng Ziying, the Feng family also consciously began to pay attention to the inner courtyard chefs, gardeners, bricklayers, Car drivers and other logistics personnel began to adjust. On the one hand, they needed to supplement and standardize, and on the other hand, they had to improve their quality. For example, the chefs had to change a few times before they could slowly meet the requirements. Of course, the expenses must have increased a lot.
The Feng family used to live on the edge of Datong, and they were from a military background, so they were not that particular and could just make do with it. But now that they are in the capital city, every move and every move can attract attention.
Even if you don't care, the maids and servants will inevitably compare and gossip when they go out, and they will inevitably reveal the situation in the house.
It is not a secret in itself, but it often represents the so-called "inheritance" and can even make people think whether your family is prosperous or not, so both the Duan family and the Duan family put a lot of thought into this aspect.
After Jin Chuan'er arrived, both the Duan family and the Duan family felt that their "inheritance" was still somewhat different from that of aristocratic families such as the Jia family. Naturally, they also hoped to make up for these shortcomings as soon as possible to avoid being regarded as a "nouveau riche". .
“Have you all eaten?” Feng Ziying asked while eating, “Is this braised pigeon egg made by Jinchuaner?”
“Well, I said this bamboo fungus is very nourishing?” Xiangling also asked curiously.
It seems that although there are also Bazhen these days, they are mostly said to be animal Bazhen such as dragon liver, phoenix marrow, orangutan lip and leopard fetus. There is no such term for Cao Bazhen, but there are bamboo fungus, Hericium, Tremella fungus and flower mushroom. This type of mushroom plant has become popular, but it cannot be said that it is expensive.
Feng Ziying mentioned it to Jin Chuan'er, but she didn't expect that this girl could actually make the connection and simmer pigeon eggs with bamboo fungus. The taste was really fresh.
"Yes, it is very nourishing to the body. However, these kinds of mushrooms are not common in the north. They are more abundant in the south, especially in Sichuan and Yunnan and Guizhou. Moreover, these kinds of mushrooms can be eaten fresh and can be stored after being dried. , just soak it in water and it will not affect the taste and efficacy. "
Feng Ziying was eating pigeon eggs and bamboo fungus, ladling the soup with a spoon and savoring the taste. She enjoyed it very much.
"Jinchuan'er is really capable in this area, even the master chefs in the kitchen are full of praise." Xiang Ling said with a smile: "And he and I also sent a copy to my wife and concubine. "
Feng Ziying secretly sighed in her heart. Jin Chuan'er was not only good at cooking, but the key was that her emotional intelligence was indeed much better than Xiang Ling and Yun Shang.
It's no wonder that in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions", she has no background, and she can also get the identity of Mrs. Wang's maid in Jia's house. If Jia Baoyu hadn't committed evil and touched Mrs. Wang's bottom line, Jin Chuaner would not have jumped into the well, or even in the future. It's normal to really want to be Baoyu's concubine.
It's better now. You can make full use of its strengths in your own house.
Her thoughts suddenly flew away, and Feng Ziying shook her head, thinking too much.
“Well, what did the madam say?” Feng Ziying asked: “Didn’t you say that the madam and concubine are going to Dinghui Temple tomorrow?”
“It seems that my wife did say she would go tomorrow, but judging from my mood...” Xiangling hesitated.
"What's wrong?" Feng Ziying estimated that her mother was uneasy during this period, and she insisted on marrying the daughter of the Lin family, but she had heard through channels that Daiyu's body was too fragile, and she told herself several times that she hoped she would reconsider. However, she refused this matter. If it was not possible, she could only blame it on Miaoyu, which made her mother very helpless.
"I can't tell. It seems that my wife has not been in a good mood during this period. Jin Chuan'er and I went there today, and my wife's eyes were wandering around us..." Xiangling pinched the sweat towel and whispered with a red face: "Then later My aunt asked us,..."
Feng Ziying picked her ears and laughed, "What did you ask? Your voice was so low that I couldn't even hear you."
Xiangling was so embarrassed that she couldn't speak. In the end, she could only turn her face to one side, lowered her head and said, "My wife and concubine asked me and Jin Chuan'er about our health. Well, they said..."
Feng Ziying couldn't hear clearly what Xiang Ling said, but she understood the meaning. It was probably that her mother and aunt were considering whether to let Jin Chuaner and Xiang Ling move into the house first, so that they wouldn't be in a hurry even if they were pregnant in the future. .
There are a lot of red tapes and etiquette in the house of this wealthy family. Personal maids like the master will basically not be sent out. Those who are favored can take over the house first and become the so-called maids who serve in the house. Brightly approved.
Of course, in real life, it is usually done first and then announced. Just like Feng Ziying, Xiang Ling, and Jin Chuaner, they only take over the house after they have a relationship, and some even take over the house after they are pregnant.
Generally speaking, when a maid like this gives birth to a child, she will basically be raised as a concubine. Of course, these maids who raise concubines are considered lowly concubines, similar to those bought from brothels as concubines, and those who are raised as concubines from small families. Women who were concubines from wealthy families were incomparable, and their status was inferior.
Acquiring a house in advance is the same as taking a concubine before marriage, with both advantages and disadvantages.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you meet an open-minded and generous lady. Even if you are unhappy, it will be suppressed in your stomach. If you meet a narrow-minded person, it will be troublesome. Maybe you will have your little shoes to wear in the future, especially It's even more troublesome for people like Xiang Ling and Jin Chuan'er to be carried up by a maid, and they weren't brought over by her.
Although in this big family, the mother-in-law is naturally the highest authority, but in matters between husband and wife, wives and concubines, it is impossible for the mother-in-law to intervene unless it is absolutely necessary. Normally, you are a concubine and a general. As a house girl, how can I still cry to my mother-in-law? No matter how much your mother-in-law says she likes you, she can't easily feel sorry for your upright daughter-in-law. That's against the rules.
Of course, there are advantages. Now that the master has not married, it is the time when the maid or the concubine is the only one to be favored. When the opportunity comes, he will give birth to a son and a half, and he will have someone to rely on for the rest of his life. If he waits until the eldest woman enters the house, he will meet If you are fierce and jealous, you may not get a few chances even if you live until you die. Moreover, even if you are pregnant and give birth to a child, you may not be allowed to raise a concubine, or even directly deprived of your right to raise the child.
This kind of situation is not uncommon among wealthy families, especially when the woman's natal family is powerful.
At present, when Feng Ziying has not yet married a wife, closing the house is just a matter of words between his wife and his concubine.
Feng Ziying really hasn’t thought about this matter.
He found that he may have become more and more integrated into the world, so he subconsciously did not take this kind of thing seriously.
Whether it's taking in a house or taking a concubine, it's not a big deal in his opinion. How can he be irresponsible if he takes away someone's innocence and sleeps with someone else's innocent girl? He will naturally have to give an explanation in the future, but he ignored it. The attitude of the other half after getting married.
I may have subconsciously assumed the relationship between my mother, my aunt, and my two aunts Su Xie, thinking that maybe my future family might be like this, but I ignored that Xiao Duan is my mother's sister, and Su Xie's two aunts. Both of the aunts have no heirs, so there is no way they can compete with the Duan family for favor.
Of course, this is not to say that Xiangling and Jin Chuaner have any ambitions, but if they don’t have a definite idea and don’t have a reasonable plan for their future marriage life, then various situations that happen in other high-ranking families will be the same as in the Jia Mansion. , I’m afraid it’s indispensable.
It is difficult for an upright official to take care of household chores. When the time comes for him to be his bed partner and even bear children for him, and the palms and backs of his hands are all flesh, then he will have a headache.
"So Xiangling, what do you and Jin Chuaner think?" Feng Ziying realized that maybe she needs to have an explanation with these girls earlier, so that they can have peace of mind and hope, and she will have to do both in the future. In the third room, if they really give birth to a boy and a half girl, they have to consider which room they move into.
(End of this chapter)