Chapter 3281 Winter

As a result of the widespread invitations, there were a lot of guests, more than the banquet where Zhou Man got married.

When the genius was slightly bright, the servants in the county master's mansion got up and opened the door to see the silvery white outside.

Jiulan and Xibing brought hot water into the room. Zhou Man was still lying on the quilt and slept soundly. Hearing the movement, he turned over gently and continued to sleep.

Xibing put the water on the shelf and pushed her forward, "Miss, it snowed last night, and there are not many clouds today. It should be a sunny day."

Zhou Man responded, barely opened a gap, and asked, "Are there enough people?"

It snowed last night, and it takes a lot of people to shovel snow today.

West Cake: "The servant will go and ask the old lady later."

Zhou Man responded with a sigh, and got up after lying on the bed again.

There was a lot of snow last night. At this time, the roof was plain white, the trees in the yard were piled with snow, and the grass in the flowerbed was all white. Someone was shoveling the snow on the road under the trees and into the grass.

Zhou Man took a deep breath, and the cold but sweet breath entered her throat, but she felt very happy, and couldn't help but smile on her face.

She closed the fox fur on her body and smiled happily: "This snow is not bad."

Xibing smiled and said: "Everyone said that Ruixue is a good year, and next year's year will definitely be good."

"Nevertheless, keep an eye out for snow on the roof and have someone sweep it off."

The biscuits should be down.

Jiulan brought the servants up with the food box, "Miss, breakfast is here, you can eat it while it's hot."

Only then did Zhou Man turn back to the house and ask, "Have grandmother, mother and eldest sister eaten?"

"The old lady and the lady have used it, and the little lady hasn't woken up yet."

Zhou Man: "Let her sleep. On such a cold day, she should sleep late. She can grow taller with more sleep."

Zhou Man lives in the main courtyard, and there are still not many servants. Apart from the main room where he lives, the wing room with the best light is converted into a study, next to Zhou Man's pharmacy, the left and right side rooms, and the western cake Jiulan on one side. , and on one side is a small room for Bai Jingxing's children.

Of course, she doesn't live here, and she is more often brought by her grandmother than her mother, who can only be seen in the evening.

Whether in Beihai County or the capital, she lives with the Zheng family most of the time.

The county master's mansion is not small and has many yards, so you can choose to live in whatever you like.

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zheng chose two adjacent yards, which were close to the garden and had good light.

Zhou Man chose a yard in the second room to be used as a library. The houses in it have been remodeled and there are rows of bookshelves.

In Zhou Man's small study, except for some of the books that she often used, she put all the other books in the library.

In addition to the collection of books in the Bai family, there are only half of the bookshelves now, and the remaining half is still empty. Zhou Man and Bai Shan said when they wrote letters that one of the goals for the rest of their lives is to fill the bookshelves.

Aristocratic families use books to pass down their families. As long as there are books, it is possible to learn knowledge, and that family will be undefeated.

This is what Mrs. Liu said to Zhou Man when she put the books from the Bai family's collection on the bookshelf. Zhou Man and the children Bai Jingxing both said they took it down.

According to the regulations, the province in the palace sent the palace servants to Zhou Man, most of whom were palace maids, but there were also servants. There were eighteen people in total, of which there were six servants.

Mrs. Liu didn't give Zhou Man these people. In her words, "I don't doubt the people sent by the province in the palace, but you are working in the palace now, and you can't help but treat your majesty and the prince, and keep these in the yard. inconvenient."

"Don't use suspicious people. Since we can't fully trust them, then we don't need to," Madam Liu said, "This is one of them, and the other is that neither you nor Zhishan likes to use servants very much, and there are very few servants around. Little, put them in the main courtyard, you will be uncomfortable looking at them."

Zhou Man nodded, "How is grandmother going to use them?"

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "I plan to keep them in the two yards of my mother-in-law and me. The eldest sister is also old. In addition to the May that you put by her side, you need to add some more people. I see them. It's pretty good."

"The people who came out of the palace are not bad in rules and knowledge. If they bring the eldest sister, our eldest sister's rules and etiquette will not be bad in the future."

Zhou Man thought about it too, nodded and said, "It's fine for grandmother to call the shots."

So when Zhou Man arrived at Mrs. Liu's yard, it was a palace maid who closed the curtain. She bowed and invited Zhou Man to enter. As soon as she sat down, she bowed and exited to make tea.

Mrs. Liu said: "The ingredients were almost ready last night. The guests arrived around noon. When your fourth brother arrives, ask them to help welcome the guests in front."

Zhou Man should go.

Mrs. Liu touched Zhou Man's hand, and she felt relieved when she saw that her hand was warm, "It's cold today, it's not good for you to go out for the wind while you are pregnant, and you have to be careful when there is snow on the road, by the way, let others look around again. Look, there are a lot of guests here today, and there are a lot of female relatives, so the snow has to be cleaned up to prevent the guests from falling."

Mrs. Liu explained everything in detail, Zhou Man sat with him for a while, and found that there was very little he could help.

After a while, the Zheng family also came, and everyone from the Zhou family came cheering.

Mrs. Liu smiled when she saw them, and entrusted the work of guarding the kitchen to Mrs. Qian, and the work of entertaining the female guests in the front was given to Zhou Lijun, as well as the arrangement of tableware and the management of servants to the sister-in-law Thursday.

Zhou Man and Zheng Shi were also in charge of entertaining the female guests. Mrs. Liu pointed at Zhou Man and Zheng Shi and said, "This time Bai Shi will also have a lot of people, and Ziqian still has many people you don't know, so you can tell her when the time comes. With one finger, you don’t have to be familiar with it, but at least you need to recognize someone.”

Zhou Man and the Zheng family responded.

After everything was arranged, the county lord's mansion operated in an orderly manner. Before the guests arrived, Zhou Man sat leisurely in the study with a cup of goat milk and watched a group of children.

Oh, and she doesn't need to look at it. The Zhou family has always been an older child with children, but now Wutou and Liutou play with their younger brothers, nephews and nieces.

After watching for a while, Zhou Man beckoned to call the oldest five and six over, and asked, "Where have you read now?"

Wutou said, "I have finished reading Spring and Autumn."

"Do you still remember the "Analects of Confucius" you learned earlier?"

Wutou: "...You can still memorize a lot, but you can't remember it completely."

Zhou Man nodded, "Do you remember the name of the medicine and the recipe I asked you to memorize?"

"Remember some."

Zhou Man then said, "Come back and listen to me."

Wutou put his hands behind his back, and Zhou Man nodded slightly, "I've been away from home these few years, who is teaching you?"

"Third sister and eldest sister-in-law, they have always asked me to memorize the names of medicines and soup recipes, and usually let me read the "Huangdi Neijing" at most, and the rest are gone."

Zhou Mandao: "You can go to the Imperial Physician's Office. I will ask you again now, are you really going to be a doctor in the future?"

Wutou nodded earnestly, "Of course, my parents said, as long as I can learn my aunt's five-point skills, I'll do it."