: Behave yourself

The tea banquet in the afternoon was very grand. During the lunch, Mrs. Liu and Ren Zhuyu were still busy. They called several times but neither of them came. The eldest brother of the Han family, Zi Ran, Han Hua was not coming back for dinner.

, only Xi Ya, Fang Xiang'er, Wu Yin, Zhao Jie, Xiao Zhen.

"I just went to take a look. The scene was so big. People who didn't know it would have thought that the Queen Mother was coming to our house." Fang Xiang'er said while eating.

"Early in the morning, my sister-in-law took away half of the fruits in the store. Those fruits were shipped from outside the country and are rarely available here. It seems that the lady who came to the house today must have a good background."

Ya said.

"Of course not, and don't look where this is. The Prime Minister's Palace, the Queen's family, and Yu'er and Hua'er are all popular ministers in front of the Emperor. I saw the tea banquet in the afternoon, and the wives of important ministers in the DPRK.

Everyone will be here." Zhao Jie said.

"Are you guys going over in the afternoon?" Wu Yin looked at Xiao Zhen, Xi Ya, and Fang Xiang'er.

Xi Ya shook her head: "Xiang'er and I are busy in the shop, and today happens to be the day to order some goods."

Several people's eyes fell on Xiao Zhen, who was eating a big meal.

"I want to go to the theater in the afternoon." Xiao Zhen was still thinking about the theater he watched in the morning.

"Sister, you have been watching it for several days. Is it so good?" Xiya asked curiously. She had never seen her so addicted to drama before.

When talking about the play, Xiao Zhen immediately became excited: "It's good to watch. It tells the story of a wealthy lady who falls in love with a down-and-out scholar, and then the two meet in the garden. It's so touching."

Everyone: ""

"It takes a lot of courage to fall in love with a down-and-out scholar as the daughter of a rich family." Xiao Zhen sighed and said.

Everyone: ""

"Sister, what's so good about this? I can make up a few stories like this for you at random." Wu Yin looked at Xiao Zhen speechlessly. How could my sister be moved by such stories? Who are you trying to trick?

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"Although the story is old-fashioned, the acting is good. I think the two people who play the role of the rich daughter and the down-and-out scholar must have something to do in private. Otherwise, how could they perform so well?" Xiao Zhen said excitedly.

Everyone: ""

Xi Ya coughed slightly, bringing back everyone's thoughts that were being pulled away by Xiao Zhen: "Sister-in-law left all the family affairs in the hands of Ren Zhuyu yesterday. I think the family will definitely change a lot in the future, and I don't know if it will be good.

It’s bad.”

Wu Yin and others nodded.

"Just change," Xiao Zhen said with a hearty smile, "Three hearty meals a day are enough. Young people are in charge, and things should only get better and better."

"That's not necessarily true," Fang Xiang'er said, "Have you noticed that although my brother-in-law is the Prime Minister, he does not have the official spirit in his heart. Ren Zhuyu is different. She has the temperament of an official lady, but in fact she is very

Look down on us."

Zhao Jie said: "I feel the same way. Although she is very good at calling people, she looks at us with disdain."

"She is also very sarcastic towards me," Xiao Zhen said with a smile, "But as long as we get along well, it doesn't matter. Human beings are all different. If we can't get along with each other, we won't get along, and we don't usually have much interaction with each other.

"

Everyone nodded.

Xiao Zhen took the soup that Xi Ya served and took a sip: "The three-year-old duck soup is fresh. Are these bamboo shoots from last year? They are well preserved and quite tender."

Fang Xiang'er chuckled: "I just took it out of the ice cellar this morning."

"I heard that the uneaten crops last year were well preserved in the ice cellar?" Xiao Zhen took another bowl and drank it.

"Yes, when the weather gets hotter, we can sell them. The taste will be as good as the seasonal ones." Xiya smiled thinking about making a lot of money this year, and her lips almost reached her ears: "We also plan to

After the sweet tea is iced in the summer and launched, I believe this year’s revenue will double that of last year.”

"Is there enough ice?" Xiao Zhen knew that her elder brother and Wu Yin had been busy building an ice cellar in the past few years. She didn't know how much ice there was and how big the cellar was. She just heard them talk about it occasionally and felt that it would be a big project.

"It's enough. It'll be fine if you use it for two or three years."

Just as several people were talking about the ice cellar with great interest, Sister-in-law Liu and Ren Zhuyu walked in, chatting and laughing.

"What are you talking about, laughing so happily?" Mrs. Liu saw everyone laughing when she came in, and asked with a smile.

When Xiao Zhenzhen wanted to talk about the ice cellar, he saw Ren Zhuyu pointing to a table of vegetables and saying softly: "Why are there only some leftovers? Someone come."

Mrs. Zhang came over and asked, "What are your orders, Madam?"

Ren Zhuyu pointed to the dishes on the table and said: "Remove these dishes and replace them with another one."

Everyone looked at the untouched dishes. They didn't eat much of the dishes, but more than half of the rice in their bowls was missing. Xi Ya, Wu Yin and the others were busy in the shop, so they were about to leave after eating. Xiao Zhen

I usually eat leisurely, but I have to go to the theater in the afternoon, so I eat in advance, which is very common in normal times.

Mrs. Zhang was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously said: "Aren't there still dishes?"

"Bold," Ren Zhuyu's personal maid glared at Nanny Zhang with a domineering look: "My lady will change it if she says to. As a maid, you dare to contradict your master. You are really uncultured.

"

Xiao Zhen raised his eyebrows. Zhang was hers. If he said that her people were uneducated, wouldn't he be saying that she was uneducated?

"How educated is this girl like you?" Fang Xiang'er couldn't stand it. She walked up to the girl and said coldly: "Zhang Wen Niang is my sister's person. You said this to Zhang Wen Niang in front of my sister.

Who borrowed your courage?"

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Zhang seemed to be about to start a quarrel, so she quickly said: "It's your servant's fault, isn't it?"

"This dish doesn't use much." Ms. Liu on the side didn't expect that her daughter-in-law would be angry if her siblings had eaten in advance. She hurriedly laughed and said: "Besides, your aunt and the others have to go to the shop to work after eating. Today

It’s because we’re late again and there’s no reason to make them wait for us, right?”

"Mom, didn't you say that I will have full authority to take care of everything in the house from now on?" Mrs. Ren quietly tugged at the corner of Mrs. Liu's clothes. Naturally, she wanted to wake up the whole family, so that they would not take her seriously.

Something happened.

"I leave it to you to take care of, but they are all your elders." Mrs. Liu said in embarrassment.

"Mom is still the mistress of the house. If dad doesn't come back for dinner, naturally mom will be respected here. Even if mom doesn't arrive, they will eat first. Even if they are elders, they shouldn't do this, right?" Ren Zhuyu looked at someone who didn't seem to be here.

Xiao Zhen, who was not affected by all this, said coldly: "I know

Aunt Dao is the wife of the Prime Minister, so what? Even if this is the Prime Minister's Mansion, it is still a mansion bought by the Han family. Don't you think it is too arrogant for your aunt to be so arrogant? My father treats the Prime Minister as a brother, and he still hopes that his aunt

Don’t lose the Prime Minister’s face.”

Everyone: ""

"I'm arrogant? Which of your eyes can see that I'm arrogant?" Xiao Zhen squinted at Ren Zhuyu, confused: "Also, how did I lose the face of the Prime Minister?"

"Zhuyu, what are you talking about?" Mrs. Liu looked at her daughter-in-law in surprise, wondering why she suddenly targeted Ah Zhen.

"I'm not talking nonsense." Ren Zhuyu saw that her mother-in-law, who had been taken in by her, was looking at her with some reproach in her eyes, and she felt aggrieved: "The prime minister's current status was all bought with money.

came out, this

Everyone in the government and the public knows where the money comes from for a poor scholar? Didn’t it come from his parents? My parents value the Prime Minister, so they have been spending money on the Prime Minister all these years, but they still need to know what is good and what is good."

Everyone: ""

Mrs. Liu opened her mouth slightly. She was so shocked by her daughter-in-law's words that she didn't know what to say. After a long while, she said: "What kind of poor scholar? What good knowledge do you have? Ziran became the prime minister because of his own efforts."

, and the silver”

"Who is Ziran?" Ren Zhuyu looked at her mother-in-law strangely. She was talking about the Prime Minister Lu Shi.

Xiao Zhen really couldn't laugh or cry. Ren Zhuyu didn't know much about their past. Naturally, she didn't know that Ziran and her eldest brother were brothers. It seemed that she had always thought that Ziran and her were dependent on others. In Ren Zhuyu's thoughts, Ziran was now

Everything they have is given by the Han family, so they should be self-aware.

Ms. Liu wanted to explain, but she couldn't tell Ren Zhuyu these feelings yet, so she said with a stern face: "Have you had enough trouble? Aunt Xiya and the others are going to the shop early, so naturally they have to eat first, before you enter the house.

, we all serve meals on their time, and this will not change."

"Mom?" Ren Zhuyu was anxious.

Mrs. Liu sighed and said: "Zhuyu, I asked you to take charge of this family, but you must first understand the situation at home. You must know that all the property in our family belongs to your Uncle Wu, Uncle Zhao, and Aunt Xiya.

Aunt Xiang'er is taking care of it. They don't know how busy and tired they are every day. After a long day of work outside, we have to ask them to wait for us when we come back for a meal. Does this make sense?"

"Shopkeeper Wu, shopkeeper Zhao," an old man hurriedly walked in from outside. When he saw Xiao Zhen and Mrs. Liu, he hurriedly made a greeting and then said to Wu Yin and Zhao Jie: "The goods have been delivered, everyone is waiting.

I'm waiting for you to take over. Seeing that you haven't come, I thought something had happened, so I asked me to come over and take a look."
Chapter completed!