After Sun Chengyun's wedding, the 40th birthday of Yuzhu's father-in-law, Fucha Changde, was approaching.
My eldest brother-in-law, An Lin, had to go to Changchun Garden as an errand and had to take care of important things. Yuzhu, the son-in-law who was equivalent to the son-in-law, naturally took on the important role.
Previously, An Lin had sent people to post posts to the six relatives of the Fucha family. However, for a wealthy family to celebrate their birthday, just posting another post would definitely not be enough, and it would be too disrespectful.
Manchu people have many rituals.
According to the established rules, when a wealthy family celebrates their birthday, they must notify relatives and friends at least one month in advance.
Three days before the birthday is approaching, someone should send someone to post the post again to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings caused by relatives and friends forgetting or being delayed by something.
When entertaining guests for a drink, the most important things are the following: Should you ask a restaurant to arrange the banquet for you, or do your own chefs do it yourself? How many tables will be served? Is it a flowing seat or a fixed seat? How many tables need to be prepared for spare seats? Who likes it?
Drunk and causing trouble?
Among them, the most troublesome thing is how to arrange the seats for the invited distinguished guests?
In the Qing Dynasty, if the distinguished guests were seated in the wrong order, it would definitely be a disaster that would offend people to death.
For example, if you want to invite Yuzhu to a birthday banquet, should he sit at the seat of the prince's elder brothers, or sit at the seat of the grandchildren of the Tong family, or, in his capacity as uncle, sit at the seat of relatives of the Fucha family?
Hehe, the knowledge and attention to it are simply a profound and profound study of secular etiquette.
Because it had been decades since I entered the customs, the bannermen were not allowed to do business or farm.
In many clans that hold titles but have no real power, their lords or bannermen's wives specialize in providing advice to the powerful families, and even personally organize weddings and weddings, treat guests and give gifts.
The head of the Dog Breeding Department was benevolent to the Duke Ma Jia Hanyuan. In addition to raising dogs for the royal family, he also specialized in organizing weddings, funerals and other weddings and funerals.
Changde and Yuzhu sat at the round table, listening to Han Yuan's old stories about birthday banquets with great interest.
Just hearing that, Han Yuan said with a smile: "When people under our banner celebrate birthdays, they don't make fixed seats, but prefer flowing seats. Why? Because, we have no way to predict the guests who come to congratulate us at short notice. If the guests come, go up
It would be embarrassing for the host’s family to receive the gift list but not have a seat to sit in.”
Chang De nodded frequently and sighed: "Mr. Han, you are still thoughtful."
Han Yuan waved his hand and said: "Master Chang, since we are sitting in the same place, it is better to treat each other as brothers in order to be comfortable and relaxed, right? I, the so-called Duke of the country, only have five hundred taels of silver a year, five hundred
It’s just Dendrobium rice, how can it be enough for a big family? Alas, the silver rice is not enough, what should I do? I can only rely on Master Chang and Master Yu, you two to enjoy the meal."
"You two have rewarded me with food, and you are Han's parents. How can I be called my father by my parents? It's better to treat me as brothers." Han Yuan's attitude was very low, and he didn't say anything.
It's very pleasant to listen to and quite touching.
Yuzhu couldn't help but smile slightly. This old man from Han Yuan was actually willing to put down his pretense as a Duke in order to make money. He was indeed a wonderful person.
The official salary of Han Yuan is five hundred taels a year, which seems like a lot. In fact, it is only forty taels a month.
In addition, the annual salary of the head of the Dog Breeding Department is only three hundred taels.
Putting the two together, Hanyuan's family's monthly expenses are less than seventy taels at best.
Hanyuan's family had a large population of wives, concubines, and children. Outside, he had to live in a dignified manner and maintain a team of bearers, carriage drivers, etc. The expenses were huge, making life very difficult.
To put it bluntly, if he didn't want to make some extra money, why would Han Yuan put down his pretense as a prince and attend weddings and funerals in public?
Changde originally only wanted to spend one thousand taels of silver for his birthday. After all, after Sabu's death, Changde kept his filial piety for another three years and is currently in a huge deficit.
Yuzhu was so knowledgeable that he took the initiative to add one thousand taels to the expenses. This was a grand occasion of two thousand taels.
According to the convention of drawing one out of ten, Han Yuan can get at least two hundred taels of silver, which is enough to feed the whole family for three months.
What Hanyuan does is not a unique business. There are many people under its banner who are engaged in this industry, and the competition is extremely fierce.
Changde chose Hanyuan mainly because Hanyuan had a very good reputation in this industry. Everyone said that Hanyuan would do things honestly when paid, and would never cheat or cheat to enrich himself.
As we all know, in this era when etiquette is prevalent, the most fearful thing for those who organize weddings and weddings is not only paying money, but also being infamous for a momentary oversight.
That would be a big loss outweighing the gain.
Yuzhu's point of view has always been that problems that can be solved by money are not problems. He is also very willing to spend money to support his father-in-law's birthday.
In any case, the close relatives of the official wife are all serious relatives that Yuzhu must take care of.
Hearing that the fifth elder brother would come to congratulate him in person, Han Yuan couldn't help but cup his hands and said: "Master Chang, with the fifth elder brother coming to support you, your birthday banquet must be very honorable."
Yuzhu took the initiative to double the money, and also took the responsibility of inviting the fifth elder brother to support his face. Changde deeply felt the respect of his son-in-law for him, and was extremely satisfied.
In fact, Yuzhu didn't know how to organize a birthday banquet. His principle was to only contribute money and not say anything, and everything should be based on Changde's wishes.
As long as the father-in-law feels at ease, Yuzhu will be satisfied.
Han Yuan actually really wanted to get in touch with Yuzhu. This was because Long Keduo, the nine-men admiral, was in charge of more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and he had eight banner commanders and assistant leaders, as well as a lot of general soldiers, deputy generals and others from Green Camp.
General.
These people are real wealthy people who hold real power and have no shortage of money to spend.
To put it bluntly, as long as Yuzhu is willing to help introduce, do you still need to worry about Hanyuan's business?
However, Yuzhu closed her mouth tightly and almost didn't speak.
A smart guy like Han Yuan can't even find a reason to get in touch with him. Alas, it's too difficult.
Han Yuan gritted his teeth secretly. He was well-informed, but he had never seen Yuzhu's unusually low-key style.
In the whole city, which young upstart in his teens, including the prince's elder brother, is not domineering and bossy?
However, Yuzhu has a series of dazzling titles and strong strength, but is extremely calm.
No matter what Changde said, Yuzhu would only smile and not speak. This was the rhythm of driving a madman away.
"Master Yu, what do you think?" Han Yuan couldn't bear it anymore and asked Yuzhu.
Yuzhu smiled and said, "I don't know anything. I just listen to my father-in-law's orders." He expressed his attitude and shut his mouth tightly.
Han Yuan hated him so much that he could do nothing about it. This was the first time he had met a weird young upstart like Yuzhu.
Seeing Yuzhu being so obedient, Chang De couldn't bear it anymore and said with a smile: "Uncle, the fifth elder brother is here and he will definitely be seated. When the time comes, you will have to accompany him to eat and drink."
This person, basically, if you respect me a foot, I will respect you a foot.
Yuzhu refused to come forward and pretend to be six fingers, so Changde was naturally very satisfied.
Originally, Changde thought that with Yuzhu's family background and identity, he would definitely make some comments.
Who would have thought that Yuzhu, adhering to the principle of paying for things and speaking with great deeds, sat there for a long time, refusing to interrupt.
This is very satisfying!
"Come here, let's make some Biluo Chunlai, my uncle's favorite drink."
"嗻."
Soon, the tea was replaced by Biluochun, which Yuzhu loved to drink.
Yuzhu took a sip of tea and said to himself that the sponsorship of one thousand taels of silver and his low-key style of life have earned his father-in-law's recognition of him. It's worth it!
As the old saying goes, it is better to say nothing than to say nothing, and it definitely makes sense.
When elders are around, don’t talk too much. It’s rare to be confused. This is also the truth!
Longevity celebration in Changde is just a pretense.
Yuzhu knew in his heart that everyone in the Fucha family was a monkey spirit.
The real purpose of the Fucha family is to take advantage of Changde's longevity and observe Yuzhu's behavior.
The two families who just got married will definitely need to get along.
When celebrating a birthday, carefully observe Yuzhu's style nearby so that Fucha can make necessary adjustments based on preliminary understanding.
There is no way, the strict etiquette of this era is too ruthless and cruel to women!
Longevity is a big deal, and every aspect must be in place.
Changde and Hanyuan discussed the matter for two hours before finally settling the matter.
Yuzhu is also a great person. After sitting there for so long, he always had a smile on his face, and his butt seemed to have roots and was stuck to the chair.
Han Yuan has always suffered from not having a chance to strike up a conversation with Yu Zhu, and his head is as big as eight.
Changde was extremely satisfied. His son-in-law had contributed money and effort, and he was still willing to sit with him for so long. He was truly a rare and good son-in-law!
After Yuzhu left, Changde praised Yuzhu greatly in front of Irgen Jueluo and Xiuyun.
Irgen Jueluo also felt that she had found a treasure. She originally thought that with Yuzhu's family background and knowledge, no matter how you put it, he should be a person who knew half of the heavens and all the earth, and was eloquent.
Who would have thought that Yuzhu's behavior would be so low-key.
"Sir, our family is actually not short of money. I originally planned to prepare 30,000 taels for our Xiuyun. Now it seems that how about putting another 30,000 taels in an open place?" Irgen felt that Luo Shi was originally a
Hidden clumsy thoughts, the buns have meat, never show them on your face.
Changde smiled and said, "Thanks to the good fortune of old man Amata, why don't you put a few of the 300-year-old Changbai ginseng you have hidden in our girl's dowry?"
The couple looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
Think about it, Sabusu served as the general of Heilongjiang for eighteen years, how could his personal pockets not be rich?
I'm not bragging, there are so many ginseng, bear skins, sable skins, tiger skins, etc. in the Changde family's warehouse that they are almost rotten.
Heilongjiang's leather goods are famous all over the world, and they are all good things that are hard to buy even with money.
Given Sabusu's high prestige in Heilongjiang, his direct granddaughter is getting married. Hehe, how can the old subordinates he has promoted and the elders of the Sauron tribe not give generous gifts?
Now, since Yuzhu is willing to spend money to support his father-in-law, he still respects his father-in-law.
Changde and his wife reciprocated the favor, so they stopped hiding it and generously put the dowry money and treasures in an open place.
Xiuyun was seriously overage, so Changde naturally thought that the sooner she got married, the better.
However, Irgen felt that Mr. Luo was more scheming and had to test Yuzhu's temperament, so he took the step of longevity.