She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Upon hearing that someone from Anshun’s Household had asked the young lady to prepare pastries at their mansion, a servant nearly laughed out loud and asked Nanny Jin, "What’s the background of this Liang family, to summon people for service even though they clearly know all the young ladies from the Prefectural Magistrate’s Family are eager to associate with ours? Are there really such brainless people?"

Nanny Jin replied with a smile, "Nanny Qiao has never encountered such situations in less prominent places; there are plenty of people who haven’t seen the world and think the sky is the limit from the bottom of their wells. The head of the Liang family is the brother-in-law of Lord Zhou, the Prefect of Yuyuan Prefecture. They already had some family assets and were considered a well-off household in Qingyuan County. Now that the brother-in-law has not only been promoted but is also serving in Yuyuan Prefecture, they’ve been showing off excessively, acting as if they’re the most important family under the heavens."

The words ’showing off excessively’ left the servants of Anshun’s Household bewildered, "Showing off what?"

Ye Xinyan overheard Nanny Jin and a servant from Anshun’s Household speaking the local dialect so fluently and found it amusing. Seeing that the servant from Anshun’s Household indeed did not understand, she could not help but laugh, teasing Qi Jiaer who was playing on the side, "Qi Jia, today I seem to have heard a bunch of you teasing Brother Sanshun, saying that he has started to show off, right?"

Qi Jia stopped playing with his tangram and replied seriously, "That’s right, everyone says that since our great uncle’s household now has a business, and although Brother Ershun isn’t involved in it, he’s learning to rear livestock under Manager Cui at the cattle farm and making money, the family’s days are prosperous so they say Brother Sanshun has started to show off. But Brother Sanshun denied it, saying he wasn’t showing off and he still plays with everybody as usual. I also feel Brother Sanshun hasn’t been showing off."

Ye Xinyan laughed merrily and said to a servant from Anshun’s Household, "Nanny Qiao, now you know what ’showing off’ means, right?"

Nanny Jin chided, "You’re such a mischievous child," and then turned to explain to the servant from Anshun’s Household, "It’s just the local way of saying puffed up with arrogance, rash, and self-conceited."

Nanny Liu, who was sewing, looked up with a smile and said, "It’s quite an apt description in the local dialect for someone puffed up with arrogance and acting disorderly; aren’t they just ’showing off’?"