wives and concubines

The cock crows in the morning.

The house newly bought by the third master in Zhuque Hutong is quiet and quiet, not a single sound can be heard.

Chen Duangui fumbled around, and didn't ask the little maid to come in to serve her, but just dressed herself.

Fourth Grandma Wu was pregnant, so she felt light at first, but she struggled to sit up when she heard the noise.

Chen Duangui hastily held her down, "If you have a body, sleep a little longer."

This thought made Fourth Grandma Wu very happy, but Fourth Grandma Wu still got up and said: "It's not the first child, I have a sense of proportion."

Looking at the sky outside again, seeing that Chen Duangui was wearing a cold-colored bamboo-leaf-patterned robe, he asked in confusion, "Where are you going?"

Chen Duanling smiled, "Xuanzhi posted a post for me last night, asking me to go to Zuixianlou for tea at noon today."

"That's too early."

It is important to make friends with the Li family, but there is no need to be so anxious.

Chen Duangui laughed again, "I want to go to the official department first."

Fourth Grandma Wu immediately understood what Chen Duanyu meant. These matters were related to Chen Duanyu's future, and they were beyond the control of women in the house.He stopped talking and asked Chen Duangui if he wanted to have breakfast first.

Chen Duangui let her rest again.

Fourth Grandma Wu took a look at him and still struggled to get up.

"Why are you still up?" Chen Duangui frowned.

Fourth Grandma Wu called someone to come in to take care of her clothes, and explained: "Mother and Aunt Mao need people to take care of them. The ones we brought from Suinan are not enough. I have already asked someone to tell Ren Yazi, Bring a few obedient little girls here early this morning, and I can't do the work of serving you personally, so it's better to be a maid first and help out."

Chen Duan's eyes froze, he took the towel handed over by the little maid, and said: "Mother, don't let the newcomers go and serve you. For Aunt Mao, you should also pick a few honest ones. Can't go wrong."

Thinking of the commotion at the Third Wife's place yesterday, Chen Duanyu wanted to open his mouth to say something, but in the end, he felt exhausted and exhausted.

Grandma Wu and Chen Duangui have been husband and wife for so many years, so they naturally understand the meaning of Chen Duanguo's every move, and immediately said: "Don't worry, husband, I will definitely take good care of my mother."

Chen Duangui stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his eyebrows, then nodded feebly.

Because of the matter of the third wife, the two of them had a breakfast without much taste.

Chen Duanling went out after eating, and it happened that Ren Yazi over there brought someone over to pick someone for Fourth Grandma Wu.

Grandma Wu pointed to seven or eight-year-old girls with straight eyes and picked out a few, and brought them to Aunt Mao herself.

Aunt Mao was wearing a cold blue cotton silk double-breasted gown, and a plain thread skirt on her lower body. She was sitting on the kang, staring at a bowl of porridge in a daze, tears streaming down her cheeks.

The belly that was about to give birth looked ridiculously big, but her face was too thin.

Every time Grandma Wu sees Aunt Mao, she feels anxious.

If something happened to someone who was raised by his side, after what happened yesterday, I'm afraid it would be hard to say.

Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

Fourth Grandma Wu stood by the door holding her breath for a while, then walked in and raised her voice, "What's wrong with Auntie, but the servant girl didn't serve her well?"

The maid beside Aunt Mao has been being replaced since she became pregnant.

In less than half a month, the third wife would make a new one on the excuse that the servant girl was not good at serving her.

Aunt Mao also knew that the third wife was afraid that she would raise a confidant, so she stayed close to the maid all the time.

Seeing Fourth Grandma Wu coming in with a few little girls, she had some confidence in her heart, and hurriedly struggled to get off the kang, wanting to pay her respects to Fourth Grandma Wu.

Grandma Wu hurried up to stop her, she helped Aunt Mao get up herself, and complained: "Auntie is really, didn't she say that you don't need to salute when you are healthy. You are so polite to me."

"Your servant is a servant, you are the master, you should salute." Aunt Mao's tone was very respectful.

Grandma Wu was secretly startled when she heard this.

Yesterday, Chen Duanlang was just beaten when he came here, but today, Auntie Mao can still treat her with such a respectful attitude.

There was also the way this Auntie Mao had swallowed her anger at home in the past.

Being so tolerant is either because he is really honest, or because he is too scheming.

Fourth Grandma Wu had no choice but to secretly heighten her vigilance in her heart.

When he came back to his senses, there was a very warm smile on his face.

"Auntie, the family just bought a few people back today. I picked a few honest ones, and Auntie will see if I need them."

The choice of the next person in the family should have been decided by the head of the house.

Now that the third wife has nothing to do with it, the fourth grandma Wu should be the one to make the decision seriously, there is no reason to ask the concubine's room. ,

Aunt Mao also knew that it was for Chunge's face to give her a sense of dignity, and she didn't really ask her to pick someone, so she looked in the direction of Grandma Wu's finger, and then agreed.

Seeing that Aunt Mao knew how to advance and retreat, Fourth Grandma Wu was also very satisfied, so she kept two of them and left.

Aunt Mao didn't care about the two little maids, she just went back to the house, lay sideways on the bed, took out a jade pendant to look at, tears rolled down again.

My Duanlang, I was beaten so badly yesterday, I don't know if anything happened.

There is also Chun Ge, who says she is promising, but she can't even meet her.

The two of them don't know how to live in the Li family, and they will have to worry about this in their stomachs in the future.

If he hadn't become a concubine himself, how could the children have such a hard life!

Aunt Mao cried, but the third wife was very happy.

Zhu's mother brought the medicine early in the morning and gave it to the third wife.

The third wife endured bitterness and drank it all in one gulp.

"This medicine is getting more and more bitter."

Zhu's mother advised her, "There is no other way. You have been tossed and drank by those monks, priests, and Lao Shizi's imperial physician these days. If you don't drink some medicine that protects the viscera, you may not get sick." If you really toss about it, you will get sick."

The third wife also knew that this was the truth, so she pursed her lips and said, "Don't worry, I am so old, how can I not know the importance of this! I want that bitch to be worthless all his life, but he still wants to live a good life." Seeing my son and grandson as a feudal official, how could he really fall ill."

Speaking of this, Zhu's mother frowns.

Madam has pretended to be ill for so many days and took so many medicines, all relying on a prescription to protect the viscera given by Madam Wu before Madam got married so that there is no problem.

Every time, the medicinal properties can be resolved.

But it's not the way to go on like this!

The medicines prescribed by the imperial physician are all for mania.

If you continue to eat like this, if you really become manic, you will not be able to end the game.

If the wife suffers from mania, what good will happen to me as an old woman who serves the wife.

Thinking of Chen Duangui's eyes when he was on the boat that day, Zhu's mother felt sinister.