Glory in Troubled Times: The Empress' Growth Path

Chapter 8 Mrs. Zhao

The east wind was howling, and the night in the Zhao Mansion was silent. In the firewood room, Wangya drank hot water and devoured Baiyuyun cake.Then he took out the sweet potato that was hidden during the day from his bosom, regardless of whether it was raw or cooked, he gnawed on it.

Tears flowed down his face non-stop, and after eating, he burped hard before recovering.

Granny Wang patted Wang Ya's back distressedly, and said helplessly, "I haven't been there for a few years, old lady, why do you still suffer so much?"

"Grandma Wang, has Wang Ting always treated her like this?"

"Except for the old lady, what she did today is what she did in the past. If anyone files a complaint, she will only be bullied even worse."

After hearing this, Hua Qiong silently left the firewood room.

"where are you going?"

"Some diarrhea, go out for a while."

Hua Qiong turned her back to Granny Wang and Wang Ya, grabbed a handful of thatch, and quickly rolled the thatch into a human shape after leaving the woodshed.

The one who knew the way easily entered Mrs. Zhao's bedroom, opened the curtain of Mrs. Zhao's master bedroom, and saw that she was deep in a dream, and even her sleeping position was still the same as when she left just now.

I saw that she was still wearing the necklace of jade beads around her neck, but it was night, Hua Qiong was holding a stick of firewood and couldn't see the fineness of the necklace clearly.

But Mrs. Zhao even wears it to sleep, she must be very fond of this string of necklaces, plus the warning to Wang Ting when drinking water just now, presumably the relationship between the master and servant is not so close.

Hua Qiong took off the jade bead necklace from Mrs. Zhao's neck without any risk, took it to the yard, picked up a stone, and smashed the necklace into pieces, with the bucket beside her.

Hua Qiong picked up some intact jade beads and stuffed them into the thatched man, then threw them into the bucket, and then threw the bucket into the well.

Then he collected the remaining jade beads, carefully put them in his arms, and then sneaked into Mrs. Zhao's bedroom again, sprinkled the broken jade beads on the side of Mrs. Zhao's shoes, and stuffed some jade beads into Wang Ting's clothes.

After doing all this, Hua Qiong returned to the firewood room without any haste. Wang Ya, a little girl, had already fallen asleep. Granny Wang, Wang Ya hurried forward to take care of her body.

"It's just diarrhea. I have antidiarrheal herbs at home, and there is just a little left. I'll be fine when I go back and take some."

"Do you want my wife to fetch it for you?"

"No, Granny Wang, I've been bothering you here for a long time. It won't be good if the Zhao family sees it. I'd better go back early. By the way, I dug some sweet potatoes. Please don't dislike her."

Granny Wang seemed a little moved, so she insisted on stuffing some sweet potatoes for Hua Qiong.

"Old woman, I am a hunter after all, so I can't go hungry no matter what, but you, you are young, you need to take good care of your body."

Before Hua Qiong left, she was still worried, so she gave a few more words of advice.

"Grandma Wang, I don't think Wang Ting and Mrs. Zhao are easy to get along with. No matter what happens tomorrow, you and Wang Ya should not talk too much. It is wise to protect yourself."

Grandma Wang looked at Hua Qiong with a smile, and nodded in agreement.

When Hua Qiong returned to her home, the sky was already pale, and the snow gradually stopped.

Thinking of the wet thatch some time ago, Hua Qiong took small steps and spread out the thatch in the yard as much as possible until it covered the whole yard, and then picked out some drier ones and threw them on the bed.

This is one of the few sources of warmth for me. If I don't keep warm now, and no one takes care of me after I get sick, it will be very fatal.

After finishing everything, Hua Qiong took out the purse from under the bed board and put the jade beads in, the purse suddenly became heavy.

Hua Qiong sat contentedly lying on the bed covered with dry thatch, and now there are many thatch as a quilt, her own bed looks like a chicken coop.

No matter the golden nest or the grass nest, the one that can keep warm and sleep is a good nest.

After working all night, he didn't have a good rest. The Zhao family still has a good show to watch today.

Hua Qiong nestled comfortably in the chicken coop he made, two sweet potatoes were roasting in the firewood pile outside, the fragrance and sweet dreams entangled him at the same time.

"Hot pot, sweet and sour fish, roast goose, stewed pork ribs, boiled cabbage heart..."

When the sky was bright, the sound of quarreling began to be heard from the room of the second son of the Zhao family. The fat boy rushed out without any coat, ran to Mrs. Zhao's room and started banging on the door.

Mrs. Zhao, who was sleeping soundly, was dreaming that she was surrounded by a lot of jewels, when suddenly a lot of jewels fell from the sky and kept hitting her head.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Mother! My father gave me the jade pendant, but the second child took it away and refused to give it to me! He bullies me every day, you have to make the decision for me, mother!"

Mrs. Zhao opened her eyes, and it turned out that it was her boss who kept knocking on the door, she couldn't help feeling agitated, the child didn't go to school early in the morning, and disturbed her sweet dreams for a worthless moon jade pendant.

It really doesn't stop every day.

Before he got up, the boss of the Zhao family had already gone to Mrs. Zhao's master bedroom, knelt on the ground, and began to cry.

At this time, the second son of the Zhao family also ran in.

"Mother! He not only lied, but also ate my Yunpian Cake. What's even worse, he copied and hid the article I wanted to hand over to Mr. and refused to give it to me!"

"You're talking nonsense! Don't try to lie to your mother." "You liar! You clearly have no good intentions!"

Early in the morning, the two sons of the Zhao family knelt on the cold floor tiles, and soon began to tremble from the cold, but seeing each other's attitude of not giving up, neither of them had the intention to get up from the ground, and they were deadlocked like this.

Anger spewed from the eyes of the two, and they actually began to pull each other, getting angry.

Wang Ting saw that something was wrong, she didn't even put on her clothes, and rushed over to pull the two of them apart. The second son of the Zhao family was used to being domineering at home, so in the confusion, she pushed Wang Ting aside and touched the table, and the teapot He also fell down and poured water from Wang Ting's head.

"You are seeing that I am still alive, not a single day is pure!"

Mrs. Zhao sighed, and hurriedly got off the bed, suddenly the sole of her foot seemed to be stabbed by something, and she groaned in pain.

Wang Ting didn't care about the water on her head, and couldn't control the two little ancestors in front of her. She jumped over and checked Mrs. Zhao's soles.

A green shard pierced into the sole of Mrs. Zhao's foot. Wang Ting glanced at Mrs. Zhao, put her leg on her knee, and slowly pulled out the shard.

Mrs. Zhao took a closer look, why did this color look so familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before, her hand subconsciously touched the neck.

Empty!

"My chalcedony bead chain! Where's my chalcedony bead chain! Wang Ting go find it!"

Wang Ting hurried to Mrs. Zhao's dressing table and rummaged through layers. Mrs. Zhao was impatient, so she rushed up, dumped all the things in the dressing drawer on the table, and pulled randomly, but she didn't see her most beloved bead chain. .

"Who took it?!"

Mrs. Zhao glared at Wang Ting suddenly, thinking that she had waited for a long time last night before this damn girl brought the water, she must have been dissatisfied with herself for a long time.

Wang Ting was so stared at by Mrs. Zhao that she couldn't help but backed away.

At this time, the second son of the Zhao family couldn't beat the boss, so he ran to Mrs. Zhao and used his mother as a wall separating the boss. The two jumped up and down, and when they beat each other, they almost threw other jewelry to the ground.

Although Mrs. Zhao's favorite is the string of chalcedony beads, she also likes other gestures. She couldn't restrain the two second-generation ancestors for a while, so in a hurry, she slapped the eldest one on the face.

(End of this chapter)