Poor children

Chapter 10
一
In the courtyard of the poor children's residence

Mother Su was standing in the yard holding snacks and ginseng. Pao'er and Aunt Zhang were kneeling in front of her.

"I often say that you two are lazy and greedy bad guys, and it's true! Now you have even gotten into the habit of stealing. This is because I bumped into you. I don't know how much you stole when I didn't bump into you. ?" After saying that, Mother Su stuffed a snack into her mouth.

"Such a good snack, such exquisiteness, but you two bastards can't have it?" As she spoke, the snack dregs in Su's mother's mouth were sprayed everywhere, "You got it from the real thing, where did you steal it?" ?”

"It wasn't stolen, it was given to me as a reward by the second lady," the poor man argued.
"Bah! You little bitch! The second lady knows who you are? Are you giving you snacks for nothing? And how much money is this ginseng worth? You stole it and you still want to implicate the master."

"Mother Su! I really didn't steal it. It was indeed the second lady who rewarded me."

"You little bastard, you are so sharp-tongued, let's see if I don't tear your mouth apart." Mother Su said, coming over and pinching the poor boy's face hard.
The poor girl couldn't bear the pain and struggled hard. During the struggle, the bag filled with sugar that Chengzhe gave her yesterday fell out.
"What is this?" Mother Su picked it up and took a closer look. She saw that the handmade materials were all excellent. "Wow! You damn girl, you don't know how much you stole and how much you hid." After saying this, she said to the poor boy again. pinch and hit
Aunt Zhang hurriedly came up and pulled Su's mother's sleeves, "Mr. Su! This child has never told a lie. These things were indeed rewarded by the second lady."

"You said the second lady rewarded you, then let's go back to the second lady and see what the second lady says."

Aunt Zhang thought again, the poor child has a special background, the old lady ordered her not to recognize her back then, and now the second lady kindly rewarded her, but if the old lady knew that she might cause trouble, even if she went back to her, she would definitely not think so , wouldn’t that prove the crime of theft...

two

Why would Mother Su suddenly come to the door to take advantage of someone?How did she know that there were these things in the house between the grandfather and grandson?
The west wing of the courtyard is divided into two rooms when you enter the main room. The one on the right is occupied by the grandparents and the grandson. The room on the left is occupied by two women. It is said that the woman is only 25 or [-] years old. Both of them are Her husband died at a young age, so she went to the house to ask for errands in order to make a living. The two of them were pretty neat-looking, but it was very unlucky to be a widow, so they were not allowed to serve in the courtyard, so they had to go to the backyard to do laundry. clothing work
These two were young and couldn't bear to be lonely. They often had some dirty ties with some of the servants in the house. In addition to the wages given by the house, they also got some rouge, gouache, and hairpins and jewelry by hanging out with them.

On weekdays, they also like to curry favor with those bosses. With the boss's backing, they can count on them in this backyard.

When Xiang Xing came last night, the two of them had gone out to fool around and hadn't come back yet. They just woke up early and thought about Mrs. Zhang's illness for a few days. She didn't know whether she was dead or alive, so she went over to take a look. When she entered the room, she saw the snacks on the table. The exquisite cooking was definitely not something that her grandparents and grandson could afford, because Aunt Zhang was in charge of the kitchen manager, Mama Su, so they went to fetch her
When Su's mother heard about it, she hurried over to check it out, and found ginseng and pills from the only broken box that the grandparents and grandson had. That's why this story happened.

three

"What?" Seeing Aunt Zhang's hesitation, Mother Su asked, "You didn't say anything when you said you were going to see the Second Madam? And you said it wasn't stolen?"

"It's really not..."

"Poor" Aunt Zhang doesn't call her "poor" anymore. She knows in her heart that it is useless to argue about this matter.
"You stole the master's things and you are so stubborn, are you two dead?" Su's mother asked the two daughters-in-law who reported on her, "Beat me if you don't want to!"

The two of them had already taken the mallets they usually used to wash clothes. They listened to Su's mother calling for a beating. Without saying a word, they approached the grandson and grandson and beat them hard indiscriminately. Aunt Zhang tried her best to beat the poor boy. protect in arms

While watching the two of them being beaten, Su's mother kept stuffing snacks into her mouth, and while eating, she scolded the two of them as "greedy ghosts and hungry tuberculosis"

At this time, the only sounds in the yard were the thud of sticks hitting people, mixed with the wails of pain and the cries of poor children.
"I'll beat you hard! If I beat you lightly, I'll have you beaten to death," Su's mother said.

Does this still require her to order a heavy beating?How could those two daughters-in-law give them a light beating?
It's just that this lady is old and has been unable to get up for a few days due to illness. She only started to feel better after taking medicine yesterday. I'm afraid she won't be able to withstand this beating anyway!
Seeing that Aunt Zhang couldn't hold on anymore, she heard someone shouting "Stop!" at the entrance of the hospital. It was none other than Cheng He.

Although they heard people shouting to stop, these two people didn't stop because they were so addicted that they couldn't stop...

Seeing that the two didn't listen, Chenghe approached them in two steps in three steps, raised his foot and kicked one of them in the lower abdomen, the daughter-in-law fell to the ground with an "oh", and the other stopped when he saw her being kicked. come down
"What are you doing?" Chenghe asked

"You...you...who are you?" asked a daughter-in-law

"I am Chenghe, the eldest son of the Fourth Prince Hongshun."

"Hey!" Mother Su had been looking at the snacks in her arms before she looked up. She didn't expect the eldest young master to come, so she hurried over and knelt down. The two daughters-in-law also threw away their mallets and knelt down.
"What are you doing?"

Mother Su replied, "Young master, these two grandsons have dirty hands and feet. They stole these things from the house. I am punishing them."

"Oh! Those are the things I gave to the poor boy yesterday."

"This is for no reason. What did the young master reward her for..."

"How presumptuous! You are so brave, mother-in-law. Now I have to ask you whether I will reward you or not."

"I don't dare, I don't dare. It's just that this person has been in the backyard all year round. Unexpectedly, he met the young master."

"I didn't recognize her at first. Yesterday, this girl got lost and came to the North Courtyard. I saw that she was smart and very lovable. I felt that we were destined to have some connection with her, so I asked Xiang Xing to give her something to play with. , and they are all worthless things, why do you bother mom to mobilize forces like this?"

"Fortunately, the young master said this, because they won't be able to eat these for another eight lifetimes."

"Since you suspect the two of her of stealing, you should go back to the master for verification first. Listen to the master's instructions. Why did you start the lynching without asking me? You didn't know that your mother is the head of this house."

"That's not all, this girl also has this purse in her arms." Mother Su hurriedly handed the purse forward.
"This purse is very well made, she must have stolen it."

"This is my brother Chengzhe's. He always puts some candies in it. Yesterday they were playing together. I saw that this girl likes candies, so I gave it to her."

Chenghe looked at the two paupers again and saw Aunt Zhang already lying on the ground motionless, with pauper lying on top of her and crying.
"Mother Su, those scraps are not worth anything, but you beat them up like this? You called them greedy, but you didn't even miss a bite of the snacks."

At this time, Mother Su felt embarrassed when her master said this, and she was so embarrassed that she listened to the young master's instructions.
"Hurry up and ask someone to carry this mother-in-law into the house, and then ask for a doctor. If someone is killed, you will definitely be involved..."

(End of this chapter)