Poor children

Chapter 49

一
In the third lady's room, behind the screen
Baozhen took off her clothes and sat in the tub. The sweet and lubricating milk, the fragrance of roses, the slightly warm water temperature and the pleasant feeling of getting a bargain from Chunya made Baozhen feel proud and comfortable as she lay down in the tub. She was drowsy, and vaguely felt something touching her thigh, but it didn't seem to be there for a moment. She didn't pay much attention to it. She adjusted her posture and signaled her girl Qiaoer to get her a cup of red bean pasta water. , while I was drinking, I seemed to see something swimming in the water again, but at this time, the room was already filled with mist. I guess it was because I was dazzled.

Qiaoer wiped her back with a square towel, while she kept splashing water on her body. Only this time when she put her hand into the water, she seemed to touch something.

"Eh? Is there anything else added to this water besides milk and flower petals? Let me take it out and have a look." After Baozhen said that, she took out the object that her hand touched and took it out of the water. She was holding a small blue-gray snake in her hand, looking at her with a pair of round eyes.

Baozhen screamed in fright, and suddenly jumped up from the water and ran directly to the ground. Qiaoer didn't see clearly what happened, but she was frightened and screamed.
Baozhen was so frightened that she was still holding on to the snake when she escaped from the barrel. At this time, she stood on the ground and raised her hand to see that the snake was still there, so she let go in surprise. The diamondback snake I guess he had experienced big scenes, but he didn't panic at all, and was still hanging leisurely in front of her feet. At this time, Qiao'er also saw it, and was even more frightened to the point where his parents started shouting. It doesn't matter if you shout, all the maids, women, and servants in and out of the courtyard didn't know what happened, so they went into the house together to see, only to see Baozhen hugging Qiao'er naked, and there was a stick in front of her feet. A foot-long cabbage snake is hovering

At this time, Baozhen didn't even care about what was shameful. There were so many men and women in the family looking at her, but she only asked people to catch the snake. Some of the servants were still young and had never seen much of the world. Seeing this scene, she could only stay there and take a closer look. She had forgotten what she wanted to do. However, an old woman with a strong nature captured the snake alive and took it out of the room. Only then did Baozhen remember that she was not naked and hurriedly took it. She took off her clothes and put them on, and scolded those who looked at her.

"You bastards with rotten eyes, are you still here waiting for reward? Get out of here quickly. If anyone dares to tell anyone about what happened today, my father will gouge out your eyes."

two

treasure house
The fourth lady and Chunya heard a commotion outside and knew what was going on. They smiled and put on their clothes and planned to go over and watch the excitement. Several card players in the old lady's room were also disturbed, so the old lady called Jinfeng went to check and came back to report that the eldest lady was frightened and was lying down in the third lady's room.
"Why is she lying in my room when she's frightened?" The third lady was very dissatisfied. "The eldest lady in our family is really domineering. She always wants what others like. Why did she like me again today?" Isn’t it a good bed? Isn’t it too unruly?”

Mrs. Wang only heard that Baozhen was frightened, and she was very anxious in her heart. She had already stood up to leave, and the others also got up and wanted to go to have a look together.

After being scolded by her, the servants all retreated and stood outside the house. Baozhen finally regained her composure. Thinking of the current situation, she was frightened, anxious, angry, ashamed and indignant. She felt dizzy and unsteady on her feet. Helped by Qiaoer to rest on the third wife's bed
At this time, the fourth lady and Chunya arrived first.

"Look what you said?" the fourth lady said, "How could you be so scared?"

"Yes, why is there a snake in my mother's house? Fortunately, my sister is here. If it were my mother's strong temper, even if she was not scared to death by the snake, she would be watched by so many men in the family. If she was naked, she might have hanged herself with a piece of white silk." Chunya said, "You! You?" Baozhen was so angry that she couldn't speak
"Oh! My son, please don't be angry again. The servants are not sensible and have too little discipline. They don't know the taboos even now. You don't have to be anxious. I'll report it to you later. Can the ancestors take care of them and let you vent their anger?" the fourth lady asked.
Just as the old lady was talking, the seventh old princess, the king and the third lady also came. The second lady got sick before the Chinese New Year and was afraid of the wind and had not left the house for a long time. At this time, she heard the commotion in the west courtyard and came over to take a look.
When Mrs. Wang saw Baozhen lying on the bed, her face turned pale and she hurried over to ask. After a while, everyone knew what happened.

"Baozhen" the third lady said, "It's not that I'm talking about you. Why do you come to my room to take a bath? You are so old, why are you so irregular? The water for bathing is specially prepared for me. If you really like it and want to use it, don’t you have to ask me before using it? Why don’t you ask me and just come like this?”

"Chunya asked me to come." Baozhen arrived
Before the third lady could ask questions, Chunya hurriedly replied, "Oh! Sister, you can't say such nonsense! How can you accuse me so innocently? I don't dare to touch my mother's milk bath. Yes, who gave me the courage to let you come? How could I do this?"

"Didn't you and Fourth Aunt say that there is a milk bath under the tree? Today Third Aunt won't take a bath, so you guys want to take a bath?"

"It must be my sister who heard it wrong. At that time, it was the fourth aunt who asked me why my mother's skin was so smooth and white. I told me the method of my mother's skin beautification, but I didn't say that I should use it. You overheard it." The two of us were talking, but you forced me to come back and prepare something for you to use, right? Why are you wrongly accusing me now?"

The fourth lady heard what Chun Ya said and nodded in agreement.
Everyone in the family knows Baozhen's character, and she always asks for anything good, so everyone believes what Er Chunya says.

"Baozhen," the old lady said, "Is there anything in this house that you like that I haven't given you? If you really like your third aunt's milk bath, just tell me. You just came here without asking." It’s really not good to use it, you have to apologize to your third aunt.”

The third lady understood that the old lady's implication was to tell her not to delve too deeply into it, so she had no choice but to follow the old lady's words and say, "There's no need to apologize. It's not a big deal. She just likes it as a child." Yes, I, an elder, can't be serious with her, just a little bit, in the future, I have to say no before I use others for anything?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly agreed, "That's it, now your third aunt doesn't hold you accountable, and you won't be so willful in the future. Qiaoer, go and call a few wives to bring your young lady back."

Qiaoer responded and went
"I just came to take a bath, but I don't know why there is a snake in this bucket? Chunya is usually jealous of my beauty and being favored. She must have deliberately used snakes to scare me." Baozhen arrived
Chunya looked as if she was shocked by her words, "Sister, it's hard to say this. The snake was in my mother's bathtub, not yours. The water was prepared by Yun'er a long time ago. What am I doing? If you didn't say that I let the snake go, wouldn't I want to harm my own mother?"

(End of this chapter)