Poor children

Chapter 7

一
Five years later……

kitchen
"Poor! Poor!" Mother Su, who was in charge of the kitchen, shouted loudly, "Poor! You are a damned girl, you are born lazy, and you are busy now and then ran out to the wild. If I find you When you meet someone, you must look good."

"Mother Su" saw a snow-white, petite person coming in from the corner door over there. Her trousers were rolled up, revealing a pair of chubby little feet covered with mud. The sleeves on both sides were rolled up to her elbows, and she had a pair of fleshy, chubby arms like lotus roots. The small face has two round and dark eyes, and a small pink mouth pouting, as if it came out of a New Year picture.

When Su's mother saw her coming, she went up to her and lifted her ears, "You little hooves, where did you go to play when you didn't see anyone for a while? Do you know that you are busy now?"

The pauper covered his sore ear with one hand, and pulled Su's mother's skirt with the other hand and said, "Mom, please forgive me! I didn't go to play, but my grandma has been sick these days, and the vegetable patch behind the corner door is empty. My grandma watered the ground, but she couldn't get up these days, so I went to water the ground."

"You little hooves are just like your grandma. You are born lazy. You only know how to pretend to be sick and be lazy. What kind of good thing is that?" After saying this, he let go of the hand holding the poor child's ear and slapped her to the ground.
It's a pity that such a small child like her can only barely reach the edge of the well, and the wooden bucket for watering the ground is heavy, and she can't even lift half a bucket of water at a time. Every day, she gets up before dawn and has to keep watering. By noon, a large area of ​​land was barely watered, and the water on both hands was soaked in large areas.

Aunt Zhang was seriously ill, and she had no money and couldn't hire a good doctor, so the medicine she prescribed didn't make her any better. The poor boy took care of her day and night and had to do the aunt's work. There was a mess in the kitchen here. She still needs to be called upon to do her job

At this time, the poor boy was slapped hard in the mouth. He lost his balance and fell to the ground. He subconsciously used one hand to support his body. When he rubbed his hand on the stone floor, all the blisters broke. A lot of blood flowed out. It hurt. The poor girl immediately held up her hands. She gritted her teeth and curled up into a ball, but she didn't dare to cry. If she cried, she would definitely be beaten again.
"You damn girl is still sitting on the ground and slacking off. Hurry up and go to the stove to light a fire. I'll starve you for three days if I miss the master's meal. Even your grandma won't eat it."

"Yes!" The poor boy got up in a hurry and ran to the kitchen. Su's mother raised her foot to kick her, but she was fat and dragged her shoe. As soon as she lifted her foot, the shoe was thrown out. She jumped to pick up the shoe and stepped on it again. The skirt is broken
two

In the kitchen here, the four cooks and several helpers are busy, and the poor boy comes in with firewood and divides it among the four stoves, and then lights up the pot, but her hands are bloody and painful, she gritted her teeth and endured the pain Grabbing firewood and putting it into the stove, some of the firewood was slightly wet with water, and the smoke came out and hit the poor boy's face, making her shed tears

A cook saw, "Poor boy, is he choking?"

"Auntie, I'm fine." Paoer wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.
"Let me see." The cook poured water into the pot and leaned over, grabbing her little hand, "Hey! Why did your hand hurt like this? I'll give you some medicine for the wound, and you can take it home secretly. Go wipe it, but don’t let Mother Su see it.”

"Thank you so much, ma'am"

These cooks who work on the stove are really nice people. Seeing that she is about the same age as his own grandson, it is pitiful for her to work in the backyard just because she can't leave. Her grandma is too old and she may not have a good life for a few days. , such a good child has a poor life, so the cooks saw that her grandparents and grandson were pitiful, so they helped her a lot, and most of the clothes she wore were too much for the children of the cooks' families.
three

Lunch has been served in the west courtyard of the mansion. The nanny took the second lady Chunya from the hands of the third lady. The third lady washed her hands and rinsed her mouth and sat down to eat.
The previous article said that the third lady was childless, so why did she give birth to a daughter now?

It turned out that old nun Liao Chen found a poor scholar named An from the countryside. His family was so poor that they had no rice to cook with, so she promised him some money and had an affair with the third lady.
The third lady often went to Baiyun Temple to burn incense, but there was still no movement in her stomach. Who would have thought that she would have developed a secret love with this scholar for a long time? Fortunately, this scholar succeeded in winning the imperial examination, and now he is the second-rank admiral in the imperial court. Served in charge of punishment and public security in the capital
That was three years ago. The third lady was very anxious when she saw that she was still not pregnant. She asked Chen to think of some solutions. Chen set up an altar and asked for hexagrams. Lord Ming gave her a decree if she wanted to have a baby. Mother and Child Blood Sacrifice of a Pregnant Woman
Mr. An was also unambiguous. He sent people to find a family in a poor place outside the capital city. The husband's surname was Huang, and his name was Huang Dali. He was a powerful man. He had just married his daughter-in-law Qin a few years ago. The couple lived a good life. Although she was poor, she was still loving. A month after getting married, Qin became pregnant.
Mr. An caught Huang Dali looking for a crime and killed him. He raised the pregnant Qin family in a hidden prison in Baiyun Nunnery. When there were signs of childbirth, he set up an altar to practice the ritual again. A sword pierced Qin's stomach and saw blood flowing all over the floor. Qin was in so much pain that she bled to death.

A few days later, the third lady actually became pregnant, and later gave birth to a daughter, Chunya, who was taken away by the nanny.
"Yun'er!" The third lady arrived

"Yes! Master" Yun'er immediately came over and agreed
"The weather is too hot right now and I have a bad appetite. I asked them to stew a white fungus and lily soup and keep it on the ice. I will eat it at night."

Yun'er probably went to the kitchen.
Four "Mother Su!" Yun'er took a handkerchief and fanned the wind into the kitchen

"What's the matter, sister? The mothers just finished cooking and put off the stove fire to rest."

He saw a little baby with a milky voice talking to him, "Then what are you doing here?" Yun'er asked.

"I have to finish the washing before I can leave." After saying this, the poor boy struggled to pick up a large basin of dirty water and walked towards the drainage ditch next to the yard.
"This girl is very beautiful. I don't know whose family she belongs to." Yun'er thought to herself when she saw an apple on the kitchen table and picked it up to eat.

"Little girl, come here, I have something to ask you to do."

"Sister, please tell me." The pauper came closer and looked up at her.
Seeing her rosy face that was flushed from work, her pair of watery eyes, and her long eyelashes flickering, Yun'er actually liked her very much.

Pat her on the head and give her the leftover half of an apple

"Thank you, sister!" The blisters on Pao'er's little hands broke, and they had begun to swell after being soaked in the water for so long.
"Little girl, go tell Mother Su and ask her to stew the white fungus and lily soup and keep it chilled. The third lady wants to eat it tonight."

"Yes"

"Can you remember?"

"Remember, sister, I'll go right away," the poor boy replied obediently, then turned around and walked towards the corner gate
Outside the corner door of the backyard is where the servants who do menial work in the mansion live. As soon as you enter the main north hall of the courtyard, you will find Mother Su’s residence.
When the poor boy entered the house, he saw Mother Su lying on the kang, snoring loudly. She pushed and called for a long time before she saw Mother Su slowly wake up. "You damn girl, why are you disturbing me? Is your skin itchy?"

"Go back to mom, a sister from the house just came to deliver a message. It's called Tremella lily soup. The third lady wants to eat it tonight."

"Okay, I know, I'll do it when I wake up." After saying this, Mother Su turned over and fell asleep again.
The poor child naturally returns to his own residence to take care of his grandma.

At dinner time, someone came from the third lady's courtyard to fetch the lily soup, only then did Mrs. Su remember this matter, because she was lost in sleep, she completely forgot about it, so she had to tell the visitor that she didn't know what the third lady ordered to do it.

Someone came back and said that the kitchen was not done, the summer was hot and the third lady was already restless, looking forward to a cold drink, but there was no one, she was so angry that even Yun'er slapped her twice, and asked her how she did it

Yun'er said that she told a little girl in the kitchen, and the third lady sent someone to call, thinking that she would not be able to go back alive...

(End of this chapter)