Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 6
Poor people also have three loads. The things of the mother and daughter are not very valuable, but they cherish themselves and take good care of the things they use. Everything looks fresh and clean, and it is not inferior to those things that cost a lot of money.

Leqing and Liu's mother moved and tidied up the boxes and cages, and Xia Yiqing took care of Pang Ruxue. Pang Ruxue was three months pregnant, and she no longer felt sick and vomited. Vegetable soup and rice, it was late at night, Xia Yiqing poured the rice porridge simmered over a small fire into a bowl to dry, and gave it to her to drink.

Pang Ruxue drank half a bowl of millet porridge, took the kerchief from Xia Yiqing's hand and wiped the corners of her mouth, and tears dripped down again as she wiped.

Xia Yiqing softly persuaded: "Mother, don't be sad. When Dad comes back tomorrow, let's ask him what happened. He is a well-educated person, and he can't be as confused as the old lady and the others. If it gets out, he won't even want to be an official!"

Pang Ruxue burst into tears and said: "Mother is incompetent, half of her life has been spent in such a muddle, mother no longer wants to do anything, I only hope that you and your sister can be safe... Huang's natal family is powerful in the local area, and your father will meet with the government in the future." It gets bigger and bigger, you have to rely on him to live a good life, you can't..."

"Mother!" Xia Yiqing took Pang Ruxue's hand and said anxiously: "For so many years, have we been able to rely on Daddy? His salary is taken over by Aunt Huang, and it is used by Xia Jin's family and Tong's family. Why don't we take a look? My mother is sick and lying in bed. He came back to pay respects to his ancestors and stopped by to take a look. He didn't even want to sit for a while. Put down two boxes of snacks and a few ounces of medicinal materials. Will it be useful? Even sometimes he doesn't even step into the south when he comes back. The courtyard, I left the next day! If my mother hadn't told us since childhood that we are the daughters of the first son, even I would have believed the words of the old lady and the Tong family, and let them demote you to a concubine and respect Aunt Huang as a mother... My sister and I have no choice but to be pushed into Wuzhi Mountain forever!"

Pang Ruxue cried and shook her head: "How could mother have the heart to let you fall to that point? Mother and your father... we were indeed the original husband and wife, and there is a marriage certificate to prove it. You and Qing'er are legitimate daughters, but the old lady... The old lady said that it is for your father's future, and for the future happiness of you and Le'er... Qing'er, you are about to reach the end of the age, mother hopes that you can marry a good man, live a good life from now on, and stop suffering and being poor! Your grandmother Said, said that as long as I am willing to live in seclusion in the back yard, I will give up all the titles of the eldest daughter-in-law to the Huang family, and when the love is engaged, the Huang family will, I will immediately find a good marriage for you, so that you can know the roots of the city. , the son of a rich family, in this way, you can take care of your younger sister in the future, and this in my belly..."

The combination of previous life and current life's accomplishments made Xia Yiqing behave well all the time, with the quiet and elegant demeanor of a lady, but sometimes she couldn't calm down when facing Pang Ruxue, so she fell backward in anger at this time, He directly said to Pang Ruxue in a tone of hating iron but not steel:

"Mother! Have you ever suffered from the old lady's loss? You can still believe in empty words! When she coaxed away 1 taels of silver from you back then, she must have given you countless promises, right? How much has been fulfilled? The old lady is snobbish and vicious. She used your money to promote the Xia family. When the family fortune is prosperous, she will no longer care about your life! To curry favor with the Huang family, spoil concubines and destroy wives...Mother! You should wake up, Xia family, Xia Xiuping, it’s not worth your heart! They are so ruthless, we don’t need to speak morally, it’s better to retire and be clean!”

Pang Ruxue cried even harder: "You! Don't arrange your father like this! He is for the future and for you! Qing'er, how could you become like this? Have you forgotten the rules your mother taught you? How dare you fight today? Grandmother and aunt brought your younger sister to argue with the elders, and even called your father by his first name, wanting to divorce your father as a mother... Qing'er, are you, are you really going to be a rebellious girl?"

Tears dripped from Xia Yiqing's eyes, she was not sad, but she was crying because of this stupid girl!

"If you don't want to be a rebellious girl, do you want to be a concubine? What is the difference between your current situation and a divorced concubine? Mother, have you really surrendered? You have to think clearly. Our mothers lived so miserable in the Xia family. I learned to serve my mother when I was three years old. Years old, took his younger sister to fend for himself, and worked hard to earn money to treat his mother... If you were a concubine, and Leqing and I were concubines, we would move to live in the tightly closed back yard, far away from the side door. Uncle Liu can easily pass through the entire backyard with big bags and small bags, passing the gate of the old lady and the second and third uncles to reach the back yard? Mother, if we lose the convenience of the side door, we will lose our way of life! If we don't get mad at the old lady and the so-called first wife, we will starve to death!"

Pang Ruxue was stunned, and grabbed Xia Yiqing: "Your father won't let you starve to death, he has you in his heart! He said last time when he came back, when you reach Ji, he will hold a banquet for you, hold a ceremony for you, and invite nobles to help you." You salute!"

Xia Yiqing wiped away her tears, and sneered: "Really? Last time he came, my sister and I didn't say anything nice to him. If it wasn't for Mother's soft heart, he wouldn't be able to stay overnight, and Mother wouldn't be pregnant with this kind of baby." One, is he still willing to do the funeral ceremony for me? I think he has ulterior motives!"

Pang Ruxue's face turned pale: "Qing'er! You...that's your father!"

"mother!"

Xia Leqing opened the curtain and came in, threw herself in front of Pang Ruxue's bed and cried, "I've lived to be 12 years old, and I haven't seen Daddy's face a few times. I recognize him. Does he remember me? Every time I come to see my mother, I drive Yard gate, he only treats me as an old lady to buy you a little girl! Is there such a good life in our south courtyard as a servant? If the old lady uses force tonight, my sister and I will die, call out Daddy , is it useful? Can he keep us?"

Pang Ruxue hugged Le Qing and cried bitterly again: "Son, it's useless to be a mother..."

"It's not that mother is useless, it's that they are bad!"

Xia Yiqing interrupted Pang Ruxue's crying, and held her hand tightly: "They forced our mother and daughter into such a situation, can we bear it? Mother can really be ruthless, for the sake of Daddy's official career and Xia family's decency Are you willing to ruin your daughter's future, and let my sister and I become concubine daughters and be trampled upon by others?"

Pang Ruxue's face was covered with tears, and she shook her head again and again.

Xia Yiqing said again: "Mother, we must persevere, we can't take half a step back! Otherwise, the mothers and I will be eaten alive! The reason why the Xia family despises our mother and daughter and promotes the Huang family is nothing more than because of Huang's family. A bit powerful, but a fifth-rank magistrate, that’s all, if mother also has a strong family, we don’t have to be afraid of them!”

Pang Ruxue sniffled and lowered her head, but Xia Leqing didn't let her go, shaking her hand and asked: "Mother, why don't we have a grandfather? My sister and I have grown up, and we depend on Mother for life and death. If there is anything wrong, we can't." Tell us?"

The two sisters have asked this question for many years, but Pang Ruxue has always avoided answering it. Although Xia Yiqing really wanted to know the answer, she still didn't have much hope this time.

Unexpectedly, after Pang Ruxue lowered her head and sighed, she said, "My mother also has her family... far away in the capital!"

(End of this chapter)