swear not to be concubine

Chapter 26

Let's say that after Xu Miaohua said on the bank that I don't want to play this trick, she angrily took her maid Qingmei to her mother Feng's place.

Mrs. Feng lives in a large courtyard next to Zhaohui Hall.Xu Miaohua brought Qingmei over, the maid who opened the door opened a little slower, she slapped her head and turned her head to one side.

At this time, Mrs. Feng was sitting on the wooden kang by the south window drinking tea, and when she heard the movement in the courtyard, she asked her maid, Taozhi, to go out to have a look.Tao Zhi came back after leaving for a while, and said respectfully: "Madam, it's the eldest girl who is here. She is punishing the little maid for being slow in opening the door."

Feng frowned, and asked Taozhi to go out and called Xu Miaohua in.

When Xu Miaohua came in, her face was still red, half because she was in a hurry, half because she was angry.

Mrs. Feng asked her to sit on the kang, and then sent a little maid to serve tea and a box, and then reprimanded her softly: "If you don't see a lady from a big family, you will personally punish a little maid, and spread the word to become a little girl." What does it look like? Okay, let that girl kneel under the sun for half an hour with a stone on top of her head, so she can beat and scold her by herself? You'll lose your identity."

The anger in Xu Miaohua's heart still did not dissipate.At that time, the little girl Xiaoyu brought a cup of tea on a tea tray, Xu Miaohua took it, lifted the lid of the cup and took a sip, then raised her hand, and splashed it on Xiaoyu's face, only splashing on Xiaoyu's head and face. of tea.Then she raised her voice and cursed again: "You bloody slave, don't you touch it first when pouring water? What do you want to drink with such boiling hot tea?"

Xiaoyu is only 11 years old.After being splashed all over by the tea, Xu Miaohua was about to cry, but Xu Miaohua raised her foot and kicked her right in the calf, causing a heart-rending pain.

"Damn slave," Xu Miaohua scolded again, "I did something wrong, what's wrong with scolding you a few words? You'll show me face. Okay, call Ren Yazi and sell you to that poor mountain ditch If you go here, you won’t even be able to eat white rice, and then it’s up to whoever you’re trying to put on face all day long.”

Xiaoyu knelt down with a plop, even though her calf was in pain, she still didn't dare to cry out, she just kowtowed and begged with a trembling voice: "Your servant is wrong, please forgive me."

Feng Shi only drank tea slowly at the side, but didn't say anything.

It was still Taozhi who couldn't see it from the side, so she took two steps forward and bowed to Xu Miaohua's short body, and then said with a smile: "This little maid is so ignorant, she does things so carelessly. Girl, you don't have to." Punish her, and get angry with yourself carefully. It's better to let the servants take this little girl down, and reprimand her a few words."

Xu Miaohua snorted softly, then turned her head away.

So Taozhi reached out and pulled Xiaoyu up, and then dragged her out of the room.

On the bluestone platform outside the house, seeing that the curtain behind him has been drawn down, Taozhi took Xiaoyu to a slightly secluded place, and then said softly: "I still have a bottle of Dieda Wanhua oil in my room. , put it in the willow wood and vermilion lacquer box behind the bed. Your elder sister Lizhi should still be in the room now, you went to her and asked her to find this bottle of wanhua oil and wipe it for you. Now the swelling is gone and the bruising is gone, otherwise tomorrow, if you look carefully, your calf will be as swollen as a hair cake."

Li Zhi is also one of Feng's maidservants, and currently lives in the same room with Tao Zhi.

Xiao Yuyuan felt the piercing pain in her calf, and she just tried to hold back and dare not cry, but now she couldn't hold back, and the tears fell from her eyes.

"Sister Taozhi," she cried, but also kept pleading in a low voice, "I touched the water through the teapot hanger before it was poured, and it wasn't hot anymore."

Taozhi sighed.

How could she not know?It's just that Xu Miaohua got angry elsewhere and came here to vent her anger with the maid.Xiaoyu was unlucky and just ran into it.

Speaking of which, they are all maids.Even now, she is said to be Feng Shi's big servant girl, Feng Shi usually relies on her heavily, and she looks good on the bright side, but if something happens, she can still beat and scold whenever she wants?

Seeing that Xiaoyu was still crying, Taozhi said: "Don't cry. Crying is useless. If the wife or girl sees it, you will have to be beaten and scolded again. Forget it, go find your sister Lizhi and ask for the bottle Wipe off the Wanhua oil, and I will let Xiaoluan take over your work these two days, so you don't have to wait by your wife's side, and you can rest in the house by yourself."

After all, he was afraid that Feng Shi would look for her like that, so he turned around and hurried away.

At this time, Feng Shi was asking Xu Miaohua: "Where did you get angry, but you came to me to vent your anger on the little maid?"

Xu Miaohua said angrily: "At first I was sitting comfortably in the room. Cousin Xuan came to look for me and said that the peach blossoms outside were just in bloom. She invited me to fold peach blossoms together and send them to grandma to put in a vase. I went there. But I only picked a few peach blossoms, and I saw the little hoof in the fourth room, talking with the new girl from the Jian family under the willow tree. When Cousin Xuan saw the little girl in the big room That, as if the cat saw the fishy rice, it rushed forward, joking, and inviting me to go to Ningcui Xuan together. Mom, think about it, even though it’s all in the I lived in a garden, when did I go to Ningcui Pavilion? Cousin Xuan didn't know about it, and she insisted on inviting me to go with her, but she asked me to directly say that I didn't want to have fun with it, and then Turned around and left. I just thought that Cousin Xuan would definitely follow me when she saw me leave. I didn’t think she would go with the one in the fourth room. After all, she went to Ningcui Xuan. But she was the one who invited me first I went out to pick peach blossoms, but she followed others, mother, what is this all about?"

"Do you think you're stupid?" After hearing what Xu Miaohua said, Mrs. Feng was so angry that she stretched out a finger, and poked her forehead fiercely across the rosewood and mother-of-pearl kang table. The upper half of her body leaned back, "Sister Xuan said on the surface that she came to invite you to pick peach blossoms together and send them to the old ladies to put in vases. This is just a lie to coax you. In fact, today is your elder brother On Xiumu's day, she went to look for your eldest brother by herself, so she didn't save face, so she took you along and used you as a cover. When she got there, she met Miss Si, who was the real sister of that person. Please please her, but if the fourth girl casually said a few good things about her in front of her elder brother, that would be enough for your cousin Xuan, why would she go with the fourth girl? If I could see you in Ningcui Xuan Brother, isn’t that in her favor? Will she come back with you? Go and make your big dream.”

"What, my elder brother?" Xu Miaohua stretched out her hand and rubbed her forehead that was hurt by Feng's poke, and cursed angrily, "No matter how it is recorded in the name of the wife of the big house, after all, it's just a concubine, who cares? Can he? I just look down on him."

Xu Miaohua herself is a descendant of a concubine, and her eyes are higher than her head on weekdays, no matter how she looks down on the children of a concubine.

After hearing this, Mrs. Feng was so angry that she couldn't stop cursing.

"What do you want to look up to? There are too many people who look up to him. Not to mention your cousin Xuan, what is that? He asked her to be the wife of the big house. The one in the big house can look up to her? And Li Nianlan, if you say that, she is just a concubine, you can't look down on her, but her I am Zheng Guogong, and my sister is King Ning's side concubine. Wherever you go, people don't look at her? Even if you see her, you have to salute, and when you are okay, you will come to our house to see you. The one who didn’t go? Let me ask you again, when you go out, when people introduce you, do they say that this is Xu Siye’s daughter, or that this is Xu Shilang’s younger sister? Well, it’s both. In other people's name, you still look down on others here, it's fine if you don't look down on them, just keep it in your heart, isn't it a fool to say it? From now on, when you are free, you will still be with you The elder brother and the fourth younger sister are closer together, it’s much better.”

At the same time, he told her: "Don't say things like this in the future, or I will beat you carefully."

It's just that although Feng's exhortations were earnest, Xu Miaohua was still unconvinced, and he couldn't help muttering: "It's not that Daddy doesn't live up to expectations. Speaking of which, he has been an official for so many years, and he is only a six-year-old. As an uncle, the official position is lower than that of my nephew. Is it not a joke to tell people about it? I want to try to curry favor with him, but I can't get over that face."

Hearing this, Mrs. Feng felt as if her heart was on fire, and she couldn't help cursing again: "Speaking of which, you are also a person who is about to reach Ji, but you don't understand some things. You can't express emotions Don't you know these six words? It's the little girl from the Jian family, who is more than a year younger than you when you say it, but these days I look at it coldly, no matter how quiet she is, she doesn't talk much easily When someone talked to her, she just lowered her head and smiled, and then she spoke softly, so that no one could find any mistakes. She was also very good-looking, and she only came here for a month. But who in the Manxu family said that she is not good at half a word? You can't learn a little bit of her ability? Can you learn by talking less?"

Xu Miaohua was annoyed by Feng's repeated scolding, so she also stiffened her neck and said with a raised face: "So what if you are all-round and exquisite? She is just a daughter of a merchant who has died. When she comes to our house, she will not please you." What can a person do? I can't look down on her style anymore, let me learn from her? I am the daughter of an official, so it's okay to learn from a merchant's daughter? It's okay to lose my identity. "

Feng Shi was only dumbfounded by her words, so he casually took an ivory tube feather duster from a hexagonal vase with blue and white folded branches, flowers and fruits, and hurried forward to beat it.

When Xu Miaohua saw that something was wrong, she jumped off the wooden kang and rushed out towards the door.

Tao Zhi lifted the curtain and came in at this time, but Xu Miaohua's rush made her fall straight back when she was not on guard, and yelled in her mouth.

At this time, Xu Miaohua had already stepped over her and walked away.Feng Shi was so angry that he followed him out, stood on the stone platform with a feather duster in his hand, and cursed at Xu Miaohua's back: "It's because I'm so used to you, but you dare to face me like this I contradicted you. Okay, next time I will just break one of your legs and see if you dare to contradict me like this."

Xu Miaohua naturally knew that she was just talking, so she didn't pay attention to it at all, and just took Qingmei with her.And here, Mrs. Feng entered the room angrily, looked at the peach blossoms on the mother-of-pearl kang table, thought for a while, and finally ordered Taozhi to bring a pair of blue and white long-necked bead bottles, filled them with water, and put a few peach blossoms on the table. All the peach blossoms were put in, and the little maid took the beaded vase and sent it to the old lady. She only said that the eldest girl saw that the peach blossoms were blooming well, so she specially broke off a few branches, put them in the vase with her own hands, and sent them to the old lady. For the old lady to enjoy.

Although her husband, Xu Zhengxing, is an official, his official position is not high, and his year-round salary is not much at all, and he has to spend daily, how can he have much money left over?But now, after all, the Wu family is in charge of the family, Xu Miaohua is about to marry Ji, and it is time to talk about marriage, although the daughters of the Xu family have dowry rules, but Wu's is pleased, and she will be happy when the time comes. Add more dowry to Xu Miaohua in private, then at least when you get to your in-law's family, you can make people in your in-law's family look up to you.

She only gave birth to a daughter, Xu Miaohua, and if she didn't plan for her, who would she plan for?But thinking about Xu Miaohua's temperament, if she doesn't restrain herself, no matter how much dowry she has, she will be criticized at her in-law's house.So Feng sighed deeply again for a moment.

(End of this chapter)