The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 4

Speaking of this old aunt and grandma, it was originally a companion brought by Mrs. Xie from the He family.Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Xie have a total of Mr. Xie, and Mrs. Xie gave her to Mrs. Xie. Although she did not give birth to a son, she gave birth to a daughter. Now she is married to a small family in Dongshan Town. The eunuch's family is living a pretty good life.

This old aunt was very acquainted when Mrs. Xie was alive, because Mrs. Xu hadn't lived in the house for a few years before Mrs. Xie passed away. She also served and took care of Mrs. Xie in his later years.Besides, Mrs. Xie was not in good health when she was young. Mr. Xie was hugged by this old aunt for several years, so Mr. Xie was also very filial to her, spending on food and clothing just the same as Mrs. Xie back then, and often donated to her natal family People, their family was originally a tenant of the He family, but now they also have a few acres of land, and they live by fighting the autumn wind with the Xie family.

There was a rift between Mrs. Xie and this old aunt, and it started when the old aunt mentioned that Mr. Xie should take a concubine.It turned out that when Mrs. Xie went to marry Mrs. Xu, she said that she would not allow Mr. Xie to take concubines in the future. The husband and wife are harmonious and beautiful, and the Xie family does not lack maids to serve, so there is no need to be a concubine. Aunt, another concubine's.Master Xie really likes the Xu family. Although he has no son, having a daughter like Xie Yujiao is already regarded as the apple of his eye, and he is extremely happy.

But after all, Mrs. Xie is a woman who received the education of the three cardinal principles and five constant principles in ancient times, and she was hit hard if she could not bear more sons. Mrs. Xie had already thought of taking a concubine for Mr. Xie countless times in her heart, but Mr. Xie refused in private. Let go, this day will be procrastinated until Mrs. Xie is gone.

The old aunt and grandma began to change at this time, saying that Mrs. Xie didn't see Mr. Xie giving birth to a son, and she didn't look at it when she died. She also said that the two old people often entrusted her with dreams, asking her to take good care of Mr. Xie and give birth to him. He found a few concubines so that the Xie family could flourish.

Mrs. Xu is a smart person, so she naturally knows why this old aunt and grandma are happy, but it is because her niece of her mother's family has reached the age of marriage, and she wants to come and be a child of Master Xie, so that she can be like her and live a lifetime of prosperity and wealth.Besides, Mrs. Xu has not given birth to a son. If the girl is lucky enough to give birth to a son, she might be able to compete with Mrs. Xu in the future!There have always been no rules in this rural area, and if Mrs. Xu puts on a face at that time, maybe someone will call her a jealous woman!

At that time, Mrs. Xu was cruel, so she bought a girl outside and brought back the niece of the old aunt and grandma, and took over the house together. She only said that if the two of them conceived the child first, the aunt would be brought in first. .The old aunt's niece originally wanted to come in and become a concubine, but she didn't expect Mrs. Xu to have such a skill. For a while, she just felt wronged, but she couldn't say anything to refute, so she had to suffer from this dumb loss. .

Unexpectedly, it is strange to say that these two passers-by have been in the door for two or three years, and none of them has spread good news.Mrs. Xu was angry at first, but then she gradually stopped being angry. Instead, she became anxious. Seeing that Mr. Xie was almost forty, Mrs. Xu took him two more concubines, both of whom were here. The famous Wen Po has seen it, and it looks the most fertile.

The last concubine had only been in the house for half a year, and Mr. Xie fell ill, and he left within a month.

Xu's health is not good recently, and there are many things, but she didn't think about these aunts all of a sudden. Now that the old aunts came to ask for news, she remembered it and said: "Your father has gone, I will guard you." It should be, but now that I think about it, I owe them a little, but I am only in my twenties, and I can't be like me, guarding for the rest of my life. When your father is buried tomorrow, I have to ask Ask them, should they stay in Xie's house, or find another place to go out by themselves? If they want to stay, our Xie family is not short of money to support these people. If they want to leave, I will give them enough to remarry The dowry silver can be regarded as accumulating virtue for your father."

Xie Yujiao saw that Xu Shi was thinking of so many disturbing things again, so she advised her: "Mom, don't think about these things, it's not time to think about these things now, you must first take care of your father's affairs, and then do the same thing." come."

Mrs. Xu listened to Xie Yujiao's persuasion for a long time, and her mind finally relaxed a little. Mama Zhang brought over the tranquilizing medicine, and Xie Yujiao served Mrs. Xu to drink it.

The Xie Mansion was extraordinarily quiet at night, because it was in the heat of mourning, and the corridors everywhere were lit with white lanterns, making the gloomy and frightening.The two little maids followed behind Xie Yujiao, carrying lanterns, and followed closely behind with small steps.When passing by the small courtyard where the aunt lived, the lights inside had already been extinguished.

The ancient people advocated working at sunrise and resting at sunset. At night, let alone nightlife, everyone just closed the door and went to sleep.Xie Yujiao saw that there was not even a single lamp lit at the door of the Kuayuan, and she was a little out of shape, so she ordered the maid beside her, "Go outside and ask Mama Zhang, who is the person who manages the lights and candles tonight? Is there no light at the gate of the yard?"

Ziyan is Mama Zhang's daughter. Hearing Xie Yujiao's order, she said to the magpie next to her, "You serve the girl back first, and I'll come back after I go out and ask."

The magpie saw that Ziyan walked away, so he smiled and said: "You ran so fast, the girl let you go without saying anything."

Xie Yujiao just smiled helplessly: "Then why don't you go first? Let her take the lead for nothing."

Magpie pursed her lips and laughed, "Forget it, I know she wants to whisper to her old lady again."

Xie Yujiao and Magpie returned to Xiulou, and a group of little maids came to greet them. Xie Yujiao was not used to this kind of posture of staring at the moon, so she usually only used Magpie and Ziyan.Magpie asked the little maids to heat up the water in the bathhouse, and went back to the room to loosen and comb Xie Yujiao's hair. After the little maids said that the water in the bathhouse downstairs was already hot, Xie Yujiao put on her robe and went downstairs to the bathhouse Went to bathe in the house.

This bathhouse was built by imitating the design of the bathhouses opened by Westerners in Quanzhou City when Mr. Xie built the embroidery building. He dug a hole two meters square and two feet deep in the ground, and surrounded it with white marble. Lei got up, dug a small hole in the corner, and connected it to the river outside the house with a bamboo pipe.

Usually, when Xie Yujiao takes a bath, she plugs the small hole with a wooden stopper, slows down the hot water, and soaks in it. It is really comfortable. The water is also boiled here, and the hot smoke permeates the pool. Above, the mist is dense, like a spa.No matter how annoying things are, take a dip in the day and get a good night's sleep, and you will still be refreshed the next day.

Xie Yujiao lay down in the water and felt her whole body warmed up, so a little maid came over, put a wooden basin behind Xie Yujiao's head, untied the towel wrapped around her beautiful hair, and came over to wash Xie Yujiao's hair.

When the magpie saw it, she just said, "Miss, I have to wash my hair at night again. It's not easy to do it in the dark, and I'll have a headache after going to sleep."

Xie Yujiao went out all day today, and went to the Earth Temple to hide from the rain for a while, her body was mixed with some smoke and fire, and her nose is very sensitive, so she must be able to smell the smell on her hair at night, so what do you say? You have to wash your hair, but there is no hair dryer in ancient times, and it is really inconvenient to wash your hair at night.

Xie Yujiao frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Let's wash it first, I don't need to go to bed so early today, and there are still a lot of books I haven't read."

After Master Xie passed away, the Xie family was like a huge ship without its helmsman, and the slightest carelessness might cause the ship to sink.Now that there are those uncles and gentlemen who are all thinking about getting a share of the pie and are "enthusiastic" about their heirs here, it's no wonder that Mrs. Xu is sick with worry, even Xie Yujiao, who came from modern times, can't stand it.

The maids sat on small benches and bent over to wash Yujiao's hair. In ancient times, there was no such thing as shampoo, and rich people used fragrant soap.Before the Xu family came out of the cabinet, the third house to which her father belonged was not separated from the Duke's mansion, so such precious things were never unused. Later, when they came to Xie's family, they were even richer than in the Duke's mansion. Xie Yujiao now uses Fragrant pancreas is added with five spices of green wood, sweet rosin, white sandalwood, musk, and clove. It also contains various Chinese herbal medicines such as white silkworm and Atractylodes macrocephala, which can make the skin fair and delicate, as well as eggs that nourish and moisturize the skin. Qing, pig pancreas, the skin is smooth after use, and the aroma is tangy.

After Xie Yujiao washed her hair, the maids used dry towels to dry her hair until it was [-] to [-] percent dry, until it stopped dripping.Xie Yujiao opened her eyes, looking at the skin that could be easily broken under the mist, she felt that this time travel was not too bad, at least her body and appearance were better than her previous life.

Seeing that she had finished washing her hair, Magpie brought over a bowl of white milk, soaked it with the white gauze on the side, and carefully applied it to Xie Yujiao's face.It turned out that the white gauze was not a whole piece, but it had openings around the eye sockets and mouth, just enough to allow Xie Yujiao to open her eyes.

Xie Yujiao waited for the magpie to apply the mask on her, then opened her eyes, looked at the little bit of milk left in the bowl, dipped her hands and wiped it on her neck and arms.While wiping it, she couldn't help laughing, she didn't know that the maid in her room was so talkative, she even said that she used milk to bathe, and now everyone outside said that she, Miss Xie's luxury, actually used milk bath.

At this time, the maids were quietly taking care of her to take a bath, and there were a few footsteps outside the door. Ziyan was afraid that the door would be taken away, so she just replied outside the door: "Girl, Zhang Mama said, I will be in charge today." The person at night is Mrs. Zhao, the younger sister of my aunt's natal sister-in-law."

(End of this chapter)