Ordinary clear day

Chapter 2 Gossip
Having said that, it was really boring to lie down all the time, so she could only focus on the conversation between the two maids at the door.Of those two, one is a young woman who is doing needlework. Others seem to call her "Er Mo". According to Liu Xixi's guess, she may be a wet nurse (Liu Xixi sweats wildly: children over one year old should be weaned? I hope no longer need her to feed); the other is only eleven or twelve years old, thin and small, with a lively temper, but a little tongue-twisting, because Liu Xixi can hear her chirping almost all day Talking, talking about Dong's parents, Xi's short, "Oh, little girl woke up" or "Brother Ma San ate an extra cake today" and so on.It's the same now, even though Ermo always tells her not to quarrel with "Xiao Niuniu" (Liu Xixi: Is this referring to me?), she still can't help but speak, at most she lowers her voice.And the topic that made her so excited happened to be the cause of the serious illness of the "little girl" who was eavesdropping.

At this moment, she lowered her voice and leaned closer to Ermo, with a mysterious look: "There has been a lot of quarrel in the east chamber this morning, and they threw vases and chairs and so on, and they cried and shouted, nine times out of ten. It's crazy."

Ermo sneered: "Isn't she crazy? After she did such a bad thing, she was caught and made a fuss, but anyone with good eyesight would not do that. I wish Third Mistress drove her away sooner." out."

"I heard that the third grandma was going to kick her out when the third master came back, but the third master didn't say a word. She was so noisy every day that other people could hear her. Xiang'er, who was opposite the door yesterday, asked me quietly."

Hearing what she said, Ermo immediately glared at her: "How dare you talk to outsiders?! Be careful with your skin!"

"I don't dare. Xiang'er's mother came to borrow soybean oil that day, and she heard the disturbance in the East Chamber. She didn't know who was talking about it, so she told her. Xiang'er heard about it, so she came to me to ask."

"Even if this doesn't work, what's the good thing? If she asks you, you should block back. It's a good thing it's me. If the third grandma knows that you are talking outside, be careful that she will even pull out the root of your tongue. Look at you." Don't talk too much."

"What, you are talking nonsense." The little girl refused, turned her head back, and curled her lips, "How could the third grandma do this, at most she would scold a few words. Her old man has always been the most pitiful, such a kind person, otherwise she would I won’t let the one in the East Wing climb on her head.”

"What do you know? Which of the people above is Yi Xiangyu?" Ermo just sneered, "This time, it's also Dongxiang's foolishness, thinking that getting rid of Brother Duan and Xiao Niuniu can monopolize the third master, and trample the third mistress on the ground. The soles of the feet? I don’t even look at what I am. A girl, if she can be a concubine, her ancestors burn incense, and she even wants to fight against the grandmother of the main house. Does she think that the third master will stand by her? Don’t even think about it , Brother Duan and Xiao Niuniu are the third master's flesh and blood, and if something happened, it's too late to feel distressed, so why would you help her, the murderer?"

"Isn't it? I heard that it was the third grandma who made the decision to help her to be a concubine. Otherwise, how could she be so beautiful? Wasn't she just like me, a servant girl? The third grandma treated her so well, but she Repaying kindness with revenge, he must have gone crazy long ago."

Ermo didn't say anything when she heard the words, she just lowered her head and made money.Seeing that she didn't answer, the little girl was silent for a while, feeling bored, she started talking about other things: "I don't know what happened to brother Duan, the third grandma is in the room over there every day, and the third master will come back as soon as he comes back from his errands." Go and watch, they only come here at night, but little Niuniu is still in a daze, neither crying nor making noise, making no noise, and ignoring people, what can I do?"

"The child was frightened, and he will be fine after two days of calming down. Brother Duan is seriously ill. It is already October, Fengtian is much colder than Beijing, and the water in the pond is freezing. My lord I can't stand it, let alone brother Duan is not yet six years old."

After she finished speaking, she picked up the scissors and cut off the thread, and then picked up the needlework and looked at the light.The little girl looked at it with envy on her face: "Ermo, you are really good at sewing. When will I be able to do such a bright job, please teach me."

"Okay." Ermo didn't even raise her head, "As long as you spend all your time chewing your tongue on needlework, you'll be better than me in a few more years." Then she raised her head and shouted outside the door: "Xiaomei , Xiaomei, come here."

Not long after, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl came.Ermo handed her the needlework: "This is a bellyband made for Brother Duan. I embroidered the word Baifu on it. You can bring it to him as a blessing." The girl agreed and took it. Turned around and left, stopped after taking two steps, turned back and said to the little girl: "Xiao Tao, don't keep talking about it, the third grandma told me to ask you to go to the kitchen, I'm going to make medicine for my brother today, I don’t have time to help. You go and chop the firewood.” After saying that, he left.

When Xiaotao heard this, she was completely discouraged, and turned her head to want to say something to Ermo, but seeing that Ermo was just squinting at her, she had to hang her head and go out.

Liu Xixi just listened from the sidelines, a little sleepy, so she closed her eyes and rested her mind.Ermo turned around to look at her, saw her eyes closed, thought she was asleep, came up to tuck her quilt, looked at this cute little face, and thought of her two children who were far away in the capital, My husband and wife left them to their in-laws and followed the third master's family to Fengtian. I don't know what happened to them. The second girl left her mother when she was born, and now she is probably about the same age as Xiao Niuniu.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help stroking her hair, but he didn't want Liu Xixi to open his eyes and only look at her with big round eyes.She looked interesting, with a smile on her face, and said: "So you are not asleep, you little girl." After that, she loosened the quilt, and only looked into the child's eyes: "You too It’s a great fate, thanks to your brother’s desperate efforts to lift you up and prevent you from getting a little water. If it weren’t for this, you would have been thrown into the cold pool by yourself, and you would have disappeared after a while, but your brother was very sick. Qing. He loves and protects you so much, you can treat him well when you grow up, huh?"

Only then did Liu Xixi realize that the reason why she was able to travel through time was because of that little "brother" who bravely protected her sister.In her previous life, she was an only child, and she was always envious of others having an older brother. Unexpectedly, after time travel, she also had an older brother.

She is quite acceptable to her new identity now.

Ermo was chatting some gossip while patting her to lull her to sleep.Perhaps it was because she hadn't enjoyed this kind of treatment for a long time, Liu Xixi felt sleepy after a while, her eyelids drooped, and she became confused after a while.Ermo just felt that Xiao Niuniu was getting more and more normal, and she didn't stay too much anymore, thinking that she would get better soon, she was very happy, and she still took pictures in her hand.

At this time, a voice came from the door: "How is Xiaoniuniu today?" As soon as the voice fell, a young woman in a stone blue cheongsam came in. It turned out to be Tong Shi, the mother-in-law of Xiaoniuniu and Brother Duan.Ermo hurriedly got up to greet her, and replied: "It's much better now. I was still a little dazed, but now I know how to look at people. I think it will be fine after two days. I just coaxed her to sleep." Tong sighed and said: "Amitabha, it's fine." Ermo asked again: "Did the third grandma just come from my brother's room? How is he today?" Tong knows that she has also been a nurse for her son, and she really loves the two children He replied, "After taking the medicine, the fever has subsided. The doctor said it's all right, so I came here to have a look." So much so that even Ermo began to recite the Buddha's name.

Mrs. Tong had seen the youngest daughter, and asked Ermo about today's chores. When she was satisfied, she sat down on the chair in the middle of the room and said, "I just saw the bellyband you made for Brother Duan. It's because you have a heart, so I gave it to you just now." He will be much better if he puts it on, it must be because of your sincerity, it’s unknown if God has been moved.” Ermao hurriedly said: “This is a servant of Zhesha, this is clearly my brother’s blessing, and God also blesses him, that apron It's just a coincidence. The servant has no experience, but I just heard that the pattern of Baifu is auspicious, so I thought of making it for my brother to try. Where is there such a great ability that God is also moved?"

Tong's mood may be very good, with a smile on his face all the time: "Why are you so cautious? When Brother Duan was young, I had to wait on his grandma, and I had no time to pay attention to him all day long. You took care of it all by yourself? Now you are nursing his sister again, don't worry, my two children will appreciate your kindness and will respect you in the future."

The meaning of these words was somewhat unclear, Ermo hurriedly waved her hands: "Third Mistress said this, I don't dare to be a servant. The servant is the son of the family in the mansion, and has been a servant of the Talla family for the rest of his life. It is a blessing for the servant to serve the two young masters." , even if there are no slaves, there are others who nurse them. Now the masters are so polite to the slaves, it is a blessing that the slaves have cultivated in several generations, how can they dare to hope for the future. Grandma don’t say such things, slaves can’t afford it.”

Tong said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, a family, why should you be so careful. Can I still treat you as an outsider? A few jokes made you panic like this. Stop being a 'servant' or 'servant'." Ermo just listened, knowing that it wasn't true.

Then the two exchanged some other gossip.After a while, Xiaomei's voice came from outside: "Third Grandma, Brother Duan has woken up." Mrs. Tong was overjoyed when she heard this, and didn't care about anything else. She just told Ermo to take care of the little girl, and rushed to her son's room up.

As soon as she left, Ermo breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt that her legs were a little weak. She walked slowly to the little girl's bed, sat on the foot of the bed, and murmured: "You are so kind!" ..."

She just stared blankly at the bed curtain in a daze, and didn't see the little girl on the bed opened her eyes, and she was also staring at her blankly with a pair of dark eyes.

(End of this chapter)