The daily life of young girls in ancient times

Chapter 7

Listening to Shaoyao's words, Baozhu looked up at her, and said oh, she remembered the maid's voice, the night she woke up, the maid said that her parents treated her as a fool, and she said a lot of gossip Hadn't bumped into her today, I definitely wouldn't have remembered her.

Miaoyu said, "Miss Seven, how should I deal with it?"

Rong Baozhu's mind is all on the jade vase, and she has no good advice on punishing servants. In the two lives, Cen only taught her the best things and the best side, and there are some things that she doesn't know even if she lives again How to do.

Before she could speak, Cen came in, saw Shao Yao kneeling on the ground and asked, "What's wrong?"

Miaoyu told the story again, and Cen asked, "Does Shaoyao have something on her mind? Otherwise, how can she be so absent-minded that she can't even handle an errand?"

Shao Yao's face turned pale, "It's all the servant's fault, please punish my wife."

Cen cared deeply about her daughter, and the maids around her knew about it, and knew that Shao Yao had a bit of a temper, so she might have done something wrong, right?She turned to her daughter and asked, "What's going on?"

Rong Baozhu didn't know how to speak, she was told to chew a servant girl's tongue and she couldn't open her mouth, thinking that Kapok was there that day, she couldn't help but glance at her.

Cen turned her head and asked Mu Mian, "Tell me what's going on."

How could Mumian not know what his wife was asking, and he didn't dare to hide it, and told his wife a few gossips that Shaoyao said the day Seventh Miss woke up.After hearing this, Cen's face was quite ugly, "Come on, I'm not going to send you to the prison, since you feel wronged by serving Baozhu, you asked Ren Yazi to come over, and you go to re-elect the master, our Duke Zhen Sifang can't accommodate you."

Shao Yao trembled in fright, "Madam, I made a mistake, I will never dare to do this again, please spare me." If these maidservants who have worked in the Duke's Mansion go back to Ren Yazi's hands, they will surely There is no good place to go.

Cen said, "Hurry up, pull him down, don't all stand there, and continue to wait for the girl to wash up."

The two maids dragged Shao Yao down, and Cen said, "Kapian doesn't report her knowledge, so she can be reduced to a third-class maid."

Kapok blesses her body, "Thank you, Madam, for your kindness."

Since Cen Shi demoted her to the third-class servant girl and said that she has not been disappointed in her, there is still a high possibility of being transferred back to the inner courtyard.

At this moment, two maidservants were sent away, and the remaining few were so angry that they didn't dare to speak out. Tie Lan silently stepped forward to comb Baozhu's hair, and Cen said, "Remember, Baozhu is my lifeblood. , as long as you take good care of her, I won't treat you badly."

The servant girls answered in unison.

A few servant girls waited for Baozhu to clean up and then retreated to prepare meals. There were only two mothers and daughters left in the screen. Mrs. Cen sat on the stool holding Baozhu, "Baozhu, mother told you, if anyone dares to bully you in the future, Just tell your mother. And mother told you, you can't be soft-hearted, you are born a master, you are superior to them, our Rongfu is also benevolent to the maids, we give a lot of monthly money, and there are a lot of rewards and so on, We don't treat her badly, but we can't allow them to climb on the head of the master, understand? For a maid like Shaoyao, if you forgive her this time, she may make an even bigger mistake next time. It's possible, to put it bluntly, she just has a problem with her character, such a person can be used, but she cannot be trusted."

Rong Baozhu thought about it for a while, and felt that what Mother said was quite reasonable, she really wanted to spare Shao Yao just now.

"Understood?" Cen asked again, this matter can't be careless, this girl is stupid, she can't always follow, she has to be vigilant herself.

Baozhu nodded, "Don't worry, mother, I understand."

"Okay, then go out and eat quickly."

Baozhu nodded, then remembered something, pulled Cen's clothes, "Mother, I want a small bottle, I want a wooden one." Since the emerald ones don't work, she should try other materials, if it still doesn't work, she can only give up. The idea of ​​saving the lotion is gone.

Cen said with a smile, "Success, but tomorrow is your grandfather's birthday. After tomorrow, the stepmother is looking for it for you."

Cen stayed in the room until Baozhu had breakfast before leaving. Rong Baozhu thought that there were still two of the three jade bottles that he hadn't tried, why don't he try again?

One is from jadeite, the other is from suet jade, the emerald one is not good, she has stored all the lotion in the suet jade bottle.

In the afternoon, several older brothers and sisters came to see her, and they were all called by Mrs. Cen to tell her what to do tomorrow.In the evening, Baozhu went to bed early.

The next morning, the first thing she did when she woke up was to touch the small red sandalwood box next to the bed, and took a look at the mutton fat jade bottle inside. Covered with a thin layer of lotion, this time it was obviously stored successfully.

Why is the jade bottle not working?Rong Baozhu suddenly remembered that the material of the jade slip seemed to be suet jade. It seemed that only a jade bottle made of the same material as the jade slip could store the lotion. No matter what, it was a great fortune to have the lotion.

Today is Duke Zhen Rong Jiang's birthday banquet, many people were invited, although there was no one from the palace, they sent people to bring congratulatory gifts.

In addition, apart from the important ministers in the court, relatives of the Rong family also came, Jing Henghou also brought Mrs. Zhang, his uncle Cen Yu, and his aunt Cen Zhe, and his uncle married Wei, the daughter of the minister of Guanglu Temple, with a pure personality. Rou has two sons, the eldest cousin, Cen Anhe, is eleven years old, and the youngest, Cen Anqiao, is six years old.The children from my aunt's house were not brought here.

Although today is the grandfather's birthday banquet, Baozhu can't go, the maids in the room looked at her and didn't say anything, even the mother Niu who was next to the eldest aunt Wei came to take care of her.

She had nothing to do, let several big maids take turns to read and listen to her, and when it was time to feed the general, she said excitedly, "I'll feed."

All the maids knew that the little master had the habit of feeding the general. They washed the fruits and cut them into small pieces, and then soaked them in the water in the bucket designated by the master for half an hour before feeding them to the general. The general ate very happily. Yes, a small piece of fruit is quickly eaten up.

Only an hour later, Cen's voice sounded in the yard. It was Cen who brought his grandfather, uncle, aunt and cousins ​​over.

Several people entered the room and saw Baozhu sitting at the small table watching the crickets, Jing Heng Hou Cen stepped forward to hug her, and said with a smile, "Who does Baozhu recognize me?"

Baozhu laughed and said, "You are my grandfather."

Cen Qi said, "What a good boy."

Several people took turns to hug Baozhu, and finally fell into the arms of aunt Wei, Wei Shi hugged her and sat down at the table. Several people talked about her waking up, and Cen said, "Baozhu's body It's too weak, and I plan to keep it like this for a while before going to class."

Cen Yu nodded, "Indeed, you can only do other things after you have taken care of yourself."

While the adults were talking, the second cousin Cen Anqiao's eyes were attracted by the crickets on the table, and he asked Baozhu, "Sister Baozhu, do you also play with crickets? How about I bring crickets to fight with you some other day?"

Rong Baozhu nodded, "It's called General, and it was given to me by Fifth Brother."

Listening to what the two said, Mrs. Cen took time to look at the general, and said with a smile, "This cricket is well-raised, much bigger than before? Hey, the head of this cricket has changed color. I remember looking at it before. It's still black, and it's almost turned into a green-gold color, and it's growing really well."

While the few people were talking, Mrs. Zhang looked around the room. Seeing the complete set of rosewood furniture, exquisite screens, and vases, she couldn't help but feel that Mrs. Cen was a prodigal. How could her daughter want such expensive ones? It's really stupid to give all the good things to my daughter, I feel that Mrs. Cen is so bad, but Mrs. Zhang dare not say anything in front of Jing Henghou, and withdraws her eyes and listens to the words of several people silently.

While talking, the servant next to Rong Jiang ran over and said, "Fourth wife, the old master asked you to take the orb and show it to everyone."

"It's done, I get it, it's over." Of course, Cen couldn't refute her father-in-law's words, and Baozhu's energy has improved these days, so it won't matter if she takes her out for a while.

Mrs. Zhang probably saw that several people were not happy, so she couldn't help but want to please Jing Henghou, "Jun'er, you are really a father-in-law. You know that Baozhu is not in good health, but you still want to hug her over now. I really don't feel sorry for Baozhu."

Jing Henghou said in a low voice, "Okay, don't say a few words, hurry over."

Mrs. Cen held the orb, and a group of people walked towards the front yard. The front yard is a place for male guests. It is really difficult for Mrs. Cen and the female family members to go there. Jing Heng said, "Okay, give me the orb, I will Carry her in, with me, Yuan Lu and your brother around, everything will be fine."

Yuanlu is the fourth master of Rong, Rong Yuanlu, and this meeting also greets guests in the front yard.

Cen Shi nodded, watching Cen Qi go in with Baozhu in his arms, Baozhu obediently lay on his shoulder and smiled at her.

In the end, I am still a little worried. Although my father-in-law is expensive as the Duke of the state, he is still a little unreliable. If he is really reliable, he will not spoil an aunt and treat his aunt's child as a treasure.

Wei Shi persuaded, "Sister, don't worry about it. With father and husband here, nothing will happen."

Cen nodded, "Forget it, let's go there quickly."

After passing by the women's relatives, Di smiled and said, "I took my in-laws to see Baozhu, is Baozhu okay? You should rest in the house now."

Cen didn't hide it, and told her father-in-law about letting someone carry the orb to pass by. Di's face was not very good. I understand it quite well, but I'm afraid that this drinking will cause some stupid things to happen.

Di Shi's worry was not unreasonable. After Cen Qi carried the pearl, Rong Jiang picked her up and said with a smile, "Baozhu, do you know what day it is today?"

Rong Baozhu nodded, "Grandfather's birthday."

Rong Jiang nodded, "Bao Zhu is really smart, come on, grandpa taught you to recognize people, these are from your uncle, uncle and grandpa's generation."

Rong Baozhu thought that his grandfather was just talking, just to make a scene, so he knew he was serious. After a circle of recognition, Rong Jiang asked him, "Does Baozhu remember who he is?"

Where did she remember, Rong Jiang saw her ignorant look and said, "This is uncle."

Uncle?That is the younger brother of the grandmother. Rong Baozhu obediently called someone, but felt something was wrong when she called someone. The Di family is also a family. His demeanor should be extraordinary, this uncle looks really wretched.

In her previous life, she had been kept in the boudoir, and she had seen too few outside men, and even less so with her uncle. Now she really couldn't figure out what her uncle looked like.

Rong Baozhu suddenly thought of something, and looked around the field, and sure enough, he saw a middle-aged man in his fifties not far away with a cold face.

Fourth Master Rong stood up to take the orb, and said to Rong Jiang, "Father, you drank too much, please sit down."

Looking at both sides, Rong Baozhu felt a little pain in the forehead. The person whose grandfather asked her to call her uncle just now must be the younger brother of the old aunt Wanniang, right?
Rong Jiang didn't give the orb to Master Rong Si, but asked, "Baozhu, do you remember it all?"

Rong Baozhu could only nod his head, feeling that his grandfather was so unreliable, and Di Shi's own brother was here, so he dared to let himself recognize the old aunt's brother as his uncle.

Cen Qi smiled and said, "Bao Zhu, don't listen to your grandfather's nonsense, he was joking with you, how can relatives misidentify, your uncle is this." He was referring to the cold-faced middle-aged man just now.

Rong Baozhu immediately obediently called his uncle, and then asked his grandfather in a face-saving way, "Why are you joking, grandfather? Does grandmother have two brothers?"

There are quite a few people who look down on Rong Jiang at this meeting. You say that you dote on a aunt who is adored by the whole capital and know it. Now that the birthday banquet is open and above board, there is nothing to say, but why are you so confused? How dare you make your aunt's younger brother your granddaughter's uncle, what are you taking the Di family for?

Cen Qi also could not get used to this in-laws, and said to Baozhu, "Your grandmother only has one brother, and you have only one uncle. Your grandfather was too drunk, so he didn't see clearly, so he took your aunt's younger brother as your uncle."

The real uncle Di Zhiwen still teased Baozhu very face-saving, and then took out a thing from his arms and handed it to her, "This is the first time we meet today, uncle has no preparations, this is all you have on you, you can play with it Bar."

Baozhu took one, and it was a black pearl almost the size of her fist. It was shiny and lustrous, and it was big. It looked extraordinary at first glance. She held the pearl and smiled happily, "Thank you uncle, Baozhu likes it."

"As long as Baozhu likes it." Di Zhiwen ignored Rong Jiang at all.

Rong Jiang will be stripped of face, and his face is a little ugly.

Master Rong got up to smooth things over, "Okay, everyone, please sit down quickly, come on, I'll toast you all."

After drinking, Fourth Master Rong said, "I think I'll take Baozhu home first, there are no female relatives here, so we can't take care of it."

"What are you panicking about?" Rong Jiang scolded, "Baozhu is the best, relatives have never seen her before, and they will recognize her, so that they won't even recognize her when they meet next time."

The fourth master Rong could only hold Baozhu, asked Baozhu what he wanted to eat, asked someone to serve a small bowl, and picked something for her to eat.

Rong Jiang would happily talk to the natal brother of Master Rong Er's daughter-in-law Gao.

Speaking of how the Gao family entered the Rong family, I have to mention Wanniang.At that time when Master Rong Er was married, Di Shi originally wanted to find him a virtuous wife whom he liked.Although the second master didn't come out of her womb, Di Shi also knows how to marry a daughter-in-law and ask for a lady. If the daughter-in-law is not married well, it will really be a disaster for three generations.

Everyone was optimistic, but Wan Niang disagreed, and she cried to Rong Jiang, saying that she had no one to talk to except her son in the mansion, and her son was busy, and she didn't see each other often, so she wanted her son to marry Gao Female.

Why do you want to marry this Gao's daughter?Because Wanniang is on good terms with Gao's daughter's aunt, she hopes that when the second child marries Gao's daughter, there will be someone who can talk to her.

Therefore, Rong Jiang's heart softened, and he let Master Rong Er marry the daughter of a concubine from the Gao family.

When Di knew about it, her heart ached from anger. Then Gao's aunt is a petty person, so what about the pair of children she taught?Character is definitely not enough. I don't know if there is something wrong with Wan Niang's brain, just because she is afraid that her heart will be with her after marrying the woman she likes, so she deceives her son like this and finds such a girl for her son. House wife.

The fact is also the same. After getting married, Gao's vision is indeed narrow, small-minded, and he has many conflicts with other families.

Gao's natal brother is the concubine of Gao's aunt's mother and compatriots. The Gao family ranks fourth, and the fourth master of Gao.

Rong Jiang would say, "Don't look at my Baozhu waking up late, but she actually understands everything, and she can recognize people when she wakes up. Maybe she was blinded by something before."

Senior Senior Senior laughed and said, "That's right, Baozhu is smart at first glance, and she has her parents, grandparents and grandparents to take care of her, so she will be a lucky one in the future."

Rong Jiang nodded, and the two talked again, the senior senior senior suddenly said, "Grandpa, I really like this jewel more and more. It just so happens that my second year old is about the same age as Baozhu, and she is more than two years older than her. If Baozhu can It would be great to be my daughter-in-law."

Rong Jiang didn't know if he was drinking or smoking, he laughed loudly, "What's wrong with that!"

Rong Baozhu couldn't take it anymore, so she turned to look at her grandfather.

Fourth Master Rong also reacted, stood up abruptly, and didn't intend to give father any face, "Father, what are you talking about, how old is Baozhu! Besides, Mother Baozhu and I are doing well. Bao Zhu's marriage will not bother Dad!"

The faces of the relatives of the Cen family and the Di family were not very good, and Cen Qi also said, "My father-in-law, Baozhu is young, and the marriage will not happen at this time, even if I really want to talk about marriage, I should come to check on her personality."

The fourth master of the Gao family is the son of the concubine of the Gao family. He has three sons under his name. The eldest son and the second son are both sons of the concubine, and the third son is the son of the concubine.Even the backyard can't be managed well, let Mr. Concubine come down, what kind of good son can such a person raise, not to mention that he still wants to tell Baozhu to the concubine of Gao's family, how can the senior senior master be ashamed?
The senior high school master is not ashamed, no one in the capital does not know that Mrs. Cen can make money, and knows that she loves that stupid daughter, even if Rong Baozhu is still stupid, he is happy with this marriage.

Unfortunately, his wishful thinking was too much.

(End of this chapter)