Madam Hou

Chapter 105

Linglong took the purse to the kitchen, handed it to the woman on the stove and said, "Throw this into the stove and burn it."

In order to prevent the masters from asking for water or supper in the middle of the night, there are people on duty in the big kitchen every night.The mother-in-law took the purse and came over, although the purse was a little old, but she saw it was very beautiful, she couldn't help praising it, and seeing that she was going to burn it, it was obvious that the master didn't want it, so she said: "Miss Linglong, the satin surface of this purse is so good, You might as well give it to me."

Linglong said: "If I tell you to burn it, you will burn it. Why is your vision so small, you want to gobble up even a purse. This is what the master said to burn it. Hurry up and throw it into the fire."

Linglong is Madam Lin's big servant girl, she is very respectable among the servants, and she said that it was the master who told her to burn it, but the mother-in-law dared not answer, and quickly replied: "Yes, yes, yes."

Linglong warned again: "Don't just promise to take it away after a while." After getting the answer of "dare not" from the mother-in-law, she went out of the kitchen and went back to serve Mrs. Lin.

The mother-in-law went back to the stove with regret, and was about to throw it into the stove fire, but at this time, Bingyue beside the Da Tai Furen was coming to serve the Da Tai Furen's supper, so the mother-in-law casually put the purse on the stove On the table, I went to bring supper to Bingyue first.But when she looked back again, she saw that the purse was gone, and the mother-in-law couldn't help wondering: "Where did this purse go?"

Bingyue, who was carrying supper, couldn't help but smiled, and said to the mother-in-law: "Mother Zhang, your memory is getting worse and worse. I just saw you throw it into the stove and burn it. Why did you find it again now?" gone."

The mother-in-law became more and more puzzled. She clearly remembered that she put it on the stove, but now it was indeed gone.The mother-in-law rubbed her head and wondered for a while, but couldn't figure out the source, so she thought it might be because she really had a bad memory, and maybe she had burned her purse but couldn't remember it.

Seeing the mother-in-law let go of her doubts, Bingyue said: "Then I'll go first, the lady is still waiting for me."

The mother-in-law quickly sent it out of the door and said, "Young lady, let's go."

Bingyue returned to the Qinghe Courtyard, saw that the Da Tai Furen was not in the inner room, so she put down the tray in her hand, and asked another maid in the room: "Where is the Tai Furen?"

The servant girl replied: "I am chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall."

The eldest wife is a widow, and she doesn't go out much in leisure time. She stays in the Qinghe courtyard on weekdays, either reading in the room or chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall.

Bingyue hurriedly went to the Buddhist hall again, and sure enough, she saw Mrs. Madam twirling Buddhist beads in front of the Buddha, looking at the wooden fish with the other, and chanting scriptures in her mouth.The Da Tai Madam didn't like to be disturbed when she recited scriptures, Bingyue didn't call her, and knelt down in front of the Buddha, and bowed to the Buddha.

After reading the last scripture, Mrs. Da Tai slowly opened her eyes, put down the wooden fish in her hand, and bowed to the Buddha again, then asked Bingyue: "What happened?"

Bingyue helped the Da Tai Madam to get up, let her sit at a square table next to her, and then said: "Second Lord's yard is noisy again today, this time it is even more noisy than before, Madam Tai, guess what?" Guess what happened this time?"

Mrs. Da Tai adjusted the hem of the plain gray skirt on her knees. Old Master Lin passed away. As a sister-in-law, she did not need to observe filial piety, so she did not wear filial piety.The eldest lady said with a flat face: "If you have anything to say, just say it, and play charades with me."

Only then did Bingyue purse her lips, and said gloatingly: "Our second lady is really a wonderful person, I don't know where to find a purse, and based on this, I believe that our second master has an affair with the eldest lady. In the courtyard, not only the second master, but even the eldest lady scolded him."

The Madam asked, "What kind of purse is it?"

Bingyue took out the purse from her sleeve, handed it to the Da Tai Furen, and said: "Look, this is it."

The Da Tai Furen looked at the purse and said: "This is like the needlework that the Concubine Jing made when she was in our residence before she entered the palace, right? I remember that Yin Niang's needlework is very ordinary, but the Concubine Jing's is very good."

Bingyue replied: "Mrs. Tai really has sharp eyes."

The eldest lady said again: "It's not surprising that the second master has such a purse. The third sibling originally wanted to hire the concubine Jing to the second master. The prospective fiancée, the empress embroidered some small things and gave it to the second master in private. What's worth it."

These words sounded nothing on the surface, but if you think about it a little bit more, it seems a bit ironic about the concubine Jing concubine's private teaching.Even if it is a fiancée, a woman should be more reserved before getting married, let alone a prospective fiancée.

Bingyue could naturally hear the sarcasm from Mrs. Da Tai, she pursed her lips and smiled, but agreed with Mrs. Da Tai's words.

The Da Tai Furen tapped her fingers on the table, pondered for a while, and then said: "Our Second Madam is too ignorant, and she messes around without understanding the matter. Someone should remind her a little bit, and she will Let me explain the ins and outs clearly, lest she misunderstand the eldest lady, and there will be a gap between the two sisters-in-law, causing the Hou Mansion to be restless."

Bingyue smiled, poured a cup of tea and handed it to the Da Tai Furen, said: "Yes, someone should tell the truth to the Second Madam."

The eldest lady took a sip of tea, then put down the teacup.Bingyue said again: "I came back with a supper, Mrs. Tai, please use some."

The eldest lady said: "Let's put it away first, I'll read the scriptures for a while. Put this purse well, I can't say later"

As he spoke, he stood up, went to the front of the Buddha and knelt down, clasped his hands together and said: "Buddha bless, bless the second younger brother to go out smoothly this time, and make military exploits, so that the family of Dong's family will shine again, and let us brother Hu There is a foreign family to rely on." After saying this, he bowed three times in front of the Buddha, and then began to recite the scriptures again.

The sun is rising and the sun is shining.It was still early summer, and the morning sun didn't make people feel warm, but it sprinkled softly on people's bodies, which made people feel comfortable instead.

Mother He came out of the courtyard of Danfeng Courtyard and looked at the sun that had just risen above her head.

Although Mrs. He was confined in the Danfeng Courtyard, she did not say that the maids and mothers-in-law next to the second wives would also be confined in the Danfeng Courtyard.She came out now to go to the big kitchen to get breakfast.

Mother He sighed in her heart, since she was banned by the second wife, the maids in the mansion have become more and more slack towards Danfeng Courtyard. Three meals a day always take an hour in the evening. If she doesn't go to the big kitchen to get breakfast If it is, the maid on the stove dares to bring it in the middle of noon.Even if she knew that the maids were negligent on purpose, the second madam angered the eldest madam so much last time, she did not dare to sue the elder madam, maybe the maids did this because the elder madam deliberately ordered her to do so.

In the past few days, Mother He has also been persuading Mrs. He to bow her head and apologize to the eldest lady, and then send one or two precious gifts as an apology.But Mrs. He wholeheartedly felt that she was right. Not only did she not want to apologize, but she also asked them to send someone to report to the He Mansion, and asked Mrs. He to come and make decisions for her.They did go, but the boy guarding the gate was not willing to let them go out at all, nor was he willing to deliver letters for them, and he would not even bribe them with money.

Forget it, after all, it is the child who was raised by her own milk, and no matter what, she can't abandon her.

When Mother He arrived in the big kitchen, she smiled and asked the mother-in-law on the stove, "Mom, is breakfast ready for our second lady?"

The woman who was chopping vegetables put down the kitchen knife, wiped her hands on the apron, and then said to Mama He: "Oh, it's Mama He, you came really early, the fire on the stove has just started, Second Madam It's too hasty."

It's so early, if it's normal, I'm afraid I've already eaten this breakfast, but what can she do, the situation is stronger than others, even if there is a dispute, she will be the one to end up in the end.

Mother He smiled and said: "Then I will wait here, and you prepare breakfast for our second wife as soon as possible."

The mother-in-law looked at Mama He, and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. We always have to prepare for the two Tai Furen and Da Furen first, and then it will be the turn of the Second Madam."

Just as the mother-in-law finished speaking, another servant girl came in from the outside and said to the mother-in-law: "Mom, is Second Miss's breakfast ready?"

The mother-in-law said: "It's ready, it's on the table next to it, you can take it."

The mother-in-law spoke in no hurry, without embarrassment on her face, as if it was very normal.Mother He's face turned red with anger. I heard that the second lady is the most unfavorable person in the house, and now even the second lady can be placed in front of the second lady.And just now the mother-in-law clearly said that the breakfasts of the two concubines were not prepared yet, and in a blink of an eye even the breakfast of the second lady was ready, but the second wife was not prepared yet.

After the maid left with the breakfast, the mother-in-law took the knife to chop the vegetables again, and seeing that Mama He was still standing in the kitchen, she said to her, "Mama He, the kitchen is small, and it's a little crowded for you to stand here. Why don't you go back first, and when the second lady's breakfast is ready, I'll send someone to bring it to you right away, you can see how it is."

Mother He smiled and said: "It's okay, I'll just wait by the side... How about I help you out, if you need to choose vegetables or something, I'll help you do it." Then she rolled up her sleeves.

The mother-in-law and her companion looked at each other, and finally said: "Wait a minute." After finishing speaking, she put down the knife, put a pot of porridge, a plate of vegetarian steamed buns, and a few side dishes into the food box together, and handed them Give it to Mother He, and said: "This is our own breakfast. If the second lady does not dislike the vulgar food of the servants, you can take it back and give it to the second lady."

Up to now, Mother He still has nothing to dislike, so she quickly thanked her and went back with the food box.

When Mrs. He was in the Danfeng Courtyard, she saw Mother He coming in with a food box, and complained, "Why is it so slow to serve breakfast?"

(End of this chapter)