from widow to dame

Chapter 38

Mrs. Pi and Mrs. Tian embraced Wang Wuniang and entered the room. As soon as they opened the curtain, a smell of traditional Chinese medicine pierced their nostrils. Now that I'm pregnant with a child, I can't smell this kind of smell!"

"It's the medicine prescribed by Doctor Yu, and the smell is a bit strong." Pi said tremblingly, "Go in, Wu Niang, your second brother is looking forward to your coming!"

Wang Wuniang murmured and walked in when she heard the words, and saw a man lying naked on the big kang, with only a quilt on his body, and the rest of his body was covered with black ointment. scary.Probably heard the commotion outside, the person on the kang opened his swollen and fish-bubbled eyes, and said weakly: "My sister is here!"

"Second brother, what's the matter?" Wang Wuniang was obviously taken aback by this appearance, she covered her mouth, as if she couldn't believe that this person who didn't look like a human being or a ghost like a ghost could be her own item The suave second brother.On the side, Dipishi and others told the story in a miscellaneous manner.Hearing that Wang Erlang became like this because he was hit on the head by a hornet's nest, Wang Wuniang couldn't help saying: "Brother, why didn't you be careful, you suffered such a big crime for nothing!"

"It must be the trick of the Su family!" Mrs. Pi said in a tone full of hatred: "It's that Su Wen. He was afraid that your brother would show off in front of Mr. Chen, so he used such a despicable trick."

"Yes! Maybe there is that little bastard Wang Qilang!" Tian also said: "That little bastard hates our family the most, it must be his fault!"

Wang Erlang on the kang listened to the two people's words, his dark face was almost distorted, and he was stung in no less than a hundred places all over his body, and now he felt a kind of severe pain mixed with it all the time. The itchy feeling, that kind of taste, could almost drive people crazy. He was not willing to admit that he was unlucky. Hearing the words of the two of them at this time, a feeling of understanding the "truth" gradually came to his mind. The hateful one should be hacked into pieces and put to death! ! !
"Mr. Chen? Which Mr. Chen?" Sitting on the small chair brought by the maid, Wang Wuniang asked with a frown, caressing her stomach.

It was inconvenient for Wang Erlang to speak, and it was Mrs. Pi who answered her. This woman always spoke mysteriously, and she just talked about the prosperity of the Chen family. At home, I wrote a letter to your brother quickly, I finally took such an opportunity, I didn't expect that everything was ruined by that damn hornet!"

"The Chen family?" After Wang Wuniang murmured twice, she suddenly said with bright eyes: "I've heard the master mention this Chen family too. He said that he is the heir of the Lord's family in Shangjingli. They are not ordinary people, even our master You must be respectful! But how did someone like the Chen family get involved with Su Huiniang? Just because of her talent?" Wang Wuniang sneered mockingly, obviously still hating what Su Huiniang said back then "A concubine, what kind of wedding dress should I wear?"

"Both Su Wen and Chen Yu are students of Mr. Ziyou in the academy, and they should be classmates." Wang Erlang said weakly.

After hearing this, Wang Wuniang couldn't help twisting the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, and said sourly: "Why are all good things so cheap to the Su family...Second brother is really! How could you be so careless that Mr. Chen saw such an ugly appearance? Will I still talk to you in the future?" Wang Wuniang's words pierced Wang Erlang's heart like a sharp sword, and he immediately responded angrily and said: "Fart! If you are not useless, you can't get the favor of the county magistrate. Everyone in the yamen is inferior, can I go and beg for that Chen Yu?"

"What is that brother talking about!" Wang Wuniang immediately retorted: "Don't forget, how did you come to be the boss? What else can prevent me from winning the favor of the master? I am pregnant with the master. The only son, when the child is born, I will be the rightful mistress of the mansion, as for those vixens who hang around the master, I will get rid of them sooner or later!"

"You can pull me down!" Wang Erlang sneered and said, "That's right, the county magistrate pushed me to take the position of master, but if you count the people in the yamen, who is not a 'relative' of the county magistrate. Master Feng is the biological father of the third aunt, Liu Bantou is the younger brother of the seventh aunt, Yu Daoli is the brother-in-law of the eighth aunt, oh, and the tenth aunt who came in later than you, she is very favored now, I heard that she She also intends to find a job for her brother, I see, I am the one who is looking for the position of the boss!" Speaking of this, Wang Erlang was full of anger, and the word "zhubo" sounded nice, But the inside is like the rotten cotton that has been mothed, and there is no benefit at all.All the oil and water that could be squeezed out in the yamen had been divided up by others, and he couldn't eat it at all. In addition, his colleagues were ignorantly excluding Wang Erlang.That's why he was so anxious to catch up with the Chen family's thread!
After hearing these words, Wang Wuniang's complexion was already ashen. She was indeed very unfavored in the mansion, and she was slept with by the county magistrate only once in total, but she was lucky enough to conceive a child.The county magistrate has many women and more daughters, so Wang Wuniang pins all her hopes on her belly, as long as she can give birth to a son...

"Okay, okay, the two of you are brothers and sisters, you should be of the same mind, why are you still arguing!" Mrs. Pi hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Wu Niang, don't say a few words, your second brother is currently ill. It's on!" Wang Wuniang snorted heavily, and when the atmosphere was very awkward, the door curtain swayed, and someone came in again, but it was a seven or eight-year-old girl holding a medicine bowl, and Wang Wuniang asked suspiciously: "Who is she?" ?”

"This is your sister's daughter from the Qi family." Mrs. Pi simply said a few words about the mother and daughter of the Qi family: "Qi Fang went up the mountain to cut pigweed, so she is not at home."

Wang Wuniang showed a thoughtful expression, she glanced at Qi Meimei and then at Tian Shi, who was not well-faced, and suddenly laughed: "So that's the case, speaking of it, I saw Sister Fang when I was young. Well, after all, she almost became a member of our family...hehehe..."

Tian's face turned even darker, even Qi Meimei's hands trembled, her head drooping.

Wang Wuniang stayed at Wang's house for more than two hours before she came out.The reason why Mrs. Pi asked her to come back in such a hurry was also very simple. She wanted Wang Wuniang to give some money to the family. After all, Wang Erlang's medical treatment was a relatively heavy burden on the family.Reluctantly, Wang Wuniang kept 20 taels of silver, which she managed to save on weekdays.After she came out of the house, her heart skipped a beat, but she thought that it would not be easy for her to come out, so why not go to the Su's house to see for herself.Firstly, to find out the reality of the relationship between the Su family and the Chen family, and secondly, to let Su Huiniang know that their royal family is backed by the magistrate.Thinking of this, she immediately called Mrs. Pi over. Mrs. Pi had disliked Su Huiniang a long time ago. Hearing this, she must be willing.The mother and daughter walked towards the Su's house so complacently, but who would have thought that the door was closed, Su Huiniang and Mrs. Lin had already gone to the third aunt's house.Wang Wuniang stood at the door for a while, but finally couldn't bear the sun in the sky, so she could only leave resentfully.

The news that Wang Jiaerlang was stung by a hornet was inappropriate, and it has become the talk of the villagers in Wangjiaaoli. They are much more honest, staying at home all day, not knowing what they are doing.

Time passed by like this little by little, and in a blink of an eye, it was the hottest October day.Su Huiniang had already replaced the windows of the house with wet cloths, and the cotton curtains at the door were removed, and replaced with bamboo strips. The summer sun is too poisonous.She made two sets of clothes for herself out of thin fabrics, similar in style to Confucian skirts.On the top is a tube top embroidered with patterns, and on the outside is a wide-sleeved silk dress, and the lower body is two long skirts in light green and pink.Not revealing but also beautiful and cool, it is really eye-catching.Never losing money to yourself is one of Su Huiniang's life creeds.

One day, she woke up from her afternoon nap, lazily leaning on the lead pillow, unwilling to move, the door curtain swayed, and Wang Qilang came in like a wind, but when she saw Su Huiniang, she was taken aback.I saw the woman sitting on the pillow at this time, with slightly disheveled hair on her temples, and yawning lazily, she looked very much like a noble Persian cat, so beautiful that it made people feel dazed.

"What's the matter?" Seeing him standing there in a daze, Su Huiniang couldn't help asking in confusion.Wang Qilang shook his head with a blushing face, and couldn't help but look at her several times. He just thought that Sister Hui was very good-looking today.

"Sister Hui, look!" He brought up the things in his hand as if offering a treasure, but he saw that the river mussels in the copper basin were spitting out white meat.Su Huiniang was overjoyed when she saw it, she stretched her head to look at it carefully, and then said with a smile: "Where did you get it?"

"In the small river outside the village." Wang Qilang said with a smile: "They don't know that this food is edible. When I was on the mountain, I used to catch it in summer and eat it." Like mussels, snails, and frogs, these These things are not eaten at this time, and people think that eating them will cause worms to grow in their stomachs.In fact, as long as it is done well, this thing is very delicious.In Su Huiniang's previous life, the cook at home once made it, and the fresh and spicy taste left a deep impression on her!
"That's just right, since there's nothing to do in the afternoon, let's go fishing for mussels!" Su Huiniang said enthusiastically.Just such a small pot is not enough to eat!
(End of this chapter)