Chapter 48: Respect

Mei Yixuan was already hungry today because it was late. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoSo, after the catkins went out, she quickly picked up the rice bowl and ate it in a big gulp. The millet porridge was fragrant, and a few side dishes were also very delicious, but the white flour cake was harder, but it did not affect her appetite at all.

Hearing the voice of Mrs. Zhang in the outhouse begging for a confession, she quickly swallowed the food in her mouth before saying, "Come in." ”

Mrs. Zhang walked in with lotus incense, saluted Mei Yixuan respectfully, and said, "Miss Qiyu, the slave is back." ”

Mei Yixuan put the chopsticks on the desk, turned her head to look at Mrs. Zhang and Hexiang and asked, "How is it? How is Aunt Tong? Have you woken up? Have you eaten anything? Have you drunk medicine?"

Although she didn't ask explicitly, Mrs. Zhang knew what Mei Yixuan wanted to know, and hurriedly told in detail: "Miss, when the slave maid and Hexiang went, Wangyueju hadn't eaten dinner yet, saying that there was no food in the big and small kitchens, and the slave maid went quite timely. Aunt Tong had already woken up, drank a bowl of chicken soup brought by the slave maid, and ate a bowl of millet porridge, and fell asleep again after drinking the medicine. ”

When Mei Yixuan heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that the reason why Aunt Tong woke up so quickly had a lot to do with her changing the space water. So, he said to Mrs. Zhang: "Okay, you have worked hard, go out to eat." After eating, close the door tightly, and rest early. ”

"Yes!" Mrs. Zhang agreed to retreat with Hexiang, and secretly sighed in her heart, Aunt Tong and the fifth young master are afraid that they will come to the bitter end. The eldest lady's performance in the past two days gave her a hunch that she was afraid that Ziyueyuan would not be bullied in the mansion in the future.

Mei Yixuan looked at the backs of Mrs. Zhang and Hexiang going out, thinking that Aunt Tong was taken care of by Mama Chang and Chuncui, and there should be no problem at night.

Today, after learning that Nian Xia had eaten her own dinner, she was beaten with a board and all the food she ate was beaten. She specially ordered Nian Xia to be given a bowl of porridge, on the one hand, considering that Nian Xia did not have a heinous crime, and on the other hand, she also wanted to give grace and power, so that the servants in the courtyard knew the bottom line of her actions. If it weren't for the intention of killing herself, she would be willing to give it a chance.

In fact, she couldn't rest assured that Aunt Tong was in her heart. If there is no Mei Shengjie to take care of, she will definitely stay in Mochizuki Residence tonight, and she will change the space water from time to time when decocting the medicine and in the kettle, and Aunt Tong will heal faster. I should still take a look tomorrow, at least replace the water I drink with space water. I don't know what will happen to Shengjie's health tomorrow, whether he can stay in the courtyard by himself.

Thinking about it, Mei Yixuan looked at Mei Shengjie who was lying on the bed, but saw that his face was full of worry and eagerness, his little face was also a little serious, and his big dark eyes were looking at her without blinking.

Mei Yixuan couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, why don't you sleep yet?" Do you want to go to the toilet?"

Mei Shengjie's face turned red, he stopped talking, and nodded silently.

Mei Yixuan hurriedly picked him up from the bed and came behind a small screen in the southeast corner. This is the place where Mei Yixuan gets up at night, and there is a delicate and unique white porcelain night pot.

The shape of the night pot is rectangular and semi-enclosed, resembling a modern water tank. There is a handle in the middle of the top of the night pot with a spout at one end and a lid on it. Next to the night pot there is also a basin shelf, on which is placed a clean copper basin with half a basin of water and a clean handkerchief, which is used to wash hands at night.

When Mei Yixuan first saw this night pot, she sighed in her heart and was extremely helpless. By this time, she really missed modern life. Although I don't have to clean up these by myself, I still feel very upset when I think of my urine for the maids to slip out.

Fortunately, there is a toilet in the southwest corner of the yard, and it is still clean, otherwise she is really not used to it. And there was a recessed bamboo basket in the toilet with soft toilet paper inside, which made her somewhat relieved.

In fact, Mei Yixuan didn't know that ordinary people here were still reluctant to use toilet paper, because toilet paper was not inconspicuous but very expensive. That is, the nobles in the palace and the high-ranking and powerful Kyoto high society, such as the Mei Yunchen family, can afford to use toilet paper.

Some ordinary people still use bamboo chips or sorghum straw to go to the toilet, mainly because the price of toilet paper is too high for them to use. It is said that wealthy merchants often added two extra boxes of toilet paper to their dowry to their daughters to show their wealth and status.

In fact, the papermaking industry of the Tianyu Dynasty was already very developed, and the papermaking craftsmen had mastered advanced papermaking techniques. It's just that the paper industry is in the hands of a small number of dignitaries and nobles, and they make a fortune at an extremely low cost.

The emperor would not know these things, he did not know what the cost of paper was, and thought that the cost was very high, so he never asked about the silver taels handed over to the treasury every year.

At this moment, Mei Shengjie saw his sister holding himself to the night pot, so he struggled down embarrassedly, covered his underside, and said with a red face: "Sister・・・・・・ I can do it myself, you turn your head quickly." ”

Mei Yixuan couldn't help but laugh, just a little kid who is so old that she knows this. However, he turned away happily and stopped looking at him.

Mei Shengjie quickly finished hissing, climbed onto the bed with some embarrassment, covered the thin quilt on his body, pursed his mouth, and rolled his eyes around without knowing what to think.

Mei Yixuan estimated that everyone hadn't finished eating yet, so he picked up the night pot and walked out. She didn't want to smell the smell of urine all night, so she also took a break by the way to get up at night.

The people who were eating in the courtyard couldn't help but be shocked when they saw Mei Yixuan come out, still carrying a night pot in his hand.

Mama Ye called out first, hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and walked over quickly: "Oh, my God! Where is your work? Hurry up and give it to the slave!"

However, she was preempted by the fast-moving Mrs. Zhang, snatched the night pot from Mei Yixuan's hand, and hurriedly went to the toilet.

The maids and Mrs. Zhou, who were sitting around a large table and eating on a large table, saw Mei Yixuan coming out, and hurriedly stood up and gave the eldest lady a salute.

Mei Yixuan interrupted their greetings with a wave of his hand and said, "Okay, let's eat." In the future, we don't need so many courtesies in our own yard, as long as everyone does their duty and doesn't do things outside the house, I won't embarrass everyone. With that, he walked in the direction of the toilet.

There is a bronze lotus lamp hanging in the courtyard, although it is very bright, but the inside of the toilet is very dark.

The bronze lamp is composed of several parts of the lamp base, the lamp post and the lamp bowl, the base and the lamp plate are connected by the lamp post, and there are oil storage containers and lit lamp twists, and the lamp oil inside is generally tung oil, and the tung oil is squeezed out of tung seeds.

Xingyu hurriedly lit another bronze lamp, and followed Mei Yixuan to the toilet.

Seeing this, Liu Fu sat back without a trace.

Although she does not take the initiative to take refuge with other masters in the house, she will not deliberately curry favor with Mei Yixuan. However, she has more respect and closeness to the eldest lady who has changed her temperament. She didn't know what was wrong with her, but she thought she was happy to serve the eldest lady. It's not the kind of servant who serves his master righteously, it's the kind of service that comes from the heart and is willing!

Not for anything else, just for the respect and equality that the current eldest lady looks at herself. Yes, she saw equality in the eyes of the eldest lady looking at her. There is no condescension and discrimination in it, which makes her feel like a person, a living person, a person who can stand tall and be a man in the world!

This feeling made her almost choke up for a while, and it took a long time for her to press down. Suddenly, she felt that she had hope and hope in life, and she felt that she finally had a strong motivation to support herself!