Chapter 9: Re-Injury

I don't know if it's intentional, the dead hand of the person who came just pulled on the arm of the water slave's hand, but the water slave just quietly let her pull, and followed her to the outside with a little stiff feet.

"I'll replace the vigil, and you go and rest. The person who came whispered, and pushed her a little dissatisfied, "Don't go quickly, I have to come early tomorrow to serve the fourth lady to wash." ”

The water slave glanced at her a little numbly, and then slowly moved his already stiff body and walked out step by step. Seeing that she didn't even say thank you, the visitor snorted coldly with some disdain, and then walked to the low couch next to Yin Luo's bed and lay down.

The water slave lifted the heavy door curtain, and the originally dark vision suddenly melted into a gray, thinking that it was almost time.

She didn't know where she could go to rest, but she walked subconsciously, and was about to walk out of the Xuanluo Courtyard in a trance, and her feet were mixed in front of the stone steps, and the water slave reacted, knowing that if she went down again, she would be seen by the housekeeper who was patrolling the night, and she didn't know what kind of trouble there would be, so she simply sat down on the stone steps, held her knees with both hands, and fell asleep with her head on her knees in a short time.

"Water slave, water slave!"

Suddenly being gently shaken awake, the water slave opened his eyes, and was a little surprised to see Rong Liu looking at him with a concerned face.

"Sister Rong Liu?"

Rong Liu nodded and asked in surprise, "Why are you sleeping here?"

"It's nothing, Sister Rong Liu, why are you here?" The water slave looked around, and when he saw that the sky was already bright, he hurriedly stood up, pulled the wound on his body, and couldn't help but "hiss" lightly.

"What's wrong?" Rong Liu saw that her brows were wrinkled in pain, and she was busy looking her up and down, and when she saw the injuries on her body, she couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, "The fourth lady really beat you?

The water slave hurriedly pulled down his cuffs to block the wound, "You don't have to worry, it's just a flesh wound, it's not a big deal." ”

Rong Liu suddenly pulled her to a relatively hidden tree trunk, put the things in her hand on the ground, took out a box of ointment from her arms, and gently wiped it on the wound on her arm for her despite the struggle of the water slave, and then put the ointment in her hand.

"The ointment was given to me by Golang-kun yesterday to let me find a chance for you today, he was worried that the fourth lady had a bad temper and was afraid that you would be wronged, who knew that you would use it so soon. I can't take care of the wounds elsewhere on your body right now, so you'll be able to use them yourself later. Said with some joy, "Fortunately, I didn't worry about coming over early." ”

The water slave was a little moved, Rong Liu helped her too much, and she wanted to thank her but didn't know where to start.

Rong Liu squatted down and picked up the things on the ground, opened the oil paper, and it turned out to be a few steamed buns that were still steaming.

"Look at you, you must have eaten yet, so eat it while no one is seeing it now. ”

The water slave took it in a daze, raised his head and wanted to say something, but finally lowered his head and bit the bun in small bites.

Rong Liu couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw her thinner face looking up at herself, looking like she wanted to say something and stopped, and couldn't help but sigh.

Although the servants of large families are all in danger, Rong Liu has been staying in Siyuan to serve since he was a child, and he is used to seeing the hot days of slaves and maids in other courtyards, Rong Liu is fortunate and has learned a little bit of the kindness of Xie's mother and son. As long as it is within my ability to help, I will do my best to do it. What's more, she consciously fell in love with the water slave, although she was a child with few words and relatively indifferent, her stubbornness always made people feel sorry for her.

After eating the buns brought by Rong Liu a few times, the water slave raised his head and smiled at Rong Liu, and said:

"Sister Rongliu, go back quickly! ”

Rong Liu also knew that if he stayed any longer, if he was seen by the people of the fourth lady, it would only be more troublesome, but before leaving, he couldn't help but tell the water slave a few more words.

When the water slaves returned to the courtyard, they saw that it was still early, and only a few slaves were moving around, so they quietly found a hidden place, put plasters on the places where they could reach them, and went to the well to fetch water and wash them briefly.

When I returned to Yin Luo's residence, I saw five or six maids waiting outside Yin Luo's bedroom with hot water towels and other things, obviously Yin Luo was about to get up.

The water slave hurriedly stepped forward, and a maid with hot water at the end of the line was the one who replaced the water slave last night's vigil, and when he saw the water slave, he whispered a few words, and then suddenly handed her the hot water in his hand, "I believe you have rested enough, just change me to take a rest." ”

She handed it over without warning, and the water slave hurriedly reached out to pick it up in a panic, who knew that because I didn't know when Yin Luo would wake up, the hot water was prepared extremely hot, and the water slave did not have a handkerchief on his hand like other maidservants, and by accident, the basin of water turned directly on the ground.

The sound of the brass basin turning on the ground was so loud that not only all the slaves and maids looked at it, but also the people in the house were alarmed.

The maidservant who handed the hot water to the water slave took a step back and pointed to the water slave and said:

"Why can't you even hold a basin of hot water?"

"What's going on?"

A maid wearing a gray skirt with a double snail comb walked out of Yin Luo's house, and when she saw the mess outside the door, she shouted and asked.

When he saw the water slave kneeling on the ground without saying a word, he turned back to the room and said:

"The fourth lady, the new water slave who came yesterday, turned the hot water to the ground. ”

The water slave bowed her head silently, there was a feeling of despair in her heart, it was not that she didn't want to defend herself, she just looked at the servants around her who showed pity but obviously stayed out of the matter, and knew that the more she talked, it was just to find fault for herself.

"Stuff that doesn't go on the table. Yin Luo's mean voice came from the room, "It's hard for me to be merciful and let you serve in my room, Yunxiu, punish her for kneeling on the side, today I want to go to the Song family's sister, but I can't follow such a shameful person by my side." ”

In this way, before the water slave could take a look at his scalded hands, he was rudely dragged aside by the two slaves and kicked in the crook of the leg.

"Get on your knees!"

The knee smashed directly on the ground, and the water slave bit her lower lip in pain, but she didn't dare to snort, compared to yesterday, the punishment of kneeling may have been easy.

The time of the day passed slowly, and the sun came out, from warm to scorching. The chirping of the cicadas that had been caught a few days ago began to sound again, one after another, and the rapid cries actually made people hear a bit of heart-rending taste. Then it suddenly darkened, and the lights swirled overhead.

The water slave's lips were chapped and her face was pale, she raised her head to look at the countless lights flying around, perhaps because she was used to the pain, so despite the dizziness of her head, her feet had gone from tingling to numbness, and she even felt that she could bear it.

Then the rumbling thunder sounded, and the countless lights hovering in the air disappeared at once, and the summer cicadas were silent, and then the rain poured down.

The water slave actually had a feeling of gratitude in the heavy rain, she raised her head, opened her lips slightly, and swallowed the rain that fell from the sky.

The rain continued until the unitary hour when it slowly stopped, and the courtyard was a mess of broken flowers and leaves, and the courtyard that had just been empty because everyone went to hide from the rain suddenly poured out many people, one after another with brooms and other things to clean the yard.

You don't need to look at the water slave to know that his body is not much better than the ground, and a person swept around the water slave, and suddenly reached down and took down the dead branch on the water slave's head that was smashed by the rain.

"Thank you!" The water slave turned to the man and said in a hoarse voice, Yin Nong glanced at her, suddenly sighed, and swept to other places in silence, and then everyone seemed to have not seen a person kneeling in the courtyard, and finished cleaning in silence, and then performed their duties.

"Ah Nuan. Xie Shi looked at the absent-minded Yin Nuan, put down the bowl and sighed, "Is the soup I made not delicious?"

"Huh?" Yin Nuan reacted, and hurriedly lowered his head and took a sip of fresh fish soup, "The soup made by Mother A's hand is the most delicious." ”

Xie Shi said gently: "Then why is it difficult for you to swallow?"

"Because..."

"I heard that Yin Luo asked the maid called the water slave to come over, right?"

"Mother?" Yin Nuan looked up at Xie Shi, not knowing what she meant by suddenly mentioning the water slave. However, thinking of what Rong Liu reported this morning, he was a little distressed and helpless.

There are only servant girls in the other courtyards that he can't see, but the water slave is not only the one Yin Luo asked for directly from him, but also the person he rescued from the water.

"Ah Nuan. Seeing his child's helpless appearance, Xie Shi rubbed his head and sighed, "I know that my character is weak, so I haven't been able to protect you well in this family, and it's rare that you are a reassuring child, and never let me feel anything." It's just that you also have to understand that with your uncle always taking care of you, in this Yin family, it is the lord of Lang, and you can't really let me suffer any grievances. ”

"I understand. Yin Nuan knew that her mother knew everything that happened before, and the reason why she said this was because she wanted to tell herself how capable Yin Luo was, as long as she had an uncle, she couldn't really endanger her mother, and she didn't need to be threatened by her.

"Ah Nuan. Xie Shi added, "I don't want you to do something now, but you understand why your uncle can protect you and me even though you are not in the same place?"

"Mother. Yin Nuan thought for a while, and finally raised his head, nodded and said, "I understand." ”

"I hope you don't understand. Xie Shi poured him some more fish soup, sighed and said, "You are just a child after all, these intrigues, I don't know how much happier you will be, but it's just that, it's better to always live!"

It's just that no matter how smart and clever he is, he is also a very good child, after all, he still has some meaningless hopes for this world of bullying and bullying the weak and fearing the hard. It is also because of this that he has always tolerated those brothers and sisters who are like tigers, leopards and wolves.

Xuanluo Courtyard, when Yin Luo came back, it was already around the second day, and before that, the water slave who had been kneeling and had not moved a single inch finally fell into a coma and was temporarily relieved.