Chapter 240: Confinement
Tao Xiushui was anxious and angry, and slapped the maid Wenhui a few times, and then asked what was going on?
Wen Hui still doesn't know what's going on, she was halfway through, but she didn't expect that young lady to have a stomachache, and she didn't know if she was pretending or really having a stomachache. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
had to whisper back, "She said she had a stomachache and a headache, so she went back"
Tao Xiumei was so angry that she threw something and shouted: "How is it possible, I have a stomachache when I have walked halfway, who is she fooling!
Wen Hui didn't dare to reply after hearing this, she thought about it and cleaned up her family, she didn't see the scenery of Miss Xiushui, she was protected by a small servant in front of and behind her, not only the apprentice of the Great Confucian, but also the officials of the imperial court who protected her, and her own young lady was an ordinary outer room compared to others, although the person with whom she had a little power, and she was the son of the Prime Minister's house, but if she didn't show up all day, she didn't care if she threw Miss away forever.
If it is really put like that, what will she do, what should she do.
Thinking of this, Wen Hui's eyes turned red, and he dared to whisper: "Miss, Young Master Xiao has been gone for so long and has not returned, in case ...... He's not coming back, what should we do?"
One sentence hooked Tao Xiumei's heart, she had been thinking about it these nights when she didn't sleep well, she was afraid and didn't dare to think about it, she was excited, and shouted:
"If he doesn't come back, why doesn't he come back, I'm just staying here! Why doesn't he come...... Impossible, impossible, he will definitely come"
Tao Xiumei was exhausted when she thought of this, she didn't dare to admit it, and she was afraid to admit it, she was afraid that she would always be just an outer room, afraid that she would never be able to enter the door of the Xiao Mansion, afraid that the Xiao family would not recognize her as such a daughter-in-law, and she would always be a disgraceful woman living outside, if that was the case, what should she do?
Repeating "No, no, impossible, impossible" over and over again
When Xiao Yan left, she told her that if she had something, she would find Mrs. Li, who delivered the meal, and other people were not allowed to inquire or ask about other things, otherwise he would not be able to spare her when he came back.
Now this person has not returned for more than ten days as soon as he leaves, and what if she asks here, she can't spare her, so she will come back immediately to clean her up.
Thinking of this: "Go and call Mrs. Li to me"
Wen Hui was kneeling on the ground, her legs were numb from kneeling, and when she heard this, she hurriedly got up and said, "Yes"
After a short time, Mrs. Li was called into the house, raised her eyelids and looked at the young lady in front of her, and said straight and without humility or arrogance:
"What is the old slave called?"
Tao Xiumei was angry when she saw that this old thief was disrespectful to her, and she said angrily there:
"Mrs. Li, I called you here to ask, when will Young Master Xiao come back?"
Mrs. Li is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she still stands straight and replied:
"When will the young master come back, I don't know when the old woman will come back? This matter is not the old woman's responsibility, if the young lady has nothing to do, the old slave will go down to work."
After saying this, Mrs. Li turned around and left, so angry that Tao Xiumei yelled there, "You stop me, did I tell you to leave?"
"Miss, there is still something to do" Mrs. Li turned her head slowly, still speaking in a calm tone, without any emotion.
Tao Xiumei was so angry that she said: "Mrs. Li, I want to walk around the village to see if there is anything fun, you can help me lead the way in front!"
Xiao Yan deliberately told her not to let her move around at will when she left, and now she wants to take a walk to see what he can do, unless she comes back to punish her now.
Mrs. Li smiled when she heard this, and said there: "If Miss wants to be bored, let's go outside and take a look!
"No, I want you to walk around the village with me, if you are really busy, ask someone else to accompany me, I have to go and see it today"
Tao Xiumei came to the eldest lady's temper, she is going to walk around the village today to see what they can do to her.
Mrs. Li saw this young lady go out, and then said in a weird manner behind her: "If the young lady really doesn't like to go outside the village, then don't go out from tomorrow onwards, just stay in the house."
Tao Xiumei was listening to the movement behind her, she didn't understand what this mother-in-law meant, as soon as she stepped out of the threshold, two big men appeared in front of her and said, "Please Miss go back to the house"
The voice was rough and powerful, and his face was not angry and dangerous.
She pointed to the person in front of her, and then looked back at Mrs. Li, "You...... How dare you put me under house arrest?"
"Miss said with a smile, it's because Miss herself doesn't like to go out, for the sake of safety, it's better to put two doormen"
"You are talking nonsense, when did my young lady say this, you treat my young lady like this, be careful to wait for Young Master Xiao to come back and punish you" Wen Hui couldn't see it, she couldn't bear Miss being bullied, and stood in front of Miss Li Pozi to reason.
Tao Xiushui was told by this sentence to her heart, yes, she still has Xiao Yan, she doesn't believe that this mother-in-law is not afraid.
The mother-in-law smiled and said: "The young master explained when he left, as long as the young lady is disobedient, she can be treated individually, in fact, I can't blame my wife for this matter, you only blame your young lady for not being satisfied, you must not know that there is a snake cave in the backyard of this Zhuangzi!" I don't know how many people there have become food in the snake cave, so I advise you, listen to Childe, don't challenge his bottom line, you have to remember, you are dispensable people for Childe, so it's best to think clearly about what to do and what not to do, I stop you today is equivalent to saving your life, otherwise I don't know what awaits you when Childe comes back!
After the mother-in-law finished speaking sternly, she laughed softly a few times, and then turned around and left regardless of whether the two of them could go back or not.
Tao Xiumei was stunned by Mrs. Li's words and couldn't move.
In the past few days, she has been in and out of Zhuangzi and often listened to people talking about the snake cave in the backyard, saying that there were thousands of poisonous snakes in it, and it cost a lot of silver to eat a day, and I heard that she had to eat fresh livestock meat.
Originally, she thought that this was not true, but now after Mrs. Li said it, she firmly believed that it was true, and it was really used by Xiao Yan to punish people.
She doesn't know Xiao Yan and doesn't know how he is? I feel that these days have been good to her, she is a big girl with yellow flowers, she didn't think that she would give it all to him like this, isn't this enough for him to be good to herself? But listening to Mrs. Li's meaning, this is not the case, she is a dispensable person in Xiao Yan's heart, is everything wrong with her own thoughts, is everything not like this?
The more Tao Xiumei thought about it, the more frightened she became, until her face lost her blood, and she looked up listlessly and asked the maid beside her:
"Wen Hui, is what she said true? I am just a dispensable person to Xiao Gongzi, and if I make a mistake, will I be thrown into the snake hole?"
Wen Hui hurriedly comforted her, "Miss, don't listen to that old thief's nonsense, the son is so good to you, how could he feed you to the snake, this is impossible, that old woman is just jealous of you." ”
Although the little girl said this, she didn't have any confidence in her heart, if that was the case, she didn't know if Young Master Xiao would punish Miss.
Tao Xiumei seemed to have opened her mind all of a sudden, and thought of many things.
Wen Hui saw that the young lady was standing still, and carefully persuaded her into the house, this place is just her and the young lady, don't do anything you are not sure about, it is better to be safe.
Early in the morning of the first day, Tao Xiumei was stimulated last night, and she didn't close her eyes all night, and she just squinted at dawn, and she didn't think that she had just fallen asleep, and was woken up by a fierce knock on the door.
"Who!" The girl Wenhui got up a long time ago, and she didn't dare to call someone when she saw that the young lady didn't wake up, anyway, there was nothing here, what does it matter if I sleep, at this time, I heard someone knocking on the door and hurriedly asked.
"Someone outside wants to find your young lady, saying that her surname is Liu, and if you can't see your young lady, if you don't come out, the old woman will send him away."
Mrs. Li's voice sounded outside the door, or the person surnamed Liu gave her a lot of silver, she wouldn't have made this trip.
As soon as Wen Hui heard that her surname was Liu, she immediately thought in her brain that it must be the shopkeeper Liu, and replied flatteringly:
"Trouble the mother-in-law told him to wait, and the young lady will go right away"
"Then you have to hurry, the old woman can't guarantee when this person will leave."
"Yes, thank you mother-in-law, we will be soon" Wen Hui is now almost obedient to this mother-in-law Li, and she keeps thanking her inside"
Wen Hui was a little confused, and she was guessing what was going on.
As soon as Mrs. Li left, Wen Hui was about to call Miss, and before she thought about it, she heard Miss ask on the bed:
"Hurry up and dress me, we need to meet Shopkeeper Liu"
"Yes"
Wen Hui quickly helped Tao Xiumei clean up quickly, and didn't even eat a bite of breakfast, so she went in a hurry.
As soon as the two of them came to the door of Zhuangzi, they saw a middle-aged man in brocade standing there standing straight and looking around.
Tao Xiumei saw that this person was still squeezing over there as before, and shouted, "Shopkeeper Liu, why are you here?"
Although Shopkeeper Liu didn't like Tao Xiumei, he still wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with some excitement after not seeing him for a few days, and replied:
"Miss, you're okay!" After saying this, I took a closer look at Tao Xiumei's appearance, which was half haggard than before, and said:
"Miss, what's wrong with you? Tell the old slave, the old slave is looking for someone to be angry for you" Shopkeeper Liu didn't know that this was the Xiao family, and he didn't know the relationship between his eldest lady and his Xiao family's son-in-law. ”
Tao Xiumei shed tears because of this sentence, she really didn't know what kind of life she had lived these days, loneliness, fear, and fear all hit her together, making it difficult for her to sleep.
After that, he thought that he had overdone it, wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "What will happen then, I was too excited when I saw Shopkeeper Liu at first glance."
"Alas!" Shopkeeper Liu knew that when he saw that the child was much thinner than before, he had a bottom in his heart, and said: "Miss, the old slave has bought a house in Beijing, and the lady will come in a few days, or you can live with the old slave!"
"What? Who do you say is coming? Tao Xiumei was taken aback, she didn't believe it, when she came, her mother said that she would never return to the capital.
"Yes, Madame is coming," replied the shopkeeper unconsciously.
Tao Xiumei was happy for a while, and said with a smile: "It's great that my mother is coming."
"Yes, miss, let's go back and live with the old slave! What's the matter with living in someone else's house? The old slave bought a bigger house in Beijing! The conditions are much better than this."
Tao Xiumei wanted to go but was reluctant to Xiao Yan for a while, if she didn't go, her mother would definitely ask herself, what should she say then, could she say that she was an outer room? That would make her mother dizzy.
No, no, I must not let my mother know about this, thinking of this: "Shopkeeper Liu, what is my mother doing? Is she here to find me?"
"This lady didn't say it, but it's certain to come and see Miss, but the old slave heard that Mrs. still has relatives left in the capital."
Tao Xiumei then remembered that her grandfather's family had been in the capital before, but she was later recruited back to her hometown Taiyuan by the same clan, and it was not surprising that her mother's relatives were here.
"Shopkeeper Liu, did my mother say when it will arrive?"
"I've already set off here, and someone came to report it a few days ago."
"Then it will take some time to go to the capital, right?" Tao Xiumei continued to ask.
Shopkeeper Liu nodded, "Indeed, the time will not be too short" The old man, the woman and the child are the slowest to drive, which everyone knows.
Tao Xiumei thought about it again and again: "Shopkeeper Liu, I still have something to decide here, I won't go back to live in the past few days, and I'll go back to you when this matter is dealt with, and if my mother comes and asks me where I am?"
Although Shopkeeper Liu didn't understand why the young lady in front of him said this, he still nodded and said:
"The old slave knows Miss, and when Mrs. comes, I will say this, but this statement will not last long, after all, Mrs. is not an ordinary person, and lying will not last long."
Tao Xiumei nodded, "I know Liu Zhangwu, if you don't want to go back!, I won't invite you to sit in the house, this is someone else's house, it's not very convenient."
Shopkeeper Liu said that he was surprised, but as a subordinate, he didn't ask much, and he didn't even drink a sip of tea after standing outside for a long time, but he had to endure it:
"The old slave went back first, Miss has to take care of herself, no matter what the body is the most important, everything else is a trivial matter"
As an old man, Shopkeeper Liu had to persuade a few words, but I don't know if this young lady will listen.
Tao Xiumei looked at the storekeeper's carriage and disappeared, and then pushed the door into the house.
At this time, Mrs. Li had already been talking to others, secretly eavesdropping at the door, afraid of saying something that should not be said, and then leaking the secrets of the village.
When she saw Tao Xiumei enter the house, she said with a pale face: "You have been talking long enough."
Tao Xiumei nodded calmly and said, "We haven't seen each other for a long time, and I miss him a little." ”
"Don't blame me for checking you for a long time, it's the young master who confessed when he left, if there is nothing to do, it's better not to let outsiders approach Zhuangzi, if this person doesn't say that he is looking for you, I won't notify you"
Mrs. Li's face was cold, and she warned again and again.
Tao Xiumei didn't know the intrinsic nature of this topic, so she had to order, "I know Mrs. Li, I won't be in the future"
"It's good that you know, the old slave can't do anything about it."
Tao Xiumei had to smile and nod, unable to say anything.
People are doing their duty, now she can't offend this old lady, although the two of them didn't deal with it very happily before, but everything is also a passing thing, and she has to get along in the future, she can't offend this old lady anymore.