10. Nursing mothers
I have never experienced death, but the people around me have died one by one. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoHow long will it take for such a shadow to come out completely?
Liu Ting didn't know.
The pain in her body made it hard for her to think, and it kept her from completely crumbling in the shadow of death. In a state of not daring to think and unwilling to think about it, she obediently ate all the food and medicine brought by Aunt Qiang, and also learned about her current situation from the conversation from the outhouse.
Whether it is an old couple who moved to live in an outhouse, or a neighbor who came to visit the door, they never deliberately hide anything when they talk. After waking up at Aunt Qiang's house for just half a day, she knew that she had been rescued by Uncle Qiang. The old couple has always regarded her as a poor person who escaped from the hands of the bandits, and the honest aunt Qiang sighed even more: "The girl is still stupid." I'm afraid that my family will ...... when the bandits kidnap Panshan Nunnery."
"Be quiet! If the girl hears it, she remembers it and is sad. ”
Liu Ting knew through her voice that the person who interrupted Aunt Qiang was Uncle Qiang. She looked at the ceiling blankly, and while bearing the pain, she heard Uncle Qiang lower his voice slightly and said, "Yesterday's incident, I heard that there were also people killed in the Zhongwu General's Mansion. It's okay now, and it's okay to get into trouble with the Zhongwu General's Mansion, but it's not just a matter of stuffing some silver. ”
"Not necessarily." An unfamiliar female voice floated from farther away: "The Yi clan's transaction in the horse market, can't it be just for the town master?" Which loyal general in Yuanqing Town doesn't have a share? The rebellion of the Yi people has never stopped in the past few decades, no matter how big the trouble is, no matter how many people die, no loyal general is willing to shut down the horse market. If not, where would so many poor children die at the hands of bandits? My sons and yours ......"
Aunt Qiang's sobs rang out, and the speaker had to stop abruptly. After a few cold noises and heavy footsteps had passed away, the outhouse was calm again, and only the sound of dishes clattering and wood grinding could be heard. After the light outside the window dimmed, Liu Ting smelled the smell of meat again. In the faint sound of chopping vegetables, Liu Ting heard Uncle Qiang ask, "How is the girl?" ”
"It's okay to look at, but I just don't speak. She didn't answer any questions. Aunt Qiang's tone was full of worry: "If she still has a family member looking for her, she can't die in a hurry?" ”
"I'm going to go around the mountains tomorrow. If there is a real search, there is always something to ask. ”
Uncle Qiang's words made Liu Ting's mind flash Guo Yingying who served bird's nest again. The sudden fear that swallowed her whole body not only made her almost lose her voice and shout "I don't want to go back to Zhuangfu", but also made her ears ring with a lingering phantom sound. This voice came from the first person who gave him warmth after crossing over, and from Li Ju, who really died in front of his eyes yesterday.
She kept repeating. She said, "Live well", "leave Yuanqing Town", "leave the person surnamed Zhuang Guo".
Do you want to listen to what the nurse says? Liu Ting forced herself to think, at least, she had to decide whether to return to the dealer's house.
In the short time before Aunt Qiang brought in dinner, Liu Ting endured her fear and carefully recalled everything she had experienced in Panshan Nunnery.
Li Ju drank the poison and died, followed by the arrival of the bandits. And Zhuang Yu, who was supposed to be guarding outside the nunnery, was called away by Mama Jiang, and the garrison he brought with him also left soon after......
She also remembered Yun Qi. The girl, who was only a few years older than her, and who had two dimples floating at the corners of her mouth when she laughed; The smiling girl who left the hope of life to herself, and was trying to help her escape before she died.
When he was in Panshan Nunnery, Yunqi said, "The bandits are counting." And what the bandits said, Liu Ting will not remember a word. They said that "the owner gave the number of people, and there is still one short".
Who gave them the numbers? And who can command the bandits? Liu Ting, who felt a splitting headache, grabbed the cotton pad under her and pressed the hatred in her heart. When tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes, she chose to listen to Li Ju's words out of fear.
Although she has only been in Dawu for a month, Liu Ting still got some information more or less. She knew what Li Ju meant to Zhuang Shuo, and she also knew Li Ju's situation in the Zhuang family.
The nursing mother of each child is designated by the mother. Because it is necessary to bring the child from childhood to adulthood, each housewife will be careful in the selection of nursing mothers to prevent the child from being affected badly. This also makes the status of the nurse of the sister-in-law and the daughter-in-law more special among the subordinates.
In the words of Mama Jiang, "The nurse has brought the young ladies and teenagers from childhood to adulthood, although she is a subordinate, but in the eyes of the children of the family, she has a nurturing kindness, which is naturally not comparable to ordinary subordinates." Even the favored concubines see the nurse, and they have to look at the fact that they are nursing the young lady and are deeply appreciated by the housewives. ”
Mama Jiang's words very aptly describe the special status of the nurse. In the entire General's Mansion, the person who can invite Zhuang Shuo's nurse to do things is afraid that Guo Yingying must do it. No housewife would let a distrustful subordinate become the nurse of her children, and in the same way, in the Zhongwu General's Mansion, except for Guo Yingying, there is no other woman who can refer to Zhuang Shuo's nurse.
Only Guo Yingying's personal poisoning can make Li Ju come to Zhuang Shuo. Only if Guo Yingying's instructions cannot be completed in person, Li Ju needs to pay the price of her life. If it weren't for Guo Yingying's instructions, she could have told Guo Yingying everything and let Guo Yingying, who is from the family and has the means to govern the backyard, administer justice. But the fact is that Li Ju drank the poison and begged Zhuang Shuo to leave......
Liu Ting remembered what Li Ju did on the first day she traveled to Zhuang Shuo.
She begged Zhuang Shuo not to tell the story of the fall, in order to protect the other maids in Zhuang Shuo's house from punishment.
She said: "The Zhongwu General's Mansion is not comparable to the ordinary eunuchs in Yuanqing Town, and the leniency of subordinates is even more famous in the entire Yuanqing Town. But whenever it comes to the young lady, the lady and the general can't bear it. They hold you in their mouths for fear of melting, hold them in the palm of their hands for fear of falling, how can they tolerate your subordinates who have fallen and injured you? Outsiders don't know the inside story, and they only think that people who can't even accommodate the general's mansion must have made a big mistake. If the girls are sent out, there is only one way to die. ”
Li Ju treats Zhuang Shuo as her own daughter, and she is even more kind!
Liu Ting, who came to a conclusion, grabbed the cotton pad under her and raised her head at the sound of Aunt Qiang's footsteps.
"Lie down, lie down." Aunt Qiang panicked and put the bowl on the table, so she came over to help. "Is there something wrong with you?"
Focusing on the tears that had not yet dried up, Liu Ting threw herself into Aunt Qiang's arms. She howled loudly and cried out all her grievances: "My father, all the people in our family have been killed by the bandits!" ”
Liu Ting didn't expect that this would make Aunt Qiang cry too, and the woman holding her trembled all over, sobbing and saying, "Poor child! My three sons are the same as your family. ”
The comfort of the lie made Liu Ting blush. Burying her face in Aunt Qiang's arms, Liu Ting was ashamed and couldn't say a word anymore.