Chapter Forty-Six: Dispatch to the Countryside
After much discussion, we decided to save two pieces of hawthorn cake for tomorrow. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Originally, Yueying said that she wanted to keep four pieces, I thought about it, if the four pieces were left until tomorrow, how distressed it would be, or keep two pieces, if it was broken, it would not be as distressed as when all four pieces were broken.
After eating the hawthorn cake, we drank a few more glasses of warm water. These days, because we have no food to eat, we don't even dare to drink tea, and only drink plain water.
When I drank water, I thought, life is really unpredictable, I used to be struggling with what to eat, but now I am struggling with what to eat.
Today, I said so desperately in front of Yun Qing, I don't know what my mother-in-law will do when she finds out. Lan Sheng hasn't come back yet, and her mother-in-law shouldn't have done it right away. However, when she sees that I have been refusing to bow her head, how long will she keep me and Yueying in lockdown?
If you don't eat all the time, your body will definitely not be able to stand up. Do we have to wait for the next one to fall before my mother-in-law is willing to bring us food?
What to do? The more I think about it, the more desperate I become.
Why don't I pretend to be sick and try? I'm also the young lady who is marrying the Lan family's Ming Media, she can't see me die of illness in the Lan Mansion like this, right? How can a patient go without food? As long as she is willing to take care of me, Yueying and I will be able to eat.
I thought about it for a long time and thought it was a good idea. But you can't pretend to be sick right away, at least wait another day or two, so that it can be more convincing. Having said that, in another day or two, I won't have oil and salt for four or five days, and my body will be almost as good as being sick, so why don't I need to dress?
In the afternoon, I found a book and half lay on the bed to read it, because I couldn't freshen up properly for several days, my body was really uncomfortable, although my eyes were looking at the book, it was difficult for my heart to calm down. Stayed up until the evening, rinsed briefly and lay down.
The next day, I woke up hungry, and I lay flat on the couch and stared at the begonia flowers on the bed tent and refused to get up. It takes a lot of effort to get up, and it's the easiest to lie down.
There were a few slight noises outside, thinking that Yue Ying had already gotten up and boiled hot water.
Through the dim bed, a figure walked in.
Yue Ying said: "Zhu Niang, get up and drink some water." ”
"Hmm." My voice was low, "I'll be up right away." ”
"Okay." Yue Ying finished speaking and went out.
I sat up, lifted the bed net, put on my embroidered shoes, put on a lavender cardigan coat over my body, and rolled up the bed curtain and hooked it on the golden curtain hook.
As soon as she sat down in front of the dressing table, Yue Ying walked in and said, "Zhu Niang, the housekeeper is outside, and he said that he has something to see Zhu Niang." ”
The steward is the one who oversees the courtyard, and the key to the courtyard door is in his hand. He could come to see me whenever he wanted, but he wouldn't have set foot in this courtyard without his mother-in-law's permission. Otherwise, I was imprisoned for three days, why didn't I see him come in for me? Come to think of it, he came to me today because of my mother-in-law.
I was naturally a little angry after being locked up for so many days, so I unhurriedly combed my hair with a horn comb, and said, "Let the butler wait outside, I want to freshen up well." ”
It seemed a little noisy outside, and I was about to ask. Yue Ying said: "The rough envoy in the courtyard is back, and the housekeeper asked them to come back." ”
"Oh?" I paused, thinking, mother-in-law, is this going to lock me up anymore?
"You go and tell the butler to wait a while, and I'll go out later." I said again.
"Yes." Yue Ying answered and went out.
After a while, she came back with hot soup in her hand.
After I finished freshening up, Yueying helped me tie a cloud bun. After finishing the meal, he went to the outer room.
The butler stood in the hall, bent over and saluted me, and said, "Three ladies." ”
"I've been waiting for a long time, can the housekeeper say anything about it?" I sat down on a stool and asked him.
"The old lady had a head attack a few days ago, and she still hasn't recovered." Butler Road.
I was silent for a moment and said, "Haven't you already asked for a doctor?" And there is Yunqing to take care of it. After a pause, he said, "The housekeeper told me why is this?" I'm grounded now, the old lady is sick, and I can't do my filial piety. ”
The housekeeper lowered his head and said, "The old lady said that although she is sick, some things of the Lan family are rarely taken care of. The third lady is also the master of the house, so some things need to be presided over by the third lady. ”
Master? Does she treat me as a member of the Lan family in her heart? What else do you say master? I sneered in my heart.
She rarely asks me to meddle in the affairs of the house, why does she want me to take care of it now?
I was puzzled, so I said: "You are also presiding over the affairs of the house, I don't know what the old lady wants me to take care of?" ”
"Oh," said the butler, pursing his lips, "it's the Grange's business." The rice in the Grange had just been planted, and in the past, the old lady wanted to take a look, but this time because the old lady's head disease had not healed, the old lady said that she would let the third lady go to the Grange to have a look on her behalf. ”
Is this going to send me to the country? But I'm not familiar with the affairs of the Grange.
I asked, "Just to take a look?" What exactly do you want to do? He added, "I'm not familiar with these things, so I'll ask the housekeeper to explain it to me." ”
"Don't worry about this third lady," said the housekeeper, "there is a person in charge of the grange, and after the third lady goes, he will report to the third lady, about the growth of the seedlings, some of the tenants, and the cost of the affairs of the grange, some of them have account books, and they can be brought back at that time." ”
So I'm going through the motions? In that case, why should I go? Just send someone to report it.
I listened to it, and there was no squeak.
The steward said, "The people on the other side of the grange know that the master has come to see them, and they will be more energetic to work." The old lady has always been very concerned about the affairs of the Grange, and she always goes there several times a year......"
So some cutscenes still have to be left? Going to the Grange shows that you are interested in the Grange. It's not that they work harder, but they don't slack off easily.
Anyway, I'm locked up in the yard and have nothing to eat, so I'll always have something to eat when I go out. I pursed my lips and said, "Since the old lady has already arranged it this way, I am definitely going to go." When to go? ”
It can't be immediately, right? I didn't eat, and I said I couldn't move at all.
The housekeeper glanced at me and said, "The old lady said that it would be just right to leave in the afternoon when the third lady finished eating." ”
What is "just right"? Didn't you just want to say that you can't leave later than then?
I sighed and thought to myself, at least I knew I had to eat my mouth.
I waved my hand and said, "I know, you go down, let the kitchen cook a few good dishes, and then tell the old lady that I will leave for the Grange in the afternoon, and ask her to recuperate in peace." ”
"Yes." The butler bowed, but he still stood in place, with no intention of going out.