Chapter 39: The City
How so......
Shen Moci looked at the close-fitting big maid lying at her feet, looking crazy, repeating "slaves shouldn't be" over and over again, only to feel that her heart couldn't stop sinking.
The maid hugged Shen Moci's thighs tightly, and the maddening pills in her veins were excited to attack faster, and the words that had been pressed in her heart for many years poured out.
"Slaves and maids have been begging for a living since they can remember, and they have been bullied many times. That time the slave maid was thrown with a brick on her head, and if the girl hadn't passed by and kindly rescued her, the slave and maid's life would have been gone. β
As she spoke, Shen Moci also remembered the scene when she was a child. At that time, she was still in front of her mother-in-law, doing low-lying little every day, trying her best to make people happy, and in terms of status, she was even inferior to the two-sided maid and mother-in-law beside her mother-in-law. Because of the competition between the Hu and Shen families for many years, she has heard Daddy mention Hu Yao, and every time he talks about it, he always has a mocking look of "that nine-tailed old fox is just this one girl, and the Hu family will be extinct sooner or later".
But she didn't think so, there was only one girl in the Hu family, and she must have been loved by thousands of people. And there is no other choice, every qiΔ in the family in the future will definitely belong to that girl, unlike her who racks her brains every day to coax her mother-in-law to please, but she is not as simple as her brother-in-law's simple greetings.
At first, it was just envy, but after listening too much, it slowly turned into jealousy, and after being jealous for a long time, my heart was bitter, and hatred was brewed.
She also has what Hu Yao has, and one day, she wants to let Hu Yao taste the grievances she suffered when she was a child.
Thinking like this, she began to secretly gather people. But at that time, she was too young, and as a concubine, her monthly money was pitiful, and it was difficult for her to start in the house. So she set her eyes on the outside of the house, knowing that her strength was not enough, she secretly hibernated, and finally coaxed her mother to take her out when she entered the incense fifteenth.
She was the maid she met in front of her at the foot of the mountain, when she was nested in the grass under the mountain, her whole body was dirty, and the whole person was dying, but the strong survival * that erupted in her eyes infected her. Almost at first glance she knew that this must be a particularly loyal man.
After some arrangement, in front of many pilgrims, she made a request to her grandmother. So many people watched that it was difficult to ride a tiger, and her grandmother could only agree to her.
What she valued that day was the loyalty of this maid, and the follow-up was as she expected, for many years she had kept the saving grace of the day in her heart and was loyal to her. She had always been happy to see this happen, but now she regretted it immensely.
"Don't talk about it yet." Frowning at the maid, she whispered.
The maid's face was full of remorse, "Today is a big thing for the girl, and the slave knows that she deserves to die." The girl was kind, and the lady kicked us out, so the girl took out the private money at the bottom of the box to help us redeem ourselves. You said that when this turmoil passes, you will take us back to the Shen family, but if you do such a big mistake, the slave and maid will not have the face to go back. β
And such things!
The people who were originally gossiping under the high stage all stopped their voices when they heard the maid speak, and listened to the movement on the stage with bated breath. Hearing this, the audience exploded again.
Sitting in the audience, Father Su muttered in a low voice: "I just said, the girl of the Hu family is apprenticed to the big water banquet, such a big thing, how can anyone still mention the Shen family, it turns out that the subordinates are released to spread gossip." β
His voice was low, but the people at the table heard it well.
Immediately, a woman suddenly realized, "The day before yesterday, the neighbors were washing clothes on side 123, and a girl came in, and she was upset for the girl of the Shen family. Although the girl was holding a wooden bucket, her skin was fine and tender, and she had not washed a sweat towel for most of the hour and talked, and she did not look like a working person. At that time, I was still wondering, when you said that, I remembered, wasn't that the girl talking on the stage? β
The woman's voice was not small, and as soon as she said this, many people immediately looked up to the stage, and a large number of people recognized the big girl.
"We were deceived by the Shen family?"
As soon as this statement came out, some people immediately agreed, "It seems that I have been deceived more than once, didn't the rumors about the Hu family girl last time also suddenly arise?" That would also be the Shen family's people stirring up the wind and rain, what did they say at that time? β
"It is not recognized that Mo Daru accepted the girl of the Shen family as an apprentice. At that time, they also said that their own girl was not allowed to say it, but now that they look back, it is obviously the girl of the Hu family who is favored by the great Confucian, and the girl of the Shen family may not know how to worship the teacher. It's too late for others to hide this kind of disgraceful thing, so it's better for her to mislead us by saying a few words from the shadows. β
The person who spoke was working in the Hu family's silk shop, and his words were facing the owner. This will make his own assumptions, but he didn't think about it, but he mistakenly said the reality.
Most people are reluctant to admit that they are stupid, and these words can be regarded as speaking to the hearts of the people who eat flowing water in the audience.
"It's not misleading, it's obviously a shadowless thing, so we have to cover it up and force it to make us think it's modesty. Again and again, really use us as monkeys? β
"I think it's just playing with us as monkeys."
The three words "being a monkey" struck the hearts of most of the people present.
While they were talking, on the high platform, the big girl with an increasingly chaotic spirit completely drilled the tip of the horns. At this moment, she had only one thought in her heart, the girl was so good to her, but she messed things up. Despite Shen Moci's repeated dissuasion, not only did she not stop, but the guilt in her heart became deeper and deeper.
"The girl is still thinking about the slave and the maid at this time, you are so good to the slave and the maid, how can the slave and the maid not be grateful to you from the bottom of their hearts?"
The gratitude in her heart was almost overflowing, and the big girl chattered endlessly, after being rescued and brought into the Shen family, Shen Moci had told her all the good things she had done over the years. All kinds of touching deeds, big or small, could not help but move the angry people in the audience.
What a good pair of master and servant!
Such a deep affection just confirms the credibility of the words of the big girl. The eyes of the people in the audience widened and stared at the pair of masters and servants in a daze.
Standing at the center of everyone's sight, Shen Moci only felt that his heart had fallen into a bottomless pit, and he had been sinking from just now to now, but he had never been able to see the end. A pair of eyes in the audience were like a fragmented arrow, aiming at her from all directions of the bottomless pit, shooting her heart straight to a thousand holes.
"Don't talk about it."
couldn't help shouting, and with her voice, the big girl who had almost passed the effect of the medicine collapsed to the ground. The crazy mind gradually recovered, and in a hazy way, he saw the girl with an iron face in front of him, and the voice of disdain that came from time to time below, and the scene flashed in his mind.
With a plop, she grabbed the ground with her head, and the whole person was anxious and regretful.
"Girl, the slave didn't mean it, and the slave didn't know what happened to her just now, she only felt that her mouth was uncontrollable."
As smart as Shen Moci had already noticed that she was wrong, and had been getting along with her for several years, she knew that this maid was not very bright, but she was not stupid to that point. But as soon as she came up, she was in a disadvantageous position after she spoke, and then she couldn't think of any way to deal with it alone. Now that the wood is in the boat, she is even more powerless.
"Forget it."
Even though she has suffered heavy losses, even if her heart is dripping blood, what can she do at this moment? Even if the hysteria is refreshing for a while, it will be even more catastrophic later. At this moment, she can only endure it, no matter how bitter, painful, and hateful she is, she has to laugh.
Maintaining a calm countenance, she turned around and set her eyes on the last hopeβSong Qinwen.
Looking at each other, Song Qinwen only saw a calm and calm Aci. She stood in the middle of the high platform, still standing still despite the fingers of the thousand people, maintaining her arrogance and demeanor.
Fang Cai's words also reached his ears, even if he deceived himself, he knew that Ah Ci was not as gentle and beautiful as she always appeared. In fact, he already had a premonition in his heart that a person who is truly happy will notice a lot of details, not to mention that Ah Ci, a concubine of the Shen family, can have the achievements of not losing to her sister-in-law today, and what she has done is definitely not what it seems.
has been mentally prepared for a long time, and after the truth is revealed, he is not as difficult to accept as he imagined. Especially after seeing Ah Ci's pleading eyes, almost instantly, she forgave him.
"Cousin."
Giving her a firm look back, Song Qinwen turned his head to look at Ah Yao.
"Ah Ci really lacks consideration in some places, but it's just a few gossips, she didn't hurt you anything, can you forgive her." Bowing slightly, Song Qinwen's expression was full of sincerity.
"Didn't hurt me anything?" Ah Yao asked softly, a storm brewing in her eyes.
"And I know she's your cousin, you animal-animal." Compared with Ah Yao, Hu Jiuling, who knew about the events of his previous life, reacted particularly violently, which would make him kick him directly.
Lu Jingyuan silently held back the feet that were raised.
Hu Jiuling has a habit, that is, to eat A-Yao's leftover snacks. The ancestor of the Hu family: Men are poor, and daughters are rich. He has been taught to be thrifty since he was a child, although he does not blink an eyelid at his daughter-in-law and beloved daughter, but he has always been frugal when he looks at himself. A plate of dim sum Ah Yao ate at most one piece, and stuffed the rest into his stomach.
A while ago, Lu Jingyuan ordered most of the special dim sum made by Baiwei Zhai to enter his stomach, and most of the tribute supplements sent by the eight hundred miles were also replenished to him. After making up for it repeatedly, his kick was particularly strong, and he directly kicked Song Qinwen to the railing next to the high platform.
Catching this kick without dodging, Song Qinwen didn't expect his uncle's strength to become so great. Qi and blood surged, and he spit out a mouthful of blood directly.
Wiping the blood from the corners of his lips, Yu Guang looked at the worried Shen Moci, and infinite courage rose in his heart.
"It is reasonable for my uncle to be angry, Miss Shen and I are classmates of Donglin Academy, and I am here to say a few fair words today. My cousin was born in the Hu family, and she was valued by her uncle and aunt, and she lived a rich life, but she didn't know the difficulties of other girls. Miss Shen has not had an easy time over the years, cousin, you have everything, can you be more tolerant of her. β
With his words, Shen Moci shrugged his shoulders, lowered his eyebrows, and looked pitiful. She would never admit that she had done those things, but now that a dead duck has a hard mouth, it will only be disgusting, so it is better to draw everyone's attention to Song Qinwen.
The township test will be held in half a month, thinking that Shen Moci is a little relaxed, endure it for more than ten days, and wait for the limelight to pass before she slowly tries to figure it out.
After thinking about it, he raised his foot and kicked the maid next to him and gave her a color, and the latter pounced on Ah Yao's side and kowtowed while talking.
"Miss Hu, the slave was just talking nonsense, our girl is very good, she saved a lot of people. Now you have to worship Master Kukai and Mo Daru as teachers, you have everything, don't worry about it anymore, if you want to blame, blame the slave maid. β
Ah Yao's single-threaded head was completely immersed in Fang Cai Song Qinwen's words. She is optimistic by nature, and if she has no real evidence, she rarely thinks of people in bad terms. After being reborn, she occasionally assumed that maybe Song Qinwen was not so bad in her previous life, maybe he was really not good at business, and after falling into Shen Moci's trap, he had to go along with him.
After all, they were cousins who grew up together, and if it was possible, she really didn't want him to be such a despicable person. But his words just now completely overturned her last doubt.
"That's what you think."
Walking out from behind Daddy, Ah Yao walked to the railing and stood an arm's length away from him. The little face with a three-point smile is rare at the moment.
"Is it wrong to be born in a wealthy family?"
"That's not what I meant." Song Qinwen looked helpless, why is his cousin so ignorant.
At this moment, he thought of A-Niang's many complaints, if he really married his cousin, he would work hard outside for a day in the future, and he would have to coax her when he came back, and he really didn't know how tired he would be. It's still good for Ah Ci, but after today, he is afraid that he will have to stay away from Ah Ci for a while.
"My ancestors of the Hu family were just ordinary farmers who planted mulberry and raised silkworms, and through the hard work of several generations, they have become rich today. Don't steal or rob, this wealth comes above board, what's wrong? β
"I'm not saying it's wrong."
"Then why did you tell me to let Shen Moci go? Do I eat her, or do I wear her? Am I a member of the Shen family? Since it's neither, then why let her? β
After a few consecutive questions, seeing that Song Qinwen didn't say a word, A-Yao continued: "What's more, she has harmed me several times. Song Qinwen, you just kept saying that she didn't hurt me anything, could it be that I only wait for me to become a vicious and profligate person in the mouths of the people of Qingcheng, and become an indelible stain on the Hu family's century-old gold signboard, and then I am qualified to resent? β
Song Qinwen was speechless.
"Don't speak? If that's really the case......"
Ah Yao turned around suddenly, picked up the hem of her skirt with both hands, and walked quickly to the center of the high platform. Standing in front of Shen Moci, she didn't think about it, she raised her hand and slapped her in the face.
"Smack."
A crisp sound came, and A-Yao spoke, her voice was straightforward, "You deserve this slap, I don't care what Song Qinwen thinks." The Hu family has always complained directly, you have slandered me several times, this slap can be regarded as my anger for myself. β
She was beaten by Ah Yao, the Ah Yao who was inferior to her except for her good life, Shen Moci only felt that the fire on her face burned to her heart.
Before she could react, Ah Yao changed her hand and slapped her on the other side of the face.
"This slap is redundant. Unlike you who are secretive, I do it generously in public, and admit that I hurt you first. Well, now I allow you to resent me. β
The high stage was silent, withdrawing his hand, and Ah Yao glanced at the stunned Song Qinwen.
"Of course, the relationship between you and Song Qinwen is extraordinary, and you don't admit it if you say that it is a deep relationship, even if you are close friends, you must have similar thoughts. It's just a slap in the face, a moment of discomfort, and then it's fine, and it doesn't hurt you anything, you're so kind, you shouldn't blame me, right? β
The crisp sound spread to every corner of the dock, and I don't know who took the lead, and the people in the audience laughed.
The two slaps were slapped on the face, and the laughter came, and Shen Moci could no longer hold back the bitterness in his heart. He bent over his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Ah Ci." Song Qinwen stood in front of her and frowned at Ah Yao, "Cousin, you are too much. β
"Don't call me cousin, you let so many people present see, who is more like your cousin, me or Shen Moci."
"It's not easy." Song Qinwen's face was full of bitterness.
"It's not easy for her? Born in the Shen family, she has eaten and dressed much better than most girls in Qingcheng since she was a child? What is it about her that is not easy? β
The doubts attracted most of the audience to echo. The Shen family has a big business, and they feel miserable in such a wealthy family, so they can directly untie their trousers and tie the rope to hang themselves.
"You! Unreasonable and aggressive. β
Looking at Shen Moci's swollen cheeks, coupled with the repeated humiliation in front of the public, Song Qinwen couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, and stretched out his hand to push Ah Yao.
The two slaps just now exhausted all her strength, and she didn't expect that Song Qinwen, who was gentle and elegant in her previous life, would make a move, and she was caught off guard and couldn't dodge.
Ah Yao didn't pay attention, it doesn't mean that others don't pay attention, such as Lu Jingyuan, who was preempted by Hu Jiuling just now. He had been staring at the movement here since just now, and when he saw that Song Qinwen was about to make a move, he directly took off into the air. The clothes fluttered in the air, and the feet wrapped in soap boots kicked him in the heart. The strength was so great that he directly picked up Shen Moci behind him, and the two of them skewered into a string and hit the fence. The fence shook slightly, and the two fell down and lay on the high platform like arhats.
"Amitabha."
With his five fingers together in front of him, Master Kukai walked over with the Buddha's name, "Plant cause and effect, cause and effect cycle." The karma of the female benefactor today is all due to the cause planted yesterday, and she is not complaining. As long as the female benefactor can abandon the evil thoughts in her heart and be dedicated to goodness, she will be able to bear good results one day. β
The Buddha's teachings came out and directly defined today's events. Shen Moci seems miserable, all because she has a bad heart, and she has cause and effect.
Master Kukai's reputation is there, and no matter how distressed Song Qinwen is, he doesn't dare to say more than half a word of rebuttal.
"Ah Ci, let's go."
"After making trouble, you still want to leave easily?" Hu Jiuling, who was nervous and followed, looked cold.
The Song family, who was following him, directly called out to the subordinates, "Take them down first, I have to ask the two families what they think of my Hu family." β
was shocked by the vigorous and resolute means when he was fined the monthly money by his wife, and the Hu family nursing home hurried over. Before they could get closer, a loud voice came from the entrance of the high platform.
"Student Pan Chengdong greets the master."
Before everyone could react, Mo Daru, who had been sitting on the chair all the time, stood up and glanced at Master Kukai first.