Chapter 4: Saving the Faithful Servant
The nurse thought that the lady was coming, so she naturally took the opportunity to distract the girl and make her forget about Baidie Sayi.
But she didn't expect that the old man came after Madame, and when she heard the phrase "bargaining", she knew that something bad was going to happen. But she never thought that things would go so bad. The girl who has always been obedient to her seems to have changed as if she has changed, and her words and deeds squeeze her everywhere. But the girl's words were true, so that even if she had the heart to refute, she had nowhere to talk about it, and in the end she could only eat coptis dumbly, and she couldn't say anything about her suffering.
Seeing that Hu Gui followed the master's orders, the nurse was clever, raised her head in pain all over her body, and wailed inside: "The girl grew up eating the milk of the old slave, and whenever you sneeze over the years, the old slave is nervous, have you forgotten all this?" โ
Through the door frame, the sound was clearly heard in the bedroom.
Hu Jiuling frowned, and said in a deep voice: "What are you doing to eat, and you don't cover the mouth of this old slave." โ
"Daddy, slow down."
Although Ah Yao was immersed in sentimentality, she also listened to the nurse's wail. Raising her head from Song's arms, she wiped her face with the cloth towel she had used to wash just now, took care of her appearance by the water, and Shi Shiran walked to the bedroom door.
Crossing the threshold, she stopped in front of the nurse. The wide sleeves embroidered with intricate dark flowers hung down in front of her strong body, and A-Yao looked at her condescendingly.
"Do you know what the title of nurse means?"
Don't deliberately pretend to be pitiful, frightened and just kick your heart, this will be a wolf for a long time. Kneeling on the ground, she looked at the girl embroidering pearls on her shoes. The pearls the size of rice grains are worn into delicate flower shapes, shining in the morning light, such a pair of shoes girl only wears so many times, and after a long time the pearls fade to lustre, the lord has ordered someone to send more exquisite embroidered shoes.
Such a golden and noble girl is like a cloud in the sky, which can be climbed by her old woman from the poor countryside.
"Girl, the old slave knows that he is wrong, and the old slave should not lose his sense of proportion because of your leniency. But the old slave has been in this house for 14 years, and because he is on duty in the house, he has never fed his own child a mouthful of milk. Believe it or not, the old slave has really treated you as his own child for so many years, so he will have those random actions before! โ
In the end, the nurse beat her chest and burst into tears, looking like she couldn't wait to dig out her heart and show her. The unbearable demeanor caused everyone in the room to sigh.
If it was usual, Ah Yao would have believed this statement, but in her previous life, when she needed money the most, it was the nurse in front of her who ran away with her most valuable gold and silver. When she dragged her tired body back to the bedroom after the wake for her father and mother in front of her that day, she saw that it was a mess inside, and the despair when most of the valuable things disappeared are still vivid in her recollection. The lessons of the past are especially there, how can she trust the people in front of her!
Thinking of this, she lifted her embroidered shoe and pretended to step on her hand inadvertently, and the tip of the pearl-encrusted shoe was unconsciously crushed, but her voice was full of disbelief.
"The nurse is admitting that she deliberately separates the mother-daughter relationship between A-Yao and A-Niang? You...... How can this be! โ
The nurse is about to squirt out a mouthful of old blood! She was obviously talking about the deep friendship she had poured over the years, and even the maid who served the tea and poured water could understand how a girl who was usually smart would be stupid.
There was a burst of pain in her hand, and her voice trembled more and more, "The old slave has no such intention!" โ
"Ah Yao knew that the nurse would not be so vicious."
The nurse chick nodded like a peck pecking rice: "Of course, the master, the lady and the girl are so good to the old slave, and the old slave is too late to be grateful, so how can it harm you?" โ
"Grateful ......"
Ah Yao's voice was very low, but the nurse closest to her could hear it clearly. On a cold morning at the end of February, kneeling at the door of the bedroom, cold sweat on her back was running down the groove of her spine. It's that she can't stand the girl, but after so many years, she has long been difficult to ride a tiger. Now she takes the initiative to admit the separation of mother and daughter, with her wife's soft temperament, she has finally been close to her daughter for more than ten years, and she should not go any further.
The girl who could have obeyed her before, but for the first time she did not help her intercede, she was afraid that she would suffer a little guilt, and the remorse that had just risen from this nurse was instantly replaced by resentment. At the same time, the pearl embroidered shoes that crushed her five fingers suddenly exerted force, and the ten fingers connected to the heart, and the severe pain came that she couldn't support it and collapsed to the ground.
Ah Yao's voice raised an octave, and her plain little face was full of slaughter.
"That's right, you should indeed be grateful to my Hu family."
"Just now I asked you what the title of nurse means, and you didn't answer, then I'll answer for you. The nurse is just a descendant of a wealthy family who invited a nurse, and in the final analysis, you are still a subordinate. You only remember that you were too big to be milky, and you were wronged because you couldn't feed your parents, but why don't you remember where your food and clothing came from all these years, who paid you monthly money every month, and who arranged decent and easy errands for your son. You are just a subordinate, but the whole family that can't be beaten by the eight poles is favored by the Hu family, of course you should be grateful to us! โ
After speaking, Ah Yao patted her chest and controlled the anger in her heart. She didn't want to say so much, but when she thought of her previous life, she couldn't help but want to tear down the mask of the nurse's hypocrisy and let everyone see how dirty and smelly she was.
"But what have you done? Not to mention the power and blessing on weekdays, you should be lazy and force me to obey during the vigil, and even separate the mother-daughter relationship between me and A-Niang. If this kind of behavior is called gratitude, then I really don't know what it means to be wolf-hearted. โ
Admiring the nurse's embarrassed face, Ah Yao looked at the door. The maid who was sent by her to find Baidie Sayi has already returned, and her face is faintly anxious.
With a score in her heart, she squatted down and looked directly at the nurse: "Don't talk about this, where is the Baidie yarn dress now?" โ
Seeing the horror flashing across her face, A-Yao's last trace of suspicion completely dissipated.
One last glance at the nurse wolf bรจi, she turned around and walked over the threshold to Daddy, pouted like a child who had been bullied by the child next door, and confidently complained: "My daughter has not given you a greeting for several days due to illness, and I thought that I would dress up and go to the main courtyard this morning." But on his birthday, the hundred butterfly dress sent by Daddy was gone, and the daughter wanted to ask the nurse what was going on? โ
Hu Jiuling looked at his beloved daughter suspiciously, just standing by the door, he could clearly see her words and deeds of beating the nurse. The logic is clear and well-organized, and while the old Diao slave who was choking on words was embarrassed, the judgment about the kindness of the master and servant knocked the other subordinates in the courtyard, and even he couldn't help but applaud in his heart.
If it is someone else, he will definitely intervene and praise it, and if possible, he will take people with him, and carefully cultivate him to be a manager of Hexingchang. But this person is A-Yao, who was pampered in the palm of his hand, and has never seen the pearl of wind and waves.
Obviously, before she fell asleep last night, she still looked ignorant of the world, but in one night, this change is too big!
But looking at A-Yao, who was holding his arm at the moment, looking at him with trusting eyes, and looking "begging Daddy for support" with a face, the little doubt in his heart was immediately pushed aside. The eldest girl in the world is the biggest, and he likes Ah Yao to find him the most. Every time he sees her satisfied smile after getting what he wants, his fatherly heart is always extra satisfied.
Walking up to the nurse, he asked directly: "You have been in charge of the affairs of Ayao Courtyard all these years, what's going on with Baidie Sayi?" โ
The worst fears have happened!
Lying on the ground, the nurse looked at the tips of A-Yao's embroidered shoes resentfully. The girl went around such a big circle, but she was afraid that it would be false to punish her for being rude, and it would be true to ask Baidie Sayi.
I have held this girl in the palm of my hand for more than ten years, but I didn't expect to be deceived by her today. Just now, she not only lost her ugliness in front of all the subordinates in the courtyard, but also helped the two of them untie the knot in their hearts for more than ten years. Helping others make wedding dresses for no reason, thinking of this nurse almost crushed a mouthful of silver teeth.
Sayi is a small matter, but her whole family is implicated behind it, and even her own children, she can't say it anyway.
Thinking of this nurse calming down, she looked around, and finally her eyes were fixed on Qingshuang, who was the leader at the door. This little hoof has repeatedly disrespected her, and today he even led a group of subordinates in to see her jokes. I wanted to free up my hands in the future and clean up slowly, but now I can't take care of it so much.
"Although the old slave is in charge of the affairs of the girl's courtyard, how can he have the energy to ask about everything. The embroidery of this hundred butterfly yarn clothes is exquisite, and it just so happens that Qingshuang in our courtyard is proficient in embroidery, so the old slave asked her to keep it properly. โ
Green Frost ...... This name sounds familiar.
Before Ah Yao could think clearly, Qingshuang knelt down at the door: "The slave knew that the girl liked that dress, so she carefully hung it in the one-person-high elm wardrobe in the side room. Every once in a while, he only swept the dust outside the wardrobe and never moved again. But who wanted to get it when the slave maid went to get it, the yarn was gone, and the slave and maid really didn't steal it. โ
"You've been in charge of the sweeping in that room, and you've got the key. If you didn't steal it, wouldn't the sari run away with long legs on its own? โ
"The slave is wronged." Qingshuang was so anxious that tears were about to fall.
The nurse still didn't give up, "When you saw those vivid butterflies on the sari that day, you straightened your eyes, saying that you didn't steal it, who would believe it?" โ
Qingshuang also knew that she couldn't say anything about it, and the girl had just borrowed the nurse from her front foot to tell her what a subordinate was, and something like this happened to her back foot. Stealing the owner's belongings, what a crime, thinking of this, tears in her eyes accumulated more and more, and finally she couldn't stop flowing out.
Ah Yao looked at her silent tearful eyes, and the blood and tears she cried when she was framed in her previous life flashed in front of her eyes, and she involuntarily blurted out: "I believe it." โ
"What!"
Not only the nurse, but Qingshuang also looked at it in disbelief.
"The back house is sprinkled and swept and the maid is not allowed to go out of the house, even if it is out of the house, there will be a record at the gatehouse. Trouble Uncle Gui to check, has Qingshuang been out of the house in the past month, and what did she bring with her when she left the house? โ
Hu Gui quickly came over with a roster that recorded the entry and exit of the people in the house, "Since the girl's birthday, the third-class sprinkler and sweeper Qingshuang have all been out of the house once, in the middle of this month, and only a purse was tied to her body at that time. โ
"It seems that Sayi has not been taken out of the house, but can only be hidden in the residence. Qingshuang, would you like to have your home searched to prove your innocence? โ
Qingshuang now looks at her own girl, just like looking at Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves suffering, which will naturally be a thousand and ten thousand.
The third-class maid's residence is not big, and it will be investigated in a few moments. There is no hundred butterfly yarn in it, and there is not even a piece of cloth with better materials.
"Isn't it true that Sayi has long legs and flies?"
Ah Yao walked up to the nurse: "I vaguely remember that there is a nurse with a key to any room in this courtyard." And it is inconvenient for ordinary maids to go out, but the nurse comes and goes freely in my name, and even does not need to be recorded in this roster for many times. In this way, the nurse wants to get something in the house, but it couldn't be easier. โ
The nurse knows that she is in a catastrophe, and she will not cry and grab the ground. Looking at Ah Yao, her face was full of despair.
"I have been with the girl for so many years, but the old slave has ended up like this, I really have nothing to say."
"I didn't expect my Hu Mansion to raise such a big rat, old Diao slave, look at the good things you have done, what else do you have to say."
When he ordered Hu Gui to take people down, Hu Jiuling had already ordered another person to search the place where the nurse lived. The nurse has been in the house for more than ten years, and she has long lost her prudence in A-Yao's tolerance, and she and her family resold the account books of the objects in the house, and they were left under the cage.
Hu Jiuling was originally a trader, and when he got the account book, he knew how huge the amount was. Anger rose in his heart, and he kicked it again. The strength of this kick was greater than that of Fang Cai, and it kicked the nurse to spit out a mouthful of old blood, and after a few laps of landing, she saw the familiar account book next to her, and she knew that she was recognized, and her brain fainted.
"Take it down and take care of it, my Hu family will never take someone's life."
Hu Gui nodded, the old man really won't take people's lives lightly, he will only make those who offend him worse than dead. Now the nurse is not provoking the master, but the only daughter that the lord attaches the most importance to, which is even stricter than provoking the master.
After calling two family members to come and carry the nurse away, and after one followed and retreated, Hu Gui called more than a dozen family members very thoughtfully, asking them to "invite" the milk lady's husband, children and grandchildren to come over the house to "visit the sick".
Ah Yao didn't know about this later, and after tossing it, it was already dawn, so the Song family decided to put breakfast here for her.
All kinds of food with all kinds of food filled the table, and the maids quietly retreated. The heat hit, and in the face of the breakfast that made people's fingers flutter just by smelling the taste, none of the three people at the table moved their chopsticks.
Ah Yao looked up, and Ah Niang, who was sitting opposite, was looking at her with a sad face. His gaze shifted slightly to the left, and on the main seat next to her, Daddy was looking at her carefully with a stern gaze that he had never seen before.