Chapter 163, Contrast
Both the grandmother and the mother objected to the nine brothers leaving the shogunate and living in the Zhuangzi in the morning snow. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info These ancient women have been bound by the Three Principles and Five Constants for several generations, even dozens of generations, and they have long been unable to know how to rebel against this society and the men who rule them.
Mu Chenxue understood the worries of her mother and grandmother, shook her head at the two of them, and signaled that she was just talking casually, and she would not really let Brother Jiu'er stay, so the two of them were relieved.
The days of the Grange are leisurely and comfortable, without worrying about food and clothing, and even firewood, grass, lamp oil, seasonings, vegetables and fruits. The family talked and laughed every day, and although they couldn't walk around the yard often, everyone was very happy.
It was the first time that the servants on Zhuangzi served so many masters. In the past, even if the master came, he was only one person, and at most he stayed for an hour and left. The minions of the first courtyard, although they have no experience in serving their masters, are very dedicated. At this time, there is Jiang's mother in the inner courtyard, and there is Tong Da Shopkeeper in the outer courtyard, although these people are not as comfortable as before, no one dares to say anything.
Mu Chenxue, the master, looks very kind on weekdays, and never scolds his subordinates, but these minions have seen the master's ruthless side, as long as she touches her bottom line, without saying a word, she will be sold. Therefore, these people know their position very well, even if the steward of the inner and outer courtyards of Zhuangzi is polite when they see Jiang Ma and other subordinates around the master.
"Fifth Miss doesn't come often, but these subordinates look very polite!" Mother Jiang sat on the pestle next to Aunt Cheng, and chatted with Aunt Cheng while wiping the silk thread in her hand.
Yinhuan also helped on the side, "No, I went to the stove room last night to add some hot tea to the old lady, and the mother-in-law who kept vigil saw the slave and maid with a kind face, and helped bring the hot water into the house!" ”
"That's not the person picked by the shopkeeper Tong, this is Jiang's mother's godson, but she is unwilling to do anything to me!" When others praised her, she would be a little embarrassed, so she gave all the credit to Tong Jiang.
"Jiang'er, he knows something, but he has the strength to do it, and it's not that Miss Fifth teaches him well. Only then can he become the big treasurer! Jiang's mother was happy that she could see her son and grandson on the grange, and she could serve her master. She hadn't been so happy in days.
"Miss Fifth has a delicate heart and is extremely accurate in seeing people. Just look at our Fanghua, following Miss Fifth these days, she is also very smart and clever! "Yinhuan didn't know Fanghua before, but the two have become sisters in the past two days.
"Aunt Yinhuan will make fun of me, it's not all taught by the fifth lady, otherwise the slave and maid may be the same as the third miss in that scene, and her head is full of stupidity!" When it came to the people of the shogunate, several people couldn't help but look at the curtain morning. They are now trapped on the Grange, and only Miss Five knows the news over there.
"A few days ago, I asked Baoru to send a letter to the shogunate, but Steward Liu only said that his father was summoned by Prince Qing, so he didn't see anyone. I found out that Xu and Ma had returned to Zhuangzi with their third sisters. The eldest lady gave the two of them another stone of food and settled down temporarily! "Baoru and the subordinates of the county prince can freely enter and leave the county, so it is not difficult to inquire about these news.
"The eldest lady is targeting us everywhere, and now she even wants to take our lives, such a vicious person, God wants her to live a good life!" Xu had the old lady by her side, so Aunt Cheng dared to complain about the eldest lady.
"She, like her mother, only has herself in her heart, and she doesn't put other people's lives and deaths in her eyes at all, otherwise she wouldn't have forced you to be a concubine for Mu Qian in the first place!" Speaking of the people in Cheng Fuzhong, the old lady also had a look of hatred. Even after so many years of meditation, there are still some things that I can't let go.
"Grandma, these things are over, those people have nothing to do with us, grandma don't think too much, live happily every day, and take care of your body!" Mu Chenxue held her grandmother's arm and rested her head lightly on her shoulder, her heart full of happiness.
"Yes, what the fifth sister said is reasonable, we won't mention it in the future, save worry!" Several of them no longer mentioned the people of the shogunate, but talked about other things. But the high courtyard walls and warm charcoal cages still can't drive away the fear of natural disasters in everyone's hearts.
They can spend the day here in peace, Aunt Xu and they are all gathered in the side hall at this time, and a few people don't even dare to come out of the house. Fortunately, although a few subordinates did not have enough to eat, they did not delay their work. It's just that there is nothing to do in this village except to prepare some porridge and boil some hot water.
But the eldest lady's Zhuangzi is not the grange of the morning snow after all, there are family members, and guards, and before five days have passed, this peaceful day was rushed in by the rioters, and all the remaining food was snatched. Even a few slaves and maids were injured, but fortunately, Aunt Xu and Aunt Ma protected the third sister and hid in the house, and the injuries of several slaves and maids were not too serious, and they finally escaped without any major incidents.
But the food was robbed, and several people were going hungry again, so they had to go to the city gate again to find a way to enter the city and return home. It's a pity that they didn't see Steward Liu this time. And just got a word, let them figure it out on their own, and the shogunate no longer had extra food to feed them. In order to survive, several people actually followed the victims and came to the city gate every day to receive porridge to spend the day.
And this soup soup is received by the person, and cannot be received by the slaves and maids, so Xu and Ma pull the third sister every day, and they have to walk for two hours to drink a bowl of thin porridge. But before he could go back, he was hungry again. The third sister washed her face with tears every day, and Xu also cried and cried, and then she was so hungry that she couldn't walk, so she asked the officers and soldiers guarding the door to help send a letter to her daughter's second sister Mu Lanfang.
But the second sister's life is even more difficult, because the second sister has not been able to get any benefits from her mother's family, and her husband doesn't like her. Even her in-laws looked at her more and more unpleasantly, and there was a concubine in the house who was pregnant, and she had been in the house for so long, but she had nothing to do. This man didn't enter the room, didn't do Zhou Gong's courtesy, and asked the second sister to go where to conceive the child. But even if she told her in-laws about these hardships, in the end, it was just a reproach. It doesn't solve the problem at all.
After receiving the letter from her mother, the second sister was even more bitter for a day, but there was nothing she could do. Later, he took the letter and returned to the shogunate, wanting to ask his father for help. But the food is in the hands of the eldest lady, even if it is a father, there is no way to use it well.
In the end, the second sister had to use her own silver to buy some black-faced children from the grain store and send them to Aunt Xu. Finally, a few people starved to death on the Zhuangzi. But the black noodles are full of bran and wheat bran, where can the third sister eat, but in order to survive, she has to eat hard every day. Even while eating, I blamed the second sister for not thinking about family affection. was so angry that Aunt Xu moved all the black faces into her house. In the end, it was Ma who interceded for his daughter, so that he could drink some black flour paste. (To be continued.) )