20. Lotus seeds
In June, the lotus flowers fill the lake,
The red clothes and green fans reflect the clear waves.
Mulan is like a flower girl on the boat,
There are many children in the lotus house.
It's summer, it's hot, and the lotus seeds are ripe. In the house, Chunqiao was doing needlework, and Qiuyun was holding a lotus canopy and peeling lotus seeds for the green warbler to eat, and he was still saying auspicious words in his mouth: "Lotus seeds, which means to come and have many seeds." The girl eats more, this is a blessing. ā
The green warbler spread out her palms and looked at the handful of yellow, yellow, green and green lotus seeds in a daze, but her thoughts drifted to the clouds.
When he got up early that day, Feng Yuan had already forgotten what he had said and done after he was drunk the day before, her refusal, disrespect, his anger and atrocities, all of which had been forgotten. Seeing her slumped on the bed like a rag, he sneered a few times with his eyebrows raised and sneered, "Useless thing." ā
He forgot, she didn't dare to forget, her bruises were like a basin of cold water, splashing down on her head, washing her brain clearly.
She couldn't help but feel a little contemptible, how could she be so stupid, she thought that he was just a noble and majestic horse, this person was clearly a fierce lion with a blue face and fangs, who could strangle its prey anytime and anywhere. After that day, she became more and more self-aware, and did not dare to disobey him, lest she provoke him to anger.
She couldn't help but think, if she hadn't met him, hadn't been redeemed by him, and didn't have to be by such an unfathomable person's side, wouldn't she have to suffer such a sin?
But then he laughed at himself, Green Oriole, Green Oriole, are you still not happy to have someone redeem for you? How can you forget, if you are still in the Liu family, don't talk about it, that pig demon-like Zhu Yuanwai, you won't be able to get over this person's hurdle alone!
Stay in peace. Life is like an ant, if you can't open it, you will have a white silk picture, and if you don't have the guts, you can make do with it. Don't be dissatisfied, in this world, the body of an ant is like duckweed, I don't know how long I can live, no matter how bad Feng Ye is, he will eat and drink for you.
But she knew something was different. As the saying goes, people's hearts are fickle. Don't say that those affectionate men are women, just like her, and their thoughts are very different from the original. Since following Feng Yuan, she has never drunk the soup of avoiding children, although she has not thought too much about the matter of the heir, but Yuan is also looking forward to spreading the branches for him.
But now, she is a little resistant, what good future can an adulterous child have? What is there to hope for to be born out of the belly of this thing of hers? Will Feng Yuan be rare? Will people like him be kind?
No! She doesn't want to give birth! Shaking his head, he threw the lotus seeds back into the fruit bowl, the sweet and sour things that he likes to eat most on weekdays, how to look at it now.
Qiuyun observed the words and looks, saw that the girl's face was gloomy and her appetite was weak, and she remembered the troublesome movements of the two masters that day, and sighed in her heart. looked at Chun Qiao, and the two started to be peacemakers together: "Girl, who is the master, he is used to being respected and held by others, if he is against him, isn't it still a girl who suffers?" ā
"That's right." Chunqiao shook the silk bra in her hand, and pointed to the valuable ornaments on the case, "Look, the master loves the girl so much, just say that the bird's nest is not as much as you want to eat, but I heard that many big families are not so rich." ā
The green warbler is noncommittal, who knows the bitterness in her heart, with good food and clothing for her, she deserves to be trampled and trampled like mud? If Feng Yuan treats her sincerely, why not with steamed buns and pickles and jinghai cloth skirts?
With a depressed heart, she stood up and took Qiuyun to Liu's mansion.
The four small sedan chairs stopped steadily outside the door of Liu's house, she got off the sedan chair, and through the open door, she saw Ling'er sweeping the yard at a glance.
The green warbler was overjoyed, and ordered Qiuyun beside her: "You are waiting for me here." ā
Qiu Yun respectfully responded, looked up at the suddenly cloudy sky, and said to her: "Girl, you need to hurry, it seems that it is going to rain." ā
Lu Ying nodded, lifted her skirt, and a few golden lotuses walked up to Ling'er in broken steps, and said to her with a pout: "Sister, I am like a puppet in the house, and there is no one who speaks to my heart, I miss you." ā
After the words fell, he snatched the broom from her hand, walked to the base of the wall and threw it down, and took her hand into the wing.
Closing the door, the green warbler turned to her and said, "Mrs. let you work again?" If you want me to say, your house is not her slave, but you will not listen to her in everything. ā
Ling'er was silent all the way, her eyes were blank and unfocused, and she was like a stuffy gourd at this time. Lu Ying was surprised, and hurriedly suppressed the urgency to tell her heart, pinched her shoulders and shook her two times and said with concern: "Sister, what's wrong?" Sick? ā
Ling'er's eyes moved, she came back to her senses, and after seeing the person in front of her clearly, she hugged the green warbler violently and cried out with a "wow". Her mouth and nose were pressed against the chest of the green warbler, and her crying and sobbing were sealed, as if she was holding in a rubble urn, which was sad.
Seeing that she was crying as if the sky was about to fall, the green warbler couldn't help but hurriedly said, "What's going on, tell me quickly!" ā
"Sister, IāI was sold." After Ling'er finished speaking, she burst into tears.
"Where did it go?" Lu Ying was stunned, the Yu family husband and wife are honest people, although they are poorer, they are not so poor as to sell their daughters. Thinking of her own life experience, she said angrily: "Your father is gambling? ā
Ling'er shook her head, "No, how could my father be so confused." With a pout, she mourned: "I am now a member of the Liu family, Mrs. Liu suddenly took a deed of identity a few days ago, and there is a charge drawn by my father on it, as well as my name, woo"
"What's wrong with your family? If you need money urgently, why don't you come to me, why should I sell you? The green warbler wrinkled her eyebrows.
Ling'er thought for a while, and said strangely: "It shouldn't be my father who wants to sell me, my father said that he has never signed any deed of sale, and besides, only a penny is written on the deed, no matter what my father says, it is impossible for me to sell me with a copper plate." But that handprint is indeed my father's, it's really evil. My father and mother said that it is estimated that if someone from my family inadvertently did something evil, this is retribution. No, they are going to worship the Buddha and repent today. But I can't figure it out, my family has never done anything wrong, and the numb head cake has never been short of catties when I was outside, and I have never touched a stitch and thread of the Liu family since I came home, why would God punish my family? ā
Lu Ying frowned, "Although evil is rewarded, it must be punished by the guilty first, don't you think that Zhu Yuanwai is still good?" She pondered, and suddenly became a little clear, and said, "It must be at night, Mrs. sneaked in, grabbed your father's hand, and pressed it." ā
"How can I say that my wife is also from a scholarly family, she is really capable of doing such a thing?" Ling'er couldn't believe it, Mrs. Liu usually held the boss on the shelf, she couldn't understand how such a person could do such a thing as stealing chickens and touching dogs.
Lu Ying sneered, "Why not, she didn't hesitate to force me to die for the sake of silver, she couldn't wait to go into the money hole and buy you for a penny, I guess she couldn't sleep because of the pain." ā
She took the handkerchief, wiped Ling'er's cheeks, and comforted with a smile: "Since the deed has been signed, I can't regret it, but don't worry, sister, I have silver, so I'll go to my wife to redeem you." ā
Ling'er was overjoyed, holding her hand tightly, and was grateful: "Sister, sister, thank you." Then he frowned, and said in horror: "But, if the wife of the lion opens her mouth and asks for ten taels or twenty taels, what should I do?" ā
"It's okay, my sister can get it." Green Oriole said lightly.
Ling'er suddenly opened her mouth and stammered, her sister has made a fortune? In the blink of an eye, he suddenly saw the jade ornament on her head and the ayara on her body, and her heart was clear.
Knowing that the green warbler was doing well, she was happy for her sister from the bottom of her heart, and grinned: "Sister can be regarded as bitter!" ā
The green warbler sighed and smiled bitterly.
Ling'er was stunned, hurriedly held her hand, and said worriedly: "Sister, what happened to me?" ā
The green warbler shook her head, she wanted to confide in her sister when she came, but at this time, she looked at the innocent smile, the little girl who was only twelve years old, and she didn't know anything about personnel, how could she put the unbearable things she suffered on the table? She smiled faintly: "The difference between cloud and mud is infatuated with the wrong payment." ā
Three months of grinding ears and temples, happy and happy when I see it, and it is difficult to sleep and eat at other times. Her gains and losses, her love, his indifference and ruthlessness, I thought that I couldn't finish talking about it for three days and three nights, but when I said it, I realized that such a heart-wrenching and heart-wrenching affair, the reincarnation of ninety days and nights, it was only eight words, she couldn't help laughing at herself, her eyebrows and eyes were sad.
Ling'er really didn't understand, scratched the back of her head, and asked, "What kind of infatuation?" Who paid right and who wrong? ā
"Ahh
Suddenly, a heart-rending cry sounded, and the two sisters were frightened.
The sky was suddenly dark and inky, the crackling sound of falling rain hit the doors and windows, and the room was suddenly dark without oil lamps.
From time to time, a few loud and loud lightning bolts fell, accompanied by intermittent howls, and in this silent house, it looked particularly terrifying.