Chapter 9, The cries for help outside the wall
According to the time when people generally set the province in the morning and dusk, they all get up in the morning and go to the province to say hello, and people will go to bed at the same time. The Shogunate www.biquge.info Pen & Fun & Pavilion was more relaxed in this rule, and the eldest lady was unwilling to let the aunts have the opportunity to see the master, so the time to ask for peace in the morning was postponed, and the time to ask for peace in the evening was advanced, so Aunt Cheng took a nap, made some preparations, and went to the main courtyard to ask for peace.
"Auntie, it's very cloudy after noon today, and the northwest wind is blowing again, not to mention the cold, your legs are still swollen, or you will sue the eldest lady today, don't go to ask for peace!" Mother Jiang helped Aunt Cheng comb her hair, and persuaded her that she really didn't want Aunt Cheng to hold up her sick body, and she had to go to the upper room of the main courtyard to see the eldest lady's face and make rules.
"Go, if you don't go, maybe there will be some moth tomorrow! When the time comes, how good will it be to be tired of the ninth brother and the fifth sister! "For the sake of her son and daughter, it doesn't matter if she is allowed to die immediately.
"Hey!" Mother Jiang sighed deeply, "How many years have it been, how can the eldest lady always hold on to the past and not let go!" ”
"If my father learns that the love of that idea will bring misfortune to his daughter's life, I don't know what he will think in his heart?" Aunt Cheng often recalls the days when she was at home, although she was a concubine, her father loved her aunt and naturally loved her house. But it is precisely because of this that she is now living a life that is not even as good as her subordinates. I was bullied by my sister every day.
Mother Jiang helped Aunt Cheng out of the backyard and went to the main courtyard to go to the upper room, but she didn't notice that the window of Mu Chenxue was open, and she had already listened to the words of the two. But she also knows that now is not the time for a showdown with the eldest lady, after all, Mu Qian's father is too unreliable, and this is ancient times. An identity can crush people. Although a concubine is a good concubine with an official seal on the family tree, a concubine is a concubine, and disobedience to his wife is a crime.
The anger in Mu Chenxue's heart couldn't be suppressed, so she had to add a piece of clothing and run to the yard to blow the wind, the cool breeze at this time could calm down the feverish mind as soon as possible.
Within a quarter of an hour of standing firmly, he heard a woman's voice shouting from outside the courtyard wall, "Mother, are you there?" Mother! ”
Mu Chenxue didn't care at first, but the woman kept shouting, even if no one answered, she still refused to give up, she was curious, and moved a broken ladder to climb up on the wall. Fortunately, she weighs lightly, otherwise this broken wooden ladder really can't help her.
Outside the courtyard wall, a woman who looked to be in her 20s, wearing a cheesecloth coat woven with patches, did not even have a silver hairpin on her head, but a wooden hairpin tied in a bun at random.
As soon as the woman saw the morning snow, she first saluted, "You are the fifth lady of the shogunate, right?" Although it was a question, there was affirmation in his eyes.
Mu Chenxue didn't think that this person actually recognized her, but she didn't have any impression of this person, and of course she didn't dare to speak nonsense, she just nodded and replied, "Yes!" ”
"Fifth Miss, the little woman's husband's surname is Tong, she is Jiang's mother's daughter-in-law, Tong Lang was smashed and broke his leg when he was carrying work today, and there is really no money at home to heal, so I have to go to the house, and ask Miss Fifth to do a good job and bring a message to my mother-in-law!" The woman had tears in her eyes, and she really had no choice. Just now she went to the main gate of the shogunate to look for someone, but the shogunate's porter drove her out and didn't pass on a message to her at all.
She really couldn't help it, so she thought that her mother-in-law said that Aunt Cheng had been moved to the backyard, maybe she screamed twice through the wall, and her mother-in-law might be able to hear it, but she didn't want to alarm Miss Five. What did these five young ladies look like before, she listened to her mother-in-law a lot, so she was a little desperate in her heart.
"Mother Jiang accompanied my aunt to the upper room, you wait first, I'll give you ideas!" Mu Chenxue didn't doubt this woman's words, after all, except for Jiang's mother's family, I was afraid that no one would believe that the fifth lady of the shogunate would live in such a place where people stayed.
After getting off the ladder, I first entered Aunt Cheng's house, but after looking around, this room was full of bulky household goods, although these things could be sold for money, they couldn't climb over the wall. She didn't dare to move Aunt Cheng's jewelry, so she had to go back to her house and take out all her jewelry, leaving only thirty copper coins, and wrapping the rest in a piece of cloth, and then climbed the wall again.
Tong had no hope outside the wall, but she remembered that when her mother-in-law came back these days, she said that the fifth miss was very different from before, so she had a little residual thought in her heart, so she didn't raise her feet and leave. At this time, seeing that Miss Wu climbed up again, I was inevitably a little excited.
"Aunt Tong, my mother is not here, I can't get the silver at this time, this is a little bit of my jewelry, the silver is directly taken and twisted, as for the jade, take it to the pawnshop, all made into death, I will not redeem these things, and you can exchange more silver money when you die." It's not enough, wait for Jiang's mother to come back, let's think about it together! After speaking, he threw the cloth bag directly to Jiang's mother-in-law.
"How does this work!" Where did the Tong family dare to take the young lady's things out, and shook his head again and again to throw the things back into the yard.
"Aunt Tong also knows that Brother Jiu and I are not welcomed in the house, and these are just inconspicuous little things, even if they do, no one will remember it. Besides, Uncle Tong is his mother's brother, but this family affection can't be caused by Uncle Tong, so you better take it and show Uncle Tong the injury, don't delay here! ”
Tong Shi saw the sincerity of what Miss Wu said, she was really worried about her husband in her heart, so she didn't say more, and kowtowed to Mu Chenxue three times, and then ran away with her things.
Mu Chenxue went down the wall, and then he thought about Tong's words carefully, and felt a little bad in his heart, when Aunt Cheng ransomed Jiang's mother, she gave silver, and Jiang's mother also gave her son a few acres of land and a small courtyard, why do you have to make money now, is something wrong?
After thinking about it again and again, I didn't bother thinking about it if I couldn't figure it out, and I would find out when Jiang's mother came back and asked.
Maybe the eldest lady taught Aunt Cheng a lesson in the morning, maybe she was in a good mood today, when Aunt Cheng went to ask for peace in the evening, the eldest lady didn't feel sorry for her, just stood for a while and called her back to the backyard.
When the talent entered the courtyard, he let Mu Chenxue help him into the house, "Mother Jiang, your daughter-in-law came to find it just now, saying that Uncle Tong injured his leg when he was carrying work, and asked you to go home early to take a look!" When Mu Chenxue spoke, she kept staring at Jiang's mother.
Jiang's mother was startled when she first heard it, but in a blink of an eye, she returned to normal, "She's the same, she ran to the shogunate to make a fuss, scared the fifth lady, it's not a big deal to think about it, the old slave went to the stove room to cook first, and it's not too late to come back when my sister and brother eat!" Mother Jiang said it easily, but her clenched fists and trembling legs still betrayed her.
"Mother Jiang, it's all over now, don't you still want to tell us the truth? Did you sell your land? It's all used to make up? Mu Chenxue's mother couldn't hold it anymore and sat on the ground crying. Aunt Cheng stood up from the chair in surprise, first helped Jiang's mother up, placed her on the pestle, and then sat next to her for questioning.