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The winter in the north is dry and cold, especially after heavy snowfall and then catches up with the cloudy day, it is almost impossible to freeze to death!
The huge Anfu house was quiet everywhere, and occasionally I saw a mother-in-law dressed like a cotton bag, shrunken and cautiously passed by the snow-covered path.
A rough woman hurried away carrying a food box covered with a cotton sleeve, and she entered the weeping flower door, which was flanked by a verandah with a hand-copying verandah, and a hall in the middle. There is a large interstitial screen of red sandalwood shelf marble on the ground, and when the interstitial screen is turned, a small three-room hall is revealed, and behind the hall is a courtyard of five main houses.
The five main rooms are all carved beams and painted buildings, and there is a girl wearing red and green who is peeling a crack in the curtain and looking out.
Why did you send it? It must be that you have been delayed all the way, and the Lantern Festival inside is not delicious when it is cold. When the time comes, my aunt will blame, can you afford it? The little girl came out of it, rubbing her hands and scolding.
Auntie and grandmother, the old slave doesn't dare to delay, there is snow everywhere, and the road is not easy to walk. The mother-in-law smiled with a smile on her face, and the slave and maid trotted all the way, for fear that the food inside would be cold. You send it in for your aunt to taste, and if it's cold, the old slave will take it back and let them make another bowl.
Yesterday, my aunt said that I wanted to eat some crispy and raw pickled bamboo shoots, but your kitchen didn't send them over for half a day, and when my aunt lost her appetite, she didn't eat a bite. This Lantern Festival is brought in, if it is cold and it will take some effort to redo it, and then my aunt will have no appetite.
Do you think your aunt is willing to toss people? It's not the little master in the stomach who makes a fuss! For nine months, what you eat and vomit, it's easy to stop throwing up for these two days, and you guys are still waiting! If it weren't for my aunt's mercy, I would have beaten you out a long time ago, and you would have known that it was amazing! The little girl pinched her waist, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and she trained people one by one, without blinking her eyes.
Yes, yes, yes. When we heard that my aunt had something to eat, we were all happy, and we wished that it would be delivered to us in the blink of an eye. It's just that in this winter, fresh bamboo shoots are hard to find. The mother-in-law explained repeatedly, nodding her head and bowing her waist, you hurry up and send it to your aunt, the old slave is waiting here.
Hum. The girl took the food box and entered the house, and a big girl took the food box and went around the glass screen to the back.
The big kang near the window is covered with a large mattress of the autumn-colored money python, a stone blue pillow, and the front is the backrest of the big red money python. A sallow and thin little daughter-in-law sat leaning back. She was dressed in homely clothes, a water-red jacket, and a small stove in her hand. Take a closer look at her skin, the foundation is delicate, and her age should not be too old. It's just that I'm too haggard, I look ten years old, the dark circles under my eyes are very heavy, and there are fine lines running out from the corners of my eyes.
Her belly was bulging like it was about to explode, and she looked like she was about to give birth.
On both sides, there is a pair of plum blossom style lacquered small tables, and on the right side is placed Wen Wang Ding, spoon incense box; The Ru kiln beauty on the left is inserted with red plums, tea bowls, sputum boxes and other things.
On the four chairs in the west of the ground, there are silver and red flowered chairs, and there are four pairs of foot pedals underneath. A daughter-in-law about forty years old was sitting on a chair when she saw the big girl come in and stood up hurriedly.
Nurse, just sit down. The woman on the kang spoke softly and softly, revealing a pitiful taste, let the girl be busy, just accompany me to talk.
She gently stroked her belly, frowning slightly between her eyebrows, and knotted with a sorrow that could not be dissolved.
When the nurse saw her, she sat down next to her, and said softly: The second wife is young and has given birth for the first time, so she is so cranky and frightened. The doctor came to check the pulse every day, and every time he said that the pulse was stable and powerful, and even the slave and maid memorized those words.
That's why I'm more worried. Her sorrow has not diminished in the slightest, and there is one more thing, the nurse should not be called 'Mrs.', I am still an aunt now.
The wife and the master have long said that when the aunt gives birth to the young master in the womb, she will raise the aunt to be a flat wife. Mrs. has a good temper, and she is the aunt's own sister, and when the aunt becomes a flat wife, the days will get better and better. My aunt is a person with deep blessings, and the master in the temple gave my aunt a life, which seems to be really effective.
Who knows? If the child is not born safely, I will not be able to sleep for a day. You are my nurse, and you serve by my side when you are young, so you naturally know how powerful my grandmother is. Even if my sister is good-looking, my mother-in-law is not easy to pass, and she can watch me and my sister on an equal footing? She said worriedly, a woman's birth is to go to the ghost door and close the circle, and it can't be done......
Auntie, don't say anything unlucky! Wen Po was personally found by the slave maid, and now she lives in a side house. When my aunt gets sick, they will arrive immediately. As soon as the courtyard door is closed, we are our own people inside and out, and there is nothing to keep it!
It is said that the girl who married out is the water that was spilled. No matter how long the eldest lady's hand is, it can't reach into our house. Besides, the lord loves his aunt very much, and he depends on her for everything. The girl in our yard can go directly to the outer study to return if she has something, and if there is a wind and grass, the master will come over in person. The nurse said as she took the bowl handed over by the big girl, and took the silver hairpin to try it, and then put it on the small table.
Since Aunt Jin is pregnant, as long as everything that enters the yard has to be carefully inspected, especially the food at the entrance.
Aunt Jin gently scooped one up, only took a bite and put it down, I couldn't eat anything in the past nine months, I didn't like to move in the summer, I was afraid of the cold in the autumn, I was afraid of the cold in the winter, especially when the snow was slippery, I didn't dare to go out. I feel out of breath now after taking two steps in the house, and my body is so weak that I am worried that I will not be able to exert my strength during childbirth.
Auntie, don't worry, this birth is a woman's specialty. Some people vomit from pregnancy to birth, and scream when they are coranging, thinking that they will not survive. But as soon as the child lands, he will immediately go to work in the field! The nurse has said this countless times, when I gave birth to the third child, I had three days and three nights of pain, and now it is not good!
When I was a child, I was a nurse, and I have always been by my side to take care of and teach, and I treat the nurse like my own mother in my heart. I have always only believed in the nurse alone, and I and the child will be handed over to the nurse! Aunt Jin grabbed the nurse's hand and said earnestly.
The slave and maid are the slaves of the aunt all their lives, and only if the aunt is good, the slave and the maid can follow well. Auntie rest assured, the slave maid will protect the aunt and the young master even if she fights for her life!
Good! Aunt Jin's face was full of relief, and suddenly her face changed greatly.
She clutched her stomach, nurse, and her stomach hurt...... It hurts......
The nurse hurriedly lifted the quilt on her body, reached in and probed, and the amniotic water broke! The aunt lies down and does not move, and the stable woman will be there soon. As he spoke, he told the girl to go and ask Wen Po to go down and boil water.
Zhu'er, you go to the outer study and wait, as long as the master comes back, he will return immediately, and he will say that the aunt is going to give birth. Cui'er, you close the courtyard door and guard it, and no one is allowed to open the door except the master. Pretend not to hear, if something happens, my aunt is in charge! The nurse's methodical command is under her control.
Aunt Jin was a lot more relieved when she saw this, but her stomach tightened and fell, making her almost faint in pain.
Two neat and neat stable women came in from outside this kung fu, they are the most famous stable women in the city, they have been in the house for a month, and they are supported by brocade clothes and jade food every day. In the end, they are experienced and move quickly, one teaches Aunt Jin how to exhale to relieve labor pain, and the other probes the lower body and pushes the stomach to help give birth.
But no matter how experienced Wen Po is, giving birth to a child is always painful. This Aunt Jin is only fourteen this year, and she is the first child, and the palace mouth has not been opened for a long time, and it hurts so much that she is dead and alive and shouts for the nurse.
Auntie, you can bear with it and it will pass. The nurse couldn't do it, so she could only comfort her on the side, and kept wiping her sweat with a handkerchief.
She only felt the pain getting more and more frequent, at first there were gaps in wheezing, and now it was a constant and severe pain, and it was getting more and more intense. She felt as if a cart had run over her stomach, and it looked like someone was pulling her stomach down.
She felt like she was in hell, her body's strength was being drained little by little, and she didn't dare to close her eyes, afraid that once she closed them, she would never be able to open them again. She didn't have the strength to raise her eyelids, and she struggled a few times before closing.
You can't let your aunt sleep, pinch her people hard, and then feed her old ginseng soup!
Aunt Jin was woken up and relied on the support of ginseng soup for another hour.
See the child's head! Wen Po laughed and shouted, no matter how hard the aunt tried, the child would be born immediately. My aunt is the first child, so it's rare to be able to give birth so quickly.
As soon as the words fell, Aunt Jin felt something fall down below, and then there was a baby's cry. The pain suddenly disappeared, and it was easier than ever.
Aunt Jin, congratulations, you are a young master.
Little master? When Aunt Jin heard this, she immediately came to her senses and asked the nurse to sit up, but before she could speak, she felt something gushing out from below.
Blood! Before the girl's words landed, she felt dizzy and couldn't support herself and fell to the bed.
Not good! Blood is collapsing! Wen Po shouted, and hurriedly stuffed cotton under Aunt Jin's body.
In the blink of an eye, the thick cotton sleeve was soaked in blood, and Wen Po threw it into the basin on the ground and replaced it with a new one.
Women are most afraid of blood collapse when they give birth, and if you don't wait for your hemostatic medicine to boil well, the people over there will not be able to. At this time, I can only ask God for my blessing, and manpower can't do it!
Aunt Jin felt bad, so weak that she couldn't even open her eyelids, and felt as if something in her body was slowly passing away.
No, she must live! She hasn't had time to take a look at her newborn son, she hasn't been raised to be an equal wife, and she hasn't really lived the life she wants......
She endured it for ten years, and finally had hope, when everything was within reach, why would God want her life? Who will save themselves!
Four sisters, four sisters. A soft cry reached her ears, and she tried to open her eyelids and saw her eldest sister Jin Yuyi standing by the bed.
Eldest sister...... Save me...... Save me...... She wanted to reach out, but she couldn't muster any strength.
What you have in your mouth is a thousand-year-old ginseng slice.
Millennial ginseng is rare to see, and even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it. Aunt Jin's expression eased when she heard this, the eldest sister was willing to come to the rescue, and there was always a glimmer of life.
However, it can only hang you for half an hour with your last breath. Because--you've chosen a dead end for yourself! When Jin Yuyi said this, she had her usual dignified, quiet, and graceful smile on her face.
You...... Aunt Jin suddenly felt that something was wrong, where did the rest of the people in the house go? What about the stable woman and the girl? What about the nurse?
Looking for a nurse? Jin Yuyi sat down on the chair in front of the bed, she wouldn't come in without my orders! I advise you to save some effort, otherwise you will die faster!
What happened to the nurse? Was she accused of getting up? You won't be beaten, will you?
At this time, you are still in the mood to worry about others, and I don't know if you are too naïve or too stupid, or, both? Jin Yuyi sneered and clapped her hands, I will give up the thousand-year-old ginseng, just to let you die and understand. My good sister, is the eldest sister good to you? After saying that, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and laughed.
The dark side of the laughter made people feel cold all over the body, and then looked at her facial features distorted, like a ghost who hooked the soul.
The curtain at the door rang slightly, and her expression returned to a dignified appearance.
Madame, what do you command? The nurse stood respectfully at the door, and did not glance at the bed.
Your master is about to die, won't you give her a ride?
The master of the slave and maid is only his wife, and his wife will live a long life if she is healthy!
Nurse ...... Aunt Jin exerted all her strength before she shouted two weak words, trying to struggle to sit up and see the expressions of the person at the door clearly, but she couldn't move anyway.
Jin Yuyi waved her hand towards the door, and the nurse retreated silently.
Good sister, don't be angry, the master is rushing back from the yamen. In a quarter of an hour or so, he will be home.
Master! Yes, no matter what, if you hold on to seeing the master, things will definitely take a turn for the better! Aunt Jin thought like this, trying to calm down her feelings and not think about anything for the time being.
If I were you, you wouldn't hold on, and you would have to wait for the master to come before you breathe. Jin Yuyi shook her head and brought the bronze mirror on the dresser, Mrs. Li, the concubine of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, had been in the palace for just a few years, but she was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, she unfortunately contracted the disease. Before he died, he didn't see Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, just to leave his most beautiful appearance in his mind. Sure enough, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty missed her day and night after her death, and finally posthumously became the queen.
My sister's appearance is the best among the sisters, and she usually cherishes it the most. I remember when my sister was in the boudoir, she would put a wooden comb next to her pillow at night and comb it a few times at any time, so as not to get up in the morning and her hair would not be smooth. Occasionally, I have a pimple on my face, and I try my best to change the prescription. The old grandfather once said that my sister is 'hands like soft wattles, and skin is like clotted fat.' The collar is like a grub, the teeth are like a rhinoceros, and the head of the mantis is like a moth eyebrow. Clever smile and beautiful eyes. 'Men are lustful, and no one is exempt!' Speaking of this, Jin Yuyi's eyes became gloomy.
She grabbed Aunt Jin by the collar and forced Aunt Jin to sit up, and the bronze mirror was placed in front of Aunt Jin.
A human face appeared in the mirror, no, more like a ghost! His face was pale as paper, covered with black spots, his face was loose, the corners of his eyes and cheeks were full of folds, and his hair was messy and wet with sweat and stuck into strands. I can't see that she is a twenty-eight beauty, but more like a sixty or seventy-year-old woman!
Look, this is the skin you are proud of! I'd like to see what you use to seduce men now!
No...... You...... What was done...... Aunt Jin wanted to reach out and grab the mirror, but how could she have any strength at this moment? She didn't want to look at herself in the mirror, and she didn't believe she had become that way.
She closed her eyes, her chest rose and fell sharply, and she could only see the breath but not the air in.
What did I do? Where does this begin? Jin Yuyi stood up and looked down at her, her eyes were full of disdain and contempt, since you were born, your mother arranged for her cronies to be your nurse? Or, starting with your hard work to marry into the house and become an aunt? Or did it start when you were pregnant and you moved into the most spacious and imposing house? Or do you start with the tocolytic pills and food that the nurse feeds you every day?
Room! Could it be that there is a cat in this house? Is there material in the tocolytic pill? Aunt Jin opened her eyes and saw her eldest sister touching the carved rosewood bed.
This bed is a dowry, I've been useless, do you know why? Because every piece of wood used to make this bed was soaked in the potion for seven hundred and forty-nine days. If you sleep in this bed, you won't have children, and even if you're pregnant, it's not easy to keep it. I have been married to Anfu for three years and have no self, and I have accepted you into the mansion just to give birth, and when you are pregnant with a child, you naturally have to do everything you can to keep it.
Those expensive tocolytic pills are to save the child in your belly, but they also push you to death step by step, because there is an extra medicine in it! This medicine may seem harmless, but when it comes to silverware, it becomes a chronic poison.
Silverware! Three meals a day and two snacks, the nurse carefully tried with a silver hairpin before letting her eat, which seemed to keep her safe but became a life-threatening charm.
But you can go with confidence, I will keep Brother Bao in my name, he is the eldest son of Anfu, and I am his mother-in-law and the only mother!
…… Aunt Jin didn't even breathe evenly, she no longer had the strength to speak, so she could only stare at her with eyes that wanted to eat people.
Don't blame me, you brought this qiē on yourself. I think at the beginning, you tried your best to find out that I wanted to choose one of my sisters to be my aunt; You deliberately pretend to be simple and honest; You designed a trap to lure the master into the game, and you have a skin-to-skin relationship, so I have to let you in; You want to be on top of the throne by being pregnant, and you want to be a flat wife. A qiē is just a praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind, and the weak eat the strong!
Aunt Kim's eyes were bloodshot and her teeth creaked. If she had the strength now, she would definitely pounce and tear the person in front of her into cramps. But now she struggled to breathe, and she knew she was going to die. She is not reconciled! She doesn't blink an eye! Even if she is a ghost, she will not let go of Jin Yuyi!
The ghost is also coming to me for revenge, isn't it? Jin Yuyi laughed softly, don't worry, my sister has already arranged the funeral for you, and there will be a 'high monk' to do the Dharma for you for 7749 days. Don't you like to be Anfu's wife? Your soul will remain in Anfu, and you will never be able to live beyond it!
Jin Yuyi! With a terrible scream, goodbye Aunt Jin, her eyes rolled over, her legs kicked violently, and she died!