Chapter 10: Concubine

Xiaohong has been away for many days, and the Cui family has also tasted it. Where does Cheng Wanyu want Yahuan to go back? This is to get rid of the extra maids.

Since then, Cheng Wanyu has gotten up early every morning, and she has led the tall maid Xiaocui to the kitchen to cook. Then watching the family busy, she hid in the new house to enjoy the cold and taste melons.

Although the Cui family is considered a relatively wealthy family in Xilianghe, they are still from a poor family in the end. If you can save it, you will save it, and you won't hire any extra people.

There are long-term workers in the fields outside, and Cui Xibin stays in the fields all day as a supervisor. Father-in-law Cui Ming will go to the field to work with him when he has nothing to do with his hoe, and he usually squats in the vegetable field to serve his babies.

Ping Po is a hardworking and simple woman, an expert at home and abroad. The yard of Nuoda is well organized and clean, and the chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, mules, donkeys and five big fat pigs raised in the yard are all fed by her.

Ruan Sanniang, as the daughter-in-law of the Cui family, naturally took over the Cui family's most important income, but the benefits were great after only a few months of hard work every year. The Cui family made a fortune from this, and the old couple took the initiative to hand it over to Ruan Sanniang when she entered the door.

The Cui family's housekeeping used to fall into the hands of Ruan Sanniang, and she was proud of her for a while when she entered the door. But now she doesn't think so, she thinks about a different taste.

The silkworm baby is in her hands, and the money she can earn is in the eyes of her in-laws. Her housekeeper is not fake, but how much money can this firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea have? The family's big money is in the hands of the in-laws, and the wages paid by the long-term workers are also paid by the father-in-law. In the fall, I don't give the money from the sale of grain to myself.

Isn't your housekeeper just working, the second family doesn't care when you get home, but people don't work.

are also daughters-in-law, why? Just because his mother's family was poor, just because his second uncle made a mistake, he lifted his younger siblings to the sky?

Ruan Sanniang was unconvinced, but her own man didn't help herself, which was really hateful.

When Mrs. Ping saw that her eldest daughter-in-law was first angry every day, she actually said that she had a headache and simply lay in the house and didn't come out.

understands that this is a confrontation with the second family, she can't be too partial, and she should also use this to persuade the second daughter-in-law.

Although he owes his second daughter-in-law, he can marry a chicken and a dog with a dog. has entered the Cui family, and some rules should still be followed by the Cui family. It's just that Cheng Wanyu is arrogant and favored by her mother's family. Recently, I have been angry with my daughter-in-law and eldest daughter-in-law one after another, if I can't be biased. I'm afraid that Xiaohong has already led the Cheng family to the door, and now I see that this daughter-in-law has a good temper.

Ping Po thought about it, maybe Cheng Wanyu was really a woman who could listen to words.

Cheng Wanyu was eating Xiaocui's freshly cooked water chestnut in the room, while quietly listening to her mother-in-law's words. waited until Pingpo's mouth was dry, and then she handed the tea, which was no longer piping hot, to Pingpo's lips.

"Mother, don't worry, I don't care what my sister-in-law said to my sister-in-law. It's just that you also know that I have been pampered since I was a child, but since I entered the door of the Cui family, I definitely won't take Qiao. If there is any misunderstanding, I will go to my sister-in-law to make it clear. The misunderstanding between the two of us, how can you worry about it! Cheng Wanyu smiled calmly, and her tone was sincere.

Ping Po couldn't see if this was sincere, since the second daughter-in-law said this, she naturally didn't want to pursue it further.

Stretched out his hand to pat Cheng Wanyu's hand, and said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law's family is not as rich as you, and her eyelids are a little shallow." I'm not the evil mother-in-law of the *** daughter-in-law, your cousin will come to the house in two days. At most, it will be next spring, and our family will buy a few girls to call! ”

Ping Po's eyes lit up, with a look of expectation and satisfaction. Cheng Wanyu was a little confused, and she couldn't remember what this cousin was doing.

She is not Ruan Sanniang, and she has to get to the bottom of it when she gets a handle. There have been ups and downs a few times in my previous life, but at least I still have the ability to look at people's faces.

If Ping Po is willing to sue her, she will naturally make it clear without asking. Now Ping Po said that three points cover seven points, in addition to creating mystery, I'm afraid she doesn't feel very safe in her heart.

Sending off Ping Po, Cheng Wanyu asked Xiaohong to pack a small dustpan and water chestnut to Ruan Sanniang's yard.

"Brother and sister are here!" Sitting cross-legged on the kang in the room with the soles of his shoes, Leng Buding looked up and saw Cheng Wanyu coming over with a dustpan.

Time was in a hurry, and Ruan Sanniang didn't have time to lie down and pretend to sleep. I could only quickly fold the quilt on the kang simply, and when I pulled my hair together, I heard the movement of the mosquito curtain on the door scraping the door frame.

Cheng Wanyu shouted: "Sister-in-law! And he walked in.

Ruan Sanniang "weakly" beckoned Cheng Wanyu to sit over, stroked her face and smirked: "How can my brother and sister be free?" ”

"I heard that my sister-in-law is not happy, so I came to take a look!" As soon as Cheng Wanyu said this, Ruan Sanniang immediately understood.

sighed, pretending to be helpless and helpless: "There is no big problem with my body, I just haven't rested well!" ”

After speaking, he showed the sole of the shoe in his hand to Cheng Wanyu: "Even if I am dizzy now, I don't dare to leave a little work." Your eldest brother is ruthless in his shoes, and when the sun is not exposed after noon, I still have to go to see the silkworm baby! ”

Cheng Wanyu stepped forward and snatched the soles in Ruan Sanniang's hands, Ruan Sanniang looked at Cheng Wanyu in surprise and rolled the soles together. I saw her raise her head and frown quite sternly: "Sister-in-law, the work can't be done." Since you are not feeling well, you should have a good rest and sleep. ”

As soon as Ruan Sanniang heard this, the original three-point emotion immediately disappeared. His tone turned hard, and he said: "How can I have the good fortune of my younger brothers and sisters, if I don't work, this family will be messed up!" ”

"How can it be messed up? The little red needlework I brought is the sharpest, and when she comes back to help you make a few more pairs. Xiaocui used to help in my kitchen, and it was her duty to cook and chop wood. The sister-in-law is the sister-in-law of the Cui family and the future housewife. You shouldn't do such trivial work and delay your business! ”

When these words came out of Cheng Wanyu's mouth, Ruan Sanniang was very shocked. In her eyes, Cheng Wanyu is better than herself in terms of background, family background, or Cheng Dù, who is favored in front of her in-laws. It must be to force himself and follow himself to seize the right to stewardship.

Today, it seems that he is really the heart of a villain. Ruan Sanniang felt that she was really embarrassed, and she wanted to apologize to Cheng Wanyu with a hot face: "Brother and sister, I used to be my sister-in-law......

"Sister-in-law! Don't blame me for being too honest and honest, knowing that you are for the good of this family. But no matter how good this family is, you can't do everything yourself! Cheng Wanyu interrupted Ruan Sanniang's words to apologize, and some things were boring to say.

"Then you say, what should I do?" Ruan Sanniang seems to have found the backbone, and she can't wait to tell all the panic in her heart in the past few years.

"You don't know, I haven't had a child since I got married. Although my father and mother don't say it, your eldest brother doesn't blame me. But I don't want to go anymore, and if I don't work hard, I don't have the face to stay! So Ping Po handed over the livelihood of the silkworm baby to Ruan Sanniang, and because she was tired every day and had back pain.

"What can you do even if you do the work of two people? Zuo just saved a few pennies, but his body collapsed and he couldn't have children! "Cheng Wanyu's greatest wish in her last life was to have a child, but she was still an old orphan girl when she died. Cui Ximin didn't bother to touch herself, for fear that she would be more powerful when she had a child.

The sadness of the past couldn't be covered in her eyes, Ruan Sanniang didn't know why she thought she was feeling sorry for herself. I couldn't help but feel more and more guilty in my heart.

"Brother and sister, what you said, my mother also said!" It's a pity that what Ping Po said, Ruan Sanniang only thought it was a disguised beating of herself. Not only did it not converge, but it got up earlier every day.

"I know! You get up at dawn every day, wipe the mulberry leaves with a rag and then cut them with scissors. I made breakfast and waited for the whole family to eat, and then prepared the feed for the family's livestock. Either it is to wash and wash it, or to pick mulberry leaves, or to make clothes with the soles of shoes. In the evening, when the old snack is finished, you still have to go weaving until midnight. Ruan Sanniang covered her face, tears streaming down her fingers. These things used to be seen by others, but she was used to living like this.

She was afraid that after a short break, she would hear others pointing at her. I was afraid that the scene I had encountered would appear in front of me again, and I would lose my face and even lose the face of Cui's daughter-in-law.

Ruan Sanniang's suffering, Cheng Wanyu knew it very well in her previous life. She even knew what the knife engraved on Ruan Sanniang's heart at this time was, and she had used it to ridicule her in her previous life.

Ruan Sanniang has not said a child in the past three or four years since she got married, and Cui Jiaer is honest and kind-hearted and never says anything. But there are always some people in the village who chew their tongues, poking and gossiping in front of their backs.

"It's still the daughter-in-law of the Cui family! I live in a big house, and I eat fine rice and white flour and oily pancakes all day long. If you don't have children, you can run around all day long, and if my daughter-in-law would have been killed, she would have been killed. If she doesn't die, she will be allowed to work day and night, and she will eat and drink for nothing! ”

That's why Ruan Sanniang is like an inexhaustible donkey, working day and night. If it weren't for Cheng Wanyu's appearance like an ancestor as soon as she entered the door, Ruan Sanniang wouldn't feel wronged.

"I also want to add a girl to my family like you, so that I can relax and relax. But I can't compare to you, I don't have much money to dowry. Moreover, my cousin and aunt are going to come over to discuss the business with my father. At that time, the family's money is tight, I can't spend money indiscriminately" Ruan Sanniang bit her lip and gave up the idea of learning Cheng Wanyu.

"Cousin?" Cheng Wanyu heard this name for the second time today, and there was always a place in her mind that she couldn't remember.

In the previous life, he was still hiding in his mother's house at this time, and he had never seen this so-called cousin. I only heard that after the autumn harvest of my mother-in-law, a distant relative who was a wet nurse for a large family in the city came to the house. and lobbied the Cui family to take out money to do business, and there were a lot of dividends every month in the first few months, but then they disappeared without a trace.

When Cui Ximin came back to check, he learned that the cousin who was a wet nurse had asked the master to release money. The east window incident occurred and was beaten to death by the main family. Her child didn't know where to flee after the money, and the Cui family never got better because of the big injuries.

Could it be that this cousin is the son of the cousin who is a wet nurse?