Chapter 147: The Troubles of the Steward's Mother-in-law
"Madam, are you really not going to kick her out of the house?" As soon as Jinyi went out, Jinzhu threw out her questions.
"Hmph," Mrs. Du said coldly, "It's just a cheap girl, can she still turn the sky upside down?" I can't believe I can't hold her down! Besides, don't you think it's too cheap for her to rush out of the house? ”
Jinyi returned to Ninghui Courtyard and sat in her room in a daze, Jinfei pushed the door and came in to see the traces of packing clothes on her bed, and said suspiciously: "Jinyi, you are ......"
Jin Yi raised her eyes and saw Jin Fei, beckoned her to sit down, and said, "Jin Fei, I'm going to leave Ninghui Courtyard, I'm afraid I won't be able to meet you and Jin Rong often in the future, you ...... Take care. ”
"Getting out of here? Was it the wife's order? Jin Fei frowned and said, "Where to go?" ”
"Front yard." Jinyi said, and began to pack up his clothes again.
"But what if the eldest young master comes back?" Jin Fei Dao.
Jin Yi was stunned for a moment, and said: "In the future, you can serve the eldest young master well, if he has any inappropriate behavior, you can persuade him for me." She was a little worried that if Du Yunke learned that she had gone to the front yard, she would run to question the old lady.
Jin Fei saw that Jin Yi said sadly, and she didn't know how to speak, so she could only get up secretly and walk out.
There are a few clothes, in addition to the ones added to each girl in the house, there is also a dress rewarded by the aunt, and a piece of armor rewarded by the wife, and the other few are tailor-made for himself by the second young master at that time. Jin Yi looked at this, but felt cumbersome. In fact, it is enough to have two replacements, but I can't wear many of them anyway. So she decided not to bring the ones distributed in the house, the second young master was very good to herself, and the clothes he rewarded naturally had to be brought, and the clothes rewarded by her aunt also had to be brought. At the end, I looked at the armor in a daze, with it or not? This is the wife's reward. I thought of the scene of slapping my wife and pouring tea that day. And that angry look, I didn't dare to reach out and take it. But after thinking about it, I finally put it into the baggage. Although his wife has a grudge against herself, and now she has sent herself away from Ninghui Courtyard, but she can't even dislike a piece of clothing because of this, in that case, it seems that she is too narrow-minded, and this piece doesn't cost much more than a garment.
As for the hairpin ring jewelry, my aunt rewarded several pieces at that time. There are also the second young master who bought them, these are valuable things, so naturally you have to take them. Besides, the plum hairpin that my wife appreciated really liked herself. I've been reluctant to wear it, but if I go to the front yard, I'm afraid I won't be able to wear it. The most important thing is the jade pendant given by the eldest young master. She touched her neck and sat down in front of the mirror. This is a token of love with the young master, and it is the most important thing for himself.
Pack your clothes. Jinyi went to the study, opened the book, she looked at the leaf that made her acquainted with him, and then closed the book. Looking at the already familiar Yiqiē in the study, I don't know if I can return here in the future, and then watch the young master wave his calligraphy and paintings.
"What is she rubbing? Why don't you leave? "A mother-in-law from Rongshu Monastery has come to urge.
Jin Fei had to come in and remind: "Jin Yi." Mother Li is already urging. ”
Jinyi could only look at this familiar furnishing nostalgically, and hurriedly went out.
The woman glanced at the burden on Jinyi's hand, and said stupidly: "Isn't it just a few clothes." It's been grinding for a long time, really. ”
Jinyi didn't pay attention to her complaints, and followed her to the front yard.
"Well, that's where you're going to work." The woman took the brocade clothes into a courtyard full of wardrobes and drying racks, and then went over and pulled a mother-in-law who seemed to be in charge here to explain. The housekeeper nodded frequently.
Jinyi saw that it was noon, but there were still a lot of rough girls busy here. All the clothes of the people in the house were washed here. There aren't too many girls assigned here, so naturally everyone doesn't have much time to spare.
After Mrs. Li left, the housekeeper in this courtyard took brocade clothes to the residence. When I walked to the door of a low house, the housekeeper didn't go in, but just pointed hastily and said, "You will live here in the future." ”
Jinyi saw her turn around and walk away, and walked in. I saw more than a dozen shops lined up inside, and it seemed that they were all the beds of those girls who slurred laundry. There were two more empty bunks, so she put her baggage on top of one of them. After a while, the housekeeper's mother-in-law came over again, and she threw a futon onto an empty couch and said, "Hurry up and put your burden and come out to work!" ”
Jinyi put the burden and futon in one place, and then went out to find the woman. The housekeeper pointed to a piece of dirty clothes on the ground and said, "Wash these quickly." ”
Jinyi nodded, sat down on the washbasin with the washboard, and began to wash it. Not long after washing, I saw that the girls on the side were all rubbing their hands and walking towards a room, and Jinyi was thinking about what they were going to do, whether it would be dinner. Seeing that no one was calling for himself, it was not easy to get up without permission. At this time, the lady in charge came over, walked close and said to Jinyi: "You just came, so you don't have your share of lunch today, you hurry up and wash your clothes." ”
Jinyi nodded to her, and could only continue to work. Fortunately, when I was at Yinglan's house, I was used to washing clothes, but when I was at Yinglan's house, there were only a few of my godfathers and godmothers, so when I started to see such a lot, I couldn't help but feel a little stunned, and some clothes were really dirty and smelly.
Don't think that laundry seems like a simple job, but it's actually quite laborious. I finally washed a lot of it, and I had to change the water and clean it one by one. When Jinyi finished washing the clothes, it was already dark, and people were almost tired. When she stood up, she almost couldn't straighten up. After taking a breath of breath, he looked around, and he was the only one left in the empty and dark courtyard, only the lights were on the other side of the room and the housekeeper's apartment.
I was drying my clothes in the dark, and I accidentally dropped another one, so I had to clean it again, and finally poured out the dirty water, and then rinsed the basin before I walked into the house. Seeing that everyone was sitting on the couch holding a bowl and almost finished eating, Jinyi was overly hungry when he was working, and he couldn't feel it, but now when he saw them eating, he felt hungry, so he asked everyone: "Where should I get the food?" ”
Everyone didn't answer, and the last girl glanced at Jinyi and said lightly: "Next door." Then when Jinyi turned around, he muttered again, "I won't look for it." ”
Jinyi didn't care about her, just about to go out, thinking that there seemed to be no light next door, so he asked a girl in a low voice to ask for half a candle, lit it on the lamp, and went out to walk next door.
Fortunately, there are still spare dishes and chopsticks over there, and there is a bowl of rice in brocade, but when I want to pick up some food, I see that it is already empty, and there is still half a point left. Also, this kind of place is naturally first-come, first-served, so how can you have the leisure to care about others. She could only fill a bowl of dry rice and go back to her room.
After the meal, seeing them gathered at someone's couch in twos and threes to talk and talk, snorting melon seeds, Jinyi saw that these people didn't seem to pay much attention to themselves, and they didn't want to talk more to dislike people. So he made his couch, and then put the baggage containing his clothes and jewelry at the head of the bed, and lay down without paying attention to them.
The next day, the girls in Ninghui Courtyard heard that Jinyi was punished by his wife to the front yard, and they all started to talk about it.
"The young master just left, why was Gongfu Jinyi relegated to the front yard after a while?" The old lady warned the girls present not to leak it out when Du Yunke asked to withdraw from the marriage and marry Jinyi, so the girls naturally didn't know the reason.
"yes, it feels weird. What's going on? ”
“……”
Jinxiu listened to everyone's discussion and sneered, although she didn't know what was going on, but seeing Jinyi being punished and also punished out of Ninghui Courtyard, it was really a pleasure. Didn't the eldest young master love you the most? What's the use of that? Not like me? Hmph, it's not as good as me. God forbid, you will never come back for the rest of your life, and you will never see the eldest young master again. As long as you are far away from the eldest young master, the eldest young master will definitely change his mind about me and let me return to him. Her heart began to look forward to it again, hoping that the eldest young master would come back soon.
Early the next morning, as soon as Jinyi got up with the girls and finished washing, she saw the housekeeper throw a pile of clothes to her and said, "How did you wash it?" It's not clean at all! Re-wash me! Then let the girl carry a lot of clothes and sheets and bedding, "This is your job today, hurry up and wash me!" When you're done, there's something else to be assigned to you. ”
Jin Yi thought to himself that he didn't know when this large pile of clothes would be washed, and where would he have enough time to do anything else, but he could only think about it in his heart, anyway, as long as he wasn't lazy. Looking at the pile of clothes yesterday, she picked up one and looked at it, it was very clean, yesterday I had heard how other girls called this housekeeper, so she said to the housekeeper who was about to turn away: "Mother Yuan, I have washed these clothes very clean yesterday." She remembered that she had picked it up and cleaned it again.
The housekeeper was about to leave, and when she heard Jinyi say this, she turned around and said, "You mean to say that I wronged you?" She walked over and stepped on the clothes, then picked up the one that had been stepped on and threw it to the brocade clothes and said, "I tell you to wash it, and you will wash it!" Where is all this nonsense? Hurry up and wash me! ”
"You ......" Jinyi looked at her in surprise, she didn't expect this person to be so old and so cranky, but she didn't expect that this mother-in-law had been instructed by his wife to deliberately embarrass her.
Thinking of the first arrival, she can endure and endure, and besides, she is still her own head, so she can only swallow it in her stomach. If she comes, she can only comfort herself secretly. Seeing that there were a few girls not far away, but the number of people seemed to have gone a lot, not as many as yesterday, after a long time, she finally couldn't help but ask the seventeen or eighteen-year-old, who looked kind: "Where have they gone?" ”
The girl said, "Some of them went to the courtyards to get dirty clothes, and some of them cleaned the courtyards. ”
Jin Yi nodded and said, "By the way, what's your name?" Seeing that she was willing to talk to herself, Jinyi thought to herself that since she had kindly answered her question, she would always have to ask for someone's name.
"My name is Jin Fan. What about you? ”
"My name is Jinyi." As soon as Jin Yi finished speaking, he saw that Jin Fan seemed to gasp, and then quickly lowered his head and stopped looking at himself.