Chapter 6 Appeasement
The house was lit up, and the night was thick outside.
A few little girls came in with food boxes, Mu Xiang and her mother prepared their own vegetables, and Jiang Ling sat on the side of the small machine holding a handful of melon seeds to eat.
"After taking medicine, you should eat less, see the stomach ache from the accumulated food, just taste the taste." The nurse said, tearing off a little bit of meat and putting it in front of Xie Roujia.
She hasn't eaten this for more than two years, and now she's dead, and she's still afraid of accumulating food, and besides, she's not sick, so she has the energy to eat and talk to her mother and sister.
"Nope." Xie Roujia said, stretching out her finger and pointing at the small plate, "Fill it up." β
The nurse was a little helpless, looking at the wood fragrance.
Mu Xiang was also helpless, so she had to tear off another leg and put it in front of Xie Roujia.
"Jiangling, Jiangling, you come to eat too." Xie Roujia said, "You haven't eaten this for a long time." β
Surprise appeared on the faces of the nurse and Mu Xiang again, and Jiang Ling just grinned.
"I ate, I ate, I ate in the kitchen at night." She said.
Xie Roujia didn't ask anymore, ate it herself, and took a bite carefully, and the familiar feeling suddenly made her excited.
"It's exactly the same as when I was at home." She said.
At home? Where else have you eaten when you're not at home?
Maybe the second lady went out to play and ate in a restaurant outside.
"That's nature, our peppercorn chicken is the best." The nurse smiled, and served her a bowl of soup and fed it with a spoon.
Xie Roujia shook her head and dodged.
"Miss, I want to have a mouthful of soup." The nurse said.
"Nope." Xie Roujia said without hesitation, and reached out to tear a piece of meat.
Mu Xiang looked helpless.
"What's wrong with the second miss today?"
She couldn't help but whisper, speaking fiercely.
At this time, the meal was finished, and she instructed the girls to clean up the table, while looking at Xie Roujia who was walking back and forth in the house to eat.
"yes." The nurse was also puzzled, "The second lady has never screwed her temperament, how can she say anything today?" β
They all looked at the inner room, Xie Roujia didn't know what she was talking about, stretched out her hand and gestured twice, shook her head again and again, Jiang Ling, who was sitting on the side, first paused, and then followed the gesture twice, smiling and talking.
"But finally don't make trouble looking for the eldest lady, eldest lady." Mu Xiang said with a sigh of relief.
The nurse smiled.
"Children, it's just a moment, I fell off the bed and hit my nose again, I was frightened, and now I am naturally not afraid of someone to play with." She said.
That's right, Mu Xiang is already old, and he has forgotten what he was like when he was a child, looking at the master and servant in the house through the door curtain.
"Let's do this first, I'm afraid that the eldest lady is also worried about it, I'll go and talk back." She said.
The nurse nodded.
"You can watch carefully, don't let this girl Jiangling make trouble with Miss again." Mu Xiang admonished again.
"I know, I know, this time I closed the door, and no one could get out." The nurse said solemnly.
Mu Xiang wanted to laugh a little, this is the warm pavilion of Mrs. Xie's bedroom, the second lady is really going to make trouble, even if she is not allowed to go out, can't the eldest lady hear it?
She smiled, didn't speak, and turned to go out.
Walking out of the door, the little girls really plugged the door behind them, Mu Xiang walked into Mrs. Xie's yard, the yard was very quiet, no one moved, there were seven or eight girls standing under the corridor, standing with their hands down, there was no laughter at all, Mu Xiang did not stay, and went straight through the courtyard to the next door.
The seven or eight girls in the courtyard here were all standing by the door, and they did not approach the brightly lit study over there.
What the eldest lady learns in the academy is something that everyone can learn, but what the eldest lady learns here is a secret skill that only the eldest daughter of the Xie family can learn.
Seeing Mu Xiang coming, several girls waved at her, Mu Xiang nodded and stood by the door, without speaking or moving.
I don't know how long I waited, but the curtain of the door sounded, and the girls suddenly rushed to the door like wooden people.
Mrs. Xie, who was wearing a homely dress and dress, had already walked out.
"I'll ask you tomorrow, but I can't be unfamiliar with it." She said with a look of her head.
Mu Xiang looked up and looked at the girls who were following the eldest lady in a trance, the twin sisters were like carved out of a mold, not to mention outsiders, even those who were often waiting in front of them were always indistinguishable.
The little girl replied with a bit of trepidation.
"Motherβ" Before she could speak, Mrs. Xie had already seen the wood fragrance.
"How's Jiajia?" She asked, "Is it still making trouble?" β
Mu Xiang hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute.
"No, I ate half a peppercorn chicken, and now I'm playing in the house." She laughed.
Mrs. Xie was a little surprised and a little amused.
"Is it because you're hungry?" She laughed.
"Mother, let's go see my sister." The little girl reached out and grabbed her mother's sleeve and said, raising her foot to run.
Mrs. Xie grabbed her with her backhand.
"No, it's time for you to go to bed." She said, "I have to get up early tomorrow, I can't go to bed late, and when I see your sister, I have to talk and laugh again, and you can't sleep well if she can't sleep well." β
The little girl sighed, twisted her body and shook her mother's hand, and called out to her mother with a pleading face.
Mrs. Xie has no doubt.
"Take the eldest lady to rest." She said.
A few girls in the yard answered.
Mu Xiang couldn't help but look at the eldest lady, and a no-no sounded in her ears subconsciously.
But the eldest lady just looked aggrieved, and the response was to bow her head and leave surrounded by the girls.
When Mrs. Xie walked into the room, a soft girl's voice came from the warm pavilion.
ββ¦β¦ Yes, yes, this time I was right, my father took me to buy a candy man on the street. β
Xie Roujia sat on the bed, looked at Jiang Ling, who fanned herself, and said with a little abruptness.
"I see."
She held out her little hand and waved.
"Got what?" Outside the curtain came a laughing female voice.
Xie Roujia's body stiffened, and then she looked over in disbelief.
Mrs. Xie walked in with a smile, put on a dark red **, and the hairpin ring was also untied, and she simply pulled her sideburns.
Xie Roujia jumped out of bed, the frightened girls screamed, and Xie Roujia had already thrown herself into her mother's arms.
The eleven-year-old girl almost knocked Mrs. Xie down.
Mrs. Xie sighed and hugged Xie Roujia.
"What are you crying about?" She smiled, "It turns out that Jiajia didn't cry when she couldn't see her mother, but she cried when she saw me, so I should leave." β
She was about to turn around as she spoke, but Xie Roujia hurriedly hugged her.
"No, no, I'm not crying, I'm not crying." She cried.
Mrs. Xie smiled and hugged her, looked down and saw that she was still barefoot, so she hurriedly walked her back to the bed and sat down.
"Okay, what are you crying about, why is Jiajia suddenly crying so much?" She said with disgust.
Jiang Ling came over and knelt down with a basin of water.
"The second lady is missing the eldest lady." She chimed in.
Mu Xiang glared at her and wrung out the towel, and Mrs. Xie took it with a smile to wipe Xie Roujia's face.
"How old are you, and you're a little doll again." She smiled, "Okay, mother will sleep with you tonight." β
Xie Roujia's eyes widened.
"Really?" She asked.
Mrs. Xie smiled and pressed her forehead with a towel.
"Mother lied to you about what to do." She said, putting the towel back down and patting her on the leg, "Okay, lie in." β
Xie Roujia hurriedly crawled inward.
The girls in the room began to withdraw, and the lights outside were extinguished one by one.
Xie Roujia hugged her mother's arm tightly, lest she disappear as soon as she let go.
"What do you understand?" Mrs. Xie asked with a smile, shaking her fan with one hand.
Xie Roujia stuck to her mother's side, smelling a faint fragrance.
"Mother, have you forgotten what happened later?" She muttered, "Do you only remember the past? β
She talked a lot to Jiang Ling, but Jiang Ling was confused, only when she talked about what happened when she was a child, she didn't know that her sister died, she didn't know that she had replaced her sister, she didn't know that she gave birth to Lan'er, and she didn't know that so many things happened later.
Is it true that everyone is like this, all the memories stay before my sister died.
"Silly girl." Mrs. Xie smiled and slapped her with a fan, "It's not that I only remember the past, how do I know what happened later." β
Don't know?
It turned out that the mother really didn't know.
Xie Roujia hugged her mother tighter again, not knowing whether to be sad or happy.
"It's okay if you don't know." She muttered, "Things are not good at all in the future, I don't know if it's better." β
Mrs. Xie couldn't hear what she was muttering, so she slapped her with a fan.
"Okay, okay, don't hold it, it's so hot, it's prickly heat." She laughed, and shook the fan in her hand vigorously, bringing a gust of wind in the tent.
Mother is so kind to herself because she forgot those things.
If my mother remembered those things, she wouldn't have done this to herself.
So whether to sue my mother or not?
Xie Roujia hugged her mother's arm tightly, and the wind from the fan slowly took away a bit of heat.
"Boxwood is soft and slippery"
The mother's low humming sounded in his ears, the girls outside were silent, and the moonlight shone through the open window inside, all of which were so peaceful.
Wait for tomorrow, she will tell her mother again, those things are her sin, she can't just because her mother and sister have forgotten, she can't just enjoy the favor of her mother and sister with peace of mind.
It's just that it's too late today, and my mother is tired, so let my mother rest well, and wait for tomorrow, tomorrow she will tell her mother and sister.
At that time, my mother and sister will admit it if she wants to beat or scold her, so let her enjoy one more moment of care today.
Xie Roujia hugged her mother's arm, buried her head at her side, sniffed the sweet fragrance and listened to her mother's humming and slowly closed her eyes.
The courtyard was quiet, and the night insects began to chirp, but the next moment they were interrupted, and the sound of footsteps was accompanied by a low cry, and the cry was muffled before it could start.
Jiang Ling stared at Mu Xiang who was covering her mouth.
"If you don't make a noise, I'll let you go." Mu Xiang shouted in a low voice.
Jiang Ling nodded, and Mu Xiang let go of his hand.
"Sister, am I so ignorant? If you want to say anything to me, the eldest lady and the young lady are asleep, how can I wake them up. Jiang Ling glared and whispered.
Mu Xiang laughed angrily at what she said.
"You're sensible." She stretched out her hand to poke Jiang Ling's forehead, gritted her teeth and whispered, "You are sensible and used to the second lady to make trouble with the eldest lady, are you sensible?" Are you doing this for the second lady? In the future, no one will say that you are a girl who understands or not, only that the second lady is not sensible. β
As she spoke, she reached out to twist her ear, Jiang Ling was busy holding her hand, but she never shouted.
"The second miss is scared, the child has a good memory, if she doesn't rest assured, she won't be able to get over it for the rest of her life." She hissed and whispered, "When the second miss is always startled, crying, crying, and cowering, that's not good for the second miss." β
"As far as you know." Mu Xiang said, pulling her out, "Don't think I don't know your thoughts, I just want to go to the young ladies, I will cut off your thoughts today, and tomorrow you will pack up your things and leave the second young lady." β
Mu Xiang, as the eldest girl of the second lady, still has the right to dispose of a little girl.
Jiang Ling suddenly panicked.
She had barely taken a step to plead, when footsteps were heard behind her.
"Big lady." Jiang Ling hurriedly shouted in a low voice.
Mu Xiang hurriedly turned back.
Mrs. Xie stood under the porch, and the girls on night duty in the room followed behind her with their heads down.
"Slaves deserve to die." Mu Xiang hurriedly let go of Jiang Ling and knelt down to kowtow, and Jiang Ling also knelt down.
Mrs. Xie only looked at Jiang Ling.
"You said the second lady was scared?" "How was she scared?" she said. β
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