Chapter 2: Mother
Liu Rong naturally didn't know that someone saw this little scene, even if she knew it, she wouldn't care, she just wanted to go back quickly and take the medicine to her mother to decoction.
I saw that she had changed from a brisk walk to a trot, but she was about to reach the place where she lived, but her steps slowed down again, and when she saw that the door that should have been closed was wide open, her face became very ugly.
The brisk steps became a little hurried, and almost rushed into the house, and saw a woman standing in the center of the room, dressed in a goose-yellow brocade jacket and wearing a first-class maid's hair bun.
The woman held her head high, facing her mother's dowry maid Dong'er with raised eyebrows: "What about Sister Rong?" How do you take care of it? Aunt Zhong is sick and doesn't care, are you a person in this room, and you don't even know how to take good care of a good girl? What kind of master is it, what kind of useless person is taught. You don't have to forget, even the concubine of Liufu is the daughter of a big family, not a broken daughter like the Zhong family. It's not good to stay in the house at this time, and even run around outside, if it is rumored that the general will go out, lose the face of the Hou Mansion, and affect the ladies in the mansion to find a good person, can you afford it? ”
Hearing the other party's words, Liu Rong quieted down, with a slight sarcasm on her face.
Dong'er lowered her head and didn't know how to answer, Mrs. Zhong on the bed had a cold expression, and didn't say a word, as if she was used to it, and it seemed that she didn't care at all. It wasn't until he heard the sound of hurried footsteps that he raised his head and saw that it was Liu Rong who came back, and there was a trace of worry between his eyebrows.
Dong'er stepped forward as if she had seen a savior: "Miss, you can come back." ”
Liu Rong glared at Dong'er and blamed the other party for not taking care of her mother, before she walked to Zhong's side and showed a sweet smile to Zhong's flattery: "Mother, are you awake, do you feel uncomfortable?" ”
Seeing that Liu Rong was different from the usual Mu Ne, with a strong concern on her face, Zhong, who had always been cold, couldn't help but tear the corners of her mouth to show a smile, but it was like a flash in the pan, even if her face was not good, she was still dazzling, but after just a while, she returned to coldness: "Mother has nothing to do, don't go out of the gang to run around in the future." ”
"Yes, my daughter is good."
Liu Rong smiled and answered, and then put a pillow for Zhong's family, stuffed the quilt corners, and saw that the other party's face was a little better, before he instructed Dong'er: "Dong'er, this is ephedra, I have divided it into six parts, you boil one every day, three times for Mrs. to drink, the other two packs are tonics, when the ephedra is used up, boil some more for Mrs., so that Mrs. will live a few days." ”
Noticing the medicine in Liu Rong's hand, Zhong frowned invisibly, but did not speak.
"Yes, Miss Three." Dong'er on the side responded happily and wanted to leave, but hesitantly glanced at Qiao'er, who was already covered with frost on the side.
Liu Rong frowned, followed Dong'er to look at the woman, and when she arrived, she made the appearance that she had just seen this woman, but just glanced at it, and then looked at Dong'er.
After a few days of getting along, Dong'er already knew that after her young lady woke up from falling into the water, she didn't remember anything except for becoming dexterous, so she hurriedly whispered: "This is the Qiao'er girl in the big grandmother's room." ”
Seeing Liu Rong looking at herself, Qiao'er raised her head high, like a victorious rooster: "Sister Rong, you are the daughter of a big family, you should be sensible, how can you run around casually." Mrs. Tai invited you to go to the pear orchard, but you were not in the room, in case there was something important, wouldn't it delay you. ”
Liu Rong raised her eyebrows, and then looked at Dong'er innocently: "Dong'er, what did you say?" In the big granny's room? When was there ever such an unseemly maid in my mother's room? ”
“……”
"Who do you say is undecent?" Qiao'er's eyes were instantly sharp.
Liu Rong looked at Qiao'er with a shy face: "I listened to those mothers in charge outside, and those casual words, they poured sewage on their masters' houses, and I can't wait for the girls in the house to be discredited, and the maids who are not willing to be good are all brought out by some masters who are not decent and have no good background." Liu Rong's expression became hurried as she spoke: "Could it be that those mothers in charge are deceiving?" ”
Dong'er was slightly stunned on her face, and then she saw Liu Rong's eyes constantly turning, and the agility of the flow made the corners of her mouth twitch...... However, Dong'er is a little afraid of Qiao'er, so although she has a little impulse to want an interface, she habitually doesn't dare to respond to her own miss.
Liu Rong pursed her lips boringly, but she was entangled in her heart, Dong'er would be so afraid of Qiao'er, which means that Qiao'er is not showing off her power here for a day or two, and every time it is their side that suffers, that's why a first-class maid can be so unrestrained here.
It's not good to go on like this!
"You!" Qiao'er was stunned by Liu Rong's anger, she had always been sharp-tongued, and she couldn't speak for a while.
"Miss Qiao'er, what's wrong with me?" Liu Rong stared at Qiao'er with wide eyes and a puzzled look, and saw that Qiao'er couldn't speak, so she turned to Dong'er who was standing obediently on the side with a smile: "Dong'er, why don't you go and close the door quickly, my mother's health is not good, and the uneducated people next to me are not sensible, you are a maid from the Zhong family who has been carefully raised, why don't you know how to close the door opened by others?" ”
Dong'er was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect that the young lady who had been burying people in a tactful way would suddenly change so directly, but she still nodded hurriedly, and walked to the door quickly with small steps to close the door. Turning around and about to come back, she saw Liu Rong frowning when she looked at her, nodded hurriedly, walked out of the hall with the medicine in her hand, and closed the door again.
Seeing Dong'er leaving, Liu Rong didn't pay attention to Qiao'er, Gu Zi walked back to the bed and looked at Zhong Shi with a sweet smile: "Mother, are you thirsty?" Do you want me to pour you some water to drink? ”
Zhong shook his head, although he didn't speak, his cold face showed a slight disapproval, but he seemed to be used to not saying much, even if he felt that Liu Rong should not have done it, he didn't speak.
Liu Rong naturally knew that the Zhong family did not approve of her direct conflict with Qiao'er like this. can look at the state of Qiao'er and Dong'er, and you can see that Aunt Liu and this side are completely incompatible. If you still reluctantly pull out a smile to whitewash the peace, when the time comes, if something happens, you will suffer a dumb loss, it is better to make the trouble known to everyone, so that the other party does not dare to touch them casually!
made up her mind in her heart, but Liu Rong didn't want Zhong to think too much about it, so she continued to smile at Zhong: "Mother, when the ephedra soup is boiled, you can drink it three times a day, and it will be fine in two or three days, and then we will go outside for a walk, enjoy those Ling Xue plum blossoms, and build some snowmen." It's a pity that this room is too cold, otherwise take a hot cloth towel to change the hot compress for the mother, and the mother will get better sooner and faster. ”
Looking at Liu Rong's happy smile, although Zhong was worried and disapproving, the corners of his mouth finally hooked a slight arc, and this arc did not take it back.
But said that Qiao'er, who was deliberately hung by Liu Rong on the side, was getting darker and darker, she was the first person in front of Liu, when did she experience such idleness, according to usual, Liu Rong, who she should have trained a long time ago, hid her face and begged for mercy, how could she not say anything like today.
It's just that today's Sister Rong, I don't know if it's an illusion, it seems to be completely different from what I saw before, there is no cowardice, more aura, and in addition, there seems to be an extra momentum that oppresses people and can't speak.
But what if it has changed, it's not to look up to her master. Thinking like this, Qiao'er's momentum regained a little, and her voice was slightly sharp: "Sister Rong, I'm afraid you have forgotten that the eldest grandmother of Liufu is the Liu family now, not the one in front of you, the one in front of you, you want to call your aunt is, you must know that in this mansion, only the eldest grandmother is your mother, and the slave advises you not to break the rules anymore, otherwise it will not be good to be sent to the family temple to practice." ”
The expression on Zhong's face faded, but Liu Rong's face was instantly bad, she finally made this hard-working Zhong laugh, but she was ruined by this person's words. This Qiao'er is really too much to treat herself as a dish, and she is so unforgiving!
I saw Liu Rong instantly turn her head and look at Qiao'er coldly: "I don't know how to say, when did a maid in this mansion be in charge, the master talked to each other, and you interjected repeatedly, this is what your Aunt Liu taught?" Sure enough, what kind of master was born, he taught something that was not on the table! ”
Qiao'er was inexplicably shuddered by Liu Rong, her breath stagnated, and her voice couldn't help but soften: "The slave naturally doesn't dare to intervene in the master's affairs, but Mrs. Tai is still waiting for you, you delay like this, let Mrs. Tai wait, but if you are not filial, even Aunt Zhong is also responsible." ”
Qiao'er said and took a deep breath: "Words, the slave maid has passed it to you, if you still don't move, the slave and maid will go back to reply, only to say that Aunt Zhong will not let the third lady pass." ”
When Qiao'er said this, her momentum recovered, and her face did show her previous shortness of breath.
"You go down first, Sister Rong will go over immediately." He never spoke, but Zhong opened his mouth lightly, but he interrupted the two and did not give the two a chance to continue to conflict.
Qiao'er squinted her eyes and glanced at the two of them deeply, not continuing to argue with them as she imagined, but as if she had figured out something, she suddenly smiled meaningfully at them: "Aunt Zhong has a heart, and the third girl has really grown up, and when she grows up, she should make some contributions to this family." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Liu Rong raised her eyebrows.
"The slave is not interesting, you will naturally know the Tao when you get to Mrs. Tai's side." Qiao'er said and congratulated herself: "In this case, the slave and maid will go down first, the matter is serious on Mrs. Tai's side, and the third girl should go quickly, don't delay." ”
After saying coldly, Qiao'er left the room.
Inexplicably, the temperature of this room seems to be a little colder.
In the silence, there was a sudden sound of rustling, and I saw Zhong sit up and take off the clothes hanging aside, but he was struggling to put them on.
"Mother, what are you doing here?" Seeing that Zhong was dressed, Liu Rong hurriedly stopped, knowing that although Zhong's spirit was slightly better today, his body had not recovered at all, and this would go out of the cold again, and a small cold would become a life-threatening thing.
The corners of Zhong's mouth showed a faint curvature, but his eyes were looking into the distance, I don't know if Lu Dao is Liu Rong's illusion, I only feel that there is a little indescribable sadness flowing from the bottom of those eyes: "Mrs. Tai has never cared about your existence since you were born, but this will suddenly call you, I'm afraid it's not good, it's better for my mother to accompany you." ”