"Nothing to say?" Yilan sneered, and threw the money bag that had been prepared in the morning in front of Qiu Ju, "Take this silver and get out of the house immediately, there is no need for a maid like you who does not abide by your duties and has a water-based poplar flower!" ”

Qiu Ju was frightened, she thought that she called herself for the sake of the old man accepting herself as a concubine, the old lady had mentioned it to her before, and she also agreed, although it was a concubine, but what kind of identity did the lord have, even if it was a concubine, it was also an official concubine, and it was more glorious than the wife of an ordinary rich family, not to mention that the old man Xingzi was good, and he treated people gently, and he never saw him punish himself for these subordinates.|i^ But I never expected that Mrs. suddenly said that she would drive herself out of the house, and the old father of the family broke his leg when he helped others repair the fan last time, is still lying in bed, relying on her to take the money every month to go back to see a doctor and get medicine, as well as her mother and younger brother have to wait for food, if there is no such errand all of a sudden, the whole family will wait to starve to death.

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, crawled over and grabbed the corner of Yilan's skirt tightly and begged: "The slave and maid are wronged, the slave and the maid have not done anything, beg the lady not to drive the slave and maid away, the slave and maid have not failed to abide by their duties, nor have they ......"

"Nothing?" Yilan sneered and kicked her to the ground, "Do you have to wait until you climb into the master's bed to not be wronged?" She paused and said again: "Qiu Ju, I will only give you two months' salary if you are the master and servant, if you don't leave, don't blame Mrs. Ben for not even giving you a penny." ”

Qiu Ju didn't expect Yilan to be so ruthless, angry and anxious, her face turned red, although she needed money very much, but the bag of silver on the ground made her feel extremely humiliated, if she took it, wouldn't it be equivalent to admitting that she didn't keep her duty, water-based poplar? Being willing to be a concubine does not mean that she has no shame, she is always a girl from a good family.

Qiu Ju lay on the ground and became more and more sad the more she thought about it, and she cried loudly, tears falling on the back of her hand one after another, burning and struggling

Yilan didn't feel unbearable because of her tears, but became more and more impatient, got up and stared at Qiu Ju Senran condescendingly: "Have you cried enough, if you don't get out, I'll ask someone to drive you out." ”

Qiu Ju's tears fell even more fiercely, but she didn't dare to cry anymore, she bit her lip and got up, as for the bag of money, she struggled for a long time and didn't get it, just covered her face and stumbled out.

Yilan sneered, and after bending down to pick up the bag of money and throwing it on the table, she also left the main hall and went back to the room, taking advantage of nothing to do and taking a nap on the bed, not long after lying down, she heard a commotion outside, so noisy that she couldn't sleep, patted the bed irritably and asked, "Who is outside?" ”

The cuckoo hurriedly picked up the curtain and came in and said, "Madam, it's the old lady who is here, shouting that she wants to see you." ”

"Old lady?" Yilan repeated a strange sentence, propped up on the edge of the bed, and when the cuckoo saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him and said: "Yes, the slave maid doesn't know what happened to the old lady today, the slave maid has already told her that the lady is resting, but the old lady still refuses to leave, she has to see the lady." ”

Although Yilan was a little impatient, the old lady was her mother-in-law after all, so she didn't want to be too embarrassed. ”

"Yes." The cuckoo agreed, and after squatting down to smooth out the wrinkles of her clothes one by one, he helped her to the front hall, and as soon as she entered, she saw an old woman dressed in rust red embroidered chiba chrysanthemum pattern sitting on the top, and a skein silver hairpin fixed the gray hair neatly behind her head, not messy, standing next to her was Qiu Ju, who was driven out by Yilan.

Seeing this scene, how could Yilan not understand the reason, it must be that Qiu Ju, the girl, was unwilling to be kicked out of the house, so she ran to the old lady to tell the truth and instigated the old lady to come here to stand up for her.

Yilan didn't break it, and bowed with a smile to greet her and said, "My daughter-in-law asked my mother to say goodbye, why is my mother interested in coming to my daughter-in-law today?" ”

Mother Li is a son in her later years, and now she is over 60 years old, her body is not as good as before, and her legs and feet are not convenient.

"You sit down." Mother Li is usually kind and pleasant to Yilan, and she has never put a mother-in-law face on Yilan for more than ten years after entering the door, but this time she was very serious, and she didn't say anything, just let Yilan sit and wait.

After a while, Li Yaoguang walked in from outside, and he also asked for an answer before saying, "My mother is in a hurry to call her son over, but what's the matter?" ”

Mother Li nodded slightly, "Okay, since everyone is together, then my old woman will not sell it, and will tell you straight to the point." She pulled Qiu Ju, who had been lowering her head, and said to Yilan: "Qiu Ju came to say goodbye to me just now, saying that Yilan is going to send her out of the house, right?" ”

"Yes." The old lady made it clear that she was here to ask her, but Yilan would not deny it, and said at the moment: "My daughter-in-law thinks that Qiu Ju is not very stable in doing things, so she is going to find another person to serve her mother." ”

Mother Li stared at Yilan for a long time, and sighed: "It is my old woman's idea to give Qiu Ju to Yaoguang as a concubine, if you are angry, you can lie to my old woman." ”

"Mother." Li Yaoguang interjected: "Since Yilan doesn't like it, don't mention the matter of concubines, the son and Yilan are still young, and this child will have it sooner or later." ”

"Sooner or later, I've been hearing this for ten years, and I don't want to hear it anymore." Mother Li said angrily: "I am already a person who has mostly carried his body into the earth, and my only wish is that the Li family has a queen, but you just haven't seen any movement for a long time, can I not be in a hurry?" As the saying goes, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great, do you really bear to see the Li family that has lasted for a hundred years in your hands? ”

Yilan listened quietly, and waited until Mother Li finished saying the last word before she bowed and said: "What my mother taught me is that my daughter-in-law has been in the business for more than ten years, but she has not been able to give birth to an heir for the Li family, and it is indeed a daughter-in-law." ”

Hearing that she took the initiative to admit her mistake, Mother Li's face suddenly softened, and she turned to explain: "You can't be lazy in this matter, after all, the child is not said to have it, I am also a woman, and I also came from my daughter-in-law, so in the past ten years, I have never complained about you." But...... Yilan, you also have to be considerate of me, and you can't let me go to see the ancestors of the Li family without a face after I die. ”

"The daughter-in-law doesn't dare." The corners of Ilan's mouth hooked slightly, with a sarcastic smile that was imperceptible to others.

"So you agree?" There was a flash of joy in Li's mother's eyes, and even Qiu Ju quickly raised her head, only Li Yaoguang looked at Yilan worriedly, he knew this married wife too well, once she decided, she would not change it easily, let alone such a big thing.

Sure enough, Yilan's next sentence confirmed Li Yaoguang's conjecture, "The mother misunderstood, the daughter-in-law can be considerate, but it does not mean that she can accept the husband and the concubine." When I got married that day, my husband said that he would treat me well for the rest of his life, and his daughter-in-law didn't want her husband to become a treacherous person. ”