Chunya and Xiaohe glanced at each other, pushed the window open, and the two girls carefully leaned on the window frame to look out. I saw that the three girls who were arguing just now had stopped their voices and knelt on the ground neatly, and Mama Yan on the opposite side was taking a ring ruler from the little maid beside her, and Chunya and Xiaohe couldn't help but shudder when they saw it.

The girls have all seen the ring ruler, and it is a red mark that falls on the palm of the hand, and it can't be erased for three or four days. Xiaohe picked up Chunya, motioned for Chunya to come down, and was just about to raise her hand to close the window, when she heard Yan Mama outside say: "Don't sneak around behind the window, if you want to see, you can come out and see it in the bright light!"

As soon as Chunya was about to hide back in the house, she was grabbed by Xiaohe and dragged out.

"What are you doing?" Chunya shouted in a low voice, "Didn't you say don't get involved in these things? What are you going to do when you go out now, Mama Yan is angry, what if we go out at this time and we are punished together?"

"Silly girl, don't you understand, Mama Yan is trying to make an example of chickens and monkeys!" Xiaohe hurriedly said, "If you don't go out at this time, you will be punished!"

"Yes, is that so?" Chunya blinked and asked a little confused.

"Can I still hurt you?" Xiaohe tugged Chunya's hand, "Don't be afraid, I'll accompany you." ”

When they arrived in the courtyard, sure enough, except for the three who were kneeling on the ground, the other twenty or so girls all stood in a row and looked at Mama Yan timidly.

Xiaohe held Chunya's hand tightly, and watched Mama Yan's ring ruler hit the three girls' faces at once, and it was only a short time before it swollen and the girls were shocked. The ring ruler hurts so much on the hand, not to mention the face, these girls' faces are afraid that they will be ruined, but the girls in this yard are not selected because of their good faces, if they don't even have this advantage....

"It's okay, don't be afraid, I'm here, I'm here..." Xiaohe held Chunya's hand and kept whispering, and she didn't know who to comfort. The hands of the two girls were sweaty, and after a while, they were dried by the air, and it was incredibly cold.

When Chunya came to her senses, she was already led back to the house by Xiaohe, who wiped her hands with a hot handkerchief. Chunya opened her mouth, and only after a while did she say, "Xiaohe, what are you doing to be so good to me?"

Xiao He paused before saying, "I also have a younger sister, if she is still here, she should be as old as you."

"Chunya, do you want to hear about my past?"

Chunya looked up at her steadily, slowly, and nodded.

"My mother, she was originally a maid, she was bought by my mother's family since she was a child, how stupid she is, what people say she believes, when she was young, while she was still a little beautiful, she was made a room for my father by her mother."

"Oh, the room is to be small, not even small, at least people still have a name, she doesn't even have a name, just boiled in the back house, boiled until the person was old, and only gave birth to me. When she was pregnant with my sister, all the doctors said that she was pregnant with a boy, and my eldest brother had not yet started a family at that time, so how could the housewife tolerate the appearance of a concubine. ”

"At that time, my mother was already eight months pregnant, counting nine cold days, and was pushed into the pond, and it turned out to be a female fetus that had already formed. My mother, too. ”

"Later, my father's business went wrong, the maids and mothers-in-law in the family were scattered, and I was also sold by that woman. No, I sold myself myself, and I didn't want to be a concubine for an old man. Before my mother died, she told me that no matter how difficult life is, don't be small. ”

The two girls snuggled up, talking about topics that should not be discussed at this age, and barely fell asleep until the sky was slightly bright.

When she got up the next day, Chunya only felt that her brain was about to explode, and she dropped two teacups in a row, and she was beaten by Yan Mama five times before it was over. When I ate in the evening, my hands were so swollen that I couldn't even hold the chopsticks, and I was beaten by Xiaohe twice, and I put a handkerchief soaked in cold water on my palms for a while, and finally got on the kang aggrievedly.

Chunya carefully tugged at Xiaohe's sleeve and whispered, "Xiaohe, do we still want to send something to Mama Yan?"

Xiaohe sighed, poked Chunya's head, and asked, "You have also seen it in the past few days, that Mama Yan is the kind of person who is greedy for money?" People don't necessarily like your two little bracelets, so you can keep them for a thought. ”

Chunya touched the position close to her chest, she had always kept the two bracelets close to her, and she had never shown them to others. She will probably never see her relatives again.

"You are not allowed to be like this in the future, if you are so absent-minded and don't learn the rules well, then you will see that Mama Yan will not buy you into the ravine." Xiao He muttered while changing the cold handkerchief for her.

"I originally came out of the ravine...... "Chunya pouted, in fact, she learned quite well, isn't it because she didn't sleep well yesterday to make mistakes, usually she wouldn't be like this.

"As long as you are poor, you still think about how to drop two less teacups tomorrow," Xiaohe looked outside, and said, "Mama Yan hasn't come over yet, there shouldn't be any more training tonight, you just have a good rest, you can't do this tomorrow." ”

Chunya and Xiaohe are both smart, of course, Chunya is a simple girl, who only understands the rules but does not understand the sophistication of human feelings, and Xiaohe has to mention it everywhere. After two months like this, they finally survived under Mama Yan, but none of the two girls could be happy, who knows what kind of family will be waiting for them next.

Xiaohe held Chunya's hand, looked at Chunya's eyes fixedly, and said after a while: "Girl, I probably can't be with you anymore in the future, you just remember, you don't need to be smart, you just need to be loyal and honest enough." As long as your deed of sale is handed over to someone else, that person is your master, and you will only have that master in your life, do you understand? ”

Chunya nodded fiercely, tears fell uncontrollably, "I understand, I understand, Xiaohe, I don't want to be separated from you!" ”

"Silly girl, how can there be anyone who won't leave, it's just a matter of early and late. There will always be a chance to see you again in the future, don't cry, when the time comes, it will be a shame to cry, but no one wants you to be a maid. Xiaohe said that he also had red eyes, held back his tears, picked up a new set of small jackets at hand, changed them for Chunya with his own hands, and pulled two round buns for her, which looked very pleasing.

Xiaohe took Chunya's hand and walked to the yard, standing with other girls, looking at Mama Yan standing in front.

"From now on, you are no longer the people of my courtyard, if anyone dares to forget the rules I have learned, there is no dignity in your master's house, don't blame my wife!" Mama Yan said sharply in front of her, "When the time comes, don't blame yourself for not being able to compare to those children, I will teach you all the old women who should be taught, and don't say that I went out from the old wife and me at that time!" ”

After listening to the training, the girls were led to the carriage, and after swaying for more than an hour, Chunya leaned on Xiaohe, holding her cuffs in her hands, and the two girls did not speak along the way, quietly snuggling together.

When it was time to get off the train, the carriage stopped at the corner gate of a mansion, and the girls got off the station in turn and followed Yan Mama in two rows, and walked in through the corner gate, without having to look closely, they knew that the house was not small.

Chunya desperately lowered her head, looking at the bluestone paved road under her feet, and her eyes didn't dare to float around. After two months of training, although it is not as good as the girl who has carved the rules in her bones since she was a child, she still walks decently, but this road seems to have no end. Chunya wanted to run in stride like before, you can look at Mama Yan in front, and think about the bamboo ring ruler again, so she can only honestly follow the team and walk forward with small steps, and the sweat of going straight is only in a courtyard.

Mama Yan took a few steps forward and talked to her mother-in-law for a few words, and then led the girls to the flower hall. There was a woman and a number of maids and women sitting in the flower hall, Chunya had never seen this battle before, but fortunately she was standing in the second row, and she was not tall, and she was blocked tightly by a girl in front of her.

The lady said something to a mother-in-law beside her, and Chunya was so nervous that she couldn't hear what they were saying. The woman walked over and asked some questions from the girls standing in the front row, leaving the three girls behind.

"Didn't Sister Ru say that there was a shortage of people a few days ago, and she brought people to ask her to pick two." So said the lady.

So Chunya followed and walked again, the jacket on her body was not thick, but Chunya felt that her body was always steaming. Chunya felt that Mama Yan should be happy, otherwise why would she walk so fast, although she still had a straight face.

But after thinking about it, Chunya is a little reluctant to Yan Mama, although this old woman is a little fierce, but in the end, she is not short of eating or drinking, she is still quite good. Chunya tilted her head and saw Xiaohe standing aside.

What she is even more reluctant to do is Xiaohe.

Turning around, I turned into a small courtyard, which was not more atmospheric than the one just now, but it was a little more delicate, and it looked a little more graceful.

But this time, he didn't even let the house in, and stood in the courtyard. Someone brought a padded hoop chair and placed it in front of him, and then a tightly wrapped girl came out and sat down on the chair.

Chunya lowered her head, and could only see a little embroidered shoes exposed under the girl's skirt, the patterns on them were very beautiful and the colors were bright. Chunya sighed lowly, the girl from a rich family is different, such a small yard is much better than the broken yard of her house.

Chunya was thinking wildly, when she saw a pair of pale cyan embroidered shoes in front of her, and before Chunya looked up, she heard a soft voice asking, "What's your name?" ”