Volume 1 The Wind Rises Chapter 1
If people have no quarrel with the world, they will either become a sage respected by everyone, or they will become fools who are bullied by everyone. And I happen to be the latter.
With the lessons of the past, I carefully lift the covers every day when I go to bed. Every day I receive some surprises, most of the time it's a puddle of water. I'm a little tired of the same tricks, and those people still enjoy it. As for today, yes, there were some surprises! They were very successful this time, and I really hate rats. Seeing a bunch of dead rats in the bed made me feel a little sick to my stomach.
My hand holding the quilt tightened unconsciously, and my consciousness still reminded myself over and over again that this was the country of Qi. I finally calmed down, but I heard the initiator say, "Yo, Wu'er, are you afraid of these mice?" I'm sorry, my aunt said that there have been a lot of rats here recently, and I am afraid that the rats will ruin the clothes of the masters, so let us catch mice. However, there is really no place to put these dead rats. ”
I looked at them and the smile on my face made me sick. I'm a mute girl, so I can't argue with them.
I rolled up my bedding and threw it onto their beds. The futon in the summer is very thin, and it is easy to roll up and fall apart. The gifts they gave me were naturally scattered back to them. Screams began to ring from inside the room, and I pushed the door out contentedly.
The movement in this room is too big, and the girls in the other rooms are coming out one after another, and presumably Aunt Fang, who is in charge, will also arrive soon. Seeing the light of the lamp carried by the little maid, I secretly pinched my arms fiercely. I've been practicing martial arts for many years, and the strength in my hands is enough to pinch myself to bruise.
The girls in my room also ran out, and as soon as they saw Aunt Fang coming, they began to lie on the ground and cry bitterly, so they almost went to hug Aunt Fang's thighs. Looking at such a chaotic scene, Aunt Fang looked stunned and said, "What's wrong with you?" In the middle of the night, if you don't have a good rest, what are you doing? In case you disturb the master in front of you, you have your good fruit to eat!"
As soon as Aunt Fang's words fell, her crying stopped. I secretly rolled my eyes, these villains who bully the soft and are afraid of the hard! A girl cried to Aunt Fang with a trill, "Auntie, we are all ready to go to bed, but this Wu'er didn't know where to get some dead rats and threw them at our bed." She, she just saw that we didn't want to talk to her, so she wanted to take revenge on us. I beg my aunt to call the shots for us!"
I looked at the girl who was kneeling on the ground and pointing her finger at me. We've been living together for three months, but I don't even know what her name is. Girl, you should be thankful that I don't dare to cause trouble now, otherwise your beautiful fingers would have been gone a long time ago. Aunt Fang looked at me for a while and said, "I won't ask you anything, you are a dumb girl, and you can't say anything." But yes or no, you can shake your head or nod your head. ”
I glanced at the girls lying on the ground, and they were basically sobbing without tears on their faces. I brewed my emotions for a short while, and tears blurred my vision. "This kid is crying so well." Aunt Fang kindly came over to comfort me, and when she touched my arm, I let out a loud "hiss".
Aunt Fang asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?"
The tears in his eyes were finally gone, and the things in front of him were not so blurry. I deliberately took a few steps back with my arms folded, and Aunt Fang naturally wouldn't give up this doubt. She came up and grabbed my arm, and I pretended to shrink back. Aunt Fang lifted my sleeves, and a few bruises were exposed. This, I was too ruthless to myself just now, and there were a few places that were slightly bloody.
Aunt Fang gently touched my wound, and I really withdrew my hand in pain. Aunt Fang said, "Poor child. Aunt will help you. I nodded aggrievedly. My aunt looked at the group of girls who were a little dumbfounded, and said, "This is the Liwang Mansion, not the vegetable market." If you don't follow the rules of the palace, I will ask the prince to send you out of the palace. ”
The girls changed their posture and began to kneel and beg for mercy. My aunt pulled me out of here, and I glanced back at the people on the ground. Don't forget, I'm a mute girl, and I'm the vulnerable person who deserves sympathy. My wounds are worth a thousand words.
Aunt Fang took me to her room. She pulled me to sit down and rummaged through the cabinets to find a bottle of medicine. She gently rolled up my sleeve and helped me with the medicine. Aunt Fang muttered while taking the medicine, "I can't speak, and I shouldn't be bullied like this." Who was not raised by his father. "To be honest, my nose is a little sour. I've been alone in a foreign country for so long, but my aunt by candlelight reminds me of my mother. If my mother thought I was dead, would she faint from crying?
"Child, child, what's wrong with you, is it in pain? Why are you crying again?" I retracted my thoughts and opened my mouth to speak, but I held back. I looked around and saw what appeared to be a book next to my aunt's pillow. It seems that Aunt Fang is also a literate person. I made a writing gesture, and it took a while for Aunt Fang to react and get up and take out a pen and paper from the drawer of the dresser.
After Aunt Fang studied some grinding, I took a pen and wrote, "The slave is humble, and I am really frightened to be taken care of by my aunt." ”
Aunt Fang took the paper I wrote and looked at it for a while, I thought she didn't know how to read, but I heard her say suspiciously: "Are you literate?" And the writing is good! You're not the daughter of a small family. How could you come to the Li Palace, to be a slave in a raccoon cloth?"
I hit my own hand under the table, how could I be so negligent? I had to write separately: "I am originally from Zhou, and my father is a teacher, so he taught me to read some words. However, my father died during the Battle of Yucheng, and I was separated from the rest of my family, and I met human traffickers on the way, and then I was sold to the Liwang Mansion. When writing the word "Yucheng", her hand shook unconsciously, leaving a heavy ink, and Aunt Fang shouldn't have noticed anything.
When I handed the paper to Aunt Fang, I said many times in my heart that I was sorry. You are very good to me, I'm sorry, but what I said to you is a half-truth, just because I can't trust anyone in the Qi country. After the aunt saw it, she did not doubt it at all. "You will stay with me for one night today, and you will go back tomorrow!" I folded my hands and thanked my aunt.
I'm really angry in my heart, and I can't wait to teach those people who framed me a good lesson. It's not that they're bullying me, it's that they're ruining me. I finally found out that there is a minister holding a banquet today, and Chu Yi, the king of Li, will also attend the banquet. This is an opportunity that I have not easily grasped, but I don't dare to climb over the wall now, and such a good opportunity is so missed! I've been in Liwangfu for three months, and I've already figured out the layout here, but I can't do anything about it, because I know it's not as calm as it seems on the surface. If I want to avenge Yucheng, I still have to weigh my ability.
I regretted it all night, and I was in a half-asleep state all the time. When the rooster crowed, Aunt Fang hadn't woken up yet, and she must have been disturbed by trivial matters last night, so she hadn't rested well. I tiptoed out of bed and walked on tiptoe, for fear of waking up Aunt Fang. Thinking about Aunt Fang's kindness yesterday, I am afraid that it is not good for me to leave like this, I spread out the remaining paper on the table, grind it a little, and write a "thank you" on it. Only then did he go out softly.