Chapter 40: Early Morning
After checking the study space, Xie Mulin has a bottom in his heart, and he can sleep with peace of mind, and he has something to do tomorrow.
I don't know how long it took, but she was already asleep in a daze, when she felt the bed board shake and someone sat up. She opened her eyelids and glanced at it, as if Xie Yingrong had returned, so she said in a low voice: "There is clean water in the copper kettle on the side of the basin shelf at the back, which can be washed." He closed his eyes and went back to sleep.
Xie Yingrong heard her words and didn't say anything. Although she also felt very uncomfortable when she went to bed without washing, after all, before she was reborn, she had only been a prisoner on death row, and after she was reborn, she directly faced the incident of raiding her home, so she could barely bear this discomfort.
She's excited. After spending a night of hard work at Mrs. Xie's place, she finally smoothed out the old woman's temper, and felt confident in her heart to hold this old grandmother.
Father Xie Pu's lawsuit still doesn't know what the outcome will be, listening to the conversation between Cao and Wanqin, it seems that the fake letter has not been exposed. Xie Yingrong was a little lucky, and felt that Xie Pu might be able to get away with it safely in this life. Even if she is driven out of the capital by the Cao family in the end, she can finally keep her official body, so that it will be much easier for her to say goodbye in the future.
In her previous life, she took the initiative to leave her family for the future, but because she had no parents and elders to call the shots, she was always picked on and disliked, and it was difficult to be a good concubine for her sweetheart. Now that she has coaxed Mrs. Xie, if Xie Pu is not guilty, of course it is better, she can coax her grandmother to find a good family for herself; But if her father still can't escape the bad luck of her previous life, when she is looking for a future, she has a grandmother in front of her as a shield, and her reputation will be much better.
No matter what the future of his father Xie Pu is, Mrs. Xie can be the master of the house in this family. If she controls the old lady, she will control this home and her own future.
Xie Yingrong glanced at the sleeping Xie Mulin contemptuously, and told himself that he would never be dragged back by anyone in this life. Only she is stepping on others to climb up, and no one wants to hinder her!
Xie Mulin and Xie Yingrong spent the night in the same bed. Early the next morning, Xie Mulin woke up, and saw that Xie Yingrong and Xie Yingfen were still sleeping, so he got up lightly, quickly freshened up, dressed, and opened the door to leave the house.
When she arrived at Li's house yesterday, it was already night, and she only knew that there was a deserted garden in the west courtyard, but she didn't know what the specific situation was, but now with the morning light, she finally saw it clearly.
This deserted garden may have been a very good garden, but it has been abandoned for many years, leaving only some mossy and crooked rocks, as well as the remains of a pavilion with no thatched roof, and the stone tables and stone benches have been sorted out by the Li family, but they are just placed casually and used to rest. The wooden trellis at the base of the wall was so damaged that it was almost unusable, and the dozens or hundreds of flower pots that had been built against the wall seemed to be still in good condition, but they were full of dust.
The mud was also overgrown with all kinds of plants, weeds, shrubs, and a dozen or so dead trees, mixed with scattered green leaves, but I don't know which plant grew up, there were no flowers at all, and gravel and bricks were scattered all over the ground.
The whole deserted garden, only on the southeast corner, near the well, has been reclaimed a few ridges of vegetable fields, and some ginger, onions, garlic and other things are planted at present. Immediately next to the stone path, I planted some vegetables in a rectangular wooden box, which was a little wilted and not very energetic at the moment, but the variety was the one I had at dinner yesterday.
The little girl was watering the ground with well water, and when she saw that Xie Mulin was interested in the boxes of vegetables, she told her: "These little vegetables were originally raised in the north house, but yesterday my sister-in-law specially moved the vegetables out so that the house could be vacated for the old lady to live in." The little greens are a little cold, so they are not very energetic. My mother said that I should take hay and make a mat to cover it to block the cold wind, otherwise I would move it to the firewood room, and I couldn't let the greens get cold and freeze to death, and our family had to spend a lot of money to buy fresh greens to eat. ”
Xie Mulin stayed for a while before he reacted, "Niang" refers to Mrs. Li, "sister-in-law" refers to Sister Zhang Qiao, and "eldest brother" is naturally Li Lang. Alas, this title between the master and servant of ordinary people is really unaccustomed.
The fish is a little girl bought by Li Shanglang, and she eats and lives in Li's house. The mother Wang I saw last night was a hired helper, and she had to go back to her own house every day, only coming in the morning and leaving after dinner. Therefore, in this early morning, the Li family has only one subordinate who can work, because she is young, she can only do some light work such as sprinkling and sweeping vegetables. In the kitchen, Sister Zhang Qiao is cooking breakfast, and she has to nurse the child again, she is very busy. Even if it's Mrs. Li, she has to help take care of her three-year-old grandson.
Xie Mulin went to take a look at the others, and found that the Xie family was probably too tired before, and they were still asleep, not like she had enough sleep, and she had already gotten up energetically at this time, so she decided to give the Li family a hand.
Under the fence, you must always have a little eye. Even if the Li family was very polite and respectful to them, she couldn't eat white rice with peace of mind.
She went to the kitchen first, and Sister Zhang Qiao was quite frightened and asked her to move to the hall to wait for breakfast, but heard her say: "My mother has suffered, and my brother is also very sick, I want to do my best for them." "I didn't stop it anymore, but she wasn't allowed to touch the fire with a knife, she wanted to help wipe the table and set the dishes and chopsticks with her, and taught her to make small wontons.
Breakfast is a duck fat baked cake bought by Xiao Wonton and Li Shanglang outside, which is delicious and filling, and the cost is cheap.
The Li family doesn't have any rules for eating breakfast together, and the Li family also eats when they have free time. After Xie Mulin was full, he said to Sister Zhang Qiao, then took a tray and took a breakfast and sent it to his mother Wen.
Wen had already gotten up and washed up at this time, Aunt Da Jin was not in the house, Wanqin lowered her eyebrows and helped Wen comb her hair, and when she saw Xie Mulin bringing breakfast, she hurriedly stepped forward to help set the dishes and chopsticks.
Xie Mulin said to Wen: "I have already asked Brother Li, there is no need to wait until the end of the early dynasty, the yamen will start working, we can go directly to Dali Temple to ask people." Does my mother want to come with me? Or you can go to the Wen family to inquire about the news. Shall I let the third brother accompany you? ”
Wen hesitated a little: "The old lady hasn't nodded yet, Hui Zhi...... It's too young. Let's let Sister Qiao's family accompany us, and I will not act separately from you. ”
Xie Mulin said "okay" happily, then urged her to eat breakfast, and turned to see his brother Xie Jinzhi.
Wen couldn't help but sigh as he saw his daughter go out.
Wanqin said in a low voice: "The second girl has become powerful in the past few days, and the whole person is stable and capable. With her as a helper, what is there for the second wife to worry about? ”
Wen smiled bitterly: "There are many things to worry about." Whether I can see the master, I really don't have any bottom in my heart......"