The goose feathers and snow fell in a flutter, covering the ground with frost and cold. In the middle of the small courtyard, the woman in brocade knelt on the snow. After kneeling for about a long time, the snow had soaked a large part of her cotton skirt. She shivered with cold and hugged her arms and sobbed quietly.

Under the corridor of the main room in the courtyard, a noble lady in brocade clothes sits. She wears a sable-encrusted gem-studded forehead on her head, round apricot eyes, and a pointed jaw. A pair of daisy eyebrows are inserted obliquely into the temples, black and heavy, full of heroism. It seems to be a general sitting in the tent of the Chinese army, majestic. There were three pretty women dressed in silk and satin standing beside her, and dozens of maids and maids, crowded into the small courtyard.

The mother-in-law standing in the heavy snow held a rattan in her hand, and slammed it on the back of the kneeling woman with a "snap", and said viciously: "Cheap hoof, what is your identity, and you dare to take Qiao with Mrs. The concubine who was accepted by the old man in the door, and he never knelt down to give tea to his wife, so it is nothing! I really think I'm a serious master! ”

Aunt Ke screamed "ah", fell to the ground, struggled to kneel straight again, and said aggrievedly: "When did the concubine dare to take Qiao with his wife, the concubine was really unhappy these days, so I mistakenly asked my wife to say goodbye." Those words were not said by the concubine, and the concubine didn't have the slightest intention of slacking off the lady. Aunt Ke cried as she spoke, her voice was thin, delicate, and pitiful.

"Madame, please let the concubine say something." Aunt Dong, who was standing beside Madame, knelt down and pleaded: "It's really to blame the concubine for not restraining Aunt Ke well in office over the years, she doesn't understand the rules of the house, and she must not have the intention to make Mrs. uncomfortable." There are thousands of mistakes, and there are also concubines' mistakes. Aunt Ke is the old man's new entry into the house, please Mrs. spare Aunt Ke for the sake of the master's face. Otherwise, when the old man comes back from the capital to report on work, he will see that Aunt Ke has just entered the door and made a fuss like this, I am afraid that you will not be able to explain it to Mrs. ”

Aunt Dong said this very humbly, and every word was putting herself in the shoes of her wife, and she was also doing her best to help Aunt Ke intercede. Everyone present couldn't help but secretly sigh that Aunt Dong had a good heart, except for Qingrong Qingrong, who was hiding in the house and secretly watching from the window, she didn't think so.

To interpret this with Qingrong conspiracy theory, it is about the same as this: Madam, this Aunt Ke is the master's new favorite, and no one cares about it. You are looking for other people's stubble like this now, and when the master comes back and settles accounts after the autumn, you can't eat and walk around.

Qingrong secretly admired this Aunt Dong's art of really understanding language!

"You call me Madame, and I am the one who is in charge of this house. I don't care what you did in Songjiang in the past, but now that you have entered this Shen family's mansion, everything must be in accordance with the rules of the Shen family! Even in front of the master, I have my own reasons! Mother Liang, how to deal with the article of disrespecting Mrs. in family law? The lady raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked the old woman holding the rattan indifferently.

Liang's mother replied angrily: "Ten rods, punish kneeling in the ancestral hall for an hour." ”

Madame raised her eyebrows, stood up and said no more, but said, "Go!" ”

Qingrong opened the window and saw that his wife was expressionless, and walked out of the door of the small courtyard without squinting. Aunt Dong was quickly helped up by the attendants beside her, and without looking at Aunt Ke again, she turned around and left with Madame. Aunt Zhao and Aunt Wei didn't dare to say anything, Aunt Zhao left, and Aunt Wei turned around and entered the main room.

Qingrong moved her arms and legs, and flipped off the kang very slipperily, it was time for her to act.

Qingrong ran out of the room, threw herself into Aunt Ke's arms, and cried in a milky voice: "Auntie, what's wrong with you, auntie?" Are you in too much pain, auntie, wake up, don't faint! ”

After such a reminder, Aunt Ke quickly tilted her head, and she fainted in the snow.

Liang's mother was stunned for a while, and Fu Cui and the others, who were waiting for Qingrong, ran out of the house one after another and said, "Fifth girl, you ran out without shoes, you will get sick if you catch a cold!" ”

"Ah, Aunt Ke fainted, go and ask for a doctor."

Mother Liang didn't believe that Aunt Ke really fainted, and fiercely held the rattan to Qingrong and the others: "Fifth girl, Aunt Ke is being punished for violating the house rules!" Even if you faint, you have to take this punishment! ”

Qingrong's eyes were red, and she looked up at Liang's mother with big eyes, "Mom, will Aunt Ke die?" Aunt Dong said that if Aunt Ke died, her father would be angry when she came back, and she would blame her mother for not taking good care of Aunt Ke. Mom, please ask your mother to find a doctor for Aunt Ke! ”

Mother Liang refused viciously and said, "What if she dies with a little cheap hoof?" ”

Qingrong cried and said: "When my aunt was sick in Songjiang Mansion before, Aunt Dong would ask my aunt for a doctor. Why does the eldest lady have to kill someone! My aunt is really sick! ”

Liang's mother paused slightly, and Qingrong cried innocently: "Madame is not as good as Aunt Dong, I want to go to Aunt Dong and ask her to ask for a doctor for my aunt!" Qingrong said as he hugged Aunt Ke and cried wolf.

Qingrong is in trouble, and directly provokes it with a child's tone, how kind and kind Aunt Dong was when she was a housekeeper abroad! As soon as these concubines entered the door, they were about to be killed by their wife, this contrast is obviously that Aunt Dong is kind and generous, and Mrs. is stingy and vicious.

Mother Liang hesitated, Madame just wanted to knock on these concubines, if Aunt Ke died, it would really be worth the loss. Thinking of this, Liang's mother asked someone to look at Ke Shi and Qingrong, and quickly went to the eldest lady for instructions.

As soon as Liang's mother walked on the front foot, Qingrong immediately commanded Fucui and the others to carry Aunt Ke into the house. As soon as she helped Aunt Ke up, Qingrong saw a little eye-catching blood stain on the pure white snow.

I've never eaten pork and I've seen a pig run! Aunt Ke is like this, it seems like a miscarriage in a palace fighting drama. God bless her, if Aunt Ke has three long and two short, her "Mourning Star" hat is really easy not to take off!

In such an era of feudal superstition, a concubine is considered to be a mourning star, and the future is basically not much better than being in the ground.

Therefore, at the moment, Qingrong not only has to protect Aunt Ke, but also the child in Aunt Ke's belly can't be fine. But she is a small girl, and her ability is really limited.

Qingrong's heart sank, and he couldn't help but mourn for himself.

Four years ago, she became the fifth girl from the Shen family's three-room house. She died as soon as she was born, and she has been taken care of by Aunt Ke.

Not long ago, Mr. Shen Zezhang, the father, was promoted from the Tongzhi of Songjiang Mansion to the prefect of Jinan, and in layman's terms, this Shen Dad is about to be promoted from the vice mayor of Shanghai to the mayor of Jinan.

Therefore, Master Shen's aunt who stayed in Songjiang Mansion returned to Jinan Mansion a year ago, and Qingrong also lived in the Shen family's mansion.

Master Shen's concubine has been outside for a long time, and obviously didn't take this neglected wife of the main house in his eyes, and the new official took office with three fires, and Mrs. Lin wanted to burn them, and they were all obedient, but it was not easy to move the three who had sons, and Aunt Ke was a gentle little transparent who had no sons, only Qingrong, an adopted daughter. Mrs. Lin naturally picked soft persimmons and pinched them, and let Aunt Ke be a monkey who killed chickens and set an example for monkeys.

A black line appeared on Qingrong's head, it seems that in the days after returning to the Shen family, the future is even more worrying!

She couldn't help but silently look up to the sky and cry, this unlucky crossing!

After Liang's mother returned to Mrs. Lin, she immediately invited a doctor to come. The doctor saw it, and only said that Aunt Ke had a cold, explained a few words, and left a prescription for people to grab the medicine.

Qingrong relied on the first instinct of the previous life in the workplace for many years, and faintly smelled the smell of conspiracy. She vaguely remembered that when she first entered the house, it was this doctor who came to see Aunt Ke.

When everyone left, Qingrong entered the door lightly and looked at Aunt Ke in the room.

Aunt Ke was crying silently, and when she saw Qingrong's little head poking in, she hurriedly put away her tears, and beckoned to her: "Sister Qing, come to Auntie." ”

"Auntie, the doctor prescribed medicine for you, but I don't think you should drink it, you can continue to be sick if you pour it out secretly. It's better to be sick than to be beaten! As a child who has just turned five, Qingrong doesn't know if Aunt Ke will adopt her method.

Aunt Ke touched her little head with emotion, and tears couldn't help but fall again, "Sister Qing is really a good child!" But he didn't say anything more.

In order to prevent Aunt Ke from being disobedient, Qingrong directly knocked over the medicine that night.

simply, Aunt Ke is also physically and mentally exhausted. I rested early, and I didn't ask for that bowl of medicine again.

After dinner, Qin Si had to go to the main courtyard to greet his wife according to the rules of the province in the morning and dusk. Fucui helped Qin Si get dressed, and put a thick cotton cloak on her to block the wind.

When she went out, Qingrong found that there was only one Fucui who went to the main courtyard with her today. Fu Cui is only three years older than Qingrong, and he is still a child. On weekdays, in the morning and dusk, Xu Xu's mother must accompany her to his wife's place, but today he doesn't follow.

"Won't Mother Xu follow me?"

Mother Xu diligently stroked Qingrong's collar, and said with a smile: "Aunt Ke is uncomfortable, she fell asleep without taking the medicine, and my mother is looking at the medicine here." The five girls followed Fucui, still like usual. ”

Qingrong's mind spun quickly, but he didn't say anything, he hummed quietly, turned around and went out with Fucui, but what Mother Xu said silently flashed in his heart.

She is the housekeeper mother next to Qingrong. According to the regulations of the Shen Mansion, the young lady has two housekeepers and mothers, two first-class maids, four second-class maids, and five third-class maids. However, in the past, when they were in Songjiang, Master Shen and Aunt Dong would be diligent and thrifty. Therefore, Qingrong's housekeeper mother is only one mother, and there are four cui for a total of five people. The four cui are all seven or eight-year-old children, and when it comes to clarifying that Qingrong is so young, Mother Xu shouldn't put the cart before the horse, after all, Qingrong is her master, and Aunt Ke also has a mother in charge by her side.

At this time, Xu's mother chose to stay and see Aunt Ke's medicine, and this Xu's mother had a problem.