Chapter 13: The Mother Appears
Two weeks have passed in a blink of an eye, and after the gentle crossing, she has been in Zhao's mansion for nearly a whole month, during this time, she has worked in addition to eating and sleeping, and has endless bowls to wash every day, firewood that can't be chopped, and endless water. Fortunately, in addition to Sister-in-law Wang, others in the big kitchen saw her working diligently and smartly, and their attitude towards her gradually became gentler.
Gentle is basically satisfied with her current life, after all, she is trying to improve her interpersonal relationships, and she has seen a little effect, the only thing that makes her depressed is that the third girl's interest in carved sugar gourds did not last long, and she felt tired after three days, and never asked Ling'er to buy sugar gourds for her, and forced Gentle's way of making money that had just sprouted in her heart to be strangled in infancy.
Life is never easy! Gentleness was very hypocritical in her heart, put down the axe in her hand to chop wood, and sighed.
"Sister—Sister Ruhua—" The little ringed flower butterfly flew from a distance.
Hearing the shout, she raised her head and looked at Xiaohuan with a smile, thinking that it was good to be young! Energetic! Although her body is not very old, her mentality has long matured, and she can no longer do childish actions like Xiaohuan.
"Run slower, didn't you fall a few days ago? What's the matter, the scar forgets the pain? Gently handed her a handkerchief to wipe her sweat, and said with a smile: "What is it that deserves your earth-shattering shouting?" ”
"Guess!" Xiaohuan wiped her sweat and looked at her with a smile.
"Is the monthly money paid? You can buy snacks again! Wen Rou knew that Sister-in-law Liu would leave ten cents a month to buy snacks for Xiaohuan to eat, and estimated that these two days would also be the days when the monthly money should be paid.
"No, no, guess again, it's about you."
When Wen Rou heard that it was related to herself, somehow, her heart jumped suddenly. Since then, she has never encountered any good things at all, I wish God would stop making trouble for her, as long as she can live peacefully and steadily, she will have to celebrate.
"I can't guess, let's talk about it!" She looked at Xiaohuan's smiling face and thought to herself, right?
Xiaohuan couldn't hide her words in her heart, and when she saw that Wen Wen couldn't guess, she told her quickly: "Your mother has come to see you!" ”
"What? My mother! Gentleness was like a bolt from the blue, and she was suddenly stunned by this heavyweight news. Mother! Hey! She still has a mother in this unknown world?!
"I met Mrs. Cai on the road, and she asked me to bring you a message, saying that your mother is waiting for you at the West Point Gate." Xiaohuan thought that the gentle Mu Ran's expression was a reaction of excessive joy, and hurriedly urged her: "Sister, go quickly, don't let the eldest mother stay for a long time." ”
"Ah, okay, I know, I'll go ......" Gentle still hasn't recovered from the shock, and floats forward like a ghost, until Xiaohuan behind her reminds her, only to realize that she has gone in the wrong direction, turns around, changes the way, and continues to walk in despair.
Mother! Mother! Gentleness doesn't know if she should rejoice or cry out loud! The reason why she was able to accept the fact that she had crossed over in such a short period of time, and planned to live here with peace of mind, was because she no longer had relatives in her original world. Her parents died in a car accident when she was very young, and it was her grandfather who was a chef who pulled her up, but just when she had just graduated from school and was about to set foot in society, her grandfather died of illness again, she cried for three days and three nights, and she couldn't bring her dearest grandfather back to life, and she had to live alone ever since.
After crossing into this world, she only regarded herself as a maid who had been sold to Zhao Mansion by her dead parents since she was a child, and was ready to continue to live the lonely life she had long been accustomed to. How should she deal with this? Because the woman who is called "Niang" is clearly a stranger to her, it is the mother of the flower, not her mother!
However, she currently occupies the body of Ruhua, and the strange woman also has flesh and blood grace for her, so she should call the woman a mother, the difficulty is that she is not a real Ruhua, and she doesn't know the past of Ruhua's family at all.
What to do? What the hell should I do? Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the West Corner Gate, Wen Wen's heart became more and more troubled. Forget it, you can't hide anyway, just get out and improvise! She stood still, took a deep breath, piled up a smile on her face, and felt that there was no flaw, so she walked quickly towards the west corner door.
Stepping into the hut where the night guard at the West Corner Gate was concerned, Wen Rou saw a woman wearing a coarse cloth jacket with a haggard face sitting cramped on the kang bed.
"Mother!" Gentle tried her best to suppress the awkwardness in her heart, and called her mother sweetly with a smile. The ancients married early, such as the age of fourteen or fifteen years old, it is estimated that the woman in front of her should be only in her thirties, but no matter how she looked, she felt that the wrinkles in the corners of the woman's eyes and the vicissitudes of life on her face covered her actual age, and she looked like she was forty or fifty years old.
Somehow, the woman was stunned for a moment, and after a while she came back to her senses and whispered, "Hey! Then she bowed her head and wiped away her tears with her hand, which was as rough as old bark.
When Wen Rou saw her crying, she immediately panicked, and carefully recalled her words and deeds, and didn't find anything wrong, so why is this woman crying? Could it be that I haven't seen my daughter for too long and I want to panic?
"When your mother and daughter meet, the old woman won't stay here to get in the way, you talk slowly, talk slowly......" Mrs. Cai, who was originally sitting in the corner of the kang doing needlework, saw that gentleness was coming, so she stood up and walked out of the house to make room for them to talk.
"Thank you, Granny Cai." Gentleness shouted at her back, and then pressed the woman who was uneasy to stand up with her hand, and said with a smile: "Mother, sit down and talk, are you thirsty?" I'll pour you a bowl of water to drink. ”
Don't look at the gentle and laughing look, in fact, she is very nervous, so she can only distract herself by talking and doing things non-stop, so as to calm herself down.
The woman was stunned again, this time she looked at Gentle for a long time, and saw that she had found an empty tea bowl, and was about to pour water from the teapot on the kang table, so she quickly waved her hand and said, "No, my mother is not thirsty, Rou'er, you sit down, my mother has something to say to you." ”
Rou'er?! Hearing this salutation, gentleness and like a sudden thunderbolt on a sunny day, the hand holding the teapot and pouring water involuntarily trembled, and the smile was too surprised, and suddenly froze on the face.