Chapter 148: The Snow Fluttered That Year
An Xue looked at the empty Pavilion of Pity, except for the palace maid and the servants and An Xue herself, there was no one, and after half a ring, she looked at the blue sky and fell into thought.
I remember that it was snowing, and all the buildings around were covered with thick snow, and the sky was white.
When night fell, the sky was still snowing, and at this time the cry of a baby was heard in a thatched house, and a baby girl was born. It's born!"
The man outside the thatched house was walking around anxiously at this moment, and when he heard the midwife's loud voice, he immediately stepped forward to ask if the birth was a handle, after all, in this period of feudal superstition, the one who gave birth to a handle was the heir to the next generation, and they thought that giving birth to a girl was always to get married, and the daughter was the water that was spilled out, and this was also the case from ancient times to the present.
"It's not a handle, it's a beautiful girl!" The midwife said with a smile in the corner of her eyes, although this was the case, the ridicule that flashed in her eyes was still captured by the man, which made the man who was already irritable even more unhappy, and scolded mercilessly: "A girl, no matter how beautiful she is, she has a fart, and in the end she doesn't want to marry someone else's family, this girl is really, she can't even give birth to a handle, and she does less farm work on weekdays, and eats more, this is a money-losing product!" didn't care about the lady who had just given birth and escaped death, and looked at her with all her heart.
The woman lying in the key room also thinks that she is not angry, but she doesn't know that in fact, whether to give birth to a boy is determined by the man's X chromosome, and this woman is also deeply polluted by feudal superstition.
The man waved his hand, his eyes full of disgust: "Put this girl in, it's annoying to look at!"
As if she expected her dislike of the man, the midwife obediently put the girl next to the mother, and the mother looked at the girl next to her and said weakly, "It's so good-looking."
The midwife also echoed: "Yes, yes, I have been a beautiful embryo since I was a child~ In the future, if you marry a good family, you will have a good life!" The midwife smiled flatteringly, with a smile at the corners of her eyes.
"I hope so—" The woman looked at the girl beside her thoughtfully, and the midwife continued, "Give the child a name! The child's name is so important!" After hearing this, the woman thought for a moment, and then slowly opened her skinned lips and said, "Born on a snowy night, then call it a little night..."
"Little Night... Xiao Wan, it's a good name!" The midwife boasted.
"A good name? Hum... Maybe... Take her away, I don't want to see her now." As soon as the words fell, she immediately turned around and didn't look at Xiaowan, Xiaowan seemed to be able to sense that her mother didn't like her, so she hurriedly cried very loudly, and the midwife saw this and said, "This girl is probably hungry... You see... Or—" You breastfeed, and before you finished speaking, the woman covered her ears irritably, and the midwife secretly complained when she saw this: "Who are these people!"
It doesn't matter, anyway, her midwifery task has been successfully completed, and then she put the girl directly on a dilapidated table, which is still wobbly and not strong, to say that this midwife's heart is really big.
The midwife was smiling when she came out of the thatched house, and walked up to the man outside the house to look at him, although she did not explain her intentions, but after the delivery, she naturally wanted to give silver, and the man was obviously still angry because the lady gave birth to a girl, and he was not angry when he looked at the midwife at the moment, and of course he would not want to give her the silver.
"What silver! You delivered a girl, and you still need silver, it's good that I didn't let you lose money! Get out of here!" The man looked at the midwife with confidence, and the midwife wanted to reason with him when she saw this, but the man was tall and big, and he looked particularly ferocious, and the midwife could only consider herself unlucky, and hurriedly ran away, and did not forget to scold him when she left: "Giving birth to your family is really eight lifetimes of mold, I wish you a lifetime of no children and grandchildren!" When the man heard this cruel words, he hurriedly stepped forward to beat her, but the midwife ran very fast, and she couldn't see anyone as soon as she walked the cigarette.
Manly stamped her feet, "This old lady, a dead widow, can't die well! No wonder Kefu, such a person should go to hell and never be reborn!" After scolding, I still didn't feel that it was enjoyable, so I lifted the stones on the ground again, and I was careless
However, when the big stone was mentioned, the toe instantly hurt very much, and then quickly took it back, and covered the injured toe even more angrily.
Unconsciously, the girl who was a baby before has grown up, and this year she is already drooping.
The girl has not been loved by her parents for the past five years, especially her father, who has always disliked her, often scolding her for saying that she is a money-loser, and beating her from time to time.
Fortunately, there is good news on this day, the mother is pregnant in October to be born, and it is likely to be a son, Xiaowan thought that her hard days were coming to an end, after all, as long as she had a son, her father would not beat herself, and then all the attention would be on her younger brother, and Xiaowan would be relieved.
Thinking of these Xiaowan's eyes curved, the smile in her eyes was particularly obvious, her father actually hugged Xiaowan gently for the first time after seeing it, gently stroked her little head, full of fatherly love, Xiaowan dodged reflexively at first, she thought that there was no beating, some were just warm embraces, Xiaowan was flattered, and she was even more convinced that her brother was her lucky star.
Finally, after a day and a night of childbirth, a baby's cry sounded, the midwife wiped the baby covered in blood, and then gave the weak woman a look, the woman looked at the baby in front of her, it was the baby boy that her husband dreamed of, the corners of her white mouth rose slightly, and then closed her eyes, the midwife thought that she was just tired and did not bother her, but told the good news to the anxious man outside.
"It's born! It's a handle!" Finally, when the man heard the words of his dreams, he was full of tears with excitement, and Xiaowan in his arms was naturally happy, but when the man saw that it was Xiaowan in his arms, he resumed his usual face, and rudely threw Xiaowan aside, and then carefully went to hold the baby boy in the midwife's arms, the eyes full of spoiling and the careful love shocked Xiaowan, her father had never looked at her with such eyes in the past five years, and she was inexplicably sad, but when she thought about it, what qualifications did she have to be sad, She's just a money loser.
After half a ring, there was no need for the midwife to remind her, the man took out a large bag of broken silver directly from his pocket and handed it to her.
"Oh~Oh~Oh~ My good son... What are you doing with your mouth~ You want to eat. Milk, Father will take you to find Grandma~Obedient~" The gentle words of coaxing the baby boy in his arms were so harsh in Xiaowan's ears, his father had never been so harsh to himself, thinking of losing his head and lowering his head, his eyes were already moist, but she had to endure it, otherwise her father would scold her again.
Immediately after Xiaowan followed behind his father, when he entered the thatched house, his mother had closed her eyes tightly, no matter how her father called to no avail, her father finally realized that something was wrong, and called the midwife who had just left on her front foot in despair, and the midwife was also confused and pulled in by him, and when she saw the woman's pale face and closed eyes, she hurriedly put her finger under her nose, "No... It's out of gas!" Immediately, the midwife was frightened and collapsed to the ground, and then ran away with the broken silver that had fallen on the ground, for fear that the man would trouble her.
"How so! No, you wake up, you have the son you have been dreaming of, why did you leave! The man directly hugged the newborn baby boy and cried, the baby boy didn't know what was going on, at this time he heard the man's cry and was directly frightened and cried, and cried with the cry.
And Xiaowan, who witnessed everything from beginning to end, did not have a single tear, because she had no feelings for this mother who died suddenly in childbirth, and whether she had any feelings for her father, because they were not good to her, and even hoped that Xiaowan would never be born.
The next day, because Xiaowan's family was very poor, the deceased would not hold a funeral or anything, but just put a spirit card in the house, then wrapped it in a sack and threw it directly on the mass grave.
Since then, Xiaowan's nightmare has just come, after the death of her mother, all the housework is taken care of by Xiaowan, and if she doesn't do it well, she will be punished for not eating, and she will be punished for standing outside, etc., the cold wind is cold, Xiaowan is often frozen, her face is red and her ears are red, and her shoes are also tattered, so she often freezes her feet without feeling, and it is reasonable for her to have those itchy and unbearable chilblains all year round.
Anyway, it was a hellish day, and Xiaowan was born hard
It's been three years, until one day, she met a girl who looks very good and looks like she is not an ordinary person.
Xiaowan still remembers that when she saw that she was dressed in tatters, her feet were still full of chilblains, and her ears and nose were red, she asked with her milk, "What's your name?" Why are they so worn and their shoes are like this? Where did you come from, and where are you going?"
At that time, Xiaowan felt that she had a lot of problems, but looking at her dress, she knew that she was either rich or poor, and immediately replied: "Miss Hui, the little girl's name is Xiaowan, she comes from a remote village, and she dresses like this because the little girl's family is poor, and she has no clothes for the little girl to wear, and the shoes are like this because the family is poor."
The young lady was stunned when she heard this, as if she didn't believe in this world, there was still such a family, and there were still people who couldn't eat enough and couldn't dress warmly, which was an unbelievable thing for her, who had lived in the palace since she was a child, and she had no worries about food and clothing.
"Then are you willing to go back to the palace with me in the future, and ensure that you eat and drink spicy food in the future, how about not going?" Huang Li'er threw an olive branch to her, just to see if Xiaowan could catch it.
Sure enough, it lived up to expectations, Xiaowan nodded and then got into the carriage with the support of the maid, and suddenly a man behind the carriage shouted: "Little hoof, don't you want to get rid of me, get back to Lao Tzu!" Lao Yuan heard it, and as soon as he heard this tone, he knew that he was already drunk, Huang Li'er disdainfully let the coachman continue to move forward, and gradually the drunkard behind the carriage could no longer catch up, and fell directly to the ground.
At this time, Huang Li'er noticed Xiao Wan's expression, from the panic when she was afraid of the man catching up with the carriage just now, to the joy on her face at the moment, which made Huang Li'er feel particularly interesting.
Huang Li'er asked, "Your name is Xiaowan!"
「… Yes, Miss!" Xiao Wan was a little distracted, and when she reacted, she immediately bent down respectfully and didn't dare to look directly at Huang Li'er.
"It's not a nice name—you'll be called An Xue from now on! Today's snowflakes are fluttering, and it's very good for you to call An Xue."
"Yes, Miss!"