The Ji family is a well-known family in Furong Town, the head of the family, Ji Yunxiang, is in the prime of life, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a square face, and is a well-known figure in the local area. But he has a very good relationship with the head of the family, and he has been unable to have children for many years after marrying into the Ji Mansion, and it is useless to pray to God and worship Buddha. After three years, He Meixian gave birth to a son, Ji Guansong, who is the eldest son, and for three years, the son is the elder, and there are younger brothers and sisters: Ji Guanfeng, Ji Meixiang accompanied, and they want to be happy.

Time flies, the crown pine, the crown peak is growing, the crown pine is old and heavy, the crown peak has a stubborn temperament, and he has passed the ordinary children and children, but the eldest mother is silent and a rule. Although he is seven years old, he also understands the world a little, and he sees that his mother Meixian is unhappy with his father and mother because of his behavior, and when he sees his mother raising her eyebrows and smiling, her mother will be lost and uncomfortable for a few days, and she will also learn to be well-behaved. Guansong is old but indifferent, because he is the eldest son, the eldest mother raised an adult, and he also ignores the relationship between the eldest mother and the biological mother. Ji Meixiang is very happy with the two mothers, she is clever and well-behaved, lively and cute.

On this day, the Ji family recruited reading children, and they were all poor children.

There are a lot of people, the poor family eats porridge and bran, occasionally there is rice and sweet potatoes, there are occasional vegetables at home are also decorations, pickles and pickled radishes are hot and hot, so soft that they can't be clamped, they can only watch the children of large families eating fragrant buns and drinking soup, only swallowing saliva. What's more, every time the family is cut off, if a daughter is born, it is abandoned, and there are those who drown directly in the river for the sake of the integrity of the bones. Among them, there is a little girl, named Du Juan, is a posthumous daughter, mother Peony, is a famous beauty in the town next door, married to her father Wang Sheng, the family has a lot of real estate, life is safe, how difficult life is, the situation is changing, only two years of harmony, Wang Sheng returned to the underworld after drinking, leaving the peony and the child in the womb, the relatives in the clan are also unscrupulous means to occupy the field and real estate, and only leave a simple wooden house of Peony, a few acres of thin fields. Peony is simple by nature, does not have much savings, and his parents are old and have no way to help. The cuckoo was just born, and it was not a few, and the peony was also unable to put it in the water, and then hugged it back, put it in the mountains, and hold it back. Life is hard, hugging and crying, crying and raising, and finally suffered for a few years. The cuckoo grows up, because life is hard and difficult, there is little nutrition and moisture, the face is yellow and thin, the cheek contour is obvious, there is no bright and tuody of a little girl, skinny, sallow face, it is fortunate to be alive. On this day, Peony heard from He Meixian's distant relatives that the Ji family was recruiting scholars, but they were just asking for boys. The salary is not much, but the diet is better than that of ordinary people. Peony couldn't help it, so she pulled up the cuckoo's sparse long hair, borrowed a few boys' clothes, told the cuckoo a few words, and watched the cuckoo go in. I am also reluctant in my heart, but I can live! How difficult it is for a woman to carry a child, she can't carry her shoulders or her back, and she doesn't even have a person to help her. The owner borrowed some wild vegetables, and the porridge of wild vegetables boiled was transparent. The cuckoo should be doing much better than it is now. What does it matter if Peony thinks she can be alone? It's okay to work as a servant for someone else's house. The door of the Ji family is closed, and I heard that there are several levels of selection, but Du Juan has no education, and there is not much hope when he thinks about it.

The dew in the early morning has already set off in the light, and now the sun is just at the beginning, it is noon, Peony sits worriedly in the alley not far from Jifu, and sometimes goes to worship the land lord in the corner, bless, bless, not for the few taels of silver that a scholar will have for a few years, just thinking that the cuckoo will have three meals a day to eat. And the Ji family is a well-known good family, don't worry about the personal safety of the cuckoo at all, a child of this size, there will be no scolding, or the land lord will bless it, the cuckoo's deceased father will bless it, it's not that the peony has a big heart, it's for the cuckoo to live, you also have to bless your daughter. A mother's heart, all remembered by her children!

Peony muttered to herself, walking back and forth from time to time.

At the time of Shen, the door of the Ji family finally opened, and one of the two scholars admitted was the cuckoo. Peony laughed and cried, waved at the cuckoo from afar, and rushed back to the house in the next town to make plans.

Back to my dilapidated wooden house, looking at the lit dim kerosene lamp, Peony couldn't sleep all night long, the cuckoo should be able to eat, what am I worried about? If I don't ask her if there is a shortage of servants in the family of the person Mei Xian married, I can also watch my cuckoo from afar!

Peony had no sleep all night, and it was easy to hear the rooster crowing, and when she came out, she saw that the door of the eldest lady's house was still closed, so she had to stay outside and wait.

After an hour, the eldest lady finally opened the door, and Peony leaned up with a haha, "That, eldest sister." The cuckoo is a scholar in Meixian's house. ”

The eldest lady was shocked, "No, isn't the cuckoo a girl?"

"I also had no choice but to pretend to be a boy. ”

"Peony, this is to be exposed. ”

"Eldest sister, I'm anxious when I think about it, and when I go home, I think about it, what should I do with this bath and sleeping peony? ”

"Hey. ”

"Eldest sister, do you say that Meixian's family will still recruit servants? I want to go, look at the cuckoo, the child is still too young. ”

"Hey, I'll help you find out what Meixian is talking about. ”

"Eldest sister, I'm really anxious for you. Peony grabbed Aunt Song's hand tightly.

"Peony, don't be too anxious, I can only inquire. ”

chattered for a while, and the eldest lady hurriedly searched around for the peony.

After more than a month, the eldest lady told Peony that the Ji family lacked a cook, and those who started still needed to be cleaned, in short, it would be harder, Peony was anxious before listening to Guang, "It's okay, it's okay." As long as I see the cuckoo, I feel better. ”

gave the steward a little broken silver, and the steward saw that the peony was still dressed neatly, so he took the peony into Ji's house.

Steward Ji took the peony around, and saw a steaming room, three or four women were busy steaming, several stoves were in full swing, one of the women raised eyebrows, eyes were bright, saw the peony behind Steward Ji, smiled and said, "Is it a new arrival? Let's go pick vegetables first, it's next to it." Steward Ji pushed the peony, his eyes were also very indicative, and the peony hurriedly rolled up his sleeves. It was still the woman who said: "Today, the younger brother's family of the main mother is here, you need to prepare more, you just came, you are also busy first, and I will introduce you later, the Ji Mansion also has certain rules, you must also remember it when you arrive." My surname is Shen, and you can call me Sister Shen in the future. "Okay. Peony was busy picking vegetables and looked up. In this way, his hands were busy, and Peony's heart was also busy and happy but panicked, and he kept thinking about his child Cuckoo, thinking that he might be able to see it soon.