Chapter 4 The Madam's scheming(1/2)
The four seasons are exchanged, autumn goes and winter comes.
The weather gradually became colder, and the northwest wind was whistling. In the west wing, the wind kept beating the windows.
The sound of "slap" made the baby frightened and kept crying. Yao Nan's mother hugged her and gently comforted her while carrying the small furnace of carbon beside her with bamboo.
This furnace carbon was given by the second wife. It was said that it was used by the young lady when she was young. Although it was not very big, she could also feel some warmth in winter.
Especially some diapers and other things can be baked on top.
She was extremely grateful. The second wife was kind-hearted, but she was a little savvy. She heard from the servant that she had accidentally hit the master a few days ago and was neglected for a while.
She didn't know why it was for? She couldn't ask. Now she just washed some clothes when she went out, or went to the kitchen to get some food and make some water. The servant didn't stop her, and after all, she was still a concubine of the master.
Although she has no identity and doesn't like it, she is not all bad, so she doesn't take much, so everyone turns a blind eye.
However, if you accidentally meet the eldest lady, she will always scold her.
Just like now; "Yo, I said, "Three Room, what are you doing? Why do you always see you in the kitchen recently? Are you hungry? Or are you hungry?"
The tone sounded like she was stealing something. Although she felt uncomfortable, she endured it calmed down for a moment.
"I have met the eldest lady. Because the weather is a little cold, I came to the kitchen to prepare charcoal. The child is afraid of the cold!" The west wing room was originally a place where summer and winter were cold.
When the eldest lady heard her say this, she glanced at the basket in her hand and thought that the west wing was indeed cold. Anyway, it was just some burnt charcoal, which was not worth much money. Forget it, let her take it. If she was freezing, she would have to find someone to treat them. Humph, she didn't have the spare money. After thinking about it, she didn't say much. She just hummed a few times, looked at her sideways, and waved her hand to signal her to leave.
The third room was slightly bent and was worried about the child, so he speeded up.
When she returned to the room, the child was still asleep. She let out a gentle breath and shivered as she closed the door. It was so cold.
Put down the charcoal fire in your hand and slowly add it up. The small furnace emits a faint light.
"Miss, walk slowly. The weather is slipping on the cold ground. Be careful to fall!" In the yard of the Yao family, a little girl wearing a red cotton jacket and a shawl was running around mischievously.
"Oh!" I accidentally bumped into someone. Fortunately, the person was supported by the maid next to me, otherwise he would fall down.
He raised his head and said it was the eldest lady! "Oh, Miss, are you okay? Please pay tribute to the eldest lady quickly and apologize!" The maid who was chasing him was the eldest lady and thought it was not good, so he quickly pulled the little girl over to apologize.
"Madam, I'm sorry, Xiang'er didn't do it on purpose." The little girl lowered her head timidly.
"Hey, it's okay, didn't I fall down? Hahaha, Xiang'er, why are you so naughty? This girl's family can't be like a boy! If she grows up, she won't get married, do you know? Where is your mother? Why haven't you been with you?" The eldest lady deliberately looked around.
"Mom is sick, so she's resting in the room!" The little girl is the eldest daughter of the Yao family, Yao Xianger.
"Oh, the second room is sick. What's going on? Have you ever invited the doctor to see it?" She said as if she didn't know, with a look of surprise on her face.
"The eldest lady has asked the doctor to see it, but she felt the cold and just took some medicine. It's okay." The maid next to her lowered her head and said.
I thought to myself that this eldest lady is really good at pretending. I knew it before, and if she hadn't been causing trouble that day, her wife wouldn't have collided with the master.
"Oh, just see it. Then you are a servant who is still here, and you are still taking the young lady here. You don't know that the weather is cold. If the young lady is frozen, you will be waiting to be beaten. Humph!"
"What the eldest lady taught me is that I will leave. Miss, let's go." In an instant, the maid turned the finger onto the maid, who had no choice but to pull Yao Xiang'er to salute and leave.
He glanced at their left backs with his eyes full of jealousy and viciousness.
Humph, this charming fox, it seems that she still dares to fight with me.
The maid took Yao Xiang'er back to her mother's room.
"Mother, are you getting better?" The little girl wanted to walk over, but was pulled by the maid, and looked up and looked at the maid with her mouth blocked.
"Xiang'er, be good, listen to the maid and sister, my mother has a cold and it's hard to get close to you, so as not to get infected, do you know?"
"Madam!" The maid called out softly.
How could the second wife not know what the meaning of her eyes were revealed?
"What? I met her, Xiang'er was wronged, right?"
"Fortunately, my good servant didn't take good care of the lady. Sorry, Madam, you should get better soon. Don't be too sad. For the sake of the lady, you must cheer up."
The maid was brought from her parents' home and grew up together since childhood. Naturally, the relationship is better than that of her.
Seeing her a little aggrieved, the second wife knew that she must have been angry with the eldest wife. "Oh." She sighed helplessly.
She has no choice.
I remembered that day... the master just went home when he went out. She accidentally went to the kitchen to make some snacks, wanting to give them to the children, and by the way, she also wanted to give some to the third room.
But unexpectedly, when she met the eldest lady, she looked unhappy when she saw what was in her hand.
"Oh, I said, second sister, you are going to make the Yao family poor, you actually do so much? Are you giving it to children or adults?"
The eldest lady looked at the tray in her hand and said coldly, naturally jealous. She thought that she was originally from a merchant family and had never liked to enter the kitchen since she was a child. She always felt that she had lost her identity. Naturally, she was clumsy in writing about her skills and could not make any pastries. Every time she saw her make, she became jealous, especially when the master praised her.
It made her even more jealous.
Just when she was still trying to attack, she was sharp-eyed and found that Mr. Yao was walking here, so she changed her mind and immediately changed her face.
The words are different.
"Oh, I said sister, I didn't say anything, sister? What's your attitude? Who said I was born in a Shanghuan family since I was a child? Of course, I don't know much about these snacks and dishes. How can I compare to those who have cooked since I was a child!
I also want to learn to make the master happy. I also envious of you when you make food for the master to eat. You... you don't have to laugh at me like this!" As he said that, he even started crying.
The second wife looked at her in surprise, not knowing why she suddenly changed her face. Did she say something just now? She raised her eyebrows slightly.
The servants on the side also lowered their heads and didn't dare to say anything.
This scene made Mr. Yao, who had just entered the door, look like the second room was bullying the big room. When he walked over, he looked at the arrogant look of the second room, and he instantly had a gloomy face.
"What's going on?" Hearing Mr. Yao's slightly angry question.
The second room turned around in surprise, narrowed his eyes slightly, and glanced at the eldest lady.
I understand in my heart, so that's it!
"Oh, it's the master... the master is back." The eldest lady pretended to be surprised at first, and then felt wronged, her mouth was so flat that she wanted to cry.
"I'm asking you what's going on, haven't you heard it?" Listening to Mr. Yao's stern question.
Erfang felt sad, but his face was full of arrogance. Since she didn't believe her, why bother asking?
"Oh, master, don't be angry. This is not good for your health. Sister... She is also unintentional, I...I'm fine!"
"Don't talk. I saw it just now. Don't you want to say anything? Then let me tell you that you are the second wife and she is the big wife. How can this small one be bigger? If the eldest wife wants to learn something, shouldn't you teach me all the money? It's just some food, is it so rare?"
When Mr. Yao saw her lifting her chin, he looked stubborn. Even if he saw him, he would not bow his head, and his face was instantly stepped on his feet, which made him even more angry.
"Oh, sister, you just admit that you are wrong with the master. Everyone is a family, so don't look ugly." The eldest lady fanned the flames with a fake look on her face.
The second room looked at her coldly, "Master, I am right! I don't know where I am wrong? I am just..."
"Okay, you...you dare to quarrel against me like this, what's wrong? Humph! Okay, that's my fault. You...you kneel down at the Sitang, without my permission."
Mr. Yao was furious. She actually hit him like this. He... He is the head of the Yao family!
Doesn’t she understand the principle of following her father at home and following her husband at home?
The second wife didn't expect Mr. Yao to be so unreasonable, which made her even more sad. He didn't listen to her explanation. Is this the man she has loved for more than ten years?
She should have been awake long ago. After he married the eldest lady and had three more rooms, she should have known that this man was not worthy of her love at all.
He looked at him in despair, resisting the tears falling, holding the tray tightly with his hands and biting his lower lip.
He turned his head resolutely and left. Mr. Yao looked at her resolute eyes and felt a chill in his heart.
What does her look mean? Even if it wasn't her fault, wouldn't she bow her head and admit it? Do you have to let him lose face in front of the servant?
Forget it, since she wants to be arrogant, let her suffer some trouble so that she can be sober. What is her identity now? Or is she a little girl?
If you act willful and recklessly, how can you be a mother? "Oh, what should you see if you are okay? Why don't you leave soon? Haha, Master, you have worked hard outside, it's all my fault. If you don't take good care of the mansion, you will be angry. Come on, I will accompany you back to your room." The eldest lady said and winked at the maid next to her.
The maid knew it and quickly turned around and went to the kitchen to prepare hot water.
"Well, you're more sensible, madam." Mr. Yao sighed and let her support him.
"Oh, sir, don't be angry anymore. It's not good to be angry. Let me serve you later..."
Looking at the two people who were getting farther and farther away, the servant couldn't help but shake his head, hey, their eldest lady is really scheming, the second lady is really unlucky today, and she was unlucky, but she met the master and returned home. It was pitiful, and she was plotted against by the eldest lady again.
In the ancestral hall, the second wife was still kneeling. The weather was cold and even colder at night. The coolness from the ground made her grit her teeth tightly.
"Mom, mom, why are you here? Xiang'er wants to be cold and mom. Xiang'er is afraid, mom."
The little girl ran in crying, squatting beside her and shaking her.
When the second wife saw her coming, she turned to look at the maid.
"Madam, you have been early for a long time. You have not seen you go back, so I cried to find the master. But when the master was at the eldest lady, the eldest lady saw the lady going, and was afraid that she would quarrel to the master, so she locked her outside the door and refused to let her in. Fortunately, the master heard it and said that you are here and asked me to bring her to you."
"Why are you still attacking the child? A real evil woman." The second wife couldn't help but feel angry, and she didn't expect that the eldest lady could be so evil.
And he, what are you trying to do?
"Madam, don't be angry. The master asked us to take you back, as if he was dying."
Alas, the anger was gone, but I just couldn't stand the child's crying.
"You don't have to help you. I've seen through it all these years. Haha." After saying that, the second room started to cough repeatedly.
"Madam, let's see, you're caught a cold. Miss is still young, so you can't get cold." Hearing her cough, her face turned pale, and she must have suffered from a cold.
"Well, go back, let's go, Xiang'er, be good, it's my mother's fault." He stood up slowly, because it was cold, he knelt for a few more hours, and his legs were already numb and weak.
To be continued...