After a night of noisy and chattering, finally dawn arrived in a daze.

An Niannian and others were drugged by someone who made raw croton powder after drying and grinding it. Although croton is a laxative, eating too much can cause heart paralysis and death. Fortunately, when Achi saw Cui Jinniang running away, he suspected that someone had poisoned them.

They were poisoned, so they quickly boiled coptis water and mung bean water and drank it down. A doctor also prescribed a decoction to stop diarrhea and protect the heart.

By the time the sun emerged from the morning mist at the other end of the forest, Liu Tianxing, who was the strongest, was already able to jump to the ground.

With a pale face, the little girl first looked at An Niannian who was still lying on the bed, and then looked at Xia He who was struggling to sit up to see Qingying. She and the little maid who took care of Xia He pushed him back to the bed.

, patted his chest and said, "I'll go see Qingying, just have a good rest."

Because Cui Jinniang was able to touch it out easily, Miss Achi, who was in charge of the backyard, was very angry. Early in the morning, she summoned all the maids in front and behind her, saying that from now on, they would have to follow him to practice one every day.

hour.

Passing by the maids who had been scolded into disgrace, Liu Tianxing first went to the side courtyard to see Qingying. Qingying was still weak, but her face had some color, and she looked better than Xia He.

After listening to Liu Tianxing talk about how dangerous it was for them to be drugged last night, Qingying couldn't help but feel worried on her face:

"Why did you come out after working hard all night? Go back and have a good rest."

"I'm in good health. I'll be fine if I go out for a walk! If I just lie down, I might get sick more easily!"

Liu Tianxing looked at Qingying eagerly as she spoke.

Qingying looked at her, then at the meat porridge with chicken breast and ham crumbs in her hand, and said carefully: "Would you like a bowl too?"

"Okay, okay!" Liu Tianxing nodded quickly, "Afraid that I might vomit again, the doctor told me not to eat anything today. How can I get better if I don't eat?"

Qingying laughed: "There are empty bowls over there, you can fill them for yourself! It should be okay if you eat less."

Liu Tianxing filled the bowl with a smile and finished it in two or three gulps.

After breakfast, Qingying leaned on the bed and embroidered by the skylight outside the window. Liu Tianxing looked at it and advised her: "Embroidery takes a lot of time. You need to recover first before doing it."

Qingying shook her head: "I have been raising her for almost half a month. Even if I am in confinement, it is time to do some work. Mrs. Shen is raising me, a patient, and my two daughters. I can't feel at ease."

I'm just waiting to be taken care of. Besides, I'm just making a skirt for the girl. I embroidered the simplest pattern of fish and peonies, using only four stitches and six kinds of threads. How can it be considered troublesome?"

I just used four kinds of stitches and six kinds of threads to create the simplest fish-like peonies.

Looking at Qingying's scarred hands that were still dexterous, Liu Tianxing carefully hid her clumsy claws in her sleeves.

Qingying's two daughters, one is less than one year old and the other is less than two years old. It is said that one was born at the beginning of the year and the other at the end of the year. Both children are as skinny as little monkeys. The younger one can't even stand firmly.

, Liu Tianxing held her in her arms and fed her goat milk spoonful by spoonful. The older one could already speak, but not much. Liu Tianxing asked her to call her "aunt", she shook her little hand and said "

Aunt".…

Liu Tianxing was immediately satisfied, and after chatting with Qingying for a while, she walked out of the side courtyard feeling her three-quarters full belly.

Seeing a group of maids being led by Peifeng to run around the corridor, Liu Tianxing blinked and strolled into the main courtyard again.

As soon as she entered the yard, she saw the second young lady wearing only a plain short coat squatting in the corner... Was she moving... bricks?

Zhao Surui also saw Liu Tianxing who was very leisurely, holding a stone in his hand, gritting his teeth and walking forward with courage, ignoring her.

Liu Tianxing sighed, squatting on the ground and watching the "Second Young Madam" move stones: "Young Madam, even a stupid person like me knows that we can't run back to Yanjing City from Zhuangzi. Sister Cui is so smart, why do she have to do it?

Are you running?"

Zhao Surui carried the stone all the way to the corner at the other end and put it down, straightened up and took a breath:

"It seems that Cui Jinniang has shown mercy to you and allowed you to hang out now."

Liu Tianxing sighed again. She was round and squatted on the ground with her back hunched over. She picked up a dead branch and teased the ants on the ground. She added:

"Among us, Sister An is the most peaceful, Sister Xia is the most crazy, and Sister Cui is the smartest. But now Sister Xia never mentions the second master, and Sister Cui is also stupid, which makes it seem that I don't

So stupid."

If you can say this, you are still stupid.

Zhao Surui rolled his eyes at her: "When it comes to scheming, Cui Jinniang is indeed a powerful figure among women. It's a pity that she has limited knowledge. When she saw Xie Fengan, she felt that it was the best destination. Xie Fengan couldn't do it anymore, and she hoped that her son could give her

When you rely on someone, don’t you know that you made a mistake from the first step, and even if you turn things into flowers later, they are just a dojo inside a snail shell."

Liu Tianxing blinked, as if she understood, but also as if she didn't:

"Young madam, if you don't rely on the second young master or your son, who else can you rely on?"

Watching a few ants on the ground busy for a little snack dregs, Liu Tianxing shook her head and said:

"My family has been a slave since my grandfather's generation. I was sent to the mansion when I was four years old to relieve my wife's boredom. When I was a little older, my wife thought I couldn't accompany her to count Buddha meters, so she sent me to the yard. I was still a young lady.

Don't you dislike me and teach me how to read? I thought that after I learned how to write and arithmetic, I would be able to return to my father's house and become a housekeeper, but the master pointed me out to the second young master as a concubine. My father and my mother knew the news

When I came to the house to kowtow, I was so happy that the child I would give birth to would be a young master, and I would no longer have to be a slave or a maid."

She raised her head to look at the young lady, then lowered her head:

"Young madam, you said, if I don't count on the second young master or my children, who can I count on? The same goes for Sister Cui. I saw her when she first came to see you at the house. She is no better than the current Qingying.

How much? I led her the way, but even if she wanted to give me a reward, she couldn't get rid of anything. She only gave me a green cloth purse embroidered with pine trees, which was still used."

After moving the stones twice, Zhao Surui wiped the sweat on his body with the back of his hand and looked at the little girl who was mumbling there.

"Who are you counting on? Of course you are counting on yourself!"

He sneered and stretched his arms:

"If you don't want to be a slave, then find a way to let your father know that you have the ability to make money. You can make more money than staying in the house as a concubine. When you redeem yourself, who can let you be a concubine? Think about it.

If you want to fight, you must have the spirit to fight.”…

Zhao Surui really couldn't understand these women. A mere shadow prisoner could actually make Cui Jinniang take risks. And Liu Tianxing, who didn't know whether she was well or not, was saying stupid things in front of him.

After moving the last stone, Zhao Surui let out a long breath, and then used his long fist to stretch his muscles. Just as he was taking a breath and preparing to use his strength, he suddenly saw Liu Tianxing raise her head.

"No!" Liu Tianxing said.

Zhao Surui almost choked and almost called Liu Tianxing "bold".

"What's wrong?"

"Young lady, what you said is wrong!"

Liu Tianxing looked up at him.

"Young lady! You have read a lot of books and been to many places. You look at us just like I look at these ants."

The dead branch poked the ground, and Liu Tianxing said seriously: "Ants work hard for a little bit of scum, just like you see Sister Cui relying on a man, son. When we look at the ants, we feel that the ants are very

It's ridiculous, because we don't have to care about the dregs of snacks. We can eat the whole snack on the table, go to the kitchen to have snacks made, and eat snacks in different ways. You look at us and it's funny, because you know that in this world

There are many ways to avoid relying on men or sons."

The little girl was a little timid, but her tone of voice was still serious.

"Young lady, when we laughed at the ants, no one told the ants that there are other snacks in the world, so the ants will definitely fight for such a small snack."

The back house of Uncle Ning'an's Mansion is the dregs of their dim sum.

The second young master's extremely meager favor is their snack dregs.

Children no longer need to be slaves. The children born to maids no longer need to be slaves. They are the dregs of their snacks.

A little bit of freedom, a little bit of future, a little bit of "prospect" that others cannot see, is their snack dregs.

What kind of snack dregs, what kind of ants, what nonsense are these? Zhao Surui was about to open his mouth to refute, but he paused when he looked at Liu Tianxing's face.

Instead, he saw a different "ant". The ant-like woman stole his body and refused to change it back.

"... A commoner's wife is a concubine and an orphan. Even if her family property is dissipated and her reputation is ruined, it will only be her death. What will the flood have to do with me after I die?"

What Shen Sanfa said that day came to his ears again.

He was a bit of an ant, but after seeing some dim sum that was a little bigger than dim sum dregs, he got carried away and refused to retreat. Shen Sanfei had seen less and naturally gained less, so he could threaten him without any scruples.

The dignified Emperor Zhaode was held hostage by an ant-like woman, wasn't it because he had seen so much and gained so much?

Tunan counted the time and walked into the main courtyard with a plate of snacks. He saw his girl moving stones viciously, while Liu Tianxing looked at the girl in a daze.

"Girl, let's have some snacks first. This Danai cake is made by blanching plums with white plum licorice and then adding finely chopped peach preserves, pine nuts and melon seeds mixed with honey to make a filling. Finally, it is steamed in a pot.

When they came out, these plums were dried in the sun when they were in season, and now they are crispy when steamed."

"Put it down." Zhao Surui was in a very bad mood. He walked over and picked up a stuffed plum and put it in his mouth...

It's quite crispy.

It's quite sweet inside.

I ate one, and then another.

Zhao Surui looked at Liu Tianxing who was watching eagerly next to him.

"You had vomiting and diarrhea yesterday. Did those quack doctors not let you eat?" Zhao Surui is very familiar with the way doctors treat diseases. No matter what the disease is, those doctors will easily make people starve in peace.

, as if a person can get rid of all diseases in just one day of cultivating immortality.

Liu Tianxing nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Zhao Surui sat on the chair, raised his legs, pushed the dessert plate forward, and said very generously, "Eat."
To be continued...