Li Yan didn't expect that she would be so serious, and her calm mood instantly sank, "Grandma, I..."
"No need to say more." Shi Chunfen interrupted her with a wave of her hand. Her voice was not loud, but unusually powerful. "I don't care about how you were in the past. After all, compared to you, I am not a good master.
.But from now on, I hope you can do your duty as a first-class girl. If you can't do it, then I can only let others do it."
Hearing the last sentence, Li Yan took a breath and her expression became serious, "Li Yan will follow the teachings of the eldest young lady. She will be careful in her words and deeds in the future and will never let the eldest lady down again."
"Yeah." Shi Chunquin nodded with satisfaction, and his eyes fell on Yu Atu who had just been brought in by Sangs.
She was silent and said to everyone: "Except for Usagi, everyone else can go out."
Everyone nodded, and Li Yan stood up and took the lead, quickly leaving the room.
After they left, Yu Atu took a few steps forward and knelt down in front of Shi Chunquin, "Cousin, I know I was wrong, please let me stay..."
She went straight to the topic as soon as she opened her mouth, and she knew the temperament of Shi Chun Equinox very well.
The more you hide your true feelings, the more disappointed you will be.
Shi Chunquin looked at her, her gentle brows showing no emotion or anger. Every time Yu Atu begged her, he would always call her cousin affectionately, but only when he begged her would she treat her as a cousin.
Shi Chunfen lowered his eyes and said calmly: "Get up."
But Yu Atu didn't move. She knelt stubbornly, tears falling all over her face. "Unless you promise me, I won't be able to kneel down."
Shi Chunfen pursed her lips and her eyes became cold, "In order to stay in the Chu family, do you even give up your face?"
When she was in Huating, although she didn't say it clearly, people below could guess the reason why she sent Yu Atu back. Paper couldn't cover the fire. She didn't want Yu Atu to stay here and have to face it in the future.
Other people’s pointing fingers.
Yu Atu was shocked, looked up at the Spring Equinox in disbelief, suddenly laughed, and smiled, but the tears fell even harder, "Face? How much is a face worth? Cousin, fly up to the branch, marry
I have become the best son in Liuzhou, and of course I value my face more than anyone else. But for weak women like us who come from poor families, we either have to marry a useless man like my father, or we work as a mistress in a rich family.
Concubine, dare I ask my cousin, compared to marrying a man like my father, what does face mean?"
Shi Chunfen was stunned, and then she understood where Yu Atu's aggressiveness in marriage came from. She thought about her aunt's life, and it was indeed a sad thing to be tied to a man like Yu Dayong.
So suddenly, she could understand Yu Atu's mood.
"But you don't have to stay in the Chu family." Shi Chunfen's tone softened, and he persuaded softly: "Even if you go back to your aunt's house, I will ask someone to arrange a good marriage for you.
Isn't it enough to make sure you marry a good son and change your destiny?"
Yu Atu still refused, "A woman like me has neither studied nor learned etiquette. Even if my cousin proposes marriage to me in the future, I will still be helpless, without virtue or talent.
When I was rejected by my husband's family, I would rather stay in the Chu family and learn the rules here to avoid being criticized in the future."
"This..." Shi Chunfen hesitated. This was what she had in mind when she agreed to allow Yu Atu to live in the Chu family. However, Yu Atu's actions during this period were too ridiculous, making her feel that she was unable to teach her.
I just thought about letting her go back, but now that she took the initiative, she was really hesitant to give her another chance to see if she really repented.
Seeing that she was a little shaken, Yu Atu simply stretched out three fingers and swore: "I, Yu Atu, swear to God, if I stay in the Chu family in the future, fail to abide by my duties, and do ungrateful things again, I will
Let me be lonely all my life and end up childless."
"Bah, bah, bah!" Shi Chunquin jumped up in fright, and covered her mouth with his hand, "What are you talking about? Don't swear, don't say it randomly, spit out it and say it again!"
Yu Atu looked at her steadily and said stubbornly: "Cousin, are you willing to let me stay?"
Shi Chunfen sighed, lowered his palms, and helped her up, "You have sworn that, if I, the cousin, refuse to give you another chance, wouldn't I be a stone-hearted person?"
Yu Atu's eyes lit up and he became happy, "So, you are willing to let me stay?"
Shi Chunfen smiled and nodded, "Of course, I also hope you can stay with me."
Yu Atu immediately threw herself into her arms, tears streaming down her face, "Cousin, you are so kind!"
Shi Chunfen smiled, patted her back gently, and comforted her: "It's okay, everything is over."
She has never been a person who holds grudges. As long as Yu Atu keeps to himself, she will forget everything about what happened in Huating.
Yu Atu cried in her arms for a while. When he calmed down, Lu Tao's voice came from outside the house, "Grandma, I have chosen two girls to serve Miss Jiang. Do you want to take a look first?"
Shi Chunfen took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears on Yu Atu's face before saying, "Come in."
Lu Tao quickly led the two girls in and knelt in front of Shi Chunquin, "Slave Bai Ling, Oriole, please see the eldest mistress."
Shi Chunfen remembers the two of them. From the time she moved into this courtyard, these two were her rough-and-tumble girls. Although they rarely interacted with each other, their hands and feet were quite agile at work, and they looked smart and honest.
It should be a workable material.
She nodded slightly and said calmly: "Lv Tao has told you about your respective tasks, right? Are you confident?"
The two men hurriedly agreed, "I will do my duty faithfully and share my worries with my grandma."
"Well." Shi Chunfen glanced at Yu Atu and motioned her to take out two ingots of silver from the drawer in the house and handed them to the two of them. "Miss Jiang is a distinguished guest in the house. You must not neglect her in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, but about her
Everything you say and do must be reported to Lu Tao, and not a single thing can be missed, okay?"
The two men nodded quickly, "I know this."
Shi Chunquin smiled with satisfaction and waved to Lu Tao to take them out.
After they left, Yu Atu couldn't help but ask: "Isn't Miss Jiang the daughter of the military doctor under the county lord? Why did the uncle bring her to Liuzhou this time? Did he want to take her as his concubine?"
Shi Chunfen raised her eyes and glanced at her. She immediately realized that she had made a mistake and added nonchalantly: "Cousin, don't worry, I have given up on you. I ask this just because I care about you..."