Mr. Yao just woke up from his nap and was feeding the parrots on the porch. The housekeeper Liu Rui was talking to him beside him: "The old man has been raising these two parrots for many years. Now that they are in your hands, the feathers look better than before."
It’s bright.”
Mengying came in, and Liu Rui went out with a very understanding look, taking away the little maid who was bringing tea next to her.
When Master Yao turned around, he saw his daughter looked tired and asked, "What's wrong? It's like an eggplant beaten by frost."
Mengying grabbed a handful of rice, put it in the parrot cage, and said calmly: "I had a fight with someone."
Master Yao picked up the teapot and said, "Is your second aunt coming to trouble you again?"
Mengying shook her head and said, "It's with my aunt."
Then I told Mr. Yao the whole story.
Master Yao was so angry that he threw the teacup and angrily wanted to settle the score with Mrs. Yao.
"Father, calm down, please listen to me. You know what kind of temper mother is. She was also deceived by her aunt, but fortunately she didn't lose much.
If you really go out in a big way to ask for punishment, then you will make Second Aunt and her gang laugh again. Brother Yao has already gone to persuade you, please calm down and don't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face."
Mr. Yao angrily squeezed out a sentence between his teeth: "Ms. Yang has no virtue, I will divorce her today!"
This sentence happened to be heard by Mrs. Yao, who was angry and came to argue with her daughter. Her hand that pushed the door was retracted like a lightning strike.
She came here originally to complain to her husband, and she wanted him to take back his housekeeping rights.
My daughter has been lawless since she became the head of the family. She has no respect for her elders and younger ones, and even went to her own parents' house to fight.
Her son's words fell on deaf ears, but her husband's words made her feel like she was falling into an ice cave. She bit her handkerchief and withdrew in tears.
Who is her husband? It’s her destiny.
Now that he really wanted to divorce her, she was scared and angry. What if she really was divorced? Her son would naturally stay in the Yao family. Where would she go?
The way back to her parents' home has been blocked by Yao Mengying.
Mrs. Yao returned to the living room crying, took Mrs. Hu's hand and said, "Mother Hu, it's over. The master wants to divorce me. What should I do?"
Mrs. Hu was also surprised when she heard this: "Madam, where did you hear this? You are so good, how could you divorce you?"
"It's all the fault of that girl Mengying. I don't know who told me that I gave my sister-in-law two thousand taels of silver and actually opened the door. Everyone knew about it, and the master said... that he wanted to divorce me."
Now Mrs. Yao really has no other choice but to cry.
"Will the money come back?" Mrs. Hu also tried to persuade Mrs. Tao not to believe the Jia family, but Mrs. Tao didn't listen.
"I want one thousand and eight hundred taels back."
Mrs. Hu finally put her heart into her stomach: "I am angry, don't take it seriously. When I am relieved in a few days, you can just go and apologize."
"Really? Can't you divorce me?" Mrs. Yao now has no backbone, and her son is not on her side anymore. Mrs. Hu has become the only person she can trust.
"Listen to my old slave and relax. I will definitely not divorce you. You were also fooled by that Jia family. Who knew she would bet on horses and cranes before releasing the money? You have to thank the girl, otherwise you will commit the crime."
What a big mistake." Mrs. Hu said while taking a handkerchief to Mrs. Yao to wipe away her tears.
She knew in her heart that for the sake of her two children, Mrs. Yao would not be abandoned, but it was hard to say how long she would be left in the cold.
Mrs. Yao said bitterly: "Either it crawled out of her own belly, or it is unreliable. I shouldn't have listened to Mrs. Feng and left this scoundrel behind!"
"Madam, be careful what you say." Mrs. Hu stuck her head outside the door. When she saw no one around, she felt relieved and raised her hand to close the door.
*
Mengying sat in the room, waiting for Mrs. Yao's summons. She knew that she would not be able to escape a scolding, and she might even have to get beaten.
When she was a child, Mrs. Yao beat her with a cane, and she still remembers it fresh.
"Qingluo, find me a thick cloak." As long as you don't hit your face, even if you get a cane on your body, it won't hurt so much.
It was only until dark that Mrs. Yao sent someone to look for her, and she didn't dare to take off her clothes. She just sat on the bed and waited.
Hongying advised: "Girl, take off your cotton cloak. Look at you, your face is turning red from the heat."
Mengying had suffered from the cane and had to wait until the second watch before changing her clothes and washing herself. She knew that she had escaped this hurdle.
As Mrs. Hu expected, although Mr. Yao did not write a letter of divorce, he was still determined to give Mr. Yang some color.
I rest in the study every day, and occasionally let Pomegranate come to serve me.
Mrs. Yao was in tears all day long, looking like a frustrated little daughter-in-law.
Mengying looked at Mrs. Yao. Even though she was her own mother, she still didn't feel pity for her. On the contrary, she felt she was hateful.
*
Mrs. Yao Er heard that Mengying went to her uncle's house to fight, and she knew that the Jia family was a poor family, and everyone in Qi County knew that sooner or later the unpleasant words would be spread.
She is just waiting to see her laugh.
However, what I didn’t expect was that Mengying’s joke didn’t come true, but my own joke came.
Since he moved away from the Yao family's old house, Mr. Yao is still happy even if he guessed that Shi Lanxiu was Mengying's bait.
He also gave Shi Lanxiu a few words and warned her: Don’t eat the inside out.
The delicate little lady, with tears in her eyes, made him unable to be cruel. In the end, she comforted her heart and liver.
The second wife didn't dare to come with her husband when she was angry. Every day when Yao Qingqiao went out, she would stand in front of Shi Lanxiu's door and scold him.
Once the door of Shi Lanxiu was closed, it was time to eat and drink inside, but he didn't take it to heart at all.
Seeing that the scolding battle failed, the second lady went to complain to Mrs. Yao, but Mrs. Yao only shook her head and said nothing. She was so angry that she didn't even go to invite An recently.
Mr. Yao, Mr. Yin, has been ill since he moved out of his old house. All his treasures of money are gone, and the filial sons and grandsons who used to surround him are also gone.
Mrs. Yin stirred the soup twice with a spoon. In the past, when she was sick, she always used ginseng to stir the soup, but now there was not even a single ginseng seed in the soup.
Yin left the spoon in the soup bowl and said, "Humph, just use these things to fool me."
Mapozi consoled her: "Now the second master and the third master are in trouble. Once they get through this, they will naturally come to your side to fulfill their filial piety."
Mrs. Yin closed her eyes and said, "When they become rich, my bones may be rotten away."
Since Mrs. Yin fell ill, she has become much older and no longer as energetic as before. She wiped her cloudy eyes, how did she lose the family fortune that was easily obtained and the treasure that was already in her pocket?
It was because of Yao Mengying, a little girl who was just twelve years old, that her family was forced to this point.
She was unwilling to give in! She couldn't close her eyes just to let go.
"Slave, please greet me, Madam." This was Shi Lanxiu's voice.
Shi Lanxiu was diagnosed with Ximai three months ago and was given the title of Aunt Lan. Her servants called her Aunt Lan.
Mapozi said: "It's her again. She doesn't come when she should come, but comes when she shouldn't. The old slave goes to drive her away."
Yin shook her head and said, "Let her come in."
Every time Shi Lanxiu asked for greetings, Ms. Yin ignored her. She thought it would be the same this time and was already planning to turn around and go back.
Hearing the door creak, Mapozi opened the door with a cold face.
Shi Lanxiu quickly saluted, "I've seen you, Aunt Ma."
Mapozi ignored her and turned around and entered the door without even looking at her.
"The old lady is well." Shi Lanxiu dwarfed her body.
Ms. Yin took a look at the person in front of her. He had an oval face, eyebrows with willow leaves and a cherry mouth, and two small dimples when he smiled. I don't know if he really thought he was a little white flower, but it's a pity that this is a piranha.
"Sit down, come here every day, you don't mind the trouble." Yin opened her eyelids a slit and said, twisting the agate bracelet in her hand.
"Looking at what you said, this is my slave's blessing. Who knows, you are the backbone of our family. The second master said, let me talk to you when I have nothing to do. Let the child in this belly also benefit from your old blessing.
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"If my stupid son has your scheming intentions, he will not be bullied like that by my niece. You don't have to beat around the bush with me. You come here every day. What do you want?"
"Then you have wronged me, slave. What do I want for you? I just want the child in my belly to be safe and to be able to serve the old lady in the future." Shi Lanxiu said with a low eyebrow.
Mrs. Yao said contemptuously: "It's not your turn to serve me by my side. It's just that for the sake of your being pregnant with the flesh and blood of the Yao family, I will spare your life. Don't think about anything else. The conduct between you and Yao Mengying,
It’s so different!”
"What the old lady said is that slaves are of low status and do not dare to compare with older girls." Shi Lanxiu clutched the corner of her clothes. Isn't Yao Mengying her nightmare?
"You entered Beijing at the same time as her, and Mrs. Yang loves you so much. Yao Mengying hired a famous teacher, but she didn't teach you Taoism?" Mrs. Yin said, staring into Shi Lanxiu's eyes.
"How dare I compare with the elder girl? What's more, she has never hired a famous teacher in Beijing. The elder girl is born with great wisdom."
"Oh? There are no female gentlemen in the capital, so who did she learn her rules from?" Ms. Yin recalled the several times she met Mengying.
She laughs without saying anything in a warm and affectionate manner, sometimes pretending to be innocent, but not delicate at all, and even carries the majesty of a person in a superior position.
Without the guidance of an expert, how could she have changed so much based on her stubborn and willful foundation?
"I have seen many people in the capital, and since the girl is smart, she will naturally learn it."
Although Shi Lanxiu dealt with Mrs. Yin like this, how could she not have any doubts in her heart?
Ever since Butler Song failed to seize the wealth, Yao Mengying has transformed from an ignorant girl into a fierce ghost Yaksha in the blink of an eye.
She also asked herself when Mengying changed. Maybe it was earlier, but she didn't pay attention.
The hesitation in Shi Lanxiu's eyes made Ms. Yin suspicious, and she concluded that Yao Mengying was a bit weird.