Maid of a wealthy family

Chapter 13
After the housekeeper left, Wang Ma took the chrysanthemum to the "Zhizu Pavilion", and then said: "Girl, you stay here first, I will go in and inform the old lady, and then I will call you." I went with my little feet.

Chrysanthemum stood down and looked at the pavilion curiously.She didn't know what was waiting for her. There are so many houses in Lan Mansion, so many people, and so many rules. It seems that it is not easy to be a "girl" in Lan Manor... She is so As he was thinking, he suddenly saw a short girl with a round face, pulling another slender and charming girl, walking towards the pavilion where he was standing.Frost hung on their faces, as if they had a deep hatred with someone.

Chrysanthemum didn't know who they were, and while she was thinking, two girls had already come to the door. The round-faced girl let go of the other girl's hand, put her arms around her arms, and stopped by the door frame, then stared at her coldly, Vice can't wait to eat her in one bite.After a while, the girl gritted her teeth and said, "Are you that little whore who just came?!"

Chrysanthemum has been stared into hairs by her eyes, and after hearing this thoughtless and harsh words, she doesn't know what's going on.She didn't dare to answer rashly, she just looked at them suspiciously with wide eyes.After a while, he murmured, "Yes..."

The round-faced girl suddenly let go of her hand, looked at the other girl, suddenly burst into laughter, and said, "Haha, listen, she admitted that she is a little whore."

When Chrysanthemum heard this, she suddenly felt blood rushing to her cheeks.Although she didn't know who they were and why they treated her like this, she couldn't bear such vicious sarcasm and insults, so she blushed and said, "You...why are you scolding me?"

The round-faced girl crossed her hips, walked a few steps forward, looked at Chrysanthemum with red eyes and said, "Not only scold you, but also spit on you." As she spoke, she spat a mouthful of phlegm on Chrysanthemum's face.

Chrysanthemum felt so wronged, she wanted to cry and fight back, but she still wasn't sure who they were, so she wiped away the sickness silently with tears in her eyes, and said pitifully, "I didn't, I didn't offend you." !” After finishing speaking, she begged to look at another girl, that girl had never said a word since entering the door, Chrysanthemum hoped to get her help.However, she was soon disappointed. The girl's eyes were somber and cold that it was frightening.

At this time, the round-faced girl pressed her head closer to Chrysanthemum, staring at Chrysanthemum like a vengeful enemy, and said, "Little whore, you are scared and guilty, aren't you? Why don't you dare to return to your aunt? Come on." Ah, you pay it back..." As he spoke, he spat at Chrysanthemum provocatively.

Chrysanthemum is angry.Maybe everyone's patience has a limit.She is saddened by the humiliation of innocence today.Her chest heaved, and she decided that no matter who they were, she would fight back. Thinking of this, she suddenly grabbed the round-faced girl's clothes, glared at her and asked angrily, "You, why do you bully people?" With the other hand, taking advantage of the other party's inattention, she lifted the hem of the other party's clothes and wiped the phlegm off her face.

The round-faced girl also seemed to have found a reason to vent her anger. She yelled and stretched out her hand to grab the chrysanthemum's face: "Well, you little whore, how dare you hit my aunt. My aunt let you try it hard." Said After finishing, he turned back and shouted: "Da Cui, come quickly."

The other girl moved but didn't have the courage to step forward.

Here Chrysanthemum still tried her best to restrain herself, she just pushed the other side away with all her strength to prevent the other side from grabbing her face.But despite this, there were still a few bloodstains on her neck from the round-faced girl.

At this moment, Wang Ma came in. Seeing this appearance, she stared and shouted loudly: "Xi Juan, what are you doing? Beg for a beating!"

The round-faced girl let go of her hand, but glared at Chrysanthemum angrily.

Wang Ma said: "It's outrageous! If you let the old lady know, it will be strange if you don't use the family law to serve you!"

The round-faced girl named Xijuan said still angrily: "Family law is family law, and I'm not afraid." After finishing speaking, she held her head high and walked away angrily.

The girl standing by the door called Da Cui also turned to leave, but Wang Ma said reproachfully, "Da Cui, you don't even try to persuade her!"

Da Cui still smiled coldly: "I don't want to persuade you." After finishing speaking, he gave Chrysanthemum a hard look, turned and left.

After they were far away, Wang Ma turned around to comfort the crying Chrysanthemum and said, "Okay, don't cry, girl. Go in and see the old madam!"

But Chrysanthemum cried even more fiercely, her shoulders twitched and she said, "Who are they? Why are they bullying me?"

Wang Ma said: "They are maids in the outer court, they all want to serve the old lady in the back garden, but let you get this good job, they are jealous of you in their hearts!"

Chrysanthemum said: "It's not what I want."

Wang Ma said: "That's right, Chrysanthemum. You will understand in the future, being a maid in the outer courtyard is different from that in the inner courtyard."

After persuasion for a long time, Chrysanthemum stopped crying.Wang Ma took out a handkerchief again, wiped the tears for the chrysanthemum, and then took the chrysanthemum into the lotus garden.Chrysanthemum went in and took a look, and gradually forgot the unhappiness just now.She was attracted by the beauty of the garden.There are towers and pavilions, patches of exotic flowers and plants, osmanthus pomegranates, ponds, corridors, and purple glazed tiles on the roof, all peacefully shrouded in sunlight.The chrysanthemum knows that the sun is hot outside at this time, but here, it is not known whether the sun itself reduces the heat, or the garden has the magic power to dissipate the heat, even the sunlight covering the garden is soft and cool.Chrysanthemum sighed softly, besides being surprised, she was still surprised!She looked around with her eyes wide open, and at the same time opened her lips, breathing in the cool air and the heavy fragrance that she had never smelled before.She felt that there was a strange feeling rising in her body, an indescribable, unexplainable but sweet, dizzy, slightly drunken smell.

They walked through Quchi, came to Tongming Pavilion by the lotus pond, and stopped.At this time, Chrysanthemum heard the sound of praying to Buddha and chanting sutras from a nearby room, which was very clear in this quiet garden.Chrysanthemum looked at Wang Ma in confusion, and Wang Ma said: "It is the old lady who is worshiping Buddha. The old lady will let you see your wife first, so I will report to your wife right away." Then, she rushed to the opposite " Banxia Hall".

The chrysanthemums stand beside the pavilion, the shadow of the pavilion is cast in the clear pool water, intertwined with the lotus pods and lotus leaves illuminated by the golden sun, the green ones are greener, and the red ones are redder.Chrysanthemum looked at the lotus in the pond, and couldn't help feeling nervous.She didn't know what to say when she met the old lady and wife?Also, I am about to live in this place where the gods live, new environment, strangers, what can I do to make them happy... Just as I was thinking about it, there was a sudden sound of footsteps.Chrysanthemum looked up and saw that his wife had already arrived.

Ning Shi wore a light green sleeveless cheongsam today, which seemed to have been deliberately modified.A light powder was applied to the face to make it look whiter.The fine hair on the cheeks has also been twisted, and the face is as clean and charming as a newly married girl.The two arms are white and round, and the skin is shining in the sun.The body wrapped in the cheongsam is clearly defined.She came over, without saying anything, just grabbed Chrysanthemum's hand and stroked it gently.

Chrysanthemum felt even more flustered for a moment, her heart beating "thump-thump".She felt that his wife was touching her hand, which was delicate, soft, and slippery. She lowered her eyelids, but saw a pair of silver bracelets on his wife's wrist, which were shining, and the index finger and middle finger were wrapped respectively. A gold ring and an emerald ring kept rubbing against her skin as the fingers caressed her.With every touch, her body feels cool.Her eyes followed his wife's wrist and fingers for a while, and she suddenly felt how poor and ugly she was.She took a step back shyly, trying to take her hand away from his wife.Instead, Ning grasped her hand even more tightly and asked, "Your name is Chrysanthemum?"

Chrysanthemum gave an "um" and nodded in panic.

Ning stretched out her hand again, brushed away a lock of hair on the front of Chrysanthemum's forehead, stroked Chrysanthemum's cheek affectionately, and then put down her hand and said: "Well, the old lady has good eyesight, she really deserves to look like a nobleman."

Chrysanthemum blushed and replied in a low voice, "Madam, I'm here to work!"

When Ning heard this, she burst out laughing.Laughter echoed in the silent courtyard, as if someone had scratched her itch.

Chrysanthemum didn't know what she was laughing at, and she didn't know if her words were wrong.She raised her head in fear, and gave Ning a look in surprise.At this time, Chrysanthemum saw that although his wife's eyes were big and bright, the eye sockets were a little sunken, and there was a circle of blue and black around the eye sockets.Her face, though charmingly made up, lacked a healthy, happy red, and had only a single pallor.Her two smooth arms hung gracefully around her slender waist, more than gentle but not powerful.With the instinct of a woman and the carefulness of a girl, Chrysanthemum immediately judged that there must be something sad and painful hidden behind the intentional happiness of his wife.What is it, but Chrysanthemum has no way of knowing.

At this time, the old lady came out of the Buddhist hall after she finished chanting.As soon as I saw the chrysanthemum, I immediately ran over in three steps at a time.Like seeing a long-lost daughter, she threw away her crutches, took Chrysanthemum into her arms, patted Chrysanthemum's back with her hand, and called affectionately: "Girl, you are here."

Chrysanthemum was moved for a moment, and the panic just disappeared, but she still felt shy and shy, her face was a layer of rose color, and she let the old lady hug and pat her at a loss.

After a while, the old lady let go of the chrysanthemum, and the chrysanthemum looked at the old lady gratefully, and smiled slightly.The smile was completely subconscious, and then he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Chrysanthemum doesn't know that her girlish shyness and embarrassment add to her beauty and special strength.When the old lady saw the chrysanthemum, she immediately took the chrysanthemum into her arms with distress, then held up the face of the chrysanthemum, and said, "Girl, don't be shy, let me take a good look!" stand up.

Chrysanthemum still didn't dare to meet the old lady's gaze, turned her head away a little, and looked far away.Therefore, she couldn't see clearly the probing, ulterior and cruel expression in the old lady's seemingly gentle and friendly eyes.Chrysanthemum's heart was still immersed in excitement and happiness. She remembered that when she was a child, she went to her grandmother's house, and her grandmother often kissed her like this.Although she was still embarrassed, she no longer had much restraint.

Chrysanthemum was thinking about it, when suddenly the old lady cried out in surprise, and said, "Oh, child, what's wrong with your neck?"

Chrysanthemum immediately remembered the scene of being bullied just now, and couldn't help but want to cry, and wanted to tell this kind old lady everything.She didn't know what to say when she suddenly heard a girl's sharp scolding and noisy human voices from the "Zhizu Pavilion".After hearing this, the old lady hurriedly asked, "Who is scolding?"

Wang Ma said, "I don't know."

The old lady hurriedly said: "Who is so bold? Go and have a look."

Wang Ma agreed and walked away on her little feet.

After a while, Wang Ma hurried back with a red face and said, "It's Miss Xijuan."

The old lady hurriedly asked: "What is she scolding?"

Wang Ma hesitated, but stopped talking.The old lady was upset and said loudly, "Say it."

Only then did Wang Ma pluck up her courage, and murmured: "Yes. This girl has suffered from some kind of madness. She cursed and spit on this mansion. It's full of liars, liars, robbers, animals, animals..."

Wang Ma didn't finish talking, the old lady's face was darkened, and she threw the leading crutch to the ground: "Bold! Go, ask Tianfu and Wang Xingshan to drag this slave here for me."

Wang Ma didn't move, she looked at the old lady and said, "Old lady..."

The old lady roared angrily, "Go quickly."

Wang Ma didn't dare to talk anymore, and turned around again.

Not long after, as expected, two strong men took the arms of the round-faced girl named Xi Juan and walked into the garden.

Chrysanthemum didn't know what was going on, and her heart tightened. She saw the girl who bullied her before, her hair was disheveled, and two buttons of her clothes were missing.But his face was full of stubborn and indomitable anger. As he walked, he cursed: "Bandits! Liars! Beasts! You will be bombarded with five thunderbolts from the sky, and you will go to the eighteenth floor of hell! You will die a terrible death." A beast in human skin..." Shouting and cursing, she came before the old lady and Ning.

The old lady was already livid with anger, and before the girl could stand still, she yelled at the two men: "Bold slave, give me a slap."

The two strong men were obviously the servants and thugs of the Lan Mansion. After listening to the master's words, they rolled up their sleeves and slapped Xi Juan fiercely on both sides of the face.

But Miss Xijuan is still scolding.

The old lady became even more annoyed, and said loudly, "Hit me hard!"

The two men increased their strength, one on the left and one on the right, "slapping", fanning apart like a fan.

Amidst the applause, Miss Xijuan shook her head. She scolded unyieldingly at first, but when the men slapped each other five or six times, blood gushed out from the corner of her mouth, and she couldn't scold anymore.At this moment, Wang Ma was trembling, and stepped forward to the girl and said, "Miss, quickly kneel down and beg for mercy from the old madam and madam!"

However, the girl did not kneel, and her stubborn eyes still flashed with anger.

When the old lady saw it, she said again: "Hit! A slave, how can he be rebellious!"

After hearing this, the men put in more effort, their hands were already stained with Miss Xi Juan's blood.At this time, the blood was smeared on her face again.In a short while, Miss Xi Juan's face had completely changed shape, like a large fermented dough, and she could no longer tell where her nose and eyes were.

When Chrysanthemum saw her, she suddenly knelt down towards the old lady with a "plop".Just now, seeing the old lady ordering to punish the girl who bullied her, I felt a little gloating in my heart.But at this time, her heart was completely controlled by a kind of compassion.She kowtowed to the old lady and cried, "Old lady, please spare her!"

The old lady looked at the girl who couldn't make out the shape of her face, and then waved to the two thugs, and said, "Go back! Let's see if she dares to be so rude in the future."

Only then did the two men stop, took the girl's arms again, and dragged Xi Juan away.Xi Juan walked all the way, dripping bright red blood from the corner of her mouth.

After Xi Juan walked away, the old lady turned around and helped the chrysanthemum.At this time, the old lady turned into a kind-hearted person again, looked at the chrysanthemum and said, "Okay, girl, I can't see that you still have a heart of a Bodhisattva, I really don't like it enough." After finishing speaking, she called again Wang Ma said, "Take the girl into the house to rest."

Wang Ma said: "Yes!" Then she came and took Chrysanthemum's hand and left with Chrysanthemum.

Wang Ma took the chrysanthemums to the "embroidery building" in Lan Mansion.This embroidered building is next to the "Banxia Hall" where Lan Hongen and Ning lived, and there is a moon gate to enter.Inside the Moon Gate is a small courtyard. On both sides of the courtyard, there are two grape trellises. The lush branches and leaves strictly block the sunlight. There is a corridor in the middle of the courtyard, which leads directly to the building.The building is not big, with two floors and two rooms, but it has a wide verandah, and there are doors and windows on all sides.Wang Ma walked into the house with Chrysanthemum and went upstairs. Wang Ma opened the door of a room on the left and said to Chrysanthemum, "I will live here."

(End of this chapter)