Maid of a wealthy family

Chapter 17
At this time, Ning Shi was sitting in the room, and her heart was indeed filled with an indescribable pain and sadness.The room is furnished elegantly yet magnificently, but, apart from her own women's items, most of the space in the room is filled with all kinds of rag dolls and clay dolls.In the tent on the bed, there is a picture of "Hundred Sons" embroidered with colored threads.The dolls on the "Hundred Sons Picture" play with each other, lively and lovely.There are also two poems inscribed on the picture: "The picture of a hundred sons opens on the bottom of the green screen, teasing the babes who are not born!"

This picture was specially embroidered by her natal family who spent hundreds of dollars a few years ago.After the embroidering was completed, it was sent together with "Send the Playboy" on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th. Under the "Picture of Hundred Sons", there is an extra-large doll lying on its side. This is the "boy" sent by the governor "Kirin Songzi" during the "Qiqiao Festival" not long ago.In addition, there are lifelike clay dolls everywhere on the dressing table and coffee table.These are all brought back from the mother's body every year after marriage.At this time, all these dolls, whether they were in the picture or on the bed or on the table, all opened their hands or grinned at her, as if they were about to pounce on her.Ning watched, but involuntarily shed a string of bitter tears, and complained in her heart: "My God, what kind of fate am I! What kind of fate..."

Decades ago, there was a poor boy named Ning Erwa on the banks of the Liujiang River, whose parents died early.Every morning, he cut a load of firewood from the mountain and sold it in the Liujiang field, and lived on the money from selling firewood.

On this day, Erwa Ning picked up another load of firewood to sell in Liujiang Farm. As soon as she rested her load, she saw a copper round on the corner of the opposite street. She rushed to pick it up and put it in her arms.I thought to myself: The wealth I picked up is not considered wealth. I haven’t touched oil or meat for a long time.

After selling the firewood, Erwa ran to the desk of the butcher Huang, touched the copper round in her arms, and said loudly to the butcher Huang, "Brother Huang, cut me a piece of meat, I want fat ones! "

The butcher Huang who sold the butcher looked at Ning Erwa, his mouth twitched, and he thought: "We are all acquaintances. This kid has money to cut meat today. Could it be that he made a fortune?" Thinking, he cut off a piece of meat, Weigh it on the scale and say, "Nine copper coins."

When Erwa heard this, she cried out in pain.But the family had already chopped off the meat, so I was embarrassed and said, "Brother Huang, can I pay on credit?"

Hearing this, the butcher became a little unhappy, and said, "Credit? If your child is hungry, why not grab a few pig worms from the field and eat them?"

Erwa was poor and ambitious, so he couldn't hear such sarcasm, so he said, "Your surname is Huang, don't look down on others! If you don't want credit today, I'll pay you back if you want credit the next day!"

When the butcher heard this, the baby's tone was not small!Thinking of his excited expression when he came, I thought to myself: "Hey, people are not judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured! This kid has really made a fortune, so I can't offend him." Thinking, So he changed a smiling face and said to Ning Erwa: "Credit! Credit! You just eat it! Who are we to whom?" After finishing speaking, he asked tentatively: "Your brother seems to have made a fortune. ?”

At this time, Erwa could only hold back her face, and said lightly: "It's not a big fortune, I just picked up some money!"

Hearing this, the butcher thought to himself: "Hey! Sure enough, he is famous. He must have picked up a gold ingot or something, and he doesn't want to tell it. The wealth is not in vain."

As soon as Ning Erwa left, the butcher blew it away: "Hey, do you know that Ning Erwa picked up a lot of gold and made a fortune! Come to me today to cut meat, and cut a lot of meat in one go." It’s a lot, and all I took out was gold, and I’ll give him the meat on credit wherever I can find it, and we’ll talk about it when he has some change!”

This word immediately spread in Liujiang field.The next day Erwa came to sell firewood again, and everyone gathered around him to watch.Looking at it this way, I feel that this poor boy has a full heaven and a round earth. The more I look at it, the more I feel that this boy is born with a fortune, as if he is destined to make a fortune.So some people speculated that the gold ingots he picked up must not only be what Huang Butcher said, maybe he also dug up the gold cellar... In short, the more he said, the more mysterious he became.

On the other side of the river, there is a local rich man named Zhang Baiqian who is greedy for cheap.His wife died early, and he has only one daughter named Zhang Qiaolian.Qiaolian is not only beautiful and kind-hearted, but also likes to read since she was a child, and she is also very smart.Zhang Baiqian wholeheartedly wanted to recruit a worthy son-in-law, but he couldn't find a suitable young man.Hearing people's comments, he quietly ran to Ning Erwa's house on the other side of the river to have a look.Sure enough, this kid's house is full of rice and beds.He didn't know that these things were all made by the wealthy boss in Liujiang Field. In order to curry favor with the legendary Ning Erwa who dug a gold cellar, he gave him credit on credit. The rich man Zhang Baiqian believed it and thought: "This Erwa looks okay. He is also hardworking, and now that he has money, if he is recruited as a son-in-law, the Zhang family will become richer if he gets richer and richer?"

Back home, Zhang Baiqian asked a matchmaker to propose marriage to Ning Erwa.Of course Ning Erwa agreed.Zhang Baiqian was also afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, and the good things would be taken away by others, so he had to do the happy things right after the engagement.

On the night of festivities and candles, Ning Erwa was stumped when she saw Qiaolian, who was as beautiful as a flower and jade.I feel sorry for her for not telling the truth.After thinking and thinking, Erwa said, "Qiaolian, I'm sorry for you! I didn't find any gold ingots at all, they were all made by others, so your father took it seriously!" The whole story was told to Qiao Lian.

When Qiaolian heard this, she was stunned at first. It turned out that all this was fake, and her father recruited him to be his son-in-law for cheap. Qiaolian wanted to cry, but she couldn't.But she is a good girl after all, after thinking about it so far, the hall has worshiped, and the bridal chamber has also entered, so she has to marry a horse and follow a horse, marry a dog and follow a dog, and accept her fate.Thinking about it again, I feel that Erwa can tell the truth to her, it is frank, and she has no second thoughts about herself.Look at Erwa also looks good.In this way, Qiaolian developed love for Erwa in her heart, and looked at Erwa coquettishly and said: "Didn't you just pick up the gold ingot now?"

When Erwa heard this, she understood, she hugged Qiaolian, and kissed her fondly.

On the other hand, Zhang Baiqian, a small rich man, heard the news the next day and suddenly fell ill.I took several doses of medicine in a row, but it didn't work.Not long after, I went to see Qiaolian's mother with regret.

After the death of the little rich man, Erwa and Qiaolian inherited a share of Zhang Baiqian's family business, but Erwa is not good at managing the family and finances except for being hardworking, kind, honest and deeply loving for his wife.At this time, it was Qiaolian who showed her intelligence and ability to support a family.

The Erwa and Qiaolian are Ning's grandfather and grandmother.Regarding the grandmother running the family, Ning has seen it with her own eyes.When she was just sensible, her grandfather who lived by selling firewood was no longer alive.In addition to parents, there are a large group of people such as uncles and aunts in the family.She remembered that her father was doing business outside, and her grandmother often reprimanded her mother, saying: "In our family, except for your husband, everyone works in the fields. Everyone plows and your husband does not. Are you at ease?"

After hearing this, my mother didn't argue, so she went to the fields to work with her uncle and aunt, basking in the rain and the wind, without complaining.When I come back at night, I still have to spin two frayed threads.More importantly, some of the rough work of carrying water and chopping firewood, the grandmother also asked the mother to do it.There are also some servants who do it, and my mother will do it too.Grandmother was ill, and she was completely dependent on the mother for serving soup and decocting medicine.At that time, Ning didn't know why her grandmother treated her mother like this, and her mother endured all this without complaint.Ning didn't understand all this until her grandmother died.At that time, the grandmother took her mother's hand and said tearfully: "My son, do you know why I treat you like this? I want to make you a virtue! You know, the supporter of our family is the woman!"

Later, my mother lived up to my grandmother's expectations, not only kept the family business left by my grandfather and grandmother, but also flourished, and soon became a big country gentleman comparable to Lanjiahe Lanfu.

Ning grew up in such a family, one can imagine the education she received since she was a child.She not only inherited her grandmother's beauty and intelligence, but also her grandfather's kindness, and of course her mother's gentleness, virtuousness and humiliation.In short, all the advantages of women are preserved in her.In the same way, all women's weaknesses are also attached to her soul at the same time.

Her marriage to Lan Horn is quite legendary.Lan Hongen's father and her father who sold Chai Han's successor had worshiped sworn brothers as early as when they were young.It was a spring and Jingming March noon, Lan Hongen's father came to Ning Mansion, and Ning Mansion enthusiastically prepared a banquet for him.When the wine was half drunk, Ning's mother brought her daughter who had just given up the first month to Lan Hongen's father, begging for "centenary money".After Lan Hongen's father put a string of [-] pieces of connected coins in the baby's baby, he stared at the baby without turning his eyes.When Ning's father saw her, he immediately slapped his thigh and made a lifelong decision for his daughter.At that time, Ning was lying in her mother's arms, sleeping sweetly.Of course she doesn't know anything.She knew that her marriage with Lan Hongen was after she was sensible.When she knew it, she was very satisfied.One is the order of her parents, which she dare not disobey, and more importantly, it is her admiration for Lan Fu born out of a mysterious curiosity.Lan Mansion is a scholarly family, and the ancestors were high officials.Especially after seeing Lan Hongen twice, I feel even more satisfied.Lan Hongen is majestic, knowledgeable, gentle, and elegant, and the girl's heart can't help but overflow with infinite love.In the sweet happiness and beautiful longing, she became the daughter-in-law of the Lan family.Lan Fu really treated her well, especially her husband, who loved her so much and cared for her, as if he could never be affectionate enough. She was grateful to him from the bottom of her heart, and would love him forever.As a woman, she has no other rewards but to use her own body to bear children for him.Because she knew that the Lan Mansion had never been prosperous.Therefore, she made up her mind that she must give birth to a large group of lively and lovely dragon girls for him, so that the Lan family will always be prosperous and invincible.

This is her woman's responsibility, and it's a matter of course.

However, fate seemed to be against her.In the first year of marriage, she was not pregnant.

In the second year, her stomach was still a flat land.

In the orange season of the third year, her natal family sent someone to see her, but she was still not happy, so they took her back.In the middle of the night, Mother took her to an orange grove, where the oranges hung all over the branches, and one by one could see the soft golden yellow in the clear light of the bright moon.Ning knew that Mother brought her here to "beat the baby".I don't know when the custom of "killing children" started. Every year before the oranges are picked, there are always some women who have been married for many years and have not given birth to "killing children" under some trees with the most knots.Sure enough, Mother took her under a tree full of fruits, and said to her: "My son, don't blame Mother for being cruel! The Lan family still expects you to give birth to descendants who will pass on incense, why don't you give birth?"

With tears in her eyes, Ning said: "Mother, hit me! The more you hit, the better, I will bear it!"

Mother really went to break off a section of orange tree branch, took off the leaves on it, and said: "My son, mother will beat me."

Ning said, "Mother, hit me!"

Niang held up the branch and read a few words first:
"It's three o'clock at night under the orange tree,

I brought my daughter to fight;
Someone eavesdrops, just listen,
'Huisheng' calls himself Liansheng. "

After reading, he pulled the branch on Ning's body vigorously, and asked loudly at the same time: "Will it live or not?"

Ning jumped involuntarily in pain, but gritted her teeth and replied loudly: "It will happen."

The mother beat and asked again.

Ning replied again.

After beating more than ten times in a row, Ning only felt that the skin on her body was ripped apart, and there were bursts of burning pain, so the mother stopped beating, hugged her, and cried, "My son, this is the right time!" Now it will happen! It will happen!"

Ning Shi also thought that she would give birth this time, but her beating was in vain.After another half a year, she still sees red every month, but there is no other movement.

The natal family was still not discouraged, and in the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year, relatives and friends were sent to send "playing children" and "pictures of a hundred children".

(End of this chapter)