Maid of a wealthy family

Chapter 42
Chrysanthemum said: "Drink tea slowly! The master's friend is here, it takes half a day to drink a cup of tea."

Speaking of the master, Chrysanthemum's face suddenly turned red.

Luo Luocheng didn't notice Chrysanthemum's expression, and only replied seriously: "We rough people, how can we compare with those gentlemen who know the books and etiquette of the master."

Chrysanthemum looked at her father's attire and the dirt on her feet, held back for a long time, and then said hesitantly: "Father, there is nothing important in the future, so... don't come."

Luo Luocheng didn't understand the meaning of his daughter's words. Instead, he said solemnly: "What are you doing here? It doesn't cost light grass or oil. It's a waste of half a day! I used to be worried, but this time I saw your food, clothing, If you live, you can sleep comfortably! Child, I still say the same thing, you fell into the nest of blessings! You were not willing to come here at that time, but now, do you understand? You can grow up at home So white and fat? Can you wear such decent clothes? Can you live in such a foreign house? Can you learn so many rules and etiquette? You have to take good care of others, child! They are affectionate, we can’t be ungrateful, can’t we?” As he spoke, he shook the bundle in his hand, and added, "Look, how well they treat us."

Chrysanthemum lowered her head and did not answer her father's words.At this moment, she suddenly had a feeling of having nothing to say.

After sending his father out of the court door, Chrysanthemum was about to go back to the house, but Luo Luocheng walked a few steps and came back, looking at Chrysanthemum and smiling, hesitant to speak.

When Chrysanthemum saw her, she hurriedly asked, "Father, what else?"

Luo Luocheng smiled hesitantly and said: "Chrysanthemum, from now on, if the master and wife have any old clothes and trousers that they don't wear, you will take daddy and come to punch..."

Chrysanthemum didn't wait for her father to finish speaking, she became a little angry and said loudly: "You go, father!"

Rhodes was prejudiced, so he turned and walked away resentfully.

After seeing off his father, Chrysanthemum returned to the back garden.She was thinking about the piece of rice cake hidden in her bosom, so she didn't dare to stay in the garden, and hurried back to the upstairs of the Moon Gate.

Back in the room, Chrysanthemum hurriedly took out the rice cake from her bosom.She looked back and forth, and she didn't know how much painstaking efforts her mother took to bake the pancake until both sides were yellow and not burnt at all.Yes, this is indeed a hearty food that she seldom eats at home. Only after the corn is harvested in June and July, her parents are willing to make a meal of corn cake.It is usually at night to make Baoguba. A large group of siblings gather around the stove, stretch their necks, and stare fixedly at the pot.Father's spatula was turning in the pot, and when there was a pot sticking to it, the brothers and sisters stretched out their hands into the pot together, vying for it.On this night, several younger brothers and sisters often have to be slapped by their father for fighting for a little bit of rice.Despite being beaten, everyone was still reluctant to leave the stove.

Now, Chrysanthemum held Baoguba to her eyes, and tried her best to sniff it, but she couldn't smell the drooling fragrance in the past.She couldn't help but took a bite, and before she could swallow it, she felt like she was chewing rough sand, which was so bland and tasteless.She swallowed reluctantly, feeling her throat was scratched by the sand-like scum.She frowned involuntarily, not wanting to take a second bite.She looked at the pancake strangely again, thinking: What's wrong?Is it rough?But take a closer look, the noodles are very thin!I thought it was because it was cold, but no matter how cold it is, it wouldn’t be so unpalatable, would it?Chrysanthemum thought about it for a while; she couldn't think of an answer, so she decided not to.The next day, while there was no one in the garden, I quietly took out the corn dumpling and threw it into the lotus pond.

In the days that followed, life in Lan Mansion seemed much calmer.Chrysanthemum received better treatment and meticulous care.In the first period of time, Lan Hongen came to sleep in the chrysanthemum room every night.When Ning saw her, not only did she not dare to say anything, but she acted as if she was fine, and stayed close to Chrysanthemum as always.But Chrysanthemum is very sorry.She had made up her mind not to let the master get on her body again, but after experiencing the incident where his wife was jealous, Chrysanthemum had unconsciously transferred her feelings to Lan Hongen.One night, after Lan Hongen had had fun on Chrysanthemum, he took out a pair of real jade bracelets and put them on Chrysanthemum's wrists.Chrysanthemum wanted to decline, but stretched out her hand out of nowhere, looked at Lan Hongen affectionately, and let him put Hanzi on.

The next day, Chrysanthemum learned the lesson of the ring last time. Before going downstairs, she took off the pan and was going to hide it in the bundle she brought from home. She opened it and was about to put it away when she suddenly saw The imitation jade hand given by Ran Longgui made her heart skip a beat, as if remembering a distant past.Her eyes dimmed, silently holding up the pair of rough, gray fake jade bracelets, Ran Longgui's infatuated and painful image suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.She trembled involuntarily, and tears gradually covered her eyes.After a long time, she said tremblingly, "Brother Longgui, I, I'm sorry for you..." As she spoke, tears came silently from her eyes.

After crying for a while, she sat down and continued to hold the pair of fake jade bracelets in a daze.At this time, she suddenly remembered that that morning, the housekeeper came back from Liujiang Field to report to the master that a bandit leader was injured by the soldiers brought by the governor.These days, she has been forgetting about it.Thinking about it now, she was startled suddenly, and couldn't help shouting in her heart: "My God, it must not be Ran Longgui."

Then, Chrysanthemum silently prayed for Ran Longgui.

Chrysanthemum's worry was right, it was Ran Longgui who was injured in Liujiang field.

That morning, Liujiang Field was very lively. "Hong En Elementary School"

The playground was crowded with people from all over the country who came to watch the excitement.Before the ribbon-cutting started, the three-foot-diameter cowhide drums on both sides of the playground were beaten by eight men with drum hammers.At the same time, dozens of gongs were also sounded.For a moment, the gongs and drums in Liujiang field shook the sky and the earth.After knocking for a while, the ribbon-cutting began.The head of the group and a large group of squires accompanied Cao Yuru, Chu Jiamao, Lan Hongen, the old lady, and the Ning family to the front high platform.A banner was drawn on the stage, which read:

"Hong En Primary School Completion Ceremony"

There is a couplet on the pillars on both sides:
Pillar of China

Tao Li Fang Kyushu

Cao Yuru walked up to the stage, saw the joyous scene of the audience, and turned his head to Lan Hongen and said, "Brother Lan, you're done, the people are happy, it's really a blessing to the hometown, hard work is worth it!"

After hearing this, Lan Hongen couldn't help being filled with joy, but deliberately said modestly: "Where is it! I just rely on the blessings of Brother Cao and Brother Chu to do what I can."

Cao Yuru said: "What kind of blessing do you rely on us? It's just a favor!" After finishing speaking, the two burst out laughing.

Chu Jiamao waited for the two of them to finish laughing, and then said: "Brother Lan, Brother Yuru is right, we should follow you to gain glory! Today we will have a good time with the people!"

Lan Hongen and Cao Yuru listened, and said at the same time: "Yes, have a good time."

Just as he was talking, Da Cui ran over with a red face, out of breath.She ran to the stage, grabbed the old lady's hand, and said anxiously: "Old..."

The old lady, Ning Shi, and Lan Hongen were all stunned, and looked back at Da Cui in bewilderment.After a long while, the old lady asked, "What's the rush?"

Da Cui panted for a while, looked at the other masters in the stands, then whispered to the old lady's ear, repeating what Chrysanthemum had said.

When the old lady heard this, she turned pale as expected.She trembled for a while, pulled Lan Horn to her side, and spoke in a low voice.

After Lan Horn heard this, the smile on his face froze immediately.Then, while blinking his eyes like falling sand, he scratched his hair with his hands.After a long while, he suddenly walked up to Cao Yuru and Chu Jiamao with a pale face, bowed his body and said, "My dear friends, wait a moment, there is something in the house, and Lan wants to go back and come again!" As he spoke, he did not wait for Cao Yuru and Chu Jiamao to answer. , hurriedly left with the old lady and Ning Shi.

As soon as Lan Hongen, the old lady, and Ning Shi left, two colorful lions guarded a "car headlight" and walked straight to the venue from the road outside the playground.I saw the two colorful lions, they were very majestic, they were danced by the lion dancers like tigers going down the mountain, sometimes their eyes were angry, sometimes they rolled from side to side, and sometimes they were consecrated up and down. The "car headlights" between them looked like a bridal sedan chair with the windows open, and the four people raised their hands and painted them into big painted faces, making it impossible to recognize their true colors.The "Che Momei" in the middle is wearing a flowered dress, with a shawl on her head, her face is painted with makeup and powder, and she lowered her head, looking very shy.The ugly face of "Momei" in front of her was wearing a tattered brown dress and a straw hat with a rotten edge covering most of her face. She waved a broken cattail fan and sang as she walked:
"A headlight, a lamp,

My sister can clearly hear the cry.

Why are you here today?
Specially for the master..."

At this point, the four men carrying the sedan chair and the "Mo Mei" in the car sang together: "The fan is blooming——"

The ugly-faced man leads the singing: "Happy news--"

The crowd sang: "Wintersweet flowers are red, good news, wintersweet flowers are red!"

Singing, came to the center of the venue.The men beating the drums and gongs on both sides beat the gongs and drums more and more tightly, and many idlers cheered.

Amidst the sound of gongs and drums, two colorful lions danced more happily, guarding the headlights and walking towards the stage.As the headlights walked away, the ugly man sang again:
"Car lights, a cloud,

My sister can clearly hear the cry.

Why are you here today..."

The crowd followed up and sang: "The fan is blooming——"

The ugly man sang: "Catch Lan Hongen, the fan will bloom—"

At this time, they have arrived at the stage.It was too late to say it, but it was so fast, the ugly-faced man had just finished speaking, and several masked men emerged from under the belly of the colorful lion, holding a gleaming sword in their hands, shouting loudly, and rushed to the stage : "Catch Lan Horn!" "Don't let Lan Horn escape!"

At the same time, the men carrying the headlights, the "Momei" in the headlights, and the ugly-faced man teasing "Momei" also pulled out their dicks from their bodies, and followed the masked man, shouting and rushing towards the stage .

This sudden change caused a group of gentlemen on the stage to become astonished immediately.They ran away with their heads in their arms, yelling for their parents and mothers.

Originally, Ran Longgui and the others rushed up to capture Cao Yuru, Chu Jiamao or the regiment president.But this time they came down the mountain to save Chrysanthemum, and use Lan Hongen as fertilizer by the way.

"Pull it up the mountain," close his "circle", and then hit Lanfu again—return to the "plate".Therefore, they were only looking for Chrysanthemum and Lan Hongen in the chaotic crowd, and they didn't notice Cao Yuru, Chu Jiamao and the Tuan Zong sneaked out and organized the Tuan Ding to counterattack.

At that time, Ran Longgui and a group of brothers were still looking for chrysanthemums among the crowd.Ran Longgui didn't see the figure of Chrysanthemum, and he became anxious. While searching, he asked Fukui beside him loudly: "Did you tell Chrysanthemum yourself that day?"

Fukui said, "Why didn't you say it? I told her twice that she must come."

Ran Longgui said: "This is so strange! She didn't come, why didn't Lan Hongen, a bastard, disappear?"

At this time, Ye Shan hurriedly rushed to them and said, "Fifth Master, no one was found anywhere, let alone someone leaking water, let's evacuate quickly."

After hearing this, Ran Longgui yelled, "There are only a few people who know, who is going to 'leak'? Find it for me!"

Just as he was speaking, Cao Yuru, Chu Jiamao and the Tuan Ding led by the Tuan Zong rushed over.The regiment members also yelled bluffly while firing their guns "crackling".

Ran Longgui saw that there were too many officers and soldiers coming, and it was daytime, which was not good for them, so he shouted loudly to his brothers: "Get out! Quickly get out—" Just as he finished speaking, a bullet hit him all of a sudden. on the thigh.

Ran Longgui felt a sharp pain, shook a few times, and almost fell down.Ye Shan, who was running behind, saw him and yelled loudly: "It's not good, fifth master is dead."

After hearing this, Fukui and others hurriedly turned around and came to support Ran Longgui.

The officers and soldiers led by Cao Yuru saw that one was wounded.When they became arrogant for a while, they shouted and surrounded them.

When Ran Longgui saw him, he took the gun from Ye Shan, held back the pain, and knocked down the Tuan Ding who was running ahead.When the rest of the regiment saw it, they were stunned for a moment, and immediately retreated, dragging their guns.

Taking advantage of this time, Fukui, Ye Shan and others quickly carried Ran Longgui on their backs and hurried away.

(End of this chapter)