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Shunniang went up to help Xing'er up, told her not to cry, and went out to wait, and then she asked her to come in later.

Myolie wiped her tears and retreated.

There was no one in front of her, so Shunniang took a step forward and said angrily, "Mother, can you stop making trouble like this?"

A few indistinct sounds came out of Liu's throat, and he swung his left hand vigorously.

Shunniang rubbed the center of her brows, belatedly reminded of her pissing nature as a cheap girl, she is a person who takes money very seriously, and he just told her that it cost eighty pennies to bring Xinger back , when she heard that, of course she refused to ask Xing'er to serve her, so she pushed Xing'er down.

However, now that Mrs. Liu has known that it took eighty pennies to bring Xing'er back, Shunniang wants to tell her how much money the family has spent after the fall. She can feel a little guilty, and she plans to talk to Liu Shi about the fact that she damaged Xie Erniang's reputation.Don't make such a fuss anymore, otherwise I will definitely send her back to Xijiazhuang mercilessly.

Shunniang picked up a stool and placed it beside Liu's wooden wheelchair, and then said, "Mother, do you know how much the family has spent since you were injured and unable to speak?"

Liu's left eye turned to Shunniang, obviously very concerned about this matter.Before, she wanted to know how much Shunniang had invited a doctor to come to her home to give her acupuncture and moxibustion every day, and how much she spent on taking medicine every day.But she can't talk, she can't find out about this.

Now Shunniang is willing to tell her, of course she wants to know.

Shunniang told her that since she was paralyzed from a fall, the family has spent 150 yuan on her illness, and now they have hired a maid to take care of her, which is another [-] yuan. There are [-] punctures in total.With this money, you can buy a house in Yangliu Town. If you take it back to Xijiazhuang, you can not only buy the old house and land of Xijia, but also build a new house, and even add dozens of acres of land...

When she said this, Liu's left hand had already grasped the left armrest of the wheelchair, and the half of her face that could still move also showed a distressed expression.

Then she murmured and waved her hands.

Shunniang understood what she meant by saying don't treat her disease, so Shunniang said that the treatment of the disease had already begun, and she couldn't give up halfway, let the previous money be wasted.Also, since Myolie was hired back and signed a long-term employment contract with her, she can only be sent back after eight years.Therefore, she begged her old lady to stop making trouble. If the trouble continued, the money she earned would not be able to keep up with the money she spent.

Mrs. Liu listened, and became more honest. She probably thought that she was a prodigal, and the Xi family saved a lot of money, and she was paralyzed due to the fall.

When she thought that she had spent 20 pennies from Xijia in just 150 days, she really had the urge to die.If it wasn't for Kecheng, she would rather die than Shunniang spend so much money for herself.

Seeing the ashamed expression of the old lady, Shunniang hit the iron while the iron was hot and continued: "Look, if you didn't let Erniang serve you, I wouldn't have hired Xing'er back. You saw it before, once you arrive In the evening, I will serve you in the first half of the night, and my sister-in-law will serve you in the second half of the night. I am better. My sister-in-law will serve you in the second half of the night, but she has not slept all night. It has only been more than half a month. Look how thin she is. How much. If it goes on like this, it's no wonder she doesn't fall ill. But Cheng and Hui'er are young, if the sister-in-law is sick, who will take care of them? Even if Erniang and I can take care of them, is there a mother who can take care of them? Therefore, I cruelly spent [-] yuan to hire Xing'er to come back to serve you, so that my sister-in-law can have a rest. In the final analysis, it is all caused by you not letting Erniang serve you."

"Speaking of Erniang, I want to say one more thing, that is, when I went out, I heard the neighbors on Zaoshu Street talking about Erniang not being filial to you, and saying Erniang was not good enough to conceive. I know how ugly it sounds. We just moved from Yangliu Town not long ago, and we didn’t have these words before. Why do we have them again now? I asked Shitou to inquire about it. According to what he told me when he came back, he said this from You started here, and you told the women who came to visit you that it was Er Niang who made you fall and paralyze..."

Speaking of this, Shunniang stopped to look at Liu's face, and saw that the corner of her left eye was twitching, and her left eyelid was drooping, obviously a little embarrassed. Shunniang found out the matter of her slandering Xie Erniang, her face I can't hang on a little bit.

When Shunniang saw her, she pursed her lips and said, "Ever since I got married to Erniang, you have disliked her, and there have been many troubles. Do you remember the scar on Erniang's hand? Do you remember when you How did you tell me that the family will live a good life after picking up Erniang? It’s only been in the city for a long time, and you’re making a fuss again. Yes, your fall and hemiplegia have something to do with me, but you can say it’s about yourself Is it irrelevant at all? Forget it, this matter is over, I won’t talk about it. I just want to tell you now, I brought Xing’er back to serve you, if you don’t want to If she serves you, then you have to pee clean in the first half of the night, otherwise no one will come to serve you in the second half of the night, and you will pee your pants. Also, if you continue to make trouble like this, I will send someone back to Xijiazhuang I bought the old house and land, and sent you back to raise in the countryside. Don’t you want Xing’er to take care of you? I’ll let someone hire a few women from the village to take care of you. As long as you have money, there’s nothing you can’t do You have thought about it, do you want Xing'er to serve you, do you want to stay with me, do you want to continue this torment?"

After finishing speaking, she looked at Mrs. Liu, and saw that she raised her left eyelid all of a sudden, looked at Shunniang in panic, raised her left hand again and again, and made a very rapid and vague sound from her throat.

Shun Niang said: "You don't want to go back to Xijiazhuang, right? If I'm right, you can press your hand."

As expected, Mrs. Liu pressed her left hand.

"Okay, since you don't want to go back, then listen to me, don't make trouble anymore, let Xing'er take good care of you, and don't tell Erniang that she made you do this with the neighbor who came to visit you. Of course, you I can’t speak now, but I will ask Shitou and others to go out and tell the truth, so that people on this street will not misunderstand my wife again. If you also think that I am doing the right thing, then press your hand again.”

Liu Shi pressed his hand again.

"Doctor Zuo will be here for about ten days, and I have to pay another twenty or thirty guan. From now on, you just listen to Doctor Zuo obediently, you should get acupuncture and moxibustion, you should take medicine and medicine, and you should have someone massage your body. Don't move around. You can live longer if you listen to the doctor, otherwise you will grow up and you won't be able to enjoy his blessings. If you think what I said is right, then press your hand again."

Shunniang stood up when she saw Mrs. Liu pressed her hands again, and said, "Okay, that's it, I'll ask Xing'er to come in and serve you. You treat her better. She's still a half-grown child, and she's also poor. The family's child was poor and could not afford food, so she was abandoned by her parents and came out to serve others. She will stay in our family for eight years, and she is almost a member of our family."

Seeing that Mrs. Liu was silent, she went out and called Xing'er, who was standing outside wringing her fingers, under the eaves, and told her that she had made sense of her old lady, and that Xing'er could go in and serve Mrs. Liu now. .

Xing'er forced a smile, agreed, and followed Shun Niang into the small Buddhist hall again, seeing the old woman with a stiff neck sitting in the wheelchair with an uncertain expression on her face, she went to I went to perform a blessing ceremony and called the old lady.

It was the first time for Mrs. Liu to be called an old lady. Upon hearing this, her vanity was greatly satisfied, and her complexion became better.

Looking at Xing'er, he raised his left hand, which meant to tell her to stand up.

Xing'er had just arrived, and she still couldn't understand the meaning of the hemiplegic and aphasic Liu, she was stunned for a while, and it was Shun Niang who held her by the sleeve and told her that her old mother asked her to stand up straight, so she stood up straight up.

Shun Niang then introduced to her where the things my mother usually needs in this room are, what actions my mother will make if she wants to go to the toilet, what will happen if she wants to drink water, and how she will gesture when she is hungry. And what kind of sound she will make when she is called to serve, etc. I roughly said it again.She also said to Xing'er that if there is anything she doesn't understand, she can ask her wife or sister-in-law. In addition, recently, her sister-in-law and herself will come to guide her how to do it, so that she can study hard. , just ask if you have any questions.

Xing'er agreed one by one, and then Shunniang turned and left.

After returning to the room where she and her wife lived, she felt relieved and relaxed a lot.

Xie Erniang was concerned about how Shunniang was going to talk to her mother-in-law, and Xing'er served her mother-in-law well. Originally, this was something that she, the wife of the main family, should do, but because her mother-in-law hated being close to her, she didn't Dare to go to find no fun, so Shun Niang led Xing'er to go.

Seeing Shunniang coming back, she poured a bowl of tea for Shunniang to drink, sat down beside Shunniang, and waited for her to drink two sips of tea before asking her the questions she cared about.

Shunniang put down the tea bowl, and told Xie Erniang what she had just brought Xing'er to see Mrs. Liu.

Xie Erniang was also surprised when she heard what Shunniang said about sending her mother-in-law to Xijiazhuang. She thought that what Shunniang said was so heartless, and her mother-in-law would be very sad when she heard it.And the mother-in-law is still not fully recovered, so it would be good if she got angry and her condition recurred.

Shunniang glanced at Xie Erniang, shook her head slightly, and said, "I've figured it out, we can't just revolve around her for everything, I don't mean to underestimate her, how much knowledge can an illiterate woman in the village have?" , can she make arrangements for this family? Although her fall and hemiplegia are related to me, it is not all related to me. Who told her to mess around and not let me go. The two of us have done what we should do, and we have nothing to say Having said that, if she is determined again, there is nothing I can do but do as I think. According to me, we have to get our business done quickly while she is now paralyzed and aphasic. How long has this been delayed? Well, as the saying goes, if you stop and stop, you will suffer chaos!"

Xie Erniang said "Oh" and asked Shunniang what serious business she wanted to do. She wondered if Shunniang was going to adopt a child.

Shunniang paused and told Xie Erniang that after a few days, she would call a middleman to divide the family and write a deed.

If the old lady does not agree, she will also find a relationship to let the government rule, at most it will be more troublesome and cost some money.

Xie Erniang didn't expect Shunniang to be so resolute this time, so she asked Shunniang if she would not let the neighborhood neighbor gossip, Shunniang said: "If so, let's simply move, move to another place, just the two of us live in our own house .Anyway, next year, I’m going to open another shop selling charcoal in another place in Bianliang City. A few days ago, I went to see two groups of guys who applied for the job, and I picked two people..."

Xie Erniang didn't know about Shunniang's plan, so she asked Shunniang when she heard it, and Shunniang also told her in detail, and said, "Look, what happened to your mother?" It’s a matter of how much money we spend in one month. If we don’t hurry up to make money, there’s no way we can do it. I told you before that I’m going to Hangzhou in ten years, so I have to hurry up.”

"Then I'll save some money in the future, so I can save more money."

"Small money can be saved, but big money can only be earned. Our family can spend a little money on food and clothing. Don't save money on it."

"...It's all up to you."

"Let me tell you about my plan years ago. In a few days, Kecheng will be four years old, and it's time to buy some enlightenment books and come back to teach him. This year, I will teach him at home first, and you will also learn some For Tong Meng's poems and books, you should teach him to read first. After the new year, I will go to a school and let him go to school. Then I will find a young man to come back and live with him to study in the school. Our inner courtyard is full of women, and I don't want him to grow in the hands of women. Also, before the end of the year, we have to take care of our children's affairs, because my mother's paralysis delayed two moon."

"I'm afraid that you are separating the family and adopting a child, and sending Kecheng to study in the school. If you don't ask Kecheng to raise her with her mother-in-law, she will not be able to bear it. What if something goes wrong? .”

"Don't be afraid, I know my mother, she is reluctant to die. This time, no matter what, I have to do these things."

After Shunniang finished talking about the things she had planned to do this year, she then told Erniang Xie about Xinger. By the way, she asked her sister-in-law to take her after she told Erniang Xie. Erniang Xie was still in charge of shopping, cooking and washing clothes. Sister-in-law and Myolie do the sweeping.

Xie Erniang said that she understood, but she still didn't understand that since Shunniang went to see her mother-in-law to ask her to stop hurting her, and her mother-in-law agreed, why didn't Shunniang arrange for her to go to her mother-in-law to serve her.

Shunniang glanced at her with a smile, and said Xie Erniang was stupid, one thing more is worse than one thing less.She said that she understands her mother's peeing nature very well. Don't look at her agreeing to her request now, it is just a helpless move after weighing the pros and cons. In her mother's heart, the dissatisfaction and prejudice against Xie Erniang have never disappeared. .

Since this is the case, why should the lady go to her and suffer from cold eyes and cold reception.

So I deliberately didn't say that Xie Erniang would go to the cheap mother to serve her again, because she didn't want to make it difficult for the lady. She knew that the lady was very helpless to serve the old lady who had been treating her badly.

"In the future, you can just take care of the etiquette on the surface. When we have children, you can take care of our children wholeheartedly. It is best not to have anything to do with her. Filial piety means filial piety and reasonable old people, but It’s not about filial piety and unreasonable old people. I’m also annoyed, I think I’ve done enough, and I don’t want to live like this anymore.”

"It's up to you, officer, you've worked hard, how about I give you a shoulder squeeze?"

After listening to Shunniang's plans, Xie Erniang felt that the haze in front of her eyes had been swept away. She was happy, so she stood up and walked behind Shunniang to squeeze her shoulders, but Shunniang grabbed her and sat down on her. On her lap, a hand touched her chest, and said with a low laugh: "If my lady really wants to make it up to me, then..."

She started to move her hands, while lowering her head to hold Xie Erniang's pink lips, tossing and turning.

After the mood was relaxed, the two also had the mood and interest to chat with each other.

In a moment, both of them were passionate, and Shunniang stood up, hugged her and went to the bed.

Being turned into a red wave, a pair of mandarin ducks are on the pillow, the red silk tent is warm, and the love is infinite.

It was as if the two had returned to their former love, and the following days of Xijia gradually returned to their usual appearance.

After talking with Shunniang, Mrs. Liu really stopped making noise and allowed Xing'er to serve her. Even though she had slapped Xing'er a few times and thought she was stupid and didn't understand her gestures, she didn't hit hard.Xing'er was very afraid of her at first, but luckily Qi Shi came to take her with her when she was free, and within half a month, Xing'er also got used to it, and she was able to take care of Liu Shi by herself.She has strength, and she can move the thin Liu Shi by herself, put her on the bed, or move her to a wheelchair, and push her where she wants to go.

When Mrs. Liu is taking a nap, or reciting scriptures in the small Buddhist hall, and she doesn't need her to serve, she always likes to go to Xie Erniang, help Xie Erniang twist the thread with her hands, or help Xie Erniang with the soles, while accompanying Xie Erniang Gossip.

Xie Erniang usually goes out after Shunniang, besides shopping for vegetables and cooking, she likes to do needlework to pass the time in her spare time.

Ever since she married Shunniang and married into Xi's family, Liu's mother-in-law took the lead in isolating her, basically going out to visit, or letting Qi's company when she was at home, which made Xie Erniang feel quite lonely.This is why she wants to adopt a child as soon as possible.After all, Shunniang has to run around to earn money for the family, so she rarely spends time with her at home.Ever since Xing'er was brought back by Shun Niang, Xing'er went to Xie Erniang to accompany her in sewing and chatting, Xie Erniang felt that life was easier.

Coupled with the fact that Xing'er is innocent, she speaks with a sense of stupidity, and deliberately pleases Xie Erniang, Xie Erniang has a very good impression of her.Besides buying new clothes and shoes for Myolie, I also gave her some pastries and candies from time to time.

Children from poor families can only eat a piece of candy during the holidays. Seeing that Xing'er came here to curry favor with the host's wife, the candy has never been broken, which means she ran more often.What I think about when I get up every day is when Mrs. Liu will take a nap, and when will she go to the small Buddhist hall to chant scriptures, so that she can go to the hostess to chat and laugh, and the hostess will give her candy.

Just like Xie Erniang has a good impression of her, Myolie also has a good impression of Xie Erniang. She thinks this lady of the host family is beautiful and virtuous, and she speaks kindly and generously.Although Mrs. Qi is also beautiful and gentle, she doesn't often give herself candies, probably because Mrs. Qi has two children, and she should eat them first if she has candies.So, she went to Xie Erniang with all her heart, and whenever she was free, she slipped to the main room to look for Xie Erniang, and when Xie Erniang was busy in the kitchen, if she passed by, she would also run in to help choose dishes or something.

Later, Mrs. Liu found that Xing'er was always going to Xie Erniang, and she was upset, so she asked her to stay in front of her when she was taking a nap or chanting scriptures in the small Buddhist hall, and she was not allowed to run away.Xing'er was only obedient for a few days, then she went back to her old ways and sneaked away.Mrs. Liu can only turn a blind eye to this, because she knows that this little girl is also greedy for fun and delicious food. Time is not your own disadvantage.

She took medicine on time, recited scriptures on time, and asked Xing'er to massage her numb side of her body on time. She still wanted to get better as soon as possible.One is that it can save money, and the other is that she is worried that if she is like this, Shunniang will listen to Xie Erniang to adopt her child.

In mid-November, Dr. Zuo's acupuncture treatment for Liu's hemiplegia ended. After leaving the prescription for the next course of treatment, he took his disciples back. He only left a message to ask Liu to take the medicine on time. Massage the numb side of his body, and after the Chinese New Year, he will come and have a look.If there is nothing wrong, there is no need to take medicine.

The day after Dr. Zuo left was Kecheng's birthday, and Kecheng turned four years old.

Shunniang followed what she said to Xie Erniang before, and bought the Mengxue booklet and came back, asking Kecheng to follow Xie Erniang to recognize and read the words in the Mengxue booklet. She also told both Qi and Liu that she decided to give it away after the year Ke Cheng went to study in a nearby school, and hired a young man to accompany Ke Cheng to study.

As soon as Qi heard this, she said that she didn't need to spend money to hire someone, and she could go to the academy to pick Kecheng up every day.

Shunniang said that she would find a school with accommodation, let Kecheng live in and study, and just come back every half a month or once a month.

When Mrs. Qi heard that Kecheng had entered the school to study, and it would take ten days, half a month, or even a month to come back, he felt reluctant.

However, what Shunniang said next made her hold back her tears. Shunniang said that Kecheng, as the only male in the Xi family, must strive for the Xi family, and let him study hard and get a good reputation. .Although the businessman is rich, he has no social status. Only by studying can he change Xijia's status.As for her, she can work hard to earn money, provide Kecheng with a stable and affluent life, let him study hard, and later take an examination of merit, get a Jinshi, be an official butcher, and honor the ancestors of Xijia.

Although Mrs. Liu is the same as Mrs. Qi, she is reluctant to let her only grandson go to the school to study, but she also wants the descendants of the Xi family to be officials. To be an official, one must study, even though she is an illiterate ignorant A village woman, but she still understands this.

So she was sad for a while, and also looked at Kecheng and smiled, which meant that she agreed to send Kecheng to the dormitory after the Chinese New Year.

Shunniang said that it was settled like this, she would go to the academy in a few days and hire a servant, and after the new year, she would send Kecheng to study in the academy.

The things that can be done are settled, and Shunniang will do the second thing next, which is to divide the Xi family. She first went to the middleman, that is, the retired old man from the Dali Temple of the Zhuo family. He said he wanted to separate.

The old man surnamed Zhuo, named Min, because he was a sixth-rank official in Dali Temple, he was considered a celebrity in Zaoshu Street, with high prestige, and Shunniang saw this when she went to find him as a middleman.As long as he agrees to be a middleman and presides over and witnesses the separation of Xi's family, it will not be easy to argue in the future.

After hearing Shunniang's words, Zhuo Min asked her that she was living well, why did she have to separate?After all, family and everything prosper, especially for a family with a small population like the Xi family, who is also in business, shouldn't it be better for the family to live together and work together to earn money?

The author has something to say: A relative said in the article that 80 guan of Xinger is too expensive. I happen to have information on prices in the Song Dynasty, so I will share it with you.

First of all, the buyers and sellers in the Song Dynasty included maidservants for hire, concubines, temporary ones, and permanent ones, and the prices were not cheap.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, the capital bought a maidservant for 30 guan. The wet nurse was a nanny. Although it was bought, it was hired and only breastfed for two or three years, and the price was 500 guan.Sima Guang in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty once bought a maid worth [-] guan. Of course, the number of years this maid served is unknown.

As for buying concubines, there are such records, ugly and frightening village girls are worth several guan, and country beauties can reach 500 guan.

A domestic servant who stole from his master was found selling a girl to repay the debt. He sold the girl (twelve or thirteen years old) forever and paid back 200 guan.

Someone in Kaifeng sold his 15-year-old daughter for 400 Guan to repay the debt.

Based on the above, I think it is more appropriate for Myolie to set a price of 80 yuan. The service price is 8 years. At that time, most of the working people’s daily wages were between 70 and 100 yuan. It's quite a reasonable price to hire Myolie, with food and lodging included, what do you think?