[Red Mansion] Third Sister You's New Life in the Red Mansion

In the cabin here, Mrs. Zheng has already changed into short clothes and loose trousers, and Mama Lu is taking off the hairpin for her, ready to take a rest.Sitting facing the bronze mirror, she closed her eyes slightly, her long jet-black hair hung over her shoulders, her naturally dark and slender crescent eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she looked a little tired.Needless to say, Mrs. Zheng is considered a beauty, otherwise she would not be able to raise two daughters like flowers.Lu's mother is in her forties, she is her companion, and she is one of the people that the Zheng family trusts somewhat.When going out this time, Mrs. Zheng only brought two wives, one to serve her and the other to take care of the two sisters. The young maid did not bring any of them.

After sending my mother-in-law to Suiyang, most of the younger maidservants, about a dozen of them, were sold by her together with the concubine Mrs. Wu; The three women have left, and it is useless to keep so many people around; moreover, she thinks that as a widow, she is as dead as a tree, and the young and fresh women are always dangling in front of her eyes, which affects her very much. mood.

Lu's mother helped her remove the hairpin, and gently rubbed her shoulders, and then brought the water basin.Mrs. Zheng washed her hands and face, took a sip of the clam soup that had been prepared earlier, she frowned, and said to Lu's mother, "This soup is getting cold, ask someone to heat it up It's hot again." Lu's mother was tidying up, and after hearing this, she responded, "Ma'am, wait a moment, I'll put these things away, and then I'll heat it up again, soon." She took the washbasin and went out first.

Mrs. Zheng thought about closing her eyes and resting her mind first, so she got on the couch, but she felt very sleepy after a while, and was about to fall asleep, when she heard a hurried voice from outside calling, "Auntie, can you sleep? The big thing is not good Already!"

Zheng Shi was startled, then opened her eyes, and asked Mother Lu, "Who is it?"

But she saw that Lu's mother was not inside, obviously she was going to heat the snow clam soup, and she hadn't come back yet.

There was a bang on the cabin door, and the people outside kept saying, "Grandma, Miss Biao has climbed onto the mainmast. We can't get up, and she can't get off by herself. She's calling for someone! Auntie, anyway. Come out and have a look!"

Mrs. Zheng turned over and sat up, feeling upset, "You little villain! She's non-stop day after day, acting like a monster! She likes to climb, so let her stay on top and don't get off, I'm too lazy to take care of her!"

He said to himself again, "Where is Miss Xiu? Don't the two sisters live together? The younger sister made such a big noise, is she dead?" At this moment, Mother Lu came back, and Mrs. Zheng hurriedly said, "Mother Lu, go and see if sister Xiu is here."

Lu's mother responded and left.The two cabins are very close to each other, and Mother Lu came back soon, "Girl, something strange happened, I don't see Missy everywhere."

Only then did Mrs. Zheng feel that something was wrong, "I don't see anyone? Did you find everyone on the boat? Where did she go?" While urging Mother Lu to help her dress, "Go, go and see what's going on."

Helping Mother Lu to walk hurriedly, Mrs. Zheng first went to check the cabin where the two sisters lived, but there was no one there.The two hurriedly went down the gangway again, and when they came to the deck, they saw a few people standing there, holding torches and looking up.

In the night, I can vaguely see a thin figure sitting half-sitting on the top shelf of the mainsail. If it's not Xiuying, who else?

Mrs. Zheng immediately crossed her hips, raised her head and was about to start cursing. At this time, several wheelers came up from the bilge one after another. When they saw Xuanying lying on the mainmast, all of them turned pale with shock.The first person even slapped his thigh, "Oops!"

Zheng Shi was startled, "Boatmen, what's the matter?"

The leader stomped his feet, "Bad luck! As sailors, we used to be taboo about women, but now it's even more serious. A woman actually climbed onto the mainmast! No wonder this trip is so bad! It seems that there are still disasters. It's behind!"

Things like being water bandits have happened, but there is still a disaster?Does that mean the ship is wrecked?Hearing what the boatman said, the people on the boat immediately exploded, "What should we do? Let's take Miss Biao Er first, right?"

Some people began to mutter, the girl's family is outrageous, Zheng's family is not well educated, etc. If it wasn't for the money that Xiu Ying gave them yesterday, they would have said even worse things.

The man at the helm yelled even more, "I said we have to wait for a few hours to furl the sails first, and then she can come down. Then let her hold the canvas by herself, so as not to be thrown out. It is she who insists on climbing to the There is nothing we can do about it. If she doesn’t come down, our boat won’t leave.”

Zheng was furious, grabbed Mama Lu and said, "Mama Lu, you, you go and tell them that our sister Ying is still young, she is only eleven years old, and she has never been here before, what kind of woman is she? The children are just naughty! Tell them not to furl the sails. If she doesn’t hold on to the sails, she will fall on the deck, or at least break her arms and legs; if she falls into the water, that’s even worse. No, the river here is so fast, her life will be gone!"

Lu's mother was urged by her, so she had to go forward and beg, "Everyone, for the sake of uncle and master, don't reef the sails, let's think of other ways to make it work?"

Glancing at Mrs. Zheng, she said to the crowd again, "Everyone, whoever of you can save the second lady, my wife will be rewarded heavily, even higher than yesterday's reward!" She was afraid that Mrs. Zheng would not allow it. Zhi Zheng hurriedly nodded.

Everyone looked at the high mast, you looked at me, I looked at you, no one wanted to go up.

No way, the mainmast is high and slippery, and it flutters when people climb it. Except for the craftsmen who specialize in mending sails, who has nothing to climb on it?

And with the height of buildings in this era, ordinary people are still afraid of heights.

Mrs. Zheng looked up at Xuan Ying, and seeing that she was silent, she couldn't help crying and cursing, "Nie Yi! You bastard, what are you doing, what are you doing?! Are you trying to get angry? Is it possible to kill your mother? You want to die, and the river is not covered, so please be quiet, you will plunge down, and no one will see you! You want to climb up here and shame yourself!" After saying this sentence, I suddenly realized that the eldest daughter seemed to have disappeared. I was terrified for a moment, and then wept bitterly and asked, "Where is your sister? My sister Xiu, where did she go? Where did she go? Ah? ?” A terrible thought surged in her mind, and her whole body began to tremble for a moment.

She didn't dare to think about it anymore, and immediately shook her head, "No, no, sister Xiu listens to me like this, she won't, she will never..." Looking at Mother Lu as if asking for help, she cried bitterly, "Mom, get someone to look for it again. Shout out to every corner of the boat. My sister Xiu is very obedient. As long as the mother calls her, she will definitely come out!"

Thinking that in order to vent her suffocation, she used her two daughters as swindlers, beating and scolding, and the usually timid and cowardly eldest daughter might not think about it for a while and do stupid things, she immediately wailed loudly regardless of her image cry.She almost collapsed.

Xuan Ying was condescending, seeing clearly and hearing clearly.

My sister is gone?I just told her not to come out and not to answer. Could it be that she was smart enough to hide it?Looking at Zheng who was crying bitterly, he thought again, no matter how ignorant a woman is, as long as she becomes a mother, she will definitely have such a weakness.Maybe he doesn't know it normally, but when it comes to this kind of moment where life and death are very likely, no matter how cold and strong people are, they will lose their sense of proportion, not to mention people like Zheng, who are purely to vent their anger for a while, Xuan Ying thought.

Feeling that the time was almost up, she yelled from above, "Mother—"

Seeing that everyone looked up, she said aggrievedly, "My sister cried for a long time, and I couldn't persuade her; then I fell asleep, and when I woke up, I didn't see my sister, so I ran out to look. Hearing that it was my sister’s voice calling me, and it was getting farther and farther away on the river, I was anxious and wanted to see from a high place, so I climbed to such a high place, and I couldn’t get down..."

Only then did everyone understand the reason for the matter.It turned out that this Miss Biao Er was really a good girl with a pure heart and a filial piety. She climbed to such a high place to find her sister, and now she is still trapped and unable to get down. What a pity!

Many people began to look at Zheng with sympathy, and a small number of people were gloating.After repelling the water thieves yesterday, fortunately Miss Biao Er generously offered a reward, regardless of whether she is small and ignorant or really stupid, the joy of everyone after receiving the hard work money is also true.

Later, Mrs. Zheng started beating and scolding her two daughters in front of everyone. Everyone muttered in private, and they knew the reason. And it was like this at the time, it was clearly not giving people face.

While everyone felt embarrassing and boring, they also sympathized with this second young lady. After all, it was because she had given away money to them that people could suffer.But sympathy belongs to sympathy, it is absolutely impossible to spit out the meat in the mouth, so everyone left quickly, which also led to yesterday at the scene of Zheng's goddaughter, except Liu Xianglian, a persuasion No one was there, and those who benefited collectively lost their voices.

Everyone sympathizes with Mrs. Zheng now, because of her two daughters, one is missing, life and death are uncertain, and the other is trapped on the mainmast.

And Mrs. Zheng was dizzy from crying, and the wind from the river made the sails rattle again. Mrs. Zheng could only hear Xuanying's intermittent voice. Why didn't she see her sister? Feeling dark in front of her eyes, she was about to fall to the ground softly, Mama Lu was tall and fat, she hugged her, and at the same time pinched her desperately, "My little aunt, it's still waiting for you to make decisions here, can you Nothing can happen!"

Mother He, who was taking care of the two sisters, also rushed up to support her, "Madam, I'd better think of a way to get Sister Ying down first."

Mrs. Zheng cried weakly, "What can I do? Can I climb up by myself?" At this point, she was stunned for a moment, and suddenly broke away from the two old mothers who were supporting her, "By the way, you I don’t even want to go up, I’ll go up, I’ll take my sister Ying down first, and then I’ll go find my sister Xiu...” After struggling to take a few steps, she fell to the ground with a thud, scaring the two old women to hurry up. Grab it.

At this time, everyone couldn't bear to see it, and they all came up to help and persuade, "Grandma, don't panic yourself first!"

"Yes, at worst, think of other ways. Human life is at stake. With so many of us, can we still watch the child trapped to death?"

"Oh, that's right, aren't there Mrs. Feng and Liu on board? They are all first-class in their skills. Isn't it like playing to save this Miss Biao?"

"There was such a big commotion, and the two sons didn't come out to take care of it. People who practice martial arts, can they sleep so deeply? This is really strange!"

"Don't worry about it so much, let someone call them!"

Immediately someone volunteered to go.