Prequel to the Red Chamber: I Am the Second Wife

A little girl brought a footrest a long time ago, and set up another table for Nanny Wu to sit down. Zili sat on it and said to Nanny Wu with a glass of wine, "Please." Nanny Wu stood up in a panic, holding up her wine glass. "Thank you grandma for taking pity on me as an old woman, grandma should also drink a few more glasses." Zili saw that the dishes on Madam Wu's table were all regular dishes in the kitchen. Although they were not delicious, they looked full of fish. not bad.It's just that these dishes have one characteristic-rich, and the rich ones are a bit greasy.Zili said to Ming Qian: "There are fresh vegetables, you go and bring them to Grandma Wu to taste. These are brought by my natal family, you should try them too." Ming Qian brought a small bowl , which is a bowl of clear soup with thumb-sized cabbage floating on it.Grandma Wu looked at it with a smile and said, "Second Grandma still loves me. This Cai Xin used to be here when the old Grandpa was here. The Emperor Taizu used to stay at our mansion, so he made this and presented it. I heard that only this The soup is made by boiling chicken, duck, pig and sheep for a few days. The cabbage is also a rare item. I heard that the cabbage is only produced on the ground within a radius of ten miles. Each big cabbage is peeled into thumb-sized cabbages. , one cabbage heart costs one tael of silver. At that time, I could only listen to what others said, but today I am blessed by burning high incense.”

Zili pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Mother, try it quickly, the soup won't taste good when it's cold." After eating for a while, Zili rinsed her mouth and washed her hands, and she said to Mother Wu, "You should come up when you are old." Sit down, I'm young and new here, I have some things to ask Mama." As Zili asked Mama Wu to come up and sit down again and again, she didn't dare, or Mingqian put a chair beside Zili's couch, Wu Mammy just sat sideways. "Grandma respects me, but I can't break the rules. Our second master also suffered from three disasters and eight disasters since he was a child. After growing up so big, it is a lottery to be able to marry grandma. Now looking at the second master and second grandma Living peacefully and beautifully, I can close my eyes with an old bone."

Hearing Mammy Wu's words, Zili raised her eyebrows slightly imperceptibly. The old lady and Jia's mother both said that Jia Zheng's health was not good, but Zili didn't notice anything wrong with Jia Zheng's health. If you have to say that your body is weak, it's all because you are pampered and spoiled. "The wife and the old lady also said the same, but I didn't find anything wrong with the second master's body. Since the nanny said it, I will write it down. I don't know what is wrong with the second master, whether it is congenital or something happened Sick." Zili frowned slightly as if his wife was worried about her husband.

"Grandma, don't worry too much, Second Master's body has long been healed. In fact, Second Master was just overwhelmed with illness when he was born. The newborn child is as delicate as a flower bone. How can he withstand the tossing? At that time, I I nursed the second master, and drank a lot of bitter medicine every day to turn it into milk for him to eat. Thinking about it now, I still feel bitter in my mouth, and I hate that bitch in my heart! He dared to murder the second master! It also caused his wife to not have a good rest after giving birth , the body became weak, and the third girl was also in poor health, so they all had something to do with them!" Madam Wu looked far away, she closed her eyes and sighed silently.

There is a story!Zili wanted to get to the bottom of it, but Nanny Wu avoided it, and Zili didn't force her to ask, but just chatted with her family on the street, "I took the second master out today, and saw two women coming in with a few boxes of things, go up It seems that they are relatives of our family. I have never seen relatives who I don’t know whose family they are.” Zili remembered that she had seen some unfamiliar women in the morning, but she had never seen them before. of.

"They are the second aunt's in-law's family. The second aunt married into Wen Shoubei's family. It was Wen Shoubei's birthday a few days ago, and the family sent a gift. Their family is returning the gift." Madam Wu sighed. Zhuo Zili said: "Second Grandma doesn't know. Although my wife treats Second Aunt and Grandma equally, she always has a pimple in her heart. From now on, don't talk about Second Aunt and Grandma in front of your wife." Seeing Zili's confused face, Madam Wu explained: "The second aunt is a few months older than the second master. She was not born by his wife, but was raised by someone close to the old master. At the time when the second master was born before the full moon, the second aunt had smallpox, and for some reason, the second aunt's The bellyband actually appeared in the second master’s room, it’s really a trap! The second master finally came back to life, because of this wife, he didn’t want to see the second aunt, and later her own mother died of illness, but the poor second aunt is gone My mother, I sent it out just after turning 15. Wen Shoubei's family is not a prosperous family, and she married a concubine's son who was not satisfied. The person who gave the birthday gift came back and said that the second aunt was actually a decent girl even with our family. It's not as good as it is!" The elderly people didn't know what to say, but Nanny Wu still let the Jia family keep secret.

No wonder, the three girls in Rongguo Mansion, the eldest girl Jia Mei, and the second girl Jia Suan all got married quietly, and the families they married were also very ordinary. The daughter, after all, is also a girl from the Jia family.Mother Jia is a lively person, even if she doesn't like the daughter of a concubine, she should be cautious for the sake of face.Unexpectedly, the entire Jia family acted as if the two married girls did not exist, so it turned out to be the case!However, there were times when Jia's mother was being tricked, and Zili said that Jia's mother was really amazing!

Zili sighed: "Actually, I don't blame anyone else. It's all because the second aunt's own life is bad. Whoever put it on her body, the mother doesn't love the child. In fact, the wife is also good to the second aunt. When the second master got sick back then, It's not her fault either. Could it be that Wen Shou's family is poor?"

"The wife of Wen Shoubei's family is a powerful person. She dared to beat her concubine to pieces in front of the guard once she got annoyed! The second son-in-law didn't have any skills, and he didn't dare to breathe loudly when he was suppressed at home. So did their grandma. She is a powerful person, and her mother-in-law doesn't want to see her, so she was ruthlessly cheated. It's not like that girl is as blessed as grandma, with the support of her mother's family, and her husband's family takes her daughter-in-law as her own daughter. Women marry It's fate!" Madam Wu drank tea from a cup with sleepy eyes.

After seeing off Nanny Wu, it was completely dark outside, so Zili told the girls: "If you're tired, go to bed early, I have something to tell Zhou Rui to come in tomorrow."

Zili washed up and was lying on the bed alone. In fact, she had been sleeping alone for decades, and she should have gotten used to having no one by her side by now.Unexpectedly, on the first day Jia Zheng left, Zili lay in the big carved red sandalwood bed and felt empty around him for the first time, feeling a little lost.Turning her face to look at another empty pillow, she actually began to miss Jia Zheng's body temperature and clean and fresh breath.Turning over, Zili slowly pondered what Nanny Wu said.I really didn't expect that Jia's mother was almost plotted by the concubine!From Mammy Wu's intermittent narration, Zili sorted out the context of the matter. Jia Duan's biological mother was a maid bestowed to her son by the old lady. It seemed that she was clever and well-behaved, and she was very beautiful. The old lady and Jia Daishan deeply liked her. .As for Jia's mother, she definitely wouldn't really like her husband's favored concubine.It was only because the old lady was in the way that she tolerated it.

Jia Duan's biological mother took advantage of Jia Duan's flowering opportunity to assassinate Jia Zheng. She bought off the wife who lived in the main house, and quietly put something contaminated with smallpox virus next to Jia Zheng.At that time, Jia's mother was still in confinement, and while she was anxious about her son's life and death, she also wanted to track down the mastermind behind the scenes. Her body was so weak that Jia Min was born with a weak womb.No wonder Jia Daishan's existing housewives and concubines are almost transparent. Zili has been married for so long and pays attention to Jia's mother every day, so she pays more attention to their existence.

It's no wonder that when Jia Daishan was doing well, the two concubine girls married so poorly and silently.