Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 459
Yuqing hugged her in her arms to comfort her, she didn't need to guess, she must have suffered a lot under Ruyan's hands before, but now she suddenly felt that she had escaped, and she was so excited, but to successfully instigate her, she had to wait a little longer. Wait, wait until she knows that she is really out of Ruyan's control, then she will speak the truth.

At this time, Xin'er dragged Ruyan into the door in a mess, and when she saw the appearance of the two, she knew that Yuqing's rebellion had worked, so she said with a smile, "Don't cry, did you not eat enough and you are hungry again?" , your sisters Mohen and Liuli are making bone soup, go and drink a bowl, I will give this ignorant servant a berth."

Yuqing smiled and pulled the little maid to stand up, and said with a smile, "I named this little sister Little Swan, how about it, sounds good?"

"Little Swan?" Xin'er looked the little girl up and down and nodded, "Well, Sister Yuqing is smart, I hope this name will be worthy of the name in the future."

Yuqing pointed to the couch and said, "This couch is quite soft, let the little swan sleep on it in the future." Then she led the little swan out.

Xin'er understood, turned around and walked out, and within a moment, she came in with a large piece of linoleum, spread it under the couch, then came out with a bed quilt from the cabinet, threw it directly on the linoleum, and said coldly, "You will Just sleep under the couch, don't sleep too hard, anyone who wants to drink water or has a big or small affair, you just get up and serve."

Ruyan looked at the scattered linoleum and quilts on the ground, gritted her teeth with hatred, and wanted to resist, but she couldn't beat Xin'er, so she had to lower her head and suppress the hatred in her eyes, but Xiner ignored her and went on again Pointing to the dressing table and other things in the corner, he said, "Everything in this room counts as the same. Don't move anything easily. The things that should be assigned to you will be brought back to you later."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went out the door, leaving Ru Yan standing there alone in a daze.

Xin'er listened outside the door for a while when there was no movement inside, then quickly ran to the stove, glanced at it, and saw that Yuqing and Little Swan were not there, she jumped to Liuli and Mohen, and said with a smile, "How about it, two sisters?" , I was great just now, right?"

Liuli took her hand to the table, served her a bowl of bone soup with floating green onions and snow-white tofu cubes, and said with a smile, "Of course it's great, this is the bone soup for you."

Xin'er patted her chest, "I'm also imitating my stepmother, but I'm also guilty in my heart, and you all dare not do anything, so I came here."

Mohen stepped forward and patted her on the top of the head, and said with a smile, "You, you are acting good when you get cheap, you are obviously very happy to bully others, and you still want to get some credit."

Xin'er stuck out her tongue, lowered her head and sipped the soup while saying, "Sisters said, will she sneak away at night while we are asleep?"

"No, her deed of prostitution is in the hands of the shopkeeper. According to the Baihua law, escaped slaves will be executed." Liuli is not worried, "Your sister Yuqing took the little swan to take a bath, and after two or three Day, to coax the little swan's mind, and find out the details of this smoke."

After the three of them discussed it properly, they cleaned up the kitchen, and put on the noodles for making snacks tomorrow morning, and took a bath together, and went to bed to rest.

At first, everyone thought that something would happen to Ruyan, but she was very honest and peaceful, sitting on the floor with low eyebrows, she didn't lose her temper even when Xiner teased her to pour tea a few times.The little swan looked at it for a long while in awe, before he dared to climb up on the soft couch, get into the bed, peek at his young lady, and dare not speak.

The maids looked at them coldly, and they were also puzzled, but she didn't know that Ruyan had already made up her mind. She thought that these maids must also want to climb into the bed of the young master, but she snatched them away first, so she had a reservation in her heart. Resentment, taking advantage of the opportunity when she also signed the deed of prostitution to become a maid, and the master is not around, vent her anger on her, as long as she can hold back, when Master Ouyang or Mrs. Then she must get them all back.

She tossed and turned all night, and it was late when she fell asleep, as if she had just closed her eyes when someone rudely pushed her awake, Xin'er's clear and crisp voice rang in her ears, "Hey, get up quickly, I have to do something , I didn’t do any work, and I’m deader than anyone else sleeping, get up and go to the woodshed to chop firewood, and I’ll use the oven later.”

Ruyan sat up for a long time before she realized where she was. She turned her head to look in the room. At some point, she was the only one left, and even the little swan on the couch was gone. She immediately got up and rolled up. Putting up the bedding and putting it in the corner, then walked to the door, took the cold water in the copper basin, endured the pain, washed a few handfuls of his still red and swollen face, briefly brushed his hair, opened the door and went out, the sky had just turned pale, and the air There was a coolness of early autumn in the room, which made her shiver severely.

In a room next to the stove not far away, there were faint figures walking around, busy, and she didn't know where the woodshed was, so she went up to ask, but everyone frowned when they saw her coming in, and Xin'er even stepped forward, ruthlessly He punched her hard, pushed her out of the door, and cursed, "Is this a place where you come in casually? If we don't speak to you in the future, you won't even be allowed to approach the door for three steps." Then, she pointed to the yard A low room in a corner, and said, "There is a firewood room, hurry up and chop out the firewood, and then fetch water to fill up the water tank in the next door kitchen, don't be lazy, you can't finish it before breakfast, don't even think about eating .”

The veins in Ruyan's hand hidden in the sleeves burst out. She stared fiercely at the figure of Xin'er entering the door, then turned and went to the firewood room. When she saw the wood that was like a hill, she wanted to kill with hatred. With eight hands, she couldn't finish chopping all the firewood before breakfast, not to mention there was still water to carry, these maids were obviously going to starve her.

She cursed countless times in her heart, picked up the axe, and chopped down with the axe, her wrist was numb from the shock, and only a small cut was made in the thick wood.

After working hard for half an hour, a young man came outside the door to hold the firewood. He saw her standing in the middle of the firewood with her sleeves rolled up, sweating all over her face. , and immediately looked at the little boy weeping bitterly, her face was slightly swollen, and now she was half upside down with tears, she was really pitiful and pitiful, any man who saw it would probably want to embrace her in his arms He coaxed him in his arms, but the little guy looked like he had seen a ghost, turned his head and ran out.

While she was in a daze, Xin'er ran in from the door, picked up a wooden stick as thick as an arm, and greeted her on the buttocks, beating and cursing, "You foxy son, let you chop wood, you You can seduce a man, I'll make you look so charming..."

Ruyan couldn't dodge in time, so she was hit twice on the buttocks. She couldn't bear the anger in her heart, so she picked up a wooden stick and beat Xin'er together, "You lowly servant girl, how dare you beat me, how dare you let me Pichai, when I see the eldest young master, I will definitely let her sell you to a private house, and let you try riding with thousands of people..."

In the middle of her scolding, she felt that her words would blow her mind, so she hurriedly stopped, but Xin'er took the opportunity to hit her with two more sticks, and kicked her to the ground, "When you see the young master, it will be the year of the monkey, the month of the monkey, Just take it slowly, and if you seduce people in this yard casually, you will starve for ten and a half months, and see how thin you are to seduce people."

Panting heavily, Xin'er threw the wooden stick in her hand, and cursed again, "Hurry up and chop the wood, it will be used in a while, if you can't chop it out, it's too late to bake the dim sum, let me see how I can treat you!"

She turned around and went out the door, took two steps, saw Mohen standing on the steps with a pensive look on her face, her face turned slightly red, and said in a low voice, "Well, sister Mohen, I'm angry at her for not working hard. Hit her twice."

Mohen laughed loudly, "I didn't say you beat her because she seduced Dalu, what are you explaining?"

Xin'er twisted her body, stepped forward and hugged her arm reluctantly, "Sister Mohen, why are you making fun of me again?"

"Okay, okay, my sister is wrong. Let's get down to business. The words she scolded you just now don't sound like a woman from a good family can scold you. Do you think she is innocent?"

Xin'er thought about it carefully, then suddenly opened her eyes wide, and asked, "Could it be that my sister suspects that she came from that place?"

Mohen nodded, "After baking the dim sum in a while, let's talk to Yuqing and let her go and talk to Little Swan."

"Okay." The two went back to the barn together and continued to work. When they needed the barbeque, Ru Yan finally managed to gather enough firewood. Mo Hen saw that her arms were scratched by sawdust, and her face was covered with sweat. Son, looking very embarrassed, said, "Go and fetch water, remember to chop faster tomorrow."

Ruyan had to go to the well to fetch water again, and when she had just filled the tank half full, everyone gathered around the table to have breakfast, but no one called her, she wanted to say something to Shopkeeper Seventeen, It's a pity that he was eating and picking up vegetables in a stable manner, and didn't even glance at her, biting her lower lip with hatred, and fully understood in her heart that it was impossible for her to find a helper in the shop.

When she finally filled the water tank and was so tired that she almost collapsed on the ground, the dining table had already been removed, and there was not a single grain of rice left. I'm going to sweep the yard.

Little Swan looked at the young lady who beat and scolded her day and night all day and night, she was like the lowest servant, sleeping on the floor, chopping wood and fetching water, her face was like a pig's head when she was beaten, she didn't dare to resist.Unconsciously, she felt a little fear in her heart. Thinking about the 200 taels of money for selling her body, even if she couldn't stay in the world, she could still do a small business, or buy a dowry to marry a farmer, and she would Gathering up her courage, she stopped in front of Ruyan, and said in a low voice while tugging at the hem of her clothes, "Miss... um, no, Miss Ruyan, can you give me back my... prostitution money?"

When Ruyan heard that the little maid who had been under her command for six years dared to talk to her like this, she stretched out her hand and slapped her. The little swan reflexively wanted to kneel down to make amends, but Yuqing said lightly on the side, "Ruyan, you are a rough envoy, you belong to the third class, and Little Swan is the second class. You dare to beat him, but you broke the rules."

Hearing this, Little Swan seemed to gain courage immediately, and slapped it back with a slap. Ruyan was stunned by the slap, and Little Swan also raised her hands in a daze. give me back!"

Ruyan threw down the broom and wanted to hit Little Swan, but Yuqing and Xin'er next to her grabbed her and shoved her a few times, "What are you doing, you still want to hit someone? Silver, you are not her parents, take it out quickly."

Mohen also echoed, "That's right, Miss Ruyan, you are no longer her master, and it's inappropriate to take her money for prostitution."

Surrounded by them, Ruyan didn't dare to vent her anger, so she could only stare at Little Swan fiercely, took out two bank notes from her bosom, threw them on the ground, turned around and walked out, leaving the courtyard behind. The ground inside was like the skin of a little swan, and it was scraped violently.

Yuqing picked up the banknote and handed it to Little Swan, and said with a smile, "Look, I've said it all, you're not her maid now, you don't need to look at her face."

The little swan stared at the bank note in his hand in disbelief, then immediately stuffed it into his bosom, feeling really at ease in his heart, Liuli saw everything in his eyes, knowing that the time had come, so he gave Yuqing a wink , "Yuqing, the work in the morning is almost too busy, we just pack the boxes, the little swan can't stand the heat for the first time in the barn, you take her back to the house to have a snack and a cup of tea."

Yuqing understood, and she really picked up two freshly baked plum cakes, took Little Swan's hand, and went back to the bedroom together. The two of them sat at the square table, eating and drinking, and gossiping. Pushing his piece to her, he said, "You couldn't eat such good snacks in the building before, right?"

Little Swan nodded, "There's not enough food in the building..." Halfway through the sentence, she realized what Yuqing asked, and a mouthful of cake choked in her throat, choking and coughing.

Yuqing quickly handed her tea, and said with a smile, "You girl, why are you in such a hurry to eat?"

Little Swan's eyes were full of panic, he pinched the edge of the table with both hands, bit his lower lip and refused to speak, Yuqing smiled faintly, "Don't be afraid, we also guessed it from Ruyan's voice this morning. I only know that you came from the brothel, I don't know anything else. However, this is also your chance."

Little Swan breathed a sigh of relief, but there was hope in the eyes hooked by the word "opportunity", Yuqing took a sip of tea, "To tell you the truth, you and Ruyan made a mistake at the beginning. The matter, our young master is not the master's own son, but the young master of our Muxian mansion, and the adopted son of our fairy lady, so what we have to abide by is the family rules of our Muxian mansion, we can only marry wives and not take concubines, and our elder The young master is very filial, it is impossible to send a woman back to make our wife angry, not to mention that he was engaged to a lady from the servant's mansion of the Ministry of punishment in Huadu a few months ago. Therefore, when your master and servant came to the door and said that she was the young master's concubine, We all knew you were liars."

The little swan became shorter and shorter as he heard it, and finally slid from the chair to the ground, kneeling and trembling.

Yuqing didn't help her, and said slowly, "Our wife has always been kind-hearted, and never made things difficult for anyone easily, but you cheated me like this, it really doesn't take our wife, the prince, seriously."

Little Swan finally cried out of fright, "No...it's not me, Miss...Miss said Mr. Ouyang's family is rich and noble. If you become his concubine, you will have endless glory and wealth. Mr. Ouyang ignores us, so Miss will coming…"

Yuqing heard that she wanted to confess, so she reached out to help her up, took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and gently persuaded, "Little Swan, we have been together all day and night, I can see that your nature is not She is a bad-hearted person, but she served under Ruyan and was instigated by her. Speaking of it, it is nothing more than a crime of blind obedience. If you can explain this matter clearly, our wife will definitely not blame you , and you can continue to work in our shop in the future, you can eat, drink and get paid every day, plus your 200 taels of money for selling your body, and find a pleasing guy to marry in the future, monogamous, long-term Old man, what a wonderful life..."

After hearing these words, the little swan gradually stopped trembling, and asked timidly with red eyes open, "Madam Xian really won't blame me and send me to prison?"

Yuqing chuckled, "Don't worry, if Madam is angry, we will plead for you. Madam is so kind, she won't be as knowledgeable as a little girl like you. The most important thing is that you have to tell the story. Madam knows the truth, no If you misunderstand that the young master disobeyed her, then it will be fine."

Little Swan had a bottom line in his mind, so he explained clearly how Ruyan came out of the brothel, how he met the heavy rain to help, how he went to the inn to climb into bed secretly, and how he came here by car. Finally, he said, "Miss said , When the young master comes back, she has been living under the name of this concubine for several months, and when the time comes to drive her away, she will also be compensated with a few hundred taels of silver."

Yuqing became angrier as she listened, and she slapped the table, "Why is there such a cheeky woman, she really threw it into our woman's face! She even wants to be our young master's concubine, and she is not worthy of carrying shoes for our young master." !"

The little swan was frightened and knelt down again, "Sister Yuqing, it's really not my idea, I'm afraid the miss will hit me..."

Yuqing sighed, "Okay, I got it, you get up, let's go talk to Shopkeeper Seventeen, he went to see the master, and see how the master sent you off."

The little swan got up and followed her to meet Mu Shiqi. Mu Shiqi frowned when he heard that, it's a good thing the madam left the girl in the shop. Talking nonsense that she is the concubine of their young master, and finally letting people know that she is a brothel girl, then the reputation of their young master will be unnecessary.It's still uncertain what gossip will come out, what mother and son turned against the brothel daughter, and the infatuated kind turned into a confidante who disobeyed his mother, how lively and lively it must be...

The more he thought about it, the more he grinned, and after a few simple instructions, he hurried out to Ouyang Mansion in the south of the city.

Mu Ai and Ouyang were sitting under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the backyard, moving the peach blossom wine that had been brewed a few days ago out of the space into a pottery jar. Xiao An and the others carefully opened the seal, and gently tapped it with a bamboo tube with a handle. After a few lifts, a white jade pot was filled, and the mouth of the jar was sealed again.

The white jade pot was selected from the rewards of the day before yesterday. It has a thin body, a long neck, and a mouth carved into the mouth of a fish. Today, as soon as I heard that my wife wanted to taste new wine, I immediately found out.

At this time, they looked at the faint concubine look on the bottle, and they all laughed from ear to ear, and said bluntly, it was so beautiful.

Mu Ai opened the small white porcelain cup on the table, first poured two cups, held a cup for Ouyang, then picked up the cup in front of her, sniffed deeply the sweet fragrance mixed with the aroma of peach blossoms, then lightly He took a sip, and pursed his lips in disappointment, "I was wrong, I should have used corn as the base material, so why does it feel a bit nondescript with peach blossom flavor in the rice wine?"

Ouyang didn't like such a flowery wine at first, but after hearing what she said, he drank it all in one gulp, and praised, "It tastes good."

Mu Ai glared at him reproachfully, "If you give you white water, you'll say it's delicious." She said this, but she was finally coaxed into a smile on her face, and turned her head to call a few girls, "Xiao'an, you too Let's have a taste."

Xiao An responded immediately, "Yes, madam." Then she stepped forward and poured five glasses, and Xi Fu and the others each had a glass, but each of them drank with smiles on their faces, and said, "This wine is so sweet and delicious." That one said, "Well, the peach blossom smells so good."

Mu Ai knew that it was because they had never drank rice wine before, so they didn't feel anything wrong. Seeing that they still had a drink, she pointed to the white jade pot and said, "I don't like the taste. Try it again with bread. You guys take this pot down and drink it, I don’t need to keep anyone here to wait.”

The maidservants thanked them with a smile, took the jug and wine cup, and went out of the garden gate while discussing some snacks and snacks to go with the wine.

Mu Ai leaned on Ouyang's shoulder, and just about to speak, Xiao An turned back again, "Ma'am, shopkeeper Seventeen is here, saying that he has found out the details of Ru Yan's master and servant."

"Oh, so fast?" Mu Ai straightened up, looked at Ouyang, raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Let's go and listen, who are they?"

Ouyang nodded, and the two went to the hall together. Mu Shiqi went up to greet him, and then without any fuss, he told how the maids treated Ruyan, how they instigated Little Swan, and finally Little Swan confessed their master and servant in detail. .

After the words were finished, Mu Ai, his wife and the maids were all stunned. After a long while, Mu Ai couldn't help but sneered, "I really didn't expect that there is also a sister Fu Rong here. Why did she think that Dayu would definitely take a fancy to her?" Well, Dayu, isn't this child too soft-hearted, he slapped her twice at the inn, so there won't be such things."

Xiao An said with a smile, "The young master is as soft-hearted as his wife, I'm afraid he can't do something like beating a woman."

"I'm a woman, it's not a problem to be soft-hearted, but he's a man, how can he be like this if he wants to be the top door in the future. Well, this Ruyan is a fool, and she sent it to the door by herself. If she preaches it first, the whole city will know , We are really in a difficult situation. Forget it, let’s write him a letter tomorrow, give orders to prepare the carriages and horses, and let’s go and get rid of this Ruyan first.” After speaking, he turned to look at Ouyang, and said with a smile, “ Do you want to go to the theater with me?"

Ouyang shook his head, he didn't like to deal with women in the first place, and after Jin Yao's incident, he kept his distance even more, and of course he didn't want to watch a brothel girl's tricks at this time, "I'll go to the winery for a walk."

Mu Ai chuckled lightly, "Go, come back earlier."

　I was in a bad mood today, I was hit hard, and I began to doubt my ability to survive again. It seems that people still can't be blindly confident, and they have to live a good life down-to-earth. Thank you for your support. I will definitely be more attentive and code well in the future!hug! ! !
　　
　
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