Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 73

Xianglan then lived in Liuye Lane, and Ding Erniang took her out for a stroll in Dongxi Street, eating soup dumplings at Deyilou in the morning, and roast duck at Wangxianglou at noon, and went out lively every day. She came back with a lot of novelty and cute gadgets. In her house, bells and sachets were hung on the windows, lintels, and mosquito nets all over the room.

The beauty likes to run into Panlan's house every day, jump on the table by the window sill, and watch the bell ringing, and can watch it many times.

Ding Erniang also smiled and said to Zhang Mu: "The next time I go out, I have to bring back a bell for the beauty, and tie it around her neck. I'll cut him off!"

The mother-in-law loves the beauty more than her now. In the past, in the town, the beauty could feed one of the beauty's dried fish every two days. Now, not only the daily supply, but also the small dried fish has been upgraded early in the morning!In the past, for a small yellow croaker, beauties had to add claws, but now the small yellow croaker is ignored, it must be a small crucian carp or a small mullet!

"Mom, it doesn't necessarily like it if you hang it around its neck! Once it steals the dried fish, we'll know!"

"Pfft! Why didn't I think of it!" Ding Erniang didn't know before that raising a cat can be so much fun. The cat is almost mature, and it can quietly pick up the dried fish wherever the daughter-in-law hides. Walk!
"Auntie, have you seen the little sachet on the corner of my tent these two days? It's embroidered with the big red one with fish every year!" Xianglan thought of the sachet, feeling quite strange in her heart. It should be on the ground, why did it disappear!
Zhang Mu glanced at the beauty sitting on the table, seeing the cat's eyes avoiding, he knew it!

"Meow, meow!" There are fish and flowers, people like to cut!
The beauty protested silently.

Ding Da didn't come after a few days, Erniang Ding ran to open the door whenever she heard anything, Wu Ling and Zhang Mu also felt a little bit dissatisfied with Ding Da in their hearts, how could they just ignore Xianglan like this!Wu Ling watched Xianglan grow up little by little from a baby who could only babble and learn to speak, and he treated Xianglan no worse than Azhu. Even though he was a man with Ding Datong, he couldn't understand Ding Da's thoughts at this time !My own daughter-in-law doesn't feel bad, so she has to worry about other people's affairs.

Wu Ling asked his daughter-in-law several times to enlighten Xianglan. This girl has been thinking about her elder brother since she was a child. This time, she may be hurt a little bit deeply, but Xianglan's will is becoming clearer day by day.

At the end of April, Xianglan has been living here for ten days, and there is still no news from Ding Da. After breakfast this day, Xianglan proposed to go to the women's school to help.

Zhang Mu said with a smile: "My younger sister will live here for the rest of her life. My parents, A-Ling, and I are all very happy, so I don't want to let you help! You, just stay at home as a cute little daughter. Now, let's go shopping with my mother!"

Seeing her daughter-in-law loving her niece so much, Ding Erniang repeatedly sighed in her heart, this daughter-in-law is really hard to find!

Seeing the sincerity of her cousin's words, Xianglan couldn't argue with her, so she had to say aggrievedly: "Cousin-in-law, I'm bored at home too, and it's not a big deal to go shopping often, I just want to do some work and keep myself busy! "

When Xianglan said this, Zhang Mu really didn’t agree. She also knew that it’s best for frustrated people to find something to do to divert their attention. However, Xianglan is not only a younger brother and sister, but also a niece of her mother-in-law. , Seeing her nod slightly, she has a bottom line in her heart.

Patted Xianglan's hand and said: "Sister really wants to help me, it's the best, I wanted you to come and help me before, now, I won't refuse!"

The cousin agreed, and Xianglan also smiled, "I just want to be self-reliant, and I am dissatisfied with my aunt and cousin, I just want to live alone!"

Ding Erniang didn't take it seriously when she was talking nonsense when she was a niece. Zhang Mu's eyelids twitched when he saw the calmness in Xianglan's eyes.

Once a girl's self-esteem pops up, I'm afraid it won't be easy to suppress it back!

Ding Da, this time, I really wished for luck!
The women's school had two quarrels with Mrs. Qu, and although only one student, Qu Cao, was dismissed, the rumors started to spread, and those who were hypocritical said that the Gongjin Women's School had corrupted the customs of Tongtai County. , Which girl shouldn't be weak and weak in the boudoir!

Some people also picked up the old stories of the female wives. Except for Aunt Liu and Wang Momo who came from Taizhou, and everyone didn't know the details, even Su Niangzi and Hua Niangzi, who had always been low-key, were picked up all over.

"Hey, have you heard that Mrs. Su of the Gongjin Women's School is the father of Kefuke, Bai Huxing is one, and many little girls follow her, so don't get angry!"

"I've heard of this. Although Mrs. Su sold a pair of peonies for a high price of 800 taels, no man would dare to get close to her. Otherwise, it would have been many years. There are no second-married women, and she is not. An unwanted bitch!"

Su Niangzi stood at the entrance of Linglong Alley, listening to the two women who lived opposite each other in the alley chatting at the top of their voices, after a while, she turned and left.

"You are a woman, born to suffer!" More than ten years ago, my mother cried while holding her in her arms. She didn't believe that even though I was a daughter, I could still earn money to support my family.

She earned a lot of money and gave it to her grandmother. Over the years, she has never heard of anyone who bullies and abuses her!
Really, what was her fault?She was just forced to be a widow, she just didn't choose to rely on men to live her life like other women!
The voices of the two women behind were still like trumpets.

"What, Huafu? You don't know, we Tongtai County has been going up for hundreds of years, and there is no big family in Huafu. The Hua family only came here a few years ago. A little lady, that big family Personally, it might be the outhouse of a family in Taizhou..."

Mrs. Su still came to class normally every day, and occasionally chatted with Zhang Mu and other female masters in the yard during lunch break, but she was distracted occasionally, and Zhang Mu didn't pay much attention.

On the contrary, there was a little girl named Wan Lan who was very good at embroidery. After school, she looked at Master Su who was sitting in the embroidery room in a daze, and timidly came over and asked, "Master, are you unhappy?"

Su Niangzi looked at the worry in her black and white eyes, and shook her head slightly, "Lan'er is weird, Master just hasn't had a good rest in the past few days! Go home with them!"

"Master, I'll give you my share of candy cake tomorrow. Every time I eat it, my mind is very sharp and I'm not tired at all!" Wan Lan blinked her eyes and said softly.

"Okay, then don't be reluctant tomorrow!"

"The master will see you tomorrow!" Seeing the master's answer, Wan Lan jumped up and down to chase her friends.

Xianglan was sweeping the house next door, seeing the tiredness on Miss Su's brows, she also sighed, why can't a woman's life be as carefree as a man's?Thinking of her husband who is far away in the town, Xianglan felt slightly suffocated.

I'm afraid she's not here, so he should be free and easy!

At the beginning of May, Mrs. Zheng's health was completely recovered. For a few days, she took the beauty to the Deyi Building and Ruyi Building at the entrance of the alley to have breakfast. In the old lady's room.

Zhang Muyi paid attention to it for a few days, but he really couldn't see it. There was a mother-in-law doting on the beauty before, and now, there is an old lady. This cat has become more and more rampant recently. That round belly is already unbearable to look at!

"Sanggong, don't you realize that I'm not the most favored person in the family?" Zhang Mu said with some depression when he heard the courtyard door open and close again after finishing yoga in the morning.

Wu Ling glanced at the figure in the yard, and asked amusedly, "My lady, is it possible that you and the beauty are also jealous?"

"What's the matter, can't you? Who used to quarrel with beauties at every turn?" Zhang Mu gave Wu Ling a dissatisfied look.

"It's me, it's me, it's okay, but who makes the beauty not an ordinary cat!" Wu Ling couldn't laugh or cry because of his daughter-in-law's temper. Could it be that a pregnant woman is unreasonable? !
"Ordinary cat" Zhang Mu's heart skipped a beat, seeing the rather helpless expression on Xianggong's face, there was nothing unusual, so he was slightly relieved!
However, even Xianggong can see that the beauty is not an ordinary cat anymore!

"Amu, Amu, it's not good, it's not good!"

There was another bang on the courtyard door.

Ding Erniang in the front yard hurriedly opened the door and saw that Li's bun was loose and her forehead was covered with big beads of sweat. She wondered, "Big sister, what's the matter? Like this? Amu is in the house!"

Lady Li slapped her chest fiercely.

"Slow down, speak slowly, what's the matter?" Ding Erniang persuaded while pulling Mrs. Li in.

Mrs. Li waved her hands and refused to go in. After a while, she regained her composure, "Sister-in-law, Mrs. Su, something happened. Her family, little girl, said that she hanged herself!"

Hearing the noise, Zhang Mu rushed out, only wearing sandals, his mind was stunned, "Go, hang yourself?"

Mrs. Li nodded.

"Hey, Amu, don't run, don't run, Mrs. Li and I will go and have a look first, you go over slowly!" Ding Erniang grabbed the daughter-in-law who was about to run, and shouted at Wu Ling: "Stupid! What are you doing! Take Amu there!"

Saying that, Ding Erniang and Li Niangzi ran to Linglong Lane!
The guests who had breakfast by the windows of Deyi Building and Ruyi Building saw the two women running wildly downstairs, and some people satirized: "The atmosphere of this women's school is really bad! Women can be like this in the daytime." Pay attention to women's behavior, how decent it is!"

A woman on the side sneered: "Hey, what is decency, what is decency? If you are in such a hurry, something must have happened. Do you still ask people to take small steps and wobble forward? What a death Brains!"

"Hey, everyone, look, it's really going downhill, girls can talk back to old men at will..."

Zhang Mu didn't know about the excitement in the Deyi Building. When Zhang Mu rushed to Miss Su's courtyard in Linglong Lane, besides Ding Erniang and Mrs. Li, Aunt Liu and Mrs. Wang also came, and Mrs. Su was lying on the bed. , silently weeping!
Seeing that she was still alive, Zhang Mu exhaled suddenly, it really scared her to death!
Seeing that his daughter-in-law's footsteps were a little weak, Wu Ling quickly helped her to a chair and sat down.

It turned out that Mrs. Su hanged herself, and the little girl who served her found out. She stepped on the stool, cut the rope, and ran to the women's school with the rope. Fortunately, the two places were not far away. Nanny and Aunt Liu rushed over first.

Ask Mrs. Su's little girl, Cui'er, to find out that the women in Linglong Lane gather at the entrance of the alley every day to scold Mrs. Su, Bai Huxing, saying that she looks inviolable all day long and doesn't know what to do behind her back!
It was even rumored that some day or night, a man came out of Su's house in disheveled clothes.

Even if Mrs. Su walked by in front of her, those women pretended not to see them, and still cursed Mrs. Su for dirtying the Feng Shui of Linglong Lane!
When all the ladies listened to the little girl sobbing and explaining the reason, they were all dazed with hatred!

"These poisonous women!" Wang Momo scolded through gritted teeth!
(End of this chapter)