Madam Hou

Chapter 10

The mistress and aunt in each Zhai Dou Wen are similar to the existence of class contradictions.

That night, Mrs. Chen finished calculating the gifts from all the wives, and registered these gifts by category, and then asked the maids around her to put the gifts into the warehouse.

After a day of socializing during the day and another night of calculations at night, Mrs. Chen just felt exhausted.After the last account was settled, Mrs. Chen stretched her sore waist and sat on a wenge-wood grand teacher's chair, letting the little maid rub her shoulders behind her. After taking a sip of tea, just as he was about to put down the bowl, he saw Mrs. Hong, a woman whom Mrs. Chen sent to put the gifts into the warehouse, hurried in. After entering, she saluted Mrs. Chen, and said, "Madam, Aunt Dou is here There was a clamor outside the warehouse door to cut off the piece of soft smoke in the shape of white butterflies that Mrs. Zhao sent today, saying that it was spring, and Miss Si had no clothes to wear, so she wanted to take the fabric and cut it for Miss Si. Chunshang also said that these gifts were given to the Chen family by the wives, and Miss Si is also a member of the Chen family, so they can use these gifts naturally."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen put the blue and white bowl on the table, and said angrily: "This is against the sky. If my mother doesn't show off her power, she will treat me like a sick cat. A butcher's daughter dares to rely on me to shit on my head." .”

After speaking, he stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and headed towards the warehouse with a murderous look.

Mrs. Chen rushed to the door of the storehouse, and saw two women blocking Aunt Dou from letting her in. Aunt Dou was akimbo, yelling at the top of her voice.

"You slavish slaves, dare to stop my aunt, be careful, I will sue the master, let the master find a matchmaker to sell you all, and sell the old ones to poor ravines so that you don't even have rice bran to eat , sell the few to the prostitution camps, let you give thousands of people rides.”

Aunt Dou is one of the only two concubines of Mr. Chen, and she was the one who entered the house early. She gave birth to Manniang, the fourth daughter of the Chen family. Manniang was three years younger than Pingniang, the third daughter of Mrs. Chen.This year is seven years old.

Aunt Dou was born as a good concubine, if we want to talk about her origin, we have to start from the past.

Mrs. Chen's father, Mr. Lu, was a middle-class businessman in Linping County. The family still had some money, but the status of a businessman was low. Mr. Lu was often looked down upon for being rich.Mrs. Chen is the only daughter of Master Lu, and was regarded by Master Lu as the apple of his eye since she was a child.When Mrs. Chen reached the marriageable age, Master Lu wanted his daughter to marry a scholar, so as to elevate his status.Master Lu looked around among the young students in Linping County, and finally selected two candidates who were already scholars at that time. One was the county magistrate Zhao mentioned earlier, and the other was Mr. Chen.At that time, Master Lu preferred to belong to County Magistrate Zhao, because County Magistrate Zhao was better at reading.It's just that Zhao County Magistrate was finally intercepted by Zhang Yuanwai, so Mr. Lu had no choice but to choose the spare Mr. Chen.

Before getting married, Master Lu also arranged for Mrs. Chen to meet him. When he was young, Mr. Chen had a red face and white teeth. At that time, he was still a handsome man. At that time, Mrs. Chen was young and did not know people. Mianpi didn't see the connotation, and after hiding behind the curtain and seeing Mr. Chen's appearance, he nodded shyly.

Elder Chen's family was poor at that time, otherwise, considering the social status of a businessman at that time, Elder Chen would not have agreed to marry a merchant girl.When they got married, Mrs. Chen accompanied her with a generous dowry. After marriage, the Chen family's food and clothing expenses, Mr. Chen's study and repairs, etc. were all used by Mrs. Chen's dowry.

In the tenth year after marriage, Mr. Chen finally came back from the examination of a fellow Jinshi. Although Tong Jinshi does not sound very nice, it is very impressive in a place like Linping County. Later, Mr. Chen took Chen The wife's dowry was arranged, and finally an eighth-rank county magistrate was awarded.

Mrs. Chen thought that she had become an official wife, and she finally got her way.As a result, less than half a year after Mr. Chen became an official, he brought in the daughter of the Dou Da Niu family who sells pork next door as a good concubine on the grounds that Mrs. Chen had no children.For this reason, Mrs. Chen was so angry that she lay on the bed for half a month, scolding Mr. Chen for being ungrateful, and regretting that she did not see Mr. Chen's character clearly and made a loss-making business.However, Elder Lu has passed away at this time, and there is only one cheap brother in her natal family, and her relationship with her is not good. There is no support in her natal family, and Elder Chen's reason for childlessness is not inappropriate. He had no choice but to drink tea reluctantly and let Dou Shi in.

As a result, within half a year after Aunt Dou entered the house, she gave birth to a seven-pound two-two-pound girl. Mrs. Chen even told Mrs. Chen that she was born prematurely, and Mrs. Chen was so angry that she lay down for another half a month.

Ever since Aunt Dou came in, relying on Mr. Chen's favor, she never took the mistress seriously.

Mrs. Chen listened to Aunt Dou's words, these maids and women are Mrs. Chen's dowry, saying that they are dowry is trying to say that they are fighting for the dowry of her master, not to mention that calling her dowry slaves is blatantly slapping her in the face.Mrs. Chen's face turned cold, and she reprimanded the woman next to her, "What are you still doing, why don't you tie up this shit-spraying dog."

These wives had always disliked Aunt Dou. Although they dared to stop Aunt Dou from entering the storeroom, Aunt Dou was born as a good concubine after all, and she was considered the half master of the family. Fight with Aunt Dou.Now as soon as Mrs. Chen spoke, the women next to her immediately stepped forward, restraining Aunt Dou one by one, and found a rope to tie her up.

Aunt Dou was favored by Mr. Chen, although she did not give birth to a son, she was always doted on by Mr. Chen like a sweetheart, and she was often angry with Mrs. Chen.Mrs. Chen has no natal brothers to support her, and she did not have a son in the Chen family. Although she often quarrels with Mr. Chen over the concubine's room, she still feels a little guilty because she has no children. .

If this kind of thing happened normally, Mrs. Chen would at most let her mother-in-law stop her from entering, but she would not ask someone to tie her up.Because of this, Aunt Dou is not afraid of what Mrs. Chen will do to her.But this time, Aunt Dou did not expect Mrs. Chen to have the nerve to have her tied up.

Aunt Dou struggled and said angrily: "You dare, you dare, you dog slaves, you dare to tie me up, and when the master comes back, I will let you go around... Lu Xiuzhu, you poisonous woman, how dare you tie me up , the master will not make your life easier when he comes back."

Mrs. Chen sat down on a bench moved by her mother-in-law, looked at Aunt Dou with disdain, and then said unhurriedly: "My eldest daughter is now the emperor's concubine, and my second daughter is about to become the wife of the prince. Looking at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, you think the master will protect you as before, what are you, cats and dogs, you dare to yell at me."

(End of this chapter)