wife master

Chapter 8
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In the days that followed, Su Mian went to the mountains to collect herbs during the day, leaving Yu Hui and A Li at home.At the beginning Su Mian was not at ease, always prepared food in advance, for fear that Yuhui would not take care of herself.In the end, he was surprised to find that Yuhui not only took good care of herself, but also took care of Ali, and even took the initiative to do trivial housework that ordinary women would not touch, cleaning the room, washing, cooking, and everything.Every night when he came back from the mountains, Yu Hui had already prepared simple but delicious meals.

Su Mian's heart was mixed with joy and sorrow.The joy is that Yu Hui is gentle, considerate, sensible and capable, but the worry is that he has dragged her down and wronged her to do things that ordinary women don't bother to do.He couldn't give her a life of pleasure without worrying about food and clothing, but now, in order to lighten his burden, she condescended to work tirelessly without complaining.How could he be worthy of her father?
But whenever Su Mian showed guilt, Yu Hui always comforted him and said, "Brother, at first it was my father who took care of me with you for so many years, what's wrong with me taking care of you now? I don't know herbs, no If you know how to hunt, you can only do these housework to help you share, so that you can have more energy to get together faster and realize my wish as soon as possible, so I should thank you instead."

In a flash, almost a month has passed.

One day when Su Mian came back from collecting herbs, she saw Yuhui doing laundry again, so she said, "Washing and cooking are a man's business, and you are always wronged by a dignified woman doing these things. You are reluctant to let Ali's injury not healed, so you don't let him go, Then wait for me to come back and let me do it."

Yuhui explained straightforwardly: "The gods told me that there is no distinction between high and low jobs in this world. I can cook by myself when I am hungry, and I have time. Why wait for you to come back? Besides, washing clothes is not a heavy job. I am active. Exercising the limbs at once can be regarded as a way to strengthen the body, and I am all for my own comfort."

"Little sister is getting more and more eloquent, and bullying me can't tell the truth taught by you gods. Forget it, just be happy, don't force it." Su Mian changed the subject and asked, "Have you been talking all the time these few days? Thinking about how to open Ali's shackles?"

Yuhui frowned and said, "The shackles are made of such strong materials that they can't be opened with ordinary sharp tools. What can I do? How did you remove the iron chain around A Li's neck?"

Su Mian said in a deep voice, "Little sister, aren't you afraid that something will happen to Ali if he doesn't restrain himself?"

Yuhui smiled and said: "A Li's internal strength is so good, if we want to do anything, we can't stop him. Remove the shackles and let him move freely. If he really wants to stay, we will have a good helper. If he wants to leave , let’s take it as a good deed, and saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda.”

"Little sister is really kind and merciful. I'll do it for you." Su Mian took out a dagger from her boot, unsheathed it and said to Yuhui, "Little sister, this dagger is a self-defense treasure given to me by my adoptive father. Don't look at it It is black and dull, and it actually cuts iron like mud."

Yuhui came closer to watch, just when a breeze blew by, the broken hair around her ears snapped off, she couldn't help but said happily: "It's really a treasure. Brother, why didn't you tell me sooner? It made me use a kitchen knife and firewood these days." Tried knives, axes and big stones one by one, almost hurt Ali's leg again."

Su Mian has seen too many sinister, dirty and filthy things in this world. He didn't remove Ali's shackles at the beginning because he was on guard.But he didn't want to say these thoughts, polluting Yuhui's kind and sincere heart, so he didn't answer, but asked instead: "By the way, where is Ali? Are you still lying in the house?"

Yuhui said: "A Li just went to the field a few days ago, he can't sit still, he's always rushing to work. I asked him to go for a walk nearby and pick up some firewood by the way, but he hasn't come back yet."

"How long has he been out? It's getting late, and there will be wild animals in the mountains after sunset, which is more dangerous."

"It's been about two hours." Yuhui also worried, "It wasn't so long yesterday, brother, why don't I go and look for him, he is dragging his feet and walking, I should be able to find traces."

While the two were talking, Ali came back dragging a large bundle of dry firewood and a pheasant in his hand.When he saw Yu Hui and Su Mian, he immediately knelt down to salute, and said respectfully, "Master, my lord, I'm sorry, my servant is late."

Su Mian questioned, "Where did the pheasant come from?"

Ali didn't dare to get up, and explained cautiously: "When my servant crossed Phoenix Mountain with my previous master, I didn't see the village for a few days. The previous master taught my slave to use small stones to beat some wild animals to eat."

While pulling A Li up from the ground, Yuhui said happily, "That's great, bro, A Li knows how to hunt, so we won't have to worry about food and drink on the way."

Su Mian looked directly at Ali and asked seriously, "Little sister asked me to remove your shackles, do you want to leave or stay?"

Ali was stunned for a moment, did the master drive him away?Could it be that he is hated by the master?That's right, he shouldn't have been lying on the bed doing nothing a few days ago, the master thinks he's lazy and useless, right?He knelt back to the ground in fear. Although some big wounds and broken bones on his body were still aching, he didn't dare to neglect.He begged humbly: "Master, son, this servant... from now on, I will work hard, please don't drive this slave away."

Yu Hui said helplessly: "A Li, don't be afraid, that's not what we mean. I mean, if you don't want to suffer with us, you can leave. I can also return your contract of prostitution to you."

"Ah?" This time A Li understood what Yuhui meant, but she didn't understand why she was so kind to him.They bought him, healed his wounds, took good care of him, fed him every day, but did not force him to do things. There is probably only one family in the world who is such a good master to slaves.Moreover, Yu Hui also said that she was going to the capital. Of course, he would not think that she was taking him to find someone specially, but if he could follow her, maybe he would really have a chance to find his father.He had already made up his mind that as long as Yuhui didn't dislike her, he would always follow her.As for freedom, he never expected it.

A descendant of a criminal official like Ali, as an official slave, will be branded as a slave. Even if the master sells him back in the future, without the amnesty issued by the government, he will still be caught as a fugitive slave and sent to the government to be tortured if he leaves the master punished.Unless he hides in the deep mountains and old forests forever, so that no one can see the brand of slavery on his body.

Su Mian whispered to Yuhui about the restrictions of the state laws on slaves, and persuaded: "Little sister, I think Ali really wants to stay, this is a good choice for us and him."

Yuhui sighed secretly, it seemed that even if the chains on A Li's feet were loosened, the invisible bondage in his heart might be hard to get rid of.According to the laws of the country of China, female slaves follow their masters to serve in the army and get an amnesty order based on their ability to fight, while men only have the chance to get rid of their slavery when they marry. Could it be that if she doesn't take Ali as a servant, the bondage in Ali's heart will exist forever what?

If Ali has always been in this self-denial and self-loathing state because of the restraint in his heart, it is hard to imagine how he can grow into a male marshal admired by the world.

Yuhui sighed softly, and said to Su Mian, "Brother, tomorrow is the day of my Yuanfu, right? Does it mean that if I marry Ali, I can go to the government to apply for his release from slavery?"

Su Mian couldn't guess what Yu Hui was thinking, so he could only answer truthfully: "Only noble ladies or famous women can go to the government to apply for their husbands and servants to be released from slavery. It is useless for ordinary people to go. .”

Yu Hui found that the primary problem at present has become that she must work hard to improve her social status before she can hope to complete that task.She knew that she was not qualified for the imperial examination, and she was afraid of hard work in the army, so the only breakthrough point after thinking about it was to start with her own background.In case she is really a famous nobleman, once she can recognize her ancestors and return to her clan, the benefits that will follow are self-evident.

(End of this chapter)