Meal Sweet Home: Farm Lady

Chapter 61 The Secret of Life Experience

Everything is quiet here in West Lake Village, let's go back and talk about Yu Ranyue who was brought back to the General's Mansion in the capital by General Yu Lianxiang angrily.

From the moment he returned to the mansion and stepped into the boudoir, General Yu punished Yu Ranyue to copy "Women's Training" hundreds of times behind closed doors, and didn't even let her go to the lobby for dinner.

From this day onwards, Yu Ranyue talked much less than before, and she never stepped out of the door.In addition to General Yu's severe lesson to her, Qi Yuhao's sudden change in her attitude made her disheartened and silent all day long.

Every day I still learn piano with musicians, listen to my husband's lectures, and dance a few dances to pass the time when I have nothing to do.

As time went by, her punishment was enough.It's just that she no longer has the vigor of the past, and has become much duller.

Gradually, various plants began to be dried in front of her boudoir, including common fragrant flower petals and various plants that were never heard of.

When my father and mother asked about it, she said that she had nothing to do and had some fun to pass the time.Seeing that she often locked herself in the room sullenly, Yu Lianxiang offered to let her go for a walk, but she didn't know where else she could go, so she shook her head and refused.

"Chicken Crow"

"The chicken is the chicken, and the dynasty is the winner."

"The rooster crows, the sound of flies."

"The east is bright, and the dynasty is prosperous."

"The bandit sings in the east, the light of the moon.

Insects fly away, Gan and Zi share the same dream. "

"I'll go back, and no bastard will hate it."

Yu Ranyue sat at the desk, chanted and read the "Book of Songs" in her hands, and rolled the mill for crushing petals under her feet, using both hands and feet.

"Miss, let me do it, and you can study at ease." The maid stepped forward to grab it from Yu Ranyue's feet.

"No, it's very good. You can read the book and exercise your muscles. Isn't it the best of both worlds." Yu Ranyue responded, "By the way, go and help me with something."

"Miss, just ask if you have anything to do."

"You sent a few servants to cut down the green bamboo in the front yard, I want to use it."

"Yes, I'll go right away." The servant girl said and retreated.

She thought that if some green leafy plants such as green bamboos, thorn needles, pines and cypresses were mixed in, maybe the aroma would bring better effects.

In this way, Yu Ranyue gradually became interested in mixing and making incense. When she had nothing to do, she fiddled with the maids, immersed in it, and forgot a lot of previous troubles.

That night, she took a sachet with pine leaves and green bamboo powder on her body, jumped out of the back window, and went to the "haunted house" she had discovered in the mansion to play.There is no moon and stars this night, and the thick evening clouds are densely covered, which is a good opportunity to sneak past.

The so-called "haunted house" is a forbidden place in the family. Yu Lianxiang has threatened the whole family, old and young, not to go near the haunted house, otherwise the family law will serve them.

In fact, the haunted house itself is not scary, but in front of it is the pile of graves in the house, which is eerie and full of gloom.

It's not that Yu Ranyue's skin is itchy, but the surroundings of the haunted house are indeed beautiful, lush and fragrant, and it's a good place to pick fragrant flower petals.

It's just that when Yu Ranyue walked past the rockery, she found a sneaky figure in front of her walking in the direction she wanted to go.

The range of action of that figure was limited to those few acres of land.Who is that?Is there a second person in this house who discovered the beautiful countryside behind the haunted house and came to visit?
The more Yu Ranyue thought about it, the more suspicious she became, and followed her lightly.

She was getting closer and closer to the person in front, and the closer she was, the less she dared to speak out.Judging from her figure and walking posture, she should be a woman.

Just like that, Yu Ranyue followed her to the side of the haunted house, and she stopped.I saw the woman knocking on the wooden door of the haunted house in the darkness.After a while, the door was opened from the inside, and the woman entered inside.

Who is this woman, and why can she enter this haunted house at will?And there are people living in this haunted house?Yu Ranyue had discovered this treasured land for a long time, but never knew that there were still people living here, so she couldn't help being shocked.

The more Yu Ranyue thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, so she took two steps forward and quietly stuck to the door to eavesdrop.

"Sister, long time no see, how are you?"

The familiar voice of this greeting... Yu Ranyue couldn't help being startled, but still kept her eavesdropping posture.

"Is there anything good about it? Why don't I just live like this. Maybe I'll live like this until I die of old age." The middle-aged woman who owned the haunted house replied with a sigh.

"Oh, the general is really good. He locked you up in this poor and horrible place in a fit of anger. How could he be so cruel?"

"Heh, I have already broken up with him, so why not be cruel. This place is not as scary as you said, but I think this kind of life is more suitable for me."

"In a flash, half a year has passed. I remember the last time I came to see you, it was still in the snowy winter. I came this time just to see how you are doing. I also brought some silver. You are here alone. It’s not easy living here.”

"No, you can take these back. I don't need these. You see, I grow vegetables and raise poultry. It's okay to make some spices and sell them in the market. The problem of food and clothing is easy to solve. You give me these , I have nowhere to spend it.”

It turns out that the owner of this haunted house also likes to make incense, no wonder the garden is full of fragrant flowers.

Saying that, both of them laughed.

"I came here this time to tell you that the child is fine. He is 15 years old this year, but he is still like a child who is not growing up. He makes troubles all day long, but it is harmless." The visitor said laugh.

"Well, she's doing well, so I'm relieved." The middle-aged woman replied pretending to be ignorant.

"It's just that these days, I feel that the child...she seems to be a different person. I always feel that she is depressed all day long. She used to keep making noises to run out, but now she doesn't go out. These days, she is fine. I started to make incense, and seeing her earnestness in mixing incense, I thought of you unconsciously, so I came to see you."

"She's unhappy these days? Have you ever asked why?"

"She didn't want to say it, so I didn't force myself to ask more. Sister, you are her mother. It's been more than ten years, don't you want to see her?"

When the conversation came to this point, suddenly there was a "clang" sound, and the door of the "haunted house" was kicked open.

The two women who were chatting around the candle suddenly trembled and stood up in fright.The two looked towards the door of the house in unison, only to see Yu Ranyue's unstoppable tears hanging on her face and sobbing.

She walked in step by step, crying rhythmically, "Why did you lie to me? Why did you hide it from me? What is there to hide from me? How can you bear... How can you bear to treat me like this?... You... are all bad people... you are all bad people..." She knelt down and began to cry.

"Yue'er..." The third wife Chang, who was born as a geisha, never expected that Yu Ranyue would come here, let alone that she would eavesdrop on them outside the house.

"You...you...why are you here?" The middle-aged woman who lived in the haunted house went up to help Yu Ranyue uncharacteristically this time, feeling very distressed.

It was not the first time for a middle-aged woman to see Yu Ranyue. On weekdays, Yu Ranyue secretly came here to play and pick flowers. She could see clearly when she was hiding in the house, and roughly guessed that she was her own daughter.

Yu Ranyue refused to get up. She never thought that she would be the biological daughter of the middle-aged woman in this haunted house. She has been kept in the dark for so many years.

Seeing this, the middle-aged woman was so embarrassed that she simply became cruel and kicked Yu Ranyue with her legs, "Get up quickly, what do you look like?"

Hearing this, Yu Ranyue slowly raised her head, and looked at the middle-aged woman with a weeping panda face, "You...you...now that I know the truth, how do you want me to face you who live in a haunted house? The people here?" Yu Ranyue grinned and cried even harder.

Chang, whom Yu Ranyue had always regarded as her own mother, couldn't bear to watch it. The facts were in front of her eyes. Yu Ranyue already knew everything. What kind of lies could she lie to? Now she could only turn her face away, lower her head and cover it with a handkerchief face crying.

"Get up!" The middle-aged woman yelled angrily, shaking the whole room, and the echo of "buzzing buzzing" could still be heard, "Get up and talk, what's the point of squatting here and crying? Well, now you already know that you Then let me ask you, how do you look like my daughter now? My daughter won’t squat here and cry, she is a strong child.” The voice of the middle-aged woman became louder and louder, almost Roared out.

These words had a real effect, Yu Ranyue stopped crying immediately, stood up sobbing, her red eyes were swollen like carrots.She obediently sat around the table with Mrs. Chang and the middle-aged woman, and the door had been closed again.

The middle-aged woman poured some water from the teapot into the cup, and handed it to Chang Shi and Yu Ranyue.

"Now that the matter is up to now, I will tell you everything. I know you will know one day, but I didn't expect it to come so soon." The middle-aged woman said with a sigh.

"Sister..." Chang groaned softly, a little unwilling, but seeing Yu Ranyue's pitiful look and wanting to seek the truth, she softened her heart and nodded.

The middle-aged woman sat upright, with her hands on the table, her eyes began to drift away, as if she had returned to that day, that day...

December 16 years ago was the season of heavy snowfall.At that time, the third wife, Mrs. Chang, had known this elder sister, Mrs. Du, who was two years older than herself, when she first entered the mansion. Mrs. Du was Yu Lianxiang's third wife at that time.

Because the second wife, Mrs. Li, produced strong evidence to accuse Mrs. Du of having an affair with a wild man outside the mansion, and Mrs. Du bluntly nodded and admitted, she was unwilling to say who the man who had the affair was.So General Yu Lianxiang threw her into this "haunted house" in a fit of anger, and made her suffer from years of lonely life.

During the second month when Mrs. Du was imprisoned here, she found out that she was pregnant with Liujia, just as the current third wife, Mrs. Chang, came to visit her secretly, and she told her about it.

Mrs. Du didn't want the child in her belly to spend her whole life in front of this messy grave just like herself after it was born. It happened that Mrs. Chang had been in the house for so long and had never had a child, so Mrs. Du and her third wife, Mrs. Chang, planned a huge scam. That is to let Chang pretend to be pregnant, and when the child is born, adopt the child to her.

In this way, they hoped, waited, pretended, and finally survived for nine months.

(End of this chapter)