Chapter Three: The Fight Between the Girls
These names are easy to remember, but the worst thing is that they cannot be correctly identified. If the direct descendants are called concubines, it will stir up a hornet's nest. In ancient times, direct concubines and concubines were as different as the world.
Therefore, Su Yiqing did not dare to call anyone randomly for a period of time and looked dull. Fortunately, during that time she was recovering from a serious illness, so it was normal to be drowsy, not to mention that the original owner was somewhat taciturn.
Among this group of girls, eleven-year-old Su Yiqing is the youngest, so no one says anything about her being the last, taking it for granted. Of course, she is not always the last.
Those who are ahead are more likely to be shot, and those who are at the back are even more unlucky.
After waiting for a cup of tea, Mrs. Cen finally got up. After the maid took care of the washing, she began to summon her granddaughters.
The eldest sister Su Yirong led the sisters to pay their respects to the Dowager Madam.
The madam looked at the row of outstanding granddaughters and smiled like a Maitreya Buddha. The eldest sister Su Yirong and the other sisters spoke pleasant words to the side, which made her smile from ear to ear all morning.
It is said that there are three women in a play, and there is a room full of women, the girls' personal maids, and the dowager, there are twenty or thirty of them in total. This is because most of them are left outside and cannot follow them together. In short
It's a big group of people.
At the beginning, everyone was talking softly, but later on, some started to rush to talk and started making noises. After Mrs. Tai frowned, Mother Jin next to her made a very eye-catching excuse to be considerate to the younger ladies.
Go back and rest.
One, two, three and four will stay, and five, six and seven will go back first. In this way, the number of people left behind will be reduced by more than half.
The people who stayed behind were naturally happy, but those who went back had a sad face. Everyone knew that the Madam was very happy these days, and she was rewarded every day. The things that the Madam had accumulated throughout her life, such as a small jade pendant and a small hairpin, were all exquisite.
, better than the rewards given by the elders during the Chinese New Year.
If you leave now, you will get nothing.
Even Su Yiqing was a little disappointed. She was also an ordinary girl, and she was obsessed with beautiful things. The small jadeite fish she got last time was green and transparent, and it was carved vividly. She couldn't put it down and played with it all day long.
It happened that Mrs. Xu was interested in coming over today to have a look. After traveling through time and being a little girl for several years, Su Yiqing had already adapted to her identity as a little girl. When her biological mother came to visit, she presented the small jade fish to Mrs. Xu like a treasure.
Mrs. Xu is not very reliable as the daughter-in-law of her uncle's house, but as a mother, she is still decent. She doesn't care about her much, but she doesn't beat or scold her. She is more than better than the worst.
When Su Yiqing stretched out her two chubby little hands to show the small jade fish to Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xu only glanced at it with the corner of her eyes, curled her lips, and muttered with some disdain, "What a good thing, it deserves to be treasured by you."
Su Yiqing was poured a basin of cold water on her, and she retracted her hand in a depressed manner, lowered her head and stopped talking. She looked quite pitiful.
At this time, Mrs. Xu's motherly love took over. Seeing that the furnishings in her daughter's room seemed a little shabby, she casually asked the maid to bring the jade carvings of the twelve zodiac signs that she had given her as a dowry to her daughter.
Twelve zodiac animals carved from white jade, moist and transparent, with different expressions, each one as big as a palm, were placed in front of Su Yiqing, almost blinding her.
Not only Su Yiqing, but also Aunt Zhou, who had seen many good things with Mrs. Tai before, couldn't help but smacked her lips. They all said that the third wife had a lot of dowry, but no one had seen it. The third wife never showed off, and she wore it on weekdays.
The head and face jewelry are not much better than those of other ladies.
Now, Qingpiaopiao has a set of such exquisite white jade carvings. Miss Ninth is still so young, so she is willing to give them to her.
Su Yiqing didn't think too much about it. She suddenly got such a huge windfall, her little face smiled so sweetly, and she was soft-hearted. She screamed "mother" so sweetly that she had goosebumps after thinking about it.
After Xu showed off her wealth, she waved with satisfaction and left. She stayed in Su Yiqing's room for only a quarter of an hour. She had to rush to urge her son to study.
Su Yiqing was also very satisfied, and traveled back in time with her memories. It was unrealistic to say how much mother-daughter love she could have for this cheap mother. The two of them didn't spend much time together at all, and there were no big storms that required them to rely on each other to promote their relationship.
, let’s just make do with it.
Today, Su Yiqing is still counting on the Madam to give out one or two more random items. It is best if Mrs. Xu comes and she shows them to her mother. Even if Mrs. Xu doesn't come, she can go to Mrs. Xu herself...
There is no hope now.
Su Yiqing, who was obsessed with money, walked listlessly.
"Sister Ninth, why are you looking so sad?" A somewhat mocking voice sounded. It was Su Yixiang from the fourth room. She was only one year older than Su Yiqing, and she had the same thoughts.
Su Yiqing pursed her lips and said nothing. Even though she had been a little girl for several years and her appearance and behavior were consistent with her status as a little girl, she was still quite disdainful if she really wanted to quarrel and quarrel with her sisters like a little girl and could only purse her lips.
not talking.
However, her silence did not mean that others would follow suit. Su Yixiang was so angry that she did not start, and directed every sentence at Su Yiqing. Mrs. Geng, the fourth wife, was born in a merchant and was very articulate. Su Yixiang learned 100% from her mother.
, and grew up in the uncle's house and received a formal education from aristocratic ladies, she was able to integrate the strengths of the two families.
It's a light thing to curse someone without using any curse words. What's even worse is that she was very good at insinuations when she was criticized. It took me a long time to realize what she meant after being scolded.
Today we had another crackling conversation, saying that the richer you are, the stingier you become.
Su Yiqing was not slow, and she quickly understood what Su Yixiang was referring to.
It turned out that he was talking about the set of twelve zodiac jade carvings given to her by Mrs. Xu, and he was mocking Su Yiqing's mother for being a nouveau riche and uneducated.
No matter how good-tempered a person is, he will be pissed off. A person whose mother is a merchant and whose father is obviously a prince is a businessman. In fact, businessmen point to a person whose father is a civil servant and whose mother is a legitimate daughter of a prince and say she is a nouveau riche.
This really confuses right and wrong.
She could no longer remain silent. If she remained silent like this, others would only think that she was easy to bully. So she pretended not to understand what Su Yixiang said, and asked innocently with her eyes wide open: "Sister Eight, do you think my zodiac jade carving is good? I saw it at my sister's house that day.
The Jade Guanyin is much more beautiful than my twelve zodiac signs."
When she mentioned Guanyin, Su Yixiang almost jumped up like a snake whose tail was stepped on.
The jade Guanyin was sent by the mother's natal family, saying that she wanted a son from Guanyin, but it was actually given by her father to her pregnant concubine, because the fourth concubine had many daughters, both concubines and legitimate children, but no sons.
A woman without a son has no confidence. What’s more, the fourth wife is the daughter of a merchant and married into an uncle’s house. Her natal family lacks confidence. No matter how smart and well-rounded it is, it doesn’t help. The fourth master even gave birth to concubines one after another in this name.
Children, all of them are daughters, and Mrs. Geng still has to pretend to be virtuous and generous. Unlike Mrs. Xu, who can break things, her family members all have to look after the uncle's house. What confidence does she have to make trouble?
Su Yixiang hit the snake seven inches, hitting the snake in one strike and then stopping when it was good. She led the maid and the old woman away easily, leaving Su Yixiang alone and almost jumping in anger.
Chapter completed!