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"Mom, my dear, are you awake?" Madam Hui just arrived next door and saw the clearness in the girl's eyes that she had rarely seen in days. She was so happy that she clasped her hands and looked at the sky, "Thank you God for opening your eyes and allowing my family to pray for blessings and get better. Just fold my ten

Years, no, twenty years of life would be great!"

Seeing the sincere motherly feelings on her face, the girl's eyes suddenly sparkled, and she whispered in a hoarse voice, "Mother——"

Ah! Madam Hui simply agreed sweetly, put a quilt behind the girl, helped her sit up, and said, "Let me have a good look at my precious daughter. Well - I really woke up this time, not as good as the last few days."

I'm groggy, and I shouldn't talk to you, but I scared my mother to death. If you want to be good, what else will my mother have to live for? Fortunately, you are fine, and your face is not burning. Girl, do you want to take care of yourself?

Mirror?"

The girl seemed a little nervous, leaning softly into her mother's warm arms and nodded.

Huiniang smiled, took a half-broken small bronze mirror from the table, wiped it hard with her sleeve, and held it up to the girl, "Look, I didn't lie to you, did I? There's nothing wrong with my face."

The girl in the mirror looks about fourteen or fifteen years old. She is very similar to Hui Niang. She is pretty and charming. Especially her almost identical red and phoenix eyes, which are beautiful and radiant. However, she is sick now and looks a little pale and haggard, but also more...

So lovable.

Huiniang held her daughter's right hand again, looked at the scar on her wrist and sighed, "The scar on the back of the head is invisible if you comb your hair. It's a pity that there is also a scar here. I'm afraid I won't be able to wear it as a bracelet in the future."

The girl's eyes flickered slightly, as if she didn't care much about the two- to three-inch long scar with strange patterns on her wrist. Instead, she asked in a low voice, "Mom, are you going to help someone else's house?"

"Have you heard it all? Yes. But don't worry, the Ouyang family is a scholarly family, and the eldest son of the family is still an official. I'm afraid they won't let me stay. If they are willing to let your mother stay, the life of the family will be very difficult.

Don’t worry anymore.”

The girl hesitated for a moment, then tentatively said, "Such a big family must have a lot of people talking. If you go there, you should be more careful, so as not to cause trouble."

Hui Niang was always straightforward, but after hearing this she smiled and said, "You girl, how can you learn so much at such a young age? Your mother is not going to catch the autumn wind and work seriously, so what's the right and wrong? You,

Just take care of your child and raise your child, and stop worrying about these adults."

Seeing that the girl wanted to say more, she patted the girl's hand and said comfortingly, "Mom, I know that you are also afraid that people will bully your mother. But our family is in such a situation now, if your mother doesn't go, how will you have the money to treat you and grandma?

Sick? Even if it's the emperor's house, I have to go and have a break. Okay, mother, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to get porridge to feed you, and then I have to go out. Wait for mother to come back, if you find it

Now that it’s over, let’s buy some sweets for our daughter!”

After serving a family of old people, eating snacks and drinking medicine, Madam Hui hurriedly drank the little rice soup left in the pot, washed her face again, combed her hair, and borrowed some decent clothes from the sister-in-law next door.

Follow Aunt Li to Ouyang's house for an interview.

I didn't return until after noon.

As soon as she entered the house, she was seen carrying rice and snacks on her shoulders. It was obvious that the interview was successful, so she was very happy. The girl was in this room and listened to her mother telling the old man about the interview.

"... Their wealthy family has strict rules and is afraid that the servants' hands and feet will be unclean, so they have to sell their bodies to hire people. I begged the third wife for a long time, as long as I don't sell my body, I can just clean the toilet. But she said that there is no such thing at home.

Such a precedent cannot be tolerated by me. I felt so sad after hearing this, and thought that this matter was going to be ruined. Who knew that there was no end in sight, and I actually met her old lady.

They heard that I was unwilling to sell myself, and they praised me for my ambition. Seeing that the old lady was kind, I told her everything about our family. The old lady was very sympathetic, and she knew that our family was a tofu maker.

My craftsmanship was in great demand at the end of the year, so he decided to keep me in the kitchen and treated me like a serious servant in his family. I got five hundred yuan every month. I was thinking about how to open my mouth and spend some money first.

, the old lady asked someone to give me all this month’s salary first. Later I heard that if you do well, you can get red envelopes during the Chinese New Year! Seeing that this family was so easy to talk to, I took the initiative to help in the kitchen.

I left after preparing lunch, so I came back late."

Aunt Shi couldn't help but recite the Buddha's name, so she hurriedly said that it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Even Father Shi was overjoyed, but then he thought of something and hurriedly told his daughter, "Aunt Li has introduced such a good job to you, why don't you still do it?"

Why don't you buy something quickly to thank me?"

"Do you still need to teach me about this?" Madam Hui glanced sideways at her father and said with a hint of childishness, "I bought it on the way back and sent it to Aunt Li's house. However,

She refused to accept her, saying that our family was in trouble and it was necessary for neighbors to help each other. I was thinking about taking it easy and waiting until the Chinese New Year to give her a generous gift so that I could thank her."

Father Shi nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it should be."

Huiniang opened a box of peach cakes as a gift and handed it to her parents, "You two must be hungry. Eat two cushions first, and I'll go cook."

But Father Shi refused to take it, "We are not hungry, you keep it for Nianfu to eat. Her children must be very uncomfortable after taking the bitter medicine for these days. You have been busy for half a day,

You must be hungry, let’s eat first and then cook.”

Hui Niang refused to comply and stuffed a piece into each of her father's and mother's mouths, and then went to the next door proudly. The two elders looked at each other and smiled, feeling the sweetness from their mouths to their hearts.

But when Huiniang saw her daughter, before she could shut her up, she saw her and asked, "Since Mom has gone to help in Ouyang's kitchen, have you done anything to take care of her?"

Huiniang was stunned and asked, "What are you going to do?"

The girl said with a hint of anger, "Why don't you understand this truth? You are a newcomer, and you have the care of his old lady. There is no guarantee that others will not be jealous. You are a human being who first spends a few small coins and buys some cakes and fruits to win people over."

It's normal. As the saying goes, if you have a short hand to take someone and a soft mouth to eat someone, even if you are very dissatisfied in your heart, it's hard to show it on your face."

Hui! Madam Hui raised her hand and waved it in front of her daughter, and said nonchalantly, "I say you girl, you really worry more than your grandma and grandpa. No wonder this little body has never been able to maintain its bones. For a wealthy family like this, how can

Do you think you are interested in the few pieces of shabby snacks we bought? Take it out and don’t make people laugh! Besides, the money I took belongs to the Ouyang family, not this slave, so why bother to please them? "

The girl choked, "Mom, why don't you go and beg his third wife for a favor? She doesn't want to keep you. This old lady keeps you, so that she won't hold a grudge against you."

"You girl, the more you talk, the weirder you get. The third wife didn't keep me, the old lady kept me, and you didn't let me please the old lady, but instead went to please the third wife. What kind of logic is this?"

"Mom, listen to me..."

"I won't listen to your messy twists and turns! You listen to your mother and take good care of your little body. Your mother doesn't know how much she has to worry about. Eat it!"

The girl's mouth was blocked by the peach cake that Hui Niang decisively stuffed, she blinked helplessly, opened her mouth, and started eating!

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After a few snows, it became colder every day.

Soon it was the twelfth lunar month, and every household began to be busy in the new year, and Madam Hui spent more and more time helping Ouyang's family. She often had to go out before dawn, and could only come back after working in the dark.

Fortunately, she was used to working hard at home, so she was able to hold on. But seeing her so tired that she yawned all the time every time she entered the house, and she couldn't even pick up the chopsticks, made her parents feel heartbroken.

Fortunately, the girl was young and recovered quickly. Although the back of her head was hit hard, it was not too severe and she was able to get up and help after more than half a month.

It’s just that Madam Hui felt sorry for her daughter, and she wouldn’t let her soak in cold water for washing and cooking in the middle of winter. Although she was already working so hard every day, she still got up early, took care of the housework, and prepared meals for the day before leaving. She only let her

The daughter was waiting on the elders at home, boiling medicine and heating meals, and was firmly not allowed to go out to enjoy the cold weather.

This only made her work even harder. She lost weight when people looked at her, and she had two dark circles under her eyes all day long, making her look tired and fatigued. Seeing this, the two elders of the Shi family often wiped their tears behind their backs, deeply hating that they could not help.

I'm so busy that I'm dragging my daughter down.

But they are old, and they were severely burned in order to protect their granddaughter during the fire, and the weather was cold. No matter how impatient they were, the wounds healed slowly. Fortunately, the granddaughter was smart and saw the old man's heartache, and often talked and laughed to comfort the two elders.

Only then did I feel a little relieved from the sorrow in my heart.

This day is the 21st of the twelfth lunar month.

Seeing that the sun finally came out at noon, the girl hurriedly carried the family's bedding to the yard to dry it. When she was finally clearing her bed, she suddenly shook out a small purse from the pillow and dropped it to the ground with a clatter.

sound.

The girl opened it curiously and saw that there were actually a few pieces of broken silver and copper plates inside. She thought about it immediately, took it into the house and handed it to her grandma and grandpa. She laughed and said something ambiguous, "I thought our family was really poor, but I didn't expect it.

Those who have a surplus of food.”

Unexpectedly, when the two elders saw the purse, they looked at each other in silence. After a long while, Mr. Shi sighed, "After all, there is still one man in our Shi family who has a conscience."

Seeing the girl's confusion, Aunt Shi became confused, "This is the purse you made for your brother Agui, why don't you recognize it yourself? I was wondering why our house was burned down and we couldn't even find the box containing the silver."

, I guess it must have been stolen by your unlucky uncle and aunt. This money must have been stolen by Agui before he left, and he hid it under your pillow. He has always been willing to be nice to you, and he would not hide the money with you.

strangeness."

The girl's expression was slightly unnatural, but she quickly covered it up, "It's strange that it looks familiar to me, but I just can't remember it. I guess my brain was damaged and my memory is damaged."

After hearing this, Aunt Shi hurriedly said, "Your child's soul has not grown up to begin with, let alone how badly it has been smashed this time. When your mother has a holiday during the Chinese New Year, she will take you to kowtow a few times at the Queen Mother Temple."

Let the Queen Mother bless you and keep your spirit intact, then just turn around and it will be fine."

Dad Shi nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and asked Aunt Shi if she still had a headscarf at home. He asked the girl to tie it quickly, for fear that the cold wind would blow on the wounds on her head and cause old illnesses.

e = "There is a wife at home"]
Chapter completed!