The cannon fodder original wife's bad story

Song Guanzhou changes the dressing on his toe wound every three days.

Every time when it was time to change the medicine, Sun Lin would come into the mansion. Early in the morning on this day, the weather was warmer, and Sun Lin, wearing a straw hairpin and plain clothes, came in from the corner door carrying a medicine box on her back. "The young madam looks rosy. She must have been taking good care of herself these days." She put down the medicine box and greeted Song Guanzhou.

"Fortunately, Miss Sun came alone?"

The medicine box looks heavy and is made of solid wood. Sun Lin is not short, but thin.

"Of course, I only travel by myself. Now that spring has arrived, many patients with coughs and asthma come to ask for medical advice and medicine. My father and my brother and his wife are all very busy. Besides, it's not far, only two or three miles away."

After saying that, he took out a porcelain jar from the medicine box and handed it over with both hands.

"This is a newly prepared perfume. Last year, I collected some wintersweet flowers and added many medicinal herbs to make a medicinal fragrance. I see that the young lady's eyes are lazy and I think she can't sleep well at night. It's better to fumigate it before going to bed. It will help you sleep and clear your mind."

Song Guanzhou took it, opened the lid, and a smell of Chinese medicine hit him.

"It turns out Miss Sun can also make incense. She is really a skilled person."

Sun Lin laughed, "Medicine and fragrance are inseparable. Many spices can be used as medicine. I think this can also be a business."

"Then I would like to thank Miss Sun."

Changing the dressing is painful. It pulls the wound and makes it bleed. It is naturally uncomfortable because the fingers are connected to the heart.

But Song Guanzhou endured the pain and was sweating profusely after changing the dressing.

Because of the feudal superstition persecution, Song Guanzhou has now learned not to wail when in pain. The price is too high, but it also makes her deeply aware that she has no support from her natal family and is walking on thin ice in this mansion.

You have no right to act like a spoiled brat.

If they had some capital before, they almost lost it all after the Lantern Festival.

Pei Hai asked for a meeting outside. He Hua went out and said that Song Guanzhou was changing the medicine. Pei Hai replied, "Madam Xu sent a few people over first. The wife of the prince said that they were originally for the Fourth Young Master's wife to use. The Fourth Young Master's wife can just take care of it."

He Hua went in and told Pei Hai the purpose of her visit.

Song Guanzhou had not yet recovered from the pain and felt weak all over, so he had to ask Hehua to pass on the message.

"Uncle Hai, Madam Young said that Uncle Hai can just pick and choose, and he just needs to be quick and diligent."

Pei Hai was a little confused, "This..."

He Hua blinked her eyes and looked at Pei Hai in a daze, "Young Madam is in a lot of pain while changing the dressing. I'm afraid she doesn't have the energy to choose these."

In this case, Pei Hai can only make his own decision.

Fortunately, Pei An had just returned from a small gathering with Qin Qingdong. When he heard that someone had arrived, he didn't care about anything else and sat in the middle seat in the main hall to greet them.

When Madam Xu heard that the Fourth Young Master was going to personally select the girls, she quickly agreed. She turned around and told the dozen or so maids, "This master is kind and generous. The Duke's Mansion is much richer than what you have lived in before. Cheer up, everyone. If the master likes you, it will be your good fortune."

After saying that, he and his daughter-in-law gathered a group of people and lined up to Jingshuyuan where the study was located.

A few little girls with straw sticks on their heads just looked up at Pei An who was sitting in the main seat in the main hall, their faces turned red, and they immediately lowered their heads.

The young man in the hall is wealthy, elegant, and has a face as white as jade and is gentle and refined.

Madam Xu had met Pei An several times before, and she greeted him with courtesy in a familiar manner, and then scolded a group of maids and old women to imitate her. Some of the little maids were very young and had never seen the world. They were so scared that their legs went weak and they kowtowed to Pei An several times.

Madam Xu introduced them one by one, telling their ages and backgrounds, and Pei Hai asked more questions when he met someone suitable.

From beginning to end, Pei An remained silent.

Finally, two little girls, about twelve or thirteen years old, were left behind. They said that they could not survive the snowstorm in the south, so they fled to the capital to sell their bodies.

There are two other daughters-in-law, who are in their thirties and in good shape, but look honest and dull. One can read a few words, and the other can cook well.

Pei Hai was a little disgusted, "At this age, how could you be bought out by the previous master?"

One of the literate wives knelt down and kowtowed three times politely. "My husband is addicted to gambling. He used to run a small business, but he lost everything in gambling. He had two children, but he sold his daughter a long time ago. He couldn't bear to part with his elder son, so he pawned me. Later, when he had no money to redeem me, the mistress of the landlord thought I was an eyesore and sold me. I have come to the capital several times and begged my master to take me in."

He has an ordinary appearance and there is no self-pity in his words.

It seems that the pain that life has given us, at the moment of life and death, is only reduced to a peaceful numbness.

The other one who was good at cooking was a little stammering. She knelt down and said only one sentence, "My husband doesn't like me and divorced me. I have nowhere to go and have to sell myself to make a living. Please take me in, master."

After choosing and choosing, only these four people catch my eye.

Madam Xu brought four people to the accounting office to make the deed, and then shouted at the four people to press the red stamp with their fingers.

"You are lucky to be taken in by the master. Please be more considerate in the future."

After giving a few instructions, Pei Hai led the maids who were not chosen out of the house. Pei Hai found Pei An and got his approval. "I've told my second brother and his wife that Aunt Chu and Aunt Tao will come to teach them some etiquette in the inner house. Song came in a hurry, and the dowry people she brought with her have almost all dispersed."

They were all maids and old women from farming and reading families. They were soft-hearted and soft-hearted. After just a few months, they were instigated by Song Guanzhou to be sent away.

He didn't even keep a personal maid. Seeing this, Pei An felt that his wife was extremely stupid.

When it was almost time for a break, Pei Hai came to report again.

Pei An, wearing a middle-aged suit, called him in. After the master and servant sat down, Pei Hai said, "Fourth Young Master, the Crown Prince's wife just sent Chu Niang over to recommend someone to you."

"who?"

"I wonder if you still remember the maidservant Zhenzhu who served the Crown Prince's wife during her marriage."

Pei An recalled briefly and nodded slightly, "She has accompanied the boy out for three to five years." Speaking of this girl, everyone in the mansion knows her. Zhenzhu is prettier than ordinary maids. She grew up with Xiao Xiao. She was originally kept as a concubine to be a maid, but who would have thought that Zhenzhu would refuse to obey.

It happened that Xiao Shi was pregnant, and she and Pei Chen were in love, but Pei Chen turned around and was about to take the pearl.

Zhenzhu had no intention of being a concubine, and Xiaoshi was just pregnant, so she rejected Pei Chen. Pei Chen was furious and found Xiaoshi to reprimand her, saying that she was jealous and narrow-minded, and it was unsuitable for her to be the mistress of a mansion.

Xiao Xiao was so angry that she cried all night and had bleeding at dawn.

Zhenzhu was terrified, but luckily Xiao Shi stayed in bed for a few days and the fetus in her belly stabilized, otherwise she would have lost her life.

Because of this, Xiao Shi had doubts. If she was not from the Xiao family, she would have sent Zhenzhu to Pei Chen's bed. But when she looked back, Zhenzhu was much more beautiful than her. Pei Chen tried to get his hands on her again and again, but was rejected by Zhenzhu.

Such a strong character not only disgusted Pei Chen, but also made Xiao Xiao feel uncomfortable.

My husband, you are so gentle that I cannot even beg for it by being humble and submissive, but you don't do it. You are just a maid, how pretentious. She made up her mind and took advantage of Pei Chen's autumn hunting to marry Zhenzhu to the sickly woman from Li Zhuangtou's family. When Pei Chen came back and found out, he was furious but it was of no use.

Over the years, Zhenzhu has been living with Bingyangzi on the farm and never dared to come to the mansion to pay her respects.

Two years ago, Bingyangzi died of tuberculosis, leaving no children.

The old couple in Li Zhuangtou were also old, and thought it would not be a good thing to have such a beautiful daughter-in-law staying by their side, so they came to the mansion in the twelfth lunar month to look for Pei Hai. Fortunately, they kowtowed and paid their respects to Xiao Xiaoshi.

I mentioned the matter of pearls casually.

When Xiao heard this name that she had avoided for many years, she felt very complicated. When she heard that Bing Yangzi had been dead for two years, she couldn't help but sigh, "Didn't he leave behind a son or daughter?"

The old woman of Li Zhuangtou bowed humbly and answered, "It's all my fault that my short-lived son is useless. I had it before, but it was too early and it slipped."

If Zhenzhu didn't become Pei Chen's maid, since they grew up together, Xiao Shi would be able to find a good marriage for her and make her a housekeeper. She could then nurse Ling'er or Huang'er for a year or two, and they would surely live a prosperous and glorious life in the future.

Unfortunately, Xiao Yinxiu found out that Pei Chen liked her, so she couldn't bear to see Zhenzhu's face anymore.

Even though Zhenzhu was very cautious and would put on makeup in the past, she no longer dared to dress up since the prince had this intention.

Despite this, it is hard to give up one's natural beauty.

Xiao Shi felt a little reluctant, so she asked Aunt Chu to go with her to the farm to visit Zhenzhu.

After returning, Aunt Chu whispered in Xiao's ear, "It's strange, the Li family treated her like a treasure, not allowing her to go to the fields all these years, keeping her out of the wind and rain, and she has become more beautiful than before."

So, Xiao Xiao gave up the idea of ​​calling her back.

A few days later, the house in the farm caught fire. No one was hurt except Zhenzhu, who had a facial injury. Aunt Chu took the court doctor to the farm again.

He nodded after coming back and said that half of his face was in a very terrible condition. He asked Doctor Zhang and was told that even if he got better, it would never be the same as before.

Xiao Yinxiu sighed and called him back.

Aunt Chu stopped her and said, "Even if this ominous person comes back, he cannot be placed in front of you. Even if you still miss the old relationship, you have to think about my two brothers."

Xiao Yinxiu was stunned. "What should I do? To be honest, Zhenzhu has never done anything wrong to me. It's me who—"

"Madam, what are you talking about? You've been so sincere to her, shouldn't she be on your side?" Aunt Chu stopped Xiao Yinxiu from blaming herself, "Let's talk about it after the New Year. I think she'll need some time to recover from her injuries."

After the first month of the year, the old woman from Li Zhuangtou brought in some more dry goods.

It just so happened that Shaohua Garden needed to fill a vacancy for a nun. Thinking of Song Guanzhou's brainless behavior, she simply told Aunt Chu about this idea. Aunt Chu's first reaction was naturally no.

"Pearl was once your lover, madam. If you put her next to you now, she will probably think you are trying to insert someone into her courtyard, given her narrow-minded mind."

What's more, Pearl was a disfigured widow.

This is so unlucky. If I put it in front of my sister-in-law, wouldn't it be like deliberately giving some excuses to Song?

"Of course I know that, but Pearl was once a girl raised in luxury by my mother, and her housekeepers were all very good. Now the fourth child is like a headless fly, going out to buy things, how could he buy something like this? It's a joke."

Xiao Yinxiu sighed, "I know it too, I was just a little impatient."

Pei Chen now has only two concubines with official titles, but he has quite a few maids without official titles.

Sometimes she felt that having Zhenzhu might be an extra helper, but more often she thought about how disgusting it was. It could be any vixen in the world, but it couldn't be Zhenzhu, who grew up holding her hand.

Aunt Chu wanted to say a few more words, but Xiao Yinxiu had made up her mind, "You go and lobby Uncle Hai. If the fourth child insists on not wanting it, then the Song family will also despise it, so make some other plans."

After listening to Pei Hai's story about Zhenzhu's situation in the past few years, Pei An couldn't help but sigh, "The maid raised by my old aunt is really good. She was able to resist the temptation of my second brother and keep her original intention. She is a rare character. How about this... You bring her to Song tomorrow. If she doesn't want to stay, we'll talk later."

Pei Hai was stunned. "Fourth Young Master, the Fourth Young Master's wife's temper... I'm afraid she can't tolerate Pearl now."

After all, Zhenzhu is the one who serves the Crown Prince's wife.

Pei An sighed, "You should ask her first. She is now a cat one day and a dog the next. Her temperament is changeable and her temper is even more aggressive. It would not be a bad thing if she had Pearl by her side to protect her."

"……it is good."