Jia Cong, the concubine who crossed the Red Chamber

Three days later, under Cui Xiu's meticulous care, Mrs. Wang finally woke up slowly.

When Mrs. Wang gave birth this time, it can be said that she was close to death.Originally, she was worried about the midwife sent by Mother Jia, for fear that the old lady would do such a thing as leaving the mother and keeping the child in order to replace her youngest son with a concubine who had no criminal record.Therefore, Mrs. Wang repeatedly urged Zhou Rui's family to stay in the delivery room and watch the midwives carefully. If there was anything wrong, they would shout it out in public, everyone look good!

But due to the sudden incident, Zhou Rui's family was scared out of their wits. When she recovered, Mrs. Wang had already been sent to the delivery room.Zhou Rui's family wanted to go in again, but was stopped, saying that she had just been frightened, and she might bring bad luck to go in.Zhou Rui's family was helpless, and was jumping around trying to think about it, but was called away by Jia's mother.

Cuixiu, on the other hand, is capable of doing things.After Baoyu settled down, he got up and went to the kitchen to fetch a bowl of ginger soup left by Baoyu. Then he took a pair of scissors that he usually used for embroidery and thread splitting, and hid them in his sleeve. He came to the door of the delivery room and said, "This is The kitchen is calling for the ginseng soup, and I hope all the mothers can help me."

There are not one thousand servants in Jia's house, but eight hundred. It is impossible for all of them to know each other.Cuixiu was originally a second-class maid, but was recently promoted to first-class by Mrs. Wang.Besides, Cuixiu keeps a low profile on weekdays, except for the one-acre and three-point land of the second bedroom, she seldom goes shopping elsewhere.Therefore, the women guarding the door did not know her.Seeing Cui Xiu's ordinary clothes, he thought she was just a little girl in the kitchen, so he let her in.

As soon as Cuixiu entered the delivery room, she heard Mrs. Wang yelling and cursing: "You old godly women with dark hearts, look at me and see how you can't bear it!" Cuixiu hurried forward a few steps, only to see a midwife covering her hand with her left hand. With his right hand in his hands, he fell to the ground, with blood flowing out between his fingers.Mrs. Wang held a gold hairpin in her hand and guarded her belly, not asking anyone to come forward.

It turned out that after Madam Wang was woken up by a few needles, she saw that there was no one around her, so she was careful.He deliberately pretended to be weak, and couldn't even utter a word of anger.Seeing this, the midwives didn't take her seriously, they didn't even bother to cover it up.An impatient one took the sachet he carried with him and tried to put it on Mrs. Wang's nose, lest the effect would not be fast enough.How can Mrs. Wang rely on seeing this!While no one was paying attention, he took off the hairpin on his head and tied it fiercely in the woman's hand!This stab was hard enough, at the critical moment of life and death, Mrs. Wang showed unprecedented fierceness, which frightened several people for a while, so that they dared not go forward!

Cuixiu came in just in time!

When Mrs. Wang saw Cuixiu coming in, she still didn't dare to be careless, and looked at them in surprise for a while.But Cuixiu smashed the ginger soup in his hand to the feet of the injured woman, and said coldly: "Mom, you should be smart! No one hurt your hand in the delivery room! Today, Mrs. Fan and brother, mother and child There is something wrong with either of the two, and you will not be able to live if you are old!"

Another woman, who seemed to be quite well-known among them, said strangely when she saw this, "Yo, she is such a loyal and good girl! I don't even know where this place is, but a big girl with yellow flowers can come in." ! If there is really something wrong with the wife, we will only say that you collided, and I am afraid no one will say anything!"

Cuixiu sneered and said: "Sure enough, you don't shed tears when you see the coffin. You always have such harmful thoughts, so you should put it away a little bit, and your face is too ugly!" The scissors slammed fiercely on the table beside me, and said sharply: "If mom doesn't believe me, just try! Don't be afraid of mom's jokes. Our family used to butcher pigs, and I grew up doing rough jobs since I was a child. I can't compare Mothers are so precious. If there is something wrong with the second wife today, I will see if any of you can get out, and all of you will be slaughtered and eaten as sows! If such a murder happened in the majestic Rongguo Mansion's delivery room, I'm afraid The masters behind you cannot be concealed, and those who are pushed out to take the place of the dead in the end may not necessarily be my family members!"

At this time, there were only four midwives in the delivery room, with fair and delicate skin, well-dressed, and two or three little girls with unknown motives, who could not be identified now.Looking at Cui Xiu again, he just arrived in a hurry, quite embarrassed, holding a pair of sharp scissors tightly in his hand, with a fierce expression on his face.No one has ever seen such behavior!

As the saying goes, "Those who are soft are afraid of those who are hard, those who are hard are afraid of those who are cruel, those who are tough are afraid of those who will die, and those who are not willing to die are afraid of those who are shameless."Now Cuixiu is exactly the kind of shameless person, but he doesn't want to have another shameless person.

The woman who said that Cuixiu shouldn't be in the delivery room earlier rolled up her sleeves and said sharply: "Hey, she's just a picture of a little girl with no hair yet, she dares to play tricks in front of me! She doesn't even look in the mirror See if you are worthy! Do you think you can frighten someone with a pair of broken scissors? If you really touch the knife, you won't be able to escape yourself!" The three women who were originally frightened by the side were a little shaken after hearing this. .

Seeing this, Cui Xiu gripped the scissors tightly, and stepped forward a few steps, chasing after the talking woman to stab her!

To be honest, Cuixiu's move is really not on the table.People at this time pay attention to decency in everything.No matter how great the enmity is, it is always hidden in a smile.It's just small talk, eye drops on the back, or a quiet stumbling block.Just like Aunt Zhao, she would yell when she received her grievances. I don’t know how many people have ridiculed her, saying that she is rude and can’t get on the stage, not to mention that Cui Xiu directly moved the scissors today!

That's why the woman originally thought that Cui Xiu might not dare to make a real move.While Cuixiu didn't dare to do anything, Mother Jia did!If today's matter is not done, I'm afraid that my family will be in trouble.With this thought in mind, the woman took a gamble!Unexpectedly, Cui Xiu was stunned, and without any hesitation, she caught up with the old woman, gripped the scissors tightly and stabbed down fiercely, piercing the old woman's palm!

The woman let out a scream of "Ah", and then fell to the ground and died of pain.In addition to the midwife injured by Mrs. Wang, half of the four midwives fell down now!

There was so much commotion in the delivery room, and the women who were guarding the door didn't react at all!Let alone come in and see what happened.It's just that the situation in the room is tense now, no one thought of this!

Seeing that Mrs. Wang's master and servant are so vicious, how can the remaining two midwives dare to make small moves!The two were trembling, amidst the screams of the woman on the ground, and the eyes of scissors dripping blood from the green sleeves, they welcomed the third son of the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion.

The two picked up their brother roughly, and took him to the outside to wash up, but they didn't dare to stay in the delivery room for a moment.The two injured women were also helped out by the little maids.

Mrs. Wang held her breath and gave birth to the child, she was so tired that she lost her strength.Seeing that Cui Xiu was the only one left in the room, she felt relieved, forced a smile and said: "Good girl, I usually treat you well, today is thanks to you."

Cuixiu smiled and said: "Madam, what are you talking about, you have treated me with such kindness as a mountain, I can't wait to give my heart out to repay Madam."

Mrs. Wang shook her head when she heard this, two tears fell from the corners of her eyes, and she said with a wry smile: "Are there still few people who have received my favor? Now it is the wall that is being pushed down by everyone. The housekeeper's wife, she has fallen to this point! She has to carry scissors to save her life!"

Seeing Mrs. Wang humiliating herself like this, Cuixiu also started to cry, choked up and said: "Madam, don't say that! If you leave the green hills, you won't have to worry about firewood. Madam is a blessed one. I'm still waiting to live with her day."

Mrs. Wang laughed instead: "You know how to comfort people. By the way, isn't your father a bamboo craftsman? When did you become a butcher?"

Cuixiu laughed "puchi", wiped her tears and said, "I made it up to scare them, how can I take it for real!"

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she couldn't help laughing, and then couldn't hold it anymore, and fell asleep.

Seeing Mrs. Wang falling asleep, Cui Xiu stepped forward to hold Mrs. Wang's hand and stuffed it under the quilt.When his finger brushed Mrs. Wang's wrist, he paused for a moment, and a smile of unknown meaning appeared on the corner of his mouth.The curtain rang again, and a little maid came in with a comb and a basin of hot water.

Cuixiu smiled and said, "What did they do, why did they ask you to come in? The delivery room is filthy, be careful what gets dirty."

The little servant girl smiled and said: "Elder sister is not afraid, what am I afraid of. Elder sister, go out quickly, brother is taken out, I'm afraid that Xiangrui will come after a while, if elder sister is two steps behind, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up."

Cuixiu heard this, and sneered and said: "Being born with visions is a disaster, but everyone in their family treats them like treasures, lest they die too late! Clean up the blood carefully, don't leave any flaws, I'll be back in a while."

The little maid nodded to reassure Cui Xiu, and Cui Xiu got up and went outside.

After a while, Cuixiu, who had received the money from Mother Jia, returned to Mrs. Wang's room, and casually distributed the money to a few maids, who couldn't help but ran out to show off.And Cuixiu brought hot water by herself, changed Mrs. Wang's clothes and wiped her body, and ordered the kitchen to prepare soup. She really took care of everything.

Three days later, Mrs. Wang just woke up.Seeing Cuixiu leaning on her arms, dozing off beside her bed, her heart warmed up, and she moved slightly.

As expected, Cuixiu woke up immediately, and looked up to see Mrs. Wang's eyes were open, and she said happily, "Madam is awake? Do you want to drink some tea to moisten your throat? Are you hungry? The red dates and goji berry porridge that the servant ordered the small kitchen to cook is still there." It’s warming on the fire, should I eat now or wait?”

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang smiled happily and said, "Don't be too busy, you just pour me some tea, that's all."

After drinking tea, Mrs. Wang asked, "Where's brother? Hurry up and show me."

When Cuixiu heard this, the smile froze on his face for a moment. After a long while, Fang lowered his head and said in a low voice: "It's all my fault. I didn't guard my brother, and my brother was taken away by the old lady. That day the second master of Ribao fell into the water, The women brought him back here to raise him. The old lady said that the wife is weak now, so she can only take care of the second master Bao, and she might not be able to take care of her brother, so she hugged him to her side."

When Mrs. Wang heard that the son she had risked her life to give birth to was taken away right after birth, her vision went dark, her throat sweetened, and she spat out a mouthful of blood!She said in a hoarse trembling voice, "Shi Shi! I really think I can't be made out of mud! One day, sooner or later, I want her to look good!"