Chapter 136 Secrets
The cock crows in the morning.
The house newly bought by the third master in Zhuque Hutong was quiet and quiet, and not a sound could be heard.
Chen Duanwei fumbled around and didn't ask the maid to come in to wait on him. He just got dressed himself.
Grandma Wu Si was pregnant and her sleep was weak. When she heard the noise, she struggled to sit up.
Chen Duange hurriedly held her down and said, "You who are pregnant, please sleep for a while."
This intention made Grandma Wu Si very happy, but she still got up and said: "It's not the first time, I have a sense of propriety."
Then he looked at the sky outside and saw that Chen Duanque was specially wearing a cold-colored robe with bamboo leaf patterns, so he asked in confusion: "Where are you going?"
Chen Duanwei smiled and said, "Xuanzhi sent me a message last night, asking me to go to Zuixian Tower for tea at noon today."
"That's too early."
It is important to have good relations with the Li family, but there is no need to be in such a hurry.
Chen Duanwei laughed again, "I want to go to the Ministry of Personnel first."
Grandma Wu Si immediately understood what Chen Duanwei meant. These matters were related to Chen Duanwei's future and were beyond the control of a woman in the house. She stopped talking and asked Chen Duanwei if he wanted to have breakfast first.
Chen Duanwei asked her to rest again.
Grandma Wu Si gave him an angry look but still struggled.
"Why are you still up?" Chen Duanwei frowned.
Grandma Wu Si called for people to come in and help them get dressed, while explaining: "Mom and Aunt Mao both need manpower to take care of them. The ones we brought from Suinan are not enough. I have already asked people to tell Ren Yazi,
I brought a few obedient little girls over here early this morning. They can't do the work of waiting on you personally, so I might as well do some rough work as maids to help."
Chen Duange's eyes flashed, he took the handkerchief handed over by the little maid, and said: "Mom, don't let the newcomers come over to serve you. Aunt Mao also needs to pick a few honest people, and decide
No mistakes can be made.”
Thinking of the commotion at the third wife's place yesterday, Chen Duanwei wanted to open his mouth to say something, but in the end, he felt that he had no energy and was full of exhaustion.
Grandma Wu Si and Chen Duanwei have been husband and wife for so many years, so she naturally understands the meaning of Chen Duanwei's every move, and immediately said: "Don't worry, husband, I will definitely take good care of my mother."
Chen Duanwei stretched out his hand to rub his eyebrows and nodded weakly.
Because they talked about the third wife, neither of them had a good breakfast.
Chen Duanque went out after dinner, and Yazi, who happened to be there, brought someone over to pick someone for Grandma Wu Si.
Grandma Wu Si pointed at the seven or eight-year-old little girl with good eyes and picked out a few, and then personally brought them to Aunt Mao.
Aunt Mao was wearing a cold blue cotton silk double-breasted gown and a plain skirt with stitching. She was sitting on the kang, looking at a bowl of porridge in a daze, with tears falling down her cheeks.
Her belly, which is about to give birth, looks ridiculously big, but her face is too thin.
Grandma Wu Si felt frightened every time she saw Aunt Mao.
If something happens to the person you care about, and what happened yesterday, I'm afraid it won't be easy to talk about.
Just thinking about it gives me a headache.
Grandma Wu Si stood by the door and held her breath for a while, then walked in and said loudly: "What's wrong with my aunt, but the maid is not taking good care of her?"
The maids around Aunt Mao have been replaced since she was pregnant.
In less than half a month, the third wife will use the excuse that the maid is not good at serving her and replace her with another one.
Aunt Mao also knew that the third wife was afraid that she would create a confidant, so she always stayed close to the maid.
When I saw Grandma Wu Si coming in with several little girls, I felt confident and hurriedly struggled to get off the kang to pay my respects to Grandma Wu Si.
Grandma Wu Si hurriedly stopped her, helped Aunt Mao to her feet, and complained: "Auntie, it's true. I told you that you don't need to salute when you're pregnant, but you're so polite to me."
"This slave is a servant, and you are the master, so you should salute." Aunt Mao said in a very respectful tone.
Grandma Wu Si was secretly frightened when she heard this.
Yesterday, Chen Duanlang came over and was beaten. Today, Aunt Mao can still treat her with such a respectful attitude.
There was also the way in the past this Auntie Mao could swallow her anger and act tepidly at home.
To be so tolerant, either he is really honest, or he is too scheming.
Grandma Wu Si had to secretly be on guard.
When he came back to his senses, his face changed into a very warm smile.
"Auntie, my family just bought a few people today. I picked a few who are honest and responsible. Auntie will also see if they can be used."
It is the mother-in-law who should make the decision when choosing the next person in the family.
Now that the third wife has nothing to do, it is Grandma Wu who should make the decision. There is no reason to ask the concubines.
Aunt Mao also knew that this was a courtesy given to her for Chun Ge's sake, and she was not really asking her to choose someone, so she looked in the direction of Grandma Wu Si's finger and said yes.
Grandma Wu Si was very satisfied to see that Aunt Mao knew how to advance and retreat, so she left two of them behind and left.
Aunt Mao didn't care about the two little maids, she just returned to the house, lay sideways on the bed, took out a jade pendant and looked at it, tears rolling down her eyes again.
My Duanlang, he was beaten so badly yesterday, I don’t know if he is okay.
There is also Chun Ge, who claims to be successful, but can't even meet him.
The two of them don't know how they will live in the Li family, and they will have to worry about this in their stomachs in the future.
If he hadn't become a concubine, how could the children have lived so hard!
Aunt Mao was in tears, but the third wife was very happy.
Mother Zhu went to bring the medicine early in the morning and gave it to the third wife to take.
The third wife endured the bitterness and drank it all in one gulp.
"This medicine is getting more and more bitter."
Mother Zhu advised her, "There is no way around this. You have been forced to drink so much these days by those monks, Taoists and Lao Shizi's imperial doctors. If you don't drink some medicine to protect your internal organs, you may not be sick."
It will really make you sick."
The third wife also knew that this was the truth, so she pursed her lips and said: "Don't worry, I am so old, how can I not know the importance of this! I just want that bitch to be useless for the rest of his life, but still have to live a good life.
Seeing my son and grandson as high-ranking officials in the border areas, how can I really fall ill?"
When talking about this, Zhu's mother frowned.
Madam had been pretending to be sick for so many days and had taken so many medicines, all thanks to a prescription that Mrs. Wu gave her to protect her internal organs before she got married.
Each time, the medicinal properties can be dissolved a little.
But this is not the way to go!
The medicines prescribed by imperial doctors are all for treating mania.
If you continue to eat like this, if you really become manic, you won't be able to stop it.
If my wife suffers from mania, how can I, an old woman who serves my wife, end up well?
Chapter completed!