Chapter 9 fourth quarter

Mrs. Cai is the daughter of Mrs. Deng's ex-husband.Her biological father worked as a steward in a big family.She lost her father when she was half a year old, and came to Deng's house with her mother when she was one and a half years old.The mother is naturally loving, and the stepfather also loves her as his own child. Everyone calls her the youngest daughter, the youngest aunt, although when she was three years old, her mother gave birth to a younger sister for her, and it was not until she was four years old that she died of smallpox. . Since Deng Yaogu was loved by her parents, she naturally did all the things that a country girl should do: climbing firewood, feeding pigs, spinning cotton yarn, and weaving cloth. Now, let's do your fine work!" But, after all, as her mother said, she has been fond of it since she was a child, and she is very good at fine work without doing rough work.Therefore, at the age of twelve, she already had a pair of nice little feet.Her mother often heard her in the middle of the night after she washed her feet, she was so painful that she couldn't sleep, hugging her feet, moaning and crying, she couldn't bear it, and told her to loosen the wrapping cloth, "Auntie Yao, The feet of our country people are not as small as those of the ladies in the city, why should we wrap them so small?"

She always answered with one word: "No!" After persuasion, she said angrily: "Mom, too! You can control me! Why shouldn't the country people's feet be tied up? I want to be tied up. I want to be entangled, I want to be entangled! It's me who is dying of pain!" She can also do needlework, which she learned when she was fifteen years old from the second grandmother in the courtyard of the neighboring Han family.Second Grandma Han is a girl from a wealthy family in Chengdu Province. She has only been married to the Han family for four years and has already given birth to a son and a daughter.Although there are sisters-in-law and sisters, they can't make sense of it. Sometimes when they talk about Chengdu, they will laugh and sneer and say: "What's so good about Chengdu? Even a piece of grass in the township is valuable! Burning firewood, It’s like burning sandalwood! We also walked through some mansions and saw that the dustpan was so big that it didn’t smother people to death! Chengdu people don’t know anything, they can only make fake things.” So, the example came.How could the second grandma win as many arguments as she spoke, so she had no choice but not to argue.Being in front of Deng Yaogu all the time, Second Mistress felt relieved.

Deng Yaogu liked to listen to Second Mistress talk about Chengdu.Talk about the streets in Chengdu, the houses in Chengdu, the temple gardens in Chengdu, the small foods in Chengdu, and the new side dishes that you taste all year round in Chengdu: "This is also strange! I really like to eat fresh side dishes. Back then I heard that I was married to Xiangba, and I was so happy. I thought that there would be good side dishes to eat all year round. I don’t know that Xiangbali is a ghost place! There are all side dishes. If you eat radishes, you can eat all the radishes, and you can eat all the cabbages. Cabbage! In short: when the same vegetable comes out, eat it to death! And the vegetables come out late. For example, at this time, fresh eggplants are already eaten in Chengdu. Look, the eggplants here are just blooming!..."

What fascinated Deng Yaogu in particular was the life of ordinary rich families in Chengdu, and the women's glamorous attire.Every time the second grandma talked about the emotional part, she couldn't help rubbing her eyes and said: "My whole life is forgot, and I will end it in the village! I want to live the old life again, so I have to look forward to the next life! Auntie, what do you have?" Such a good fetus, and a spirit, maybe you will marry someone in the city in the future, and you will know what it's like to live in Chengdu!" And there are festivals and New Years in Chengdu.Because of her homesickness, the second grandmother beautified Chengdu more and more.So, in two years, the phantom of Chengdu, in Deng Yaogu's mind, was the same as the needlework she had learned, improving day by day, expanding day by day, and becoming more real day by day.From the mouth of the second grandma, she accepted the whole Chengdu piecemeal. Although she had never seen Chengdu, but speaking of it, she seemed to be more familiar with Chengdu than her elder brother who often went to Chengdu.She knew that Chengdu had four city gates in the south, east, north and west. Some of the walls were so high and some were so thick;She knew that the length from the north gate to the south gate was nine miles and one-third, and there was a Mancheng on the side of the west gate, and all the people living in it were Manbaer, which was very wrong with us Han people.She knew that there was a big temple called Wenshu Monastery on the north gate; there were three or four hundred monks eating daily, and the cooking pot was big enough to cook a cow, and the pot was as thick as two copper coins.She knew that there were many assembly halls, and in each hall: there were six or seven places on the stage alone, all of which were resplendent and magnificent; Singing on three stages.She knows the names of many lively streets: East Street, Zongfu Street, Huguang Pavilion; Huguang Pavilion is the best place to buy vegetables, all the new vegetables and game are available here; Prime Minister Zhuo Bingtian's family opened it, and fermented bean curd is the number one.She knew that Dianxiangzhai was the best maker of dim sum, Guilinxuan was the best maker of peach ball powder scented soap, Du Yili was the seller of meat buns, and they couldn’t be bought after noon, and Kang Jiaozi was the seller of water dumplings. , In addition, there is Bianyifang, where three qian silver can be matched with a midnight snack box, and one or two qian silver can be eaten with a roasted stuffed duck. The most famous among them is the warm duck in Qingshiqiao.She knows how majestic the platform, the general, the feudal platform, and the standard platform are when they come out. There is no sound of people in the whole street. Those with white veils and straw hats should be taken off immediately; Chengdu Huayang is called two counties, and it is different when they come out. The arched poles and four sedan chairs are arched as high as the eaves, and eight or nine bearers are lifted up and galloped. There is a saying: "If you want to eat, you can carry two counties; if you want to sleep, you can carry the Tao." She knows how particular a big family is, how tall the house is, how neat the furniture is, and almost every house has a garden.She also knows how comfortable it is to be a wife, grandma, young mistress, young lady, young lady, concubine. She wakes up every day, combs her hair and dresses up, and in her spare time, she does needlework, plays cards, and goes to various places. The female stands in the guild hall go to the theater, eat well, dress well, and are served by old women and girls; there are kitchens and cooks in the kitchen, and there are servants and handymen for cleaning and running the streets. I have never cooked and cleaned by myself. Land; after finishing a sentence, the rich family, not only the ladies, but the first-class girls who do not do these rough things, why have they ever touched the spatula and lifted the broom?Isn't that hand white and tender, with long nails dyed red by impatiens?

Deng Yaogu's understanding of Chengdu and women's life in Chengdu is like this. It is no wonder that she thinks of Chengdu as her future home.