Chapter 39 Section VII

A few days later, Zhaodi was renamed Chunxiu.The place where I live has also changed, not the half-tiled and half-grass house in Shanglianchi, but the Hao Mansion on Shusuo Street.According to what Mrs. Wu told her before she left, she was sent to the blessed land, and she had to hear and listen to the teachings from now on, and the benefits later were endless.And what about the reward she gave Mrs. Wu?It is three taels of silver for the whole body sold out, and the whole body of clothes is worth five dollars.This is more than enough for her daughter-in-law and princess to take expensive medicine!

The blessed land is indeed the blessed land!The house is so tall!The paint is so bright!The furnishings are so elegant and gorgeous!Many of them were things she had never dreamed of, like she and Chunlan—a twenty-year-old fat, fair and clean girl who loves to dress up, she should call her eldest sister of. ——The brown canopy bed that she slept with was soft and comfortable, and it was not comparable to the bed in her house.Even the vegetables and rice they eat are even better, unlike what Aunt Li, Aunt Wu, and the two second senior masters eat outside the kitchen with the cook Luo Shi, the old dragon who does the miscellaneous work, and the gatekeeper Mr. Zhang. The big pot of vegetables and rice, but standing next to Sister Chunlan, served the master, third master, wife, concubine, eldest lady, second lady, eldest young master and others. Yangge towels, when the gentlemen walked out of the sitting room, they actually had high tables and low benches, and took their time to eat the delicious food that the gentlemen had only touched chopsticks.In the past, at home, except for festivals and festivals, meat was only eaten when planting grain and harvesting rice; as for chickens, ducks and fish, there were even more of them.For a few days at Grandpa Yao's house, although I had a banquet, the food here was delicious and delicious. In the first few meals, I couldn't eat enough, so much that the Young Master and Miss Chunlan almost burst into tears of laughter.The master and wife said it was stuffed intestines, let her eat enough; the wife said that if you eat too much, the intestines will be stretched and you will have a shitty belly.It's so ugly, you're only allowed to eat two bowls per meal.Speaking of clothes, although I didn't have any good clothes for the first time, but looking at Chunlan's clothes, I know that the future will definitely be colorful.

And there is nothing to do.When I was in the countryside, I couldn't help being called to help collect firewood, climb pig manure, and do such rough things.Here, I just learn to serve my concubine to dress up, wipe the small furniture, fill the hookah, pour tea, refill the rice, twist the hand towel, and help Chunlan clean up the master's opium tray.In addition, it is to play with the seven-year-old second lady.The more bitter thing is to beat my aunt's legs at night, but it is not often. However, when she first came here, she didn't think it was a blessed place.The first is to think about her father, Ah San and Ah Long who have been around for a long time, brother Zhong Yao, sister-in-law Zhong Yao, and ordinary boys and girls who have played with her.Thinking of the wild way like a horse without a bridle when I was at home, it was so wonderful!Dad just laughed when he saw it, so why did he say that it shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like that?Although the dead mother is still in charge, but there is like this blessed place, rules are being followed everywhere, and rules are being followed all the time.For example, one should speak softly, but not too softly. If one speaks too softly, one is acting out of breath, and if one speaks too loudly, one should naturally be scolded.When walking, the step should be light and fast. If it is so light that there is no sound, and it is said to be a thief, but it is too fast to run, it should be beaten.You can't grin, yawn or burp in front of people, and especially you can't cough when adding rice and tea.It is not allowed to stick out the chest, saying that it is like a barbarian woman; when standing, the hands must be lowered and the feet must be close together, how sad it is!Speaking is even more difficult. When speaking to masters, wives, young masters and ladies, you are not allowed to address "you", but when you say "I", your voice should be lowered, otherwise, it will be a slap in the face, or it will hurt you on the arm .The more difficult thing is to pass on the word, for example, if the wife said: "Gaogui, go and find the young master with me!" He!" Or: "Second Master Gao, the wife told you to find the young master!" Or: "The wife asked Gao Gui to find the young master!" It must not be spread like this, otherwise, there will be no rules.In addition, there are many rules. When guests come, how to pack cigarettes, how to serve tea, how to greet, and how to obey are really like acting.Chunlan is so familiar, and after the guests leave, Chunlan is always the one who gets the praise, and Chunxiu is the one who gets the scolding; the result is: "Show off your wickedness and learn from Miss Chunlan!"

Second, I don't think the blessed land is good, but the sky is so wide, the land is so big, the trees are so lush, the grass is so long, and the breath is so clear!Hao mansion is full of houses, with brick walls several feet high on all sides; there is only one patio from the second sedan chair hall, and there are two small magnolia trees. From the sedan chair hall to the main room, there is a large courtyard. The dam is covered with large square stone slabs, not to mention that there is no tree, not even a blade of grass. There are only eight large flowerpots, and some seasonal plum blossoms, birthday oranges, perennial reds, and bluegrasses are planted. .From the inverted sitting hall of the main room to the enclosure at the back, there is only a light courtyard, with no grass but moss.There is some open space behind the living room in the left wing, where some poor trees with thin branches were planted; a flower bed was lined up by the window, and some flowers were planted; some rockery was built against the wall, and some vines were coiled; The pond is wide, ten feet long, and crooked, and there are some fish in it.This is called a small garden.The right chamber is the master's study. There is a grass dam outside the rear window. In the middle is a big ginkgo tree, surrounded by Jingzhu, Guanyin bamboo, holly, locust tree, spring begonia, phoenix tree, wintersweet, etc.; The school where Mr. Hu teaches the young ladies and young masters to read.This is called the Big Garden.You are not allowed to enter unless you are called in.There are only a few skys and dozens of trees in the whole mansion. Is there any grass for running, jumping and rolling?Is there a wild pond where you can catch fish in water?Not to mention that it is not as good as the countryside, it seems that it is not even as good as going to the lotus pond!

Third, what made her even more miserable was going to bed late and getting up early.It doesn't matter if she gets up early, she was in the country, didn't she wake up just after dawn that day?But it's not just her, the whole family is the same, and they cook and eat when they get up.Although people in the mansion say they get up early, they never get up until the birds have made a fuss and the sun is about to rise.It's even worse for breakfast. There are always three dishes for breakfast every day.The first dish is the big pot of rice in the kitchen compartment, and the second dish is the young master and the young lady accompanying Teacher Hu to eat in the school.After this breakfast, the master, wife, concubine, and the third master did not wake up, coughed, ate hookah, rinsed their mouths, washed their faces, and drank tea.After the master had a bowel movement, he would burn opium after Chunlan made his wife's bed. Although the master slept many nights in his concubine's room, he always burned opium on his wife's bed. ——The third master is copying long clothes, watering the flowers, teaching parrots, Wu Ling, yellow old crows, starlings to speak, and preferring a lark raised in an exquisite small cage to a small garden in a big garden Slip; the wife and aunt sat at the table by the window, opened the exquisite dressing box, and combed their hair slowly.The wife looks young, with a white and fat round face, thick and black hair, big eyes, flat nose, and thick lips. The nineteen-year-old young master looks exactly like her!Although the eldest lady was also born by the wife, she looks like a master; although the wife is forty-one years old, she still has to put on makeup and paint her eyebrows, just not like the concubine who has to paint her lips red.It was Chunlan who took care of his wife to comb her hair, wash her face, dress her clothes, and bind her feet; Aunt Wu only swept the floor, wiped the furniture, carried water, poured the toilet, washed the clothes of the three of them, Mrs. and Mrs. Serve the daily life of the young master and the young lady.When Chunxiu was in the future, it was only Aunt Li who would take care of the concubine to comb her hair, wash her face and dress up.Because Mrs. Li has a lot of things to do, she has to wash the clothes of the concubine, the third master, the second miss, Teacher Hu, etc., take care of the second miss, clean the rooms of the young master and the eldest lady, serve breakfast in the school, and Doing some chores on behalf of me, I'm really too busy, so I just talked to the master and bought an extra little girl.So as soon as she came, she was assigned to wait on the concubine to wash and dress up.The aunt is twenty-six years old, twenty-one years younger than the master, but she does not look much younger than the wife, her skin is not as white and thin, her body is not as tall as her, her feet are not as small as hers, her hair is not as good as hers but more delicate than his wife, with long eyebrows, thin eyes, high nose bridge, small mouth, two thin lips, and long fingers.Second Miss is half like her, she loves to talk and vomit, more like her.It is a big deal for my aunt to powder and comb her hair, rubbing and rubbing, and sipping and sipping. There is a large mirror on the mirror case on the table, and two mother-of-pearl and red sandalwood hand mirrors in her hand. Cars come to take photos, and cars go to take photos.Sister Chunlan sometimes talked behind her back about the way her concubine combed her hair. Chang Ai said, "My concubine must have been reincarnated by Lady Lightning!"My concubine is in poor health, loves getting sick the most, and loves to sit on the toilet. Aunt Li said that she had two miscarriages and was weak.I have to wait for the master to get over his morning addiction and remind me two or three times before my aunt can wash her hands in a hurry, change her clothes, and go to the living room for dinner.This is the third breakfast.Every time just after breakfast, the machine bureau's off-duty whistle rang early.So when I wake up in the morning, I just feel hungry, but sometimes the second lady eats a snack and I give it to her, and sometimes the eldest sister Chunlan eats a poached egg and I give her half of it.For some reason, all the people in the mansion are night owls.When there are no customers, at night, the eldest lady is mostly in her room, talking and laughing with Chunlan, Aunt Wu, Aunt Li, etc., setting up battles to make a living; sometimes she is happy to read and write; play cards.Apart from socializing outside, the master only writes a few words in the study when he gets home, and always lies on his wife's bed and burns opium.The master's figure looks shorter than his wife's, but he is actually a head taller, but on his long and thin face, there are two sparse mustaches, a pair of eyes, very evil, thick eyebrows, and a big nose.The third master was probably holding a miscellaneous tobacco rod in his mouth, sitting on the big armchair beside the cabinet table, chatting with him.The third master is the master's brother. He is thirty-three years old and has not yet received the third wife. He said that he is practicing Taoism and does not want to marry; he is in charge of the affairs of the mansion; he is taller, bigger, fatter than the master, and has a bigger nose. He is taller, but short-sighted. He has a good temper and is kind to everyone, especially his wife, who is also kind to him.So talking about the world, talking about the past and the present, even the second lady didn't feel tired.At the second watch, the eldest and young master came in after reading the night book, and then had a midnight snack.I have to eat wine for midnight snacks, always accompanied by the third master, the wife drinks more, the concubine drinks less, the master does not drink, and the young masters and ladies are not allowed to drink. What I drink is Chongqing Yunfengzheng imitation Shaoxing wine.After midnight, the second lady was led by Aunt Li and slept with her in the back room of the concubine.At the last point, it was three o'clock, and the eldest young master and eldest lady told the master and wife about the arrangement, and then they went to their rooms to sleep.The third master also went to sleep in an exquisite room next to the master's study.After a while, she and Aunt Li waited for the concubine to sleep, and sometimes beat the concubine's legs. At this time, the master was still burning the cigarette, and the wife fell on the opposite side, talking with him.The servants are all asleep, and the only ones who can't sleep are she and Chunlan.Always wait until the foreign clock strikes one o'clock before the wife asks Chunlan to scoop up water, the master washes his face, Chunlan makes the bed, she packs cigarettes for the wife, and changes into flat sleeping shoes.After Chunlan closed the door behind her back, the two of them could go back to Missy's back room to sleep.After sleeping so late, Chunlan didn't feel bitter, and even talked when she got into bed.But she couldn't bear it, she always fell asleep when she was playing in the dark for a while, her eyelids were so heavy that she couldn't open them no matter what, and she would doze off when she sat down, and she wouldn't wake up when she dozed off.Sometimes I was teased and woke up by the eldest lady and the second lady, and sometimes I was woken up by Aunt Li, Aunt Wu, Chunlan, etc., but I was always in a daze, and it took a while to wake up clearly.Just because of this matter, I have made my wife and aunt angry several times, either doing things wrong in a blind way, or breaking things to pieces.The master once said: "Children, you need to sleep more!" But what other people say is: "When you are a girl, you can still talk about this!" So that sometimes I fell asleep standing up, and sometimes when I got on the bed, even my clothes fell asleep. It was too late to take it off, and fell asleep.Going to bed late and not getting enough sleep was also one of the reasons why she hated blessed land and missed her hometown the most.

Fourth, there are still bad things for her in this blessed land.Because in the whole mansion, she is the weakest and the most irritated.Naturally, when the monks get angry, they either scold or beat them; the eldest young master and the eldest lady don't beat and scold people very much, and the second lady will secretly grab people.The servants also bullied her, I don't know why the second master of the high school hates her so much, he always gives her some chestnuts when he has the opportunity, and he clenches his teeth.Sister Chunlan is very good, she is willing to teach her when things happen, but sometimes she is too lazy, if you want to use her, if you don't listen to it, she will get angry.This often made her bitterly remember her father's love for her, and she couldn't help but sit in the hut and cry.