Chapter 39 (6) Sweeping snow and picking up jade

Sister Feng's sick body can't bear the pain of being in prison, she can't support her, and she can't get up when she is lying on the ground.Seeing this situation, the government got Jia Yun's reform again, and allowed her to be released for medical treatment and recuperation.All arrangements are made by Jia Yun. That day, Sister Feng returned home in a small mule cart, supported by all hands.Ping'er and Qiaojie greeted her, and saw that Sister Feng's description had changed, and her illness was torn apart.The three hugged each other and cried.Feng'er and others were all in tears.

From then on, in addition to supporting the messy housework, Ping'er added all kinds of embarrassing things to serve the patients. He worked hard day and night and didn't know how to rest.Sister Qiao is getting older, and sometimes she can watch over her mother and let Ping'er rest for a while. Two or three months later, Sister Feng recovered slightly and was able to move in the fields.At this time, Jia Lian was no longer in awe and subservience to her as before, but because she resented her for deceiving her family and herself, doing many wrong things that ruined her family's reputation, and caused infinite troubles, hatred grew in her heart.He also thinks that he still has no heirs. According to the rules at that time, such a wife violated the "seven outs" rule, and the husband had the right to divorce her and return her to her natal family.Jia Lian reassured her, so she discussed with her biological mother, Mrs. Xing. Mrs. Xing said that Wang Ziteng's family is also in uncertainties. If things are not careful, it will cause other troubles. It changed. I was Ping'er's assistant in the room, and ordered everyone in the room to call Ping'er grandma, and Sister Feng was only allowed to be called aunt.How could Ping'er be willing to assume the title of being an anti-slave master? However, Mrs. Xing, the eldest wife, has the right to make decisions about her son and daughter-in-law's affairs, so she had to obey her orders in the open, and she still respected Sister Feng wholeheartedly in secret, comforting and reassuring her in every possible way. Said: This is just the second master's anger for a while, let's be patient for now, and when this difficulty is over, everything will be as usual.

On this day, the winter cold has come to the twelfth lunar month, and a heavy snow has just passed.Seeing that the snow was thick and difficult, Sister Feng put on an old padded jacket, took a short-handled broom, and slowly swept out a path.From the steps of the main house, sweep to the entrance of the courtyard, and then look at the north-south road outside the door, there is not even a single footprint, so taking advantage of the fact that he still has some strength, he sweeps from the courtyard door to the road again. . Sweeping not far to the south, I suddenly heard a soft sound, and a small object came in and out from the soil and snow between the bricks and landed at my feet.

Sister Feng didn't know what it was, so she hurriedly lowered herself to pick it up, held it in her hand and looked at it, she couldn't help being surprised! "Isn't this the piece of jade from Brother Bao! How did it get here?" Sister Feng knew something was wrong, and she didn't want others to know, so she quickly put it in her arms. When she was in doubt, she suddenly heard someone coming and calling her loudly: "Are you the girl in the second grandma's house? Is the second grandma at home? Please tell me that someone surnamed Liu came to visit her." .”

Sister Feng stopped her broom, straightened up and looked, but it was Grandma Liu! Sister Feng cried out in surprise: "Grandma, you are here!" Grandma Liu heard the sound, and when she took a closer look, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "So you're the old one?" - grabbed Sister Feng, and said: "My second grandma, why are you so thin? Yes! I don't recognize it at all." Sister Feng burst into tears when she heard this.After a while, Fang said, "Grandma, please go in, and I will talk to you in detail." When Grandma Liu went into the house to take a look, she saw that the room full of splendor, like a cave in heaven, had changed since the first day of her arrival. It was left by the imperial concubine, so she had to keep it if she couldn't enter the officialdom.Now the livelihood is difficult, there are many slaves in the family, leaving, dispatching, and fleeing, only a few honest and loyal people are left, willing to live a poor life and suffer together.The girls were all sent away, because they couldn't afford to support many people.It's not uncommon for me to sweep the snow by myself just now, I have to rely on myself for all the work. ...

Grandma Liu asked: Where is Miss Ping?Sister Feng said that the eldest lady called to give orders, and she was in the east courtyard.Sister Feng said, grandma's clothes are much neater. I think life is getting better? Grandma said, since my wife donated two hundred taels of silver last time, I sold the porcelain teacup my brother gave me—who knows that such a small thing is worth so much!So the family bought a few more acres of land, built a new house, and bought livestock. The whole family helped out, and the harvest was good, so life was not so difficult.I came to see it today, and my heart is also up and down...

After hearing this, Sister Feng sighed and called Sister Qiao to see grandma.Holding her grandma's hand, she entrusted her, "I only keep this bit of flesh and blood, and it was the name my grandma gave her, saying that it is a good fortune. This child's life is not good, so I will entrust her to your old man. If she dies in the future , you always save her, I can't thank you enough." Grandma Liu was so choked with crying that she couldn't say what she promised.