Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Splashing yam mud.
"impossible!"
Facing Song Jiaoniang, who was kneeling in front of her and crying, asking to leave the house and go to Bian Jing to seek medical treatment for her daughter, the old lady blurted out.
Perhaps feeling that she had answered too quickly and with too much conviction, the old lady remained silent for a moment, then quickly slowed down her tone. "Could it be that the gossip in the mansion has hurt you? Don't worry, no one here can take your place. Just take good care of Linzhi."
"Besides, you're in Bianjing, a place you don't know. How are you going to get settled? How much will it cost to hire a doctor? How are you going to make a living?"
Song Jiaoniang could sense the old lady's scrutiny. Her words, seemingly filled with worry and doubt, were actually traps. If Song Jiaoniang admitted that her family had already made preparations, she would be committing a serious offense.
Song Jiaoniang cursed in her heart, but on her face she had to put on an expression of gratitude and heartbreak. Her face was a mixture of tears and laughter, looking extremely distorted: "I know how kind and considerate you are, old lady, and I am even more reluctant to leave you."
Song Jiaoniang wiped her tears and pretended to be completely devoted to her daughter, completely ignoring everything else: "But Sister Zhi'er's current situation, I really can't leave anyone around."
She sniffed and just cried: "As long as I am not careful, Sister Zhi will run away without a trace..."
The old lady had also heard that Lin Zhi was very crazy and stupid, and ran away every day: "I know you are too busy to handle it, but the more so, the more you should stay at home."
"There are people in our house who are familiar to you and your wife. They can lend a hand when you are not paying attention."
"How can such a good thing happen outside?"
"At that time, one of you and Manager Lin will have to stay at home to take care of Lin Zhi, and the other will have to support the family and earn money for medical treatment. How hard will life be?" The old lady looked at Song Jiaoniang and sighed inwardly that she was just a servant and was not sensible at her age. It would not be so easy outside.
"But, but..." Song Jiaonian covered her face with her hands, secretly cursing the old lady for being shameless. If it weren't for the third lady who harmed Zhi Jie'er, how could these things have happened? Now she talks as if their family made the mistake first.
Song Jiaoniang covered her mouth and cried, "Doctor Shao said that if I take good care of it, I might be able to recover in three to five years."
"Slave girl, slave girl wants to try it too."
"I only have one child, Zhijie'er, who can be tried."
"You girl, why are you so stubborn?" The old lady looked at Song Jiaoniang's stubborn look and felt annoyed. She told Sang Bai to send Song's mother back, "You should go back and think about it carefully first."
Sang Bai helped Song Jiaoniang out, listening to her muttering about how sensible and obedient Zhi Jie'er was in the past. Looking at the extra white hair on Song Mama's head, and recalling how proud Song Mama was half a month ago, he couldn't help sighing in his heart. He just hoped that Song Mama could come to her senses soon and remember that she had to maintain her status in front of the old lady.
Little did she know that Song Jiaonian was rating her performance in her heart: out of 10, she couldn’t be proud, so she would just give herself 9.5!
The two of them, each with their own thoughts, slowly made their way to the Lin family's house. Halfway through, they ran into a sweaty Sister Hu: "Mother Song! So you're here! Hurry up, Sister Zhi has gone to the kitchen again!"
Sister Hu first ran to the Lin family, but when she didn't see anyone, she ran somewhere else to look for him. At this moment, she was so tired that she was panting.
"This girl, why is she running around again? Sister Hu, thank you for coming to tell me the news again." Mother Song glanced at Sang Bai from the corner of her eye and couldn't stop muttering, "I've told her so many times that the kitchen is dangerous and she can't go there..."
She was extremely anxious and started chattering non-stop. In the end, Sang Bai stopped her and told Mother Song to go to the kitchen to look for someone first.
Song Jiaoniang just came to her senses, responded repeatedly, then lifted her skirt and ran to the kitchen.
Sang Bai and Sister Hu followed closely behind.
The three of them had just entered the kitchen yard, but they didn't see Lin Zhi. Sister Hu sighed, "I just gave Sister Zhi a pancake and told her to eat it outside..."
"That girl must have gone into the kitchen again!" Song Jiaonian hurriedly walked inside and soon saw Linzhi's figure. She was holding the scallion pancake given by Sister Hu in one hand, and the other hand was pulled by Mrs. Zhou, and she stumbled inside.
Lin Zhi didn't notice the arrival of Song Jiaoniang and the others. She was frowning as she listened to Mrs. Zhou complaining about Sister Hu: "That bitch ran off to be lazy again. Mrs. Wu is just too kind. People hired from outside like this have to work from morning till night to justify the money the mansion gave them..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Zhi secretly curled her lips. This Mrs. Zhou's words were just like those of some workers in later generations. When they saw others earning high salaries, not only did they not think about increasing their salaries, but they also sympathized with the company boss and even regarded themselves as the boss and looked down on others.
In the eyes of Mrs. Zhou and even most of the servants in the family, people like Sister Hu who were hired from outside were inferior, and it was common for them to be bullied.
This is the case with Mrs. Zhou in front of us. She has always liked to be lazy and idle. Although she has given birth to a child for the family, she only gets the salary of a maid. Logically, her status is equivalent to that of Sister Hu.
But she took advantage of her status as a child and her seniority to make the good-tempered Sister Hu run around in circles every day, and also took advantage of my stupidity to take advantage of me.
Lin Zhi’s thoughts had just come to an end when her body suddenly lunged forward again: “It hurts…it hurts.”
Mrs. Zhou didn't care about Linzhi's reaction at all. She had been observing Linzhi for a few days and was sure that she was really stupid. Not only did she pull hard without any scruples, she even snatched the pancake and threw it into the corner: "What's so delicious about that? Mrs. Zhou will give you something better later."
Linzhi: “…” My cake!!!
In Mrs. Zhou's opinion, even if she snatched the things from Linzhi's hand, she could divert her attention by stuffing something else in her hand.
In this way, Mrs. Zhou cheated a few things from her and also got a free helper.
The same is true now.
Mrs. Zhou dragged Linzhi to a corner and pointed to a large basin of something in front of her and said, "Come, come, Sister Zhi, try this."
Linzhi took a closer look and cursed the old woman inwardly for being such a beast. The large basin in front of her was nothing but yam.
The skin of the yam is rich in mucus, which can easily cause allergies. It is easy to cause itching after contact with the skin, and in severe cases, it can cause rashes. Not to mention that the mucus can easily make people's hands slippery. Ordinary people have to be careful when handling it, let alone a "silly girl" like me.
If it were a really stupid girl, she might scratch her hands or face.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Mrs. Zhou pressed Linzhi down on the bench with both hands, picked up three yams at random and stuffed them into her hands: "Come, come, peel off the skin."
"Remove the skin and the white meat will be revealed. It's delicious when steamed."
Mrs. Zhou demonstrated it once, then put the knife into her hand, and finally coaxed her: "When it's done, Mrs. Zhou will make it for you. It's so delicious."
Song Jiaoniang, who was standing at the door, did not see clearly at first what Zhou Pozi wanted her daughter to do, but just by looking at Zhou Pozi's rough and casual actions, she knew that she had treated Zhi Jie'er like this many times in recent days.
Song Jiaoniang's chest heaved with rage, and she felt a surge of anger surging in her chest. She strode forward, and Sang Bai, who was following behind her, also took in the scene and frowned.
At this moment, she heard Sister Hu muttering, "Why did Mother Zhou drag Sister Zhi to work again..."
Sang Bai frowned: "Is she always like this?"
Sister Hu had just noticed Sang Bai and was surprised to see that she was well dressed: "...Yes, yes!"
"Tell me about it."
"...Okay." Sister Hu had been bullied by Mother Zhou for a long time, so seeing this, she had no intention of saying anything good for her. She quickly told Sang Bai everything she had done. Afraid that Sang Bai wouldn't believe her, she added, "If you don't believe me, you can ask other people. This isn't the first time Mother Zhou has done this."
At the same time, Lin Zhi finally noticed Song Jiaoniang, and then saw Sang Bai talking to Sister Hu.
Linzhi narrowed her eyes. She had originally wanted to wait until her parents proposed to leave the house before choosing a time to make a fuss. But now that Mrs. Zhou had malicious intentions, she could not blame herself for using her as a pretext.
She pretended to be ignorant and fiddled with the yam in her hand, clumsily chopping it with a knife.
"I asked you to peel the skin, not cut it into pieces!" Mrs. Zhou saw this and hurriedly stopped him.
Linzhi ignored her and continued chopping yam.
Mrs. Zhou quickly stretched out her hand to stop it, but the knife slipped past her hand, leaving a bloody wound in an instant.
Immediately, Mrs. Zhou covered the back of her hand and screamed, "You damn girl!"
Linzhi didn't even glance at Mrs. Zhou, and was fiddling with the yam with a knife with great interest - it was more like scraping the mud off the yam than peeling it.
The yam paste splashed everywhere, and a lot of it landed on Mrs. Zhou's wounds and exposed parts, which immediately made her feel itchy and painful. She was furious and cursed: "You idiot, why don't you stop right now!"
"Mrs. Zhou, what did you say?!" Song Jiaoniang grabbed Mrs. Zhou's collar and said, "You son of a bitch, how dare you bully my daughter behind my back?"
By the time the people in the kitchen noticed the noise, the place was already in chaos.
Back to the old lady, she was holding a cup of tea and frowning as she looked at the Buddhist scriptures copied by the third girl: "Sister Wei's temper is still too impatient."
My handwriting is obviously not bad, but it gets worse the further I write, without any stability at all. It seems that I have written a lot, but there are very few things I can show off.
The old lady sighed as she watched, agreeing with her son. She felt that the third daughter looked a great deal like Zhao. She complained to Miao Mama, "Look, she's such a poor girl, she's not very good at all. When she came in, she was disrespectful to me, her mother-in-law, and now she's even corrupted her personality."
Miao Mama was originally the old lady's companion. She was old and had returned home to retire a few years ago. Now, in order to teach the third girl, the old lady had just called her back.
Mother Miao smiled and said gently, "Old Madam, you're worrying too much. If I were to ask you, I'd say the Third Miss is quite intelligent, but she's a bit stubborn and doesn't want to be ambiguous when it comes to right and wrong."
"After you, old lady, give her some guidance, the third young lady will surely be able to change her ways and make great progress."
"You sound nice..." Just as the old lady was complaining to Miao's mother, a noise outside came into the house. She frowned and sent someone out to see: "What happened outside?"
Qingdai went out to ask around and came back with a strange look on her face, hesitating.
Unable to resist the old lady's urging, she finally said, "To answer the old lady, there are reports outside that Sister Zhi hurt someone in the kitchen and is making a big fuss."
"Hurt someone!?" The old lady knew that Lin Zhi was stupid, but she had never heard of her being so crazy as to hurt someone. Her scalp immediately went numb and she shouted angrily, "How could she hurt someone? How can Mama Song and Manager Lin manage people!"
She had completely forgotten that just now she was preaching to Song Jiaoniang and told her not to worry, that there were plenty of people in the mansion to help take care of the baby.
Sang Bai happened to be returning from outside. Seeing this, he hurriedly explained, "Madam, this isn't Sister Zhi's fault. It was Aunt Zhou from the kitchen who caused this. She insisted that Lin Zhi help with the food, but Lin Zhi, being a fool, wounded her with the knife instead."
The old lady was confused: "Linzhi? Kitchen? Isn't she sick? Why is she working in the kitchen?"
Sang Bai also looked down on Mrs. Zhou's behavior and explained to the old lady, "To answer your question, old lady, I heard from the servants in the kitchen that Mrs. Zhou saw that Lin Zhi was stupid, so she often ordered her to do things. She also coaxed her with cakes and took several pieces of jewelry from her..."
As the old lady listened, her face gradually became gloomy.
Qing Dai, standing by, was also extremely shocked. "Mrs. Zhou from the kitchen? The last two times her family got into trouble, Mother Song gave her money to help out! How can she be so heartless?"
The old lady's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. The words she had said before came to her mind. She felt as if several big slaps were hitting her face from mid-air. It hurt so much.
She was furious: "How can there be such a despicable person in the mansion? He was hired from outside? Tell them to send him back home."
Sang Bai looked embarrassed: "Madam...Mrs. Zhou is, she was born in our family."
The old lady was completely speechless. She pressed her finger hard on her temples and ordered, "Send someone to search her room. If there's anything belonging to Linzhi, tell Madam Song to take it back."
After a pause, the old lady added, "Also, who else is in Mrs. Zhou's family? Send them all to the farm and don't keep them in the mansion."
The old lady felt that Mrs. Zhou was too mean. Mother Song had done her a favor, but she was not grateful and instead repaid her with evil.
He cheated the foolish girl of her money today, and he will steal things from the mansion tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, he will tell others the mansion's secrets for money. If he is not sent away, he will probably lead the rest of the people in the mansion astray!
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