Chapter 27 Boudoir Life 3
Yin Zijin used her small hands to play with her thin bangs, and couldn't help thinking: "What would happen if my father knew that I was a man? He might punish Zhang. But for the sake of the Yin family's reputation, he would probably kill me or lock me up!
In the harem, no one should care if there is one less concubine's daughter. But the Sixth Miss became the Sixth Young Master. The Yin family would become the laughing stock of the whole of Shangjing. Sacrificing a concubine's daughter would be the most convenient way. But what should I do? How can I get rid of the current predicament? Do I really have to have my feet bound and stay in the boudoir embroidering? "
After leaving the main house where Zhang lived, there was a small red door next to the main house. At this moment, the small door was open. Xiaolan took Yin Zijin and Yin Ziniu through the small red door and walked in. What Yin Zijin didn't expect was that there was a different world behind the small red door.
The first thing that caught Yin Zijin's eyes was a small garden. The small garden was beautifully maintained with various flowers blooming. There was a small pavilion in the middle of the garden. Next to the garden is a small lotus pond. The lotus flowers have bloomed at this moment, and dragonflies and butterflies fly over the flowers from time to time. There is a rockery in the middle of the lotus pond, with a trickle of water flowing down from it. The entire ground is paved with bluestone, which is exquisite and beautiful, and looks very nice.
Behind the small garden and lotus pond, a two-story attic is hidden among the trees.
Yin Ziniu said excitedly: "Wow! This place is so beautiful! Especially this small garden."
Xiaolan smiled and said, "Seventh Miss, Sixth Miss, this is where you will live for the next ten years. It is the place that Madam carefully selected. Do you see the little red door?
Later! Except for paying respects to your mother, you shall stay in that attic. A lady from a noble family should never go out of the front door or the back door. From now on you just stay in your boudoir and embroider. The lady dotes on you and is afraid that you will be bored staying in the house, so she specially chose this person to take care of the garden. So that you can have a place to play.
The third and fifth daughters born to Aunt Feng did not receive such good treatment. ”
Yin Zijin asked doubtfully: "Do we still have to go to school in the attic?"
Xiaolan nodded and said: "It seems so, but it won't be taught in the attic. The attic is the boudoir of the second, sixth and seventh girls. How can we let outsiders enter? Don't you want to keep your innocence?
I heard from Nanny Zhou that the madam said that the master's official position is getting higher and higher, and he should pay more attention to the reputation of the Yin family. You can't hold the master back when it comes to matters in the rear quarters. From now on, you can't go to school with your brothers. The teacher will teach you in the west wing of Yimeyuan. Then the second girl, the third girl, and the fifth girl will be with you. ”
Yin Zi Niao cried out in frustration: "Ah! How could this happen? In this new home, the rules are stricter. I will be suffocated in the future. Xiaolan, are you sure?"
Xiaolan said: "I heard from Madam Zhou about my situation, but I'm not sure about the details."
Yin Ziniu's eyes lit up: "Then I'll go find my mother and ask her to change her mind. I don't want to be bored in Yimei Courtyard."
Xiaolan quickly pulled Yin Ziniu and said, "Seventh Miss, this hasn't even been decided yet! Why are you in such a hurry? We can talk about it when it's confirmed. The Madam hasn't confirmed it yet! With your interference, it may become a foregone conclusion. The Madam already loves you enough.
I heard it! The daughter of Lord Shen in the capital has lived in the boudoir since she was born. Lord Shen's wife spent a huge amount of money to build a step-out bed for their daughter. It is said that the daughter of their family has lived in the step-out bed since she was born, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in it. Actually! Women in our Dasheng consider it precious not to touch the ground, and Lord Shen's daughter, because of her good reputation, married into a good family and was especially respected by her husband's family. ”
After Xiaolan finished speaking, she pulled Yin Zijin and Yin Ziniu inside. After hearing what Xiaolan said, Yin Ziniu calmed down. There was no mention of looking for Zhang either. But after a while, she started to ask again: "What about the second sister? Will she live in the attic with us?"
Xiaolan smiled and said: "Of course!"
Yin Ziniu muttered again: "Why didn't the second sister come back with us?"
Xiaolan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe the Madam has something to tell her..."
Yin Zijin, who was standing by, felt extremely upset after hearing this. She had only seen these things in books or TV dramas before, and she never expected that she would have to go through the same thing again. But fortunately, she didn't have to eat, drink, defecate and urinate in a small bed like Shen Qianjin, and her vision from now on would not be that small bed.
After five years of exploration, Yin Zijin has come to know that the Great Sheng Dynasty is a strange dynasty after the Ming Dynasty, where feudal ethics and rigid thinking have reached their peak. Men are superior to women, the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, and foot binding and breast binding were what men and women in the Great Sheng Dynasty believed in and liked.
Before traveling to the Great Sheng Dynasty, Yin Fengyu drove hundreds of kilometers to Yongjiang County in Nanhu Province to learn about the local Nüshu culture. The obscure and difficult-to-understand characters gave Yin Fengyu a headache and he didn't quite understand them.
It was not until Yin Fengyu herself traveled back to the Great Sheng Dynasty and experienced the difficulties of ancient women that she understood the culture of Nüshu. That was a way for ancient women to express themselves. They used women's writing to write down their joys and sorrows to relieve their depression! This was also a form of resistance by women at that time.
Just as he was thinking about it, Yin Zijin and his party arrived in front of the attic. The entire attic was a wooden building. The attic was not big, but it was exquisite and delicate, very suitable as a girl's boudoir.
Maids and old women were busy all along the way, and there was not a single male servant to be seen. The maids and old women would bow to Yin Zijin and Yin Ziniu from time to time.
Xiaomei had been waiting for them at the attic stairs. When she saw them, she came over quickly, bowed, and said with a smile, "Sixth Miss, Seventh Miss, you are finally back. Breakfast is ready, and your boudoirs are ready. Come up and have breakfast! The weather is getting hotter, so you'd better go back to your rooms to avoid getting a heat stroke."
As Xiaomei spoke, she welcomed Yin Zijin and others to the second floor. Looking at Xiaomei's appearance, Yin Zijin finally understood why maids in wealthy families lived better than those in ordinary families.
Xiaomei and Xiaolan are good examples. They are highly valued by Zhang and no one dares to tell them what to do. Just talk about it normally.
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