Chapter 9 Strict Rules
After saying that, Aunt Wang touched Yin Fengyu's face with her delicate hands and said happily: "This child is so cute."
Aunt Wang looked at the Sixth Young Lady in front of her and couldn't help but think of her own son. She said with some sadness, "Madam, can you let me raise the Sixth Young Lady? Ever since my son was adopted by my uncle, I have been unable to sleep at night. I really want to have a child to accompany me."
Yin Fengyu looked at Aunt Wang in front of her and felt a little sad. Life was already hard for women in the inner palace. They were confined in the deep courtyards, had bound feet, and had to have the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues engraved into their bones.
Yin Fengyu thought about it, and couldn't help but look at Aunt Wang with some sympathy and smiled.
Aunt Wang said in surprise: "Look, Sixth Miss is smiling. She must be happy about it!"
Aunt Feng, who was standing by, saw Aunt Wang's expression and recalled Aunt Wang's words that had just mocked her. She said sarcastically, "Aunt Wang, you are so sick, you should take care of yourself! It is definitely better for the Sixth Miss to have Madam take care of her than to stay with you.
Besides, if you have the ability, just have another child of your own. Why do you always think about raising someone else's child?
Which child in the house is Madam raising? It is the child's blessing and a natural thing. Besides, even if the lady doesn't raise the child, there is still the Sixth Miss's biological mother, Aunt Li! How come it’s your turn…”
Yin Fengyu was given a headache by being called "Sixth Girl" by them left and right. The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. Wasn't that Sixth Girl herself? Wait, they just talked about foot binding. That little girl had just had her feet bound.
Since I am the "Sixth Girl", do I also have to have my feet bound? No! I am a man, how can I bind my feet? I absolutely cannot let this happen. No, I have to find a way to go back.
But Yin Fengyu opened her eyes and looked at the ancient building, the beautiful women, servants, and children in the room, and felt that everything was so real. Yin Fengyu thought with a dead heart: "It's all because of the purple glass beads. I don't wear the purple beads anymore, but I still have dreams every night. In my dreams, I traveled through time and space and became the sixth concubine's daughter.
Thinking about having to bind her feet and breasts, being trapped in a large mansion, and being kept in the boudoir, Yin Fengyu felt that her future was bleak. Unable to travel back to the modern era, Yin Fengyu suddenly felt sad about her unknown fate.
Listening to Zhang and the two concubines talking to each other, she became very annoyed, so she pouted her lips, opened her voice and started crying.
Crying for the unknown future, crying for the fact that I just came here and know nothing? He was involved in the disputes within the inner house. ”
Yin Fengyu roared and made Aunt Feng, who was talking nonstop, shut up. Yin Fengyu immediately felt his ears were much quieter.
Zhang, who was sitting at the head of the table, quickly instructed: "Madame Zhou, maybe the Sixth Miss is hungry. Where is the wet nurse? Ask her to feed her."
After Zhang finished speaking, a beautiful woman in her thirties or forties stood up, bowed and said, "Madam, I am the sixth young lady's wet nurse, my surname is Qi."
Zhang waved her hand and said, "Go and comfort the Sixth Miss and feed her milk."
Nanny Qi held Yin Fengyu, who was still in the cradle, and unbuttoned her clothes to feed her.
Only then did Yin Fengyu realize what was going to happen? He struggled immediately, but Yin Fengyu was still a baby at the moment, how could he refuse an adult!
In the end, she just accepted her fate and continued sucking milk. Zhang was relieved when she heard that Yin Fengyu had stopped crying.
Seeing that Aunt Wang and Aunt Feng were silent at the moment, he said: "Okay, the two of you stop targeting each other. You are all women, and it's not easy for you. You should get along well and make the master's backyard quieter.
Sixth Miss, you should stay in Yimeyuan! When the baby in my belly is born, I will raise both children myself. Aunt Wang is sick, so you should take good care of her! I won’t bother Aunt Wang anymore. oh! By the way, please ask Madam Liu to move two stools over. Madam Wang and Madam Feng are also tired of standing. ”
Nanny Liu immediately replied: "Yes, ma'am." After that, she immediately ordered someone to bring two stools over.
Afterwards, Zhang said to Aunt Feng: "Aunt Feng, you should take good care of the Third and Fifth Young Ladies. If you have nothing else to do, give them some advice and educate them. Although they are concubines' daughters, you still need to educate them well, so as not to bring shame to the Yin Mansion in the future."
The two concubines were stunned when they heard this, and immediately bowed and said, "Yes, Madam, I will remember your teachings."
Aunt Feng and Aunt Wang stood for a long time. At this moment, they received the order from the mistress and finally sat on the stool. They immediately felt that the pain in their feet was much less.
After they chatted for a while, Zhang asked, "Madam Liu, what time is it?"
Madam Liu said, "Madam, it's already 9 o'clock in the morning. Do you want to set up the meal?"
Zhang nodded and said, "Let's serve the meal! It's getting late."
Madam Liu clapped her hands, and eight or nine first-class maids in green clothes came in with food boxes and carefully placed the meals on the big table next to the main hall.
Afterwards, Nanny Liu helped Zhang up and walked to the main hall. Aunt Feng and Aunt Wang followed closely behind, and the maids and old women brought the second girl Yin Ziyue, the third girl Yin Zifeng, the fourth young master Yin Jing'an, and the fifth girl Yin Ziyao also walked over.
Since Master Yin Xu was not at home, Zhang sat at the head of the table, and the maids who served the four children also sat at the table.
Because Aunt Feng and Aunt Wang were concubines, they could not sit at the table and could only stand next to Zhang and serve at any time.
Then, five first-class maids with outstanding looks came over with a tray. On the tray was a small copper basin with warm water in it and a pure cotton white hand towel next to it. Next to it was a cup of tea and a spittoon for rinsing the mouth.
Zhang picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, rinsed her mouth, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and spit into the spittoon. Then wash your hands with warm water and finally wipe them with a white hand towel before starting to eat.
Of the remaining four children, only the eight-year-old Yin Ziyue could complete the task. The rest were too young and had to be served by maids and old women.
Yin Fengyu, who was standing by, looked at the scene and felt that it was familiar.
Suddenly, Yin Fengyu thought, isn’t this a scene from Dream of the Red Chamber? It is really too similar and too luxurious, even more luxurious than the scenes in Dream of the Red Chamber.
Yin Fengyu couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the Yin family has a mine? This is really too luxurious, even more luxurious than the Dream of the Red Chamber. There are a lot of maids and old women, and each of them is energetic and dressed very appropriately.
But the Jia Mansion in Dream of the Red Chamber was almost ruined at that time. Looking at the current scene, Yin Fengyu felt that the Yin Mansion was not far from ruin either.
But Yin Fengyu thought that this situation was different. The Yin family in Jiangnan had been standing for hundreds of years. The Yin family was like the aristocratic families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with land, retainers, government soldiers, etc.
It seems like it can survive for a few hundred more years! Moreover, his cheap father is in the limelight and is being highly valued by the current emperor. He will soon be promoted to the second assistant of the cabinet.
At this moment, Yin Fengyu also felt a little influenced by the TV dramas she had watched before. She couldn't help but think that the decline of a family would inevitably be accompanied by the withering of its descendants. But Yin Fengyu saw that her cheap father Yin Xu had children one after another, and it seemed that the family would not end so soon.
Yin Fengyu felt that her life was so miserable. On the second day after she traveled to the Great Sheng Dynasty, she saw the original life of wealthy ancient families, the strictly hierarchical inner house, the extravagant life, and the various oppressions of women. Do you have to consider your life all the time now?
After breakfast, everyone returned to the main hall. Zhang sat at the head of the table and said to Aunt Feng: "Aunt Feng, you should teach Miss San well when you have time. I just saw that Miss Feng couldn't sit still during breakfast and was moving around. She didn't learn the rules well. You should teach her well when you go back."
Aunt Feng quickly responded: "Yes, Madam, I will remember it."
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