Chapter 029 Wash Your Own Clothes
After dinner, Yan Xiuxiu went to do laundry. She secretly took the clothes that the two Baoers had taken off to wash together. Jingtao felt very sorry.
Yan Xiuxiu said timidly, "Miss Jingtao, it's rare that the children don't dislike me. I am willing to take care of them. I treat them sincerely, so please don't refuse."
"Look at what my sister said. I feel a lot more relaxed now that you're helping me. Oh, look at me, what I said... The young lady thought I..." Jing Tao said nothing more, took the clothes that Yan Xiuxiu had washed and sent over, and quickly hung them up.
Jingtao has been very tired these days. Usually, she has two wet nurses and two maids to serve her, but now she has to do everything by herself. With Yan Xiuxiu's help, it is actually much better.
Looking at the washed clothes in her hands, Yan Xiuxiu did a really good job. The stains on Xingbao's clothes had been rubbed clean.
She was good at her job, which was all the result of her training in her husband's family. Her husband's family was not a small family, but seeing how capable she was, they even sold their maid and let her do all the big and small things alone. Her family members would beat and scold her, and her husband would beat her to death when he was drunk.
When talking about these things, Yan Xiuxiu only said one thing: if she died, she died; if she became a slave, she became a slave; if she was sold to a brothel, she was sold to a brothel; it was better than staying in that hell on earth.
Yan Xiuxiu took Feng Aoqing's clothes to wash again. Feng Aoqing was too embarrassed to do that and chased after her, but Yan Xiuxiu said that her hand was cut and she refused to let her go. She had no choice but to squat beside her and watch.
"Sister-in-law, these are my brother's clothes." Mo Nanzhou had just helped Mo Beiyuan change his clothes and took them over.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Wash!"
"My own clothes are washed by others! It's wishful thinking to wash them for him!" Feng Aoqing pointed at Yan Xiuxiu.
"No, it's fine for me to wash it, but my own clothes were torn by washing, and it was my third aunt who sewed them for me. I don't want to tear my brother's clothes by washing them again." Mo Nanzhou was telling the truth.
The cloth of this dress is hard and cannot be torn, but the seams are not strong enough.
"I'll come, I'll come. When Mr. Zhou's clothes are dry, give them to me. I'll sew them for you again so they won't get torn when washed." Yan Xiuxiu reached out to take the clothes.
Feng Aoqing pressed down Yan Xiuxiu's hand and said to Mo Nanzhou, "I see Minglei washes Mingyuan's clothes. It's not like Mo Beiyuan doesn't have a sister. If his sister is useless, he still has his mother!"
"Okay, roast me over the fire, thank you." Mo Nanzhou held the clothes and prepared to squat beside the two of them to wash them.
As she was speaking, Jingtao came out with a push of clothes. Feng Aoqing took a look and saw that they were Mo Shuyuan's.
Feng Aoqing snatched the clothes from the two people's hands and walked back into the house, throwing Mo Beiyuan's and her own clothes on Mo Shuyuan.
"You have to wash your brother's clothes and your own from now on! If you dare to let Jingtao wash a sock again, I will stuff the sock into your mouth." Feng Aoqing said word by word.
"Why?! She's a servant, why can't she help me with the laundry?"
Feng Aoqing slapped her on the face without any hesitation.
"Servants, right?"
"It's just a servant!"
"Mingyuan, find the family rules! You ignored your brother's words, but I'll remember them for you!"
"Mom! She hit me!" Mo Shuyuan covered her face and looked for her mother.
"I'm going to hit you!" Feng Aoqing slapped him again. "Everyone is working, but you still think you're the eldest daughter! You're just a female prisoner now! There's no difference between you and them!"
"There's a difference! There's a difference! I'm not a criminal!" Mo Shuyuan also began to shout hysterically.
"Yes, it's different. You're not even as good as them!"
"Feng Aoqing!"
"Your sister-in-law is right. Not only on the way, but even when you get to Yanguang, you are no longer a lady and no one will serve you." Mo Beiyuan said calmly.
"Brother, I didn't do it. You know, I have never done these things. I can't do it!" Mo Shuyuan burst into tears.
"If you don't know how to do it, you can learn. Look at your sister-in-law and Minglei. Aren't they the daughters of famous families? Even your sister-in-law Yi, with her baby in her arms, does everything herself. If they can do it, why can't you?"
Sun Lingzhu didn't expect to be praised, and was a little surprised.
"Brother, I don't want to, I don't want to. Doing these things will make my hands thicker. Once they become thicker, I will be... the same as a country woman. I don't want to! I don't want to!" Mo Shuyuan began to cry breathlessly.
"You don't have to wash my clothes. I can wash them myself." Mo Beiyuan found his clothes and said.
"Brother..."
"Yuan'er! Stop making trouble. It won't change anything. Just learn to do it!" Chen Yilan finally spoke.
Seeing that Chen Yilan didn't help her, Mo Shuyuan rolled her eyes and fainted.
Jing Tao saw that everyone was fainting and hurried over to help: "Master, Madam, take your time, teach slowly, the Third Miss is weak..."
Just as he was about to help, Feng Aoqing pulled him back.
What a joke, is she really dizzy? Can’t she see it?
Seeing Feng Aoqing's performance, the other members of the Mo family were quite tacit at this moment. They dispersed in an instant and went about their own business, as if nothing had happened.
Mo Shuyuan lay on the ground for a long time. Seeing that no one came to care for her, she had no choice but to get up and sit there crying quietly.
She had to wash her clothes, otherwise she would have nothing to change into. She had no choice but to wash them herself. Unexpectedly, the rain stopped at this moment.
She could have washed with rainwater in the porch, but now she had to go find water.
But where can we find water?
If I had known earlier, I would have pretended to be dizzy so that I wouldn’t have run out of water.
Mo Shuyuan stood helplessly in the yard and started crying again.
"Miss Mo." Someone called her.
Mo Shuyuan looked back and saw a young male prisoner, about her age. He didn't look like a vicious person, and it was unknown what crime he had committed to be sentenced to exile.
"Come with me. There is a horse trough over there with water in it. I want to make sure it is clean." The male prisoner said gently.
Mo Shuyuan wiped her tears and looked in the direction the male prisoner pointed. There was indeed a stone trough next to the courtyard wall. This might have been a place to tie horses in the past, so a stone trough was made for horses to drink water.
There is also a stone vat and a stone table next to it, which may be used to wash saddles, and can be used for washing clothes.
Mo Shuyuan walked over and put the clothes on the stone platform that was washed clean by the rain. Since there was no ladle, the male prisoner used his hands to scoop water for her to wet the clothes and taught her how to wash the clothes.
"I haven't asked for your name yet, sir?" Mo Shuyuan felt much better and started chatting with the male prisoner.
"My name is Qin Mu."
"Qin?" Mo Shuyuan looked up in surprise. "Could it be that you are the son of Mr. Qin from the Household Registration Office, whose property was confiscated not long ago?"
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
The Qin family was even more miserable. Qin's father and the eldest son of the Qin family were beheaded for corruption. The women in the family who were married were sold as slaves and could never be redeemed. All the unmarried women were sent to brothels.
The last remaining son of the Qin family was sentenced to exile.
Mo Shuyuan looked at this man carefully and found that he was a young man from a noble family. No wonder he was so different from other male prisoners.
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