"Okay, as you say. If you haven't moved when I come back, I'll sharpen my knife and kill you, chop you up and feed you to Baimei and Guoguo."
Baimei was jumping and chasing Guoguo, following Ding Youtian and was almost out of the backyard when he suddenly heard his name being called. He turned around and flapped his wings to fly towards the house where Duan Xinyan lived.
Guoguo was even faster than it. The two of them rushed into the room one after the other. They both raised their heads and stared at Duan Xinyan, who was sitting on the bed wrapped in the quilt. Their eyes were like staring at a piece of food, with a hint of inquiry in their eyes, as if wondering if the meat was tender and delicious. Duan Xinyan was so angry that she picked up the jade pillow she brought from the palace, but she didn't bring herself to smash it down.
"Get out! Get out of here!"
She raised the jade pillow and pretended to hit Guoguo and Baimei. Baimei glanced at her with disdain, then jumped onto Guoguo's back and pressed lightly on the back of Guoguo's head with his right paw, just like stepping on the accelerator of a car. Guoguo flicked his tail and carried him away from Jian Ning's feet.
Seeing Jian Ning still standing in the room, staring down at her, Duan Xinyan threw the blanket at her and yelled at her, "Get out! Get out now!"
"Duan Xinyan!" Jian Ning's face darkened, and she lifted the quilt thrown at her feet with her toes, "Pick it up for me immediately!"
"I'd rather..." Duan Xinyan didn't say "no" yet when she met Jian Ning's gaze. She leaned forward, screamed, jumped to the ground barefoot, grabbed the quilt and crawled back to the bed.
"You're smart! You'd better do as I say, otherwise you will regret it!" After saying that, Jian Ning turned and left.
In the room, Duan Xinyan threw the quilt to the ground again. She felt like she couldn't live anymore. She was raised in the palm of Min's hand. She never thought that one day she would become a maid cleaning the yard!
The more she thought about it, the more hopeless she felt. She buried her face in the quilt and sobbed.
Chun'er brought in the water for washing her face, and Erniu and Sanniu also helped her bring the wash box. In the box was the toothpaste that Jian Ning had made with camphor, salt and honey, and the toothbrush that Ding Youtian had made with ox bones and wool according to Jian Ning's instructions.
Erniu and Sanniu came into the room and saw her crying. They looked at each other and started laughing.
"You guys are laughing..." Duan Xinyan was so angry that she didn't finish her words when a big bubble of snot suddenly popped up.
Now Erniu and Sanniu laughed even more happily. The two little ones put their hands on each other's shoulders and laughed until they fell down. Chun'er couldn't help but burst out laughing. Seeing Duan Xinyan glaring at her, she quickly put down the basin and ran away to hide and laugh silently.
"Auntie." Sanniu had laughed enough and walked over to tug at Duan Xinyan's sleeve. "Hurry up and get dressed and wash up. After you're done, my second sister and I will help you clean the yard. Hurry up and get up."
One night the wind blew, and the yard was covered with apple leaves. Erniu and Sanniu were quite enthusiastic at first, and Yuanbao and Jinbao also tried to help sweep with their tails. However, there was occasional wind today, and the leaves that had been swept up were blown away again.
"Oh, I don't want to sweep anymore, sister. The wind is always against us. Let's go to play with the flower rope." Erniu was the first to quit. She and Sanniu together were not even as high as the broom. She threw away the broom and quit.
Sanniu sighed like a little adult and threw away the broom, "Auntie, I'll help you sweep when I grow up."
The two little ones were confined by Ding Youtian and were not allowed to leave the yard. They ran back to the house hand in hand to play with the flower rope.
As soon as they ran away, Yuanbao and Jinbao also ran away.
This guy, Duan Xinyan was so angry that she threw away the broom. Before she had swept a few times, the palm of her hand was hurt by the bamboo broom.
"Miss." Chun'er came out with a basin of dirty water to change the water. She also had to clean the tables, chairs, and benches in several rooms. Seeing Duan Xinyan sitting on the diagonal corridor, staring at the sky in a daze, she reminded her, "Sweep it quickly when the wind stops. If you don't, the young lady won't give you food."
"Oh, it's so annoying!" Duan Xinyan kicked the broom in annoyance. She couldn't understand why Jian Ning couldn't afford to hire a servant. Aunt Li had chosen a servant mother and a maid for her, but she had rejected them all.
Zhenzhen is a weird person. If she likes to do the rough work, she can do it by herself. No one is stopping her, so why does she have to drag herself into it? Isn't this torturing her?
Yes, Duan Xinyan suddenly thought, her mother made Jian Ning become a farmer's wife. She must have suffered a lot in the past years. Is she trying to get back at her? But she couldn't beat Jian Ning. What should she do?
Duan Xinyan's gaze fell on the broom at her feet. She stood up and grabbed the broom as if it were a spear, shouting "Stab!" "Stab!" Every time she shouted, she thought viciously in her heart that this stab would pierce Jian Ning's chest, and she instantly felt much more comfortable.
Erlangzi came from the front yard. He had nothing to do at the moment, so he planned to go to the backyard to chop firewood. When he came, he saw Duan Xinyan holding a broom as a spear. He had seen the city defense soldiers use spears, but not like Duan Xinyan, so he couldn't help but look at her twice more.
"What are you looking at? Ugly..." Duan Xinyan swallowed the word "weird" and raised her chin, shouting at him, "Hey, you what, come here!"
Erlangzi paused, unsure if she was calling him. After a moment's hesitation, she beckoned him impatiently, "Come here, what are you standing there for?"
"What's the matter?" Erlangzi asked and walked over.
Duan Xinyan handed the bamboo broom to him and said, "I'm going to the toilet. Please sweep the yard for me first. Make sure it's clean."
After saying that, without caring whether Erlangzi would do it or not, she threw the broom into his arms, turned around, patted her butt and left.
Erlangzi thought she would be here soon, so he just swept the yard. After all, cleaning the yard and chopping firewood were usually done by him and Tong Bajin. He didn't say anything and began to sweep the yard honestly. When he finished sweeping the whole yard, he went to the kitchen to get a bamboo basket and put the yellow fallen leaves into it. These could be used as fire starter. Jian Ning said to save them for smoking meat in winter.
When he finished, Duan Xinyan was still nowhere to be seen. He was worried that she might have fallen into the toilet, so he ran to the toilet in the backyard and shouted a few times outside.
"The young lady is in the room. What are you calling her for?" Chun'er came over to scrub the rag. When she heard him calling Miss Duan, she looked at him strangely. She didn't understand why he was running around and shouting when her young lady was staying in the room.
Erlangzi scratched his head, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. He strode to the corner of the yard where the firewood was piled, picked up the axe and started chopping the firewood.
At noon, Duan Xinyan, Erniu and Sanniu were playing shuttlecock in the yard. Jian Ning and Qiaofeng came over from Cao's house. Seeing that the yard and the corridor were quite clean, Jian Ning thought that Duan Xinyan had been in the military camp for a while, so she was quite good at her work when she worked seriously, so she smiled at her.
"I'll go cook. It will be quick and we'll be eating soon." Jane Ning's eyes showed admiration for her. She should be encouraged for doing a good job.
Little did she know that when she saw this smile, Duan Xinyan felt guilty, but also inexplicably pleased. She followed Jian Ning and Qiao Feng into the kitchen as if possessed by a ghost.
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