Duan Xinyan was so upset by Qiao Feng's sneer that she was almost dead. What was she showing off about? She was just a little apprentice. Here she helped her elder sister cook, and in the capital, she helped Ma Xiaomai's mother brew wine. What was the difference between her and a little maid who did rough work?
Tsk, her status is not as high as Chun'er who serves her, yet she dares to show off in front of her. Duan Xinyan was so angry that she wanted to rush in to fight her, but Chun'er pulled her away.
Chun'er didn't want to watch her young lady being dragged on the ground by the eldest lady by her hair again, so she persuaded her to leave under the pretext of cutting the hem of her skirt.
"I'm so angry! She's even worse than you. Why should I be angry with her? Sooner or later, I'm going to tear her mouth apart!" Duan Xinyan returned to her room still angry. Chun'er was afraid that she would cause trouble, so she said, "Calm down, my dear lady. Can't you see that the eldest lady loves her very much?"
Chun'er's words implied that she shouldn't make things difficult for herself, but she became even angrier when she heard that. "Which side are you on? Don't get it wrong, you're mine. We're on the same side!"
"Miss Qiaofeng is a good girl. Please don't be hard on her. Besides..." Chun'er swallowed the rest of her words. She has served Duan Xinyan for several years. How could she not know her little thoughts?
Originally, Chun'er wanted to say that Ma Xiaomai liked Qiaofeng and advised her not to waste her time. If she was in the palace, she would have said this casually, but here she thought better of it. If Duan Xinyan got angry and made a fuss, they might both be punished by the eldest lady.
"What's so good about her? How can she compare to me? They bully me and make me angry, and now you are trying to make me angry too. I, I won't live anymore!" Duan Xinyan kicked the table leg, but she kicked too hard, and the pain made her hug her foot and walk around in circles.
"This broken table comes to bully me. Why does it need such a hard table?" She was so angry that she fell on the chair and pounded the table several times.
Chun'er couldn't help laughing, and she got even angrier when she saw it. "Okay, you're still laughing, are you trying to help them piss me off to death?"
"How could I laugh?" Chun'er refused to admit that she laughed.
"Not yet. Are you looking at me as if I'm blind? Can the corners of your mouth turn up without you smiling?"
"Oh, Miss, please stop making trouble. I see that the young lady treats you very well. She even protected you before. The young lady is actually very kind! We are on the same side as them, so please stop the you-and-I-who-you-are-the-same-other ...
"She's kind-hearted?" Duan Xinyan rolled her eyes at Chun'er. "If she was kind-hearted, she wouldn't have asked me to do rough labor, and she wouldn't have let Dad force me to come here. I think she's just being mean and can't stand me getting along."
"She likes to do the rough work, so why does she have to drag me along? I don't want to do it. I want to go home, I want to go home!"
She lay on the table and cried.
Qiaofeng returned to her room with a small bowl filled with leftover meat. She washed it with water and brought it back to her room to add to the bowls of the two silver fox cubs. She shared a room with Erniu and Sanniu, right next to Duan Xinyan and Chun'er's. She overheard Duan Xinyan's last few words and was about to rush in to confront her, but when she heard her crying, Qiaofeng sneered.
Why couldn't Duan Xinyan do the work that she and her master could do? In terms of her background, although she was the county magistrate's daughter, she was also a legitimate daughter. The legitimate daughter was superior to the illegitimate daughter, so why couldn't she, a illegitimate daughter, do the work that she and her master could do?
How ridiculous!
As Qiaofeng was leaving, she deliberately made a lot of noise. Chun'er ran out, peeked in, and turned back, saying, "Oh no! It's Qiaofeng! She must have heard what the young lady said just now. What should we do? Will she tell the eldest young lady?"
"You can listen to it if you want. Go ahead and tell her if you want. Why are you so nervous? She's not a daughter of this mansion. Even if my eldest sister loves her, can she go over me?"
Chun'er wanted to ask her, "Can we have some understanding?" She didn't see the eldest lady say a harsh word to Qiaofeng, but she saw the eldest lady dragging her own daughter to the ground by her hair.
"Why are you holding a pair of scissors for no reason?" Duan Xinyan glanced at the scissors in her hand and asked her with a glare.
Chun'er grabbed the skirt she had dug out of the box and shook it. "What else can I do? The eldest lady asked me to cut the hem of my skirt shorter. This skirt is from last year, so I'd rather cut this one. If I don't cut it, my skirt will drag all over the yard when I walk around."
"Do you really want to sweep it?" Duan Xinyan had no such intention, nor did she think that Jian Ning was serious. Anyway, she just listened to what she said and didn't take it to heart at all.
"I have a few rooms to clean up, but I can't spare any time to help you, young lady. Judging from your behavior, I'm afraid you'll really starve if you don't obey me."
Duan Xinyan thought that Jian Ning would really do what she said, and she suddenly felt terrible. She lay on the table, kicking her legs and crying.
Erlangzi came to the backyard to pack up his things. He and Tong Bajin used to live in the backyard, but now that Duan Xinyan came, they wanted to move to the house in the front yard where the yamen runners lived, which was also the house where wool was stored before.
He walked over and heard someone crying in the room over here. Curious, he came over to take a look. Duan Xinyan just happened to wipe her tears and stood up to go to the toilet. She turned around and met Erlangzi's gaze. She screamed in surprise and then shouted angrily, "Who are you?"
Erlangzi was also startled by her reaction, and then he said in a gruff voice: "I, I am Erlangzi!"
"What a messed up name! Is your last name Er?"
"My last name is Shi. Oh, and my parents named me Shi Yunlai. Erlangzi is my nickname. Why is this name so confusing?"
"Oh!" Duan Xinyan covered her ears and stamped her feet, saying, "You're talking like thunder, so noisy, and you're not ugly. Get out of the way and don't block the door. Don't you know that a good dog doesn't block the road?"
"You woman... forget it, I won't say anything to you." Erlangzi walked towards the house where he and Tong Bajin lived before.
"Uncle Shi!" Qiao Feng came out of the kitchen carrying a tray. Seeing him, she hurriedly called out, "The food is ready. Eat first and then clean up. I'll help you carry it over later."
"My lord and Brother Dali have gone to look for Shouzheng. I will wait for you to come over and eat together. It doesn't matter if the food is cold in this weather. We can still eat it." After Erlangzi said this, he did not forget to glance at Duan Xinyan.
What he meant was, seeing how polite Miss Qiaofeng was, even though he was not very smart, he could guess that Duan Xinyan was Jian Ning's half-sister.
She's a young lady from a royal palace, yet she's so unruly and spoiled. No wonder she hasn't found a husband yet. Who would dare to marry her?
"Why did you turn around and look at me when she was talking to you? And you stared with your eyes wide open. Who are you trying to scare to death?" Duan Xinyan gouged his eyes out. "Ugly freak."
"What's so ugly about Uncle Shi?" Qiao Feng couldn't stand her being so hurtful. She raised her chin and said to her, "Uncle Shi's hair hasn't grown out yet, so he looks a little weird. Don't say he's not ugly. Even if he really is ugly, there's no point in saying that to his face."
"What does it matter to you if I say that? Could it be..." Duan Xinyan rolled her eyes and looked at Qiao Feng sideways, "Could it be that you have a crush on him?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qiao Feng put down the tray. "I'll tear your mouth apart!" She rushed towards Duan Xinyan angrily.
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