Chapter 689: The Foot-Washing Girl Wants to Get the Top Job (32)
Second Madam Lan Maner has been locked up in the side courtyard for a month, and the eldest daughter Yuanyuan has been begging Zong Ying for a month.
These days, her daughter Yuanyuan has come to the East Courtyard to pay her respects to him rain or shine. Although she is still young, she is more sensible than an adult. Zong Ying was moved by her filial piety and asked Aunt Zhang to take her to the side courtyard to see Lan Maner, but the time must be controlled within half an hour.
"Thank you, Daddy." Yuanyuan's eyes were red and she was crying as Aunt Zhang took her out of Daddy's study. After leaving the East Courtyard, she pulled out a handkerchief and blew her nose, then stuffed it into Aunt Zhang's hand and walked straight to the path to the side courtyard.
Aunt Zhang put the dirty handkerchief into her sleeve without being surprised and chased after her.
Since the second madam's accident, the eldest daughter has matured overnight. Normally, the eldest daughter was most afraid of getting along with the master, but in the past month, the eldest daughter went to the master's east courtyard every day to pay respects and chat with the master, and thus received more attention from the master.
Lan Maner in the side courtyard heard that her daughter Yuanyuan was coming to see her, and hurriedly tidied up her room.
Although she had been unhappy because her daughter Yuanyuan was not a boy, the blood relationship was still engraved in her bones. During her time in the side courtyard, she missed her daughter Yuanyuan very much.
"Mammies, go out and have a rest. Here is some wine money prepared by the eldest daughter." Mammy Zhang took out a purse and grabbed a handful of copper coins for each of the maids guarding the side courtyard.
"Thank you, eldest daughter." The maids looked at each other, knowing that the eldest daughter was going to have a private chat with the second wife, and walked out of the side courtyard tactfully. Mammy Zhang stood at the door of the second wife Lan Maner's room, guarding the two people who were talking.
"Mother, how are you these days?" Yuanyuan hugged Lan Maner as soon as she entered the door. Seeing that she looked thin, her eyes unconsciously turned red.
"Good. Very good." Lan Maner's palm fell on her daughter's face, stroking it carefully, and sighed, "Yuanyuan has really grown up."
"Did those maids bully you?" Yuanyuan carefully touched her whole body, looked her up and down, and asked with concern, "Did they abuse you?"
"They dare not." Lan Maner held her hand, sat on the stool she had wiped many times, and said in a crying voice, "You shouldn't have come."
"You are my mother." Yuanyuan buried her head in her arms, tears falling like money, "When you were in trouble, I wanted to see you. But daddy never let go. After waiting for more than a month, I finally saw you."
"You silly child. What I did has nothing to do with you. Why did you make your daddy unhappy for me?" Lan Maner patted her on the back, "Promise your mother that you will not come to the side yard in the future."
"Mother, what are you talking about?" Yuanyuan's eyes were filled with tears, "You are my mother. Don't you want me anymore?" Her eyes inadvertently fell on her mother's slightly bulging belly.
"Silly child. How could I not want you?" Lan Maner hugged her tightly, hugged her poor child tightly, and said reluctantly, "You are the most intimate little cotton-padded jacket of mother. Mother loves you so much that she can't wait to love you. How could she not want you? But mother dare not have too much involvement with you. You are the only child of the master now, the apple of his eye. My existence is to discredit your identity."
"Mother, don't say that. If there is no you, where is I." Yuanyuan's tears fell on her neck, burning her soul.
Lan Maner couldn't help but think, if she hadn't been obsessed with the idea of giving birth to a boy to inherit the family property for the master, wouldn't it be a better choice to accompany her daughter Yuanyuan for the rest of her life?
"Mother, don't worry. You stay in the side yard and wait for me in a while..." Yuanyuan raised her hand to wipe her tears and said seriously, "When I grow up, I will definitely take you out of the side yard."
"What a good girl." Lan Maner hugged her again, and the tears she had been holding back fell on the child's shoulder, "If mother knew how good you were earlier, she wouldn't have taken so many detours."
"Mother, there is still a long time. We all have to wait well. Don't worry, your daughter will definitely let you live a good life." Yuanyuan's little hand fell around her eyes and wiped away her tears.
Lan Maner hugged her backbone tightly and cried loudly.
Half an hour passed quickly, and the maids chattered into the side yard, intending to remind the two people who were talking in the room to separate.
"Mother, I almost forgot to bring you something." Yuanyuan took out a package from her sleeve and put it on the table, smiling softly, "You used to love Xinji Pea Yellow. I asked someone to buy it for you."
"My daughter is always the best to me." Lan Maner hid the cake in her sleeve. You know, if the things were seen by the group of maids, they would be gone.
"Mother, I will come to see you next time." Yuanyuan said goodbye to her with tears in her eyes. Lan Maner couldn't bear to look at her and turned her back.
"The eldest lady is really a person with a sense of time." Aunt Cai patrolled Lan Maner's room and then locked the door again.
Yuanyuan's eyes were red, she sniffed, and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work, maids."
"It's all our duty." Aunt Wang and Aunt Li immediately spoke to please them, hoping to get some reward money, but they saw that the eldest lady and Aunt Zhang had walked out of the yard for a long way.
"How stingy." Madam Cai weighed the money she had received for the wine and complained, "Giving such a small amount of copper coins is like giving money to a beggar."
"Young Miss is a seven-year-old kid, how can she have so much money? You should be content." Madam Li bumped her arm and winked, "If you have the time, you might as well go to the Third Madam's room and look around to see if there are any good things."
"Didn't you two snatch the silver bracelet on the Third Madam's hand? What other good things are there?" Madam Cai stared at her wrist, obviously dissatisfied.
"Oh, talking about money is so vulgar. We might as well talk about the latest gossip in the mansion." Madam Wang hid the silver bracelet in her sleeve and started chatting with the two again.
"You said, the master always takes Shi Yi with him, never leaving his side. Is Shi Yi going to be promoted to the fourth wife?! What about us?" Madam Cai turned the iron holder in her hand and raised her eyebrows, "Hmm?"
"In my opinion, it's not even a start." Madam Li pursed her lips, "The first wife is not there to eat for nothing. She can let a foot-washing girl put pressure on her."
"Oh, the master is the one who calls the shots in this family!"
"The first wife is the boss of the backyard."
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The quarrel was noisy in her ears. Nanny Wang looked at the dead branches and leaves on the ground in the yard and suddenly regretted telling the two about this gossip.
(End of this chapter)
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