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Text Chapter 7 When will spring flowers and autumn moon come?

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    In the messy kitchen, there were mountains of coarse porcelain bowls piled in front of Chen Yinger. She sat on a small stool and washed the dishes. Although the weather was not warm, she wiped the sweat from her forehead from time to time.  The old woman was moving big baskets of vegetables, breathing heavily. She was using a woman's soul to write the masculinity that originally belonged to men.  "Ying'er, you don't mind if I call you this, do you?" The man-in-law spoke while working, her voice still ringing. Chen Ying'er raised her head and smiled. Her thoughts were simple. If others were good to her, she would also be good to others.  , she doesn¡¯t dare to resist when others treat her badly.  "Being a waiter in the kitchen is a wonderful job. It can be eaten and used. It serves multiple purposes." "Used for use?" Chen Ying'er was puzzled.  The man-in-law was very generous. She grabbed a cucumber and played with it twice. Chen Ying'er's face instantly turned red and she quickly lowered her head.  "We are all women. Besides, your son has reached the age of marriage. What is there to be ashamed of? But your son is really handsome. If I were half like him, I wouldn't be unable to get married," the man-in-law said carelessly.  He continued: "What's the matter with you? A woman like you doesn't have to worry about not having a man, right? Where is the child's father?" Chen Ying'er's red face gradually turned white, and she pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.  .  "Look at my mouth, it's a mouthful. Ying'er, don't mind." Chen Ying'er shook her head and said she wouldn't mind, but she tried to change the subject.  "Why are the dishes you moved in so bad?" "Our kitchen is mainly for the servants and servants in the outer courtyard to eat. At this time, energy saving and having vegetables to eat are already much better than in the farmhouse, not to mention that every meal has to be grabbed.  Who cares about food? And I don¡¯t have any cooking skills. I know how to feed pigs and cook, no matter how salty or bland it is.¡±  I want to tell you, you don¡¯t need to wash the dishes so cleanly, otherwise you won¡¯t be able to finish them.¡± ¡°If you don¡¯t wash them, they will get sick if they eat them.¡±  Sometimes the dishes are not washed. " Chen Ying'er seemed a little confused. She looked at the husband and then at the rough porcelain bowl in front of her. She swallowed what she wanted to say. She still washed it meticulously.  "What's going on? What time is this? The dishes haven't been washed yet!" A woman of about forty years old came in at the door. Chen Ying'er had already been introduced. She was the wife of Wang Gui, the housekeeper in charge of purchasing in the mansion.  The older and more senior people call her Wang Gui's wife, while the younger and less qualified people call her Wang's sister-in-law. She is responsible for the kitchen affairs in the mansion and has considerable power.  Wang Gui's family glanced at Chen Ying'er who was washing dishes, and said with a rather unhappy expression.  "Sister-in-law of the Wang family, Ying'er is a relative of Housekeeper Jia. She is not yet skilled at working in the kitchen on her first day. She will not be so slow in the future." The man-in-law explained with a smile.  Butler Jia?  Wang Gui's family snorted and looked at Chen Ying'er with an intriguing look. "This is not a reason. What I want is the result." After a pause, she continued: "Winter is coming soon. I need to make pickles these days.  "Hurry up and wash the dishes, then wash and cut these radishes and mustard greens into cubes. This must be done today." The woman came and left. Chen Ying'er looked at the radishes and other vegetables piled up outside.  Feeling a little dizzy Qiuyue was wearing pajamas and a quilt, holding a bowl of ginger soup in her hand, shivering on the bed.  Standing in front of her was a woman about her age.  "I have already applied for leave with the old lady for you. You can take a good rest these two days." The woman's name is Chunhua, and she is also the maid in the old lady's room.  Spring Flower and Autumn Moon are used as names of people, the former is vulgar and the latter is elegant, and the person lives up to his name.  The two sisters are in harmony with each other. On the surface, they are at peace with each other, but secretly they are bleeding like a river.  The maids in the Duke's Mansion, especially the eldest maids, have considerable income, good working environment, and good treatment, but they cannot work for a lifetime. Generally, they enter the government at the age of ten, and they can't work until they are eighteen at most, because  They are of marriageable age.  Qiuyue was sold to the Duke's Mansion by human traffickers since she was a child. She couldn't remember her parents clearly. She couldn't let her family match her to choose her son-in-law. Then she would be like a domestic slave like Chunhua. There were only two endings: one, being raped by the master of the Jia Mansion.  , recruited by young masters, promoted from maids to maids, and those who are better are promoted to aunts; secondly, they "match each other" with the young boys in the outer courtyard who are covered in mud and smell of horse manure. This is a good match for them.  It's simply a disaster.  Chunhua and Qiuyue have served the old lady for these years, and the old lady intends to marry them to the two young masters of the first house.  The eldest young master is a polite and modest gentleman, while the second young master is arrogant and domineering. Chunhua likes the eldest young master, but the eldest young master seems to be interested in Qiuyue.  Chunhua once asked Qiuyue about thisQiuyue's answer annoyed her: We are rootless people. No matter what the old lady arranges, we can only suffer in silence. This is our fate.  The deep helplessness in Qiuyue's words became a naked show off in Chunhua's ears: Who doesn't know that the old lady loves the eldest young master the most, and as long as the eldest young master and the old lady reveal who they want, that's who they want.  Qiuyue accidentally fell into the water and was kissed and touched by a man. Chunhua was so happy that she only wished she had not witnessed it at the time. If this matter was not publicized, wouldn't it be an injustice to God's good intentions?  "Qiuyue, do you know who the boy who saved you is?" Regardless of their young age, the maids in the house have helped the adults with work since they were young. They have come into contact with many people and seen many things.  As a result, she developed the ability to observe words and emotions and cope with society. Qiuyue glanced at Chunhua and could probably guess what she was thinking.  Wei Wei is a little funny, is it so attractive to fill a house for the young master?  She thought about Chen Xu's innocent smile again and wanted to slap him in the face. She was not an unreasonable person. Looking back now, he should have "molested" her to save her.  Chen Xu?  Distant relative of Butler Jia?  Qiuyue thought about this name.  "Qiuyue, do you know that you are in danger today? I heard from the maids that you two almost drowned in the pond together." "Drown? Then Chen Xu, can't he swim?" Chunhua smiled.  Said: "As the person involved, don't you know what happened at that time? You were like an octopus wrapped around his body. Even if he knew how to swim, he would be drowned. What's more, he had a broken arm at the time." "Broken."  "I lost an arm? What's going on?" Qiuyue had a vague impression. She blushed slightly when she heard the sentence "like an octopus." She couldn't help but feel worried after hearing the second part.  "It was just a dislocation. Later, he was able to support it himself. But in that situation, he dared to swim over to save you. He was indeed very courageous." Chunhua was like a matchmaker. She praised Chen Xu as much as possible. She wanted to do it  The only thing he wanted to do was to persuade Qiuyue so that no one would compete with her for the position of the eldest young master¡¯s concubine. ¡°It is said that you were not angry at that time, and then he touched and kissed you for some reason and made you spit out a few words, and you came back to life.  "Qiuyue's cheeks were a little flushed, and Chunhua shut up at the right time. Some things need to be done step by step, and going too far is not enough.  The two of them were silent in the room for a long time, and Qiuyue suddenly said: "Chunhua, help me go to the outer courtyard to see him, and bring him some ginger soup by the way. It will be troublesome if he catches the cold." Finally, Chunhua was excited because her words were not wasted.  My heart was beating fast, as if there was a frightened deer inside.  The focus of the conversation between the two had now left the Duke's Mansion. Chen Xu first went to the bank to break the banknotes and exchange them for loose silver coins. He also bought gold sore medicine and herbs for treating typhoid fever at the drug store, and bought shochu at the liquor store.  Chen Xu carried these things through Chongwenmen and came to the outer city.  Dayan¡¯s law stipulates that those with a title of birth member or above are exempted from the city tax.  When leaving the city, Chen Xu was queuing up and thinking: With fame, you don't need to be led by someone when you go out, you don't have to kowtow when you meet an official, and you don't have to pay taxes when you enter the city. No wonder the people are so crazy about fame.  The one in front of the queue was a rich man. The servant asked him for taxes. He opened his eyes wide and slapped him with a big-eared scraper, "Open your eyes and look, I am your uncle Liu Yanei."  After letting him go with his face covered, he stopped Chen Xu again.  Chen Xu glared in a similar manner, and with a "pop" sound, he scratched his ears again, "Open your dog eyes and look, I am your uncle Xu Dong'er." Chen Xu swaggered out of the city, and the guard covered his face, very confused.  look like.  Who is Xu Dong'er?  Why are there so many uncles today ;
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