Ordinary clear day

Chapter 20 Woman
Shu Ning ignored these gossips, but it was Miss Su's rumor that she was surprised.She and Zhou Yinlan glanced at each other, both intending to follow up to inquire.

Not far away, I saw a middle-aged man driving away the suitor at the gate of Su Mansion in the distance.Zhou Yinlan quietly pulled Shuning to the side of the road.Xiaotao looked around for a while, then retracted and said, "I've seen that person before, he's Su Zuoling's younger brother." Shuning nodded and continued watching the play.

I saw the Second Lord Su scolding while chasing people away: "Little bastard who has been blinded by lard, the toad wants to eat swan meat. You don't take a piss and look like yourself, so you dare to come to our door to act wild Don’t you have a good sister who married Prince Xian’s son as a concubine? You didn’t even earn a side Fujin, so you really treat yourself as an uncle? Pooh! Why don’t you get out of here?! In the face of the son of the Prince's Mansion, I will not beat you, if you don't know who you are and leave, I will call someone to do it!"

He was so rude that the people around him were surprised.Zhou Yinlan whispered: "It's strange, although their family didn't have a good face before, they weren't so rude, but now it looks like this, they even have their face torn apart? Aren't they afraid of showing anger to the Prince's House?"

Xiaotao once again used her expertise in gossip: "I know this. I heard that this person's elder sister is the concubine of Prince Xian's son. The eldest son has been thinking about his son for several years, but he has taken four or five concubines and has not given birth to a single one. When this happened, he almost kicked this little wife out of the mansion. It was Prince Xian Fujin who did it for the sake of the mansion's face. Stop it. It's just that this aunt has fallen out of favor, and I'm afraid she won't be able to turn over for the rest of her life. This person doesn't have the backing of someone from the Prince's Mansion, and he doesn't have any fame, so people will naturally look down on him."

Shu Ning was speechless again. It is reasonable to say that these news are the secrets of the mansion. Where did Xiao Tao find out?

Xiaotao seemed to see the doubts on her girl's face, so she took the initiative to confess: "The maid of the Ha family, Shiliu, has always been close to me and Xiang'er. My sister-in-law is currently working in Prince Xian's mansion, and she is the rough envoy in the room of the eldest son Fujin. Shiliu heard about this, she can definitely believe it!"

Shu Ning's whole body was petrified there, she should have known earlier that she should not underestimate the gossip Xiaotao's gossip ability.Zhou Yinlan and Ying'er sniggered at the side.

The good show over there is still going on.The brother-in-law who was the son of the prince was not convinced: "My fair lady, a gentleman is so good. I am justified. Besides, I am still young, how do you know that I will not be in the future? What's more, I am talented and infatuated." One piece is definitely a good match for Miss, as long as Miss gets along with me more, she will definitely find my benefits. Your family is just a leader, how dare you look down on me like this?"

It's a pity that people only spat at him and ignored his sweet words: "Don't worry about it. Although my brother is a leader, my sister-in-law is a Mongolian noble daughter, the grandniece of the current empress dowager, our girl and the royal family They all bring relatives, golden branches and jade leaves, and you are worthy of it? You don’t want to inquire about it. My eldest niece is already engaged and will marry next year. They are one of the most noble families. They are the owner of the red flag. The son of Prince Kang, who is superb in martial arts and is extremely favored by the sage, has already been crowned heir. Once our girl gets married, she will be a side Fujin officially recorded in the genealogy. This is a marriage bestowed by the empress dowager in the palace. Compared with your sister It’s much stronger, you? Get the hell out of here!”

After all, he didn't even look at the man who was so stimulated and fell to the ground, he shook his hands and walked back to the gate. Several family members shouted and drove away the nearby onlookers, laughing loudly at the toad who wanted to eat swan meat He was as soft as a bone, pushing and driving him into the street.

Shu Ning looked around, and pulled Zhou Yinlan's sleeve. She understood, and quietly led the others through the side alley, to the street on the other side, found a soy milk shop, sat down and ordered a few bowls of soy milk.

Seeing that Zhou Yinlan was a little unhappy, Shuning asked her what was wrong.Zhou Yinlan sighed: "Usually I see elder sister Su being so flamboyant and doing her own way, but now she is going to marry into a wealthy family, I'm afraid life will be difficult." Shuning understood what she meant and fell silent.Ying'er couldn't understand, so she asked, "Miss, what do you mean by this? Wouldn't it be good to marry such a noble person? I heard that the eldest son is also a good-looking man with a bright future."

Zhou Yinlan remained silent, and Shuning explained for her: "Although the royal family has a high family status, the rules are also strict, and the capital is not as free as our Fengtian City. I am afraid that after the sister of the Su family gets married, she will be bound by the rules of the royal family. In our place, we have always been the master of one and only, in terms of the face of her parents and grandparents, who would not give her a three-pointer? But there are many nobles in Beijing, and she is not the main wife, I am afraid that she will be wronged. "

Zhou Yinlan sighed: "Even if she knows that being married is not happy, what else can she do? Women have never been able to decide their own destiny, let alone her marriage is the royal order? Now we see her still in such a high spirits, we don't know what will happen in the future. When we meet again, can she still retain this brilliance?"

Shuning's heart became heavy when she said that.Although she doesn't want to think about it, she also knows that due to her family background, she will participate in the draft when she is 13 years old, and her fate at that time is still unknown.According to the plot in Chuanwen, if she is selected into the palace, no matter whether it is being a female official until the age of 25 and living a life of fear every day, or being made a concubine by the emperor and spending her life in solitude, it is not what she wants The ending; and if you are lucky enough to marry a prince or a son of the clan, you will naturally feel better, but you have to endure three wives and four concubines of your husband, and you also have to worry that he will be involved in the turmoil of the Kowloon sequestration. It's not a good end either.

The most ideal situation is that if you are not selected, you will be sent back to your own family to marry yourself, but when the time comes, you will still have to decide who you marry. Maybe the grandparents in the Earl's Mansion in Beijing will get involved, no matter what the partner is, politics The interests of the marriage are paramount, and she won't even know how she died.

No matter what happens in the future, women in this era are just destined to suffer. No matter who they are, their fate is in the hands of others.Although she has been brought up as a feudal lady for many years, the deep-rooted modern obsession with freedom and independence still gives her the desire to control her own destiny.She tried her best to quietly improve the lives of herself and those around her, but it was still not enough.In the future, will she be engulfed by the old habits of this world, and helplessly obey the wishes of others, or will she be teased by fate, and face the cruelty of reality and face the cruelty of reality?
Xiao Tao at the side was frightened by the heavy atmosphere, and she flirted with Ying'er for a long time before she hesitated and said, "You two girls, it's getting late, look..."

It was only after she reminded Shuning that she woke up.Zhou Yinlan looked up at the sky, and it was almost dusk, she said with a smile, "It's all my fault, and my sister is also depressed, what about Sister Su's marriage, and what does it have to do with us? Let's go home quickly." Ning nodded, got up to pay the bill, and several people turned around and walked outside.

Suddenly a child rushed towards him obliquely from behind, as if someone was chasing him, he was too busy looking back, he didn't see the way, and bumped into Shu Ning.It was too late for others to stop her, Shu Ning was almost knocked to the ground by him.Xiaotao helped her to stand still, and she cursed, "What's the matter with you child? Why did you bump into me like this? What if you hit someone?" The child hurriedly bowed to accompany her, and stepped back .

At this moment, Shu Ning heard the sound of "squeaking" metal rubbing, and then her waist tightened, she understood, and immediately called "thief", two servants of the Zhou family immediately surrounded and grabbed the child.Xiaotao helped her check the purse tied around her waist, only to find that the rope that tied the purse had been cut, but fortunately there was still a silver chain attached to it.She patted her chest: "Fortunately, girls' purses are always tied with silver chains, otherwise the thief would have cut them off." She glared at the child: "Looking at your young age, why don't you learn well? !"

The child lowered his head and begged for mercy in a low voice. When he heard a servant who caught him cursing at the side saying that he would send him to the official, he became anxious and wished he could kneel on the ground and beg the two girls for mercy.Zhou Yinlan couldn't bear to look at it.

The two servants belong to her family, and she is older, so she should be the master, but the one who suffers in this matter is Shuning, she can't do it for her, it's a bit embarrassing.But how could Shuning fail to guess what she meant?She had nothing to lose, and she wouldn't really do anything to the thief. She came out to seek wrong ways at a young age, and she had her own difficulties.She was about to call for release, when suddenly a male voice came from beside her: "Miss, please be merciful."

The two followed the sound and saw a young scholar walking towards him.He was wearing a blue robe, the material was very old, and the elbows were still a little whitish, but he was neatly dressed, with good features, gentle and elegant, but a little thin.Shuning and Zhou Yinlan looked at each other, and listened to what he had to say.

Then, there was another story about orphans and widows, uncles bullied each other, mother was seriously ill, had no money for medical treatment, and was forced to take risks. However, the scholar's story was very touching. Zhou Yinlan's eyes were red when she heard it, and she looked at the man named A Song. The child's eyes were full of pity, Ying'er was obviously ready, once the young lady spoke out, she would give the money.

Although Shu Ning felt that this situation was so familiar and weird, she would still show sympathy, but she still told Ah Song the news that the government office would open a temporary free medical clinic in the back alley of the Yamen every three days every ten days , It will be the day after tomorrow, Ah Song's eyes are shining brightly, for him, this news is even more precious.

It seems that the publicity is not enough, Shuning is considering whether to tell her father about this matter, but Zhou Yinlan thinks she will mention it to her father.She was completely moved by Ah Song's experience and filial piety, and immediately asked someone to give him a few taels of silver, told him not to do this kind of thing again, and told him her family name, so that he could just come to find him when he was in trouble. .The scholar was also very moved. While helping to educate Ah Song, he also kept praising Miss Zhou's virtue and kindness.

(End of this chapter)