The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 3

Although Seventh Lady hadn't been taken to the eldest wife's house to support her, the news that she was going to move her home spread throughout the Yang Mansion within a day.

"The eldest lady is kind. She is afraid that if Miss Seven loses her mother, she will have fewer people to teach. If there is no one to teach, then..." Jiu Yiniang said meaningfully, "Miss Seven has also reached the age where she should be sensible."

Qi Niangzi has just turned six years old, Jiu Geer and Ba Niangzi of the second room are born with her, Jiu Geer is just a child, Ba Niangzi has never even taken a needle.In Qinianzi's hands, there are already cocoons made by needlework.

Fourth Yiniang looked away, smiled slightly, and didn't answer Jiu Yiniang's words.

This is a very delicate woman, she looks only 27 or [-] years old, but she is wearing a lotus blue double-breasted long jacket with hidden hibiscus patterns. She only wears a pair of earrings and a silver phoenix hairpin all over her body. expensive.For those who don't know, who doesn't say that she is the mistress of the house?But fate was hard, so she went to Yang's mansion to be the fourth aunt.

Jiu Yiniang still kept smiling, Seventh Lady stood in front of Jiu Yiniang, looked at Jiu Yiniang, then at Fourth Yiniang, without saying a word.

The atmosphere turned cold for a moment, until San Niangzi walked in with a smile on her face.

She also held a bottle of Beauty Shrugging in her hand, and a newly opened plum blossom was inserted in the bottle, which bloomed sparsely, immediately adding a fragrance to the room that only smelled of medicine.

"Hello Jiu Yiniang, I haven't come to see Jiu Yiniang for a long time." The third lady smiled before she could say anything, her round face was full of joy and rushed out, "Seventh sister, look at the plum blossoms that third sister picked."

Seventh Lady then walked a few steps, went to Third Lady and looked at the plum blossom carefully.

Although San Niangzi spoke politely, she only got a few feet away from Jiu Yiniang's bed, and she refused to go any further.

Maybe it's because she's afraid of being overly sick... After all, she's still young, and she hasn't learned all the twists and turns of Fourth Aunt.

Seventh Lady raised her eyes and smiled innocently, "Third Sister, it smells so good."

"Although plum is three points inferior to snow, snow is not as fragrant as plum." The third lady turned around with satisfaction and put the bottle on the small cabinet, tilting her head and looking at it for a moment. "Well, it's just beautiful, and this white plum is the only one missing in Aunt Jiu's house! The winter spirit will come out now, won't it?"

The beauty shrugged the bottle that San Niangzi held. It looked like a Zheng kiln bottle, and it was glazed after the rain... This bottle is outside, and it can be sold for more than 40 taels of silver.Not to mention it's only November, where can we find such a beautiful white plum blossom?
After all, Fourth Aunt was a little dissatisfied. Although she didn't say anything, she let her daughter show her wealth.

Jiu Yiniang looked around, seeing the yellowed walls, rusty locks, and moldy cabinets, and coughed, and Qiniang hurried back to Jiu Yiniang's bed to pat her on the back.

The unnatural expression on Fourth Auntie's face was fleeting.

"Seventh Lady is filial." She praised.

Seventh Lady lowered her brows and was pleasing to the eye, "Fourth Aunt is too proud."

"It's just," Si Yiniang changed the subject, "Even though Jiu Yiniang is the biological mother, she is only a servant after all. Seventh lady must remember that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority."

She looked at Qiniangzi with a smile, and Jiuyiniang's cough became worse.

Si Yiniang is like this, everything she does is covered in clouds and mist, making it difficult for people to see her intentions.Seventh Lady didn't know why she suddenly wanted to take herself under her knees to be raised, and why she came to show her wealth once and said such an ambiguous sentence.

She lowered her eyes and was about to speak.

Jiu Yiniang suddenly held her hand.

Seventh Lady immediately changed her subject.

"Auntie, I'll get you a glass of water." She nodded apologetically to Fourth Aunt, then hurried to the outside room, staring at the bean-blue coarse porcelain tea bowl, couldn't help but sighed.

Qin Niangzi is not greedy for wealth and honor, and she doesn't like those cold things she wears.But in the eldest wife's house, even a piece of grass has its origin, but Jiu Yiniang can only use rough porcelain tea bowls, and it is only a matter of two pennies if broken.

In the final analysis, isn't it because Jiu Yiniang gave birth to Jiu Ge'er, who was brought into the house by the eldest wife and recognized as her own son?

The eldest wife's mind is also a bit narrow-minded, Jiu Ge'er has grown up, if he knows that Jiu Yiniang died in such a desolate way, it is hard to guarantee that he will not have any complaints in his heart.

Seventh Lady suddenly felt cold all over, not knowing what the eldest lady meant by picking her up.

She originally thought that she was Jiu Ge'er's twin sister, and that she should be brought up under her knees because of emotion and reason, regardless of the face of the monk or the Buddha.After all, the blood relationship between her and Brother Jiu is endless, and they are almost identical... If you just point to an aunt to raise him, Brother Jiu will inevitably be embarrassed when he grows up.And the eldest wife should also teach her to be a submissive and obedient young lady who can stand on the table, so that she will not embarrass the future head of the Yang family when she comes to her husband's house.

However, the eldest wife may also be too lazy to spend any more effort to bring up a concubine daughter, not to mention that she has been raised by Jiu Yiniang until she is six years old, no matter how close she is with the eldest wife, she still has a biological mother in her heart.

Maybe, the eldest wife didn't want her in the first place, so she didn't take her to the main house together.

Asking her to go there now is just for the convenience of tidying up.

But if this is the case, the eldest wife can push her along and push her to the fourth aunt.Think of a way in the next year, wait for something to happen to her, and say that Fourth Aunt has not been well-bred. After all, she is the twin sister of Nine Brothers, and she is somewhat decent. It is only natural that the Elder Master will be unhappy...

But Mama Wang heard that Si Yiniang had come to sit for a while, so she came over in a hurry. Jiu Yiniang just mentioned that Si Yiniang wanted to adopt her, and she took herself into the main house.The eldest wife, most likely still want to use her.

Or have any other thoughts, I don't know.

Seventh Lady smiled wryly at the teapot, poured a shallow cup of tea into the back room, Fourth Yiniang was talking to Jiu Yiniang.

"...Is it the person raised in your stomach after all, you have become like this, there is not even a word over there..."

Jiu Yiniang sees the tricks, "Si Yiniang just said that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority."

"But this biological mother, after all, is the biological mother." Si Yiniang's words were mixed, she looked at the happy third lady, "You haven't seen him since he fell to the ground, right? He looks good now Taller……"

"Yiniang drinks tea." Seventh Lady took the tea cup calmly, Jiu Yiniang sat upright and took the teacup, sipping one mouthful at a time.

"Hey, she looks just like Seventh Lady!" Fourth Aunt seemed to know that they were twin siblings only today, she patted her thigh and shouted.

Seventh Lady couldn't help smiling.

"What's Seventh Sister laughing at?" Third Lady asked innocently, "But seeing this white plum, I feel at ease? I knew you wouldn't normally see such a rare thing."

Master Yang has just been re-elected as Governor of Jiangnan this year, and the Weaving Mansion and Yantie Division under his command are good places to make money like a cornucopia.Second Master Yang is an official in the capital, he is the most honorable academician with a bright future.The two Yang mansions together occupy one street, and this street is called Eryang Street.The Yang family is one of the most famous and well-known families in the south of the Yangtze River, why can't Seven Lady even see a single white plum?
Besides, every winter, Master Yang takes his wife and concubine to Xiangxuehai to see the plum blossoms, and sometimes they stay for half a month. ——The white plum blossoms in Xiangxuehai are the most famous.

What San Niangzi said was referring to her name and surname, and said to the face that Qi Niangzi was not to be favored.

Seventh Lady raised her eyebrows.

"Third sister, you're being polite...I usually take care of my aunt, but I really don't care about these playthings. This beauty shrugs the bottle, isn't it a good thing?"

The third lady had a smug look on her face, she was still young and didn't know how to restrain herself.

"It's going to sell for more than 100 taels outside."

"Sigh, such precious things are all registered." Jiu Yiniang suddenly said, "Third Lady is young and ignorant, so she just brought it to us casually. If it breaks, who's to blame... Fourth aunt won't stop me?"

Fourth Aunt smiled all over her face, looking at her daughter dotingly.

"How can she listen to me when I talk. I was thinking about Seventh Sister, so I picked up a bottle and filled it."

The meaning of Jiu Yiniang is very clear, everyone is a slave, Seventh Lady was born by her aunt, and so are you.There are plenty of valuables in your house, don't smack your face and pretend to be fat.

The fourth aunt put it more directly: this bottle is a rotten street product, and no one in our house takes it seriously.

Seventh Lady blesses Third Lady lightly. "Then thank you, Third Sister, for your kindness."

The third lady was a little ignorant, but the fourth aunt glared at her, and she smiled sweetly again, "Seventh sister, don't be so polite with the third sister, you don't go out for many years in the Nanbiao dean, as a big sister Taking care of you is what it should be."

No matter how well-bred Seventh Lady was, she couldn't help but feel secretly displeased.

The third lady looked happy, but actually...

Everyone talked for a while, and finally, Fourth Aunt got up to leave.

In the end, I didn't say why it came.

Seventh Lady was very curious.

After dinner, Jiu Yiniang leaned against the pillow and seemed to be asleep, Qiu Feng didn't know where to drill sand, only Li Xia worked diligently, decocting medicine on the porch.

Ever since Mother Wang came that day, she only decocted medicine in the corridor.Jiu Yiniang said several times, "We have few people here, so we don't have so many rules."

Li Xia only said, "Don't let Jiu Yiniang lose face."

That day when Mama Wang came over, she always had a look of superiority in her eyes, this snobbery was understood by everyone in the Yang residence.An aunt like Jiu Yiniang who has fallen out of favor, compared to Mama Wang, is like mud on the soles of her feet.

Only when she saw the small air stove in the house, her eyes showed pity: she had to be so desperate that she had to move the air stove into the house, otherwise, if she could take care of this side, she would not be able to take care of the other side.

Some people can get used to contempt, but most can't stand sympathy.

Seven Lady is one of them, and so is Lixia.

Jiu Yiniang sighed and didn't insist anymore.She looked at the beauty shrugging the bottle on the small cabinet, her eyes gradually revealed doubts.

Seeing this, Seventh Lady hurriedly asked for advice carefully. "Auntie, what exactly does Fourth Aunt want to do?"

Jiu Yiniang coughed a few times, looked at her daughter lovingly, her eyes were slightly hot, if she hadn't died, the eldest wife would definitely have carried her to the main house... Sigh, what a poor life, I want to die like this not easy.

"Si Yiniang has always acted with deep meaning." She mused and said, "This time, I have pulled San Niangzi to talk so much, I listen...it seems to be helping us."

Seventh Lady didn't understand.

It is a well-known fact that Jiu Yiniang will not live long, and Qi Niangzi even secretly suspects that Jiu Yiniang will die when she moves into the main courtyard after a year.They have been sick for six years, and they have been sick since the postpartum period. No matter how strong their bodies are, they have been hollowed out.What is still supporting her now is her own whereabouts.

It stands to reason that there is only one male in the Yang family, Brother Ding Jiu, and as Brother Jiu's twin sister, he still has some privileges.At least, when the eldest wife is thinking about her whereabouts, she won't hand it over to any aunt or housemate.She has to consider Brother Jiu's mood, as well as the master's mood... After all, she is a twin sister, and there is always a little bit of love for the house and the crow.When Jiu Yiniang closed her eyes, maybe Grace would come.

The eldest wife was so petty that she refused to let Jiu Yiniang let her go.

Seventh Lady curled her lips inwardly.

Having said that, if the eldest wife is really stingy like this, it is understandable that she does not want to see herself: her appearance may remind the eldest wife that she is not the mother of Brother Jiu, which will make the eldest wife feel more thorns in her heart. .

But the eldest wife will never let the fourth aunt come to raise her no matter what... Her enemies are already strong enough, if the fourth aunt wins her, she will definitely dress her up beautifully, and take her around, silently It spreads how harshly the eldest wife treated their mother and daughter before.With the Elder Master, she has always been very talkative, and when the Elder Master is alarmed, it will be difficult for the Eldest Mistress to explain.

That's why Ms. Wang came in such a hurry, and that's why she took the gold bracelet so simply.

Qin Niangzi also wanted to understand these things.What she didn't understand was why Fourth Aunt had to give her such an invisible hand, and why she came to sit and sit today.

There is no kindness for no reason in the deep house compound.Si Yiniang must have done this for her own benefit.

Jiu Yiniang sighed.

"It's useless to think too much." She coughed twice. "We can only be at the mercy of others...then we must also be at the mercy of our wife. My wife has raised brother Jiu, so she won't be too unfeeling to us. Isn't this why you will come back and live with me for years to come?"

The eldest lady is quite interesting in this matter.Originally anxious to get angry and asked her to pack her things that night, Qin Niangzi was quite reluctant.It's good to be able to stay with me until the next year.

At least Jiu Yiniang can live one year longer...

Her heart ached.

Although Jiu Yiniang has never been favored or rich, but for her daughter, she tried her best to do her best and was always very willing.

Jiu Yiniang looked at her daughter, but felt extremely relieved.

"My wife is willing to speak, so I feel relieved." She said softly. "Madam is...actually quite soft-hearted." That's why the quarrels are always up and down, neither embarrassing nor embarrassing.

There is no one around the eldest wife who can give advice. When the first lady was around, the eldest wife acted in a very orderly manner. Now that the first lady is married, there is a little panic in the main house.The second and fifth wives of his own birth can't be counted on, and the ninth brother... I heard that he is innocent.

It's a good opportunity for Xiao Qi to come out in his early years!

It's good to sell it a few times, and to offer a few times of loyalty, the eldest wife will naturally understand Xiao Qi's goodness.Xiao Qi has lost her mother, and in the deep house compound, the only ones she can rely on are Brother Nine and the eldest wife.If Jiu Yiniang were the eldest wife, she would have taken her away and raised her up long ago, so as not to spend all her time trying to win her over.

But this can't get rid of Xiao Qi's temper.

Jiu Yiniang looked at her daughter with a smile.

Xiao Qi has big eyes, black and angry, very cute, although his face is still very childish, but it can be seen that he is a beauty, his eyebrows have the shadow of Master Yang, but he also looks like Jiu Yiniang.

pleasing.Jiu Yiniang thought, it's really not that I'm partial, Xiao Qi's appearance is pleasing.

She has a stable temperament and a scheming personality, not the frivolous personality who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth when she is provoked... She should be able to grow up safely in the eldest wife's house.When the time comes, let's talk about the husband's family. The eldest wife will find a good marriage for Brother Jiu's sake.

Isn't that what a woman is all her life?

"Anyway, it's your blessing to be raised in the eldest wife's house. In the future...you will also have an extra status." She said with a little effort. "Look at the first lady, the dowry you brought is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. The eldest wife is not stingy when it comes to money."

Only for their mother and daughter, for many years, they have kept their share and made things difficult everywhere, just to force Jiu Yiniang to her death.

"When you get to the main house, she will treat you well." Jiu Yiniang thought very clearly. "You have to be obedient... Listen to what the eldest wife says, listen to... Brother Jiu."

Seventh Lady's eyelashes filled with tears.

"I'm a concubine, and Jiu Ge'er is a concubine...Of course I listen to Jiu Ge'er." She said obediently.

Jiu Yiniang felt relieved: Although Xiao Qi is not that kind of person, but hearing her say it out, there is always an extra guarantee.Xiaoqi won't get close to brother Jiu, won't cause trouble to brother Jiu, and won't get himself into trouble.

"Be good, don't fight for idleness." Her consciousness has gradually blurred, but she still instructed. "Be patient for a while, the wind and the sea are calm..."

I really want to see what Brother Jiu looks like!

(End of this chapter)