"What's wrong with Ping'er? You're in a hurry." Ruoru walked in with a smile on her face, "Young madam, do you want a servant to wait on you?"
"No, I'll take a rest for a while." Xi Jin said, falling back to sleep, "You go out."
"What's wrong with the young lady? She looks so ugly?" Ruoru asked with a pretended concern.
"I'm fine..." Maybe it's related to the fact that she had water in the winter when she was a child. Whenever Xi Jin had menstruation, she would always feel bloated and uncomfortable. Even if she nursed her back to health for a long time, she wouldn't get better. This is probably the so-called self-medication rather than self-medication.
Xi Jin looked at Ruoru at the moment, wishing he could beat her out, but he could only lie patiently: "I'm a little hungry, go to the kitchen and bring me a bowl of snacks."
"Yes, I'll go right away." Ruoru stepped back in confusion, but in her heart she was thinking of inviting the doctor.
Ever since the young madam and the young master consummated their marriage, she has been looking forward to it day and night, hoping that the young madam will not get pregnant. If the young madam becomes pregnant, there will no longer be a place for her as the wife of a married woman in the mansion.
Bo'er hurried in with hot water and waited for Xi Jin to get up: "Is the lady having her period?"
"Yeah." Xi Jin endured the discomfort, "Hurry up and see where Ruoru is going. If she's not going to the kitchen, call her back and say that I suddenly don't want to eat snacks."
"Yes, I understand."
Xi Jin walked into the side room and finished cleaning as quickly as possible. There were many thoughts in his mind. He was wondering what time he should choose to tell the old lady about his menstrual period in the future. He was afraid that the great-grandson that the old lady longed for would be hopeless. She will be very disappointed, I wonder if she can bear it?
Xi Jin came to the dressing table and put some makeup on herself to make herself look better.
She stood up and sat on the chair, looking through the account books in the house, and quietly waited for Ruoru to arrive.
"Sister Ruoru really cares about our young lady, so she went to ask a doctor for our young lady for no reason." Ping'er's voice had already come in before Ping'er arrived.
Xi Jin was prepared in his heart. When Ruoru came in, Xi Jin raised his head from the account book, glanced at her, and said in a cold voice, "Have you gone to ask a doctor for me?"
"I don't think I care about you." Ruoru wrung the handkerchief and said in a panic, "I think you don't look good."
Xi Jin smiled coldly and said directly without further entanglement with her: "I told the old lady that we will go to Zhuangzi in two days, so you don't have to go with us. I think it's your duty to serve my husband." Come on, I will arrange a marriage for you. If you are willing, you can get married and live a peaceful life. If you are not willing, I will give you more money and go and make a living."
"What." Ruoru never expected that the young lady would drive him away so directly, "Young lady, I'm afraid you don't know something. Before you marry into the house, I..."
"I know." Xi Jin calmly said, "You are my husband's first wife, and my husband is young, so it is necessary to have someone who knows people and matters to advise you. Logically speaking, you should be given the title of concubine, but now , my husband is in jail, and his life or death is uncertain, so I won’t drag you along to suffer.”
"No, no, I am willing. I admire the young master in my heart, and I don't want to leave." Ruoru knelt down on the ground, crying, with tears in her eyes, which seemed a bit pitiful.
Marrying a servant is not as good as being in the palace. If the young madam is soft-hearted, she can ask the old madam to give her the identity of aunt, wear gold and silver, and have good food and drink. As for a man, it is hard to find a man.
Xi Jin refused coldly and did not discuss it: "Xie's mansion is not what it used to be. It does not support idle people. I will give you two days to think about it. You can leave the mansion after two days."
"Young Madam, you are too ruthless. You are using thunderous methods, but you are trying to force us servants to death." Seeing that it was useless, Ruoru sat down on the ground and shouted, "Slave, please serve the young master." For so many years, you have driven me away as soon as you said you wanted to, but there is no such logic in the world."
"Come here." Xi Jin called the boy who was looking at the door, "Go and call Zhang Gui."
"You..." Ruoru trembled with lips, "Why are you calling Zhang Gui?"
Xijin leaned over and raised Ruoru's chin through the veil: "Even if my husband is gone, I, Mu Xijin, can't tolerate sand in my eyes."
Xi Jin patted her face and said disgustedly: "If you don't want me to shout about your scandal, then follow Zhang Gui home and live your life well. Otherwise, as the master's roommate, you will have an affair with the servant." Chu, I need your chopping block, I won’t care if I beat him to death!”
"You...what's wrong with you?" Ruoru couldn't believe it. The young lady had only been in the house for a few days, but she seemed to have opened her eyes.
Ruoru didn't know that when Xi Jin received the roster from the old lady, he had already selected a few trusted and reliable people identified by Grandma Xie. It didn't take much money and time to deal with the personnel affairs in the mansion. Have a clear grasp.
Zhang Gui was quickly brought by the servant. He was a tall and strong young man with a simple and honest appearance, and he was more than worthy of Ruoru.
When Zhang Gui saw Xi Jin, he quickly kowtowed: "Young madam, please look for me."
"The old lady said that if I give Ruoru a dowry of twenty taels of silver, are you willing to marry her home?" Xi Jin said straight to the point.
"Yes, yes." Zhang Gui grinned, twenty taels, that is a farmer's income for several years. Now that the Xie Mansion is about to collapse, he has already made an agreement with his brothers in the countryside, and will wait until the Xie Mansion gets paid With severance pay, he returned to his hometown to farm.
Ruoru has been seducing her intentionally or unintentionally these years. Only when she is working hard in bed, she will look up to her. When she looks back, she will be arrogant as the young master's wife.
I thought I couldn't get her, but I never thought that the young lady would directly marry her and give her a dowry of twenty taels. How can there be such a good thing in this world.
"Then take her away." Xi Jin waved his hand, indicating to Zhang Gui to take Ruoru away.
"No, I don't want it. I belong to the young master, Mu Xijin. When the young master comes back, he will definitely..." Ruoru cried unwillingly and struggled.
Seeing this, Ping'er took the tablecloth and blocked her mouth. For a moment, Ruoru's face was covered with tears and snot, which was unsightly.
Xi Jin averted his eyes in disgust and called his servants to take her away. As Ruoru's cry faded, Xi Jin finally settled a disgusting matter.
At night, there was a lamp like a bean, and the weak light shone on Xi Jin's calm and focused face, revealing a bit of tranquility.
Xi Jin was sitting in front of the window sorting out the account books of the mansion. According to the old lady's plan, she would move to Zhuangzi in two days, and all the property in the mansion would also be moved there.
Xi Jin carefully calculated the remaining property in the house. After Xie Luo's accident, most of the property in the house was confiscated. The only remaining property was the dowry of Xie Luo's grandmother and mother, plus the dowry that had been stolen and sold by slaves. It was still a large amount of money, but after deducting the servant's severance pay and the repair costs before moving to Zhuangzi, it was quite a headache to calculate.
Xi Jin took a sip of tea and opened the window. It had been snowing continuously for days, and the ground was completely white.
Suddenly, in the hazy white snow sky, an all-too-familiar gray dove broke through the tranquility and landed on Xi Jin's arm.
Xi Jin's heart trembled. At this time, Fei Ge sent a message, could it be...
Xi Jin took off the note, and her beautiful face suddenly turned pale. The note fell to the ground on her fingertips, and the six words written in thick ink on the white paper came into view - Concubine Chen had a difficult delivery! Quick help...
