In just a few short hours, Xie's whole body felt as if he had died.
There was no color on his face, his hair was piled unkempt on his head, and his eyes were empty and lifeless.
Putting a pair of hands on his flat belly, stroking it inch by inch, the tears fell one by one.
It's been almost four months, and there are some things that she is embarrassed to tell others because she doesn't want others to say she's showing off.
Although the baby was only four months old and still a few days away, she could feel him squirming in her belly many times.
When sleeping at night, he will suddenly push up in his belly, and at this time, his belly will become tight.
That feeling was so clear. She was happy every day, even if she was bullied by the Zhou family and the others, and made things difficult by the maid Magpie.
However, as long as I think that I will be a mother soon, I am looking forward to it, and all the hardships are enough to overcome.
At this moment, stroking her empty belly, there was nothing but tears in Xie's eyes.
"Cry, cry, cry, just cry. Even if you cry yourself to death, the child won't come back!"
Magpie chirped into the house, carrying a tray in his hand.
There were two bowls on the tray, which were Xie's lunch.
Magpie placed the tray heavily on the small table next to the bed and said, "It's time to eat. You can cry after eating. I've been crying all afternoon, and the people listening are annoyed to death!"
Xie turned her head and glanced at the food on the tray.
There was a plate of pickles in a plate, and a small bowl of porridge in a bowl next to it.
"What are you looking at? Do you think the food is not high quality?" Magpie stood aside, paying attention to Mr. Xie's movements, and taunted him in time.
Mr. Xie shook his head slowly, but before he could speak, Magpie spoke up again: "I used to give you extra meals to supplement your nutrition, and that was because you were carrying a child."
"Isn't the child gone now? Then just like the other aunts in the backyard, they all have to follow the standards of the mansion."
"The old man has issued an order in the past two days. No extravagance is allowed in the backyard. The food has been streamlined. All the aunts are eating this."
"Whether you like to eat or not, you will fall down if you don't eat, and you will starve to death later. Remember to tell Prince Yama that it's not that I, the magpie, won't give you food, but that you are picky and won't eat." She said.
Magpie picked up the sewing dustpan on the side, turned around and went to the outside room, and started sewing while humming a little tune.
She liked the guy who looked after the horses in the backyard, and this handkerchief was meant to be embroidered for that guy.
So that when he wipes his sweat, he can think of himself.
While Magpie was embroidering, she was imagining the waiter's reaction when she received the handkerchief. She couldn't help but be elated, and she couldn't help but laugh a few times from time to time.
The laughter reached Mr. Xie's ears in the inner room and became more and more harsh.
"Magpie..."
Mrs. Xie shouted towards the outer room.
The magpie heard it, but pretended not to hear it and deliberately ignored it.
"Magpie..."
Mrs. Xie called out several more times, as if she would not let go if the magpie refused.
The magpie had no choice but to put down the needlework and go to the inner room.
"What are you doing? Tell me quickly what you want to do!" She shouted at Mr. Xie who was weak and vulnerable on the bed.
Xie said: "I want to see the master. Could you please help me make a trip and ask the master to come over?"
Magpie pouted, "The master is busy at the moment. If you have anything to do, you can tell me. Madam specifically told me when she left that we servants should not disturb the master."
Ms. Xie raised her hand and pointed at her stomach and said, "I suddenly felt a lot of pain in my stomach, as if a knife was being twisted."
"My body seems to be bleeding a little more. I'm feeling flustered, have no energy, and can't see well..."
"Oh, you are so squeamish!"
Magpie interrupted Xie impatiently.
"Have you ever seen that woman who just had a miscarriage be so full of life and energy? Isn't that the case all the time!"
"Doctor Jia said before when he left that the blood was lochia on his body. Once the lochia stops, it will be fine. Just bear with it, ah!"
After saying these words, Magpie turned out of the house and went back to her sewing work.
Xie was lying on the bed alone, holding her stomach, groaning in pain, and curling up together.
In the outer room, the magpie was dissatisfied with the noise, so he simply took two balls of cotton and stuffed his ears.
However, Xie's painful voice still reached Magpie's ears continuously.
Magpie stood up, cursed a few words toward the inner room, picked up the dustpan and went out of the house, went to the door and continued to embroider her mandarin ducks playing in the water.
In the inner room, Ms. Xie was already rolling on the bed in pain.
By accident, Ms. Xie fell from the bed to the ground and hit her head on the corner of the wooden cabinet. She bled immediately.
"Magpie, magpie..."
"Die'er..."
"Die'er..."
"Ping'er..."
Xie's voice became smaller and smaller. She stretched out her hand to grab something, trying to make a louder noise to alert the magpies outside.
With a flick of his fingers, he caught the tray.
The porridge and pickles in the tray were spilled and poured directly on Mr. Xie's face.
The bowl fell to the ground with a crisp cracking sound.
"Magpie..."
Xie was still calling.
However, the magpies outside had cotton balls stuffed in their ears and were immersed in their own world, so they didn't even notice what was going on inside.
Xie was in terrible pain, suffering both physically and mentally, so she picked up a broken piece of bowl next to her.
My heart skipped a beat, my teeth gritted, and I scratched hard on my slender white wrist...
The red blood surged out like a spring.
It's as if the heart is being pulled tightly by an invisible big hand, then loosens it a little, then tightens it again, and so on...
Xie was afraid of death, but when death came bit by bit, she threw away the bowl of slices in her hand and lay down flat.
Looking at the roof beam above her head, at this moment, the road she had traveled and the things she had experienced in the past twenty years flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern.
When I was young, I relied on my good looks and was the beauty of the village, so I didn't give birth. I always thought that with this good skin, I would find a well-off man to marry and be a young mistress for the rest of my life.
The encounter with Brother Hui from the Yang Mansion was a chance encounter carefully designed by her.
To confuse Brother Hui and make him crazy about her, he will not marry anyone but her.
As she wished, she married into a so-called wealthy family, became a young mistress, and enjoyed a life of fine clothing and fine food.
Playing songs and singing with Brother Hui every night and indulge in lust every day.
After Brother Hui died, in order to gain a foothold in this house, her father-in-law happened to throw an olive branch to her.
For the worry-free food and clothing, she half-rejected and half-welcomed her, and eventually became a plaything kept outside by her father-in-law.
She is not even as good as a concubine, but at least the concubine is brought into the house with integrity.
And she is a shady woman, yes, yes.
She was also pregnant with a child she shouldn't have been pregnant with.
God knows what you did.
Now, comes the punishment...
:. :chapter;
