Xiaomei said: "Oh my God! Wouldn't that be exhausting us to death? We are holding this ridiculous jade appreciation conference. We have been busy for so many days in advance, and now we are like the god of plague and can't send them away! Where do I see these people? What kind of heroes are they? They all come to Baiyu Villa to eat and drink! Huh!"
Xiaomei was still young, and her words were neither gentle nor serious. While pouting and complaining, she sharply peeled the potatoes with a knife, as if she wanted to use the potato in her hand as an object to vent her anger on.
An Ning sighed: "Alas! As servants, what can we do? You said that if the young master is the master of Baiyu Villa in the future, how will our lives be! It will definitely be more miserable and tiring than now!"
Xiaomei said: "Don't mention that young master to me. I get upset when I mention him!"
Aning asked: "What's wrong?"
Xiaomei said: "That day I went to bring him face wash, and he said the water was too cold, so I gave him some hot water. He scolded the water again for being too hot, and then he kicked me hard in the stomach. , I was in pain for several days before I recovered!"
Aning said: "What kind of man is a man who bullies women? That young master is not a good person at all! In my opinion, he is just a fool! You usually look at people with your nostrils, but when you see him, salute him. You say hello to him, but he ignores you. You think that if a person like this really becomes the owner of the village one day, what's the point? Why don't you just fly away!"
Xiaomei said: "Humph! I think he is just a village owner. He really thinks he is the emperor!"
Aning pushed the firewood in his hand into the stove door hard, gritted his teeth and said: "A person who relies on human power, if he didn't rely on his own father, he wouldn't even be able to compare with the second lady in Baiyu Villa!"
Xiaomei said: "Oh...it would be great if the third young master of Baiyu Villa could be in charge in the future. I think the third young master is much better than the eldest young master in terms of character and virtue. If he becomes the owner of the village, then our Life will be better!"
Aning said: "What a pity! The third young master was born to Mrs. Ru, not Mrs. Qin. Mrs. Ru is a concubine, and the third young master is a concubine. Our master's ideas are so old-fashioned, which will only make the eldest son, the eldest son, How can it be possible for a bastard to inherit the family business? The third young master is good in every possible way, but it’s all in vain!”
Xiaomei said: "Alas... Mrs. Naru is so pitiful! Miss Lan Yu fell into the water and died young. She has been suffering from tuberculosis since then, and her health has been getting worse in recent years."
Aning whispered: "Yesterday... I was ordered by the third young master to deliver midnight snacks to Mrs. Ru. I saw her lying on the bed, looking sallow and extremely thin. It was very distressing and the most irritating thing. Yes, the girl who cooked the medicine for her was dragged to help because the front office was busy. Madam Ru was coughing and hungry all day, and no one took care of her. Fortunately, the third young master was worried that she had no appetite to eat properly. I’m afraid she’ll be hungry, so I’ll bring her midnight snacks, otherwise she might starve to death!”
Xiaomei stopped peeling potatoes and said in surprise: "Ah! Since there is such a thing, have you told the third young master?"
Aning shook his head: "Oh... Madam Ru won't let me tell the Third Young Master, for fear that he will be sad if he finds out. Madam Ru is not powerful in Baiyu Villa, and Madam Qin is overbearing. If there is another quarrel because of this matter, I’m afraid that Third Young Master will be in trouble!”
Xiaomei muttered: "You think Mrs. Ru is really pitiful. She treats us servants pretty well!" Aning nodded and said: "That's natural!"
Aning lowered his voice and looked around outside the door. Seeing that no one came in the yard, he whispered to Xiaomei:
"Mrs. Ru was also a maid at Baiyu Villa back then. She knew how hard we worked as servants, so she treated us servants so well! Madam Ru was very beautiful when she was young, and she was taken aback by our master. The Overlord has stiffened his bow!"
"Afterwards, Mrs. Ru had a dark knot in her belly and her belly was getting bigger day by day. I couldn't hide it anymore. In the end, I couldn't hide it anymore, so I took her as my concubine. Originally, Mrs. Qin had been arguing about this for a long time, so you can't hide it anymore." I know that Mrs. Qin’s natal family has a strong background, her father was once a general of the dynasty, and her brother is now a prince of the dynasty."
"Ever since she married to White Jade Villa, she has become arrogant. Previously, I took two concubines. One of them ran away because of her anger, and the other was forced to hang herself by her. After that, I no longer had any intention of taking concubines. .”
"If Mrs. Ru hadn't been pregnant with his flesh and blood back then, I'm afraid he wouldn't have taken a concubine, which would have saved White Jade Villa all the time. Speaking of which, Mrs. Ru didn't have a good life after she passed away."
"After giving birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, he was abused by Mrs. Qin all day long. He was no different from a servant. Later, Miss Lan Yu was also abused by Mrs. Qin. It’s killing me! Mrs. Ru fell ill and her health was getting worse day by day. She lived alone in the small courtyard to recuperate, and Mrs. Qin finally calmed down a little. "
Upon hearing this, the younger Xiaomei covered her mouth and said in surprise: "What did you say? Didn't our fourth lady fall into the river and drown herself?"
Aning rolled his eyes at this inexperienced little girl, and then said: "Of course not, of course you don't know how long you have been in Baiyu Villa. That winter, the eldest young master, the second young lady, the third young master, and the fourth young lady secretly Go play by the river. It is said that Mrs. Qin took her maid Dong Qin to find the eldest master and the second young lady when she came back. When she saw the fourth young lady squatting and playing by the river, she actually pushed the fourth young lady into the river and drowned her!"
Xiaomei said in surprise: "Ah - is it true? Was the fourth lady really killed by Mrs. Qin? Mrs. Qin is so cruel, she doesn't even let such a small child go!"
An Ning said: "Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, it is said that not long after that day, the maid Dong Qin who went to the river with Mrs. Qin went crazy. She ran around Baiyu Villa like crazy, screaming, with disheveled hair. , people who saw her said that Mrs. Qin pushed Miss Lan Yu into the river and drowned her. Miss Lan Yu turned into a ghost and came back to seek her life. She also said that she was so cold when she soaked in the river, and she wanted to drag them together to pay for her life!"
Xiaomei stared and exclaimed: "Oh my God!"
Aning broke off a thin branch in his hand, and then said: "Then the crazy Dong Qin was taken to the lunatic tower by Butler Wen. The master said that the maid Dong Qin was possessed by an evil spirit, so she was talking nonsense. Yu, Miss Lan Yu’s death has nothing to do with Mrs. Qin.”
"So does the fourth lady's death have anything to do with Mrs. Qin?" Xiaomei urgently wanted to know the truth at that time.
Aning shook his head, frowned and said:
"The third young master was also present at the time. He said that the fourth young lady fell into the river on her own and had nothing to do with Mrs. Qin. It is said that when the fourth young lady fell into the river, it was the third young master who jumped into the river to save her. The third young master and the fourth young master The young lady doesn’t know how to swim, but the third young master still jumped in to save his sister without hesitation.”
"Unfortunately, the current was too strong at that time, and the fourth young lady was swept further and further away. The third young master flopped all the way down the river. He watched helplessly as his sister struggled in the water, and was eventually drowned in the water, turning into a floating corpse. Float away with the current.”
"The third young master still failed to save the fourth young lady in the end, and he was washed away by the current. When he woke up, it was already dark and he had been washed to the shore."
"That night, Baiyu Villa sent people to look for the third young master and the fourth young lady. Everyone went down the river, but no trace of them was found, so Butler Wen had to withdraw the team and go back."
"But Madam refused to give up and said she wanted to see people alive and corpses dead. She walked alone with a lantern along the river for a long time in the cold winter, and finally found her in the reeds. The dying third young master."
"Sigh... Mrs. Ru was worried, isolated and helpless all the way to find her son, and the cold wind blew for so long. It must have been at that time that her illness contracted. Her life is as thin as paper!"
"That night, Mrs. Ru wrapped the third young master who was soaked through with her fox fur and carried him back. She couldn't find the fourth young lady's body and cried like a tearful person."
"Not long after he came back, the third young master had a high fever and fell seriously ill. In his sleep, he often fluttered his hands in the air and shed tears. He must have been there. I feel sad and sad that I couldn’t save the fourth lady, and I blame myself deeply.”
"Later, with Mrs. Ru's constant and careful care, the third young master's illness gradually recovered. After that, everyone was afraid of making the third young master sad and did not dare to mention the fourth lady's matter in front of him. It seemed that there was no one in the house. The fourth lady is just an average person."
"Only the third young master understands in his heart. He doesn't say anything, but he will worship the fourth lady in the courtyard every year on her death anniversary. This happens every year. I think the fourth lady's death anniversary is coming soon this year..."
Aning said this and fell into sadness.
Xiaomei was silent for a while, and then said: "Since the third young master said that Miss Lan Yu slipped and fell into the water, it has nothing to do with Mrs. Qin. Maybe the maid Dong Qin was crazy, so she said nonsense."
Aning said with a sigh:
"Tsk, how could things be so simple! Not long after this incident, our tigress-like Mrs. Qin suddenly changed her gender. She even learned to eat vegetarian food. Not only that, she also beat wooden fish every night and chanted Scripture. All the servants on night watch in the house heard it. They were all very frightened at that late hour."
"Later, Mrs. Qin asked me to build a Luluo Nunnery for her in the back hill of Baiyu Villa. She enshrined the gods and Buddhas in the Luluo Nunnery, and she hid in it all day long, eating fast and chanting Buddha's name."
"In this jade appreciation meeting, if it weren't for the strong request of the master, she wouldn't even come out of Luluo An. You don't have to think about it. What is the purpose of this? If there is no evil in her heart, how could she be like this?"
After listening to Aning's analysis, Xiaomei felt that it made sense, so she nodded and said: "As you said, the death of the Fourth Miss was indeed strange. Maybe she was actually pushed into the river by Mrs. Qin. She must have died afterwards. I was frightened by the words of the crazy maid Dong Qin. She often dreamed that the dead Fourth Miss came to her to ask for her life. She couldn't sleep at night. She was really afraid that the Fourth Miss would drag her to the underworld to pay for her life, so she started eating fast and praying to Buddha. Buddha bless her!"
Aning said: "Yeah, that must be the case! Otherwise, if she still stays in Baiyu Villa, us servants will suffer a lot! It's a pity that she, an old lady, doesn't come to torture us, but her son Li Qingcheng does. Torture us!"
