Maria unleashed another burst of crazy swear words, which made Cinderella suddenly dare not say a word - if something happened to the bird... she didn't want to irritate her stepmother, even though Cinderella believed that her greedy stepmother was draining her. Before, I would not marry myself to the lame man in the blacksmith shop so easily, but what if? Cinderella didn't dare to gamble.
So even though Maria was scolding her fiercely, Cinderella stopped talking. She knew that Maria was doing this to prevent her from going to the ball.
Maria, who was mean, scolded for a while, but when Cinderella lowered her eyebrows and stopped talking, she felt that it was meaningless. She just thought that her stepdaughter had admitted defeat again, so she changed her tone again.
"Cinderella, don't blame me for being so harsh on you. I'm doing this for your own good. You have been lazy and dirty since you were a child. You can't even do housework, let alone dancing. Besides, you don't have dancing shoes and you don't look good. How can you go to the prom if you have clothes like this? Even if I lend you the clothes and shoes of your two sisters, you won't be able to wear them if they are not the right size. If you go to the prom like this, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get in."
Maria said hypocritically: "But your father told me to treat you well. I see that you want to attend the dance so much, so I will give you a chance. Don't say that I treat you meanly, since the time I gave you is up." , so now you follow me back to the backyard, as long as you really pick out the beans from the ash, what if I give you a chance?"
"Thank you - thank you." Cinderella lowered her head and said. She did not dare to raise her head, for fear that Maria would see the hatred in her eyes.
Maria arrogantly dragged Cinderella, who did not dare to breathe loudly, towards her home. This incident on the way also made Paine feel a lot more relaxed behind him - because the two women were now focusing all their energy on each other, they would not pay so much attention to the situation behind them. Paine only needed to be careful and follow behind.
They walked down the dirt road for a while, and then came to a road paved with gravel. At this time, there were more people on the road, and Paine was able to blend into the flow of people in twos and threes.
Paine followed Cinderella and her stepmother for a while, and finally came to a village. There are many houses and buildings here, but the styles are basically uniform, so they don't look cluttered. The streets are also very neat and clean. Along the way, Paine even saw a lot of pedestrians in gorgeous costumes, which made Paine very confused, where on earth is this place?
Maria and Cinderella stopped in front of a luxurious mansion, with two attendants standing at the door.
"Lady Maria, Miss Cinderella."
One of the men greeted the two of them respectfully.
"Um."
Maria responded coldly, "None of you go to the backyard to help this lazy girl, right?"
"Of course not, this is what you ordered. Madam Maria, no one has entered the backyard since you left."
The male attendant said respectfully.
"That's good."
Maria agreed, "During my absence, nothing happened at home, right?"
"The eldest young lady and the second young lady said they were going out to buy prom clothes. They haven't come back yet, so there's nothing else."
The male attendant respectfully replied, "But -"
"But what? You're hesitant, tell me!"
Maria said impatiently.
"There were many birds flying towards the backyard before, including pigeons, turtle doves, and some unnamed birds. They stayed for a while and then flew away."
