The wet nurse brought a bucket of warm water and found some clean clothes for Zhu Susu to take a bath.
The wet nurse took off Zhu Susu's dirty clothes and carried her into the water.
The naughty Zhu Susu sat in the bucket and played with blisters. The splash made the nurse wet all over.
The wet nurse had long regarded Zhu Susu as her own child, and instead of scolding Zhu Susu for his behavior, she started fighting with Zhu Susu.
The wet nurse prevents something like this from happening again today and offending her second husband again.
When the wet nurse was dressing Zhu Susu, she taught Zhu Susu how to be humble. When you see the second lady, you can't call her 'Second Lady', but 'Madam'. When saluting, you cannot perform a simple salute, but must bow or kneel down; you cannot play with the eldest lady (Zhu Xiuxiu), nor can you go to the second wife's hospital.
"Why can't you call me Er Niang? She is my Er Niang? My mother is the madam."
She was obviously the second young lady of the Zhu family, but in her own family, she couldn't do this or go to that. She lived like a child in a servant's family, which Zhu Susu couldn't understand.
It is also painful for the nanny to teach such a young child to behave humbly.
"Your mother has passed away, and the second lady is in charge of the house."
"My mother passed away, but my mother's status is still there? I am also my father's daughter. Why can't I want the same thing as my sister?" Zhu Susu pouted her stubborn mouth.
"Your mother's title is here, but she is the second lady in charge. If you don't want to be scolded and if you want to live a better life in this family, you have to listen to the wet nurse, you know?"
Zhu Susu's smart eyes were thinking. "okay!"
Although Zhu Susu was reluctant, she thought of the nanny's kindness and didn't want the nanny to be scolded by the second lady, so she agreed.
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Today is the day when her father comes home. Zhu Susu puts on the clothes given by her father and goes to the door to wait for her father to come back!
When Zhu Susu came to the gate excitedly, she saw her sister and her second mother holding her one-year-old brother at the gate, waiting to greet her.
The second lady turned around and saw Zhu Susu standing in the distance, so she gave Zhu Susu a warning.
Zhu Susu was humble and watched from a distance.
This year’s harvest was a bumper one, and Mr. Zhu’s face was filled with a smile.
Master Zhu ordered his servants to pull the carts of grain to the granary in the back mountain.
After not seeing each other for three months, Mr. Zhu and his second wife embraced each other affectionately.
Zhu Xiuxiu presented a flower basket weaved by herself.
Mr. Zhu took the flower basket sent by his eldest daughter, picked up his one-year-old son, and returned to the courtyard surrounded by servants, completely forgetting about his second daughter who was hiding far away.
Zhu Susu looked at this warm scene with sadness and heartbreak.
You were happy when you left, why would you come back?
The nanny who was busy doing laundry saw Zhu Susu sitting alone and silent, and asked, "What's the matter? Master hasn't come back?"
"Nanny, am I not supposed to be in this world? Am I superfluous?"
Listening to these words, people felt scared and pitiful. The nanny put down the clothes in her hands and walked over to hug Zhu Susu.
"Silly boy, don't think so wildly! If you have been wronged in any way, tell the nanny."
The wet nurse became even more frightened when she saw that Zhu Susu didn't cry or speak, and just sat motionless, like a dead person.
"If you don't want to say it, that's okay! Then just cry out your grievances. It will make you feel better."
After a long time, Zhu Susu burst into tears. "I want my mother! I want my mother too! Mother, where are you?"
The great commander is grieved and angry; the earth shakes and the mountains shake; all things weep and lose their color; the birds and beasts become agitated and disordered!
The family was sitting down and about to eat when they suddenly heard someone crying. As the earth tore apart, the house shook, the birds in the sky whirled in annoyance, and the dogs and chickens in the yard barked in fear.
People in the room stood up in fear and asked: What's going on? Why is the house shaking? Is it going to be an earthquake?
Mr. Zhu recalled the words of the young Taoist priest at that time, saying that his second daughter was not a mortal, and would destroy the world if she got angry, so he should treat her well and raise her.
Mr. Zhu ran quickly in the direction where his second daughter was crying.
Master Zhu asked his second daughter why she came here to cry instead of greeting her father at the door.
Zhu Susu hugged her father's legs and asked with a choked voice: "Dad, am I your daughter?"
Hearing his daughter's questions, Mr. Zhu felt guilty and knew that he had ignored his second daughter's emotions.
"Susu, of course she is daddy's daughter." Mr. Zhu apologized to his second daughter.
"Dad, I want to go to school."
"Okay." In order to appease his second daughter's mood, Mr. Zhu agreed to his request.
Zhu Susu envied her sister's ability to go to school. She asked her father to go to school many times, but her father would always refuse because she was young or that women did not need to study that much.
Unexpectedly, his father would agree so readily this time. Zhu Susu looked at his father hesitantly.
A few days later, it was finally time to go to school!
Zhu Susu and her sister Zhu Xiuxiu, escorted by servants, excitedly arrived at the school.
If you don't walk, or from a distance, you can't tell that Zhu Susu has long or short legs.
The students were very unfriendly to this classmate Zhu Susu.
"Why is there a cripple here?"
"You are not allowed to speak of my sister like this."
"She is your sister? Why do you two look nothing alike? She is also a cripple."
Zhu Xiuxiu has a delicate appearance and looks like a lady in every gesture.
Zhu Susu, on the other hand, is plainly dressed, thin, dark-skinned, loud, active, and just a country girl.
On Zhu Susu's first day at school, she was ridiculed by her classmates. She was full of admiration and suddenly looked sad. Even so, it could not stop her from pursuing knowledge.
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The nanny told Zhu Susu, "Today's visitors should not go to the lobby or the courtyard where the second lady lives."
After saying that, the wet nurse hurried to the kitchen to help.
Zhu Susu knew that she could not attend any guests at home or important events, and could not sit with her family.
Zhu Susu nodded silently.
After the wet nurse left, Zhu Susu found that the whole yard seemed particularly cold and quiet.
Zhu Susu couldn't help but feel a sense of fear in her heart. Terrified, she picked up her schoolbag and fled to the rockery.
I had nowhere to express my grievances and sadness, so I could only immerse myself in books.
Zhu Susu took out a book from her schoolbag to read. When she opened the book, she found that several pages were torn.
Books are Zhu Susu, the most precious things.
Zhu Susu didn't know who was so wicked, nor did she understand that she didn't do anything to harm others, but she always got hurt.
Looking at the destroyed books, Zhu Susu's inner grievance and sadness were like rolling waves, and tears gush out from her eyes like spring water.
"Why is the rockery moving? Why are you sad alone?"
When Zhu Susu was expressing her grievances, a childish boy's voice came to her ears.
Zhu Susu stopped sobbing and looked up. Unexpectedly, a rich young man with eyebrows like an ink painting, pink face and red lips, a handsome figure and a gentle manner came over.
The rich boy looked at Zhu Susu with a look of amazement.
Su Mu realized that he was abrupt and introduced himself. "My name is 'Su Mu'. What's your name? Why are you sitting here alone and sad?"
The attentive Su Mu discovered that several pages of the book in Zhu Susu's hand had been torn into pieces. "Why are your books dirty?"
Zhu Susu didn't reply, looked at the young man, stood up and left.
A lame person?
The young man stared blankly at the background of Zhu Susu gradually receding.
