Chapter 8 Family Affairs ()

A pond of clear water, swimming a few red fish; half a rockery, covered with dark green moss.

The drizzle fell silently in the courtyard, and everything around it was covered with a layer of water curtain. The white paper umbrella was blooming by the pool like orchids in the rain. Under the umbrella, a beautiful woman in the palace dress was looking at the fish in the water. The rain powder fell down, splashing slight ripples on the water surface. The beautiful woman scattered her last handful of fish food, and saw the fish snatching food in the rain so active, she couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"Madam, do you miss the young master again?" The maid holding an umbrella behind her looked sympathetic and asked softly.

The beautiful woman didn't say anything, just stared at the fish in a daze. After a while, she sighed and murmured to herself: "I would have loved Nan'er like them..."

"..." The maid behind her had even more sympathy in her eyes. She wanted to speak but stopped. She only moved the umbrella in her hand forward carefully, but she didn't realize that her body was completely wet.

"Go back!" The beautiful woman turned around, her face full of sorrow. "Ah, look at you!" The beautiful woman looked at the maid and showed a reproachful look. "I have talked about you for so many times, but I still won't change it! Don't just care about me, the autumn rain and the cold are all over, and it's not a joke to make my body soaked!"

"Hehe, madam is here again." The maid didn't seem to be afraid of beautiful women. She said pretty and smiled: "I was born in a small family. I have been used to storms since I was a child. Besides, I am young. This little rain powder is not worth it. But if you catch a cold and are known by the master, then maid will really suffer."

"Bah! A sharp-mouthed girl, she's not up or down!" The beautiful woman scolded her, still looking extremely doting. "Go back quickly and change her clothes."

"Yes." The maid responded respectfully.

A row of flowers and plants were planted under the winding eaves. Although it was drizzling, there were still a few colorful butterflies flying around among the flowers. The carved red-colored sill window suddenly opened a gap, and a pair of black eyes showed up, looking at the flying colorful butterflies happily.

"Shh! You're going to die, close it!" In the room, a little maid with three buns scolded quietly, and glanced outside the door. When she saw that no one passed by outside the door, she let out a long sigh.

"Sister Xiang..." The maid who looked at Caidie pouted and turned around, her little face wrinkled so much that it reminded me of bitter gourd, and begged in a soft voice: "Let me see it for a while, just a while, please."

"No!" Although Sister Xiang is about the same age as the little maid, her words and demeanor are just like an adult. "I originally asked you to come and take care of the young master, so don't cause trouble for me."

"Sister Xiang, that butterfly is so beautiful. Really, if you don't believe it, look..."

"No! Come and bewitch me!" Sister Xiang frowned and scolded. "I can tell you that if Sister Yun finds out about this, she will have to beat her up."

"Oh..." Seeing that Sister Xiang never let go, the little maid looked at her reluctantly for a few more times, and finally closed the window sash helplessly, sat on the low stool beside the window in a daze.

"Oh!" Sister Xiang sighed when she saw this. "Lian'er, it's not that Sister Xiang doesn't love you. If Sister Xiang doesn't love you, she won't beg her wife for two months. Being a maid at the magistrate's house is much better than doing farm work in the countryside, don't you?"

"Yes, but I... I just want to see the Butterfly!" I think this Lian'er had just entered the mansion and had not yet fallen into the wild nature of a rural girl.

"You girl! Do you think Sister Xiang doesn't know how to serve the young master? Who doesn't know that the colorful butterfly looks good? But the first thing we do as servants is to do our duty well. To both of us, we have to take good care of the young master. I have to say that. Although the wife is polite to the servants and Sister Yun is also a good person, there are rules in the Lin Mansion. If you do well, you will be fine. If you don't do well, or even break the rules, you will have no mercy. Maybe even I can't protect myself."

"Yes, Lian'er has recorded it." Lian'er pouted, looking unwilling. "But Sister Xiang, has she broken the rules when she glanced at Die'er?"

"Why are you not enlightened?" Sister Xiang frowned. "If you are greedy for a moment and don't take good care of the young master, it would be strange if you don't hit you with Aunt Qiu's temper!" As soon as this said, Lian'er seemed to have thought of something, her face turned a little pale, and her body couldn't help but tremble. It seemed that she remembered the Aunt Qiu's methods in Xiang'er's mouth. At this moment, Lian'er no longer dared to mention Die'er's matter. The two of them were sitting honestly on the stool next to her, and no one spoke for a while.

After a while, it was the boy's nature. Lian'er soon felt a little depressed again. She glanced at Sister Xiang and said quietly: "Sister Xiang, Lian'er wants to ask you something."

"What's the matter?"

"I heard that there was a young master in our mansion... It seemed that it was his wife's biological son..."

"Shh! Shut!" Sister Xiang's face changed and she stood up from the stool. Her heart was pounding. She opened the window and looked out and left and right. She found that there was no one. Then she let out a long sigh. She turned around and glared at Lian'er fiercely, and said, "Don't talk nonsense in the future. If someone knows, it would be strange if you don't cut your tongue!"

"Tsk!" Lian'er was a little angry. "Many people in the mansion said this, otherwise how would I know?" After a pause, Lian'er got tired of it again: "Sister Xiang, how Xiang, there is no one else around here, just talk, Lian'er is very curious."

"Oh..." Sister Xiang looked at this sister angrily, but she couldn't persuade her, so she had to say softly.

"It turns out that there is a young master in our mansion, and it is indeed the wife's biological child. And the old people in the mansion say that the young master is from the stars!"

"ah?"

"At that time, the master and his wife were very happy, and the old lady was even more happy, but later... the young master was secretly taken away by the servants in the mansion. His whereabouts were unknown, and he still did not know his life or death..."

"Ah...this...this...this is so pitiful..." Lian'er frowned slightly. Thinking about the gentle and extremely kindness of the wife's husband, she couldn't help but feel sad for her.

"Yes, since then, there has been no laughter in our mansion. The lady was sad every day, and her eyes almost cried. Later, she sat in the Buddhist temple all day long to burn incense and worship Buddha, hoping that God would be merciful and let the young master live well. But over time, the lady was injured and could no longer have children. For the sake of the Lin family, the lady ignored the master's stubbornness and personally chose a family and took a concubine for the master, which was Aunt Qiu."

"Oh, so that's the case, but Aunt Qiu... has a very different temperament from her wife..."

"So what? Don't think she is a concubine, but she gave birth to a young master a year later. The status in this mansion is probably a master, and that's her."

"Oh, no wonder she is so fierce. But, in this way, wouldn't the lady lose her favor?"

"You girl, I think too much. Are our masters the kind of person? However, although the wife is kind to Aunt Qiu, in my opinion, Aunt Qiu may not be kind to her from the bottom of her heart... Alas, what kind of things do we care about when it comes to wealthy families? But Lian'er, the wife has been very nice to me since she was a child. You are also working in the mansion now. Knowing that the wife is suffering, you should pay more attention to your work in the future and don't cause trouble for your wife, do you understand?"

"Yeah! I get it." Lian'er nodded heavily. "Last month, my wife said I did a good job and added five cents of monthly money to me!"

"Is it?" Sister Xiang smiled. "This is done well. If it is not done well, or if it does something that the wife doesn't want to see, it's not like this. There are not many people in the mansion who have been beaten to the board. Think about it, who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is most concerned about?"

"Of course it's the young master!"

"It's really right to say that you are smart. Why are we two taking this job? That's because the wife trusts us and regards us as our own people. Although she is sponsored by Sister Yun, it also means that this job is not easy to do. Although the young master was born by Aunt Qiu, he is the only descendant of the Lin family, so the wife will naturally be nervous. The more she is, the more picky the young master looks at us, and the more likely we make mistakes, you know."
Chapter completed!