The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official

Chapter 11 Mother Dong is back

At this moment, no matter what the reason is, we need to solve the immediate problem first. Su Ruojin reminded her again: "It's the beginning of winter. The officials really have to control the princes, generals, ministers and officials. As the most capable steward of the Jin Palace, my sister , you really want to..."

While Mrs. Xu wanted to tear the little girl's mouth to pieces, she thought of something else. She endured the shame of trying to steal the dough sticks craftsmanship, turned her fat **** again, twisted the waist of the bucket and left.

Su Ruojin deliberately called out from behind her: "Xu Yu, do you need me to bring the gong?"

The onlookers were confused by the conversation between the old and the young. Just now, Li Dongzi was in charge of all the officials, so why did a gong appear again?

Mrs. Xu paused her feet. She was obviously as fat as a bucket, but in an instant she seemed as light as a swallow. She disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

Su Ruojin understood that her 'reminder' stopped Mrs. Xu's thoughts, and her beating heart slowly calmed down. She raised her head slightly and looked at the blue sea and clear sky. At the feet of the emperor, there were all the big and small officials, including relatives in charge of the palace. Everyone is afraid, life is really hard!

Your Majesty’s official position cannot afford to deal with people from the Jin Palace. Shu Ting looked worried: “Our stall...”

Su Ruojin turned around and entered the small shop. While scooping out the tea eggs with a long-handled spoon, she said in a voice that only Uncle Shu Tong could hear, "Don't worry, not only is the stall fine, but Mother Dong will be back in the evening."

 “Will she be willing?”

Of course, Mrs. Xu would not give in. Since the low-rent housing she had stored in her hands was confiscated, she has lost a lot of money. The Xu family has more than ten or twenty people including masters and servants, which is a big expense. She must have been looking for ways to make money for a long time, but she actually set her sights on her own fried dough sticks and soy milk.

What about the relatives who are in charge of the palace? Not being dismissed by her few words, Su Ruojin, who was in a depressed mood just a moment ago, regained her confidence. She was just an evil woman. She would beat one up or destroy a pair. No one could stop her from making money to support her family.

At the end of the morning, the stall was closed on time, the mini-shop traps were dismantled and placed on a flatbed truck, and then the small mule cart was used to pull it back.

 When it got dark at night, Dong’s mother really returned to Su’s house carrying her two pieces of tattered clothes.

Shu Tong was so happy that he almost jumped up, "Oh my God, Er Niang is so amazing. Mother Dong is really back."

Although Su Ruojin was sure that Mrs. Xu would let him go, she was actually still nervous when she didn't see Mother Dong. It wasn't until she saw the person at this moment that she finally put her heart at ease.

 “Mom!” He walked up to her and held her hand. She returned to the master’s house again. Mother Dong was so excited that she couldn’t help wiping her tears. When she saw the master of the house sitting in the main hall waiting for her, she quickly knelt down and said, “Sir...” she burst into tears.

Su Yanli was also full of emotions. Ten years ago, he rushed to Beijing to take the exam and saved Dong's mother who came to Beijing to find a husband. After becoming a Jinshi, he rented a small courtyard with three rooms in the capital while waiting for his official appointment and was looking for a cook. After meeting Dong’s mother, they became a master and servant.

 Having been together for ten years, we are not better than family members.

"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back..." Su Yanli was a little embarrassed to face Dong's mother. If he hadn't been moneyless and incompetent, how could he let her suffer in the Xu family.

Su Ruojin felt her father's shame, turned her little face, and said with a smile: "Mom, let's go change first so that we can meet my mother."

Hearing what the young lady said, Mother Dong quickly wiped away her tears happily, "Yes, I want to see Madam."

Shutong took a step forward and said, "I'll help you carry the washing water to the dressing room first."

 The young man in his twenties happily jumped to the kitchen to scoop out hot water.

 Mother Dong looked at Dalang and Sanlang: "Old slave, I have seen Mr. Dalang and Mr. Sanlang."

Su An responded like a grown-up, "Thank you for your hard work, Mom!"

 “The old slave is neither miserable nor miserable!”

Sanlang was young, the weather was cold, and he was dressed in a ball. He was so sleepy in this cold winter night that he rubbed his eyes. After his brother finished speaking, he followed up with three words, "Thank you for your hard work." He said it softly and waxy, which made Mother Dong's heart soften. Yes, I couldn't stop wiping my tears. If it weren't for what I was wearing, I would have hugged the young man into his arms.

Su Ruojin stood aside, her heart ached and her eyes sore. The three children of the Su family were all held by Mother Dong in one hand. Grandma is not better than grandma.

　　In the long cold night, the oil lamp is first turned on.

Su Yanli picked up Su Sanlang and said, "We're all home now. Don't be polite. After washing, mother will go get a bowl of noodles and eat. I'll take Da Lang Sanlang to rest."

 “Okay, everything is up to you, sir.”

Su Yanli went to settle the two brothers.

Su Ruojin also went to the bedroom and took out the new clothes she bought for Mother Dong on the street in the afternoon. She made a complete set from inside to outside. Mother Dong was so surprised that she was both happy and complained, "Why are you spending all this money? I have clothes to wear."

Su Ruojin shook her head and looked at Dong's mother: "Is this called having clothes?"

Mama Dong lowered her head to look at the rags on her body, and shook her head unconsciously, "Since the Xu family's public rental house was taken away, the lives of us servants are really getting worse day by day."

Su Ruojin thought thoughtfully: "Mom, what do you mean, before you come back today, the Xu family has already sold its servants?"

 Mother Dong nodded, "When I first arrived at their house, there were seven or eight servants inside and outside, but now only half are left."

Su Ruojin clicked her tongue twice. When Mrs. Xu forced Mother Dong to come back to learn her trade some time ago, she noticed that the clothes on Mother Dong were not decent, so she went out to the street in the afternoon to prepare to come back.

Xu's family's affairs will talk about it in the future, "My mother heard that you are very happy to come back, and my mother hurry to wash and change."

 Mother Dong is so happy when she returns home.

 Half an hour later, Mother Dong washed up and entered the master's bedroom. When she got to the bedside of the hostess's bed, she was about to kneel down, but Su Ruojin pulled her back. "Mom, kneeling is not popular in our family, so don't embarrass your kneecaps."

 Mother Dong still insisted on kneeling down to the hostess, "I listen to you when I'm here, but I haven't been at home for more than half a year, so let me do my best."

 Alas, this **** feudal ethics.

After the ceremony, Mother Dong sat on the small step stool and looked at Cheng Yingzhen with a smile: "Madam, her face looks good. I'm afraid my second mother has given you a lot of delicious food during this period."

"That's right." Cheng Yingzhen looked at her adult-like daughter proudly and lovingly, "If it weren't for her, I don't know how I would live like this."

 Mother Dong turned to look at the little master, her eyes were also full of kindness, "If it weren't for the second lady, I'm afraid she wouldn't have let her go even after a whole year."

Hearing that Mother Dong’s tone sounded like she had a tune, Cheng Yingzhen was curious: “What’s going on?”

 with the mother looking at her earnestly, Su Ruojin shrugged her shoulders as if nothing had happened, "I just scared Mrs. Xu a little. If I had known she was so careless, I would have brought Mrs. Dong back."

Su Ruojin couldn't tell whether she could be brought back early, but she knew that many things depended on an opportunity. Perhaps the skill of making fried dough sticks was an opportunity to bring Mother Dong back.

 (End of this chapter)