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Chapter 7 Entering the Tang Mansion

Acer's retort made Lai very angry, and his son, who had always been a filial son, began to disobey.

"Acer, what are you talking about? Ah! You are not filial when you grow up! Oh my god..."

Lai was pretending to cry as she spoke.

"Mom, please stop crying, brother has lost his heart a long time ago." The third girl was fanning the flames.

Acer's miserable face was dripping with sweat in the firewood, and he was speechless.



Mrs. Li kept crying on the carriage when she left the house. The woman in the carriage watched silently. She didn't have much sympathy for crying like this today. She didn't say any words of comfort to her and sat arrogantly aside.

Looking at the scenery outside.

The car left the village and soon came to the town. The mother-in-law asked the car driver to stop and buy six large hot meat buns from the shop on the street outside.

The coachman kept two for himself and handed the rest to the mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law gave two steamed buns to Mrs. Li and said, "Is there a meal for me when I come to your house? Fortunately, the eldest mistress gave me a reward when I came out, otherwise we would all be hungry."

"Is this for me?" Mrs. Li didn't dare to accept it. She had never eaten such big buns since she got married. Before she got married, she made needlework in exchange for some money, so she would buy some buns to try.

Then I thought about her poor five children, what kind of life they would have after she left? I couldn't help but tears welling up in my eyes again.

"I said Mrs. Li, if I give you something to eat, just take it. When you get to a wealthy family's home, you can't be so petty and petty. If you even cry when I'm being fed, that's bad luck."

The mother-in-law is the person who works for the old lady. She has always been a child of the family, and she has obviously never experienced hardship. She has worked in a wealthy family for a long time, and she has also learned to look down on the poor and act condescending.

"Thank you." Mrs. Li didn't pay attention to her mother-in-law's expression. She lowered her head and took the bun in her hand, eating it in small bites. She was hungry. She kept working at home, but she didn't have enough to eat.

When a child is breastfed, the body is exhausted.

However, this pregnancy seems to be better than before, and I don’t feel any postpartum backache or headache.

Half an hour later, the carriage arrived in front of the high gate of a large blue brick house owned by a wealthy family in the county town.

Mr. Li, who didn't study much, didn't know the words on the big plaque.

The mother-in-law said to her before getting off the carriage:

"This is the Tang Mansion. You are the young master's nanny. After entering, you should talk little and do more. You should not gossip, talk nonsense, or walk around randomly. Your main task is to take good care of the young master."

"Yes." Mrs. Li was obedient. The common people were a little scared and lowered their heads to listen to the instructions.

"This is the gate of the Tang Mansion. We are servants and should not enter through the gate. The coachman brought you here just to let you know what the main entrance looks like. We will enter through the side entrance later."

"yes"

After the mother-in-law finished explaining, she got off the carriage and walked in front, followed by Mrs. Li, and together they came to a side door.

There are guards at the main gate, and there are also guards at the side gate. The guard at the side gate is a woman. The inner courtyard is entered through the side gate.

The mother-in-law first took Mrs. Li to find her residence, which was a young master's yard. There were maids inside and the young master was working as an errand.

"That room is your room. Your room is outside the young master's room. From now on, you can only sleep when the young master is sleeping. If the young master is not sleeping, you can't sleep either."

"Yes." Mrs. Li looked at her small room. It had a mosquito net and a bed. It was a small room for a servant and wet nurse. It was much better than her wedding room at home. The bed was a little smaller than the bed at home, so it was quite big for one person to sleep on.

They gave birth to so many babies, and they slept together on a big bed. The younger ones slept on opposite sides of each other and the couple couldn't move.

"Put your things here first. I will take you to meet the young mistress. The young master is at the young mistress's place. After meeting the young mistress, if the young mistress is satisfied with you or the young master likes you, you can stay, otherwise you have to go back.

.”

"Yes." Mrs. Li lowered her head and followed her mother-in-law, not daring to look around for fear of bumping into the noble lady.

She silently memorized the route in her heart, and she was not allowed to wander into a wealthy family. This was a story she had heard many times in the countryside.

They passed through the garden and came to a courtyard. There was a woman guarding the door of the courtyard. When they saw the woman coming in with a strange woman, she said with a flattering look on her face:

"Mrs. Pan, congratulations on getting another good job."

"That's..., that's why the madam and the young mistress think highly of me." Mrs. Pan said proudly.

After saying this, Mrs. Pan continued to walk in, and whispered to Mrs. Li: "This is the young lady's courtyard, Yixinyuan. I was supposed to take you to see the eldest lady, and then to meet the young lady, but the eldest lady ordered me first.

After letting the young mistress and the young master meet, the young master will naturally be able to see the eldest lady when he goes to pay his respects."

"Yes." Mrs. Li didn't know the rules of the Tang Dynasty, so she kept what Mrs. Pan said in her heart.

"Remember, our eldest mistress is pregnant and cannot let the young master pester her. You must be loyal to the young master and complete the errands well."

"yes"

Mrs. Pan took Ms. Li to the door of a room guarded by a maid. She said to the maid:

"Young lady, are you awake from your nap?"

"The young master was having a lot of fun and just fell asleep. The young mistress is lying down tiredly."

"Please go tell the young mistress that the wet nurse has been invited."

After reporting the matter, the maid came out again and asked Mrs. Pan and Mrs. Li to go in.

Passing through the bead curtain, there is a young woman with a round heart-shaped comb and light makeup lying on the bed under the opened lotus mosquito net. Next to her, there is a two-year-old young man sleeping under a thin quilt.

"Young mistress, I have brought you." Mrs. Pan bent down and saluted.

Mrs. Li also followed Mrs. Pan's actions and lowered her head for the first time, not daring to stare at the person on the bed.

The young woman was supported by the maid who came in, and leaned gently on the brocade plum blossom pillow. She stared at Mrs. Li who came in, and said in a delicate and small voice, but not majestic:

"Are you in good health and have enough milk?"

Ms. Li was bent over and did not dare to get up. She lowered her head and said, "My little wife is safe. She just gave birth to a month ago. The baby at home only drinks my milk."

Observing Mrs. Li's face, the young mistress could guess that she meant health. Just when she was about to say something more, the two-year-old baby who had just fallen asleep shrugged her nose, opened her eyes and cried, "Mom, I want to

Feeding."

The young mistress waved to Mrs. Li and said to her two-year-old son: "My dear, I will find a wet nurse for you and ask her to feed you."

"Nanny?" The two-year-old young master sat up and crawled over his mother's body with his short legs, heading underground to find Mr. Li.

"Why don't you come over and hug the young master?" Mrs. Pan directed.

"Yes" Mrs. Li obediently went to hold the two-year-old child.

"Nanny, I want to nurse."

"This..." Mrs. Li glanced at Mrs. Pan, the young mistress and the maid beside her sheepishly.

"Haven't you heard what the young master said? We are all women." Mrs. Pan scolded her again.

"Yes." Mrs. Li sat on the small stool aside, hugging the young master and turning his back.
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