The cicadas were chirping and the clouds were low.
The weather was oppressively hot, and people were hiding indoors. No one went out to the streets unless it was urgent.
A doctor carrying a medicine box walked in from the side door of Jiang's house. The collar of his robe was stained with sweat. The cloth was stuck to his back, soaked with sweat, and his shoulder blades were marked with a figure of eight.
The woman who was accompanying me kept wiping sweat with her sleeves, but the sweat was still dripping down her cheeks.
After leading the doctor to the backyard, the woman finished her errand and hurriedly walked out, cursing in a low voice: "This is a man who confuses ghosts and monkeys in the hot wasteland and makes others suffer! You shameless little bitch, you follow me without knowing anything."
The master fumbled! You deserve it, Xiaoyue!"
It turned out that Shuixing, the eldest girl who was serving Mrs. Meng, had a miscarriage, and this woman was ordered to find a doctor for her.
There are two eldest girls beside Meng, one is named Xin Yi and the other is Shuixing.
When Meng married Jiang Yinzhi, the Meng family was expelled and exiled, so she did not have any accompanying girls with her.
This Xinyi was the girl she bought after she was rehabilitated, and she has been serving her the longest.
The servants who were around her when she was a concubine were later dismissed by her for various reasons.
After entering Beijing, Meng gave Xinyi to Jiang Yinzhi as his wife. This not only showed that he was not jealous, but also won people's hearts.
Xin Yi was loyal to her from then on, and only waited for Meng to be merciful and allow her to give birth to a son and a half daughter, so that she would have someone to rely on when she grew old.
This Shuixing was bought after coming to Beijing. She is younger and more beautiful than Xin Yi. Jiang Yinzhi has always been interested in her.
But Meng didn't speak, and he was too embarrassed to ask for it.
But what kind of cat doesn't steal something? After all, these two people took advantage of Meng's inattention and secretly cheated on Chen Cang.
After Meng learned about it, she was neither anxious nor angry, and simply pretended not to know.
Still instructing Shui Xing to do this and that as usual, Shui Xing thought that he was keeping it secret and was not discovered by his wife.
She and Jiang Yinzhi secretly sneaked in several times, and every time she met the master, she begged him to tell his wife about the matter as soon as possible so that she could get a good reputation.
Jiang Yinzhi himself has also thought about a clear path, but he is busy with promotion these days and is really embarrassed to open his mouth because of this matter.
Shuixing couldn't help but feel panicked, not least because her little day had not come for more than 20 days.
She is always on time, never missing anything by two days.
Moreover, I began to hate meat and meat, and I couldn’t help but feel nauseated when I smelled fish or meat. I also wanted to eat sour food. These are all symptoms of nausea.
Shuixing wanted to find an opportunity to tell the master about this matter, but Jiang Yinzhi had no time to spare these days, and Meng kept her by his side.
This morning, Jiang Yinzhi went out on business early.
Meng said that the weather was hot, so she had someone make a cooler and put ice cubes as big as a basin in it.
Place it in the center of the room and use the air conditioning to drive away the heat.
After a while, Meng felt that the thing was in the way again, and said: "Xinyi, Shuixing, you two lift the ice cube to the wall. The eldest and second ladies will come to greet you later, so this thing will inevitably get in the way."
Shuixing and Xin Yi went to carry the ice cooler. The ice cooler was originally made of porcelain, and there was a layer of water droplets hanging on the outside. Xin Yi's hands were slippery, so he took off his hand before taking two steps.
The thing weighed twenty or thirty kilograms, and it suddenly dropped Shuixing to the ground.
The ice cream also hit the floor tiles hard and shattered.
"Excuse me, madam! My hand slipped accidentally." Xin Yi quickly admitted his mistake and showed concern for Shuixing, "How are you? Are you okay?"
Meng didn't get angry because of this, she just said: "If it breaks into pieces, throw it out! As long as it doesn't hurt anyone, that's fine."
Shuixing felt pain in her back at that time, but she still insisted that it was okay.
While waiting for lunch, I became even more unbearable, my lower body began to bleed, and the pain made me unable to straighten my back.
"What's going on? Kuishui is here, please put some straw paper on it." Xin Yi said and went to help her, but Shuixing was in so much pain that she couldn't even speak.
After all, paper can't cover the fire, not to mention that it's already like this. If you don't call a doctor, you might be killed.
Anyone who comes by will know what is going on at a glance, not to mention that people have already touched some shadows and guessed that the child in Shuixing's belly is probably the master's.
The doctor checked her pulse and said: "This is a miscarriage. We can't stop the bleeding first. We have to let the contents of the stomach flow out completely, otherwise it will be fatal."
So I prescribed side medicines, explained how to take them, and said I would come back for a follow-up visit in three days.
After the doctor left, Meng came to see her in person.
Shuixing's face turned pale and red, then red and white again.
In the final analysis, this matter is still her fault.
"Madam, this slave deserves to die!" Shuixing kowtowed to Meng on the pillow, "This slave was confused for a moment..."
"Is this child my master's?" Meng asked her.
"Yes...it belongs to the master." Shuixing lowered his eyes, not daring to look at Meng.
"You silly girl, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Meng said regretfully, "If I had known you had it, how could I have ordered you to do the work? This is really a pity for a life!"
Shuixing felt ashamed and hurt after hearing this, and cried: "Madam, if you don't blame me for this, I will close my eyes even if I die. Now that Madam still pities me, I feel sorry for you even more."
"Stop talking like that, I can't blame you alone for this. In fact, I have wanted to give you to the master for a long time, but the time is not right, so I want to wait until autumn comes.
If I had known that you couldn't wait, just tell me clearly that I am not the one who can't tolerate others. Xinyi's belly has not moved at all for so many years. I am getting older, so I just want to give the master another child and give birth to a son.
As a half-girl, the house is also lively."
When she said this, Shuixing cried more and more sadly.
"Well, it will be easier to take care of your little confinement now. You are still young." Meng comforted her, "It will take time in the future, don't worry."
In the evening, Jiang Yinzhi came back from the Yamen.
As usual, Meng helped him change his clothes personally, and had already prepared tea, fruits, and warm water for bathing.
When Jiang Yinzhi had cleaned up and was sitting at the table preparing for dinner, Meng finally said, "I did something wrong today, and I'm very sorry."
Meng told her about Shuixing's miscarriage today, and sighed: "It's my fault that I didn't notice anything was wrong with this girl. If I had known she was pregnant, I would have opened her face and left her in front of the master to serve her."
Now that it’s like this, it’s really heart-wrenching.”
Jiang Yinzhi was also surprised when Shuixing had a miscarriage. He had no idea that this girl was pregnant.
But compared to his wife's generosity and considerateness, the matter of Shuixing's miscarriage was nothing at all.
"My good wife, I was drunk and immoral that day. Fortunately, you were considerate. I'm really ashamed." Jiang Yinzhi couldn't help but hold Meng's hand.
"Master, just don't blame me. We husband and wife are of the same mind, and this family will prosper." Meng smiled softly, "The Zong family is going to invite us to a banquet the next day. I think the master's promotion is probably settled."
