Chapter 10 I don't bother with her
After they all left, Shuiqin came back, hopping and skipping, holding a small cloth bag in her arms. She kicked the door open to prevent the things from being scattered. Su Qing was sitting in front of the stove, soaking her feet in hot water. This was the advantage of being in the big kitchen, soaking her feet every day, and it made her feel comfortable.
Shuiqin walked in and went to the small room without even looking at Su Qing. The small room they lived in was inside the big kitchen, to put it bluntly, it was a place to sleep separated by wooden boards.
"Stop!" Su Qing said sternly.
Perhaps because she had never heard Su Qing speak to her so loudly before, Shuiqin stood still for a moment, a little confused about the situation. It took her a long time to speak: "Who are you talking to?"
"If you think I'm not talking to you, then I'm talking to a ghost." Su Qing wiped his feet carelessly and put on his shoes.
"What are you talking about?" Shuiqin was obviously frightened and said hurriedly.
Su Qing picked up the basin, walked over her, poured the water into the dirty bucket and went into the house.
"What do you mean by telling me to stop?"
Su Qing walked away and said, "What do you mean? Didn't your mother teach you to close the door when you enter the house at night?"
"Who told me to close the door? You were so close to the door just now, why didn't you close it?"
"Haha, whoever comes in last should close the door. It's okay if you don't want to close it, but when I was a kid I heard from the old people that..." Su Qing deliberately stopped.
"Yes, what did you say?"
"Some wandering ghosts like to follow the last person who enters the house at night. If the door is closed, they can't get in. If the door is not closed, everyone in the room will only look for her." After saying that, he went back to the house.
"You, you...you're talking nonsense." Shuiqin's voice was filled with tears.
Su Qing returned to the room, messed up her hair, listened to the sound of Shuiqin closing the door outside, smiled slightly, and said, "Little guy, I can't control you. If you want to play, auntie will play with you, just to relieve your boredom."
After a while, Shuiqin came in reluctantly and glared at Su Qing fiercely. She walked back to her bed angrily and dumped everything in the cloth bag on the bed. Su Qing blew out the oil lamp on her side and sighed again, saying that it was not easy for people in ancient times to live long lives. Take this oil lamp for example, it would emit black smoke after being lit for a while, which would make your eyes tear up. I really don't know how those embroiderers in the books could work all night long.
"Huh, it's just like what Sister Ruchun said, she is really uneducated. Yeah, that's true, how can someone with dirty hands and feet be educated?" After saying that, she started to organize the things she had brought back.
Perhaps because he felt that Su Qing didn't respond, he started talking to himself again, "Why is it that the people around the Madam are so generous? Look, these silk flowers look like real ones. I just helped them serve the food and pass the bowls, but they gave me two of these silk flowers. I heard that they are from the palace. I'll send one to Sister Ruchun tomorrow."
After a while, I heard another crunching sound, as if my mouth was full of food, and I couldn't hear the words clearly. The general meaning was that this was really delicious, and the sisters in the Fourth Miss's courtyard were really generous. She also mumbled to bring it to Ruchun and Wanxiang tomorrow.
Then she gulped down her tea and commented on a sweat towel. It seemed that she was going to irritate Su Qing, but Su Qing turned his back to her and didn't say a word, as if he was asleep.
Shuiqin was talking until her mouth was dry, but thinking about what Ruchun had told her in the afternoon, if she had the chance, she would definitely let Su Qing fight with her, and it would be best if she could make the matter known to the Madam. At the very least, she would have to let Mother Wu, who was by the Madam's side, know that Su Qing was a person of bad character who bullied her companions.
Thinking of this, Shuiqin cleared her throat and was about to speak again, when she heard Su Qing say slowly:
"Although the door is closed, maybe there are these good guys in this room, so they might get in through the window. I heard they are very powerful and can get in through any crack."
This sentence successfully made Shuiqin mute. Shuiqin originally slept under the window. On the day she first arrived, she went there early because it was bright. Now she looked up at the window. Because there was no curtain blocking it, the shadow of the tree was reflected on the window, swaying in the wind. She didn't notice it at ordinary times, but after listening to Su Qing's words, Shuiqin felt miserable, and the hair on her body stood up. She quickly reached out to close the window, and then heard a rustling sound, and then the sound of Shuiqin hurriedly getting into bed.
After a while, Shuiqin almost cried and said, "Okay, you have such a cruel heart. Aren't you afraid that the ghost will haunt you?"
Su Qing changed his position and lay flat on the bed, thinking: Ghost, what a joke, why should I be afraid of? If you knew where I came from, I would become that ghost. He closed his eyes and gradually fell asleep.
After Feng'er's mother said that, Yu's mother really arranged for two people to come the next day. One was about the same age as Mrs. Hong, and Su Qing didn't know her. The other was Cai'er.
After listening to Ma Wu's work arrangements, Cai'er happily came over and took Su Qing's hand and said, "Qing'er, we are really destined to meet. I have been so bored in the laundry room these past two days. I have been thinking about looking for you, but I have never been free. You don't know why those people wear clothes like that. There are many pieces that I can't even find a good place to sew."
Su Qing took the bag from Cai'er and said with a smile, "Didn't you say that if you work there, you can go to the Madam's yard? Don't you have a chance?"
"Tsk, we are the same. If there is such a good job, will Ruchun let me go? I heard that Shuiqin is also very popular here."
"You are well-informed. I'll ask you to find out from now on."
"What does it mean to be well-informed?" Cai'er asked, looking at the makeshift bed set up in the room.
Su Qing knew that she had used modern vocabulary again, and smiled and said, "It means you know everything and are good at inquiring into things. I'm complimenting you."
When Cai Er heard that he was praising her, she said happily, "Of course, there is one thing you really have to praise me for, otherwise I won't tell you."
"What is it? Is it about me?"
"Of course." Cai'er showed an excited expression, begging me to tell you. Su Qing was amused by her little look and reached out to scratch her nose. "Okay, please tell me, sister Cai'er."
Cai'er was about to speak when she saw Shuiqin coming over and said, "I'll tell you later." Although Su Qing really wanted to know the reason, he knew that now was not the time to talk when he saw everyone getting busy.
"Why are you here?" Shuiqin asked Caier.
"We don't have to wash the clothes of the maids who accompany the Madam and the Fourth Miss. We only wash the clothes of the servants in the outer courtyard, so we don't need too many people. You don't know that the manager of the laundry room is always watching us. If there is no work, she will find something to do. Mama Yu asked Qiuxiang to find someone to help in the kitchen, so I took the initiative to come here."
Shuqin nodded and said, "The work in this big kitchen is not easy. We have to prepare three meals a day. Even though we don't have to do it, we have to wash vegetables, cut vegetables, and wash dishes all day long." She spoke as if she did a lot of it.
"What's the big deal? The three of us bought it together. It's nice to be together and talk." Cai'er swiftly put her bag on Su Qing's bed.
Shuiqin curled her lips and wanted to say, "Who wants to be with you? I'll be good friends with Sister Wanxiang and Sister Ruchun." But after thinking about it, she didn't say it out loud.
"Okay, we have two more people in the kitchen this time. Let's prepare breakfast first as arranged just now. Sister Feng'er, will the buns take a while?" Ma Wujia said loudly.
"Just wait a little longer."
"Well, Shuiqin, go and notify all the courtyards, and come for breakfast in half an incense stick." Before she finished speaking, Shuiqin ran out.