Professor Li’s Married Life Chapter 57:

Babies whose subscription ratio is not enough need to wait for two more days. I am really sorry. Tired, have you ever eaten? Grandma didn’t eat here, I just passed on the rice, uncle can eat some with grandma.”

Nurse Zhang has an amiable voice, and the words are comfortable to listen to.

Li Cheng was stunned for a moment, then opened his mouth and said, "It's so late, hasn't she eaten yet?"

Nurse Zhang replied even more appropriately, "Grandma is alone, she said she will wait for uncle."

Li Cheng raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, Gu Qingci is not like someone who would wait for others to eat.

He had already eaten at the East Courtyard, and originally planned to go back to his room to find some books to read, but now...

Forget it, it's okay to go and have a look, I didn't care about that girl for a few days, and I forgot to say when I went out today, he was careless.

So he said: "Let's go."

Nurse Li was overjoyed, and hurriedly let out a sigh, and happily led the people into the house.

Xiao Man in the outer room saw Li Chengze coming over, and his men swiftly closed the curtain.

Li Cheng stepped in.

Gu Qingci is sitting on the kang.

This room has been turned into a warm partition for Gu Qingci, and it is a place for activities, reading and playing on weekdays.

It is beautifully tidied up and bright inside.

On the innermost wall is a small Duobaoge cabinet, on which are placed several jade objects, and in a corner beside it is a stand with a long-necked patterned porcelain vase, and several paintings are hung on the wall. A dark green carpet was laid on the floor.

Gu Qingci hasn't been out of the house since she came to Li's house. She usually plays here. Li Cheng saw her a few times, once playing chess with the girl, and once making flowers with yarn.

Actually, if you think about it, there are really few entertainment programs for people at this time, especially for women, there are almost none. It’s better for wealthy families, they can still visit the garden at home, and it’s not bad to hold a flower festival and poetry meeting occasionally, and listening to operas can pass the time, but the problem is that women at this time, those who are not married can’t go out all the time, married Humans don't have the ease and freedom of being a girl.

Even if someone is rich enough to support an opera troupe at home, they can only set up a stage to sing operas to have fun when there is a happy event at home.

Compared to modern girls, there is very little to do with this.

In ancient times, women were severely restrained, so their lives were quite scarce.

Gu Qingci is only fifteen years old now, she should be at the age of going to school, but here, not only did she not go to school, she was even married.

Stuck at home all day with nothing to do, thinking about it, Li Licheng felt a little distressed.

Gu Qingci was wearing a bright yellow cross-neck short jacket with a white collar, and a light blue long skirt underneath, which was very simple without embroidery.

The hair is combed in a bun, and half of the hair is **** in a bun on the back of the head. There is a small sapphire hairpin on the hairpin, and a small tuft on the left and right sides is **** and hangs next to the ears. It was tied into a thick braid and attached to the back.

This is a modern bun, very suitable for young people.

With Gu Qingci's appearance, she looks more and more immature.

Adds a little more cuteness.

The little girl was shapeless, sitting crookedly on the kang like a cartilage, she took off a pair of pink embroidered shoes and kicked them on the kang at will.

His chin was stunned, in a daze.

However, when Li Chengze came in, he immediately put away that absent-minded expression, straightened his waist, joined hands, and acted neatly.

Li Cheng's heart softened suddenly.

Still a little girl.

When I spoke again, my voice became much gentler, "Why don't you eat first?"

Seeing this, Yuzhu on the side bowed her head and bowed her head, then stepped back, followed by Gu Yu and Xiaoman, who brought the food in, put it on the small kang table, and walked out quickly.

There are only two people left in the room.

Li Cheng raised the hem of his clothes and naturally sat down on the other side.

No one would believe that there is nothing tricky about it.

Master Wu is not stupid, he is a prodigal, and Mrs. Wu is still in charge of the inner house.

The women in the Wu family's backyard who have been abused have no name or status, and they can't even be regarded as serious concubines. In the countryside, those who are used by the master but have not given birth to children have the same status as maids and servants, and the wife can dismiss or sell them with a word.

When Mrs. Bai interacted with such a person, she would tell them about many things in the family one by one, complaining from time to time.

Mrs. Wu felt that Mrs. Bai was useless and even a new daughter-in-law couldn't deal with it, so she didn't say anything, but slowly gave people advice, telling people how she managed the house, and how to get rid of this black-hearted method. Tell people as much as possible.

"You're just too good-natured. Anyone with a high status and high family status is all about saving face. Outsiders don't care about you. I've only heard that women marry chickens and dogs follow dogs. When you enter your house, you will be you." Family, what are you afraid of? Beating and scolding is not an exaggeration, what kind of bride doesn't serve her in-laws respectfully and obediently?" Mrs. Wu said so.

The more he listened to the words, the more and more Bai felt that it made sense. He couldn't sleep for several nights, and tossed and turned in bed thinking about it.

She has always had a prejudice against Gu Qingci, and this prejudice is deepening day by day. Bai always wants to hold people in check, so that she dare not say a word to him, and can only live under her own hands, and look at herself. Act on face.

Both Li Baode and Li Chengze went to the countryside, Bai felt that the opportunity had come.

With people sent by Mrs. Wu as helpers, it doesn't take a little effort.

Bai's mother told them before that the poorer the place, the more brutal and domineering the people.

They want to discipline and teach the daughter-in-law at home is very simple, there are some methods, for example, whoever they think is disobedient, or tie them up and make them kneel, or beat their hands, or spank, do heavy work and so on.

There are also naughty families, and there are some husbands who are tired of their wives and sell their wives. These are not uncommon things.

Mother Bai's original intention of telling these things to her daughters is to let them know what is good or bad in their hearts. When they marry in the future, they must not only be diligent and capable, but also be able to win over men's likes.

And Bai learned something else from those words, knowing that sometimes it is useless to say a lot of words, as long as someone has money in his hand, he can make people feel safe.

She covets Gu Qingci's dowry for some reason, so she has been thinking about it since she was not married yet.

*

The mother-in-law didn't care what she did to Gu Qingci Bai in the side room, she only locked the doors of the west courtyard tightly, and then went back to her room to sleep.

A good night's sleep.

The west courtyard is going crazy!

After Gu Qingci didn't come back for a long time, Madam Zhang sent Qiu Ju to have a look.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Ju went to the yard and pulled the door, but she couldn't open it no matter what.

So I immediately went back and told Nanny Zhang, "Mommy, the door can't be opened for some reason, it seems to be locked from the outside."

Nurse Zhang didn’t believe how the good door was locked from the outside, so she went to check it out herself, but it turned out that she really couldn’t open it, not only the small door, but also the main door was locked!

After running back and forth a few times, they realized something was wrong.

Several maids were circling anxiously in the yard, and tried to knock on the door again, but to no avail.

The courtyard wall is high, there is not even a ladder in the house, and the house is full of women, even if they want to climb it, they can't.

Although Nanny Zhang was worried, she still scolded a few of the servants with a cold face, so that they would mess up and break the rules.

She comforted herself in her heart, saying that the girl must be fine, the Li family would never dare to do anything to the girl, otherwise the Hou Fu could crush them to death with one finger! Besides, everything has been fine for the past few days, and there is no sign of anything going wrong. This morning, the girl taught the two girls of the Li family how to read and write normally.

Thinking about it carefully, the biggest possibility is that Mrs. Bai left the girl to serve or set up rules, perhaps because she was afraid that they would find her, so she simply locked the door.

This is the most reasonable guess Zhang Momo could think of, but she was so annoyed that she cursed Mrs. Bai thousands of times. So bad!

It was already late at night, and Nanny Zhang only hoped to get through the night quickly, as Mrs. Bai couldn't keep them locked.

The master didn't return, and none of the servants dared to sleep, and they had to push and knock on the door every once in a while.

Time passed little by little.

Soon, the sky turned white and the dew and mist dissipated.

The women in the west courtyard started shouting at the door in turn, trying to be heard.

*

Li Chengze had made an appointment with the shopkeeper Fang of the book shop before, and was going to talk about some details of the newspaper.

The matter in Hekou Village is not a big deal. There is a piece of fruit mountain shared by the village to ask the opinions of the small households to vote on some matters. Li Cheng certainly had no objection, and only asked Li Baode to stay there to follow up.

He has a problem with choosing a bed, he doesn't get a good rest in a strange place, he wakes up at four o'clock, and he needs Yuan Bao to set up a car and go back to the city at dawn.

I originally planned to come back to freshen up and change clothes, so that I could go out to meet guests at noon.

Unexpectedly, when I got out of the carriage, I immediately saw a big brass lock hanging on the gate of the west courtyard.

Li Cheng was surprised, frowned, turned around and turned to the narrow alley, and looked at the side door, which was also locked.

At this moment, shouts came from the yard.

Li Cheng listened a few times before saying, "What's the matter?"

Nurse Zhang suddenly heard the voice from outside, and recognized Li Chengze's voice, as if she had found the backbone, she immediately cried to him: "Master, save our girl." , The girl went to the east courtyard yesterday and has not returned, and our courtyard was locked by someone at some time, this old slave is worried!"

Li Cheng's expression sank after hearing this, he turned around and walked into the east courtyard.

In the yard, the careless woman was washing clothes by the boiling water, and she was stunned when she saw the sudden appearance of the uncle, and then quickly rubbed her hands and gave a blessing.

Li Cheng asked directly: "Where is your grandma?"

The mother-in-law's face was dull, she opened her mouth, and wanted to say something, but Mrs. Bai suddenly came out from the wing room. Came back so early? Didn't you say that you will delay for two days?"

Li Cheng's expression was indifferent, noncommittal.

Ever since he came here, even though he knew that he had nothing to do with people like the Bai family, he tried his best to play his own role and fulfill the responsibilities of this body.

However, this does not mean that Bai's hand can reach his head.

Li Cheng took a deep look at Bai Shi and said, "Where is Gu Qingci."

Bai's heart skipped a beat, paused, and then slowly said: "Why do you ask this question as soon as you come back, I'm afraid that mother will eat her up, but I left her here to talk for a while yesterday In other words, let her rest here when it is late, what are you worried about, you go back first, and she will go there when she wakes up." This is a nonsense, Li Cheng and Gu Qingci have breakfast with each other on weekdays They are all used here, if Bai Shi hadn't been guilty, he wouldn't have said the words to let Li Chengze go back to the west courtyard now.

Li Cheng lost his patience. He didn't want to listen to Bai's nonsense anymore, so he turned to look at the rough envoy, with obvious meaning in his eyes.

The old woman felt good and pointed to the ear chamber.