The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family – Chapter 14

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第14章 把少爷卖了

牛婶不知道,昨晚也问儿子了,结果儿子不说。

“去看看,让明华来见我。”

赵太太皱眉,这儿子咋回事儿?
从来都是一个纨绔性子,读书不成,学武怕苦,让他学医,他说他会把毒药掺合了一起,终之,除了吃喝玩乐他就没上过心……不对啊,吃喝也是下人伺候着,他什么时候去过厨房?又怎么会去拿食材?拿食材干什么?
“太太……”

管事一直觉得就是牛婶在撒谎。

“等明华来了就知道了。”

结果,下人找了一圈回来回禀,少爷去昌州县城去了。

“太太……”

“给小厨房将食材配上吧。”赵太太道:“牛婶是老人了,我信她。”

太太到底是信她的!牛婶自然是感激不已。

心想下次三少爷进厨房拿东西的时候……不行,她回头让男人把小厨房加一把锁,谁知道什么时候他又跑来拿东西了?
赵明华晚上回家,就被亲娘堵了个正着。

“你这两天都往县城跑,去干嘛了?”

“做正事呀。”

“你都有正事了。”赵太太气笑了,一向不着调的人说有正事,你敢信?
“我问你,你是不是在小厨房拿了食材?”

“是。”

“拿去干什么去了?”

“还债。”赵明华突然搂着肚子:“母亲,儿子肚子疼得上净房了。”

说完一溜烟跑了。

“哎,你……”

又来这一招!
每当这小子要糊弄她的时候就往净房跑。

“少爷……”庆生连忙要跟上。

“庆生,你给我站住。”

跑得了少爷还跑得了小厮?
“太太,小的要去伺候少爷。”

“你是要去怎么伺候?他肚子疼还需要你替他上净房?”

这一对主仆想要玩什么花样,她用脚趾头都能想得到。

“太太……”

少爷倒是跑掉了,自己这是被太太抓了一个正着。

跑不掉了!

被太太抓住跑了会死得很惨,出卖少爷也会死得很惨!
左右都是死……算了,太太到底是主母,少爷都得听他的。

“说吧,明华把东西拿去哪儿了?”

“太太,少爷……”

这事儿他能说吗?
盼望着少爷能良心发现他没跟上跑出来解救他!
“别看了,他不会回来救你的。”赵太太觉得自己是不是太仁慈了一点,这些奴才都敢背着主子乱来了:“是不是你带坏了你家少爷?”

“太太,打死小的也不敢啊,是……”

罢了罢了,少爷不仁休怪我不义了!
出卖你也是形势所逼。

当下将来龙去脉都说了个一清二楚。

“哪个肖姑娘?”赵太太疑惑了,肖氏大族的肖春兰?他们私下有往来?
“是……镇东头的那个肖家。”

庆生都不敢抬头看太太。

“被肖氏大族除族的那个肖家?”赵太太吃惊不已:“那姑娘叫什么名字?多少岁了?他们怎么认识的?”

此事非同小可!

“那天少爷和隔壁的唐家少爷他们一起上山踏青,碰到肖姑娘捉螃蟹手指被夹住了……”

“那肖姑娘几岁呀,还去捉螃蟹?”

这是小姑娘应该干的事吗?
还说是京城人,听起来就没什么教养,长大了怕是不好谈人家。

也是,就他们的身份,大多数人都会避之不及的,怎么会打亲家?

“小的也不知道多少岁,反正,大约是及笈了吧。”

啥?
及笈的姑娘大庭广众之下脱了鞋去河沟里捉螃蟹?
这更让赵太太惊讶,这是什么样的姑娘?
还有还有,重点是,明华怎么会去她家吃东西?
难不成?
赵太太一下就悟了!

“庆生,你给我记住了,以后不准你家少爷再去那个什么肖姑娘家去。”

“啊?”

庆生懵了!

这个……那个……算了,他点头称是就可以了!
好不容易得到太太的许可可以离开了。

一跑回院子,三少爷抱着手臂倚在门柱上等着他。

“把我卖干净了?”

“少爷,您肚子不疼了?”

你跑这么快,我不把你卖了怎么能回来?
惹恼了太太我是吃不了篼着走啊。

“我母亲说了什么?”

“说……”抬头看看三少爷。

“说话呀,她说了什么?”

“太太让你以后不许去找肖姑娘了。”

“行了,这事儿我知道了。”

母亲说的话虽然他会听,但是,母亲也得听父亲的,所以,这个问题不算问题。

主院,赵太太揉着太阳穴。

“胡妈,你说,明华是不是被那姓肖的给晃花了眼啊?”

“太太,不应该吧,咱们家三少爷心善,可能是看到肖家日子艰难,所以就……”

“日子艰难的多了去了,也没见他当过菩萨。”赵太太突然站了起来:“不行,这事儿我得告诉老爷。”

赵成勋回主院,就被太太拉进了内室。

“老爷,明华性子是真的跳脱,这事儿您得管管,那肖家可是罪臣之后,若是沾染上了后患无穷。”

急死她了,不行,还得让媒婆上肖氏大族去提亲,早早的给娶一个漂亮的儿媳妇回来他的心才能收回来。

“此话不可再提。”赵成勋连忙阻止她:“朝堂之事我们不知,但是肖太医是一个好人,肖家也没有你想象中的那么可怕。”

“不可怕,肖氏大族怎么会将他们除族?”

“你想想,肖氏大族的祭田铺子这些是靠什么得来的?”

赵太太想了想没吭声。

“只能说,肖太医一家养了一窝子的白眼狼。”赵成勋知道她心里想什么:“这也是我不愿意明华再与肖家结亲的原因。”

“老爷?”赵太太还想着要让媒婆去说亲呢:“那春兰姑娘是一个好的。”

“知人知面不知心。”赵成勋道:“上梁不正下梁歪,中梁不正倒下来,有那样的祖父,那样的家风,她的教养又能好到哪儿去?”

教养?

那大姑娘大白天的脱鞋下河捉螃蟹,这算是教养吗?

“老爷,我担心万一肖家再遇上什么……”赵太太吓得不轻:“不行,我们得远着些。”

“你呀。”赵成勋一声叹息:“难怪有人说女人头发长见识短?你想想,若肖太医一家真的还有什么问题,她们能安然无恙的从京城回到蜀地?”

“你是不懂,按理,男的犯罪问斩流放,女的一概充教坊司,但是,肖家得了太后的恩典回原籍,你说,还会有什么问题?”

这……

(本章完)

The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family

The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family

落魄药女养家日常
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The renowned imperial physician, Doctor Xiao, was embroiled in a case of false pregnancy involving a concubine and was executed. Men over the age of twelve were exiled, while the female relatives and young children were granted the benevolence of the Empress Dowager and returned to their ancestral home in Shu. Unexpectedly, the relatives who had been protected by Doctor Xiao turned away a group of women and children, occupying their ancestral property and expelling them from the family. A group of pampered women and children, having nothing to depend on, found Xiao Chunuan, who loved reading and grinding medicine, to be the pillar of the family. She taught her family to wash clothes and cook to survive; she taught her younger sisters to forage for wild vegetables and prepare medicinal herbs; she taught her younger brother to learn business and practice martial arts to strengthen his body, while ensuring that they studied literature and literacy despite three generations not being able to take the imperial exam; she worked hard to earn money and also wanted to help their exiled relatives; her grandmother arranged a marriage for Chunuan, only for the clan leader's daughter to come knocking and cause trouble. Good people are often bullied, and those who are kind are taken advantage of. Old grudges and new enmities are all accounted for. Xiao Chunuan was never one to go easy on others; she was ready to engage in both literary and martial contests!

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