The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family – Chapter 53

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第53章 吴元平休妻

“肖春玉,你什么意思?”吴元平瞪着肖春玉:“大包小包你往哪儿搬?”

“我已经禀明了夫人,天气炎热,我带着孩子去庄上住些日子。”

现在的吴夫人是填房,春玉也不会喊她母亲,她正经的婆婆早已变成了牌位。

那位可怜的女子,走的时候知道自己怀上了孩子高兴得直流泪,拉着她的手想说什么却又说不出来,还示意马嬷嬷拿首饰盒,后来马嬷嬷告诉她,那是夫人特意给她这个新进门的儿媳妇准备的。

婆母逝去不足百天,公公就娶了填房,

想着吴元平的所作所为,再想着公公的薄情,她突然间就明白了上梁不正下梁歪中梁不正倒下来的道理。

有那样一个薄情的父亲,他的儿子能好到哪儿去?
自己当时生产若不是那稳婆看在二妹妹的份上使出浑身解数救了自己,自己也早已变成了牌位了,怀中的孩子就会成了那没娘的孩子,指不定日子有多惨。

“胡闹,你不知道再过几天就是母亲的周年祭吗?还没出孝期,你就到处乱跑?你肖家的家教就是这样的?”

“我肖家的家教很好。”说她可以,但是不能说她肖家:“至少,我肖家的家教不会在孝期内纳妾,更不会在孝期内娶平妻。”

“你……”吴元平被怼得面红耳赤:“娶平妻怎么了,你不能再生了,总不能让我断了后吧?你以为你是谁,还当自己是以前肖府的大小姐?有一个院首的祖父?”

“吴元平,你小人嘴脸就这么彻底的暴露出来了。”肖春玉冷笑道:“就你这样的人,真的不配有后!”

“臭婊子,居然敢诅咒我。”

吴元平冲上前抓住了肖春玉的头发。

“二少爷,不可。”马嬷嬷见状连忙冲了上来拉他:“二少奶奶怀里还抱着小小姐呢,你快松开,别把小小姐摔了。”

“一个赔钱货罢了,什么小小姐,老子不稀罕。”

“虎毒还不食子呢,吴元平,你连畜牲都不如。”原想着徐徐图之,肖春玉已经忍无可忍了:“我要和你和离。”

“哟嗬,和离?”吴元平一声讥笑:“你肖家死的死,流放的流放,滚的滚回了蜀地,就你,一个人,没有我吴家,你连饭都吃不上,你还要和离。告诉你,老子忍你很久了,老子要休妻!”

休妻?

“你善妒,不孝,恶疾,七出随便数就有三出了,来人,拿笔墨纸砚来,本少爷要休妻。”

“吴元平,你敢!”

肖春玉气得浑身发抖!
是她太冲动了!

她要的结果是和离,和离她的陪嫁都能如数拿走,肖家抄家是不会抄出嫁女的,有了这些陪嫁,她好好经营就能养大盼盼,还能正大光明的补贴蜀地的娘家人。

但是,休妻嫁妆是带不走的。

如果被休了,她才真正是走投无路。

“来人。笔墨纸砚伺候。”

吴元平丝毫不顾及什么夫妻情份,正好,他赌输了两千两银子,还找不到地方填这个窟窿,肖氏的陪嫁还有不少的好东西,那铺子也能卖上一两千两银子。

写起休书来,那叫一个顺溜。

“吴元平,你丧尽天良!”

肖春玉心都在滴血,过成今天这样不是她想要的,但确实是她自己选择的。真的恨不能给自己两耳光,当初眼睛有多瞎啊!
“小姐……”

周嬷嬷和墨兰建兰都惊呆了,这可怎么办?
“走,我们先去庄上。”

反正,今天这休书她是不会接手的。

“肖春玉,拿着你的休书再走。”吴元平道:“来人,将她给我拦住,在我休书没写好之前不准跨出去一步。”

立即就有家丁上前将肖春玉主仆的出路堵住。

“二少爷,你不能这样。”马嬷嬷再次感到吴家人的绝情:“二少奶奶才出了月子,她可是你名媒正娶,八抬大轿娶回来的发妻啊,二少爷……”

“老虔婆,滚。”吴元平一脚踢在了马嬷嬷的腿上:“反了天了,谁是你主子都认不清楚了?”

“二少爷……”马嬷嬷被一脚踢翻在地,看着这个自己从小看着长大的男子面目狰狞,突然就觉得好笑:为这样的人卖命真是不值啊。

“马嬷嬷,你怎么样?”建兰连忙上前扶起她:“马嬷嬷……”

“我没事儿。”马嬷嬷悄声对建兰道:“快想想办法,二少奶奶被休的话会活不下去的。”

她太同情二少奶奶了。

可是,建兰又有什么办法呢?

人是走不了,吴元平还在写休书。

“小姐?”

周嬷嬷和墨兰将肖春玉母女护在后面,也是一脸的着急:“小姐,怎么办?”

“是我低估了人性的险恶。”肖春玉怒及反笑:“无妨,既然不让我活,那我就搏一搏。”

肖春玉怀里被塞进了一纸休书,主仆四人,不,连着一个刚满月的女婴五人被吴家下人撵出了府门,她之前收拾的衣物之类的一件都没能带出来。

“小姐,怎么办,我们能去哪儿?”

周嬷嬷活了一大把年纪了,第一次遇上这么薄情的人。

“嬷嬷,你带着盼盼……”肖春玉想了想:“这样吧,嬷嬷,你和建兰黑兰一起带着盼盼去秋府,求见秋夫人和秋小姐,你们帮我照顾好盼盼。”

她能想到的只有秋夫人和秋小姐,肖家的姻亲她一个都不会去找,因为她知道,这个时候她们都避着肖家呢,自己所经历过的苦她们也不会懂,反而会指责自己不惜福。

京城说大不大,说小也不小,她就不信,她生下盼盼的事其姻亲会不知道?

而来看她的只有秋夫人和秋小姐,这些说明了什么?
人走茶凉,祖父所做的功德都随着他的离去烟消云散了。

“小姐,那你呢?你要上哪儿去?”

肖府抄家流放,小姐没有娘家可去,把小小姐托付给了她们,那是要干什么?
“小姐,要不你带着老奴和建兰墨兰,我们一起去求助秋夫人帮忙给点盘缠,我们也去蜀地找老太太吧。”周嬷嬷道:“小姐,留得青山在不怕没柴烧,你一定要想开一点。”

(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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