Chapter 15 (1/2)

Today, she came to the bookstore with the little man. She can’t work for embroidery workshop anymore. She hasn’t collected the vegetables for many days. And it’s too difficult to return to the village and come back until afternoon.

She calculated the day in her mind and decided to visit her second sister.

Zhao’er’s second sister Wang Zhaodi is not in Huyang Town. She is a maid of Shen’s family in Xia Town. From Huyang Town to Xia Town, it’s only an hour’s journey by mule car, but it’s a bit expensive to take a ride: 15 cents.

When zhao’er gets to the county, it’s about three quarters past nine. It’s a good time to meet someone. Her second sister doesn’t necessarily have time to meet her too early or too late. She has to wait a long time.

Zhao’er went all the way to the south of the city. Before entering the memorial archway where Shen’s family is located, she saw the two flags standing at the door of Shen’s mansion, which are more than fifteen meters high.

This flag indicates that someone in this mansion passed the highest imperial examination.

This flagpole is divided into two structures, flagpole with stone and flagpole.

The flags on the flagpole are also exquisite. If this person passed the highest imperial examination, he could set up two flags on the flagpole. If he ranked first in the exam, he could set up three flags and if there were important officials in this family, he could set up four flags.

There are two big flagpoles in front of Shen’s gate, one has three flags and the other has four. That is to say, someone ranked first in the imperial examination and there is an important official in Shen’s family.

Zhao’er, a country girl as she is, knows this from her second sister when she came to see her.

With her identity, she couldn’t enter from the front door, the side door or the corner door. She went around a lot and came to the back door of Shen’s mansion.

The door of the back door was half open. Zhao’er didn’t dare to break in. She knocked on the door respectfully.

The door opened with a squeak, and out of it came a round woman who asked her, “who are you looking for?”

A gatekeeper as she is, she wore clothes made of satin, and she had jewelry on her ears and hands, which is enough to show the wealth of Shen’s family.

The Shen’s family is really rich. In this Xia Town, if they are stamping their feet, the whole county is going to shake three times. The Shen mansion here is the ancestral residence of the Shen’s family. In addition to the first and second masters of the Shen’s family who are officials out of town, the whole family lives here.

“Grandma. I’m looking for Sulan. I’m her brother. I’m here to see her.”

This woman’s attitude is not so warm, but at least she is not inferior to others. From this way, we can see that the rules of the Shen’s family must be very strict. She let Zhao’er wait and shut the door and went inside.

After waiting for a long time, the back door opened again, and a beautiful looking woman came out of it. Her skin is smooth like snow, with a pair of phoenix eyes red lips. She wears a water red jacket and a white pleated skirt. Her long and dark hair is simply tied in a bun, and a gold hairpin is inserted on it.

Her clothes and hair ornaments are just ordinary, but they look more beautiful on her than on others. She has a perfect body, with a bulging chest and a thin waist.

This is Zhao’er’s second sister Wang Zhaodi, but her name was changed into Sulan when she arrived at Shen’s mansion.

Zhao’er can’t help frowning. Since she saw her second sister last time, she has changed a lot. It is not only the material of clothes, but also the jewelry, her appearance and even her body shape have changed a lot.

She was a little flustered. She grabbed Sulan and went to the corner where there was no one.

“Sister, did you really do it?”

Seeing Zhao’er crumpling her sleeve, Sulan said impatiently: “What are you talking about?”

“The… The…” After hesitating for a long time, Zhao’er said with a red face: “Did you agree to be the mistress of the sixth young master?”

Sulan rolled her eyes and lifted her mouth: “It’s none of your business.”

“Sister!” Zhao’er can’t help stamping her feet.

Looking at her sister, Sulan remembered that when she was sold by her family, only Zhao’er asked about where she was from the trafficker and walked all day and all night to see her. At that time, she was full of panic. The appearance of Zhao’er reminded her that she was not alone and would not die in this house. She immediately softened her heart.

She sighed: “I told you before, I won’t go out to live such a hard time anymore. Although I’m a mistress room now, the sixth young master promised me that when he married a wife, I’ll be his concubine. ”

Zhao’er was shocked. Although she predicted it, but it’s still unbelievable hearing from her sister.

For the first time in her life, she didn’t know what to say. After a while, she hesitated and said, “That’s it? You will be bullied by the principal wife.”

Zhao’er’s cognition tells her that no concubines can live comfortably.

Sister’s words make Sulan feel bad. She waves her hands carelessly. Her white slender finger wears a gold ring of cat’s eye stone, emitting a faint light and shines brightly in the sun.

“You don’t understand. You don’t need to worry about me. As long as the sixth young master is on my side, his wife won’t dare to bully me.”

“But…”

“OK, stop talking about me. Is your little husband well?” I say it’s better for you to come to the mansion and be a maid by my side. At least it’s better than working so hard in that family. Other women are looking for a man to protect them, and you, you earn money to support your husband.”

“He’s still young. Besides, sister, if it wasn’t for my mother and my father, I would have been sold. You are lucky enough to be sold into Shen’s mansion. Those unlucky ones were sold to dirty places. ”

Sulan tightly pursed her red lips and did not speak.