I dressed as a witch doll

Magpie has five children in her family, and she is the third.

Originally, about 10 mu of the family's field was planted with grain, and the other three mu were planted with mulberry trees. My mother took several of their girls to pick mulberry and weave cloth, and the family lived well.

But later my father said to go outside to do odd jobs to earn money.

It was okay at first, he just went home to persuade his mother to replant the rest of the family's fields with mulberry trees.

Dad said that Zhongsang is more profitable, one mu of land can earn twice as much money as before, and then use the money to buy grain, won't he earn a lot more?

My mother was moved by what my father said, and in the second year, I filled the grain fields with soil and planted mulberry trees instead.

In the beginning, the income was indeed much higher than before, and my mother was very happy, thinking that my father had gained knowledge and improved as a person after going out.

But with the extra ten taels of silver on hand, besides buying food and clothes for them, Mother stuffed half of it into Dad's pocket, and asked him to go to the city to find opportunities to see if he could find more work.

But who would have thought that father would be dragged to the gambling house after he left, and he was out of control ever since.

At first he said he was looking for business outside, and kept asking his mother for money.The mother was forced to have no choice but to give him all the money in hand.

Now they had food in the fields and never went hungry, but suddenly they had no money to buy food, so they could only rely on their uncle's family to help them.

In the second year, my mother felt that this was not a solution, so she planted grain again, but when it was time to harvest, my father ran back and sold the 5 mu of land.

So 3 mu today, 5 mu tomorrow, just a year's work, all the land is gone.

Then he started selling his daughter.

Dad always said before that the money must be earned back, and he will redeem all the fields and build a big house for them.

Mother still believed him at first, until he started to sell his daughter.

He sold his elder sister to the building, and his mother fell ill all of a sudden, but he didn't stop him.

When the father wanted to sell the second sister, the mother jumped into the river with her stomach in her arms, but she couldn't save her.

So the second sister was sold to the mountains, so she went to be a serious daughter-in-law.

Now it's the magpie's turn.

Magpie was wearing a tattered unlined garment, was led along the street with bare feet and a numb face, and there was a bright red palm print on his left cheek.

She still remembers the pair of trousers on her very clearly. It was pulled off from the second sister by her father before he sold the second sister.Dad said, when a woman enters the mountain, she is like an animal. Apart from working, she has to give birth, and she doesn't need to wear pants.

But now, like an animal, she was pulled into the street with a straw rope tied to her hand, and the other end of the rope was held by her own father.

Before leaving the house, she secretly stole mulberry leaves from the neighbor's field, planning to come back and cook for her younger brother.

It's a pity that the first mouthful of mulberry leaves has not been fed into my little brother's mouth, so my father rushed in and said that he would send her to a good place.

Magpie thought to himself, Dad also said before that the place where the eldest sister and second sister go is a good place to go.

I don't know if my father will remember to bring food for the two younger brothers after she leaves.

She thought it would be great if she could send them to the building, and when she made money, she would secretly pick up the two younger brothers, so that they could at least have a full meal.

It would be great if she could marry into Brother Genzi's house earlier, but it's a pity that her family has become like this, kneeling with Brother Zi and breaking his leg, but he couldn't get his parents to agree.

While thinking about it, the magpie burst into tears unknowingly.

At this moment, she suddenly heard a melodious bell ringing from a distance.

The sound of the bell was so pleasant that she couldn't help but think of the scene when her mother took her to the temple on the mountain to worship the Bodhisattva when she was a child when the family was still wealthy.

She subconsciously looked towards the distance from the bell, only to find that it was a huge courtyard, and at this time the courtyard door was wide open, and many people came out of it.

Magpie found that those people were all dressed very beautifully, with thick cotton-padded clothes and trousers on their bodies, and some even wore beautiful skirts. Everyone's faces were beaming, as if they couldn't freeze even in this frozen winter The warmth radiating from them.

And there are many girls who look like her age.

They look beautiful and flamboyant, walking on the road with their heads held high, meeting the envious eyes of other people around them.

Magpie saw that as soon as they went out of the door, there were many vendors around them hawking at them, food, clothing and usefulness that she had never seen before.

But these girls just looked at the stall casually, and didn't buy many people.

Magpie thought it was because they were not willing to give up money, but when another group of girls passed by Magpie, she heard someone shouting and laughing in the crowd, "The things on the roadside stalls are not clean, let's go to the store to buy!"

"Last time I drank a medium sugar water in the store. It was delicious and cheap. You can drink a large bowl for ten yuan. There are glutinous rice balls, sweet-scented osmanthus candies, jelly jelly, and some fruit pieces! "

The magpie, who hadn't eaten for a few days, couldn't help swallowing when he heard the words, but when he thought of the price, the magpie lowered his head.

Ten or so Wen is enough for the two younger brothers to eat for five or six days.

"I know that store, and the food there is delicious. Let's go there for a drink first. I just know that there is a cosmetic powder store next door. I want to go there to buy a box of hand cream. The owner of the store said , smear the three or five times a day, and the hands will always be white and tender, and a box is only 50 Wen, which can be used for a whole winter!"

"Hey, don't tell me, things are really cheap now. The last time I saw a piece of silver noodles, it was only three taels of silver. I told the shopkeeper and asked him to keep it for me. When the bonus is paid at the end of the year, I will Go and buy it for a dowry!"

Magpie stared at them in a daze. It was the first time she heard someone say such a thing so brazenly, and she prepared a dowry for herself. This girl is really bold.

But then someone said: "Three taels of silver is too shabby, you only get married once in a lifetime, you can't give yourself a bigger one, I think ten taels of silver is enough!"

The girl before was a little unhappy, "I have to save some for my parents and brother. If I take them all away, I would be so heartless."

Some of the girls laughed again, and a woman who looked very gentle said with a smile:

"I think both of you are right. My mother's family must subsidize us. After all, it's not easy to raise us to such a large age. It's just that we can't treat ourselves badly when we get married. We must do a good job of the appearance and the wedding dress." , As for subsidizing your natal family, even if you are married, can your man still stop you?"

After listening to her, many of those girls were blushing, but they showed approval.

Magpie's head was buzzing.

So this is the life of a girl in the city?

Drinking sugar water, buying makeup powder, and dressing yourself up, parents rely on them to live and look up to them, so naturally they won't treat them badly.

And when they are married, their husband's family can't stop them from subsidizing their mother's family. I'm afraid that even if they go to their husband's house, their lives will be very smooth.

Magpie thought, so other people's life is like this.But she was going to be sold to that dirty place disheveled.

It seems that those people live in fairyland, but she is in hell.

--

When Emperor Qiancheng arrived at Fenglin Palace that day, Wen Chi hadn't returned yet.

Emperor Qian Cheng didn't care, but although he was hungry, he didn't have much appetite.

Bell sent a bowl of mutton soup - which has become a special dish for Feng Lin Palace to entertain guests - and the kitchen thoughtfully put a handful of potato flour in it.

Emperor Gan Cheng sat on the couch for a while, read a book for a while, and finally looked at the time, but he suddenly stood up.

Ling Dang thought that His Majesty was going to leave in a hurry, but who knew that the other party said: "Prepare water, I want to take a bath and change clothes."

Bell quickly ordered to go down.

His Majesty also slept in Fenglin Palace for a period of time, many things were prepared, and the palace people were never in a hurry.

Xiuhe went in with another maid of honor named Ayao to serve, but Ling Dang collected the mutton soup outside.

According to the previous habit, the bell should actually be spread on the side of the bed.

It's just that before the empress ordered them to do this, but now that the empress is not here, Ling Dang looked at the footrest that was one foot lower from the bed, but did not move.

In the main hall of Fenglin Palace, there is a large bathing pool, in which water of suitable temperature is burned all year round, and there are earth dragons and fire walls, making people feel as warm as spring when they are in it.

Emperor Qiancheng took off his clothes and soaked in the water, while the other court ladies only wore thin spring shirts.

After soaking for a while, Qian Chengdi lay down on the edge of the pool and asked someone to rub his back.

At about the same time, he was about to get up, but unexpectedly, one of the maids squatting by the side of the pool yelled in alarm, accidentally slipped his foot from above, and fell into the pool, his whole body became a drowned chicken.

The thin spring shirt on the man's body was immediately stuck to his body, revealing the graceful figure of a young girl.

Xiuhe was clutching her chest in a serious and somewhat panicked manner, trying to stand up from the pool, but who knew that she didn't seem to be able to grasp her balance, and she couldn't stand up several times, so she could only scratch around trying to grab things around her Stand up with strength.

But who knows, he sent himself into the arms of Qian Chengdi.

With soft, fragrant and tender jade in his arms, Emperor Gan Cheng immediately responded.

Only then did he realize that something was wrong. There might be something wrong with the mutton soup just now.

But it's too late to realize now——

--

Wen Chi came back from Wei Yin's small courtyard very late that day. If he hadn't probably guessed that Emperor Qian Cheng would come, they would have preferred to sleep there directly after drinking a little wine.

It's just that when he entered Fenglin Palace, he found that the atmosphere in the palace was weird. All the maids who usually had smiles on their faces stood close to him and lowered their heads, not daring to look at him.

Wen Chi frowned, stepped into the main hall, only to find that the bell was guarding outside the second room door.Seeing him, Ling Dang showed hesitation, "Your Majesty—"

Wen Chi was startled when he heard the words.

On weekdays, Ling Dang seldom called him that, and usually called him master.

Wen Chi didn't take it to heart, seeing that the bell didn't lift the curtain, he pushed the curtain aside and walked in.

But when he entered the house, he felt something was wrong.

There is a weird smell in the whole room, Wen Chi is no stranger to it, but something is wrong when this smell appears here.

At this time, he glanced around the room, and found that the bed curtain that should have been hung by the bed was hanging down, half of it was hanging to the ground, and half of it was on the bed, revealing a somewhat messy bed.

And through the curtain, Wen Chi could even vaguely see the figure panting heavily inside.

Wen Chi stopped in his tracks, thought for a while before turning around and going out.

But who knew that before he stepped out the door, he heard someone shouting angrily behind him: "Come in!"