The Stepmother is Unkind

Parting is bound to be reluctant, but there is no need to be too depressed, because some people, waving their hands and walking away, also leave a ridiculous impression.

Their figures were so cheerful that the Xie family and Bai Zhixu, who stayed in the capital, were more helpless than sad.

Of course, some people didn't go to see them off, and they also received a surprise from Yin Mingyu.

Yin family—

When the mother-in-law Han saw Yin Mingyu's dowry maid come to give a gift, she was quite surprised, "Do you think the second mother made it by herself?"

The little maid respectfully said: "Yes, the screen ornament embroidered by the lady herself."

Yin Mingyu's etiquette is definitely not bad when it comes to New Year's and festive gifts, but it was the first time she took the initiative to give gifts, especially when it was not a festival. Especially, it was embroidered by herself.

Teach people can't help but be flattered.

Han shi stared at the small ornament that was covered with silk cloth and could not see clearly inside, and urged, "Bring it here, I'll take a look."

The maid of the Yin family took the ornament, carefully placed it on the small table, and then backed away.

Han raised his hand, pinched a corner of the silk cloth, and lifted it up.

Yin Mingyu's dowry maid bowed her head, while the Yin family maids looked over curiously.

The silk cloth fell, and everyone was silent.

In the middle of the table screen, a sheep is embroidered, and a few words are embroidered on the lower right side - the sketch of sheep eating.

but…

only sheep.

No grass.

Han: "…"

Yin Mingyu's dowry maid lowered her head even lower.

After a while, Han smirked lightly, touched the sheep's head with his index finger, and adjusted the table screen a little, so that the original ornaments were removed.

In the evening, Father Yin came back from duty and did not notice the changes in the decorations in her house.

On the other hand, the two daughters-in-law of the Yin family, Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Chu discovered the table screen at once. After a closer look, they also saw the words and couldn't help but be speechless.

Yin Mingruo, the fourth lady, also received an interesting embroidery from her sister, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.

The eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lu, was more slick, and then laughed and said, "After the second sister got married, she seems to be more lively."

If it weren't for the eldest lady who also married into the Xie family, she would have to say, "It can be seen that it is because she married a good family that she lived so well."

Han shi said lightly: "She has always been like this."

But people do change.

Seeing Yin Mingyu's embroidery, Han's mood rose involuntarily.

The second daughter-in-law of the Yin family, the Chu family, doesn't get along much with Yin Mingyu, and is closer to the fourth lady. Seeing the soothing expression of the mother-in-law, she is really curious.

Before she got married, although she expected the Yin family's life, she didn't expect it to be so good.

Although the mother-in-law is not very enthusiastic, she is extremely fair, and she puts everything on the bright side, and even occasionally points out how to get along with Yin Erlang's temperament, so that she still has the coquettish attitude of a young daughter.

It is for this reason that Chu shi spoke more casually, and said directly: "Second sister has such an interesting temperament, they must have had a very interesting time on the boat."

But she was wrong. Yin Mingyu is boring from head to toe.

On that day, all the young and old were excited to get on the boat, and even the sheep spread their hooves and ran up the three boards.

But as soon as the boat set sail, it swayed slightly on the river, and the sheep would not move. Their limbs were slightly spread, and they were nailed to the same place, with panic in their eyes.

It is estimated that there are really not many sheep on board alive in this world.

It's really insightful.

Yin Mingyu was so bored that he couldn't stop laughing just by looking at it like that. He even taught people to move a chair to sit on the deck and drink tea while watching.

Xie Ce also felt the shaking in amazement. When he saw the sheep motionless, he ran back and forth beside it and called the sheep "to chase".

Sheep shook her legs, raised her neck and shouted at Xie Ce, "baa-baa-"

It can't speak, but Yin Mingyu thinks it must be cursing.

Xie Ce ran to the sheep again and pulled it by the rope, trying to make it move.

The sheep struggled and shoved their heads back.

One person and one sheep fight each other, Xie Ce is small and not strong enough to teach the sheep to sway two stalks, but when they fail to stand firm, they lunge forward.

The sheep didn't get much better either. He threw his head too hard, Xie Ce's strength was broken again, and it also fell directly over.

A sheep was thrown all over the place.

And Xie Ce rolled and hit the sheep's back before stopping.

"Baabaa!"

Sheep knelt up and tried to get up, but her legs seemed to be weak, and she failed.

On the contrary, Xie Ce put his arms around the sheep's neck in confusion and stood up smoothly.

The maids were afraid that the sheep would hurt Xie Ce, so they kept guarding them, but after the sheep grew up, they never pushed Xie Ce as hard as they did when they were young.

There was a circle of guards around the deck, so there was no need to worry about Yang and Xie Cekuo running into the river to drink water.

Yin Mingyu sat there and watched happily, and then instructed the guard to carry the sheep to the cabin wall.

It was attached to the wall, finally steadfast, but it didn't dare to move.

Xie Ce followed with his short legs upside down, squatted beside him to touch its fur, and then took a handful of grass to feed it.

The sheep was originally stalking the neck, but he held the grass in his small hand and sent it forward, and he persuaded earnestly: "Sheep, eat grass, eat enough to be strong."

The grass was all fed to the mouth, and the sheep who wanted to eat all the time opened their mouths unsteadily and chewed with their mouths open.

Mrs. Xie and Mrs. aunt watched Jiang Jing outside for a while and then entered the cabin. They were worried that they would blow the wind on the deck, so they ordered their maids to come out and urge them to enter.

Xie Ce didn't want to leave yet, so he gave his opinion in a milky voice: "Mother, let the sheep enter the house."

He is good-looking, with two black grape-like eyes on his white and tender face, looking at people expectantly, all the maids next to him have softened expressions.

Yin Mingyu was very cold, he directly lifted his back and stepped into the cabin.

Xie Ce was very accustomed to her various postures of carrying and hugging, and she didn't struggle. She lowered her arms and legs and looked at the sheep reluctantly until the cabin door closed behind them.

And Yin Mingyu was very prescient. Before going around the screen, he put down Xie Ce first, so as to prevent Mrs. Xie from seeing her carrying Xie Ce like that and getting angry at her.

As soon as Xie Ce landed, regardless of the sheep, he ran into the cabin.

When Mrs. Xie saw that his clothes were dirty, she complained a few words, and then instructed her maid to take him to change.

The Xie family rented a whole boat, so all the people on the boat were from the Xie family, and the accommodation was spacious.

Mrs. Xie, Xie Ce, Yin Mingyu and the aunt had separate cabins, but after dinner, the aunt came out of her cabin and entered Yin Mingyu's cabin.

She had a twisted look on her face, and Yin Mingyu was a little strange.

The auntie was not hesitant either, she directly explained her intentions.

After Yin Mingyu heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and asked with confirmation, "Auntie said...Want to live with me?"

When my aunt said it, she was even more straightforward and said quickly: "You know that I don't dare to sleep alone at night, niece-in-law, and I'm not afraid that my niece-in-law will make a joke. My nephew-in-law, can we sleep together?"

"Why don't you teach the maid to accompany you?"

"The maid is by my side, and they don't dare to sleep at night." Mrs. Gu said, "If it's a familiar place, I'm not afraid, just on the boat..."

Therefore, in a strange place, I want someone to accompany me.

Yin Mingyu didn't mind having someone around him, and he didn't think it was embarrassing for him to sleep well, but he still reminded his aunt.

The auntie didn't care, "What's that?"

Since she said nothing, Yin Mingyu agreed.

The auntie obviously underestimated Yin Mingyu, and she taught people to fetch her bedclothes with peace of mind.

When going to bed at night, Yin Mingyu politely asked his aunt to go to bed.

The auntie was not polite, she just lay in it, and said quite novelly: "I have grown to such an age, except for the wet nurse, father Zhixu and Zhixu, I didn't expect to be able to sleep with my niece-in-law."

Yin Mingyu leaned on the bedpost, squeezed the wine glass, and said with a smile, "If my aunt wants to sleep with me tomorrow, my niece will also sigh."

Jin'er and Yin'er all held back their laughter, and then said, "The maids are sleeping on the couch outside. If there is something wrong with the auntie at night, just call the maids."

The auntie didn't take it to heart. With her niece by her side, she was very reassured, and the boat shook slightly, which was very helpful for sleep. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep.

Yin Mingyu drank a few glasses of wine and quickly fell asleep.

At night, the sleeping auntie suddenly kept babbling: "Save me, save me..."

In her dream, the boulder collapsed and pressed on her chest. She couldn't move her entire body, her breathing became more and more difficult, and the despair of death enveloped her. She became more and more desperate and woke up suddenly.

When she first opened her eyes, her eyes still seemed to be wrapped in something, she couldn't see clearly, and her body was still bound. She thought she was not out of danger and struggled hard.

Outside, when Jin Er heard the movement, she woke up, got up immediately, came in, and asked, "Miss, auntie?"

The auntie immediately looked at the voice, "Save me!"

Jin'er took the lamp, saw the scene on the bed, and suddenly laughed.

It turned out that Yin Mingyu fell asleep on his side, with one arm and one leg resting on his auntie, who was relatively petite and could not break free before she had recovered from the frightening dream.

But as soon as the light came on, the auntie saw Jin'er again, and then gradually regained her senses and felt Yin Mingyu's breathing.

Auntie: "..."

It turns out that the reminder means this... I know.

Yin Mingyu was not ignorant either. He woke up slightly and asked confusedly, "What's wrong?"

Auntie: "..."

You asked me what's wrong...

Yin Mingyu woke up a little, yawned and asked, "Aunt, are you scared?"

I almost thought I was going to die!

When she was awake, the aunt pushed her hands and feet away, and staggered out of bed.

Yin Mingyu was lying on the bed, looking at the good-looking and warm person with hazy eyes and leaving, and regretfully asked Yin'er to accompany his aunt.

Yin'er, who was also woken up, followed her auntie back to her cabin in a daze. She had a big heart, unlike other maids who dared not sleep, and slept soundly on the auntie's soft bed.

The next day, Mrs. aunt stopped talking about sharing the bed with Yin Mingyu, and only asked Yin'er to accompany her.

Yin'er was also very happy, and Yin Mingyu also let her go.

The four of them, my aunt came to Beijing, just took a long sea journey, and when they got ashore, they were replaced by carriages, and there was nothing new about taking a boat.

The old lady was also well-informed when she was young. Although she hadn't traveled far for many years, she was only fresh for a while.

Only Yin Mingyu and Xie Ce run on the deck all day, but Yin Mingyu is not uncommon for three or five days, but Xie Ce has to continue reading for most of the day and can only play when they are free. Deck is boring.

And there are sheep on the deck, others are small, even if they squat next to the sheep and feed the grass, they can be happy for half an hour.

The most important thing is that often people have not had time to hold back, and the boat will be docked at the pier.

If it is a large pier and the scenery is good, they will stop for a few days and have a play; if it is a small pier, they will go to the bustling part of the city to taste the local delicacies.

You can't be idle on the boat. My aunt took out a set of leaf cards from the bottom of the box, and used the excuse of spending time with Mrs. Xie every day, calling Yin Mingyu to play.

Yin Mingyu's luck is very bad, but her card skills are good, and she can barely make up for it. After careful calculation, she wins more and loses less, so their entertainment is carried out smoothly every day.

On this day, Yin Mingyu won a small amount and was in high spirits. When he spread out his hand to collect the money, Xie Ce's loud cry suddenly came from outside.

Xie Ce was crying less and less now, and when she burst into tears, Mrs. Xie got up nervously and went out to watch.

The auntie was also worried, and hurriedly got up and chased out.

The smile on Yin Mingyu's face was still there, his hands were spread out on the poker table, and his poker friends had already run away.

There are people watching Xie Ce, it must be all right, and the money she won has not been given...

Yin Mingyu slapped his money-loving palm, got up angrily, and went out to see what happened.

Xie Ce kept crying, and when he saw Yin Mingyu, he cried even louder.

Mrs. Xie anxiously asked him, "What's the matter? Tell your great-grandmother something."

The auntie also agreed.

Xie Ce burst into tears, and looked at Yin Mingyu with a guilty conscience and fear. After a long time, he stretched out a small hand from behind. The small hand was clenched tightly, and a few white hairs were exposed between each finger.

white hair...

Everyone turned to the sheep, and only then did they see a scratch on the sheep's back, which seemed to be a little balder than the rest.

The sheep did not respond, and were still grazing without distractions.

The aunt patted her chest and said, "What's the matter? It's just a hair loss."

Mrs. Xie also relaxed and felt relieved, "Don't cry, your face is chapped again."

Xie Ce twitched, with two crystal teardrops hanging under his eyes, still looking at Yin Mingyu.

Yin Mingyu saw that Xie Ce was afraid of her censure, so he squatted down, combed the wool with his hands, and said, "It's okay, don't you think this is..."

Are you all right...

Yin Mingyu hasn't finished speaking yet, looking at the wool in her hand, she is silent.

When Xie Ce saw that her mother had also plucked the wool, she immediately held back her tears and exclaimed in a low voice, "Mother! Wool!"

Yin Mingyu saw it, but the sheep didn't react at all, so she didn't make a fuss and said to Xie Ce casually, "It's okay, don't be nervous."

But this is just the beginning...

Sheep are accustomed to boats and move on deck as well.

From this day onwards, the entire deck was covered with its fur. Xie Ce and the maid who were close to it often brought back a coat of wool, not to mention that those who were not close to it would also get a few strands of hair from time to time.

Yin Mingyu even taught the maid to comb the sheep, but no matter how it was cleaned, its wool would still appear in any unexpected place.

Mrs. Xie and Mrs. aunt disliked it. First, they asked people to control the sheep not to move around, and then they wanted to have it locked in the bilge first.

But Xie Ce was not happy, and was worried about whether the sheep was sick, so he had to "visit the sick" every day.

Not to mention "visiting a doctor", he also insisted on asking the doctor to treat the sheep.

doctor:"…"

He has only checked pulses for people, not sheep.

Yin Mingyu also knew that this was embarrassing the doctor, but no one on the boat understood, so he couldn't ask about the condition of the "sick sheep", and couldn't get the pulse, so he asked the doctor to take a look and smell it.

For this reason, Yin Mingyu gave all the money she had won during this period to the doctor as a consultation fee, and also paid some extra.

The sheep of the Right Chancellor's family are well-raised, and they don't have the heavy smell of mutton as ordinary sheep.

The conclusion is that the sheep seem to be fine, in good spirits, and eat and drink normally.

But he still lost his hair. After observing for a few days, the only thing that was abnormal was that he was always staring at the green grass on the river bank in the distance.

Of course, Yin Mingyu couldn't teach the boat to stop, just to pick a few handfuls of fresh grass. He didn't teach someone to cut some fresh tender grass until he reached a small pier.

The sheep ate happily, and their mouths were about to fly up and down.

Xie Ce squatted beside him to feed him grass, fed him, swallowed his saliva, then glanced at the nurse and the maid, and while they were not paying attention, he quickly opened his mouth, stuffed a mouthful of grass, and chewed quickly.

The sheep discovered it first, and when he saw that he was actually grabbing its grass, he pushed him away with his head.

It didn't seem to be heavy, and everyone was not nervous at first, but when they found that there was grass in Xie Ce's mouth, they exclaimed, "Little Langjun!"

Busy to discourage.

Xie Ce didn't let go of his mouth, but his two little hands were stuffed even faster. After they were stuffed, they covered their mouths, their little mouths closed tightly, their cheeks bulging, and they chewed hard.

The servants looked at his bulging face, and did not dare to force him to open his mouth, nor did he dare to dig it. She was still a baby nurse, picked him up and ran into the cabin.

In the cabin, the three Yin Mingyu were still playing cards, and it happened that Yin Mingyu won again.

She stretched out her hand with a smile on her face, "Fuck luck."

Mrs. Xie and Mrs. aunt are not short of money, but they don't look down on her beaming appearance, and there are some emotions on their faces.

At this time, Nanny Tong hurried in with Xie Ce in her arms, Madam Xie immediately asked aloud, and Madam Gu quickly took back her hand and got up to care.

Yin Mingyu: "…"

Delinquent, right? Is it to be relied upon?

However, Madam Xie and Madam Gu's whole heart was with Xie Ce, and they couldn't take care of her.

"What? Eating grass!"

The aunt was shocked.

Yin Mingyu looked at Xie Ce in surprise, his mouth was really bulging.

Madam Xie urged anxiously: "Spit it out, spit it out!"

Xie Ce was unwilling, for fear that they would stop him and make a move to swallow.

Madam Xie and the others were so anxious that they called "Doctor" and surrounded him, telling him to "don't swallow."

Yin Mingyu stuck his head out behind Mrs. Xie and asked curiously, "Is it delicious?"

Xie Ce opened his mouth and replied, "Sweet~"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Nanny Tong patted his back and spat out the chewed grass.

Xie Ce was still a little unhappy, he didn't say anything, just tasted the taste in his mouth.

The doctor came over in a hurry, thinking that something had happened. When he heard that Xiao Langjun of Xie Jiajingui had eaten grass, his expression was hard to describe, but he also seriously treated him, but no medicine was prescribed.

Maybe Xiao Langjun has a delicate stomach and diarrhea, but it's just maybe, after all, he just ate grass.

Yin Mingyu escorted the doctor out of the cabin, and then glanced at the sheep... and its grass.

Is it really sweet?

Sheep, wary, stood up and stared at her.

Yin Mingyu looked away, she was not a three-year-old.

However, when Xie Ce wanted to feed the sheep again in the future, not only the maid, but even the sheep were always on guard against him.

As for the sheep's shedding, Yin Mingyu was quite cautious. When the boat docked in a large state city, he specially asked Yin'er and the guard to lead the sheep to the goat seller in the city.

The goat seller saw their smooth and smooth fat sheep and thought they were going to sell them. Although he wondered why they were selling sheep because of their bright clothes, they still greeted warmly: "Ma'am, sell sheep~ Little boy is not deceived!"

Wait until Yin'er explains her intentions.

As soon as the sheep trader found out that the sheep was actually a pet, he looked at them strangely, helped them look at the sheep, and told him what he knew.

Afterwards, he watched them lead the sheep away, and after taking a few pennies by accident, he muttered, "It's really strange that the nobles are now so good at raising sheep..."

And Yin'er brought the sheep back to the boat and reported to Yin Mingyu: "The sheep seller said that your sheep are very strong. It may be shedding in the spring and summer, so you just cut them off."

The pantry only has experience in slaughtering sheep, but not in shearing sheep. Instead, the maids, all of whom are good girls, are excited when they hear that they want to shear sheep.

Jin'er and Yin'er also went back to find scissors.

Yin Mingyu was extremely suspicious that Yin'er just wanted to shear the wool, so she didn't let the sheep seller do it directly.

But these are all trivial matters, and the maids have a sense of proportion, so she will follow them.

Shearing wool is a rare and interesting thing on board. The sun is shining and the wind is clear. Even Mrs. Xie came to the deck to watch the maids shearing the wool by enjoying the scenery outside. .

These maids liked this sheep very much, and they often fed it, even if they came over with scissors, the sheep were unprepared for them and grazing slowly.

After two quarters of an hour, it became a naked sheep all the time.

The weather was good, he didn't feel cold, and he was still grazing slowly.

On the contrary, after the maids stepped aside, Yin Mingyu was silent when she saw her current sheep appearance.

Fat and ugly, can't bear to look directly.

In the evening, the sky suddenly became cloudy, and the sheep felt the coolness and shivered. At this time, the maids walked by again. The sheep probably remembered the thing they took away their wool, and blew at them.

Yin Mingyu was afraid that it would be cold, so he dressed it, and at night, seeing that it was going to rain again, he led it into the cabin again.

The sheep entered the house in the end, and Xie Ce and it re-established a meager trust, the most happy.

But from this day on, it began to ignore the maids, no matter how the maids please, there is no way to please it.

Their boat took a detour to Qizhou, and went further and further south. The day after the rain was hot, and the sheep were so hot that they could only roam around on the deck.

Every time Yin Mingyu sees its flesh, he feels ugly on the one hand, and on the other hand, he can't help thinking, the sheep must be very delicious when grown like this.

The boat finally arrived at the Qizhou wharf, and the Ye family came to pick them up at the wharf ahead of time.

At this time, the sheep finally grew a little bit of fine hair, but it was still ugly and conspicuous.

Ye's family is a scholar, and they are very polite and elegant. When they saw Xiaolang Jun of the Xie family leading the sheep down, they were all silent.

Mrs. Xie has a lot of experience in her life, she has extensive knowledge and can withstand strong winds and waves, but at that moment, in front of her old friends at home, she was extremely embarrassed.

Yin Mingyu saw Madam Xie's face and looked at the sky.

Only Xie Ce, immersed in the unique friendship with his partner, smiled without fear of life in the face of the slightly serious Ye family.