Chapter 14 The weather is hot
When Aunt Rao came over with Chen Danxun in her arms, Tao was taking a morning bath for Chen Danxia who had just fallen asleep. Hearing the notice, he said lightly: "Let them go to Xiaoxi Hall to wait."
Chen Danxia kicked the little flesh legs hard in the wooden basin, and the water splashed everywhere. As a little baby with a mature soul, it shouldn't have done such a childish move, which made the person who helped her bath in the morning look watery. But she didn't move, and Tao kept shouting, "Xiao Jiuer kicks, kicks, don't Xiao Jiuer likes taking a bath? Xiao Jiuer, kicks, yes, kicks hard."
In order to express her likes, Chen Danxia could only use kicking water to avoid her mother's worry. As a milk doll who can't speak, it was too tiring to express her meaning. After several days of hard work, Chen Danxia made Tao realize that she didn't like too many people to watch her morning bath, so Tao no longer asked too many people to help. Those who cooperated with her were Qi Pozi and Zhaocai. Now it is Shou Mom and Xi Mom, the four mothers of Fulu Shou Xi.
After the morning bath, Tao put Chen Danxia on a clean velvet blanket, helped her dry the water, and then wiped her all over her body. After making it fragrant, she put on a big red bellyband embroidered with baby butterflies and a little monk's clothes made of ice silk cicada yarn.
Tao hugged Chen Danxia to meet Rao's mother and daughter. Looking at Chen Danxun in Rao's arms, his eyes moved slightly.
Rao bowed his knees and said, "I have met my wife, I wish you a blessing to you."
"Forget it, you just finished your confinement period, don't have to be so polite, just sit down." A sarcasm flashed in Tao's eyes. The once arrogant concubine is now in a low-key manner. Unfortunately, it's too late. Now it's not in a dream. She doesn't need Chen Danxun to replace her miserable daughter, so she doesn't need Rao to be praised, "What's the matter if you come here?"
"It's nothing, I just haven't come to pay my respects to my wife for several months, and I specially brought the Ten Girls to pay my respects to my wife." Rao smiled flatteringly.
Tao gently patted Chen Danxia in his arms and said, "It's such a hot day, Miss Ten is still young. Don't carry her out and walk around, so as not to get sick due to heat. If you should put ice in the house, just put ice. Don't be too hot, and don't get too close to Miss Ten to avoid catching a cold. You must take good care of Miss Ten carefully."
"Thank you for your care, my wife, I will take good care of Miss Ten." Rao said quickly.
"Miss Ten is willing to eat the new wet nurse's milk?" Tao asked. In the dream, Rao was getting close to Chen Danxun by feeding her, which made her feel very troubled.
"I still don't want to, she only wants to eat my milk." Rao did not want to feed Chen Danxun. She wanted to recover as soon as possible and serve Chen Muke. Taking advantage of Dong Qixiu's pregnancy, it was inconvenient for Chenghuan. She wanted to get pregnant quickly and give birth to a son as a supporter. However, Chen Danxun was picky and could not get rid of six wet nurses. No matter how cruel she was, she could not starve her biological daughter to death.
"Then you are more burdened and feed the Ten Girls well. If the wet nurse searches slowly, you will always find the Heshi Girls. Whatever you want to eat to feed your milk, tell the cook that the money spent on ordering food will be paid by the public account of the third wife." Tao is a soft-hearted woman. Although she hates the people of the Shen family, as the legitimate mother, she will still care about what she should care about.
"Madam is generous." Rao looked grateful, thinking that moving closer to Tao was a wise move.
The Tao family had just driven Rao away. After feeding Chen Danxia's milk, Lin and Zhou came over. Why did they come here? Tao knew why they were there. The weather was hot and the room had to cool down. The Shen family's ice cellar was not big and there were not many ice cubes, but the Shen family wanted to use ice for many ice. In the past, the Tao family would send a large amount of ice cubes to Chenfu for the sake of the Tao family, but this year the Tao family handed it back and refused to send it.
Seeing that there was not much ice in the ice cellar, Lin couldn't sit still and pulled Zhou to find Tao. In the hot summer, if there were no ice, that would be difficult.
Chen Danxia was actually a little sleepy, but when she heard that her two aunts came, she immediately became energetic. As a little kid who was limited to several rooms and could not go there, she had the only fun of watching the show. Chen Danxia tightly grabbed her mother's clothes and refused to let go. Tao loved her daughter and refused to let go of her hand, so she hugged her to meet Lin Zhou and the others.
"Two sisters-in-law, is there anything wrong with me?" Tao asked knowingly.
Lin smiled and said, "The weather is hot, so I can only stay in the room with ice cubes and feel cool. These days, the ice cubes consume too much, and the ice cubes in the ice cellar are only enough for three or five days to disappear."
"Zhaocai, have we received too much ice in our third room?" asked Dow.
"If you want to go back to your wife, the cost of the third room is nine yuan a day, so you don't get more." Zhaocai reported truthfully.
"Sister-in-law, this ice cube consumes too much, it's not about our third wife. Sister-in-law asks the seventh woman in the ice cellar, who has collected and used it more." Tao said with a smile.
"The weather is too hot. The old man and the old lady are old. They are afraid that the two old people will not be able to stand it. They put more ice cubes in their room, and the others are following the rules." Lin said with a smile.
"If you reduce the ice in the room, you can't reduce the ice from the two old men. This way, Miss Jiu is young, and now she follows me, we will give up her ice. The third room will temporarily receive eight ice. When Miss Jiu grows up, she will move it out before receiving the ice." Tao said generously.
Lin frowned. Not to mention that Tao only gave one piece, even if he didn't get nine pieces of ice in three rooms, the ice in the ice cellar could not last for a few days. Although the emperor would open a royal ice factory in a few days and give ice to officials, it would be a drop in the bucket and would be fine.
"Tao Pei, why are you pretending to be stupid?" Zhou asked angrily, slapped the table.
Chen Danxia thought her voice was harsh, frowned, and kicked Zhou twice in the void, just as if he had kicked Zhou. Tao misunderstood what she meant and thought she was scared by Zhou. While patting her, he said, "Be good at Xiao Jiuer, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's your second aunt who is talking, not the evil dog barking."
This was simply pointing at the monk and scolding the bald man. Zhou said angrily: "Tao Pei, you dare to scold me! I and you are not finished today."
"Sister-in-law speaks softly, scaring my Xiaojiu'er, I'm not finished with you." Tao's tone was calm and his eyes were sharp. She could tolerate bullying her, but scaring her baby daughter, no.
"Okay, okay, my second brother and sister, you are also a mother. Don't be so impatient. With the ninth girl here, you have to speak quietly." Lin gave Zhou a wink and asked her to return to the topic.
Zhou picked up the cup, poured two sips of water, pressed down the air, and asked straight to the point: "Three brothers and sisters, the weather is very hot this year, and the ice cubes are used quickly. When will your parents' home bring the ice cubes in?"
"Why did my mother's family send ice in?" Dow asked back.
"I have sent it in previous years." Zhou said naturally.
Chen Danxia spit out a milk bubble with contempt. This was too shameless.
Tao sneered and said, "My mother's family loves me, a married daughter. These years have been sending ice cubes in summer and charcoal in winter. But I can't use my mother's things to supplement my mother-in-law's family so endlessly. I am not only a Tao girl, but also a Shen family's daughter-in-law."
Chapter completed!