Another visitor comes to West Courtyard. Enjoy chapter 9~
Chapter 9 Daily bullying achievement
Don"t know how she fell asleep, Wu SheYue felt that she had only closed her eyes for a few minutes before woken up by NingEr.
NingEr knocks loudly on the door, urgently yelling, "Miss, wake up. In a little while there will be people coming and if they don"t see Miss keeping vigil…….they will look for trouble again."
"Oh." Wu SheYue answers. Oh right, this Third Miss was punished to keep vigil in the mourning hall. Yesterday after she finished taking a bath, she fell asleep, NingEr didn"t come over to call her.
Wu SheYue first puts the makeup box back where she found it before opening the door.
M-Mi-Miss!" In the moment when Wu SheYue opens the door, NingEr almost splashed the water she brought onto Wu SheYue"s body.
"What"s the matter?" Screaming as if calling the soul back in the crack of dawn.
NingEr hands that are holding a basin are trembling a little, alarmed to the point that she can"t speak properly. "FFace! Birthmark!"
"Oh right, I washed it off." Wu SheYue thought of this, she s.n.a.t.c.hes the basin from NingEr and brings it inside. "Help me find a mirror."
NingEr"s mind is still on the first sentence. "You said…….it was washed off!?"
"En, when I took a bath yesterday night, it washed off."
"Miss, you, you really…….are……." NingEr had just accepted the fact that Miss is not an idiot, glad although she doesn"t know how this happened, this face then also…….
Wu SheYue feels that NingEr has no other defects, just likes to be surprised at something normal. She just finished washing her face when outside a person yells, "Ai? Where"s all the people in this courtyard?"
Wu SheYue did not see NingEr"s face in second turns pale. "It, it"s Jin momo!"
金嬷嬷 – 金 means gold, 嬷嬷 – refers to a type of servant, it means wet nurse. Do you guys prefer wet nurse or momo?
"Who"s Jin momo?" Wu SheYue had not finished asking before NingEr already ran outside. Wu SheYue turns back to finish washing her face but she can hear the noise from outside…….
In the courtyard stands an old woman whose clothing and posture that scream wealth. To the people who don"t know, they might think it"s a household"s grandmother, not like a momo. Because there was no one to welcome her, the old woman had a solemn face, her body exudes a manner of power and fury.
NingEr shakedly walks forward. "Jin momo, what brings you here."
Jin momo is Eldest Miss"s milk nanny, usually the people from 大房 don"t disdain paying attention to them illegitimate born. Ning Er is bewildered as to why this Jin momo would suddenly come here. Also Third Miss just got better, don"t know if Jin momo coming is a good or bad thing so she becomes even more anxious.
大房 – Okay, so I searched this up and this is rough explanation of it: 大房 refers to the first wife a man marries so the people under that first wife is considered one whole being I guess you would say. After that 大房(big) is 小房(small)﹑第二房(2nd)﹑第三房(third) etc. In a previous chapter, Wu JingHua"s mother referred to themselves as 二房 so she"s probably the third woman that the father of Wu SheYue and Wu JingHua married. I"m sorry if this doesn"t make complete sense. I roughly understand it but it"s kind of hard to translate this part so I"ll leave it as is for now. Do comment if you are able to find a translation for it.
With a straight face, Jin momo asks, "Is Third Miss all right?"
"En…….ah! Right, yesterday afternoon was when Third Miss woke up, always in a daze. Today morning, nubi had Miss wash her face to become sober so that she can properly go to the mourning hall and keep vigil."
"Oh, so it"s like that." Jin momo glances at Yin QiuMing"s room. "Yesterday night, someone pa.s.sed by West Courtyard said that he/she heard Third Miss crying and screaming. Aiya, when this was heard by Eldest Miss, asked laonu to come over early in the morning to see if this Third Miss is in extreme grief or if there is something wrong with her body."
老奴 – it"s the same as 奴婢 but this one is used by servants that are elderly.
"Momo, could it be that that person heard wrong? Yesterday night….no one was crying and screaming."
"There was someone crying or not is not important." Jin momo with a certain meaning said, "These two days, Fourth Miss came often."
This change in subject made NingEr"s forehead break out in sweat. "Nubi is not sure, Master did not allow anyone to accompany Third Miss so, so most of the time, nubi was in the kitchen working.
"Not sure right now is fine, later if you are sure is fine." Jin momo suddenly smiles. "Following this type of master has been hard on you. Work hard, if there is an open position somewhere else, momo I will think of you."
"Ah…." NingEr is stunned. Jin momo means for her to monitor Third Miss?
Jin momo looks at the mourning hall. "All right, displaying the mourning hall for three days is enough, evacuate it. If we don"t bury the body it will rot, really bad luck."
NingEr originally wants to say that the mourning hall has to be displayed for seven days but after thinking about it, even if she does say it, it will not change anything. The words in her mouth took a turn. "Yes, nubi understands."
Her eyes follows Jin momo"s leaving figure. In her heart, is a stomach full of grievances—— today is the day monthly allowances are to be given out. However, Jin momo did not even mention it. Ai, don"t know how long she has not received the monthly allowance. She has seen other courtyard"s older sisters receive it many times
When NingEr says older sisters here, it doesn"t mean blood related ones. It"s just how the servants call each other.
NingEr turns around and sees Wu SheYue leaning against the door frame staring at her, scaring Ninger to the point of trembling. "M-Miss, Jin momo was here to——"
"I know. Where"s the comb?"
"Nubi will go get it right now!" Third Miss has become beautiful but her expression is always ice-cold, scaring people!
In the room, Wu SheYue combs her hair while looking at the basin. As a makeup artist, she is able to make up various ancient-styled hairstyles with ease. NingEr doesn"t know where to put her hands. Usually it is always her doing up Wu SheYue"s hair.
Wu SheYue use a wooden hairpin to fixate a bun. "Who"s Jin momo?"
"Ai?" Miss"s personality and appearance both changed to be good but how come her memory has not become better. "Jin momo is Eldest Miss"s milk nanny. Them 大房 all hold their head high. We don"t usually see them, Miss, you definitely forgot."