I licked my chapped lips.
But I am really hungry.
There were footsteps at the door. I looked up and it was my maid Lu Zhu. She was carrying a tray with a bowl of porridge and two steamed buns on it. My eyes lit up, but before I could speak, a cold snort came from behind me.
"Xu Qingci, do you still have the nerve to eat?"
It was Chunlan, the eldest maid next to my aunt's mother, blocking the door with her two wives. She overturned the tray in Lu Zhu's hand, and the porridge spilled on the floor. The steamed buns rolled to the threshold and were stained with dust.
Lu Zhu was so anxious that she almost cried: "Sister Chunlan, Miss has not eaten for three days..."
"It's okay if you haven't eaten, just in time to clear your intestines." Chunlan sneered, "Madam said, no one is allowed to give her food without her permission. You two, drag Luzhu out and beat her ten times, so that she can remember it."
The two women immediately grabbed Lu Zhu and dragged her out. Luzhu was so frightened that she screamed: "Miss! Miss, help me!"
I clenched my fists and dug my nails into my palms.
It's useless.
In this house, my words sound like farts.
My aunt just wants me to see clearly that in this Xu Mansion, she can beat even my maids at will. The more I begged for mercy, the harder Luzhu was beaten. Last time I interceded for a little girl who was sweeping, and the girl was sold to a brothel the next day.
