Chapter 3.2

[This is my first time translating and I would like to emphasize that I am not a professional translator and I don’t speak the Chinese language and English is not my language as well. I just want to share some good novels that I have MTL-ed. If you don’t mind these things, then feel free to read and if you don’t just go away (don’t be a meanie XD).]

All of this is just a tangle in Pan Er’s heart. For the two little girls, Xiang Pu and Qing Dai, they only find that the girl suddenly becomes abnormal.

Pan Er usually eats no more than a bird. She always puts down her chopsticks after eating two bites. Her servants would ask what she wants to eat but she will only say she has no appetite. In recent days, her appetite has widened, and they finally feel relieved.

The master said, if the girl is not good, they will also not be good.

Xiang Pu and Qing Dai were bought by Pei Yong Chang to serve Pan Er. Before they were bought, they were hungry every day. For them, today’s day is their good fortune. Naturally, they want to serve Pan’er with all their heart and they won’t look down on Pan Er’s low status.

If they didn’t look down on her but it doesn’t mean that other people do too.

This is the case with big families. No matter what happens inside, the masters on the top are very kind on the surface, for fear of damaging the dignity. The people on the bottom are cows, snakes, ghosts and gods. There are not a few who hold high and trample low.

Pei Yong Chang is the son-in-law of the second room, but he takes an unknown woman to the guest house. At the beginning, some people guessed that the woman was the concubine of the fourth gū ye. However, they also saw that the fourth gū ye never lived in the same room with the woman, which naturally could not give her a good position in the house.

Later, rumors spread that the woman was a Yangzhou thin horse bought by the fourth gū ye and was intended to serve people for pleasure.

All this is just a small-scale spread. For Pei Yong Chang’s guest house, it’s hard not to avoid contempt and neglect from the servants. For the whole Chen family, it’s just wind passing through water without trace.

But the first, third and the fourth madam went to the old madam’s yard more diligently.

Xiang Pu came in with a box in her hand.

Qing Dai hurried to meet her. Before she went into the gauze shed, she was pulled to the outer room.

“What’s the matter with you?”

“The girl just wanted to eat a bowl of chicken porridge, and they didn’t agree. They say that the menu has been set in the kitchen for a long time. They say that the kitchen is busy preparing meals for each room, and they can’t help it. I can see that they are deliberately creating difficulties!”

As Qing Dai looked inside, she whispered, “Okay, keep your voice down. We need to survive here. The future of the girl is uncertain. Be careful not to make her angry when she hears it.”

Xiang Pu opened her mouth angrily but said nothing. People have to bow their heads under the eaves. They are from such a poor background, but she just can’t simply take this.

When she gets her mood in order, she goes in with Qing Dai.

Pan Er is sitting on the big kang bed under the window, looking out of the window and quietly thinking.

She wore a half new pale pinkish purple colored bèi zi, a white pleated skirt, and her hair was casually tied up with a gold-plated hairpin.

Hearing the noise, she looked over and saw that Qing Dai was holding the food box in her hand. She came down from the bed on her own initiative.

Qing Dai opened the lunch box and took out the lunch.

Three dishes and one soup are the simplest meals.

She didn’t see the chicken porridge that she wanted to eat, and Pan Er understood why Xiang Pu’s face was wrong.

It’s not Pan Er’s affectation, she doesn’t want to eat that bowl of chicken porridge. However, she was raised by the family which has extremely strict requirements for the girls’ meals.

What is a thin horse?

Although this have the disrelish that insults a woman, the word “thin” is right to the point.

Nowadays, the beauty standard of women is being thin, but the custom is even worse in Jiangnan. The first condition of a thin horse is that the woman is thin and has fine waist and legs. The best way is the thin horse can be embraced with one hand. In addition, there are other requirements, which will not be mentioned here.

It can also be said that the beauty is thin, which naturally comes at a price. Therefore, people who raise thin horses strictly control their diet when they are young, so as to maintain their “young lady” figure.

Like in the previous life, Empress Dowager Yi An never had enough food in her whole life. In order to maintain her flexibility, she had to practice for half an hour every day, which lasted until the Crown Prince became the Emperor.

But then it was too late. Empress Dowager Yi An had been starving for many years because of her lack of food that resulted to a serious stomach disease. She had to continue drinking the decoction (medicine), and could not eat the food that was hard to be conquered. She could only use porridge instead.

At this time, Pan Er condition was not as serious as Empress Dowager Yi An, but she had been starving for some years now. It was difficult to improve for a while, so she had to eat soft porridge first and adjust it slowly.

When they saw Pan Er did not move her chopsticks, Xiang Pu and Qingdai couldn’t hide it. The two girls looked at each other and stumbled over the reason.

Pan Er didn’t say anything. She ate quietly.

She didn’t move the japonica rice in the bowl, she only picked some vegetables. After a few bites, she put down her chopsticks.

They knew that this would be the case, and that’s the reason Xiang Pu would be so anxious before. She sees that the girl eats so little every day, and she can’t stand it. How can the girl’s body be good?

But what can they do as a servant? They can only look at the faces of those people!

She did not put this on her mind, there is no shortage of people holding high and trample on the low, this matter is over. It was clear that Xiang Pu’s little round face was angry that she looks like a steamed stuffed bun. She had not seen such an angry girl for many years, and she could not help laughing at her.

“It’s just something to eat. Why bother with them?”

“But they are being such a bully!”

“Then, go to master Pei and tell him about it.”

T/N: Please be patient with the story build-up. (ノ^∇^)

To help your imagination. Here is an attire similar to that of Pan Er’s wearing. <not exactly the same> ＼(￣▽￣)/

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