sbdcsierra Chapter 490 Everyone Calls Me 'Cinderella' 08
Chapter 490 Everyone Calls Me 'Cinderella' 08
Chapter 490 Everyone Calls Me 'Cinderella' 08
Time flies, and the ball hosted by the king is just around the corner.
In order not to arouse Mrs. Temani's suspicion, even though Gu Li no longer needed the simple food provided by the kitchen, she still went to the kitchen to cook every day.
Feed it to Crane, and to the rat gentlemen.
In short, no food will be wasted at all.
Gu Li was cutting mushrooms on the chopping board when Mrs. Temani, who had not been seen for a long time, suddenly came to the kitchen.
Mrs. Heidi, the kitchen maid, stepped forward immediately and said, "Countess, why are you here? There is no carpet in the kitchen. Be careful not to dirty your beautiful dress!"
Even though her husband, the Count, was dead, Madame Temanuele still liked to be called the Countess.
Mrs. Temane raised her face slightly, pointed at Cinderella arrogantly, and said arrogantly: "Who is this gray servant? I don't think I have seen him before."
Gu Li curled her lips, swung her skirt and walked forward, "Mother, it's me, your little daughter Rilla!"
Mrs. Temani couldn't help but take a step back, "You, I don't have a daughter as slovenly as you!"
Gu Li blinked and stood there looking at her pitifully without saying anything.
Mrs. Temani didn't want to stay in this gloomy house any longer. She waved her hand and said, "Stay in the attic for the next few days and don't run around."
After the King's ball, she would get the Earl's husband's power of attorney from Dr. Jerry, and sooner or later she would throw this annoying stepdaughter out of the manor.
Gu Li saw that Madam Temani was about to leave, "Mother, tomorrow is the day of the palace ball banquet. I, I want to attend the ball too!"
Mrs. Temane turned around and stared at Cinderella. "What did you say?"
I didn't expect that even though Cinderella had fallen to such a state, she still hadn't forgotten about attending the ball. What a wishful thinking!
"My name was written on the palace invitation that Uncle Jerry sent me. I can also attend this ball."
Madam Temani pointed at Cinderella viciously and said, "Look at what you look like now. Your face is dirty and your body is covered in dust. You look like a grain of dirt in the dust. No one will like you like this, and you can't even enter the palace!"
"I do have a beautiful dress, I-----"
"Shut up, those belong to my daughter." Mrs. Temane, who would not tolerate any rebuttal, walked around Cinderella, picked up a small basket of mung beans on the island and poured them into the ashes left by the burnt firewood.
She threw away the small basket and said, "Pick out the green beans from the dust one by one, and I'll let you go!"
Gu Li looked down at the pile of ashes where the green beans were no longer visible, and was surprised and shocked, "Really?"
Mrs. Temanee ignored her and walked away, turning her skirt around.
Gu Li: ------
She may not be as vicious as Mrs. Temane, but she has brains and is best at taking advantage of opportunities.
When Heidi saw that Cinderella had made Mrs. Temanee angry, she didn't bother to care anymore and packed up her things and went back to her room to rest.
Gu Li picked up the small basket that Mrs. Temani had thrown away, shoveled a basket of ash mixed with mung beans, half-sank it in the bucket, and shook it slowly.
The ashes met water and dissolved little by little, until only mung beans were left in the basket.
After doing this many times, the mung beans in the gray soil were soon washed out.
Gu Li carried the mung beans out of the kitchen and put them in the sun to dry. Mrs. Heidi, who was drying her quilts outside, opened her mouth in surprise.
"You, how did you pick up the green beans so quickly?"
How difficult is this!
Who really picks them up one by one?
"Well, I've finished picking it up!"
Gu Li happily went to find Mrs. Temani to make her unhappy.
Mrs. Temanee was also in disbelief when she saw the green beans in the basket, but how could she let Cinderella have the opportunity to attend the king's ball with her two daughters?
This time she mixed the mung beans and soybeans together and poured them into the ash soil again. "Pick them up. If you can't pick them all up, stay here and don't go anywhere!"
Seeing that Cinderella was dejected and silent, Mrs. Temanee finally felt relieved and returned to the main building gracefully with her chin held high.
Crane, who had been waiting in the attic for a long time but no one came back, came to the kitchen and asked, "Cinderella, what are you doing here? Why haven't you returned to the attic yet?"
Gu Li has already picked out half of the beans. After picking out all the beans, she still has to sort out the soybeans and mung beans.
Gu Li told Crane everything that had just happened, "Only in this way can I attend the prince's ball."
"Why does Cinderella have to go to the prince's ball?" Wouldn't it be nice to stay in the attic with it?
"My name is on the invitation to the palace ball."
"Does Cinderella like the prince?"
Gu Li didn't even raise her head. "How can you say you like me when you haven't even met me?"
"Then can't Cinderella just stay in the attic with Crane and the rat brothers?"
Gu Li finally stopped sifting the soil and turned to look at Crane. "Crane, I can't stay in the attic forever. I am free, and no one can restrict me. Similarly, if you get bored of staying in the manor, you can leave at any time, and I will not restrict your freedom."
Crane, who was sitting on Cinderella's shoulder, didn't speak for a long time.
It flapped its wings and landed on the table opposite Cinderella, and said solemnly: "I will never get tired of it." He wanted to stay with Cinderella forever.
"Well, that's your freedom. As long as I'm here, you'll have a place to sleep!" Gu Li didn't dare to guarantee its food supply. After all, her food now depended on Crane.
Crane's depressed mood suddenly improved, "Cinderella, do you need my help?"
Gu Li had already picked out all the beans. She nodded in agreement when she heard this. It would be better not to do such meaningless and complicated work.
Crane used a magic to distribute the mixed yellow beans and green beans to both sides. Gu Li returned to the attic and ate the food Crane prepared for her, and then took a nice nap.
When she woke up in the afternoon, Gu Li put on her thickest dress and went to the pine tree behind the manor with Crane.
Last time it was just a sapling that was one meter tall, but now it has grown a lot taller. Looking at the hazelnut tree whose trunk was almost as thick as her wrist, Gu Li vaguely remembered her old father whom she had only met once.
It was as if the sad button was turned on at once, and Cinderella's melancholy made Gu Li's eyes moist.
"Mother, I come to see you again!"
Crane watched a crystal tear roll down from the corner of Cinderella's eye. He jumped and spread his wings to try to shield Cinderella from the cold wind.
It remembered what Cinderella said, that she had tears in the wind and could not stand the wind.
But it was too small. Even if its wings were fully opened, it could not block the whistling wind blowing across Cinderella's snow-white cheeks.
There has never been a moment like now when I want to hold Cinderella in my arms and use my strong shoulders to protect her from all the wind and rain.