After a few days, the gauze on Du Xiaoxian's head was removed and replaced with a small bandage. Two days later, the bandage was also taken off, revealing a shallow crescent-shaped scar on the forehead. The scattered hair covered it up, so you couldn't find it unless you looked carefully.
That night, Gu Nianbin called Du Xiaoxian into the room and told her that starting tomorrow, she would go to school.
Du Xiaoxian had long forgotten about it, and when Gu Nianbin mentioned it, he was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Master, do you really want to send me to study?"
"Really." Gu Nianbin looked at her standing there, his thin body seemed to tremble, and he waved to her: "Come and sit down and talk."
Du Xiaoxian walked over slowly, and sat on the corner of the sofa vainly, the light of a downlight was shining on her body, her small body looked like a child in the light and shadow.
"You're still young, it will be good for you to learn more things in the future," Gu Nianbin looked at her, "Would you like to?"
"I..." This matter was beyond what she could bear. She didn't know how to answer it. Will you agree? Grandma hopes that she can read more books. If she agrees, Grandma should be happy in heaven. But why should she agree? Just because the skin on the head was cut and bleeding a little? She can't do this kind of thing. For no reason, she cannot receive this favor.
Gu Nianbin expected that she would shake her head, she was too simple and could easily be guessed, but he still asked, "Why?"
"Grandma said... You don't get rewarded for your merits." The little girl glanced at him secretly and said in a low voice.
Gu Nianbin stroked his forehead and wanted to laugh, he even guessed this sentence. When her mother died, Du Xiaoxian was only six years old. It was really difficult for a five or six-year-old child to keep these warning words in her heart. "Give me a bottle of water," he leaned on the sofa , give her orders.
Du Xiaoxian was sitting there in a daze, but when she heard that she was asked to do something, she immediately jumped up, quickly took out a bottle of water from the cabinet, unscrewed the bottle cap and handed it to Gu Nianbin.
Gu Nianbin took it, and said: "Take another bottle..." Du Xiaoxian turned and left, but Gu Nianbin said behind him: "Drink it for yourself."
Du Xiaoxian's footsteps faltered, she paused, she was not willing to drink the bottle of water that she was given last time, and left half of the bottle under the bed, but Lanzhi threw it away when cleaning up the house, she felt distressed for a long time. Now give her a drink again, isn't that... ruined again
"What are you doing in a daze, go quickly." Gu Nianbin urged her.
Du Xiaoxian bit her lip, turned around and looked at him: "Master, I can't drink this water."
Gu Nianbin frowned slightly, deliberately teasing her: "Poisonous?"
"No, no," Du Xiaoxian waved his hands hastily, how could the young master's water be poisonous!
"Not clean?"
Du Xiaoxian continued to shake his head.
"That's... not good?"
"It's delicious!" Du Xiaoxian frowned delicately, looked at the water in Gu Nianbin's hand, and suddenly said: "Master, you drink it first, and then give it to me if you can't finish it, so it won't be wasted."
Gu Nianbin was stunned, never expecting that she would say such a thing. Drink what he has left! In his concept, people with close relationships can do this, can't they? But Du Xiaoxian definitely didn't mean that. Looking at those clear eyes, he laughed hoarsely, and a trace of inexplicable emotion flashed in his heart. He lifted the bottle cap and took a sip, then handed it to her: "I've already drank it, you drink it." Bar."
Du Xiaoxian still hesitated: "Master, don't you want it?"
"No, I'll give it to you." Gu Nianbin stretched out his hand to her again, seeing Du Xiaoxian's fearful look, he said, "Do you want me to keep holding it like this?"
Of course Du Xiaoxian didn't dare, so she quickly took it, and under Gu Nianbin's watchful eyes, she raised her neck and took a sip of the precious mineral water to her.
"Du Xiaoxian" Gu Nianbin suddenly called her formally.
"Yes, young master." Du Xiaoxian instinctively bowed his head to respond.
Gu Nianbin discovered a problem, Du Xiaoxian has a slavish nature, she just came to help a servant, but it seems that she has sold herself to his family, obedient, obedient, loyal, servile is not ordinary, so she feels that drinking what he left Water is taken for granted.
He got up and pulled her over to sit down, but she moved her body uncomfortably, and just sat on the edge of the sofa.
Seeing her fear and sincerity, Gu Nianbin wanted to talk to her about democracy, human rights, equality, etc., but after thinking about it, she might as well forget it. She probably won't understand it for a while.
"Xiaoxian," he thought for a while, and said, "You have been here for more than half a month, and you have performed very well. The master and wife, including Uncle Xiao, think you are very good, and you are serious and diligent in doing things. We need someone like you. People. So we discussed it and decided to give you an extra job, can you accept it?"
Du Xiaoxian straightened her chest, her eyes started to shine again, "I can accept it, I have strength and can do many things."
"It doesn't take much effort, but it needs a serious and meticulous person like you to do it," Gu Nianbin said, "I need a special assistant to help me with some documents. Can you help me?"
"Of course." Du Xiaoxian's tone was not very sure, the young master asked her to do something, she would never hesitate, but what does a special assistant do? She doesn't know!
Just as she was about to ask, Gu Nianbin casually picked up the bottle of water she had just drank, twisted the cap and poured it into her mouth.
"Master..." She exclaimed, and opened her eyes to look at Gu Nianbin.
"What?" Gu Nianbin looked puzzled.
The young master probably forgot, she was a little confused, should she take this water away
"Do you want to drink water?" Seeing that she was looking at the water in her hand, Gu Nianbin handed her the bottle.
Du Xiaoxian's face turned red, she took the water and didn't drink it, she put it aside and said, "Master, what does a special assistant do? I... I don't know how to do it."
"It's just to help me sort out the files, tidy up the documents and so on. It's not difficult. I think you can do it."
Du Xiaoxian nodded, she didn't know anything except a little bit of strength, for fear that her employers would consider her useless and not want her. It's good now, not only praise her for her seriousness and diligence, but also assign her extra work. For her, there is nothing better than this, and it's still helping the young master, which is even more what she wished for.
He could see that she was happy, as if there were stars floating in his eyes, which made him confused for a moment, coughed, and said: "Before officially taking office, there must be a small training, that's why I sent you to The reason for studying, if I put the document into the wrong category because I don’t know some characters or don’t understand the meaning, it will bring trouble to my work, do you understand?”
Hearing what Gu Nianbin said, Du Xiaoxian hesitated again. She can read and read newspapers, but the young master's request is obviously not just to be able to read. She is so stupid, can she learn
Gu Nianbin saw her hesitation and said, "Of course, many people can do this job, but it's not easy to find a reliable one. Xiaoxian, can I trust you?"
"Of course." Du Xiaoxian has nothing to hesitate, since the young master trusts her so much, no matter how hard it is, she will do things well and live up to the young master's trust in her.
"Okay, you take that paper bag away. Inside is the school uniform. Put on the uniform tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to school." Gu Nianbin pointed to the table beside him.
Du Xiaoxian took the paper bag in his hand and opened it to see, there were indeed two new sets of clothes inside, a wine red top and a red and black plaid skirt. Du Xiaoxian began to frown when she saw the short skirt. She had never worn a knee-length skirt, and she even wore a few skirts. In her luggage, there was only a hemp-colored pleated skirt that was as long as her ankles. It was worn when she was six years old. Grandma dragged her sick body and took her own skirt to change for her. She couldn't wear it for a long time, but she was reluctant to throw it away, and she kept it with her when she came out this time.
"Any questions?" Gu Nianbin asked her.
"This skirt," Du Xiaoxian said awkwardly, "is a bit short."
"Go to the bathroom and change and see if it's really short."
Du Xiaoxian carried the paper bag obediently and went to the bathroom, stayed there for a long time, looking at her white legs, she dared not go out. Gu Nianbin waited a little impatiently, came over and knocked on the door, "Xiaoxian, are you ready?"
Du Xiaoxian pulled down the skirt vigorously, her voice was as thin as a mosquito's voice: "Okay, it's done."
Gu Nianbin twisted open the door, and saw Du Xiaoxian standing there with his hands on the hem of his skirt, his face flushed, as if he wanted to drill into the ground.
Her legs were very white, like glutinous rice white cakes in autumn, delicate and smooth/tender, Gu Nianbin suddenly felt that the plaid skirt was really short.
"If you don't like it, you don't have to wear it," Gu Nianbin said, "It's just a suit of clothes, no one will mind this."
Du Xiaoxian was still blushing, lowered her eyes and said: "The dress is very beautiful, it's me..."
Gu Nianbin took her hands away from the hem of the skirt, pulled her around in a circle, and said in a low voice, "You are beautiful too."
Du Xiaoxian's head lowered, her face was blushing as if she was going to burn, her heart was pounding, the young master praised her for being beautiful again, he... really didn't have any ill intentions towards her...
Du Xiaoxian looked down at his own feet, and also saw Gu Nianbin's feet standing opposite him, his feet were big, wearing gray soft-soled slippers, standing there quietly without speaking.
The atmosphere was a little inexplicably awkward for a while. Gu Nianbin coughed and said, "Okay, you go back to rest early, and I'll take you to school tomorrow morning."
"Yes, master," Du Xiaoxian hugged his clothes and ran out of the door in a panic.
Seeing the little girl running out the door in a panic, Gu Nianbin stood at the door of the bathroom and chuckled silently. He lit a cigarette, sat down on the sofa again, glanced at the bottle of water out of the corner of his eye, Du Xiaoxian took a sip, and he drank again, but he really forgot, seeing her surprised expression, he remembered the bottle of water She's already had it.
He is a person with a little cleanliness. Although he found out afterwards, he didn't feel disgusted, but a strange feeling that couldn't be explained. He took the water, opened the lid and took another sip. The feeling came again, and it passed by so quickly that he couldn't grasp it. He stared at the bottle of water for a long time, and suddenly there was a jump in his temple. As if suddenly awakened, he turned his gaze to the cigarette between his fingers, the green smoke curled up and spread out in the air, tumbling, twisting, and changing...
Gu Nianbin suddenly felt a little restless...