When Aunt Qi's mother and daughter were brought to the county office, their faces were all white. Aunt Qi was even trembling and could barely stand still.
The yamen servant who led them here met the condemning gaze of Shang County Lieutenant Dong, and immediately said: "I didn't bully them, I just said that the adults wanted to see them, and they were so frightened."
Dong Xianwei waved his hand and said: "Forget it, bring people in, your journey is too slow, it's already noon."
County Captain Dong brought the pale-faced mother and daughter to the lobby. Bai Shancai finished hearing the two cases and mediated the neighborhood disputes. When he saw Aunt Qi, the mother and daughter, he closed the file in his hand.
Aunt Qi was terrified in her heart, and she knelt down on the ground with a plop before she came to her, "My lord, please forgive me, the girl knows I was wrong."
Bai Shan who was about to speak: ...
This move was too fast, making him useless.
Aunt Qi's daughter also quickly knelt down, lowering her head and trembling.
Because she is not very old, Bai Shan swallowed the words when he reached his mouth, and said indifferently: "Get up and talk."
Aunt Qi knelt down and dared not get up.
Bai Shan frowned, got up and walked down the hall, stretched out his hand to help Miss Lu up, seeing that her lips were so white that she was bloodless, he knew that she was also quite frightened, so he said: "Ma'am is coming back to eat at this time too. Now, this county remembers that you used to be Guantian Zhuangzi arranged by your wife?"
The two whispered yes.
Bai Shan said: "Let's go then, I will lead you to pay your respects to Madam."
Aunt Qi and her daughter looked at each other, confused, didn't they be arrested for questioning? How to go to the backyard of the county government
Bai Shan led them back to the backyard, and County Captain Dong followed immediately.
In the backyard, Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Qian were playing with their two children in the garden. Mingda was sitting aside reading a book, and Lan Xin was sitting beside her doing needlework. She looked up at the two children from time to time. The month is not too young, my stomach is protruding, I can't sit for a long time, but I don't stand and walk for a long time, I have to stand up and walk twice in a while.
She just put down the sewing basket in her hand and stood up, when she saw Bai Shan bringing a group of people in, she immediately said: "Little uncle is back."
Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Qian turned their heads to look over, "Is the matter of the yamen dealt with?"
The two looked curiously at the person following him.
Bai Shan pays great attention to the separation of the front and back courtyards. Except for his own staff, Mr. Cui, other subordinates and colleagues rarely come to the backyard to discuss matters.
Bai Shan nodded to them, and found a random reason, "Man Bao wants to see them later, so I brought them back."
Several people looked at Aunt Qi's mother and daughter, and saw that both of them were a little pale, so they thought they were sick and came to Zhou Man for treatment, and asked concerned: "Do you want to go to the medical office? I don't know if she is busy today, if I'm busy, I'm afraid I won't be back until late."
Now there is a nanny at home, Zhou Man has stopped feeding, and the milk has been cut off after taking medicine, but it may be because of the mother-daughter nature, although Zhou Man does not see the child for a long time every day, and occasionally retreats to vaccinate, but every time she He was very happy to see Zhou Man, and he stretched out his hand to call for a hug.
Zhou Man also likes to hug her very much, so whenever she has time, she will run back from the medical office to hold the baby.
Today too, as soon as the patient finished reading, she handed over the finishing work to the students and apprentices, and she ran home as soon as she could.
As soon as I got home, I first hugged my daughter who was outstretched and giggling, kissed each other on the left and right cheeks, and then weighed her, "Sister-in-law, is she getting fat again?"
Little Qian: "Nonsense, I haven't seen you in the morning, how can she get so fat?"
Zheng Shi: "That's right, that's right, she can understand words now, so don't say things like she's fat, or she'll be unhappy."
Bai Jingxing didn't look unhappy at all, she clamped her mother tightly between her legs, and tightly hugged Zhou Man's neck with both hands, as if she was afraid that she would disappear again in the blink of an eye.
Xiaoqian did not pick up the person twice, she was a little anxious, "Bai Shan brought a few people back, and said he wanted you to take a look, I wonder if they are patients."
Mingda knew more, rolled up the book, walked down from the corridor with a smile, and said, "It's not a patient, it's Mrs. Qi and her daughter."
Zhou Man's eyes lit up, and he turned around holding the child, "Then let's go and have a look."
Ming Da also followed, and asked the maid to hug her son.
Although Zheng Shi and Xiao Qian Shi didn't know what was going on, it didn't look like it was a bad thing, so they stopped asking, but raised their voices and asked, "What do you want for lunch?"
Zhou Man said casually, "Whatever."
Mingda didn't have high requirements for food, so he walked beside Zhou Man silently without saying a word. Zhou Man asked curiously, "Why did you bring it to the backyard instead of asking questions in the front yard?"
Ming Da said: "I think they were quite frightened, especially the little lady, her face turned pale, after all she is young, Bai Shan probably didn't want to frighten the child."
Zhou Man nodded, and entered the hall with Ming Da.
Bai Shan was sitting drinking tea, Aunt Qi and Miss Lu had already regained their composure, thinking that what they did should not have been discovered, otherwise they would not have been brought to the backyard and treated so gently.
Seeing Zhou Man coming in, the mother and daughter, who were a little nervous, got up immediately, and they didn't see the weakness and thick skin of last year at all.
Zhou Man glanced at their faces, smiled and said to Miss Lu: "You have grown a lot taller than last year, I haven't asked you yet, how old are you?"
Miss Lu quietly raised her head and glanced at Zhou Man before whispering, "It's almost nine years old."
Zhou Man was surprised, looked at her seriously, and said, "Good boy, you look so good!" His tone was raised, without any trace of sarcasm, it was a real compliment.
Miss Lu's face flushed instantly, and she asked inaudibly, "Don't you think I've grown too big?"
"I don't think so," Zhou Man was still envious, "It would be nice if my daughter could be as tall as you in the future."
Every time she goes to the court meeting, when she stands up and salutes, she is submerged in the crowd. Even if the emperor stands on a high platform, she can't see her. Those who cry.
Zhou Man looked at her with shining eyes, then turned his head to look at Aunt Qi who seemed weak, and was even more satisfied, "You should be like your father. Sure enough, there are some old sayings that make sense. A daughter is like a father. In the future, my daughter will also be like you." It's good to be as tall as her father. But there should be reasons for diet, what do you usually like to eat?"
Miss Lu gradually relaxed and talked about her favorite food.
Zhou Man found that she ate a lot of pasta, so he told Ming Da: "When the children are older, they can eat complementary food. We will also make noodles for them."
Mingda thought for a while and nodded. She remembered that Changyu's sister also ate a lot of pasta and looked good.
Zhou Man pulled Miss Lu and chatted for a long time, seeing that she had completely relaxed, he handed the child in her arms to Wu Yue, and said with a smile: "Help me take the two children to the dining room to see if you are there. The food you like to eat, if you can, tell my sister-in-law what you often eat, and we will feed the children according to your recipe in the future, so that they will grow up better."
Miss Lu went happily.
Wu Yue and the palace maid retreated with the two children in their arms, and there were only a few adults left in the hall, and the atmosphere slowly stagnated again.
The bright smile on Qi Auntie's face slowly disappeared, and she raised her heart, belatedly realizing that something was wrong.