For a moment, Zhou Shaojin couldn't tell whether the story about Cheng Chi taking care of her when she was sick was her imagination or true.
She couldn't help but hesitate and said: "Uncle Chi..."
Chun Wan hurriedly said, "The Fourth Master just left... He stayed here to watch over you all night. He also kept Imperial Physician Cao all night. In the morning, Imperial Physician Cao came to check your pulse and said you were fine. The Fourth Master sent Imperial Physician Cao away and then went back to the study!"
It turns out it’s all true!
Uncle Chi has always been by her side.
Zhou Shaojin was suddenly very excited. He felt that the weather and the ground were good, and even the pot of asparagus fern on the flower table in the corner looked particularly lively today.
She sat up at once and told Chunwan: "Go to the study to see if Uncle Chi is asleep. If he is, come back quietly. If not, let Uncle Chi rest early. Tell him that I am fine. Go and let Uncle Chi know that I am safe." After saying that, she remembered Chunwan's appearance just now and felt a little embarrassed. She added, "You haven't slept all night either! Let Bitao or Xiaotan take care of me, and you should get some good sleep. You don't have to worry about what happened today."
Chunwan was indeed very tired. She smiled and replied "yes", saying: "You were very sick yesterday, and your wife came to ask about you every half an hour..."
Zhou Shaojin smiled and said, "Then send someone to tell the Madam as well."
Chun Wan then smiled and called Xiao Tan in, changed shifts, and went to the study in the outer courtyard.
Maybe because he sweated after falling asleep, Zhou Shaojin felt sticky.
She decided to take a shower and go out for a walk feeling refreshed.
While Xiao Tan was helping Zhou Shaojin take a bath, she chattered with him about what happened last night: "You didn't wake up the whole time, and the fourth master had a gloomy face. We were all trembling with fear. If it weren't for Mother Fan asking us to go back and rest, we would have had to stand in the room all night..."
Zhou Shaojin lay on the bathtub, the hot steam made her face flushed, and she smiled and said, "Don't exaggerate here!"
"Really!" Xiao Tan added a few more scoops of hot water to the bath tub and said, "If you don't believe it, you can go ask Bitao or Jixiang. Jixiang was so scared that he didn't know what to say. After returning home, he asked Bitao to rub her calves, saying that her legs could stand straight!"
Zhou Shaojin chuckled.
Uncle Chi is not the kind of person they say he is!
But Uncle Chi is the master of the family, and it is right for Xiao Tan and others to feel awe of him. She has to maintain Uncle Chi's dignity in front of the servants, so there are some things she cannot say.
Mrs. Fan Liu came in with some tea and said with a smile, "I was just wondering whether I should come to see you, and then Ruyi told me that you were awake. You look like you are well, right?"
Zhou Shaojin nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I will ask Chunwan to take out five taels of silver later, and you and the important people around your wife can have fun together."
Fan Liushi laughed and said, "These are what we servants are supposed to do. How can they be rewarded by the Second Young Lady?"
As she spoke, she placed the tea tray on the big kang by the window, sat down next to the bath tub, tested the water temperature, and started to help Zhou Shaojin rub his back.
Ever since the incident in the garden in her previous life, Zhou Shaojin hadn't asked Mother Fan to rub her back for many years.
She was in such a good mood today that I just lay there and let her do whatever she wanted.
Fan Liushi's movements seemed a little hesitant.
Zhou Shaojin smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
In her impression, she has always been flawless. Could it be that there are some marks or acne on her back
"No, nothing!" Mrs. Fan Liu smiled, gently but neatly rubbing her back, and said, "Our second young lady has grown into a big girl!"
The tone was lost and a little reluctant.
Zhou Shaojin smiled and said, "I'm already a grown-up girl!"
When a girl has her first period, she becomes an adult.
Fan Liu smiled and said, "Yes!"
He helped Zhou Shaojin wipe her body and assisted her in putting on her underwear.
Xiao Tan ordered the maid to come in and carry the bathing bucket out. Fan Liushi put a coat on Zhou Shaojin, sat on the kang and used a handkerchief to twist her wet hair. She said, "In the winter in the north, every household has either floor heating or fire walls. It's especially cold in April when the floor heating and fire walls are turned off. Guan Ge's hundred-day ceremony is scheduled for May 22nd. Do you think we should decide on the earthen ceremony for the master as soon as possible? Or wait until after the Dragon Boat Festival? I'm afraid that when Madam Liao comes over, the eldest aunt will drag you to entertain the people from the Fang and Liao families, and you won't have time to spare."
Zhou Shaojin smiled and nodded, "I'll tell Manager Xiang, and we'll look at the gift list and make additions and subtractions. But you also reminded me that my father likes to collect inkstones, so I'll ask Uncle Chi later to see where I can find a better inkstone, and then have my wife bring it back to my father. Although the things in Wende Pavilion are good, they are not unique. I'd better find a way to find an inkstone for my father somewhere else." As she spoke, she asked Fan Liu, "I think Manager Xiang is very careful and attentive. I want Fan Qi to work for him, what do you think?"
Fan Liushi paused while twisting Zhou Shaojin's hair and asked irrelevantly, "Second Miss, aren't you going back to Baoding Prefecture with Madam?"
She wanted to stay in Yuqian Hutong.
Zhou Shaojin smiled sweetly.
She also has to help Uncle Chi guard the gold bricks under his feet!
"I want to stay in the capital for a few more days to keep my sister company." Zhou Shaojin said, "If I go back to Baoding Prefecture, I will have to deal with Madam Huang and the others again. It's so annoying. It's better to stay in the capital and be free."
Mrs. Fan Liu said, "You can stay in Beijing... After all, Yuqian Hutong is the property of the Fourth Master... Who would give away a house for no reason? This house is not cheap! Even if someone wants to give it away, it should be given to Old Lady Guo..."
In Zhou Shaojin's opinion, Mrs. Guo is not safe either.
She has three sons, and Cheng Chi is just one of them.
The palms and backs of our hands are all made of flesh, and sometimes we may not be able to protect Cheng Chi wholeheartedly.
Otherwise, why would Cheng Chi run away from home in his previous life!
Zhou Shaojin interrupted Fan Liushi with a smile and said, "Mrs. Guo gave me a lot of jewelry. Uncle Chi can't give me jewelry too, right?" She didn't want to talk about it anymore and said, "Besides, Uncle Chi gave me this house, so it's mine. You just need to live with me and feel at ease."
She'd better ask her sister and brother-in-law later how to get the house registered in her name.
If Uncle Chi has no way out one day, this house will at least become hers, and the Cheng family can't take it back. Uncle Chi still has a place to stay. At worst, if he sells this house, Uncle Chi will have the capital to start over.
Zhou Shaojin made up his mind and became anxious. He said, "Go ask the wife if she will go to her sister's place later. If she does, I will go with her."
Mrs. Fan Liu was extremely anxious.
Second Miss... How could you be so confused
She has said so much, how could the Second Miss not be alert at all
However, this matter is not the fault of the Second Miss.
If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes last night, she would never have dreamed that the Fourth Master… would serve the Second Miss so well… The Fourth Master clearly did… did… and he did it so calmly.
This made her feel scared.
She was afraid that something might happen when she wasn't looking... If she jumped into Mochou Lake, she would be so sorry for the dead Mrs. Zhuang!
She turned around and walked to the door, and told Jixiang, "You guard the door and don't let anyone in. I have something to say to the second young lady." Then she closed the door with a "snap", her face solemn, and walked to Zhou Shaojin like a brave man who was willing to sacrifice his life for justice. She knelt down with a plop, and said with a red face, "Second young lady, let's go back to Baoding Mansion with the madam! No matter how annoying Madam Huang is, she just wants to find you a marriage, but yesterday... the fourth master took care of you personally... Not only did he hold you in his arms and pat you and coax you, he also wiped your body... Even when the madam wanted to come and see you, he didn't let go, so that the madam had to send someone to ask... Second young lady, let's go back to Baoding Mansion? There is no good person in the Cheng family!"
That's not something an uncle can do to his niece!
Zhou Shaojin opened his eyes wide.
My heart was like a tide, roaring past me in waves higher than the last.
Uncle Chi, you didn't avoid suspicion... Can't you help yourself
But Uncle Chi is not that kind of person!
He also told her not to let her emotions show on her face.
But how could he make such a mistake
She couldn't help but think of the day when he whispered in her ear, "I'm just that good"... She didn't know how to answer him at that time.
Now, she wanted to ask him, "Am I that good?", what made him give up his perseverance for so many years...
Zhou Shaojin clenched the handkerchief in his hand and felt waves of heat rushing towards his face.
Seeing that she was not angry, Fan Liushi whispered to persuade her: "Second Miss, the Fourth Master did it so obviously. I can see it, and others can see it too... I also know that you have always respected the Fourth Master and never thought about it. But at the end of this year, you will be of marriageable age... In the past, you could still say that you were young... What if someone finds out something? In this kind of thing, girls always suffer..."
So Uncle Chi told her to forget it.
I can't help forgetting him.
Is it possible that Uncle Chi is just like her, knowing that there will be no tomorrow and no ending for them, so when he sees her, he can't help but indulge himself.
Zhou Shaojin burst into tears.
It turns out she wasn't alone.
They have always been together.
It's just that she was too foolish to see his true heart.
Zhou Shaojin leaned on the big pillow and cried bitterly.
Mrs. Fan Liu was panicked.
These were just her guesses.
What if I guess wrong
No, even if she guessed right, with the reputation of the Cheng family and the style of the Zhou family, I'm afraid they would not allow such rumors. She is the one who takes care of the second young lady.
She was the first one to die!
Her death is not a pity, but she cannot ruin the second young lady!
Mrs. Fan Liu came forward and hugged Zhou Shaojin, crying, "Second Miss, Second Miss, please just pretend nothing happened. Stay away from the Fourth Master in the future. Wait until Brother Guan celebrates his 100th day, and then we will return to Baoding Prefecture..."
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Brothers and sisters, I used the internet of another department, but their router was broken, so I am in trouble! I have to go home quickly so I can update the article...
It seems that you have to be self-reliant in everything you do~~~~(>_