As they were chatting, they suddenly heard a baby crying in the room, and then the crying sound came from far away and got closer. Zhichun came out holding Du Zhao and said to Xu Shichu anxiously: "Madam, the little boy suddenly burst into tears and couldn't be comforted... I wonder if his illness has relapsed..."
Xu Shichu took the child and stroked his forehead. There was no sign of fever. The child cried heartbreakingly, and looked much more energetic than the weak cry during the day. Therefore, it was certain that it was not a recurrence of the disease, but that the child was crying because he was in a strange place and did not see his parents.
“Mother… Mother…” Du Zhao cried and shouted. Xu Shichu held him somewhat awkwardly and patted his back gently, trying to calm him down.
"Go find a toy to distract him." Seeing that he had been crying for a long time, Xu Shichu had no choice but to say to the maid helplessly.
She doesn't know how to coax children.
At this moment, a pair of slender and beautiful hands suddenly reached out to Xu Shichu and took the crying child from her arms.
It was Luo Changqing. He skillfully held the child upright in his arms, stood up, and gently rocked the child's little body. He said in a low voice to the maids who were lying and had no experience in raising children: "Go find the wet nurse and let him drink milk to try."
Zhixia quickly replied: "I haven't had time to find a wet nurse yet... The milk is for Madam to make tea, I don't know if the young master can drink it..."
Xu Shichu made a prompt decision and said, "Is it still fresh? If it's fresh, give it to him to drink. Then cook some egg custard soup, porridge or other food that children can eat. He fell asleep after drinking the medicine and hasn't eaten yet. He's crying so hard, so he must be hungry."
The people around then hurriedly did their work as they were told.
Luo Changqing looked at the masters and servants in the room who didn't know how to take care of children with a headache. If the child didn't cry, none of them would have remembered to feed the child, right
What an unreliable group of masters and servants! Luo Changqing thought as he patted the child in his arms who was gradually calming down.
"Have you prepared the necessary items such as clothes, shoes and socks for the child?" Luo Changqing looked at Xu Shichu without any hope and asked.
Xu Shichu was stunned for a moment, his eyes were vague, and his voice was light and guilty: "No... I didn't think of these for a moment... But it's dark now, it's too late to ask the maids to make them now, so why not wait until tomorrow to buy some new ones?"
Luo Changqing glanced at her calmly and said, "Rui'er's childhood clothes are still well preserved. If you don't mind, I'll have someone find some for you?"
Xu Shichu nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay, the workmanship and fabric of your son's clothes must be excellent. Du Zhao is just wearing them for a few days. What's there to dislike? Thank you."
Xu Shichu said this sincerely. She did not think it was an insult to let Du Zhao wear Luo Rui's old clothes. After all, they were just clothes. Some ordinary families would go out of their way to find old clothes worn by other children for their own children to wear. They would call them patchwork quilts or something like that.
"But would your son mind if his clothes were worn by others?" Xu Shichu suddenly thought of this question.
Luo Changqing shook his head: "What's there to mind? He can't wear his childhood clothes now." He then ordered someone to find Luo Rui's little clothes.
Zhichun and Zhixia brought toys and milk, but Luo Changqing didn't let them feed the baby. Instead, he held the baby in one hand and picked up a spoon in the other, feeding Du Zhao one spoonful at a time.
Du Zhao was really hungry. As soon as the milk touched his little mouth, he couldn't wait to suck it in.
Luo Changqing lowered his head and fed Du Zhao milk very patiently. His slender jade-like fingers holding the exquisite golden spoon were particularly eye-catching.
Xu Shichu stared at the hand, and suddenly a sentence popped up in his mind: How virtuous...
After realizing what she was thinking, she almost laughed out loud and quickly covered her mouth, fearing that Luo Changqing would find out.
After all, he is helping you take care of your children now, so please stop making fun of him, right
Du Zhao gulped down a small bowl of milk, then he became more alert. He looked at Luo Changqing who was holding him with his dark eyes, then tilted his head and asked in confusion, "Dad?"
"Puchi!" This time Xu Shichu really couldn't help it and accidentally laughed out loud.
"You little fool, you even recognized your own father wrongly. He is not your father!" Xu Shichu poked Du Zhao's little face and said.
After hearing this, Du Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then he carefully identified Luo Changqing. He seemed to really recognize that this was not his biological father, so he closed his eyes, opened his mouth, and burst into tears again.
Xu Shichu froze for a moment, then immediately sat up straight, pretending that he was not the one who made the child cry.
Luo Changqing finally coaxed the child, but Xu Shichu made him cry again. So he looked stern and glared at the culprit: "If you talk again, you have to coax the child yourself!"
Xu Shichu quickly covered his mouth, shook his head repeatedly, and opened his innocent eyes to indicate that he would never tease Du Zhao again.
Luo Changqing then stood up holding Du Zhao and turned around to coax him. Looking at his extremely skilled posture, Xu Shichu really believed that he had brought up Luo Yaqing and Luo Rui single-handedly.
It was rare, men in this era all assumed that children were under the care of women, and real men would not personally take care of their children. But Luo Changqing was different, looking at his current appearance, you could tell that he was definitely a serious and responsible father.
After a while, the fragrant egg custard was brought back. Luo Changqing fed Du Zhao himself, making his belly full, and then coaxed him to sleep without letting Xu Shichu and the maids take over.
What a good dad he is, Xu Shichu sighed again, who would have known that Lord Luo, who is so powerful in the political arena, is also good at coaxing children
Before leaving, Luo Changqing said to Xu Shichu: "I see that you have no experience in raising children. You should find a wet nurse. The child needs to be taken good care of and cannot be left to roam freely."
Xu Shichu nodded his head: "Okay, I will go find an experienced wet nurse tomorrow."
Seeing that Luo Changqing had not left yet, Xu Shichu raised his head and asked, "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"
Luo Changqing coughed lightly and said, "I think your refreshing tea tonight is quite delicious."
Xu Shichu understood immediately and ordered Zhichun, "Go and get a can of mint tea for the Prime Minister!"
Since someone helped me soothe my child for half the night, I should give him a gift as a thank you. Since he likes mint tea, I might as well give it to him. Mint is not something expensive.
So the temporary nanny Luo Changqing left contentedly with a can of mint tea.
Xu Shichu watched his back, as straight as a green pine or bamboo, go away, and remembered that the last time he came here, he took away all her chrysanthemums, and the time before that, he took away her sleeping incense, and this time, he took away her mint tea...
Is he a "thief never leaves empty-handed"