Chapter 806 The person who can't be mentioned (1 more)
After seeing Han Changran off, it was almost lunch time.
Shen Zhonglei returned to the back house, changed into casual clothes and went straight to Mrs. Shen's yard.
He was a filial son and never failed to greet Mrs. Shen morning and night.
Now that his precious son has been raised with Mrs. Shen, he has to go there several times a day.
When I got up in the morning, I first came to see my son. After I was busy with business in the morning, I also wanted to see my son. In the evening, I simply went to Mrs. Shen’s place to eat.
After Ping Niang gave birth, Mrs. Shen took the child and raised it by her side.
Now he has been fed so much that he is fat and fat, and his little arms and legs are like lotus joints. He can gain strength by grabbing and kicking him.
The child was not yet one month old and had not yet been officially named. Mrs. Shen gave her a nickname of "Bao'er", and everyone called her that for the time being.
Firstly, it is to hope that the child can grow up safely and well. Secondly, the homophonic name is "Bao'er", which means that the child is the treasure of the family.
Nowadays, Shen Zhonglei's greatest happiness after his official duties is to amuse Bao'er.
Especially when he looked at Bao'er's facial features that were more and more similar to his own, he felt so beautiful that he felt like bubbling in his heart.
After looking at Baoer's chubby little face, I feel more energetic than usual when dealing with official duties.
Shen Zhonglei changed his clothes and came over, only to find that Shen Tianshu had returned from Prince Rui's Mansion at some time and was in Mrs. Shen's room at this time.
She was sitting sideways on the couch, holding a wave drum in her hand to tease Paul.
Bao'er is too young now and can neither speak nor sit up, but his big black eyes occasionally follow Shen Tianshu's moving hands.
I don’t know if I really saw it or just heard the sound.
Shen Zhonglei couldn't help but smile when he saw this situation: "Why do I look at Bao'er's big eyes? He looks a bit casual."
Mrs. Shen's eyes flashed when she heard this. How much Shen Tianshu looked like her deceased mother. If others didn't know it, how could Shen Zhonglei still not know it?
It's basically carved from the same mold.
Her eldest grandson can't follow anyone like that!
But Shen Zhonglei's attention was all focused on the child, and he didn't realize that he had made the old lady unhappy with just one word.
Shen Tianshu was good at observing people's words, and he knew that the old lady was unhappy when he heard Shen Zhonglei's words.
She glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw that Mrs. Shen's face darkened slightly.
It's just that I didn't say these words myself, and I can't be angry at myself.
What's more, Mrs. Shen didn't say anything. She couldn't even try to smooth things over, so she simply pretended not to know and continued to play with the child.
The wet nurse saw Shen Zhonglei staring at him, so she stepped forward and joked: "The young master really likes the older girl. Others are silent when he hugs her, but only the older girl will grin when he hugs her!"
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"Really? Shu'er, pick him up and show him to daddy. Dad has never seen this little kid smile!"
Shen Tianshu had no choice but to put down the rattle in his hand and carefully picked up Bao'er.
Sure enough, the baby, who had been expressionless just now, actually opened his mouth slightly after leaning in Shen Tianshu's arms, and then a large amount of saliva gushes out of his mouth.
The wet nurse quickly wiped it with a handkerchief, and then said with a smile: "Master, look, how happy the young master is smiling!"
Shen Zhonglei nodded repeatedly and said: "Shu'er is indeed popular with children. Not only this little one, the princess also likes to play with him, and even Yunhui also likes to play with him.
"I used to follow Yunyao around every day, but then for some reason, I started following Shu'er every day..."
As soon as Shen Zhonglei said these words, the room suddenly fell silent, and his own expression changed.
Since the death of Mrs. Xu and her two children, the names of Mrs. Xu and her two children have become a taboo in the Shen family, and no one dares to mention them.
It's just that Mrs. Shen and Shen Tianshu knew the inside story, while the servants were just worried that mentioning it would arouse Shen Zhonglei's sadness and make him angry.
So Shen Tianshu hasn't heard Shen Yunyao's name for a long time.
I didn't expect to hear it coming from Shen Zhonglei's mouth again.
Shen Zhonglei spoke without thinking, and immediately fell silent after speaking.
Shen Tianshu could only be grateful that he was holding Bao'er in his arms, and could at least hide his embarrassment by lowering his head to tease the child.
Finally, Mrs. Shen spoke up to break the deathly silence.
She said to the wet nurse with an unkind look on her face: "You talk nonsense all the time. How can a child of such a young age laugh so easily?
"Didn't you see that the baby is so hungry that he is drooling? Why don't you take him down quickly to feed him?"
The wet nurse turned pale with fright. She quickly took the baby from Shen Tianshu's arms and carried her baby in small steps.
After Bao'er was taken away, the room fell into a new round of silence.
Shen Tianshu didn't have the child to cover him up, and was sitting between Shen Zhonglei and Mrs. Shen. He couldn't hide even if he wanted to. In embarrassment, he could only find another topic by himself and said: "Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye. Now that Bao'er is so old, shouldn't we ask someone to prepare the full moon wine in advance?"
Shen Zhonglei also nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, there may not be any happy events in the family for a long time, so it's time to make preparations."
It's a pity that the father and daughter tried hard to smooth things over, but Mrs. Shen didn't appreciate it.
She rolled her eyes and said: "Oh, you know you have to put out the full moon wine? I thought no one cared!
"I've had people start preparing for the Full Moon Wine ever since my eldest grandson was born.
"By the time you think about it, the day lilies are already cold."
And Shen Yunyao, who was accidentally mentioned by Shen Zhonglei just now, is now working under the pseudonym Xu Yaoer in Miss Bai's village.
Shen Yunyao is different from Shen Tianshu. She has been loved by her mother since she was born. It is not an exaggeration to say that she grew up in a honeypot.
I have lived for more than ten years without touching the spring water, and I have never suffered any hardship.
But in Zhuangzi here, except Miss Bai herself, no one can get something for nothing.
Where can Shen Yunyao know how to work?
The dishes were broken when washing dishes, and the feet were injured when chopping firewood.
If you really can't do anything, the first thing to do is to cause chaos.
Fortunately, she still had the advantage of being literate. While she was recovering from her injuries, Miss Bai simply asked someone to let her do the work of recording daily expenses and sorting out account books.
When Shen Yunyao heard that she was allowed to take charge of the account books, she was extremely happy.
Miss Bai handed her the account book, presumably because she already trusted her.
And it's not that she boasted about keeping accounts, checking accounts, or even making false accounts, Mrs. Xu had spent a lot of effort to teach her back then.
There are so many secrets hidden in Miss Bai, maybe you can find out a few from the account books.
Who knew that what Miss Bai gave her was really just a daily account book. She remembered all the output and purchases in the village, how many people ate each day, how many rice they used, how many candles were used, and other trivial matters.
From this, apart from the estimate that Miss Bai's farm housed at least several hundred people, nothing else could be discerned.