Gu Xuezhou lightly took the child out of the flower basket and settled in his room. He untied the strips of cloth that were already a little loose in the child's hair, and the child was more lovely when he was asleep than when he was awake, and the emerald blue futon lined his face like a spring dawn, and his lips were like dotted hair, and he was really a little beauty carved out of white jade and flower dew. Gu Xuezhou sniffed his hair, it was the fragrance of the old pear blossom tree in Zhao Yuanwai's house.

Just when he was about to cover the child with a quilt, Gu Xuezhou had no intention of catching a glimpse of the child's cuffs, he pushed the sleeves up a little, the blue and purple bruises on the snow-white skin were shocking, he was stunned, his eyes were slightly sour, he sighed, and gently folded the quilt for the child.

Gu Xuezhou walked out of the room sadly, about to get some medicine for the child, and when he looked up, he saw Gu Bo standing at the door.

Gu Bo asked with a straight face, "Where did the little doll come from?"

Gu Xuezhou shook his head and said, "When I found it, it was in my flower basket." ”

Gu Bo lectured him angrily: "Then you will pick it up at home? How worried the father and mother are when they find out that the doll is lost, hurry up and report it to the official!"

Gu Xuezhou snorted: "But I probably know where he came from, he should have been brought with that troupe, I have seen him in Zhao Yuan's foreign mansion, and he is still wearing a costume." ”

Gu Bo: "Then I have to send it back! Then this child must be a servant, which can you raise casually, this is a little doll, not a cat or a puppy." ”

Gu Xuezhou's eyes moistened: "I see that he has injuries on his body......"

Gu Bo reluctantly persuaded: "Children who grow up in the opera troupe naturally want to practice, how can there be no bumps in the practice? If you get lost, you should send it back to the owner." ”

Gu Xuezhou felt strange in his heart, he felt that this child was not simply lost, if he was just lost and lost, how could he get into his flower basket? He couldn't make up his mind for a while, and hesitated and said, "It's not good to make such an arbitrary decision, let's ask him when he wakes up." I'll get some medicine to treat him first, where is the bruise medicine that I made last time?"

Gu Bo sighed: The little young master is this temper, if the little young master was not so kind and kind, he would have been driven crazy by the old things, just like the eldest young master......

Thinking of the eldest young master, Uncle Gu became sad, he came back to his senses and cheered up, "The bruise medicine is in my room, I'll take you to get it." ”

It only took a quarter of an hour to find medicine, and Gu Xuezhou returned to the bedroom to see that there was no one on the bed. Before leaving, the child knew to put a pillow in the quilt and pretend to be a human.

Gu Xuezhou hurriedly went to the yard to look for it, and after searching for more than half an hour, he couldn't find anyone anywhere, and then found that the hidden side door in the backyard was opened from the inside. Gu Xuezhou tied the door and walked back.

Gu Bo sneered and said: "It's good now, I ran away, I don't have to worry about whether to report to the official or send it back to the theater class." The same cat you picked up last month ran away as soon as it got better, and you took the yellow croaker from the kitchen before leaving. Hurry up and see if anything is missing in the room. ”

Gu Xuezhou went back to the room dejectedly, looked through it, but the things were not lost, he sat down, smelled the fragrance of pear blossoms left in the room by the child, sighed, and couldn't help but worry.

Thinking about it, he suddenly thought: No...... The boy had been running for more than an hour, and the aroma had not faded.

Gu Xuezhou searched for the aroma and found the head of the bed, which was only the upturned futon and the crooked pillow. He squatted down and looked under the bed, the little beauty was lying on the ground in a ball, trembling, at first being discovered by Gu Xuezhou, he was so frightened that he covered his face with his hands, and after a while he dared to let go of his hand and secretly looked at Gu Xuezhou, but his eyes were exceptionally bright, stubborn, clear and ruthless, like a wild and untamable little beast, seemingly weak and pitiful, but ready to pounce on you at any time and bite you with his tiny milk teeth to die with you.

Gu Xuezhou breathed a sigh of relief, "You're here, I thought you ran out." ”

The little beauty doesn't speak.

Gu Xuezhou said again: "Where did you come from? Are you lost? Where is your father?...... mother?"

The little beauty didn't answer a word, Gu Xuezhou almost thought he was a little mute, "If you don't speak, I can only ask the troupe if they have lost a little doll." ”

The little beauty stared at her apricot eyes and said angrily: "Don't! I don't want to go back to the theater class!"

"So you're not a little mute. Gu Xuezhou was stunned, this child's voice was as beautiful as his appearance, like a yellow oriole out of the valley, with clear words, clear and clear.

The little beauty cross-examined: "You are the dumb one!"

Gu Xuezhou didn't think it was angry, squinted his eyes and smiled gently: "I won't send you back, and you shouldn't run away anymore, okay?" Are you hungry?"

The little beauty closed her mouth and refused to answer.

Gu Xuezhou went to the table and took a plate of pastries and put them under the bed, "Eat, it's glutinous rice and red bean cake, sweet and soft." ”

The little beauty stared at him with a wary face.

Gu Xuezhou stood up, walked out, and walked to the other end of the room, a small hand quickly stretched out, dragging the plate under the bed like lightning. Gu Xuezhou also put the kettle on the ground next to the bed, and after a while, he was also dragged under the bed.

Gu Xuezhou stood a little far away from the bed and said, "I'm going to work, I won't lock the door, and I can't stop you if you want to escape." But if you stay, you don't like it, I won't send you back. ”

When he was done, he really left the door open and went to the incense-making room in the next courtyard.

When he saw the pear blossom tree that day, he wanted to make some flower dew rouge, and he finally had time to do it.

First, take some fresh roses, scoop two scoops of mountain spring water, steam the tin retort in smokeless fine silver charcoal soup, and simmer in cold water on the top. In this way, the steamed flower dew is more pure and free of fireworks. Then use the red and blue flowers that have been killed to make rouge, knead it more than ten times, twist the juice with white silkworm reeling silk in a sweet white porcelain bowl, and add clear vinegar and millet rice slurry water, cover it and let it stand. At this time, I went to see the flower dew, which was almost steamed, and Gu Xuezhou packed it in a glass bottle of big food sent by his mother. Shi Niang had brought him a few bottles of the famous big food rose dew before, that was applauded, I heard that they were steamed with glazed dew, he has always asked Shi Niang to have the opportunity to buy him a set of this kind of steamed dew glaze.

Going out of the incense room, the sky had darkened, Gu Xuezhou was full of smell, he went back to the room and got a set of clothes, the kettle and plates had returned to the table, he checked the kettle, it was empty, he looked under the bed, the little guy was still there, still looking at him with a tense body, "The toilet is in the small room where you turn left and walk twenty steps out of the door." ”

Although the servants are all men, but this child is not necessarily a servant when he is raised in the drama troupe, right? Moreover, this child is really androgynous, and Gu Xuezhou is not sure...... Could such a cute face be a boy?

Gu Xuezhou had dinner, avoided Uncle Gu, and went to the kitchen to ask for a bowl of white rice and a plate of vegetables and meat.

It was placed on the floor next to the bed as it had been during the day, and the little one did not drag the food under the bed for a long time. Did you leave? Gu Xuezhou looked carefully and found that he was still there, just lying on the cold ground and falling asleep.

Gu Xuezhou brought the food back to the table, while the child was asleep, gently grabbed him, and wanted to quietly take the person out, it was late at night, and the ground was cold, wet and dirty, how could he sleep with people?

As soon as he took the person out from under the bed, the child woke up and struggled in fright, his small mouth bit on Gu Xuezhou's wrist, his teeth were quite sharp, and he was so hard that the blood was bitten out.

Gu Xuezhou hissed in pain, but he didn't let go immediately, he was afraid of throwing the child to the ground, so he only frowned, and after a while, he endured the pain, and his brows also relaxed, "I'm sorry, I carried you out without your consent." At night, if you sleep on the ground, you will catch a cold. ”

Being stared at so gently by this ugly monster, the original fear and ferocity in the child's eyes softened little by little, like a small animal lost in the woods, he let go of his mouth, looked at Gu Xuezhou at a loss, and slipped back under the bed.

Gu Xuezhou hastily treated the wound and took the rice bowl and dishes, "Let's eat." The child didn't answer, but quickly dragged the food under the bed.

Gu Xuezhou went to hug the straw mat and futon, put them on the bed first, and after the little guy hid under the bed and finished eating and pushed out the dishes, chopsticks and plates, he put away the tableware, and then put the straw mat on the ground, "Spread a straw mat." ”

The little hand reached out and dragged the grass sweep in.

"And the bedding and pillows. ”

Bedding and pillows were also dragged in.

Gu Xuezhou smiled, feeling that he was teasing a grumpy kitten.

Gu Xuezhou sat at the table a little far from the window, took medicine and a white cotton cloth to bandage the wound, and said softly, "You bit me so much." Don't you apologize to me, but I know you didn't mean to. ”

The little guy under the bed didn't move at all, and I don't know if he fell asleep again.

The next morning, Gu Xuezhou was awakened, and he heard a banging on the bed board under him.

After a while, he reacted, pulled to the side of the bed, turned his head down to look under the bed, and saw the little beauty holding her head, and her forehead was red. Gu Xuezhou smiled, "Did you hit your head?"

The little beauty glared at him with tears in her eyes, "Hmph." "Ignore him.

Gu Xuezhou took out the bruise medicine that he hadn't used before, "This is an ointment to treat bruising." ”

Although the little beauty didn't seem to like him, this time he also moved the ointment under the bed as before.

In this way, after three days of hide and seek, Gu Xuezhou was not bitten a second time.

One day, Gu Xuezhou suddenly returned to the room halfway, and saw the little guy coming out from under the bed, sitting on the chair in a dignified manner, shaking his legs and humming a song to eat melons, and the little pink and white face was stained with melon seeds.

Gu Xuezhou talked to him every day before going to bed, and even though he had barely received a response so far, he still persevered in asking, and he didn't stop until the little guy was annoyed and kicked the bed board.

"You can't live under my bed all the time, aren't you afraid of rats?"

"Are you still afraid of me? You see, I didn't hurt you, did I?"

"You escaped from the troupe, didn't you? Why did you escape? I promised not to send you out, but if they came to find you, how would I answer?"

His voice drifted faintly down the empty room.

Alas, it seems that he won't talk to me today, Gu Xuezhou said in his heart.

"I'm going to find my mother. A voice as thin as a mosquito came out hesitantly from under the bed.

"What are you talking about?" Gu Xuezhou couldn't believe his ears - were you talking to me?

"I was abducted, I am not from the troupe. The child's voice grew louder, and he said firmly, "I have a mother, I want to find my mother!"