CHAPTER XVI
Shutan slept late and woke up late in the morning.
When she opened her apricot eyes abruptly and hurriedly ran out of bed to look at the other side of the screen, Song Shuyu was already gone.
The mattress was neatly stacked in the doorway.
Fortunately - if someone saw a little girl going out of the girl's room early in the morning, it is estimated that Master Lu would be so angry that he would bite off her head because of the insult.
Shu Tan took a few steps back, and fell heavily on the bed, she stared at the curtain above her head in a daze, and she couldn't tell the taste in her heart.
It's like on the dark road from now on, she is the only one groping forward, and a flat boat is swaying in the river......
Song Shuyu put his face into the cold and biting cold water and wiped it a few times.
The water beads formed a trickle and slid down his face line into the basin, and Song Shuyu raised his hand and looked at it carefully.
The joints of the hand are well-proportioned and slender like bamboo, but they are slightly red and itchy due to the cold bones.
He chuckled faintly, his lips pursed into a line, and his eyes seemed to be puzzled and free.
He really got out of there.
Maybe I'll always be a little guy like this in the future.
It's like a dream in a hurry, nothing has changed, and he doesn't know everything that has changed.
He knew the days before, and it seemed that he was in that cold and dark room forever, and when he was hammered, he would die and be happy.
The days are now...... The strangeness made him confused.
But it was very pleasant, the two legs could listen to the words in his head, and there was no more the kind of black eyes that disgusted him, staring at him in the dark.
Song Shuyu went to ask Xiao Er for a basin of hot water, and he took it to the study house.
He didn't knock on the door, he just pushed the door in.
Shu Tan turned his back to him, his head resting on his hand, staring at the bronze mirror in a daze.
"Girl, come and wash." Song Shuyu placed the wooden basin on the basin stand and said softly.
"Shuyu - can you comb your hair?" Shu Tan turned his head and looked at him with a bitter face.
Since her mother-in-law left, she has been providing for her own head, for fear of messing up the hairstyle on her head.
But the left and right defenses can't stand the long days, and after a long time, her hair will be knotted!
Song Shuyu walked over with a smile, picked up the wooden comb on the case, and teased her: "The girl is so old, can't she even know this?" β
"I have short arms, I can't reach them! On weekdays, my mother-in-law takes care of it for me, and when my mother-in-law is busy, I will braid my own thick braids, and I don't have to go out anyway....." Shutan pouted, busy defending himself.
Song Shuyu smiled and didn't speak, and a pair of jade hands deftly slid through her soft hair.
In fact, he has never combed the hair of others, but he is delicate, and he looks at the girls' buns on weekdays, and guesses by himself.
He pondered for a long time, and it took a long time.
"Will you?" Shu Tan propped his head and stared at the hands that were up and down her head in the bronze mirror.
"Don't worryβ" Song Shuyu patiently advised her, her eyes carefully scanning Shutan's fine hair.
There were a few knocks outside the door, and a man wearing a sweat towel and a green hat came in.
Xiao Er bowed his waist with a smile on his face, holding a plate with a few bowls of soup on it: "I'm sorry to disturb the two of you, I'll send you breakfast." β
Xiao Er put the soup on the table, smiled at the two of them, bent over, and stepped back and went out.
When he closed the door, Xiao Er peeked inside through the crack in the door.
Song Shuyu's hair was almost curled, and he inserted the last wooden hairpin into Shutan, and looked at the figure in the bronze mirror carefully.
The eyebrows and eyes of the person in the bronze mirror are soft and lovely, the lips are not dotted and vernal, and a few soft hairs fall next to her cheeks, which makes her more and more shy like a sinking fish.
"Girl, wash your face and eat...... Small...... Go down first. Song Shuyu bowed his head at her.
"Eat a little too, I guess the slaves won't leave you there to eat."
Shutan looked herself up and down, and she was very satisfied.
This Song Shuyu is still somewhat useful.
Song Shuyu listened, his eyes were crooked, and the corners of his mouth smiled imperceptibly.
He was not polite, but walked to the table, took a stool, and sat there.
He has never served anyone, and he doesn't understand the rules of his subordinates.
Shutan didn't care, went to the wooden basin and washed his face with water, and sat down at the table.
She and her mother-in-law were like this before, regardless of master and servant, and they were very easy-going.
The two men were eating carefully with a bowl of soup when there was another knock on the door.
Shu Tan shouted in, and Shu Huai sneaked in with his head.
"Sister, I'll bring you some food ......"
Shuhuai carried a square wooden box and ran to the table to put it down.
Only then did he realize that there was someone else in the house.
"I know you, you are the brother who saved me......" Shuhuai hid behind Sister A's body, looking at Song Shuyu with his eyes open.
Song Shuyu grinned at Shuhuai, his expression as soft and soft as cotton wool.
His countenance was no longer as horrible and abominable as it had been that day, with only pale pink and tiny scabs of blood. The eyebrows and eyes smiled as gently as the clear moon.
Shuhuai hesitated for a moment, walked a few steps to him, and asked glutinously, "I haven't thanked you yet...... These foods can also be eaten for you......"
Shuhuai pointed to the square wooden box on the case, and turned to look at Sister A.
"I heard Sister Chang Yu say that Chunzhi's mother-in-law is gone, so will he follow his sister in the future?"
"Shuyu has nowhere to go, so he happened to be a little guy with me, and he can be regarded as a benefactor......
Shu Tan was a little embarrassed when he said this......
How can there be a family that repays the favor and makes the family its own subordinate?
But who left him with nowhere to go? At least she won't freeze to death with her.
For the rest, she can only treat him well every day.
Shuhuai nodded, and said: "Sister can't be too close to him, can't be better than Shuhuai!" β
Shutan raised his eyes and glanced at Song Shuyu, he still buried his head in hardship with a faint expression, as if he didn't care about what the two sisters and brothers said.
Shu Tan smiled and nodded at his younger brother, touching his little face.
That's of course.
There seemed to be a female voice calling outside, as light as silk.
Shuhuai listened and said goodbye to Sister A: "Aunt Qinglian is looking for me, I secretly brought food to Sister A, don't let her know, I'll go to Sister A." β
Shu Tan shook his hand at his younger brother, and Shu Huai ran out with small steps.
Qinglian saw Shuhuai coming out of the room and hurriedly called him.
"I haven't eaten yet, where did I go?" Qinglian took a handkerchief and wiped the beads of sweat on the tip of Shuhuai's nose, as if she inadvertently glanced at the room.
Shuhuai likes this aunt very much, she is more handsome than Liu's, her temper is better than Liu's, and her voice is as sweet as honey.
"I went to take a look at my sister and begged my aunt not to tell my father ......"
Qinglian smiled and touched Shuhuai's head, answered, lowered her body and took Shuhuai's shoulders and walked downstairs to the room.
"Is the pastry that Brother Chang Yun brought back to you delicious?"
"It's delicious, fragrant and crispy, and I like Shuhuai very much."