This Xizhao Courtyard is a courtyard with three main rooms, and the eldest young master's bedroom is in the east room, and Gu's mother put Lin Shuang in the warm pavilion in the west room and waits.

Originally, the boys in the house had to move to the front yard when they reached the age of school, and the fourth young master lived in the backyard because of his poor health, so it was more convenient for the second wife to take care of it.

The fourth young master had just woken up, and he was lying in the quilt in a daze, rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand, and when he heard the girl report that the fourth grandmother was coming, he was so frightened that he got up.

Outside, Gu's mother asked the girl to take care of Lin Shuang, and went to the fourth young master's room to serve, and just when she entered the door, she saw the fourth young master falling out of bed from the quilt in a panic, and she couldn't even breathe in fright.

"Fourth Young Master, you slow down, don't be too anxious to get up in the morning."

The fourth young master was in a hurry, and stretched out his arms to let the girl quickly put on the clothes that had been warmed for him.

Gu's mother stepped forward to take the hot water brought by the girl and put it on a few pieces, and twisted the handkerchief to wash his face. The fourth young master avoided his face sideways, reached out and pulled the handkerchief and wiped it on his face.

"Mother Gu, last night," the fourth young master pointed out with his finger and asked in a low voice, "Did she cry?" ”

Gu's mother saw that although the fourth young master was small, she knew that she was worried about the little wife's daily life, and she thought it was interesting, so she lowered her voice and replied: "The fourth grandmother is very obedient, she didn't cry last night, and she didn't wake up until the slave maid called her this morning." ”

"Hmm." The fourth young master pursed his lips and nodded, thinking that this little doll was really obedient, last night he was afraid that she would cry if she was not used to living, and he was worried until midnight, and Gu's mother came over and told him that the fourth grandmother had been asleep and did not wake up.

The fourth young master packed up, put on a long-lived hundred-year-old collar, and turned around to show Gu's mother before going out, and asked her, "Does mom look at this dress?" ”

Gu's mother nodded again and again in praise: "The fourth young master is really spiritual in red. ”

The fourth young master went to the west room surrounded by a group of girls, and saw Lin Shuang's little person, taking off his hood and putting it aside, with a few short hairs on his head, like a white and fat glutinous rice ball. She was wearing a brand-new red shirt and pants, deerskin soft boots were taken off under the kang, and she was stretching her neck to drink the sugar water fed by the girl.

When the girl saw that the fourth young master was coming, she hurriedly put down the spoon and asked for peace, Lin Shuang turned her head, and looked at the fourth young master with big black eyes, she was white and pure, her face was smoked in the warm pavilion, she had just drunk some hot sugar water, and her lips were bright red as if she was about to get juice.

The fourth young master himself is sick and bedridden all the year round, and he has a natural envy for healthy children, and he likes this little doll at first glance.

Lin Shuang is not a real child after all, knowing that these four young masters have a high status in this courtyard, he does not dare to slack off, and wants to go down to the ground to greet him.

The fourth young master thought that she wanted to play on the ground, so he hurriedly stepped forward and put his hands on her shoulders and pressed her on the mattress, and said to her in a good voice: "You are obedient, Mother Gu will take you to the lotus courtyard for breakfast in a while." ”

As he spoke, he saw that the short hair on her forehead was black and shiny, and there was a small tuft on her white scalp, which was funny, so he reached out and touched it.

The girl in the back saw that the fourth young master was a villain, and she knew how to coax her little wife, so she covered her mouth and laughed, and the fourth young master looked back and blushed.

Lin Shuang observed the words and knew that the fourth young master was shy, it was rare for him to stretch out the hand of friendship, and he had to release his kindness and quickly get the relationship right, this is her biggest support for survival in this family in the future.

Lin Shuang quickly grabbed his hand that was about to retract, grabbed one of his fingers and shook it, making an innocent appearance and asking, "Can I play with you after eating?" ”

The fourth young master has been in poor health since he was a child, and the children in the family have been warned by adults to let him and provoke him less, even if they play together, he can't keep up with the speed of other children, and over time, other children are unwilling to play with him.

So Lin Shuang said that she wanted to play with him, and the fourth young master was still quite happy.

The fourth young master squinted and smiled, nodded and said, "Well, I'll sit here to study after eating, so can you play here?" He pointed to the opposite side of the kang and said.

The fourth young master didn't have much strength to speak, so he deliberately softened his voice and made it even weaker.

Lin Shuang had a very good impression of the fourth young master, although he was not in good health, he could see that he was a kind and gentle child.

"Hmm." Lin Shuang nodded with a smile.

After the two finished speaking, Gu's mother put on a hood and boots for Lin Shuang, picked her up and went to the lotus courtyard, and the fourth young master was carried by someone in a small sedan chair.

It's cold today, and the uncle of Zhenrong Yuan sent people to each courtyard to spread the word, and he was spared in the morning.

The second wife took the fourth young master into the house at the door, asked if he was cold and hungry, and led him to sit on the circle chair with a thick mattress, and then asked the next person to set breakfast.

The fourth young master had long been accustomed to the nervous concern of the second wife, and replied that she was wearing a lot on her body, and it was not cold.

After the second wife cared about her baby son, she turned her head to look at Lin Shuang standing in the room, and Gu's mother hurriedly asked her to say goodbye.

Lin Shuang was about to kneel, the second wife smiled and beckoned to her, Lin Shuang walked to her side, the second wife seemed to want to reach out and hug her, and then thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate, so she smoothed her clothes, pulled her to the front and asked kindly: "Did you sleep well last night?" ”

Lin Shuang replied softly: "Well, I slept very deeply. ”

The second wife nodded, and the fourth young master saw that the girl in the second wife's room brought a low table in the corner and put it in the corner, and said to the second wife: "Mother, my father has gone to the yamen, can she eat with us?" ”

The second wife thought about it, so she asked the girl to remove the low table and let Gu's mother sit on the chair next to the table with Lin Shuang.

The second wife asked Gu's mother: "Does Lin Shuang have a milk name at home?" ”

Gu's mother replied: "The Lin family called the fourth grandmother to be a niuniu. ”

The second wife said to the fourth young master: "Niuniu's name is lively, since she has a milk name, I can call her Niuniu." ”