Chapter 4: Still Girl
Although Zhou asked Zhao Yu to sleep for a while, Zhao Yu, who was awakened by the two, still had no intention of sleeping.
After all, this is a completely unfamiliar home to him, and he feels a little nervous and uneasy.
After a while, when the sky was already bright outside the window, Zhao Yu was wondering if he should get up, he suddenly heard a soft knock at the door of the outer room.
"Tu tuk tuk."
"who?"
A question flashed through Zhao Yu's heart.
Just when Zhao Yu was about to respond, he heard a soft voice from a girl from outside the house: "Young Master, I'm in."
This voice reminded Zhao Yu of the cute and well-behaved maid who followed his mother Zhou yesterday.
With a creaking sound, the door of the house was gently pushed open, and a little girl with a bun walked into the house. When she walked into the inner room, she saw Zhao Yu sitting on the couch and looking at her.
"Yes, it was the lady who asked the slave to come..." the little girl flashed with bright eyes and explained shyly.
Others, perhaps the little girl didn't know what to say, and stood there at a loss, lowering her head, and her hands behind her back were restlessly squeezing her fingers.
From time to time, she glanced at Zhao Yu, but then lowered her head, and the atmosphere was really dull.
Given the awkward and dull atmosphere at this moment, although Zhao Yu had recognized the little girl as the maid who was following his mother yesterday, and knew that the lady she mentioned was referring to his mother Zhou, he still asked again knowingly, using this to raise the topic: "It was my mother who asked you to come? Is there anything wrong?"
The little girl replied after hearing this: "Mrs. I told me to take care of the young master's daily life in the future..."
Speaking of this, she plucked up her courage and added: "Mrs. I said that this time it almost caused a big disaster and I can't go back to you in the future. I will let you be your temperament..."
"Oh, feelings are the eyeliner sent by my mother..."
Zhao Yu suddenly realized, and at the same time he felt a little funny about the little girl's sincerity, and he actually told him the purpose of the girl so honestly.
But if you think about it carefully, this little girl is only about ten years old, so he doesn't think she will have any scheming.
"Wait, I seem to be around ten years old now?"
Thinking of his current moment, Zhao Yu suddenly lost interest, and replaced it with confusion about the future.
"Young, young master?"
Seeing the little master in front of him suddenly remain silent, a little panic appeared on the little girl's face. She quietly walked closer to the bed uneasy, and then asked timidly: "Young Master is not satisfied... are you unsatisfied with the quiet girl here to take care of you?"
Hearing this, Zhao Yu was awakened from his thoughts. He looked up at the girl. Seeing her biting her lips, her face was panicked, her eyes were crystal clear, and she looked like she was about to cry. He quickly said, "Oh, no, I'm thinking about something else."
Maybe he didn't get a positive answer, and the little girl looked at Zhao Yu timidly and didn't speak. She looked like a little rabbit raised by Zhao Yu in his previous life. She was really cute and adorable.
After thinking about it, Zhao Yu said a little embarrassedly: "Then... I will ask you to take care of you in the future."
Finally hearing the positive answer, the little girl burst into tears and nodded repeatedly: "The Jingnv will definitely take good care of the young master."
After saying that, she seemed to realize something, and hurriedly turned around and quickly wiped away the tears that were about to be frightened with her sleeve. When she turned around to face Zhao Yu again, her panic-looking face was already blushing.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Yu suddenly realized that the little girl of this age may not be as ignorant as he thought, at least she already knew she was shy.
Zhao Yu felt a little funny when he saw the little girl's face showing shyness.
It is undeniable that when facing the Hou Zhao Jing and Zhou of Luyang Township, Zhao Yu felt really stressed, afraid of showing some flaws, but the little girl in front of him would not make him feel any pressure, even if he knew that she was a suspense sent by his mother.
Perhaps this is the sense of estrangement caused by age differences.
"Your name is Jingnu?" Zhao Yu asked.
The little girl shook her head and explained: "The name of the slave is Shu, which is named by the wife. However, most of the time, the wife and the people in the house call Nu Jingnu..."
While explaining, her eyes secretly looked at Zhao Yu, with a few inexplicable expectation and shyness in her eyes.
Of course, Zhao Yu didn't observe so carefully. After hearing the explanation, he nodded for granted and said, "Oh, then I'll call you Jingnu in the future, can you?"
"Young master can call him whatever he wants."
The little girl, no, the quiet girl lowered her head and said softly.
After saying that, she glanced at Zhao Yu who was still sitting on the couch and whispered: "Young Master, it's getting late, it's time to get up... When she came, the lady told me to tell me to tell the young master to get up and go to the wife's side."
"oh."
Zhao Yu subconsciously asked, "My mother is asking me for something?"
Jingnv shook her head and said, "I don't know... Young Master, I'll serve you to change your clothes."
Seeing Jingnv pack up the clothes she took off from the bed yesterday and act like she was preparing to help her dress, Zhao Yu was so amused and crying.
He wouldn't have to let a little girl in her early teens help him dress? This is too embarrassing.
"cough."
After coughing, Zhao Yu took his clothes from Jingnv's hand quietly and said, "This... I can do it myself, you... go do something else."
"Then...then, go and get water for the young master."
After getting Zhao Yu's affirmation, Jingnu picked up a wooden basin on the wooden rack in the house and walked out of the house quickly.
Taking advantage of this time, Zhao Yu quickly got out of bed and put on all his clothes. He had no face to wear clothes in front of a little girl, even though he was actually wearing a thin dress.
When he was busy putting on his clothes, Jingnv had already returned to the house with half a basin of water. Immediately, she wet a cloth towel, twisted it away, and then sent it to Zhao Yu, saying, "Young Master, just wipe your face."
"Uh, thank you."
Zhao Yu took the cloth towel with some discomfort and wiped it on his face casually.
At this time, Jingnv was looking for something on a wooden table beside the window.
"What are you looking for?" Zhao Yu asked curiously.
"If you say the young master, I'm looking for a wooden comb."
"Wooden comb?"
Zhao Yu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and looked at his shoulders. At this moment, he realized that his hair was much longer than his previous life.
"Ah, men in ancient times also seemed to have long hair."
He suddenly realized and thought.
After searching for a long time, Jingnu still couldn't find the wooden comb. Seeing this, Zhao Yu said casually: "If you can't find it, forget it."
"How did that happen?"
Jingnv shook her head and said, "Young Master is going to see her wife later, so you can't lose your etiquette... The Young Master waits, I'll go to my room to get it."
After saying that, she bowed to Zhao Yu and walked out of the house quickly.
Looking at Jingnu's back as he left, Zhao Yu shrugged slightly, but he was inclined to Jingnu's persistence.
After all, as far as he knows, in ancient times, etiquette was quite important. Even the biological mother and son had to pay attention to various etiquettes. Otherwise, although the mother might not care, others would see it and even talk about these rude things.
"A era of heavy etiquette..."
After sighing silently, Zhao Yu walked to the shelf where the wooden basin was placed, rubbed the cloth towel in his hand, and then walked out of the house with the wooden basin and poured water in the flower bed closest to his house.
While pouring water, he did not forget to look at the yard in front of him.
Unlike the place where he fell from the tree yesterday, what appeared before him at this moment was just a small courtyard, with a narrow pond in the center, surrounded by rockery and furnishings of fake stones.
From a bird's eye view, the pond feels like a flat gourd, with a stone bridge connecting the north and south sides.
In general, the architectural decoration of this courtyard is quite simple.
With this pool as the center, there are wooden houses that are not connected at the north and south ends.
The difference is that the house to the north is relatively spacious, while the house to the south is relatively close to the place where some servants live in the mansion, because Zhao Yu saw several figures going back and forth across the pond, some dressed as servants, and some dressed as guards.
These people also noticed Zhao Yu, who was standing opposite the pool, turned his head in aware and looked at Zhao Yu with a wooden basin in surprise, but no one paused to see him, and then hurriedly left.
After a while, Jingnv walked quickly from a distance and saw that Zhao Yu had poured the washing water, she said in panic: "Young Master, my wife asked me to take care of the young master's daily life. Just keep this kind of thing for me in the future..."
As she said that, she quickly snatched the wooden basin that Zhao Yu had held in her hand.
Looking at the persistence on Jingnv's face, Zhao Yu couldn't tell anything from her. He changed the subject and pointed at Chi Zi and asked, "Who lives there...where?"
Jingnv glanced at the opposite bank of the pool and then explained carefully: "Young Master, most of them are servants in the mansion who serve the eldest son and the young master."
"Big Young Master? Does it mean my brother?" Zhao Yu remembered his communication with Zhou yesterday and knew that he had a brother born to his first child.
Originally, the two brothers should have been born at the same time, but for some reason, Zhao Yu was born until dusk, which made his mother Zhou suffer a lot and almost died.
"Yes." Jingnv nodded, then pointed to a wooden house on the north side of the pool not far away and said, "That is the house where the eldest son lives."
"Oh, right next door."
Zhao Yu nodded suddenly.
Suddenly, he thought of two people and asked casually: "Then... Cao An and Zhang Ji, do they live here too?"
"Young Master still remembers Cao An and Zhang Ji?" Jingnu was stunned and asked in surprise.
Zhao Yu didn't know how to answer, and said vaguely: "I just probably have an impression... do they live here?"
"Um."
Jingnv nodded and explained: "As far as I know, Cao An is the entourage serving the young master, and Zhang Ji is the guard in the guard's mansion. I heard that he is very skilled in martial arts, so he is also responsible for teaching the young master's martial arts. They also live in the East Courtyard..."
"So it's someone around you, no wonder..."
Zhao Yu suddenly realized in his heart, and finally understood why it was Cao An and Zhang Ji and others who were by his side when something happened yesterday.
At this time, Jingnv didn't know what he thought of and said softly: "Young Master, Shu Nu said, Guard Zhang is fine, but Cao An is a servant who is not good at learning. As far as I know, that person used to instigate the young master, you will do some...bad things."
“…”
Zhao Yu glanced at Jingnv and didn't say anything.
He naturally had his judgment. Although he didn't know much about Cao An, judging from Cao An's attitude yesterday, this entourage at least seemed very loyal to him.
Of course, this loyalty refers to the original owner of this body.
Seeing that Zhao Yu did not reply, Jingnu realized her fault and immediately turned pale with fear. She lowered her head and said in fear: "Young master, I'm talking too much."
Zhao Yu smiled and changed the topic: "Mu Comb, did you get it?"
"Um."
Chapter completed!