Chapter 42: Homecoming
When Zhao Yu and his group returned to the town marquis' mansion, it was already late at night.
Since he did not learn the news in advance, Zhang Ying and the others on duty at the mansion were very surprised.
He said to Zhao Yu: "The Queen and the Madam of the Township are not sure that the second young master has already stopped tonight. Do you want to go down and tell the Queen and the Madam of the Township?"
Zhao Yu waved his hand and said, "No need, Uncle Zhang, I'm actually coming back to take a bath and change my clothes. Although there are some things that I really have to look for my father, it's not too late to talk about them tomorrow."
"That's good."
Zhang Ying nodded and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he didn't want to disturb the Marquis of Luyang Township and his wife Zhou in the middle of the night.
He brought Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng, Jingnv, Cao An and others to the East Courtyard. Zhao Yu sent the first three people and told them to go back to their house to rest: "Tomorrow morning, I want my father to talk about something... Well, it's about afternoon. At the latest, we will go to Zhengxiang again before dusk and have a good rest."
"Yes, the second young master (young master)."
He sent Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng, Cao An and Zhao Yu to his house with Jingnv.
At this time, Jingnv asked, "Young Master, I'll ask someone to boil water for you to take a bath?"
“It’s too late.”
Zhao Yu walked to the bed and lay on the bed.
Although he seemed to have not done anything these days, he just inspected and observed the refugees' digging of canals, in fact, he did not rest much and stayed on the construction site almost most of the time.
Even if Zhao Yu was in his previous life, he would probably feel his legs were sore, let alone his body that was only ten years old?
Not to mention anything else, the soles of the feet will hurt a lot.
"Young Master, will I help you squeeze your feet?"
“Huh?”
He lay on the bed and looked at Jingnu and looked at Jingnu. Zhao Yu was surprised that Yu Jingnu could guess.
But he immediately understood: Jingnv almost followed him in the past few days, judging others by his own eyes, and he could naturally guess the Jingnv who felt sore legs.
"Farewell, early..."
Zhao Yu was about to refuse, but Jingnv's hands were gently pinching his legs and feet.
Zhao Yu hummed twice, but did not refuse Jingnv again.
"I'm really degenerate. I actually asked a 10-year-old girl to pinch my feet...but it's really comfortable."
After self-examination for a while, before he could have time to correct this wrong idea, a strong sleepiness invaded him, causing Zhao Yu to fall asleep on the bed.
Hearing the faint snoring, the quiet girl looked at Zhao Yu in surprise, and then she realized that Zhao Yu was asleep. She couldn't help but pursed her lips and held back her smile, but then a little bit of heartache appeared on her face.
"Young Master is really tired these days..."
With some difficulty, Zhao Yu was lying on the bed. Jingnv thought while covering the former with a quilt.
Immediately, she also lay beside her, watching the young master quietly.
In a daze, she fell asleep too.
Yes, she has been too tired these days.
This time, he slept until the next day. Not to mention Zhao Yu, even Jingnv, who had woken up very early every day, missed the time. In the end, Cao An stopped seeing Zhao Yu get up. Regardless of Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng's dissuasion, he took the liberty to enter the house to check the situation. As a result, he saw Zhao Yu and Jingnv each wrapped in bedding, lying head-to-head, facing each other on the bed, making faint snoring sounds.
Not to mention, it was indeed quite gratifying, even Cao An couldn't help but laugh.
Cao An, who is fifteen or sixteen years old, already knows etiquette. Even if he wants to awaken Jingnv, he will not touch the latter at will. After all, he knows that the little girl on the bed who has always been disgusted with him may be half of his mistress in the future.
"Qing Girl! Quiet Girl!"
Half a foot away from the bed, Cao An lowered his voice and called Jingnv gently.
Jingnv is a person who is easily awakened. After Cao An only spoke a few times, she opened her eyes quietly.
Opening her eyes and seeing Zhao Yu's face that was close to her, the little girl blushed slightly. Then, she turned her head in confusion and looked at the other side: Since she is not the young master, who is calling me?
This time I saw Cao An.
"Don't shout." Seeing the eyes of panic and shamelessness appearing in Jingnu's eyes, Cao An immediately reminded in a low voice: "Don't disturb the young master."
This sentence is obviously still important. Hearing this, Jingnv subconsciously shut her mouth, then wrapped her bedding tightly, looked shy and angry, and gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "Cao An, what are you doing here?"
"I'll call you." Cao An explained: "The Queen and his wife learned that the young master returned to the mansion last night, so they sent someone to tell me to ask the young master to go to the northern house for meals. But when they waited for the young master to get up, even you were still asleep. What can I do?"
"Then you shouldn't break in at will!" Jingnv said shyly, gritting her teeth and angrily.
When Cao An heard this, he felt uncomfortable.
Thinking about the time when Jingnu had not arrived, Cao An was the young master's closest servant. He went in and out of this room. When did the young master blame him for it?
Now, Cao An can’t even get into this house?
However, considering Jingnv's identity and age, he finally resisted: "I won't be as familiar with you!... It's getting late, wake up the young master."
"Go out!" Jingnv was still wrapped in bedding, her eyes full of shame and anger.
"All right."
Cao An walked out of the house tactfully, but he still reminded Jingnv: "But wake up the young master quickly, don't forget that the village marquis and his wife are still waiting for the young master."
Jingnv didn't respond, and watched Cao An exit the house angrily.
At this moment, she gently pushed Zhao Yu beside her with a kind look and called softly: "Young Master, Young Master? It's already the sun is noon."
Zhao Yu, who was sleeping, took a breath, and said in a daze: "Who is Shang Sanno? Why do you want him to be a spy?"
“??”
Jingnu tilted her head, obviously not understanding it. Seeing that the young master was about to fall asleep again, she quickly pushed it lightly and whispered: "Young master, you can't sleep anymore. Cao An came over to pass the message, saying that the village marquis and his wife were waiting for the young master in the north room."
Hearing this, Zhao Yu gradually woke up. He saw that he was still sleepy and sat up on the bed with difficulty, rubbed his eyes and asked, "When is it?"
"..." Jingnv's face showed a embarrassed expression, her little face turned red, and she said vaguely: "I don't know what time it is now, it's probably very late..."
Hearing this, Zhao Yu turned his head and looked at the window. Sure enough, he saw that the sky was already bright outside the window. Even judging from the degree of sunlight, it might be almost noon.
After turning his head to look at Jingnv, Zhao Yu was immediately happy. After all, Jingnv was still wearing a chess-up clothes, her hair was messy, and she looked like she had just woken up.
To be honest, Zhao Yu has been in this house for so long, and the first time he has seen Jingnv get up so late.
The smart Jingnv could of course guess why Zhao Yu was laughing and said with a blushing face: "I'm sorry, young master, I'm wrong, I don't know why I slept so heavily last night..."
Of course, Zhao Yu would not blame Jingnv for this matter. He smiled and said, "Okay, okay, oversleep, get up quickly. You said just now, my father and my mother are still waiting for us in the north room, right?"
"Yeah." Jingnv nodded and immediately got off to find new clothes for Zhao Yu, and she also changed into clean clothes.
After hurrying to get dressed and wash, Zhao Yu took Jingniao out of the house.
As soon as he walked out of the house, he saw Cao An standing in the open space outside the house, greeting Zhao Yu with a smile on his face: "Young Master, are you getting up?"
Under the gaze of the quiet girl from the side who was dissatisfied with Cao An, Zhao Yu greeted Cao An.
Cao An didn't care about the hostility in Jingnv's eyes, and urged Zhao Yu tactfully, "Young Master, go to Beiwu quickly, the village marquis and his wife are still waiting for you."
Hearing this, Zhao Yu stopped saying anything to Cao An and led Jingniao to the north room.
After a while, when Zhao Yu and Jingnu came to the north room, they indeed saw the Hou of Luyang Township and the Zhou couple sitting in the hall.
After seeing Zhao Yu, the Hou of Luyang Township said calmly: "I learned that you were back home last night. Your mother and I were waiting for you to have dinner together today. I waited for you for more than half an hour. Seeing that you were not here for a long time, your mother and I would use it first..."
Although the words of the Luyang Township Hou were said to Zhao Yu and his tone was very calm, Jingnv was so scared that she didn't even dare to breathe because she felt that it was her dereliction of duty.
From the side, Zhou saw some clues and said to her husband: "Okay, let's say a few words, let's scare the child..."
"Will this kid be scared? Hundreds of refugees in Zhengxiang didn't scare this kid..."
While muttering secretly, the Hou of Luyang Township suddenly turned his gaze from his second son Zhao Yu to Jingnu. Seeing that the little girl who was dressed very carefully on the surface was just casually tied her hair and lowered her head without saying a word, he realized that the "child" in his wife's mouth actually refers to Jingnu.
Seeing this, he stopped saying anything.
Then, Zhou called someone to bring the reheated breakfast.
While Zhao Yu and Jingnu were having meals, Zhou turned to a maid who was a few years older than Jingnu and said, "Xiaoyu, take a comb."
"Yes, madam." The maid named Yu (camera starring a book friend Xiaoyu), gave a bow, took a wooden comb from the next room, and handed it to Zhou.
Zhou took the wooden comb and combed his hair for the Jingnv sitting beside him.
"Madam..." Jingnv was flattered and was at a loss when she held the bowl.
"Are you tired these days? You continue to have a meal, and I will help you with your daughter's family. You should pay more attention to your demeanor..." Zhou gently touched Jingnu's hair. This tenderness as if she was mother made Jingnu's eyes slightly red.
On the other side of the table, the father and son of Luyang Township Hou and Zhao Yu were not as warm as this. The Marquis of Luyang Township just looked at his son who was eating beside him. Zhao Yu didn't dare to speak much at this moment, lowered his head to make rice, and there was no communication during this period.
Until Zhao Yu finished his meal, put down his chopsticks, and wiped his mouth with the handkerchief on the table, the Marquis of Luyang Township said: "I thought you would stay in Zhengxiang for a few more days. When I came back last night, did you have something to discuss with my father?"
"Yes, dad."
Zhao Yu nodded and immediately said seriously: "Yesterday, Mr. Liu visited Zheng Township. The child was fortunate to chat with Mr. Liu for a moment. Mr. Liu told the child that Wannan is still in war, and Wanbei was also in turmoil because of the General Wang's actions that disregarded the people's livelihood. At present, only Yecheng, and a few counties in Luyang can still be at peace. This shows that in the future..."
He glanced at the maids who were serving him and changed to a more euphemistic statement: "There will be many refugees coming to our Luyang County to seek asylum. The child wants to know what his father is about this. In addition, does his father have long-term considerations about this? Furthermore, how long can the food in the county last?"
Hearing this, not only Zhou and Jingnu looked at the father and son, but even the maids who were serving each other looked over.
After all, the situation of refugees is closely related to their Luyang Township Hou Mansion.
"Let me talk to the study."
The Marquis of Luyang Township got up and walked out.
Chapter completed!