Chapter 025: Bearing the Pain of Losing a Child
Cheng Yurong also asked Aunt Zhou to go to her private warehouse and take out five pieces of high-quality silk brocade to make some new sets of clothes for Xu Wanrou.
In addition, he also prepared three sets of gold and silver jewelry for Xu Wanrou, and took out a dozen valuable items to decorate her new yard.
After all, she is Shen Zhiyuan's fiancée. If she doesn't take care of herself, her maids and servants will look down on her over time.
Xu Wanrou will be given another twenty-two months of silver every month, and her food and drink expenses will be in accordance with the standards of the five Shen brothers. She will also be provided with a luxurious carriage and a groom.
Cheng Yurong thought that the eldest son Shen Zhiyuan would definitely recover in the near future and stand up again to take part in the imperial examination, so she should be nicer to Xu Wanrou, after all, she might become his daughter-in-law.
I don't want to lose such a good child.
Xu Wanrou was a little confused about what Cheng Yurong meant. Judging from her meaning, it seemed that she meant to allow herself to live in the general's residence forever.
Even if my uncle stays in Beijing for two or three years.
She knew that her food and drink expenses were in accordance with the standards of the fifth master of the Shen family. It was because her aunt liked her and gave her face, which was also a way to protect herself.
"Auntie, Wanrou thanked auntie." She bowed respectfully.
"You're welcome, auntie. Go and see Brother Yuan! He...probably misses you very much." Cheng Yurong knew his son Mo Ruomu. During the five years of paralysis, it was Xu Wanrou who accompanied him every day, so that he could live to the end of his life. Now.
Otherwise...
I am afraid that five years ago, she and her husband would have suffered the pain of losing their son.
...
Xu Wanrou and her maid Yuelan stood in front of Shen Zhiyuan's yard. After the servant went in to report, he disagreed with her.
"How could it be... A Yuan, he..." Xu Wanrou was deeply shocked. She hadn't seen him for a month and a half. She missed him every day, didn't think about food and drinks, and couldn't sleep at night.
I worry every day that he will do something stupid and commit suicide.
"Girl, what should I do?" Yue Lan supported the sad Xu Wanrou and suddenly thought of a way.
"Girl, why don't we just break in! The eldest son probably didn't miss you on purpose. He probably wanted to force you to leave, to force you to let go, or maybe he was angry that you didn't see him for so long."
"Is this okay? What if he gets angry..." Xu Wanrou was still immersed in the sadness of Shen Zhiyuan not seeing her.
"Why not? Girl, the eldest young master treats you the best. He won't be angry no matter what you do."
"A Yuan..." He is the best person to me in the world.
Yuelan took Xu Wanrou's hand and rushed directly into the yard. A few servants pretended to stop them and let them enter the house easily.
"Ayuan, I'm here." Xu Wanrou stood at the door of a wing and knocked on the door twice.
A soft voice blew into the room like a breeze. The young man lying on the bed slowly opened his eyes, but there was no response.
A short while later, just when Xu Wanrou was about to become anxious, Shen Zhiyuan's school boy Shen Su arrived.
"Sir, Miss Xu is here."
"..." There was silence in the room.
"Master, I'm in." The book boy Shen Su saw that Shen Zhiyuan didn't respond. As a book boy who had been with him for ten years, how could he not know what he wanted to express.
"Miss Xu, please come in."
"Thank you." Xu Wanrou bent her knees and followed her into the house.
"Miss Xu, there is no need to thank me. I should thank you. In the past two months, the young master has had a bad appetite. He eats twice a day and sometimes one meal a day. I am afraid that something will happen to him due to hunger.
Maybe it is because the young master is used to eating. Xu Miss Xu is starting to worry about the food she cooked."
Shen Su directly revealed Shen Zhiyuan's secret.
"Chen Su, shut up!" Shen Zhiyuan, who was unable to move in bed, looked so gloomy that he was about to drip.
"Okay, from now on I will be responsible for A Yuan's three meals a day." Xu Wanrou felt distressed and guilty. She sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Shen Zhiyuan's face carefully.
I found that he had lost a lot of weight, and the guilt in my heart became heavier. "A Yuan, you have lost weight. Don't torture yourself like this, I will be sad too."
"..." Shen Zhiyuan turned away and refused to see Xu Wanrou.
"Ayuan, it's not that I don't want to see you in the past month and a half, it's not that I don't want to write you letters. Father... he grounded me for half a year. Today I sneaked out and almost got caught."
Xu Wanrou didn't hide it, she She didn't want Shen Zhiyuan to second guess herself, nor did she want him to have random thoughts that would affect their feelings and relationship.
Hearing this, Shen Zhiyuan opened his eyes wide. "Rouer, you..."
Uncle Xu must be very angry when she escapes today. This approach is tantamount to severing the relationship between father and daughter. Maybe Uncle Xu is really angry and sad now and will really choose to give up on her.
He didn't deserve her to sacrifice so much for him.
"It's okay, A Yuan. My aunt gave me a new yard, and also assigned a few maids and servants to me. She even prepared a carriage and driver for me."
Xu Wanrou pursed her lips and smiled, holding Shen Zhiyuan's hand.
Shen Zhiyuan:? ? ?
Mother, what kind of trouble is she doing?
Could it be that he supports Rou'er as his wife?
"Auntie probably means to allow me to live in the General's Mansion forever, so that I can see A Yuan every day and take care of A Yuan."
Xu Wanrou smiled very happily. When she thought about her future life, she couldn't help but imagine, Go have fun.
Shen Zhiyuan still remained silent.
"Are you unhappy?" Only now did Xu Wanrou notice his gloomy expression.
"No." Shen Zhiyuan finally spoke. After seeing Xu Wanrou's red eyes, his heart ached very much.
"Since mother has arranged it this way, you can stay here with peace of mind."
"Yes, A Yuan."
...
Shen Zhiqing woke up at noon that day. He was already starving and drank three large bowls of millet porridge before he would stop.
"Qing'er, your wound is only on its third day, and the scab is about to fall off." Cheng Yurong was very happy to notice the changes in Shen Zhiqing.
"Mom, the second brother's body has also changed a lot. His muscles have grown at a speed visible to the naked eye. Who would believe that he is an addict? You see, even his face is much rosier."
Shen Zhiyu carefully observed Shen Zhiqing's changes. I am very curious about what the ingredients of the muscle repair solution are.
Ruan Ruan lay in Shen Zhiqing's arms, licking his fingers, and complained dissatisfiedly: "Second brother, when you are cured, you have to share a piece of braised pork with me."
I have the greatest credit, and the magic medicine was not a reward from the ancestors of the Shen family. ]
"Ruan Ruan must be hungry! He's still eating his fingers, so be careful of worms in his stomach." Shen Zhiqing took her fingers out of her small mouth and wiped them with a clean handkerchief.
In fact, he secretly fed her a few mouthfuls of millet porridge just now, but she thought it was not meat.
[People want to eat meat, they want to eat meat! Ruan Ruan wants to eat meat. ]
"Little greedy cat, when Ruan Ruan is older, my second brother will take you out for a big meal."
"Hehehe..." The little guy laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits.
Ruan Ruan stayed with Shen Zhiqing all afternoon. After dark, he ate millet porridge to fill his stomach, and then drank the nerve repair liquid.
Shen Hong kept watch all night, and he would not have to go to court tomorrow.
Looking at his second son, whose face and body had regained half of the sensuality, he was filled with satisfaction.