"You are doing very well." said Mr. Fu San.
Song Qingci: No, Third Master, I’m not good at this. It’s really hard for me to handle this important task.
After thinking about it, she finally found an excuse: "Third Master, you know, I have to go back to Beijing. I don't know how long I can stay in the mountains..."
If her mother hadn't gone crazy, she would have returned to the capital by now.
"If I take Jin Yue wild, what will happen to her after I leave?"
Mr. Fu San seemed to be thinking about something.
"But Third Master, you could consider letting her out more often... That is, she doesn't have to come to me all the time. You see, no matter what she does in the future, she'll have to interact with people. How to strike a balance in dealing with people and how to resolve disagreements—those are things she probably won't have the chance to learn right now."
Jin Yue’s biggest problem is that she is surrounded by a group of people who revolve around her and make her too self-centered.
"And I think, no matter what Third Master's past identity was, he's here now. People are very resilient and can adapt to various different environments..."
Don't try to raise a lady from a noble family in a bandit's den.
That is a castle in the air, out of touch with reality, and will ultimately fail.
"When I was little, I lived a life of luxury. Later, my father got into trouble, so I traveled all over the world with my mother looking for him. Although I'm a bit love-sick, I don't think I've grown up in a wrong way."
Mr. Fu San took a while to react, "love brain", it was a very novel term, but he understood it.
"My mother said that life is like that. If you are given bitterness, you should grit your teeth and endure it. If you are given sweetness, you should enjoy it. Just go with the flow. Life will just go on."
"Third Master, Xunxun can adapt, why do you think Jinyue can't? Just because she's a girl? You've restricted her. If you tell her it's not possible, then she really can't do it."
"Actually, you can raise her as your son. At least, you don't have to worry about her being bullied in the future."
"I don't know what life was like for the Third Master in the past, but I don't think he's any happier now than before. The life you want for Jin Yue may not necessarily be a happy one. So what if she's a noble lady surrounded by servants? Doesn't she have to set the rules in front of her mother-in-law? Doesn't she have to take care of her husband and children, endure his three wives and four concubines, and swallow her anger?"
"The battlefield for women may actually be more brutal. But because women are weak, they don't even have a chance to speak out."
"Third Master, my mother raised me like her own son. It's just that I'm not ambitious and I'm greedy for comfort, so I'm in such a hopeless situation. But I think Jin Yue is much more talented than me. Third Master, if you raise her like you raised Xun Xun, she will become stronger, and you may have less worries in the future."
"I've never raised a child, so I shouldn't butt in..."
"I asked you for advice," said Master Fu San. "I'll think about it carefully when I get back. Thank you very much. But tonight, I might need you to help me coax her."
"Third Master, you are so polite. I'll go right away." Song Qingci said with a smile.
As long as you don't put the blame on her for a long time, helping her occasionally is no big deal.
When Jin Yue heard that she could stay with Song Qingci, she was so happy that she didn't even wipe away her tears. She ran so fast with her two short legs and went straight into Song Qingci's room that no one could catch her.
Feng Xun: "She succeeded!"
Song Qingci couldn't help laughing.
She arranged for Jin Yue to sleep on the couch.
Jin Yue wanted to squeeze in with her on the bed.
Song Qingci refused: "No, you will crush my chicken."
Are you kidding? She is hatching chicks in her bed!
No one can get close.
Oh, except the pine nuts.
Song Qingci recruited laborers and asked Songzi to help hatch the chicks.
Matsuko resisted, but her refusal was in vain. She lay on the eggs in frustration, hoping that the eggs would be gone soon.
Jin Yue was also curious about hatching chicks.
She begged again and again, and finally Song Qingci gave in. She lay on the edge of the bed, staring at the motionless egg.
Feng Xun spread out the bedding on the couch and said unhappily, "If you really hatch a chick, wouldn't you treat it like an eyeball and worship it? Okay, go to sleep."
She felt like she was taking care of two children, which was really stressful.
Jin Yue lay on the couch, too excited to sleep.
In the darkness, she whispered to Song Qingci: "Sister, are you asleep?"
Song Qingci: "...fell asleep."
Jin Yue giggled.
"Go to sleep quickly, or I'll kick you out and ask you to go find your father."
"Sister, I'm sorry." Jin Yue suddenly said, "I'm really sorry for that time. I won't do it again."
Song Qingci: This bad boy, why is he saying these things in the middle of the night?
So annoying.
"I know you spoke up for me today, thank you. I'm so happy since you came."
After all, he is just a poor child.
Song Qingci began to feel overwhelmed with compassion.
"Okay, go to bed," she said.
"Sister, are you leaving?"
Song Qingci paused for a moment and then said "hmm".
"Do you live in the capital?"
"Um."
"Actually, I'm from Beijing too."
Song Qingci: "Oh, go to sleep."
She didn't want to explore the Third Master's secret.
Although, she is curious sometimes.
"Before you leave, write down where you live for me; tell me, I'm afraid I won't be able to remember. That way, when I grow up, I can still find my sister in the capital."
Song Qingci agreed carelessly, but he was thinking in his heart that a chance encounter in life, no matter how reluctant one is, will always quickly become a memory that is difficult to piece together.
However, she would probably be very happy to see the Third Master again after so many years.
As Jin Yue was talking, she fell silent.
Song Qingci couldn't help but smile as he listened to her even breathing.
After all, he is just a child, crying and making a fuss and he is tired.
She stood up and walked over, covered Jin Yue with a quilt, and used a pillow to block her from falling to the ground. But after thinking about it, she was still not sure, so she put another quilt on the footstool and spread it out before returning to bed.
For some reason, Mr. Fu Sanye let Jin Yue come out and play with other children.
However, Jin Yue was accompanied by a nanny named Zeng, who looked to be about forty-five or forty-six years old, with a serious face.
Song Qingci had never seen her before.
As you can imagine, she has been in the back mountain and has never appeared.
Jin Yue secretly told Song Qingci that it was Mr. Fu San's wet nurse.
Song Qingci felt that Nanny Zeng was a little scary.
Just stand there and say nothing, but every move is filled with the word "rules", which makes people unconsciously hold their breath.
It's a bit depressing.
Song Qingci originally subconsciously stayed away from such people.
But Jin Yue always came to look for her, so Nanny Zeng followed her.
Song Qingci: Please, can you let me go?
I just want to quietly hatch a chick, is that okay?
God knows, when Nanny Zeng came, she didn't dare to act rashly at all, and felt the pain of being dominated by the strictest teacher.
Although, Aunt Zeng was polite to her.
But she is a coward!
Good Jinyue, don’t hurt her!
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