115 Chapter 115
◎Playing dumb◎
Mu Yun welcomed Wu Tao and the others into the hall. Everyone bowed. She was very polite to the escorts, asking their names one by one and chatting with them. She smiled brightly and said, "It's cold, and I'm grateful for your hard work in coming all the way here to wait for me."
The manager of the semicolon stepped forward and said that he was fortunate to meet the head of Wuda today. The semicolon had prepared some light wine and simple food for a welcoming banquet, and asked the head of the semicolon to stay and rest first, waiting for the meal to start.
Only after she asked about the escort agency did Cheng Mu come forward to meet her.
Wu Tao held a child in each hand, examining them closely. "Are these your children? Great! You're so lucky."
As they walked, Wu Tao introduced Cheng Mu's guest. "This is the daughter of an old friend of mine, Qin Zhenzhen. She was raised like a boy from childhood. She can read and write poetry, and is proficient in the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting."
Cheng Mu echoed: "Madam Qin is quiet and elegant."
Qin Zhenzhen acted coquettishly and appeared very affectionate. "Auntie, what should I call this fairy-like sister?"
"Everyone calls her Madam Cheng. She's a heroic woman who worked tirelessly to cultivate the poor land, benefiting the people of her village. She earned herself the title of Seventh Rank Lady. Mu Yun holds her in high esteem."
Qin Zhenzhen bowed and called out, "Meet Miss Cheng."
Cheng Mu supported her and said, "I don't deserve it. Madam Qin, just call me Madam Cheng like everyone else."
After arriving at the main courtyard, Wu Tao lived in the main house and Qin Zhenzhen was arranged to live in the east house. Everyone said that the room was elegantly decorated, and Qin Zhenzhen especially liked the ornaments on the curtains.
Cheng Mu said, "The head of the Wu family told me that when Lady Qin comes, I must make sure you have a comfortable and secure stay. This dreamcatcher is a blessing, and I hope you will feel at home. By the way, the feathers on it are from golden pheasants in the mountains, and Mu Yun hunted them himself."
Qin Zhenzhen probably knew why she was there, and she blushed shyly. Wu Tao thought Cheng Mu had done a good job and looked at her approvingly, "It's rare to be able to create such a poetic object."
"Master Wu and Madam Qin have been exhausted from the long journey. Why don't you have a snack and a nap to refresh your spirits?"
"Well, you've been busy and worked very hard, Aunt Zhu." Wu Tao called Aunt Zhu and asked her to give the gift she brought to Cheng Mu. "This is something I brought specially for you. Don't refuse it."
"It would be disrespectful for a junior to refuse." Cheng Mu accepted the gift and said, "I have some trivial matters at home. I will go home now. I will come back to chat after the Wuda headmaster finishes his work."
"Madam Cheng, you must not leave." Qin Zhenzhen held her back. "Auntie is busy, I have nothing to do, will you stay with me?" She started to act coquettishly towards Wu Tao, hoping she would ask her to stay. "Auntie——"
Wu Tao said, "Madam Cheng has a pair of children to take care of. If you think it's boring, I'll let Mu Yun accompany you."
Qin Zhenzhen looked very embarrassed and let go. "In that case, I won't bother Madam Cheng. But you have to come often. I really want to be close to you."
Cheng Mu smiled politely and said goodbye to everyone.
Wu Tao and Nanny Zhu returned to the main house and talked behind the door.
"You were right here the whole time. Did Mu Yun look at Zhen Zhen differently?"
"I didn't even glance at her twice. It was Madam Zhen who kept glancing at Master Mu Yun."
"Mu Yun is good-looking, which makes him a magnet for young ladies." Wu Tao remained silent, still feeling angry. "He said he wanted to open a branch in Puyang City, but he didn't accept my proposal. It seems he never moved in."
Nanny Zhu advised, "Young Master Mu Yun follows his heart. He turned down many good opportunities in the court and the army. He has to be willing to take over the escort agency. The head of the family is in the prime of his life, so there is no need to rush. It's great that Young Master Mu Yun is willing to take charge."
Wu Tao lay down on the kang, closed his eyes, and said in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible, "There's only one person he's willing to obey."
Nanny Zhu spread out the quilt for her, gently covered half of it, and said nothing more.
In the east room, Qin Zhenzhen didn't want to lie down at all. Her heart was pounding and she took out the four treasures of the study.
After a burst of very light footsteps, it became very quiet outside. She concentrated for a long time, picked up the pen and wrote: "Whose girl weaves a dream, her tender heart twisting and turning in the center of the web."
Then he stared at the dreamcatcher for a long time and wrote: "The wind sways the feather shadows, imagining spring's grace, but the thread of longing is long and unresolved."
She let out a long sigh, suddenly feeling dissatisfied. She crumpled up a piece of good paper, then unfolded it again. Suddenly, she smiled and wrote with great enthusiasm, "If only the spring breeze could be caught, it would not let the sorrow pass over the west wall."
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When Cheng Mei returned home, she felt unusually tired, like the tiredness of working a full day in a company.
If it weren't for Mu Yun, she wouldn't do such a thing.
I don't know how she fell asleep. During this time, Xiaoliu came to see her once, covered her with a quilt, and quietly closed the door.
She slept until dark, and the escort agency sent someone to deliver a food box, and Xiaoliu came to wake her up.
Cheng Mu suddenly felt a headache. She hadn't been out for a few days, and she caught a cold the first time she went out.
Maybe it was Xiaoqi who infected her.
The food boxes were placed in the kitchen and several people in the family gathered around. The dishes for the welcoming banquet were very rich. Cheng Xi had no appetite and only picked up some vegetables to eat, plus a small piece of steamed bun that Xiao Qi had broken off.
She asked Huaihua to bring her a bucket of hot water to the room after she finished cleaning.
Gui'er didn't have much appetite, so when she saw her leave first, she followed her.
"Madam Cheng."
"Um."
"I miss Jiuniu and my mother. I want to go back to Zhaojia Village tomorrow."
"Um?"
Gui Er suddenly said she wanted to go back. Cheng Mu asked, "What's wrong? Did you really want to go, or did you have some other thoughts in your mind? I asked you to go see the head of Wuda today, but you didn't go."
Gui'er put her hands behind her back, lowered her head, and said uninterestedly: "I was distracted before, but now I have given up the idea of training people. I have nothing to do, and my body is fine..."
"Okay, you can go back tomorrow. Let Mu Yun send two people to take you there, and don't ride a horse, you won't catch a cold. I'll have him prepare a carriage for you. But I have a lot of things to do tonight, and I don't know if he will come back. How about this, let Tong'erdan go there later, and he can make arrangements in advance."
Guier nodded and said, "Then I'll let Tong'erdan finish eating and come find you."
Cheng Mu looked back at her back in the dark. Gui'er looked so listless. She didn't know if she could adapt well after returning. But it didn't matter. She had many men, and they were all very obedient.
Cheng Mu's head ached slightly, and she didn't want to think too much.
Mu Yun was pulled away from her by Cheng Jia, and Gui'er was pulled away from her by her children. Once they want to rely on others, they can't rely on anyone.
Why.
In the past, Cheng Mu would never have thought of hiring a bodyguard for herself, but after being abducted to the Mongolian Kingdom, she was no longer so naive.
Wait until your cold is cured!
Huaihua staggered in with half a bucket of hot water.
Cheng Mu asked her to help bring the basin, and Huaihua also poured the water. "Madam Cheng, is there anything else you need?"
Huaihua has grown some weight now. She applies ointments and medicine on her face and hands more frequently. Her frostbite has gradually healed, her skin has become smoother, and she wears neat clothes. She is completely different from before. Occasionally, you can find similarities with Xiaoliu on her face.
"Let Xiaoliu sleep on your kang for a while, and tell her not to come over." So as to avoid giving it to Xiaoliu.
"good."
"Tell her again that Aunt Gui is going back to Zhaojia Village tomorrow morning."
"good."
I soaked my feet and took a nap, and I seemed to be feeling better when I woke up in the morning.
She didn't notice when the mute woman came back in the evening, but she got up early in the morning.
There were voices coming from Gui'er and the others' room. Xiaoliu woke up early.
Cheng Mu went to the kitchen to prepare something for Guier to take back.
Yu definitely didn't have time to make oily food, and there were several grown men over there. Cheng Mu only left a small portion of the fried dough sticks, oily food, and pastries for this side, and took out a bunch of cured meats. Tong'erdan helped to move them. He said that half of them were brought back to Zhaojia Village after hunting in the mountains, so they would have enough to eat and there was no need to give them too much.
So Cheng Mu changed to sausage and glutinous rice sausage, and took a lot of frozen tofu, as Yu Shi definitely didn't have time to make tofu.
At noon, a carriage arrived and all these things were loaded onto it.
Gui'er packed her bag and was about to get on the car when she saw that Madam Cheng had prepared so much for her. She suddenly remembered that she had not brought anything for Jiuniu.
She asked the two drivers, "Will we meet any peddlers on this road to the city gate?"
The two men said that the peddler's whereabouts were uncertain and it was hard to say. The weather was so cold that it was even harder to say whether he would go out to deliver goods.
Guier was about to cry.
"Aunt Gui, wait a minute!" Xiao Liu said anxiously, "Wait for me, don't leave yet, I'm going to get something!"
Xiaoliu hurried into the house, took the dream catcher, and ran back.
"Auntie Gui, take this to Jiuniu to play with. The feathers are colorful, and I added bone pieces. They make a nice crisp sound when they hit each other. He's sure to like it!"
Gui'er hugged Xiaoliu emotionally, "Aunt Gui, thank you."
Everyone waved goodbye, and Gui'er wiped her tears and left, saying as she did so, "My dear son, I always make you cry!"
After taking away most of the things, the mute woman had to start over again.
This time the whole family joined in and worked for two or three days. As the saying goes, the first time is new, the second time is familiar. Huaihua's family was poor and had never cooked oily food, but now they have gained some experience.
They planned to make some mung bean cakes that day, and Mu Yun brought Qin Zhenzhen over.
When Qin Zhenzhen saw Cheng Mu, she was stunned for a moment. She obviously didn't expect Mu Yun to bring her here.
Mu Yun said to Cheng Mu, "Miss Qin stays alone all day. The boss asked me to bring her out to play with my sister-in-law."
Cheng Mu was speechless after hearing what he said. Wu Tao meant for him to take Madam Qin out for a walk and create an opportunity for them to go on a date. Was he pretending to be stupid?
Qin Zhenzhen was also speechless. She followed him out with a little deer in her arms, and she was guessing all the way what they would do, whether they would go to a teahouse to drink tea and listen to stories, or go to a theater to drink tea and watch a play, or go to the ice rink to skate or play ice hockey. She thought of everything, both literary and martial, but she didn't expect that he would bring her to Madam Cheng.
She is a baby, so he should entrust her to a woman!
Mu Yun said, "I have something else to do. I'll come pick her up later. Please, sister-in-law."
He did not give Cheng Min a chance to refuse, nor did he give Qin Zhenzhen a chance to change her request - at the beginning, when he asked Qin Zhenzhen where she wanted to go, she said, "Anywhere is fine with me, it's up to you" - he put her there neatly and slipped away.
Cheng Mu and Qin Zhenzhen were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
"It seems he has been very busy lately." Cheng Mu tried to make amends for Mu Yun, "Little Six and Little Seven both said they haven't seen their little daddy in a few days."
Qin Zhenzhen couldn't hide her disappointment and whispered, "The boss has been busy lately too."
Cheng Mu smiled and said, "Madam Qin rarely comes to Puyang City, so I should do my best to be a good host. The kitchen is too smoky and not a place to entertain guests. Please go to the study and sit down." She called Huaihua to bring some fruits and cakes.
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