When I woke up in the morning, a musty smell wafted through the small crack in the window.
Zhen Wanwan rubbed her eyes and stretched out her hands to relax her body.
"Is it raining outside?"
Rou'er brought in the water for washing her face and replied, "It started raining late last night and only stopped this morning!"
Zhen Wanwan nodded, opened the window and looked outside. There was already a layer of water on the lower floor.
Summer rains come heavily and go quickly; Zhen Wanwan only glanced at it before turning back.
"Have the baby and sweetie had their milk yet?"
Rou'er squeezed toothpaste onto Zhen Wanwan's toothbrush and said with a smile, "The two little masters have been awake for quite some time. Grandma was worried they would disturb the lady, so she took them next door to feed them. They drank a whole bottle!"
As she spoke, Rou'er made a hand gesture.
Zhen Wanwan hummed in agreement and looked at the washstand.
Seeing the neatly arranged towels, face wash, and even squeezed-out toothpaste...
She was secretly relieved that she hadn't been dressed as a maid; otherwise, with her carefree and oblivious personality, she would definitely have been sold off by her master.
Zhen Wanwan suppressed her sigh and quickly washed her face.
Ma Xiaosi had returned after dropping Yuan Huizhou and Xiao Yizhi off at school and was reporting to Zhen Wanwan what had happened on the way.
"Cousin! You're awake?"
Han Yiyi was carrying her four-month-old baby when she saw Zhen Wanwan talking to the servants. She waited quietly in the distance until they finished.
He only called out when Zhen Wanwan looked over.
Zhen Wanwan smiled sheepishly upon hearing this; her habit of sleeping in late had been known to everyone for a long time.
Guests who come to her house will ask her this question the first time they wake up.
"Cousin, did you sleep well last night? If you need anything, just tell Rou'er and the other maids, and they'll help you prepare."
Zhen stepped forward that evening, blocked the wind, and gently lifted the swaddling clothes to take a look at Peng Xingzhu.
Seeing her with her big eyes wide open, nestled obediently in Han Yiyi's arms, and even smiling when she saw Zhen Wanwan, revealing two small dimples.
Upon seeing this, Zhen Wanwan couldn't help but smile like an aunt.
She reached out and poked the little girl's dimple, smiling broadly as she said, "This child is so adorable!"
Han Yiyi smiled and said, "It's strange, this child usually cries and fusses the most, but he was very well-behaved yesterday and today."
The wet nurse behind her said something pleasing: "It seems that Miss and Cousin are destined to be together. Now that they're back in their own home, they're naturally relaxed and happy!"
"What the nanny says is true. Nannan likes it here and gets along very well with her cousin. We should come here more often in the future!"
The master and servant asked and answered each other's questions, and Zhen Wanwan felt that she couldn't get a word in edgewise, so she stood aside and played the role of a clown.
She keenly sensed that Han Yiyi was trying to get along with her, which coincidentally coincided with her own thoughts.
She then continued, "If my cousin could bring Xingzhu to our home more often, I would definitely welcome her with open arms."
Han Yiyi's smile deepened. She looked around and asked, "Where are Guabao and Tianbao?"
"I was just about to go see them... They're in this room, cousin, please come in with me!"
Zhen Wanwan pointed to the room behind her, gesturing for Han Yiyi to follow her in.
Han Yiyi left Peng Xingzhu's wet nurse at the door and went inside without looking to the side.
She quietly surveyed the furnishings of the room.
Because the room is a side bedroom, it is slightly smaller than the master bedroom.
However, Zhen Wanwan's master bedroom was already much larger than the others', and it included a walk-in closet.
This side bedroom isn't too small, only a few square meters smaller than a typical master bedroom.
Because her two children are still young, Zhen Wanwan was worried that they might accidentally bump into sharp or heavy objects, so she kept very few items in the house.
Moreover, most of them are baby products, and each one is very modern, some of which are not even available in department stores.
Han Yiyi looked at everything in the room and was shocked. She considered herself a loyal VIP customer of the department store.
Compared to her cousin, she was still somewhat inferior, and her funds were far less!
She forced herself to calm down and looked at Zhen Wanwan, who stood to the side with a composed expression.
"Cousin, when did you buy all these things? I've never seen many of them before!"
Han Yiyi couldn't help but question whether she was still a VIP user of the department store!
Why are there so many things she's never seen before?
Could it be that my cousin snapped them all up as soon as they were released?
However, for new products, the department store would first give them brochures to look at, and if they liked something, they could have the housekeeper deliver it to their home.
She had never seen many of the things in this room before, and she now seriously suspected that her cousin was a VVVIP at the department store!
Because of their high rank, they got to choose all the good stuff first, and then it was their turn!
Thinking about this, Han Yiyi became somewhat unsettled.
She always took pride in being a VIP at the department store in her group of girlfriends. If her girlfriends found out that there was an even higher level above VIP, where would she put her face?
So in such a short time, Han Yiyi had already made a plan: when she went to the county town later, she would definitely go to the department store to upgrade her level, at the very least to be on par with her cousin!
What Zhen Wanwan didn't know was that in just a few breaths, she had brought a customer to the department store, and what followed was a whole string of immense wealth.
When faced with Han Yiyi's probing questions, Zhen Wanwan casually picked up a Doraemon doll and played with it in her hand, explaining nonchalantly.
"These were sent back by my husband from the prefectural city. He probably thought they looked new and brought them back."
Han Yiyi definitely wouldn't believe these words. Such a novel thing must have come from a department store!
However, she is understanding and won't press the issue to find out the truth.
She naturally steered the conversation away from that topic and looked at her two children, Guabao and Tianbao, who were obediently doing their puzzle on the bed.
Having dodged one scene, an even more shocking one followed.
"My sweet baby, you're so little, and you can already assemble these educational toys?"
She looked very carefully; the Superman puzzle in the baby's hand was an educational toy for seven or eight-year-old children.
The mini kitchen in Tianbao's hands is also a playhouse for children around eight or nine years old!
She felt her brain couldn't keep up, as these scenes kept eroding her understanding.
Are kids these days all so amazing? These babies, not even a year old, are already more playful than adults.
Zhen Wanwan followed Han Yiyi's gaze, but she dared not reveal the truth, fearing it would hurt Han Yiyi's self-esteem.
When Guabao and Tianbao were five months old, they could already do puzzles.
The Zhen family knew all this, but Grandpa Zhen had said that it was not good for the child to be too clever at such a young age, so he explicitly forbade anyone to tell anyone.
Therefore, Zhen Wanwan touched it but did not explain.
She went forward, picked up the happy little girl, and held her up in front of Han Yiyi.
"Sweetie, this is Xingzhu~ Isn't she adorable?"
Zhen Wanwan turned Tianbao towards Peng Xingzhu so that she could see Peng Xingzhu's round face clearly.
Sweetie was having a great time when her mother took her away, which put her in a bad mood.
But she was obedient, especially to her mother.
She glanced down into the swaddling clothes and was immediately charmed by the cuteness of the little girl inside the blanket.
"Little sister~ So cute..."
Sweetie clapped her hands happily and pointed at Peng Xingzhu for Zhen Wanwan to see.
This scene made Han Yiyi beam with joy.
Sweetie is cheerful, delicate and cute. She already liked her very much, and now that she treats her like her own daughter, she loves her even more.
"Hahaha... No wonder she's called Sweetie~ Her little mouth is so sweet. Look, her little sister likes her a lot too~ Sweetie, do you want to give her a kiss?"
Han Yiyi was happy to see Tianbao and her daughter getting close, firstly because the two were cousins and were relatives.
Secondly, their mothers can also take this opportunity to get closer to each other.
Sweetie understood Han Yiyi's words. Seeing the little girl with dimples smiling, she looked at Zhen Wanwan's expression.
Seeing her encouraging smile, he nodded to Han Yiyi.
"Kiss~"
Han Yiyi smiled so broadly that her eyes disappeared. She placed Peng Xingzhu on the couch and made her lie flat.
Because the room was soft, she took the small blanket from outside.
Peng Xingzhu released the seals on her hands and feet and began to dance with joy.
Sweetie lay down next to her and gave Peng Xingzhu a few quick kisses.
Peng Xingzhu probably knew it was a lovely older sister showing her kindness, and even though there were drool marks on her face, she still gave her the courtesy of showing her signature dimpled smile.
Upon seeing this, Zhen Wanwan and Han Yiyi smiled in unison.
The little boy glanced lazily in this direction, and seeing that it wasn't his turn, he continued working on his puzzle.
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