"Yes, after we get back, I'll have the kitchen prepare some of your favorite lamb slices. They're delicious and warming when cooked in a pot. And your favorite mushrooms, those in the backyard cellar should have grown by now. I'll have someone pick some more."
Dong Shuang said with a smile.
Yang Zhao also smiled, obviously in a good mood: "Then don't stand here, let's go back."
However, just as the master and servant reached the second gate, their way was blocked by a small figure that suddenly appeared.
"lady!"
A soft and nervous childish voice sounded.
Dong Shuang subconsciously stood in front of Yang Zhao. When she saw that it was Xuan Ge'er, her brows suddenly frowned: "Xuan Ge'er? Why are you here?"
Xuan Ge'er was not wearing thick clothes. It seemed that he had been waiting here for a long time, and his body was covered with a lot of snow and frost. His chubby and pretty little face was frozen purple, and he was shivering all over, looking so pitiful.
He ignored Dong Shuang and instead tilted his head slightly, staring at Yang Zhao pitifully yet stubbornly. He asked in a childish voice, "Madam, why don't you like me? Is it because my parents are dead that you think I'm unlucky and that's why you don't like me?"
"But, but I don't want my parents to die, I miss them too, wuuuu..." Xuan Ge'er cried, but because it was cold, the tear marks soon turned into frost on his face.
It looks even more pitiful!!
Even Dong Shuang felt a little sorry when she saw it. After all, Xuan Ge'er was only a five-year-old boy now, and he was a little thing that was born to be pitied.
"Do you really want to know why I don't like you?" Yang Zhao walked up to him, slowly squatted down, looked at him and asked gently.
Xuan Ge'er nodded.
He wanted to know what was wrong with him that she didn't like?
He is obviously cute, good-looking, and very smart. Even though he listened to his mother at first and acted stupid in front of her, he obviously didn't act stupid later.
But instead she asked her grandmother to send him far away.
He is not convinced!!
Yang Zhao saw through Xuan Ge'er's thoughts at a glance. After all, she and Xuan Ge'er had been mother and son for fifteen years in her previous life. Although she couldn't say how well she knew them, she did understand most of it.
He is naturally intelligent and ambitious.
What surprised her a little was that he was so young and yet he was already scheming. Although his methods were a little crude, if he could grow up...
"That's because... you are not of the Shen family's bloodline." Yang Zhao said in a calm voice.
Xuan Ge'er was stunned.
But he is originally the blood of the Shen family! !
"Xuan'er, you are very good-looking and very likable, but the only problem with you is that you don't have the blood of the Shen family. Our Shen family is a century-old family of scholars, and the most important thing is blood inheritance. Even if you are really adopted by me, you can't be considered a real member of the Shen family, you can only be considered a stepson."
"Stepson, do you understand?"
"No matter how hard you try, you'll always be an outsider in the eyes of your clan, without any blood ties. Even if they appear to be respectful to you, they'll secretly despise you for being a stepson. Once you make a mistake, they'll openly and covertly laugh at you, ridicule you, suppress you, and might even plot against you..."
Xuan Ge'er widened his eyes.
Yang Zhao sighed slightly and gently reached out to brush away the snowflakes on his head and shoulders. "Xuan'er, do you understand now? I don't disagree with adopting you because I don't like you. I just don't want you to suffer unfair treatment in the future. Rather than that, it's better not to agree from the beginning."
Her voice was calm from beginning to end.
But the words that were spoken were like an inexplicable warm current that could instantly flow into people's hearts.
Xuan Ge'er stared blankly at Yang Zhao, who was squatting down in front of him and looking him in the eye. Even his mother seemed to rarely squat down like this to speak to him gently...
"Go back, don't catch a cold."
After Yang Zhao placed the hot water bottle in his arms, he stood up and left leisurely.
Xuan Ge'er was holding the warm hot water bottle, standing there in a daze.
It's not that she doesn't like him.
But because he is not of the Shen family blood, and you are afraid that he will be bullied in the future, that’s why you disagree?
"Donor, donator, please wait a moment..."
At this moment, an anxious and soft shout came from a distance.
Then a little monk was seen running towards this side. When he arrived, Yang Zhao's figure had already disappeared into the second gate.
The young monk wanted to continue chasing, but was stopped by the woman guarding the second gate: "Young monk, this is the inner house, no outsiders are allowed to enter."
"Donor, I'm a monk, I eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures. I just want to check the illness of that lady..."
"Monks are men too."
"That's..."
The little monk was very anxious. After all, it was not easy to get into the Shen family. He took advantage of the Shen family's invitation to a doctor and followed the doctor before he finally stepped into the Shen family's door.
"What's going on?" It was Xia Ying.
When the gatekeeper saw that it was Xia Ying, she immediately told her what had just happened respectfully and flatteringly.
Everyone in the mansion knows that for the sake of the maidservants around her, the lady dares to punish even the old lady and the eldest aunt's people, not to mention these low-ranking maids.
"Are you a doctor?" After hearing this, Xia Ying looked at the little monk Ayou curiously.
Ayu is also good-looking.
Under Xia Ying's gaze, he put his palms together and chanted a Buddhist mantra: "Amitabha, yes, female donor, I know some medical skills and can treat your wife."
When Xia Ying heard this, he frowned slightly and thought to himself that what this little monk said was really unpleasant.
"No need, little master. My wife has a special doctor to see her. You can go back." Although she had not been by her wife's side these days due to her illness, she also observed that the people who made medicine for her every day were specially selected.
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