However, since Xiao Yan didn't want to see her so much, there was no need for her to force herself in front of him to make her presence felt, as that would only backfire.
so--
Her way of dealing with it was to avoid suspicion more proactively than he did.
In this way, in the next ten days, the two hardly met each other.
On the eleventh day, Xiao Yan returned home after finishing his shift.
As soon as he entered the mansion, according to his usual habit, he should first return to his own yard, take a shower, change clothes, and then go to see Xiao Yue. After seeing Xiao Yue, he would go to the study to read some military books.
However, today, he didn't know what he was thinking about, and for some unknown reason, he walked towards Xiao Yue's yard first.
After entering the yard, he paused for a moment, but soon he walked straight in.
In the room, Xiao Yue was lying in the cradle, waving her little hands excitedly. Beside the cradle, Nanny Song and two wet nurses were playing with rattles to amuse her.
Xiao Yan only glanced at them, and when he found that Chen Yao was not there, he subconsciously looked around the room.
However, there was still no sign of Chen Yao.
Xiao Yan was stunned. Logically, she should be there now.
The reason why he came here was that he felt that he was avoiding suspicion too deliberately, which seemed strange after a long time, so he made a special detour to come here.
However, it just happened that Chen Yao was not around now?
That shouldn't be the case. Could it be that he remembered her duty hours wrongly?
Xiao Yan walked over silently with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
After playing with Xiao Yue for a while, he casually asked Nanny Song, "Why isn't Nanny Shen here?"
Nanny Song paused and replied to Xiao Yan, "She had something urgent to do and asked for a day off. She said she would be back tonight."
Xiao Yan said "oh" and said nothing more.
However, when the two wet nurses got up to find something for Xiao Yue, Nanny Song suddenly murmured quietly: "Nanny Shen, she has a miserable life too."
Her words caught Xiao Yan's attention.
Xiao Yan glanced at her and motioned for her to continue.
Nanny Song then continued, "I just found out too. Her husband passed away five years ago."
Xiao Yan was startled and asked in surprise: "You mean, she is a widow?"
Nanny Song nodded and said, "Almost."
After Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, he suddenly realized something was wrong and asked directly, "Five years? How old is her child then?"
Nanny Song sighed and said, "General, I just found out that Nanny Shen has never given birth to a child."
At this point, she did not forget to explain: "Before Nanny Shen married that man, that man had already died, so, strictly speaking, she should not be considered a widow."
When she said these words, she lowered her voice to avoid being heard by the other two wet nurses in the room.
However, they were also very perceptive, as if they knew that the general had something to ask Nanny Song, so they took the initiative to avoid her and stood far away on the other side of the room.
"That man is dead? And she has never given birth to a child?" There was a lot of shock in Xiao Yan's eyes.
If Chen Yao had never given birth to a child, then where did she get... milk?
When Nanny Song first heard Chen Yao talk about those things, she was as shocked as the general is now.
Moreover, she knew what the general wanted to ask.
So, she told everything she heard from Chen Yao -
"After that man died, Nanny Chen's family didn't want her to return home, as they thought she was unlucky and would bring bad luck to her husband. So she had no choice but to live in that man's house."
"And so, almost five years passed, and she lived alone and penniless for five years."
"Then, some time ago, Nanny Shen suddenly found that she began to produce milk for no apparent reason, so she went to see a doctor to ask what was going on."
"After taking her pulse, the doctor told her that she was in good health and her milk supply was excellent, with no abnormalities. As for why she was producing milk, he didn't know the reason."
"Later, she came to our house to be the young lady's wet nurse."
At this point, Nanny Song seemed to be worried that Xiao Yan would blame her for not doing her job well and letting the wet nurse in without properly investigating her identity, so she quickly defended herself in advance:
"General, it was an emergency at the time and the young lady needed a wet nurse urgently, so I only took the time to check on Nanny Shen's health and milk supply, and didn't ask her any more questions related to the family situation."
Xiao Yan raised his hand, signaling her not to be so nervous, and then said: "It's okay, those are not that important."
Nanny Song finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then she did not forget to emphasize to Xiao Yan her own rigor and professionalism:
"General, I conducted a thorough examination at the time. Only after confirming that Nanny Shen's milk was non-toxic, healthy, not watery, fragrant, sweet, and almost without any fishy smell did I allow her to breastfeed the young lady."
Xiao Yan was silent, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Nanny Song emphasized again: "But it is indeed sweet, delicious and healthy, so it can feed our little lady so well."
Xiao Yan: ...
There is no need to repeatedly emphasize that it is fragrant and sweet...
After saying this, Nanny Song looked at Xiao Yue lovingly. Xiao Yue was now obviously fairer, tenderer and rounder than before. She was no longer skinny and small, and looked much stronger.
After Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, he asked Nanny Song, "Nanny Shen, why did you ask for leave?"
Nanny Song: "She said she was going to burn paper money for that man."
Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows and suddenly said, "If they haven't even gotten married, then he's not really her man. Why are you burning paper money for him?"
Nanny Song: "I asked Nanny Chen the same question at the time. She said that she always felt uneasy living in someone else's house, so now that she has received her salary and has more money, she wanted to burn some paper money for him."
Although Chen Yao had been working as a wet nurse in the general's mansion for less than a month, it was time for her wages to be paid, so she received a few taels of silver.
Xiao Yan was silent.
After a while, he asked Nanny Song again, "Is Nanny Chen going back to her hometown to burn paper money? Is one day off enough?"
Nanny Song shook her head and said, "She hasn't returned to her hometown. The man she lives with is from Shanhe Village, which is not close to the General's Mansion. One day is not enough time to go there.
I remember she told me that we were going to burn it near the Shanling Temple in the north of the city."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan's expression changed instantly -
"What did you say? Mountain Spirit Temple?"
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