Qingliu smiled, bowed and left.
The wet nurse apologized and took the large bowl of pork trotter and peanut soup and went to eat it.
Although the wet nurse did not eat in front of her master, they were in the same room after all, so the fragrance still drifted over.
Ren Yaoqi tilted his head, looked up from the book and glanced at the wet nurse.
"Are there any medicinal herbs added to the soup?" After the wet nurse finished eating and the bowls and plates were cleared away, Ren Yaoqi asked.
The wet nurse was stunned for a moment, then said, "They did add some lactation-inducing herbs, but the cooks in the mansion are very skilled, so you can hardly taste the herbs. My cousin has a very good nose."
Ren Yaoyin also looked at Ren Yaoqi in surprise: "I don't smell any medicine either."
Ren Yaoqi smiled and said, "I was ill for a long time before, and I had to take medicine three times a day with meals, so I have a deep memory of the taste of the herbs."
This explanation was reasonable, so no one was surprised.
Ren Yaoqi continued to flip through the book with his head down, but he always felt something strange in his heart.
The afternoon passed peacefully, but Ren Yaoqi felt that beneath this calm surface there was an invisible undercurrent.
Ren Shijia came back before 5 p.m. As soon as he entered the house, he hurried to see his son. Seeing that his son was sleeping soundly in the cradle, he felt relieved.
After she changed her clothes and washed her hands and face, she came back and stared at the child in the cradle for a long time.
"Aunt, what's wrong with you?" Ren Yaoyin also noticed that something was wrong with Ren Shijia.
Ren Shijia smiled bitterly, shook his head, and sat down on the kang as well: "I went to the Lei family today, and when I saw the child from the Lei family, I felt really sorry for him."
Ren Yaoqi thought of the quirky little girl Lei Paner whom he saw at the Lin family.
"She lost her mother shortly after she was born, and she's been with her great-grandmother ever since. Now even her great-grandmother is gone, and I don't know what to do in the future. Today at the Lei family's house, she ran over to me and asked me where her great-grandmother was, and my eyes welled up." As a mother, Ren Shijia also has a loving heart for other people's children.
The maid comforted her, "Don't be too sad, Madam. Master Lei will eventually marry again, and there will be someone to take care of him then."
Ren Shijia shook his head: "The head of the Lei family has to observe mourning, so marrying a wife will probably have to wait. And even if a new bride comes home, after all, she is not born from my own womb, so there is still a layer of separation. If I meet someone powerful, it will be even more..."
Ren Shijia paused, then looked at his son in the cradle: "So even if it's for the child, I have to be healthy. It's not easy for a child without a mother."
Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin exchanged a glance, unsure how to comfort their sentimental aunt.
Fortunately, Lin Cen woke up at this time, and it was time for feeding again. Ren Shijia hurriedly hugged her son, and instantly forgot her previous worries.
The wet nurse took the child, unbuttoned her clothes and fed the child.
After talking for a while, Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin stood up to say goodbye. Now that Ren Shijia was back, they could retire.
Before leaving, Ren Yaoqi glanced back inadvertently and saw the wet nurse finish feeding the baby. She closed her clothes and covered her mouth with her hands while yawning listlessly.
After walking out of the door, Ren Yaoqi could not help but pause when he could still hear Ren Shijia's voice happily coaxing the child from inside the house.
Ren Yaoyin, who was walking side by side with her, turned around and glanced at her: "Fifth sister?"
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