When everyone returned to the Duke's Mansion, the butler who had learned the news first had already invited the doctor in.
Duke Xu was afraid that the doctor would not be able to handle the situation properly, so he returned home with a token and asked someone to invite the palace physician, just in case.
After waking up, Xu Yuxuan found himself in his father's arms. He twisted his little body and moved his mouth slightly, but in the end he said nothing.
I don’t know if it was because of the heat or the pain, but the child’s hair was all wet and sweaty to the touch.
Mrs. Lu hurriedly asked Nanny Ji to find some clean clothes and bring a basin of water for Xu Yuxuan to wipe.
The child's outer pants had been completely taken off, leaving only a pair of white underwear.
Being watched by so many people, Xu Yuxuan no longer cared about the pain. He moved his little hands around, not caring about what was ahead, which looked a bit funny.
Wen Ye tried his best to hold back and not laugh out loud in front of so many people.
The doctor's surname was Qiao, and anyone in the mansion who was unwell would usually go to him for treatment.
When he was young, he worked as a military doctor in a military camp.
Doctor Qiao carefully examined the wound on Xu Yuxuan's calf, and then said, "Don't worry, Madam Duke, the young master's injury is not serious. I will prepare a prescription for him to apply externally. After a month of application, it will be healed."
Lu's heart was relieved immediately, and she asked, "Is it just an external application? Don't I need to take some medicine to replenish my body?"
When Xu Yuxuan heard that he had to take medicine, he immediately twisted in Xu Yuejia's arms and shouted, "No medicine~ No medicine~"
Wen Ye sat over and comforted him, saying, "It's not for you to eat, it's for the goose to eat."
Xu Yuxuan suddenly became quiet, and nodded his head in grievance: "Hmm!"
He also said: "Bad goose takes bad medicine!"
Lu looked at Xu Yuxuan helplessly and with pity, then her gaze returned to Doctor Qiao, seeking an answer.
Doctor Qiao smiled and said, "You don't need to take medicine, but remember to clean the wound every day before applying medicine. This way it will heal faster and the wound won't become itchy and rotten."
"As for food, just avoid spicy food."
Mrs. Lu immediately thanked Doctor Qiao and asked her housekeeper to personally send him back to the clinic and get the prescription and medicine.
Not long after, the palace doctor arrived. After checking the wound, his words were almost the same as those of Doctor Qiao. Only then did Mrs. Lu feel completely relieved.
Upon learning that he didn't need to take medicine, Xu Yuxuan breathed a sigh of relief and finally calmed down. However, when he applied the medicine, he cried again in pain.
Xu Yuejia held him all the time, and Wen Ye did not leave.
Xu Yuxuan called her "mother" one moment, "aunt" the next, and "father" a few times in between.
It's so pitiful to see.
For dinner, Mrs. Lu asked the kitchen to cook a special pot of pigeon soup, which is good for wound healing.
Fortunately, Xu Yuxuan still had an appetite for food. He ate a lot of pigeon soup and drank a bowl of soup.
With such an injury, Lu planned to let Xu Yuxuan rest for a month and not go to school for the time being.
When Xu Baili learned that his student was bitten by a goose, he came to visit before dinner. Then he heard Lu say that she would give him a one-month vacation, so he immediately said that he wanted to go back to Lancheng to take a look.
After traveling for many years, he realized that he had not returned to Songshan Academy to visit his cousin for almost three years.
I'm sure his nephews and nieces miss him very much too.
Mrs. Lu had no objection to this, but after hearing that Xu Baili was going back to Lancheng, she thought of her eldest son who had not sent any letters home for many days, and mentioned that she wanted him to help bring some things over.
Xu Baili agreed immediately, saying it was a convenient thing to do.
After dinner, Lu asked, "Xuan'er, do you want to stay at your aunt's place tonight?"
Upon hearing this, Duke Xu hurriedly said, "Look how much Xuan'er clings to my second brother. He even wants to hold me when he eats. He must want to go back to the West Courtyard with my second brother."
Xu Yuejia glanced at him.
Xu Yuxuan blinked his wet eyelashes, looked around, and seemed very confused.
Lu asked again: "Xuan'er wants to be with his father and mother, right?"
Xu Yuxuan hesitated, but finally nodded.
Lu was relieved and said, "Then Auntie, please don't keep Xuan'er."
Xu Yuxuan moved her lips and said, "Come tomorrow~"
Lu smiled and said, "Okay, come tomorrow."
Just like that, Xu Yuxuan followed Wen Ye and Xu Yuejia back to the west courtyard. He nestled in Xu Yuejia's arms and whispered, "Father, shall I sleep with you tonight?"
Xu Yuejia replied calmly: "Yeah."
Xu Yuxuan pursed her lips and leaned involuntarily into Xu Yuejia's arms again.
Wen Ye was wondering whether she should change to a bigger bed since there was a new child tonight.
Nanny Ji also came along. Xu Yuxuan had an injury on his leg and couldn't take a bath, so Nanny Ji wiped his body and hands and feet with a wet towel.
Finally, she carried Xu Yuxuan to the bed. After doing these things, Nanny Ji left.
Xu Yuxuan sat on the bed, holding his small pillow and blanket in his arms, and shouted to Wen Ye who came in: "Mother~"
Wen Ye responded, "Where's Madam Ji?"
Xu Yuxuan: "Let's go~"
Several hours have passed since he was bitten by the goose. Although the wound still hurts a little, Xu Yuxuan has stopped crying.
It was just that this was the first time he had encountered such a thing, so it was normal for his emotions to fluctuate. Mrs. Lu wanted to keep him in the main courtyard because she was afraid that he would have nightmares at night.
However, it would certainly be better for Xu Yuxuan to sleep in the west courtyard with the couple.
Wen Ye was going to the side room to wash up, but when she saw that no one was in the room, she said to Xu Yuxuan, "I'll go call your father to accompany you."
The child has been frightened quite a bit today, so let Xu Yuejia, as his father, warm him up.
Xu Yuxuan asked hurriedly: "Where is mother going?"
He had no shoes on and couldn't even get out of bed.
Wen Ye walked to the dressing table, took off the hairpin in her hair, and replied, "Mother, go wash up."
Xu Yuxuan: "Then mother, please hurry up~"
Wen Ye stood up and planned to go to the study to call Xu Yuejia over. When she heard Xu Yuxuan's urging, she casually said, "It won't be fast. Your father has a cleanliness fetish."
As he was about to finish his words, the door to the inner room was opened from the outside, and Xu Yuejia's figure appeared at the door.
Wen Ye: “…”
Her mouth.
When meeting Xu Yuejia's eyes, Wen Ye said calmly, "I was just about to call you. Xuan'er wants you to accompany her. I'm going to wash up."
Xu Yuejia glanced at her son who was lying on the bed with a confused look on his face, and said sternly, "Not today."
Wen Ye: “…”
Wen Ye didn't say a word in the end and went directly to the side room to wash up.
There was no point in saying anything. She could imagine what kind of image she had in Xu Yuejia's mind, and she had never thought that his taste would be so strange.
Xu Yuejia watched Wen Ye leave before sitting down on the edge of the bed, accompanying the child in silence.
Xu Yuxuan played with the pillow for a while, got bored, looked up at Xu Yuejia, and shouted, "Father~"
Xu Yuejia: "What's wrong?"
Xu Yuxuan thought of what happened during the day and said, "Mother saved Xuan'er today, it was amazing!"
Although Xu Yuxuan was still a little scared when he recalled the memory of the goose biting him, he didn't seem to be so scared anymore when he thought of his mother running over to rescue him.
"Did your mother save you?" Xu Yuejia asked.
The incident happened suddenly, and everyone was concerned about Xu Yuxuan's injuries. Lu didn't even think of mentioning it for a moment, and as for Wen Ye, she was even less likely to mention it.
Xu Yuxuan let go of the small pillow, gestured with her hands and said, "Mother, use your hands to pull the bad goose off Xuan'er's legs."
Finally, he added: "Otherwise, Xuan'er's legs will be eaten."
Wen Ye came out from the side room and heard Xu Yuxuan say something about eating. Thinking that he was hungry, she interrupted, "It's not good for children to eat too much at night."
But she can.
Xu Yuxuan's stomach was full, not hungry at all, he said: "Xuan'er didn't eat."
Wen Ye glanced at Xu Yuejia.
Xu Yuejia immediately spoke up: "He was talking about you saving him today."
Wen Ye suddenly realized, "It's just a small matter. If you want to thank me on his behalf, do something real."
Xu Yuejia asked her: "What do you want?"
Wen Ye touched his empty stomach and said, "How about a bowl of fried noodles first?"
"A small bowl will do." She added, "We'll talk about the rest after he's gone."
This is called the son's debt being paid by the father.
…
A quarter of an hour later, Wen Ye ate the noodles as she wished. Xu Yuxuan was attracted by the aroma and watched from the side. Finally, he tilted his head and asked in confusion: "Is it bad to eat too much at night?"
After Wen Ye mixed the sauce and noodles thoroughly, she replied, "Mother is talking about children like you. Mother has grown up, and you can eat it when you grow up."
Xu Yuxuan turned his head to look at Xu Yuejia, then turned back and continued to ask: "If father doesn't eat, will he not grow up?"
Wen Ye paused while picking up noodles with chopsticks and said, "Your father..."
Quite big actually.
Wen Ye coughed to clear the colored waste in his mind and said, "Your father eats it too."
She took a bite of noodles and motioned for Xu Yuejia to eat.
At the same time, use your eyes to signal: Just one bite, it doesn't count as breaking your rule of not eating too late.
Xu Yuejia had no choice but to eat it.
When Xu Yuxuan saw his father eating, he looked a little disappointed, because he was the only one who couldn't eat.
But his stomach was full and he couldn't eat any more.
Xu Yuxuan tried hard to convince himself.
Wen Ye quickly finished his fried noodles and rinsed his mouth again.
At this time, Xu Yuejia had also finished washing up. The family of three lay on a bed, each holding a thin blanket. Xu Yuxuan slept in the middle, feeling very fresh.
I don't feel sleepy until the hour of Hai, and I feel very energetic.
He was mumbling something and occasionally calling out "mother" or "father."
Wen Ye sent Xu Yuejia away and said, "Why don't you read two passages to Xuan'er?"
After a whole day of hard work, she was a little tired. How come this guy was still so energetic after being bitten?
Xu Yuejia paused for a moment and agreed: "Okay."
He got up from the bed and walked out of the inner room.
After a while, he brought back a book. Xu Yuxuan, who didn't know what was going on, looked at it curiously.
The next moment, he heard Xu Yuejia start to recite beside him: "Politics means justice..."①
Before he finished reading a page, Xu Yuxuan's head tilted and he fell asleep completely.
Xu Yuejia closed the book, moved his eyes inward, and was about to open his lips, but he saw that the person who asked him to read the article had also fallen asleep.
He was silent, closed the book silently, and changed his fan.
Feeling the wind blowing, Wen Ye, who had not yet fallen asleep, suddenly opened his eyes, turned his head to look at Xu Yuejia who was holding a fan, and then his gaze slid down to Xu Yuxuan.
I asked, "He won't wet the bed, will he?"
Xu Yuejia froze in the motion of fanning herself, and for the first time she replied to her in an uncertain tone: "Probably not."
Wen Ye suddenly lost her sleepiness. If she let this boy draw a big map on her bed, she would be afraid of being in trouble.
Wen Ye thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you take Xuan Er to the toilet?"
Xu Yuejia looked at her son who had already started to fight, paused, and finally picked him up.
Xu Yuxuan was disturbed into a half-asleep state. Seeing his father holding him, he whispered, "Where are we going?"
Xu Yuejia: "Take you to the toilet."
Xu Yuxuan closed her legs and said, "Xuan'er doesn't want to."
Xu Yuejia: "You want to."
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