Chapter 361: Idle Heart

  The wind blew gently, and Chunyi felt a sense of fatigue rising as she thought about how long it had been since she saw Xiuyu. She had waited for too long. Chunyi closed her eyes slightly, dreaming that this was all just a strange dream, and when she woke up, she would see the smiling faces of her parents and brother, and hear her brother's teasing yet caring words.

  Wen Xiuyue walked out of the large kitchen with a happy expression, but at the crossroads, she saw from afar two people sitting in the pavilions nearby. She stopped for a moment and then turned to walk in another direction. Wen Xiuyue returned to her original place, wiping the sweat from her face and adjusting her slightly disheveled clothes. She walked towards the shade of the trees. After walking in, she looked at the young man who was bending down to examine the tree cave with a surprised expression on his face. His heart was momentarily flustered, but then calmed down, and he smiled as he walked over, squeezing beside the young man and blocking that spot.

  Wen Xiuyue smiled and beckoned, saying: "Master Zhong is well! I just came over and saw Big Brother and Second Brother looking this way from the pavilion." Zhong Chisheng stood up straight, his eyes fixed on the gap behind Wen Xiuyue's small body. The beautiful young boy's face still had a flustered expression. Zhong Chisheng had heard rumors among relatives that the most useless Fourth Master of the Wen family married an equally useless concubine daughter, but their children surprisingly seemed intelligent and clever. That little girl sleeping inside was probably the one in the rumor who became stupid after being soaked in water.

  Zhong Chi's voice wouldn't argue with a child, he just said in a soft tone: "The Zhongs and the Wens are relatives, from now on when you see me, call me Sixth Brother." Wen Xiuyi immediately smiled and called out: "Sixth Brother Zhong is good." His body moved further into the tree hole, hiding for a long time. Zhong Chi's voice let out a soft sigh in his heart, he turned around and walked towards the outside road. Zhong Chi stopped on the road, he looked back at that place, but saw two small figures hurrying to move deeper inside. Zhong Chi shook his head lightly, that was probably the little girl from the rumors who needed to rest quietly.

  Wen Xiuyu and Wen Chunyi, panting, entered the room of Jin Shi. Wen Xiu Jun, who was playing on the floor cushion, looked up at his siblings with delight, stood up, opened his arms and said: "Brother, Snowflake sister, hug." Jin Shi put down her work, looked at the sweaty faces of her children, and hastily ordered: "Send two warm water into the room immediately, let two people come to serve Young Master and Miss, and then go get Master's and Miss' clothes." There was a lot of movement outside, Jin Shi walked over, bent down and hugged Wen Xiu Jun, saying: "Let your brother and sister go wash up."

  "Get inside quickly and wipe yourselves with warm water, or you'll catch a chill," Jin said to the two older children. "Don't worry about us, I'll take care of Xuehua," Wen Xiuyu said with a smile, holding onto Wen Chunyi's hand. Jin chuckled and said, "With servants around to attend to Xuehua, there's no need for you to be so attentive to your own sister." Jin spoke softly to Wen Chunyi, "Chunyi, if you don't like others serving you, just let me know and I'll take care of you myself."

  Spring heard her heart skip a beat, and she quickly shook her head saying: "Mother, I'm already grown up, I can take care of myself." Jin Shi watched as the two siblings walked away, and let out a soft sigh in her heart. After that one incident, Spring had become extremely averse to others serving her closely, and had learned to do small things like dressing herself early on. Jin Shi's sadness gave way to comfort once again - she didn't want to spoil her children, but at the same time, she had never thought that they would develop such strong defensive thoughts at such a young age. Xiu Jun pulled on Jin Shi's hand with some discontent, calling out: "Mother, let's go down and find brother, find Snowflake sister."

  Jin looked at the tightly closed inner door, and she put down Wen Xiujun. She saw that little person directly pounce on the door, using his small hands to pat it, calling: "Brother, Xueduo sister, come out." Jin couldn't help but laugh and let him shout, as a young woman brought in tea water, looking at the little person with pity, somewhat scolding: "Miss, how can you let Young Master act so recklessly?" She walked over to pull Wen Xiujun away, comforting him: "Young Master Jun, Yu and Xueduo will come out soon, don't worry." Jin frowned at the woman, saying: "Nizi, didn't I instruct you to stay home these days? What are you doing here again?"

  A young woman smiled and looked at Jin, saying in a low voice: "Miss, I've had three children, no need for such luxury. Staying at home is not as good as coming to see you, it's more comforting." Jin casually handed the toy to Wen Xiu Jun and comforted him to play on the cushion. She then pulled the woman to sit down, who smiled and sat sideways on the stool, again making Jin glare at her. The young woman smiled and said: "Miss, I usually speak very informally in front of you, but this is still something that needs attention." Jin thought for a moment and sighed softly, saying in a low voice: "After getting married, one still has to pay attention to such things."

  Niece smiled and said, "Miss, you used to tell us that after enjoying the glory, we must also endure the troubles of glory. Now that Miss and Master are safe and sound, your good days are yet to come." Jin Shi glared at her with a scolding gaze and said, "I see that after marrying Zhang Mu, your mouth has become even more eloquent. Is your mother-in-law's body better? I can't help you much in this mansion either." Niece stood up and sat down again, smiling and saying, "Her body is much better now. I was stopping her from doing chores at home, but she chased me out with a stick, saying she wanted to come to Miss's presence to worry, so as not to affect her work."

  Here is the translation:

  "Looking at the woman's face, her eyebrows and eyes relaxed, she smiled and said: "You and Qing Xun both have a good place to go, my heart feels at ease. I see that your two children are lively, do you want to let them come in to accompany Xiuyue? He has never found a suitable young servant." Ni Zi was overjoyed, but also a bit worried, she leaned in close to Jin Shi and said in a low voice: "Miss, is this way of doing things proper?" Jin Shi smiled and nodded, saying: "Our family's master only manages the household chores, I have never had the extra heart to interfere with the big or small matters of the house. The madam has seen us being obedient for so many years, in front of her children, she will still show me kindness in this matter."

  "Niece, I see that your two kids are clever. You and your husband should pay more attention to them. I'll talk to our grandfather about it, and when they grow up a bit, we can help them plan a good future." Niece's heart was moved, she and Qing Xun had grown up together with Jin Shi, and now the two of them had decent small families under her arrangement. Niece knew that Jin Shi wouldn't speak lightly, so if she did, she must have good intentions. Just like when she had arranged for Qing Xun to get married, now that young couple's shop business was doing well, and they would still come to ask for their master's opinion whenever they encountered any problems.

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