The mistress of the Hou family worked herself to death, and she did not serve after her rebirth

At night, she gave Brother Yu a bath as usual and held him in her arms until they slept.

During the days of taking care of Brother Yu, she found that Brother Yu often had nightmares at night, and most of the nightmares were related to her. She often woke up in the middle of the night and heard Brother Yu muttering in a low voice, "Mother, it's not good to have them. They bully Mother..."

"Mother, I'm so stupid, but I will try my best and will never embarrass you..."

And there was always a sense of resentment and expectation in Brother Yu's eyes when he looked at her.

She had a feeling that Brother Yu’s dream seemed to be related to their past life.

But she didn't want Brother Yu to indulge in it, so she specially asked Doctor Yu to prescribe these sleeping pills. Soaking them in water and bathing with them can not only wash away fatigue but also help sleep.

Every time Brother Yu fell asleep while bathing in the bath, she would carry him back to the room while he was sleeping.

Caifeng and Cuiping also wanted to hold the baby for her, but she refused.

She didn't take good care of Brother Yu in her previous life, and she doesn't want to fail in her duty again in this life.

Gu Xijue and Gu Yuzhi seemed to think that she was a clean child, so they also learned to take a bath every day, which invisibly increased the workload in the kitchen and caused complaints from the kitchen.

Everything else was fine, but the cook couldn't stand being wronged. She often said to them, "You really think you are the master. A proper master would reward his servants. How about you?"

Pei Jiuniang always pretended not to hear.

Liu did not mention the monthly allowance for the two children, and she would not mention it either.

In short, she would never be as stupid as she was in her previous life and give them monthly wages early and make them real masters.

In this life, she just pretended that she had not thought about it. She had no proper status. She could be said to be a guest or a servant. The people below were the best at judging others and treating them well. They would have a good life without her doing anything.

She always took the medicine secretly without Brother Yu's knowledge. Brother Yu was very worried. Once he saw her secretly taking the medicine, he seemed unhappy the whole day. After that, she asked someone to stay up late and she drank it secretly.

Gu Tingzhi showed up once on the day he just came back, and he never showed up again. She didn't ask about him specifically, but she heard people mention that he was going to take up a position in the Ministry of War. He was busy taking over the new position recently, so he was most likely staying in the Ministry of War.

Putting aside Gu Tingzhi's neglect of her and Brother Yu, she actually thought he was a good guy.

Especially in leading troops.

But this has little to do with her anymore.

For the sake of Brother Yu and the title that originally belonged to Brother Yu, she would not take the initiative to divorce, but that didn't mean she still had expectations for him.

It's actually a good thing for her that he doesn't come back.

At least she doesn't have to have multiple people distracting her.

But one night it rained heavily, and the rain was accompanied by strong winds, which blew open the windows and let in cold air. Even though she hugged Brother Yu and huddled in the quilt, she still felt hot and dizzy. Half asleep, she seemed to feel a pair of familiar big hands holding her in their arms. She felt very uncomfortable and kept resisting, but then she fell asleep somehow. The cold wind from outside blew in, and she felt very cold, and finally she fell asleep against his broad chest.

Everything in the dream was so real that she was stunned for a long time when she woke up in the morning. Finally, she mustered up the courage to look to the side and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw only Brother Yu huddled in the corner.

Her clothes were wet. It seemed that she was confused due to fever last night, which caused her to have such a strange dream.

Not only her, but Brother Yu also had the dream.

He dreamed of some strange scenes again. In the dream, A Niang didn't like him and didn't even pay much attention to him. She was always especially nice to Gu Xijue and Gu Yuzhi, but he heard them saying bad things about A Niang behind her back more than once. He rushed up to stop them, but they laughed at him and called him a fool, saying that even if he told A Niang, she would not believe it.

Every time he had such a dream, he felt extremely uncomfortable, as if those things had really happened.

But when he opened his eyes, he saw his mother smiling at him again. She would hold him in her arms, wash his hands and face, and hold him to sleep.

He felt that dreams were all lies, as his mother had clearly said that she only loved him.

But before he could relax, Gu Xijue and Gu Yuzhi would compete with him for A Niang again. They would always think of various ways to attract A Niang's attention, sometimes Gu Xijue would endorse her, sometimes Gu Yuzhi would say flattering words. He was always very scared, so afraid that A Niang would be snatched away by them. He could not help but stare at them fiercely, not understanding why they had to snatch his A Niang. They were indeed as hateful as in his dream.

The days pass by in fear of gains and losses.

A-niang had always been very good to him. She would personally make delicious cakes for him, teach him to read and write, and encourage him to speak.

My mother would pinch his little face every day, and would be particularly happy every time she found that he seemed to have gained some weight.

He was afraid that he would not be able to learn to write, so except when his mother was watching him read, he would secretly hide away and write on the ground with branches, under the pretext of playing with Xiaobai.

Every time he received praise from A-niang, he was very happy, but he would not smile like Gu Xijue and Gu Yuzhi. However, A-niang said that he had a pair of bright eyes and that he looked like her.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not open his mouth and could only utter a few words. More than that was not possible.

He was also very anxious. He was afraid that his mother would dislike him no longer.

One time he was talking to Xiaobai secretly. He didn't say so many words, which was very strange, so he was laughed at by Gu Yuzhi who followed him.

"Brother Gu Yu, why are you hiding here alone? Were you talking to Xiao Bai just now? I asked you a question, why didn't you answer? Why do you always like to talk to the puppy and refuse to talk to me and your brother?"

Gu Yuzhi had a smile on her face and asked him many questions. He didn't know how to answer. Seeing that he didn't speak, Gu Yuzhi would smile and joke, "Don't you want to tell me, or don't you know how to tell me, brother Gu Yu, they all say you are a little fool, are you a little fool?"

With tears in his eyes, Gu Yu stood up and ran away holding Xiaobai. Behind him, Gu Yuzhi was still giggling.

She even deliberately told her grandmother about it as a joke at family dinners, and her grandmother would always glare at him fiercely and tell her mother not to waste her time on a fool for the future of the Marquisate.

My mother always listened to my grandmother, but she got angry that time.

When he knew fifty words, A-niang told him, "Brother Yu, can I send you to school? I have chosen a school for you, not far from home, and there are friends to play with you, like those friends you gave fruit to last time?"

Looking at A Niang's sparkling eyes, he nodded.

He wanted to make his mother happy and didn't want her to dislike him.

But A'niang still seemed very worried about him, and she took him to the house of Mrs. Zhu next door. Mrs. Zhu had a son who was the same age as him, and she had testified for him last time. A'niang gave Mrs. Zhu and that little friend a lot of things. He knew that A'niang wanted him to have a playmate in school.

But he knew his own personality and it was difficult for him to play with others.

However, Zhu Ci seemed to be as quiet as he was and also liked to bury himself in books. After that, A Niang took him to the Zhu family several times, and later Mrs. Zhu also brought Zhu Ci to visit.

At that time, he already knew 56 characters and could speak seven or eight characters. Zhu Ci watched him write and praised his beautiful handwriting. He thought Zhu Ci was also amazing. Not only did he write beautifully, he could also recite many poems.

He didn't want to lose to Zhu Ci, so he borrowed a book from Zhu Ci. However, he didn't recognize many of the words, but he asked A Niang to teach him. He learned both the characters and poems.

Time flies, and it's the day to go to school.

He carried his bag and went to school with his mother.

By the way, A Niang also found him a bookboy, whom she bought specially from outside. She said that the bookboy was educated, older than him, and could help him with errands.

Before he even entered the school, he heard someone say, "Is the five-year-old idiot from the Marquis's Mansion coming?"

He suddenly didn't want to go anymore.

But Ah Niang held his hand and told him word by word, "Brother Yu, you must go and tell them that you are not stupid, you are smarter than every one of them."