Spring is thick and thin

Jing Yan's small courtyard is located in the deepest part of the Wu Bohou Mansion. This courtyard was specially built when Jing Yan was born. In just three years, it still looks half-new, but no one takes care of it carefully. Maintaining those plants, plus no one came, the ground was full of weeds, and it still looked desolate.

This is also a taboo place in the Hou Mansion. It is said that people have died here, and there are often rumors of ghosts and ghosts haunting it. No matter how bold the servants are, they dare not walk here.Not even the birds came over, it was as quiet as a dead place.

As soon as Jing Yan entered the small courtyard, the dumb slave greeted him.The dumb slave is young, just coming of age.He was originally a dead soldier in Wu Bohou's mansion, and he let the task subject escape because he was too tired when he was on a mission.Wu Bohou planned to execute him according to the regulations, but it happened that Meng Niang came in.

"Keep him, just take care of that child."

So the dumb slave had his tongue pulled out and sent to this small courtyard.

Although his tongue was pulled out, the dumb slave was still very satisfied, much happier than before.His martial arts were not abolished, but he was imprisoned in this courtyard, and he was not allowed to leave the Marquis Mansion.However, he got the freedom of a small yard, and he no longer has to suffer so much.Taking care of Jing Yan has become something he enjoys.

A dumb slave who is always very happy, always with a smile on his lips.He has a baby face, with pear dimples on each side when he smiles, and he is not afraid to show his tongueless mouth when he smiles.

He always thought, fortunately Jing Yan was born at that time, otherwise he would have died.But it's also strange, as a dead man, he doesn't know what death is. Now, when he thinks of death, he will tremble violently.

In Wu Bohou's mansion, the dumb slave is the only one who likes Jing Yan.

He is also the only one who knows Jing Yan's name.

The dumb slave stretched out his hand, picked up Jing Yan, walked two steps and stopped at the door, knelt down to take off his shoes.

Jing Yan was wearing tiger-toe shoes.According to the customs here, children only wear tiger-toe shoes on their [-]th day, first birthday and birthday, but dumb slaves don't know these common senses.He always thought that children should wear such shoes, so he sewed many pairs for Jing Yan. He also sewed tiger-headed hats and tiger-skin jackets, which Jing Yan would wear in winter.

When the dumb slave was still a dead soldier, he was a qualified dead soldier, regardless of whether he was performing a task or not, he could abandon the influence of the whole body's perception, and he didn't know the cold, hunger and pain.When he took over the task of taking care of Jing Yan, he was a qualified servant, and he knew how to do everything the servant had to do.

In Jing Yan's small courtyard, there is only one servant, the dumb slave, so the dumb slave has to wear several jobs.

He is responsible for cleaning and tidying up, cooking and snacks, serving Jing Yan's daily life, planting a row of land in the yard, and sewing is also his job.The dumb slave is very competent. The problem is that he has never done this before, has little experience, and has no opportunity to learn.He is here to take care of Jing Yan, so it is doomed that he will not be able to appear in the Hou's mansion openly, and outside the Hou's mansion, he cannot go out.

The dumb slave can only take care of Jing Yan by relying on the few things he glimpsed when he was doing tasks in the past and his own guesses.

In the hot summer, because he touched Jing Yan's cold hands, he would cover him with a thick quilt. Because he had never eaten delicious dishes, he would cook all vegetables in water. He will also let Jing Yan go out to play by himself, and don't panic when he sees him climbing up a tree - the dumb slave remembers that he can do this when he was so old, so Jing Yan should also be able to.

Fortunately, the dumb slave was raised by Jing Yan, otherwise, if there were other children, there would not be enough for him to raise.

Jing Yan's tiger shoes were taken off by the dumb slave and placed on the threshold, Jing Yan stepped into the room barefoot.

The room was empty, except for a table with an oil lamp on it.There are several thick layers of quilts on the floor, spread from one end of the room to the other floor of the room, and the hardness and elasticity of the feet are moderate, making them very comfortable.Jing Yan took two steps up there, with a smile on his face, lay down on the quilt, and rolled for a long distance.

The dumb slave smiled lovingly.

He went to bring today's meal, and the meal was a messy bowl, with no discernible contents and no taste.He fed it to Jing Yan, and Jing Yan ate the whole bowl.

Then there are dim sum, it's dim sum, it's better to say it's steamed dough, it's not risen, it's still dead dough, but there's a lot of sugar in it, Jing Yan ate two of them, and stopped eating.

After dinner, Jing Yan disappeared.Mute slaves are used to it, go to the ground to have a look, and then sweep the floor, they don't know what to do.

When you don't know what to do, there is only one thing to do.

The dumb slave stood straight at the gate of the yard, waiting for Jing Yan to come back.

Jing Yan went to play in the small warehouse of the young master Wei Kangyu.

The little son has received many gifts since he was born.I received the most during the hundred days, and then this time.Mengniang vacated a large warehouse for the child, which contained all kinds of gifts received by the young master. When the young master grows up, the key to the warehouse will be given to him.

Now the young master hadn't even entered his small warehouse, Jing Yan had already entered.

When the warehouse door was locked, it was very dark inside, but Jing Yan walked inside without being affected by the darkness.He walked in it peacefully, looking at this and that for a while, stopping from time to time, picking up those jade and gold things to play with.He is a very good child, and all the things he has played with will be put back in the same place. Even if you compare them with a ruler, you can't tell that those things have been moved.

The young master's storeroom is a place where Jing Yan often comes to play, maybe because of this, he often goes to see if the young master is well.If he is dead, there will be no new things in this warehouse.

After all, whether it's gifts for relatives and guests, or master Wu Bohou thinking of what to buy, most of the things here are for children, and those warehouses that Jing Yan has been to, such as paintings and screens, are really There is nothing to play with.

Suddenly, Jing Yan caught his eye and climbed onto the shelf to get it.When I opened the box, it was a walnut carved from jade. It was so strange that there was a small house inside the walnut. From the open window of the small house, I could see two children sitting opposite each other and playing chess. That's interesting, Jing Yan held it and looked at it for a long time, but couldn't figure out how mortals could carve this kind of craftsmanship.

This little thing is mine.Jing Yan received the walnuts contentedly, and left the small warehouse without looking at anything else.

Jing Yan returned to his small courtyard.The dumb slave who had been standing and waiting picked him up again.Jing Yan had a smile on his face, showing that he was in a great mood.When Jing Yan is in a good mood, the dumb slave is happy.The dumb slave put Jing Yan on the quilt on the floor, kissed his bare feet, and looked at him intently.

Jing Yan knew that the dumb slave was asking him why he was so happy.

Jing Yan took out the walnuts and showed him.The dumb slave carefully picked it up and looked at it, but he didn't know what the normal level of the jade carving was. He just thought, did Jing Yan find the two children in it interesting?Or does he like to play chess?He needs to find a chessboard for Jing Yan.Thinking about the mute slave made him think too much, Jing Yan took the walnut back from his hand and rolled it on the ground.

Huh, no scrolling.

The walnut carved in this jade is very round, but the quilt on the ground is too thick and soft, the walnut cannot roll.Jing Yan tried several times without success, pouted, raised his little foot to kick the walnut.

This time the walnut finally rolled, but not far and at a slow speed.Jing Yan walked over to pick up the walnut and thought for a while, when he was about to leave the door, the dumb slave hurriedly hugged Jing Yan and helped him put on the tiger-toed shoes.

The open space at the door is very flat and paved with bricks. Jing Yan kicked it again this time, and the walnuts rolled far away.Jing Yan finally got a little bit of fun, running around in the yard kicking walnuts, opening his mouth silently as if laughing from time to time.

From the beginning to the end, Jing Yan didn't make a sound.

Otherwise, is it necessary to let a mute teach people how to speak?

Jing Yan kicked harder and harder, the walnut was a jade carving after all, so it couldn't withstand Jing Yan's strength.Finally, just as Jing Yan kicked it, the walnut shattered on the toe of Jing Yan's shoe.

Jing Yan's eyes were red, whether he wanted to cry or not, he turned his head to look at the dumb slave who had been watching him play.The dumb slave looked at the debris on the ground helplessly, and couldn't think of a way to repair it from his limited life experience of more than ten years.He can only use the old method, imitating the way the mother coaxed the child he saw when he was doing the mission ambush, walking in the yard with him in his arms, patting his back lightly, thinking regretfully, if he would Just talk, you can coax Jing Yan, and you can hum a little tune.

But it doesn't matter, the dumb slave kissed this little face lovingly, gently stroked Jing Yan's cheek, watching Jing Yan finally show some smile.

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The young master was making a fuss for a long time again.

Xiao Liu has been coaxing for a long time, but the second son is not crying, but is crawling on the bed full of energy, wanting to turn over the small bed at every turn, looking around, as if looking at something, anyway, he just refuses to lie down and sleep , He was so strong, Xiao Liu pushed him onto the bed, and immediately sat up again, and this is the son of the Hou Mansion, he can't be beaten or trained, but how can this go on?If you can't see one, you will be in big trouble.

Another servant girl, Xiao Yang, went to Mengniang, and Mengniang said, "I'll ask Nanny Bai to take you to the storeroom, and you can find some new things for him to play with, so that he won't keep thinking about it. I don't know what there is outside that is worthy of his concern." .”

Xiao Yang hurriedly followed Mammy to the young master's storeroom.She has been to this warehouse many times, all to find toys for the young master.The young master is very forgetful, and he loves the new and dislikes the old. Once he gets a toy in his hand, he will soon get tired of playing with it. They are all gold, silver and jade. The maid has to send back these valuable toys.