CHAPTER 297: CHAPTER 294: LIN JUHUA’S FAMILY OF FOUR COMES TO VISIT

When little Qingyu sat in her own bathtub playing while bathing, Lin Wanwan also returned to her modern villa, took a shower in the bathroom, washed her hair, and blew it half dry with a hairdryer.

Then she returned to the Great Tang, walked into another bathroom to check on little Qingyu. The latter was still having a great time playing in the bathtub, muttering to herself, looking completely unbothered, truly like a newborn calf not afraid of a tiger.

On the wooden bench by the bathroom, Yun Shang was waiting on the side.

"Madam, have you finished bathing?" Yun Shang stood up quickly from the wooden bench when she saw Lin Wanwan enter, "I’ve already used the bath liquid for the young lady, now let her play by herself."

Lin Wanwan nodded to show she understood. The little one stopped just bathing after turning five years old and liked to play with toys while bathing. The bathtub was filled with wooden toys that Lin Wanwan had bought for her from the modern world.

"Okay, sweetheart, stop playing with water and come out quickly, so you don’t catch a cold."

"No, no, let me play for another fifteen minutes."

"Nope, come out now."

Lin Wanwan decisively scooped little Qingyu out of the bathtub. The next second, Yun Shang, who was prepared on the side, wrapped the wet little Qingyu entirely with a pure cotton gauze bath towel that Lin Wanwan had bought from the modern world.

Lin Wanwan carried both the towel and little Qingyu to a long bench in the bathroom to wipe her body dry, while Yun Shang took a corner of the towel to dry little Qingyu’s hair.

The little one was only five years old, and her hair was sparse, making it an easy task to wipe.

Seeing she could no longer play with the bath toys, little Qingyu didn’t resist any more and compliantly let Lin Wanwan and Yun Shang towel her dry and dry her hair.

"Mama, the sea turtle was so much fun to play with, sitting on its back felt like flying." The little one wasn’t worried at all about being swept away by the rip current today, but rather found it novel.

A rare experience like being carried around by a sea turtle was not something just anyone could enjoy.

Lin Wanwan felt a bit worn out: "You almost became fish food in the sea, weren’t you scared?"

Little Qingyu raised her hands as she cooperated in getting dressed: "Was it a shark? Do sharks eat people?"

Lin Wanwan nodded: "Of course, the sea is full of fierce sharks that can eat children leaving not even bones."

The little one wasn’t frightened but instead asked from another angle: "Mama, are sharks more powerful or sea turtles?"

Was this the focus?

Lin Wanwan was speechless, flicked little Qingyu’s forehead lightly: "Both are more powerful than you! You must not go to that beach yourself again, there are dangerous waves there. Next time when gathering seafood, don’t run so far away. You should always stay by Mama’s side, understand? Otherwise, I won’t take you next time."

"Oh," little Qingyu nodded, looking disinterested, her little head darting around, "where’s Rongrong? Where is she?"

Yun Shang replied: "She’s waiting outside. Does the young lady want her to come in and accompany you?"

"No need to come in, let her take my Hundred Treasure Bag, I want to go to Uncle Mengbo’s house to play with Big Ya and Little Crab." After saying that, she looked at Lin Wanwan for approval, "Mama, can I go play with them?"

Lin Wanwan tidied her collar, sighed: "Alright, just play for a while, you have to come back later for konghou practice and writing."

"Ah~" little Qingyu sighed, "I fell into the sea and still have to practice today, can’t I just take a break?"

Yun Shang couldn’t help but laugh upon hearing this, the young lady was initially fascinated with learning the konghou, but after two lessons, she didn’t like it anymore, always trying to be lazy and avoiding practicing the instrument. As for writing, she dreaded it even more, as if it were life-threatening.

Lin Wanwan also chuckled at little Qingyu’s grim face: "What relationship does falling into the sea have with not practicing the instrument?"

Little Qingyu muttered something under her breath, which Lin Wanwan couldn’t hear clearly.

At this time, Hua Nong’s voice came from the bathroom door: "Madam, Madam Juhua and her family of four are in the house, now sitting in the main hall."

"Alright, I understand, I’ll go down now," Lin Wanwan replied.

Time truly flies, Lin Wanwan felt as if it was just yesterday that she helped deliver Lin Juhua’s baby, the other party had already finished her confinement period and returned to her mother’s home.

Speaking of which, she was also quite eager to see how the little one she personally delivered had grown, on that day she was so focused on Lin Juhua that she didn’t get a good look at the child.

Lin Wanwan and little Qingyu went downstairs with their hair down. If according to the formal noble etiquette of the Great Tang, this was of course unacceptable; it’s better to let guests wait a little longer than to see them with loose hair.

However, Lin Wanwan is a modern person, not aware of this. As long as the clothes are properly worn, she feels ready to meet guests. As for little Qingyu, naturally, she didn’t understand either, children learn by imitation.

Lin Wanwan didn’t hire any etiquette nannies at home for the little one, teaching her entirely by modern parenting books.

Although Yun Shang felt this was somewhat inappropriate, she swallowed the words.

The madam is the master of the house, however she likes it, it should be. She, as a maid, needn’t say much, especially when there’s no significant dignitary visiting with strict etiquette requirements.

Coming downstairs to see Lin Juhua’s family of four, Lin Wanwan smiled and said: "Is your confinement over? Is your health okay?"

Lin Juhua’s family raised their heads to see Lin Wanwan coming downstairs, quickly placed the swaddled baby aside, then knelt and offered Lin Wanwan a formal bow: "Servant Lin Juhua greets the Village Lady of Le’an. Thank you for your protection, I am doing well."

Lin Juhua’s husband, Xu Ada, also dumbly followed the bow.

Their two-year-old daughter also piped up in a childish voice, "Big sister greets Village Lady of Le’an."

Lin Wanwan quickly stepped forward to help Lin Juhua and her daughter: "For us, cousins, there’s no need for such grand formalities. Last time you still called me Cousin Wanwan, why address me as Village Lady of Le’an today."

Lin Juhua sheepishly lowered her head: "Then thick-skinnedly, I will call you cousin again."

Lin Wanwan laughed: "You should call me cousin, why say it’s thick-skinned. How did you all get here today?"

"We hitched a ride in the clan leader’s ox cart from the village and walked a bit further after that."

"Oh, that must’ve taken quite some time? Let me see this little baby, today should be thirty-seven days old, right?"

"Yes, even hastening still took us over two hours. Cousin remembers well, the little one is exactly thirty-seven days old today."

As they spoke, Lin Wanwan had already picked up the swaddled baby. This baby wasn’t afraid of strangers, his big eyes sparkling at Lin Wanwan, his mouth babbling "oh oh oh."

Lin Juhua looked at the baby in the swaddle, her eyes glowing with maternal love: "Thanks to cousin, this little one isn’t afraid of strangers at all."