After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 283 Normal Parents
Qin Jingshu was stunned on the spot.

After a long while, she asked, "Sister Gu, your parents should have taught you to read, be polite, and learn needlework, and disciplined you strictly, right?"

Niuniu nodded.

Qin Jingshu said: "They taught you these things, aren't they hoping that you will marry into a good family?"

Niuniu tilted her head slightly when she heard this and said, "Of course my mother hopes that I can marry into a good family, but she and my father have also told me that if I can't find a good family, I won't marry. I will stay at home with my parents and brothers. They are willing to take care of me for the rest of my life."

Qin Jingshu had never heard such words before. She felt as if all her cognition in the first six years of her life had been refuted.

"Since you're not getting married, why should I teach you these? Why should I work hard to encourage you to make progress?" Qin Jingshu didn't understand.

Niu Niu said: "My father said that studying is for the purpose of gaining knowledge. If I have a talent for studying, maybe I can make a living with this ability in the future. Although my family is willing to support me, my parents think that it is better to rely on myself than on others. The skills you learn are real and can be used at any time."

Obviously, all the plans that the Gu family has for Niu Niu are for her future, hoping that she will become a better person.

Qin Jingshu could feel the love and cherishment that the Gu couple had for their daughter even through the carriage. Now, after listening to Niu Niu talking about her life in the Gu family, she felt even more sad.

Qin Jingshu could deceive herself that she was the daughter of a Duke's family and had her fortune predicted by the Imperial Master, so she had a bright future. Naturally, she was different from ordinary girls.

But she also knew that couples like the Gu family seemed to be normal parents.

She had been able to sense that something was wrong in the past, but she had never thought about it in detail. Now, Niu Niu's words seemed to have torn off the veil that her mother had tried so hard to cover up.

Although her mother always mentioned that "the national teacher said she was destined to be a phoenix", Qin Jingshu always thought that her mother still loved her and wanted her to gain supreme glory.

Now that I think about it carefully, it is true that I have received supreme glory, but it is also true that I do not love her. In the final analysis, I am just a tool so that my mother can also enjoy this supreme glory.

Qin Jingshu was so sad that she almost cried, but there were people all around her. She had been disciplined into a standard person by her mother's strict teachings for many years, so she didn't dare cry in front of so many people.

If my mother heard about this, I don’t know how she would torture me.

Niuniu suddenly said, "I want to go see the rockery over there. Can you go with me?"

Qin Jingshu originally wanted to refuse, but facing Niuniu's big sincere eyes, she finally nodded.

Niu Niu pulled her and walked towards the rockery.

Shen Ling, who was still talking to his friend, naturally noticed the movements of the two girls. He did not stop them, but let the maid follow them.

The rockery in the yard was not particularly large. After the two little girls went in, the maid behind them could see their backs from outside.

Niuniu whispered to Qin Jingshu: "Cry if you want to. No one can see you here, and no one will find fault with your rules."

Qin Jingshu didn't expect that Niu Niu pulled her over to comfort her.

She thought to herself that even the friends she had just met could see that she was upset, but her mother would only force her to hold back her tears when she was upset.

"You have to laugh! No matter what happens, you can't cry. Only by laughing can you please others. Remember?" This is what Lady Xian Guogong taught her daughter at the time.

Qin Jingshu smiled reflexively at this moment, but when she saw Niu Niu frowning with eyes full of heartache, Qin Jingshu felt sad and tears fell silently.

"Can you...can you...tell me more...about your family?" Qin Jingshu said while choking up.

Although Qin Jingshu lived a life of luxury in Duke Xian's mansion, she did not like staying at home. After all, she was just a six-year-old girl who longed for her parents' love.

Niu Niu did not speak up immediately. She felt that when others found out that their parents did not love them, talking about how good their parents were to them was like rubbing salt into others' wounds. "Maybe your parents are not training a daughter-in-law for someone else's family, but they hope that you will have a better future. Just treat it as something I said wrong, and don't take it too seriously," Niu Niu said.

But Qin Jingshu shook her head vigorously: "They are just training their daughter-in-law, you are not wrong..."

Qin Jingshu knew that the matter of the national master's private fortune-telling was of great importance. It was also something her mother had repeatedly warned her about. Even her father seemed to be unaware of the inside story. Qin Jingshu naturally could not tell Niuniu about this, but she just kept crying.

Niu Niu didn't understand what Qin Jingshu was thinking. Seeing her crying harder and harder, she didn't know why she wanted to cry with Qin Jingshu.

"Just cry slowly, don't be in a hurry. Sister Ling said that no poetry meeting would force little girls of a few years old to write poetry. We come to the poetry meeting to eat delicious food and have fun! No one will keep staring at us!" Niu Niu comforted.

Qin Jingshu's tears kept falling like beads from a broken string, and Niu Niu kept wiping them with a handkerchief.

Niu Niu didn’t know how to stop someone from crying, but she vaguely felt that letting Qin Jingshu cry now was a good thing, so she didn’t stop her.

Qin Jingshu cried for a very long time, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances hidden in her heart.

Niu Niu was beside her, her handkerchief got soaked several times, but she still stayed with her patiently.

"I... I lost my composure. I didn't mean to scare you..." Qin Jingshu explained stutteringly.

Niuniu held her hand and said, "Isn't it normal for a child to cry? You are the eldest daughter of the Duke of Xian's Mansion, and you are also a little girl."

When Qin Jingshu heard this, she felt as if a heavy burden had been temporarily lifted from her shoulders.

But she knew in her heart that when she returned to Duke Xianguo's Mansion, she would still become the young lady who was bound by rules and regulations.

It's good to just be able to relax for a while.

Qin Jingshu was tired of crying, and her tears had dried up. She asked Niuniu, "Are my eyes red and swollen?"

Niuniu stretched her neck and came over to take a closer look, then said, "It's only a little red, it should be fine after a while."

Qin Jingshu didn't want to go out immediately. She also wanted to take off the mask and hide in the rockery for a while.

"Does your mother never scold you or hit you?" Qin Jingshu asked.

Niuniu nodded.

Qin Jingshu's eyes revealed longing: "That's great."

Niu Niu said: "My mother is not always like this. Sometimes she gets so angry at my third brother that she wants to hit us, but as long as we admit our mistakes, she won't hit us. At most, she will scold us a few times."

"Then it must be easy to stay with her, right?" Qin Jingshu asked.

Niuniu nodded again, but added: "My family is different. They just want us to be safe and healthy. Their requirements are not high."

Qin Jingshu, however, longed for such a low requirement and asked again, "Does your father hug you often? I feel that he loves you very much."

Niuniu nodded.

The envy on Qin Jingshu's face almost solidified into substance.

"Doesn't your father... hug you?" Niu Niu asked cautiously.