"Ancestor ......"

Li Xiaonuan was about to speak, and Cuilian's voice sounded outside,

"Old Ancestor, the young master is here."

Old Madam Li hurriedly turned to look at the door, Cuilian lifted the curtain, Gu Xiao strode into the house, and asked for peace with a refreshing look, so he squeezed to sit next to Old Madam Li, looked up at Old Madam Li and asked with a smile:

"It's snowing in the middle of the night, does the ancestor sleep well at night?"

Old Madam Li laughed, nodded again and again, and said:

"Good! Good! Sleep well! Did you wake up last night? ”

"I just got up once, and then I fell asleep again."

Gu Xiao replied with a smile, turned his head, looked at Li Xiaonuan and said excitedly:

"Nuan Nuan, you got up so early today, it was late this morning, I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to get up, so I just went around to Songfeng Courtyard to call you, the girl in your yard is building a snowman, and we will have dinner later, let's go to the back garden to see the snowdrift snowman, okay?"

Li Xiaonuan nodded with a gentle smile, turned her head to look at Mrs. Li, and invited with a smile:

"The old ancestor went with us to see the snow!"

Gu Xiao threw himself into the arms of Mrs. Li,

"Ancestor go too!"

Mrs. Li smiled and agreed:

"Okay, this snow is falling well, just in response to Ruixue Zhaofeng year, after breakfast, let's go to the back garden to see the snow together!"

Bilian had already commanded the maid to set up breakfast, and Mrs. Li ordered with a smile:

"Just put it on this couch."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Gu Xiao and said with a smile:

"Your mother and your sisters have been working very hard these days, at this time, we have already eaten and gone to be busy, we three idlers, get up late, and enjoy the snow after eating!"

Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan smiled and cleaned their hands on the bath basin in the little girl's hand, and sat on the couch with Mrs. Li to eat.

Bilian took a white cotton cloth face silver fox cloak, and waited for Mrs. Li to wear it, Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan also put on a white cotton face gray squirrel cloak, supported Mrs. Li from left to right, and walked to the back garden.

The snow has stopped, more than an inch of snow has accumulated on the ground, the dead branches of the ginkgo trees are covered with snow powder, and they also look beautiful, the bamboo forest in the distance is bent over by the snow, and the thick old green evergreen shrubs on both sides of the road look verdant under the white snow.

Gu Xiao turned his head around with great interest,

"Ancestor, I smell the fragrance of plum blossoms, let's go see plum blossoms!"

"Good, good!"

Mrs. Li agreed with a smile, and the three of them turned a corner along the clean brick road, and saw a cluster of red plums blooming next to a tall rockery in front of them.

Gu Xiao shook Mrs. Li's arm excitedly,

"Ancestor, look at it, what a beautiful red plum! This red plum is the best in the snow! ”

Turning the rockery, I saw a plum blossom, the red plum is in full bloom, the plum bud is waiting to be released, and a few green plums and white plums in the middle are also blooming.

The three of them stood in the plum forest, Gu Xiao commented excitedly, this branch is good to lean out, that branch has a sense of simplicity, Mrs. Li stretched her brows, smiled and instructed the little girl, folding the plum branch pointed out by Gu Xiao,

"Go, send a few branches to the yard of the lady, and then send a few branches to the yard of the eldest lady and the second lady, and tell the lady, this is Gu Xiao's filial piety!"

The little girl agreed with a smile on her face, and took the plum branch to Chengxin Courtyard and other places.

The three of them were spinning in the plum forest, slowly admiring the plum blossoms, and Bilian smiled and reported:

"Ancestor, I have already asked people to clean up the Zhiyuan Pavilion, the terrain is high, and it is right opposite this piece of Merlin, why don't you go there and rest."

Old Madam Li nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile:

"You think about it thoughtfully, it's the best place to go there to see the snow and enjoy the plums!"

The group walked along the stone steps that circled upwards and slowly entered the Zhiyuan Pavilion.

The four corners of the Zhiyuan Pavilion are supported by a hot charcoal basin, which makes the pavilion extremely warm, and a small red clay furnace is built behind the pavilion, and the water on the stove has been boiling.

Mrs. Li sat on a gooseneck chair with thick cushions next to the railing, looking down through the open window over the snow-covered garden.

Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan knelt side by side on the chair in front of the other window, sticking their heads out of the window and looking out.

"Gu Xiao, you can paint this garden this afternoon."

Li Xiaonuan put it to Gu Xiao's ear and said in a low voice, Gu Xiao bent his eyes and laughed, nodded heavily, and promised in a low voice:

"Good!"

Li Xiaonuan turned his head, looked at Mrs. Li who was looking at the garden a little distracted, gently pulled Lagu Xiao, the two jumped off the chair, walked to Mrs. Li's side, climbed onto the chair, knelt beside Mrs. Li on the left and right, and looked out along Mrs. Li's line of sight.

"Ancestor, what are you looking at? I'm going to see it too! ”

Gu Xiao poked his head and looked around, Old Madam Li laughed, stretched out her hand to hug Gu Xiao, and said with a smile:

"Look at what? Look at the snow. ”

"This snow is so good, it's white, it's so clean!"

Gu Xiao admired, Mrs. Li smiled, Li Xiaonuan tilted her head to look at Gu Xiao, and took over with a smile.

"This snow is like a dress for the garden!"

"Dressed the earth!"

Gu Xiao hurriedly continued, Li Xiaonuan gently leaned on Mrs. Li, and said with a smile:

"The earth is always clothed, spring has grass, summer has flowers, autumn has fruits and fallen leaves! There is snow in winter, and the earth is like people, so you have to wear clothes all the time, and if it is bare, how ugly it is! ”

Gu Xiao nodded approvingly,

"Nuan Nuan, you're right!"

Old Madam Li laughed and patted Gu Xiao gently, Li Xiaonuan looked at Gu Xiao and Old Madam Li, turned her head to look at the garden, at this time, is it also snowing in Tianwo Village, Xiali Town? Is that clan uncle doing well? Are you looking at the snow right now? Li Xiaonuan sighed slowly, and said with a slight emotion:

"There are so many people, many things, they are also wearing clothes, what you see with your eyes and hear with your ears may be just clothes, who knows what is under the clothes?"

Mrs. Li was stunned, let go of Gu Xiao, turned around and looked at Li Xiaonuan who was looking out of the window with some distraction, her heart moved slightly, everything in the world is in clothes, those written on mulberry paper are all clothes, bright clothes, who knows what is under the clothes?

Old Madam Li let out a long sigh, and her heart stretched, at her age, she is not as good as a little girl to understand, until the end, who can know the result?

Let's look at it with peace of mind.

Old Madam Li caressed Li Xiaonuan's bun lovingly, and said with a smile:

"Little girl, what are you doing with such feelings?! It's not good to think too clearly about everything, and it hurts the blessing! ”

Li Xiaonuan came to her senses and nodded with a shy smile.

The three of them watched the snow scene in the pavilion, drank a cup of tea, and got up and went back.

In the afternoon, the snow began to fall again, and Mrs. Li passed the word, so that Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan did not have to go over to eat.

Li Xiaonuan did needlework on the couch in the east chamber for a while, then put down the flower bandage, lay on the couch in the east chamber, looked at the falling snow outside through the crack in the window, salivated the hot pot, thought about it, called the end of winter to come over, and asked in a low voice:

"Sister at the end of winter, do you eat pots in the house?"

Winter's end smiled and nodded,

"Girl, craving this again?"

Li Xiaonuan smiled and squinted her eyes and nodded, and at the end of the winter hesitated, and said in a low voice:

"Then I'll go to the big kitchen to see what the girl has tonight, if it happens to be a pot, if it doesn't ......"

"At the end of winter, my sister will take a hundred yuan, if not, please ask Mama Liu to help fix a pot!"

Li Xiaonuan snatched the conversation and said, at the end of winter, he spread his hands helplessly,

"The girl's monthly money is not left every month!"

"If you can't leave it, you can't leave it! Let's talk about eating first, well, it's not good to eat the pot Gu Xiao, you go and tell Mama Liu, do the measurement of me and Gu Xiao! ”

Late Winter raised his eyebrows and nodded with a smile,

"Good! The girl was right! Let's eat well today, and then I'll explain it tomorrow! ”

Li Xiaonuan glanced at her, ignored her, and only pushed her and urged:

"Sister hurry up and tell Mama Liu that there must be mutton, and if you can use fish soup as the bottom of the pot, it will be even better!"

Winter smiled and shook his head, went in to withdraw the money, put on a cotton cloak, and went out with an umbrella.