After a while, the two little girls took the book back, Li Xiaonuan took the burden with a smile, took out a few books that were neatly stacked inside, and put them on the table.

Li Xiaonuan gently stroked the book with her hand with satisfaction, and Gu Xiao looked at Li Xiaonuan who seemed to be glowing with light.

Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan squeezed in front of the desk, looking at the great wilderness, while looking at it, while muttering, Ju Ying came over to urge a few times, Gu Xiao just refused to go back, Ju Ying had to send a little girl back to get Gu Xiao's clothes, waiting for him to wash and comb again in Songfeng Courtyard, change clothes, and go to Ruixuan Hall for dinner with Li Xiaonuan.

Coming back from Ruixuan Hall, Li Xiaonuan held the book and nested on the couch in the east wing, reading the book intently under the lamp and candle, preparing hot water for spring and autumn leaves, and pulling Li Xiaonuan up at the end of winter, waiting for her to bathe and wash out, Li Xiaonuan sat on the bed, and picked up the great wilderness.

At the end of winter, while twisting her hair with a cotton handkerchief, he tilted his head to look at the book in her hand, and said with a smile:

"If the girl is a man, she will work hard for this, and she will have to come out as a champion!"

Li Xiaonuan just looked at the book intently, and didn't hear what Dong Mo said, so he just nodded in response, and Dong Mo shook his head lightly and laughed.

In the following days, Li Xiaonuan's life became extremely regular: every morning with Gu Xiao followed the master to study and learn calligraphy, and in the afternoon to learn and read, in the middle, I went to Gu Yunshan and Gu Yunhuan's yard to play once or twice, and also went to Gu Xiao's yard, and after dinner in the evening, I accompanied Mrs. Li to talk and laugh for a while, and when I came back, I buried my head in those books.

In a blink of an eye, on the sixth day of the first month of September, Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan came back from early school, and saw Mrs. Li, who hugged Gu Xiao with a smile, and ordered someone to bring a very small bowl of noodles over, watched Gu Xiao eat it, and said with a smile:

"Okay, this is a birthday celebration, the child's family, I can't bear the big celebration!"

Gu Xiao ate the noodles, took out a very small cotton plain purse from his sleeve, handed it to Mrs. Li, and said with a smile:

"Ancestor, look at it, this is Nuan Nuan's birthday gift to me."

Mrs. Li took the purse, looked through it for a while, looked at the needle corner carefully, turned her head to look at Li Xiaonuan and said with a smile:

"This purse is very well done, look at the needle angle, it is very fine and neat, it doesn't seem like it can be made at your age!"

Li Xiaonuan's face flushed, and he said embarrassedly:

"The old ancestor is really ...... I haven't started to learn needlework yet, it's what Grandma Towe does. ”

Mrs. Li laughed, picked up the purse and looked at it carefully, turned around and handed the purse to Mrs. Zhou, and said with a smile:

"Look at this purse, look at this needle."

Mrs. Zhou took the purse, flipped it inside and out and looked at it carefully, handed the purse to Gu Xiao, turned her head to look at Mrs. Li and said with a smile:

"The inside and outside of this purse are the same, if you don't look closely, it's okay, and if you look carefully, you will find that this is extraordinary."

Old Madam Li smiled and nodded,

"I almost forgot, Xiao Nuan's mother's surname is Lian, she is a girl from Xiuzhou Lian's family, alas, over the years, even the family has fallen into disarray, this Lianjia started with an embroidery workshop, and even the girls have been moving needles and threads since they could walk, and they all have a good hand in needlework.

Mrs. Zhou raised her eyebrows slightly and said with a smile:

"The Lianjia that my mother is talking about, is it the Lianjia who is known as the splendid everywhere?"

"Not really!"

Mrs. Li sighed with emotion,

"At that time, even the family did not say that in Xiuzhou, that is, in Liangzhejiang Road, it was also one of the best people, at that time, the embroidery used in the palace was designated not to come out of the embroidery workshop of the non-Lianjia family, how prosperous it was! It's only two or three generations of hard work, and it's lost like this, alas! ”

Old Madam Li looked at the purse in Gu Xiao's hand and sighed, Gu Yunshan stood up, took the purse from Gu Xiao's hand, and said with a smile:

"Show me!"

Gu Yunhuan also leaned over and looked at the small plain white purse with Gu Yunshan.

Li Xiaonuan looked at Mrs. Li with a slight stunnedness, she never knew that the mother family of this body was still so prominent, the embroideries that Mama Wei made when she was in the Gospel Temple, only sold for dozens of dollars, looking at Mrs. Li's evaluation of this purse, those embroideries are really cheap!

Old Madam Li turned her head, looked at Li Xiaonuan gently, and said with a smile:

"At your age, if you follow the rules of your grandfather's family, you would have learned to needlework well! Now that I am guarding a good craft like Mama Wei, wouldn't it be a pity not to learn it? From tomorrow onwards, you can start learning needlework from Mama Wei. ”

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly smiled and agreed,

"Yes! Next year, I will make such a purse myself as a birthday gift for Brother Gu Xiao. ”

Old Madam Li laughed, stretched out her hand to stroke Li Xiaonuan's hair, and said while laughing:

"This girl, the ancestors know that you are a smart person, but this needlework is not only smart, but also hard work, not only three or five years, but you can't make such a purse!"

Li Xiaonuan laughed embarrassedly, Gu Yunhuan looked thoughtfully at the purse in his hand, turned his head to look at Mrs. Li, and said with a smile:

"Ancestor, I also want to learn."

Mrs. Zhou turned her head and looked at Gu Yunhuan with a serious face with surprise in her eyes, Old Madam Li was slightly stunned, laughed, turned her head to look at Mrs. Zhou and said:

"Look, this purse is done well, and this girl will also learn needlework!"

Mrs. Zhou smiled and nodded in response, and Mrs. Li turned her head to look at Gu Yunhuan and said with a smile:

"Well, I want to learn how to sew, that's a good thing! Yun Shan also followed the study, let's go to Li Town once every three years to beg for a meeting, in Liangzhejiang Road is the first one! Even the girls in Weizhou and Runzhou have to come over to show off their needlework, if the girl comes out on top, it will be a glorious thing! In three or five years, you three girls will also earn a face for our ancient family! ”

"You three have to learn this needlework hard, if you want to win the first place in the begging meeting in Shangli Town, it is not easy!"

Mrs. Zhou swept over the three of them with a smile in her eyes, and said seriously, Li Xiaonuan blinked, turned her head to look at Gu Yunhuan who was full of joy and Gu Yunshan who nodded in agreement with a smile, and sighed secretly sadly, she hates needlework the most, and now she not only has to learn, but also has to learn well! I learned that I can count well in the whole Liangzhejiang Road!

Alas! It's all the purse that is in trouble! It's all Gu Xiao's fault!