In the afternoon of the next day, Li Xiaonuan and Gu Xiao came back from eating at Ruixuan Hall, and Gu Xiao turned a corner and went to the second gate of the front yard.

Xiao Xiao Shanshui had already stood outside the second gate with a small burden and was looking forward to it, and when he saw Gu Xiao coming out, he was busy with a smile on his face, and handed the little burden to Gu Xiao, Gu Xiao took the little burden and hurriedly went into Songfeng Courtyard to find Li Xiaonuan.

Li Xiaonuan took over the burden with a little excitement, this is one of the current trends in this world, and it is the most important trend, these best-selling books are the most mainstream ideological pulse in this world!

Gu Xiao looked at Li Xiaonuan, who seemed a little excited, inexplicably, watched her untie the burden, took out the three books in the burden and spread them on a few: the three-character scripture, speaking the text and interpreting the words, and learning Qionglin, looking at Li Xiaonuan's stunned appearance, Gu Xiao became even more inexplicable, and hurriedly explained:

"The shopkeeper said, a thousand words, a thousand poems, and a wide range of virtuous texts, in fact, are as good as these books, and you said that you want three, but I didn't dare to buy more."

Li Xiaonuan blinked, looked at the three books spread out on the table, and lowered his head in despair, of course, the primary school textbook is the most sold book! How did she forget about this stubble!

Mrs. Zhou was busy checking the income of Zhuangzi and the shop for a year, and the head of the village and the shopkeeper carefully checked the account, watching the mother-in-law stewards still divide the New Year's goods sent in the Zhuangzi and send them to the clansmen's homes.

Mrs. Li instructed Ruixuan Hall to stew soup in the small kitchen and send it to Cuiwei Hall for Mrs. Zhou to eat in the morning and evening.

Li Xiaonuan pulled Gu Xiao, and every other three days and five days, he went to the front yard study to return books and borrow books, and secretly changed two volumes of Di Copybook bundled on Lan Chu's calf and brought them back, and the life was very happy.

Zhuangzi sent some live birds, birds, rabbits, and cats in, and played with the children in the house, Gu Xiao pulled Li Xiaonuan, looked at them one by one with great interest, picked a few brightly colored thrushes, parrots and brought them back, and hung them under the eaves of the corridor of Songfeng Courtyard, and asked for a snow-white and clean kitten, which had to be raised by Li Xiaonuan.

Li Xiaonuan looked at the kitten in disgust, shook her head desperately and refused:

"I don't like cats, I want to raise you and put them in Wutong Yard to raise, I want to raise them, and I want to raise a dog!"

Gu Xiao looked at the kitten in his arms, hesitated for a long time, and then reluctantly handed the cat to the little girl and sent it out.

"If you don't like it, I won't raise it anymore, go back and tell Zhuangzili to let them send a puppy next time."

Gu Xiao watched the little girl carry the cat out of the yard, then turned her head, looked at Li Xiaonuan, and said with a smile:

"My aunt also likes puppies, she has a little poodle in the house, the hair is long, snow-white, only so big, rolling around like a snowball, it's fun, let's find a little poodle to raise."

Gu Xiao gestured to the size of the little poodle, Li Xiaonuan shook his head with a smile, looked at Gu Xiao and said seriously:

"I don't like puppies like this, what's the difference between this kind of dog and a cat? I like big dogs, very fierce big dogs, I heard that in the extreme cold land of the extreme west, there is a kind of dog, more powerful than tigers, I like such dogs, this is called dogs! ”

Gu Xiao stared at Li Xiaonuan with wide eyes, scratched his head in a daze, and was speechless for a while.

The second copy of the mansion in December, after a few days later than the capital, was sent to the ancient mansion Ruixuan Hall and put in front of Mrs. Li.

Old Madam Li carefully looked at the copy of the mansion word by word, looked at the appointment and dismissal of the officials on the copy of the mansion, read it again, and read it carefully again, before slowly putting down the copy of the mansion, sighed heavily, and her face became gloomy.

Mrs. Zhou sat on the armchair in front of the couch, got up and handed over the cup, and said with a smile:

"Mother has a sip of tea."

Mrs. Li took the cup, took a sip of tea, put the cup on the table, waved her hand to repel the maiden woman standing in the room, was silent for a moment, sighed heavily, and said in a low voice:

"Di copied the head and said that Zhao Yuanming was appointed as the governor of Yongxing Road and Tongzhou, and Jiang Jishen was appointed as the governor of Datong Prefecture on Xijing Road."

Mrs. Zhou looked at Mrs. Li blankly, and said with a smile:

"If there is appointment, there will be dismissal, this big New Year, if you can be transferred, it's okay, this dismissed person, I don't know how to spend this year! Alas, there are always joys and sorrows! ”

Mrs. Li lowered her eyes, was silent for a long time, looked up at the lattice covered with cotton paper, and only after a long time did she turn her head, look at Mrs. Zhou gently, and explained in a low voice:

"The third concubine of the eldest prince is the eldest daughter of Zhao Yuanming, Jiang Jishen's teacher, and the mentor of the eldest prince, both of whom are the eldest prince's people."

Mrs. Zhou looked at Mrs. Li in a daze, and couldn't understand the meaning of Mrs. Li's words for a while, and said with a smile:

"When did the eldest prince not recommend a few people to go up?! He is the eldest son, and he is the prince of the year, it is his duty to share worries with the country, he has been guarding the northern frontier for the past two years, who does not praise him for being a talented? The person he recommended must be good, even if it is not good, looking at his identity and reading his merits, the emperor will give him a little more face. ”

Old Madam Li closed her eyes slightly, and then nodded slowly after a while, and her voice fell in disappointment:

"You're absolutely right!"

After a pause, Mrs. Li turned her head to look at Mrs. Zhou and said slowly:

"Although what you said is reasonable, but these things, you still have to think about it, although the eldest prince recommends people every year, but like this year, he appointed two last month, and this month he appointed two governors at once, and it is on Yongxing Road and Xijing Road in the north, you think about it, there is a place where the prince will be a soldier, and there seems to be something unusual in the middle."

Mrs. Zhou wrinkled her brows, thought carefully for a while, looked at Mrs. Li in confusion, and said in a low voice:

"Yongxing Road and Xijing Road? It's not rich there, but the mother's meaning, the daughter-in-law can't figure it out, so she asks her mother for advice. ”

Old Madam Li looked at Mrs. Zhou with a wry smile and said patiently:

"The eldest prince led the troops to garrison in the north, next to Yongxing Road and Xijing Road, if the local officials on these two roads are their own people, naturally everything is much more convenient and convenient, the emperor is ...... With the help of the great prince, I love the eldest prince. ”

Mrs. Zhou was even more inexplicable,

"The eldest prince is the eldest prince, among the four princes, but he is the only one born to the queen, and he is so capable, in terms of identity and talent, which prince can match half of him? ! The emperor naturally wants to love him, but if he doesn't love him, does he want to love other princes? Although our Yuan Zheng Dynasty does not have the rules for establishing a prince early, everyone knows that who else can go to the position of this prince except the eldest prince? ”

Old Madam Li closed her eyes as if she was in extreme pain, and only after a while did she open her eyes, and said with a reluctant smile:

"My chest pain is not getting better, and I'm tired now, and I want to lie down and rest, so you can go back and rest."

Mrs. Zhou stood up slightly uneasy,

"Do you want to call a doctor in to check the pulse?"

"No need, I'll just be crooked, you go, I'm fine, call the two little girls to come over and beat my legs, I'll sleep for a while, you can go."

Mrs. Li said gently, Mrs. Zhou hurriedly bent her knees and agreed, although she faintly felt a little uneasy, but she couldn't think of anything wrong, so she quit in confusion.

The Spring Festival is approaching day by day, after the small cold, soon after the big cold, early in the morning, Li Xiaonuan opened his eyes, hung up the curtain at the end of winter, and reported with a smile:

"Girl, get up and see the snow, it's snowing outside, and it's starting to fall in the middle of the night!"

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly got up to wash and change clothes, took out thick cotton clothes for her to wear at the end of winter, Lan Chu carefully picked out a few pieces of charcoal from the charcoal basin, and burned the brass hand stove, Li Xiaonuan freshened up, dressed thickly, held the stove out of the house, and stood under the eaves of the porch, the yard had accumulated more than an inch of snow softly, the slender Xiangfei bamboo was bent over, and a little girl was standing under the verandah, shaking the snow on the bamboo with a thin pole.

Li Xiaonuan took a deep breath of cold air, only to feel that the whole person was also refreshed, walked forward half a step with a smile, squinted his eyes, looked up and admired the snowflakes that were still falling for a while, before turning around and going to Ruixuan Hall unhurriedly.

The snow on the road had been cleared, and a few rough women with big brooms kept sweeping the newly fallen snow back and forth.

Li Xiaonuan entered Ruixuan Hall, Cuilian greeted her, bent her knees and blessed, and said with a smile:

"Miss Cousin, please come in, it's cold outside!"

Li Xiaonuan smiled and bowed slightly, handed the hand stove to Lan Chu, and followed Cuilian into the house, Cuilian led Li Xiaonuan inside, and said with a smile:

"The ancestor just asked people to go to the various courtyards to spread the word, it is snowing today, the weather is cold and the ground is slippery, it is late, and it is not too late to come and say hello when the snow stops."

While talking, the two had already turned into the east chamber, and Mrs. Li was sitting on the couch, looking at the snowflakes fluttering outside through the half-open window, and when she saw Li Xiaonuan coming in, she smiled gently and beckoned her over.

Li Xiaonuan respectfully bent her knees and bowed, sat sideways on the edge of the couch, Mrs. Li reached out and touched the jacket on Li Xiaonuan's body, and touched her hands again, Li Xiaonuan replied with a smile:

"There is also a hand stove, the ancestor is warm in this house, so he will put it outside."

Old Madam Li nodded with satisfaction,

"The girl in your yard is quite dedicated!"

Li Xiaonuan nodded with a smile, raised her head, and looked at Mrs. Li with concern and concern, in the past two days, Mrs. Li's mood seemed to have suddenly become depressed, and her face was much darker.