At the beginning of the afternoon of the next day, the boat arrived at Shangli Town, turned into the fork of the river leading to the Gujia house, and stopped at the Gufu Wharf.

Mama Sun led Li Xiaonuan off the boat, and at the end of winter, Mama Wei and Mama Wei carried their burdens, entered the house through the corner gate, passed through the back seat, and walked along the garden path to Ruixuan Hall, where Mrs. Li lived.

As soon as she arrived at the gate of the courtyard of Ruixuan Hall, Bi Lian greeted her with a smile, bent her knees and bowed to Li Xiaonuan and Grandma Sun.

"The old ancestor was talking about Miss Cousin early this morning, and when I heard that it was coming, I was sent out and then, come in, Mama has worked hard."

A few little girls took the burden from the end of the winter and Mama Wei, and hugged Li Xiaonuan back and forth and walked to the main house.

The little girl at the door lifted the curtain, Grandma Sun let go of Li Xiaonuan, followed Li Xiaonuan into the house, and turned into the east chamber, where Mrs. Li was crooked on the couch under the south window, talking to Mrs. Zhou.

The little girl put a cushion on the ground, Li Xiaonuan knelt on the mat and kowtowed to Mrs. Li, got up and gave a blessing, and kowtowed to Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Li motioned her to sit on the couch, stroked her hair, and looked at her carefully.

Mama Sun stepped forward to ask for peace, briefly reported the funeral, and vaguely said the attitude of the Li family, Li Xiaonuan shrugged her shoulders down, lowered her head, and Mrs. Li took her in her arms with pity, sighed heavily, and said gently:

"Xiao Nuan, don't be too sad, it's all over, this is your home in the future, just follow the ancestors, there are ancestors and aunts who love you."

Li Xiaonuan raised her head, with tears in her eyes, looked at Mrs. Li with dependence, and nodded heavily.

Mrs. Zhou looked at Li Xiaonuan with pity and sighed softly, Mrs. Li turned her head to look at Mrs. Zhou, and said with a smile:

"I see, let's settle Xiao Nuan in Songfeng Courtyard, the courtyard is delicate and small, close to Ruixuan Hall, and it is ready-made and packed, so it is the most suitable for Xiao Nuan to live."

Mrs. Zhou smiled and nodded in response, and Mrs. Li then ordered:

"Let the summoning people be placed according to Yun Shan and Yun Huan's examples."

Mrs. Li patted Li Xiaonuan and said with a gentle smile:

"I'll call you at the end of winter, count it as second-class, and the rest of the girls, go back and let the housekeeper pick some over, you can choose yourself."

Li Xiaonuan looked at Mrs. Zhou hesitantly, Mrs. Zhou laughed, looked at her gently and said:

"Yunshan, they also picked the girls themselves, if they can't make up their minds, they come to the ancestors to ask for ideas, or else, they can find me."

Li Xiaonuan smiled shyly and nodded.

While she was talking, the little girl at the door reported, Gu Xiao strode into the house, asked for peace with a steady and heavy bow, looked at Li Xiaonuan with bright eyes, sat on the edge of the couch next to Li Xiaonuan, and said with a smile:

"I heard that the girl said that you are back, so I rushed over to see you, I got up early this morning, and I was still worried about you, tomorrow the master will start class, if you can't come back today, you will delay your schoolwork!"

Li Xiaonuan looked at him with a smile and didn't answer, Mrs. Zhou laughed,

"What are you worried about your sister doing? She doesn't have to take the test to be the top student, but you, these days you just care about wandering around, if you memorize the book poorly, the master will not be polite to you! ”

Gu Xiao proudly raised his head and said:

"Mother, don't worry, I have memorized all those books, and I have memorized them again in the morning, and the master will definitely praise me!"

Old Madam Li laughed, stretched out her hand to stroke Gu Xiao's head and face, and praised with a smile:

"Our Xiao'er is the most sensible and filial!"

Gu Xiao bent his eyes and smiled, turned his head to look at Li Xiaonuan, and asked with concern:

"Ancestor, Sister Xiao Nuan won't go back, right? In the future, she will be able to live in our house without leaving, right? ”

"Yes! In the future, we Xiao'er will have a younger sister, we must remember to take good care of our sister, but we can't bully my sister! ”

Old Madam Li said with a smile, Gu Xiao nodded solemnly,

"Ancestor, don't worry, it's too late for me to love my sister, how can I bully her?!"

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou both laughed, and while they were talking, Gu Yunshan and Gu Yunhuan entered the house together, invited An to see her, and said a few words, the girl came in to invite dinner, and Mrs. Li took Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan and went to the dining room outside.

After a moment of silence, everyone rinsed their mouths, returned to the east chamber to drink a cup of tea, and sat down and talked for a while, Mrs. Zhou said with a smile:

"Mother, take a break, I'll send Xiao Nuan to Songfeng Courtyard, see where you have to clean up again, if there is anything inappropriate."

Old Madam Li nodded with a smile, and Gu Xiao hurriedly followed and stood up,

"I'll go too, Sister Xiao Nuan, I'll help her take a look!"

Gu Yunshan laughed out loud, pointed at Gu Xiao and said:

"Looks like you're old."

Gu Xiao glanced at her, ignored her, only reached out to hold Li Xiaonuan's hand, pulled her to say goodbye to Mrs. Li, followed Mrs. Zhou, surrounded by the girl's mother-in-law, and walked to the Songfeng Courtyard behind Ruixuan Hall.

Walk through a small garden, walk for a while, and arrive at the gate of Songfeng Courtyard, the courtyard is not big, with pink walls and green tiles, and two small vermilion lacquer courtyard gates.

Entering the courtyard, the verandah on both sides is connected to the east chamber, the main house and the west chamber from the courtyard gate, and circles around the courtyard, facing the eaves of the three main houses, carving beams and painting buildings, and two wings on the left and right.

The yard is very spacious, a door is planted on the left hand side of the Xiangfei bamboo, verdant and lovely, the right side is planted with a very thick golden laurel tree, exudes a rich fragrance, the yard is scattered with all kinds of chrysanthemums, there are all kinds of birds and finches hanging under the verandah, tactfully and cheerfully chirping.

Gu Xiao pointed to the golden laurel tree, smiled and said to Li Xiaonuan:

"I like this golden cinnamon the most, I also have one in my yard, but it is a silver cinnamon, smaller than this one, not as good as this one, in the future, I will come to your yard every day to see the osmanthus."

Li Xiaonuan smiled and nodded, Gu Xiao led Li Xiaonuan, followed Mrs. Zhou, and entered the main house along the verandah.

Gu Xiao pulled Li Xiaonuan, looked around and pointed,

"Sister Xiao Nuan, the east chamber with an ear house, the most warm in winter and cool in summer, you live in the east chamber, there are also bamboo bushes outside the west chamber, it is better to make a study, let people put the table under this window, write and read tired, just look at the bamboo ......"

"Here, this curtain is a little dirty, and it has to be replaced, and here, this curtain is also old, and it has to be ......replaced."

Gu Xiao pointed around, Mrs. Zhou laughed, pulled him over, sat down on the couch in the main room, and said with a smile:

"You take a break, these curtains, curtains, curtains, even bedding, cushions, everything, you have to change it to a new one, but your sister is in a hurry, these things have not been prepared in advance, now, you have to do it now, you are also patient, you have to wait for the sewing room to make it."

Gu Xiao nodded, turned his head, looked at the mother-in-law standing next to him with a smile on her face, and solemnly commanded:

"Tell the sewing room that my sister's things must be done carefully and carefully."

The mother-in-law agreed with a smile on her face.