This sleep was not until the hour when Li Xiaonuan opened his eyes, stretched lazily, reached out to lift the curtain, and looked at the flickering candlelight outside.

At the end of winter, when he heard the movement, he hurriedly came in with the candlestick, put the candlestick away, and said with a smile:

"The girl is awake, is she more comfortable? Did you wake up? ”

Li Xiaonuan pressed her fingers to her temples and said with a smile:

"I'm awake, but my head still hurts."

"The girl is drunk, and this head will hurt for a day and a half!"

The end of winter said with a smile,

"It's good to let the girl have a long memory, and next time you can't drink more by temperament like this."

Li Xiaonuan smiled and nodded, turned his head to look out the window and asked:

"What time is it?"

"Youzheng is in a moment, the girl doesn't have to worry, the ancestor has sent someone to see it twice, and it has already been explained, let the girl wake up and don't go out again, just rest in the house to sober up, and let the kitchen make some light and delicious food for dinner, just see that the girl is awake, I have sent Xiuwen to the kitchen to call the girl's dinner."

Li Xiaonuan listened, relaxed and fell back again,

"In that case, I'll sleep a little longer."

At the end of winter, he stretched out his hand and dragged Li Xiaonuan up, and said with a smile:

"Just before leaving, Mama Wei explained that if the girl wakes up, she will drag the girl up, go outside for a walk, and go to bed later, otherwise if you are sleepy at night, it will be easy to hurt yourself."

"Where's Mama?"

"It was Mama Sun who sent someone to invite her over, thinking that she had something to do."

Li Xiaonuan tilted his head and thought about it, without asking any more questions, at the end of the winter and Lan Chu, he waited for Li Xiaonuan to get dressed and washed, and the two mothers-in-law in the kitchen carried food boxes and had already brought dinner.

Li Xiaonuan looked hungrily at the bowl of white porridge on the table, a plate of knife-cut steamed buns, a plate of sesame oil mixed with sour bamboo shoots, a plate of red oil ear shreds, a plate of fried eggplant shreds, and a bowl of plum vegetables and roast meat.

Li Xiaonuan's index finger moved, and after a while, he ate two or three small steamed buns, and drank white porridge, which was extremely sweet.

At the end of winter, he watched Li Xiaonuan eat with a smile, cleaned up the dishes, and handed them to the mother-in-law who was waiting under the eaves porch to carry them back.

Li Xiaonuan stretched comfortably, turned out of the main room, and slowly walked four or five laps along the hand-copying verandah before returning to the East Chamber, crooked on the couch, holding the book and reading it intently.

At the end of winter, I brewed tea and brought it in, put down the tea, and carefully cut the lantern flowers with small silver scissors, Li Xiaonuan picked up the cup, took a sip of tea, and turned his head to look at the end of winter, as if he remembered something.

"At the end of winter, where are your parents on an errand? Who else is there in the family besides their parents? ”

The end of the winter was stunned, and immediately replied with a smile:

"My father is the porter in the house, my mother is an errand in the fruit bureau, there is an elder brother, a few years ago, I entrusted my grandmother, sent him to the ancient family rice shop as an apprentice, and there is a younger sister, called Xiaofu, nine years old this year, has not received the messenger, how did the girl remember to ask this?"

"Oh."

Li Xiaonuan closed the book, twisted his eyebrows and thought for a moment, turned his head to look at the end of winter, thought about it, and then asked in a low voice:

"How many people are there in the porter?"

"There are eight people in total, two people in a shift, and they are divided into four shifts on duty."

Li Xiaonuan was stunned, and said with a smile:

"There aren't many people in this gatehouse."

Late Winter laughed and explained carefully:

"Our house is now the capital and the old mansion, but the gatehouse of the capital mansion has to stay in the capital to watch the house, the old mansion has not been lived, there are eight people in this gatehouse, we are all back at this time, and there are naturally fewer people in the gatehouse."

"Not less."

Li Xiaonuan said with a smile:

"Although we are all back now, but after all, we are guarding the funeral, neither going out, nor anyone coming to the door, this concierge is a lot busier than before, but it is not too busy."

The end of the winter pursed his lips and nodded with a smile,

"I can't hide it from the girl."

Li Xiaonuan looked at her with a smile,

"The house has been filial piety for two or three years, it must be so quiet, after two or three years, even if it is out of the filial piety period, but Gu Xiao is still young, and there is no other person in the Gu family who can support the door, this house must be quiet for a while."

Li Xiaonuan paused, and then said:

"The four divisions and six bureaus in the house are now complete and orderly, but after all, there are not so many things to do, the mansion ...... I don't necessarily pay more attention to these pomp and circumstance, but I'm afraid of ...... The ancestor and his wife will think of merging the four divisions and six bureaus, reducing manpower, and saving expenses, your family is fine, your father and your brother are fine, but your mother's messenger ......"

Li Xiaonuan looked up at the end of winter with a solemn face, and said with a smile:

"It's just me thinking about it casually, and if you say it casually, don't be too relieved."

At the end of winter, he thought about it carefully, sat sideways on the edge of the couch, looked at Li Xiaonuan, and said seriously:

"Thank you girl at the end of winter! It was ......"

The end of winter paused, and his voice fell,

"My mother's health is not good, it stands to reason that she should have gone back to rest, because the fruit bureau is just a year to soak some candied fruit, dry some dried fruits and send them to the capital, the messenger is very idle, even now, all month long, there is not much life to do, my mother's body, it is easy to do, and I have been in this errand messenger.

My home...... Alas, although my father is a child, but a single seedling, grandparents passed away early, and there is no relative who can help some, my mother was seven or eight years old, was sold to the house, before giving birth to Xiaofu, the road was slippery in the rain, my mother fell down, Xiaofu was born in seven months, my mother hemorrhaged, my father in order to save my mother's life, borrowed all the silver that could be borrowed, although my mother and Xiaofu said that they picked two lives back, but both of them were not in good health......"

At the end of winter, she said a little messily, Li Xiaonuan patted her hand lightly and said in a low voice:

"I understand, have you paid off the money you owe? How much is it missing? ”

At the end of winter, he wiped his tears with a handkerchief and shook his head,

"No, no one lives in the old mansion these years, except for the monthly money, there is no other income, my brother is still an apprentice, not even monthly money, although I am an errand by the side of the ancestors, but I am a third-class girl, there are many people, those rewards are sent to me, there are not many big money, until now, I still owe more than 30 taels of silver!"

Li Xiaonuan wrinkled her brows, sighed softly, and comforted in a low voice:

"Don't be in too much of a hurry, you can always pay it back."

The end of the winter nodded, Li Xiaonuan thought carefully for a moment, looked at the end of the winter and said with a smile:

"Now although your mother is on a mission, but your sister has no messenger, it is better to ask your sister for an errand envoy, if Mrs. really wants to merge the four divisions and six bureaus in the future, and cut your mother's messenger, it doesn't hurt to go back and rest without a messenger."

At the end of winter, her eyes lit up, staring at Li Xiaonuan and waiting for her to go down, Li Xiaonuan looked at her and laughed,

"You also have to pay more attention to listen to it on weekdays, didn't Mrs. Qian'er tell the ancestor that the eldest sister and the second sister are all old, and they are going to be assigned out, and if you want to send people out, you must make up for people to come in, and your sister is just the right age, and now more than half of the things in the house are in charge of the big sister, and you and the pearl have always been able to say, such a trivial matter, just ask for a pearl."

At the end of winter, his eyes lit up, he nodded again and again, and said with a smile on his face:

"My monthly money has doubled now, if Xiaofu can have another errand, my mother can go back to rest with peace of mind, and the family has saved more money than before."

Li Xiaonuan nodded with a smile, thought about it, smiled lightly and whispered:

"Don't forget to tell Pearl that it's best to let your sister go to Hanlian Temple, Rose Temple...... If there is a reward, it will not be easy to obtain! ”

Late winter laughed,

"Lady is really ...... As soon as the money reached her, it would never come out again! That's it from the time I entered the house on an errand! I heard that when I was a child, no matter how much I cried, as long as I saw the silver and grabbed it, I could immediately turn crying into laughter! ”

Li Xiaonuan's eyes widened, he was stunned for a moment, laughed, and fell on the couch laughing.

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Xiaonuan and Gu Xiao finished reciting the book together and sat on the couch in the east wing, Li Xiaonuan took the flower bandage, patiently outlined the edge of the trunk with the newly learned needlework, Gu Xiao leaned on the pillow, shook his head and read a text, Li Xiaonuan interrupted from time to time, asking him to explain the words he heard.

At the gate of the courtyard came the voice of the little girl:

"Second Miss is here!"

Li Xiaonuan was slightly stunned, and immediately remembered Gu Yunhuan's strangeness last night, and hurriedly turned his head to look at Gu Xiao, Gu Xiao had already put down the book, leaned over and pushed open the window to poke his head out, and saw that Gu Yunhuan had walked in along the hand-copying verandah, turned around, looked at Li Xiaonuan with strange eyes and said:

"The second sister doesn't listen to people in Cuiwei Hall with the eldest sister, what are you doing here?"

Li Xiaonuan put down the flower bandage in his hand, hurriedly got off the bed, and went out to welcome him out, Gu Xiao also hurriedly followed Li Xiaonuan and greeted him out.

The three of them saluted and entered the east chamber, Gu Yunhuan chose a big pillow and sat down, Gu Xiao sat next to Li Xiaonuan to the other side, Gu Yunhuan frowned, looked at Gu Xiao and said:

"Why are you still here? Let's go back, we're going to talk! ”

"What are you talking to Nuan Nuan? I'm going to hear it too! ”

Gu Xiao raised his chin, moved to Li Xiaonuan's side, and said a little unhappily, Gu Yunhuan was suffocated, his brows furrowed, he turned his head to look at Li Xiaonuan and said:

"Xiao Nuan, you kick him out, let's talk quietly!"

Li Xiaonuan's heart turned slightly, turned his head, leaned into Gu Xiao's ear and said in a low voice:

"You go back first, our daughter's family talks privately, you can't listen here! Ming'er, let's finish memorizing the book early, and you can continue to read that nice article to me, okay? ”

Gu Xiao hesitated, nodded reluctantly and agreed:

"Okay, then I'll come and call you later, let's go to Ruixuan Hall for dinner together."

"No need, you just go over from Wutong Courtyard, and I'll go over with my second sister later."

Gu Xiao nodded unhappily and reluctantly agreed, Li Xiaonuan hurriedly instructed the end of winter to pack Gu Xiao's schoolbag and let Chunqiao send him back.