After a pause, Li Xiaonuan smiled slightly, and then said:

"Since they are all willing to stay here and wait, this is the fate of our master and servant, ...... in this courtyard"

Li Xiaonuan paused, this courtyard is the most weightless courtyard of the ancient family, she has nothing to promise or give, Li Xiaonuan's heart suddenly swelled with a heavy desolation, lowered her eyes and was silent for a moment, then looked at everyone, and slowly continued:

"When you are on an errand in this courtyard, you must be cautious everywhere, don't fight with others, and you can't go wrong in the rules of the house, if you ...... If you have a grudge or a mistake, no one can stop you from doing so. ”

Li Xiaonuan's voice was so low that it was almost inaudible, his eyes slowly swept over everyone, and stopped at Chun Qiao, who was hanging her head, and the girls knelt on the ground, and kowtowed unevenly:

"Yes!"

Li Xiaonuan waved his hand, sent the girls to retreat, Lan Chu went into the house to clean up the bed, Xiaoyu and Xiuwen went to the back clean room to prepare hot water and cotton handkerchiefs and other things for bathing, Li Xiaonuan lowered her eyes, thought for a moment, called the end of winter to come over, and commanded in a low voice:

"From today on, in this courtyard, you and Mama Wei can't both go out, you must stay one to watch, these girls, you pay more attention, and your temper and personality should be clear earlier, and,"

Li Xiaonuan paused, turned his head, looked at the end of the winter with a calm face, and ordered:

"You are a child of the family, and your parents have been on an errand here in the old house, find a way to inquire about the details of these girls in our yard, how is the family, who is good with whom, who has a holiday with whom, well......"

Li Xiaonuan's eyes rolled slightly, and then ordered:

"Not only the people in our yard, but also the gossip and legends in this house, listen to some of them, be careful to probe some words, don't show the monkey in a hurry, let people realize that you are inquiring, it will not be good."

The end of the winter agreed, and looked at Li Xiaonuan sitting on the couch in a daze, the young and thin body was wrapped in burlap mourning clothes, but the six-year-old child, but the words that could be spoken, seemed to be a sixty-year-old man, with a young face, and dark eyes that were so deep that he couldn't see the bottom, and the end of the winter suddenly felt that Li Xiaonuan in front of him was weird and abnormal, and couldn't help but shudder lightly, and said in a low voice:

"Girl, don't talk like that outside......"

Li Xiaonuan came to his senses, tilted his head, looked at the end of winter thoughtfully, and nodded,

"Well, thank you."

At the end of winter, he took Xiaoyu and Xiuwen to wait for Li Xiaonuan to bathe and wash up, and changed into fine linen shorts and pants, Li Xiaonuan yawned and lay down in the quilt, and said with a smile at the end of winter:

"Girl, just sleep in peace, and I'll come over at the end of tomorrow to wake her up."

Li Xiaonuan yawned and nodded, and shrank into the quilt.

The next day, just after a moment, Mama Wei called open the courtyard door, the lights in the east chamber turned on, Qiu Ye and Chun Qiao got up lightly, cleaned up, went out, stabbed the tea stove between the inverted seats, and woke up the little girls, and the small courtyard yawned and got busy.

Just after the end of Yin, at the end of winter, she took Lan Chu and lit the lights in the main house, and Mama Wei dragged Li Xiaonuan, who refused to open her eyes, up from the quilt, and waited for her to get dressed neatly.

"Girl! The young master is here! ”

Qiu Ye's voice was loudly reported at the door, Li Xiaonuan woke up suddenly, hurriedly turned his head, surprised with a hint of dissatisfaction, and watched Gu Xiao carrying an indigo coarse cloth burden, and stepped into the inner room of the east chamber refreshed.

The end of winter hurriedly bent his knees, and said with a smile:

"The girl hasn't washed her face yet, the young master will go and sit outside first, let the little girl make a cup of tea for you, and our girl will be fine for a while!"

"You don't need to drink tea, I'm just waiting for Sister Xiao Nuan here."

Gu Xiao put the burden on the table, turned around and sat on the armchair next to him, Li Xiaonuan turned his head to look at him, smiled and said softly:

"Gu Xiao, you better wait for me outside, I'm still getting dressed!"

Gu Xiao was stunned, looked Li Xiaonuan up and down, pointed at Li Xiaonuan and laughed,

"Sister Xiao Nuan, your clothes are already on! Look! ”

Li Xiaonuan shrugged her eyebrows, looked at Gu Xiao with distressed eyes, and smiled at the end of winter with her mouth covered her mouth and "eat", compared with the girl, the young master was a little naïve.

Mama Wei and the end of winter waited for Li Xiaonuan to wash up quickly, rolled up two buns, and Mama Wei wrapped the three-character scripture and the small block book with an indigo coarse cloth wrapper, and handed it to Li Xiaonuan, Gu Xiao pointed to Lan Chu and instructed:

"Go and see, Sister Xiao Nuan's bird's nest porridge is ready, hurry up and serve it."

Lan Chu hurriedly turned his head to look at the end of winter, and at the end of winter was stunned, Li Xiaonuan picked up his burden, pushed Gu Xiao's burden and said:

"I never eat that, let's go quickly, if it's late, the master will lose his temper."

Saying that, Li Xiaonuan hurriedly walked out of the door, Gu Xiao was stunned, didn't care about anything else, hurriedly picked up his baggage, glanced at the hourglass in the corner of the house, and followed Li Xiaonuan out of the main door.

Outside, the sky was already white, with a hint of coolness and a slightly sweet fragrance of osmanthus in the fresh morning mist, Li Xiaonuan squinted his eyes and took a deep breath, Gu Xiao walked a few steps, caught up with Li Xiaonuan, held the burden with one hand, and grabbed Li Xiaonuan's hand with the other,

"Sister Xiao Nuan, I'll lead you away, it's not dawn yet."

Li Xiaonuan shook off Gu Xiao's hand without saying a word, sped up his pace, and ran along the verandah to the courtyard, Gu Xiao chased after him with his baggage:

"Sister Xiao Nuan, Sister Xiao Nuan......"

Mama Wei followed closely behind, shouting worriedly:

"Girl, young master, slow down! Slow down! ”

Li Xiaonuan rushed to the gate of the courtyard, and the two little guys who were waiting at the gate of the courtyard, Mama Wu and Shanshui and Yanyun were startled, Li Xiaonuan waved at Mama Wu with a smile on her face and said:

"Hurry up, hurry up, the master is going to lose his temper when it's late!"

Mama Wu laughed, squatted down, reached out to hug Li Xiaonuan, and said with a smile:

"Miss Biao, don't be in such a hurry, let's pass through the corner gate at the back of the garden, that is, we will arrive in a quarter of an hour, where will it be late?!"

Gu Xiao hurriedly caught up, grabbed Li Xiaonuan's hand, and said with a slight gasp:

"Sister Xiao Nuan, Sister Xiao Nuan, you ran too fast."

Mama Wei also caught up and said with a smile:

"The girl can't run so fast, what if she trips?!"

Li Xiaonuan nodded with a smile on his face, secretly shook Gu Xiao's hand, Gu Xiao firmly held Li Xiaonuan's hand, held her, and walked steadily to the back garden.

Li Xiaonuan turned his head to look at Gu Xiao and said in a low voice:

"You let go of me, the burden is heavy, I want to carry it with another hand."

Gu Xiao hesitated to let go of Li Xiaonuan, looked at the burden in her hand, and learned from Li Xiaonuan and whispered:

"The rules in our house, this bookbag can only be carried by yourself, otherwise I will help you carry it."