The four of them bent their knees to perform the blessing ceremony, Ju Ying and Xinghong put the cushion in their hands, and instructed the mother-in-law to take out a few plates of snacks in the boxwood food box and the warm hole with the teapot, put them on the stone table in the middle of the pavilion, and said with a smile:

"The kitchen just sent a few plates of dim sum, there are dishes of crab shell yellow, which is the young master's favorite food, and this plate of red bean crisp is Miss Biao's favorite food!"

Li Xiaonuan poked his head to look, turned his head to look at Ju Ying, and said with a smile:

"My sister is still thoughtful, and I'm really a little hungry when I see this red bean crisp!"

Gu Xiao also came over, and at the end of the winter, Xinghong hurriedly took the wet cotton handkerchief placed under the box, waited for Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan to clean their hands, and each of them took a piece of snack, and knelt on the railing of the pavilion while eating and looking at the blooming chrysanthemums.

Li Xiaonuan slowly ate the red bean crisp, turned his head to look at the crab shell yellow in Gu Xiao's hand, and his thoughts soared.

Nine females and ten males, at this time, it is a good time to eat crabs, the fat crabs are in their hands, they are a little heavy, lift the red back shell, the paste yellow is full of overflow, remove the paste yellow, and then pour some ginger vinegar, the mouth is so fragrant that it is impossible to describe......

There is also a drunken crab, the back shell is bright and transparent, the paste yellow and meat in the shell are extremely fresh and soft, suck hard, the mouth is full of fresh fragrance, and there is a strong bad fragrance, Li Xiaonuan almost drooled out when he thought about it, gently pushed Gu Xiao, and asked in a low voice:

"Have you ever eaten crabs before?"

Gu Xiao was stunned, nodded, swallowed the snack in his mouth, frowned and said:

"I don't like to eat that thing, it's very fishy, I can't eat anything after eating it for a long time!"

Li Xiaonuan raised her eyebrows in amazement, leaned on the railing and laughed, laughed for a while, turned around and poured two cups of tea, brought over and handed a cup to Gu Xiao, looked at him and said with a smile:

"I like to eat crabs the most, eat crabs and appreciate chrysanthemums, but it's an elegant thing!"

Gu Xiao became excited, leaned over and said with a smile:

"The eldest sister and the second sister also love to eat crabs, why don't we call the eldest sister and the second sister, and taste crabs and chrysanthemums in this chrysanthemum pavilion tomorrow?"

Li Xiaonuan's eyes lit up, he turned his head to look at Gu Xiao, hesitated slightly, his mouth was full of liquid again, he nodded hurriedly, and said in a low voice with a smile:

"Then let's go to the big sister now?"

"Good!"

Gu Xiao nodded heavily, pulling Li Xiaonuan and about to run out, Li Xiaonuan grabbed him, turned around, and explained with a smile:

"Sister Juying, Sister Late Winter, let's go to Cuiwei Hall to find the eldest sister and the second sister."

Ju Ying hurriedly motioned for the end of winter and Hongxing to follow, and brought someone to stay and pack up his things.

Gu Xiao pulled Li Xiaonuan, walked quickly through the garden, and ran towards the Cuiwei Hall in the front yard.

In front of Cuiwei Hall is a spacious open space, with bricks built into a dense grid, flat and clean, the hall is in the shape of a zigzag, a door and window in the middle, but only a gable behind the two sides.

When Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan came in, there were five or six mothers-in-law waiting for something to happen on the west side of Cuiwei Hall, Li Xiaonuan turned her head to look around, and Gu Xiao pulled her straight to the middle room of Cuiwei Hall.

Gu Yunshan sat on the left side of the front couch, tilted her head to look at the account book held in the pearl's hand, and was frowning to listen to a mother-in-law, Gu Yunhuan sat on the right side of the couch with a sad expression, and saw Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan coming in, hurriedly got off the bed, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

"How did you two get here? Come and sit! ”

Gu Yunhuan greeted Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan in a cheerful and enthusiastic voice, pulled the two to sit on the couch, turned his head and instructed the little girl standing next to him,

"Make a cup of jasmine tea for the young master, and Miss Cousin will drink Biluochun."

"I also drink Biluochun!"

Gu Xiao hurriedly followed the order, and Gu Yun joked with a smile:

"That's your own tea, why don't you drink it?"

Gu Xiao glanced at her and ignored her, the little girl made tea and brought it up, Gu Yunshan sent away the mother-in-law who was doing something, turned her head, looked at the two with a smile and asked:

"You two, are you here to play? Or is there something looking for me and Yun Huan? ”

"Of course I came here because of something!"

Gu Xiao turned his head to look at Gu Yunshan, smiled and was about to continue, Gu Yunshan raised his hand to stop him,

"If you're not in a hurry, just wait a minute."

Gu Xiao was about to speak, but Li Xiaonuan gently pulled him and said in a low voice:

"Our business, but it's not in a hurry at all, there are still several mothers-in-law waiting outside, and their affairs can't be delayed."

Gu Xiao nodded and stopped talking, Gu Yunshan turned his eyes to look at Gu Yunhuan, and said with a smile:

"Yun Huan, don't take the opportunity to be lazy, let the two of them sit and drink tea first, you come here, there are still a few things outside that haven't been settled!"

Gu Yunhuan pouted, and sat down beside Gu Yunshan again with some reluctance, and the little girl went out and called her mother-in-law in.

Gu Xiao drank tea boringly, Li Xiaonuan put down the cup, listened carefully to the mother-in-law, the first mother-in-law who came in was on an errand in the account department, and carefully said the screens, calligraphy and paintings to be changed in various places.

The mother-in-law in the back came in, carefully reporting the flowers in each courtyard and room, and the flowers to be bought outside this year, Gu Yunshan checked the old example, and also took it right, Li Xiaonuan listened to the mother-in-law, and looked at Gu Yunhuan who was sitting next to him absentmindedly with a smile.

Gu Yunshan was extremely enthusiastic and serious about the housekeeper director, but Gu Yunhuan was the opposite, he didn't want to listen to a word!

Another mother-in-law came in, kowtowed and said goodbye, stood up and respectfully reported:

"Miss Hui, Miss Two, a total of 16 curtains and screens in the outer courtyard study, main hall, flower hall, etc., need to be replaced quarterly......"

"Wait!"

Gu Yunshan raised her eyebrows and interrupted her mother-in-law's words,

"Why does the accounting department want to change the screen, and you also want to change the screen?"

"Miss Hui, the slaves and maids are on an errand in the Arrangement Bureau, and the Accounts Department wants to change the large screen of more than two feet, and the slaves and maids want to change the small screen of less than two feet."

Gu Yunshan frowned and looked at the account book in Pearl's hand, muttered for a while, looked up at her mother-in-law and ordered:

"You go back first, there are too many overlapping places here, wait until I give birth to my mother and ancestors."

The mother-in-law agreed with a respectful bent knee and withdrew.

The two mothers-in-law who came in behind also overlapped because of the mission, and were refuted by Gu Yunshan, Li Xiaonuan picked up the cup, lowered his eyes and drank the tea slowly, the four divisions and six bureaus of the ancient mansion, there were many overlaps, the original house was full of people, and I didn't think it was when there were many things, but now the ancient family is behind closed doors and mourning, and the original pomp and circumstance will not be needed for a while, plus the overlapping of the capital and the old house, this servant woman will naturally have a lot more......

Looking at Gu Yunshan's meaning, I am afraid that I want to reduce my duties and reduce my manpower, but I don't know if this is Gu Yunshan's own meaning, or the meaning of the ancestor and his wife......

Li Xiaonuan was thinking about it slowly, Gu Yunshan sent her mother-in-law away, got off the bed, stretched her back slightly, turned to look at Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan, and said with a smile:

"You two have something to do with me and Yun Huan, let's talk about it!"

"Big sister!"

Gu Xiao jumped off the bed, jumped to Gu Yunshan's side, and said with a smile:

"Just now Nuan Nuan and I went to the Juwan Pavilion, the chrysanthemums were in full bloom over there, Nuan Nuan and I thought about coming over and inviting the eldest sister and the second sister, and we will go over tomorrow to enjoy the chrysanthemums and eat crabs!"

Gu Yunhuan leaned on the couch, his eyes lit up and he smiled,

"That's a great idea! Yesterday, I heard Bilian say that this year's chrysanthemums are blooming exceptionally well, and I was thinking about going over to see it! It's just not empty, holding a chelate chrysanthemum, and a few glasses of rice wine, how much taste! ”

Gu Yunshan squinted at Gu Xiao and said with a smile:

"You and Xiao Nuan, please? This year's crabs are very expensive! ”

Gu Xiao stepped forward and grabbed Gu Yunshan, twisted it like candy,

"The big sister is at home, just eat a few crabs, the big sister and the kitchen just give an order, why do you need silver? Nuan Nuan and I have no silver! ”

Gu Yunshan smiled and pushed Gu Xiao,

"Don't rub it, your sleeves are going to be torn by you, except for the ancestors, everyone has their own food every day, how can it be just an order?"

"Otherwise, let's get together!"

Li Xiaonuan sat on the edge of the couch and said with a smile, Gu Yunhuan raised his eyebrows, straightened up, patted in agreement:

"That's a good idea! One of us took out a tael of silver, and the eldest sister instructed to go down and let the kitchen buy a basket of fat crabs tomorrow morning, and then buy a jar of good rice wine and come back! ”

Gu Xiao also nodded heavily in agreement, and Gu Yunshan said with a helpless smile:

"Okay, but this matter has to be shown by Gu Xiao to ask the ancestors, if the ancestors agreed, it would be good, if they didn't agree, then there was no way, after all, our family still guards filial piety, feasts and drinks, and is strict, but it is a violation of etiquette!"

Gu Xiao patted his chest, full of package tickets,

"Big sister, don't worry, I'll go to ask the ancestor for instructions now, and the ancestor will agree!"

Gu Xiao hurriedly made a statement, looked at Li Xiaonuan and said:

"Nuan Nuan will go back and wait for my letter, it will be accurate!"

Saying that, she raised her feet and ran out, Xinghong hurriedly carried her skirt and ran out after her.

The three of them looked at each other in a daze, and Gu Yunshan laughed,

"If Gu Xiao asks for a letter, it doesn't need as much as one or two silver per person, five hundred dollars per person is enough, let's go back to the courtyard and wait for Gu Xiao's letter first."

Gu Yunhuan and Li Xiaonuan got up with a smile, took the girl's mother-in-law, and went into the backyard with Gu Yunshan.