In the afternoon, Li Xiaonuan and Gu Xiao sat side by side on the stool under the eaves of the corridor, Li Xiaonuan carefully embroidered a branch, Gu Xiao held a book of poetry, shook his head and recited, Li Xiaonuan listened, while interrupting Gu Xiao's chanting from time to time, asking him the meaning of this or that word, Gu Xiao scratched his head, looked at the annotations behind, and tried to explain it clearly to Li Xiaonuan.

A little girl reported loudly from the screen door of the weeping flower door:

"The eldest lady is here!"

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly put down the flower bandage, stood up with Gu Xiao and greeted him, and just a few steps away, Gu Yunshan had already walked in along the verandah with the pearl.

Li Xiaonuan's bent knees with a smile were blessed, and Gu Yunshan entered the house.

Gu Yunshan leaned on the pillow, leaned to the couch, looked at the covered bowl on the tray at the end of winter, and asked with a smile:

"What kind of tea?"

"It's Biluochun."

Winter Mo replied with a smile, Gu Yunshan stretched out his hand to take it, turned his head to look at Gu Xiao and said:

"What kind of flower tea did he make, I didn't eat a mouthful, it smelled bad!"

Gu Xiao glared at her and said hatefully:

"It's not for you! If you want it, I won't give it yet! ”

Li Xiaonuan smiled and pulled the sleeve of Lagu Xiao and said:

"Your tea, the floral fragrance is too strong, but the tea fragrance is almost gone, jasmine thing, the fragrance is too strong, the tea is not good, next summer, the two of us will use lotus flowers together, I know a way, it must be good to kiln!"

Gu Xiao nodded again and again,

"Nuan Nuan, you're right, the fragrance of jasmine is too strong, let's use lotus kiln together next year."

Gu Yunshan drank tea, looked at Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan with a smile and said:

"You two don't be busy discussing any tea matters, I'm coming to you today, but I have something serious to discuss with the two of you."

"Big sister, just say it."

Li Xiaonuan said with a smile, Gu Xiao glanced at Gu Yunshan, raised his chin, and said softly:

"I said, how can you, the housekeeper, have time to come and see us, it turns out that there is something to find us! It's okay that you won't come! ”

Gu Yunshan put down the cup, leaned over and was about to hit Gu Xiao,

"Dare to say that I am the housekeeper!"

Gu Xiao hurriedly dodged back and shouted:

"It's the housekeeper!"

Li Xiaonuan smiled and stepped forward to grab Gu Yunshan's arm,

"Big sister, don't pay attention to him, let's get down to business."

"Humph! In the future, let you marry a powerful and unreasonable housekeeper and come back, and take care of you every day! ”

Gu Yunshan couldn't reach Gu Xiao, turned around and picked up a small pillow, and threw it at Gu Xiao, Gu Xiao caught the pillow and was stunned for a while.

Li Xiaonuan sat next to Gu Yunshan, pulled her, and asked with a smile:

"What is the eldest sister looking for me and Gu Xiao to discuss?"

Gu Yunshan raised her hand and straightened her sideburns, looked at Li Xiaonuan, and thought about it before she spoke:

"That's the case, you also know, the ancestor and my mother asked me and Yun Huan to learn to be a housekeeper, and the ancestor told me that our family is now guarding the funeral, and everything should be frugal, let me and Yun Huan think of some ways to save money, Yun Huan and I thought about it, and put forward several methods, but they were all rejected by the ancestor and mother."

Gu Yunshan let out a long "sigh", raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, and said distressedly:

"Xiao Nuan, you don't know how difficult and annoying this housekeeper is, the ancestor asked me to think of some frugal methods, but I can't treat the family up and down, big and small, you say, how can you be thrifty?"

Li Xiaonuan blinked her eyes a few times, looked at Gu Yunshan, and just waited for her to say, Gu Yunshan sighed again, and then said:

"Later, didn't Yun Huan and I learn needlework? I thought of this needlework, and I thought, or cut the needlework room, the clothes, cushions, curtains, let the girls in each room take back to do, anyway, now our family neither goes out, nor can we entertain guests, the girls are also very free, and the ancestors and mothers said, this time it is immediately said good. ”

Gu Yunshan laughed happily,

"The old ancestor also praised me and Yun Huan for being willing to work hard and learn quickly!"

Li Xiaonuan glanced at the end of winter with his eyes wide open, looked at Gu Yunshan, and said with a smile:

"This is really a good idea, if this is the case, the girls in each hospital will have the opportunity to learn needlework, and secondly, they will not be too idle and have accidents."

Gu Yunshan looked at Li Xiaonuan with wide eyes, clapped her hands gently, and said with a smile:

"No wonder my mother said that you are smart, and my ancestor said the same! Yun Huan and I went through the yard carefully, the ancestor didn't talk about her, the ancestors' clothes were originally made by Sister Bilian herself, and there were many girls who knew how to needlework, and the close-fitting clothes had always been made by the girls, and it was okay, Yun Huan and I sorted out the yard, although there were not many girls with good needlework, but it was enough. ”

Gu Yunshan said excitedly at length, Lan Chu made tea again and sent it up, Gu Yunshan took a few sips, put down the cup, and continued:

"We are all guarding filial piety now, clothes, mats, curtains, all colors are plain, they are all very easy to do, in Gu Xiao's courtyard, there are a few chrysanthemums and bamboo branches, and the needlework and thread are excellent, besides, most of his clothes are made by Ruixuantang, and it is no problem."

"I'm here, and it's okay!"

Li Xiaonuan learned Gu Yunshan's tone and said simply, Gu Yunshan was stunned, and said with a smile:

"Yun Huan and I are just worried about your yard, although Mama Wei is very good at needlework, but first, she is old, and secondly, she wants to teach the three of us to learn needlework, and now there are many people in the house who ask her for needlework, but I am afraid that Mama will not have time to do any more work, the girls in this yard, except for some needlework at the end of winter, the rest are the girls who watch the yard in the old house, how can anyone move the needle?"

Li Xiaonuan turned her head to look at the end of winter with a smile, and at the end of winter, she bent her knees and reported with a smile:

"Miss, just rest assured, there are a lot of people who can do needlework in Songfeng Academy, Xiaoyu's needlework is very good, Chunqiao's needlework is also good, Lan Chu has followed these days, and it is already very presentable, make a plain mat or something, it's very passable, and in a few months, it will all be brought out, and the eldest lady can rest assured."

Gu Yunshan let out a long sigh of relief, and a smile bloomed on her face,

"That's good! If this is the case, tomorrow I will work with Yun Huan to abolish the sewing room, from next month, the clothes, curtains and other things in each courtyard will only be sent to the public school, needlework, and thread, and if you want to wear it, you have to make it yourself! ”

"Big sister, if you want to do this, the girl in Songfeng Courtyard will have to do her own needlework, I'm afraid that there will not be enough manpower in this courtyard."

Gu Xiao sat next to him and listened for a long time, then suddenly said.