Chapter 15: Girls
Li Xiaonuan sighed comfortably, stretched her body, heard the movement at the end of the winter, walked to the bed, lifted the curtain, Li Xiaonuan smiled brightly at her, the end of the winter was infected by her smile, and also followed the mood to become brighter, and said with a smile:
"Looks like the girl has really rested!"
Li Xiaonuan nodded heavily, turned over and sat up, took the clothes at the end of winter, waited for Li Xiaonuan to get dressed, washed and combed neatly, Li Xiaonuan walked around the house, looked carefully everywhere, sat on the low couch under the south window of the east wing, made a cup of tea at the end of winter, and said with a smile:
"This is the Biluochun sent by the ancestors, Mrs. asked someone to send half a catty of Ming Qian, saying that it was for the girl to eat first, and the young master also sent someone to send half a catty of jasmine tea, saying that it was made by himself this spring, and it was specially sent to the girl to taste and taste, I put it away first."
Li Xiaonuan took the cup, took a sip slowly, and said with a smile:
"It's a little light."
The end of winter pursed his lips and laughed,
"I deliberately put less tea, the girl is young, just drink a little bit of this tea, it's too strong and easy to hurt the spleen and stomach."
Li Xiaonuan nodded, leaned on the pillow on the couch with a smile, and sipped tea leisurely.
At the end of winter, he turned around and took a box from Baibaoge, opened it and handed it to Li Xiaonuan, and said with a smile:
"When the girl was asleep, the mother-in-law of Chengxin Courtyard brought the girl a monthly amount of silver, a total of four taels, and I will put it in this box first."
Li Xiaonuan hurriedly put down the cup, straightened up and looked into the box, she hadn't seen what silver looked like.
There were two small silver cakes with frost and silk in the box, Li Xiaonuan picked up a piece, looked at it carefully, carefully put it back, sighed with satisfaction, looked up at the end of the winter and asked:
"Chengxin Courtyard is the courtyard where Mrs. lives? How can there be so much money this month? ”
"Well, the lady lives in Chengxin Courtyard, the young master lives in Wutong Courtyard, the eldest lady is the Rose Courtyard, and the second lady lives in the Hanlian Courtyard, the girl's monthly case, and the young master, the eldest miss, and the second miss, two taels a month, the mother-in-law said, this is the girl's monthly silver in August and September."
Li Xiaonuan looked down at the silver in the box, and felt a warmth in her heart, Mrs. Zhou must have taken pity on her poverty, so she gave her two months of monthly silver at a time.
"Well, it would be better if I had four taels of silver every month."
At the end of winter, Li Xiaonuan was stunned, looked at her suspiciously, closed the box at the end of winter, looked at Li Xiaonuan and explained in a low voice:
"The mother-in-law and girl in the house are always high and low, the girl's identity, although there are ancestors and Mrs. who pity her, but there are also a few points below, this day can be better, where is the silver enough for two taels a month?!"
Li Xiaonuan was stunned, her face was slightly gloomy, she lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, tilted her head with a smile and looked at the end of winter and asked:
"I'll give out all the money this month, and those people may treat me like they did to Yun Shan and Yun Huan?"
At the end of winter, he laughed, looked at Li Xiaonuan with some tears and laughter and said:
"How is that possible?! Even if the girl spends ten times more money, she can't do it! ”
"That's it, even if we get all the money out, it's useless! In that case, what are you spending all this money for?! You remember, in the future, according to the rules of the house, you will reward when you should reward, and you will reward as much as you should, and there will be no more points! If you don't deserve to be rewarded, you won't get a point! ”
The end of the winter looked at Li Xiaonuan dumbfounded, and it took a while to breathe a sigh of relief.
"The girl is really ......"
At the end of winter, I didn't know what to say for a while, and I held back a sentence for a while,
"It's true, I think it clearly!"
Li Xiaonuan looked at her with a smile, picked up the cup, and slowly tasted the tea.
At the end of winter, he put away the box, turned to look at Li Xiaonuan, who was drinking tea leisurely, and sighed helplessly:
"The girl is really ...... Alas! ”
Late Winter sighed heavily, and continued:
"Those five third-class girls, would it be good for the girl to see them now? The girl passed the eye, and I quickly sent messengers to arrange for them to be on duty, so that the courtyard could be neatly organized. ”
Li Xiaonuan hurriedly nodded and agreed, turned out of the east chamber at the end of winter, came in with five girls, and stood in front of the couch with her hands down, Li Xiaonuan sat upright on the couch, smiled and looked at the five girls carefully, and asked in a calm voice:
"What's your name? How old is it? Where was the original errand? ”
The girl standing on the far left looked up at the end of the winter slightly timidly, and the end of the winter gestured to her, and the girl took half a step forward, bent her knees and replied:
"Back to the girl, the slave's name is Xiaoyu, she is thirteen years old this year, and she was originally on an errand in Wutong Courtyard."
After speaking, he raised his head and looked at Li Xiaonuan timidly, Li Xiaonuan looked at her carefully, her eyebrows and eyes were slender, her skin was slightly dark, and her lips were a little thick, she seemed to be very honest, Li Xiaonuan smiled at her gently, Xiaoyu retreated with a sigh of relief, and took a half step forward on the girl next to her, and replied in a crisp voice:
"Back to the girl's words, the slave's name is Akiba, she is twelve years old this year, and she was also on an errand in Wutong Courtyard."
Autumn leaves have straight eyebrows and apricot eyes, fair skin, a slightly collapsed nose, and look straight at Li Xiaonuan, bringing out a little bit of stubbornness, Li Xiaonuan laughed, raised her hand to signal her to retreat, and the girl standing in the middle took half a step forward steadily, bent her knees and replied:
"Back to the girl, the slave's name is Lan Chu, she is eleven years old this year, and she was originally on an errand in the Rose Courtyard."
Li Xiaonuan looked at Lan Chu carefully, her skin was slightly wheat-colored, her thin eyebrows and eyes, her small nose was round and very cute, when she pursed her mouth and didn't say or laugh, she looked honest and straightforward.
Lan Chu retreated, and a girl behind her stepped forward and bent her knees and replied:
"Back to the girl's words, the slave maid's name is Xiaoxiu, she is thirteen years old this year, and she was originally on an errand in Hanlian Courtyard."
Li Xiaonuan looked at Xiaoxiu carefully, her body looked a little stout, her thick eyebrows and big eyes, her eyes looked at Li Xiaonuan with a slight daze, obviously her limbs were better than her head, Li Xiaonuan laughed, and said gently:
"Xiaoxiu is a little awkward, let's call it Xiuwen in the future."
Xiuwen kowtowed to thank Li Xiaonuan, retreated, and the girl on the far right took a half step forward and replied:
"Back to the girl, the slave maid is called Yingchun, she is fourteen years old this year, and she was originally on an errand in Chengxin Courtyard."
Hearing the name Yingchun, Li Xiaonuan squinted her eyes, a smile appeared on her face, and carefully looked at the Yingchun in front of her, shaved shoulders and waist, long face, willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, fine white skin, better than the end of winter, Li Xiaonuan smiled,
"Spring Greeting...... It's not as good as Chunqiao, so it's called Chunqiao. ”
Chunqiao hurriedly lowered her eyes, kowtowed and thanked her, and retreated.