Chapter 14: The Beginning of Happiness
The girl-in-law successively sent various daily utensils such as cups and plates, and at the end of winter, Mama Wei was busy ordering and directing them to be placed everywhere.
Mama Zhou led a group of little girls in, commanded the girls to stand under the verandah in turn, Mama Zhou straightened her clothes, lifted the curtain and entered the house, bent her knees and made a blessing, and reported with a smile:
"Madam, young master, Miss Cousin, everyone has brought them here."
"Let them in."
Mrs. Zhou instructed, Mama Zhou agreed, went out to bring people, Mrs. Zhou turned her head to look at Li Xiaonuan, and said gently:
"Although the rule is to let the young ladies and young masters pick their own people, but at your age, you are still too young, and you can't tell the difference between good and bad, where can you see people?! The people in Xiao'er's house are also picked out by me, and after the eyes, I will show him a few more, the people in your house, I will also pick out a few for you first, you use them first, if you feel bad in the future, then change them, okay? ”
Li Xiaonuan breathed a long sigh of relief, relaxed, shook off Gu Xiao's hand, squeezed to Mrs. Zhou's side with a smile on her face, nodded heavily and said:
"It's still my aunt who thinks thoughtfully, and I'm scared of this."
Mrs. Zhou laughed, stretched out her hand and nodded Li Xiaonuan's forehead,
"You girl, you are also a thoughtful person, I said, you have been sullen all the way, dare to worry about this!"
Li Xiaonuan smiled and nodded, Gu Xiao hurriedly squeezed over, reached out and grabbed Li Xiaonuan's hand, held it in the palm of his hand, and comforted her seriously:
"Sister Xiao Nuan, if you have anything to do in the future, just tell me, don't be bored in your heart, there is me."
Mrs. Zhou laughed and reached out to caress Gu Xiao's cheek,
"How old are you to dare to do such a big deal?"
While the three of them were talking, Mama Zhou led more than 30 little girls into the house, standing in three rows in a regular manner, Mrs. Zhou stood up, looked at them one by one, first ordered four rough girls to come out, and then looked back and forth twice, and ordered five older girls to come out, Mama Zhou waved her hand lightly, repelled the remaining girls, hung her hands and stood next to her waiting for instructions, Mrs. Zhou looked at the five girls carefully, turned her head to look at Mama Zhou and asked:
"Where did these people go on an errand?"
"Mrs. Hui, these five girls turned out to be errand workers in the courtyard where the eldest lady, the second lady and the young master now live, and they are all third-class girls."
Mrs. Zhou nodded lightly and ordered:
"From today on, you will wait for Miss Cousin, or the third class, and pay attention to everything!"
Mrs. Zhou led Gu Xiao and Li Xiaonuan out of the main house, checked the front and back of the yard, and instructed Mama Zhou to change a few furnishings, before nodding with satisfaction, beckoning Gu Xiao to come over, and said with a smile:
"Xiao Er go back with me, Sister Xiao Nuan has been tired for two or three days, let the girls wait for her to take a good bath and wash, and take a rest."
Gu Xiao hesitated, reluctantly let go of Li Xiaonuan, and said in a low voice:
"Then I'll come back later, you must not have studied in the past few days when you go back, I'll help you look at your homework."
Li Xiaonuan smiled and shook his head,
"I'm tired, I don't want to study today, let's listen to Brother Gu Xiao tomorrow."
Gu Xiao looked at Li Xiaonuan in disappointment, Mrs. Zhou smiled helplessly, took two steps forward and took Gu Xiao's hand,
"My sister is young, and I've been tired for the past two days, how can I still have the energy to study? It's time for you to go back to your nap, so let's go. ”
Li Xiaonuan sent Mrs. Zhou and Gu Xiao out of the courtyard, and saw that the two of them couldn't see each other, so they secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to the main house with relaxed steps.
At the end of winter, he picked up Li Xiaonuan and said with a smile:
"The girl bathed and washed first, changed her clothes, slept for a while, rested, and then asked those girls to come in and see her, okay?"
Li Xiaonuan nodded with a smile and agreed, followed the end of winter into the back of the clean room, the tall wooden barrel in the clean room has been filled with hot water, the end of winter waited for Li Xiaonuan to take off her clothes, soaked in the warm hot water, Li Xiaonuan sighed comfortably, washed her hair from the end of winter, soaked for more than a quarter of an hour, and then reluctantly came out of the water, dried her body, put on a white linen shorts, and entered the inner room of the east wing.
The wide carved lacquer shelf bed was covered with plain white linen bedding, clean and soft, Li Xiaonuan sat cross-legged on the bed, dried her hair from the end of winter, took the comb a few times, and lay down in the soft and dry quilt, sighed comfortably, and the tiredness of her heart came up, Li Xiaonuan closed her eyes and fell asleep almost immediately.
After sleeping until the end, Li Xiaonuan opened her eyes, stretched her hands and feet comfortably, lay on the bed, and slowly thought about it.
Her little life has undergone a satisfying change in the past month or so, and so far, things have been going according to her vision.
From Mama Sun's actions and words in the past two days, it is obvious that Mama Sun has been explained in advance, so she brought her back without hesitation, according to Mama Sun's attitude, Mrs. Li must have planned to adopt her a long time ago, although I don't know the reason for this, and Mrs. Li's thoughts, but it seems that at least until now, there is no malice.
The Gu family has just lost their family, an orphan ****, all they can expect is Gu Xiao, Gu Daren is guilty, then Enyin is unlikely, listening to the words of Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou, it is to ask Gu Xiao to take the path of the imperial examination.
Gu Xiao's qualifications seem to be average, he was enlightened at the age of five, and he has only read seven books until now, even if he is spoiled by his parents and does not study hard enough, he is not qualified, according to his progress, if he wants to rely on his own ability to win in one fell swoop, I am afraid that he will be fourteen or fifteen years old at the earliest.
Seeing that Mrs. Li is acting and talking, she is a truly wise and wise old man, and she has a son who has won the top prize, it is unlikely that she will buy this talent with silver, and she will not let Gu Xiao fail all the time, and she must be very sure of going to the exam, so that if you are a talent in Gu Xiao, there will be at least six or seven years of glory.
Gu Xiao won the show, and he also reached the age of marriage discussion, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou, from Sun Congzi, this future arrangement, they all have to look at Gu Xiao, the Gu family may return to the capital, first, to facilitate Gu Xiao's preparation for the college exam, and second, to find a suitable marriage proposal home for Gu Xiao.
In the six or seven years before that, the major event of the Gu family was the marriage of Gu Yunshan and Gu Yunhuan, and there would be nothing else, and the marriage of Gu Yunshan and Gu Yunhuan had nothing to do with her, so her life in the Gu family would be comfortable and comfortable.
Li Xiaonuan smiled with a smile on her face, first enjoyed the past six or seven years, and then said, before Gu Xiao got married, he thought of marrying himself, if he could marry himself in this beautiful Shangli Town, it would be even better.
These are still far away, now, let her enjoy the life of this rice worm nested in the stack of books!