The old man smiled and nodded, but said nothing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info His actions, coupled with the previous conversation with Li Chunhai, made the three people around him a little confused, so they had to look at each other blankly.

"Okay, don't talk so much, let's eat quickly." Aunt Qian was afraid that Li Chunhai and Old Man Gu would say something they didn't understand, so she quickly took out a big bowl of pickles and put it in the center of the table. Seeing this, Li Chunhai knew that he shouldn't say anything at this time, so he nodded back to Old Man Gu, then picked up his own dishes and chopsticks, and hurriedly started eating.

While eating, everyone chatted about the shortcomings of the Su family's parents. Li Chunhai listened to it for a long time, and then he realized that there were only five of them in this courtyard, and as for those maids and grandmothers, they were not among the miscellaneous servants, and they also started their meals and did not join them.

Since there were only five family servants here, Li Chunhai was a little puzzled why the Su family still recruited so many homeless people, so he asked: "What does this Su family do for a living, why did you find so many homeless people before?" ”

As soon as Lao Hu heard Li Chunhai speak, he laughed and said, "Little Li Sheng, don't you know what this Su family is doing, so you were recruited in?" ”

Li Chunhai thought to himself that he was not a local, and he really didn't know what this Su family was doing, so he couldn't help but shake his head at Lao Hu.

Lao Hu didn't think much about it when he saw it, and said directly: "It seems that you are not a local anymore." The Su family has a wharf on the edge of the Han River, which is naturally dedicated to the transportation of goods to and from merchant ships. In addition to the business of this wharf, there are several merchant ships, but they are just sailing on the river all year round, and it is rare to come back once. ”

After Lao Hu finished speaking, Aunt Qian hurriedly interjected: "Lao Hu is right, our Xiaohu is working on the owner's ship, and now he has been sailing for two months, and it is estimated that he will be able to come back to see him in half a month." ”

"It turns out that this Su family is in the shipping and dock business." When Li Chunhai heard this, he understood why he had recruited so many homeless people before, and he still wanted some strong men, who were originally sent to work as coolies. But Li Chunhai thought about it again, even if these homeless people worked as coolies, it was better than starving in the city with nothing to do. If he hadn't gotten this scholar's errand, he would probably have to find some work at the dock at this moment.

Li Chunhai was thinking about this, and the old man Gu over there had already finished eating, smiled at Li Chunhai, and walked out of the room slowly. Li Chunhai saw the old man smiling at himself, so he guessed that the other party had something to say to himself, so he took off the leftovers, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and chased the old head out of the door.

When she walked out of the door, she saw Old Man Gu standing by the wall, chewing dried fruits and waiting for her, so Li Chunhai took a step forward, bowed to the old head, and said, "Thank you Uncle Gu for not exposing us last night." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Old man Gu said kindly, "It's not a big deal to find out for me, but you should pay more attention next time, don't catch the eldest lady." Remember, the eldest lady often goes to those pastries and fruits at night, and she is most annoyed to see the little juan. ”

"Little Juan'er?" When Li Chunhai heard this, he asked a little puzzled: "Isn't Xiaojuan the young lady of the Su family?" Why did the eldest lady bother her? ”

"It seems that you have just come to this courtyard, and there are many things you don't know." Old man Gu shook his head, and said with an emotional expression: "Although that little juan'er is the daughter of the master, she is a concubine, and her mother left early, so she has become a child who is not loved by anyone in this courtyard, but it is very pitiful." ”

"I see!" When Li Chunhai heard him say this, he somewhat understood Xiaojuan's embarrassing expression last night, and some could guess the reason why she went to the room to steal food at night.

"Don't say much about the old man, Xiao Li'er, when you come out again at night, be careful. It doesn't matter if something happens to you, but don't bring Xiaojuan with you. Old man Gu glanced at Li Chunhai meaningfully, then didn't say a word, turned around and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

When Li Chunhai saw the old man Gu leaving, he suddenly felt a little hungry in his stomach, and hurriedly turned around and returned to the room, but he saw that the big pot of rice before was now turned upside down. And in the rice of the two cows, there was a high pile of rice. Li Chunhai saw that these two cows were so edible, and they looked like they didn't care about others, so he immediately understood why he only had a little bit of rice for himself two days ago.

When Aunt Qian saw Li Chunhai going and returning, she guessed that he should not have eaten enough, but at this time, there were only rice grains left in the rice bowl, so she reluctantly smiled and said, "Xiao Li'er, you haven't eaten enough." Why don't you bear with it for a while and let the old lady cook some more rice for you. ”

Li Chunhai didn't have time to continue waiting, so he shook his hand and said, "Forget it, auntie, don't cook it now, I've already eaten almost enough." After saying this, Li Chunhai walked up to Aunt Qian and asked, "I came back late from studying with the little master in the evening, so I begged the eldest lady to cook more meals at night." ”

Aunt Qian listened to Li Duguan's words before, and cooked an extra portion when cooking, but the two cows had too good an appetite, and they ate a lot of food belonging to Li Chunhai every time. At this time, she listened to Li Chunhai's request, and naturally understood what the other party meant, so she nodded to Li Chunhai and said, "Little Li'er, don't worry, the eldest lady will definitely leave you enough in the evening." ”

After listening to Aunt Qian's assurance, Li Chunhai finally solved this worry. Seeing that it was not early, she said goodbye to Aunt Qian and came to the eldest young master's room unhurriedly. Li Chunhai originally thought that if he came over so early, the eldest young master should still be asleep. Who knew that she had just been at the door, and the window was pushed open. Li Chunhai then looked into the window, and saw that it was Su Zimo who opened the window.

Su Zimo was also stunned when he saw Li Chunhai at this moment, and hurriedly said, "I didn't expect you to be late today, but to get up earlier than me." ”

Li Chunhai rarely showed a surprised expression when he saw Su Zimo's iceberg, and couldn't help but be a little complacent, and said: "Hehe, I have been taught by you twice, and I won't make a mistake the third time." ”

"It's good that you have this kind of awareness." Su Zimo immediately regained his indifferent expression and said, "It's okay if you come early, just go and wake up Zijin now." In the morning, the newly invited gentleman will come to teach, and sooner or later it will not be good. ”

When Li Chunhai heard Su Zimo's order, he hurriedly ran to the opposite side and knocked lightly on Su Zijin's door a few times. It's a pity that these few blows are like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no reaction in the house at all. Li Chunhai herself came from her youth, so she naturally knew that this kind of knocking on the door would not wake up a sleeping child of this age, so she clenched her fists and knocked on the door a few times.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong? A lazy voice came from inside, obviously the voice of Su Zijin who had just woken up from his dream. Li Chunhai knew that he had to make some fierce news in order to force this little young master to wake up immediately. So she shouted into the room: "Little master, the master said that he would come to you in a while to check your recent homework!" ”

"What, Daddy is coming here!" Su Zijin's shout immediately came out of the house, followed by a sound of rustling clothes, and then there was a sound of heavy objects falling and Su Zijin's "oops" scream, which amused Li Chunhai outside the door.