Chapter 4: The Li Family
Li Wan held Hewang's hand, stepped on the footstool, and carefully got out of the carriage. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć At a glance, I saw Mrs. Li, who was looking at her with tears in her eyes, and couldn't help but have a sour nose, and stepped forward to greet Mrs. Li: "Mother, my daughter is back." ā
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Mrs. Li took her hand and looked her up and down.
Li Guan deliberately dressed up today, a goose yellow skirt, a pink slanted jacket, embroidered with white camellias, his hair was neatly tied in a single screw bun, two beaded flowers were inserted, and the fat powder on his plain little face was not applied, well-behaved and elegant.
Seeing that although her face was a little pale, she was still in good spirits, and couldn't help but nod with relief.
"Madam, it's windy at the door, let's go in and talk." Mianyue said with a smile.
Everyone surrounded Mrs. Li and Li Wan into the house.
Li Guan and Mrs. Li had lunch in her house. Mrs. Li asked about Li Guan's wound, and Li Guan knew that someone had reported the injury to the house, and explained with a smile. Mrs. Li saw that she was as usual, and finally relieved. The mother and daughter talked again, and before leaving, Mrs. Li instructed her: "When your father returns, come back for dinner." ā
Li Wan responded with a smile, supported by Hewang, and the maid and woman hugged him back to the Remnant Lotus Pavilion.
The Residual Lotus Pavilion is Li Guan's courtyard in Li's Mansion, and a pond of lotus flowers is planted in the courtyard.
The house was cleaned up early, and Hewang served Li Wan to take a nap.
When I woke up, it was already three moments. After a lot of tossing yesterday, Li Guan was not very comfortable, and he didn't bother to get up when he woke up, so he simply took a book from the shelf at the head of the bed to read.
Books are very precious in this era, Li Guan has been weak since he was a child, and he does not go out often, and gradually developed the habit of reading. Whether it is the Li Mansion or Kwai Garden, the collection of books in her study is amazing, poetry and songs, historical tales and scrolls, wild history novels, I am afraid that it is worthy of a small library.
What she read today is a folk novel, which tells the story of the virgin Liu Jing. Dakang is more open, but there are still many restrictions on women, and they pay attention to three obedience and four virtues. Li Wan read a few pages and felt bored, and was about to change the book, when he suddenly heard someone talking on the corridor.
"Xunfang, is my sister up?"
"Not yet, the third young master has just gotten out of school, right?"
"Well, I heard that my sister met a thief on the way back?"
"Miss has the blessing of the Bodhisattva, and she has only suffered a few minor injuries. Sit down in your room, and I'll go see if Miss is awake. ā
"No, don't disturb my sister to rest, I'll come back later."
Hearing this, Li Guan smiled slightly, and hurriedly shouted, "Is it a child?" Come on in. ā
Li Wan got up from the bed, and the two maids, Yuanfang and Shengfang, came in to serve her to dress and clean her face, and when she got it done, the third young master Li Zhizhi was being served by Xunfang to eat snacks.
The eight-year-old boy is chubby, which makes people like it when they see it.
Seeing Li Guan come out, Li Zhi raised his head and shouted "sister" crisply, looking dumbfounded.
Li Wan responded with a smile and wiped the crumbs from the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.
When Li Zhizhu was born, Li Guan was already five years old.
When Mrs. Li gave birth to him, she had a difficult birth and injured her foundation, so she didn't have much energy to take care of her newborn son.
For the first time, Li Guan saw a newborn baby, wrapped in a red quilt, with wrinkled skin, a small nose and small eyes.
She poked his little face with her fingers, and the little baby didn't cry, but the little hand held her fingers and sucked them in her mouth, and looked at her with her eyes open.
Li Guan was lonely in his previous life, and his life was bumpy, and he suddenly burst into tears.
Since then, he has followed the nurse to take care of Li Zhizhi.
Before dinner, Li Guan took Li Zhizhi to Mrs. Li's.
The sun had already set, leaving only a glimmer of afterglow on the horizon, and there was a bit of heat floating in the air.
From the Remnant Lotus Pavilion to Mrs. Li's courtyard, you have to pass through the small garden of the house, a winding path, lined with lush grass and trees, and thirteen-year-old Li Guan and eight-year-old Li Zhizhu walk side by side.
Before going out, Li Wan deliberately changed into a tender green skirt, combed a hanging bun, and wore two beaded flowers, revealing a bit of innocence.
Chu Fang and Xun Fang followed behind them.
"Miss, the road is a little narrow, I'll take the little master." Zhu Fang watched the blades of grass on the side of the road rub against Li Guan's skirt from time to time, afraid that one would accidentally break the skirt.
Li Wan lowered his head to look at Li Zhizhi, and the child was also looking at her, his big eyes were full of dependence, and the little hand holding her was clenched.
"It's okay, I'll just pay attention." As she spoke, she lifted her skirt with her other hand, pursed her lips and smiled at Li Zhi, and the child gave her a big smile back.
Coming out of the garden, the road was wide, and Li Zhizhu took Li Guan's hand and jumped away, and soon arrived at Mrs. Li's yard.
It was already dark, the courtyard was brightly lit, and when the little maids saw them coming, they came forward to salute.
A slightly chubby woman in her forties greeted her: "Miss is fine, the third young master is fine." Madame is waiting for the two of you! ā
Li Guan smiled and said, "Mother An, I didn't see you when I came back, I was still surprised." ā
"Miss Lao remembers, the slave maid went to the Bofu to send some fresh things from the south of the Yangtze River to the ladies and girls over there, and by the way, I would like to say hello to the old lady on behalf of the masters."
"Is my grandmother still healthy?"
"Kang is healthy and healthy, but I miss Miss and the two young masters very much."
The two of them gossiped and entered the house.
Mrs. Li was ordering the dishes for dinner, and when she saw Li Guan and them coming in, she hurriedly sent the little maid.
Li Zhi smiled and threw himself into his mother's arms to be coquettish, and Li Guan stepped forward and shouted, "Mother." ā
Mrs. Li smiled and touched her young son's face, reached out and sat down beside Li Guan's hand, and asked softly, "Are you hungry?" ā
"I ate snacks with my son before, but I'm still too hungry."
When Mrs. Li heard this, she said angrily to Li Zhizhu: "Go to your sister's place again to make trouble!" ā
"I didn't make trouble, I went after my homework, my sister has a lot of snacks and delicious sherbet!" Li Zhi said loudly.
"Just think about eating, be careful to grow into a pig!"
Li Zhizhi buried his face in his mother's arms and said sullenly: "I'm not fat. ā
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then the laughter of the room sounded, and Li Guan also smiled at the corner of his eyes.
Since Li Zhishu can remember, Li Guan often tells him some fairy tales, and Chubby is a little pig in the story.
Since she moved to Kwai Garden, it has been a long time since she told Li Zhizhu a story, but I didn't expect him to remember.
"What's going on, what are you laughing at?"
A clear voice suddenly sounded, and the maids in the house hurriedly smiled and curtsied: "Master." ā
Li Wan stood up: "Father." ā
Li Zhi turned his head and shouted "Daddy" and snuggled into his mother's arms again, Mrs. Li saw that he was embarrassed, and hurriedly played a round: "Master is back, let's laugh." ā
Master Li is not the kind of rigid person, with a smile on his face, he went into the back room to change clothes. When he came out after changing his clothes, Mrs. Li was gossiping with a pair of children, and a few maids were setting up dinner.
There is a peaceful and warm atmosphere in the house.
When Li Wan saw his father come out, he gave up the seat next to Mrs. Li, and the maid brought a chair for her to sit on. Master Li sat down, looked at her carefully, and said worriedly, "His face is a little pale." ā
Li Guan replied softly: "It may be that I am tired from the journey in the past two days, just rest for a few days, and my father does not need to worry." ā
"You've been wronged." Master Li frowned, "Don't rush back to Kwai Yuan when you come back this time, take care of it at home." ā
"Okay." Li Guan responded obediently.
Master Li wanted to ask something, but Mrs. Li saw that the atmosphere was a little dull, and quickly interjected: "Master, the children are hungry, let's eat first." ā
Master Li thought that his daughter hadn't come back for a long time, and it was rare for the family to reunite, so he didn't ask again.
Everyone gathered around the table and had a warm dinner.
After dinner and sitting for a while, Li Guan and Li Zhizhu went back to rest.
Mrs. Li withdrew from the maids, poured a cup of tea for Master Li with her own hands, and asked, "Has the master seen Qingyan?" ā
"See. He has checked the person who robbed Guan'er, and he is a gambler with four walls. When they found Guan'er, the man was already dead, and Guan'er had fainted, not knowing what was going on. Master Li thought for a while and asked, "What about Guan'er, what did she say?" ā
"Guan'er said that when she woke up and saw Qing Yan and them, she realized that the disciple was dead, and as for the process, she didn't know anything."
Master Li touched the teacup with his fingers and fell into deep thought.
Li Wan returned to the Remnant Lotus Pavilion, and Shengfang told her that Hewang had returned and was waiting in the bedroom. She said to a few maids, "Stay at the door, don't let people in." Then he went into the bedroom.
Hewang was reading a letter under the lamp, and when he saw Li Guan coming in, he said with a serious expression: "Miss, there is news." ā
"So fast?" Li Wan was a little surprised, took the letter from Hewang's hand, sat down on the table and glanced at it quickly, his expression changed slightly.
She read the letter word by word again, frowning slightly: "Xifanguo? ā
"Yes, I gave that dart to Master Mo, and after he looked at it carefully, he suspected that it was something from the Western Fan Kingdom."
"Huh?"
"I asked Master Mo why he said that this dart came from Xifan, and Master Mo said that he followed the general in the early years...... followed the Western Expedition, once fought with the people of the Xifan Luqiu family, and suffered a big loss, so I devoted myself to studying their routines. This dart looks ordinary, but the craftsmanship and material are at least seven points similar to his impression, and ......" Speaking of this, Hewang paused, "Master Mo said that the people of the Luqiu family take people's lives, and they are used to taking the eyebrows directly and killing them with one blow. ā
After listening to it, Li Guan wrote down the contents of the letter and burned it to ashes with a candle flame.
"What about the dart?"
He Wang took out a wooden box from the dark compartment behind the closet and handed it to Li Guan. Li Wan opened the box, took out the dart, and looked at it carefully.
The dart looks very ordinary, not large, only the size of a thumb, without any carvings or decorations. The blood on the dart had been wiped clean, and she gently touched the sharp end with her fingers, and the scene of that day naturally appeared in her mind, and her heart couldn't help but throb.
"Miss, be careful of hurting your hands." Crane looked at her with a frown.
Li Wan withdrew his hand and stared at the dart for a long time, always feeling that something was wrong. In the middle of the night, she suddenly leaned under the lamp, and her voice could not hide her surprise: "Look! ā
Crane Wang heard the sound and looked over, Li Guan took the dart in his hand and turned it slowly, her eyes flashed, this dart was not reflective!