A basket of eggs, there are still snacks wrapped in oiled paper on the eggs, obviously something sent by others, but other than that, there is not even a figure around, which makes Li Xiu also feel a little puzzled, thinking that this person who sent things is too inexperienced, at least he has to show his face, so that he can accept his love, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain?

"Woo~" Just when Li Xiu was puzzled, he suddenly heard a strange sound from the dead grass not far away, and the grass also shook slightly, as if something was hiding there.

Seeing this, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile slightly, strode to the grass and said with a smile: "Come out, I see you!" ”

As soon as Li Xiu's words fell, the person hiding inside seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then saw a dirty little hand sweeping the grass, and a little girl who looked like she was about seven or eight years old walked out of it, the little girl's face was very dirty, and she couldn't even see her appearance, and she had braids on her head, so that she could tell her gender, and she was wearing wide clothes full of patches, and at a glance she knew that it was a child of the Zhuang family, and she was holding a cute little earth dog in her arms, and the whining sound just now came from it.

"Little one, did you give you those eggs and snacks?" Li Xiu squatted down and asked the little girl with a smile, although he couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly, but the big eyes that flashed were extremely clear, with a little shyness in his eyes, and he looked very cute.

"Hmm~" The little girl nodded inaudibly, glanced at Li Xiu with big black eyes, and then hurriedly lowered her head. Perhaps because of the relationship between poverty and hunger, most of the children of the Zhuang family are relatively timid, especially when they meet people like Li Xiu, they are even more timid, such as the children of tenant families such as Liu Laoda, and they dare not speak when they see Li Xiu.

"Whose child are you, and why did you send me something?" Li Xiu said with a gentle smile, in his previous life, he had not had children for ten years of marriage, not because he didn't want to, nor because he had physical problems, but because he was worried about affecting his work, his wife divorced him, which made him feel guilty all the time, maybe it was because of this psychology that he loved children very much in this life, if possible, he really hoped to meet a woman he liked in this life, and then give birth to a few children, and taste the happiness of children and grandchildren.

"I ...... My mother asked me to send it, saying that I would like to thank my lord for saving my father's life! Although the little girl was shy, she was quite bold compared to the other children, and at least she could make it clear.

"Saved your father's life?" Li Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he thought of something, and then smiled again, "Is your father a craftsman from the princess's family, who fell from the house and was injured a few days ago?" ”

"Hmm~" The little girl nodded inaudibly again. That's right, it turned out that she was the daughter of the injured craftsman that day, and she sent these things to thank her for saving her life, if there was no Li Xiu, the craftsman would probably have lost too much blood and died, and for the Zhuang family, the man is the pillar of the family, if the man in the family falls, then the whole family will be destroyed, especially in the current famine year, so Li Xiu is equivalent to indirectly saving their family.

Saving someone's life, the rescued person sent a gift, if it was placed in the previous life, Li Xiu might have accepted it, but now looking at the little girl's dirty little face, and the patched clothes on her body, even though it is already winter, the little girl is still wearing a pair of straw sandals on her feet, which shows how poor the other party's family is, which makes him unable to accept the other party's gift no matter what.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu smiled again and touched the little girl's head, and did not directly refuse the other party, but asked again with a smile: "Little girl, what is your name, who else is there in the family besides your father?" ”

Maybe Li Xiu's smile played a role, the little girl was much bolder at this time, and she spoke fluently: "My name is Shui Niang, and I have my father and sister at home, as well as two younger brothers. ”

"Oh, Shui Niang, why didn't your mother and your sister come, only you were a child?" Li Xiu said a little strangely at this time, it stands to reason that this kind of thing should be more solemn, and there should be an adult anyway.

"My mother is sick and can't even get out of bed, and my eldest sister has to take care of my father and younger brother, so I can't come." When Shui Niang talked about her father, her big eyes were also a little worried, and then she said proudly with a small chest, "And Shui Niang is not small, I take care of my two younger brothers at home, and I can also help the family work, and my mother said that in a few years, I will tell Shui Niang about my mother-in-law's family!" ”

Hearing these words of Shui Niang, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little sad, a seven or eight-year-old girl had just entered elementary school in the later generations, but in the era of the Tang Dynasty, she had already taken on the responsibility of the family early, which was probably unimaginable for future generations of children.

"Shui Niang, your father was injured while helping me work, so it is only natural for me to save him, you should take these eggs and snacks back, and give your father and mother a patch!" Li Xiu smiled at this time and brought the eggs and snacks over, put them in front of Shui Niang and said, the more he understood the situation in the other party's family, the more he couldn't bear to accept these things.

Looking at the eggs and snacks in front of her, Shui Niang obviously swallowed her saliva, but then shook her head firmly and said: "No, my mother said, if it wasn't for the master who saved my father, my father would have died, so I must give these things to the master!" ”

Li Xiu didn't expect the little girl Shui Niang to be so stubborn, he persuaded him several times, but the little girl just refused to take back the gift, which made Li Xiu a little helpless, just at this time the little black dog in Shui Niang's arms kept barking, and at the moment Li Xiu deliberately changed the topic and said: "Shui Niang, the puppy in your arms is quite cute, did you raise it yourself?" ”

Hearing Li Xiu ask about the puppy in his arms, Shui Niang's big eyes showed a little sad look and said: "No, Xiao San was born by Rhubarb in the family, and it is the smartest in a litter of puppies, and the other puppies have been given away, my mother said that Xiao San is unlucky, and others are unwilling to ask for it, so let me lose it." ”

"Little three? Unlucky? Li Xiu was stunned again when he heard this, and then reacted, Xiao San is estimated to be the name of this little black dog, but this name is a little awkward no matter how it sounds.

As for the unlucky statement, Li Xiu noticed that although most of this little black dog has black hair, only the four feet and the tip of the tail are white, and there is also a piece of white hair on the chest, which looks beautiful, but in the northern countryside, this kind of dog is considered unlucky, black and white is like Dai Xiao, many people are unwilling to raise, Li Xiu's hometown in later generations has this saying, I didn't expect that as early as more than a thousand years ago, the Tang Dynasty also had such an opinion.

Seeing this little black dog that was about to be discarded, Li Xiu suddenly had an idea, and said to Shui Niang with a smile: "Shui Niang, I think this puppy is very cute, it's better to give me the puppy as a thank you gift, so that I will have a companion in the future, you should bring these eggs and snacks back!" ”

Hearing Li Xiu's proposal, Shui Niang's little face also showed a hesitant look, she likes Xiao San very much, if she discards it in the wild, I'm afraid that Xiao San will starve to death in a few days, if you give it to this master, you don't have to worry, but she thought of her father's advice, she must give eggs and snacks to this master, which makes her young age can't make up her mind for a while.

Seeing that the water lady was finally shaken, Li Xiu immediately smiled and reached out to pick up the little black dog in her arms, and casually stuffed the eggs and snacks into her hands and said: "Okay, it's decided, Xiao San will follow me in the future, if you have time, you can also come to see it often!" ”

After Li Xiu finished speaking, he touched the little head of the water lady, and then left with the little black dog in his arms, speaking of which, he lives here alone, and he is usually a little lonely, and it is also a good idea to raise a puppy.

Li Xiu came to Princess Pingyang's Zhuangzi with a puppy, the correct name here should be called Courtyard, Princess Pingyang naturally has her own princess mansion in Chang'an City, but according to Ma Ye, the princess doesn't like to live in the city, and usually lives here most of the time.

In addition, what is more interesting is that I have known Ma Ye for so long, and I have never heard him mention the concubine Chai Shao, that is, the husband of Princess Pingyang, according to historical records, the princess and Chai Shao got married long before Li Yuan raised troops, but usually the princess lives here, but Chai Shao is not here, which makes Li Xiu very curious about the affairs between Princess Pingyang and his wife.

During this time, Li Xiu often ran to the princess's courtyard, so he has long been very familiar with this place, today he did not go to the construction site of the greenhouse, but went straight to the courtyard into the kitchen, and asked the cook for a few pieces of minced meat to feed the little black dog, but the little black dog who was still very familiar with the meat soon became familiar with Li Xiu, wagging his tail and circling around Li Xiu's feet, and he couldn't drive it away, and it was estimated that he couldn't take it away when the water lady came.

Li Xiu walked in front, the little black dog followed happily with four small short legs in the back, the scene was very loving, and then Li Xiu turned around the greenhouse construction site as usual, several of the greenhouses have been preliminarily built, the fire inside has also risen, the ground has also been turned over, you can sow seeds at any time, it is estimated that when the cold winter wax moon, the first batch of vegetables can be marketed, and then he will wait to count the money and count the cramps!

Inspecting the completion site, Li Xiu was about to go back to bathe the little black dog, and by the way to say hello to Ma Ye who was fishing by the river, but as soon as he came to the Yellow Canal, before he walked under the dead willow tree, he heard Ma Ye's angry roar: "Bring something to Lao Tzu, dare to appear in the princess's fiefdom in the future, be careful that Lao Tzu breaks your dog's legs!" ”

Hearing Ma Ye's temper, Li Xiu was also startled, and hurriedly took a closer look, only to find that Ma Ye was standing on the bank of the river angrily, and the fishing rods were thrown into two pieces by him in the river, and on the opposite side was a group of brightly dressed house slaves, and the carriage behind them was still pulling a lot of things, but at this time, they were not lightly frightened, and finally in the roar of Ma Ye, the gang finally drove the carriage away in a gray manner.

At this time, Li Xiu saw Ma Ye's entourage Lao Qi standing not far from him, and hurriedly leaned over and said, "Lao Qi, who are these people, it looks like they are giving gifts to Ma Ye?" ”

"Pony Mansion!" Lao Qi cherishes words like gold, as if he will die if he says one more word.

Pony House? It can't be Chai Shao's people, right? Li Xiu suddenly thought of a possibility, if the other party was really Chai Shao's person, then the princess and the concubine would have a big gossip!