After chatting with the eldest lord for a while, someone outside came over and knelt down and said, "Lord, the auspicious time for the dinner has arrived." ”

The eldest lord waved his hand and said, "Okay, pass the order, I'll go over." ”

So he and Da Shuai got up together and walked outside with countless slaves, and Xiao Nan also followed. Miss Yao suddenly grabbed his arm and said, "My father has already introduced Uncle Xiao to me, so I don't plan to go to a crowded place again, you can come and accompany me." ”

Now that Miss Yao is in the Xiao Mansion, she is simply windy and rainy, even if she is the eldest master, she has to give her three points of thin noodles. Xiao Nan saw that the eldest master walked away, and said, "Miss, aren't you going to dinner?" ”

"I don't have an appetite, I can't eat." Miss Yao said coquettishly, "You talk very interestingly, and I want to hear you talk about those foreign things." I've been to a few countries, but I don't think you know it as well. ”

Xiao Nan looked around quietly, knowing that this was the territory of the eldest lord, and there must be the ears and eyes of the eldest lord everywhere, but he was afraid that every word he said would be recorded and reported to the eldest lord. Then he said: "It's not early, the eldest lady is tired from the journey, let's rest first, as for the content of the class, let's talk about it during the class." ”

"You're boring. Well, Miss Ben is also tired, wait a few days, you can come to my house in person. Miss Yao said.

Xiao Nan made a bow and walked out.

The maid who showed him the way was already waiting at the door of the side door, and brought him back to Xiaoci.

When he returned, no one carried him again, because all the men had gone to the lord's dinner. Only the maids are still doing their jobs.

In this day and age, men always seem to be so much higher than women.

The rain began to fall again. After returning to the side room for the next person, a maid told him to wait in the embroidery room. Although this room is only for subordinates, it is also extremely elegant and exquisite, like the place where Gege lives in the TV series. Actually, it's just a place that resembles a subordinate office.

Xiao Ci has been refusing to leave, so he also accompanied him here, and after waiting for a while, he saw a big girl holding a tray, which was covered with a blue velvet cloth, and I didn't know what was inside.

I only heard the big girl say: "The eldest master said, let the thirteen young people go to Miss Yao to teach a class, and the housekeeper ordered this matter, saying that he would buy some clothes for the thirteen young people, so as not to lose the face of the Xiao family."

So I took something from the treasury and gave it to the thirteen young men. ”

After that, she put the tray on the table and opened it, and the things on the tray suddenly made Xiao Ci stunned, it turned out to be five gold bars, each gold bar is the size of a middle finger, this pile of gold, if converted into modern currency, is worth at least hundreds of thousands!

"This money is for the thirteenth young man to buy some clothes," the big girl said.

Xiao Nan hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Thank you for your grace." He kind of understood, in this Xiao family, as long as he treats the eldest master like the emperor in a costume drama, it is not rude.

The eldest girl then wrapped the five gold bars in a silk handkerchief and handed them to Xiao Nan, allowing him to leave.

Xiao Ci accompanied Xiao Nan back to his yard, this section of the road was extremely long, and the two walked for half a day to arrive.

As soon as he returned to Xiao Nan's own study, Xiao Ci cleaned up the baggage he had left in the corner before, and said to Xiao Nan: "Thirteen Shao, look at me, because of me, you only came to run, how can you thank me?" ”

As she spoke, her gaze fell on the gold-wrapped cloth bag that Xiao Nan had placed on the desk.

Xiao Nan knew that she was going to ask for a "reward" again, so she said, "Then I naturally want to thank you." He opened the package and gave her three gold bars.

"Young Master, you are really generous!" Xiaoci said happily. She didn't feel how greedy and disgraceful it was to take away more than half of the gold bars, but generously stuffed the gold bars into her package.

This trip, she has gained so much.

After she left proudly, Wan Yue outside the door came in and said, "Young Master, why are you treating her so kindly?" This is the gold you paid for with your life! ”

"If I don't give her most of it, she thinks I'm not sincere enough, and she doesn't know how to fix me secretly. Give her more, and she will feel that we are tied together and do our best. Xiao Nan said, "This is the way to survive in the Xiao family." ”

"Hey, you're still smart, young master." Although Wanyue didn't know how Xiao Nan got these gold bars, she must have been quite thrilling after the experience.

Xiao Nan explained a little about what she encountered at the eldest master, and asked Wanyue to go to the market with her tomorrow to buy a few decent clothes.

Although the Xiao family has its own tailor, it is obvious that Xiao Nan's status is not enough to be called, so he still has to pay for his own clothes. This is also why the big maid in the old man's courtyard will give him money directly.

However, this long day is not the end, Xiao Nan still has something to do, that is, the health steward once told them to wait in one of the many kitchens of the Xiao family later.

Since Xiao Nan was already too tired to show up again, Wanyue put on a coarse cloth scarf and quietly touched the alley at the back door.

The Xiao family's night road is not difficult to walk, because many places are set up with street lights, and when she finally found the place where the kitchen was located, she found that the front door of the kitchen was locked, but the back door was not closed, and there was still a crack.

At this time, it was quiet nearby, and everyone went to participate in the annual feast, and Wanyue had the courage to touch the door.

There is even a street lamp in the courtyard of the kitchen, probably to facilitate the overnight work when the house is doing big things.

She entered the room by the light, it was just a very remote kitchen, but it was already the size of three or four rooms, and it was full of dazzling and neatly arranged ingredients, and there were ice cubes in the basement to store the chilled food.

After entering the door, I saw a teenage boy coldly popping out from under a board and said, "Are you from the thirteenth young family?" ”

Wanyue nodded. The boy said, "My father is the steward of the guard, and he told me to wait for you here, and if you come, give it to you." ”

So saying, he took out a well-hidden bamboo basket from the cabinet below, covered with a cage cloth, and underneath it was stuffed with sausages, ham, eggs, and fresh pork, as well as a whole roast chicken.

"My dad said, thank you for saving my grandmother." The boy said, "If it is convenient in the future, I will take care of the thirteen young people." My dad and the kitchen manager are cousins, so you'll be fine here. ”

Wanyue looked at the meat that she couldn't afford on weekdays, and said gratefully, "Thank you so much!" ”

"Where, you go quickly, it's not good to be seen." The boy urged.

Wanyue didn't dare to stay longer, and hurriedly left the courtyard of the kitchen with a heavy basket.

After Wanyue got these ingredients, which were valuable in this era, she happily told Xiao Nan. Xiao Nan had just taken a shower, his hair was still wet, and after he saw the basket on the table, he said, "Although these things are good, if we can't finish eating, won't they be broken." ”

Wanyue thought for a while and said: "Sausages and ham can be dried, but fresh meat and fresh chicken, if you can't finish eating them tomorrow, they will really go bad, unless they are made into bacon." ”

"That's too much trouble." Xiao Nan said, "We will become richer and richer in the future, and there is no need to make bacon." ”

"You can't throw it away, what a pity." Wanyue said, how many times she wanted to buy more meat in the market before, she was shy in her pocket, she just wanted Xiao Nan to eat better, but she could only do her best to buy a little meat, only enough to make soup.

"Well, I'll think about it again, it's okay to give it away." Xiao Nan said, "Tomorrow we will go out together, who do you want to send." ”

"I do needlework in the embroidery shop, there is a little sister, named Meilan, only ten years old, she has to do embroidery work to subsidize the family, her parents have died, and now she is dependent on an older brother, the family is very poor, but she is very kind, always help me." Wanyue said.

"Then give it to the Meilan family." Xiao Nan said, in fact, for him, it doesn't matter who he sends.

The rain became heavier and heavier that night, but the rain could not stop the Xiao family's row at all, and the fireworks festival was still held, and a particularly famous troupe was invited to perform, and it was said that it would be performed for seven consecutive days.

Xiao Nan slept very deeply, probably because he was too tired.

The next day, he slept until he woke up naturally. Of course, the weather outside was still cloudy, and after eating a hearty breakfast, he and Wanyue were ready to go out.

The breakfast was so rich, naturally because they got a lot of ingredients last night by selling favors.

Wanyue found the lotus leaf she bought a few days ago, carefully wrapped the fresh pork that she couldn't eat, and then went out with Xiao Nan.

The street at the mouth of the valley was still in a state of blockade, and even a brick wall was erected to block the way, not to mention passing, it was impossible to even see the condition of that street.

They then made a detour to the slums of Xiaocheng. Xiao Nan had difficulty moving, and his wheelchair was lost, and it was too difficult for him to walk directly from Xiao Mansion across one city to the slum on the other side. Wanyue then used the money she saved to rent a rickshaw for him, which was also her little luxury.

It turns out that in the future, there will be a considerable part of the urban villages, in fact, a considerable part of them are slums in the Republic of China era, and most of them are still shantytowns, far from being as glamorous and even dark and messy as the rich areas and foreigners' streets.

Xiao Nan came out with a gold bar, and when he saw the situation here, he was really worried that he would be robbed.

He himself is a disabled person and has difficulty walking, while Wanyue is a girl, once he is robbed, he has no power to fight back, at this time he really regrets his decision.

After arriving at the place, Wanyue helped Xiao Nan get out of the car, Xiao Nan looked at the narrow streets and rows of shanties around her, and was quite nervous.