Li Yuqing and his entourage returned home from the main gate of the Li Mansion, and the boy guarding the door happily opened the door to welcome him in.

The two little boys smiled with their teeth, their attitudes became more attentive, and they said enthusiastically: "Seventh girl, go this way, and the sisters should be careful." ”

The two happily looked at the dim sum in the oil-paper bag, carefully ate a piece and wrapped it carefully, and the older child said briskly:

"This is Xinmuzhai's dim sum, I have long heard that their house is delicious, and now I eat it is really delicious in the world, my old son has not eaten it! I'll bring it back and let them eat it too! ”

The smaller ones stuffed a little bulging in their mouths, and then they couldn't stop nodding, and the two sighed again: "The seventh girl is approachable, rich and generous, I really hope she comes out once a day!" ”

"What do you think! That's all there is to it! I specially inquired about the decoration of the Spring Sprout Courtyard in the past few days, and there will be a corner gate in the yard, and I will go out from that side when the time comes! Spring Sprout Courtyard is remote, but the corner of Spring Sprout Courtyard is the most prosperous street in Kyoto, and it is convenient for the seven girls to go out from their own yards! ”

"Ahh Well, alas! I want to go on an errand for Haruyain! ”

"Think about it! Our doorman will only change people in a few years, waiting for us to be older and there will be some opportunities, but there will be fewer people in the Spring Sprout Courtyard at that time, and we estimate that it will be difficult to get in. Cherish the benefits of cherishing the present. ”

The two doormen sat on the stone sill by the door and looked at the sky, thinking about how they could show their faces in front of the master of the Spring Bud Courtyard more, maybe they were familiar with them, and they would have a chance at that time.

Although they are still young, they have grown up in the house since they were children, and they have been doing things for a few years, and their minds are naturally much more mature than ordinary children, and they know what kind of master is best to follow.

Li Yuqing, a considerate and valuable Seventh Girl, is naturally the person they want to follow.

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Yin Jun, the eldest son of the Guoxiang royal family, came out to play with the Seven Princes today.

The two of them went to the forest farm outside the city early in the morning to run horses, and ran out of a hot sweat, Yin Jun took a shower and came out, his face was a little red, and he took a mirror and eyebrows from the little girl, and began to draw his eyebrows.

The Seventh Prince just watched Yin Jun's every move with interest from the side. Yin Jun was a little speechless at the eager gaze staring at him, if it weren't for the fact that the person in front of him was face blind, no matter how he looked at it, he wouldn't have seen any tricks. Otherwise, with such an eager gaze, he would have thought that the Seventh Prince had something wrong with him.

Xiao Zhou stopped his feelings, wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and said, "Father wants to see us, so we will go!" ”

Zhou nodded and saw them off.

On the road, Huang Ruxiao and Huang Ruyan wanted to speak and stopped, saying something three times and twice, and looked at Xiao Zhou's face from time to time.

Xiao Zhou's face fell, the two sisters must have asked her for something.

Xiao Zhou's teaching children is strict, Huang Ruxiao and Huang Ruyan are a little afraid of Zhou's when they are young, although they are afraid, but the mother and daughter get along peacefully, Xiao Zhou's will deal with things for the two girls from time to time, tired of these, but also very mother's responsibility, as it should be, the two sisters will ask Xiao Zhou's opinion if they have problems.

Xiao Zhou's casually glanced at the scenery on the side of the road, this house has basically not changed over the years, and even the rockery pavilion Xie is still the original batch.

frowned, his tone was a little impatient, and he said to his daughters, "Say it! What do you have, don't spit out, I don't have the heart to guess at this time! ”

Huang Ruyan and Huang Ruxiao smiled stupidly when they heard this: "I know that my mother is the best, and she will be willing to listen to the two of us!" ”

Huang Ruxiao's eyes widened a little chatteringly, and she looked at Xiao Zhou with admiration and said, "Mother, what do you think of today's breakfast!" ”

In this way, Xiao Zhou immediately understood that the girls didn't like the cooks in this house, and they thought that the food they cooked was not delicious.

When Xiao Zhou's family came out, the food in the house was still made by famous chefs, and when they came back, they changed people, thinking that Aunt Meng was in charge of the family over the years in order to make money, and drove away the original good cook.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhou's face became very unhappy. The dignified and beautiful eyebrows were twisted, and they were twisted into a somewhat stern and majestic arc.

Aunt Meng is really getting more and more ugly! This chef is the face of a banquet in the house, whether it is done well or not, the guests who come to know it will know as soon as they eat, and this kind of appearance will only add some jokes to the Kyoto circle in vain.

Ruxiao, the two of you will discuss with your seventh cousin about living in Chunyayuan together, you are not young, and you also have your own opinions, so you will discuss this matter with your seventh cousin! ”

The two sisters of the Huang family responded yes and bowed to Li Yanfu and went out.

Waiting for the Huang brothers and sisters to leave, Li Yan said happily: "Miao, you have taught a few good children!" My granddaughters and grandchildren are all excellent, especially Qingjiao, I like it at a glance, and I have also taught one or two in terms of knowledge, and the answer is also excellent, according to my view, Qingjiao's child is one of the best in this generation of children! ”

Li Yan, as the second assistant of the cabinet, also became famous by the imperial examination, and he has a family history, so he is still in the line of learning, and this boast is naturally very valuable.

Xiao Zhou's eyes lit up, obviously very happy that Li Yan said this, "Father, don't praise this child like this!" After saying that, he thought he was really powerful, and he was not humble..."

Li Yan waved his hand again and again, signaling his daughter to think too much: "Alas! What you said is not right, I will naturally boast in front of you, a mother, but I will not say this to Qingjiao, I will say that compared to the previous people who will go down in history, you are still not enough, you have to work harder! Don't worry about Qingjiao's studies, I'll come to guide him on weekdays! ”

"That's great! Father! Xiao Zhou's small eyebrows and eyes were warm, like a little girl, he held Li Yan's hand intimately, and said: "I can't be filial to you all these years, so I have to compensate for one or two of these mundane things, I am back here, and I will bring you the spring snail tea that I have specially collected for you over the years, which is enough for you to drink for a while." I also brought you smoked Xingluo grass, I know that your legs will be painful on rainy days, and this grass smokes your legs with the best effect. …”

Xiao Zhou's said a lot of things he brought to Li Yan in bits and pieces, and I have to say that Xiao Zhou's is very good at being a person, and this kind of coming out has brought the father and daughter closer to each other in the New Year.

Li Yan was very useful, and said, "Thank you for your hard work!" I have received your heart, with these I know that you are a filial piety, this filial piety is really rare, you can rest assured to go back to the north in a few days, I will take care of your children, especially Qingjiao, I will carefully cultivate him for you! ”

Li Yan also has his own considerations, Huang Qingjiao is the eldest grandson of the Huang clan in the north, and he is so good, the future ruler of the Huang family may not be his, so it is naturally the best to show favor when he is fledgling.

The Huang clan is like the emperor of the soil in the north, and they also occupy gold mines, so they have a lot of say in the imperial court. The descendants of such a big clan naturally want to make good friends.

After Huang Ruxiao and Huang Ruyan met their grandfather, they went to Chunya Courtyard.

Along the way, the two of them chattered about Li Yuqing's no, planning when it was best to make Li Yuqing make a mistake.

It's different, I don't want my daughter to be like me. My good daughter, if you don't have a good time, my heart will be a painful drop of blood! When Zhou said this, her eyes turned red in a flash, and Mama Qin hurriedly took a silk handkerchief for Zhou to cover her face.

Xiao Zhou was also a little moved, his cheeks twitched slightly, and he opened his mouth to speak, but he still didn't make a sound, but he obediently patted Zhou's back and comforted him for a while, and the mother and daughter fell silent.

Zhou came to his senses and saw that the craftsmen in the two backyards below had not eaten at this time, and were studying how to print in the studio on the second floor.

The studio is designed by Li Yuqing according to the modern office, and there are mostly desks and chairs in the room, one set for each person, and two craftsmen sit opposite each other to work. Only a long wooden table like a restaurant table was added in the center of the room for them to gather around the table.

When Li Yuqing went up, the door of the office was closed, and there were large plates of meat and vegetables and mixed noodles and steamed buns in the lounge specially opened next to it, which were already cold, but no one came to eat. A woman in a blue cloth dress was busily packing up her meal so that it could be taken back to the kitchen to be warmed up again.

This woman was the wife of an engraver named boxwood, and two days ago the whole family moved in with her husband, and when she saw that the three of the proprietor's servants were all men, and there was no woman to take care of the housework, she took the initiative to clean and cook for them. Li Yuqing saw that they moved in naked, and there were few decent household goods and clothes, so he advanced a month's salary to them as moving expenses, and even Huang's sister-in-law had 500 copper coins a month.

Li Yuqing gave Huang Huang real copper coins, not those low coins mixed with iron outside, more than 600 yuan is enough to exchange for one or two silver, so the couple is very content, get up early and rest late, and spare no effort.

She blessed Li Yuqing, called "Miss", and wanted to go in and call the workers out for him. Li Yuqing said: "Sister-in-law, let's go to hot dishes, I'll go talk to the eldest brothers about the engraving, and I'll call them to eat in a while." ”

Sister-in-law Huang went downstairs with the vegetables, and the craftsmen heard him talking outside, so they also stopped what they were doing and got up to greet him.

It was not early, and Huang's sister-in-law came up with a hot meal again, and the craftsmen ate in the lounge and went home.

Li Yuqing asked for some paintbrushes, paints, glue alum, and rulers in the studio, and when he arrived in his room in the main courtyard, he saw Fan Ying sitting at his desk, copying manuscripts by candlelight.

In autumn, the sky is short, it is half dark outside, the candle flame is dim, and it is the most uncomfortable time to read a book. Bihe put down his things and cut the wick of the candle, added two more candles, and sat down at the table rarely, turned out a few painting books given by the gentry of Tongzhou, and looked at the embroidered images carved inside.

Fan Sakura put down the pen and asked with concern: "Why does Miss also read books, doesn't it mean that there are a lot of things these days, don't you read books?" ”

Li Yuqing smiled and asked him: "Didn't you praise me for painting chestnuts well that day?" Now I also think that I have talent, I want to see the embroidered portraits drawn by others, and I imitate a few pictures of beautiful women and clip them in the book, do you see it? ”

Fan Sakura replied without thinking, "Your painting must be good." After speaking, she glanced at the embroidered portrait on the page spread out in her hand, and saw that there were many characters and beautiful houses on it, so she couldn't help frowning, and tactfully persuaded:

"Either let's draw something simpler, just a beauty, not too much...... I'm afraid that those craftsmen will not be able to print the colored book for the first time. ”

Li Yuqing couldn't help but touch her head and comforted: "It doesn't matter, I just haven't painted before, just practice more according to these." ”

There are not many illustrations in the embroidery book, and it is much easier and less labor-saving to look at the pictures than to read the words, and it didn't take much effort to print. Then she also took advantage of the candle flame to turn out the cheapest yellow bamboo paper, dipped a pencil in a light ink, starting from the upper right corner, row by row to draw long and short curved lines, slowly recovering the feel of line drawing. Li Yuqing felt that this was a little strange, and there was a feeling that she couldn't say it, but she couldn't think deeply for a while, so she said casually:

Zhou nodded and smiled kindly: "That's good!" In this way, I can rest assured, I am like a pestle of wood in this house, but I am not afraid of the hard work, and the perennial Buddha heart has also calmed down, but when you Li Yuqing saw this, she knew that this sister was just curious about what the house built by a famous craftsman could look like, and there was no suspicion of inquiring about the situation.

Li Yuqing bent her eyebrows, this smile was extremely beautiful, and she only lost the mind of a few people in front of her in a trance. "It will be built in about three or four days, and after I finish it, I will invite the sisters in the house to come and see it together, and the second sister and the third sister can come to play often!"

Hearing Li Yuqing say this, the second girl Li Yuwan was very happy, reached out and grabbed Li Yuqing's hand, and her tone was extremely affectionate:

"That's a good dare, I'll go to visit you when the Spring Sprout Courtyard is well rested! I also want to meet my sister these days, and I asked someone to ask, saying that you have to go out to play every day, and occasionally come back at noon, I think you will come back at noon to have a lunch break, and I don't want to disturb you. It's too late for you to come back in the evening, and it's not appropriate for me to go! ”

The biological mother of the second girl Li Yuwan is Aunt Sun, Aunt Sun is the daughter of a minor official in Kyoto, Aunt Sun died within a few years of arriving in the Li Mansion, and her brother is also incapable, not only can she not stand up to rely on Aunt Sun's mother and daughter, but also rely on Aunt Sun's mother and daughter from time to time to help, so the second girl Li Yuwan has not had a good time these years.

Without the support of her mother's mother, her mother was not loved by her father, and she couldn't make friends with those noble and arrogant noblewomen, but now that Li Yuqing is here, she thinks it's an opportunity.