Xie Ze accompanied the An family brothers to catch the wind and eat, and before the tea was served, the sand table moved in.

Zhou E also went and never returned.

Li Ran went to see the courtyard of the An family brothers, although she couldn't see where the good and bad were exquisite, but she still looked very seriously, this time she couldn't see anything, next time, next time, she could see it.

I just looked at it carefully, and the mother-in-law who guarded the corner door trotted in to report, the first group of stewards, please see the princess.

Li Ran called into the hall and saw them one by one.

In this batch of people who came, the foreign stewards accounted for more than half, almost all of them were in their forties, and the old stewards who led everyone over were sixty years old after the New Year.

Li Ran only listened intently to them introduce themselves one by one, and according to what each person is good at, he will take care of each place for the time being.

Coming out of the office, Mama Sang followed Li Ran and said with a low smile: "Speaking of which, the house has not picked anyone for more than 20 years, first because it was not peaceful, and then came to the capital......"

After that, Mama Sang didn't continue.

Li Ran glanced at her, and Mama Sang met Li Ran's gaze, lowered her eyelids, and said vaguely.

"The prince never paid attention to these mundane matters before."

Li Ran hummed lowly.

It's not that Xie Ze doesn't care about mundane affairs, but Xie Ze doesn't plan to join the WTO at all, and the Xie family is trapped because of Xie Ze.

"According to the old rules, the government picks people once every three years, seven, nine, and eleven years old, and each picks a batch.

After the New Year, if the princess is free, pick a group of people, follow you to do things, and study for three or five years, she will be able to receive some messengers. ”

Mama Sang's words were a little vague, but Li Ran heard it clearly.

This is to let her pick people, and then learn the rules and skills in her hands, these people, compared to the ready-made people who are directly selected and sent over at the moment, must be very different in terms of their relationship with her and Xie Ze, and they can be regarded as their private individuals.

"Well, let's pick a batch after the New Year."

Li Ran replied directly.

"Yes." Mama Sang can hear the excitement and laughter in every word.

Li Ran glanced at her.

"When I heard the letter of marriage from the prince and the princess, everyone was very happy.

The Xie family has a steward, and if he is obedient, he will also need fifteen or six years of study, and he can become a big steward at the age of forty, which is extremely rare.

Not to mention the ability, it's almost the same, but it's ......"

Mama Sang sighed lowly.

"I've been idle, and now, at last, I have an errand leader, and I'm very happy."

Li Ran was silent for a moment and hummed lowly.

……………………

It wasn't until after dinner that Xie Ze returned to the main courtyard.

Li Ran heard a sentence that the prince was back, jumped off the kang, and Xie Ze had already lifted the curtain and entered the house.

Facing Li Ran, who was smiling brightly, he reached out to catch her, looked down at Li Ran's feet wearing only socks, and pushed her back to the kang while laughing.

"Have you had dinner?" Xie Ze looked at Li Ran with a hint of caution, as if there was still a trace of uneasiness, and asked.

"Hmm!" Li Ran responded happily.

"Originally, we were going to Zhuangzi today, and I should have stayed with you for a few days, but today is a day...... I've wronged you. ”

Xie Ze looked at Li Ran's expression.

"I don't feel wronged."

Li Ran watched Zi Tomato put the tea in front of Xie Ze, exited the room, and then continued:

"Brother An's family came over, such a big matter, I was also busy for a day, I asked Mrs. An to come over and asked her what kind of plans the An family had.

Mrs. An said, like the An family brothers, the reason why the An family is an An family is because they have been on the battlefield and have no other ideas.

I also asked Mrs. Xie to come over, and asked her to pass the word, and asked some people to come, and they had already arrived, and the arrangements were made.

In the afternoon, they cleaned up the courtyard of the An brothers, and I went over to see it again.

I didn't know what was good or bad, so I kept my face and listened to them like a prickly person......"

Xie Ze, who was sipping tea, laughed.

"What's so funny about that? I don't know where to look this time, but next time I'll understand a little bit of the doorway, and next time, I'll be able to find faults.

I don't understand anything, you know. ”

Li Ran smiled at Xie Ze incessantly.

"I know, I'm not laughing at you, I'm ......"

Xie Ze raised his hand to cover his mouth, coughed, looked at Li Ran, and said seriously:

"Next time, you don't have to keep your face tight, you are the same as me, when you are silent, you will look very strict, and then you will keep your face tight, those people are new to you, I don't know your temper and character, I am afraid that I will be scared."

Li Ran was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

Is he praising her? Or laugh at her?

Anyway, the same as him...... Well, just do the same with him.

"Okay."

Hearing Li Ran's extremely good voice, Xie Ze laughed again, and motioned to Li Ran while laughing, "You go on, what else did you do?" ”

"The people who came this time were very old, the youngest was forty-three or fourteen years old, and the oldest one was in his sixties.

Mama Sang said, according to the rules of the Xie family, when you are over sixty, you should return home to care for the elderly, and here you are here, because of the past twenty or thirty years, because of the war, and later because of you, the Xie family's rule of picking people every three years has not been restored.

I told Mama Sang that after the first month, let's pick some people up.

Mama Sang said that if you pick someone, you can use it for ten years. ”

Li Ran continued.

Xie Ze nodded, "It's not that all of them stop and don't pick, the little guy around me has always been picked every three years and every five years."

The inner house, the outer house, and the purchase, have not picked a new person for many years. ”

After a pause, Xie Ze looked at Li Ran.

"From today on, I'm just afraid I'm going to be busy, after the New Year, can I live at home for the New Year, it's all between the two, and you can only pick someone yourself, okay?"

"I think I can do it."

Li Ran said politely.

Xie Ze laughed again, for a moment, leaned forward, looked at Li Ran carefully, and asked: "I haven't been able to eat with you for a day today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, I'm afraid it's all like this, after the New Year, if I order my governor's grain and grass, how long will this battle last, I'm afraid that I won't be at home for a long time."

Can't be with you all the time, you? ”

"If you accompany me every day, I accompany you every day, there is so much work in our family, who will do it?"

Li Ran thought about the long list of things she had just listed and hadn't finished listing, and sighed.

Xie Ze was stunned for four or five breaths, sighed, with an indescribable expression, raised his hand on Li Ran's shoulder, and sighed again.

"For as long as I can remember, Mrs. Shao's dinner must be accompanied by Xie Shangshu, if he is not at home, she will not eat."

Xie Ze's voice was low.

"Once, I remember very clearly, Xie Shangshu went to buy ordnance and returned in the middle of the night.

Mrs. Shao waited until midnight, and Ah Run and I stayed with us, didn't eat dinner, and weren't allowed to go to sleep. ”

Xie Ze's words paused, he looked out the window without focus, and it took a while before he came to his senses, looked at Li Ran, who was looking at him with concern, and said with a wry smile: "It's all over." ”

Li Ran raised his hand and pressed it on Xie Ze's chest.

"Well, Mrs. Shao said, you are the same as Xie Shangshu, you are both affectionate people, you are different from Xie Shangshu, and I am even more different from her.

The two of us, like ......"

Li Ran thought about what to say.

"Elephant buddy? It's called a partner, right? You and I are lifelong partners, life is like a battlefield, the two of us, back to back, you have your knives and guns in front of you, and I also have my knives and guns in front of me.

Because I have you behind me, I just have to look out for the present.

These are sufficient.

I don't need you to eat with me every day, I will eat by myself. ”

Xie Ze looked at Li Ran, and for a moment, he stretched out his hand and hugged her hard.