Li Danruo and Yao Huang turned around the Yanyun Building, Li Danruo slowed down, looked up at the wide stage set up in the open space of the garden, frowned and said in a low voice: "It's good to set up a stage like this, you can see it on three sides, but on such a day, the wind enters on three sides on the stage, how cold is it?" ”

"Girl is really! As the girl often said, worry about the ancients, they are still afraid of this when they eat this bowl of rice? Let's count this as excellent, the old lady is merciful, and besides, it is such a happy thing, the reward has been doubled, and the outside is rushing to take it, besides, there is a charcoal basin in the back, and there is hot tea and hot rice to wait, if it is outside, how can there be this? ”

"Well," Li Danruo said 'um', stopped and looked at it for a moment and said with a smile: "Let's go over and take a look, what did you invite today?" ”

"It's all lively and festive, kicking bottles and making bowls, medicine puppets, cane puppets, miscellaneous classes, and dance music, this dance music is said to be the most popular class of Sangjiawazi, and a small song is invited outside." Yao Huang followed Li Danruo to the back of the troupe, and replied one by one.

Behind the stage is a row of three hard mountain houses, which were originally a place for people to rest and wait for work, but now they are packed up and separated for the artists to use temporarily. Li Danruo and Yao Huang walked around to the west side, and after walking more than a dozen steps, they heard a very crisp and neat female voice in the corner of the house: "••••••, don't just persuade me!" No matter how famous she is, she doesn't need it now! Don't say that we are flattering a group of female dependents, that is, in front, such a family is also congratulating the old lady on her birthday, can she lead guests out to show her skin and flesh? Not in the tile! Isn't she afraid that she will lose her share of the reward? Hum! If she can't come, can you do without her? Or will I not share her share? Now that you're here, you have to help, right? Can't let her help? Okay, even if you don't have a hand! In our room, there are only two charcoal basins, and she has one to herself, and she is shivering when she changes her clothes and prepares to freeze•••••• you protect her so much, I don't know how good she is, it's really good for her? ••••••”

Li Danruo raised his eyebrows, stood and tilted his head to listen to the corner for a while, laughing while listening, and quietly went around the sound, in the west corner of the house, a tall and delicate woman, with a very beautiful face and full of momentum, crossed her waist with one hand, and pointed to the middle-aged woman in front of her who was talking angrily, the woman accompanied her with a smile on her face, pulled the long sleeves of the woman in red, and kept patting and persuading, it seemed that she was in the mud, Li Danruo's eyes were only fixed on the woman in red, and she couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, This woman is beautiful and dazzling and festive, she stands there alone, but it seems that the garden is full of flowers in the middle of summer, and the extreme beauty of the prosperity makes people involuntarily give birth to a strong joy and warmth in their hearts.

"What a beautiful young lady!" Yao Huang exclaimed in a low voice, Li Danruo nodded and sighed: "It's good to speak, listen to it, isn't it like a big bead and a small bead falling on the jade plate?" ”

"Not really! The voice of the pearl that people say ••••••"

"Who?" The woman in red turned around suddenly, pointed to Li Danruo and Yao Huang's hiding place and asked sharply, before the words fell, she was already carrying her skirt, and ran over in a few light and agile steps, Li Danruo pushed Yao Huang, flashed out from behind the flower stand and smiled: "It's me, the girl in this house." ”

"This is our four ladies, don't scare her." Yao Huang hurriedly stood in front of Li Danruo's side, his eyes were vigilant but explained to the woman in red with a smile, the woman in red breathed a sigh of relief, patted her skirt, looked Li Danruo up and down, and said unceremoniously: "Since you are a little lady in the house, what are you doing here?" This is not the place for you little ladies! Hurry back! Li Danruo blinked her eyes when she said it, she was really speechless for a while, the woman in red didn't plan to pay more attention to the two of them, and turned around to go back, Li Danruo suddenly followed half a step and asked, "What's my sister's name?" ”

The woman in red paused and turned around, crossed her hands on her hips, looked Li Danruo up and down again with a smile, and said, "You little girl, what is my name for?" ”

"My sister speaks well, she looks better, I have never seen a woman as good-looking as my sister, what is my sister's name?" The woman in red was more than half a head taller than Li Danruo, Li Danruo looked up at the woman in red slightly, and asked with two or three points of admiration and seven or eight points of admiration, the woman in red raised her two slender eyebrows high, and it took a while to fall, looking at Li Danruo and smiling: "This little girl, it's really interesting!" Just hearing this, I thought it was a brother! My surname is Liu, Liu Xiu, what's the matter, are you going to accept me? ”

"A beautiful show? Alas! Li Danruo sighed very regretfully: "It's a pity that I'm not a man, if I were a man, I would marry my sister back, hold my sister in the palm of my hand, and be good to my sister for the rest of my life." Li Danruo raised his head and said with a smile, Liu Xiu's face was stunned for a moment, and gradually revealed a warm smile, took two steps forward, pinched Li Danruo's cheek lovingly, and said, "You little girl has such a sweet mouth!" Hurry back, don't come to this kind of place in the future, and don't talk to people like us, don't you hear? You and us, the sky is hanging in the air, hurry back, you want to see, just watch in front of the stage, hurry back! Liu Xiu patted Li Danruo's shoulder, and gently pushed her, Li Danruo took half a step back and said with a smile: "Thank you sister for teaching, I will ask them to invite you again if there is a chance in the future." Liu Xiu smiled and waved his hand, turned around and went back, Li Danruo exhaled a few breaths in amazement, and Yao Huang turned out, seeing such a delay, he couldn't rest any longer, so he simply took Yao Huang straight into Yangui Pavilion not far away.

Today's Yangui Pavilion is specially used to entertain the little ladies, the earth dragon is burning hot, the windows are either fully open or half-open, the little ladies are looking for good groups of three or five, or crowded on the kang and muttering private words, or you push me to laugh and laugh, or squeeze in front of the window to point and enjoy the scenery, or drink tea, eat melon seeds and snacks, and look at the lively puppet show staged on the stage in front of the side, Li Danruo The three sisters cooperate with tacit understanding to take care of everywhere, directing the girls who come and go to deliver dishes, tea and snacks, The three of them are the entire Li family at this time, and they must make every little lady in the pavilion feel at home today.

Li Danruo was busy but always paid attention to the stage, after the puppet show, Qingyue's cheerful drum sounded, a red cloud stepped on the drum, and danced happily on the stage like a flame, Lu Xinglin, the third daughter of Lu Wanqing, who was crowded in the corner of the big kang and muttering private words, heard the drum beat, jumped up all of a sudden, and hurriedly pushed Dai Qi Niangzi, who was still talking, and hurriedly moved to the window, while laughing: "Don't say it yet, come and see!" Fast! Don't miss it, the appearance is the best, this is the red cloud of the Wangjing class! In the whole capital, her Hu Xuan'er danced the best, alas, it's amazing! I was fascinated last time! Said she could spin on her toes hundreds of times, alas! It's so pretty! A-ro! Don't be busy, come and see! Fast! ”

After Lu Xinglin called Dai Qiniang and the others, he suddenly remembered Li Danruo, and hurriedly turned his head to call Li Danruo, Li Danruo hurriedly squeezed over with his feet and smiled: "It's coming, it's coming!" Second sister, third sister! Quick, let's take a look at this first! ”

The little ladies in the pavilion all crowded to the window, talking, laughing, shouting and clapping to watch the red cloud on the stage, that is, that Liu Xiu danced.

"Well, it's really good-looking, on such a cold day, it's just a layer of gauze, it's hard for her to dance so well." Dai Qiniang said with pity while admiring it, Lu Xinglin slapped her face hard and applauded desperately, and replied without looking back: "Have you ever seen someone wearing a cotton cloak and dancing Hu Xuan?" If Li Dan wanted to laugh, looking at the wonderful people in the yarn clothes on the stage, he couldn't laugh, so he just clapped his hands desperately.

After the dance ended, the middle-aged woman just now hurriedly wrapped her in a cotton cloak and held her in her arms, and picked up the stove from the side and stuffed it into her arms, Hongyun gasped lightly, took the hand stove and hugged it tightly in her arms, and the other hand trembled slightly and grabbed the cloak tightly, nodded at the middle-aged woman, broke out of her arms, and quickly ran back to the back room.

Liu Xiu rushed into the curtain, a strong heat rushed to his face, Liu Xiu, who was rushing straight, could hardly breathe, Xiaofu and Xiaorou, who were sitting on the bench, saw Liu Xiu rushing in, and hurriedly jumped up to take it: "Sister Xiu, hurry up and sit here to rest!" It's the warmest here! ”

"Ahh Good! It's so warm! Liu Xiu's lips trembled and she smiled, Xiaofu hurriedly pulled her to sit down, helped her wrap her cloak tightly, hurriedly squatted down and picked up one of her feet, put it in her arms and rubbed it vigorously, and said with a smile while rubbing: "Sister Xiu, don't you feel that it is much warmer in this room?" Just now, the grandmothers in this house brought in five or six charcoal basins, you see, there are so many, the warmth in this house is almost impossible to wear. Liu Xiu noticed that there were a lot of charcoal pots in the house, Xiao Rou poured a cup of boiling water and brought it over carefully, and said with a smile: "It's hot, Sister Xiu slowly took a few sips to warm her heart." Liu Xiu took it with a handkerchief, put it to his mouth and blew it gently.

"Is the Yang class leader here?" The mother-in-law outside spoke very politely, and Liu Xiu hurriedly signaled to Xiaorou: "Go out and have a look, tell me, Sister Yang looks at the platform and asks what is the matter." Xiao Rou hurriedly opened the curtain and went out, lifted the curtain again in the blink of an eye, and said through the door: "Sister Xiu, it was the grandmothers who brought us ginger soup snacks." Before the words fell, the two sturdy women had already carried a big wooden barrel into the house, looked around, put the big barrel against the wall, went out and carried a wooden barrel in, and went in and out a few times, and brought seven or eight huge boxes in, and put them on the wall, only then looked at Liu Xiu and smiled: "That bucket is ginger soup, the top ordered it to be boiled out, the bucket is mutton blood powder soup, this box is just out of the basket hot hearts, our grandmother ordered, the weather is cold, the big guy can drink a bowl of hot soup to drive away the cold." ”