Cheng Shaomu was too tired to play in the afternoon, so he went to bed early at night. After reading a book for a while after dinner, I was about to go to bed.

Shen Xiu collected the books and tidied up the study room between the west wings, and Li Yingluo took the little girl to serve Cheng Shaomu to freshen up.

After being busy, Cheng Shaomu almost fell asleep with a pillow.

Li Yingluo blew the lamp in the room, walked out of the room and whispered to the red sleeves who went to the night: "You are on duty tonight, don't sleep to death." ”

Red Sleeves smiled and said, "Sisters, don't worry." ”

Shen Xiu picked up the lantern under the porch and said to Li Yingluo, "Let's go back too." ”

The work of the girls begins when the master gets up and ends when the master falls asleep. Cheng Shaomu is asleep, and they can also go back to sleep.

"Hmm." Li Yingluo nodded in response.

Going out through the back door, a corridor leads to the next room. At the end of the courtyard, next to the back wall, there are a row of a dozen or so.

The third-class girl is a room for four people, the second-class girl is a room for two people, Li Yingluo lives in a single room, and Shen Xiu's is a senior suite.

"It's rare to have a free night tonight, don't you invite me to sit in your room, and let me drink some good tea." Li Yingluo said with a smile.

Shen Xiu smiled: "It seems that you drink less of my tea, come in." ”

Saying that, Shen Xiu pushed open the door and invited Li Yingluo into the room.

Cheng Shaomu deliberately asked the craftsman to clean it up, and the two lower rooms were combined into one, the outer room was the hall, and the inner room was the bedroom.

Lacquered bed, mahogany wardrobe, carved vanity. The bed is hung with a tent after the rain, the cover is either yarn or silk, and the pillow is jade.

Needless to say, the clothes in the wardrobe, although it is the girl's shoulder style, the materials are always of the highest quality.

On the candle was lit, Li Yingge sat down outside and said with a smile: "In your house, Tianxiang's jealous eyes are green." ”

"She's jealous of everybody." Shen Xiu said, but his hands were not idle, he put the small teapot on the stove, and took out the tea set from the cabinet.

Li Yingluo smiled when she looked at the tea set, and said, "This is the uncle's set of blue and white porcelain, and it is really here for you." ”

Shen Xiu smiled without saying a word, silently fiddling with the tea set.

"Speaking of which, Uncle is also good to you." Li Yingluo couldn't help but say.

Looking up at Shen Xiu, Shen Xiu's face became more and more beautiful under the candlelight, with a sea-like silence. is also a woman, but it makes her a little stupid, and she can't help but say: "No wonder Uncle loves you so much, even I like it." ”

"Love......" Shen Xiu smiled, not knowing what he remembered, his expression was a little trance, and said, "Uncle always wants to marry." ”

Li Yingluo was silent for a moment, there were not many main rooms that could accommodate a concubine like Shen Xiu.

In the back house, sometimes a man's favor is a woman's amulet.

"Three days later, it's the spring feast, are you ready?" Shen Xiu diverted the topic.

Li Yingluo showed a mocking smile on her face and said, "I have already sent my mother-in-law to clean up, and the girl I want to bring has also been ordered in advance, and we will have a day of leisure." ”

The spring feast is a gathering of men, and if you go crazy, you can do it casually. Although Cheng Shaomu is not a human being when he is crazy, he will not drag everyone into the water.

In addition to the girl who was useful that day, the normal waiter only brought Xiao Si and her mother-in-law. Like a serious girl in the house, she will never bring it over.

Shen Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I haven't been out for a long time, so I just went shopping and buying some things." ”

The girl also has a holiday, so she can go out to buy things. But like her and Li Yingluo, they can only go out when Cheng Shaomu is not at home.

Li Yingluo said with a smile: "Then let's go together, let the little guys prepare the car, and go shopping comfortably for a day." ”

"Okay." Shen Xiu said with a smile. Seeing that the tea on the stove was boiling, he took out the tea leaves to make tea, and said, "I heard that your family affairs have been decided." ”

Li Yingluo is the same age as her, she is seventeen years old, she is not old among girls, and she can't be said to be young.

Although she is a child of the family, Li Yingluo's grandfather is the chief steward of the house, and her aunt is the aunt of the Hou Ye, and she gave birth to a concubine, Cheng Shaoxin. Although it can't be compared with Mrs. Mu, it is also half a master.

With such conditions, Li Yingluo's marriage is still very casual.

It is easy to pick the son of the right housekeeper in the house, or let go of the deed and hire outside.

"It's ordered, a poor talent." Li Yingluo said, her tone was sullen, "Mother said that she would prepare a dowry for me and would not let me be wronged." But ......"

Shen Xiu understood, but persuaded her: "If you gain fame in the future, you will also follow Mrs. Cheng, it is better than marrying a slave." ”

Although the Li family is a slave, Li Yingluo herself is also a girl. But with her back to the Hou Mansion, from childhood to adulthood, Li Yingluo's food and clothing are no different from that of Miss.

suddenly marrying her to poor Xiucai, just the material gap is unbearable.

"Grandfather also said the same, four generations of slaves, and he also wants to change his life." Li Yingluo said.

Just talking about money, the Li family has a lot of money. The rich family can't be said, at least it's a little rich. The house also has a garden terrace, and the slave and the maid look like that.

As soon as her brother was born, he begged his master to be gracious and let go of his deed and no longer be a slave. I specially invited my husband to be at home, so that I could take a fame test.

The daughter of the family, she and her sister are all poor Xiucai, in order to bet on the treasure. The son can't pass the exam, but the uncle does, and one more person has one more probability.

Shen Xiu said with a smile: "Steward Li is far-sighted, otherwise when will the children and grandchildren become slaves." ”

She has seen Butler Li, who is a very strategic old man, and he does have some ability to become the chief manager of the Hou Mansion.

Even when she was assigned to Tingfeng Xuan as a waiter, Steward Li also took a lot of care of her, and told Li Yingluo to befriend her.

"That is to say, fame is so easy to test. I would like to marry a merchant, although my status is not high, at least I have money in my hands. Li Yingluo said with a little complaint.

What to say about fame, family status, and the future. In fact, it is all for her brother to pave the way, and even the marriage of their sisters is also a bargaining chip.

What's the use of just complaining, she only hopes that the family can give more dowry now.

Everything is fake, only silver is real.

"Merchants also look at the faces of officials, and the silver is not so easy to earn." Shen Xiu said, "As long as you hold the dowry in your hand, life is still good." ”

Since it is a bet, the Li family will definitely provide the cost. At that time, Li Yingluo's back is against her mother's family, and her husband's family will have to look at her face. Life may not be too rich, but at least it is not angry.

Moreover, the marriage has already been decided, and it is only difficult to change the mind of General Manager Li. What can be done now is to grab more silver.

"I'm hoping for a later marriage." Li Yingluo said.

How comfortable her life is now, listening to Feng Xuan's errands is leisurely, the monthly salary is also high, and the master also has a reward.

There is no man, and there is no need to think about having children every day, and there is money and leisure in hand. If she could live like this for the rest of her life, she wouldn't want to get married at all.

Shen Xiu smiled and said, "Uncle should marry in half a year, you can use this as a reason." After welcoming the grandmother into the door, she retired with success. Preparations for the marriage will be a year away. ”

At that time, Li Yingluo was also eighteen years old, and it was time to get married at this age.

"A year later, alas, ......," Li Yingluo sighed.