Several long cold winter, the second year of the Great Cause (606 AD) of Chang'an is particularly cold, after the winter solstice, heavy snow one after another, the majestic and magnificent Chang'an City in the snow cover, as if it has become a city of ice and snow, the bustling streets on weekdays seem to be extraordinarily quiet, such a cold weather, whether the children of the family or the common people, or the wandering beggars who live in no fixed place, there is no big deal, no one is willing to run around outside against this biting cold.

The flow of people on the street is not prosperous, some of the children of the big families with rules, when the time comes, they should get up to practice literature and martial arts, they still have to get up, no, you look at the general's mansion of the right Xiaowei, about half of the hour (six o'clock in the morning), the sky has just dawned, the door of the general's mansion is opened, the servants began to clean the snow in front of the door in an orderly manner, and the Lang Jun in the house also got up one by one, the reading of the book, the practice of martial arts.

In a small mansion on the west side of the General's Mansion, the gate was opened for less than a quarter of an hour, and the people in this courtyard gradually followed, and several rough mothers-in-law came out with snow shovels in their hands to sweep away the snow in the courtyard, and in a simple but elegant wing room in the courtyard, a girl in Tsing Yi was dressing a little girl of five or six years old.

At this time, the sky has just brightened, the room has not opened the window, the light in the room is very dim, when the little girl on the bed gets up, Yahuan has lit the candlestick in the room, after the little girl dresses the middle coat, the green clothes Yahuan put on a goose-yellow brocade jacket and cyan cotton pants for her, after the good dressing, the little girl pushed away the hand of the girl ring to put on her shoes, and slipped off the bed, while putting on her own shoes, while speaking: "Sister Qinglan, go busy with you, I have nothing to do here, wait for Xiao Wu to bring the water in, I wash my hands and face, and go to learn words, Breakfast can be served an hour later. ”

"Second lady, in fact, you don't need to get up so early today, it's so cold outside, the lady and Lang Jun have already spoken yesterday, today you and the little Lang Jun in the house have a day off, and you don't have to go over to say hello before breakfast, wait for breakfast, and go out with the lady to go to relatives." Qinglan looked at the little man who was busy with her head down, and said with a smile.

"That's not possible, Sister Qinglan, Auntie, Father and Mr. have all said, I can't slack off in learning, I'm still young, it's the time to boil my temperament, literacy and learning are in the initial stage, a little slack, it is possible to slowly develop the bad problem of laziness and procrastination, although the family allowed me a day off, but I can't indulge myself at will." The little girl who had just put on her shoes raised her head when she heard the sound, and looked at the girl in Tsing Yi with a serious face.

She is only five or six years old, her voice is soft and crisp, a round little face that is white and red is embedded with a pair of big smart eyes like black grapes, Xiao Yao's nose is delicate and straight, there is a small dimple on the side of her cheeks, she laughs before speaking, lined with the swaying candlelight, she is very beautiful and cute, but when she said these words, there was a dignity on her face that did not match her age, which made her have a trace of calm and majesty on her body for no reason.

Qing Lan looked at the little master with a serious look in front of her, first stunned, then her face straightened, she took two steps back, and respectfully bowed to the little girl and admitted her mistake: "The second lady is right, it was Qing Lan who trespassed." "Qinglan is the little girl's personal big girl, serving the little girl for more than two years, she actually knows her girl's character, just look at her age is so young, the weather is so cold, she is very diligent and hard working in reading and practicing calligraphy on weekdays, it is rare to have a day off, so I couldn't help but persuade a sentence.

"Don't worry, I know that Sister Qinglan feels sorry for me, but there is a dragon in our house, and if you don't go out, you can't detect the cold at all, compared to those simple houses and poor people's homes outside, even the wind can't stop them, it's too lucky, if you waste time and studies in such a good environment, it's really a big deal, okay, Sister Qinglan, you go and get busy with you, just leave the rest of the house to Wu'er, and then bring breakfast after an hour." The girl waved her hand, and as she spoke, a seven or eight-year-old girl walked in with a basin of hot water.

Qinglan has been following the little lady for a long time, knowing the character of her own girl, she didn't say anything when she heard it, she just answered and went out, the little girl named Wu'er put the basin on the basin rack, the girl walked over, washed her hands and face by herself, and then walked out of the bedroom, and went to the outside, and Wu'er, who was following her, couldn't help but say: "Second lady, it's cold outside, you put on a cloak and go out." ”

"It's okay, I only walked around the outer hall twice, moved my body and slept a little stiffly, and then came back to practice calligraphy, and I didn't go to the courtyard." The girl responded, this little girl is the young daughter of the right Xiaowei general Changsun Sheng - the second girl of the eldest grandson, the small character Guanyin, is now over five years old, and the eldest grandson Sheng has a total of five sons and two daughters, of which the fourth son Wuji and the young daughter are born by his stepwife Gao.

The eldest grandson girl walked around the outer hall a few times, and after her body that had slept a little stiff eased a little, she returned to the bedroom, walked into the small study room separated from the bedroom by only a curtain door, lit the candlestick, sat in front of the small desk, first warmed the book for a while, and then picked up the pen and the red book, and studied the words in a regular manner, and an hour passed in a blink of an eye, until the eldest girl Huan Qinglan knocked on the door and called her out for breakfast, she raised her head, put down the pen, gently pinched her sore immature wrist, got up and walked out with Qinglan......

Her breakfast is placed in the side hall outside the bedroom, the meal is not rich, there is only a small bowl of corn porridge, two small cakes and a small plate of pickles, the eldest grandson girl is not the slightest surprise about this, obviously such breakfast is the norm, she sits quietly at the low table to drink porridge, from time to time to pick up the cake, dip some pickles, and eat a bite of rice porridge, she eats not fast or slow, chewing and swallowing others can hardly hear any sound, but five or six years old, words and deeds, is already a first-class good. (Although Gao is a loving mother, she does not spoil her children, let alone preside over extravagance, so the furnishings and meals in the rooms of her own two children are not extravagant.) ）

After breakfast, the eldest grandson girl walked around the courtyard for a while, then took a cloak and took Qinglan to the main courtyard of her parents. (In this era, when there was no need to greet the people, their children had breakfast in their own rooms.) ）

The yard of the eldest grandson and the second girl is about ten minutes away from the main courtyard, the snow on the road in the house has been cleared out, the road is not difficult to walk, when the eldest grandson girl came to the main courtyard, the time is about seven minutes of the hour (about eight forty-five minutes, the ancients were eight minutes of an hour), when she arrived, her father Changsun Sheng and her mother Gao Shi finished breakfast not long ago, they were chatting about something, Gao heard the Yahuan report, and immediately beckoned: "Let her come in." ”

"Xiao Er has seen Auntie, Father." After the eldest grandchild entered the house, she bowed to her parents in a proper manner.

"In your own home, you don't have to be formal, get up." Changsun Sheng waved his hand and said lightly, he is a military person, with a solemn and resolute personality, and he is very strict with his children's education, although this smart and sensible little girl in front of him is very much loved by him, but he rarely expresses it in front of him.

Gao is a loving mother, obviously not so much care, she looked at the little girl wrapped in a purple and red cloak with white fur edges, pink makeup and jade, her heart has softened into a puddle of spring water, and she hurriedly beckoned to her: "Guanyin, come here, come to A-Niang's side, it's time for breakfast." ”

"If you go back to A-Niang, you have already used it." The eldest granddaughter walked up to her mother, untied her cloak, handed it to her maid ring, sat cross-legged beside her in a proper manner, and replied.

"This child, why do you need to be so restrained in front of A-Niang, you, you have been taught by your father to be more and more old-fashioned, what do you want to do in a girl's family." Gao Shi looked at the little girl who was sitting beside him without squinting, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch her white and red cheeks with some amusement.