Chapter Ninety-Six: The Lights

Beauty Fierce Chapter 96 Lamp Love

On September 20, the frost has passed, the beginning of winter is approaching, and the north wind is rising.

Mo Li inserted the incense into the incense burner, and then looked at the spiritual seat of his father on the offering table, and was silent for a long time.

"Lili, come and burn paper for your father." In front of the mourning hall, Zhu lit up a piece of paper money and put it into the large copper brazier next to him, and then said to Mo Li while instructing Mo Xue to be careful of being burned.

Mo Li came back to his senses, sighed in his heart, then turned around and walked over, knelt on the cushion on the ground, scooped up the gold ingots and other things next to him and put them into the brazier little by little.

Mo Xue looked at the dancing flames in the basin and asked softly, "Will Dad receive what we burned for him?" ”

"Yes." As he spoke, Zhu folded Mo Xue's sleeves up a little.

"That dad is alive over there, too?" Mo Xue raised her eyes and looked at the Zhu family.

Zhu Shi paused for a while before nodding and said, "Yes, your father is watching us over there." ”

"I still hope Dad can come back to see us." Mo Xue looked at her mother for a while, and seemed to understand that it was all to coax her, so she lowered her face, put the paper money in her hand to the brazier, and then whispered, "If only Dad didn't go out that day." ”

When Mo Li heard this, he couldn't help but pause in the movements of his hands.

If she hadn't stopped her father from going south with the ship, would she have avoided this accident?

At night, Mo Li counted the materials in the warehouse again, and after pushing the door open, a cold wind suddenly blew over, and she couldn't help but feel suffocated.

"It's a north wind, and it's coming so fast this winter!" Hongdou held an oil lamp in his hand, and after coming out with Mo Li, he shrunk his neck and said a word while scooping his hands to block the wind. Then he looked at Mo Li and said, "Is the girl cold?" Hurry back, I've just got hot water in the kitchen. ”

Mo Li raised his eyes to look at the blurred moon in the night sky, exhaled in his mouth, pulled the cloak on his body again, and walked to the backyard. But as soon as the two of them came down the steps, the oil lamp in Hongdou's hand was suddenly blown out by the wind.

"Why is it so windy tonight, girl, be careful of the steps." Hongdou muttered something in his mouth, and then turned around and helped Mo Li.

It's just that when they walked to the second gate, they saw a faint light coming here, Mo Li turned his head to look, and saw a tall figure, holding a colorful lantern in his hand, slowly walking from under the moonlit night. It was cold, but he didn't add a blouse or robe, but changed into cotton boots, the trouser legs were tucked into the boots, and the belt was tightly tied around his waist. He walked silently, and his clothes had no extra material to be blown up by the wind, so he appeared so suddenly that she couldn't have noticed it unless there was a light shining through him.

But when she saw the lantern in his hand, she couldn't help but be stunned, it was the rose flower shadow lantern she bought on the night of Qixi Festival before, and it was later given to Xue'er, why did it end up in his hand?

"Isn't this the second girl's shadow lamp?" After Ah Sheng came over, Hongdou also recognized the lamp, and asked Mo Li on behalf of him.

"The two bamboo sticks in this lamp are broken, so I picked them up and helped her repair them." Ah Sheng said and handed the shadow lamp in his hand to Mo Li, "It's dark, the wind is strong, scoop this." ”

"Why didn't Cher tell me about this?" Mo Li took the shadow lamp with some surprise, and usually Mo Xue would run over to tell her no matter what happened.

"It happened to be a few days before Shopkeeper Mo left, you were too busy, she didn't dare to look for you. That day, she was going to throw away this lamp, but she was reluctant, so she stood in the corridor with this lantern and shed tears, oh, and a little girl named Siniu was accompanied by me, which happened to be seen by me. ”

After Mo Li heard this, he looked at the rose blooming in the light of the firelight in a daze, and said softly for a long time: "Thank you." ”

Since her father left, she has been busy with family affairs, shop affairs, and how to deal with the clansmen, and unknowingly neglected her family. Even if she doesn't go out during this time, she mostly stays in the front yard, and many times she even eats alone.

Another gust of wind blew, dancing her cloak, and the shadow lamp in her hand also shook a few times, Ah Sheng said: "It's late, it's cold, go back early and rest." ”

Mo Li nodded, but when he went in, he said again: "By the way, before the store opened, I wanted to see Li Yue'er, did you tell her today?" ”

"She'll have time tomorrow morning."

"That's fine." Mo Li was relieved, so he carried the lantern and went inside.

After returning to the house, Mo Li blew out the shadow lamp, put it on the table and looked at it for a while, and then said to the side: "Remember to remind me tomorrow to let Xue'er come and scoop this." ”

Hongdou smiled: "The second girl is still a child, I'm afraid that this will have forgotten this stubble, that day after the girl gave those paints to the second girl, the second girl devoted herself to painting, only a few days, but I don't know how much white paper was painted." ”

Mo Li sighed slightly: "Before it started, I was so busy snubbing her." ”

Hongdou was preparing a change of clothes for Mo Li, and when she heard Mo Li's words, she thought about it, then turned around and asked, "Girl, can you really scoop out 50,000 taels in three years?" This year, I have to save nearly 20,000 taels, and if I do it in a month, I have to save more than 1,000 taels! ”

Mo Li sat on the chair and thought for a while, then got up and walked over, scooping out the beautiful satin fan from the wardrobe that Concubine Ji had given.

If she can improve in three years, even if she really can't save so much silver, it will not be difficult to borrow 10,000 handfuls of silver with this fan. It's just that she must improve, otherwise the promise that Concubine Ji promised her will not be able to achieve the maximum benefit.

The next day, after Mo Xue finished breakfast, she couldn't wait to ask Si Niu to find out the picture she drew yesterday, and then ran to Mo Li with it, but when she came over, she found that her sister had gone out.

She pouted, bit her lip, and stood in Mo Li's empty room for a long time before she turned around silently with her face down.

Si Niu followed her, looked left and right, and then pulled Mo Xue's clothes and whispered, "Second girl, do you look at that?" ”

Mo Xue had tears in her eyes, turned her face aggrievedly, looked at the place pointed by the fourth girl, and then was stunned.

"Isn't that the shadow lamp that the second girl threw away?" Siniu said curiously.

After Mo Xue was stunned, she was also surprised, her eyes flickered and looked at the rose shadow lamp resting on the table, then walked over, climbed into the chair, scooped the shadow lamp into her hand, looked left and right, and said, "It's getting better!" Look, is it my original lamp? ”

"It's the second girl's lamp." The fourth girl glanced at it, then nodded and said, "There are still tweeds drawn by the second girl." ”

Mo Xue's aggrieved mood just now was swept away, holding the shadow lamp, she couldn't put it down and looked left and right for a while, and then she bent her eyes and said, "My sister picked it up for me and repaired it!" ”

At the same time, Mo Li's carriage had stopped at the Changchun Courtyard in the Jiukongqiao District. After a while, Li Yue'er, who seemed to have just gotten up and was obviously a little lazy on his face, got into Mo Li's carriage.

"I've heard about your father, but you don't seem to need anyone to worry about it." After Li Yue'er got into the car, she glanced at Mo Li, and then said a word, her tone was flat.

Mo Li didn't make any response to this, but just said: "You said you wanted to see me before, but it just happened that I was in a hurry, so it has been delayed until now." ”

Li Yue'er helped the hairpin on her hair, and thought for a while before she whispered: "Zhou Luo, like his Lao Tzu, also loves those handsome little guys, so the road you pointed me out can't work, I can't let him come into contact with my brother." And my brother and I have pollen allergies, sometimes they don't work. ”

Zhou Luo has a habit of breaking sleeves! Mo Li was stunned, she hadn't heard of this before, although Han Sidao often mixed with those sons and brothers back then, but since Zhou Shoubei was dismissed, he and Zhou Meng have gradually become estranged.

Li Yue'er continued: "I can't wait for a year, it's a wolf's den, and it's been so long, I've only seen him from afar. ”

Mo Li met Li Yue'er's gaze, at that moment, she had a feeling like she was looking in the mirror, and she was no stranger to such a gaze.

After a long time, Mo Li spoke: "I know, before the end of the year, I will let Xiaoshi leave the Zhou Mansion, but I still need your help." ”

Li Yue'er asked a little eagerly, "Are you sure?" ”

Mo Li suddenly remembered her father, so she hesitated for a while before sighing: "You ask in advance, I can't give you a 100% guarantee." ”

Li Yue'er thought about it and said, "You tell me first." ”

Mo Li pondered for a while, then said a few words to her, and after Li Yue'er listened, she pondered for a while before saying, "Let me think about it." ”

Mo Li nodded: "Naturally, it's up to you to make your own decisions, and there is still plenty of time after all." ”

Li Yue'er glanced at Mo Li with some complications, and was about to get up and get out of the car without saying anything, but Mo Li stopped her: "Wait, I'm looking for you today, and I still want to ask you for help." ”

Li Yue'er stopped her body and waited for Mo Li's words, Mo Li smiled faintly: "It's not a big deal, it's just that in two days, my family's Yunshang Pavilion will reopen, this time there are a lot of good materials, and there will be some colorful heads that day, you call a few more people to come over to cheer." ”

Li Yue'er suddenly chuckled: "Then I will have to call you Shopkeeper Mo or Boss Mo in the future." ”

"Just call me Mo Li, I hired someone else for the shopkeeper."

"I know, I'll be over in two days."

After leaving the Jiukongqiao District, Mo Li asked Ah Sheng to rush the carriage to Xie Mansion, and when the carriage almost arrived at Xie Mansion, he happened to meet red beans coming from there.

"Invitations sent in?" After Hongdou got into the car, Mo Li asked.

Hongdou smiled and nodded: "Well, Mrs. Xie and Third Grandma Xie also specially invited me to come in and ask a few words, saying that on the day the girl opened, they would definitely send congratulatory gifts." ”

Mo Li breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked Ah Sheng to go to the city.

End of chapter

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