"It's cold here, the third lady goes in to see the snow, you take this hand stove first, and then I'll go and get it for the fifth lady!" Yinhua enthusiastically stuffed a half-old red copper hand stove into Li Yunsheng's arms, and then took a hand stove for Li Tian with light steps.

"The third sister came here to see the snow, I have walked through this yard several times, and it is best to see the snow here." Li Tian beckoned across the courtyard, Li Yunshang held the warm hand stove, and his mood suddenly improved a lot, and he turned around and stood beside Li Tian along the eaves corridor, looked up for a while, and suddenly said: "Patronizing and watching the snow, A-Niang asked you to go over, saying that it was about cutting New Year's clothes." ”

"Then let's get over there." Li Tian hurriedly smiled, Li Yunshang shook his head and smiled: "I came to practice with Mr. Shui, A-Niang said let me take a word by the way, it is so snowing, she won't send the little girl to run, you go quickly." ”

Li Tian frowned slightly, he actually asked her to go, what is there to discuss? In a family like Yongguo Mansion, there are rules and regulations for everything, and I don't know what to do, Li Tian sighed secretly, changed into a gray and white cloth silk cotton cloak, took Mama Xiong and Qingzhi, and went out to the council hall.

In the conference hall, Mrs. Yang sat on the front couch, daughter-in-law Zhou stood in the corner of the couch on the left, the second wife Xu and the third wife Liu sat side by side on the left armchair, Li Tian came in, went to the cloak and handed it to Qingzhi, the second Mrs. Xu looked Li Tian up and down presumptuously, Mrs. Liu San glanced at Xu and Liu with disgust, and then glanced at Li Tian with even more disgust, Zhou greeted Li Tian with his eyes, subconsciously glanced at his mother-in-law, and hung his head again.

Li Tian saw the salute in a proper manner, and stood on the right side of the horizontal couch with his hands down.

"Sit down." Mrs. Yang's voice was full of undisguised boredom, Li Tian bowed her knees slightly, and sat respectfully on the chair in the middle of the right.

"Yo! This is the rule of the old lady of the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion? You still have us elders in your eyes, right? Yes? Thousands of waiting for you not to come, waiting for you not to come, it's good to come, there is no courtesy, just sit on the golden knife? Which family has a rule for juniors to sit in front of their elders? Is there a filial piety in this? Dalang's daughter-in-law is still standing!" The second wife, Xu Shi, stared at Li Tian and said meanly, Li Tian glanced at her expressionlessly, turned her head to look at Mrs. Yang, but Mrs. Yang picked up the cup and drank tea with her eyelids down!

"I don't understand what the second aunt said, my surname is Li, I am the eldest daughter of the fourth room of the Yongguo Mansion, what does the second aunt say about the rules of the old lady of the Ningyuan Hou Mansion, what does it have to do with our family? Is the second aunt waiting for me? I don't know which mother-in-law the second aunt sent to summon her niece? Qingzhi, go back and check our yard first, such a bully thing, find it and sell it directly with a board! If it weren't for our yard, if you reported to the eldest uncle, the eldest aunt would never allow such a bully in the house. Li Tian's voice was soft and peaceful, but his words were like sharp knives.

Qingzhi simply agreed, but it was the third lady Li Yunshang who passed the word, Mrs. Yang's face turned green, and she put down the cup and shouted: "Okay!" Li Tian closed her mouth in response, at this moment, she didn't want to mess with it at all. Zhou looked at Li Tian in surprise, glanced at his mother-in-law's green face again, his eyebrows moved excitedly, and he lowered his head with bated breath.

The third wife, Liu, looked at Xu with schadenfreude, and Xu kept slapping the table angrily: "It's the other way around!" Are there any elders in this eye? Yes? Is there anything else? ”

"Be respectful of yourself!" This time, Mrs. Yang didn't wait for Li Tian to speak, and blocked Xu Shi back first: "Okay, there is still business!"

The second wife, Xu, was still a little afraid of Mrs. Yang, and didn't dare to make any more noise, so she only released the knife at Li Tian with a glance.

"I called you here to talk about the New Year's clothes," Mrs. Yang simply said straightforwardly: "Our house is not as rich as your grandmother, there are regulations for the clothes of the four seasons, and now the girls in your courtyard are more than twice as many as the sisters, not to mention the use of firewood and charcoal dishes, but the clothes of the four seasons are like this, and I am difficult to convince the public." ”

Li Tian raised his eyebrows, thought about it and was about to speak, but the third wife, Liu, said with a smile: "People are so big that they don't want a shop, and my sister-in-law is still talking for a few clothes, and she is not afraid of other people's jokes." ”

"Eat things inside and outside, hold the Li family's bowl, eat the Li family's food, and give the shop to others!" As soon as Mrs. Xu heard this, she was angry, and simply jumped to her feet and scolded, Zhou looked at Li Tian sympathetically, Li Tian turned his head to look at Mrs. Liu San, and said with sudden concern: "It is said that the Sifang Pavilion will renovate the house from tomorrow and prepare for the New Year to receive the envoys. ”

Mrs. Liu San was stunned: "The fifth sister still knows that she cares about your third uncle." ”

"Mama Xiong has a distant nephew who is also on an errand in the Sifang Pavilion, and she happens to be in the same class as the third uncle, and I heard him talk about this." Li Tian met Liu's gaze, his tone was soft but there was a faint chill, the Sifang Pavilion has even given rewards and private dividends in the past few months, and one person has sent two or three hundred taels of silver, and all these silvers have been hidden privately in Sanfang without saying a word.

Mrs. Liusan's face changed slightly, she subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Yang, laughed dryly, turned her head outward, and refused to say even a polite answer. Zhou looked at Li Tian in surprise, and then at Mrs. Liu San, and secretly made up his mind in his heart.

Mrs. Yang was still sad about the shop that Li Tian had lost out, but she didn't notice Mrs. Liu's sudden defeat, and Mrs. Xu scolded happily, and she didn't even hear what Li Tian said.

Li Tian saw that Mrs. Liu San turned her head and closed her mouth, looking for Mrs. Xu's words, looked at Mrs. Yang and said: "These people are left to me by my grandmother, they are all grandmother's love, if you want to cut, I can't bear any of them, but if you don't cut, it will make the eldest aunt embarrassed, there are rules in the house, no matter how much the eldest aunt loves me, I can't break the rules, otherwise, this is the same as the monthly rules, all according to the regulations of the house, how many seasons and festivals in the sisters' yard are in the courtyard of the year, and the eldest aunt will send the materials and silk threads to my yard and let them piece them together." Tailor your own clothes and wear them. ”

Mrs. Yang stared at Li Tian fiercely, she took a fancy to Li Tian's girls, who were hundreds of times stronger than Li Yunsheng's girls, and wanted to wait for her to open her mouth, and asked for one for Li Yunsheng, who would be used for two years, and it would be a rare arm to marry in the future. This Nizi doesn't take people seriously! Mrs. Yang suddenly became angry, turned her head to look at Mrs. Xu and asked, "Didn't you just say that something was wrong?" Hurry up and say something. ”

Mrs. Xu scolded happily, and was feeling comfortable and refreshed, and after listening to Mrs. Yang's words, she was stunned for a moment before she reacted, raised her hand and pointed at Li Tian and said: "I heard that there is a mother-in-law surnamed Shui in your courtyard who can play the piano, ask her to come over and wait for your fourth sister, and your fourth sister wants a mother-in-law who can play the piano to follow." ”

Li Tian didn't look at Mrs. Xu, he just tilted his head and stared at Mrs. Yang for a while, and the chuckle on his face couldn't tell whether it was sarcastic or funny: "Mr. Shui was originally a piano worship in the palace, and taught me a few years of piano when I was a child, and my grandmother promised her to worship her as an elder for a lifetime. ”

Mrs. Yang's face turned red all of a sudden, and she kept shaking Li Tian's fingers.

"Phew! You say that an offering is an offering? What kind of thing are you when you are a thing, and you don't rob money like this!" Mrs. Xu began to jump to her feet and scold again, Li Tian frowned in annoyance, she hated such a shrew who would only scold people if she didn't talk about it, and no one would rush one day, so she had to let Yue Niang stuff her with a mouthful of horse manure!

"The eldest aunt is busy now, so I won't bother the eldest aunt too much, and my niece will retire." Li Tian simply got up and bent his knees to retreat, Zhou's eyes looked at Li Tian with warm reverence, and moved back and forth twice excitedly, this fifth sister is so likable! Is her offering so valuable? The mother-in-law who slapped her in the face had to be angry for ten days and half a month! What did she mean by that to the third wife? Why is the third wife afraid of becoming like that? This is an important matter, and we need to inquire about it quickly.

Li Tian came out and walked a long way, only to let out a long sullen breath, Mama Xiong looked at Li Tian and explained: "Don't be like them, alas, how did this Yongguo Mansion become like this?!"

"Well, how can you bother with these little things? Mama asked people to prepare the car, I have to go to Fanlou, it's time to move outside. Li Tian instructed while walking to Qingtong Courtyard, Mama Xiong agreed, and went straight out of the side door to call a car, Li Tian went back to Qingtong Courtyard to change clothes, and took Yue Niang into the car to Fan Lou.

Zhou came out of Mrs. Yang's room very late, and Mama Xiao hurriedly picked it up and handed her a hand stove, Zhou hugged the hand stove and asked eagerly curiously, "Have you inquired about it?" ”

"Well," Mama Xiao looked left and right with a smile on her face, leaned over to Zhou's side and whispered: "I looked for Mama Xiong next to the fifth lady, Mama Xiong is really good, very cool, 1510 told me, it's just the same, grandma has to keep her mouth shut, and she must not let Madame know about this." ”

"I know, say it quickly!"

"Mama Xiong's distant nephew, who is in the same class as the third master of our family, said that in the past few months, he has been rewarded with dividends and profits, and one person has fully divided two or three hundred taels of silver!"

"So much?!I haven't paid a penny for the three rooms!"

"It's still handed in, don't talk about the silver, people haven't even missed a single star!" Mama Xiao pursed her lips and said, "In this house, this fool...... There are really few!"

"Hmm!" Zhou bit his lip, his steps were slow, but his mind was turning fast.