The two said a few more words, Shui Yan said goodbye, stood under the eaves and thought for a while, paced out the weeping flower door and called the little servant in, and commanded in a low voice: "I remember that we have a Zhuangzi not far from Qingzhou?" ”

"It's Chengshan Zhuangzi." The little guy hurriedly continued, Shui Yan pointed at the little guy's shoulder with a folding fan and then ordered: "You ask someone to bring a letter to Zhuang Tou, let him pay attention to the letter of Chen Zhongliang's wife in Qingzhou, remember, keep an eye quietly, don't alarm anyone." ”

"Yes, don't worry." The little guy simply agreed, Shui Yan waved his hand, and watched the little guy walk out quickly, then he shook the folding fan and went to the main house to find Su Zicheng to speak.

Without the capture of Liangdi for fun, Li Xiaoqi went out early and returned late, Lu Feng was bored, took Zhang Gouzi and Zhao Liushun to have fun in Kaiping Mansion, and within a few days, he mixed with the boring and fun-loving second ancestors of Kaiping Mansion, if he can play, Lu Feng can also count, a thousand taels of silver a month is not much, and it is not too much to say less, and gradually play well, Li Xiaoqi listened to what Zhang Gouzi said, thought carefully all night, and discussed with Lu Feng the next day, now this willow alley is full of female dependents, and it is not suitable for him to live here again, persuaded him to move back to the Lufu Courtyard to live, Lu Feng thought about it, and this is also the truth, living like this is not good for Xiaomi's reputation, thinking about it like this, although he was reluctant, he still agreed to come down, and went back to the Lufu Courtyard to live that night, but he still went to Liushu Hutong every night to eat and laugh with Li Xiaoyi, and talked about those people and things that had fun that day.

The autumn of Kaiping Mansion is very short, passing in a flash, although according to the rules is also October 1 after the furnace festival to start a fire to keep warm, but the average person, strictly abide by this rule is not much, to the end of September, each household will successively make a fire to burn the kang for warmth. Mrs. Fan learned the customs of Kaiping Mansion, and when it was close to October, she also watched people check the fire kang on the outer fire wall and raise the fire to keep warm.

Li Zongliang sent someone to send a few people's Yulu back, the Beiping official's Yulu, half of the silver and rice, the family population in Liushu Hutong is small, Fan Da Niang and Li Xiaoqi greeted each other, and exchanged the rice ticket for silver to the rice bank. Li Xiaoqi held his cheeks and thought for a long time, eldest brother, they all have a fortune, what about their own fortune? This can't be done in vain, right? Gotta find a suitable opportunity to ask about this.

Just entered October, Shuilian sent a post over, saying that he was going to visit Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi took the post and twisted his eyebrows and thought for a moment, and asked Wisteria to write a reply for her, and made an appointment to receive Shuilian at home the morning after tomorrow. Sending the mother-in-law of Shuifu back, Li Xiaoqi instructed Liuyun to go to the Fan family next door to invite Mrs. Sun to the flower hall in the front yard, put on a cloak herself, and went to the flower hall in the front yard to find Mrs. Fan.

Mrs. Fan took Li Xiaoqi in, Yueting stood up, bent her knees and blessed her, Li Xiaoqi said with a smile: "My sister and I have something to discuss, Sister Yueting will go back and rest first, and come to talk to my sister tomorrow." Yueting didn't answer, only turned his head to look at Mrs. Fan, who smiled and picked up the cloak and draped it on Yueting, and said gently: "I'll let Yuyan accompany you back first." Yueting put up his cloak, lowered his eyes and agreed, and didn't look at Li Xiaoyi, followed Yuyan out of the flower hall, didn't walk a few steps, and saw Mrs. Sun who came with Liuyun, stopped on the side of the road and looked back for a while, before being gently pushed back by Yuyan.

In the flower hall, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Fan were busy carrying a kettle from the small red clay stove in the corner of the flower hall to make tea, Li Xiaoqi silently looked at the two people who took a cup of tea, compared to those official eunuchs, they had a very difficult time.

Li Xiaoqi took the tea handed by Mrs. Sun, turned her head and looked at Mrs. Sun carefully, she has a lot of things to do for a while, and she doesn't remember how long she hasn't seen her, since she entered Kaiping Mansion, Mrs. Sun is quiet as if she doesn't exist, at this time her expression is careful and restrained, sitting on the kang with rules, Li Xiaomi's body is full of discomfort, seeing Li Xiaomi's looking at Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Fan said with a smile: "Sister Sun is always afraid that people will laugh at her mountain bandit background, she doesn't know the rules, she doesn't know the etiquette, and she has entered Kaiping Mansion. I haven't even been out of the door once, how many times have I persuaded her, but she can't listen, you tell her. ”

"What's wrong with the bandits? Aren't we all from mountain bandits? Li Xiaoqi said casually, and Mrs. Sun shook her head again and again: "You can't say that!" Sister Fan was born in a scholarly family, and Mr. Fan has been an official! You're different, I'm not like you! ”

"In the eyes of others, we are all the same, we are all mountain bandits from Wu Guo." Li Xiaoqi looked at Mrs. Sun and said with a smile: "If you think about this, you always think about what others think, you can't live this day, anyway, Zhang Tiemu doesn't dislike you, Sister Zhang doesn't dislike you, the Zhang family doesn't dislike you, what do you care about others?" Li Xiaoqi said half-seriously and half-jokingly, Mrs. Sun blushed, and didn't know what to say for a while, Li Xiaoqi glanced at her, smiled, turned her head to look at Mrs. Fan, and said that Mrs. Fan was going to come over, Mrs. Fan frowned slightly, waiting for her to go down, her future sister-in-law, according to her father's words, has a delicate heart, this Shui Qi Niang came to visit her, she said so solemnly to her and Mrs. Sun, she must have a plan. Mrs. Sun looked at Li Xiaoqi in surprise, although she said that she didn't go out of the second door, and only followed Aunt Yan to do needlework every day, but she also heard Yueting muttering about this Shui family countless times, and knew that this Shui family was one of the top famous families in Beiping.

Li Xiaoqi drank a few sips of tea, looked at Mrs. Fan, thought about it, and said briefly about Shuitong: "•••••• this Seventh Lady and Shui Tong's big / grandma have a very good relationship, and I came to see me to express my gratitude, I thought, Sister Fan and Sister Sun also know her, everyone is about the same age, that Seventh Lady is a refreshing character, and the two sisters may be able to get along well, if they get along well, everyone can come and go often, and in the future, the sisters will also have a place to talk and move around in this Kaiping Mansion, Sister Sun will be in addition to serving after the year, Even if you become a parent, it's not good to stay at home and be bored, make some friends and go to school and walk around, and people are also cheerful, what does my sister say? Li Xiaoqi looked at Mrs. Fan and Mrs. Sun and asked, Mrs. Fan pondered for a moment, her eyes flashed, and she nodded with a smile: "What Xiao Mi said is very true, this is the reason." Mrs. Sun looked at Li Xiaoqi and Mrs. Fan hesitantly and blankly, Mrs. Fan didn't wait for Li Xiaomian to say, she gently pulled Mrs. Sun and said: "We just arrived in Kaiping Mansion, we are not familiar with the place, and they are all in the army, and they don't even have a family to interact with every day. ”

"What's alive?" Mrs. Sun asked puzzledly, Li Xiaoqi laughed, and pushed Mrs. Sun, and simply half-joking: "For example, when you get married, there must always be a few little sisters to marry, after getting married, Tiemu is in the camp, you are alone at home, there must be a place to move around, there is a person to talk to, you can't be bored at home all day long, so there must be something wrong?" Tiemu is going to feel distressed! Mrs. Sun's face turned red when she heard this, she looked at Li Xiaoqi with smiling eyes, and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't it yours?" There are also Sister Zhang. ”

"We are only a few people, and we can't just interact with a few of us, we always have to meet some new friends when we get to a new place." Li Xiaoqi said with a smile: "When you get to one place, you have to follow the customs of the locals, and get along with everyone in one place, so that you can live a comfortable life, this is a reason for us to merge the mountains, the two mountains are in one place, and the people of the two families have to move around more, and they will be close to each other to live this day." ”

Mrs. Sun laughed when she heard this: "Look at what Xiao Qi said, what kind of place is this, how can it be compared with our •••••• mountain." ”

"That's right, it's really not as good as our mountain." Li Xiaoqi smiled,

"I didn't mean that, I mean ••••••" Mrs. Sun hurriedly explained, Li Xiaoqi pushed her and laughed: "I know what you mean, I'm joking with you." ”

Mrs. Fan looked at the two of them and laughed for a while, stroked Li Xiaoqi's sideburns with pity, and said with concern: "Don't just plan for your brothers, your own affairs are the most important, what is the right person?" Li Xiaoqi twisted his body a little uncomfortably, coughed lightly, didn't answer Mrs. Fan's words, and only continued the topic just now: "I'm here to find my sister, not just to say that the seventh lady of the Shui family will come the day after tomorrow." ”

"Anything else? You name it. Mrs. Fan said with a smile, Li Xiaoqi sighed: "This thing, it should have been done a long time ago, our silver is tight, so it has been delayed until now, until now, it can not be delayed anymore, the family is not enough, and the sisters can't do everything by themselves, they really want to go out to socialize, and they don't even have a portable girl, this is the same, it's the same, Sister Sun said that she doesn't understand the rules, not only Sister Sun, we all don't understand the rules and customs of Kaiping Mansion, this also has to learn to do it, as well as words and deeds or something, It's best to find someone who knows the rules to teach Mama to come over, Sister Zhang and they will go to Kaiping Mansion at the end of the month, just right, even Sister Zhang will study together, and when you go out, you will have a bottom in your heart, what does my sister say? ”

"This is good, this is good! I've got to learn the rules or something! Mrs. Sun rushed to say happily, Mrs. Fan nodded and answered, looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked, "What do you have in this person's hands?" And this mama, where to find such a mama? ”

"In the hands of the people, add a few more rough mother-in-law girls to the family, this sister thinks about it, and the handmaiden girl is close, I mean, you and Sister Sun, and Sister Zhang, one person will add two girls first, and the day after tomorrow will call people to come over, pick six of them of the same age and good, and give them to Wisteria for training for a month or two."

"Well, I have a jade inkstone, just add another one, not too much." Mrs. Fan replied with a smile, Mrs. Sun looked at the two of them with a smile, and she had never thought about using a maid to call a slave to make a maid.

"Six or five, not much of this one, sister's here, three is not enough, I still have to add it in the future."

"Well, I'll listen to you." Mrs. Fan is as good as a stream, Mrs. Sun exhaled, turned her head to look at the two of them and was about to talk, Li Xiaoqi squinted her eyes and said with a smile: "Sister Sun, I just want to ask you, after the New Year, you will be full of filial piety, this day of marriage is set in March and April, okay?" First handle the family affairs of the eldest sister and the second brother Huai, and then handle the family affairs of you and Tiemu, okay? There is another thing, you don't always nest in the inner courtyard, a few days ago I asked Zhang Gouzi to pay attention to the outside of the house, this married house, it is naturally not suitable to be placed in the Fan family, it is not very good to put it here, it is not good to say, your own house, you have to take a fancy to it, you look at it first, and wait for the end of the month Tiemu and the eldest sister to Kaiping Mansion, and then discuss with the two of them, set the house, but also clean up the painting, furniture, a bunch of things. Li Xiaoqi frowned when she said this, turned her head to look at Mrs. Fan and said, "I can't take care of this, sister worry about it." ”

Mrs. Sun's face was flushed, her head hung down and she couldn't lift it, Mrs. Fan looked at Li Xiaomi, her smile was full of sorrow, this house has two major events in a row, where did the money come from?