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Chapter 111, second update:

"Master, here are the letters and things from Nanyang."

A few years ago, a letter came from Nanyang. Along with the letter, there were several cars sent to him by the caravan that his teacher had entrusted. As a New Year's gift, Li Wen felt a little bit dumbfounded when he saw so many things delivered. He took a long list and took a look at it. He said to the masters who brought the things, "It's a long journey, thank you for the hard work."

He asked someone to give a few coins to the men who were escorting the things, and said, "With these coins, please invite some masters to have a drink."

The few people took the rewards from their masters and completed their tasks. and left.

"Let's put these things away first." Li Wen asked people to put things away. He opened the envelope, took out the letter inside, and read it carefully, word by word.

Whether it was when he was studying or now on his way to becoming an official, his teacher was a beacon of light on his way forward. When he had doubts in his heart and felt confused about the way forward, His teachers could answer him one by one and guide him in the right direction.

Li Wen suddenly understood why His Royal Highness the Prince went to Nanyang several times just to find his teacher. His teacher is indeed a rare good teacher, and His Royal Highness must also know this. And he didn't know how lucky he was that his teacher would see him and take him as his disciple, and he would personally teach him for so many years.

He only hopes that he will not live up to his teacher's expectations on his way forward.

The letter mentioned something about Xiangzhou. His teacher must have got the news from elsewhere. The teacher supported him in the letter and reminded him to act in the future. Caution is required. From this letter, Li Wen could see the teacher's concern and worry for him.

Li Wen actually understood that he was taking this step too hastily, and if he was not careful, he might fall badly.

But the emperor's push was indispensable, otherwise he would not have been able to rise to the fifth rank in one fell swoop.

Recalling the hidden meaning hidden in the words the emperor summoned him to the palace that day, Li Wen reached out and pinched the center of his brow. He knew that he was just a chess piece and a sharp sword in the emperor's hands. He had no right to refuse what the emperor wanted from him, so he could only move forward. The position he is standing in now is too passive, and it is not his turn to make the decision.

"Hey..." Li Wen couldn't help but sigh, and Li Wen was worried about himself in his heart.

But teacher, you don't have to worry about me. If he can pass the six-yuan exam, he won't be stupid enough to commit suicide. Even if the emperor wants to abandon him, he must also weigh in his heart whether it is worth abandoning him. After all, the emperor often wants reputation, and he can gain a good reputation for the emperor's ministers. For now, the emperor must be reluctant to abandon him. pba? After reading the letter ,

Li Wen carefully collected the letter and put it back in the envelope. Behind the wall on the side of the bookshelf was a dark cabinet, a place only he knew.

Opening the secret cabinet, he took out a box and put the letter in it.

There was nothing shameful in this box, but even the letters he exchanged with his teacher, family and friends, he was reluctant to tear them up, so he kept them all and put them in this box. Even if the things inside were taken away, it would not have any bad impact on him.

The gifts he gave to his teachers and family had been sent back before he went to Xiangzhou, so they must have received them long ago.

Since he arrived in the capital, his family has sent him things several times, from food to clothes made by his mother-in-law, and there are a lot of them each time. When the things from his family arrived, he was still in Xiangzhou and had not yet returned. There was also a letter from his mother-in-law to him. Li Wen read it carefully when he came back. The letter mentioned that the old village elder was old. After discussions between the clan elders and everyone in the village, his father was chosen to be the village chief of Lijia Village.

His father has now become the village chief, haha...

That's awesome, his father!

When he was studying in Nanyang, he could go back home once or twice a year to visit his relatives. Now that he has arrived in the capital, the journey home is too far. He doesn't know when he will be able to go back to visit his parents and grandmother at home, as well as the elders in the village who watched him grow up.

Thinking of his parents getting older year by year, and his grandma's body getting worse every year, the older a person grows, the further away from home and relatives, who will always be there watching him, waiting for him to go back , Li Wen felt a little uncomfortable. In fact, he sometimes thought about whether it was right or wrong for him to come to the capital to be an official.

But now that he had chosen this path, he couldn't look back now and could only grit his teeth and go down.

After sitting in the study for a long time, Li Wen touched his face before walking out of the study.

Something was being cooked in the kitchen, and a smell came from afar. The two children couldn't wait and ran to the kitchen.

When Li Wen came out of the study, the snacks in the kitchen had just been baked. Li Jinwan came in with the snacks. When she saw her brother, she smiled and said, "Brother, come and try the red bean cake and mung bean cake I just made, and these It is stuffed with plum blossoms and nuts, wrapped with a layer of sesame seeds, and fried in oil. "

This sesame cake is delicious, but it consumes too much oil. She is a little reluctant to use it, but after thinking about it, everyone will be happy ." She likes to eat and enjoys it, and she is reluctant to use it no matter how much gas is wasted.

"Well, it smells delicious." Li Wen walked over and saw several kinds of snacks on the plate. He reached out and pinched a piece, took a sip and said, "It's crispy on the outside and has a floral scent on the inside."

"Quite. Not bad." He was very sure of his sister's skills. Whoever marries his sister in the future will be lucky.

Li Haopeng reached for two pieces and stuffed one piece to Xiao Yangyang.

"You two just ate a lot in the kitchen. Don't think I didn't see it. You can't eat more after this piece. If you continue to eat, I don't think you two need to eat dinner." Li Jinwan Seeing the two little guys continuing to eat snacks, I wanted to hit them on the head, "Li Xiaobao, just eat it yourself and bring Yangyang to ruin. Please tell me how many snacks you have eaten in the past two days." "

It's not that she doesn't want to feed the child, it's that the child has eaten too much and won't eat. Is it okay to not eat?"

"...Uh..." Li Haopeng looked up at his fourth sister and found that she was glaring at him, so he quickly gave a flattering smile.

"..." Li Jinwan.

"Brother, Fourth Sister, I will eat the last piece and promise not to eat any more today." Seeing his brother looking at him, Li Haopeng's skin tightened and he quickly promised. Knowing that he was going to make his brother angry, he couldn't eat even one bite. His brother was much scarier than the fourth sister.

"Ha!" Li Wen sat down and asked the two boys to stand up. "Tell me how many snacks you have eaten in the past two days."

"Brother..." How can you count here? Li Haopeng didn't want to count with his brother. Now it was time to count. Will they have snacks to eat in the future?

When Xiao Yangyang saw this, he quickly looked pitiful and looked at the adults with his pitiful eyes.

Seeing the boy coming over to act coquettishly, Li Wen already knew that this boy would use this trick, "It's useless to act coquettishly. I will teach you a lesson today, what is the meaning of 'lenity for confession and severity for lying'".

"..." Li Xiaobao.

"..." Bai Xiaoyang.

Seeing these two poor little things, Li Wen really didn't want to punish them. He turned to his sister and said, "Put away all the snacks and don't let this brat get them." Looking at the two boys in front of him, Li Wen sneered and said, "From now on, you two can only eat up to six pieces of snacks a day, no matter the size or variety, three in the morning, three in the afternoon, any more." No way. "

It's only six yuan a day...

" Oh." Li Haopeng was obviously not too willing.

Bai Xiaoyang looked so happy. From now on, they will have six yuan for snacks every day.

Obviously the two children have different levels of satisfaction.

At this time, in General Zhao's mansion.

Ever since his brother took him to play in Zhuangzi, Zhao Ruichen has been sitting in the house every day waiting for his brother to come back, wanting his brother to take him outside to play. However, Zhao Xiangyi, the eldest brother, goes out early in the morning and comes back at midnight every day. He sleeps in a room that is not his own. Except for his personal servant, not even the housekeeper in the house sees the young master once a day. , let alone Brother Zhao who was raised in the house.

The poor child waits eagerly for his brother every day, but he still can't wait for him.

"Are you looking at something Chenchen? Can you tell grandma?"

Ms. Wang saw her child always looking at the door in the past two days. After coaxing her for a long time, she heard her youngest son say "wait for brother".

The woman thought that her boss had taken her younger son out to play a few days ago, and she thought that the younger son wanted to go to the Zhuangzi to play. The Chinese New Year was coming in two days, so it was definitely not possible for the younger son to go to the Zhuangzi to play. Wang coaxed, "Chenchen wants your eldest brother to take you to Zhuangzi to play, right? How about we wait until after the New Year?"

"Not going to Zhuangzi." Zhao Ruichen turned his head and looked at it with a pair of bright black eyes. His mother-in-law said, "Look for Mr. Li

..." Mrs. Wang, Mr. Li is an official. How can he have time to play with your child? Ms. Wang didn't know that her youngest son liked Mr. Li so much. She I thought the younger son just liked to play with Mr. Li's younger brother, didn't he mean that the two children were about the same age?

"Chenchen likes Mr. Li? "Wang asked.

"Yeah. "The child nodded. After nodding, he suddenly felt a little sad when he thought that his brother had promised to take him there but would not come back to take him.

"..." Mrs. Wang.

Seeing the sad look on her youngest son's face, Ms. Wang felt melancholy. If she liked playing with Mr. Li's younger brother, she could post a post to invite people to play with her little son, but the little boy My son wants to play with Mr. Li? This post is really difficult to post.

Seeing her youngest son looking eagerly in the direction of the door every day, Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it. She turned around and told the housekeeper, "The eldest young master is coming back. Ask him to come to my place."

"Yes, Second Madam." The steward responded.

Chapter 112: Herding Three Lambs

"Master, the second lady asked you to come back and go to her courtyard." As soon as the housekeeper received the news that the master was back, he hurried over.

"I know." Zhao Xiangyi nodded and went to the yard where his mother-in-law lived. Entering the house, he saw that his mother-in-law and his little brother were both here. Zhao Xiangyi called out to his mother-in-law and brother, and asked, "I heard from the housekeeper that mother-in-law is looking for me.

What is the reason why mother-in-law is looking for me?"

"See you, Rui Chen. Pass the elder brother." Zhao Ruichen saluted his elder brother and his eyes were glued to his elder brother.

Zhao Xiangyi hummed, then looked away from his younger brother and looked at his mother-in-law, waiting for his mother-in-law to tell him what she wanted to see him for. When Mrs. Wang saw her son wanting to leave as soon as he came, she felt very angry. Could it be that she was a beast that could eat people? The beautiful woman asked angrily, "I can't come to you if I have nothing to do, right?"

Zhao Xiangyi didn't say anything, but he thought that was what he meant.

Seeing her son like this was like acquiescing to her son. Wang made tears for herself in her heart. Forget it, her son is her own and cannot be crushed to death. A gentle smile appeared on the beautiful woman's face and she said, "Come here." , sit down, I haven't seen you back home all day, Brother Chen has been waiting for you at home for several days and I haven't seen you yet."

Zhao Xiangyi sat down on the vacant chair, and the maid serving below brought tea and left. .

Seeing the way her younger son looked at her, Mrs. Wang didn't want to disappoint her younger son. She knew her eldest son didn't have much patience, and was afraid that he would leave before she finished speaking. She didn't know how to explain to her younger son when she turned around. Shi said, "Brother Chen wants to go to Mr. Li's place. If you are free, will you take your little brother to Mr. Li's place?"

So that's what he thought.

Zhao Xiangyi stood up without even touching the tea that had just been brought to the table, looked at his obedient little brother sitting beside him, and said, "Let's go then."

The kid ran over and grabbed his elder brother's hand . , raised his head and glanced at his elder brother, let's go?

"Auntie, let's go." Zhao Xiangyi took the people away without waving away the little hand holding him.

Just leave like that?

Seeing her youngest son abandoning her as her biological mother and following her elder brother without looking back, the beautiful woman pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes and watched her younger son follow her elder brother. Her son walked out the door without even leaving her behind.

In the two days before the new year, the carpenter made everything he wanted to do.

Just as the things in the backyard were loaded, Li Wen heard the people below say that Mr. Zhao was coming. He was so busy that he asked them to come over, and others followed him to the front to welcome the guests. Seeing that Zhao Xiangyi was bringing his younger brother over, Li Wen smiled and said, "Master Zhou has just finished the swing and wooden horses and installed them in the backyard. I was just about to tell you that you should take Chenchen with you. Come here to play, I didn't expect you to bring Chenchen here."

"Hello Chenchen, you are welcome to come to my house to play," Li Wen said with a smile on his face as he touched the child's head.

Zhao Ruichen looked well-behaved.

"You don't have to go to the camp today?" Li Wen looked at the man and asked.

"We'll go there later." Zhao Xiangyi said.

"If you have something to do, go ahead and do it. It's okay to leave Chenchen here with me. I'll just look after him for you." Knowing that this man had something to do, Li Wen took care of him for him. It's my younger brother's task, "It just so happens that I have nothing to do today and am at home all day."

One sheep is being driven, two sheep are being driven, and three sheep are being driven.

Zhao Xiangyi looked down at his younger brother, who was only half his waist tall, and asked, "I'll be away for half a day, can you stay here

?"

Zhao Ruichen thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Okay."

Zhao Xiangyi nodded and looked at Li Wen He said, "Brother Chen, I'm sorry to bother you. I'll pick him up later."

"Okay, go and do your work. Just pick him up when you're done. If you have nothing to do in the evening, just stop by for dinner. ." Li Wen waved his hand and told the man to just do whatever he wanted and don't be wordy. Zhao Xiangyi left his younger brother in Liuyuan Mansion, and he went to work on his business.

Seeing the man turn and leave, Li Wen took the child's hand and walked towards the backyard.

Before he walked in, he heard the sound of his boy screaming.

"Xiaobao, Yangyang, look who's here." Li Wen took the child in his hand and ran over. When they saw Chen Zhan coming, their two children ran over. This was not the first time the three children had met. They had just played together a few days ago, and they obviously still remembered each other.

Li Xiaobao was very happy to see the children coming over. He wanted to share his good things with his friends and play with them. "Brother Chen, you are here. Come and take a look at our swing. Brother Chen, sit on it and I will push you."

Li Wen He told his little boy, "You guys play together and take good care of brother Chen, you know?"

"I know, brother, we will take care of brother Chen." Li Xiaobao pulled him away.

Looking at the three children who quickly played together, Li Wen smiled and shook his head, letting the children play with them, and told Li Tong to watch here while he went to the study to do his business.

After lunch, the three cubs played in the warm pit and then fell asleep.

Li Wen covered the three boys with quilts. Seeing that the boys were sleeping soundly, he seemed to be infected with sleepiness. He did not go back to his own room to sleep, so he simply stayed on the warm pit. I lay down with the three little ones, and soon after I closed my eyes, I fell asleep. I didn't even know I was holding the child next to me in my arms as a pillow.

Brother Chen, who was the first to wake up, found himself being held in Master Li's arms. This was a bit different from the way Grandma Aniang held him, but he didn't hate it...

"Aha..." Li asked When he woke up, he opened his eyes and lowered his head to face a small face looking up at him. When he woke up, his mind was still not clear. He was still thinking about when Zhao Xiangyi had shrunk.

After a moment of thought, Li Wen remembered that the child in his arms was General Zhao's youngest son, Zhao Xiangyi's biological brother, not Zhao Xiangyi. He paused mid-yawn, and quickly let go of the child. Fortunately, he had just Nothing strange was done.

Li asked, "Are you awake?"

The child nodded, acting well-behaved, with wide eyes, and was very cute.

Li Wen couldn't restrain his hands. He held the child's face with both hands, rubbed the child's cheeks, and asked with a gentle smile, "Then shall we get up?"

The child whose face was rubbed rolled his eyes. It was moist, but he didn't dare to resist and continued to nod.

"So good..." I wonder if Zhao Xiangyi was so good when he was a child? Hey hey hey...

There were two children sleeping together in the corner who hadn't woken up yet. Li Wen didn't call anyone to get up and let the two little ones sleep a little longer. He took the woke children to wash their faces.

In the afternoon, he read the account book in the study room and let the child sit and write. The child was quiet and did not disturb him. When he looked up, he could still see the child's serious face. After a while, the other two boys woke up and came over. He let the three children play in the house.

When the sun set outside, Zhao Xiangyi came back from the camp. As soon as he entered the city, he came to Liuyuan Mansion.

"You're back. I was wondering how long it will take you to come back. If you don't come back, we will prepare dinner without waiting for you." Seeing Zhao Xiangyi come back, Li Wen put down the book in his hand with a lazy smile on his face. stood up from the recliner.

He sat and read a book in the house, and several children were playing in the house. The temperature outside was too low, so he did not let the children play outside for too long, fearing that the children would catch cold if they were exposed to the cold wind for too long.

In the blink of an eye, most of the day passed by.

"You are hungry, you don't have to wait for me." Seeing the young man walking towards him, Zhao Xiangyi stared at the young man in front of him, feeling a desire to hug the young man into his arms.

Why are you looking at me like that? Li Wen was a little confused as to what the man's look at him meant.

"I'm not very hungry. I made snacks at home. We had tea and snacks just now. When you go back later, bring some snacks back for your mother to try. They are made by Jinwan and are not sold outside. "They also had afternoon tea in the afternoon. They weren't very hungry at the moment, but it was time for dinner.

Zhao Xiangyi nodded, wondering if the young man would think of his mother-in-law if he had any good things. I wonder if his mother-in-law would be the person he chose? Anyway, it was right to leave a good impression on his mother-in-law first, so it was decided.

"Brother." After playing at someone else's house for a long time, he finally saw his brother back. When he saw his brother, Zhao Ruichen didn't want to be friends anymore and ran towards him. Zhao Xiangyi casually touched the child's head, and Li Wen said, "Chenchen is very well-behaved and plays well here."

Zhao Xiangyi said "hmm" and glanced at his little brother.

The food in the kitchen was ready, and Li Wen sent someone to prepare the meal.

Today, guests came to the house, and a sumptuous dinner was specially prepared. They set the dining table in front of the fireplace, and burned firewood in the stove. They would not feel cold even if they sat here to eat. The dishes prepared in the kitchen were placed on a large table, and everyone sat down around the table.

"I don't have any rules when it comes to eating here. Everyone can just do whatever they want." When they eat at home, adults and children sit together, and women can also eat at the table. Li Wen doesn't treat Zhao Xiangyi as an outsider and lets them do whatever they want. He looked at the child who was eating at his house for the first time and said, "Put what you want to eat. If you can't get it, just ask someone to pick it up for you

." "The child nodded.

"Then, let's eat. "Li Wen said with a smile.

Li Xiaobao couldn't wait to use his chopsticks for a long time. With a squeak, he moved his chopsticks towards the braised pork in the middle,

but instead of picking it up for himself, he gave it to the two children around him. Finally, One piece was given to him. Seeing that his little boy could take care of other children, Li Wen felt quite relieved.

Their children had grown up a lot in the six months since they came to the capital. The child's temperament is still a little spoiled and clingy, and he often goes to sleep with him at night. Now, half a year later, after the child has become familiar with the environment here in the capital, he is like a little bird in flight. He will go to play with other children. I am attracted to his elder brother.

Maybe it is mainly because he is busy outside and not at home much. Li Wen thought to himself, is this elder brother a bit unqualified?

"Hmm, brother, it's delicious." "The little boy was eating the meat, and it was so delicious that he squealed.

"If it tastes good, eat more. If you can't reach it, tell your brother, and he will pick it up for you. "Li Wen gave a few children a piece of fish. The fish was dipped in flour and fried, and then poured with sweet and sour sauce. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It tasted crispy, sweet and sour.

"Thank you, brother . .

"Thank you, sir. " "

Children all like this sweet and sour taste. Even Brother Chen, who usually doesn't like fish, after finishing a piece of fish, he looked longingly at the fish in the distance. I still want to eat the food.

Noticing the child's eyes, Li asked and gave the child another piece of fish,

"Is it delicious?

"Delicious. " "

After one meal, the little ones all had round bellies. Li Wen had almost eaten himself. Zhao Xiangyi had already eaten and sat there waiting for them to finish.

It was cold in winter, and the big dog at home was so hungry . He likes to sleep next to the fireplace. Li Wen looked at the sleeping big dog and said with a little sadness in his eyes, "Dahei is getting older, and he doesn't like to eat recently, but he still likes to sleep. "

Following the boy's gaze, Zhao Xiangyi saw the big dog lying there. He knew it was the big dog raised by his fourth uncle.

Several children were playing in the house today, and the big black muscle slept here all day. , only occasionally opening his eyelids to take a look.

Not sure if he knew what others were talking about, the big dog raised his eyelids, looked at him with triangular eyes, and Li Wen said, "When I was young, the master had it with him. Dahei, its name is actually General. My master named it

"If it were a human, it would already be an old man at this age."

The longest life span of a dog is only ten or twenty years, and the longest one is also very old. It lasts for more than twenty years, and a dog's teenage years is equivalent to a human being's eighty or ninety years old.

Seeing the worry on the young man's face, Zhao Xiangyi didn't know how to comfort him.

When the man looked at him, Li Wen smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'll just express my feelings, don't pay attention to me."

But Zhao Xiangyi still saw the young man's worries in his eyes, and he knew what the young man was worried about. .

It was getting dark outside, but fortunately it wasn't that far from Liuyuan Mansion to the General Mansion. We walked just one street to the General Mansion. But when it was time to go back, the child was a little reluctant to go back. Li Wen had to coax the child, "Good boy, you go back with your brother first. If you still want to come to play with brother, you can come over tomorrow. Otherwise, your mother-in-law If I can't see you, I will worry about you."

Seeing the small look in the child's eyes, Li Wen felt that the child was very pitiful.

"Yes, brother Chen, you can come and play again tomorrow. I will take you to play tomorrow." Li Xiaobao comforted his friend.

"Let's go." Zhao Xiangyi took his little brother's hand and went out, put him on the horse, turned over, glanced at the boy who sent him out, pulled the cloak and wrapped the child around his chest, and rode towards the general. The government went back.

Seeing that the person was gone, Li Wen took the two cubs back to the house.

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Chapter 113 The New Year's Eve dinner

came on the 28th, and the newspaper office stopped publishing newspapers. The bookstore, hot pot restaurant, and Zhuangmeng Pavilion stores were all closed.

Considering that the few scholars working in the newspaper office were not from the capital, They all stay here in the capital to celebrate the New Year, and some of the guys in the store, those who live in the capital and the villages near the capital, can still go home to celebrate the new year with their families. Some people come to the capital from far away to work, and Some people are homeless and wandering.

Among the several shops he owns, Zhuangmeng Pavilion was the first to be opened in the capital, and several other shops were opened later. Although these shops were opened not long ago, they still made a lot of money. There must be some in between. It would not be possible without everyone's hard work and efforts. In less than half a year, he had basically recovered all the money he invested. Zhuangmeng Pavilion's items were almost huge profits. Not only did he get his money back, he started making profits two months earlier.

Li Wen is not a stingy boss. Since everyone earns money, he also wants to find appropriate opportunities to reward everyone. So I thought that at the end of the year, he, the boss, would invite the guys to have a New Year's Eve dinner together. The venue was decided to be at Shili Piaoxiang. He had people notify him half a month ago.

In the middle of winter, it's lively when everyone gets together to have hot pot, and the guys from several restaurants can get to know each other.

So on the 28th, Shili Piaoxiang closed its doors and did not receive guests. It only prepared a few tables of food for everyone to eat. The shopkeepers and clerks from several shops came together, and several scholars from the newspaper office also arrived.

The total number of people was less than fifty, and they could sit down with several tables of wine.

Among these shops, only Zhuangmeng Pavilion recruits girls, and the majority of the other shops are men.

On this day, everyone gathered together. People they knew sat at one table, and several scholars sat at another table. Some people they didn't know sat together and introduced each other, so they got to know each other.

In addition to the shopkeepers and guys who usually work in Shili Piaoxiang, there are many people here who have never eaten hot pot. And the guys who work in Shili Piaoxiang usually work in the store, and here they are sitting in the store eating hot pot. It's the first time.

Someone said, "Thanks to our boss, we can sit in the store and eat today."

"Our boss is so nice."

But no, many of them have worked in many places, and this is the first time they have encountered such a good boss. , Not to mention the monthly income, the shopkeeper in the store will not find various reasons to deduct money from them. If they do well, they will be rewarded every month. Of course, if they do not do well, they will also have money deducted. But for the sake of reward, everyone will work hard. Otherwise, if it is not as simple as deducting money, they may lose their job.

The monthly salary of the twelfth lunar month is the highest. This month alone I earned more than double the usual salary.

When everyone was talking about how good his boss was, Li Wen showed up with his people and invited the employees below to have a New Year's Eve dinner. He, the boss, didn't show up, so he made a special trip.

Several shopkeepers have met the boss and introduced to the guys below, "...this one is our boss."

"Maybe there are some people here who don't know me or have never seen me. Here I Let me introduce to you, my surname is Li. "Li Wen had a smile on his face. If he hadn't said it, others would have never known that he was the boss behind these stores.

Except for a few scholars in the newspaper office who knew Li Liuyuan's identity, the guys below didn't know that they were The boss is so young, and only a few shopkeepers know that this person is their boss.

"Everyone has worked hard in the past few months, and I know that the next three or two months at the end of the year will be particularly busy. Without all of you, the business of several stores would not be so good, so here, I want to thank all of you. " At this time, Li Wen, the boss, naturally had to make a speech and thank the employees below for their hard work.

"... This year, only these few stores have been opened in Beijing. What I want to strive for is to open the stores next year. Go to other places outside the capital. When the time comes, everyone here will be the first to reserve excellent shopkeepers. If you do well, you will still have the opportunity to be transferred to other places as shopkeepers, so everyone must Work hard and do well. "As for the employees who cheat and dodge on weekdays, as soon as the shopkeeper found out, they would all ask them to leave

. When the boss said that they would open the store outside the capital, everyone in the store would be shocked. Everyone was excited for the opportunity to be a shopkeeper,

"That's all I have to say, I won't say more here. "Li Wen, the boss's speech ended here. He looked at the shopkeepers and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, shopkeeper Liu, you shopkeepers, if you have anything to say to the guys below, stand up and say it. Talk.

And if the guys below have anything to say, you can stand up and talk about the good and bad aspects of the store, and what needs to be improved. You can stand up and speak freely and express your thoughts and opinions. "

Then the stage was handed over to the shopkeeper and the employees below, and Li Wen took Bai Yu to sit at the table with some scholars.

When the scholars saw Mr. Li coming, they all said hello.

Li Wen had a smile on his face. Talking to several scholars and asking them about their New Year celebrations, it made people feel that he had no airs at all. Several scholars admired Li Liuyuan from the bottom of their hearts, and all of them thanked Li Liuyuan for taking them in and giving them a place to live. He even gave them work in the same place.

When he heard others thanking him, Li Wen smiled and said, "You don't need to thank me. You have to thank yourselves. It's because you are good enough that I let you come to the newspaper office." You give yourself the opportunity to do things.

"I heard that a few of you are preparing for the scientific examination..."

Later they talked about the scientific examination, and Li Wen also gave some of his opinions. The scholars listened attentively. Li Liuyuan said.

Several shopkeepers took turns to stand up and speak. After being shopkeepers for so many years, this was the first time they spoke in front of so many people. This made them feel a little embarrassed and at the same time they felt proud. The boss valued them so much. They, let them be the shopkeepers of the store, and the business in the store is booming, and it will get better and better in the future, etc.

After the shopkeepers finished speaking, several girls in Zhuangmeng Pavilion were pushing each other, and a bold girl stood up and spoke, "It is difficult for our girl to find a good job outside her family. Most shopkeepers would stop us from working as soon as they see that we are girls, or else they will take advantage of us when they see how

pretty we are...

"...We came to Zhuangmeng Pavilion, and the fourth lady chose. Hit us and let us stay in the shop and do our work. We work in the store, and if we do well, we can get extra commissions and bonuses every month. With the monthly money, I can take it home, and I can support my parents, brothers and sisters at home... We are very grateful in our hearts. The Fourth Miss asked us to stay and work..."

Two other girls below also stood up and spoke. Their words were nothing more than thanking the Fourth Miss, Zhuangmeng Pavilion, and the boss. In fact, they originally A lot of people came to Zhuangmeng Pavilion, and some of them left, so a few of them were able to stay.

It was indeed difficult for the girl to find work outside. Generally, the shops hired boys to work, and they rarely needed them. It's from a girl's house. Otherwise, it's the kind of place that wants girls to sell themselves and show off their sex, and it's all based on girls' crooked ideas. Shops like Zhuangmeng Pavilion that recruit girls are formal and clean places. There are very few in the capital.

Li Wen sat below and heard what several girls said. He knew that this era was unfair to women. Women had no status at all. However, no matter what era they are in, women have contributed no less than men. In fact, there are many jobs in this society that still require women to do, such as weaving, embroidery, and other handicrafts. The large handicraft industries all require women to do the work. Women bear children and raise children, which cannot be replaced by men.

It is clear that women are also an indispensable part of this society, so why is the status of women so low? In fact, to put it bluntly, it was just that the scholar-officials were afraid that women would overwhelm their men, and listed various commandments to restrict women; the world's view of women, and the disadvantages women were in, and other reasons. To change the status of women, it cannot be changed overnight. It requires a long period of development later.

After a few girls stood up and spoke in the front, some men stood up and spoke in the back.

The employees below were talking, and the boss Li Wen was also listening carefully to listen to the employees' thoughts. He noticed that there were a few good employees here. He made a mental note and thought about following up later. Bai Yu talked about it and reminded the shopkeepers below to focus on training these few people. In the future, if they want to open stores outside the capital, they will also have reserved talents to use.

After everyone finally finished speaking, it was time to eat.

The hot soup in the pot boils, and the whole store is filled with a scent. The meatballs and slices fall down and float quickly, so you can fish them out and eat them with sauce. In this season, vegetables are more expensive than meat. Being able to eat fresh vegetables is so touching that you want to cry.

"Enough meat tubes, you all have a good meal. Eat slowly, I have something to do here, so I will leave first." Li Wen did not stay here for too long, and gave New Year's greetings to the employees below. After giving the red envelope, he took the people away, lest if he, the boss, stayed here, the employees below would be unable to eat and drink freely.

Several shopkeepers got up and sent their boss out.

Li Wen waved to the shopkeepers, got into the carriage, and left.

Chapter 114 New Year's

Eve It's New Year's Eve when twenty-nine is over.

The last day at the end of the year is Sui Chu, which means the end of the year and the new year. The most important day at the end of the year is a day for family reunion. Businessmen who are away from home return home and reunite with their relatives at home.

This year is their first year in Beijing.

In previous years, he studied in Nanyang and could go home to reunite with his relatives during the Chinese New Year. Now that he has become an official in the capital, the journey back to his hometown is long, and returning to reunite with his relatives has become a luxury. Fortunately, he had his younger brothers and sisters by his side, so he was not alone. Li Wen felt a little comforted in his heart, but it was a pity that his younger siblings were with him in the capital and could not go back to reunite with his family for the New Year.

The sun rose early in the east, and the sunlight filled the entire courtyard, adding a touch of warmth to this winter day.

They set up a table in the yard and spread it with red paper to write couplets.

Ever since he could read and write, Li Wen had written all the couplets at home during the Chinese New Year. When he arrived in the capital this year, the task of writing couplets also fell on his shoulders. He was pulled to write couplets as soon as he got up early in the morning.

"As time goes by, people live longer, and spring fills the universe with blessings."

The horizontal inscription reads: Chang'an in all seasons.

The last word falls and the pen is closed.

"Brother, your handwriting is so beautiful."

"Wow, brother, your handwriting is so beautiful."

While he was writing, a few kids next to him were praising him. Li Wen's face was a bit dumbfounded.

In order to prepare for the imperial examination, he practiced xiaoke for more than ten years, and his handwriting of xiaoke was neat and beautiful. He just didn't know if he was used to it, or if his pursuit was higher now. When he looked at his handwriting, he felt that his handwriting was correct, but he always felt that something was missing.

Li Wen said, "You two, come and write a few words."

Seeing his brother's handwriting look so beautiful, and comparing it with his own handwriting, Li Xiaobao felt a little ashamed, "No, no, brother, I don't write, my writing is not good."

"If you write more, it will look better. The reason why I write better than you is because I have written more words for more than ten years, so I have to write diligently. Only by practicing can you write well. If you don't write diligently, how can you write well in the future? The task of writing couplets will have to be handed over to you two next year." Li Wen wrote "Fu" in red letters. "The word, let the two little ones come over and write.

is that so? Li Haopeng looked suspicious.

Li Wen looked sure, that's it, that's right.

Today is the last day of the year, and tomorrow is the new year. On this day, every household cleans the courtyard, puts up couplets, puts up window grilles, hangs red lanterns, etc.

In previous years, they celebrated the New Year at home, where they also had to worship their ancestors and welcome them back home for the New Year. There were many red tapes. This year they are celebrating the New Year in the capital, so they will avoid unnecessary red tape and just keep it simple.

"Brother, why didn't Brother Chen come today?"

"Maybe I have something to do at home and can't leave. I'll be here in two days."

The General's Mansion and Liuyuan Mansion are not far away, and the children have been playing in their houses since that day. After that, in the past few days, Brother Chen would come to play with them every day. Every day after Zhao Xiangyi sent people over, he went to do his work, and when he was done, he came to pick them up.

The three children played together for a few days and developed feelings for each other. No wonder their children were talking about it when Brother Chen didn't come and no one came for a day.

Li Wen knew that for a family like the General's Mansion, various complicated etiquettes were inevitable during the New Year and festivals. He thought there must be something going on in the manor and he couldn't leave. Otherwise, Brother Chen would definitely come to their home.

After he finished writing the couplet and there was nothing else to do behind them, Li Wen called Bai Yu over and took the two little ones with him to the street. The street was still very lively that day. There were many small business stalls on the street, pedestrians were coming and going, and many adults and children came out to play.

On the road, I saw someone selling candied haws on a stick, and the boy shouted that he was going to buy some candied haws on a stick.

"Okay, let's go."

The two boys ran in front, and Li Wen and Bai Yu followed behind, watching to prevent the children from being abducted by the traffickers. He glanced at Bai Yu's feet and asked, "You Do you still feel any discomfort when walking on your feet? "Later, he asked the imperial doctor to come over and see Bai Yu twice. Now Bai Yu's feet are much better than before. He no longer needs a cane to walk. If you don't look carefully, he walks like an ordinary person.

But when he looked carefully, he could still find that one of Bai Yu's feet was lighter than the other, so Li Wen

could feel that his injured foot was still slightly different from the other

. He shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing uncomfortable. "

Li Wen knew that this man was not telling the truth, but he also knew that in this era of backward medical skills, the reason why he could be cured to such an extent was because he invited the imperial doctor from the palace to come for diagnosis and treatment. Otherwise, Bai Yu would not be able to walk in the future. You still have to walk with a cane. If this were the case in modern times, it would only take a small operation and he would be back to normal.

"Brother, here you go. "

The two boys went to buy candied haws, and they didn't forget to buy their share. Li Wen took it and held it in his hand, but didn't eat it. They also bought a lot of snacks on the way, all of which his boys paid for themselves. , he would give the child a little pocket money every month, but he didn't care about how to use it. Just before

noon, they sat down at a noodle shop and each asked for a bowl of noodles.

When he arrived, Li Wenshun asked, "Is your store still open for business during the Chinese New Year?"

"Haha, we are open for half a day today and will close in the afternoon to celebrate the New Year. Our store will not open for business until the third day of the Lunar New Year. " "The woman answered him with a smile.

"Yes, it's Chinese New Year and I have to go back to celebrate the New Year. "Li Wen nodded and thanked the woman who served them noodles.

At noon, there were customers coming to the store to eat noodles, and the woman was busy greeting the customers.

On this day, the stalls on the street closed earlier than usual. , many vendors in the city are people living in villages near the capital. They came to the city to do business for half a day, then started to pack up their stalls and hurried home to celebrate the New Year with their wives and children at home.

On the way back after eating noodles, they saw some vendors cleaning up their stalls, and some shops on the street were closed. It seemed that the boss was letting the guys go back to celebrate the New Year.

They came back to the house from outside, and there were red couplets posted on the door. , hung red lanterns, and the house was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. It had a new look, and it had a New Year atmosphere.

When Li Jinwan saw her brother and younger brother coming back, she asked with a smile, "Brother, Bai Yu, Xiaobao, Yangyang, you guys are back. Come on, have you had lunch? Would you like the kitchen to make you something to eat?

"No, we just came back after eating outside. We're not hungry yet. " Li Wen handed over the uneaten candied haws in his hand and said, "Here, I'll reward you for your hard work at home these days."

"Thank you, brother. " It's nothing hard or not, I can help my brother, I'm happy before it's too late. "Li Jinwan took it with a smile and took a bite. The sugar on the outside was sweet, and the hawthorn on the inside was sour and sweet at the same time. She narrowed her eyes happily.

She recalled that the first bite of candied haws she ate when she was a child was brought back to her by her brother. Her brother was really kind to her. Thinking about some things in her childhood, because her brother was here, she didn't feel that her childhood was hard, so that's why after she followed her brother to the capital, she never said she wanted to go back to her hometown. Where only her brother was, she I just felt like home was there.

"Little girl, she still looks like she hasn't grown up yet." Just a bunch of rock candy cute reeds are enough.

In Li Wen's eyes, this teenage girl was just a half-year-old child, but in this era, girls of fifteen or sixteen were already old enough to get married and have children. He really couldn't bear to marry such a good sister, so he would just stay with her and raise her for another three or two years.

"Brother, I've grown up, don't treat me like a child all the time." The little girl snorted, but she was still not convinced.

Li Wen smiled and said, "Oh, really? Then give me back my candied haws."

"I don't, you gave it to me, it's mine." Li Jinwan protected the candied haws in her hand and refused to give it to her.

The two brothers and sisters walked into the house while quarreling.

"Brother." Xiao Yangyang looked up at his brother. Bai Yu hummed and reached out to touch the child's head.

Today is

the holiday, and naturally the family has to prepare a sumptuous dinner.

The kitchen was already in full swing. The meat was simmering in the big pot, bubbling and

fragrant. Today is a holiday, and dinner is served early at home. There is a table in the house for the master to eat, and a table in the kitchen for the people below. Whatever the master eats, the servants also eat. Li Wen, this master never treats those around him badly. servants.

Everyone sat down around a table to eat. While eating, Li Wen noticed that his younger brother was not in a high mood. He was holding his mouth tightly and his eyes were red, as if someone had bullied him. Li Wen pulled the child over, held him in his arms, and asked, "What's wrong with Xiaobao? Is the food not to his liking?"

The child buried his face in his brother's belly, shook his head, and said nothing.

Li Wen actually knew what was wrong with the child. He probably missed his grandma. He hugged the child for a while. After the child calmed down, he rubbed the child's head and said, "Okay, we are men." Man, don't act like a little girl.

Let's eat first, okay? You see, everyone is looking at us. If you don't eat, Yangyang is also looking at you, and Yangyang doesn't eat either

. Eyes were looking at them, and everyone stopped using their chopsticks.

"Yeah." Li Haopeng looked up at Xiao Yangyang and found that everyone was looking at him. He was a little embarrassed. Children also want to save face. He wiped his eyes and pretended that nothing happened.

"Come on, eat a piece of meat. Don't you like braised pork the most? This is what the fourth sister cooked for us. Do you think it tastes good?" Li Wen gave Xiaozai a piece of braised pork. His sister's cooking skills I learned it from his grandma, and the taste is a bit like her grandma's.

"Yes, Xiaobao, give it a try and see if Fourth Sister is doing well." Li Jinwan coaxed.

Seeing the little boy eating meat, Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up the cup on the table and clinked it with Bai Yu.

He left home to study away from home when he was young. He can actually understand the child's feeling of missing his relatives. Even now, Li Wen often misses his parents, grandmother, and relatives at home, but as he grows older, the longing for his relatives is hidden in his heart and is rarely revealed.

After finishing the meal, it was getting dark outside.

Chapter 115: New Year's Eve

"Exposure -"

At night, they lit fireworks in the yard, making a crackling sound. Two little boys were screaming beside them with their big ears, laughing happily. Say goodbye to the old year with the sound of firecrackers, and welcome the new year with fireworks all over the sky. After tonight, tomorrow will be the new year. Seeing two little kids making trouble nearby, the adults also had smiles on their faces.

After the last firework was set off, it was gone.

"Brother, aren't you going to let it go?"

"It's over. It's gone." Li Wen clapped his hands and said, "Okay, it's over. Let's go back to the house

."

The two little ones were still unfinished and wanted to continue playing. They haven't had enough.

"Brother, will we set off fireworks tomorrow night?" Li Haopeng asked, pestering his brother.

This kid wants to celebrate New Year's Eve every night, right? Li Wen glanced at the boy and told him, "We won't let it go tomorrow night. Let's wait until the Lantern Festival

." "A little disappointed, Li Xiaobao glanced at his brother out of the corner of his eyes, hoping that his brother would change his mind, "We have to wait for the Lantern Festival, it takes a long time. "

There was nothing he could do about it. Li Wen pretended not to see it, so as not to soften his heart, he agreed to accompany this boy to set off fireworks every night. The fireworks were all made of money, and they were just a waste of money. They made a few crackling sounds. In the blink of an eye, the money spent on fireworks was enough for them to go to Yipinlou for a big meal.

It was very cold outside, but it felt warm as soon as they entered the house.

There were dried fruit snacks on the low table . They took off their shoes and went to the warm pit and sat down around the table to drink tea.

"Tonight is New Year's Eve, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I will give you all a lucky gift here." "Li Wen took out the prepared New Year's money from his arms, which was just a few silver coins wrapped in red paper. He gave it to his little boy first, "Here, this is for Xiaobao. After tonight , when our little baby turns one year older tomorrow, my brother hopes that you will be healthy, grow up happily, study hard and work seriously in the future.

"Thank you, brother. " Li Haopeng accepted the New Year's money from his brother and said with a smile, "Haopeng also wishes my brother good health and all the best."

"There is also Yangyang, who is in good health. " "Li Wen nodded and continued to hand out red envelopes.

Bai Jingyang glanced at his brother, and when he saw his brother nodded, he took it with both hands and said, "Thank you, sir

." And your fourth sister is one year older. She is a big boy. I'm a girl, I'll find a good husband in the future." Li Wen didn't forget his sister. The little girl took the New Year's money from her brother, blushed, and thanked her, "Thank you, brother. I hope I can find a good sister-in-law as soon

as possible." "..." Li asked, thinking that your "sister-in-law" had already been found, but he just wanted to find a good sister-in-law. This is not the time to tell you.

"I have some too, right?" Bai Yu didn't expect that he also had lucky money, "Haha, I won't need it."

"If you want it, if you want it, come, whoever sees it will be rewarded." Li Wen stuffed a red envelope It was given to Bai Yu, who had no choice but to take it, and Li Wen gave one to each of the maids nearby. The Yingchun magpies took the red envelopes from their master and said a few pleasant words one after another, "I wish you good luck and success."

As for those who didn't come, Li Wen gave the red envelopes to Yingchun and said, "Those who are not here "You can take it to them later."

"Thank you, Master." Yingchun took it with a smile and thanked the Master for everyone.

After giving out a round of red envelopes, there were still a few unfinished red envelopes in his hand. Li Wen put the remaining red envelopes back in his arms and kept them, waiting for the person he was going to meet tomorrow to continue giving them out. He took out a deck of playing cards from a box and invited everyone to come over and play cards, "Let's play cards."

He made this deck of playing cards himself out of cardboard. He hadn't played with it for a long time, mainly because he hadn't played with it for a long time. Play in vain.

It happens to be New Year's Eve tonight, the New Year's Eve, which means "New Year's Eve". It is the last night at the end of the year. In previous years, we would stay up with our parents at home. I think everyone won't go to bed so early tonight, so why not find something to do to pass the time so as not to feel bored, otherwise everyone will feel sleepy after sitting for a while.

"Brother, I want to play too." Li Haopeng was the first to raise his hand, and he wanted to play too.

"What is this and how do you play it?" Bai Yu had never seen such a thing and didn't know how to play it.

"Oh, yes, I forgot that you two don't know how to play." Li Wen forgot that the two Bai Yu brothers didn't know how to play. They can play all the games they usually play.

There are three adults and two children here, so they might as well play something simple.

"Let's play blackjack. For example, I am the banker and I deal the cards. Everyone starts with two cards, one up card and one hidden card. Later, if you think your points are at the bottom, you can continue to ask for them. Among the cards, blackjack is the biggest. If it exceeds blackjack, it will explode..."

"Let's play two games and you will understand how to play." Li Wen explained the rules to Bai Yu clearly.

Bai Yu has also been to gambling houses with people before, but he is not addicted to gambling like some of his friends. They always go out after getting addicted to gambling. In the past, he thought that a thousand taels of silver was nothing, but now he realized that he relied on his father and brother to live a lavish life. Those things in the past have passed, and now he is no longer the third young master of the Bai family.

However, Li Wenyi said that this card game was quite new to him. He had never played it before, but after listening to Li Wen explain the rules, he probably understood how to play.

"It's no fun just playing cards. It's fun for us to invest some money in gambling, right?" Li Wen asked someone to get some copper coins. The money for each person was one hundred copper coins. He said, "At least one copper coin at a time. The maximum number cannot exceed ten coins. Those who lose all will be eliminated first, and those who win can take away the money. "

"Of course, I am not here to encourage you to go out and gamble with others in the future."

Li Wen looked at the two young ones and said, "Small gambling brings pleasure, but big gambling harms the body. Indulging in gambling is not advisable. Let's have fun together as a family tonight, it's not gambling. "

..." Li Xiaobao.

"Brother, let's play." "Li Jinwan took a seat, grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the table and ate them in her hand,

"Let's start, Xiaobao, you are responsible for teaching Yangyang to play, and Yangyang will be in charge of you. "This round he was the banker, and Li Wenwen started to deal the cards. The card above him was three, and he was not in a hurry to look at the cards below.

He glanced at the cards on the table, and Li Wenwen sat under him. The girl at home said, "Do you want it?

"Have one. "

"No more. " "

Li Jinwan looked at her cards, took a look, and said she didn't want them.

Below were two children. After Li Haopeng looked at his own cards, he looked at Bai Jingyang's cards next door. The two children gathered together and murmured, "Yes. "

Li Wen handed one to Li Haopeng. He looked at it, gritted his teeth and said, "Here's another one. "

Exploded...

"Brother, you must have done it on purpose. "Li Haopeng pulled out his trump card. It was past blackjack.

Li Wen chuckled and said, "It's none of my business. You want it yourself. "

Li Xiaobao, wuwuwu...

The last one was Bai Yu's turn, and Bai Yu asked for a card, which was exactly twenty-point.

After everyone played for two rounds, Bai Yu understood the rules.

After playing blackjack for a while, They started playing Fried Golden Flower. The game rules of Fried Golden Flower are also very simple, and it is suitable for multiple people to play together.

Among the people at the table, Li Wen saw that only Bai Yu could play a few games with him. The two boys were still young, and Yang Yang was smarter than his boy. His girl has everything written on her face. If she gets a good card, she looks happy. If the score is not high, she looks confused and hesitant. She doesn't know whether to have a good card or not. She doesn't look like Kazuto. A card-playing material, he would be played to death in minutes as soon as he got on the gambling table.

But since they were his own sisters and brothers, Li Wen still had to be a little merciful and give them a little slack. Otherwise, if he had just won blindly, these little ones would definitely stop working.

Everyone played cards, ate melon seeds, snacks, and drank a cup of tea. Time passed quite quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the two cubs rolled together and fell asleep. When they noticed, the two cubs were already snoring.

Li Wen asked someone to bring a quilt over and cover the two cubs, and said, "It's cold outside. The two children are asleep. Let's just stay here and sleep tonight." So as not to wake them up by hugging them. Needless to say, it's cold outside. If you take me outside while you're asleep, you'll catch a cold easily.

"I see that everyone is sleepy. You all should go to bed. You have almost finished watching the New Year's Eve. You can go to bed." At this time, everyone was yawning. Li Wen was also a little sleepy. Watching the New Year's Eve is the meaning of the night. Just be thoughtful. Everyone will be very tired after staying up all night. Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year and everyone has to get up and get busy.

"Brother, I'm going back to sleep." Li Jinwan yawned, said something to her brother, and led the people back to her yard.

Bai Yu glanced at his sleeping brother and had to go back by himself.

After everyone left, Li Wen walked to the room where he slept and asked the child who was following him to go back and rest so that he no longer had to follow him.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw a man sitting in the room. Li Wen closed the door behind his back, walked into the room, sat on the chair next to the man, and asked with a smile, "When did you get here?" ?" He was quite happy to see the man here. He thought he would not see this man tonight.

If the man was here in his room, he would have stopped playing and come back inside.

"I just arrived not long ago." Zhao Xiangyi has actually been in this room for a while.

Hearing the laughter in the main hall and knowing that they were playing there, he waited in this room for the boy to come back.

Now when he saw the young man coming back and saw the young man smiling at him with crooked eyes, his heart felt as if he had been scratched by a kitten. He wanted to hold the young man in his arms, but he felt that he would have to wait longer. It's all worth it, just to see the boy.

"I thought you weren't coming tonight. Don't you want to keep the New Year's Eve in the General's Mansion?" Li Wen yawned, climbed up on the bed, sat on the edge of the bed and took off his shoes. When he saw the man looking at him, he waved to the man. come over.

"Let me take it off for you." Zhao Xiangyi walked over to the boy, sat down next to him, took off the socks on the boy's feet, held the boy's little feet, and couldn't help but touch them. Wife My feet are slippery and easy to touch.

"Giggle."

Li Wen is very ticklish and is particularly afraid of people touching the soles of his feet. As soon as Zhao Xiangyi grabbed his feet and touched them, he felt as if someone had tapped his smile point. He couldn't help but kick Zhao Xiangyi, and the soles of his feet were touched. He retracted his feet, climbed into the bed, and complained, "Why are you touching my feet!"

Of course they felt good to touch!

Zhao Xiangyi touched his buttocks but did not say anything.

"I'm telling you, don't touch my feet again." Li Wen took off his clothes in a few seconds, leaving only the obscene clothes underneath. He opened the quilt and rolled in, feeling frozen by the cold quilt. He shivered and shouted that it was so cold. He couldn't help complaining, "Since you're here, why don't you lie down on the bed and warm the quilt for me?" He

sat outside and waited, lying down. He was waiting in bed, why didn't his wife warm the bed for him? He was freezing to death.

"Haha... It's my fault." Zhao Xiangyi chuckled, took off his clothes, lay down on the bed, took the boy over, held him in his arms, and asked, "Is it still cold like this?"

"Uh-huh..." That's more like it!

A man is like a natural furnace, and you can hear his heartbeat while lying in his arms.

Li Liuyuan arrogantly slapped the man's chin and asked, "Tell me what the New Year is like in your general's mansion. Have you been very busy in the past few days? Chenchen didn't come over today. He's at home. Are you making noises about coming to my place?"

"Well, I'll be a little busy these days. Brother Chen has been making noises about coming to your place early in the morning, but there are a lot of things at home today, so it's hard for him to come to your place. He even got into trouble with me," Zhao Xiangyi said.

Now all that are left in the General's Mansion are the women and their children. Here in the capital, the men are guarding the country and the border. He is the eldest grandson in the family and the only adult male in the family who remains in the capital. Therefore, many things in the family are affected. He is asked to take care of it, so he will be busier in the days before and after New Year's Eve.

According to the rules of their house in previous years, people from each room first went to the old grandmother to say hello. As the eldest grandson, he naturally had to follow his grandson and take his younger brother to the old lady's place. After that, everyone in each room went to see the old lady. People go back to their respective courtyards and do not stay together.

Zhao Xiangyi didn't go into too much detail about what happened in the house because he felt it was too boring and had nothing to say. He simply said, "Auntie and Brother Chen have gone to bed, and I will come to you."

Li Wen He nodded, turned over on the man's body, lay on his chest, looked at the man below, and asked, "Tell me, is it because you miss me?" Otherwise, you would definitely have to spend this kind of time at home. of.

"Well, I missed you, so I came."

Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man and smiled. He really missed this young man. Otherwise, he would not have climbed over the wall of Liuyuan Mansion and ran to Li Liuyuan's bed. Coming. He wanted to spend the last night of the year with him on this special day and welcome the new year together.

"Seeing that you are so honest, let me reward you with a kiss."

Hearing the man's honest answer, Li Liuyuan felt good. He lowered his head and kissed the man's lips, rewarding the man with a kiss. Soon Zhao Xiangyi turned from passive to active. The two people's lips and tongues intertwined, the fire of lust flowed through the body, and the body temperature suddenly rose.

This kiss seems to be just the beginning, and this night is still very long...

Chapter 116:

The second day of the Lunar New Year is the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The first day of the first lunar month is the Hundred Festival Year, which is the beginning of the year.

I heard the sound of firecrackers coming from outside early. I wonder which house set off firecrackers outside early in the morning. The warmth and smell left by the man still remained in the bed, but the man was no longer beside him, which made people feel a little melancholy. Li Qian lay on the bed with the quilt, staring at the top of the bed, feeling in his heart I miss the man who left.

Until he heard a child knocking on the door early in the morning, he responded, "Come in."

The child pushed open the door and brought hot water in to wash him.

"Has everyone else gotten up?" Li Wen took the face towel and wiped his face. He handed the face towel to the child and asked.

Li Tong replied, "The fourth lady got up early and was busy. Young Master and Young Master Yang are here." I'm still sleeping and haven't woken up yet."

"Yes, I understand." Li Wen nodded, got dressed, and went to the side room.

The two boys slept in his place last night. When he came over, the two boys on the bed had already woken up and were laughing and joking under the covers. As soon as they heard his voice, the two boys sat up. As soon as they saw him, his boy crawled out of bed and rushed towards him, "Brother."

"My lord."

Li Wen hugged the person . , slapped the boy on the butt, and said, "Come down quickly and put on your clothes. Do you know that today is the first day of the Lunar New Year? It's the Chinese New Year, and we will have breakfast together later." He asked someone to Go and bring hot water to wash the two little cubs.

The two little boys put on new clothes, new shoes, and tiger hats, and ran forward one after the other. "

Bah bang bang!" They

went to the door to set off firecrackers. The firecrackers were lit and crackling. The two boys covered their ears and jumped on the side. It's New Year's Eve. Everyone in the house is beaming with joy. The new year is a new beginning for everyone. Everyone has good expectations for the coming year and hopes for a better life in the future. better. Early in the morning, the servants below came to pay New Year greetings to their master. Li Wen brought the red envelopes he had prepared and each received a red envelope. Naturally, his younger siblings were also given one. Everyone in the household was given one. Li Jinwan, the fourth lady, is not stingy. When she saw her brother handing out rewards, she also gave red envelopes to everyone in the household. The dishes in the morning were very rich, including all kinds of chicken, duck, and fish. A large table was laid out, and everyone sat down to eat the first meal of the New Year together. The two boys' mouths were full of oil. Watching the two boys eat, the adults found it delicious. "There's nothing to do today. Why don't you go out later and go to the temple to burn incense?" Li Wenyi thought that there was nothing to do today. Everyone was bored at home all day, so why not take advantage of this time? Everyone is here, let's go out together and take a walk outside. He absolutely refused to admit that it was because he heard that man say that his family was going to the temple to offer incense today that he decided to go out on the spur of the moment. "Well, okay, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Let's go to the temple to worship the gods and ask for good wishes." Li Jinwan has been in the capital for so long and has never been to a nearby temple to worship. She feels that her brother's suggestion Yes, so I agreed. The two boys were naturally very happy when they heard that they were going out. Bai Yu nodded, he could do whatever he wanted. So after eating, they began to prepare to go out. There were two carriages, and the women and children of the family were all sitting in the carriages. Li Wen and others rode horses, walking in front of the team and heading out of the city. On their way there, they also encountered carriages and horses from other houses, presumably from the same families who were going to the temple to burn incense. The incense in the temple was very prosperous, and the wives and ladies of the officials in the capital came early in the morning to offer incense. "Auntie, you go and worship. I'll take a walk around here." Zhao Xiangyi returned to the general's mansion early in the morning and escorted the female relatives in the mansion to the mountain to worship the gods. However, he was not very interested in worshiping the gods. So he spoke to his mother-in-law and left alone with a boy. "This child." When Mrs. Wang saw her eldest son walking away, she had no choice but to take the child and follow the old lady into the temple to worship Buddha. After walking for nearly half an hour, they arrived at the foot of the mountain, where many carriages had stopped. Two people were left here to watch the carriages and horses, and they went up the mountain. Along the way, they met many ladies and ladies who were also going up the mountain to burn incense. On the way, a young lady recognized Li Liuyuan. Seeing the young and handsome young master, she couldn't help but fall in love with him. Moreover, Li Liuyuan had become a fifth-rank official at a young age and was more promising than any young talent in the capital. Li Liuyuan got The emperor's high regard will definitely make his official career smooth and skyrocketing in the future. Hearing that Mr. Li has not married yet, it will be a blessing for them if they can get married to Mr. Li. The brave young lady couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Li? " Qian didn't expect to be stopped by the girl on the way. Should he admit it or not? Seeing the woman in front of him lowering her brows and peeking at him shyly, Li Wen felt a headache, but lying was definitely not possible. After all, many people in the capital must know him, "It's me, I don't know, Miss What's the matter?" Li Jinwan looked at the show and didn't come forward to help her brother, just to see what her brother would do. She looked at the girl standing in front of her brother, Xiaojiabiyu, who had an average appearance but was not quite worthy of her brother. As good as her brother was, she had to be a talented woman with outstanding looks and talents to be worthy of her brother and her sister-in-law. "My little girl has met you, sir." The little girl saluted and said, "Sir, are you also going up the mountain to burn incense? I happen to be walking with you all the way. Can you let us follow you, sir?" Li Wen glanced at the other party. Most of them were women, and they declined politely, "We have mostly men here, so it's inconvenient to go with the girls." So the subtext of this statement is that we should go our separate ways. Without waiting for the other party's reaction, he glanced at the few who were standing aside watching the show and gave them a look: hurry up and leave! Nodding to the girl, he took the lead and walked to the front. Li Jinwan smiled and followed her brother. hateful! The girl who looked at the man walking away from behind stomped her feet angrily. The group of them moved quickly and quickly got rid of the team behind them, and then surpassed the team in front. Without even breathing, they climbed up the mountain and reached the temple halfway up the mountain. Knowing that there was a lot going on at the girl's house, no one would be able to get out for a while after entering. Li Wen said, "In half an hour, let's meet here at the door. If you want to burn incense, burn incense. If you want to go shopping, Just go for a walk, don't go too far, don't go to uninhabited or dangerous places, remember that." "I know, brother," Li Jinwan said. "If you want to burn incense, go in and burn incense. I'll take a walk around here." Li Wen originally thought that since he was here, he would go inside and burn incense, but when he thought about it, the temple was full of ladies and ladies at this time. Burning incense and worshiping Buddha, Li Wen thought of the way all the girls he met on the way here looked at him with shy and timid expressions. Li Wen felt that he should not go inside, lest it be difficult to get out after a while. "Brother, do you want to come in and burn incense?" "I won't go in, you go ahead."

"Oh, we're in."

''Well,

Li Jinwan left with the girls Magpie and Yingchun, and Li Wen took Bai Yu and the two boys, as well as Ah Chen and Ah Wu, to the temple. Walked behind.

When they had just finished the entrance exam, they had some time, and Lu Zhishu happened to be here in the capital at that time, so they made an appointment to go out and have fun together. They visited all around the capital, so they also visited this temple. , so I still have some impression of this temple.

The temperature on the mountain is colder than at the bottom. There is snow hanging on the branches, and the leaves on the trees have fallen off, leaving them bare. Only when the cold winter passes and spring arrives will the trees here regain their vitality and greenness.

Seeing the figure standing under the tree with his back turned, Li Wen had a smile on his face.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man standing under the tree turned around and saw the young man appearing behind him. The corners of Zhao Xiangyi's mouth curled up into a slight smile. Li Wen took a few steps forward and stood in front of the man. He looked up at the man in front of him and said with a smile on his face, "Mr. Zhao, what a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet you here.

" Um. Mr. Li, this is a coincidence. "Zhao Xiangyi didn't expect that the young man would come to this mountain. When he was about to get up and leave this morning, the young man pestered him and asked him what he was going to do today. He told the young man that he would send the female relatives of his family to come to this mountain to burn incense. I didn't expect the young man to come with him.

So, can you say that this was a chance encounter?

- He clearly followed him.

For some reason, Zhao Xiangyi felt that he was in an unprecedented mood. Looking at his smiling face, his smiling eyebrows and eyes all seemed lively and cute in his eyes.

If there weren't outsiders here, he would have loved to hold his young boy in his arms. The boy who hugged him.

"I've met Mr. Zhao. "Bai Yu stepped forward and bowed.

"I'm out today, so there's no need to be polite. " Zhao Xiangyi glanced at Bai Yu and said calmly.

"You guys are strolling around here. I have a few words to say to Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao and I will go over there for a walk. "Li Wen told Bai Yu and others to stay here, and asked the two boys to follow them here and not to run around. Bai Yu said, "No problem, we will wait for you here. "

You see, I even threw my own brother aside for you? Shouldn't you be very touched?

Li Wen raised his eyes and glanced at the man. Zhao Xiangyi understood and understood what the young man meant, and walked to the other side with Li Liuyuan.

The two walked side by side until the sight of them disappeared and noticed that there were no outsiders nearby. Then Li Wen stretched out his hand to hook the man's finger. Zhao Xiangyi grabbed the young man's hand with his naughty hand and took the young man's hand . Holding the little hand in his hand, he looked sideways at the young man beside him and asked, "Are you here to find me?

"Ahem... This temple does not belong to your family. You are only allowed to burn incense, but we are not allowed to worship Buddha? " " Li Wenxiao glanced at the man and refused to admit that he was looking for this person.

Zhao Xiangyi's eyes were filled with a smile, and he said without exposing the boy, "Xu, you can come if you want, this temple It's not from our Zhao family. You can come anytime you want. If you want to come next time, tell me in advance and I will come with you.

"Just the two of us? " '' Li Wen asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Well, it's just the two of us." Zhao Xiangyi replied with a smile.

Chapter 117:

In the temple, there are solemn statues of gods and Buddhas, with devout pilgrims kneeling below them, kneeling three times and kowtowing.

"Buddha bless me, my son can meet the right person as soon as possible, get a wife, and have more children..." As a mother, a woman just hopes that her children will be healthy, find the right person as soon as possible, and have someone by their side to accompany them. Ms. Wang knelt in front of the Buddha and muttered, hoping that her eldest son would get married soon and her younger son would be in good health and grow up

to be a healthy wife. She hoped that her husband, who was guarding the border outside, would be safe and return soon. Here, Li Jinwan, Qingshao and Yingchun came into the temple

to burn incense. Seeing so many people in the temple, Xiyun followed their lady and whispered, "Miss, there are so many people here."

It is a good thing that the incense is flourishing here.

Li Jinwan patted the little girl's hand and glanced at the Buddha. How could she talk nonsense in front of the Buddha.

"Yes, miss, I know I was wrong." The little girl quickly admitted her mistake, and also admitted her mistake to the Buddha, asking him to forgive her for being such an ignorant little girl.

Yingchun glanced at Ji Yun, this girl always spoke without thinking, so she had to give her a good beating to avoid causing unnecessary trouble to her master one day.

At this time, the temple was full of people. I heard that the Buddha in this temple was particularly efficacious. The wives and ladies of the officials in the capital came to this temple to burn incense. Some of these people came to seek marriage, children, and officials. Those who seek wealth, etc., no one wants anything.

After getting the cigarette from the hands of the young master, Li Jinwan knelt in front of the Buddha, prayed devoutly for her brother, inserted the cigarette in her hand into the incense burner, and then shook a sign to see that it said "Sign Up". "Let's go, let's find the master to interpret the signature."

"Yes, Miss."

There are many people here, and it is common to be accidentally bumped into.

She was touched by a strange man, who apologized to her, "Girl, I'm sorry, did I hurt you?

"

"It's okay." Li Jinwan nodded lightly to the other man, and took the maid away without leaving her. Keep this little thing in mind. Worried that her brother was waiting for her outside, she only wanted to quickly untie the signature and go out to find her brother.

This woman was quite interesting, she didn't even look at him, unlike some famous ladies in the capital who wanted to cling to him as soon as they saw him. Seeing the girl leaving, the man stood behind blankly, forgetting to leave for a moment.

Xiyun looked back at the man who bumped into their lady, and said to their lady, "Miss, you see that man is still looking at us." ''

"So you're here. It's easy for me to find you. I thought you had gone somewhere."

"Who was that girl just now? Do you know her?"

"Who is it?" There are so many girls in this capital, who knows? "I know you." The person who came shook his head and said, "I don't

know ."

There were many people here to read the sign, and several people had to wait for her to come. Li Jinwan gave the sign in her hand to the master. The little master took a look and found it from behind. Opposing the signature, he said, "Girl, you just signed this one. The signature is marriage. Don't worry too much. You will have spring flowers to celebrate your family. The main idea is..."

"Thank you, master." She didn't expect to ask for marriage. , I didn't expect to draw a marriage lottery.

Li Jinwan said something to the young master with a somewhat embarrassed look on her face, and then left with the maid.

After walking a few steps, she felt someone tugging on her sleeve. Li Jinwan glanced down, smiled, and shouted, "Brother Chen, why are you here?" Looking around, she saw that there were people everywhere, and Not knowing who his family was, she asked, "Who did you come with? Why are you the only one?"

Chen Geer shook his head and saw Aniang and Momo.

"Let's go outside and wait for a while. They might come looking for them soon." Seeing so many people here, Li Jinwan had no choice but to take them out first. "Where

is

Brother Chen?"

Mrs. Wang turned around and found that the child was gone. When she asked the people below, they all said that she was here just now, why did she disappear in the blink of an eye. Wang's face suddenly turned pale with fright, "Why is this person missing? Why don't you go look for her quickly? What are

you doing here?" "Yes, ma'am, let's go look for him right now."

Madam Huo stood beside her . When he heard that the young master from the second room was missing, he said calmly, "Children are playful. I think Brother Chen must have gone somewhere to play. Just look for him. There are so many people and I'm afraid I can't find him." " Child

?"

When I saw the eldest lady's expression of no pain, I bet it doesn't matter if your son is gone, right?

Oh, yes, she almost forgot that Huo did not give birth to a son at all! She only gave birth to a daughter, Sister Hui, who was married off to someone else's family a long time ago. Now the only one left in the big house is Huo, an old widow. She dislikes their second wife all day long. Isn't it because she gave birth to two children? Son? If you have the ability, do it yourself!

My uncle died in the battle, but it wasn't because of them. He was acting weird at home all day long, as if someone owed her money.

Now she is the general's wife. The Huo family has occupied the power of the housekeeper for so many years and does not give it to her. He still puts pressure on her at every turn. That is to say, she has a good temper and does not care about the Huo family. If it weren't for the sake of the family, Mrs. Wang would have been unable to bear Mrs. Huo's vicious face and would have broken up with her long ago. Thinking about how she has endured it for so many years, Mrs. Wang still endured it. It's not good to have trouble with my sister-in-law in front of the old lady.

"Okay, don't say a word to any of you." After all, the old lady was helping the second room. After all, he was also her grandson. His biological grandson was missing. When he heard what the first room said, the old lady's face became dark. He sighed and said to the people below, "So many people can't bear to look at a child. Why don't you go and find Brother Chen quickly?"

"Yes, old lady."

The people below started looking for him one after another. People have gone.

Huo's face suddenly turned ugly after being scolded by the old lady, and she stood aside without saying a word.

"Brother Chen, let's wait here to see if any of your family members come to see you." Li Jinwan did not dare to take Brother Chen far away, fearing that his family members would come to see him, so she stopped at the door. By the way, wait here for her brother to come find them.

"Master Chen丨"

"Young Master, it turns out you are here..."

Not long after they stood here, a man who looked like a housekeeper came over. Li Jinwan took a wary look at the person and asked Brother Chen, " Is this a member of your family?"

Zhao Ruichen nodded and said yes.

"Miss, I am the housekeeper of General Zhao's house. Thank you for helping us keep an eye on the young master." The housekeeper saw the young master standing next to a little girl. It seemed that this little girl had picked up their young master. The butler said a few polite words of thanks.

The housekeeper hurriedly said to the person behind him, "Hurry up and tell Madam that you have found Master Chen."

Knowing that her son had been found, Mrs. Wang couldn't wait to lead the people out and saw her youngest son and several elders. He stepped forward and held his son in his arms, "You kid, you go anywhere without telling me, making my mother worry about you

." "The child called Aniang, with some guilt in his eyes.

"It's okay, I don't blame you." When Wang saw her son's appearance, she felt very distressed. Knowing that this little girl had picked up her little son, she hurriedly thanked the little girl again.

"My daughter, Li Jinwan, has met Mrs. Zhao." Li Jinwan knew that this was Mr. Zhao's mother, so she hurriedly bowed and showed her identity, "I saw Brother Zhan alone, and I guessed that he was separated from his family. "I thought I would bring him here so that you can find him easily. I am really sorry for making you so worried."

"Oh, it turns out he is the girl from Mr. Li's family." After saying this, Mrs. Wang knew this person. The little girl's identity has been revealed. Their brother Chen has been going to Liuyuan Mansion every day to play recently. No wonder their son has gone with a strange woman. It turns out they are acquaintances.

After saying this, Mrs. Wang carefully took care of Mr. Li's girl. She has clear eyes and is not a calculating person. She has pretty features and is pretty good-looking. Well, it turns out that Mr. Li has such a girl in his family. A girl, I don't know if others don't have her.

Li Jinwan didn't know that Mrs. Zhao was thinking about her, but the other party's enthusiasm made her a little unable to resist.

Mrs. Wang wanted to give her the bracelet in her hand, but Li Jinwan refused with both hands, "No, no, no, madam, no reward for no work, I'm not doing you any favors, I can't accept such a valuable thing..."

"Why? It's no use. You just helped me find our brother Chen. It's just a meeting gift. If you don't accept it from me, do you think the bracelet is too light?" When Mrs. Wang looked at the girl, she became more and more interested. I like it. I'm not greedy. This is good. This is good.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Zhao Xiangyi and Li Wen walked over together and saw his mother and Miss Li Si standing here. His mother seemed to be holding something for each other.

When he got closer, Zhao Xiangyi saw that his mother was holding a bracelet to give to Miss Li Si.

"Third brother, Mr. Zhao." When Li Jinwan saw her brother coming, it was like seeing a savior.

"Oh, it turns out that Yi'er and Miss Li know each other. You kid, why didn't you tell me

about this?" When Mrs. Wang saw her son coming over, she knew that her son and Miss Li knew each other, and she immediately When you smile brightly, you will smile even more happily.

"Mom, Miss Li and I have only met a few times. It's not what you think." No matter how stupid Zhao Xiangyi is, he still knows what his mom is planning. In front of his mother-in-law, Li Wen, and everyone else, he must make this matter clear. He has no such intention towards Miss Li Si, lest his mother-in-law mess up the relationship and harm other girls.

Not to mention that Li Wen was a smart man. At this glance, he knew that this Mrs. Zhao had taken a liking to their fourth girl. He glanced at the man next to him.

The two people's eyes met and they exchanged a look. Li Wen looked away, meaning that you can handle this matter yourself and I will not participate.

To say that I was angry, I wasn't angry at all, I just found it a little funny.

One is his sister, and the other is the other person's mother. If Zhao Xiangyi and his sister are in love, he must be sincerely blessing him as the eldest brother. But this is the man he likes, so sorry, even if he is his own sister, he cannot give up his man to him.

"Hey, you kid." He didn't give the girl any face. When Wang saw her son acting like this, she hated iron and finally met a good girl. This girl from Li Liuyuan, no matter what you say, Is it good? When she got back, she asked someone to check this girl out. If she was good, she could be considered as their Zhao family's wife.

Li Jinwan stood beside her brother. After hearing what Mrs. Zhao and Mr. Zhao said, she felt a little embarrassed and told her brother about picking up Brother Chen.

After knowing the whole story, Li Wen saluted Madam Zhao and said, "Madam, you're too polite. I thanked Madam for your kindness on behalf of my sister. It's just a small thing, not enough for Madam to take it to heart.

This gift is too big ." It's too valuable, so we can't take it away. Please take it away."

"Brother Chen, you're here too. Why didn't you tell us? If you come too, we can come together." Li Haopeng saw Chen here. Brother, come up and talk to Brother Zhan, "Why didn't you come to our house to play yesterday? I've been waiting for you all day and you didn't come. We even went out to buy candied haws on the street. It's delicious. When will you Come, let's go to the street to buy candied haws on a stick. I have money, and I'll buy it for you. "

The money was given by his brother! You can buy a lot of candied haws!

Candied haws? He also wanted to eat. Brother Chen looked at his brother with a resentful look on his face, blaming his brother for not taking him to Mr. Li's place.

They were talking here, and Mrs. Zhao, who had finished praying to the Buddha inside, knew that her grandson had been found, so she came out with someone.

Seeing the old lady surrounded by everyone, Li Wen knew that this person was Mrs. Zhao. This was the first time he saw Mrs. Zhao. Mrs. Zhao has a royal status in her body. Even when he sees the old lady, he must salute, "I have met the old lady."

The housekeeper who followed next to him whispered a few words in the old lady's ear. Mrs. Zhao knew what was happening in front of her. One is Mr. Li Wen, and the one next to him is the girl from Mr. Li's family, who also picked up her little grandson. The old lady's expression softened a little, she nodded slightly and thanked her politely.

The youngest person who was waiting beside the old lady knew what the old lady meant, so he took out a jade pendant from his arms and put it into the old lady's hand.

The old lady gave the jade pendant to the housekeeper, and the housekeeper took the jade pendant and gave it to Miss Li, "This is what our old lady gave to you, girl. Just take it, girl."

Li Jinwan subconsciously looked at her brother, this jade pendant It looked like a valuable thing at first glance. How could she have the nerve to take

it? "It's a gift from the elders. I can't refuse it. Take it." Li Wen said softly, and then thanked the old lady, "Thank you, old lady."

"Thank you, old lady. "Since her brother said so, Li Jinwan had no choice but to accept the jade pendant.

Mrs. Zhao nodded and waved her grandson over. Brother Chen glanced at the grandma, walked to the old grandma obediently, and called "Grandma." The old lady patted the grandson's hand. It was obvious that the old lady loved her little grandson very much.

"Let's go back," the old lady said.

"Yes, old lady."

The housekeeper went to make arrangements for his return.

Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi nodded and did not go with them. At this time, Zhao Xiangyi had something to do, so he couldn't continue to be with the young man. After nodding with the young man, he took the people away.

Seeing the general's group going down the mountain, they stayed on the mountain for a while.

Calculating the time they would meet on the road if they missed it, they followed him down the mountain, got on the carriage and horses parked at the foot of the mountain, and headed back to the city.

Chapter 118:

Someone climbed over the wall of his Liuyuan Mansion at the fourth watch of the night, and got into the bed of him, the Liuyuan Lang, with the intention of doing evil things to him, the imperial official. Li Wen turned over and pressed the man under him, stared at the man under him, and asked, "Tell me, does your mother-in-law have a crush on my girl?"

Zhao Xiangyi put the young man's hand on his heart and said to him The young man looked into his eyes and said seriously, "I am the only one here. There will be no one else. You have to believe me. Even my mother-in-law can't decide who I like or want to be with."

Hum . Humph, is this a sign of loyalty to him?

Humph, you thought you could say sweet words and I would believe you?

——Well, he would not admit that he was quite happy to hear this man say sweet words, and almost believed it.

Seeing the sincerity on this man's face, Li Wen decided to believe this man. He took a bite on the man's lips, stared into the man's eyes, and said domineeringly, "In this life, you, Zhao Xiangyi, belong to me, Li Wen, your body is mine, and your heart is mine. Don't let anyone else touch you except me, and let me know..."

Hum, you are pretty!

If you dare to touch other women, I, Li Wen, will not want you anymore. Li Wen added in his heart, he did not say this sentence, but he can be sure that if this man dares to touch other men or women, he will definitely I won't let him go, Li Wen will keep his word!

It wasn't until this moment that Li Wen faced up to his inner liking and occupation for this man. He liked this man and even fell in love with this man. He was certain of this. This man could only be his and could only be touched by him. When he thought that this man might marry another woman, his heart felt as if he had been stabbed twice. He didn't like this at all.

Hearing the young man's domineering declaration, Zhao Xiangyi couldn't help but laugh lowly and promised, "Haha... Okay, I, Zhao Xiangyi, am yours, I will be yours in this life, and I will be yours in death. I will be yours in the next life, and you will be yours for all eternity."

"You can only be mine, and you are not allowed to run away. No matter where you go, I can get you back.

" He was very happy that the young man cared about him . Possessiveness, in the same way, Zhao Xiangyi has a desire to fully possess the boy. His boy is too beautiful, and he is always afraid that his boy will be snatched away.

This old man is so shameless!

Li Wen wrinkled his nose, glanced sideways at the man, and said, "It would be great if I could live with you for the rest of my life! You still want to bind me to my next life, my lifetimes, but you think so. Ah! "

Is this buying a lifetime and giving it away in lifetimes?

——With such a loss-making business, he would have to think carefully before deciding whether to agree or not.

"I'm telling you, I only want your person, someone who is alive, has body temperature, can hold me and kiss me!" Who wants someone who is dead? The meaning of Li Wen's words was to tell this man clearly, you have to live well for me. If you die accidentally, I will definitely not want you. He took a bite on the man's lips and didn't like the man saying that. Words"

Zhao Xiangyi's eyes deepened as he looked at his boy.

"Zhao Xiangyi..." Putting his hands into the man's hair, Li Wen held the man down and lowered his head to kiss the man's lips. The man reacted, reached out and held the young man's neck, preventing him from running away. He turned from passive to active, kissed his young man fiercely, kissed and ravaged the young man's soft lips wantonly.

The beauty of the boy made him want to swallow him into his belly, and let the boy become a part of his body. I am in you, and you are in me, so that they will never be separated in life after life.

This night, the snowflakes outside the window were falling, and the two people on the bed were rolling around, like two hungry beasts. If you don't let me go, I won't let you go.

Spending a night with your lover is always wonderful, but when you wake up the next day and feel pain in your back, it is not so wonderful, especially when a certain culprit is no longer around, and he can't even find someone to vent to. There is no chance to feel dissatisfied.

It's simply too much, isn't it?

The scenes from last night flashed through his mind, and someone was so embarrassed that his toes curled up in shame...

The second day of the first lunar month was the day to visit relatives and friends, and the married daughter returned to her parents' home.

On this day, carriages were parked in front of every house in the capital. The wives of each house took their husbands, children, and rich gifts to their parents' homes. There were carriages and horses on the road going to each house. go.

The families mentioned in this capital are more or less related by marriage.

In the past few years since returning to the capital, Zhao Xiangyi has accompanied his mother, young brother, and prepared gifts to his grandfather's house every year on this day, and this year is no exception.

Most people whose natal family is in the capital will go back to their natal family. If their natal family is far away, there is nothing they can do.

The eldest lady Huo gave birth to a daughter, and Zhao Hui married the legitimate son of the Minister of War as his wife. On this day every year, Zhao Hui would bring her husband and child back to visit her mother. This is the only day in this year that the eldest lady, Mrs. Shao, is in a good mood.

Li Wen didn't know about the excitement outside. He didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning that day.

I came back from hiking yesterday. Everyone is tired today. Everyone went to bed a little later than usual and got up later. There was nothing to do anyway, and there was an air of decadence in the entire Liuyuan Mansion, from the master to the servants.

"Good morning, brother, where are you going today?" Even Li Jinwan, who got up early in the past, rarely got up later than usual. She yawned and sat on the chair next to her brother and asked. .

"I don't plan to go anywhere, or do you want to go somewhere?" Li Wen shook his head. He just wanted to stay in this courtyard today. It was hard to stay there for a day, without thinking about anything, without doing any work, and just emptying his head. , sleep when you are full, eat when you wake up hungry, and be a happy pig.

"I didn't know where to go, so I just asked casually." Li Jinwan shook her head and said.

After breakfast, there was a little sunshine outside, and the weather looked pretty good. Once the year is over, you can feel that spring is slowly approaching. Li Wen asked someone to bring two deck chairs and a table over and put them in the yard. Then he took two books and sat here to read.

"Bai Yu, sit down, you don't have to stand."

Bai Yu sat down on another free chair and looked at the two children who were playing.

Two children were playing in the backyard, climbing up one end of the slide and sliding down the other end, repeating this process without getting tired of it.

"Yangyang, hurry up, hurry up."

"Wait for me."

Li Jinwan sat on the swing and swayed. The sunlight hit her body, like a layer of golden light. Bai Yu's eyes unconsciously fell on the little girl. He looked at the girl sitting on the swing and looked away after just one glance.

Sunshine, children, laughter...

Li Wen was reading a book and heard the sound of children laughing in his ears, thinking that everything was good.

On this day, he read for a while. When he saw that he was tired, he put the book down and chatted with Bai Yu next to him. When talking about some business matters, Li Wen found that some of Bai Yu's ideas were actually quite good. We chatted for a long time.

After lunch at noon, when he felt sleepy, he crawled back into bed and slept until it got dark outside.

Days pass by day by day, and they seem to pass very slowly, but when you realize that time has passed by inadvertently, people begin to sigh again: time passes too fast.

Within two days, Mrs. Zhao personally sent a message to Miss Fourth of Liuyuan Mansion, inviting Miss Li to visit the General's Mansion. Li Jinwan received the post and didn't know whether to go or not. If she didn't want to go, she didn't know how to refuse. She took it to her brother and asked, "Brother, what should I do? Should I go or not?"

Li Wen took it. The post took a look and said, "Since Mrs. Zhao has posted a post to invite you, then go ahead." From the day they met in the temple, he knew Mrs. Zhao from the way she looked at his sister. It's his idea to attack this girl.

Since the other party has personally posted the invitation, it would be too disrespectful to not go. After all, that person is Zhao Xiangyi's mother. It would be too rude for them to refuse.

I still have to go, but...

he gave me an idea, "If you don't want to go alone, just take Xiaobao and Yangyang with you. It just so happens that Brother Chen hasn't been to our place for several days, so he must have He will want to play with Xiaobao and Yangyang. You can take Xiaobao and Yangyang with you. It's okay to have them with you."

"Yeah, brother, why didn't I think of this idea? You are so awesome. That's so smart." Li Jinwan was worried about what to do. She didn't want to go to the General's Mansion alone, so it didn't seem right for her brother to accompany her. Why didn't she think that she could take her little brother with her?

"..." Li asked, do you think everyone is as stubborn as you?

"When you go to someone else's house, you must be polite. Don't look around. Don't talk nonsense. When you don't know what to say, just keep smiling. I usually don't pay attention. I should let you spend more time in the capital. If you are walking around, make more girlfriends and friends." Li Wen then thought that he was enslaving his sister to make money for him. He had forgotten that the girl was so pretty at her age. She should go out to the capital more and make more friends of the same age. Don't spend all day long. They all care about

making money and planning, and when they come back, they will be his mother.

It seems that his brother can change his surname to Zhou, and change his name to Papi...

ahem...

"I don't want to. What do the ladies in the capital have to do with me? I might as well grind pollen at home." Li Jinwan was putting on makeup. I went in and out of Mengge and came into contact with some ladies and ladies in the capital. In addition to thinking about dressing up, the ladies and ladies in the capital all day long thought about how to attract men.

It just so happened that these were the things she least bothered to do.

"..." It's over, it's over, this girl like him has gone crazy after making money!

Chapter 119 On the sixth day of the

Lunar New Year, all the major restaurants and teahouses in the capital officially opened for business, with the sound of crackling firecrackers.

This morning, his sister and her younger brother went to General Zhao's Mansion as guests. Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi were sitting upstairs in Yipin Building, drinking tea and listening to music.

He didn't take this matter to heart, but he wasn't worried at all that his sister would marry Zhao Xiangyi.

In fact, Zhao Xiangyi was right. It was his mother who fell in love with his sister, and it was not his man who fell in love with his sister. What is he worried about now? If he has to worry about this little thing and that little thing, he can just worry about coming and going all day long.

It's better not to think too much, sit down and have a cup of tea and listen to some tunes. After returning to the household department to work in a few days, you won't have such a leisurely time to go out and drink tea.

"I just said, it turns out you two are hiding here. Ayi, Li Liuyuan, you two are drinking tea here and you don't call me. Isn't this too interesting for you?" Yang Shaomu saw that he was standing across the room. The two people sitting at a table drinking tea spoke out.

Hearing a familiar voice coming from behind, Li Wen turned around and looked, hey, isn't this the Crown Prince?

The two people hurriedly stood up from their seats. Li Wen was about to salute His Highness the Crown Prince when he saw His Highness the Crown Prince making a gesture to him. Knowing that His Highness the Crown Prince did not want his identity to be exposed outside, Li Wen hurriedly spoke. , "Sir... Mr. Huang, you are here too."

After saying that, he personally pulled out a chair and invited people to sit down, "Mr. Huang, please sit down."

Li Liuyuan said with a sly smile, "Where are we? I didn't call you because I was afraid that you would be busy and I wouldn't bother you."

In the past, his relationship with His Royal Highness was just average, and naturally not as good as his relationship with Zhao Xiangyi. His Highness the Crown Prince might be the future king. He respected His Highness the Crown Prince, but he could not treat the Crown Prince as a friend.

"I just said why I haven't seen Ah Yi come to my place recently. It turns out that he came to drink tea with you." Yang Shaomu glanced sideways at Li Liuyuan. He also wanted to say where his companion had been recently. Was Ganqing kidnapped by Li Liuyuan?

Yang Shaomu knew that his companion and Li Liuyuan had cooperated several times before, and now the relationship between the two people could be said to be good. But seeing these two people leaving him alone, drinking tea and chatting upstairs, he still felt uncomfortable.

Li Wen touched his nose and said, "Master Zhao has his own legs, and I can't control where he goes."

"..." Zhao Xiangyi.

Yang Shaomu glanced at the two people standing and said, "Everyone, sit down. You two are standing. I have to raise my neck to talk to you. I'm so tired."

The two people had to sit back where they had just been. Sitting on either side of His Royal Highness, one on the left and one on the right.

Now there was an additional Crown Prince sitting in the middle, and the charming atmosphere between the two just now disappeared.

Zhao Xiangyi asked, "Why are you here?"

"I happened to have some free time, so I wanted to go out and look around. I didn't think I was in the General's Mansion, so I just wondered if you would be outside." What happened to them around the New Year's Day. There are many things, and as Yang Shaomu is the prince, there will naturally be more things. He finally got free time today, so he came out here. He originally wanted to meet his companion to have tea, but he didn't expect that he was not at home, so he led his people to find this place.

Zhao Xiangyi nodded, "I just made an appointment with Li Liuyuan to drink tea today."

The young lady below held her voice and sang loudly. They sat on top, drinking tea and talking, while listening to the people below. Sing.

The emperor's health was not very good a few years ago, and the imperial doctors in the palace were always at the emperor's side.

Li Wen visited the palace and met the emperor once years ago. At this age, the emperor's health was already much worse than before. Plus, he worked hard day and night. It was strange that he was in good health. Li Wen hoped that Emperor Zhaozong could survive for another three or two years. After all, with Emperor Zhaozong at the top, the princes and Prime Minister Dong below would always have to be more cautious, which would also give them more time to prepare.

If Emperor Zhaozong falls at this time, the entire court will definitely be in turmoil. There are still barbarians outside who are watching eagerly. A battle with the barbarians is probably inevitable, but we just don't know when it will start. If there is civil strife at this time, I am afraid that it will give the barbarians an opportunity to take advantage of it, which is not a good thing.

Li asked how the emperor's health was. Yang Shaomu smiled and said, "The imperial doctor is following you, don't worry."

As soon as his father's health was not good, the people below him started to act more frequently. Yang Shaomu This prince is not as glamorous as he appears, and the brothers below all want to drag him down. There were some things that Yang Shaomu didn't want to talk to anyone about

, even if one of them was his study companion and the other was his junior fellow student from the same school.

Li Wen saw the tired look on the prince's face, so he didn't ask any more questions about this matter.

At noon, they had a meal and a glass of wine at the restaurant, and then sent His Royal Highness off. Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi also left the restaurant.

Shui Benben said

, "Oh, oh, this hurts me so much..."

"Miss, be careful, take your time, don't be in a hurry."

Xihe helped their young lady sit down, and their young lady came back after leaving the house. , this foot is like this, but really...

"What's wrong?"

As soon as he got home, Li Wen saw his sister squeezing her feet there. The feet were swollen like steamed buns. He was like It hurt to look at it, so he asked, "Aren't you going to the General's Mansion today? How did you get this foot? How did it get like this? Have you asked a doctor to come and see it?" "

I accidentally twisted it today. I've already asked you. The doctor came to see her." Li Jinwan told her brother what happened today. She accidentally twisted her foot in the general's mansion as a guest today. "I just felt a little pain at the time. It was swollen like this when I came back, but it hurts me so much..."

Li Wen thought about the rumors about General Zhao. Are the rumors true?

"..." Li asked.

But why is there nothing wrong with him, who has been sleeping with Zhao Xiangyi for so long?

But if the rumors are false, it doesn't seem unreasonable that his sister came back like this on the first day she went to the General's Mansion. Could it be that the rumors are true? He has been in the capital for so long, and he has heard more or less about General Zhao's Mansion. Otherwise, Zhao Xiangyi's marriage would not have been delayed until now, and the marriage has not yet happened.

When people in the capital heard that the marriage proposal was for the eldest son of General Zhao, they had no time to hide. However, there must be some people who want to climb up to the general's mansion, but they must have the life to survive. Otherwise, as the eldest son of General Zhao, Zhao Xiangyi has made great achievements in battle at a young age and holds military power. With his status, he can marry a princess and he will not be single until now.

In the past, Li Wen thought that the rumors outside were deliberately spread by someone. This may have been intentional, but now... when

he took another look at his girl's swollen feet, which were as swollen as steamed buns, his mood suddenly improved, so this What's going on? Li Wen rubbed his nose in his heart. He didn't want to admit that he had no brother-sister love at all.

"Brother, brother." Li Jinwan saw her brother staring at his feet with an expressionless face, and she didn't know what he was thinking.

Um? Li Wen came to his senses and found that the girl was calling him.

"Brother, don't worry about me. I'm fine. The doctor told me to rest for a few days and stop walking around." Li Jinwan thought her brother was worried about her feet, so she comforted her brother in return.

Li Wen felt guilty for a while and said, "Oh, that's good. Don't move around for the next few days and wait until your foot heals."

"Brother, I know. 3" Li Jinwan herself looked depressed.

Li Wen was here He sat down in the empty seat next to him and said, "Tell me about your visit to the General's Mansion today.

" There was nothing to do. Xiaobao and Yangyang went to play with Brother Chen for a long time. Mrs. Zhao told me After a few words, she accidentally twisted her foot." In just a few words, Li Jinwan told her brother about going to the general's mansion today. Thinking about it, she felt that she was unlucky. She should go out and do something. If you come back like this, you won't be able to go out again.

She said, "The store will open tomorrow, and I wanted to go over and have a look."

Li Wen thought that it was a minor matter that you sprained your ankle. He somewhat understood why Mrs. Zhao was so enthusiastic when meeting his girl. "You should take good care of yourself at home these days. You can leave Bai Yu to take care of the business in the store for the time being. If you have anything to explain, just tell him." "

That's it. I'll explain it to Bai Yu later. "A moment." Li Jinwan looked down at her feet and felt

worried.

At night, General Zhao climbed over the wall of Liuyuan Mansion and got into Li Liuyuan's bed.

Holding his boy in his arms, the boy under the quilt was soft and fragrant. Zhao Xiangyi wanted to rub his boy into his bones.

Lowering his head and kissing the young man's soft lips, Zhao Xiangyi asked, "Are you afraid of me?"

He returned home today and heard about Miss Li Si's visit to the General's Mansion. Naturally, he also knew that Miss Li Si had a sprained foot. thing. Zhao Xiangyi never cared about the rumors about him outside. What he cared about was what the person in his arms thought of him.

"Afraid of you? Are you afraid that you will eat me?" Li Wen raised his eyes and looked at the man who asked him.

He really wanted to eat this little goblin. Zhao Xiangyi touched the boy's red and swollen lips from being kissed by him. Li Wen sighed, nuzzled the man's neck with his face, found a comfortable position in his arms, and nestled in the man's arms, "Let's put it this way, I accidentally sprained my head when I entered your general's mansion." Are you responsible for this? ''

"Rumors are not trustworthy even by wise men. You see, I still sleep with you every day, and you don't see me anymore. What's the matter? "Li Wen said with a smile.

"You are not allowed to say such things. "Zhao Xiangyi did not believe the rumors outside, "I don't want anything to happen to you

,"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to me. Besides, you will protect me as long as you are here, right?" Li Wen also I don't know if this man has so little confidence in himself, or if he has no confidence in him anymore? But regardless of whether it was before or after, Li Wen knew that this man was just worried about him, and that was enough.

"I won't let anything happen to you." Zhao Xiangyi said.

"Yes, I know. As long as you are here, nothing will happen to me." Li Wen added silently in his heart, only others will be in trouble.

"However, I would also like to thank the person who spread the rumor." Li Wen said suddenly.

"Huh?" Zhao Xiangyi waited for the boy to continue.

"If it weren't for this, you, the eldest young master of the General's Palace, and a famous young talent in the capital, wouldn't have been able to pick up the slack." Li Wen smiled, showing his white teeth, feeling that he had gotten a big deal. Hearing the young man's words, Zhao Xiangyi couldn't help but laugh, this little fool...

The two hugged each other at night and talked for a long time, and then Li Wen fell asleep in the man's arms...

Chapter 120:

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and the seventh day of the new year, a bunch of firecrackers were set off in front of Zhuangmeng Pavilion and it opened for business.

As soon as they knew that Zhuangmeng Pavilion was open, the ladies in the capital sent their maids and servants to Zhuangmeng Pavilion to buy things. For a time, Zhuangmeng Pavilion's business became the best store on that street. .

Li Jinwan's injury on her foot wasn't healed yet, so she couldn't run around outside, so she left things in the store to Bai Yu to handle. The two people had more opportunities to interact with each other. For the first time, Li Jinwan was shocked when she saw Bai Yu's good abacus skills. "How do you do this? How can you do it so fast?"

"Not all of them. Do you want to beat me like this? "What Bai Yu didn't say is that he started playing with the abacus in his hands when he was six months old. Children of the same age started to learn to read, so he followed his elder brother. Learn to do abacus.

Before he even realized it, he had already made a good calculation. It's just that he never thought of using this skill to help his father and brothers, but now...

let's not talk about the past.

But now seeing the shock and surprise on Miss Fourth's face because she saw his abacus, Bai Yu began to think that it would be good for him to know an abacus?

After the New Year, the newspaper office resumed its operation. The masters and clerks responsible for printing and engraving in the bookstore all returned to work. The latest newspaper came out and began to be sold to the outside world.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers -"

the boy selling newspapers on the street started shouting again, "Sell newspapers." When the common people drinking tea in the teahouse saw the boy selling newspapers, they shouted, "Here is one."

After a while after the New Year, Li Wen proofread, edited and arranged the manuscripts he received from the old Hanlin officials, and handed the compiled manuscripts to Shopkeeper Zhang, who asked him to arrange for a master to print the collection as soon as possible.

"Yes, please don't worry, boss. I will arrange for the engraving master to handle it when I get back." Shopkeeper Zhang was filled with joy when he got the manuscript. These were all manuscripts handwritten by Hanlin bachelors. Only their boss had the ability to get them. Who outside Do you still have this ability? "Boss, a lot of people came to the store to ask about the third part of "Drawing the Three Kingdoms".

Do you like it?"

"..." Li asked, was he being pushed for another draft? "I'll try my best here and won't be so fast. You guys should deal with these manuscripts first."

Khan! ~

He only has a few drawings on hand, mainly because he has been busy around the Chinese New Year and has completely forgotten that he still has comics being serialized. When he comes back, he will definitely find time to draw two more manuscripts...

As soon as the new year is over, it will soon be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the first full moon night of the year, so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also called the "Lantern Festival". Every year when the Lantern Festival arrives, there is a custom in the capital to display lanterns. Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the streets are filled with all kinds of lanterns, creating a strong festive atmosphere.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, there were more stalls on the streets than usual.

The Lantern Festival is the second important festival after the New Year.

Years later, the emperor had just recovered from his illness and left the matter of sacrifice to the prince Yang Shaomu to handle it. From this, we can see that the emperor trusted the prince and increasingly used the prince. The eldest prince Yang Shaoyong is still thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors in his house, unable to come out. The situation in the court suddenly tilted towards the prince, and many officials in the court supported the prince.

When he learned that the emperor had left the sacrifice to the prince, Yang Shaokang smashed a tea cup at hand.

In comparison, Yang Shaojian looked much calmer.

Among the princes, only the sixth prince has just turned sixteen this year and has not yet participated in political affairs. As for the seventh prince born to Concubine Dong Gui, he is only eight years old after the Chinese New Year. It is still early for him to participate in politics, but some people may not be able to wait any longer.

"Send this letter to the Prime Minister's Mansion and hand it into the Prime Minister's hands personally." Concubine Dong Guifei handed a letter and a token to her personal palace maid, and asked the palace maid to leave the palace to deliver the letter. The palace maid took the things, put them in her arms, and said, "Yes, your Majesty, I will go and do it for you right now." The palace

maid was busy leaving the palace to deliver the letter. She was bumped by the young eunuch on the way. The palace lady scolded the young eunuch. , went out of the palace with a bad look on his face.

The little eunuch glanced at the palace maid who left, lowered his head and left. On the day of the Lantern Festival

in Shubenben

, palace banquets and sacrificial activities were held in the palace. Officials of fourth rank and above were invited to enter the palace.

Once they entered the palace, they didn't know when they would come out. Before entering the palace, Li Wen repeatedly emphasized to the two little ones at home, "You can go out to play tonight, but you must pay attention to safety and don't get separated from the adults. And Jin Wan and Bai Yu, I'm not here, you Keep an eye on them."

After being raised at home for several days, Li Jinwan's foot has subsided and is almost healed. She can walk on the ground.

"Brother, I will keep an eye on them both," she responded.

"Brother, won't you go out and play with us?" Li Haopeng asked his brother.

"I'm going to the palace later, and I may have to come back later. If you can't wait until I come back, go ahead and play. You can go out early and come back early." Li Wen didn't know when he would be back. By the time he left the palace, the lanterns on the streets had finished and everyone had gone back. There was only one Lantern Festival this year, and he couldn't let his family miss it. If he missed it, he would have to wait until next year.

He doesn't know yet whether he will be free next year.

You can't let the little ones in your family go see the lanterns just because of him, right? Therefore, Li Wen did not ask the children at home to wait for him to come back. Why not let them go out to play first. Anyway, with Ah Chen and Ah Wu watching, nothing would happen. He gave two warnings. Ju Achen and Awu should take good care of people.

"You can arrange things at home. If nothing happens then, let's go out and have fun." Li Wen said.

Li Jinwan nodded, hummed, and said, "Okay."

Seeing that it was almost time, Li Wen went out. , passed towards the palace gate.

As dusk grows late, the lanterns on the streets of Beijing are all lit up. Red lanterns are hung high in the streets and alleys. There are various animal lanterns, palace lanterns, revolving lanterns, flower lanterns, etc., with different shapes, many varieties, and exquisite workmanship, attracting the attention of the capital. The common people came to watch.

There are large and small stalls with lanterns on the street, and various lanterns are hung behind them. Only when you guess the lantern correctly can you take a lantern and leave.

When it got dark and knowing that her brother would not come back so soon, Li Jinwan took the initiative and asked the maids and servants in the house to go out to play together if they had nothing to do. Each of them was rewarded with a sling of money and stayed at the house to look after the family. Those who get married will be rewarded with three ounces of money, so some people are still willing to stay at the house to look after the house, and they are ready to go out to see the lanterns.

"Xiaobao, Yangyang, you two can't run around for a while. If you get lost and are abducted by traffickers, we won't be able to find you." Li Jinwan's words were not to scare these two boys, but they were true. Once it gets lost and abducted by traffickers, it will really be impossible to find it back.

"Fourth sister, we know. I promise not to run around and will follow you." Li Haopeng promised.

"Boy." Li Jinwan touched the boy's head and rubbed it hard.

Bai Yu stood aside with a faint smile on his face and a gentle expression.

"Shall we leave now?" Li Jinwan had nothing to bring with him, and the most important thing was to keep an eye on these two boys. She carried a purse with her, which contained a few taels of broken silver and a few copper plates, enough for them to go out and buy some snacks later. There would be many people outside, and she was afraid that if she brought too much, she would be stolen by thieves.

Although she can now earn hundreds of taels of silver a day, a few taels of silver is still a lot of money to her. If it is stolen, she will still be very heartbroken.

"Yes." Bai Yu nodded. He had nothing to bring.

So the group went out.

At this time, there are more people on the street. When it is lively, people come and go on the street, passing each other.

Folks organized lion dances to add to the fun, including lion dances and dragon lantern dances. The lifelike lions danced on people's hands, with flexible movements and agile postures. Six dragons interspersed among them, dancing from the street to the end of the street.

"Dong dong dong -"

the drums were beating, and the people watching the excitement on both sides of the street were cheering.

After the sacrificial activities in the palace ended, the emperor, who was in low spirits, left with the support of the queen, and the ministers respectfully saw him off. The prince presided over the subsequent palace banquet. Today was a special exception. The emperor asked the eldest prince to leave the palace, so the eldest prince Yang Shaoyong also sat in the main hall.

Li Wen, who was also sitting in the main hall, naturally saw the eldest prince. The eldest prince looked haggard and pale, and his whole person was shrouded in a layer of gloom.

When the eldest prince looked at him with sinister eyes, Li Wen thought of so many people who had died in Xiangzhou, but he was not afraid of this eldest prince. If he hadn't given birth to a good child, Yang Shaoyong wouldn't even be a piece of shit!

The two people's eyes met, and Yang Shaoyong glared at Li Wen fiercely, "Li Wen, just wait for me!"

Li Wen's lips curled up and he smiled.

If the emperor hadn't wiped Yang Shaoyong's butt this time, the eldest prince would have been demoted to a commoner long ago. There would be no chance to sit here and stare at him.

This time I will give you an advantage. I will definitely not make it so easy for you next time!

Zhao Xiangyi, who was sitting opposite, noticed the way the eldest prince looked at Li Wen. His expression remained unchanged, only his eyes moved, and a cold light flashed in them.

They didn't come out of the palace until the banquet in the palace was over.

The two met outside the palace gate. Li Wen saw the man waiting here and said, "I thought you would leave with the prince."

"If you don't go with your highness, I will accompany you to watch the lanterns." Zhao Xiangyi said.

Turning to look at the man beside him, Li Wen's lips curled up into a smile, and even his eyes were filled with smiles. He said, "Then let's go. I don't know if the people on the street have dispersed." "

Don't worry. , they won't disperse so early, it's not too late to go," Zhao Xiangyi said.