"It's cold in the hall, Third Lady, please go in and watch the snow. You can take this hand stove first, and I'll get it for Fifth Lady!" Yin Hua enthusiastically stuffed a half-old red copper hand stove into Li Yunshang's arms, walking lightly.

In addition, I went to get a stove for Li Tian.

"Third sister, come here to watch the snow. I've walked through this yard several times, and the snow scenery is best here." Li Tian waved across the yard. Li Yunshang held the warm hand stove, and her mood suddenly improved a lot. She walked along the eaves

He turned around and stood next to Li Tian, ​​looked up for a while, and suddenly said with a 'yeah': "I'm here to see the snow. My mother asked you to come over and say it's about cutting clothes for the New Year."

"Then let's go over quickly." Li Tian hurriedly smiled, and Li Yunshang shook his head and said with a smile: "I came here to practice the piano with Mr. Shui. My mother-in-law asked me to say something by the way. It's snowing so hard, so she won't send the little girl to run away.

It’s time to go, hurry up and go.”

Li Tian frowned slightly and actually asked her to go alone. What was there to discuss? In a family like Yongguo Duke's Mansion, everything has rules and regulations. He didn't know what would happen. Li Tian sighed secretly.

He changed into a gray-white cloth-covered silk-cotton cloak, took Grandma Xiong and Qingzhi with him, and went out to the meeting hall.

In the meeting hall, Mrs. Yang was sitting on the couch in the front, her daughter-in-law Zhou was standing on the left corner of the couch with her hands hanging down, the second wife Xu and the third wife Liu were sitting side by side on the left armchair. Li Tian came in, took his cloak and handed it to Qing.

Mrs. Xu looked at Li Tian up and down wildly, Mrs. Liu kept looking with probing eyes, Mrs. Yang glanced at Xu and Liu with disgust, and then glanced at Li Tian with even more disgust.

Tian, ​​Mrs. Zhou greeted Li Tian with her eyes, glanced at her mother-in-law subconsciously, and then lowered her head.

Li Tian received the courtesy politely and stood on the right side of the couch with his hands lowered.

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

"Oh! This is the rule of the old lady of Ningyuan Houfu. Do you still have elders like us in your eyes? Ah? I've been waiting for you not to come, even if you don't come, it would be better if you come. If you don't even have a gift, you will have a golden sword.

Sit down? Which family has rules for juniors to sit in front of their elders? Is there a word for filial piety? The elder man’s wife is still standing!" The second wife, Mrs. Xu, stared at Li Tian and said harshly, and Li Tian glanced at her expressionlessly.

After a quick glance, he turned to look at Mrs. Yang, but Mrs. Yang picked up the cup and drank the tea with her eyelids lowered!

"I don't understand what the second uncle said. My surname is Li, and I am the eldest daughter of the fourth wife of Duke Yong. What does the rules of the old lady of the Ningyuan Houfu that the second uncle said have to do with our family? What does the second uncle say about our family?

Are you waiting for me? I wonder which woman the second uncle sent to summon her niece? Qingzhi, go back and check our yard first. Those who deceive the master will be beaten up and sold out immediately! If

If you are not from our courtyard, report it to my aunt, she will never tolerate such a deceitful slave in the house." Li Tian's voice was soft and calm, but his words were like sharp knives.

Qingzhi simply agreed, and the person who conveyed the message was Li Yunshang, the third lady. Mrs. Yang's face turned green, she put down the cup heavily and shouted: "Okay!" Li Tian closed her mouth in response. At this moment, she didn't want to cause any trouble at all.

Mrs. Zhou looked at Li Tian in surprise, then glanced at her mother-in-law's green face, her brows moved excitedly, and then she held her breath and lowered her head.

The third wife, Mrs. Liu, looked at Mr. Xu with gloating eyes. Ms. Xu kept pounding the table angrily: "It's the other way around! Are there any elders in your eyes? Ah? Are there any more?"

"You should respect yourself!" This time, Mrs. Yang blocked Mr. Xu back before Li Tian could speak: "Okay, there's more business to do!"

The second wife, Mrs. Xu, was still a little afraid of Mrs. Yang and did not dare to make any more noise. She only glared at Li Tian fiercely and let go of the knife.

"I asked you to come here to talk about the New Year's clothes," Mrs. Yang said straightforwardly: "Our family is not as wealthy as your grandma. There are rules for the New Year's clothes in these four seasons. Now the girl in your courtyard

It’s more than twice as much as my sisters, not to mention the cost of charcoal and vegetables, but if I wear the same clothes in these four seasons, I won’t be able to convince others.”

Li Tian raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment and was about to speak, when the third wife, Mrs. Liu, chuckled and said, "I don't want to have such a big shop. I even talked about it for a few pieces of clothing, so I'm not afraid of other people's jokes."

"Eating the food inside and outside, holding the Li family's bowl, eating the Li family's rice, but giving the shop to others!" When Mrs. Xu heard this, she became angry and jumped up and yelled. Mrs. Zhou looked at Li Tian sympathetically

, Li Tian turned to look at Mrs. Liu San, and said with sudden concern: "It is said that the Sifang Pavilion will be renovating the house starting tomorrow in preparation for receiving envoys during the New Year. I heard that the third uncle has received an important mission, and it is approaching the New Year.

, thank you so much for your hard work, Third Auntie."

Mrs. Liu San was startled: "Fifth sister still knows how to care about your third uncle."

"Mama Xiong has a distant nephew who is also on duty at the Sifang Pavilion. She happens to be in the same class as Third Uncle, and I heard what he mentioned about this." Li Tian met Liu's gaze, and his tone was soft but there was a faint chill.

After several months of rewards and private distribution, one person was given two to three hundred taels of silver. The third room kept all this money secretly without saying a word.

Mrs. Liu San's face changed slightly, she glanced at Mrs. Yang subconsciously, laughed a few times, turned her head away, and refused to even say a polite reply. Mrs. Zhou looked at Li Tian in surprise, and then at Mrs. Liu San,

I secretly made up my mind.

Mrs. Yang was still grieving that Li Tian had lost the shop, but she didn't notice Mrs. Liu San's sudden retreat. Mrs. Xu Second Mrs. Xu came and cursed happily, and she didn't even hear what Li Tian said clearly.

When Li Tian saw Mrs. Liu San turned her head and closed her mouth, looking for an opening in Mrs. Xu Er's words, Li Tian looked at Mrs. Yang and said: "These people were left to me by my grandma. They are all her love. If you want to reduce them, I will

I can't bear to part with any of them, but if I don't cut back, I will make things difficult for the eldest uncle. There are rules in the mansion. No matter how much the aunt loves me, she can't break the rules. Otherwise, this is the same as the monthly rules, and everything is in accordance with the rules of the mansion.

Come, my sister’s yard has many clothes for the four seasons and festivals throughout the year. My aunt will send the materials and threads to my yard and let them piece them together and make their own clothes.”

Mrs. Yang stared at Li Tian fiercely. She had taken a fancy to Li Tian's girls, who were hundreds of times better than Li Yunshang's girls. She wanted to wait for her to open up and ask for one of them for Li Yunshang to use at close range.

In two years, you will be a rare partner when you get married. This girl doesn’t take others seriously! Mrs. Yang suddenly became angry, turned to look at Mrs. Xu and asked: "Didn’t you just say that something happened? Tell me if you have something.

.”

Mrs. Xu was scolding her heartily and was feeling relieved. After hearing Mrs. Yang's words, she was stunned for a moment before she realized what she was doing. She raised her hand and nodded to Li Tian and said, "I heard that there is a woman named Shui in your courtyard who can play the piano." , ask her to come over and serve your fourth sister, your fourth sister wants a woman who can play the piano to follow her."

Li Tian didn't even look at Mrs. Xu Er. He just tilted his head and stared at Mrs. Yang for a long time. The chuckle on his face couldn't tell whether it was sarcastic or funny: "Mr. Shui used to be the qin worshiper in the palace. He taught me when I was a child. A few years ago, my grandma made a promise to her and asked me to worship her as an elder for the rest of her life. Since the aunt wants to ask her sisters in the teaching house to play the piano, this is also a good thing. However, the matter of Xiu must be discussed first. Mr. Shui’s Xiu Xiu is a bit more expensive than other offerings, five thousand taels of silver per person per year. When the aunt prepares the money, I will go and ask for Mr. Shui."

Mrs. Yang's face turned red all of a sudden, and her finger pointed at Li Tian and trembled.

"Bah! You said offering is just offering? What kind of thing do you think you are? You can't steal money like you do!" Mrs. Xu Er started to scold again, and Li Tian frowned in disgust, she hated it the most. Such a shrew who has no sense of reason and only swears at others. If there is no one around, Yue Niang will have to stuff her mouth with horse dung!

"The aunt is busy right now, so I won't bother the aunt too much. My niece is leaving." Li Tian simply got up and bowed his knees to leave. Zhou looked at Li Tian with warm eyes and reverence, and moved back and forth twice excitedly. Fifth sister, you are so lovable! How could her offering be so valuable? This slap made the mother-in-law angry for ten days and a half at least! What did she mean by what she said to the third wife? Why did the third wife actually Are you afraid that this will happen? This is an important matter and you need to inquire about it quickly.

Li Tian came out and walked a long way before he let out a long sigh. Grandma Xiong looked at Li Tian and said, "Don't be like them. Alas, how did the Duke Yong's Mansion end up like this?!"

"Well, how can I have time to pay attention to such trivial matters? Grandma asked someone to prepare the car. I have to go to Fanlou. It's time to do something outside." Li Tian ordered as he walked to Qingtong Courtyard. Grandma Xiong agreed and went straight to the side. After Men went out to call for a taxi, Li Tian went back to Qingtong Courtyard, changed clothes, and took Yue Niang into the car to go to Fanlou.

Mrs. Zhou came out of Mrs. Yang's room very late again, and her roommate, Aunt Xiao, hurriedly picked her up and handed her a hand stove. Mrs. Zhou took the stove and asked eagerly and curiously: "Have you found out?"

"Well," Aunt Xiao had a smile on her face. She looked around, leaned close to Mrs. Zhou and whispered: "I found Aunt Xiong next to the Fifth Lady. Aunt Xiong is really nice and refreshing. "Very well, you have told me everything, but one thing is that grandma must keep her mouth shut, and she must not let the madam know about it."

"I know, tell me quickly!"

"Mama Xiong's distant nephew is in the same class as our third master in Sifang Pavilion. In the past few months, he has received rewards and profits, and each person has received two or three hundred taels of silver!"

"So much?! The third bedroom has never paid a penny!"

"I still handed it over. Not to mention the money, I didn't even miss a single word!" Aunt Xiao curled her lips and said: "There are really not many fools like this in this mansion!"
Chapter completed!