Gu Yan came and went in a hurry, and Li Xiaonan returned home and sat on the bamboo chair under the corridor again, swinging back and forth, half-thinking.
Yuting came in from outside, walked to Li Xiaonan, bent down slightly, and looked at her carefully.
"It looks good." Yuting looked at it for a moment and commented.
"Who said I'm not good? Ah Wu?" Li Xiaonan glanced sideways at Yuting.
"Awu is very worried, saying that she specially bought freshly baked fermented rice cakes today, but you didn't either..."
"By the way! Where are the fermented rice cakes?" Li Xiaonan stood up with a cry.
Yuting pointed toward the kitchen in the back.
"Forget it, let's eat it during dinner." Li Xiaonan thought for a while and sat back.
The fermented glutinous rice cake must have been cooled down, so let’s wait until it’s steamed and heated before eating.
Yuting dragged a bamboo chair and sat next to Li Xiaonan, looked at her and asked: "Sister Mei said Wan Qing called you out just now? Is it okay?"
"It's okay!" Li Xiaonan glanced at Yuting, "I heard that Shi Gun and A Wu said that the prince took her in because she was not a real man?"
"Are you unhappy because of this?" Yuting asked back.
"Because of which? As long as Awu is happy, she can love whatever she likes. Why should I be unhappy?" Li Xiaonan said speciously.
"What I mean is the latter sentence. The prince took Awu and I in for the convenience of staying with you." Yuting sighed.
Li Xiaonan tilted her side and said nothing.
"Let's talk while we're quiet now. You said that a smart person like you can't really be chaotic and ignorant, right?" Yu Ting looked at Li Xiaonan.
"What are you talking about that is so rambling and ignorant?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"Well, what else can there be? It's just a big thing. You really don't care about the prince's treatment of you?" Yuting sighed.
Li Xiaonan leaned towards the rain pavilion and said nothing.
"I told Ah Wu this, so I can talk to Ah Wu. Ah Wu said that I have no ambition. This is not a matter of lack of ambition. Alas."
Yuting frowned.
"I'm telling you, for a nobleman like the Crown Prince, you can be willing if you want, or not if you don't want to. He won't use any means, let alone threaten you. What kind of person does he want?
No beauty? It’s not a crime, right?
"When the prince has finished his errand, he will definitely return to the capital. If you don't say anything, he will definitely not say anything. He just left as soon as he said he would leave. Once he leaves, he will not come back. Have you ever thought about what would happen if the prince...
What will you do if you leave? What will your family do?"
Li Xiaonan still didn’t speak.
"Well, first of all, how can you get married? Who dares to marry you? Secondly, it may not be a big deal in the first few years after the prince leaves, but what about after a long time? It doesn't take long. When the prince gets married, it will be fine.
Before I picked you up, it started to be difficult for you.
"Oh, you don't know how evil this person can be!"
"I know." Li Xiaonan continued.
"It was a good thing that you were bullied by your own family back then. There are so many evil-minded people in Pingjiang City. When the time comes, alas, there will be many ways to tease people!
"I have wanted to tell you for a long time, but Awu stopped me and said that you are so smart and don't need me to worry.
"But you scholars, even though you haven't read many books."
Li Xiaonan leans across the rain pavilion.
"But you have a pretty good temper as a scholar. It seems like you can really choose whether you would rather do this than that."
"How do you know how many books I haven't read?" Li Xiaonan asked in confusion.
"Do you have any books at home?" Yuting asked bluntly.
"Go on." Li Xiaonan took a breath.
"Awu said that it is very difficult to be a kid. Life is difficult. It is indeed difficult, but whether life is difficult depends on the person.
"As for you, come on, first of all, the prince is indeed very kind to you, and you are smart. You can talk to the prince. This is very important! Secondly, in a place like the palace, no matter what dignity is most important,
It’s a soft knife that tortures people, that is, cold words and so on, but you have a big heart and a thick skin. As long as you have food and drink, I don’t care about anything else.”
Li Xiaonan leans across the rain pavilion.
"I can't speak, that's what I mean. You are a smart person, you can definitely understand what I mean." Yuting sighed again.
"What would you and A Wu have done if I hadn't followed?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"What else can we do! That's it! I see what the prince wants. Whether you follow him or not is up to you. A Wu and I can follow us. When the time comes, well, we'll talk about it then.
"But!" Yu Ting suddenly changed the subject, "If you have figured it out, if you follow the prince to Beijing, you must tell him before leaving that we will make two status deeds for the two of us, and put them in your name.
I write a line on the body deed, "We are yours, not the palace's people, lest the prince's wife will cause trouble!
"With Awu and I protecting you, you will be generous and not greedy, so your life will not be too difficult."
Yuting patted Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan took a deep breath and said, "I listen to you. If the prince wants to leave, I will go with him."
"Oh, I know you are a sensible person. Don't tell your eldest sister first. Let's talk about it when you leave. Oh, don't worry. No matter what, Awu and I will be with you!" Yuting stood on Li Xiaonan's shoulder.
I took five or six shots in succession.
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Matchmaker Miao took the fifth sister of the Wu family, about ten steps away from the intersection that turned to Xuyuan Street. Matchmaker Miao stopped, held the fifth sister, lowered her voice, and explained again: "Remember everything? Say it again.
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The fifth sister looked nervous and swallowed, "When you get to the door of the tea house, don't worry about anything. Just go in as if you were at your own home. Once you get through the door, if the guy asks me, just say I'm going to drink tea."
Yes, I have to go to the end of the courtyard to drink it. If they say there is no room or something and they can’t come out, just say that I must have this cup of tea. I won’t refuse anywhere, as long as they can put a small stool for me.
It’s so clean and there’s no one around, I’m afraid of people.”
Matchmaker Miao put her ear to Fifth Sister's mouth, and after listening, she was extremely satisfied.
"Look at our fifth sister, how smart we are! My dear, take this." Matchmaker Miao lit a plate of incense with a fire sickle, carefully put it into the flat incense box, and handed it to the fifth sister.
"Remember, wait until the incense burns out before you come out too early. Also, keep an eye on the incense. If it goes out halfway, ask the waiter to light it for you. Don't be afraid to talk."
The fifth sister held the incense plate, her whole body tensed up, and she kept nodding.
"Okay, let's go." Matchmaker Miao patted the fifth sister.
Seeing the fifth sister leaning slightly nervously as she walked forward and turned a corner, Matchmaker Miao looked around and walked slowly behind the fifth sister.
Watching the fifth sister enter the tea house diagonally across Cailian Lane, Matchmaker Miao slowed down her pace, passed the tea house, and quickened her pace. She looked back from time to time, but did not see the fifth sister coming out. She breathed a sigh of relief and walked on the street.
I called a car and hurriedly went straight to Huang Zhubo's house near the Weaving Department.
