Compared with powerful officials of the same level, the Li family has not many servants. This is because all the masters in the family are not in the habit of being served.
However, there are still maids who are responsible for tidying up the room, cleaning, and serving tea and water to the guests. Since Zui Mo and Ruo Qing moved here, the family's manpower seems a bit insufficient.
Before leaving, Ruoqing selected a few sisters who were hard-working and innocent from the Goulan. They knew everything and didn't have any other concerns.
Steward Li stood in the yard, looked at the several women standing in a row, and said solemnly: "This is our Lord Hou, keep your eyes open and look carefully, don't misunderstand the master in the future, and bring him back later." You went to see the lady..."
I and Ruyi don't scold the servant girl very much on weekdays, Li Bo is the one who plays the role of black face, in his words, a servant should behave like a servant, even if the master is kind, the servant must not know what is good or bad.
The new maids need to stand up. After Li Bo said something with a straight face, he waved his hands and said, "Okay, starting from the far left, introduce yourself one by one."
"My name is Xiaoqiu." A maid said timidly.
"My name is Xiao Rong." Another maid stood up.
"Slave Xiaorou."
"I, my name is Xiaodie."
There were a total of five maids who entered the mansion this time, and they would go to see Ruyi Zuimo later. Li Yi scanned them and moved to the last woman in white.
The woman smiled and bowed slightly to him, "Xiaoqing has met Lord Hou."
Uncle Li turned his head, smiled and said: "Master, I'll take them to see Madam and Second Madam again."
"Wait, I still need a person who studies ink in my study..." Li Yi thought for a while, then looked at a few maids, pointed casually, and said, "Just Xiaoqing."
Uncle Li looked at him with some surprise. The young master's study room had long been taken over by the second young lady. The most he did on weekdays was basking in the sun in the yard. It would be fair to say that he lacked a maid who squeezed his shoulders and beat his legs. What kind of ink did you grind...
However, the entire Li family belongs to him, so it's not a problem to have a maid.
Uncle Li looked at her and said, "Xiao Qing, then you can follow Lord Hou from now on."
The woman lowered her head and bowed again, "Yes."
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I'm afraid it won't snow this winter.
As the Lantern Festival was approaching, the weather began to gradually warm up. By noon, there was not much chill.
Yongning and Shouning took off their thick fur coats, and laughed and played on the lawn. Li Yi sat on the side of the barbecue leisurely. The two finally got tired of playing. They ran over and squatted beside Li Yi, swallowing their saliva while staring Watching the golden oil dripping onto the charcoal, making a sizzling sound.
"It's not normal, it's absolutely not normal." Li Xuan stood in the distance, watching this scene, his face became more worried.
Li Mingzhu turned to look at him and asked, "Why is it abnormal?"
"Miss Ruoqing has disappeared for three whole days." Li Xuan counted with his fingers, and then looked at Li Yi again, "How could he be so calm, yet still be in the mood to sit there and have a barbecue, and to feed Shouning? ?”
"Isn't that good?" Li Mingzhu looked at him and asked, "Don't you want him to be passive and decadent?"
Li Xuan shook his head and said, "Have you ever heard of an old saying?"
"What old saying?"
Li Mingzhu looked at him and asked, "What old saying?"
Li Xuan whispered: "If you don't explode in silence, you will perish in silence."
Li Mingzhu looked at her suspiciously: "Which ancient person said this?"
"Lu Xun."
"Who is Lu Xun?"
"What Li Yi said last time, writer, thinker, educator... don't care who Lu Xun is..." Li Xuan shook his head, and said: "Don't look at him smiling on the surface, maybe in his heart... In short, It's dangerous for him to act like this, and the calmer he appears, the more dangerous he is."
"Then what should he do to be normal?"
"Look for it!" Li Xuan said anxiously: "He should be more anxious than anyone else. He has searched all over the world. It is absolutely impossible to be as calm as he is now. Think about it, what would he do if you were lost?"
"When it's over, don't mention Miss Ruoqing's affairs, and don't mention the Holy Cult..." After Li Xuan finished speaking, he walked over quickly after saying another sentence.
"I'll come, I'll..."
Li Xuan snatched the iron stick from Li Yi's hand and said, "You rest, I'll bake for a while."
Unexpectedly, when His Highness the Crown Prince was also diligent, Li Yi handed him the iron stick in his hand, and took a chicken wing he was wearing, and just now he was only focused on feeding the two greedy cats, and he didn't eat much.
"Put it down and don't move!"
Li Xuan snatched the iron pick from his hand, stroked the chicken wings with chopsticks and put them on the plate, saying, "It's easier to eat like this."
Li Yi looked at him, and suddenly asked, "Do you have something to ask me?"
Li Xuan shook his head violently: "No."
"Really not, you only have this one chance."
"No..."
…
Li Yi shook his head. He didn't know what was wrong with him today. Just in case, he stayed away from him. After eating the chicken wings, he walked straight to the Huxin Pavilion.
The weather is fine today. When I go back, I will catch two fish, one for soup and one for braised.
After Li Xuan finished grilling the fish, he turned around and realized that Li Yi was no longer by his side. He looked back and said in shock, "Mingzhu, stop him quickly, he is going to throw himself into the lake!"
…
"That's why I changed my clothes when I came back." Li Yiru explained to Ruyi, Miss Liu Er and Zui Mo.
After all, the clothes he wore when he came back were different from what he wore when he went out, and they still belonged to Pearl, which would indeed cause a lot of misunderstanding. If he didn't know, he might think he had done something nasty.
He was just subconsciously avoiding Mingzhu's grasp while fishing...
As a result, the fish ran away, but he fell into the lake.
The water in the lake was freezing cold at this time of year. If Mingzhu hadn't brought him a new dress from the women's college next door, he might have gotten sick from the cold today.
Of course, many of her clothes are neutral, and they don't look so inconsistent.
Although he changed his clothes, he still looked a bit embarrassed. Ruyi helped him take off his coat and said, "I asked Xiaohuan to boil the water, so my husband should take a hot bath first."
The lake water is not clean, he should take a good bath, and even though he is wearing Mingzhu's clothes, his underwear is still wet...
Soaking comfortably in the bathtub, the steam was steaming, Li Yi closed his eyes, and the remaining chill disappeared immediately.
There was a "squeak" sound from the door, and it was slowly closed again. Someone added hot water to the bathtub, and Li Yi said, "Press my shoulder for me."
The figure who was about to walk out of the door stopped, and after a while, a pair of soft hands were placed on his shoulders.
The hands moved slowly on his shoulders. At a certain moment, Li Yi said, "Xiaohuan, you don't need to press here, just press the previous place."
"I... , I don't know where Miss Xiaohuan pressed before."
Hearing the voice from behind, Li Yi opened his eyes, turned his head, and said in surprise: "If... Xiaoqing, why is it you?"
The woman behind her smiled a little embarrassedly, "Duan'er is making noise, Xiaohuan go to coax her, let me come over and add water for her..."