When I woke up, I was fine

Mrs. Dou came out with these children, turned her head to look at the black ash on Cao Li's body, "It's really rude to let the little lady wear these dirty clothes, Xiuxiu, you bring this little lady to your house Go pick out a suit of clothes, let the little lady change first."

The little lady of the Li family still held the youngest brother in her arms, "Madam Cao, please follow me."

Cao Li was not embarrassed at all, and followed her to her boudoir.On the way, I couldn't help teasing Li Yuanji who was in Li Xiuxiu's arms.

This kid is less than two years old now, and he doesn't recognize his birth, he makes the whole person dance and dance.

"Holding him is quite heavy, why don't you let him come down and walk?"

"Yuanji doesn't like to walk, so I took turns holding him with my elder brother and my second brother."

Cao Qian thought to himself, you three dote on your younger brother too much, you can't stop him from walking just because he doesn't like to walk, if things go on like this, his two calves won't have the strength to learn martial arts and ride horses in the future.

After all, this is a family matter, so Cao Li didn't ask too much. He followed Li Xiuxiu to the boudoir, picked out a suit of clothes that suited him, and after putting them on, he looked around the house very freely.

The maids serving in Xiuxiu's boudoir saw that the little lady was curious about everything, so they went to her own little lady's dressing table to pick up a few hairpins, and after looking at them, they threw them on the dressing table.

Someone quietly went to find Mrs. Dou, "The servants see that this little lady doesn't look like she came from a poor family, and they are not timid about those fine clothes."

After Mrs. Dou heard this, she put the things in her hand on the table, "I also saw it just now, this little lady is eloquent and she can turn her head quickly. What is it like, if it is similar, I will persuade the master to choose such a girl for Jiancheng."

These servants suddenly showed distressed looks, "This is too wronged the young master."

"Now that our family has reached this point, how can there be any grievances? Seeing that the emperor will not give our family a way out, which of those noble girls would be willing to marry into our family? I was thinking a while ago, if in those small Choose one from a small family, after all, I don’t have enough knowledge, I wronged my son, now looking at this little lady, she is no worse than those pampered noble girls, do you remember? The little lady’s eyes rolled around Go, she looks clever, when Jiancheng wronged her, she can beat her back, I don't know what kind of family raises such a child, as long as her background is clean, I can persuade the master."

Just as he was talking, someone came to report outside the door.

It is said that the Jiashe people came to the mansion to thank him with the food in person.

After hearing this, the servants in the room were all beaming. Anyway, it would be easy if there was food at their door.

Mrs. Dou asked, "Has Mrs. Cao's mother come?"

The person who came to report shook his head, "I never came."

Mrs. Dou waved her hand, "Go and investigate again, if you find out the news, come and report to me."

After a while, someone came to report, "Ms. Cao's mother is very sad because of her daughter's loss. She has already left for her hometown today. The Jiashe man just said that she has sent someone to chase her."

Madam Dou nodded, "Leave this little lady at our house first, and I will meet this lady in person tomorrow."

I didn't wait until tomorrow, not long after it got dark, and before the curfew started, someone knocked on the door, and a heroic lady came in with two servants.

Because it was a female family member who came, Mrs. Dou greeted her personally and took Guan Lengyan to the backyard.

Acting is called a full set. When Cao Li was led out, he quickly threw himself into Guan Lengyan's arms and had a happy mother-daughter meeting.

Guan Lengyan even hugged Cao Li and cried with tears all over her face. Finally, she quickly wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "I am just such a child. After her father passed away, this is my lifeblood. She If something goes wrong, I... thank you for your help, I will not thank you for your great kindness, and in the future, anyone who can use our Cao family, please just give orders, our Cao family will never say anything."

Cao Yang raised his head in Guan Lengyan's arms, Cao's family was left with himself, Guan Lengyan's surname was Guan and not Cao, she was quite stubborn when she agreed to him, it was really generous of him.

Mrs. Dou was very satisfied when she heard this. The only daughter of the Cao family has some influence in the family. Now for the Li family, it is really a perfect marriage.

"Ma'am, I have something to say to you in private, let these children play, you and I will come to the flower hall at the back."

Guan Lengyan patted Cao Qiang on the back, "Go, play with your brothers and sisters, don't be awkward."

Cao Li pretended to be a child and agreed, watching them go around the hall to the back, he couldn't help asking Xiuxiu next to him, "What do you want to discuss with my mother?"

Xiuxiu thought about it, and now the most important thing at home is to find some food, "Maybe I want to buy food from your mother."

Cao Qian nodded, thinking that the Duke's mansion has reached such a point, anyway, since he came here, he hasn't seen any dim sum together, and he often hears the stomach growling of those servants and maids.

I couldn't help asking Xiuxiu, "How did Yang Guang treat your family? How did you offend him?"

"Speaking of which, Yang Guang is still our cousin, but there are rumors that my father has the appearance of an emperor, so Yang Guang became jealous of our family, and those families who had been in contact with us all cut off contact with us."

Speaking of which, she looked around and found that no one was staring at them. Xiuxiu hugged her younger brother and pulled Cao Li's clothes, "Even our uncle's family doesn't want to associate with us anymore."

"But your mother said in the kitchen that she was going to bring some sheep to your uncle's house tomorrow?"

"I can't bring it here. The sheep I ate today was sent by my grandmother who thought my mother was pitiful. My uncle and aunt would never agree to come and go with our family."

Cao Qian blinked a few times, looked around, "Does your second brother know, that's why he accompanied your mother there tomorrow?"

"Maybe you know, I think my elder brother will definitely not let my mother kiss him tomorrow, and he just brought shame on himself in the past... What are you looking at?"

"Let me see where your elder brother and second brother are? Why didn't you see them this afternoon?"

"They were called by my father to accompany the guests. Your uncle came to bring a lot of things this afternoon, and my father called them out to talk with them."

"My uncle?"

"Jasher."

Cao Li was about to speak when he saw Mrs. Dou and Guan Lengyan coming out together.When Mrs. Dou spoke to Cao Lian, her tone revealed a kind of intimacy and kindness, and she said goodbye to Guan Lengyan politely, and sent the two of them to the carriage outside the door.

As soon as she got into the car, Guan Lengyan took Cao Qiang's hand and said, "Do you know what Mrs. Dou told me just now? He wants to hire you as his wife for his son?"

Cao Li quickly shook his head, "I am like this now... yes, let them send that bow as a betrothal gift."

"Cao Qian, let's talk about this matter carefully. After all, we are not human beings. We can't think that getting married is a child's play. Married is to marry and have children. We are monsters. If we don't have children..."

"There are many people who marry without having children. Besides, I don't necessarily want to marry him. I just want to get this bow."

"I thought you had seen your master's backyard, and you could see more or less. Do you know that this is not a child's play. Once you promise him, there are rules of heaven and earth that will act on you. Unless you fulfill your promise, otherwise the consequences You can't afford it, even if you marry him, the future will be like your master's backyard... I heard that there is a lot of trouble in your master's backyard."

Cao Li shook his head, he was a weapon, and the master would not take him to the backyard.

"I asked the children in their family today, and they said that the bow was his father's last bow. Otherwise, you can send someone to prepare a good carved bow tomorrow, and exchange this bow. .”

Guan Lengyan agreed, "It's easy to talk about. People ask you if you want to be their daughter-in-law now? You can give me an explanation, and let me answer them tomorrow."

"Which son?"

"Boss, their second child is already engaged."

Cao Qian recalled Li Jiancheng, and scratched his hair embarrassingly, "Forget it, I originally wanted to deceive them, but after hearing what you said, I think it's not good to deceive others, and maybe I will end up hurting myself and others. "

Guan Lengyan snorted coldly, "Isn't insidiousness and cunning what your Cao family is best at?"

"Don't be bloody here, let me tell you, if you continue to be so picky in the future, we will not be able to live together."

"Okay, I won't say it."

"Let me ask you, what do you mean by saying yes in front of people today 'but you will not hesitate to do so'?"

It turned out that Guan Lengyan came out of the mountains today, and happened to meet a group of bandits. These bandits were obviously a group of ordinary people, and they were trembling when they robbed. After rounding up the bandits, Guan Lengyan felt a sense of heroism. After chatting with the boss of this group of bandits, she realized that they belonged to the same village, and the boss was the head of the village.

It's really hard to live, and there are all kinds of exorbitant taxes, so they came up with such a method. This is the first time they came to rob, and they told Guan Lengyan very sincerely, because they had nothing to eat, so this group of people came out After that, if you can't rob anything, you may not be able to go back. This hungry stomach can't hurry, and you can't go back.

Guan Lengyan sighed for the hardships of life of this group of people, led them out of the mountains, and gave them food. In order to have enough food in the long run, this group of people urged Guan Lengyan to sell the fields around their village. After buying it, they will be Guan Lengyan's sharecroppers in the future.

"So I got some money and bought a large piece of land. This carriage and the servants of this carriage are all from that village."

Cao Li was amazed when he heard this.