After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

"Who did you listen to?" Li Zhou's face darkened slightly.

"I..." Although Li Wanning is arrogant, she is very good at reading Li Zhou's face. After all, Li Zhou's favor is her confidence. At this time, she knew that the other party was angry and hurriedly hugged his arm, "I I just saw a stranger going out and thought it was my cousin who was here."

Li Zhou's brows furrowed even higher.

"Dad." Li Wanning pouted, "Didn't you say that you wanted to marry me? My cousin is not only distinguished, but also talented. Anyway, his position as the concubine is vacant, and I need my aunt's approval to choose anyone. so……"

"Okay." Li Zhou interrupted his daughter, "Girls, don't say such things in the future."

"But……"

"Dad has his own arrangements for your marriage."

Li Wanning wanted to say something else, but when she saw Li Zhou's completely cold eyes, she could only stamp her foot unconvinced, then turned around and ran out.

The two little girls waiting at the door hurriedly followed.

Li Wanning returned to her yard, still feeling uncomfortable, and simply lay on the bed and cried.

Xiaohua and the other girl named Xiaocao looked at each other. Xiaocao shook her head and said she didn't dare to come forward, letting Xiaohua persuade her.

Xiaohua didn't dare, but she had to step forward. After all, she was a first-class girl. Although she was younger, she was older than Xiaocao. She could only walk over bravely: "Miss Qi, don't cry anymore. Your health is important." .”

"I just cried." Li Wanning is a spoiled eldest lady. Li Zhou basically responds to her requests. This is the first time she has been rejected, and he was even rejected so completely and firmly.

"But Miss Qi, what's the use of crying?" Xiaohua poured a cup of tea and walked over.

"What should we do?" Li Wanning suddenly sat up.

"Miss Qi, take a drink first." Xiaohua handed over the tea cup, "Xiaohua's family is poor, and her parents are tired of raising two children. When she was a child, someone asked her parents to abandon their slave. After all, the slave is a girl, and the younger brother can do it. We carry on the family line, but our parents are reluctant to part with it. They say that as long as we work hard, we will eventually have something to eat. When we encounter problems in the future, our parents will also say that there will always be more solutions than difficulties. You see, we will not survive. When they arrived, they came to Xinyang..." He lowered his head and said, "Although I was separated from them, I firmly believe that I will find them one day."

Li Wanning's eyes lit up: "Xiaohua, what you said makes sense." As for whether this slave can find his family, that's not what she should consider.

Xiaohua smiled and took the empty tea cup.

"Then tell me, how can I get my father to agree to marry my cousin?"

Xiaohua's eyes flashed: "Miss Qi, I think the most important thing is not whether Lord Marquis agrees or not, but the relationship between you and Master Cousin. If you two really have feelings, right? Can you get the Marquis to agree?"

"Huh?" Li Wanning frowned.

"I don't know much about this, but there used to be a sister next door to our house. She liked her brother at the entrance of the village, but her brother's family was too poor and she also had a paralyzed old lady. My sister's family didn't agree. In the end, my sister and her brother hugged each other. Together, they were seen by the villagers, and finally my sister’s family agreed that they got married. People in our village all said, what is this called? Raw rice is turned into cooked rice, but every household has no rice, only bran..." As he spoke, he sighed, "I don't know why I said that." Li Wanning frowned, and then suddenly her eyes lit up, and she reached out and patted Xiaohua on the shoulder: "Oh, you have helped your lady a lot. "

"Ah?" Xiaohua looked confused.

"Heavy reward." Li Wanning said, taking a gold hairpin from her dressing table and inserting it into Xiaohua's head.

"Miss Qi, if you really want to reward me, just give me silver or copper plates. I can't wear this gold hairpin. If you want to reward me, you can save the money. I still want to find my parents in the future."

"You little money maniac." Li Wanning was not angry because she was in a good mood. Then she went over and grabbed a handful of silver leaves and handed them over, "I'll give you the gold hairpin as well."

"Thank you Miss Qi." Xiaohua knelt down and kowtowed excitedly.

"Okay, hurry up and inquire about your cousin's movements. Come and report at any time. I'll take a break first." Li Wanning said and returned to the bed. "By the way, don't forget to buy me an egg-filled pancake from Dongshikou."

"Yes." Xiaohua agreed, turned around and went out. When she reached the door, she saw Xiaocao and stuffed two silver leaves to her. "You keep an eye on it, I'll go find out what's going on."

"Xiaohua, you are still awesome." Xiaocao was happy.

Xiaohua turned around and walked out of the courtyard. Since she entered the Xinyang Hou Mansion, many people in the mansion like her because of her young age and sweet talk. In addition, she is now a maid in the seventh lady's courtyard. , so everyone is more polite.

"Uncle Zhu, please send me a car. Miss Seven wants to eat egg-filled pancakes. If she walks, she will be cold when she comes back."

When the housekeeper Lao Zhu heard this, he naturally did not dare to neglect and hurriedly sent a carriage to her.

Laoqian Restaurant in Dongshikou was opened by Qian Bofu and his wife. It was originally just a small stall. Later, when they had money, they rented a shop. Because the food here was affordable and tasted good, the business was quite good. At first, the rich people in the city looked down upon such food, but then some people ate it occasionally and thought it was quite delicious, so from time to time people from wealthy families would come to patronize it. Of course, all the people who came were servants. .

Li Wanning fell in love with the egg-filled pancakes here after being introduced to them by Xiaohua, but she prided herself on her status, so she only ate them once in a while.

But it was this opportunity that allowed Xiaohua to meet her parents openly and convey the news about the Hou family.

"Little flower girl." Mrs. He saw her daughter getting off the carriage and greeted her hurriedly and enthusiastically, "Is it Miss Seven who wants to fill the cake with eggs again?"

"Yes, Auntie." Xiaohua smiled and nodded, "Do you have any ready-made ones here? But you must have enough ingredients. If the seventh lady eats well, then everything will be easy."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure there's enough ingredients." Mrs. He said and went to get a stuffed cake and gave it to the coachman. "Thank you for your hard work. Eat it first, because there are a few guests in front of you. It takes a while to prepare it." Yes."

The driver smiled and took it over. The proprietress of this restaurant was very good at doing business. She always stuffed her with food every time she came over. Everyone was willing to come over, so naturally there was no rush.

Xiaohua followed into the restaurant, looked back at the driver who was sitting on the carriage eating, and then told her parents one by one what happened in the Marquis' mansion, and then went back with the prepared cakes. (End of chapter)