On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 309 Neighbor 6
Mrs. Li probably understood what they were thinking. Not only did she eat slowly, but she also deliberately ate more.

When she put down her chopsticks, she said to them: "I'm afraid my taste is different from yours, and they are all leftovers. I won't wrong you. You can use them when you go back."

Xiao Xiao's stomach was almost ready to start singing the empty city plan, but according to the meaning of her words, she still had to wait?
Mrs. Zhou immediately said: "Is it too late for us to be happy that we can listen to mother's teachings?"

Mrs. Li also smiled at her daughter-in-law: "You still have a sweet mouth. You all sit down and talk."

Xiao Xiao thought to himself: They had been standing for almost half an hour, and they were finally allowed to sit down.

A maid came in with tea on a carved mahogany tray.

This time, they finally had their share.

It was already rude for Xiao Xiao to eat bird's nest soup before. If it were someone with poor tolerance, he would probably wish to die if he encountered such an embarrassment.

Fortunately, Xiao Xiao was thick-skinned and could sit here as if nothing had happened.

However, she didn't want others to laugh at her anymore, so this time, Xiao Xiao took the tea and just took a shallow sip.

At this time, Xiao Xiao was very glad that he had learned the rules.

When Mrs. Li saw that Xiao Xiao was not at a loss when she saw Aunt Mo saluting, she knew that her idea of ​​watching a good show was in vain.

In this day and age, aunts and aunts are half masters and half servants. On weekdays, when they see young masters, girls and grandmothers, they also have to pay half a courtesy.

Xiao Xiao and Zhou were juniors after all, so they both stood up and bowed slightly: "Aunts, there is no need to be polite."

I don’t want to let the tea occupy my stomach, for fear that I won’t be able to eat breakfast later.

Mainly because she doesn't like tea, it's too strong.

When people have three urgent needs, going to clean the room is a good excuse.

Even if the young master and the girl are born to the aunt, according to the rules, the young master and the girl are the masters, and the aunt is still half a slave.

She just pretended that the aunts didn't exist, and continued to talk to her two daughters-in-law in a few mild words, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, what should I buy for the kitchen? Regarding the strong wind blowing last night, I talked about weather changes such as frost and snow in previous years.

Xiao Xiao muttered in his heart that if Mrs. Li didn't say disbandment, he would find an excuse to withdraw.

I don’t know, what did the kitchen prepare for her?
Will it be the same as Mrs. Li’s food?

But seeing Mrs. Zhou sitting firmly under Mrs. Li, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were answering questions, she could only listen to their nonsense first.

It was about a quarter of a hour before Mrs. Li said, "Okay, I know you are filial, so don't talk to me here. Go back to eat first. I have to meet the housekeepers."

Xiao Xiao also noticed that when they were talking, the three aunts were as quiet as the background.

"Let them come in." Mrs. Li said calmly to her two daughters-in-law: "I don't usually need them to serve me, but they still know some rules and come to greet me every day."

Mother Liang came in again and saluted: "Madam, the aunts are here to say hello."

What she is concerned about now is: Is breakfast prepared separately in the kitchen? If she hadn't waited for her to come back, the shredded chicken noodles would have been burnt.

Otherwise, when facing my aunt, I really don’t know whether to avoid her or return the favor.

After the three aunts came in, they first bowed politely to Mrs. Li, and then gave half a salute to Xiao Xiao and Mrs. Zhou.

Xiao Xiao finally waited until she said this, and ignored Zhou's reaction. He stood up and saluted: "Thank you for your hard work, mother. My daughter-in-law will come to say hello in the afternoon."

Good guy, she now understands why the ladies in the inner house are busy every day.

It takes nearly two hours in the morning and evening to train the daughters-in-law during the morning and evening periods. She also discovered that when they left to go to the room, the aunts had not yet come out.

Fortunately, when she returned, Menghui and the others brought breakfast over from the big kitchen.

Her portion was a bowl of shredded chicken noodles, almond tea, chicken marrow and bamboo shoots, and beef dumplings.

But there is no date paste yam cake and donkey rolling on the lady’s side.

But this was enough. Xiao Xiao finished eating the delicious shredded chicken noodles. Today she ate too much sweet food, so she didn’t touch the almond tea. There were also chicken marrow, bamboo shoots and beef dumplings that tasted really good, so she couldn’t bear it. I ate half of my stay.

She asked Menghui and the others to take the rest and eat it.

Xiao Xiao, who was a little full after eating, also changed into homely clothes and went to the back to start practicing archery.

Fortunately, yesterday, Mother Zhou accidentally taught the maids and women in the courtyard some rules, so those maids and women who were in Cao Ying and had their hearts set on Han really didn't want to go to the backyard when they heard the eldest mistress said they were not allowed to go. Dare to go.

Sangyu Courtyard is a little remote, but the yard is not small. There is about half an acre of land in the back for the practice room. Mrs. Li specially spent a lot of money to prepare it for Li Yan in order to show off in front of the general.

It's a pity that Li Yan still thinks the place is a bit small and hasn't even been in here a few times. Now Xiao Xiao is taking advantage of it.

In addition to knives, guns, swords, halberds, etc., there are even archery targets, bows and arrows.

Xiao Xiao bent his bow and arrow, aimed and hit the target.

After shooting a few more arrows, you will be able to hit the target.

"As expected of the General's Mansion, even the bows and arrows left to gather dust are of the best quality." After Xiao Xiao muttered to himself, he couldn't help but boast: "A good horse with a good saddle, good A bow and arrow must be worthy of a master like me.”

She carefully observed and rubbed the bow and arrow in her hand, and then bumped the weight. She was still a little dissatisfied. It would be better if it were lighter and could shoot farther.

Xiao Xiao began to move around and practice archery, making it more difficult for herself.

After all, if something happens, the enemy won't stand still, so he has to be more flexible.

It's a pity that there is no horse farm in the General's Mansion, otherwise she would want to ride on horseback and shoot arrows. If she is good at horseback riding, she can run fast, and her archery skills are good, then her chances of survival will be greater.

Xiao Xiao practiced for half an hour before going back to bathe and change clothes. She changed her clothes again and began to take stock of her dowry.

The two thousand taels of silver notes that Li Yan had sent to his father to purchase goods were given to him when he returned to the guardhouse yesterday.

Of course, he also gave Li Yan a hundred taels of silver notes and some scraps of silver.

Now in her dowry, there are only six hundred taels of silver notes and two thousand taels of gold and silver ingots left.

And some jewelry that looks valuable.

She thought about it and decided to dig a hole and bury the money just in case.

Hey, she can now understand why in later generations, when digging foundations to build houses or even digging ponds, jars containing gold and silver jewelry would be dug out.

Who knows, I don’t have a safe now, and I don’t want to bury it. I am always worried that something will happen one day, and when I run away, I won’t be able to take away so much gold and silver jewelry.

I am also worried that the maids and women have dirty hands and feet, or that some clever hands are eyeing my dowry.

Xiao Xiao even chose a place to bury the gold and silver. There was a bamboo forest next to the practice room at the back.

Unfortunately, there was no one here to help dig the hole, so she had to do it herself.