On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 444 Production 6
Before Xiao Xiao opened her eyes, she noticed someone beside her.

It’s a shame to say that it’s so easy to go from frugality to extravagance. Now she is used to being served by others.

Besides, it's her first day since giving birth. Even though it was a relatively smooth birth, she hasn't fully recovered yet. She still feels pain whenever she stands up or walks with bigger movements.

Therefore, Xiao Xiao didn't need to open her eyes or speak, she just stretched out her hand and the maid knew what to do.

Seeing that she still had her eyes closed, Li Yan thought about how the doctor and his aunt had repeatedly told him that she should not be exposed to the wind during the confinement period.

He held Xiao Xiao's hand and firmly put her hand into the quilt.

Xiao Xiao also opened her eyes now. Seeing that it was him, she was no exception. She said helplessly, "Help me. I want to get up and go to the bathroom."

Li Yan then realized that he was wrong. He carefully helped her to the bathroom and then stood guard outside the door.

Fortunately, Yiqing came in with a copper basin at this time and helped Xiao Xiao wash her hands with warm water.

Then he helped her to lie down in the room: "Grandma, the kitchen has prepared peanut pork knuckle soup, motherwort chicken soup, barley pigeon soup, and crucian carp soup. What would you like to eat?"

Xiao Xiao leaned on the pillow, missing the days when she could eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks. She said helplessly: "Half a bowl of crucian carp soup and some steamed eggs with minced meat will be enough."

She wanted to eat braised pork trotters and spicy roasted pork knuckles, but she didn't want to eat pork knuckle soup because it was too light.

She also ate pigeon soup twice and didn't want to eat it again in the short term.

Of course, if it could be made into roasted squab or spicy pigeon, she would definitely eat it for several meals without getting tired of it.

Yiqing responded and left.

Li Yan asked worriedly, "Do you have a poor appetite? Why do you only eat so little?"

In the past, when the two of them ate together, Xiao Xiao always had a good appetite. Although she ate less than him, it was definitely more than this.

"I already have a good appetite." Xiao Xiao looked at the picture of a pomegranate with hundreds of seeds on the ceiling of the tent, and said in a floating voice, "I have already eaten four meals today, and I have two more to eat later. And I am lying still. How much can I eat? It's like raising pigs. I will definitely gain weight and become as fat as a bear."

I thought about how I used to envy my mother and elder sister, who just lay down during the confinement period and ate five or six meals a day.

Now that it’s my turn, I finally know what it feels like.

When she thought about having to live like this for two months, she doubted whether she could gain another ten pounds.
Xiao Xiao was a little thinner when she was fleeing, and now weighs less than 100 pounds.

Later, when she had more money, she stopped treating herself badly and her weight kept increasing. Before she got pregnant, she weighed 105 kilograms at a height of 1.6 meters.

Of course, she thinks this weight is normal and healthy.

It's just that her face is a little round. It looks chubby and a little fat.

After she became pregnant, her appetite was mostly good. Fortunately, her mother Yan kept an eye on her diet, and her eldest sister said that the baby would be difficult to give birth to if it was too big, so she didn't eat and drink too much.

Besides, she exercises a lot, so she is not too fat.

But in the end, it was almost one hundred and forty.

Anyway, Xiao Xiao didn’t dare to look in the mirror.

In the past, I was fat and could use pregnancy as an excuse.

Now that she has a daughter, she feels that she is more obedient.

Li Yan chuckled: "Nonsense, you're not fat at all." Xiao Xiao saw that he looked sincere and didn't look like he was trying to comfort her or be perfunctory. She even suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes.

Of course, Xiao Xiao was still very happy in her heart, and asked curiously: "Didn't you say you were not feeling well? Then can you still enter the palace today?"

"I was on duty, but I didn't go into the palace. I was doing things outside."

Not all the Imperial Guards follow the emperor. Some of them are assigned tasks by the emperor and are sent out to do things. Now he is still investigating the Gu Mansion.

However, the emperor did not want his ministers to think that he was suspicious of them, so he instructed Li Yan to investigate quietly and not make a big deal out of it without solid evidence.

Just before Li Yan left the house, he received news that a cloth shop that was under surveillance had sent a lot of cloth to Gu's house.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, cloth shops are doing their best business.

Ordinary people would also buy new clothes during the Chinese New Year.

Not to mention the noble families and wealthy merchants, not only would the masters buy several sets of clothes for themselves, but even the servants would have to buy new clothes.

After Xiao Xiao heard what he said, she also asked, "Any news about the embroidery shop?"

Li Yan looked at her in surprise: "Really? All the cloth from the cloth shop has been sent to the embroidery shop."

He was also a little puzzled: "These two shops are Gu's, why do we need to do this?"

Can't you just send the fabric to the embroidery shop first and then measure the size directly?
"Is it possible that this is also to hide it from the people in the Gu Mansion?" Xiao Xiao reminded him: "The old lady of the Gu Mansion is still alive, and the family has not been divided. In addition to the married aunt, there are still five brothers?"

But not all families are like him and Li Yan, who don't focus on seizing the family business.

There are five masters in the Gu family, two of them are legitimate sons and three are illegitimate sons.

In addition, the masters all married and had concubines, so they had even more sons.

Li Yan is a man, and the eldest son of a concubine. He was targeted by his stepmother before. After hearing what Xiao Xiao said, he thought for a while: "What you said makes sense. I can't let the other masters in the Gu Mansion be kept in the dark."

We can't investigate the Gu Mansion on a large scale now. It would be difficult to find out the key things, especially because it would be time-consuming. It would be better to let the Gu Mansion fall into chaos on its own.
Soon, the maid came over with a tray and placed a clean small table on the couch: "Grandma, please eat while it's hot."

Xiao Xiao said to Li Yan: "I'm going to have dinner, why don't you go to the hall to eat first?"

Li Yan wanted to stay with her for a while longer: "It's okay, have someone bring the food here, I'll eat with you."

Xiao Xiao was unhappy when she heard this: "Are you trying to tempt me on purpose? You know I can only eat bland food now, but you still come to me to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks on purpose?"

"No, I don't have any." Li Yan could only stand up and said, "Then I'll go have dinner first and come back to talk to you later."

As soon as he left, Xiao Xiao started to eat.

The milky white crucian carp soup has a bit of medicinal flavor, but it is not fishy at all. It tastes delicious, but a little bland.

The minced meat and egg custard tasted good, so Xiao Xiao had almost finished it.

As soon as she put down her bowl and chopsticks, the maids took away the small table and brought her some fragrant tea to rinse her mouth.

A few more cries were heard, and soon a maid came over with a swaddling baby. Xiao Xiao was in good spirits at the moment, so she carefully took her daughter and fed the little one.

Seeing that the little guy fell asleep again soon, Xiao Xiao put the child next to her: "You all go downstairs to have dinner first, I will watch the child for a while."

After all, she is her own child, and Xiao Xiao, who is bored, still has some maternal love for the child.