Hearing Zhao Xiaoshan mention his master, Li Qingyou hurriedly waved his hand, forgetting about his master's virtues.

It’s just that I’m not too determined to give up.

"That's it, you guys leave later and wait for me for a while." Li Qingyou said and entered the east room, and came out in about the time it took to burn an incense stick, with an extra painting in his hand.

"What is this?" Xiaoshan Niang took the painting and looked at it. There was a cute and naive kitten on it, and she suddenly became happy. "The painting is really pretty."

Li Qingyou also smiled and turned to Zhao Xiaoshan, "When you go back, you can take the time to carve a cat for me. Just follow the pattern and carve it for me. You can carve it for me whenever you want."

She had to see his handiwork.

Zhao Xiaoshan naturally agreed wholeheartedly, took the painting and put it away carefully. The mother and son stayed for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.

After two days and one night of hard work, Li Qingyou was really tired. Although he slept on the carriage for a while, it didn't matter. Now he couldn't open his eyes.

After putting away the dishes and chopsticks, he was about to go back to the East Room to sleep, but his sleeves were suddenly pulled. When he lowered his head, he saw Adi's little eyes, "Sister, come back and sleep with Adi."

Since he came to Li's house, he has been sleeping with his sister. In his opinion, sleeping separately means that his sister is still angry with him.

Li Qingyou smacked her lips. It wasn't impossible, at least she didn't have the energy to draw anymore today, but in the end she shook her head and refused.

"You are an older child now. It's time to learn to be independent. Isn't it good for you to sleep alone in the Xili room these days?" Li Qingyou said: "You will always get married in the future. My sister can't stay with you all your life, so you can't.

It’s time to try and get used to it.”

Of course, the more important thing is that we slept together tonight, but what about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?

My brother is very clingy, and he might start thinking nonsense again when the time comes.

Adi pouted, unhappy.

"Okay, it's been two days of hard work. Aren't you sleepy? Go back to sleep." Li Qingyou purred the hair on his head and turned back to the East Room.

Adi looked at her back thoughtfully.

He is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart. These days, he clearly feels that his sister Qingyou has a secret.

What is the secret?

He is very curious.

Zhao Xiaoshan was very fast. He came to Li's house two days later and brought the engravings he had carved.

The carving was not very good, a bit frizzy, far inferior to his master, but he still carved it carefully and conscientiously. This was the first time Sister Qingyou asked him for help.

Maybe he has limited power and there is nothing he can do.

"Not bad." Li Qingyou nodded, a flash of disappointment flashed across his eyes.

Although the carving was good, it was far worse than expected. Originally, she had planned to have all the paintings that Zhao Xiaoshan had drawn for her carved out if she could carve it out. Then she would apply ink on it and seal it like a stamp.

When a painting is printed, to put it bluntly, it is printing.

Only her craftsmanship was not good, and she couldn't just find someone for this kind of painting. She had to find someone she could trust, otherwise the reputation would spread before the engraving was finished.

Then there would be no point in her going to Fucheng.

Although Li Qingyou said it was true, Zhao Xiaoshan still caught the fleeting disappointment in her eyes, and she felt uncomfortable in her heart.

Did you still disappoint Sister Li?

It's all useless to him.

"It's not your fault. Besides, the carving is very good. I like it very much. Thank you." Li Qingyou raised her hand habitually, wanting to touch the boy's head.

It's just that Zhao Xiaoshan is the same age as her, only a few months younger than her, and he has grown so much recently that Li Qingyou has a hard time touching his head.

Zhao Xiaoshan also wisely bent down and let Li Qingyou rub his head. He felt better, but he still felt sad about his balls.

After going back today, he must study carving carefully. In fact, he knows the skills well, but he just doesn't practice enough. As long as he practices diligently, sister Li will be satisfied sooner or later.

This scene happened to be seen by Adi who came out of the house. Since the last time he experienced his sister Qingyou being "angry to the point of bleeding", he basically stopped going out and stayed at home all day long.

At this moment, he pouted at Lao Gao, ran over in a few steps and dodged Zhao Xiaoshan, holding Li Qingyou's arm with both hands, defending his territory, his posture was more like a dog peeing everywhere and occupying the territory.

Li Qingyou was so amused by him that she rubbed the hair on his head to comfort him, and then Adi smiled.

A few days later, another person came to the Li family. Looking at the broad-shouldered young man in front of him, Li Qingyou felt that he looked familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember who it was.

The young man looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a dark face. He was stared at by the fair and pretty little girl, and his face was slightly pale. He stretched out his hand and scratched his head, "Um...Miss Li, I am Liu Xiaosan."

Li Qingyou remembered that he was the young man Li Zheng had hired to help her family get out of the river embankment. After calculation, it seemed that exactly ten days had passed since the last time she saw him.

"Did you finish the work?" Li Qingyou smiled and said, "I heard that digging river embankments is quite tiring. Are you okay?"

In the past, when Old Man Li was at home, he would do all the tasks assigned by the government. It was really tiring, and he couldn't eat well. The government was in charge of food, and it was just a meal for two people, and they drank clear soup.

It's heavy physical labor and the food can't keep up, so you can imagine the hardship involved.

Li Qingyou remembered that every time Old Man Li came back from digging embankments, he would feel like he was seriously ill. He would rather suffer himself than spend money to hire someone. For this reason, Old Mrs. Li always talked about him.

Liu Xiaosan scratched his head and smiled, "It's okay. I'm very strong, so I don't feel anything bad."

As he said this, he clenched his fist and punched his chest twice, which was a bit silly. Li Qingyou chuckled, and Liu Xiaosan's face suddenly turned red, feeling that he was embarrassed.

"That's good." Li Qingyou smiled and nodded, then asked him if he had anything to do.

She had already paid her salary before, it was a one-time payment, so she should have nothing to come to her for.

The little girl was so white and her eyes were bright. The young man who looked at her was so confused that he couldn't even speak. "Well, I just want to tell you. I'll see you next time. If you have any work, just come to me."

It’s done.”

Li Qingyou didn't understand what he meant for a while. In her memory, digging river embankments only happened two or three times a year, maybe only once, so she didn't know when the next time would be.

Are you talking about this so early?

Although he was confused, he still nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll ask Li Zheng to find you next time."

"No, that's not what I meant. I meant..." Liu Xiaosan's face turned red in anxiety, but because of his dark skin, it didn't look obvious, "I meant you come to me directly."
Chapter completed!