Li Qingyou talked about Adi for a while, and looked at his obedient nod, not sure whether he heard it or not. Li Qingyou also had a headache about this.

It is said that Adi is a child who is less than ten years old. She has lived for thirty years in her previous life and now, but she always feels like she cannot see through Adi. Her big eyes are as clear as water, and she seems to be able to see clearly. , but it seems to be separated by a layer of fog.

When she looked at it carefully again, she felt that she had seen it wrong. This was a child with a simple mind.

Li Qingyou shook her head, feeling that she must have thought too much. She was just a child. She might have some small thoughts, but she was still very innocent in nature.

Someone came outside the door to report that Mrs. Xu was going back. Li Qingyou quickly stood up and went out to see her off.

As soon as Mrs. Xu took the lead, the other female relatives also stood up and said goodbye. Li Qingyou was busy for a while, and finally sent everyone away, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

From that day on, news of Shen Zhao's marriage spread among the officials and wealthy gentry in Qingshan County. It started out as half-truth, then became false, and then everyone realized that it was a mistake.

In an instant, the daughter of the Zhao family went from being the envy of everyone to being a joke among others. The most ironic thing is...

"Sister, do you know why this matter has caused such a big fuss?" Mrs. Xu looked at Li Qingyou with a smile, her eyes shining with the spirit of gossip and the gloating hidden deep inside, "This is all thanks to the Zhao family themselves. Already..."

Li Qingyou's eyes suddenly widened and she looked straight at Mrs. Xu, not understanding what she meant by her words, "Sister said that this matter belongs to the Zhao family... but how is this possible?"

The Zhao family themselves have stirred up public opinion. Are they crazy?

Do you think Zhao Yulian's reputation is too good and want to give it a try?

"How is this impossible?" Mrs. Xu looked scornful, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, the mockery in her eyes flashed, "This Zhao family is too naive, even if someone from his Zhao family is an official in Beijing, But he is only a fifth-grade man, so how can he force the Shen family to marry his daughter from the Zhao family just because of this? It is simply a wishful thinking."

Li Qingyou, "..."

The Zhao family is also quite heartless.

Li Qingyou didn't care what happened to Miss Zhao. What her brother said was right. If she hadn't been greedy, she wouldn't have become a laughing stock. There seemed to be a follow-up, but Li Qingyou didn't care.

The New Year's Eve came in the blink of an eye, and Li Qingyou was so busy that she didn't stop until the New Year's Eve.

After running around for the past few days, Li Qingyou was so exhausted that she finally wanted to sleep more, but was woken up by a firecracker.

The smell of gunpowder smoke came in through the doors and windows. Li Qingyou hugged the quilt and buried her head in it, rolling back and forth on the kang, groaning and not wanting to get up.

"I just happened to be thinking that I should wake you up for dinner. Quickly clean up and wash up before eating." Xiaoshan Niang opened the door curtain and came in. She felt funny when she saw Li Qingyou being so shy and refusing to get up.

Ever since Li Qingyou opened the ranch, Xiaoshan Niang seems to have gotten used to her calm demeanor, but if you think about it carefully, she is just a girl who has not yet grown her hair.

Since there are only two people in the Li family, Li Qingyou and his brother, and there are only two orphans and a widow in Zhao Xiaoshan's family, and both mother and son work at Li Qingyou's house, we might as well let them have the New Year's Eve dinner together at Li's house.

This brunch was quite sumptuous. There were four vegetables, chicken, duck and fish. There was a lot of meat. Li Qingyou was not used to eating such a rich meal so early in the morning and was a bit tired of it. Li Qingyou looked at the table full of meat dishes and couldn't help but sigh.

She has been socializing a lot these days, and every time she goes out there is a lot of meat and fish, so she will panic when she sees all this meat and fish.

"Don't you have to eat something good during the Chinese New Year? I can't eat this at ordinary times." Xiaoshan Niang said with a look of disapproval.

Poor families don't have a few good meals to eat throughout the year. It would be great if they can eat meat once a month. They don't dare to eat in large quantities. They can only eat freely during the Chinese New Year.

There are even poorer families who even decide who gets how much meat to eat during the Chinese New Year to avoid fighting, for example...

"No, our family has five pieces of meat per person during the Chinese New Year. If you run out of food and fall down, whoever has the bones will be considered unlucky." Liu Xiaosan bared his teeth and walked in from outside.

Everyone looked over in surprise, and Li Qingyou was even more suspicious, "Why are you here?"

I was not at home on New Year's Eve but I came to her. Could it be that something happened at home?

If you take a closer look at Liu Xiaosan's face, it doesn't look good.

"I'm planning to celebrate the New Year, so I'm going to give my girl a New Year greeting." Liu Xiaosan scratched his head and sneered, and made a gesture of bowing to Li Qingyou with his hands clasped in fists, as if he were paying New Year's greetings.

But if you look closely, you can see that his smile is very forced, and you can vaguely see a slight dark red on his face, but Liu Xiaosan is darker, so it is not very obvious.

One look at him and you can tell he is lying. How can anyone wish him a happy new year on his thirties?

Seeing that he was acting like this, he might have gotten into trouble with his family and ran out. Several people in the room had a tacit understanding and did not expose him. Xiaoshan Niang even stood up and pulled a stool over, "You sit here, and I will get a pair of bowls and chopsticks."

go."

With that said, he went to the kitchen.

Liu Xiaosan sat down on the stool, probably because he was hungry, so he took the chopsticks handed over by Xiaoshan Niang and started eating as hard as a starving ghost.

After dinner, Xiaoshan Niang started to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. Li Qingyou wanted to help, but she kicked her out, "You stay with the house. You are exhausted these days. I've seen you lose a lot of weight. That's it."

The living hill will be cleaned up with me in a while."

On the one hand, I feel sorry for Li Qingyou, but on the other hand, she can't cook and is a hindrance in the kitchen.

Li Qingyou didn't force herself. She came out of the kitchen and went to the main room. When she saw Liu Xiaosan walking in from the outside, she raised her hand and called him over, "Tell me, what happened?"

Liu Xiaosan paused. He really didn't want to say anything and didn't have the shame to say it.

His mother has never given up on letting his two brothers work as stewards in the ranch. Whenever she sees him, she whispers in his ear to tell him to talk to Li Qingyou. Unfortunately, he follows Li Qingyou out early and comes home late all day long. His mother catches him.

No chance.

But today is New Year's Eve, Li Qingyou doesn't go out, and he rarely stays at home. As a result, he got up early in the morning and started nagging her again. He couldn't bear to talk back, and this time he poked a hornet's nest.

His mother beat and scolded him, and he had no choice but to run away from home.

He had nowhere to go during the Chinese New Year, so he came to Li Qingyou's house.

"It's nothing, just...there's something going on at home." Liu Xiaosan hesitated for a long time and was embarrassed to say, "I can do it on my own."

Li Qingyou glanced at him and saw that he didn't want to talk, so he didn't ask any more questions.

So this year, in addition to Zhao Xiaoshan and her son, the Li family had another Liu Xiaosan.

In the blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of the first lunar month. Li Qingyou got up early and prepared to go to the ranch after breakfast. It was supposed to be a holiday for the employees during the Chinese New Year, but the ranch was different from other trading shops. The pigs, cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys inside had to be fed, so
Chapter completed!