"Mother."
Baili Qingluan saw a fiery red figure rushing towards her. She lightly flashed her body, stretched out her hand to block the little fat man who was rushing towards her quickly, and then reached out with her bare hands to hold the little fat man in her arms.
"Is the coat your mother made for you warm?" Baili Qingluan looked at the people coming out of the room with a look of surprise on her face.
Baili Qingluan quickly looked up at the winter sun.
"The clothes you make are beautiful and warm... What are you looking at, mother?"
"The sun still rises from the east."
Su Ning'an looked at the sun in the east, confused because the sun usually rises from the east.
"Eldest sister, are you here to pick us up?"
Baili Qingluan looked at Baili Xuanlang carefully. It was the first time she saw him dressed so elegantly, even wearing a headband.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Xu Yulan, dressed in red and with delicate makeup, leading Xiao Xier out of the room.
this……
Is it a coincidence?
Baili Qingluan's gaze quickly swept over Baili Xuanlang and Xu Yulan.
Not to mention, the two of them look very compatible today.
Baili Xuanlang noticed his elder sister's inquiring gaze, and hurriedly grabbed Baili Qingluan's wrist and pulled her out of the yard.
"We are going to the main courtyard soon. The princess is waiting for us."
Seeing him like this, Baili Qingluan knew that she was lying when she said she didn't like Xu Yulan.
Speaking of sending rouge and powder to Xiao Xier, it was obvious that he was using Xiao Xier as a cover to come and see Miss Xu early in the morning!
I also stopped by here for breakfast!
"Wait, there's something important to do!"
Zhang Qian quickly handed over the tray covered with red silk.
When the red silk was opened, ten red embroidered gold-thread purses were placed on the tray.
Baili Qingluan picked up a purse and said, "Today is New Year's Eve, so of course there will be lucky money to be given."
Baili Qingluan stuffed the purse into Xiao Xier's hand and said, "Xiao Xier, after today you will be four years old."
"I... I'm four years old now." Xiao Xier stretched out her fingers and counted.
Baili Qingluan scratched Xiao Xier's nose lovingly, "Yes, you've grown up again and can protect your parents. Are you happy?"
"Happy, thank you aunt for the golden pumpkin seeds!"
Baili Qingluan distributed the New Year's money and golden melon seeds to the children in order from youngest to oldest.
"Madam, I have reached the age of marriage and I am an adult now. I can no longer receive New Year's money." Xu Yulan did not expect that she would also receive New Year's money.
Baili Qingluan threw another bag of golden melon seeds in her hand to Baili Xuanlang.
"Miss Xu, my son Langlang has reached adulthood, but in my eyes he is still a child. No matter how old he is, I will give him New Year's money every year. You are younger than Langlang, so naturally I have to give you New Year's money. Just take it, okay?"
"Thank you, ma'am." Xu Yulan had no choice but to accept it.
"Miss Xu, you will be sixteen after today. Have your elders arranged a marriage for you?"
Baili Xuanlang subconsciously tilted his head and listened attentively.
"My elders have found a suitable in-law for me. We will pay the betrothal gift after the New Year and set the wedding date."
"Sister Yulan, aren't you engaged?"
Xu Yulan smiled and said, "When you were still in Xishui County, I really didn't have any engagement."
"Then who told you to kiss?"
"My grandfather."
Xiao Xier frowned, "Isn't your grandfather..."
"Xiao Xier!" Xu Yulan grabbed her wrist and walked out of the yard. If she continued talking, it would be easy to be exposed. Her grandfather had been recuperating at home since he suffered the shock and had no intention of asking about the family business, let alone worrying about her lifelong affairs.
"Let's go to the main courtyard quickly, and we can get the New Year's money from your parents."
"Oh, then go quickly."
"Brother An, Brother Jie, hurry up and catch up."
Baili Xuanlang looked at the figure going away and felt very annoyed.
No wonder she was so unfriendly to him, they were already engaged!
"Langlang, I'll ask you again, do you have feelings for Miss Xu?"
Baili Xuanlang shook his head and walked out of Jianjia Garden. "Eldest sister, let's hurry up and follow them. You still have to give New Year's money to Princess Xiao and the Duke!"
Baili Qingluan held him back and said, "We'll be back to Xirong after the New Year. It will be ten months before we come back. By then, Miss Xu might be married. If you don't tell the truth now, you won't regret it later!"
Baili Xuanlang frowned, his expression becoming even more agitated. "Miss Xu is already engaged, and the wedding date is set soon. What's the point of me being interested in her? She's ignoring me."
Baili Qingluan raised her eyebrows slightly, "Are you admitting that you have feelings for her?"
"She's not interested in me, wouldn't it be embarrassing if I approached her? She's already said she wants to kiss me, so I wish her happiness. Let's go and give out New Year's money."
Baili Qingluan thought carefully about what Xu Yulan had just said, and also about Xiao Xier who was obviously dragged away by Xu Yulan before she finished her words.
Her grandfather?
Anger said her parents are gone...
"Eldest sister! Hurry up, An Ge'er and the others have disappeared."
Baili Qingluan hurriedly chased after him, "What if Xu Yulan is lying?"
"How is that possible? She doesn't seem like someone who would lie!"
Baili Qingluan calmly analyzed, "Xu Yulan probably knows our true identity. She probably feels out of her league, which is why she just said that her family elders have arranged a marriage for her with a suitable in-law."
"Really?" Baili Xuanlang was inexplicably happy.
"Let's go ask the princess and we'll know."
Xiao Lingyu and Su Xingyi had just distributed New Year's money to the children when they received New Year's money from Baili Qingluan.
"Thank you, Sister Qingluan. I haven't received New Year's money for a long time." Su Xingyi held the heavy purse in his hand, feeling very emotional.
He hasn't received any New Year's money since Old Man Su passed away. The key point is that he is an adult now, and he is still able to receive New Year's money today, which really makes him overjoyed.
"I'm the oldest in the mansion, so naturally I have to prepare New Year's money for you all to celebrate. Okay, let's sit down and play cards. After lunch, we'll make dumplings together."
Xu Yulan saw Baili Xuanlang sitting at the table and took the children to play in the yard.
After playing a few rounds of cards and the laughter in the yard faded away, Baili Qingluan asked, "Sister, did Miss Xu tell you that she is engaged?"
"What?" Xiao Lingyu was surprised. "When did she get engaged? How come I didn't know?"
"When I was giving her New Year's money, I casually asked her if she had any marriage plans. She said her family elders had already arranged a marriage for her with a suitable in-law. After the New Year, her in-laws would come to her house to give her betrothal gifts and discuss the wedding date."
"That's impossible!" Xiao Lingyu put down his hand. "If she was engaged, she would have told me on the day of the banquet. Her parents aren't around, so who would care about it? Her grandfather wouldn't..."
"So Miss Xu isn't engaged?"
"This..." Xiao Lingyu suddenly realized something and looked at Baili Xuanlang, then took a closer look at his outfit today.
Blue, he was wearing blue!
Yu Lan is wearing red!
These two are quite a match!
"Sister, you are so concerned about Yu Lan's marriage, don't tell me you want to be her elder sister-in-law?"
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