"So, Jin Ge'er now has two more personal servants?" Xu Siyu put down the book in his hand and took the teacup from Xiang Shi with a smile, "And one of them is only three years old?"

Xiang nodded and said with a smile, "When I went to pay my respects to my mother-in-law, the man named Changshun was sitting under the eaves eating candy. A little maidservant beside Uncle Six was watching him. From what my mother-in-law said, Changshun will also learn martial arts with Uncle Six from Master Pang."

Xu Siyu took a sip of tea and said, "Chang'an's parents were both my mother's companions, so it's not surprising that Chang'an would follow Jing'er. But Changshun, who followed at such a young age..." As he spoke, he smiled, "I'm afraid it was my mother's idea - my mother was the same when Zhun'er and Jie'er were young, always thinking of ways to take them out to play. Changshun must be a playmate that my mother found for Jing'er."

Xiang smiled and said, "I think Changshun is a very likable child. Not only is he fair and clean, but he is also not afraid of strangers." As she spoke, she thought of her child... She had been married for four months and there was still no movement from her. Although her mother-in-law didn't say anything, her aunt and mother were a little worried about her. In two days, Xu Siyu would go to Le'an, and she would have even less chance!

Thinking of this, her expression darkened and her tone sounded a little weak.

The closer it was to his departure for Le'an, the more disappointed Xiang became. Although she told him to "focus on his studies, I will take good care of my parents-in-law at home", he could still sense his wife's reluctance to let him go.

Seeing his wife's low mood, Xu Siyu thought for a moment and said softly, "I will write to you often!"

Xiang listened with embarrassment.

Her husband has decided to work hard after returning to Le'an, and may not even come back for the New Year... What she admires most about her husband is his tenacity!

"Don't worry, my husband!" She lowered her head and murmured, "I will be fine!" She didn't know what to say more.

For a moment, the two were silent, but the atmosphere in the room was very warm.

* * * * * *

Xu Sizhun and Xu Sijie came out of the retreat, still discussing the failed lantern they had made during the Lantern Festival: "…If we had known this would happen, we should have used gauze instead of glass."

"We want a lot. We have to ask the managers to help us order it from a special shop, which is too troublesome." Xu Sijie said with a smile, "Let's just use pile yarn! At worst, I can make it a few more times and find a solution!"

Ever since he cried on Shiyi Niang's lap that day, Xu Sijie tried his best not to bother others when he had something to do.

Xu Sizhun naturally didn't think much of it: "What's the big deal? Just ask Huoqing to ask the storehouse for it." As he was talking, he saw Xi'er in Xu Sijie's room talking to a little maid who hadn't even grown her hair yet, standing in the corridor. He knew the little maid, who worked in Shiyi Niang's room. The two of them didn't care that the wind in the corridor was blowing red on their faces, and they were still talking happily.

"Why don't you talk somewhere else?" Xu Sizhun laughed. "Even though it's spring, the winds these past two days have been pretty strong."

Xier and the little maid hurried forward and bowed.

Xu Sizhun saw that Xier's eyes and eyebrows were filled with unconcealed joy, not as solemn as before. Because Xier was given to Xu Sijie by Shiyi Niang, neither Xu Sizhun nor Xu Sijie treated her as an ordinary maid, so he smiled and joked: "Sister Xier, if you have any good news, tell us about it, so that we can be happy too?"

When Xier heard a familiar maid coming to congratulate her, she was delighted to know that her two nephews would soon be working for the Sixth Young Master in the mansion.

There were countless people who wanted to show their faces in front of the Sixth Young Master. Some time ago, someone was beaten with a stick for being too aggressive. However, her nephew was able to work in the Sixth Young Master's room without any effort... It showed how close the lady was to her family.

She had been in the mansion for quite some time, and was working in Xu Sijie's house. She had seen the open and covert struggles between the housekeeper, the housekeeper's mother, the maids, and the old women, as well as everyone's wait-and-see attitude towards the fourth and sixth young masters. Seeing that it was the fourth young master who was asking the question, she suppressed her happiness, smiled and said, "It's no big deal," then turned around to help the two lift the curtain and wait for them to enter the house.

However, the little maid working in Eleventh Lady's room disagreed.

Anyone would be delighted by such praise from the Madam. Besides, Xier had been laughing all the time. Thinking that Xier was embarrassed to say it herself, he said, "Sister Xier's nephew will soon be employed by the government!"

Xu Sizhun and Xu Sijie were stunned.

Xier couldn't help but feel that the little maid was nosy. She glared at her and explained with a smile, "My eldest sister-in-law brought two nephews in today to greet the lady. The lady thought my two nephews were interesting and asked them if they would like to play with the Sixth Young Master. My two nephews are still young. Chang'an is only seven years old this year, and Changshun is only three years old. They are ignorant. Every time they follow their sister-in-law into the mansion, they have candy to eat and reward money to get. When they heard that they could come to the mansion, they naturally agreed in a hurry." When the Fourth Young Master was in the inner courtyard, he only had two third-class servants around him. It was only after he came to the outer courtyard that two more third-class servants were added, and four were not of the same rank. Now the Sixth Young Master already has two servants in his room, and the lady helped to add two more... She tried her best to downplay the matter, "It's just that they are young, and the lady just asked casually, so she doesn't know what's going on yet?"

Xu Sijie felt that Eleventh Lady liked Binju, Amber and other children who had served her in the past very much. It was completely possible that they would say such things because they saw the children were interesting, so he did not think much about it and said, "It's okay for Chang'an to work in the mansion, but when Changshun comes, I'm afraid we will have to arrange someone to take care of him!" As he said this, he remembered the way Changshun timidly lay in Binju's arms, and he couldn't help laughing.

Xu Sizhun thought of how when he was a child, Shiyi Niang liked to let the servants around him play with him. She also said that boys should play with boys. He always threw sandbags with the little maids, and then he only knew how to use needles and thread. She also often encouraged him to run more and move more, and secretly accompanied him to jump rope. Seeing that the two servants were interesting, it seemed like Shiyi Niang's handwriting to let them come into the mansion to play with Jing'er.

He laughed too.

The little maid thought Xier was just being modest, and the two young masters were all smiles, saying hurriedly, "Since the Madam has agreed, the Marquis will definitely agree. By then, it will be a done deal for Sister Xier and her two nephews to enter the mansion!"

Xier frowned and couldn't help but look at Xu Sizhun's expression from the corner of her eyes.

Xu Sizhun nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with the maid's statement.

"Sixth brother is so naughty! Those maids and old women can't keep an eye on him at all. We should have arranged two more servants." He smiled and said to Xu Sijie, "You don't know, two days ago I went to the greenhouse to pick orchids, and I happened to meet Sister Jiexiang, who was also moving orchids there. I heard that Sixth brother was painting bamboo in Shaohua Courtyard, so I followed him to say hello to Second Aunt. Who knew that when I entered the courtyard, Second Aunt was sweating profusely and looking for Sixth brother with the maids and old women!"

Xu Sijie was shocked.

My second aunt is a widow, so they don't dare to disturb her for any reason.

"What happened?" he asked hurriedly, "Does mother know about this?" He looked anxious.

"It's not a big deal!" Xu Sizhun said as he went into the house. Xu Sijie followed him in. "When my second aunt heard that my sixth brother wanted to paint bamboo, she spread rice paper on the stone table in the yard. My sixth brother ran to the bamboo forest to look at it for a long time, and then ran back to the stone table to paint a few strokes. My second aunt sat aside and watched, and saw that a painting of bamboo was about to be completed. My second aunt told the little maid to take out the old snow water buried behind the house to make tea. My sixth brother wanted to go too. My second aunt asked him to concentrate on painting. He agreed at the time, but ended up going through the forest to the backyard to help the little maid get snow water. My second aunt saw that he had entered the forest for a long time and did not come out, so she hurriedly asked someone to find him."

As they talked, the two of them sat down on the big kang in the inner room.

Xier was very concerned about Jing'er's affairs and personally served tea to the two of them.

"He ran to the backyard, how could he be found?" Xu Sizhun wanted to laugh when he thought of the situation at that time, but he also felt that it was wrong to involve Second Aunt's dignity, so his expression became a little strange. "Shaohua Courtyard is higher than other places. Second Aunt's face turned pale at that time. She called the maid who followed Sixth Brother to ask, but couldn't get anything out of her. She was very anxious and searched the whole yard for him."

Xu Sijie's heart ached when he heard this. He leaned forward and looked at Xu Sizhun: "What happened next?"

"Later, Second Aunt asked Huang Xiaomao and Liu Erwu to come in and look for Sixth Brother, who was covered in mud." Xu Sizhun laughed, "Second Aunt didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She scolded the little maid, and then used the excuse that Sixth Brother had dropped ink on himself while painting. She asked Ah Jin to go back and get Sixth Brother a clean piece of clothing to change into, and she personally helped Sixth Brother wash up, and that was the end of the matter."

Xu Sijie breathed a sigh of relief.

"If mother knew about this, I'm afraid Brother Jing would be punished again!"

"That's right!" Xu Sizhun said with a smile, "So Second Aunt asked everyone not to tell Mother, lest Mother would worry if she knew, and Jing'er would also be scolded."

The two chatted and laughed, and soon changed the topic to say goodbye to Xu Siyu: "… Third brother said that we should go to the newly opened Li Ji in the south of the city for a meal tomorrow, as a farewell to second brother. What about Chunxi Tower and Tingli Pavilion? It's always the same food, no fun!"

"Go to the south of the city?" Xu Sijie hesitated, "Isn't it too far? I don't know what Li Ji is like."

"It's better to be far away!" Xu Sizhun said with a smile, "I heard from my third brother that the place is very good. Their colleagues often go there to eat."

After the New Year, Xu Lingyi gradually opened the door to them. They just needed to tell the guards where to go. Xu Sijie couldn't help but be moved when he heard this.

"What does second brother say?" Xu Siyu has always been steady and knowledgeable. Xu Sijie felt that if Xu Siyu agreed, there should be no problem.

"Second brother also thinks it's a good idea!" Xu Sizhun said with a smile, "Third brother asked us to leave at the beginning of tomorrow morning. Let's have lunch at Li's!"

"Okay!" Xu Sijie also became interested, and the two discussed how to go to the south of the city tomorrow.

Xier then tiptoed out of the house.

The fourth young master didn’t take this matter to heart!

She stood on the steps and couldn't help but let out a long breath.

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The update is a bit late, please get up tomorrow morning and read it!

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