Just then, after Li Muyan finished reading the letter in his study, Li Shan went to find him.
He called over A Dong and asked if he had given Gu Nian gloves made of ice silk last time.
He did have his own pair of ice silk gloves, but he lost them after summer. His mother had spent a lot of money to buy them for him.
It is said that there are only a few of these in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. He was worried that he might have accidentally put them in when he delivered them to Gu Nian.
Because he gave Gu Nian a lot of things back then.
A-Dong said no, the gloves were at home, they weren't lost. A-Chun found them in the tool shed last month, so Li Muyan must have forgotten them there when he was working on something in the hot weather.
Later, when the weather cooled down, I stopped looking for it.
After A Dong left, Li Shan asked Li Muyan, "Brother, Sister Nian has ice silk gloves, but they're not yours. She doesn't even know who put them on."
Li Muyan laughed and said, "That's right! Don't let Niannian's intelligence fool you, she can be quite absent-minded sometimes!"
Li Shan opened her big eyes and asked innocently, "So, brother, are you going to tell Sister Nian that you didn't give these gloves to her?"
Li Muyan nodded: "That's true, I can't deceive Nian Nian."
Li Shan asked again, "Has brother thought about who sent them? Sister Nian is so kind, she must be very popular. These ice silk gloves are so valuable, and they weren't sent by Sister Nian's family. Would a normal friend send them without saying anything? It's been so long!"
Li Muyan was taken aback and looked at Li Shan suspiciously. Gu Nian's words flashed through his mind: "I don't like Li Shan. When you make a decision, you'd better not believe her."
Li Shan blinked: "I heard from my second aunt that she spent a lot of money to buy you ice silk gloves last year, and she even went to the capital to find connections in the palace! There were only three pairs of gloves out there. Who gave such an expensive gift to Sister Nian without leaving their name? How generous! I also wish I had such a generous friend, receiving such a precious gift without knowing who it was, and not having to return the favor!"
Li Muyan glared at Li Shan: "Shan'er, don't talk nonsense. Niannian isn't that kind of person. You should watch your words in the future."
Li Shan nodded obediently: "Oh."
Li Shan was not radical, and her words were always brief and to the point.
She sat in Li Muyan's room for a while before getting up to say goodbye.
After thinking for a moment, Li Muyan went to ask Madam Li if there were any other families besides theirs that had these ice silk gloves.
He also really wanted to know who gave it to Gu Nian.
The image of Lu Zheng immediately popped into his mind. In his opinion, Lu Zheng was the grand-nephew of Master Zhou, who was the father-in-law of the Duke of Zhenguo, and he also had the merit of discovering chili seeds, so he should be able to obtain it.
Mrs. Li told Li Muyan that the other two pairs of gloves had been bought by buyers from Jiangnan.
Li Muyan returned to his study and, after much thought, still felt something was amiss. Why would a buyer from Jiangnan come to Sanchakou Village?
So who sent it?
He finally concluded that it was Lu Zheng, guessing that it might have been bought back from Jiangnan by Old Master Zhou.
A burning flame of jealousy ignited in his heart.
He didn't know why the young man surnamed Zhou didn't say it outright, but he guessed that he probably felt he wasn't good enough for Niannian.
He's not Master Zhou's biological grandson, just his grand-nephew.
Helping Master Zhou manage his business and going to the village to farm, while Uncle Gu Er is on the path of taking the imperial examinations, that young man surnamed Zhou must feel ashamed and think he is not good enough for Niannian.
After thinking for two days, Li Muyan finally decided to grant the wish of the Zhou boy. "You won't tell, huh? Then I'll admit it." So he told him the origin of the gloves, only saying that they were hard to find in the world, but he would try his best, and also told Gu Nian not to have too high hopes.
He had a pair of gloves himself, but to cover up his lie, he put them away and told his servants that he had given them to Gu Nian.
This was the first time he had done something like this, and he felt terrible, but he was afraid of losing Gu Xiang.
Since the other party doesn't dare to say it, why should he say it to help them?
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