my grandmother

Chapter 278 Drinking tea

Early the next morning, Li Xiaonan received a letter and an invitation.

The letter was written by Mrs. Shi. It only had a few words and asked her to come over for tea when she was free.

The invitation was brought back by Li Wenliang.

The person who sent the invitation was Sun Shi, the wife of Zhao Simin, the president of Pingjiang Guild Hall.

Zhao Simin had an acquaintance with Hong Shi'an's cousin Hong Laoxiucai. Through this acquaintance, he first found Hong Shi'an, and then met Li Wenliang through Hong Shi'an. He gave this gift to Li Xiaonan, and of course Li Wenliang and Hong Shi'an. A refreshing post.

President Zhao's reception banquet was scheduled for the day after tomorrow. Li Xiaonan asked Wan Qing to paste an envelope on the outside of the invitation, write the word "Shi Gun", and asked Li Wenliang to hand the invitation to the steward arranged by Gu Yan and invite him The steward handed it over to Shi Gun.

She had no idea whether Mr. Dongxi or someone else was standing behind President Zhao. It was up to the prince to decide whether she should go to such a reception banquet.

As for Mrs. Shi's letter, Li Xiaonan sealed the invitation and handed it to Li Wenliang, and asked Awu to drive out of the city. She was free now.

Mrs. Shi greeted her outside the hanging flower door and looked at Li Xiaonan with a smile.

She thought that Li Xiaonan would come, but Li Xiaonan arrived now, that is, he came immediately after receiving her letter. This came immediately, which Mrs. Shi couldn't explain how appropriate.

Meeting Li Xiaonan, Mrs. Shi smiled and said, "I'm asking you to come over to my place to drink tea and pass the time when you have nothing to do. You don't have to rush over so quickly. I have nothing to do here."

"When I received the letter, I was worrying about where to spend the day." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.

This is the truth.

"Aren't you going to copy the scriptures?" Madam Shi leaned forward slightly and let Li Xiaonan in.

"You haven't heard?" Li Xiaonan's rising voice was a real question.

Madam Shi paused, swallowed her rhetorical question of 'what did you hear?', and nodded: "The Ninth Madam of the Pan family came to see me yesterday and listened to what she said."

"The prince came to talk to me yesterday afternoon. It's not appropriate for me to copy scriptures. Alas, it's not easy to be a noble person. The methods that ordinary people can use are not suitable for noble people." Li Xiaonan sighed.

She has a lot to change, she needs to reposition herself and re-evaluate things in the world.

"There are many methods that noble people can use, but ordinary people can't use." Mrs. Shi looked at Li Xiaonan for a moment and smiled.

"For example?" Li Xiaonan paused and asked.

"For example, the prince went to your house yesterday? Was there a lot of noise?"

Li Xiaonan thought about the two big lotus flowers and the piles of snacks, and nodded, "Yes."

"Is this a gesture of apology?" Mrs. Shi then asked.

Li Xiaonan thought for a while, "It's not impossible to say it's an apology."

"This is the Crown Prince expressing his attitude. Waiting for you to marry into Prince Rui's palace," Mrs. Shi paused, thinking about the time before and after she and the Crown Prince were engaged, and before and after the engagement was cancelled.

Li Xiaonan turned her head slightly and looked at Mrs. Shi who was suddenly in a daze. The word "marriage" reminded her of the past.

"You don't have to wait until you get married, until everyone thinks you will definitely marry into the palace. For example, now, you can be like the Crown Prince, and your words and deeds are all the way to do things." Mrs. Shi stepped over the threshold.

"Ah, isn't that even harder? You can't even say anything casually." Li Xiaonan followed him into the house.

Mrs. Shi was sitting cross-legged on the futon. She was stunned when she heard it. For a moment, she smiled bitterly and said, "Well, everyone wants to talk to you, but no one can talk to you."

Li Xiaonan looked at Mrs. Shi. Mrs. Shi didn't look at Li Xiaonan. She took the tea can and started making tea.

"You just said that now they will speculate on my words and deeds. What will they think when I come to you?" Li Xiaonan looked at Mrs. Shi and asked.Madam Shi raised her head and glanced at Li Xiaonan, "How do you miss you, or do you miss me?"

"How do you miss you? How do you miss me?"

"That means I have everything I think about, but I think I think it secretly, and no one dares to say it out loud." Mrs. Shi said slowly and leisurely.

Li Xiaonan stopped talking and watched Mrs. Shi wash the cup and tea gracefully, put the cup in front of her, and poured the tea.

Li Xiaonan touched the cup with her fingers, and it was still a little hot.

"What do you do every day?" Li Xiaonan retracted her hand and asked out of curiosity.

"I did morning lessons in the morning, came back to have breakfast, went to the back garden to pick some flowers and plants to offer in front of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas, came back to copy scriptures, had lunch, drank tea and talked when people came, and read some books when no one came. We have evening classes tonight." Madam Shi said in a leisurely tone.

Li Xiaonan touched the cup again, picked it up, sipped the tea one by one, put down the cup, watched Mrs. Shi pour the tea, and then said: "Many of the women in our village have traveled to the farthest places in their lives. It is our Kunshan County. There are still many people who have never been to the county. The farthest place they go is back to their parents’ home. There was a child bride who grew up. When I left the village, she had lost all her old teeth. I have never left our small village in my life.”

Mrs. Shi looked at Li Xiaonan, waiting for her to continue.

"When I was still in the village, I often thought, what's the point of living like those women in our village?"

Mrs. Shi held Li Xiaonan sideways.

"I'm not talking about you." Facing Mrs. Shi's sideways gesture, Li Xiaonan smiled and leaned forward, "You are different from them. They can only live like this. Do you want to live like this?"

"I can only live like this." Mrs. Shi said with lowered eyes.

"You are not. Except that you cannot marry the prince, you can do anything else you want." Li Xiaonan said bluntly.

"So what if I marry the heir apparent? My mother-in-law, Princess Xiangrui, presides over the palace and takes care of the general affairs all year round. Compared with the women in your village, she only has a bigger place." Mrs. Shi snorted.

"According to this, even the emperor is in the palace every day criticizing people and criticizing people. It's just that things and people are more important. It's no different from the women in our village." Li Xiaonan continued.

"That's right, life is actually not interesting." Madam Shi thought for a moment and smiled.

"Have you heard of Sang Shuai's biography?" Li Xiaonan asked.

"Yes." Mrs. Shi nodded.

"I want to write a few books about Ge Zhi, and I also want to set up an academy to teach Ge Zhi. I want to tell everyone: Ge Zhi is more useful than articles." Li Xiaonan looked at Mrs. Shi and said.

"When did you think so? When you were in your village?" Mrs. Shi was not very surprised.

The prince is already making a name for her, and her mastery of Gezhi is what she relies on.

"When I was in our village, my ambition was to be the richest man in the world. This was an idea I only had on the way to the capital." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.

It was that Sang Shuai, that senior who gave her some advice. She had to do something. No matter what the future was like or what the outcome was, she had to do it with all her heart.

"Does the Crown Prince know your ambition?" Mrs. Shi asked.

"I haven't figured out what to do yet. I'll tell him after I think about it."

Mrs. Shi looked at Li Xiaonan, who looked at her in confusion, "What's wrong? You don't look right in your eyes, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Mrs. Shi looked away, answered quickly, and quickly changed the subject, "The food here is plain. Whatever you want to eat, let them cook it for you."

"I will eat whatever you eat." Li Xiaonan looked at Mrs. Shi and changed the topic.

(End of this chapter)