My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

In July, Gu Li started to suffer from drowsiness again since mid-to-late June. And it seemed to be more serious than before. Before, Gu Li would wake up soon after I woke up. And the symptoms seemed to be getting worse. Until now, when I was about to go out, Gu Li didn't wake up.

After getting up that day, Chang An was going to the Imperial College to study again. He carried his bookcase and walked to the bedside. After kissing Gu Li on the cheek, he whispered, not caring whether Gu Li could hear him or not:

"Mother Gu, I'm leaving. I'm going to the Imperial College."

Gu Li seemed to have noticed Chang An's words while sleeping soundly. He moved slightly, hummed softly, and wanted to turn over and continue sleeping. But he seemed to have no strength. After turning over twice without turning over, he began to hum unhappily.

Chang An reached out his hand and helped her turn over, and she finally settled down. Finally, Chang An tucked her in, picked up the bookcase and left.

After getting on the carriage, Huaiqin asked, "Sir, Sanniang has been like this again recently."

"It's quite normal," Chang An rummaged through the bookcase, then found a blueprint and asked, "Mother Gu has been living for a long time now, she can get some rest if she gets more sleep."

Huaiqin nodded, and then said: "Sir, tomorrow is the Qiqiao Festival."

"I know, so I have prepared everything." Chang An nodded, then handed the blueprint in his hand to Huai Qin and said, "I will have someone make a plum blossom wood comb later. We will bring it to Gu Niang tomorrow when she is supposed to be resting."

Huaiqin nodded, and then Changan asked again: "The day is coming soon, are those sets of things ready?"

"Sir, are you talking about the eighteen sets of gifts?" Huaiqin confirmed.

Chang An nodded, and Huaiqin said, "It's almost ready, but some things take a long time to make, so you can pick them up during this period."

"What about the finished products? Have you hidden them all?"

Huaiqin nodded and said, "The things are hidden in Alang's mansion. Sanniang rarely goes out, so she definitely won't know."

"That's good. We must not let Mother Gu know about this in the next few days. We can bring them all over at once on that day." As Chang An spoke, he rubbed his hands and began to look forward to the scene.

"What Huaiqin knows is that...that surprise!" Huaiqin also said. Previously, Chang'an had strictly prohibited anyone except himself and him from knowing it, and the term was "surprise".

"That's right. If anyone else knew about it, it might have reached Gu Niang's ears, and it wouldn't be a surprise."

After Chang An finished speaking, he looked at the list he had made with satisfaction: longevity locks, small embroidered shoes, hairpins, and dolls. These were all drawings that Chang An had personally drawn in his study. Some of them even had instructions for how to make them, just so that the shops could do a better job.

Chang An originally wanted to add chocolate to the gift, but the raw material of chocolate is cocoa, which cannot be found in the Tang Dynasty. If it is made, it can be given as a gift on Valentine's Day in the future. Unfortunately, there is no raw material, so he had to give up.

......

Chang An waited until the end of the school day in the Imperial College again. He returned to the door. Gu Li stood at the door as usual, with his hands behind his back, and called out to Chang An sweetly, "Chang Lang!"

Unlike before when she was impatient, today Gu Li actually suppressed the urge to rush forward and just stood there. She flashed her beautiful big eyes and watched Chang An walk forward quietly.

When she was one step away from him, she pulled her hand out from behind and showed what was hidden behind her to Chang An.

"Look, Chang Lang! This is my gift to Chang Lang for tomorrow's Qiqiao Festival!"

It was a bouquet of flowers. I don’t know how Gu Li came up with the idea of ​​wrapping the flowers with several sheets of rice paper and tying a belt around the waist.

The Qiqiao Festival, which is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, is now known as the Qixi Festival. Like the Shangsi Festival on the third day of the third lunar month, it is a Valentine's Day set by our ancestors. The Tang Dynasty is now extremely prosperous, and the atmosphere of romance permeates the whole Tang Dynasty. Naturally, everyone attaches great importance to it and will prepare "romantic surprises" for their significant other.

"What beautiful flowers, where did they come from? Why are they wrapped like this?" Chang An took the bouquet, kissed Gu Li on the cheek and asked.

"I bought the flowers, but I came up with this way of wrapping them myself," said Gu Li. "If I use a basket, Chang Lang will find it when he gets off the carriage, so I want to wrap it smaller."

Chang An couldn't help but kiss Gu Li on the cheek again, then took her into the mansion and said, "My mother Gu is so smart."

After returning to the room, Chang An took out a folding fan to fan himself and Gu Li, and then asked, "Didn't Madam Cui come to chat with Madam Gu today?"

Since the end of June, Cui Yu has not come to his home again after seeing that Gu Li's anxiety has gradually eased.

Gu Li shook his head and said, "Madam Cui didn't come today either. Her days are longer than mine, so she probably just fell asleep."

Chang An didn't comment. Cui Yu's date was about a month earlier than Gu Li's. Now Gu Li was almost three months old, so it was normal for him to have symptoms of sleepiness. But Cui Yu shouldn't be like this, right? Last month, Cui Yu came to his house every day and didn't seem to be sleepy at all.

I guess it depends on the individual. Not everyone is as prone to illness as my mother Gu.

"I don't know." Chang An simply shook his head, and then asked: "Tomorrow is the Qixi Festival, and your Chang Lang will be on leave again."

"Yeah." Gu Li nodded, and then said, "Did Chang Lang prepare a gift for me?"

"Yes, of course," Chang An said with a smile, "I made a new plum blossom wood comb for Gu Niang."

"Plum blossom? Great!" Gu Li immediately kissed Chang An on the cheek with joy. Then a hand was placed on her belly, and she naturally placed her hand on that hand as well.

Chang An gently touched Gu Li's belly, frowning slightly - isn't it said that pregnancy will start to show after three months? Now Gu Li is almost three months pregnant, why is there still no feeling when touching her?

"What's wrong, Chang Lang? Are you thinking of something unhappy?"

Feeling that Chang An's hands were a little tense, Gu Li raised his head and looked at Chang An. He found that he had a slight frown on his brows and seemed to be confused about something, so he asked.

"How long has Mother Gu been gone?" Chang An asked first.

"It's been more than two months, right? In about ten days it will be three months. What's wrong?"

"It's been almost three months, why hasn't Gu Niang's belly grown bigger? Is it because Xiaoguai doesn't eat well and hasn't grown up?" Chang An stroked him gently again and said.

Gu Li smiled at this time and said, "It's not time yet. Madam Cui is almost four months pregnant now, and her belly is just beginning to become noticeable. I'm still one month behind Madam Cui."

"is it?"

"Yes, Madam Cui told me."

Chang An nodded and said, "Well, what time did Gu Niang sleep until today?"

Gu Li then tapped his cheek and said, "It seems to be Chenshi. I slept for an hour."

"Little lazy bum, are you going to wait until I get out of school next time to get up?" Chang An started teasing Gu Li again, rubbing his cheeks back and forth with a very satisfied expression.

"How is that possible? Chang Lang, please don't say anything nonsense about me..."

......

The next day was a holiday, and the Imperial College announced the day before that it would be closed. Chang An and Gu Li took a rare opportunity to sleep in together.

It was already morning when the two of them got up, and the sun was about to shine into the room. After washing up, Chang An followed Gu Li and helped her arrange things in the mansion.

Chang An then asked, "What are you going to do today? Why are you setting it up like this?"

"Today is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, and there are more than 50 women in the family, and everyone has to do the needle threading to pray for good luck." Gu Li said, "By then, we have to put out fruit plates and meat jerky, and then do the needle threading in front of them."

"Oh." Chang An finally understood, and then said, "But shouldn't the needle-threading begging for skill be done at night when there is a moon? Why do we have to prepare it now?"

"Prepare early and rest early. I promised them yesterday that today is the day to pray for good luck and the whole mansion should take a day off together." Gu Li said. It can be seen that Gu Li managed the entire Dingkang Marquis Mansion very well.

After walking around for a while, the two sisters Chang Qi and Chang Qi came over and greeted the two of them, "Young Master, Sanniang."

"What's wrong?" Gu Li asked.

"Sanniang, today is the Qiqiao Festival. We need five-colored threads to thread the needle, and the needles we have at home may not be enough. My two sisters and I want to buy some later." Chang Qi said.

Gu Li nodded and said, "Then you can go find Zhen'er or Huaiqin and get enough silver from the storehouse. When you come back, report to me."

"A few maids came over with cloth and asked, "Madam, how much cloth do you need to hang? Where do you want to hang it?"

Gu Li looked around at this time. The two of them were currently standing in the front yard. He then asked, "Where are the tables in the house?"

"Madam, there is only one set of them here in the front yard."

Li nodded and said, "Then just hang it in the front yard, from the left wall to the west wall, seven in total. You can call any manpower you want, just say it was my order."

"Yes, ma'am."

Seeing that these servants only asked Gu Li about things and completely ignored him, Chang An was a little amused. Then he said:

"It seems that Madam Gu has great prestige in the family. She is worthy of being the mistress of the family."

After saying that, he kissed Gu Li on the cheek again.

"Because Changlang needs to study, of course I have to help Changlang solve his worries." Gu Li said.

"By the way, things here will be done quickly, do you want to go out and play in the afternoon?"