The little sister is a troublemaker

Zhang looked at Huo Yuanruo again, "Is this Yuanruo?"

Huo Yuanruo was a little nervous. When he heard his own name, he stood up suddenly. He was so tall and strong that even Zhang was startled.

"Yes."

Li Mulan and others couldn't help but laugh when they saw Huo Yuanruo like that.

Huo Yuanruo was a little embarrassed, his face turned red, he scratched his head awkwardly and sat down, his eyes flickered when he looked at Zhang, this aunt looked so gentle, like a mother. He looked at Zhang carefully, and then looked at her again, and Zhang couldn't help laughing.

"Yuan Ruo, aunt..." Then when she thought of her daughter's generation, she was stunned for a moment.

Huo Yuanruo said excitedly, "Aunt."

“Uh…” Zhang looked at Li Mulan, not knowing whether she should respond or not.

Li Mulan smiled and shook her head. "Mom, there's no need to worry about so many details. If you don't want to be called a grandmother now, let's just talk about our own affairs. It's fine to call you aunt."

Zhang nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you." Then she looked at Huo Yuanruo, "Auntie heard from you... Lan'er, you two grew up together, and you've taken good care of her since she was a child. You would share half of the delicious and fun things sent by your family with her. Even your father and brother shared half with Lan'er?"

Li Mulan was a little embarrassed, but Huo Yuanruo looked very proud. "Well, at that time, the junior master had just arrived. She was so young. Her health was not good and she had to take medicine every day. She was very pitiful. I think she had no parents." Then he realized that he had said the wrong thing and immediately waved his hand to explain to Zhang, "It was at that time that she didn't have..."

Zhang smiled in understanding, even though she felt a little pain in her heart.

"So I gave him my father and elder brother's gifts. After that, every time they sent me gifts, half of them were given to Junior Uncle-Master. Sometimes, they even gave more than I did."

Huo Yuanruo looked at Li Mulan with some jealousy, and Li Mulan smiled and said, "Yes, yes, our Yuanyuan is generous and willing to share everything with me. As Junior Master, I am very grateful, okay?"

"That's more like it." Then he said seriously, "Little Master, you have to remember, don't cheat me for no reason in the future."

Li Mulan choked and looked at Zhang, who was smiling, with some embarrassment, "Ahem, I know, you are the one who is narrow-minded."

Zhang looked at the uncle and nephew teasing each other, her eyes full of relief, "Yuan Ruo is so well-behaved, Lan'er, don't bully him all the time."

"Mom, he's well behaved? Are you kidding me?"

Huo Yuanruo raised his head and said, "Why am I not well-behaved? Junior Master, you should listen to your aunt and stop bullying me in the future, right, aunt?"

Zhang smiled from ear to ear, "Yes, yes, you can't bully Yuan Ruo."

Chu Jie looked at them with envy and laughter. Li Mulan noticed his look and introduced him to Zhang, "Mom, this is Chu Jie. You can just call him Xiao Jie."

"Xiao Jie, you are so good-looking. You look like a young master from a good family. How old are you this year?"

Looking at Zhang's eyes full of tenderness, Chu Jie felt uncomfortable for some reason. Is every mother as gentle as this aunt?

"I...I am nine years old."

"Nine years old! That's great! It's the time for you to grow. Come, eat some meat and grow tall." Zhang picked up a chicken leg and put it into Xiaojie's bowl. Her tone was so gentle.

"Thank you, auntie. I'll eat too." Then he hurriedly and clumsily picked up a piece of meat for Zhang as well.

Looking at the meat in the bowl, Zhang's smile grew brighter, "What a good kid."

Seeing this, Huo Yuanruo was not to be outdone. He picked up several pieces of food for Zhang with his chopsticks until the bowl in front of Zhang was full. Then he looked at her as if seeking praise.

Zhang shook her head and laughed, "Yuan Ruo is also a good child."

Huo Yuanruo grinned with his big white teeth and looked at Chu Jie arrogantly, full of provocation.

Chu Jie was speechless. He was such a grown-up, but he was still competing for favor with a little kid like him. Brother Huo was really shameless.

Li Xi, who was left out, was miserable and sad. "Ah, now that I have you, my mother doesn't care about me anymore. I'm so sad."

Zhang glared at him and said, "Even eating can't stop your mouth." Then she picked up a piece of food for him with her chopsticks.

Li Mulan looked at the harmony and warmth at the table and was very satisfied. She exchanged a look with Qingyu, her eyes full of gratitude. It was her sister who was thoughtful and arranged all these.

Qingyu picked up a shrimp for her and said, "Eat it quickly."

A table of people were enjoying the reunion amidst laughter and joy, and the courtyard outside was also full of harmony at this moment.

"Second brother, I didn't ask your father just now what his plans are after returning to Kyoto?" Li Huan asked the question that the others had always wanted to ask.

Li Xun paused for a moment, "Second cousin, we can only wait and see after we return to Kyoto. Normally, there has been no one in my father's position, so he can be reinstated after he returns, but my father is old, so... everything is hard to say."

There was one thing he didn't say, which was... He probably had other plans for the Li family. Although this was just his guess, he had confirmed it with his father, and he acquiesced.

"That's right. Alas, thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the Lord. After this, I don't want to think about anything else. I am content to be able to live a peaceful and stable life."

"Who says it's not true? The prosperity of Kyoto in the early years has long gone. This time when I go back, I don't want to think about anything else. I just want my family to live well."

"Yes, yes, living well and having a bowl of hot soup and hot rice is better than anything else."

Several other people also responded, but Li Liang snorted coldly, looked at Li Xun meaningfully, and said nothing.

Everyone was used to the fourth brother's temper, so they ignored him and happily ate and drank, thinking about how happy they would be when they went back home and told their family about this.

Li Xun was a little worried when he saw that his tribesmen seemed to have completely lost their fighting spirit and just wanted to live a stable life. However, this matter could not be resolved in a short time, so he could only take it one step at a time.

Their Li family has been a family of scholars for generations. Apart from studying for the imperial examinations, what other options are there? For the sake of their children and nephews, the elders will also think it through. After figuring this out, Li Xun smiled with relief and took a sip of wine. Tsk tsk tsk, it smells really good.

"How long will it take for the imperial edict to arrive? Do we still have to go to the mine next?" The one who asked the question was the fifth son, Li Shen. It's not that he couldn't bear the hardship, but he couldn't bear to leave his youngest son at home.

Li Yi was also thinking about this and looked at Li Xun. Although he was the eldest, he knew that his talent was not as good as the second oldest, and the second oldest had been in charge of many things in the family over the years.

Li Xun said seriously, "We still have to go to the mines. The imperial edict of amnesty has not arrived yet. If we don't go, we may cause trouble in the next few days. Let's hold on for a few more days. We are on the way here. We estimate that we should be here in seven or eight days at the latest."

"Old Second is right, that's the truth." Li Huan also responded, "We've come this far over the years, are we still afraid of these seven or eight days?"

Several people nodded in agreement. Yes, they had come this far after so many years, so what if they waited a few more days?