Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 25 Warm feet
At night, Li Xiuyuan brought the members of the Li family back to Guobei County.

At this moment, the inside of Li's mansion is still brightly lit, and outside the mansion there are family members patrolling back and forth, carrying lanterns, illuminating the nearby road clearly.

"It's the young master, the young master is back."

"Quick, hurry up and report to the master." Butler Li hurriedly urged.

"Yes, butler." Immediately, a servant ran into the mansion to pass back the news of Li Xiuyuan's return.

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand at this moment and said: "It's getting late, the others will go back to rest after putting Ma An in place. You have worked hard today, and tomorrow each person will give a reward of one tael of silver."

"Thank you, Eldest Young Master." Everyone replied happily, with a little excitement on their faces.

If you can get a tael of silver for a trip without doing anything, it is considered a big profit today.

"Xiaodie, come home with me." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes, master." Xiaodie hugged a package, and followed closely behind her cautiously, for fear of accidentally losing it.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Butler Li, is my father still up so late?"

"The master heard that the young master took away so many people today, and he was worried. He was not asleep yet. He was afraid that something might happen to the young master outside, so he specially ordered the house to light up the lights overnight, and was ready to welcome the young master back at any time." Li said the butler.

Li Xiuyuan nodded: "Father is still the same, but now I have returned, and the servants are safe and sound. Nothing happened. Let the servants turn off the lights and rest early."

"Yes, young master." Li Butler replied.

Immediately, Li Xiuyuan brought Xiaodie into the mansion.

"My unicorn is back, and I don't have to worry about my father." When he just walked outside the lobby, he saw Li Dafu walking out with a relaxed smile on his face.

"I made my father worry." Li Xiuyuan cupped his hands.

Li Dafu said with a smile: "Before my son sent Tieshan to ask for a golden lock from my father. I don't know which woman I fell in love with. Could it be the girl behind you?" After finishing speaking, he squinted his eyes and looked around Fluttershy.

But I saw that she was exquisite in appearance, well-behaved, and extraordinary in appearance. Although she was a lot worse than the previous fox spirit Qing'e, she was still considered a good woman, and she was also of a good age, and she was a good match for her son.

Xiaodie was sized up by Li Dafu like a daughter-in-law, she was a little embarrassed, she just lowered her head and didn't speak.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Father, it's a long story, let me talk to my father slowly tomorrow."

He couldn't tell the right and wrong of it in a few words. He couldn't say that he went to Lanruo Temple to kill the thousand-year-old tree spirit, and the matter of Qingmei was hard to explain. He could only think about it in his heart and find a good one tomorrow. As for those ghosts and ghosts, it's better not to talk about it, so as not to make father worry again.

"Well, that's okay, it's getting late today, let's talk about something tomorrow, as for this girl." Li Dafu thought for a while, as if he was considering how to make arrangements.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Father, her name is Xiaodie, and she will be the baby's personal maid from today on."

"Hehe, good, good, my son has finally opened up, and I am very pleased for my father." Li Dafu saw that the woman had been adopted by his son as a personal maid, and immediately smiled and nodded: "Since she is your personal maid , then I won’t say much for my father, you can arrange it yourself.”

He doesn't care about maidservants or concubines, as long as his son doesn't want to be like a monk, he won't be close to women.

Moreover, this woman is not bad, she is just suitable to be a personal maid.

"It's getting late, father, please go to bed early, the child is also tired, so go back to the room to rest first." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Well, let's go." Li Dafu said.

Only then did Li Xiuyuan take Xiaodie away.

After returning to his room, he said: "Xiaodie, there is a side room over there, you can sleep there, there are no rules in Li's residence, you can live here with peace of mind."

Now that Xiaodie has been accepted as his personal maid, there is no scruple about sleeping in the same room.

"Yes, master." Xiaodie listened with warmth, then opened the package in her arms, and handed over a letter.

"What is this?" Li Xiuyuan took it subconsciously.

Xiao Die said: "It's the contract of sale of the servant girl. It was left with the young lady before. Now that the young lady is gone, please keep it with the young master."

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "You can keep your deed of sale yourself, don't lose it, if one day you feel that you have been wronged in the house, or if I treat you badly, you can leave on your own."

Xiaodie immediately knelt down and said urgently: "Young Master, from today on, this servant will live and die as a member of the Li family. Death is the ghost of the Li family. Even if the young master drives the servant away, the servant will not leave. The servant no longer has a young lady, and there must be no more in the future." Master." After speaking, he couldn't hold back his tears.

"Why are you kneeling down again? Didn't you say that you are not allowed to kneel again?" Li Xiuyuan quickly helped her up, then wiped her tears and said, "I just said this, if you want to, you can stay in the Li family for the rest of your life." No one will chase you away."

"Thank you, Eldest Young Master." Xiaodie felt relieved and showed a happy expression.

"You haven't slept for two days, go and rest." Li Xiuyuan said.

Xiao Die said: "But the young master is not asleep yet, the servants will wait for the young master to fall asleep first."

"I don't need it today." Li Xiuyuan said: "You are much more tired than me now, if you want to serve you, you have to refresh yourself, go to sleep."

Xiaodie just nodded, gave a salute, and then walked into the side room, and blew out the candles after a while, as if she had gone to rest.

Recalling everything that Xiaodie had experienced, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but sighed slightly, then turned around and went back to his room to rest.

Not long after he had just fallen asleep, before he went to bed early, he suddenly heard the sound of rustling footsteps, a figure tiptoed and gently pushed the door in, then walked to the side of the bed, and gently opened the door. He opened the quilt under Li Xiuyuan's feet, and then quickly got in.

Immediately, Li Xiuyuan felt that his feet were hugged and placed in warm and soft arms.

"Who?" Li Xiuyuan asked aloud.

Could it be the servant girl from her own house who sneaked to her couch again.

This kind of thing didn't happen once or twice, every year there were always a few bold servant girls who sneaked up to his couch, wanting to serve him.

But in the past, Li Xiuyuan's body was underdeveloped, and he was powerless to deal with the young and beautiful maid, so he never succeeded.

"It's your servant, this servant is warming the young master's feet." Xiaodie curled up at her feet, hugging Li Xiuyuan's feet into her arms: "Young master's feet are so warm, this servant doesn't feel cold at all."

In this era, the so-called personal maids are not just sleeping with the master, they have to serve the master's daily life all the time. Xiaodie's method of serving is very common, warming the master's feet.

Sleeping at the feet of the owner, hugging the owner's feet in his arms, warming the owner's feet with body temperature.

It’s okay if the temperature is higher, but if it’s winter, some people’s feet are cold, and the maid who warms the feet will suffer.

"Come to sleep, I don't need you to warm your feet." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes, master." Xiaodie got off the couch again, went around to the front, opened the brocade quilt and got in.

Li Xiuyuan hugged her into his arms, felt her slightly cool and soft body, and said: "Your body is so cold, why warm your feet? My Li family doesn't have a foot warmer maid. That's a matter of humiliation. My Li family Don't do it."

Being embraced by Li Xiuyuan at this moment, Xiaodie felt extremely warm, and the coolness all over her body was dispelled, as if she was leaning on a heater, which made her want to stay here.

"But the servants can't do anything except serve others. If the young master doesn't let the servants serve, then the servants will be useless." Xiaodie Fang's heart was pounding and she whispered softly.

"You don't need to do anything, this is enough, go to sleep, it's already late." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Ah."

Xiaodie responded, feeling extremely secure in the arms of the young master at this moment, tiredness welled up in her heart for a while, and she fell into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)