Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 685 - 638: Li Xingsheng’s Little Schemes

Li Xingsheng walked briskly into the main house with his hands behind his back, heading upstairs.

After a while, he came down, hurriedly left the mansion.

Mu Yuanxiu glanced in the direction he left, smiled lightly.

In the evening, Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu went back to their bedroom on the second floor, both looking toward the table where the wooden figurines had originally been placed, which were now gone.

Li Yuzhu couldn’t help but laugh, tilting her head towards Mu Yuanxiu, "My second brother is so stubborn."

Mu Yuanxiu also laughed, "Second brother wants to save face, let’s not mention it."

Li Yuzhu smiled with pursed lips, "I won’t say it directly, I’ll say it a different way." She looked mischievous.

During the second watch, Li Xingsheng returned from the Prefecture Government Office to the Li Mansion to rest.

At this time, only the three members of the Liu Family hadn’t slept, sitting together chatting, while the back small building had long been devoid of candlelight.

Li Xingsheng waved at the three of the Liu Family and walked into the small building.

The second floor had several bedrooms and a main hall.

His bedroom was separated from Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu’s bedroom by a hall.

Li Xingsheng glanced toward Li Yuzhu’s room, gently pushed open his own room door, walked in, and quickly closed it.

Actually, Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu had already heard his footsteps and were awake, chatting idly, they stopped speaking when they heard the footsteps outside.

In the night, they exchanged smiles.

In the room, there was a bed to the south and a cot to the north, Mu Yuanxiu slept on the cot, Li Yuzhu on the big bed.

When they heard the sound of a door closing from Li Xingsheng’s room, Li Yuzhu couldn’t help but burst into laughter, "Second brother is trying to cover it up, huh?"

Mu Yuanxiu also laughed, "I guess he is definitely looking at those wooden figurines."

Li Yuzhu sighed, "Alas, Miss Ling gave you these wooden figurines, her intentions are obvious, hoping you’d give them to second brother, but second brother... such a stubborn person!"

She shook her head, unsure of what to say.

Li Xingsheng returned to his bedroom, lit the candle, and examined the figurines.

He tapped the heads of the two figurines, "These are supposed to look like Third Sister and Yuanxiu? How could it be? They look nothing alike!"

The next morning, Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu walked out of the bedroom together, seeing Li Xingsheng ahead, Li Yuzhu deliberately asked, "How strange, the wooden figurines Miss Ling gave me are missing, Yuanxiu, have you seen them?"

Mu Yuanxiu said, "No, did you put them somewhere else and forget?"

Li Yuzhu scratched her head, "I didn’t remember wrong, they were on the table."

Li Xingsheng tilted his head slightly, didn’t speak to them.

Li Yuzhu saw him and walked over, calling, "Second brother, morning."

Li Xingsheng finally turned around, "Third sister, Yuanxiu, morning."

"So strange, my figurines are gone, second brother, did you see them?" Li Yuzhu asked, looking at him.

Li Xingsheng’s expression was awkward, "Why would I see them? I didn’t go into your bedroom."

Mu Yuanxiu said, "Yuzhu, your question is strange, how would second brother enter our room? How would he see the figurines? You asked the wrong person."

Li Xingsheng lightly coughed, "Yes, Yuanxiu is right, ask someone else."

Li Yuzhu blinked, "Besides the three of us, there’s only Uncle Liu and his family, who never go into the back hall, nor the second floor."

Li Xingsheng glanced at her, "Just figurines, if you can’t find them, you can’t find them, is it worth asking around? It makes you seem petty!"

Li Yuzhu frowned slightly, "Fine, if I can’t find them, forget it, next time I’ll ask Miss Ling to carve another pair."

"Yes, just ask me to carve them, so what’s the point of frowning?" Li Xingsheng pointed at Li Yuzhu, "The older you get, the more petty, that’s not likable!"

Li Yuzhu held back her laughter, "..."

Mu Yuanxiu also smiled warmly.

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Today is the day for the banquet at the Lou Mansion.

As soon as Li Yuzhu finished breakfast, Li Yu En arrived with Liu Er Niu and Liu San Niu, the sisters holding several boxes of different sizes.

Li Yuzhu laughed, "Second sister, I was just about to go to the Lou Mansion to find you, why did you come?"

Li Yu En looked at Li Yuzhu’s outfit, furrowed her brow, "Third sister, there are plenty of guests at the Lou Mansion today, you’re going like this?"

Li Yuzhu looked at herself, "This outfit is pretty good."

This morning, she deliberately wore clothes that were only washed twice. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Li Yu En pulled her to the back hall, "I prepared new clothes for you, come, let’s go change."

Li Yuzhu glanced at Li Yu En, smiled and said, "Second sister, you know how to dress up now."

Li Yu En now appeared just like a rich family’s young mistress.

Her clothes were luxurious, jewelry exquisite, with a light makeup on her face.

From head to toe, everything was pleasing to the eye.

Last year before she got married, she often struggled with applying rouge, and her hair bun was a mess.

At that time, except for Li Yuwen occasionally commenting, others were indulgent towards Li Yu En, so her dressing had not improved.

A few days ago when seeing Li Yu En, although she wasn’t wearing makeup, her style had improved, and today, she had applied rouge.

Li Yu En looked at herself again, apologetically said, "I’m forced to do this, aren’t I?"

The Lou Mansion has five daughters-in-law, the other four are skilled in dressing up, often mocking Li Yu En for not knowing how to dress.

Li Yu En decided resolutely, grinded her teeth, and began to study makeup and clothing.

She paid attention to the outfits and makeup of her sisters-in-law, and if free, would take a coach to browse the streets of the Prefecture city, observing people’s clothing, in half a year, she had clearly improved.

Besides, she had lost quite a bit of weight since she married into the Lou Mansion, had she cared about dressing up, she would not be inferior to the others.

Thinking of her situation, Li Yuzhu immediately understood her actions.

The sisters went to Li Yuzhu’s bedroom, Li Yu En took out the clothes from the box and unfolded it for Li Yuzhu to see, "Third sister, I specially prepared this outfit for you, how is it? It’s the color you usually like."

Li Yuzhu smiled and praised, "It’s beautiful." Is she dressing me as a Princess?

The clothes were the finest Su Embroidery, with a few bright crabapple flowers on the hem of the deep emerald skirt, pleasing to the eye.

After looking at the clothes, Li Yu En opened another smaller box, inside were several pearl hairpins.

Those were bought for Li Yu En by Lou Chengye.

However, Li Yuzhu only accepted the clothes, not the jewelry from Li Yu En, as she didn’t lack jewelry. Mu Yuanxiu bought her some, but she usually dressed plainly, so she didn’t wear elaborate jewelry.

Li Yu En said not to dress too plainly, fine, take out the exquisite jewelry then.

After changing clothes and redoing her makeup, Li Yu En, Liu Er Niu, and Liu San Niu were surprised and praised together.

"Third sister, your pearl hairpin is so beautiful." Li Yu En praised her golden pearl jewelry.