Zeng Zuimo left with the little servant girl. When she left, the expression on her pretty face was a bit absent-minded. It seemed that she didn't take his words to heart, which made Li Yi a little disappointed.
Women and children's money was the easiest to earn. This was an unchanging truth.
If all the girls in the brothel in Qing 'an Prefecture could spend ten taels of silver to buy a portrait, then he could at least save a few years of hard work.
But thinking about it, painting all day was boring. How could it be as carefree as being a shopkeeper who didn't have to do anything? Li Yi thought about it and gave up on this idea. When he was about to go back to the yard to bask in the sun, he turned his head and saw Fang standing there, looking at him with a leisurely gaze.
"What's wrong?"
He felt a chill in his heart after being stared at by Fang and asked.
"Who was that girl just now?" Fang put away his usual silly smile and asked with a straight face.
Although the son-in-law was walking down the wrong path, Fang felt that the son-in-law could still be saved. He had to persuade him not to always associate with these shady women outside. The eldest miss was such a good person, why didn't he know how to cherish her?
"Her name is Zeng Zuimo, a friend. You wouldn't know her even if I told you," Li Yi said casually.
When Zeng Zuimo left just now, she ordered a lot of Ruyi nectar from here. She said that she bought it on behalf of the sisters in the Jade Yard. This immediately made her good impression in Li Yi's heart improve a lot.
"Zeng Zuimo … Miss Zuimo?" Fang's eyes widened and he blurted out, "The top artist of the Jade Yard?"
"You know quite a lot …" Li Yi looked at Fang with a bit of surprise.
"That's Miss Hong from the Jade Yard …" Fang curled his lips and stopped abruptly after saying half a sentence. He looked back and saw that the four girls were still busy over there. Only then did he relax.
"What's wrong with Miss Hong?" Li Yi crossed his arms and looked at him with a teasing expression.
"What Miss Hong?" Fang looked at Li Yi with a puzzled expression.
Li Yi looked at him and said, "I'm going back to the courtyard. Do you have anything else?"
Fang hurriedly stepped aside and said, "No more, no more. Son-in-law, you go ahead. I'll look after the store …"
"First Miss, Second Miss!"
Li Yi had just taken two steps when Fang suddenly cried out in surprise.
Li Yi glanced at him indifferently. Such a childish trick might work on a brat, but if he wanted to trick him, Fang had miscalculated.
"Sister Ruyi!"
A few crisp voices came from the direction of the counter. Li Yi looked back at the girls … Did Fang collude with them?
Through the corner of his eyes, Li Yi saw that the portrait of Liu Ruyi that he had left on the table at the side and forgot to put away was picked up by someone.
Her pretty face was slightly startled and an indescribable color flashed in her eyes. Miss.Liu's gaze looked over and with a slight shake, the painting was put away and held in her hand.
"Son-in-law, Uncle Fang."
Xiao Huan followed behind Liu Ruyi and walked in from the outside with a smile. Fang looked at the thing in Liu Ruyi's hand and then looked at Li Yi. He silently took a small step towards Li Yi's side … If Second Miss got angry later, he could still block for Son-in-law.
Fortunately, they had arrived at this moment. If they had arrived a quarter of an hour earlier, they would have seen Son-in-law and that Miss Zui Mo "flirting" … Fang alone would not have been able to block the two Misses.
At this time, Li Yi also had a little fear in his heart. Fortunately, he did not draw a pig's nose or pig's ears for Liu Ruyi. Otherwise … the consequences would be unimaginable …
Fang waited for a long time and did not see any signs of anger from Second Miss. The expression on his face was as indifferent as ever, as if nothing had happened just now.
While he was feeling curious and surprised, Li Yi had already walked forward and said to Liu Ruyi in confusion, "Wife, why are you here?"
"I have nothing to do, so I came here to have a look." Liu Ruyi smiled. At this time, Xiao Huan came from behind her and put the food box in her hand on the table. She said, "Miss asked Xiao Huan to make food and bring it over. Son-in-law, Uncle Fang, sisters, hurry up and eat while it's hot."
The kitchen at the back of the shop could cook, but Li Yi had been busy recently and had not had time to open a meal. Meals were usually settled at the small stalls outside.
There was not much food in the small food box. Of course, it was not enough for the girls, plus Li Yi and Fang, so Fang was sent to buy some food from outside.
He closed the shop and moved a table in the yard. The sun was warm and the breeze was not hurried. Such an atmosphere was suitable for eating.
The food that Xiao Huan brought were all ordinary home-cooked dishes. When he opened the food box and smelled the aroma, Li Yi knew that this was not made by Xiao Huan. The little maid's cooking skills were only average. Recently, under his deliberate guidance, she had only improved, but it was not to this extent.
He secretly glanced at Liu Ruyi but did not expose her.
If it was not Xiao Huan, he could ignore the otherworldly Miss.Liu. She was the only one in the family who could make this kind of food.
Today, she and Ruyi came to Ruyi's Workshop together, which surprised Li Yi.
Previously, he had mentioned more than once that if she felt bored in the stronghold, she could manage the business of the shop in the prefectural city. However, Liu Ruyi seemed to have no interest in this, so Li Yi did not mention it again. Today, was this considered … the Lady Boss inspecting the shop?
When he and Liu Ruyi got along, there was always a strange tacit understanding. The two of them did not talk about what had happened before. Apart from not having sex, according to their current lifestyle, there was no difference between them and a real husband and wife.
They never blushed or quarreled, which was enough to be called a role model.
Thinking of the situation when he first came to this world, he was restless in his room, thinking that he could not keep his chastity. Who would have thought that the person who pushed open the door was actually a beautiful woman. She walked in and said a few words to him. Then, she smashed the wooden table to frighten the two with ulterior motives. Before she left, she turned her head and said faintly, "I, Liu Ruyi …"
These images appeared in his mind. Thinking of the current situation, Li Yi was surprised to find that the distance between the two of them had unknowingly been shortened by too much.
Perhaps one day in the future, when he completely accepted and integrated into this world, between him and her … it might be possible.
After the meal, the few young girls excitedly talked about the scene of everyone fighting over Ruyi's clothes in the morning. The little maid interrupted from time to time. Liu Ruyi listened with a smile. Fang sat beside Li Yi, trembling with fear. He was always on guard against the Second Miss who could fly into a rage at any time …
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