"Young … Young Master, did you just, just now, just now, over there …"
Xiao Huan rubbed her eyes. The head that just popped out from the top of the wall had disappeared. She hid behind Li Yi and pointed at the top of the wall. Her voice was still trembling.
There was a rustling sound outside the wall. When she pointed, the head popped out again.
This time, he could see clearly that the owner of the head was a girl about the same age as him. She had light makeup on her face, and she looked pretty. Her face was not as pale as the young master had described. Her eyes were two big black holes, and her tongue was not even five feet long …
So it was not a ghost.
"What are you screaming for!"
The girl who stuck her head out from the other side of the wall glared at Xiao Huan. She rubbed her sore butt and looked at the young man lying on the chair in the yard.
She was playing in the yard when she heard a familiar voice coming from outside the wall. She put her ear to it and listened. At first, she did not know who the voice belonged to. Later, she was scared by the ghost story the voice told and finally remembered.
It was the young man who scared her with the story of "Painted Skin" in the brothel yesterday.
He moved a stool from the house and placed it under the wall of the courtyard. He stuck his head out to take a look, but just as he steadied himself, he was frightened by the little girl's ghostly cry. He lost his footing and fell down. Even now, his buttocks were still aching.
When she got up and looked at the young man again, she saw that his leg was wrapped in white cloth. She asked curiously, "What happened to you?"
"I was bitten by a dog when I went home last night …" Li Yi looked at the girl called Xiao Zhu who was lying on the wall and said casually.
"Oh …"
Xiao Zhu looked at him, and could already imagine that he had not only been bitten by the dog last night, but had also had a desperate struggle with the vicious dog.
"Can you tell me the story after 'Painted Skin'?" The girl called Xiao Zhu leaned on the wall and looked at Li Yi. Her big eyes were filled with expectation.
Yesterday, after the young man left, she told the story to Grandpa Sun. Grandpa Sun originally planned to wait until he heard the complete story before he tried to tell it on stage. However, he didn't expect that yesterday afternoon, those men who heard the story pulled a lot of people over and insisted on listening to the story of "The Painted Skin". Grandpa Sun had no choice but to tell the first half of the story.
As a result, in less than a quarter of an hour, the money that the guests gave was equal to the income of the whole brothel for a day.
Unfortunately, the story only lasted for half an hour. Grandpa Sun stopped abruptly at the exciting part. The guests left disappointed. Although they did not ask for the money back, they did not have anything good to say. If they could hear the story after "Painted Skin", they would not have to worry about their livelihood in a short time.
After all, for ordinary actors and actresses like them, money was the only way to survive. They were not like those famous actors and actresses who were often invited by high officials and nobles to perform and were often rewarded handsomely.
"Sure." Li Yi looked at the girl and said, "Wang Sheng hid outside the window and peeped at the evil ghost's Painted Skin. He screamed in fear and was discovered by the evil ghost. He was cut open and his heart and lungs were dug out. He died …"
Xiao Huan looked at the girl leaning on the wall and then looked at the son-in-law. She was puzzled.
The "Painted Skin" that the son-in-law told Second Miss was not like this. Although she did not dare to continue listening, she knew that there should be a long story behind it.
Of course, other than being puzzled, she was also curious about who this girl was. She seemed to know the son-in-law, and the son-in-law even told her the story of "Painted Skin" …
"This, this is the end …" The girl leaned on the wall with a blank expression on her face.
Under normal circumstances, shouldn't the following story be more complicated and bizarre?
Wang Sheng died just like that?
What about the expert she met on the street?
This was completely illogical!
She was sure that if Grandpa Sun told the story like this, the guests would definitely not throw money on the stage, but shoes and stones.
"Despicable guy …"
Knowing that he was perfunctory, she resisted the urge to remove a clay brick from the wall and threw it over. She weighed her foot and said, "I will steal a few pieces of osmanthus cake from sister Ruoqing for you."
"How many pieces?" Li Yi looked up at the wall.
"Five pieces." The girl gritted her teeth and said.
"Ten pieces." Li Yi directly doubled the number.
"Six pieces, no more."
"I won't do it without nine pieces …"
…
…
After a fierce bargaining, the price was finally set at seven pieces of osmanthus cake. The girl did not give in at all.
"Stingy …" Seeing that the girl went down the wall, probably to steal the osmanthus cake, Li Yi curled his lips.
At such a young age, she already knows how to bribe. This girl will be amazing when she grows up …
"Son-in-law, what osmanthus cake?"
Xiao Huan was stunned. She also knew how to make osmanthus cake. Why did the son-in-law ask that girl for it?
"That time when we guessed the lantern riddles, in that something building …"
After Li Yi's reminder, Xiao Huan finally remembered, and then she was a little depressed. The osmanthus cake she made was indeed not as delicious as that time …
This time, the waiting time was not short, at least more than a quarter of an hour before the girl's head poked over the wall.
"Here you are."
She handed over something wrapped in a handkerchief from the other side of the wall.
Xiao Huan was too short to reach it, so she went to the shop and called Fang out. She took the handkerchief from the girl and gave it to Li Yi.
Opening the handkerchief, there were seven pieces of osmanthus cake, not one more, not one less.
"Give me back the handkerchief." The girl said from the wall.
"What's the hurry? I will give it back to you after I finish eating." If he gave the handkerchief back to her, there would be nothing left to wrap the osmanthus cake. Li Yi waved his hand and said.
"Then give me back the piece you took yesterday." The girl thought for a moment and said.
The handkerchief was a girl's more private item. It was a bit inappropriate for a strange man to take it.
"That piece …" Li Yi thought of the handkerchief that was used to wrap the remaining osmanthus cake yesterday. It seemed that he had put it away casually. He didn't see it today, so he probably dropped it on the road yesterday.
"I lost it." He looked at the girl and said.
"You …"
The girl almost fell off the stool in anger. Just as she was about to say something, a voice came from inside the house.
"Yuzhu, did you see the osmanthus cake I just put in the room?"
"I will come back later …" A trace of panic flashed across the girl's face. She hurriedly jumped off the stool and ran into the house.
"Sister Ruoqing, I didn't see it …"
…
Seven pieces of osmanthus cake, one was given to Fang and one to Xiao Huan. Perhaps hearing the movement just now, Liu Ruyi also came out of the room.
Looking at the thing in Li Yi's hand, she asked in confusion, "Husband, this … where did you get it?"
"A neighbor gave it to me." Li Yi stretched out his hand and said, "Do you want one?"
One piece was given to Ruyi, and the other two pieces were snatched away by Ruyi, who happened to bump into him. Looking at the two pieces of osmanthus cake left in his hand, Li Yi regretted it a little. He should have insisted just now. Maybe he could have asked for a few more pieces …
Speaking of which, this little girl is quite easy to deceive. I don't have to worry about eating osmanthus cake in the future …
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