An unreasonable request meant an unreasonable request. Since he knew the request was unreasonable, why would he bring it up?
However, on account of Xiao Zhu and Osmanthus Flower Cake, Li Yi still smiled and said, "Elder, please speak your mind."
"It's like this. Young Master has also seen that those customers just now all came for 'Painted Skin'. This old man wants to buy some similar novels from Young Master. Young Master, rest assured, the price will definitely satisfy Young Master. "The old storyteller looked at him and said.
Li Yi tilted his head and looked at the young girl standing beside the old man. She must have told this old man these things.
When he first told her the story of 'Painted Skin', his intention was to tease her more. In the morning in the courtyard, it was because he was really bored and wanted to find someone to talk to. In essence, telling her the story was the same as telling the story to Xiao Huan.
But this old man's meaning just now was to treat him as the kind of person who specialized in writing scripts, almost equivalent to the scriptwriters of the future.
If it was a few months ago, when he was still worrying about his family's lack of food, he might have agreed to this old man. After all, survival was always number one. But now, to sell 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio' for just a few copper coins, even if he didn't say it was unfair to himself, wouldn't it be unfair to Pu Songling?
To refuse, he had to be more tactful. He looked at the old man and shook his head, saying, "Haha, this' Painted Skin 'is something I've heard of by chance. There really aren't any similar stories."
The young girl raised her head and looked at him in disbelief. How could there not be any? Where was' Legend of the White Snake ',' Journey to the West ',' A Chinese Ghost Story '?
Could it be that he had made all these up to deceive her?
It didn't seem like it. Other than 'Painted Skin', there was also the half-finished 'Ying Ning'!
The old man's face showed a look of disappointment. He sighed and said, "This old man has disturbed you. If Young Master has any good stories in the future, this old man will welcome them at any time."
He had lived for so long, how could he not know that this young master's words did not match his heart?
The girl called Xiao Zhu wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't say anything and left with the old man.
Fang and Xiao Huan watched the show with relish. Li Yi would occasionally ask Xiao Huan to give him some tips. Even though the show was a little boring for him, it was much better than lying in his room alone.
In his heart, he thought that if he had time in the future, he should change the entertainment business here. He had no other purpose but to relieve his boredom.
Most of the customers in the brothel had indeed come for the old man's story. After listening to it, many people chose to leave. Li Yi stayed in the brothel for another hour before leaving with Xiao Huan and Fang. When they walked out, a woman walked out from the backstage. When her eyes inadvertently swept over the door, her expression was slightly startled.
"Sister Ruoqing, stop looking. They're gone."
Xiao Zhu stretched out her hand and waved it in front of her eyes, then curled her lips and said.
"What … happened to him?" Wan Ruoqing muttered to herself as she recalled that when the figure was walking, there was a young girl supporting him.
"He's injured …" Xiao Zhu continued, "In the future, when you walk on the road, you must be careful of those vicious dogs that bite people …"
The girl was still mumbling something, but the pretty face of the woman beside her was a little absent-minded.
After a moment, the girl stretched out her hand again and waved it in front of her eyes, "Sister Ruoqing, it's our turn."
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…
Walking out of the door of the brothel and then out of the tile-roofed house, they walked a few steps to reach Ruyi Lane. When Xiao Huan helped him walk in, Ruyi and Ruyi were both in the courtyard.
"What is Second Miss doing?" Fang looked at Liu Ruyi in the courtyard with some puzzlement, and asked, "Is she practicing martial arts? I've never seen this method before!"
Seeing this, Li Yi was curious. Previously, Liu Ruyi said that he was fighting randomly, saying that using softness to overcome hardness, and that there was no martial arts that could move a thousand catties with little effort. She advised him to return to the right path as soon as possible, and stop thinking about those unrealistic things all day long.
At that time, when he asked her if she wanted to learn from him, Miss.Liu very bluntly refused.
But what was she doing now?
Although her mouth said no, her body was still quite honest.
Seeing that Li Yi had returned, Ruyi and Xiao Huan went to the kitchen to cook. Seeing that Li Yi was in no hurry to return to his room, he sat on a chair in the courtyard and looked at her.
"Sigh, you're not doing this. Experience the feeling of 'circle'."
"Remember not to use force, relax a little, only then can you experience the essence of Tai Chi."
"Come closer, come closer, it's too far, I can't see clearly."
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…
In the past, it was always Liu Ruyi who guided him in his practice, and whenever he did something wrong, she would violently correct him. Now that he finally had the chance to be in charge, Li Yi was never tired of correcting her movements.
Liu Ruyi stopped, took a long sword from the side, and pulled it out with a clang.
"What are you doing?"
Li Yi was shocked. He only corrected a few of her movements, did she have to pull out the sword?
One had to know that at that time, whether it was her words or her movements, they were much more violent than him.
"Didn't that old Taoist who passed by teach you Tai Chi Sword?" Liu Ruyi squinted at him and asked.
"No, absolutely not!" Although there was a Tai Chi Sword tutorial in the library, Li Yi shook his head with a face full of certainty.
She didn't want to learn Tai Chi Sword, she obviously wanted to find a chance to torture him to vent her anger …
Liu Ruyi glanced at her and put away her sword. Fang ran out of the shop, glanced at Liu Ruyi, and ran to Li Yi's side, and whispered, "Young master, Miss Wan is here."
"Miss Wan?" Liu Ruyi's heart moved, and he immediately looked over.
Looking at Fang's guilty look, Li Yi felt depressed. If Miss Wan was here, then so be it. Why did he have to be so quiet? The two of them had a pure relationship, and they didn't have any secret relationship, so why were they afraid of being seen by others?
Hearing the footsteps behind him, Liu Ruyi looked back, and the moment he met the woman's eyes, a trace of amazement flashed through their eyes.
"Greetings, Madam."
Wan Ruoqing walked to Liu Ruyi's side, smiled, and bowed slightly.
Although Li Yi had never put on airs in front of her, he was a county lieutenant after all, and his status was much higher than that of a lowly woman like her. She subconsciously regarded the woman in the yard as her wife, and bowed slightly.
"Madam?"
The expression on Li Yi's face was slightly stunned, and Liu Ruyi was stunned for a moment. She understood what Li Yi meant, and a trace of red appeared on her pretty face, and she glared at Li Yi fiercely.
Li Yi was depressed by her glare, and he couldn't blame himself for this. Miss.Liu was too unreasonable … Thinking that she had never been reasonable, he sighed, stood up, and said, "Miss Ruoqing, you have mistaken me for someone else. This is actually my wife's sister."
"Ah, sorry, sorry …" Wan Ruoqing was stunned for a moment, and then an awkward expression appeared on her face, and she hurriedly apologized.
Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Miss Ruoqing, what can I do for you?"
The embarrassment on Wan Ruoqing's face had not faded. She paused and said, "Yuzhu said that you were injured, I … I came to have a look."
"It's just a small injury. It's not a big deal." Li Yi said with a smile.
"It's good that you're fine. I … I'll go first." What happened just now made her blush. Seeing that Li Yi was fine, she was also relieved. She hurriedly put down the bamboo basket in her hand, "There's nothing good. These osmanthus cakes, just take it as a small gift from Ruoqing."
"Ah …"
Li Yi still wanted to say something, but after she put down the basket, she hurriedly turned around and left, and no matter how he called her, she would not look back.
"I haven't brought the basket back yet …" Watching her figure disappear from his sight, Li Yi murmured in a low voice.
Liu Ruyi walked out of the kitchen and looked outside the door in confusion. She walked to him and asked, "Husband, where's that girl?"
"Maybe there's something urgent. I'll go first." Li Yi spread out his hands helplessly.
Liu Ruyi nodded and did not dwell on this matter anymore. She looked at him and said, "Husband, come in with me."
Li Yi thought that she had something to discuss with him, so he followed her into the room. Liu Ruyi waited for him to come in and then closed the door.
Seeing her action, Li Yi was puzzled. It seemed that the thing to be discussed later was very important.
"Husband, take off your clothes first." After Li Yi sat on the bed, his soft voice came to his ears.
"Ah?"
Li Yi looked up at Liu Ruyi, who was walking towards him, and doubted his ears.
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