When Li Yi woke up, the sky was already bright. He estimated the time and found that it was almost ten o 'clock in the future.
In the past, Xiao Huan would wake him up early. After washing up, it was time to go to school to teach the naughty children.
Today was the first day after Chinese Valentine's Day. By right, Li Yi should be telling the naughty children about the battle between the Monkey King and the Yellow Wind Monster. But according to the time he woke up today, if he went to school now, the class would be over by the time he got there.
After getting dressed, he just got out of bed and saw Xiao Huan coming in with a basin of water. She looked up and saw Li Yi, saying, "Young master, you're awake!"
"Why didn't you wake me up this morning?" After sleeping for a long time, Li Yi still felt a little dizzy when he got up. He rubbed his swollen head and asked.
"I saw that you were sleeping soundly this morning, so I didn't wake you up." Xiao Huan put the copper basin on the shelf and said, "Young master, wash up first. I just went to the school and told the children to come to class tomorrow."
In fact, Li Yi didn't have the mood to teach the naughty children today. He casually washed his face with the water in the copper basin and symbolically wiped his face with a dry cloth.
In this era, there was something called soap, which was equivalent to the soap of the future. But it was used by high officials and nobles to wash their faces or bathe. Ordinary people couldn't afford it at all.
Li Yi had long been thinking about how to make soap. As an Aquarius with a little obsessive-compulsive disorder, it was hard to bear not being able to wash his face clean every day.
After washing his face, he dipped a willow branch in a little salt and brushed his teeth simply. Salt was still very expensive in this world, almost no poor people would use salt to brush their teeth. But he did not want to learn from Xiao Huan, chewing on willow branches to clean his teeth … that thing tasted too bitter, it was not that bad.
When he walked out of the door, he happened to see Liu Ruyi coming back from outside. Her forehead was slightly sweaty. She should have just come back from practicing.
She just glanced at Li Yi and didn't say anything. Then she went back to her room to take a bath.
Li Yi's room was in the front yard, while the backyard was Xiao Huan and Liu Sister Ruyi's room, which he had never entered.
Looking at Ruyi's disappearing figure, Li Yi's lips twitched.
She was pretty and thick-skinned. She had cheated him of a few hundred copper coins, yet she still pretended that nothing had happened. At the very least, Li Yi could not do this.
"Hey, Xiao Huan is here!"
A rough voice suddenly came from the side, startling Li Yi. When he turned his head, he saw a burly middle-aged man walking into the courtyard.
When he saw this man, Li Yi's body trembled and his face immediately darkened.
The burly man and him could be considered old acquaintances.
At that time, when Liu Ruyi gave the order, it was this man who flipped off the horse and threw himself onto it. Suddenly seeing this familiar face, Li Yi felt a faint pain in his lower abdomen.
"Uncle Fang, what can I do for you?" Xiao Huan was very friendly to this man and said with a smile.
The man smiled honestly and waved the things in his hands. He said, "I just hunted a pheasant from the mountain this morning. Take it and stew it for Miss to nourish her body."
Only then did Li Yi realize that the man was carrying two "unknown objects" in his hands.
A golden crown, colorful feathers, a red belly, and long tail feathers — a red-bellied golden pheasant!
Li Yi glanced at the man. This was the pheasant he hunted on the mountain?
Hunting and killing animals protected by the country was illegal in the future …
However, a golden pheasant was still a chicken. It was fine as long as there was meat. Moreover, wild pheasants should be much more delicious than the hens raised by the Wu family, right?
In an instant, when Li Yi looked at the man again, he actually felt that the originally hateful face was much more pleasing to the eye.
Xiao Huan looked troubled and said, "Uncle Fang, take these two pheasants back and let Auntie stew them for the children. We haven't finished eating the pheasants that the son-in-law picked up two days ago."
Last year's harvest was not good, and every family in the village had a hard time. The Liu family was better off. After all, they were the main family, and at least they would not starve. However, there were many people who even had to carefully plan their two meals a day. The man in front of him belonged to this category. He probably did not eat meat twice a year. If he accepted this pheasant, not only would the Miss blame him, but Xiao Huan herself would also not be able to help him.
"Ah, I don't dare to refuse an elder's gift. Xiao Huan, you can't be so rude …" Li Yi strode over and took the pheasants from the man with a smile on his face. "Well, Uncle Fang, right? Thank you!"
The man was stunned for a moment, then he said with a silly smile, "I'm a rough man, I don't know anything about refusing. My family said that if it wasn't for the old master who gave us a mouthful of food, we would have starved to death. We can't be heartless. We don't have much at home, so you can take these two pheasants."
The smile on Li Yi's face became even brighter. The people of ancient times were really simple and adorable …
"Son-in-law …" The little servant girl tugged at the corner of Li Yi's clothes. She opened her mouth, but in the end, she did not say anything.
The man turned his head and looked at Li Yi. Seeing his thin and weak body, he gave a silly smile and reached out to pat him on the shoulder. He said, "Son-in-law's body is so thin, you should eat well!"
A strong force suddenly came from his shoulder. Li Yi's body staggered and he almost knelt on the ground.
Seeing this, the man was stunned again, then he scratched his head in embarrassment. "I'm really sorry, my hands are strong and I forgot that you are a scholar. Your body is weak, please don't blame me …"
Li Yi's face twitched a little. He wondered if this guy's honesty was fake …
"Well … if there's nothing else, I'll go back first. My family is still waiting for me at home!" The man rubbed his hands and said with some embarrassment.
"Goodbye, Uncle Fang!"
Watching the man's figure disappear from afar, Xiao Huan sighed and said, "Son-in-law, you shouldn't have accepted these two pheasants just now."
As Li Yi rubbed his still aching shoulder, he asked in confusion, "Why?"
"Previously, Master Fang's family was indebted to Uncle Fang's family. Now, there are only two young ladies left at home. Uncle Fang often sends some things over, and some of Master's old brothers from back then also help out with anything …" The little servant girl's pretty eyebrows furrowed. She said, "Usually, the young lady doesn't let Xiao Huan accept these things. Their lives … are not good."
If the pheasants in his hands were the two hens from Lady Wu's house, Li Yi would definitely kill them and pluck their feathers without any psychological burden. One would make fried chicken steak, and the other would make chicken soup …
But hearing Xiao Huan say this, he suddenly felt that the pheasants in his hands were much heavier.
It was not good to accept kindness for no reason. Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "How about this, we cook these two pheasants and send some to them as a return gift. What do you think?"
Hearing this, the little servant girl's eyes suddenly lit up. She said, "Okay, okay, the food you cook is so delicious, they will definitely like it."
Li Yi smiled. After putting the pheasants down, he waved his hand and said, "Clean up and go to the mountain to pick some fresh mushrooms. We will eat chicken stewed with mushrooms today!"
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