For any family in Willow Leaf Village, ten taels of silver was a huge sum of money.
Even for Liu Ruyi, it was the first time she had seen so much money in her life.
But at this moment, when she looked at Li Yi, she was thinking about more than this.
A few days ago, on Chinese Valentine's Day, the poem "Celestial on the Magpie Bridge" was widely spread in Willow Leaf Village. Even illiterate girls in the village could recite it completely.
Liu Ruyi did not know much about poetry. When she heard Li Yi's poem from Xiao Huan's mouth, she only found it to be catchy. It sounded rather interesting. Especially the last sentence, "If love lasts forever, why stay together day and night", it seemed to make some sense.
Of course, there were times when she would think about more things … If she didn't have a deep understanding of the relationship between a man and a woman, she definitely wouldn't be able to write such a poem. Had this scholar experienced something exciting in the past? Could it be that in his heart, there was also a woman whom he yearned for but couldn't meet?
But on the surface, it didn't seem like it …
Thinking of his lazy, greedy face, and his stealing second aunt's chicken, it was hard to imagine what a powerful poem such a person could write.
However, she could only think about it in her heart, and it was not appropriate to ask him.
As for deeper things, such as whether a poem was good or bad, or how good it was, she had no concept of these things in her heart. Poetry was something that scholars played with. She could grab any scholar off the street and he or she would probably be able to come up with something similar.
But after seeing some things with her own eyes, she realized that things … didn't seem to be like this.
Just now, when she was buying some women's daily necessities on the street, she happened to overhear two women talking about a poem called "Immortals of the Magpie Bridge". The content was exactly the same as the one she had heard before. Later on, when they talked about the author of the poem, both of them expressed their admiration for the gifted scholar named "Li Yi".
Until now, the talented scholar they were talking about gradually overlapped with the lazy figure in Liu Ruyi's mind.
After that, she paid more attention and heard more information.
For example, this poem came from a poetry meeting on the night of the Double Seventh Festival. It was said that someone picked up a prayer lantern on a pleasure boat. This poem, which caused an uproar among the literati of Anqing Prefecture, was written on this prayer lantern.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, this rumor undoubtedly added a layer of mystery to the entire matter.
However, this was a legendary story that most people only talked about after a meal. There were still a few people who did not doubt its authenticity.
Liu Ruyi was one of them.
She saw Xiao Huan's prayer lantern fly with her own eyes. At that time, no one in Willow Village would have thought that the ordinary poem written on the lantern would cause such a stir in a certain place.
It was said that the champion of the Qixi Poetry Festival, a famous scholar from Qing 'an Prefecture, had seen the poem "The Immortal of the Magpie Bridge". He tore his own poem into pieces and said, "I will never write another Qixi Poetry Festival again in this life." This shocked everyone, and it added fuel to the fire of the whole matter.
After the poetry meeting, a special person compiled the Double Seventh Festival poetry anthology. This poem, "Flying Poem from Beyond the Heavens", was ranked first. Just like that, a scholar named "Li Yi" was known by the literati of Qing 'an Prefecture, singers, actors, and many women who admired this poem.
Those who were chosen to compile the poetry anthology were naturally not ordinary people. At the very least, they were talented enough to convince everyone. Since ancient times, there has been no first place in literature. In the past, there would always be a debate about the order of the poems chosen. But this time, no one had a different opinion about this "Celestial on the Magpie Bridge" being ranked first.
At the same time, the gifted scholar called Li Yi had captured the hearts of countless young ladies with his words, "If the feelings between the two were to last for a long time, why would they stay together day and night?". Of course, it wasn't just those young ladies. Some of the women who had truly experienced the twists and turns of their relationships were probably even more affected by these words.
Even though his origin was still a mystery, it did not affect the admiration of the women. Even Li Yi himself did not know about this …
Of course, Liu Ruyi knew about this.
Thinking of the intoxicated expressions on the two women's faces as they talked, Liu Ruyi could not imagine how they would react if they knew that the peerless scholar they admired was this guy in front of her.
Of course, she would never have imagined that the poem he had casually composed would be so good. Of all the scholars in Qing An Fu, not a single one could compare …
Liu Ruyi did not know much about scholars. Even now, she still could not accept that the person she had casually snatched was so good. At this moment, she pushed these thoughts aside and lowered her head to see the paper tube that Li Yi had placed on the table. She reached out to take it.
Beside her, Li Yi raised his head and saw that Liu Ruyi was preparing to open the painting. His heart suddenly jumped and he hurriedly ran over, reaching out to snatch it.
If she saw that he had drawn her, who knew what she would think …
Naturally, Li Yi's speed could not catch up to Liu Ruyi. She lightly raised her hand and Li Yi pounced on empty air.
"What is this?" Seeing how anxious he was, Liu Ruyi raised her eyebrows and asked.
"Nothing, it's just a doodle …" Li Yi laughed dryly. He could not tell the truth at this time.
If she thought that he had feelings for her … brother-in-law falling in love with his sister-in-law, tsk tsk … it sounded quite exciting …
Liu Ruyi looked at him meaningfully. She did not open the painting in her hands and casually threw the painting tube back.
Li Yi hurriedly caught it and his heart finally relaxed.
"How should we spend this money …" Not wanting to be entangled in this problem, Li Yi hurriedly changed the topic.
"Of course, to buy grain!"
Everyone, including the large man surnamed Fang, spoke almost in unison.
To them, even if they had a hundred liang of silver, it was far from being able to carry a full jar of rice at home.
Living at the bottom of society, nothing could replace the importance of grain and land in their hearts.
Their family was already so poor that they could not even feed themselves. They definitely had to buy grain. Even if they did not say it, Li Yi had this plan. With a wave of his hand, the group of people entered the city in a grandiose manner.
At the same time, the young girl carrying the painting walked one round on the street. After buying some things, she walked into a rather lavishly decorated small building in a busy area of the street.
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