Entering through the door, what came into view was an extremely spacious hall. Many coquettishly dressed women swayed their waists as they shuttled through the hall. Occasionally, they would conveniently lie into the arms of a guest, and the man's hands would immediately become unruly …
The girl carrying the painting carefully avoided the crowd and went up the stairs on the side to the second floor. After a few steps, the door beside her suddenly opened, and a man with a ruddy face walked out. The girl once again skillfully avoided him, and walked straight to the door of the innermost room.
"If two lovers love each other for a long time, why would they be together day and night …"
A mellow voice came from the room. The woman in the room had finished singing one of the most famous lyrics recently, and shook her head. "I've practiced for a long time, but my singing is still not good enough. I've ruined this good poem …"
A gentle woman opposite her looked at her with a smile and said, "Drunken Mo, it's your standards that are too high. Even the sisters in the workshop who are good at singing can't compare to your singing just now."
"But even so, it still can't compare to Sister Ruoqing …" The woman sighed and said in a somewhat helpless tone.
The gentle woman only smiled when she heard this, and did not speak. At this moment, the door was gently pushed open, and a young servant girl came in from outside with the painting.
"Miss, the painting is back." The young servant girl walked to the two of them, and first handed the painting in her hand to the woman who had just sung, and then bowed to the gentle woman. She said softly, "Greetings, Miss Wan."
"Long time no see. Xiao Cui has become more and more beautiful," the gentle woman said with a smile.
The young servant girl blushed slightly, and at this moment, the woman had already opened the painting. After looking over, she let out a sound of surprise.
"Who is she?"
The woman looked at the unfamiliar woman in the painting, and asked with a puzzled expression.
The person in the painting was also an extremely beautiful woman. She had an exquisite figure, and wore a white tight robe. Her arms were crossed in front of her chest, and she was full of heroic spirit. At a glance, the woman in the painting seemed to be walking out of the paper, and it was extremely lifelike.
"This painting …"
In the next moment, the woman had already forgotten that the person in the painting wasn't her. She was completely amazed by the painting.
As the leading artist of the Jades Courtyard, she was very proficient in reading, writing, poetry, and painting. She was especially proficient in painting. This painting was exquisite, but there was nothing outstanding about it. However, she had never seen such a new form.
There was no need for exquisite brushwork to be able to depict the characters so vividly. Not only were they lifelike, but the feeling of them leaping out of the paper was enough to amaze anyone who saw them.
"Ah!"
At this moment, the servant girl also saw the woman in the painting and couldn't help but cry out in alarm. Then, she said with a bitter expression, "Miss, I seem to have taken the wrong painting. I'll immediately exchange it."
At this moment, she was feeling a little regretful. If she had known this would happen, she would have listened to the scholar's words and opened it to take a look. She wouldn't have made such a mistake.
"Wait a moment." When the woman heard this, she shook her head and thought for a moment. Then, she said, "Leave this painting here. When you go to get the painting, tell the painter that we've bought this painting and ask him to paint another one."
When the servant girl heard this, she nodded and walked out of the room.
After leaving the room, she remembered that the scholar had already closed the stall early today. If she wanted to get the painting, she would probably have to wait until tomorrow.
"Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui, you really are an idiot!"
After cursing a few times in her heart, the servant girl pouted and went downstairs dejectedly.
In the room, the woman's gaze was still on the painting. Her beautiful eyes flashed with surprise from time to time.
She was filled with curiosity about this painting technique that she had never seen before.
When the gentle woman beside her saw her like this, she also looked over curiously. When she saw who the woman in the painting was, she couldn't help but let out a soft cry of surprise.
"This painting is so strange. It's clearly on the paper, but the woman in the painting looks like she's about to walk out …"
The woman nodded and said, "This must be a new technique. I don't know who thought of it, but this person's attainments in painting likely far surpass mine."
At this point, a look of reverence appeared on her face. She thought that she had to get to know this painting master. At the same time, her gaze moved down. When she saw where the name should have been, her expression suddenly changed and a hint of anger appeared on her face. She scolded, "Which family's naughty child is this? How dare he randomly scribble on this painting!"
"Li Yi, Li Yi … Don't let me see you!"
After finally recognizing the name, the anger on the woman's pretty face became even more intense. In her heart, the "naughty child" named Li Yi had probably been spanked until his butt bloomed.
At this moment, the woman did not notice that after hearing the name "Li Yi", the gentle woman beside her was stunned for a moment. Then, she hurriedly looked at the lower left corner of the painting. When she saw the crooked handwriting that looked like the handwriting of a child who had just learned to write, a deep joy suddenly appeared on her beautiful face.
After confirming the familiar handwriting, she suddenly grabbed the hand of the woman beside her and said anxiously, "Zui Mo, who made this painting? Quick, take me to see him! "
"Sister Ruoqing, what's wrong?"
The woman named Zui Mo had never seen the gentle woman show such an expression. After being stunned for a moment, she asked with a face full of surprise.
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The burly man surnamed Fang and the others each carried two stone of grain on their shoulders as they strode out of a grain shop in Qing 'an Prefecture. The shop assistant at the door stared with wide eyes as he watched these burly men easily carry two bags of rice on their shoulders and stride like the wind. He could not help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
It was not that there were no people who bought so much grain at once. It was not that he was surprised by this. It was just that the strength of these burly men had truly frightened him.
Ten stone of rice cost a full five taels of silver. In such a short time, half of Li Yi's wealth had already been spent. Although it was a little painful, Li Yi would not hesitate at all to spend the money that should be spent.
The horses that had been led down the mountain in the morning still needed to be used for the next two days. The group could only walk back. Green Willow Mountain was not far from Anqing Prefecture. It was only about an hour's journey on foot.
All the heavy objects were carried by the burly man surnamed Fang and the others. Li Yi felt relaxed. However, it had been a long time since he had walked such a long distance. When he walked back, his legs were still a little sore.
The few of them carried two coarse cloth bags on their shoulders and swaggered through the stockade. Naturally, it was very easy to attract the attention of others.
Of course, compared to these, the big man surnamed Fang was carrying a piece of pork on his shoulder that attracted more attention.
Most of the people in the stockade could not even guarantee two meals a day. It was unknown how long it had been since many people had touched meat. Suddenly seeing this scene, the impact in their hearts was quite big.
Watching them walk away, someone suddenly lowered his head and picked up something from the ground.
The crowd took a closer look and found that it was actually a grain of rice.
Seeming to have thought of something, everyone's expression changed involuntarily.
Could it be that all the things in the bags just now were all rice?
There was so much grain. Did they go down the mountain to rob it?
Such an absurd thought appeared in everyone's mind.
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