Naturally, Li Yi's feelings for Qing 'an Prefecture could not be compared to those in the capital.
Even though the capital was more prosperous than here, there was no Willow Village, no Ruyi Square, no brothel, no theater, and even the name of a brothel was not as pleasing to the ear as the Jade Courtyard.
After two months of traveling, he had had enough fun, but it was also very tiring. Right now, Li Yi only wanted to quickly return home, lie on that familiar bed, and have a good sleep.
The carriage went straight through the city gate. Li Yi didn't know how many times he had walked this street. After two or three months, even the roadside vendors hadn't changed much. Li Yi even saw Da Niu in a constable's uniform wandering on the road. The door of the Ruyi Square was tightly shut. The fat shopkeeper of the cloth shop next door moved a chair and sat in front of the shop. He continued to sigh about the poor business in the shop — everything was the same as when he left.
The honest man left halfway, so Li Yi had to drive himself. The carriage finally stopped in front of a large house. There were no adults at the door, but a few children were playing.
Elder Fang had left the capital city a step earlier than them to pick up the people here. Now that two months had passed, they had probably arrived in the capital city a long time ago. However, this place did not seem to be uninhabited, and they did not know why.
Seeing Li Yi and the others get out of the carriage, the children immediately stopped playing and hid behind the door. When they saw them coming inside, they immediately scattered and ran deeper into the courtyard.
Just as the four of them stepped into the house, a figure came out to greet them. The girl named Yangliuqing was slightly startled, and then said with surprise, "Master, Uncle, you're back!"
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The room and courtyard were cleaned every day, even cleaner and tidier than when Li Yi left. According to Yangliuqing, after Fang and the others left, the task of looking after the house was handed over to her and the children.
These orphans no longer had to rely on begging for a living. The more honest ones were doing some simple work in the theater. The rest of them were not idle either. The older children led their younger brothers and sisters out to sell candied haws every day. The money they earned was enough to feed all of them, and there was still a surplus.
"Uncle, after you left, Elder Sun of the theater and the steward of the mansion would send some silver every half a month. It's all here." Yangliuqing had the boys carry out a few boxes from the room and explained.
Li Yi was not surprised that Ning Wang Fu would send money every once in a while. As for the other money, Li Yi remembered that when he left, he had them use it to run the theater. The only person who had the power to decide the ownership of this money was Ruoqing.
However, when he came, he heard the man say that Elder Sun and the others had opened theaters all over Qing 'an Prefecture. It seemed that the profits brought in by the theater were more than he had imagined. Under the premise of ensuring continued expansion, there was still so much surplus.
He didn't need so much silver at the moment. If there were no accidents, the perfume business with Li Xuan and Her Highness in the capital should be doing well. In the future, the silver would only flow into his home. No matter how much he had, it wouldn't be of much use.
Originally, he thought that he would have to tidy up after coming back. He didn't expect to have such a diligent martial nephew. Li Yi could lie down and sleep when he returned to the room. In these two months, under the guidance of the deceptive map, it wasn't every day that he could coincidentally find an inn. Sometimes, he could only sleep in the wild. Later, Li Yi simply made a few simple tents, but how could a tent be more comfortable than a bed?
Even the blanket was just dried. He was too lazy to take off his clothes and shoes and directly lay down.
After two months of bumpy and wandering, it was rare for him to have such a comfortable moment. After a while, he fell into a deep sleep.
When he opened his eyes again, the exhaustion accumulated over the past few days was swept away. He walked out of the room and found that the sky was already a little dark.
Yangliuqing was practicing swordsmanship alone in the courtyard. Although Miss.Liu still hadn't officially acknowledged her as her disciple, she would occasionally give her a few pointers. Although the two of them weren't master and disciple in name, they were actually master and disciple in reality.
Therefore, Li Yi had picked up a martial nephew for free.
Although his martial uncle's ability was probably maybe … okay, Li Yi admitted that he couldn't beat Yangliuqing, but who asked him to have a powerful sister-in-law?
As for Yangliuqing, Li Yi still had some appreciation in his heart. It could even be said that he admired her.
Among the people he knew, in terms of persistence and diligence, if she was the second, no one could be called the first.
In the days when Miss.Liu didn't agree to accept her as a disciple, she came here early in the morning to clean and left in the evening. She persisted for a long time. Whenever she was free, she could be seen practicing swordsmanship outside. Not only did her frequency far exceed Li Yi's, but even Miss.Liu was not as good as her.
Perhaps this was also one of the reasons why Miss.Liu changed her original intention.
Seeing Li Yi coming out of the room, Yangliuqing hurriedly stopped and said, "Master and Martial Uncle have returned to Willow Village. They asked me to wait for you to wake up and tell you."
Li Yi nodded, indicating that he understood.
Willow Village was the place where Ruyi and the others grew up. Of course, they had to visit this time when they came back. Even Xiao Huan had mentioned it many times along the way. They might not have many opportunities to come back in the future. On the way here, they had agreed to go back to the village and stay for a few days.
Willow Village carried too much weight for them. This was the childhood memory of the three sisters. Li Yi didn't want to join in the fun.
He slept for a long time and was a little hungry. He planned to go out and find something to eat.
He used to walk the road from the house to Ruyi Workshop, and now it was no exception. Ruyi Workshop wasn't open, and Li Yi didn't intend to cook by himself. He entered from the entrance of the Wa market and walked to the door of a courtyard. He found that the door was actually not closed. Li Yi gently pushed the door and went in. There was a faint light coming from inside the room. He was going to go in, but suddenly it seemed that he smelled something. He sniffed, and the next moment, his face immediately showed an expression of surprise.
He didn't choose to go straight, but turned into a small room on the side. After entering, he found that it was the kitchen. At this time, it was getting darker. Although it wasn't completely dark, it was still difficult to see clearly.
Fortunately, what Li Yi was looking for was not difficult to find. He followed the smell and opened a food box on the table. The long-lost familiar smell immediately became strong.
Osmanthus cake. It was like the osmanthus cake made by Ruoqing. Li Yi would never forget this taste.
He was already a little hungry, so he couldn't wait to pinch a piece, then a second, a third, a fourth …
At this time, all of Li Yi's attention was on the food in front of him. He didn't realize that a delicate figure had quietly come behind him.
Looking at the dark shadow in the kitchen, the girl showed a frightened expression on her face. She held the wooden stick in her hand tightly and quietly approached the dark shadow.
There's a thief!
This was the first feeling in her heart!
He came in without saying a word and hid in the kitchen sneakily. Who else could it be but a thief?
As long as she shouted a few times, someone next door would hear it and rush over to catch the little thief and send him to the government. However, before that, she had to teach this bold guy a good lesson.
Finally, she walked to the dark shadow with his back facing her. The girl gritted her teeth, raised the wooden stick in her hand, and swung it at the little thief!
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