"Young master... you want this?"
The pretty maidservant looked at Li Yi with a blank expression. After being stunned for a moment, she pointed at the pastry in her hand and asked with some uncertainty.
Her voice was soft and soft, extremely pleasant to the ears.
No matter how beautiful other maids were, it had nothing to do with him. Li Yi was only interested in the fragrant pastry in her hand. Seeing that she was so decisive in distributing the pastry to the other girls, when it was him, the other party seemed to be unwilling, he felt slightly dissatisfied.
Could it be that this beautiful maid had the thought of valuing females over males?
Li Yi looked at her and nodded with absolute certainty. He thought that if she rejected him, he would definitely find her leader to complain about her. Feudal thinking must not be tolerated.
That girl was stunned for a moment and raised her head to look at the scholar in front of her. Seeing that he did not seem to be joking, she really handed over the silk handkerchief in her hand.
"Xiao Huan, come and try this!"
Li Yi stretched out his hand and took the remaining two pastry from the silk handkerchief. He turned his head and beckoned to the young maid. He had never been a person who ate alone. This pastry smelled pretty good. Coincidentally, Xiao Huan liked sweet food. He had to let her have a taste.
After walking two steps, he suddenly turned his head and said "thank you" to the maid who was standing dumbfounded on the spot. Then he turned and left.
The maid stared at Li Yi's back, and the confusion on her face deepened.
"Ruoqing, you know that scholar?"
A girl beside her asked with some confusion. The surprised expression on her face was still there.
The girl called Ruoqing shook her head and said, "I have never seen him before."
"What?"
When the other girls beside her heard this, they all revealed an extremely surprised expression.
"Then why did he..."
"This scholar is so strange..."
"Yes, I have never seen such a person..."
…
…
Even if Ruoqing tried very hard to recall, she did not have any impression of that scholar. After a moment, she finally confirmed that she did not know him before.
But if they didn't know each other, then his action of asking for the osmanthus cake just now was a little hard to see through.
The etiquette between men and women had been developed very well in this era. Even men who were familiar with her would stand at attention and bow to her when they saw her. As for reaching out to ask for the osmanthus cake, it was impossible for them to do such a thing.
Therefore, when that unfamiliar scholar reached out to her, Wan Ruoqing felt somewhat at a loss and didn't know what to do.
Even now, she still couldn't figure out why she had reached out her hand just now …
"Ruoqing, I remember that Zui Mo told us to leave two pieces for her. She likes the osmanthus cake you make the most …" After a while, a woman beside the pretty woman came back to her senses and seemed to have thought of something. She turned to look at her and said with a strange expression.
"Ah …"
When the beautiful woman named Wan Ruoqing heard this, she couldn't help but let out a soft cry, and a remorseful expression appeared on her pretty face.
At this time, everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at the scholar who was talking and laughing with the pretty girl not far away, and the expression on their faces was extremely strange.
Li Yi still didn't know that in the eyes of these strange women, he had completely lost his gentlemanly demeanor. Perhaps he would be labeled as shameless. The taste of the nameless cake just now made his eyes light up. He thought in his heart that he would ask the maidservant where she bought the cake later …
When he was planning this in his heart, he suddenly felt something. Looking back, he found that the beautiful maidservant and the women around her were looking at him with strange eyes.
Seeing this, Li Yi couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and was a little surprised in his heart.
Although the cake was indeed delicious, they didn't have to be so distressed, right?
He shook his head and stopped thinking about these things. He turned to look at Xiao Huan and asked with a smile, "How is it? Is the cake delicious?"
The young maidservant's eyes had already turned into crescent moons. To her, the happiest thing was to have such a cake to eat every day.
"So this brother is actually acquainted with Lady Wan and the talented women of the Yun Ying Society. My apologies, my apologies!" At this time, the two scholars who had just come in with Li Yi walked over and looked at Li Yi with envy.
"Who is Lady Wan?"
Hearing this, Li Yi was first stunned, then he asked with some confusion.
He had never even heard of Lady Wan from the Yun Ying Society.
"Brother, don't joke around …" The two looked at Li Yi and spoke with strange expressions.
Before waiting for Li Yi to speak, one of them spoke again, "Although Lady Wan is an outstanding actress, her literary talent is so great that even we cannot compare. Even those famous scholars would not look down on her because of her identity. This brother is acquainted with Lady Wan. This is not a shameful matter, why hide it?"
This time, Li Yi was really a little confused.
The two of them had said so much, but he still did not understand what they were saying. He really did not know this Lady Wan!
As for discriminating against outstanding actresses … how could there be such a thing?
The outstanding actresses of ancient times were equivalent to the actors of the future. The difference was that the status of the two was worlds apart. The latter often enjoyed the treatment of the moon surrounded by the stars, while the former had a lower status. They belonged to the untouchables outside of the scholars, farmers, and merchants. In the eyes of the ancients, their status was even lower than dog shit.
There was an old saying, "Prostitutes are heartless, and entertainers are unjust." The entertainers in this saying referred to outstanding actresses. This showed how much the ancients looked down on this profession.
But what did this have to do with him!
He was a well-educated youth of the new era. His three views were righteous and he advocated equality for everyone. Why did he look down on outstanding actresses?
If it was in the future, they would all be celebrities! They were rare!
"Who is this Lady Wan you are talking about?" Li Yi looked at the two of them and asked sincerely.
This time, it was the two of them who were confused. They pointed at the beautiful servant girl not far away and said, "That is Lady Wan!"
"What?"
Li Yi's eyes widened and he almost blurted out, "Isn't that the servant girl of Drunken Fragrance Brothel?"
"How could Lady Wan be a servant girl? Moreover, aren't the women beside her the talented ladies of Yun Ying Society?" A scholar looked at Li Yi and said with some astonishment.
Li Yi held onto the table beside him and felt a little confused.
So, that person just now wasn't a servant girl here?
That pastry wasn't the restaurant's buffet either. She brought it here herself?
No wonder she and the women around her looked at him so strangely. After all this time, they all knew each other!
In an instant, Li Yi felt his face turn red and he felt unwell.
Even in the future, his skin was not thick enough to ask a stranger for a snack on the street. But just now, he actually did it …
Most importantly, the other party really gave it to him!
He involuntarily raised his head and looked in that direction. Coincidentally, the woman's gaze also looked over. The moment their eyes met, Li Yi's expression was extremely awkward …
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