Happy Little Scholar

"The lady is sleeping. I'll call her."

Xiaocui looked very happy, walked to the yard, asked Li Yi and Lao Fang to sit on the stone bench, turned and walked towards Zeng Zuimo's room.

Li Yi asked in surprise: "Since you slept last night until now?"

Xiao Cui turned around and said, "Miss was designing ready-to-wear styles last night and didn't go to bed until dawn."

Li Yi was startled, then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't call her, let her have a good rest."

"No, I have to call the lady." Xiao Cui shook her head and said firmly.

"Don't worry, let her sleep a little longer." Li Yi shook his head and said, "I'm a little thirsty when I come here. Xiaocui should go and pour twice the tea."

"Okay..., okay." Xiaocui thought for a while and finally nodded.

"well……"

Xiaocui went in to make tea, and Lao Fang shook his head and sighed.

Li Yi glanced at him, "Why are you sighing?"

"Uncle, you don't know why I sigh?"

"Why should I know why you sigh?"

"I know that every time my uncle comes back from the palace and passes by this street, he has to get off the carriage and walk through this alley. I wonder why I sigh?"

Li Yi looked at him and said, "That's because ------, there's a traffic jam on this street."

Lao Fang looked at him and asked seriously: "If the eldest lady cannot have children, uncle, do you plan to continue like this for the rest of your life, just like these few months?"

Li Yi didn't look at him this time and didn't say anything.

Lao Fang looked at him again, sighed, shook his head and said, "I sigh because I can't bear to part with the money. Sooner or later I have to get it back from that man named Wang."

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Xiaocui came out soon, bringing out two cups of hot tea and a plate of hanging flower cake.

Li Yi pinched a piece and put it in his mouth. The taste was still familiar, but he hadn't tasted it for a long time.

How long is it, two months, three months, four months?

Li Yi swallowed the piece of osmanthus cake and asked, "Where is Miss Ruoqing?"

Xiaocui sat down on a stone bench and said, "Sister Ruoqing and Xiaozhu won't be back until very late."

"Take me to the studio to have a look." Li Yi ate two pieces of osmanthus cake, took a sip of tea, stood up and said.

"Oh." Xiao Cui nodded and led him towards the Moon Gate.

"What evil has been done..."

Lao Fang threw a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake into his mouth, looked inside, and shook his head slightly, with a sad expression on his face.

Li Yi has been to this studio many times before, but the layout now is completely different. There are sample pictures hanging on the shelf on one side. It can be seen that the ink has dried not long ago. It should have been painted a few hours ago. OK

Xiaocui pointed to the paintings and said, "These are the ready-to-wear styles that Miss painted last night."

"Don't call your lady yet, let her have a good rest." Li Yi sat down at the table. The brush was in a convenient position. Half of the painting on the table was painted. Li Yi put it aside and started again. A new piece of rice paper was laid out.

"Research on Ancient Chinese Costumes", "Chinese Costume Catalog", "History of Chinese Costumes", "Overview of Costumes in Costume Dramas"...

As for ancient clothes, they come as they look good. There is no need to cater to the trends of this era, because the clothes sold in the ready-to-wear shops in Kyoto are just the trend.

Xiao Cui stood aside and watched. In just half a quarter of an hour, a beautiful dress that she had never seen before appeared on the paper. The expression on her face couldn't help but be stunned.

She blinked and asked curiously: "Mr. Li, what kind of clothes are these?"

"This is called the Fairy Dress with Wide Sleeves." Li Yi said casually, having already laid out a new piece of rice paper.

"I've never heard of it." Xiao Cui thought for a while and said with some doubts.

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it." Li Yi said while drawing: "Speaking of this dress, we have to talk about a legend from a long time ago. It is said that thousands of years ago, there was a country called Jiang State. At that time The Jiang State is facing an attack by the enemy. The war is raging and the lives of all people are in ruins... Solanum Solanum is the princess of the Jiang State. She and her brother Long Yang have lived in the palace since they were young. This fairy dress with wide sleeves is Solanum Kui's favorite dress. …”

"Later, what happened next..." Xiao Cui grabbed her sleeves and asked nervously.

"Later, Prince Longyang died in battle, and the Jiang Kingdom was destroyed. Nightlong Kui blamed herself and regretted her life. She had no hope for life, so she jumped into the flames and sealed her soul in a magic sword..."

"Ah..." Xiao Cui's body trembled, and the tears in her eyes immediately rolled out.

Li Yi swore that he really just wanted to tell a few stories, otherwise it would be too boring to draw here alone. He didn't want to trick the little girl into crying. Although when he first watched "Sword and Sword III", he still missed it because of some plots. As a young boy, he also shed a lot of tears...

"Xiao Cui, what are you doing in the studio?"

A voice sounded from outside the door. Zeng Zuimo walked in from the outside, his voice still a little tired.

Li Yi raised his head and took a look, his mouth wide open in surprise.

Of course, the surprise this time was not because she was not wearing any clothes. In fact, she was wrapped tightly in her pajamas, but her slightly messy hair, a somewhat haggard face, and her bare feet on the wooden floor On the bed, it was obvious that he had just woken up and hadn’t even washed up...

This is the first time Li Yi has seen the goddess of Luoshui like this.

Zeng Zuimo first swept his eyes across Xiao Cui's face, then fixed his gaze on Li Yi. After rubbing his sleepy eyes, he looked at Xiao Cui again. When he spoke again, his voice suddenly became sharp: "Xiao Cui, did he bully you?"

Xiao Cui was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "No, no, miss, you misunderstood. Mr. Li did not bully me. He just told Xiao Cui a story, and Xiao Cui cried by herself..."

...

After a while, Zeng Zuimo looked at her with some dissatisfaction and said: "Isn't it just a made-up story? Is it worth it?"

Xiao Cui took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, handed it over and said: "Miss, you also wipe it..."

"Dead girl..." Zeng Zuimo rolled up his sleeves, and Xiao Cui turned and ran away.

"Come back!"

When she ran to the door, she was stopped by Zeng Zuimo. The goddess of Luoshui looked back at her and said, "Give me the handkerchief."

"Isn't this Li County Lord? How come you have time to come here today?"

Zeng Zuimo sat down opposite Li Yi, picked up the sample he had just drawn, and asked casually, "Are you here to see if we are lazy? Don't worry, Sister Ruoqing and I are worthy of the wages we get every month."

Li Yi didn't say anything, just looked at her straight.

Even if she was looking at the sample, she was a little embarrassed by Li Yi's gaze. She raised her head and asked with some shame and anger, "What are you looking at?"

"Don't you need to wash up... and change clothes?" Li Yi asked tentatively.

Zeng Zuimo looked up at him, then lowered his head to continue looking at the picture, and said, "Rouge and powder are very expensive, I don't want to waste it."

Li Yi suddenly remembered a truth in later generations.

Women can deceive men at will, but they will never waste their cosmetics.

If a woman is too lazy to put on makeup when she sees you------He sighed and suddenly felt a little heartbroken.