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Li Yue tried to retract her hand, but the youth still did not move. She could only maintain an awkward and polite smile as she spoke to the youth.
"I'm not in a hurry to ask you to repay a debt of gratitude. You don't have to treat yourself so badly.
Let's not talk about this for now. Are you hungry after sleeping for so long?
Do you want to eat something? "
The word "debt" probably touched the youth's heartstrings. He finally let go of the hand that was pinching Li Yue's wrist.
He lifted the blanket and was about to get up. Li Yue hurriedly pressed the youth back onto the bed.
"Hey, hey.
Don't move. You haven't recovered yet. "
"... I can't continue to owe you a debt."
The youth who had just woken up still had a hoarse voice.
His complexion was much better than before.
He didn't dare to use too much force on Li Yue.
He only gently brushed away Li Yue's hand.
It was obvious that he had made up his mind to leave the room.
Seeing Hoodlum stand up in his underwear,
He picked up the iron sword and was about to leave.
Li Yue was so angry that she almost laughed. She sat on the edge of the bed.
She suddenly stopped Hoodlum from stepping out of the door.
"Stop!"
The youth stopped in his tracks. He hesitated for a moment.
Finally, he turned around.
He faced Li Yue with a cold expression.
As soon as she met the youth's gaze,
Li Yue's heart was filled with irritation.
However, when she saw Hoodlum's slightly pale and handsome face, she was filled with anger.
It instantly turned into nothingness. She took a deep breath and remained calm. She raised her chin and looked at the youth. Then, she patted the edge of the bed beside her.
"You don't want to owe a debt, do you?
Come and sit down. Let's settle the score. "
Hoodlum squeezed the sword in his hand. He did not sit beside Li Yue. Instead, he expressionlessly walked in front of the little girl and stood still. His actions carried a sense of stubbornness.
There was already a height difference between the two of them. With one sitting and one standing, the taller one was taller, and the shorter one was shorter. Li Yue could only look up to see Hoodlum's expression clearly. She recalled the image of a rich landlord in a movie she had seen in the past. She simply took off her shoes and jumped onto the bed, looking down at Hoodlum as if she was flying.
"Is this the attitude of someone who wants to repay their debt?
Do you think that if you leave my house now, you can reduce your debt to me?
Do you know how much money I spent to hire a doctor to brew medicine for you while you were unconscious?
Humph!
You owe me so much, and now you want to run away?
Let me tell you, today, whether you are willing or not, you have to stay here obediently and recuperate!
Otherwise, if something happens to you again, who am I going to look for to collect my debt? "
Li Yue spoke to Hoodlum in rapid succession. Hoodlum looked at her without blinking.
When her mouth was dry and she thought that the youth would definitely refuse with silence, the other party suddenly opened his mouth and responded.
"I understand."
Without waiting for Li Yue to say anything else, Hoodlum added another sentence.
"I won't run away before I repay my debt."
"Humph!
Do you think that I … you … "
At first, he was so difficult to communicate with, but now, he was so easy to talk to. Li Yue really did not understand what the youth was thinking. She did not care about anything else. It was fine as long as he could stay obediently.
Thinking of Bai Feifei's previous actions, in order to prevent the youth from changing his mind, Li Yue was not in a hurry to jump off the bed. Instead, she counted with her fingers and settled the score with Hoodlum.
"Hey, let's make this clear first. You owe me money for the medicine, so you have to work to pay off your debt.
In order to ensure that you have enough strength to work, I will provide food and lodging during this period. You will also have to pay for the food and lodging through your hard work.
As for the debt of gratitude, let's count it this way. You owe me two wishes. If I need them in the future, no matter how hard you work, you have to fulfill them for me.
Is this fair enough? "
"… Okay, I promise."
Li Yue let out a long sigh of relief in her heart. She still had that "I'm super fierce" look on her face. She was just about to slowly climb off the bed, but she felt that it would ruin her image. She could only instruct the youth to bring her shoes over and make him turn around.
Hoodlum did as he was told and obediently stood with his back to the little girl.
Li Yue's "negotiation" was successful. She sat on the edge of the bed with a smug expression and slowly put on her shoes. Just as she finished putting on her right foot and was about to put on her left foot, Li Xunhuan suddenly pushed open the door and entered.
After the person who came in third in the examination looked around the room, his expression turned from gentle to strange.
"Just now … what were you guys doing?"
It was no wonder that Tanhua Lang had a strange expression. After all, Hoodlum and Li Yue's current expressions and actions, as well as the messy clothes on the bed, made them look like the scene of a mountain king defiling a good girl.
Of course, the good girl was Hoodlum, and the mountain king was Li Yue.
Coupled with the fact that Li Yue had said something about a "child bride", if it weren't for the fact that they were still young, Li Xunhuan's blood pressure would have increased.
Tanhua Lang restrained himself. In the end, he didn't reprimand Li Yue in front of Hoodlum. He only said coldly to the latter.
"You … come to my study for a moment."
Li Yue's hand that was holding her shoes paused. Her face immediately fell.
Although she had explained to Tanhua Lang what she had done in the study and Li Xunhuan didn't say anything wrong, Li Yue still returned to her room with a small mountain of copybooks.
She originally planned to ask Hoodlum to help her with some of the tasks. However, after the young man came over and wrote a few words, Li Yue immediately gave up on this idea.
The reason was very simple. Not only was the style of the young man's handwriting different from Li Yue's, but it was also better than Li Yue's. It was too easy to be exposed.
The next day, Li Yue went to school as usual. She ordered Hoodlum to stay at home to rest.
During the break, she didn't disturb Zhu Ting who was sleeping on his desk. Instead, she thought about Hoodlum's future.
With the young man's current age, it wasn't suitable for him to go to school with her. According to his personality, he didn't like to be involved with others. Li Yue thought about it and remembered the scene when they met in front of the tavern during the New Year.
As soon as she got home after school, Li Yue went to the backyard and grabbed the little fox that was burrowing all over the ground like a groundhog. When she slipped into the front yard, she immediately saw the youth holding his sword in deep thought under the plum tree. She suddenly had the idea of teasing the youth, so she tiptoed behind the youth in an attempt to scare him.
Hoodlum was used to living in the wilderness and was very alert. When Li Yue stepped into the front yard, he had already heard the little girl's movements. When Li Yue suddenly jumped out from behind him with the little fox, he didn't even bat an eyelid.
Li Yue put the squeaking little fox into Hoodlum's arms with disappointment and put her hands behind her head.
"Hey, Mao Mao has always been taken care of by Uncle Tie, but Uncle Tie has been busy recently and has no time to take care of it. The others also don't have the experience of taking care of foxes, so your first job is to take care of Mao Mao. Don't let it destroy the plants in the yard and don't let it escape from the backyard. Do you understand?"
The young man nodded and skillfully changed his position so that the little fox was nestled in his arms.
After arranging Hoodlum's work and the Long Dragon's matters, Li Yue stretched and turned around to look for Tie Chuanjia.
During the rest day, the children of the same age were playing and playing. Li Yue sat on the Long Dragon's high chair with one hand supporting her chin as she listened to the local ruffians and gangsters report their work.
After the Long Dragon announced that they wouldn't enforce the collection of protection fees, not many people were willing to pay the higher security fees even though the gang members repeatedly promoted it. Many of the vendors still held onto the protection fees and begged the local ruffians to lower their fees.
Among the people who paid the security fees, Li Yue knew without thinking that most of them didn't want to offend the local tyrant, the Long Dragon. They weren't willing to hire the Long Dragon's security personnel.
Wang Sanqian, who was in charge of security and related matters, directly said that the gang's income had plummeted this month and asked for punishment. Li Yue didn't respond and just waved her hand to let him continue to wait.
He Lao Er, who was in charge of the sales of soap, had a happy expression and confidently reported the income of this month to Li Yue. Wang Sanqian, who was on the side, had a bitter expression on his face.
These days, people mostly used soap and charcoal to clean their clothes. They also only used hot water when bathing. Only high officials and nobles could afford to use soap.
The cost of soap was higher than soap, and the cheaper soap was not as clean as soap. In addition, Li Yue had Zhu Ting made a large number of templates with different shapes and some natural dyes. They could completely satisfy the different needs of the residents of Shuo Zhou City.
The location of the soap shop was near Xi City. The shop was under Li Yue's control. Before the official opening, Li Yue had the gang members cut the soap into small pieces and distributed them to the passers-by on the streets. Under the guidance of Uncle Fu, she also gave a few gifts to several government officials in Shuo Zhou City.
Although the residents of the city had doubts, they quickly discovered the advantages of the soap after trying it out. Therefore, on the opening day, there were still people lining up to buy it.
In addition, with the help of the Li Family's caravan, the business of the soap shop was exceptionally good. It was quite a bit of demand.
He Lao Er hurriedly hoped that Li Yue would allow him to expand the production of soap. Li Yue did not agree. She was not concerned about the scarcity of soap, but she felt that the gang members did not have enough manpower. Just making the soap had already used up a lot of manpower. The business also needed a lot of people to sell it. If it was not for the fact that the security had not been fully developed, the gang would definitely lack people to patrol and guard.
The prosperity of the business naturally made others jealous. If one gang was the only gang, it would attract even more jealousy and hatred. It was not uncommon for people to come looking for trouble, or secretly tamper with the soap's secret formula.
Li Yue had thought of this long ago. After she became the gang leader, she had already cleaned up a wave of people in the gang.
Therefore, the people in the gang who knew about the raw materials of soap were all reliable old gang members. They had already been beaten into submission by Tie Chuanjia. Later on, when the business of the soap shop started, they would invest in it and get a share of the profits.
With a stable income, coupled with Tie Chuanjia's occasional "guidance" to the young men in the gang, there were very few people who had thoughts that they should not have.
Even if there were people who had ulterior motives, they would consider their own weight again and again to see if they had the life to earn money.
In a short period of time, they could not find a breakthrough from the Long Dragon Gang members. Some people simply spent money to hire thieves to try to steal the secret formula.
Although they were all in the underworld, different professions were like different mountains. If it was not for Tie Chuanjia who happened to be guarding the main hall that day, the thieves would have succeeded.
Although Tie Chuanjia caught the thief, he did not beat him ruthlessly because the thief was a child who looked only a few years older than Li Yue.
Li Yue looked at the pitiful appearance of the child lying on the ground and felt her heart soften. However, she was very clear-headed. She only asked the gang members to lock the child in the firewood shed and did not directly let him go.
The child had been starving in the woodshed for two days and had become much more well-behaved. His eyes were no longer rolling around and looking around randomly like before. However, when Li Yue asked him who had instructed him to do so, the child spouted some nonsense and refused to tell the truth.
The young men in the gang were so angry that they wanted to beat the child. Li Yue shook her head and signaled them to let him go.
The child was also very clever. After he left, he did not directly go back to the place where he lived. Instead, he hid in the streets and alleys for a few nights. In the morning, he sneaked back to a broken courtyard.
When Li Yue and the Hoodlum were buying snacks in the downtown area, she saw the child again. However, he was not as healthy as he was when he went to steal things. He was lame with one leg and a broken arm. He was lying on the side of the street with a foul smell all over his body. He kept kowtowing to the people who came and went.
When the child was at the Changlong Gang Headquarters, he did not carefully look at Li Yue's face. Therefore, he did not recognize Li Yue. When he saw the little girl come over, he also kowtowed to Li Yue for alms.
Looking at the child who could be said to be unrecognizable, Li Yue's heart suddenly jumped. She had long heard people say that in ancient times, there was a vicious and vicious method called plucking and cutting. However, she did not expect that she would personally encounter it this time.
Plucking and cutting was to artificially create monsters or cripples and make these cripples beg on the streets. They took advantage of people's sympathy to collect money.
Li Yue thought that the child would at most be beaten after failing his mission. However, she did not expect that the person behind the child would be so ruthless.
She did not dare to stay in the same place for too long. She was afraid that the person who was watching the child would find out. She pulled the Hoodlum's hand and gritted her teeth as she flew back home.
Hoodlum's swordsmanship had already reached a small level. However, because she did not know the opponent's methods, Li Yue still chose to find Li Xunhuan.
When Tanhua Lang was an official, he had also heard of such practices. He had seen even more terrifying methods in the jianghu, and his heart was filled with disgust.
Therefore, when the child packed up his stall and went back home, there was an expert in the jianghu who had excellent lightness skills behind him.
With Li Xunhuan's help, the person behind the child's begging was also successfully caught. Li Yue followed the clues and led the Long Dragon Gang members directly to these people's hometown. Naturally, she also found the person who stole the soap recipe.
She found the person, but because there was no obvious evidence, she could not directly make a move. She could only secretly remember the person's name.
"You are trying to make your mother happy again. What Jiangnan Water Village, you can only bring a little girl from the countryside who hasn't even grown hair yet. When did you not boast that she is the only one in the world? This time, I'm afraid she is also — — Ah — — which rich family did you kidnap her from? She looks so handsome, but she is a bit dull. No wonder you didn't sell her to Kaifeng Prefecture and sold her to the border."
"Hehe, mother has wronged me. Look, the little girl's slave contract is still in my arms.
I only thought of mother, that's why I brought this girl to the border. "
"Oh ~ You are so talkative. Tell me, how much money do you want to extort from me?"
"The price, no problem, no problem. I just need to trouble mother to help me make some connections … …"
The human trafficker and the brothel madam flirted with each other while discussing the price of the little girls who were sold as goods. They completely ignored the fact that after a long period of travel and hunger, the little girls who were huddled together in the cold wind were shivering.
As for the one with the highest value among the little girls, although her clothes were ragged and her face was covered in dust like the others, she still couldn't hide her beauty. It was a pity that she was still young, and her eyes were lifeless and her expression was dull. She lived like a fool standing alone in the cold outside the crowd. It was inevitable that people would wring their hands and sigh.
The brothel madam and the trafficker discussed the price for a long time before they finally settled on the price. The other girls were all taken away by the ugly and ferocious women in the brothel. Only the most beautiful girl was brought to the boudoir by the madam, where she personally washed up and dressed up.
After the little girl changed into a new set of clothes, the madam's eyes lit up as she patted the little girl's head. It was as if she saw a sea of gold and silver:
"Jiaojiao, you were born with such a good appearance, it's fine even if you are a little foolish.
The people at the border are all rough people, they don't care about poetry or talent. It's best if they can serve their customers well.
You eat well, mother has the best cook in the brothel to teach you.
In a few years, when I give you a prostitute, mother will choose a good tempered one for you ~ "
The little girl sat motionless on the bed, letting the madam talk to herself as she imagined her future life of earning a lot of money. In a place where the madam couldn't see, she rolled her eyes and cursed the madam's family in her heart.
This seemingly foolish and pitiful little girl was naturally not truly foolish, but she was indeed pitiful. She was born into a poor family. When she was five years old, both her parents died and she had no other relatives. Seeing that she was about to wander the streets, the kind female neighbor next door took her in.
The female neighbor was a kind person. Originally, she wanted to keep the little girl as a child bride for her infant son. Unfortunately, her husband was not a good person. He had a bad temper and was addicted to gambling. One day, he was chased by debt collectors. The female neighbor and the baby were both bedridden. The man had already lost all the valuables in the house. He really couldn't take out anything to repay the debt, so he decided to use the little girl as payment.
At that time, the little girl's face was covered in dirt and it was impossible to see her appearance. The people of the casino simply let the human trafficker take her away.
The human trafficker was very smart. He felt the little girl's bones and measured her age. Then, he quietly mixed her in with the other girls who were sold to repay the debt and took them away from the town.
On the way to the border, the human trafficker never gave the children enough food to prevent them from having the strength to escape.
However, among the children, there was still one who was older and more daring. He stole money from the human trafficker and secretly stole food from the other children. He saved up food and was preparing to escape. His actions naturally didn't escape the attention of the other children. In the end, on the night of his escape, he was exposed by another child.
The enraged human trafficker caught him on the spot and beat him to death in front of all the other children.
Many children were so scared that they lost control of their bowels on the spot. The little girl fainted because of her weak body. When she opened her eyes again, the little girl had become Li Yue, who was exhausted from working overtime and missed a step when she went down the stairs.
Suddenly, she realized that she had changed from a 1.8 meter tall adult to a child who was less than a meter tall. Moreover, she was mixed in with a group of ancient people who were no different from beggars. Li Yue was completely dumbfounded. This made the human trafficker, who thought that he had scared the valuable girl silly, feel very regretful. The human trafficker was afraid that Li Yue would have some problems again. Every time, he would let Li Yue eat until she was half full.
Ever since she came to this dynasty that she had never heard of before, it took Li Yue a whole day just to sort out her thoughts. At the same time, she also planned her escape route. The software was in place, but the hardware wasn't good enough. Li Yue touched her thin and weak body and could only temporarily give up on the escape plan.
When she finally regained some weight, Li Yue barely had the ability to escape. However, before she could officially carry out her escape plan, the human trafficker had already sold her to the brothel's madam.
The madam wanted to make Li Yue into the future Courtesan of the brothel. She raised her in a high-rise building and gave her luxurious food and clothes every day. She even hired people to teach her the four arts.
Apart from not being able to go out and only being able to look at the outside world through the window, Li Yue's life was already better than most people in this town. However, when she thought that her current life was equivalent to overdrawing her credit card and that she would have to sell her body to pay off her debt, Li Yue's thoughts of escaping became more and more fervent every day.
Most of the brothel's workers stayed in the day and went out at night. Only the guards and the women who worked the door worked in shifts. There were people on duty 24 hours a day. Li Yue's bedroom door was guarded by two burly women who worked the door.
Therefore, Li Yue first eliminated the idea of escaping through the front door.
There were only two options left. One was to jump onto the roof of the house next door and escape. Li Yue looked at her thin arms and legs and chose to give up without hesitation. The other option was to tie the curtains and bedsheets together to make a long rope and slide down from the window. Fortunately, Li Yue lived on the third floor. This plan was the easiest to carry out in all aspects.
The last thing to consider was the time to escape. Li Yue chose the time when the brothel was closed.
This was the time when the guards on duty were the most sleepy and only wanted to go home to rest. Their attention and vigilance were greatly reduced.
The guards at the door had misty eyes and were yawning non-stop. Li Yue took the opportunity to find the dog hole in the corner and quietly climbed out of the brothel.
After leaving the brothel, the first thing Li Yue did was to throw the hairpin given to her by the brothel next door. Then, in a spurt of energy, she ran to the inn two streets away. She didn't directly enter the inn's entrance. Instead, she went around the stable and squeezed into a carriage.
Li Yue's current body was too young. Just doing these things took up most of her energy. After squeezing into the carriage, she casually found some debris to cover herself. Then, she draped the carriage owner's coat over her body and simply fell asleep.
The next thing Li Yue woke up was the jolting of the carriage. She rubbed her eyes and raised her head. She was stunned to see a pair of eyes that were as gentle as a summer lake.
Li Yue: I don't want this kind of physical education class. Thank you.
If you want to practice external martial arts, the horse stance is one of the basic skills. If you want to practice internal martial arts, you must first familiarize yourself with the body's meridians and acupoints.
Li Yue completed the latter task very easily. However, when it was time for Li Xunhuan to formally teach her the internal martial arts formula, Li Yue directly collapsed. There was no other reason. The internal martial arts formula that Li Xunhuan gave her, she understood every single word. However, when put together, she was stunned to find that she couldn't understand what it meant.
Tanhua Lang saw the little girl frowning all day long. He thought for a moment and helped her pinch her bone structure. He was prepared to explain it to the little girl from other aspects.
After he finished pinching her bone structure, facing Li Yue's expectant eyes, Li Xunhuan was silent for a long time. Then, he gave four words: Hard work can make up for lack of talent.
Damn, there was no way to live like this!
Although he knew from Li Xunhuan that he had no hope of becoming a martial arts master in this life, whether it was Li Xunhuan or Li Yue, he still didn't plan to give up.
First, the martial arts world was still too dangerous for ordinary people. The slightest negligence could cause them to fall into a dangerous situation. Second, the Blue Dragon Society's current movements were unknown. It was hard to guarantee that they wouldn't send people to kidnap Li Yue again. Third, practicing martial arts could strengthen the body. Ever since she smelled the smell of Chinese medicine in the Taoist temple, Li Yue had engraved it in her heart. No matter what, she didn't dare to harm her health. Illness and injury might not kill her, but to her, taking medicine was equivalent to suicide.
After Li Yue returned to school, the four "School Tyrants" didn't find trouble with her anymore. Sometimes, when they met halfway, they would take the initiative to make way for her. It was obvious that they had been severely punished at home.
Knowing that the "School Tyrants" didn't have a good life at home, Li Yue was relieved.
From the day she returned to school, Li Yue had two more "friends" who were around her age. One was called Lu San Egg, and the other was called Zhu Er. They were the two children who reported to the old teacher at school that day. They were also the ones who were relatively less childish in school. Li Yue could more or less talk to them.
After being together for a long time, Li Yue found that not only were her friends more bearish than her, but they were also more skillful with their hands. Lu San Egg's reaction was quick and his mind was clear. Zhu Er was even self-taught and made many mechanical props. Li Yue didn't doubt that if he was given a blueprint and wasn't limited by materials, he could really make a Gundam with his bare hands.
However, Zhu Er had never been like Lu San Egg who liked to be in the limelight. Although he followed Lu San Egg and caused trouble, his life's joy was only in studying mechanical props. Therefore, others only thought of him as an ordinary chubby boy.
After the three of them became friends, the one who had the most headaches was the old teacher at school.
Originally, Lu San Egg and Zhu Er were two troublemakers who caused trouble in school all day long. At first, the old teacher thought that if they stayed with Li Yue, they would slowly learn to behave. In the end, the good student was dragged into the water and became the new Little Tyrant of the school. The three-person group's destructive power was more than ten times that of the two-person group.
Moreover, ever since Li Yue helped to clean up the mess, the old teacher knew that many things were done by the three-person group, but he couldn't pull them out to educate them because he couldn't find any evidence of them doing bad things.
Because of this, the old teacher's hair became thinner and thinner.
One day, when Li Xunhuan came to pick up Li Yue, he was surprised to hear a group of children shouting "Boss". Then, they uniformly bowed to Li Yue. Li Yue even waved her hand and dismissed them like a gangster. She didn't feel that she had done anything wrong.
Tanhua Lang silently held his forehead in the car and began to reflect on whether he had done something wrong in his education.
Of course, there was no problem. The problem was that Li Yue was a fake child.
Previously, when they were in the Taoist temple, the current owner of Wuzheng Mountain Villa invited Li Xunhuan and Li Yue to Wuzheng Mountain Villa as guests through his housekeeper.
Tanhua Lang naturally wanted to take Li Yue to visit this martial arts master who was indifferent to fame and fortune. However, Wuzheng Mountain Villa was located in Taiyuan, and Taiyuan was inside Guannei. If he went there, he would violate Li Xunhuan's oath. He pondered for a long time and could only write a letter to apologize to the original owner. He also included two bottles of refined distilled wine in the letter.
Two months later, Li Xunhuan received the original owner's gift in return. There was a thin envelope that was clearly addressed to Li Yue.
When Li Yue first heard this, she was still a bit confused. She roughly tore open the envelope and unfolded the letter. Only when she saw the signature at the end of the letter did she remember that there was someone called Yuan Suiyun.
The content of the letter was not long, and the content was also very ordinary. Yuan Suiyun simply passed on her greetings to Li Yue and tactfully expressed that she was looking forward to Li Yue coming to Taiyuan as a guest.
What was unusual was that this letter was completely written by Yuan Suiyun alone. Every stroke on the letter was incomparably clear, and the handwriting was also quite personal.
Realizing that her handwriting was not even as good as a blind person's, Li Yue felt a bit ashamed in her heart. However, at the same time, she was somewhat glad that Yuan Suiyun could not see her dog-like handwriting. She did not have to suffer the same mental impact as Li Xunhuan.
The Blue Dragon Society's movements were still unclear. Tanhua Lang, for some reason, would not enter the Pass for at least a few years. Tie Chuanjia would definitely follow Tanhua Lang. Li Yue definitely could not go to Taiyuan by herself.
Thinking of this, Li Yue bit the end of her pen and pondered over how to reply to Yuan Suiyun. However, before replying, she might be able to fiddle with something else.
When she went to school again, Li Yue found Zhu Er.
She had inquired from Uncle Fu and also asked the Li family's caravans that traveled between the Pass and the Central Plains. They had never heard of movable type printing, so Li Yue felt relieved and boldly explained the general shape and concept to Zhu Er. She even gave Zhu Er a bag of silver as a sponsorship fee.
With the sponsorship of his financial backer, even if Zhu Er was not very interested in movable type printing, he still neglected sleep and food to study it.
Before the movable type printing template officially appeared, Zhu Er first made Li Yue a letterpress typewriter that she needed the most. Limited by age and materials, the typewriter was somewhat rough. However, for Li Yue, it was already a huge surprise.
With the existence of this typewriter, when the messenger returned from Shuozhou to Wuzheng Mountain Villa, he brought a wooden box of letter paper to Yuan Suiyun.
Before opening it, Yuan Suiyun was still puzzled. What did Li Yue write that could actually use so much letter paper? When she touched the letter paper, Yuan Suiyun's initial surprise turned into joy.
The first two pages of the letter were nothing more than ordinary greetings and interesting events in Shuozhou City. At the back, there was a large stack of Three Kingdoms stories. Just looking at the content, there was nothing strange. What was strange was that every word was clearly protruded.
Yuan Suiyun did not need to rely on other people's eyes and mouths. Without any hindrance, she "read" all the content. She put down the letter paper and was silent for a long time in the study. Then, she laughed from the bottom of her heart.
In Shuozhou City, Zhu Er encountered some problems in his research on movable type printing. She did not know if it was because of the climate or the materials, but the clay type that Zhu Er made easily cracked. After more than a month, this problem still had not been solved. The three people who were affected by it did not even have the mood to cause trouble in school.
The three people in the group were all children and did not have the means to find more suitable materials. Li Yue thought about it and still chose to ask Uncle Fu for help.
Coincidentally, Li Xunhuan passed by the hall and heard the conversation between the old and the young. Although he did not have a business mind, from the perspective of a scholar, he was keenly aware of the value of movable type printing.
Tanhua Lang gave up the idea of going to the pub to drink and personally took Li Yue out to find her friends.
Zhu Er's house was in the west of Shuozhou City. All the people who lived there were ordinary people. The alley was narrow and deep, and it was inconvenient for a carriage to go in. Li Yue did not let Tie Chuanjia carry her. She dragged Li Xunhuan and ran directly inside. The two people with outstanding appearance and well-dressed attracted the attention of the people in the alley.
When they arrived at Zhu Er's house, the surrounding neighbors all ran out to see what was going on.
Zhu Er, who was a technical nerd, had a headache dealing with other people. When he saw the crowd in front of his house, he almost did not dare to open the door for Li Yue. Fortunately, Lu San Egg cleverly played a prank in the circle of onlookers and successfully attracted the attention of the crowd.
They could not stay at home. Zhu Er dejectedly followed Li Yue outside. When they walked out of the alley, Lu San Egg was already waiting on the carriage and waving at the three people.
After everyone got on the carriage, Tie Chuanjia swung the whip and drove to the west side of the market.
Shuozhou City had two markets, the east side and the west side. The east side was under the jurisdiction of the government. The merchants who sold there had paid the government money. There were many goods sold, and the price did not fluctuate much. The west side of the market was a place where people traded with each other. There were many herdsmen and merchants from the west side of the border who also set up stalls to do business. The goods sold were complicated and messy, and there were often strange things. The price also fluctuated, and everything depended on luck.
In such a place where good and bad people mixed together, it was naturally quite inconvenient for the government to manage. Therefore, there were often cases of peddlers and tourists being robbed on the street. Ordinary people who came to buy and sell goods had to be careful.
Li Yue did not panic at all in the west side of the market. Behind her was the top martial arts master, Li Xunhuan, and Tie Chuanjia, who had a curly beard and a ferocious face and did not look like a good person.
People in the underworld were all greedy for money, and their eyes were very cunning. No one would take things too hard and challenge themselves under the eyes of these two people.
Her friends went to look for suitable materials. Li Yue was not a professional, and did not intend to point out what to do. She looked around to join in the fun, and inadvertently noticed a strange stall at the corner of the west side of the market.
The stall sold common wild animals such as wild rabbits and pheasants. Their fur was intact, and there were no obvious wounds.
Behind the stall stood a boy who was only eleven or twelve years old. He was wearing a dark old shirt, and his messy hair did not cover the sharp corners of his eyes. He looked at the people coming and going with a cold expression.
Across the noisy street, the boy sharply raised his eyes and directly met Li Yue's gaze.
"Young Master, there is still a long way to go, and there is not enough time left to return to the border. I am clumsy, and it is not enough for me to take care of Young Master alone. Why don't we keep this child and take care of him? If Young Master feels that it is not appropriate, we can go to a place with people and find a suitable family to take care of this child. It is not too late."
The Bearded Man's words were very pleasant to hear. After all, Li Yue was a girl who was of unknown birth and could not do much. On the contrary, the person who took in the child had to spend a lot of effort to take care of the child. Ordinary people would definitely abandon her when they reached the border.
Therefore, as soon as the man finished speaking, Li Yue hurriedly began to promote herself.
"I have no relatives in this world, and I don't eat much, so it is very easy to take care of me. Not only can I read, but I also know how to calculate. So, can I trouble you to take me in for the time being?
I will work hard and make you feel that it is worth it. "
She did not know which sentence moved the young master. He finally put down the wine jar in his hand and carefully sized up Li Yue. He let out a low sigh from the depths of his heart.
"I am a hopeless person, so why would I dislike others? If you are willing, then stay. If you want to leave one day, you don't have to tell me."
After saying this, the young master's lips curved into a bitter smile. He raised the wine jar again and drank. His whole body was once again enveloped by the aura of defeat, and he was forcibly separated from the world.
Li Yue did not like to see people drowning their sorrows in alcohol. She originally wanted to say a few words of advice to the young master, but when the words reached her mouth, she swallowed them back down.
The atmosphere in the carriage was too depressing. Li Yue had the idea of sitting outside and looking at the scenery along the way. However, as soon as she lifted the curtain, the cold wind that came into her face made her sneeze.