"Let's close Gou Lan earlier today. There shouldn't be many guests on New Year's Eve. After a few days of rest after the new year, it's time to start working again."
When she walked out of Goulan again, Li Yi was holding a bunch of things in her arms, most of which were scripts, which she was going to read in Yangliu Lane these days.
Wan Ruoqing shook his head and said: "Tomorrow is the first day of junior high school, so we can take another day off. After the second day of junior high school, there will be more customers. Before the Lantern Festival, we can't be idle. In previous years, the guests for a few days are worth as much as you want." It's been a few months on weekdays."
"Money can never be earned, so it loses the original intention." Li Yi shook his head, and when he was about to speak again, he suddenly threw the stack of books in his hand into the air, leaned over and lifted a man on crutches, The old man who almost fell supported him, and then stretched out his other hand, letting the stack of books fall firmly on his hand.
"Old man, are you alright?" Seeing that the old man stood still, he let go of his hand and asked.
The old man waved his hand, looked him up and down, and said, "Young man, you have good skills..."
Li Yi looked at him, the horizontal wrinkles on his face were like tree bark. From his face, he looked older than his second uncle, and asked in surprise, "I don't know how old the old man is?"
The old man showed a smile on his face like a dead tree, stroked his beard, and said, "This old man is seventy-three this year."
As soon as the old man said this, even Wan Ruoqing, who was at the side, showed surprise on his face.
The average person can live to the age of fifty, which is already considered a long life, and the age of sixty is even rarer, and the person who can live to the age of seventy is already a person like an ancestor, like this old man, so old The ancestors who run outside are even rarer.
Li Yi also knew the meaning of seventy-three in this world, and asked in confusion: "Why is the old man outside alone, where is your family?"
The old man always had a smile on his face, and said: "Hehe, the old man is just bored at home, so he went out for a walk alone."
While speaking, he kept his eyes on the young man in front of him.
Looking at the youngest Hou Ye in Jingguo, Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, known as the number one talented man in Jingguo, Li Yi, who is unparalleled in poetry and prose, and who knows the scriptures, is also the courtier Cui Qingze said.
From the incident just now, he already had a preliminary understanding of him, but it was still too early to draw a final conclusion.
Therefore, there was the scene he just had and the temptation he was about to carry out.
He looked at Li Yi, smiled and said, "You..."
"Hehe, the old man continues to walk around, let's go first, there are many people on the street, the old man remembers to be careful when walking, don't fall down again..."
Li Yi also smiled, looked in a certain direction, turned to look at Wan Ruoqing, and said, "Let's go."
The old man leaned on a cane and stood on the street, looking forward, until the figure of the young man and the woman disappeared, and the opened mouth slowly closed.
A middle-aged man came out from the direction Li Yi glanced at just now, and said with a look of astonishment: "Father, this..."
The old man showed a thoughtful look on his face, and asked after a while: "Is it a little fake what the old man fell just now?"
"ah… "
"Yes or no?"
The middle-aged man nodded and said in a low voice, "Yes..."
…
"It's too fake." Li Yi shook his head and said, "Didn't you notice just now?"
Wan Ruoqing shook her head and said, "No, when I found out, you had already helped that old man up."
Li Yi shook his head and said: "Although the old man is not young, he is very strong, and the crutches can be thrown away. He actually fell down on purpose just now, and ah, there is a person beside him, watching in the dark looking at us, probably his accomplices..."
Although the old man just now was very old, when it comes to acting skills, he may not even be as good as a walk-on. If it were in later generations, he would definitely belong to the type of Pengci who was beaten to death.
A look of doubt appeared on Wan Ruoqing's face, and he said, "Ah, but why did he..."
"You are just too kind-hearted and innocent." Li Yi looked at her and said solemnly: "Nowadays the world is getting worse and people's hearts are not old, and those bad guys have a lot of tricks, just like the old man just now, if he said that he He was knocked down by us, saying that he suffered serious internal injuries, pulled us on the street and refused to let us go, and asked us to pay a large sum of money, what should we do
Besides, he still has an accomplice in the dark, and when the time comes to help him perjure, where are we going to reason? "
"ah?"
An unbelievable expression appeared on Wan Ruoqing's face. She really hadn't thought about it. However, even when an old man like that comes to the government, he still has to sit in front of the hall. Even the county magistrate has to salute and serve him carefully. If you really insist that they are the ones to blame, then...
Recalling the kind-hearted old man just now, she looked at Li Yi and asked uncertainly: "But, the old man just now, doesn't he look like that?"
"Then do you trust him or me?"
"trust you."
"That's right, I won't lie to you." Li Yi nodded in satisfaction, and then warned: "It's a good thing that you are kind-hearted, but you should be more careful in everything, and don't be fooled by some unscrupulous people." People with good intentions cheated..."
Wan Ruoqing nodded obediently and said, "I see..."
…
"Are you really not going there today?"
In Yangliu Lane, inside the small courtyard, Li Yi had confirmed with Zui Mo countless times.
She shook her head and said, "No, I'll stay here with Sister Ruoqing. You don't have to worry about our place being deserted. The sisters in Goulan are all together at night, and the sisters who can't go home from the shop also come here. Livelier than your home."
Li Yi shook his head and corrected, "It's our family."
She glanced at him and repeated, "your family."
Li Yi raised a hand and asked, "Whose house?"
Zeng Zuimo's pretty face flushed, and a strange feeling came from a certain part of his body. This was his usual method when correcting himself. He gave him a blank look and said, "Your family!"
…
"Our family..."
After a few slaps, he leaned into Li Yi's arms blushing, and whispered, "No, don't do this, Sister Ruoqing is still at home."
"She's gone to take a shower, and she won't be able to get out for a while." Li Yi looked around and said, "No one saw her except Xiao Cui who was hiding behind the tree."
"Xiao Cui?" Zeng Zuimo hurriedly came out of Li Yi's arms, holding the hem of his skirt, and ran under the osmanthus tree in the yard.
"Xiao-cui-"
"Ah, miss..."
It didn't take long for the little girl's flustered voice to come, "Miss, I did it on purpose..., ah, no, I did it on purpose..., ah, Mr. Li, help me!"
Li Yi didn't know what Xiaocui was doing when she dragged her into the room. Not long after, Xiaocui ran out with her blushing face covering her butt, and after a while, Zui Mo also came out of the room.
"This is for you." She handed an envelope to Li Yi.
"What is this?" Li Yi asked in surprise, "What are you talking about, you can't say it in person..."
"This... is from Master Zeng." After she finished speaking, she handed him another letter and said, "This is from Mrs. Chen..."