Although Li Mingzhu, who is in her early thirties, has given birth to a daughter, she is well-maintained in the Domain Lord's Mansion. She looks as young and beautiful as Li Hongxiu, and her every move and smile is charming.
He took the tea brought by his sister, took a sip, lightly opened his lips, and said: "You also know that there are a lot of distances in the Territory Lord's Mansion. In addition, this summer is much hotter than in previous years. I think Fengyun City is close to Tianshan Mountain. If you're cooler than me, come here with Yu'er to get away. My sister won't dislike my mother-in-law, right?"
"What are you talking about? You can live in this building as long as you want, Yu'er, don't you think so?" Li Hongxiu rolled her eyes at her sister.
Dongfang Yu'er replied while eating watermelon: "Yes, my aunt is the best to Yu'er. I will live at my aunt's house from now on and will not come back."
"Be careful if your father hears this, he will punish you for endorsing it." After saying that, Li Mingzhu took out a scroll from his hand and handed it to Li Hongxiu.
"The last time you asked the plum painter in the Imperial City to paint your portrait, it took almost two years to complete it. It was really difficult for her. Are you satisfied with it after taking a look?"
Li Hongxiu took the scroll, called Xiao Hong to join him, and unfolded it on the desk in the flower hall.
When opened, the picture is two feet wide and five feet long. In the painting, Li Hongxiu is wearing a white dress, with red lips and white teeth. She stands under the apricot tree, frowning slightly and staring into the distance. The apricot blossoms are falling in spring. If you look carefully, it seems that the person in the painting is also looking at you. It is really charming, not in the words.
The canvas is made of the best silk from the Dongxuan region, with crochet and coloring, and is rich and skillful. The original boneless painting method uses color to dye the figure's form and charm, and the expression is exquisite, fresh and refined.
Li Hongxiu was full of joy and said hello repeatedly. Xiao Hong was stunned and said, "Master, is this you? As beautiful as a fairy in the sky."
Dongfang Yuer came over to join in the fun, pulled Li Hongxiu and said, "My aunt is more beautiful than my mother. I want to draw one when I grow up."
It made everyone in the room laugh.
Li Mingzhu glared at her daughter and said, "What do you mean by your mother? I don't want you anymore, give it to my aunt."
After he finished, he pulled Li Hongxiu, pointed to the upper left corner of the canvas and said: "Mr. Mei said that although the painting is finished, he doesn't know what sentence to write on it. He wrote it randomly because I was afraid you wouldn't like it, so I left it blank and you can fill it in yourself." superior."
Li Hongxiu gently stroked the canvas, thinking of the two sentences written by Li Ye:
The chaotic wind blows away the wind and clouds
The returning bird is frightened and flies into red sleeves
He thought to himself: This blank space needs to be filled in by Li Ye.
This woman's brain is better than that of a man. In the blink of an eye, Li Hongxiu asked Xiaohong to say something: The owner of Hongxiu has a painting and offers a reward to the literary talents in Fengyun City to inscribe a poem on the painting. No matter men, women, old or young, anyone in the city can submit the poem to Hongxiu Tower. If the poster is satisfied with it, he will be thanked five hundred gold coins once it is adopted.
It should be noted that in Fengyun City, copper coins are used to buy food and rice. A family of three can only survive on ten gold coins a year. For a time, the Red Sleeve Master stirred up Fengyun City again. Men of letters, young and old men, and girls from all families were all thinking hard about how to write a poem to earn the five hundred gold coins.
The harsh summer sun could not stop the people's determination to make money. The noisy carriages and horses rushed to the Red Sleeve Tower, and the Hualala crowd rushed to the Red Sleeve Tower.
I want to offer poems, I want to offer poems.
On East Street, where three carriages can walk side by side, the outside of Hongxiu Building was blocked by enthusiastic people. They all said that they wrote the best poems and wanted to go in to see the owner of Hongxiu Building.
This frightened Li Hongxiu, and he quickly ordered Xiaohong that no one should enter the building. They lined up at the door, submitted poetry registrations, and waited for notification. Only customers who have spent money are allowed to enter the building. Just like that, they also queue up. They spend money and have to be called.
Li Mingzhu looked at her sister and smiled, "You are cruel." The money for writing poems has not been spent yet, and the gold coins spent have come. This sister really knows how to make money, unlike me, who only knows how to spend money.
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After talking about Li Hongxiu, let’s talk about the General’s Mansion.
The young lady in the General's Mansion is eight years old and has grown taller.
After being hit by Li Ye, I practiced with the iron lock in the garden of the mansion that day.
After returning from Li Ye's house, the young lady wanted to practice physical training. There was no suitable small armor for her in the general's mansion, so she had to practice with the iron locks in the mansion. With some determination, I have made great progress. I could lift fifty kilograms at the beginning, and now I can lift seventy kilograms.
I saw her little hands constantly lifting up and down, she was so tired that she didn't need them anymore.
The general, his wife and Xu Jingyun were drinking tea in the garden pavilion of the mansion. Looking at the young lady sweating profusely, the mother-in-law felt extremely distressed. He told the general: "Wushuang has been practicing for an hour. It's so hot. Let's ask her to come over for a sip of herbal tea and take a rest."
The general glared and said, "This is hard. Didn't you say that boy Li Ye is practicing in iron armor?"
"That's a boy, how can Wushuang compare with him?" Madam was unhappy. He raised his teacup and glanced at Xu Jingyun.
Xu Jingyun thought to herself that you feel sorry for your daughter, and I also feel sorry for my disciple. He leaned up half his body, waved to the young lady, and said: "Wushuang, come back!"
As soon as the young lady heard the master calling her, she stopped her work, put down the iron chain, and trotted over.
I saw a red shadow, and with a whoosh, it entered the pavilion. A pair of small hands hugged Xu Jingyun from behind. "Master still feels sorry for his disciple. Hey, he is so tired!" "
Master Jingyun covered his mouth and smiled.
The general also smiled and poured tea for the young lady. "Sit down for a while first, then drink. You wrongly blamed your mother. It was she who asked your master to call you back."
The general's wife pretended to be angry and turned her face away.
The young lady hugged the master with one hand and held the tea cup with the other. She screamed: "I know, I know, mother is so stingy." She took a sip of tea and turned around to pester Lin Yueru.
The general's wife hugged the little sister and felt that her body was covered with sweat. She said distressedly: "This body is covered with sweat and is soaked to the skin! Go back to the room to wash yourself and change into clean clothes." After saying this, she took the little sister with her. Sister leaves.
The young lady quickly held her mother down, waved her little hands, and ran away with a gust of wind.
"Okay, I can wash it myself, and you can chat with father and master!"
Xu Jingyun smiled softly, looked at the young lady walking away and said, "This wild girl. I told her to walk well like Li Ye, but she forgot about it in less than two days."
The general looked at the two women with confusion. "What does this have to do with that boy Li Ye?"
The general's wife glanced at Master Jing and told the general that Li Ye was not only learning the piano from the gentleman who ran the Zizhuyuan, but also practiced martial arts. She usually wore sixty kilograms of black iron armor and never took it off even when sleeping. .
He also practiced Buddhism with the Kuchan monk from the Great Buddha Temple. Not only did he wear iron armor, but he also had an iron bowl weighing about 20 kilograms holding water on his head all day long.
When the general heard this, he was shocked and slapped his hand on the tea table, frightening the two women.
"This kid is so cruel to himself. The armor of the soldiers in our army only weighs less than 40 pounds." The general was really excited. "Last time at the city lord's house, I thought he could just recite poetry and write. It seems that he will surpass Wushuang in the future."
The general thought to himself, if my soldiers train themselves like Li Ye, they must be a group of tigers and wolves.
"I'm going to take this kid to the military camp another day and let those bastards see: the armor on a six-year-old child is heavier than theirs."
Master Jingyun picked up the cup, put it down to his mouth, and said, "It's OK for boys to train muscles horizontally, but it's not suitable for Wushuang. When I have time, I'll ask the gentleman at Zizhuyuan to see if I can find someone suitable for Wushuang training." exercises."
The general's wife heard that it was good. "Call me when you go, and we will go together. I also want to meet Li Ye's husband. It is said that he was once the national counselor of the imperial city."
The general smiled and said: "If sir is willing, it would be okay to invite the master and apprentice to the general's residence for dinner."
Xu Jing went to nod in agreement. This is okay.
The general's wife lowered her head and pondered, looked at her husband, then at Master Jingyun, and said slowly: "You said that Li Ye was so good when he was a child. He will definitely be great when he grows up."
"Last year, Wushuang was still clamoring to marry him when she grew up. How about going to the academy to talk to Mrs. Li and Ye Zhiqiu sometime?"
The general did not reply immediately, but looked at Xu Jingyun and said, "Master Xu, you are Wushuang's master, and you are also half of her parents. What do you think of Li Ye?"
"Master Xu, remember that I went to the academy with you last time. Li Zhen is an excellent child. We have to book him first, so as not to rush him away that day!" General Ye's wife looked at him expectantly. Xu Jingyun.
Xu Jingyun smiled, looked at the anxious couple, and said, "Li Ye is indeed a very good kid, and I like him too. Although Wushuang had some unpleasantness with him last year, it was only a child's matter. We don't know each other even if we don't fight each other. , but it saves our Lalang Pei."
"If Master Li and Mrs. Ye from the academy don't object, the two children probably won't say anything and can settle the matter first. When they grow up, they will also have a guarantee and will not leave each other easily."
"It's just that Wushuang's talent is good. In a few years, when she gets older, I will have to take her to the sect to practice. After all, the sect's training conditions are much better than here, and it will be good for Wushuang."
Speaking of this, Xu Jingyun had a tender look on her face, stroking the tea cup in her hand, and said softly: "This young man who looks like a flower is really enviable."
The couple was stunned for a moment after hearing this, thinking that this beautiful master was still single.
The three of them were speechless for a moment, each with their own thoughts.
For a moment, all I could hear was the chirping of cicadas all over the garden, which turned the leaves yellow and broke my heart.
When the three of them were relatively speechless, sitting quietly in a daze, the young lady took a shower, changed her clothes, gnawed a pear in her hand, and came all the way over.
"Big news: Sister Li from Hongxiu Tower hung 500 gold coins in the city and wrote poems for her paintings. People in the city went crazy and all rushed to the Hongxiu Tower to queue up!" Before anyone arrived, the voice came first. Come in.
All three of them were delighted that the pistachio had arrived.
The general's wife smiled and said, "Li Hongxiu is looking for someone to write poems. What's the matter with you? I see how anxious you are." After saying that, she wanted to win over the young lady.
The young lady was gnawing on a pear with one hand and hugging the general's wife with the other. She felt anxious and blurted out: "Isn't that boy Li Ye good at writing poems? Didn't he write this at the last banquet at the City Lord's Mansion: The turbulent wind blows away the apricots, and the returning birds are frightened and fly away with red sleeves and rouge!"
Xu Jingyun smiled after hearing this and looked at the general's wife. "Come on, you don't need to make excuses, Wushuang thought of a way on his own!"
The general laughed and thought: My daughter is still smart.
The general's wife looked at the young lady and couldn't laugh or cry. She thought to herself that it was all just a coincidence.
The young lady doesn't know what these three people are thinking, they only care about their own thoughts. "I have to tell Li Ye to write a poem that Sister Li likes. I got five hundred gold coins and I will share it with him."
When the three of them heard this, they laughed so much that the two women's branches trembled with laughter, and the general spurted a sip of tea from his mouth, startling the cicadas on the tree.
