"Can't write it?"
Ye Ming tilted his neck and looked at him, then showed an expression of realization.
"Sir, do you have to write alone to write something? I'll go out and wait."
Seeing that Ye Ming was about to go out and wait, Mr. Wu stopped him:
"No, no need... To be honest, I have been feeling exhausted recently and can no longer write new works!"
Mr. Wu finally told the truth,
"I'm already thinking about closing the book..."
When Ye Ming heard this, he was immediately dissatisfied:
"Sir, what are you talking about? The so-called talent and thinking are mostly related to the situation. You don't have any talent and thinking now. You must have not traveled around for a long time, right?"
When Mr. Wu heard this, he couldn't help but nodded:
"It's true that I rarely go out in recent years."
Not only that, but sometimes I can go out once a month, which is considered good.
Ye Ming chuckled and said:
"How about I take my husband out for a walk? Well, this should be called collecting wind."
"Collecting style... Most celebrities in ancient times would travel to famous mountains and rivers to see the world's landscapes. Compared with this, I am indeed a little behind closed doors."
After thinking about it, Mr. Wu thought it was feasible.
Seeing that he agreed, Ye Ming smiled and held his hand:
"It just so happens that today is the Lantern Festival. Let's go to the city to visit the Lantern Festival. Sir, you can buy another horse to use."
Mr. Wu nodded and said:
"It happens that my family is also in the city. If we are traveling far this time, I still have to say goodbye to them."
"Why don't you live with your family, sir?"
"Ahem, my wife gossips a lot, is short-sighted, and is a bit of a philistine. When I was writing the book, I liked peace and quiet, so I moved out."
"Haha, I see, I was the one who was abrupt."
Ye Ming said, asking Mr. Wu to get on his horse and ride with him to Jiang Liang Mansion.
Since there is a Lantern Festival in the evening, you can see pedestrians going to the city along the road.
It has to be said that the south today is much more prosperous than the south a few hundred years ago. If nothing else, the entire south is much richer than the north. At least the number of beggars seen along the road is significantly less than that in the north.
Many people were traveling with carriages and horses on the way.
There's just one thing, the horses in the south are really weird.
For example, the person in front of you, if you don't look closely at the horse you are sitting on, you might even mistake it for a donkey. It's really a bit annoying.
For example, the white horse that Ye Ming and Mr. Wu rode was so tall and had a rare coat color, so it attracted a lot of attention along the way.
Not long after, the two of them successfully entered Jiang Liang's mansion.
The prosperity in the city is indeed far from comparable to that in the north. The last time I saw such a scene was in the capital of Xu Kingdom.
As far as the eye can see, colorful lanterns and red silks are hung along the street, teahouses and restaurants are open all the way, and the lights are bright and feasting, and there is a atmosphere of human fireworks.
Listen to the sound with your ears raised, sing loudly and chant slowly, shout and interact with the guests, resonate with the refined and the popular, and create a mysterious sound in the turbulent world.
Seeing this at night, I felt like a wild boy from the country entering the city, looking around and feeling very strange.
Mr. Wu is much calmer on the surface, and he feels happy in his heart when he sees the bustling city.
After entering the city, Mr. Wu saw that it was still early and said he wanted to go home and have a look.
His home is not far away, and the two of them will arrive soon.
Mr. Wu's wife was indeed talkative and ignorant. When the head of the house came back, she asked her how much the recently published books had been sold, how much the profit was, etc. Her eyes were full of money.
Mr. Wu himself is somewhat of a literary character and doesn't like talking about money, so he was a little unhappy when asked about it.
But Mrs. Wu didn't care about that, and only gave up after asking everything clearly.
Afterwards, he went to the kitchen to start cooking.
Mr. Wu's son is ten years old this year. He already knows many words and can memorize many articles. He is a good scholar.
It's just that, like his father, he doesn't like his mother's philistine attitude.
Seeing this, Ye Ming smiled slightly.
Fortunately, there is a person like Mrs. Wu in this family, otherwise if we just talk about character, the whole family might end up in a miserable state.
After dinner, Mrs. Wu said that there were cheap meat and vegetables available in the city tonight, so she took her children out.
Mr. Wu said to Ye Ming with a wry smile:
"My wife is vulgar and makes Master Shanyuan laugh."
Ye Ming waved his hand and said:
"Sir, you should be lucky to have a wife at home."
Mr. Wu was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't say anything and stopped talking about this topic.
The two of them went back to the street. It was almost dark now, and the city was very lively with lights and colorful lights everywhere.
There are many jugglers on the roadside, which is very interesting to watch.
In a teahouse not far away, a storyteller was speaking like a lotus flower, foaming at the mouth.
It was a story about "the hozen stealing the elixir", and the audience in the audience were listening attentively.
Seeing this, Ye Ming smiled and said:
"Sir, many people know the story you wrote!"
Mr. Wu couldn't help but smile when he heard this.
For a writer, nothing is more fulfilling than being recognized for his or her works.
The two people were in a good mood and continued to wander on the street. Mr. Wu became interested and even ran to guess crossword puzzles.
When people recognize him, they all address him as Mr. Wu.
After such an exchange, it was inevitable to ask him about his new work.
After hearing this question, Mr. Wu suddenly felt that his mood was not so good anymore, and wanted to do business first.
"Let's go to the mule and horse farm in the city first and buy some foot power!"
Ye Ming naturally had no objection, so the two of them went to the mule and horse farm.
As I was walking, I suddenly heard someone hawking on the street.
"Monkey, jumping monkey, fresh monkey!"
Originally, Mr. Wu just took a casual look and didn't pay attention.
But after glancing at the monkey, his expression changed.
Then I saw a monkey with a ferocious expression and an unyielding look being tied up to a wooden stake on the roadside by a man.
Mr. Wu took a closer look. Isn't this the monkey he defeated during the day?
The monkey also saw Mr. Wu, and even now, it still has no change in its ferocious nature, grinning at Mr. Wu.
"Mr. Wu, are you also here to visit the Lantern Festival and other parties?"
The man selling monkeys was also surprised when he saw Mr. Wu and greeted him with a smile.
When Mr. Wu saw him, he had some impression that he must be from that small town. He had met him, but he didn't know his name.
"Where did you come from, monkey?"
When Mr. Wu asked, the man smiled honestly:
"It seems to be luck. I came home from the fields today and had an urgent need to urinate, so I went into the woods to relieve myself.
I didn't expect to pick up such a monkey for nothing. I thought there must be people in the city who like to eat monkey brains, so I brought them to sell. "
Upon hearing this, Mr. Wu nodded and walked towards the monkey.
Seeing this, the man hurriedly said:
"Mr. Wu, be careful. This beast is very ferocious and can bite. I was accidentally bitten on my leg by it. If my pants weren't thick, I would have bitten off a piece of meat."
Can Mr. Wu not know whether this monkey is vicious or not?
But seeing him still looking unyielding even though he was in a desperate situation, I felt a little admiration and sympathy.
He also thought that he had injured it, which led to its capture. Thinking about it, he still felt a little sorry, so he asked:
"How do you plan to sell this monkey?"
When the honest man heard this, he showed a very embarrassed expression:
"Thirty-two, what do you think?"
When Mr. Wu heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate a little. He only had more than ten taels with him, and he planned to buy leg power...
Seeing Mr. Wu's embarrassed look on his face, the man was about to change his mind and lower the price. However, seeing Mr. Wu's face look determined, he actually took out ten taels of silver and handed it to him.
The man was also confused when he suddenly got money.
Is this person so upright?
Anyone who does business pays attention to bargaining.
He said ten taels, but he said it casually, expecting the other party to counter-offer.
I originally expected that it would be good to exchange for about three taels, but I didn't expect...
Mr. Wu is a loyal man!
"Can I take this monkey away now?"
"Okay, okay, please do as you please!"
The man was holding the silver, with a very honest smile on his face, and he nodded and bowed to Mr. Wu.
Mr. Wu looked at the monkey and saw that it was tied to a wooden stake and was inconvenient to carry. He thought about untying it first.
When the monkey saw Mr. Wu untying the rope for him, he suddenly showed a pitiful expression and seemed to be very grateful.
When Mr. Wu saw this, his heart moved and he felt that this monkey was quite good and understood human nature.
As soon as the rope was untied, the monkey suddenly changed his face, jumped away, landed on the mask stand next to him, picked up a mask at random, and hit Mr. Wu.
Mr. Wu was unprepared and was hit in the cheek by the mask.
When the monkey saw this, he let out an arrogant cry, jumped again, landed on the roof next to him, took off the tiles and threw them down.
This time, instead of beating Mr. Wu, I just threw him away when I saw him.
Many pedestrians were attacked one after another, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
When some people see monkeys causing trouble, they pick up stones and hit them.
This monkey is very clever. When he saw a stone coming at him, he dodged it several times and jumped directly onto the red silk hanging between the houses, knocking down the beautiful lantern.
There were more than one, but with their flexible postures, they kept jumping around and knocking down a large number of lanterns.
A lantern flashed and fell directly into the pile of firewood and hay on the roadside, and a fire immediately started.
With the fire, the scene became even more chaotic.
When the monkey saw the light of the fire, he became even more excited. When he saw a panicked rich lady on the roadside, he fell down and jumped directly on the rich lady's head.
The rich lady was so frightened that she screamed in horror, but the monkey tore off the beautiful hairpin from her head and jumped away triumphantly.
The Lantern Festival Lantern Festival was going well, but it was suddenly disrupted by a monkey.
Someone was furious and went to beat the monkey with a bamboo pole.
Seeing this, the monkey rushed into the crowd, showing its teeth and claws.
When people face beasts, they often have the mentality of "swiping alone without getting hurt". Therefore, when they are not injured, most people will have a strange fear and avoid the beasts.
Monkeys don't understand this, but when they see people being afraid of them, they run around arrogantly on the streets.
The few people chasing it from behind were blocked by others and found it difficult to follow.
The monkey ran all the way, overturning and knocking down other people's stalls, leaving a mess wherever it passed.
A butcher was so angry that he chased it with a butcher's knife.
The monkey took advantage of its small size to shuttle between a bunch of stalls, and the butcher couldn't catch up.
What's even more annoying is that when the monkey saw the butcher moving away from the stall, he suddenly turned back to the butcher's pig killing table.
There is a small pen next to the desk, and there is a live pig in it.
The monkey dexterously opened the fence, jumped on the pig's back, grabbed the pig's ears with both hands, and pulled hard.
The pig grunted in pain and rushed out of the fence.
Then, everyone saw a monkey riding a pig, rampaging on the street.
Seeing this, pedestrians on the street hurriedly ran away.
Seeing this, the monkey became even more arrogant, thinking that people in the world were nothing more than this, and it could easily disrupt everything around it.
Monkeys riding pigs were running around on the streets of Shangyuan Festival, causing havoc and causing everyone to avoid wherever they passed.
Just when the monkey was extremely arrogant, he suddenly saw the butcher from before looking for him again. He threw the knife in his hand from a long distance away.
The knife hit the pig directly. The pig was hit by the knife and fell to the ground, howling incessantly.
The monkey was also thrown away. Fortunately, his body was light and he rolled around on the ground twice before getting up again without any injuries.
The monkey that had just rampaged through the streets and scared everyone away was now full of confidence. When he saw the fat butcher, he was not afraid and even dared to rush towards him.
It seemed that he planned to let the butcher know how powerful he was.
But unfortunately, as soon as it rushed forward, it was held down by the butcher's hand. No matter how hard it struggled, it was useless.
The butcher was not merciful to it. He picked up the butcher's knife on the ground and killed it regardless of its resistance.
At this time, I saw a panting Mr. Wu striding over and shouting:
"Wait a minute, do it, wait a minute!"
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