"Master, I should have stopped you in the first place!"
Beside an isolated grave at the end of Lijia Village, more than a dozen figures stood solemnly. The old man surnamed Li stroked the cold and rough tombstone, his expression was sad and full of self-blame.
Not far behind everyone, the villagers of Lijia Village gathered together in twos and threes, discussing in low voices.
"Are these noble people really here to see Li Xiucai?"
"That old man calls himself "Old Slave". Could it be that Li Xiucai also comes from a wealthy family?"
"You don't have to ask, if you are not a wealthy family, how can you have so many followers on horseback and swords? When I first met Li Xiucai, I knew that he was no ordinary person."
"Nonsense, my second son was working in a tailor shop at that time. He said that the clothes Li Xiucai wore were enough to provide us with food for several years."
"And that lady from the Li family, she looks so cool and well-educated, but... what a pity!"
The villagers spoke to each other and fully expanded their imagination.
Gossip is human nature, especially for these villagers who are uneducated and like to squat under the locust tree at the entrance of the village and gossip when they have nothing to do.
In just a short period of time, several versions of the story about Li Xiucai were circulated.
Some time ago, a hook fence was built in an open space not far from the village. Villagers who had nothing to do would sometimes listen to it. At this time, they mixed together the jokes commonly used by storytellers, and a fresh and touching story came out.
Out of the oven.
The wife of the Li family was originally a daughter of a wealthy family. In order to resist the marriage arranged by her family, she ran away with her lover thousands of miles away to avoid being searched by her family. She lived in seclusion in such a remote mountain village with a simple diet, tea, rice, oil and salt, and they lived a small life together.
They lived in hiding for ten years, until both husband and wife passed away.
Twenty years have passed, the young lady’s family has declined, but the lover’s family has become increasingly prosperous. Now, the man’s family has finally found traces of the two of them. They are full of joy and want to take them back, but they can only lament at this lonely grave-
-----What a sad story!
Of course, the story doesn't end here.
The woman's family, which had suppressed the couple a lot in the past, never imagined that twenty years later, the young lady's child would have become a great person. He was personally rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor, and given an official title and land. In just a few years, he would rise to great heights.
As a member of the court class, after learning about his parents' past events, he became furious and vowed to clear his parents' names...
Well, just write it like this. If it is sold to a theater, I'm afraid I can get a lot of money...
"Everything in the world is impermanent, so I have to express my condolences, old brother." Lijiacun Muramasa sighed, patted the old man on the shoulder and said.
Suppressing the images that emerged in his memory again, the old man wiped away his tears with his sleeves, looked at Muramasa, and said with a smile: "Brother, can you tell me about him over the years?"
"Of course it's no problem." Muramasa nodded, stroked the beard on his chin, a look of reminiscence appeared on his old face, and said slowly: "Things must start from twenty years ago..."
"When I saw them for the first time, I knew that they were not ordinary people. I was afraid that they came from some terrible place. They didn't know how to do farm work at first. In the end, my boy couldn't bear it anymore and went to help..."
Muramasa was talking eloquently, and the bitterness on the old man's face became even stronger.
Although the Li family cannot be called a wealthy family, twenty years ago, when the old man was still alive, the young master, as the eldest grandson of the direct line, had been well clothed and well-fed since he was a child. How had he ever suffered such hardship?
You can imagine what kind of life he has lived over the years...
"The wife of the Li family left early, and Li Xiucai took the child by himself until he was ten years old and then let go. That child has a lot of potential..."
"child?"
The old man grabbed Muramasa's arm and asked excitedly: "Master, do you have an heir?"
Muramasa nodded and said: "If there are no children, I am afraid that when the Li family's wife leaves, Li Xiucai will follow her..."
The old man surnamed Li no longer cared about why he didn't check in the household yesterday that the young master had an heir. He hurriedly asked: "Where is the child now?"
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Li Yi is busy in the kitchen.
Since Xiaohuan inherited some of his cooking skills, Li Yi has rarely come to the kitchen.
"egg."
"sugar."
"milk……"
Li Yi used chopsticks to stir in a large bowl, with Xiao Huan helping on the side. The ingredients and steps for making cream are very simple, but milk is hard to find. People in this era don't drink it often. A small can of milk took Liu a lot of time.
What a big effort.
There was no whipping cream, so I had to settle for the next best thing. After tasting it with chopsticks, I found that it was sweet and the taste was certainly not comparable to real cream, but it was okay.
"Uncle..., is it delicious?" The little maid blinked and looked at him.
"If you want to eat, get yourself a spoon. Remember not to eat too much, or you will get fat." Li Yi could see her thoughts at a glance and waved his hand.
I got some cream on my hands and planned to go out and get some water to wash them.
Ruyi's birthday was coming soon. She originally planned to make a cream cake, but the materials and tools were not complete and it would be counterproductive if the cake was too ugly. Li Yi decided to make a new plan.
After wiping her hands and returning to the kitchen, she saw Miss Liu Er also taking a spoon to scoop out butter and eat it. She walked over, shook her head and said, "That's not how you eat butter."
Xiaohuan raised his head and looked at him in confusion------My uncle just asked him to eat with a spoon?
"First of all, wash your hands." Li Yi raised his hands, scooped out a spoonful of cream and put it in the palm of his hand. He waved it in front of Miss Liu Er, and in her eyes of doubt and curiosity------he quickly put it in his hands.
The cream was smeared on her pretty face.
Because the distance was too close, Miss Liu Er, who was waiting for Li Yi to tell her how to eat this food, had no time to react. Li Yi's figure had disappeared into the kitchen.
"Haha, this is the correct way to use cream!"
"Pa!" An arrogant laughter came from outside the door. Miss Liu Er's beautiful eyes were spitting fire, her two fingers were slightly bent, and the wooden spoon was broken in half in her hand.
"Haha, Miss Second, your face..." Xiaohuan looked at her and laughed. After Liu Ruyi glared at her, she immediately covered her mouth, and the smile emerged from her eyes.
Li Yi walked out of the yard in a happy mood. Miss Liu Er, who was concerned about her face, must have washed her face before coming out. By that time, he was probably almost at the county government office.
This is how life has to be fun, and occasionally it is a good thing to let Miss Liu Er, who only knows how to make trouble for herself, feel frustrated.
Humming a light tune, he couldn't help but be stunned when he walked out of the door.
"Uncle Li, why are you here?"
Li Yi looked at the village leader of Lijiacun standing at the door and asked with some confusion.
"Why did you move here, sir? If it weren't for Capt. Liu, I wouldn't have found it here." Muramasa said with a smile.
There were still two people standing next to the old man Muramasa. Before Li Yi came and remembered to speak, the old man on the right suddenly became very excited and murmured: "Yes, yes, it must be, he looks very similar to the young master when he was young.
They are very similar, and their eyes are so intelligent, they are just like the girls from the He family..."
The old man suddenly took a step forward, grabbed Li Yi's arm, and looked up and down. Even his voice was trembling because he was so excited.
"What do you do!"
From a distance, I saw someone at the door dragging my uncle and holding on to him. Lao Fang strode over and shouted sharply.
