Chapter eight hundred and tenth kindness and simplicity
The moonlight deflected and gradually set.
When the sky broke, Young Master Liu couldn't hold on any longer.
He closed his eyes involuntarily.
The next day.
When Dongfang saw the light, Qi Yun, who was nestled in Young Master Liu's arms, opened her sleepy eyes with a lazy look on her face.
Qi Yun instinctively wanted to stretch, but when he saw her husband who was still sleeping with his eyes closed, he quickly slowed down his movements.
She gently pulled out the corner of her clothes that were pressed against Young Master Liu's body, and stepped down carefully, for fear of waking up her sleeping husband.
However, as soon as Qi Yun landed, Young Master Liu, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Hmm~ Yun'er, you're up."
Hearing her husband's inquiry from behind, Qi Yun paused slightly while putting on her shoes, and turned sideways towards her husband with a guilty look on her pretty face.
"Husband, when I got up, I was always careful and careful, but I didn't expect that I still woke you up.
If I had known earlier, I would not have gotten up first."
Qi Yun looked at Mr. Liu who had already sat up and said in a self-reproaching tone.
Listening to Qi Yun's somewhat self-blaming words, Young Master Liu chuckled and shook his head, reaching out to comb Qi Yun's somewhat scattered hair on her back.
"Good lady, what are you talking about?
Husband, the reason why I woke up is because I slept until I woke up naturally, and it has nothing to do with the size of your movements when you got up."
Liu Mingzhi knew in his heart that the reason why Qi Yun rushed to him was because he was worried that he would not get enough rest.
So, I casually found an excuse.
Seeing that Qi Yun seemed to want to say something, Young Master Liu spoke again to suppress what she wanted to say.
"Madam, let's not talk about this anymore. It's getting light now and it's time for us to get up and wash up.
Just tidy up your clothes and go tell the maids to prepare warm water for washing."
Qi Yun nodded lightly and turned around to put on her shoes.
"Okay, I'll finish packing my clothes and go find Yu'er and the others."
Qi Yun stood up and looked at Young Master Liu with a slight smile, nodding his head, arranging his clothes and walking out of the study.
"Husband, I will pass first."
"Okay, let's go."
Young Master Liu waved his hand and said with a smile.
Watching the beauty Qianying leave the study, Young Master Liu stretched out his hand to rub his sore eyes, yawned and lay down flat on his back.
After a while, the sound of Young Master Liu's even breathing could be heard in the study.
Mr. Liu, who quietly fell asleep, didn't know that the beauty who had left just now had returned after he fell asleep.
Qi Yun's steps were light and she stopped carefully outside the door. She stretched out her hand to hold the door, leaned forward and looked into the room quietly.
Looking at her husband who had fallen asleep on top of his limp body, the distress in her eyes was self-evident.
Qi Yun stared at Young Master Liu quietly for a long time, sighing secretly in her heart.
"Silly husband, have a good rest."
Qi Yun murmured to herself and slowly left the study courtyard with light steps.
About three poles high in the sun.
Young Master Liu opened his eyes silently, sat up directly with his palms, rubbed the dirt at the corners of his eyes with his fingers, raised his head and glanced around the room.
Looking at the quiet study, he frowned and thought for a while.
I already understand what's going on.
Young Master Liu smacked his lips lightly, put on his shoes, stood up and twisted his waist a few times.
"Oh, this is the time I really got enough sleep!"
"Here comes someone."
After the words fell, there was no response from outside the room.
Liu Mingzhi looked stunned, packed his clothes and walked straight out of the study.
"Here comes someone."
The voice fell, but there was still no response.
Young Master Liu looked around in the courtyard. Looking at the empty courtyard, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"What a fine lady, what's the matter?"
He cooed softly, closed the door and moved his waist towards the courtyard where Qi Yun lived.
"Yun'er, are you in the room?"
As soon as Mr. Liu passed through the arch, he shouted at Qi Yun's boudoir at the top of his lungs.
Hearing Young Master Liu's voice, a figure immediately walked out of the room.
However, it was not Qi Yun, but her personal maid Yu'er.
When Yu'er saw Mr. Liu coming towards him, she immediately went up to him and gave him a blessing.
"Slave, please see me."
"Yu'er, please forgive me."
"Thank you, uncle."
"Yu'er, where is Yun'er?"
"Go back to my uncle, the lady has gone to the main hall and she hasn't come back yet!
If you are in a hurry, uncle, Yu'er will call the young lady back immediately."
"No, no, no, this young master has nothing urgent to do. You don't need to go find Yun'er and come back."
"Yes, this slave knows."
"Yu'er."
"My slave is here."
"Is there water for bathing and washing in Yun'er's room?"
"Going back to my uncle, there is water for washing in the young lady's room, but there is no water for bathing.
Before you came, my maid was preparing to clean the water used by the young lady for bathing.
Uncle, if you want to take a bath, Yu'er will go and replace the water in the tub with fresh water immediately."
Liu Mingzhidan smiled and patted Yue'er's shoulder, then walked slowly towards Qi Yun's boudoir.
"No need, I can just use what Yun'er has used."
"ah?"
"Ah what? Yun'er is my young master's wife, can I still dislike the water she used for being unclean?"
"Oh well."
Yu'er responded softly and immediately ran towards Young Master Liu to catch up.
"Uncle, Yu'er will help you take a bath."
Liu Mingzhi hesitated for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
"good."
About two quarters of an hour.
After taking a bath and changing clothes, Young Master Liu gently shook the jade fan in his hand and left the courtyard where Qi Yun lived.
All the way to the main hall, Young Master Liu saw Yun Qingshi's busy figure at a glance.
"Qing Poetry."
"Ah, husband, you're up."
Young Master Liu glanced at the fruit plate in Yun Qingshi's hand and nodded with a smile.
"Well, you're up. Where is your sister Yun?"
Yun Qingshi put down the fruit plate in her hand, smiled and gestured in the direction of the backyard.
"Isn't it time to have lunch? Sister Yun and Sister Shan'er went to the kitchen in the backyard."
Young Master Liu folded his folding fan and pinned it to his waist, walked to the table and sat down.
"Qing Poetry."
"Hey, husband, tell me."
"My husband didn't eat in the morning and I'm a little hungry now. Let me eat some of the pastries and fruits you prepared."
Yun Qingshi immediately pushed the nearby plates in front of Young Master Liu, then picked up a pot and poured a cup of herbal tea.
"Husband, eat."
Young Master Liu took the herbal tea from the beauty's hand, picked up a piece of walnut cake and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Yeah, delicious."
Yun Qingshi saw Liu Dashao devouring his food and hurriedly walked behind him, stretched out his hand and patted his back gently.
"Husband, eat slowly, don't choke."
"Qing Shi, don't worry, my husband won't choke.
My husband needs to take some time to pacify his stomach, as he has to go out to do errands soon."
"Husband, it's time to have lunch in about half an hour. It's not too late for you to go out after lunch."
Young Master Liu ate a few pieces of pastries, raised his head and drank the tea in the cup, and then took a deep breath.
"Huh, I've almost eaten for my husband."
"Husband, how much have you eaten just now? No matter how much you eat, it won't waste much time."
Young Master Liu waved his hand, put the teacup on the table, picked up a bunch of grapes from the saucer, and strode out of the main hall.
"Qing Shi, don't forget to tell your sister Yun and the others later, so you don't have to wait for your husband to have lunch."
When Yun Qing saw this, he lifted up his skirt and ran after him.
"Husband, husband."
Young Master Liu looked back at the beauty who was chasing him, and waved his hand directly.
"Qing Shi, that's what I said, my husband will go out first."
Yun Qingshi stopped and nodded helplessly.
"Okay, I understand.
By the way, husband, if you see something delicious on the street, don’t forget to buy some.”
"I know, I know, go and do your own thing."
Young Master Liu ate the grapes in his hand and walked all the way to the gate of Liu Mansion.
"Liu Song, what are you doing so stupidly?"
Liu Song, who was dozing on the recliner, suddenly jumped up and sat up when he heard his young master's greeting.
"Master, the younger one is here."
"Come here, the young master has something to tell you."
"Hey, little one, come here."
Liu Song hurriedly ran to Young Master Liu and bowed respectfully.
"Master, what are your orders?"
Young Master Liu turned his head and spit out the grape skins in his mouth, then whispered into Liu Song's ear.
After a while, Mr. Liu patted Liu Song on the shoulder, gently pulled off a grape, and walked slowly and slowly towards the door of the mansion.
"Go ahead."
"Yes, I would like to send you off to the young master."
After leaving home, Young Master Liu walked up and down the street, and finally came to the Penglai Restaurant run by sisters Xue Bizhu and Huang Lingyi.
After Mr. Liu entered the restaurant, he casually glanced at the guests in the restaurant and walked towards the counter unhurriedly.
Looking at Xue Bizhu, who was sitting on the stool and looking through the account books attentively, Young Master Liu tapped his fingers lightly on the counter.
"Bizhu."
Xue Bizhu heard a familiar voice and subconsciously looked up.
"Husband?"
"Why, am I so surprised to see my husband?"
Xue Bizhu picked up the pen and made a mark on the account book, stood up and walked out of the counter.
"Husband, why are you here at this time?"
The beauty walked up to Young Master Liu and asked softly with a puzzled expression.
Liu Mingzhi looked at Xue Bizhu's confused expression, winked at the beauty, shook the folding fan in his hand and walked towards the second floor of the restaurant.
"Dunzi."
"From the shopkeeper?"
"You take a look at the counter first. I'll be back in a moment."
"I understand, shopkeeper, you go ahead and do your work."
Xue Bizhu casually informed the younger brother next to him and quickly followed Mr. Liu.
Young Master Liu entered the boudoir where Xue Bizhu and the two sisters lived, walked to the table and sat down.
Xue Bizhu closed the door, walked to Young Master Liu and poured a cup of herbal tea from the pot.
"Husband, what's wrong?"
"Didn't Bizhu, Yaoyao, and Cheng Qian, the two siblings, say that they arranged those people who were imprisoned unjustly into the restaurant?
Where are those people now?"
Young Master Liu took a sip of the tea handed over by the beautiful woman, looked up at her and asked softly.
Xue Bizhu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her husband's question.
"Hey, husband, you are asking these questions, and I thought something big had happened!"
"Bizhu, you have to know that people's livelihood is no small matter for officials to govern."
"Yes, yes, I know I was wrong.
Husband, they are all in the backyard of the restaurant now!"
Liu Mingzhi put down his tea cup, stood up and walked towards the back window of the room.
"Is everyone here?"
"A total of one hundred and twenty-six people, all living in the backyard!"
Young Master Liu opened the window, leaned forward and looked downstairs.
"What, they all live in the backyard?
Bizhu, with more than a hundred people, can we live in the backyard of the restaurant?"
Xue Bizhu walked to Young Master Liu and stopped, leaning Liu's waist and leaning out of the window, sighing helplessly with a pretty face.
"Husband, there are only so many rooms in the backyard, how can it possibly accommodate more than a hundred people?
Since Yaoyao and Cheng Qian settled these people in, I and my sister Lingyi have asked them more than once to separate some of them and temporarily live in the guest rooms on the third and fourth floors.
But no matter what I and my sisters say, they just don't want to."
"What's going on? Are they worried that the restaurant will charge them rent?"
Xue Bizhu heard her husband's surprised tone, shook her head and sighed softly.
"Oh, no, it has nothing to do with the rent.
The reason why they don't want to live on the third or fourth floor is because they are afraid of affecting the business of my sister's restaurant.
Those young and strong men among the common people gave up all the rooms in the backyard to the old, weak, women and children inside.
As for themselves, they would rather rest in the courtyard than in the guest room.
My sisters tried to persuade me several times, but they still disagreed.
In the end, there was no choice but to let it go.
I have to say that our Dalong people are still very kind and honest!"
After listening to the beauty's explanation, Liu Mingzhi leaned over and looked at the more than a hundred people gathered in groups in the courtyard, discussing something in low voices, and sighed with deep eyes.
"Yes, what a kind and honest people.
It's a pity that some bastards who deserve death are relying on the simplicity and kindness of the people to bully and squeeze them.
Not only did they get imprisoned unjustly, but...
He also planned to take the lives of these people.
It seems that these beasts deserve to die, and their husbands can’t wait to... phew..."
Liu Mingzhi breathed hard for a few times, closed the folding fan and handed it to Xue Bizhu's hand.
Xue Bizhu took the engraved jade fan from her husband, a look of doubt flashed in her beautiful eyes.
"Husband, what are you doing?"
"It's nothing. My husband plans to go down there and have a look."
"Husband, do you plan to go and listen to what the people are talking about in person?"
Liu Dashao smiled and nodded, raised his hand to caress the beauty's pretty face, turned around and walked behind the screen.
After half a cup of tea, Mr. Liu put on an ordinary scholar's Confucian robe and walked out from behind the screen.
"Bizhu, does my husband look like an ordinary scholar now?"
Xue Bizhu saw what Mr. Liu was wearing, held his cheeks and pondered for a moment.
"It's still a little short, I'll tidy it up for you."