Chapter 255: A Real Romantic

I don’t know who made this rule, but it always rains during Qingming Festival.

Outside the window, it has been drizzling for two days and the sky is still gloomy.

There were paper, pen, ink and inkstone on the desk.

Li Hu stood in front of the desk, drawing something with a pen in his hand.

Suddenly a beam of light shone in and the door curtain was lifted.

Li Hu knew who it was without even looking up because of the familiar aroma: “Why are you here if you’re not going to accompany Sister Bao or Sister Qin?”

Lin Daiyu naturally heard the sour taste in the words and sneered, “Whose vinegar jar is overturned? It’s so sour.”

Li Hu ignored her and continued painting with his head down.

Seeing that Li Hu didn’t say anything, Lin Daiyu smiled and shook her head. She walked to the desk and said, “Sister Bao, Sister Qin and the others have left. Oh, why did you hide this talent? What is this painting? A musket?”

Li Hu continued to paint.

Lin Daiyu burst out laughing: “How stingy! And you’re still a real man!”

Li Hu’s pen completed the last stroke!
On the large piece of rice paper on the desk, the gun barrel, gun body, wooden handle, powder chamber, trigger, etc. are exactly the parts needed to make up a musket.

Li Hu put down his pen and washed his hands in the copper basin beside him. As he wiped his hands, he said, “Didn’t you say you’ll be back tomorrow? What’s wrong?”

Lin Daiyu looked at the things in the painting and replied, “My concubine sent a letter saying that she wanted Baojie and Baoxiao to go back and discuss something.”

Li Hu nodded, threw the face towel into the copper basin, and said, “Why is Miss Bao here again? Didn’t you call her Miss Bao in a very affectionate way?”

Lin Daiyu looked at him and said, “Someone’s face is so long.” She made an exaggerated gesture.

Li Hu shook his head. This girl just loved to imitate him in speaking.

Lin Daiyu pointed at the painting and said, “Is this the breech-loading self-fired musket you mentioned?”

Li Hu: “Do you understand?”

With a “humph”, Lin Daiyu curled her lips.

Li Hu sat down on the chair and patted his thigh.

Lin Daiyu pretended not to notice and looked at a painting on the desk, saying, “Is this a pistol?”

Li Hu said, “Pour me a cup of tea.”

Lin Daiyu took the teapot from the tea basket on the coffee table, poured half a bowl of tea, handed it to Li Hu, and poured half a bowl for herself.

“Come.” Li Hu patted his thigh again.

Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes.

Li Hu: “Young Master, roll your eyes. There are countless girls in the capital, outside the Great Wall, and in the south and north of the Yangtze River who want to sit on my legs but can’t. Don’t be so ungrateful.”

Lin Daiyu really didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “You mean, I should thank you?!”

Li Hu smiled proudly: “It’s good that you understand. I’m very popular!”

Lin Daiyu was so angry that she laughed: “Your shamelessness is getting thicker and thicker!” and poked him in the face.

After playing around for a while, Lin Daiyu looked out the window and said, “The rain has stopped, let’s go out for a walk.”

Li Hu: “It just rained, don’t let your embroidered shoes get dirty.”

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu immediately stretched out one foot to show him.

Seeing that she had changed into oiled boots, Li Hu asked again, “Where is your skirt?”

“Hey, why are you so nagging? If your clothes are dirty, there’s Zijuan for you.”

Lin Daiyu hugged his arm and pulled him out, “Just now when we were seeing off Sister Bao and the others, there was rain and fog over the hill, it was so beautiful.”

Li Hu smiled and let her pull him out of the courtyard.

Walking out of the courtyard, Lin Daiyu pointed and said, “Look!”

Li Hu looked over and saw mist lingering around like a veil brushing his face. The scenery in the distance was looming, like a wet ink painting.

Seeing Li Hu in a daze, Lin Daiyu smiled proudly: “How is it, it looks good, right?”

Li Hu smiled and said, “It looks good, but not as good-looking as you.”

Lin Daiyu smiled and hit Li Hu: “What nonsense are you talking about? You are so frivolous every day!” But the tenderness in her eyes was about to overflow.

Li Hu saw it, reached out to help her fix her hair, and said softly: “Come on, I’ll go around with you.”

Lin Daiyu said “hmm” but did not move. Instead, she looked at him with blinking eyes.

Li Hu understood, squatted down, and stretched out his hand: “Come up.”

“laugh.”

Lin Daiyu lay on Li Hu and said happily, “Let’s go see the scenery!”

Li Hu stood up with her on his back: “Let’s go.”

Lin Daiyu smiled evilly: “Go!”

Li Hu laughed: “You provoked me!” Then he slapped her on the butt.

Lin Daiyu blushed: “You, you put me down.”

Li Hu also realized that this was not winter. Well, spank her again? He did as he thought and spanked her on the buttocks again.

“Yeah! I’ll fight with you!”

“It’s not like we haven’t fought before.” “What did you say?”

“I didn’t say anything wrong, it hurts, it hurts, let go!”

“I won’t! Unless you swear not to hit me, hit me in the future.”

Li Hu smiled evilly: “Why hit you?”

Lin Daiyu’s pretty face flushed red, and she gritted her teeth: “Just don’t hit me!”

“I will never hit you when there are people around.”

“no!”

“When no one is in the room.”

“That’s not OK!”

“Not negotiable?”

“Not negotiable!”

“let it go.”

“Then I won’t let go!”

“Go ahead. If you pull my ears off, I will resign and go to Shandong, where I will eat and drink at my father’s expense for the rest of my life, and let my father support me forever!”

“You!” Lin Daiyu was stunned with anger. After a long while, she squeezed out a few words from between her teeth: “You are so shameless!”

Li Hu: “You just realized it now, it’s too late!” As he said that, he carried her on his back and walked along the stream.

With a humph, Lin Daiyu leaned her head on Li Hu’s shoulder and asked, “When are we going back?”

Li Hu was stunned: “What’s wrong?”

Lin Daiyu: “It’s boring.”

Li Hu was puzzled: “Aren’t you going to invite the three girls from the Jia family and Miss Shi to go outing together?”

Lin Daiyu: “This is outside the city. Without the old lady and the others, my second sister and the others can’t come out.”

Li Hu: “What should we do? The old lady and the others have nowhere to stay when they come? We can’t let them sleep on the floor or live in the side rooms, right?”

Lin Daiyu: “Build a house next to it.”

Li Hu: “Then invite them to enjoy the scenery in autumn.”

Lin Daiyu sighed: “This is the only way!”

At this time, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds came over, and Li Hu looked over.

A horse galloped towards the villa.

Li Hu frowned, he was not a personal soldier.

Lin Daiyu: “Go back.”

The two did not walk too far. When Li Hu carried Lin Daiyu on his back and walked back to the gate of the villa, he was immediately stopped by the personal soldiers on the other side of the bridge.

Li Hu was startled. Why did this old guy come?

Lin Daiyu: “Put me down.”

Li Hu bent down and put Lin Daiyu down.

Lin Daiyu: “I think you are being summoned back to Beijing. I’ll go prepare things.” After saying that, she turned and went into the villa.

Li Hu strode over and waved to his personal soldiers.

Dai Quan came over.

“What wind brings you here?” Li Hu raised his hands from a distance.

Dai Quan: “Stop talking nonsense, pack up, and follow me back to Beijing.”

Li Hu: “What happened?”

Dai Quan: “The Jurchen delegation has arrived.”

Li Hu was stunned: “What does this have to do with me?”

Dai Quan: “The mastermind asked to see you.”

Li Hu: “Who?”

Dai Quan smiled: “He Shen.”

Li Hu was stunned for a moment: “He is sick! I am not the Minister of Rites.”

Dai Quan said angrily: “Why are you pretending? I know all your bad deeds.”

Li Hu suddenly remembered that this old guy still owned 20% of the caravan.

Li Hu: “Are you here specifically to call me back to Beijing?”

Dai Quan rolled his eyes: “Something happened in Xishan, I just came to see you on the way.”

Li Hu’s eyes flashed: “The mausoleum of Concubine Xian?”

Dai Quan nodded.

Li Hu shook his head. The person had been dead for so long, but the emperor was still so concerned about him. He was truly a romantic man.

(End of this chapter)