Li Rui secretly swore in his heart that he would protect them from any harm! That night, Li Rui enjoyed the treatment of an emperor, and the three women did their best to serve him. Shiyu and Ningxiang even provoked Li Rui and Qinghe in front of them, causing Li Rui to have a nosebleed ~
After that day, when Li Rui had nothing to do, he used a piece of top-quality jade to carve a jade gourd because he thought of making a gourd like the Linglong Jade that could gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish spiritual herbs. Wouldn't it be even more awesome if he could directly use an immortal pill to save people in the future? Li Rui was secretly laughing non-stop ~
These two days, Li Rui had also summoned Bai Zhi to enter the city at night. Qing He, Shiyu, and Ning Xiang had seen Bai Zhi when they were in the Blue Luan Dou Que Palace. He wasn't too surprised, but he was still a little scared. However, he dared to touch Bai Zhi with Li Rui's company. He was quite bold.
In the next few days, Mr. Zhou often went out to look for suitable land and storefronts. Li Rui did not have to worry about these. He heard that he had already asked about a few places, but Mr. Zhou was not very satisfied after seeing them. He was still waiting to see if there were other houses.
And Li Rui was currently in deep love with the three girls! In Qing He's courtyard, there was a tea table and a long table under a big banyan tree. On the table was a zither. The three girls were proficient in zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs. They were not inferior to Li Rui's Nanhua Xiaoyao Sect in this aspect. Shiyu was especially good at poetry. Ningxiang might have a lively and mischievous personality, but she actually liked painting more. Her calligraphy was very beautiful and had her own characteristics. Li Rui had already seen Qing He's singing and dancing once, but he had yet to see anyone who could surpass her.
What Li Rui and the others were doing now was an extremely elegant thing. Li Rui came up with the topic, Shi Yu wrote poems, Ning Xiang painted, Qing He sang and danced, and Li Rui played the zither to accompany Qing He. And Li Rui just randomly came up with a question called "Red Dust"~~
In fact, the depth and difficulty of this question was too great. Li Rui only treated it as a joke and casually came up with it without thinking about it! However, he didn't expect that it would actually touch Shiyu and Ning Xiang's nerves. The two women were deep in thought, reminiscing, and then reminiscing. They began to draw. Li Rui carefully watched Ning Xiang draw, but he didn't expect Ning Xiang to start drawing a human figure, and it was a beauty.
Li Rui really didn't know how Ning Xiang understood the world of mortals as starting from a beauty. However, Li Rui gradually realized that Ning Xiang's painting was really too big because it was not a few people or scenes, but a long scroll of beautiful people. Although most of them were just outlines. However, it could already be seen that Ning Xiang's foundation was indeed not shallow. She was indeed a talented woman. Slowly, the entire painting began to fill up. There were more and more characters. The basic movements, expressions, height, fat, and movement of the characters had already begun to express themselves.
The more Li Rui looked at it, the more he felt that it was very similar to the style of the Tang Dynasty's painting of beautiful women. Shiyu was still seriously looking at Ning Xiang's paintings. The main reason was that Ning Xiang's paintings were truly astonishing. Li Rui and the others were just having fun, but Ning Xiang actually drew a long scroll that was nearly fifteen feet long and one and a half feet wide according to Li Rui's questions. Shiyu was still thinking about what Ning Xiang was thinking.
At this time, Qing He was already deep in thought. She whispered to Li Rui,"Ningxiang might be painting our Lixiang Courtyard. Ever since she began to understand things, all of you have been staying with her!”Li Rui's heart shook. He looked at the map again, although it was still far from complete! However, everyone was in different forms. Some were reading, some were writing, some were playing the zither, some were holding a pipa, and some were embroidering a brocade handkerchief. However, that faint sadness was already on the paper!
Actually, if Li Rui had come two years later, Shiyu and Ningxiang's fate would have been similar to those of the previous courtesans. Although Qing He took special care of them, when they were older and refused to keep guests, they would naturally be ignored and their fate would be even more difficult. Qing He couldn't take care of them for a lifetime, so once the courtesans grew older, they would gradually become like ordinary girls. If she could meet a benefactor who valued relationships and was willing to take her as a concubine, it would already be the best home!
Thus, although Ningxiang and Shiyu were still young, they were used to the helplessness of the mortal world. Their hesitation towards their own fate had long made their minds mature. However, he had a deep feeling about the proposition that Li Rui casually came up with. So this time, they couldn't finish the painting in a short time. According to Li Rui, based on Ning Xiang's idea and the rough outline, it would take at least three to five months to complete this painting. Even Ning Xiang had drawn the outlines of fifteen beauties in one breath, and it had taken her four hours to do so. Shiyu also wrote a poem based on the artistic conception of the painting.
He was prepared to wait until the painting was completed before Li Rui personally inscribed it on the scroll. Ning Xiang, who had temporarily stopped writing, turned around and threw herself into Li Rui's arms. Shiyu also had a tearful look on her face. They were all thanking the heavens. Not only did they find a person who cherished and pitied them, but they also let them escape from the abyss of misery. Li Rui gently patted his back to comfort her.
However, the poem written by Shi Yu was a poem called "Linjiang Immortal." Last night, I dreamed of the fragrance, and the concubines whispered at night. in my previous life I carried the well but died as a guest. The fallen leaves were blown away by the wind, and the black hair turned into snow at dusk. After a long time, the beauty is good at dancing. I'll go there to play forever. In this life I keep my promises. Red sleeve heart with each other, love is deep.'This phrase was not only describing their fate, but also Li Rui's fate. Li Rui tightened his grip on the two crying girls in his arms ~
After the two girls had calmed down, he asked them to sit down and rest for a while. At this moment, Qing He took out a jade flute from her room and wanted to play a zither and flute together with Li Rui. They were both people who were involved in literature and art, and they liked to use music to express their emotions. Li Rui naturally wouldn't disappoint the girls. An ancient song passed down from the previous dynasty, playing out ~~ The lingering sound lingered around the beam for three days!!
It had only been five or six days since he went to visit the teacher, and the teacher had sent someone to tell him that he had found several excellent shops. This time, Li Rui brought Qing He, Shi Yu, and Ning Xiang along. Li Rui knew that Shi Yu and Ning Xiang both recognized Mister Zhou, but the meaning of Li Rui bringing them along was different. Li Rui bringing them to meet other people was equivalent to getting Li Rui's approval, admitting that they were Li Rui's wives and concubines and not servants.
In the end, Mr. Zhou selected three stores for Li Rui: One was located in a bustling area of the capital, and it would be difficult to take it down without a certain amount of connections. One was located in the south of the city and was also a place where people came and went. Although it was not as good as the previous one, it had a huge garden and the scenery was good. The last place was a garden that had been abandoned for a long time and no one took care of it. However, this garden was the closest to the Beautiful Fragrance Courtyard. It was another street with many poor people. The nearby market was also filled with ordinary people. Moreover, the backyard was adjacent to the backyard of the Beautiful Fragrance Courtyard. If the wall was opened, it would be connected to the Beautiful Fragrance Courtyard. It would be very convenient to enter and exit. Not only was the area very large, but it was also very cheap. It seemed that the previous owner had returned to his hometown. Recently, because of his hometown, he was preparing to buy a shop. Because of the lack of turnover, this deserted house was rented and taken care of by no one. Therefore, he wanted to sell it to save trouble. The notice of the sale had been posted for half a year, but no one was interested. Although this garden was very close to Lixiang Courtyard, because it was built with its back facing it, Mr. Zhou had never heard that this old neighbor wanted to buy a house. After all, he had never planned to buy it, and he had never paid attention to this matter.
Li Rui saw that each of these three stores was more and more like it, especially the last one. It would be very convenient to meet the three girls every day in the future. Qing He persuaded Li Rui to ask for the third place. Shiyu and Ningxiang also secretly winked at him. Li Rui liked it himself, so he would not go against the wishes of the women. Naturally, he decided to buy the third store.
Li Rui took out a banknote and handed it to Mr. Zhou. Qing He still wanted to pay for Li Rui. Li Rui scolded her with a smile,"Girl, do you think your husband lives off a woman? I'll teach you a lesson tonight ~" Li Rui took out a lot of silver notes. Since they were outside, Master and Uncle Master had already prepared fifty thousand silver notes. Originally, Li Rui was unwilling to take so much money, but the Green Phoenix Dou Que Palace was rich and overbearing, so his Martial Uncle forcefully stuffed it into Li Rui's luggage when he went down the mountain. Besides, he had also received a lot of consultation fees for treating patients along the way. He did not take a single cent from the poor when he saw them for free, but he would ask for more from the rich when he saw them. Moreover, the rich who were heartless would do their best to extort money. There was once a sum of money that they extorted for ten thousand taels of snow and silver. When they met the tyrants and bandits, they would rob them of their money. Fortunately, there were silver notes in the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, Li Rui wouldn't have been able to bring them.
In less than seven or eight days, the shop had been bought, and it had been tidied up inside and out. The newly bought counters, medicine cabinets, medicine cabinets, and other tables and chairs had also been prepared. Even the future supplier of medicinal herbs had been discussed, but the medicinal herbs needed for now could only be purchased from other medicine stores in the capital. Li Rui also personally went to take a look at the shop and the garden that was separated from Lixiang Courtyard by a wall. He happily found two craftsmen to open a small door. Everything was ready, and the opening was set for three days later.
It was a sunny morning. Li Rui and Mr. Zhou instructed the newly recruited shopkeeper, accountant, doctor, and medical apprentice to hang up the signboard. On the signboard, Li Rui personally wrote three handsome words,'Hundred Herb Hall.' A few firecrackers would be enough to start the business. Li Rui's clinic was really not small. Originally, a low-key wealthy family lived here. Later, their business in the capital was not good, so they moved back to their hometown. The house and courtyard had always been empty. Now that Li Rui had bought it, it was really a bargain!
Most of the people living nearby were poor, and the land price nearby was cheaper than other prosperous areas. He didn't bring Qing He and the others here today, mainly because he was afraid of attracting criticism. After all, the three girls were born lowly. Although Li Rui himself did not care, he could not resist the endless mouths of the world. On the other hand, the neighbors obviously welcomed Li Rui's newly opened medical center. Everyone had a small illness. After building a good relationship, it would be much more convenient for them to invite Li Rui to treat their patients. They all came to support him, and some even prepared gifts. Li Rui also stood at the door to welcome the neighbors into the backyard. The atmosphere was lively as they talked and served tea. On the day of the opening, a notice was set up in front of the door, stating that the medical fees would be halved for three days of free consultation.
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