"Without rules, there is no order. Now that the rules have been established, they must be followed." Li Qingzhao said, "Everyone, I really should go now. Goodbye."
"Since Madam Li and her husband have something to do, we won't force them to stay. We'll see you off respectfully." Zhang Shixun, Li Shishi and others saw the couple off and didn't stop until they reached the back door, watching their figures disappear into the night.
Li Shishi said, "I have sung the lyrics of Yi An Jushi since I was a child and I admire her very much."
Zhang Shixun also said. "Yeah! Me too."
Ding Dusai asked doubtfully, "That's not right. Didn't you grow up overseas? How did you get to read the poems of Yi An?"
Zhang Shixun asked in return: "I only read it after I came to the Song Dynasty, is that not okay?"
"Don't give me that! My sister said she has sung Yi An's lyrics since she was a child, and you followed up by saying you did too."
"It's just nonsense. Madam Ding, please don't nitpick." Zhang Shixun said, shrinking his neck and saying, "Let's not stand outside like idiots. It's cold outside."
Li Shishi did not move, but asked him, "I wonder how Master Zhang will spend this New Year's Eve?"
When Zhang Shixun heard her question, he had an idea: Could it be that Li Shishi wants to invite me to celebrate New Year's Eve together?
Ding Dusai seemed to feel the cold as well, and asked urgently, "Sister is asking you, why don't you answer?"
"Oh! I had originally planned to spend New Year's Eve with my cousin at Gao Laozhuang, but he flatly declined, saying that the three of us were having a great time together and that it would be a real downer if I went. So, I had to go alone..."
"Oh! That's great, let's spend time with my sister." Ding Dusai pulled Zhang Shixun's arm and shook it, very excited.
"You won't be spending New Year's Eve with your parents?"
"No, it's boring to spend New Year's Eve with them."
Li Shishi smiled and said, "Then let's go to my place together."
"Okay! Let's go!" Ding Dusai was impatient and pulled Zhang Shixun's arm and was about to leave.
Father Ding's voice came from behind them, "Where are you going, little girl?"
Zhang Shixun smiled bitterly, thinking that it would be a shame if this old guy didn't become an inspector.
"Dad, I'm going to Sister Li's place. I've been working hard for a year. You should let me relax a little."
Father Ding shook his head like a rattle. "No! It's New Year's Day. If you go out and have fun, leaving us two old people here, how can you bear it?"
"Dad!" Ding Dusai hugged his arm and shook it, saying, "You and Mother can't stay up late. Every New Year's Eve, you always go to bed early, leaving me alone to keep watch. How can you bear it?"
"This..." Father Ding scratched his head, looked at his daughter, then at Zhang Shixun, and said, "Saisai, you are a beauty as beautiful as a flower. If you were taken away by a wild cat, I, this old man, would die."
This statement was very explicit, clearly treating Zhang Shixun as a wild cat.
"Ahem!" Zhang Shixun didn't dare to respond and turned his face away awkwardly, but he heard Li Shishi laughing softly beside him.
"Daddy...!" Ding Dusai stomped his feet. How could he talk like that?
The father and daughter bargained for a while, but Father Ding couldn't get enough of his daughter and finally reluctantly agreed to her request.
Father Ding leaned close to Zhang Shixun's ear and said viciously, "Boy, if you dare to be rude to Saisai, I will skin you alive."
"My nephew doesn't dare."
"Don't dare? Pah!" Father Ding spat on the ground and said, "Every time you come here, you shamelessly pull Saisai's hand."
Zhang Shixun spread his hands and said, "Uncle... the same applies the other way around."
Li Shishi couldn't help laughing and burst out laughing.
"Dad, it's cold outside and you've been drinking. Go in quickly, send everyone away, and go home quickly." Ding Dusai was left in a state of confusion by his father.
After much persuasion, we finally persuaded the old man to come in.
Just as the three were about to leave, Yao Dagangzi came out and said, "Master, Master Zhang."
"What's the matter?" Zhang Shixun stopped and really didn't want to waste time talking to this guy. It was really annoying to have him standing outside in the howling cold wind during New Year's Day.
Yao Dagangzi stammered, "Return...your silver."
"What silver?"
"I messed up what you asked me to do, so I'm going to return the money to you."
"Forget it." Zhang Shixun waved his hand and said, "Just be more careful next time. Don't treat people like a jar... Take the money. It's New Year's Eve. Invite everyone at work to go drink."
Li Shishi and Ding Dusai rode in sedan chairs, while Zhang Shixun walked, and they soon arrived at Li Shishi's residence.
When he reached the door, Zhang Shixun suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Oh! Look at my memory."
"What's the matter?" asked Mrs. Ding.
"I went to the Lotus Pavilion with my uncle and the others, how could I forget them?"
Ding Du track: "It's okay, it's okay. I heard from my mother that he has loved hanging out in brothels since he was a child, looking at this and that, and he would spend the whole day there. I'm afraid he's still wandering around there now, hehe! Don't pay attention to him. Even if you call him back, he may not come back with you."
"I hope so."
There were many beautiful girls in Li Shishi's house. As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard many girls laughing and playing inside.
Li Shishi frowned and asked the maid who came out to greet her, "Why are there so many people?"
"Sun Sansi, Sister Xue Zi, Feng Yinu, Xu Poxi, Wang Jingnu... there are seven or eight of them. They've been here for quite a while. They said they agreed to spend New Year's Eve with you."
Ding Dusai asked, "Sister Li, why are you inviting so many people?"
"I didn't make an appointment with them." Li Shishi seemed surprised as well.
As soon as the three of them entered the door, Sun Sansi and others came over and talked in a flurry.
"Sister, let's celebrate New Year's Eve with you, okay?"
"Sister, we only heard that you went to the Lotus Pavilion after we got here. Why didn't you ask us to go with you?"
"Oh! Mr. Zhang is here too? Did you also go to the Lotus Pavilion? Did you sing any new songs?"
"Master Zhang, you promised to teach us Ji Qin. When will you teach us? Jingnu is waiting."
"Yes! Yes! We are all very anxiously waiting for it."
…
A group of women were chattering, which made Zhang Shixun's head hurt.
"Can you all speak one by one?" Li Shishi said with a smile, "How can anyone hear clearly if you're all rushing to talk like this?"
"Let me speak first." Feng Yinu reacted the fastest.
"Let me speak first." Sun Sansi was unwilling to be outdone.
"No! Let me speak first."
…
Li Shishi stretched out her fingers and rubbed her temples.
Ding Dusai couldn't bear it any longer, "No one should say anything like that."
Seeing that they were unwilling to give in to each other, Li Shishi pointed with her slender finger and said, "Xue Zixiao, you are the youngest, you go first."
Xue Zixiao said, "I...I came to tell you, sister, that many sisters want to join our Women's Federation and are asking when we will officially open."
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