Chapter 84083. Talking about the Clouds and Rains of Wushan
Zhou Yi slept until night.
The sky was completely dark, there was no moon, only a few hazy stars.
But the room was bright.
An oil lamp flickered, emitting a faint yellow light. There was a small stove burning at the end of the bed. The charcoal fire inside crackled with a sound, and the small pot on the stove gurgled and emitted white steam.
Lei Li was sitting at the table writing.
It was cold in winter and there was nothing to do at home since the store could not be opened. Zhou Yi put teaching Lei Li to write on the agenda again and even wrote big characters with a red pen for Lei Li to trace.
Lei Li was very annoyed.
I felt sleepy when listening to Zhou Yi's teaching. Once I sat down to copy characters, I felt itchy all over before writing more than twenty characters. I found all kinds of excuses not to write.
Today he is helping his father weave bamboo strips. Tomorrow there will not be enough firewood, so he goes to chop wood. When it is almost noon, he says he will go with his mother to light a fire and cook. When it gets dark at night, it will be a waste of money to light the oil lamp, so it is better to go to bed early.
——He said he was going to sleep peacefully, but he was just trying to bother Zhou Yi.
In short, it takes a lot of effort to get Lei Li to complete the homework of recognizing ten words and tracing a hundred words a day, and the quality of the homework is not guaranteed.
However, Lei Li had learned most of the boxing techniques that Zhou Yi knew, and would ask Zhou Yi to practice with him every now and then. If he was not a child anymore, he would probably go out and fight with others every day.
So Zhou Yi didn't expect that when he was drunk and asleep, Lei Li would actually be honestly copying and doing homework.
——Lei Li is a person who is tough on the outside but soft on the inside. He will still listen if you talk to him nicely.
Zhou Yi thought with relief.
Lei Li seemed to notice his gaze and turned around to meet his eyes. He raised an eyebrow and said, "You said you could drink a lot, but you passed out after just two bowls. I couldn't wake you up, and you slept all afternoon."
"What time is it now?"
"It's almost the 11am."
Xu time?
Zhou Yi converted the time and it was almost seven o'clock in the evening. He had slept for about six hours.
"Headache?"
Seeing that he said it didn't hurt, Lei Li came over again, touched Zhou Yi's forehead and then touched his own forehead. He didn't catch a cold or get sick, so he asked again,
"Are you hungry after sleeping for so long?"
"I only discovered it when you asked..."
Zhou Yi didn't feel anything at first, but after Lei Li asked this, his stomach seemed to wake up and made a long gurgling sound.
"I warmed up the porridge for you."
Lei Li pointed to the pot on the small stove. There was also a set of bowls and chopsticks on the table, which were prepared for Zhou Yi.
"No wonder there's a meaty smell in the room."
Zhou Yi opened the small pot. The charcoal fire underneath was not very strong. The meat porridge in the pot was just bubbling and not rolling around, but it was still very hot.
Zhou Yi filled a bowl and let it cool down before eating. He asked, "What are you having for dinner? Do you want some porridge too? Studying is really exhausting."
"Why would I waste my energy? I just sketched it casually and didn't remember it."
Lei Li curled his lips indifferently, "You already know it, I don't know why you want me to learn this."
"If you can read, you can read and write letters."
"Aren't you here? You read to me, you write letters. Besides, there aren't many letters to write at home, so sometimes a verbal message will do."
"What if I have to write a letter at some point? I'm not home sometimes."
"Then wait for you at home."
"Practicing calligraphy can also cultivate one's sentiments and calm one's mind."
"I feel quite calm, especially when I'm slaughtering pigs. My heart is at peace."
“…”
Zhou Yi couldn't think of any benefits at once. There were no mobile phones or computers here, and there was no need to go to school or take exams. Lei Li would definitely not take the imperial examination to become an accountant.
"It's always good to be more literate."
“But it’s hard to learn.”
Lei Li was a poor student and felt quite confident. "Anyway, if our children want to learn to read and study in the future, we will earn money to support them. If they don't want to study, then they don't have to study. We won't be annoyed by these shackles."
"It does look like circles..."
Zhou Yi couldn't help laughing when he heard it.
The characters here are different from the Chinese characters with horizontal, vertical, left-falling and right-falling strokes. Many of the strokes have hooks, and sometimes when the strokes are connected, they look like circles.
However, most characters do not have too many strokes, so they are easier to recognize than traditional Chinese characters.
At least it is not difficult for Zhou Yi. Things like English, which are made up of letters and have strange pronunciations, are a nightmare for him.
"How many characters have you traced today?"
"I've only traced half of it."
"Bring it here so I can see if there's any progress."
“…Alright.”
Lei Li hesitated for a moment, feeling guilty, but soon he held his head high and took the large characters he had drawn with confidence, "Is it better than yesterday?"
"It's good..."
Zhou Yi looked at the twenty characters on the front page, which were already traced very well. The hooks and circles all corresponded to the red characters he wrote, and they were all very neat and without any mistakes.
But from the second picture, it was obvious that Lei Li was restless and irritable. The strokes were barely in the red characters, and the big characters on the third picture were out of the grid, with fangs and claws, noses and eyes, just like a group of little monsters.
Um……
Lei Li actually drew a turtle.
And it's not finished yet.
Zhou Yi was a little amused and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "When I woke up just now, you were drawing this turtle?"
"hold head high."
Lei Li said without hesitation, "My turtle drawing is better than handwriting, right? My fish drawing is also better than handwriting. I might as well stop learning to read and learn to paint instead."
"If I learn to paint in a strict manner, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable?"
"Too."
"You'd better learn to read."
Zhou Yi saw through him. Once it came to things that followed rules and Lei Li was not interested in, asking him to persist in doing them for a short while every day was more tiring than asking him to kill ten pigs. Without anyone supervising him, Lei Li would easily give up halfway.
"You should drink your porridge."
Lei Li rolled his eyes at him, took the words he had traced, but sat back at the table obediently and continued tracing the red words with a bitter and resentful look.
By the time Lei Li had finally finished writing the rest of the characters in a crooked manner, Zhou Yi had already finished his shower and wash up. He had eaten most of the porridge in the pot and left some for Lei Li as a midnight snack.
“Writing is really exhausting.”
Lei Li muttered something inwardly, finished the remaining porridge, and went to wash the pot for Zhou Yi while he went to wash and brush his teeth.
There were no toothbrushes or toothpaste in this dynasty, but people still paid great attention to oral hygiene.
Rich people would chew willow wood and then brush their teeth with tooth powder, while ordinary people would soak the willow wood in water, bite it open when brushing their teeth to produce tiny willow fibers, and rinse their mouths with salt water after meals.
The Lei Li family used to use willow wood and salt water. After they had money, they started using tooth powder at Zhou Yi's instigation, but Lei Dashan and Liu Ye'er were still reluctant to use it.
Because tooth powder is relatively expensive, a small box of the lowest-grade tooth powder costs hundreds of coins, while the expensive tooth powder with floral scent can be sold for several taels of silver per box, just like rouge.
Zhang Daqiang said that he had also heard from some boat owners that in the state capital, pearls were ground into powder and added to toothpaste, and there was also a paste that turned into a paste when added to water, and white foam would appear when brushing your teeth with willow wood.
I don’t know if it’s useful or not, but it must be very expensive, probably more than ten taels of silver, right?
Lei Li made a reasonable guess.
After all, there are many rich people in the provincial capital, and there are also many rich fools, such as Meng Luo. If someone can spend ten taels of silver to buy a chili pepper, what kind of person is he if not a fool?
By the way, her husband is also a fool.
If he goes to the provincial capital in the future, he must keep an eye on him and not let him spend money indiscriminately. If he spends more than ten taels of silver on something fancy without being watched, he will beat Zhou Yi to death.
Lei Li made up his mind and went back to the room. He saw Zhou Yi carefully correcting his homework, circling the good parts with a red pen.
There were red circles on almost every word on the first sheet, but the number gradually decreased from the second to the fifth, especially on the fifth sheet. He felt that Zhou Yi tried particularly hard to circle two more, but he couldn't find many good ones after searching for a long time.
Looking at...
It's kind of funny.
Lei Li couldn't help laughing out loud. Zhou Yi was puzzled by his laughter and praised him seriously, saying that he could take the initiative to learn without anyone supervising him, and encouraged him to keep up the good work.
It's a bit difficult to keep up the good work.
Lei Li only worked hard intermittently out of boredom.
But it's still possible to keep going on something because it's a two-player game that requires collaboration.
Although Zhou Yi didn't understand why Lei Li kissed him and sat on his lap, it was obvious that as a legal couple, he had no reason to refuse on such a dark and windy night with nothing to do.
"You seem a little more enthusiastic than before."
Lei Li pinched Zhou Yi's chin and looked at his bright eyes. The light from the oil lamp was reflected in his eyes, making him look particularly energetic and bright.
"Is there?"
Zhou Yi felt that he was the same as before, but he didn't know whether it was because he had enough sleep or drank some wine at noon, but now he felt energetic and very motivated.
"have."
Lei Li touched his face and kissed him, smiling, "You're much more proactive than before when we kissed. Carry me to the bed, and I'll see if you're as passionate in bed... or do you prefer it on the desk?"
“…”
Zhou Yi's ears started to burn.
No matter how many times he heard such straightforward and obscene words, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
But he obediently picked up Lei Li.
Although Lei Li was very tall and heavy, Zhou Yi was still strong enough to pick him up easily. Lei Li was no less strong than him, and when Lei Li deliberately made a fuss, Zhou Yi would not be able to resist.
"I'll go blow out the lamp."
Seeing that Lei Li's legs were still wrapped around his waist, Zhou Yi bent down and explained.
"No need to destroy it."
Lei Li's dark eyes curved slightly, and he smiled like a cunning fox or a wolf ready to pounce. "I want to watch you do it."
“Look at me…?”
Zhou Yi was slightly stunned.
"Ah~"
Lei Li's tone ended with a hint of levity, and he said with a smile, "We've done it so many times, but I haven't seen you do it carefully. Didn't you say that? Our family is not short of money, and it doesn't cost much oil to light an oil lamp overnight."
As he spoke, his voice suddenly lowered and his smile became even more frivolous. "Could it be that you don't want to see my face?"
“…”
Zhou Yi's ears turned even redder.
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