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Chapter 91 Su Xiaoyong leaves without saying goodbye
When Li Lianpeng woke up, he learned that Su Xiaoyong had left without saying goodbye last night.

She left him a letter, which contained only a few dozen words. The general idea was that she had something to do at home and needed to go back to Jinling. If we were destined to meet again in the future, we would meet again.

Looking at the lines of beautiful words on the paper in his hand, Li Lianpeng looked complicated and murmured to himself:

"This must be the reason why you don't want to be with me..."

Jinling is not far from Yangzhou City. The two to three hundred miles away can be traveled by horseback in less than a day.

Since Su Xiaoyong had made up his mind beforehand to leave without saying goodbye, he must have been well prepared.

She is not a newbie. Although she is a woman and not very young, she is considered an experienced person.

I think safety will not be a problem all the way back.

Although he was so comforted in his heart, Li Lianpeng still felt a little uneasy.

But he couldn't leave immediately and go after her.

Unjustified, I confessed my love last night and was rejected by the other party.

If you want to find her...

At least you have to find a reason.

For example... By the way, didn't Mr. Su, who was registered in ten thousand people, suffer from cold disease?He also suffered from it when he was a child, so the two of them, grandfather and grandson, can be considered half-fellows of the disease, right?
In addition, Su Xiaoyong spent a lot of time buying a house for him and adding maids and servants to the Li family. He used this as an excuse to prepare generous gifts and went to the Su family in Jinling to thank him. One time, that’s not an exaggeration, right?
Thinking like this, Li Lianpeng planned to take action, but the newly purchased house and the five young girls and boys working in the house still had to be arranged.

Li Lianpeng came to the courtyard, looked at several panting young people, and said:
"You guys come here, I have something to tell you."

When he woke up early in the morning, the two girls Qingque and Qingluan gently pushed open the door of his bedroom, and wanted to help him wash up with shy faces. Li Lianpeng was not used to it, so he waved them away and let them go. I have nothing to do, so I went to Tongping Jixiang and others to clean the yard.

Several boys and girls who had been working since early in the morning were covered with sweat. After hearing this, they put down their brooms and quickly came to Li Lianpeng and stood still, waiting for his orders.

Li Lianpeng glanced at the faces of the five people and saw that their faces were flushed, but they were in good spirits. Malnutrition did not mean they were sick. They were still doing simple things like sweeping the snow inside and outside the courtyard. They can all be barely competent, otherwise they would just be trashing the signs of those sycophants.

After looking at a few people for a long time, Li Lianpeng said: "I want to select a steward from the five of you to take charge of certain things in this house, such as the purchase of ingredients, and after you clean the house, check whether it has reached the required standards. The standards I want, etc.”

"I will teach you guys something later, and then through this process, observe your performance, and finally select someone who I think is qualified."

"You have to perform well, you only have one chance at the moment."

Now he is the only owner of this house, and depending on the situation, he will often be away from home, so there is nothing that needs to be taken care of in this house on weekdays. If he is not here, the three courtyards will still need a steward. Damn it, otherwise it will become a piece of loose sand.

Among the five boys and girls, Ding Shisan was worried, and his mind was always on finding his sister.

The two young men, Ping Anji and Xiang, were well-behaved and honest, with no distinguishing features for the time being.

On the other hand, the two girls, Qingluan and Qingque, seem to be quite intelligent and have sharp eyesight. From what they learned at the dinner table last night, Qingque is also literate, although she doesn't know many words.

The slave market charlatans in Yangzhou City have spent a lot of money on their respective businesses and signs.

Not only will they teach the boys and girls under these names some rules for doing things for wealthy families, but they will also occasionally invite down-and-out scholars to give simple lessons in reading and literacy to the more intelligent children, hoping to sell them at a good price.

As for the girls here, why are they not sold to more elegant places like brothels and boats? This is because in Yangzhou City, every fireworks place has its own recruiting channels, and generally they look down on the offers provided by ordinary charlatans. of an unidentified boy or girl.

In addition, the cost of training people is too high. Unless they are boys and girls with extremely good looks and talents, places that train geishas in brothels will not want them.

In a prosperous city like Yangzhou, where luxury is extremely high and there are many rich people, all walks of life are involved, even the most chaotic kilns... Oh, there is no such place in Yangzhou. It is said that it is because of dozens of Years ago, a high-ranking official of the imperial court accidentally broke into a brothel after being drunk. After a romantic night, he contracted the disease. The man was heartbroken and regretful. He shamelessly remonstrated with the imperial court and carried out severe measures in places such as Jiangnan and other places where chaos was rampant. criticism.

Then local officials responded to the imperial court's call and sealed off these places. They sealed one by one and arrested a group of organizers of the wet market and beheaded them.

With the crowds rolling in, no one dares to do such a small business anymore.

Since then, there has been no such place in the south of the Yangtze River for poor singles to find flowers.

If you have no money and no talent, don't think about being romantic and happy. Working honestly to earn money is the real thing.

After Li Lianpeng finished speaking, he gave Ding Shisan one tael of silver and asked him to go to the nearby morning market to buy a few steamed buns for their breakfast.

Su Xiaoyong left without saying goodbye. As a result, he was in a bad mood and had no appetite, so he stopped eating.

After breakfast, Li Lianpeng and the others started cleaning the house while he watched patiently.

After the house was cleaned, they were each given a few taels of silver and asked to go shopping. By the time all was done, it was already noon.

He watched the performance of the five boys and girls, and in the end Qingque stood out as the best in these trivial matters.

"From now on, Qingque will be the steward of the mansion. When I am not here, you will all obey her orders."

Li Lianpeng said, calling Qingque, a girl with freckles, in front of him. He raised his arm and gently placed his palm on the girl's slender shoulders, slowly releasing some of his internal energy.

Qing Que stood beside Li Lianpeng in a pretty way. She felt warmth coming from her shoulders, but she didn't know what was happening.

Just listen to her fairy-like young master continue to say:

"Qingluan is the deputy manager, Ding Shisan is the nurse, and Ping Anxiang, you two, are the doormen. On weekdays, when you have nothing to do, you and Ding Shisan clean the yard, trim flowers and plants, and follow Qingque Qingluan out to buy a house. What you need here.”

Li Lianpeng likes to be lively, because he has been deserted on the mountain for too long in the past, and there is no one to talk to on weekdays. The only living person in the temple besides him, the old monk Kongji, is either eating fast or chanting Buddha, sitting and meditating all the time. It can be regarded as suffocating him.

It's not easy to have a house of your own and a family business of your own. It must be lively and lively.

"I may have to leave home in the next two days. Qingque, you and Qingluan can discuss it and hire two more mothers and two servants for the house in the next few days to do chores and so on."

He had brought both the banknote and the deed of sale. He had just moved into the house and there was nothing valuable except household items, so Li Lianpeng was not afraid that they would run away secretly.

What's more, since he gave them such good treatment, they wouldn't have trouble leaving his Li Mansion.

After a brief explanation, we started to have lunch. It was Li Lianpeng who cooked a bowl of noodles for each person.

Just after lunch, Huang Haitao came to the door, holding a wooden box in his hand.

"Boss, this is the bonus money handed over by the shopkeepers of restaurants and pawn shops this month."

Li Lianpeng opened it and saw a thick stack of banknotes inside, all with denominations of 100 taels. A rough estimate suggested that there must be more than 2000 taels.

He didn't know whether the money was large or small, so he took a few from it, handed it to Huang Haitao, and said with a smile:

"Thanks for your hard work."

Huang Haitao didn't answer, and waved his hands repeatedly: "Boss, I can't have this subordinate!"

"Why, the dignified Mr. Huang, you don't like my little money?"

Li Lianpeng raised her eyebrows and said.

Huang Haitao's expression changed slightly, he no longer hesitated and bowed to accept it.

Li Lianpeng then showed a satisfied look on his face, "That's right. Taking money to do things is fair and reasonable. This is how you will do it from now on. After you go to the restaurant and pawn shop to collect the money, you can do what you are doing now, no more, no less. If you have enough for yourself, leave the rest to me. When I am free one day and find the right person, you won't have to do this."

"Yes." Huang Haitao did not dare to object. After seeing the other party's methods, he had long since lost the thought of disobeying the other party.

What's more, he still has the boss in front of him to rely on.

"That's right." Li Lianpeng closed the wooden box and raised his eyes to look at Huang Haitao, "How are you doing with the exercises I gave you?"

Hearing him mention this, Huang Haitao's face was slightly happy and he said:
"I was dissatisfied with my boss, so my subordinate practiced the exercises as soon as I got home that night. In just three days, I started to feel the 'qi' in my body!"

Li Lianpeng couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he heard this.Unexpectedly, he accidentally discovered a martial arts genius?
Most of the people in this world have learned martial arts moves. There are very few internal skills and mental methods that can truly cultivate internal strength. Otherwise, a single martial arts secret book would not be able to cause a bloody storm in the world.

I won’t go into detail about the superior internal skills and mental methods. They are hard to come by, and most of them are firmly held in the hands of some Jianghu sects or martial arts families.

As for some of the internal skills and mental methods circulated in the world, most of them are fake. Either you can't practice them at all, or you accidentally practice them and go crazy.

Therefore, there are actually not many real martial arts masters in the world, unless they have the inheritance of masters, that is, those who have learned the internal skills and mental methods from Shaolin, Wudang, Emei and other places with real inheritance, or they are geniuses themselves. , only those who can create their own skills once they realize it will have the opportunity to establish a sect.

The rest do not rely on internal strength, but only practice hard Qi Kung Fu or martial arts moves. Most of them are fake moves.

When you encounter a martial arts master who has truly profound inner strength and can express your inner strength outwards, you will stop eating immediately.

In addition, this kind of martial arts training cannot be achieved overnight. It requires polishing the muscles, bones, flesh and blood from an early age, and combined with internal strength and mental methods, only then can one achieve great achievements.

There are only a very small number of adults like Huang Haitao who can cultivate their internal strength through secret books so quickly.

Most people who practice martial arts, at this age, will be helpless even if they are given a book of internal skills and mental methods.

"Okay, okay, you are very good. My respect for you is not in vain."

Li Lianpeng stood up, patted Huang Haitao's shoulder with a smile on his face, and at the same time secretly explored it, and sure enough, he felt the presence of Qi in his body.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with passing on Huang Haitao's martial arts secrets.

A person's temperament cannot be seen in a short time, but he firmly believes that it takes no effort to make people fear him.

Huang Haitao's past is crystal clear, there is nothing to fault, and he needs such a person to do things for him, so if he is taught, he will be taught.

What's more, before going down the mountain, the old monk didn't say clearly that the skills he remembered in his head could not be taught to others.

Therefore, in Li Lianpeng's view, whether to pass it on, teach or not, is all up to you.

Not to mention one Huang Haitao, there were ten of them. He believed that he could grasp them.

If nothing else, just the fact that he has a younger brother named Li Lianhua is enough.

No matter how high your martial arts achievements are, can they surpass Li Xiangyi at the peak?
You know, Li Lianhua is a person who can beat the entire martial arts master with his single success, in addition to the flourishing Di Feisheng!

This shows how powerful his cheap brother is.

It is no exaggeration to say that his martial arts talent is at least one step ahead of the contemporary martial arts masters!

Li Lianpeng thought for a while and shouted towards the courtyard:

"Qingque, Ding Shisan, you two come over here."

After finishing speaking, Ding Shisan ran over first.

Then, there is Qingque.

Li Lianpeng handed the wooden box to Qingque and said with a smile:
"This money has been handed over to you for safekeeping. All future expenditures in the house will be taken from here. Remember to make a detailed account when you spend money. If you don't know how, find an accountant to teach you while I'm still at home. ."

Qingque gained such trust, her little face was extremely solemn, she took the wooden box from Li Lianpeng, nodded heavily,

"Yes, son."

After the freckled girl finished speaking, she was about to turn around and leave, but Li Lianpeng stopped her and said, "Don't be impatient yet, wait until I finish."

He looked at Ding Shisan and said with a smile: "Shisan, you are the guardian of the Li Mansion. You should learn some skills. Otherwise, if a thief comes to our house one day, we will just watch." Are people stealing things?”

Huang Haitao looked at the young man in front of him with strange eyes, "Guyuan?"

Just this boy with thin arms and legs?
As if aware of Huang Haitao's strange look, Ding Shisan raised his head and glanced at Huang Haitao, his eyes showing no fear at all.

Ah.

Huang Haitao chuckled in his heart, feeling that the boss was really arrogant.

This kind of nursing home is out of sight.

But then I thought about it, with the boss's skills, what kind of thief could escape from his clutches?

I was afraid that he would be discovered before he even got close to Li Mansion.

He shook his head secretly and stopped thinking.

Just then, Li Lianpeng suddenly turned his head, looked at Huang Haitao, and said, "Haitao, what do you think of my new nursing home?"

"..." Huang Haitao didn't expect that the topic would lead to him, and he immediately said without thinking:
“The boss has good eyesight.”

I don’t know why, but it’s always right to praise me first.

Li Lianpeng nodded and said: "That's right, here is Ding Shisan. Although he looks thin, his bones are quite good."

At this point, Li Lianpeng did not elaborate further.

This is the skill that Li Lianhua gave him. It is actually not difficult to see the bones of a young man. He can roughly feel it along the spine to the hip bones, and add some observation and judgment tips that are suitable for everyone.

Ding Shisan looked at Li Lianpeng, stunned.

He can still practice martial arts? !

The young man was pleasantly surprised, but in front of Huang Haitao, an outsider, he did not show any surprise.

Huang Haitao felt that this young man was hopeless. The boss's words had made it so obvious. Why don't you, silly boy, kneel down and become a disciple?

But Li Lianpeng shook his head and said, "But it's a pity that I don't accept apprentices."

Huang Haitao saw his boss looking at him with a smile, "So, Haitao, I'm sorry to bother you, but teach him martial arts if you have nothing to do."

"Ah?" Huang Haitao was stunned.

Let him teach this young man half-assedly?
Li Lianpeng ignored his surprise and continued:
"You only need to teach him for an hour every day. I will leave Yangzhou in the next few days and go to Jinling. During my absence, I will rely on you to take more care of these young people in my house."

Li Lianpeng did not call them maids and servants, but young people. Huang Haitao could tell from his tone that he valued these young people in his house.

He didn't shirk immediately, feeling that even if he was only half-experienced, he could teach this young man some boxing and kicking skills, beat his body and bones, and take care of the Li family, and there would still be no problem, so he agreed.

Li Lianpeng was anxious to handle the affairs here and went to Jinling to explain everything clearly at once.

He looked at Qingque and said: "Qingque, during these days when I'm not here, you have to relax in terms of diet. Eat meat when you should, drink soup when you should, and make your bones strong so that you can serve me in the future. , otherwise it will fall down when the wind blows, how can it be done?"

"...Yes, my lord."

Seeing that the other party responded, Li Lianpeng looked at Ding Shisan again and said: "Thirteenth, from now on, you will learn martial arts from this big brother Huang first and don't slack off. Don't you have a younger sister? If you learn martial arts Wu will have more confidence to protect her."

"In this world, it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. Only when you are strong can you not be bullied by others and do what you want to do."

Hearing the words, the young man was thoughtful.

Seeing his thoughtful look, Li Lianpeng added: "Yesterday I asked my friend to find out where the sycophant who bought you is located, and indeed I didn't see your sister. The place is so big, if it's really like you As said, the trafficker is lying, so there must be something hidden in it. Before leaving, I will go there again myself."

"If you haven't found it yet, wait until I come back from Jinling."

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