Chapter 13 Going Away
The sky was completely dark, because Cui Zhouping was a guest, Liu Yi still lit some lamp oil, usually he didn't eat dinner, as soon as it was dark, he slept directly, and now that there are guests, naturally it can't be like on weekdays.
"There's a chessboard here, too?" Cui Zhouping looked at the chess case in the guest house, looked at Liu Yi, and then suddenly said: "On weekdays, I wait for Yiqi, and I see that you always watch from the side, the night is long, and I sleep too early at this time, how about you and I play a game?" β
"I don't get through this way, and I just look at it blindly on weekdays." Liu Yi directly refused, the shadow of the last time he played against Zhuge Liang was still lingering in his heart at the moment, and he didn't want to be abused.
"It's okay, it's okay left and right, I'll teach you." Cui Zhouping didn't let Liu Yi go, and just greeted with a smile when he heard the words.
The corners of Liu Yi's mouth twitched, how do you feel that this Cui Zhouping's enthusiasm is a little excessive?
Wait, the attributes of this guest house seem to be happy...... This thing doesn't want to stay here, does it?
Liu Yi began to hate that attribute, do you want to let yourself entertain a celebrity every day? I'm not hospitable, and this family doesn't allow me to be hospitable!
Under the persuasion of Cui Zhouping's excessive self-indulgence, Liu Yi finally sat down, but it turns out that some things really can't be made up in a year and a half, even in this entry-level state, he was abused in the end.
Looking at Cui Zhouping, who was satisfied and began to pick up people, Liu Yi couldn't wait to pick up the chessboard and let him fall asleep for a long time.
It snowed in the middle of the night, and the chill in the air dissipated a little, but the temperature in the room was not high, after all, there was no electric firewood, but sleeping on the newly made mat, Cui Zhouping slept quite peacefully, and even more stable than before on the quiet and comfortable bed in his own home.
As for Liu Yi in the master bedroom, since the house was rebuilt, there has been no time when he couldn't sleep.
In the next few days, the snow kept falling, and the weather was a little colder, and the heavy snow that kept going on seemed to give Cui Zhouping an excuse to stay, and he just didn't leave.
If it weren't for Cui Zhouping, he would have given Liu Yi more than 100 five-baht coins and a portable jade pendant in his money bag the next day, Liu Yi really wanted to drive people away.
The heavy snow didn't stop, but it didn't affect Liu Yi's work, anyway, all that was left was a few ornaments and lacquerware, and Liu Yi simply moved all the materials into the main hall to polish and carve.
"It's a waste for such an elegant hall to be used by you for such mundane things!" Cui Zhouping carried his hands on his back and wandered around the courtyard all day long, either enjoying the snow scene in the pavilion in the courtyard and feeding some dog food and chicken food to enhance his relationship with Wangcai to see if there was a chance to attack a few chickens, or pestering Liu Yi to play chess with him.
Compared with Zhuge Liang's quiet and elegant, Liu Yi feels that this Cui Zhouping is more down-to-earth, greedy, curious, and competitive, although he is very knowledgeable, he has the seven emotions and six desires of ordinary people, and even occasionally tells Liu Yi which sister-in-law in Yingfeng Pavilion in Xiangyang City is good-looking, and which sister-in-law has the talent to learn something.
In short, he is more like a person than Zhuge Liang, under the guidance of Cui Zhouping, Liu Yi's chess skills are getting better these days, of course, this thing is not something that can reach their height in a while and a half, but in the realm of beginners, Liu Yi can be regarded as an outstanding kind.
Liu Yi didn't have any excitement about this, anyway, he was just a sparring partner, and he didn't care about winning or losing, just a little troublesome.
After a few more days, the wind and snow finally stopped, but the weather was much colder than before, there seems to be no warm winter in this era, even Jingzhou and other southern regions are full of cold, so cold that people don't want to go out.
"Although you are a craftsman, you have extraordinary knowledge, but it is a pity to fall in this countryside." On the occasion of saying goodbye, Cui Zhouping glanced at the chicken walking in the courtyard with some regret, but in the end he still failed to eat it.
"The joy of the fish?" Liu Yi said with a smile, I have become familiar with it over the past few days, and I have gradually gained a specific understanding of this Cui Zhouping, not to mention how capable he is, but in private, he is not the kind of person who is difficult to get along with.
Cui Zhouping was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded and said: "It's that I fell into the clichΓ©, or not, you have done everything well, why don't you go to Kong Mingzhuang with me, he should come back at this moment." β
"It's good!" Liu Yi didn't shirk either, Zhuge Liang's last batch of things was also done, and he was settled in the past today, so he picked up the bamboo basket and followed Cui Zhouping to Zhuge Liang's grass house.
probably didn't expect Liu Yi to come side by side with Cui Zhouping, and Zhuge Liang was also stunned when he saw the two, and then smiled: "I don't want Zhouping to walk with Brother Liu." β
"Brother Liu?" Cui Zhouping looked at Liu Yi unexpectedly, then at Zhuge Liang, shook his head and smiled: "That's right, you are in the same place with him, how can you not know the strangeness of this craftsman." β
With his understanding of Zhuge Liang, although he looks approachable, he also has arrogance in his bones, if Liu Yi hadn't been recognized by Zhuge Liang, he wouldn't have been so commensurate anyway, after all, Liu Yi and their identities are not equal, even some famous craftsmen are not qualified to be so commensurate.
"Oh?" Zhuge Liang welcomed the two into the house and said with a smile: "It seems that the two of them get along quite well. β
"Well said." Liu Yi interrupted the two, put the bamboo basket on the ground, took out the contents one by one, looked at Zhuge Liang and said with a smile: "Mr. Kong Ming, all the things you asked me to make have been done, you can see if there is anything wrong." β
He came today, he came to settle the bill, with this money, he can also leave this Wollongong, he wants to seek better development, a more stable place, Wollongong is after all a starting point in this time and space, although he gets along with Zhuge Liang happily, but he doesn't want to let this personal feelings affect his choice.
"Brother Liu is leaving?" Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Yi in surprise.
"You can see that?" Liu Yi looked at Zhuge Liang unexpectedly.
"In Brother Liu's words, this place is not suitable for you, and now that you are in such a hurry to settle accounts with me, Liang guesses that Brother Liu wants to leave." Zhuge Liang smiled.
Liu Yi was silent for a moment and then nodded and said, "Yes, I am not from this Wollongong, I have been bothering for months, and it is time to leave." β
"I don't know what Brother Liu wants?" Zhuge Liang asked.
"Central Plains, Xuchang is naturally the best." Liu Yi didn't hide it, the more prosperous and stable the place, the easier it is to get promoted, he did two orders of business here in Zhuge Liang, and now his carving has been promoted to the fourth level, but the fourth level is to the fifth level, 100,000 experience, in this Wollongong, the ghost knows when it will be full, and he can't demolish his home and rebuild it, build it and demolish it, right? Only the big cities have enough demand to give themselves the opportunity to gain more experience.
"In that case, can you give me that courtyard?" Cui Zhouping's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he has realized the extraordinaryness of Liu Yi's house these days.
"It's good that the gentleman is willing to ask for it." Liu Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, he wasn't going to come back anyway, as for those attribute buildings, the higher his level, the better the mansion he would naturally be able to build in the future, it was a good place for others, but for himself, it was not so precious.
"Don't talk about this, since Brother Liu is leaving, why don't you stay in this cottage tonight, and set up a banquet for Brother Liu to practice?" Zhuge Liang smiled.
When Liu Yi heard this, he hesitated for a moment and nodded, no matter what, Zhuge Liang is the first friend he has made in this time and space, and now he is about to separate, and it is likely that he will not see him in this life, so he is naturally a little reluctant in his heart.