The man from the tea garden knocked on the door and delivered two small plates of refreshments. The salted beans and mung bean cakes look clean and exquisite.

Lu Yi simply paid the reward.

When Liu Yan saw him digging out the silver, he suddenly remembered something and asked curiously: "How much can you get now?" Is it enough to spend? ”

Lu Yile was happy: "Why did the princess remember to ask this?" ”

"I just remembered that the third sister said that Zhao Lei didn't have many ......"

If you only rely on Zhao Lei's little money, you can only barely make ends meet in the capital, you can't afford to buy a house, you can't afford to eat chickens, ducks and fish, and you can't wear silk and satin.

"The third sister also complained that Zhao Lei would not live, and after receiving the money today, he could buy all the paper, pens or paints in a blink of an eye, or he bought books, calligraphy and paintings, but I didn't expect how to spend this month after buying these things."

Speaking of Zhao Lei, Lu Yi is more familiar with him and understands his temperament better.

"That's what he is, painting is a top priority for him, far more important than having a full stomach. In the years when he used to live in the mountains, he could really paint for hours on end, and it wasn't until dark that he came back to his senses and remembered that he hadn't eaten for a day. At that time, I went to him from time to time, for fear that he would starve himself to death. ”

After finishing Zhao Lei's gossip, Lu Yi remembered to talk about his own affairs.

"Actually...... If I really rely on Yulu, I can't afford to come to this teahouse. Lu Yi said very frankly: "But I don't live on money." ”

"Then you ......"

Liu Yan looked at him suspiciously, and suddenly thought of the words "corruption and perversion of the law".

Lu Yi hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, it's not like that." ”

Without Liu Yan opening his mouth, he could see that Liu Yan wanted to be crooked.

"I have some savings, some of which are granges, some of which are shops, and all of them are interested." Lu Yi explained: "In addition to the emperor's mansion, I actually have two mansions, and there is a courtyard outside the city. After a pause, he continued: "Some of these properties were purchased by me later, and some of them were left to me by my grandfather. ”

Liu Yan had heard of his maternal grandfather.

This is a talented man who was an official in the previous dynasty and was exiled, and he cooked radish soup and drank it on the way to exile.

This soup Lu Yi once gave it to her.

Also. After all, Lu Yi grew up in the capital, and he is a son of a family, and he has seen wealth since he was a child.

Besides, his surname is Lu, and he is the son of a general, so he should not be short of money to spend.

As a result, Lu Yi went on to say: "The Lu family is not short of silver, but when I left home empty-handed, I have never eaten a mouthful of tea from the Lu family or passed through a piece of cloth over the years." ”

Lu Yi didn't say anything more about it, he smiled and diverted the topic: "I still have a lot of ways to get money, and sometimes I will receive some thank-you gifts, someone asks me to find people, find things, etc., it's not good for me to work in vain, right?" ”

"Hmm, how much can they usually give?"

Liu Yan was purely curious.

Well, well, in addition to being curious, she also admitted that she was a little concerned about Lu Yi.

I'm afraid that he won't have a good time, and he won't have enough money.

"Well, there is no certainty." Lu Yi said: "There are both high and low. The maximum thank-you gift was twenty taels of gold. ”

Liu Yan is not the kind of person who doesn't know the value of firewood, rice, oil, and salt, she knows what the weight of twenty taels of gold is, and how long it is enough for ordinary people to eat.

"That's a lot."

"Someone once gave me a bag of grains mixed with bran as a thank-you gift, and I didn't confiscate the bag of grain in the end."

"Tell me about it."

After saying this for a while, Liu Yan was also a little thirsty, she drank half a glass of water, and pinched two salted beans to chew. The beans are boiled softly, but the bean skin is a little hard, Liu Yan twisted the bean skin off, this is her consistent taste, and she doesn't eat the skin when she eats the beans.

Lu Yi didn't think it was strange at all, he had already discovered that Liu Yan had a lot of cute little habits. For example, he found that when Liu Yan was drinking the soup, the soup was finished, but all the various condiments added to the soup were perfectly left at the bottom of the bowl.

"Well, it's been three or four years, and I was walking all the way west and spending the night in a very small village. Someone in that village was crying in the middle of the night......"

The weeping family had just lost their son, and there was only an old man with his grandson, who had been killed by bandits in the mountains.

"You have acted bravely and courageously for the people?"

Lu Yi only said: "The bandit is in the middle of the mountain, and I happen to pass by there, along the way." Moreover, those men killed and overhauled, and though I had no long things, I rode on a healthy horse, and they would not let me go. I'm also for myself, not just for those who have been victimized by bandits. ”

"After you got rid of the bandits, the family thanked you with a bag of grains?"

"They are old and young, and they have lost the breadwinner of their family, and the grain is their ration." Lu Yi spread his hands: "If I really take the food away, they will starve to death if they are afraid." This thank-you gift is too heavy for me to accept. Not only did I confiscate it, but I also gave them a few taels of silver, lest they really starve themselves to death in the cold winter. ”

In Lu Yi's narration, the twenty taels of gold did not seem to have a deep memory left on him by this bag of grain.

But hearing him say this, Liu Yan can rest assured.

He can support himself completely, even if he is not an official and does not have an inheritance left to him by his grandfather, this person does not have to worry about his livelihood at all, it seems that he can find food to eat wherever he goes.

This is not the skill that everyone has.

"These beans are cooked quite deliciously, you can taste them."

Lu Yi smiled and pinched the two beans and chewed them, it was indeed cooked at just the right temperature, fragrant and noodles.

"It's delicious."

"How about trying this mung bean cake again."

The mung bean cake made outside is not worse than that made in the palace dining room. Eating this cake is the most suitable for tea.

"I'm going to leave Beijing in a few days, and I should be back in about ten days."

Liu Yan asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"To Liyang, I have to go to Wushan." Lu Yi said: "Liyang's paper is very famous, there are a lot of persimmon trees in Wushan, do you want me to bring some persimmons back?" ”

"You don't need persimmons, if the paper is convenient, bring some back, I have also heard of the fame of Liyang paper. You should be careful all the way, and safety is the most important thing. ”

Lu Yi nodded and promised seriously: "I will definitely come back safely." ”

This afternoon was spent in the tea garden, Liu Yan and Lu Yi were together, and it seemed that there was always a lot to say, and they were never cold.

However, even if they didn't say anything, the two of them silently drank tea, ate snacks, and looked at the plantain outside the window, Liu Yan also felt very stable and down-to-earth.

Even her little troubles these days seem to have dissipated unconsciously.