Chapter 5 Who Says Actors Are Fierce
Chapter 5 Who Says Actors Are Fierce
However, Li Jingxing miscalculated Lin Ze as the eldest son. Lin Ze didn't like to eat cakes, which ruined his dream of getting rich.Although the business of Yunjing Pastry is booming, but the price is cheap, so they can't make much money.
If it wasn't for the sign of attracting the prince, he would not do such a dirty business.He stays in the kitchen every day. If it wasn't for his good foundation, he would have been as black as the apprentices who followed him to make cakes.
Speaking of which, among this group of apprentices who learned how to make pastries, there was also one who was not worried, but he was much inferior to Shang Wangyan.This apprentice will not 'sell' him to others, he will only foolishly try to steal the pastry recipe.Seeing such an apprentice who couldn't make money for him, Li Jingxing couldn't help but miss the days of the Lige Opera Troupe.
Anyway, every time he went to a strange place, Wang Yan could help him find a financial backer, and he could get 200 taels if he said less.If Wang Yan hadn't made his voice hoarse that time, he wouldn't have run away with only 80 taels, 40 taels to be exact.
Fortunately, the medicine was not too heavy, and my voice is now healed, otherwise I should go back to my old job.You know, outside of Huanyang City, it is impossible to get 70 taels of reward for each scene.
Just as Li Jingxing was thinking, the apprentice told him that Qiu Jing came to him.Recently, Qiu Jing has been running a lot with him, and he is also happy.After all, Qiu Jing has a very good relationship with Shizi, if he is drawn over, Shizi will naturally be no problem.
"General Qiu, you came quite early today." Li Jingxing greeted Qiu Jing with a smile.
Qiu Jing grabbed his hand, walked quickly towards the house, and then slammed the door shut.
"What's wrong?" Li Jingxing asked.
"Follow me back to my house." Qiu Jing said solemnly.
"Something happened?"
"En." Qiu Jing nodded, "You should know that I defeated the enemy a few days ago, right? Because of this, the enemy country sent scouts to Huanyang City to assassinate me. Besides, I will walk away with you during this period of time." If you get close, you might be seen."
Qiu Jing's words ended, Li Jingxing thought for a while, and said, "Then do you think that scout is carrying money? Like 100 taels or something?"
"What time is it, you still think about money." Qiu Jing raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a little helpless, "In short, follow me back home."
"No." Li Jingxing said, "Since you said that the man came to assassinate you, what does that have to do with me?"
Qiu Jing opened his mouth, but stopped talking.Li Jingxing understood his intention, "I'm afraid that person will threaten you with me as a hostage, right?"
"That's right." Qiu Jing didn't shy away from it, "This matter happened because of me, and I should be responsible."
"Food and lodging included?" Li Jingxing asked.
Qiu Jing said, "Yes."
"How embarrassing?" Even though he said so, he began to pack his luggage honestly.Li Jingxing took out a book from under the pillow and stuffed it into the bag. He paused, took the book out again, and stuffed it back into the quilt.
"What is that?" Seeing his behavior, Qiu Jing couldn't help asking.
"Cake recipe." Li Jingxing said, "I'm afraid you will steal my recipe, so I'd better keep it in the room."
"Oh." Qiu Jing was not interested in the formula in Li Jingxing's hand, he just wanted to strike up a conversation with Li Jingxing.
After packing his luggage, Li Jingxing explained a few words to his apprentice, and then left with Qiu Jing.As soon as Li Jingxing left, someone walked into his room.
Li Jingxing deliberately kept the formula, but it was just to catch big fish with a long line.With the last incident of the troupe as a cover, Qiu Jing might think that he is a hard-working person, and he will betray with the apprentice he personally brought out.In Qiu Jing's eyes, he will be even more convinced that he is a poor man who is unlucky.
He doesn't like to pretend to be pitiful in front of people, but for some reason, after seeing how Qiu Jing looks after him, he is willing to continue acting in front of Qiu Jing.Besides, life is just a drama, and you travel all over the world to see your acting skills.
"Growing up so big, have you ever been cheated?" Li Jingxing asked him for no reason.
"No." Qiu Jing thought for a while, and said seriously, "I grew up in the army and didn't have much contact with people."
"That's it." Li Jingxing thought to himself, which meant that Qiu Jing had no other relationships except the eldest son. "I have been lied to. Someone told me that as long as I called him brother, he would give me cakes, and then I called him brother, and he threw the cakes on the ground.
He said that if he wanted to eat the cake, he had to pick it up and eat it, and then I reached out to get the cake, but he stopped me with his foot and refused to take it.Then, he said he wanted me to lie on the ground and bark like a dog, so he moved his feet away.Guess what happened in the end? "
Qiu Jing was silent for a while, turned his head to look at him, and asked uncertainly, "Listen to him, have you learned how to bark like a dog?"
"Where can it be?" Li Jingxing said with a smile, "As the saying goes, there are only three things. Although he stepped on the cake and refused to let me take it, he still had it in his hand~ I took advantage of him not paying attention and snatched him away." The pie in my hand disappeared in a flash. I still remember that guy chasing me and yelling at me, and ended up stepping on a piece of melon rind and fell to the ground.”
When Qiu Jing heard this, he couldn't help smiling.But when he thought of how helpless Li Jingxing had been since he was a child, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
Li Jingxing chatted with Qiu Jing without saying a word, seeing the good quality of melons and fruits at the side stall passing by, he wanted to buy some to eat back home.Seeing this, Qiu Jing wanted to help pay the bill.However, Li Jingxing stopped him, "It can be regarded as a visit to your house. It is only in accordance with the rules to visit and buy some gifts. How can the host family pay for it?"
After hearing these words, Qiu Jing couldn't say much, so he had to obey him.
Li Jingxing followed Qiu Jing back to the General's Mansion, there were only a few servants who cleaned the courtyard, it looked a bit cold and lonely.Seeing that Li Jingxing was a bit puzzled, Qiu Jing explained: "My mother was also the daughter of a general, and she fought with my father, and unfortunately died in the battle. In addition, my father was stationed at the border fort all the year round and rarely came back, so I lived alone in the general's mansion."
"It's not easy for you." Li Jingxing said to him.
"Fortunately, with Lin Xuan in Huanyang City, he can say a few words." Qiu Jing said, "I don't feel lonely."
"Really." Li Jingxing handed the fruit in front of Qiu Jing with a smile on his face, "As a door ceremony, I hope that General Qiu will not dislike him."
"I don't dislike it." Qiu Jing accepted the door-to-door ceremony, and then ordered the servants to prepare the meal.Qiu Jing and Li Jingxing took a stroll around their mansion.This stroll made him realize that his mansion was extremely boring.
There is no secluded bamboo forest and stone road, only bare and rotten tree branches like plucking chickens.There are no ponds where green carp swim, only pits that are dry and cracked and covered with mud.If there is anything else that catches the eye, it is probably only the big maple tree where he lives.
"I'm hungry." Li Jingxing put his hands on his eyebrows and looked at the sky, then said to Qiu Jing, "Shall we eat?"
"Okay." Qiu Jing led him to the East Wing.
After seeing the dishes on the table, the smile on Qiu Jing's face gradually faded, and he remembered that he usually doesn't care about food, and the only requirement for the cook is to fill his stomach.The dishes served on the table can be described as clear soup with little water, not even a little meat or meat, and the appearance is not good-looking.
Li Jingxing didn't care and took his seat graciously.Seeing Qiu Jing standing still, he said, "Why don't you sit down?"
"En." Qiu Jing put the saber back into the sword stand, washed his hands in the copper basin of the washstand, and then sat down.Seeing this, Li Jingxing also imitated Qiu Jing and went to the washstand to wash his hands. Although he said that he would not get sick if he ate dirty, he had better be careful when he was out of the house.
"The dishes are not very good today, I will treat you to something delicious tonight." Qiu Jing took out a pair of wooden chopsticks and handed them to Li Jingxing.
"It's nothing." Li Jingxing smiled, "As long as it can fill your stomach." Li Jingxing looked at the dishes on the table, which were all vegetarian, and couldn't help asking, "How can you gain weight if you only eat vegetarian?"
"Father said that I have gained weight recently and wants me to eat less meat and more vegetarians." Qiu Jing said honestly, "I am afraid that I will make a joke in front of the girl's family."
"Could it be possible that your father told you about your relatives?" Li Jingxing took a mouthful of vegetables and put them in a bowl of rice.
"Well, it's the daughter of my father's old friend." Qiu Jing added, "However, I've never seen her, and I don't necessarily like her."
"Everyone talks about the fate of parents and the words of matchmakers. How can you be the one who decides about marriage?" Li Jingxing took another mouthful of shredded green pepper and potato and put it in the bowl, "However, if the girl is good-looking and worthy of autumn For the general, it can be regarded as a happy knot, and the kiss is even more intimate."
"Perhaps." Qiu Jing's eyes flashed a trace of subtle worry, he raised his head and asked Li Jingxing, "What about you? Have you never thought about getting married and having children?"
"I haven't thought about it." Li Jingxing replied, "I am happy alone, why should I marry a wife and have children? Besides, for a person like me who has an affair with a man, I am afraid that no daughter is willing to marry me? I I can live my life like this, and I don’t have to worry about food and drink anyway.”
"Hearing that you are so free and easy, I am a little envious." Qiu Jing laughed.
Li Jingxing put down his serving chopsticks, changed to a pair of wooden chopsticks and picked a bowl of rice: "I think the general is more enviable. He is tall and good-looking. He is brave and good at fighting. .”
"This last sentence is what you want to say, right?" Qiu Jing put a mouthful of vegetables into the bowl.
"No, no, I'm serious." Li Jingxing said with a smile, "If I were a woman, I would probably like you like this. The son is actually handsome, but it always feels a bit duplicitous and uncomfortable."
"Really?" Qiu Jing remembered what Lin Ze said back then, and couldn't help saying: "When you were singing on the stage, Lin Xuan once said that if he didn't worry about you being a man, he would want to marry you forever."
"Is there such a thing?" Li Jingxing raised his eyebrows slightly, "However, even if I am a woman, I am afraid that I will not follow his wish."
"The son is rich."
"Pear garden disciples sell their art, not their bodies." Li Jingxing said, "One must have a bottom line in life. Selling oneself for money, I will not do this kind of loss-making business."
Qiu Jing originally wanted to refute him, you didn't know how much you did in the theater troupe, but he couldn't say such hurtful words.
Li Jingxing and Qiu Jing finished their meal while chatting.Although it was some light vegetarian food, at least it filled his stomach, so Li Jingxing was not dissatisfied.
There was nothing interesting in the General's Mansion, and Li Jingxing couldn't stay idle, so he dragged Qiu Jing to the street for a stroll.Qiu Jing didn't want to dampen his interest, so he followed him into the street.
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Qiu Jing: Why does he always think about money?
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