An Eye-Opening Sight

A three-courtyard house, two... two Grandmaster!?

Thunderclap out of nowhere!

Long Yao and Long Li, feeling dizzy and disoriented, slowly walked out of the partition wall and saw two jujube trees and the hall behind them. They quickly lowered their heads.

Two pairs of eyes stared intently at Liang Qu's heels, and their steps quickened.

I was really scared.

Liang Qu laughed.

One courtyard, two Grandmaster...

All right.

That's pretty scary.

There's no need to explain; you'll understand as you get to know each other better.

Oolong lay under the veranda, yawned, turned his head, and smeared all the wall plaster he had gotten on the Foolish Chicken.

Take a stroll around the entire courtyard.

Liang Qu led the Dragon Girl back to the backyard, pointing to the East Wing Room and side rooms.

"Choose: who will stay in the side room, who will stay in the East Wing Room, or perhaps the two of you can share a room..."

"Sleep in the East Wing Room!"

"Together?"

"Um!"

"Alright, you can go into your rooms and tidy up yourselves. If you have any odds and ends, just pile them up in the small room in the front yard. If you need to buy anything else..." Liang Qu pondered for a moment, "From now on, each of you will receive a monthly allowance of twenty taels. I will pay you back one month's allowance first... It's a bit low, but I'll raise it later."

The two were, after all Galloping Horse Martial Master; it would be inappropriate to have so few.

Long Yao waved her hands repeatedly. "No, no, it's all up to you, sir."

Long Li replied earnestly, "We are already extremely grateful to be able to follow you, sir, and dare not ask for more."

Ouch~ That feels so good!

The two men Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe, clamoring to follow, brought far less joy than Long Yao and Long Li.

Liang Qu denounced his own sexism.

They should be treated equally! We'll have the Great Beaver repair their pondside cottage another day! Long Yao and Long Li took the keys and went inside to tidy up the room.

After watching for a while, Liang Qu saw that the two were proceeding in an orderly manner, so he turned around and called out, "Aunt Li!"

"Hey, here it comes."

Aunt Li was hanging out the sheets to dry, wiped the water off her hands and ran over.

While giving instructions, Liang Qu called Ta Ta Kai to his room and took out a fifty-tael Da Bao ingot and some loose silver.

He handed all the money to Aunt Li, asking her to take the two Dragon Girl to the town market to buy beds, wardrobes, and other furniture for the East Wing Room.

In addition, May's wages were paid, and we were informed that our food rations would increase by three qian, becoming one liang and five qian per month.

From now on, there will be more beds and clothes to wash, so the more you do, the more you'll earn.

Aunt Li was secretly pleased. She looked at the Dragon Girl and was first surprised by their height, then clicked her tongue in amazement.

"What a beautiful girl!"

Long Yao and Long Li greeted each other awkwardly.

"Why are you asking me, a mere washerwoman? Come on, I'll take you to the market to buy things!"

"Aunt Li, you..."

The Dragon Girl looked at the bed sheets drying in the sun.

"Oh, all done! That was the last thing. There wasn't much work to do each day, but the rainy season is coming soon, so I took advantage of the sunshine to dry everything."

Aunt Li, in a flurry of activity, dragged the two of them to town to hunt for bargains.

Long Yao and Long Li had no choice but to follow them out. Once they left the second courtyard, they felt a sense of relief and were immediately filled with joy.

They had always lived in the Great Marsh and had never been to a human market before, so they were filled with boundless curiosity.

Little did they know that the two of them walking on the street was already a unique sight to behold.

"Whose daughter is this...?"

"He's even taller than a man..."

The villagers stared wide-eyed as the Dragon Girl brushed past them, and Black Pearl couldn't help but glance around furtively.

Not to mention women, it is rare to see men of this height. Moreover, although he is tall, his figure is graceful and his buttocks are as round as peaches, which makes people's Blood Qi rush and feel itchy through their clothes.

Before they could rush forward, Aunt Li turned around and spat on the ground, extinguishing the man's anger in the process.

Several bachelors stared intently.

"Aunt Li?"

The moment they recognized each other, everyone trembled, feeling a sense of emptiness.

Who doesn't know that Aunt Li is the washerwoman at Master Liang's house? Who would let Aunt Li lead the way...?

Most of the scattered gazes around disappeared instantly.

Aunt Li scared away a few hot-blooded young men and comforted them, saying, "Country folks are rough around the edges, girl, don't mind them. People are just like that! Eating, drinking, relieving themselves, and sleeping with women!"

But don't worry, in the entire Yi Xing Town, whether they're from out of town or locals, if they dare to disrespect Master Liang, no one will dare utter a word of dissent; in fact, others will applaud it! From now on, if anyone upsets a girl or gets on her nerves, you don't even need to lift a finger; just shout, and plenty of people will help you get revenge!

Long Yao and Long Li smiled awkwardly. They wouldn't really cause trouble for the adults, but they felt a deeper appreciation for Liang Qu's prestige.

"Lord Liang, is he really that powerful?"

"Of course! I wash clothes for Master Liang, and my husband has to watch his temper every day!" Aunt Li said with a hint of pride. "Before, when I cooked a meal, he would always complain about whether it was too salty or not, or whether it had any meat. Now, whatever I cook, he has to eat it!"

During their casual conversation, Aunt Li suddenly paused, as if she had witnessed something horrifying. She quickly left the Dragon Girl behind and hurried forward.

"Oh my god, Chen Caigui, you heartless bastard! Three catties of pig's head meat, and you want to charge one qian of silver?"

In front of a small braised meat stall, Aunt Li went up and gave the vendor a good scolding, managing to wrest back a few dozen copper coins from him. She stuffed them back into the Little River Otter's hand, grumbling that a pound of meat wasn't that expensive.

The two Little River Otter seemed to understand, but they had already got the meat. They picked up the packaged pig's head meat, strung the copper coins around their necks, and ran quickly past the Dragon Girl on all fours, disappearing into the Liang Residence.

The Dragon Girl's eyes were opened.

Half an hour later.

One after another, people brought in the canopy bed, curtains, wardrobe, and desk.

Aunt Li helped change the bedding to new sheets.

At this point, Long Li and Long Yao officially moved into the East Wing Room of the backyard, separated by a curtain, which served as two separate rooms.

It's not small.

The entire East Wing Room is very large; it could easily be divided into two or even three rooms, much like the Martial Arts School where Liang Qu used to live.

"The family is thriving."

After observing the pond for a while, Liang Qu felt refreshed and returned to the pond.

Location on the opposite bank.

A brand-new Flying Eagle Ship was completed. Ta Ta Kai his mouth, chewing on a piece of pig's head meat, and carried a bucket of Tung Oil in his hand, happily painting the Flying Eagle Ship.

Under the bow of the boat, six Little River Otter sat in a row, picking up slices of meat with their paws and sharing the remaining braised meat.

Ta Ta Kai wasn't very successful; some of the employees were just Scarface's buddies.

Ta Ta Kai and Scarface still fight whenever they meet, one using Ape Fist and the other using Arhat Claw, their martial arts skills improving rapidly.

But the two families' Little River Otter gradually became familiar with each other and started hanging out together.

They would occasionally go out together to buy snacks, including but not limited to beggar's chicken, pig's head meat, and braised beef.

I wonder where their money came from. Great Beaver give it to them? Liang Qu thought of the gold nugget the beaver family gave them when they moved in, and his gaze fell on the Flying Eagle Ship as he drifted off into thought.

"We need to get A Fei to find some time to send the Ship Model over..."

"Oh, a new lady has come to the house? Dragon Girl? You're quite the lucky guy."

After swimming in the Great Marsh to cool off, Wu Cangshou emerged from the pond, peering out and seeing the graceful Dragon Girl bustling about in the courtyard. He then made a teasing remark.

Liang Qu grinned.

"Shou Lord, please don't joke. I don't care, but it's wrong to tarnish the Dragon Girl's reputation."

If the other person isn't shy, then the joke is no fun at all.

Wu Cangshou looked around.

"Young man Liang, the pond is too crowded. Is the expansion next door finished yet? Go and urge them to finish it!"

The Old Toad loved planting lotus flowers, and with his Cannot Move and his talent for promoting growth, the entire pond was completely occupied by lotus flowers, making it visually very crowded.

Fortunately, the Fat Catfish Cannot Move these past two days and all went out to catch offerings, otherwise Wu Cangshou wouldn't want to come back.

"It'll be soon. I asked about the construction schedule, and the wall will be broken down in two more days. Then it will be spacious."