Chapter Thirty-Seven: Paper Kite

  Li Yunfei looked at Xiaolian's happy appearance, and a hint of pride flashed in his heart. Being able to make one's own woman feel happy is absolutely something that every man should be proud of.

  This night was destined to be a happy one, never thought that Xiaolian would go crazy and be so scary. Li Yunfei felt like he had been drained for the whole night! By the next day, Li Yunfei felt like he had fallen apart, but since they still had their spring outing today, Li Yunfei endured his fatigue and got up, looking at Xiaolian who was still fast asleep. He pinched her cute little nose with his fingers, and soon Xiaolian woke up too!

  "What's wrong? I'm so tired!" Xiaolian brushed away Li Yunfei's teasing hand, but when she saw the way he was looking at her, she immediately became shy. Especially with Li Yunfei's hands constantly caressing her body, Xiaolian felt a surge of desire!

  "Alright! Get up! Today I have an appointment with someone to go on a spring outing, and I'll introduce you to a few friends too." Li Yunfei said seriously to Xiaolian, if only his hands could be as serious as his expression.

  "Really? Then we must hurry up, this is the first time Yunfei introduces a friend to me, it's a big deal! I have to get dressed properly!"

  "It's really not necessary to be so grand!" Li Yunfei looked at Xiaolian with a chill, who was constantly decorating herself with things, these things were really too many and a bit redundant, but Xiaolian was still doing it with great enthusiasm!

  "How can that be? This is my first time meeting your friends, Yunfei. You're willing to let me meet them, which means you've accepted me from the bottom of your heart. I'm really so happy! But as your girlfriend, how can I possibly embarrass you?" Xiaolian said with a serious expression, still gesturing in front of the copper mirror.

  "This time, I had those craftsmen make kites especially! When the time comes, it's going to be fun, but how can you play like this?" Li Yunfei said with some helplessness as he looked at Xiaolian. Xiaolian was great in every way, but when it came to Li Yunfei, she would become flustered and confused. So although Li Yunfei saw Xiaolian making mistake after mistake, he was happy to watch her busily doing things.

  "Is that so? Well, let's just leave it at that!" Xiaolian heard this and suddenly felt a wave of dizziness. She took off the heavy decorations on her body and the headpiece, then applied a light makeup in front of the copper mirror, giving off an air of lotus-like purity, truly a sight to behold from afar but not to be trifled with!

  "Xiao Lian has you, it's such an honor for me!" Seeing Xiao Lian like this, Li Yunfei's heart was moved. This is his own Xiao Lian! Li Yunfei walked to Xiao Lian's back, hugged Xiao Lian into his arms, and whispered to Xiao Lian.

  "It's the greatest honor for me to be with you!" Xiaolian leaned her entire body against Li Yunfei, savoring the warmth of this moment.

  In front of the Qin Wang Fu gate, Xiao La Jiao and Li Qing Shu had been standing here for a while. Li Qing Shu didn't mind, but Xiao La Jiao was different. Who would have thought that this time, when they clearly agreed to meet in the morning, it's now almost noon with the sun high up in the sky?

  "Ah! You're all here already! I'm so sorry, really sorry! Because Xiaolian needs to get dressed up properly, that's why we're late!" Li Yunfei and Xiaolian walked out together side by side, each holding two kites in their hands. Although this era had already invented kites, they were mostly used for communication purposes and rarely used as a form of entertainment, which was also related to the dull entertainment culture of this era.

  "Ah! So this is Little Lian! I didn't expect her to be so beautiful, it's really a blessing for him to have such a girl liking him!" Xiao La Jiao pulled Little Lian's hand and said sarcastically to Li Yun Fei.

  "Hehe! Yes! I also think that I've accumulated good fortune for eight lifetimes, let's go! This weather is perfect for flying kites!" Li Yunfei didn't refute what Little Chili said because he thought the same way. A girl as great as Xiaolian isn't something anyone can have."

  "Kite? What's that? Is it fun?" Xiao La Jiao and Li Qing Shu were getting more and more curious about Li Yun Fei, every time they were with him, they would get unexpected things.

  "This must be Little Jiao's sister, and...". Xiaolian carefully sized up Li Qingchu, immediately realizing his difference. Seeing Li Yunfei still calling him brother, she really wanted to laugh but didn't dare, almost choking on her own laughter.

  "Hey, sister-in-law, just call me Qing Shu, okay?" Li Qing Shu was smart enough to realize that Xiao Lian had already figured out his true identity and immediately went to stop him. He enjoyed the current relationship with Li Yun Fei and didn't want any external factors to cause an awkward atmosphere between them.

  "Little Lian sister, those are earrings on your ears, right? They're really beautiful! I'll definitely wear them when I get back. It's all his fault for not telling me how to put them on at the time! Now I can only watch Little Lian sister from afar with envy, humph!" Xiao La Jiao gave Li Yan a glance, and Li Yun Fei saw the look in Xiao La Jiao's eyes - it was really unjust, didn't you also not ask?

  "Ah! Brother Yunfei, how do you play with this thing? It looks like a kite, but much more beautiful!" Li Qingxu was also a knowledgeable person and immediately recognized the characteristics and origin of these paper kites.

  "Ah! These are the improved versions of those kites, don't you think they look great?! I'll teach you how to use these paper kites later! They're really fun, oh!" Li Yunfei proudly shook his hands holding the beautiful paper kite, which had cost him a lot of brain cells to draw. This also made those skilled craftsmen admire him again, as they had never thought that kites could be made to look so good.

  Of course, everyone has a different perspective on things. For example, Li Guanjia saw a huge business opportunity and last time he made a fortune selling folding fans. Within days, several stores were opened in Chang'an City, and many workers were hired to produce more folding fans. However, within three days, they were all sold out, which was an unexpected result even for Li Yan. It turns out that these ancient scholars are also so hot-blooded!

  He didn't know that the last time he took a folding fan to meet Li Shimin, Li Shimin suddenly became very interested in this thing and secretly let Li Guanjia send some. Li Shimin liked these things very much and was delighted to write on them. Looking at those relatively pleasing ministers, he didn't give away fewer rewards. This made those civil officials very happy. In the past, they were rewarded with gold, silver, and jewels, which were common and unbearable. That little money was not what they pursued. The folding fan just made up for their spiritual reward!

  Seeing those who were originally arrogant scholars and officials being grateful to him, Li Shimin's vanity was greatly inflated, and he even more revered the value of folding fans. This led to a follow-the-wind event, where every official took pride in getting a folding fan. This also affected the talented scholars, causing the value of folding fans to skyrocket temporarily, creating a situation similar to "Luo Yang paper being expensive". As a result, Li Guan's household divided the folding fans into several grades, with the lowest being ordinary white paper fans and the highest being high-end paper fans with famous calligraphy. Li Yan was quite impressed by Li Guan's cleverness.