Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

Hongque Street, Wenjiaofang, Banyue Lane, the first house at the entrance of the lane, Qiao Rui took out the key to unlock the door and pushed the door open. The first thing he saw was a courtyard. Except for the gate, there were houses on three sides, forming a courtyard. The ground was paved with bluestone slabs. In the middle, a square area of ​​10 feet was lower than the surrounding corridors. There was an ancient well in the middle, and several stone piers of different sizes next to it, which were probably used for washing and washing. Two trench lines connected the secret passage through the bluestone slab under the gate, which could drain the wastewater into the wastewater ditch in the alley outside the gate.

Through the courtyard is the main hall. On both sides of the main hall are many houses with different functions. All the houses have long eaves and connected corridors to form a whole. The room is fully equipped with various household items, including tables, chairs, counters, beds, and desks, but lacks small personal items. After the two of them walked around, Liu Xinyue was very satisfied and kept shouting to buy bowls, chopsticks, kitchen utensils, food, and food to cook, as well as bedding and personal daily necessities, etc.

In this era, the products were quite abundant, including meat, seafood, fresh vegetables, and seasonal fruits. Qiao Rui and Liu Xinyue bought a lot of supplies and daily necessities in the market, and hired people to deliver them back home. Then they worked together to make a sumptuous dinner, which was their first real meal in this world. After the meal, the two of them cleaned up and tidied up until the moon was at its highest point.

"The bed is made, you can go to sleep first!" Liu Xinyue said softly, her eyes flickering slightly, her face flushed, a little bit unnatural, feeling both expectant and nervous.

Living together a few days ago could be considered a chaotic and special situation, but now that we have settled down and are still sleeping in the same bed it is a bit unreasonable.

Qiao Rui was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly: "I'll sleep next door, you go to bed early, you have things to do tomorrow!" After that, he ran out of the room.

The next day, the sun was shining brightly. Qiao Rui practiced martial arts in the patio for a long time before Liu Xinyue walked out of the room yawning, probably because she didn't sleep well last night.

"Good morning!" Seeing Liu Xinyue coming out, Qiao Rui stopped practicing and greeted her.

Liu Xinyue squinted at the bright sunlight, glared at Qiao Rui unhappily, and went to wash up. It was this guy who caused her to have insomnia last night. She tossed and turned all night, and got up late. He still had the nerve to say hello and good morning? It depends on whether this heroine will pay attention to you or not. From now on, you have to cook for yourself and wash your clothes...

By the time the two of them washed up, had breakfast and went out, it was already noon.

"Liu Xinyue, you are such a bitch... so useless..." Liu Xinyue muttered incoherently as she walked beside him. Although she decided in the morning to ignore Qiao Rui and not cook for him for the next two days, she unconsciously made two bowls of egg noodles after washing up and was now sulking to herself.

"What are you talking about?" Qiao Rui asked, turning his head when he saw Liu Xinyue mumbling.

"No, nothing! Oh, I'm asking you what we are going to do now?" Liu Xinyue said stutteringly.

Giving Liu Xinyue a strange look, Qiao Rui felt that this woman was sometimes spicy and straightforward and sometimes silly, but always cute. He smiled and said, "Go find that long-distance carriage and horse company. I want to go back to the countryside to visit my grandfather and see if Xueyun is there and whether she has been back."

"Ah? Going to visit your grandfather... Do you want to take me with you?" Liu Xinyue subconsciously ignored Qiao Rui's subsequent words and only heard that he was going to visit Qiao Rui's grandfather.

"Well! If you find it tiring to run around, you can stay at home and I can go back by myself!" Seeing that Liu Xinyue was stuttering in her answer, Qiao Rui thought that she didn't want to run back and forth, so he smiled indifferently.

"Dislike? How could I dislike it? It's just...but if you take me back, will your grandfather have any ideas?" Liu Xinyue looked a little dazed, feeling anxious and worried. "Does this idiot know what this means?"

Seeing that Liu Xinyue was slow to respond, Qiao Rui smiled and said, "You can wait for me in Longxing City. I can just supervise the repair of the inn."

"No, I, of course I want to accompany you back to see your grandfather!" Liu Xinyue said anxiously.

"Oh, okay, whatever you want!" Qiao Rui looked at Liu Xinyue strangely. Why was she making such a fuss?

Liu Xinyue was startled by Qiao Rui's gaze and changed the subject, "Then do you know where the carriage and horse shop is? Do you want to ask someone about it?"

"It's not far over there. I asked Lao Huang yesterday when we were discussing the layout of the inn." Qiao Rui raised his hand and pointed in a direction.

"Is your hometown far away? Should we hire a carriage or ride horses? Otherwise, let's just buy two horses, ride the horses and whip them, and roam the world to show my true qualities as a female hero!" Liu Xinyue became more and more excited as she spoke, her eyes shining.

“Oh, I guess I can’t afford it!” Qiao Rui spread his hands and said with a wry smile: “Horses of this era are like cars in our time. The starting price is at least one hundred thousand. At the exchange rate of 500 to one, it is converted into silver taels here, which is two hundred taels. Two horses are four hundred taels. But I only have a hundred or so taels of silver left. I guess I can only buy two inferior horses at most. Riding them out would ruin your prestige, Lady Liu.” At the end, he sighed: “It’s the same everywhere. We still have to work hard to make money!”

"Then let's not buy it for now. It's the same if we rent two horses. I just don't know if that carriage and horse shop has any horse rental business." Liu Xinyue said with a smile.

"Let's see first, we're here!" As they were talking, they turned the street and saw several two-story buildings gathered together at the intersection. It was the Changyun Carriage and Horse Company.

There were clerks and servants handling official business and businessmen and travelers seeking advice. At this time, a servant came to greet them and said, "Do you two have any business to handle? Shipping goods or hiring a car to travel?"

"How do I hire a carriage? Are there individual horses for rent?" Liu Xinyue asked.

"To hire a carriage and a driver, depending on the quality of the carriage, the price may be one thousand copper coins a day, or one thousand five hundred to two thousand copper coins a day. To rent a horse, you must have something of corresponding value as collateral, and the rental fee ranges from six hundred to one thousand five hundred copper coins a day," the servant introduced.

"Is your boss here?" Qiao Rui asked quickly, fearing that Liu Xinyue would bargain as usual.

"What do you want to see our boss for? We can handle general business on the first floor." said the waiter.

"I have a large business deal to discuss, and I'm worried that you won't be able to handle it and will waste my time." Qiao Rui said with an arrogant look on his face.

"This..." The servant hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Qiao Rui and Liu Xinyue were dressed in gorgeous clothes and the swords in their hands were also quite valuable, not like the common goods produced by ordinary blacksmith shops, he said: "The shopkeeper has a bad temper and really hates being disturbed. I just hope you two are not making fun of me!"

"Just lead the way. I won't let you be punished!" Qiao Rui snorted coldly.

The servant nodded and said, "Please come this way!" Then he turned around and led the way, taking them to a private room on the second floor. The servant asked them to wait there and then went out to invite the shopkeeper.