My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

The two followed Huaiqin and Zhen'er to the yard. At this time, Gu Li seemed to have a good appetite, and his bad mood just now disappeared with the sunshine.

Sitting at the dining table, Chang An picked up his chopsticks and picked up a large piece of braised pork ribs for Gu Li, saying, "Mother Gu, eat quickly. We will go out to play after dinner."

"Yeah!" Gu Li nodded vigorously, looking very cute.

But after taking a bite, she asked again: "Then Chang Lang, after we go to the East Market and the West Market, where should we go to watch a play?"

Chang An kept moving his hands and said, "Zuiyunlou, it seems that Zuiyunlou hasn't started selling alcohol at this time, and the first floor has been decorated as a stage. We will go to Zuiyunlou when the time comes."

Gu Li nodded. Although Chang An was a "homebody" before, she was also a girl in the boudoir. She herself was not familiar with these kinds of restaurants and opera stages.

She picked up a large piece of meat for Chang An and said, "Chang Lang, let's not go to the West Market or the East Market."

"Why not go?" Chang An smiled and asked back.

"I don't know what to do, so I might as well go to Zuiyunlou early and get a good seat to watch the show." Gu Li seemed to be in a hurry to see the show, so he was a little hurried when eating.

Chang An couldn't help but smile when he saw her like this, and said, "Eat slowly. Zuiyunlou isn't open yet at this hour. There's no point in rushing to eat."

But Gu Li continued to do as he pleased, eating his meal with big mouthfuls, saying, "But we should also buy some snacks. It's boring to just watch the show and drink tea."

Chang An raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, but Gu Niang should eat slowly, otherwise she will choke. We should chew our food slowly and carefully when eating, otherwise we will get fat if we eat too much."

Gu Li paused at this moment, swallowed the food in her mouth, and quickly adjusted her posture to sit down. Then she picked up the bowl with one hand, very elegantly. This was probably the most ladylike moment she had in front of Chang An.

"Chang... Changlang doesn't like fat people?" Gu Li asked, blinking his big eyes.

"If you don't like it, I'll eat less in the future and keep it like this."

Looking at Gu Li's innocent look, Chang An smiled and gave her another large piece of meat, saying:

"If you eat too much, you will get fat, but if you eat too little, you will become skinny. Either way, it's not healthy." Chang An said, "It's not that I don't like fat Gu Niang or thin Gu Niang, I just hope that Gu Niang can be healthy."

Hearing this, Gu Li relaxed a little, and then continued to eat normally. While eating, he also picked up a piece of ribs for Chang An, urging Chang An to "eat quickly".

After finishing the meal, Gu Li and Chang An returned to the room. As soon as she finished her meal, Gu Li sat directly in front of the dressing table and began to choose rouge and lip balm, preparing to dress herself up.

Gu Li rarely went out, so Chang An sat beside her and helped her choose jewelry. Seeing Chang An so excited, Gu Li untied her hair bun that she had already combed and let Chang An choose hairpins for her.

However, Gu Li didn't seem to be very easy to serve in this regard. She kept shaking her head when she changed several hairpins. It was not until the end, when Chang An took out the plum blossom hairpin that the owner of the jewelry store had given her, that she nodded slightly. After putting her hair into a bun, Gu Li put the plum blossom hairpin on it, and then her hair was considered combed.

After putting on some simple makeup, Gu Li put on the purse, then rummaged through her drawer and took out a brocade box.

She opened the brocade box, and the Kirin-shaped jade pendant inside was exposed in front of her eyes. She had only let Chang An wear it before, except on his birthday or when he went out for drinks, and he had not worn it for a long time until now.

"Come on, Chang Lang, put this on." Gu Li turned around and hung the Qilin Sun Jade Pendant on Chang An's waist. "Since we are going out to play, we should wear this."

Chang An smiled, without any action, just watching Gu Li put the jade pendant on him. At this time, Zhen'er's voice came from outside the house:

"Master, Sanniang, the carriage is ready, we can go out!"

Chang An and Gu Li then stood up, and the former also picked up his folding fan from the low table. Then he took a piece of donkey-hide gelatin cake from the plate on it, stuffed it into Gu Li's little mouth, and took her out of the room.

As soon as they got on the carriage, Chang An said, "Today's itinerary is entirely up to Gu Niang."

"Yes, sir." The coachman responded.

So, Gu Li said, "Let's go to the snack shop in the square first. We plan to buy some snacks."

"Yes, ma'am, please sit tight."

After the driver finished his reply, he drove away. He first drove to the pastry shop in Anrenfang and asked Gu Li and Chang An to get off the car to buy pastries.

The carriage drove directly into Pingkangfang and headed straight for Zuiyun Tower. It was only the afternoon, and the surrounding brothels and red houses were not open yet, so the people on the street were just normal residents living here, which was quite leisurely.

Arriving at the entrance of Zuiyun Tower, guests could be seen walking in. With the help of Chang An, Gu Li stepped out of the carriage and stretched his head to look inside Zuiyun Tower.

Just as Chang An said, the Zuiyun Tower had already set up a stage at this time, and private seats had been arranged in the front and upstairs, waiting for guests to enter.

When the waiter saw Chang An and Gu Li, he immediately smiled, walked up to them, and said enthusiastically: "Greetings to Marquis Dingkang and Madam Dingkang. I wonder if you two would like to watch a play or have tea?"

"I want to watch a play, but I don't know if there are any private seats? The best one is on the second floor in the middle." Chang An nodded and asked.

The waiter also replied attentively: "My Lord, of course there is. Please follow me."

The two were led by the waiter directly into Zuiyunlou and followed him to the second floor. After reaching the second floor, the waiter said, "My Lord, there is no one here on the second floor, so there are vacant seats for the time being. Please take your pick."

Chang An nodded, looked around upstairs, then randomly chose a seat in the middle and sat down with Gu Li. Huaiqin and Zhen'er stood on either side of the seat.

Then the waiter brought the tea to the two of them and said, "My Lord, Madam, please have some tea first. It's still early, so please be patient. When most people have arrived, we will start the show."

"Okay, thank you." Chang An nodded slightly at the waiter, then let him leave.

After watching the waiter leave, Chang An reached out to pick up the tea bowl, lifted the lid and blew twice, taking a sip while scraping. But as he took a sip, he heard a "puff" laugh from the opposite side. He raised his eyes with some doubt and looked at the opposite side -

Gu Li covered her mouth with her hands, her eyebrows curved, as if she was smiling. Chang An was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong with Gu Niang?"

"I didn't expect Chang Lang to be so rude when drinking tea," Gu Li said with a smile, "If this gets out, how will other students view Chang Lang?"

Chang An looked at Gu Li with some doubt, then lowered his head to look at the tea bowl in his hand, blinked his eyes, and asked, "Isn't that how you drink it?"

Before, when I was free and watching costume dramas, those dignitaries and scholars all drank tea like this. I followed their example and seemed to be doing it well, but I was actually... rude?

"Chang Lang, watch out. I will only teach you once."

Gu Li smiled, then picked up the bowl and the plate with his left hand, pinched the ridge on the lid with his right index finger and thumb, and placed his middle finger on the edge of the lid. At the same time, he showed the hand pinching the lid to Chang An and said:

"When you pick up the lid of a bowl, your thumb, index finger and middle finger should be on the same line. You can't just pick it up directly."

Then Gu Li put the bowl back on the table, put the lid back on the bowl, but at an angle, leaving a space for drinking tea. Then she pressed her index finger on the lid, pinched the edge of the tea bowl with her thumb and index finger, and then brought it to her mouth and took a sip.

"Chang Lang's actions just now were very rude. He didn't act like a scholar at all, but rather like a rough man." Gu Li put the tea bowl back on the saucer and said.

After watching Gu Li's actions, Chang An was shocked - the costume drama misled me! He coughed twice in embarrassment, then stammered and evaded, "I... Gu Niang doesn't know, I just lifted the lid so that it can be blown cool."

Gu Li narrowed his eyes slightly, put on an expression that said, "Do you think I believe it?", and said, "Really?"

"Really...really..."

"Chang Lang is a liar." Gu Li simply snorted and turned his eyes away from Chang An.

But at this moment, she suddenly remembered that she had not brought up the snacks, so she said, "Oh, Chang Lang, I seem to have forgotten to bring up the snacks."

Chang An also put his eyes on the table at this time, and found that there was nothing on it except two sets of tea bowls. Then he shifted his eyes to Huaiqin and Zhener standing beside him, and found that they didn't take anything either.

He didn't think it was a big deal, so he stood up and said to Gu Li, "Then let's go down and get it together. It's still some time before we leave the stage anyway."

"Yeah." Gu Li nodded and stood up with Chang An.

The two of them came downstairs and walked out of Zuiyun Tower. Chang An turned into a small alley with ease. This was where the carriages of the drunkards were parked. He carried Gu Li into the carriage and then got into the carriage together.

The snack box was placed in the most obvious position, and Gu Li took it as soon as he entered. The two took the snacks and planned to leave directly, but suddenly, a discussion came from outside -

"Is this true?"