Chapter 120 - 76: Cultivation Technique, Breakthrough!_3
Xue Shuangtao grasped a string in her hand, watching the kite drift and flutter in the sky. This kite wasn’t made of silk; it was just a piece of paper with some drawings on it. Since her youth, Xue Shuangtao had only practiced archery and zither and rarely ran around playing frivolously like this.
As she watched the kite climb higher and higher into the sky, she couldn’t help but become lost in her past memories, only to be suddenly interrupted.
Rain started to pour down, and the paper kite, already struggling to hold up over time, was quickly soaked, spinning out of control and falling from the sky. Li Guanyi returned the round stones he’d won to the children, took five coins, and purchased the spinning top and the kite.
"Size..."
Xue Shuangtao glared at her with wide eyes.
Li Guanyi cracked a smile and said, "Then let’s go, find shelter from the rain."
Xue Shuangtao asked, "Where shall we take shelter?"
Li Guanyi thought for a moment and replied, "There are small vendors here too. When it rains, everyone heads to a tea house just off the beaten path. One coin will get you a pot of tea, and we set up our stalls outside—those selling sugar figurines, sweet drinks, all sorts. People sit inside, sipping tea and chatting, like a temple fair."
Xue Shuangtao and the young boy entered, and she saw that the place was already filled with people—men and women, old folks, as well as a merchant in fine silk garb shaking the rain from his clothes while asking the shopkeeper to serve tea, laughing and saying there weren’t many people today, and he’d treat everyone to tea as they all take shelter from the rain together.