There is a small spring in the southeast corner of the yard, which continuously makes a tinny "ding-dong-ding-dong" sound and emits hazy mist like a gauze. It seems to be a rare hot spring water, which is very rare in this slightly cold autumn day.
The autumn wind swept the fallen leaves on the bluestone slabs. Although the spring was surrounded by pebbles in a small circle, leaves flying bravely in the air fell into it from time to time, floating on the warm water, like small boats riding the wind and waves...
The subtle sound of spring water echoed and amplified, making the atmosphere in the courtyard seem more peaceful.
The fragrance of orchids after the beautiful lady came out of the bath lingered with the fragrance of dipteran and chrysanthemum in the vase, and the autumn wind could not disperse them.
The same is true for two figures standing side by side in front of a certain table, and the autumn wind cannot disperse them.
Two figures, one male and one female.
Handsome men and beautiful women.
All have slender figures.
Both of them were considered tall or tall in the Zhou Dynasty when nutrition was generally insufficient.
If there are outsiders present at this time, and they see the tall young man and the tall beauty sitting side by side at the table from a distance, they will all envy and say, "A perfect match comes in pairs", a match made in heaven...
Perhaps it was Ouyang Rong's clumsy and unfamiliar technique in arranging flowers in vases, but the two people standing in front of the table bumped their shoulders slightly from time to time.
Collision, collision, a certain tall and beautiful woman moved aside and separated a little distance.
After the tall young man noticed it, he quietly took a step towards her direction.
They bumped shoulders again, and the two of them were close to each other.
She moved again, he moved closer again, she moved again, he moved closer...
In the end, the tall and beautiful lady was pushed to the far right edge of the table by the tall young man, with no way to retreat. She was so angry that she turned her head and glared at him, and then bumped his shoulder hard as if to vent her anger...
The slender young man suddenly fell to the ground. The tall lady was so frightened that she immediately dropped the vase and squatted down to help him, with a concerned look on her face. However, after she hugged him closely and pulled him to his feet, she saw a "playful face" with blinking eyes in the blink of an eye.
Still alive and kicking, she gritted her teeth in anger, pushed him away, and turned away, not wanting to deal with this liar anymore.
But this enemy continued to place flowers in the vase like candy. At the same time, he continued to move closer to her shoulder, and pressed firmly against her shoulders. He could not drive away even if he stepped on his instep with his red rope clogs. This shameless enemy even touched his nose.
He came over and took a sniff, and he seemed to like the fragrance of orchids on her neck after bathing... It made people angry and funny.
In the end, Xie Lingjiang could only give in with a straight face and let him stand next to his shoulder, bumping her lightly from time to time. She was not to be outdone and bumped his shoulder back again and again, so the two of them started to rub against each other, both angry and childish.
There is also some... tacit understanding and heart-to-heart connection.
It's just that Xie Lingjiang's pretty face was stern. I don't know if it was a normal reaction to her skin being steamed white and rosy after taking a bath, or if it was something else. Her fair skin was faintly covered with a faint layer of rouge.
Some are as pink as plum blossoms in early winter, which is very beautiful.
This made Ouyang Rong next to him look at him frequently, looking left and right.
"I'll beat you again."
Xie Lingjiang showed two small tiger teeth.
"You shouldn't let people look at you if you're pretty, right? Don't be so good-looking if you can."
"If you have the ability, don't look at it."
"I have no ability."
"..."
Ouyang Rong grinned, causing Xie Ling and Jiang Xiang to bump his shoulder:
"Originally, the maids were helping me put the flowers in the vase, but they came to the door halfway, so I had to ask them to step back. Please make it up to me and help me put the chrysanthemums honestly. It's time to enjoy the chrysanthemums in autumn. I have to prepare a few and bring them over to the chrysanthemum appreciation party later.
We made an appointment with Sister Qin and Sister Guoer."
"No, I'm here, why are you asking them to step back?" Someone asked knowingly: "What do you want to do to me, little junior sister?"
She felt a little itchy: "Are you good?"
Ouyang Rong nodded obediently.
"Bah, shameless."
"Then I'll come earlier next time."
"If you had come earlier today, I wouldn't have opened the door for you. It's a beautiful idea."
"Why is this?"
"It's no use pretending to be stupid, Senior Brother. I'll show the books for me later. There are still some books in the room. It was the maid who stopped halfway through. You stay with me this afternoon and finish the work honestly. Do you hear me?"
Ouyang Rong calmly glanced at the yard and looked around.
Sure enough, there were many rare books spread out on the ground, and there were also a few familiar oil-paper umbrellas, which were carefully opened and placed on the ground, basking in the sun, and the poems and love words on the umbrellas could be faintly seen.
It was the love umbrella Ouyang Rong gave to Xie Lingjiang.
The sunshine is good today, a rare sunny day in autumn. After taking a bath and incense, the junior sister and the maid took out some books and objects from her boudoir one by one, exposed them to the sun, and removed moisture.
Jiangzhou belongs to the south of the Yangtze River, and Xunyang is close to the river. The humidity is quite heavy, so the junior sister is careful.
"Little junior sister, what are you talking about? You don't need to say it. I wanted to accompany you this afternoon. Otherwise, why would I come here? Look, I've bought some chrysanthemum wine. I'll finish arranging the vase of flowers later and let's have a few sips."
"Oh, I hope it's not someone who is afraid that my aunt will randomly come to Xunyang for random inspections, so he will come over regularly and step on it. Well, I can't say that it is safe, and I have no sense of urgency for the time being. I will slip away at any time, but I am used to it."
"Ahem, little junior sister, what are you saying? You look at someone through the crack in the door and look down on them. It will be impossible today."
"see your performance."
"After inserting this anus, tell me what to do next. I'll help you with what the maid didn't finish just now."
"First publish the books, and then..."
"Then we cook?"
"Then add eyebrows and make-up."
"..."
"What, you're not happy?"
"I'm happy, it's not too late to be happy."
"If you mean what you say, forget it if you don't want to. I'm here to teach you."
"I'm willing, I'm willing, I'm telling the truth, ahem, I'm the best at thrush."
"Have you painted for other women? Wei Lai?" His tone was suspicious.
"No, I just said it casually."
"Someone can't protect everything."
"No, ahem, I finished arranging the chrysanthemums and went to post the books. Where is your study..."
"Wait, come back."
"what."
"My stomach is growling. Didn't you have lunch?"
"I don't think so. Didn't I come here to drink with you? Want to have some food together?"
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Well, I do believe what you said now. I've eaten, you... just wait a minute, don't be stupid and show off, I'll make you something to eat, and then I'll do it after you're full...
…”
“It’s easy to fall asleep after eating a full meal.”
"Then go to sleep, I'll stay with you."
"Junior sister, you are so good today."
"Yesterday and the day before yesterday were not good, right?"
"Okay, okay, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow is fine."
"Virtue."
Xie Lingjiang arranged the vase with chrysanthemums in it, then turned to go to the kitchen.
Ouyang Rong had nothing to do and did not wait for her. He went to the study to take out the remaining books, returned to the yard, and dried them one by one on the bamboo mat with neat movements.
After finishing, he saw that his junior sister hadn't prepared anything delicious yet, so he wandered around and passed by the small hot spring in the southeast corner. He looked at it curiously.
The spring water looks quite clean... I can't help but raise my eyebrows slightly.
After a while, Ouyang Rong walked into the kitchen and saw Xie Lingjiang's graceful back in front of the stove.
This white dress, which looks like pajamas after bathing, highlights her tall figure.
Ouyang Rong suddenly felt that in addition to his future son's cafeteria, the younger junior sister's buttocks and crotch were not inferior to those of many plump married women. The curves were attractive, but because of her long legs and her usual
Men's clothing somewhat obscures this beauty.
Ouyang Rong stepped forward, stuck to her, and hugged the waist of the beautiful woman who was making delicious food in front of the stove from behind, and placed his chin on her smooth Xiaoxue shoulder.
"what are you doing."
He lowered his eyes at the stove and found some fruit plates, including pomegranates, pears, and autumn oranges. The younger junior sister was lowering her head, carefully cutting out finely chopped fruit pulp with a kitchen knife, and putting it all on a plate. Then she took out the fine icing sugar.
, a small jar with plum brine and perilla seeds, scoop out a spoonful from time to time and mix it into the fruit plate.
A bit like fruit salad.
"This snack is called Chunlan Qiuju. I'm new to this. Try it."
Xie Lingjiang's eyes curled up.
Ouyang Rong nodded and glanced at the "Spring Orchids and Autumn Chrysanthemums" on the plate calmly.
Now that he has said that, even if it is dark cuisine, he has to laugh and eat it all.
Xie Lingjiang suddenly turned his head and touched his slightly lowered forehead with his white forehead: "What are you thinking about?"
"It's nothing, be careful not to cut your fingers."
"Are you worried about my sword skills?"
As she said this, she who was very ladylike just a second ago suddenly flipped her white and tender hands, and a kitchen knife whirled and danced, almost turning into a shadow. It was so easy.
Ouyang Rong was helpless: "Xinxinxin, please be careful, don't fly in my face."
"Just fly, fly."
"Then someone will be left a widow."
"Then... wouldn't it be possible to have a feast?"
"...??" Ouyang Rong.
Faced with the playful glance from his little junior sister, he couldn't bear it and quickly changed the topic:
"By the way, you've been accompanying Miss Qin recently. What's the progress of her and Da Lang now?"
"It's still the same."
"What's that like?"
"The closest we walk is three fists apart, and I haven't even touched it with my hands."
"Aren't they just like normal friends?"
"Um."
"It's almost ten years old, why is it so slow?" Ouyang Rong touched his chin and couldn't help but speculate: "Are they talking about a new kind of love?"
"Yeah, it's too slow. I don't know if it's new or not, but it will definitely take a lot of time. We probably won't be able to wait until that day." Xie Lingjiang nodded in agreement: "If Da Lang had half the skill of the senior brother, my uncle and aunt would now
I would have proposed marriage earlier. It would be great if the eldest brother came, wouldn't you say?"
"That's right, Da Lang, Da Lang, it seems I have to turn him around..." Ouyang Rong got stuck: "Wait a minute, what do you mean by having half my skill? What kind of skill do I have? Don't talk nonsense, I'll do it."
"Humph. The more I think about it now, the more I feel that you were dishonest before and just deceived me into being innocent and ignorant."
"Come on, little junior sister, please speak with your conscience. Isn't it inappropriate to use the word "innocent and ignorant" about you?"
"Bah, take your hand away. I'm cutting something, but the knife will fly out and cut off someone's big pig's trotters."
Ouyang Rong squeezed it, took it back, rubbed his face, and sighed softly as he looked at the virtuous cooking skills of his little junior sister.
"Are you worried?" She raised her little finger to tuck her hair behind her ear and asked gently.
Ouyang Rong thought for a while and gave a rough summary of what he had said to Lu Ya not long ago.
Xie Lingjiang immediately put down the kitchen knife and looked back with a frown: "Elder brother suddenly asked Lu why he pressed the talisman?"
Ouyang Rong thought for a moment, then silently took out a copy of "Zhen Gao" from his sleeve and threw it next to the kitchen knife on the chopping board.
Xie Lingjiang was stunned at first, and then his eyes widened: "The core technique of Shangqing Sect? Wait, isn't there some secret skill of Shangqing in it..."
Ouyang Rong nodded and talked about the frivolous Taoist priest in general.
"You...why didn't you tell me earlier?" She widened her pretty eyes.
"That night at Dagushan, when I successfully dealt with the frivolous Taoist priest, I suspected that Sanqing was betting on both sides and was afraid of exposing the enemy. Moreover, you and the teacher seemed to have a good personal relationship with Sanqing, and it was also the prince who you recommended to him. I was afraid that you would trap him.
It’s difficult to be a good person in the middle, so I pressed down the table and wanted to see the follow-up performance of Sanqing to see if I need to pretend to be stupid... "Zhengao" didn't mention it, and I never thought that I would be able to practice it in a blink of an eye."
"Don't do this in the future...wait a minute, senior brother can practice it?" Xie Lingjiang reacted, with a look of surprise on his face, and looked at the strange...monstrous senior brother in front of him again.
Ouyang Rong calmly said: "My veins are a little special."
After a pause, he sighed:
"The main reason is that I learned the whole story from Lu Ya today. It turns out that the frivolous Taoist priest broke off with the Shangqing Sect, and Master Yuan left again, so I feel relieved."
"Elder brother asked too straightforwardly today. Lu Ya may be suspicious, so we have to take precautions."
Xie Lingjiang did not blame him at all for hiding his intention for so many days. Instead, he frowned and quickly stepped in, thinking for him wholeheartedly:
"I went to see him at night to think about how to smooth things over for you. Well, I have to make him think that it was me who mentioned it to you, which made you curious to ask... They all say that there must be a monster when things go wrong, so I have to give it to you.
Find a reason."
He wanted to say that there was no need to go to such trouble, but if Lu Ya knew about it, the worst he could do was return the "Zhen Gao" that he had memorized silently, and tell him about the incident of manslaughter. Anyway, Lu Ya and the Shangqing Sect would not have thought of killing anyone who was not a Taoist priest.
, you can practice the core skills of the Ancestral Master Hall and the supreme knowledge of the Qing Dynasty.
But seeing the lovely frowning look on the beautiful woman in his arms who was thinking of him wholeheartedly, Ouyang Rong paused in his words, suddenly lowered his head and pecked the beautiful woman on the forehead.
Xie Lingjiang pushed him with a disgusted expression and scolded: "We are talking about business, and we haven't been able to show up all day long..."
Ouyang Rong had a stern face and hugged her forcefully.
At the same time, he raised one palm.
"Snapped--!"
There was a crisp sound in front of the stove, and the pink buttocks somewhere trembled in the aftermath, and he used his condescending power:
"Let's cook first and we'll talk later. You're starving to death. If the lady doesn't serve you, I, the king, will eat you first."
"..."
Xie Lingjiang's face turned red.
There is no sound in front of the stove, just for fear that the air will suddenly become quiet...