"are you hungry?"
Fu Jinan suddenly asked her.
Luo Ran was stunned for a moment. Before she could recover, the next moment her hand was tightly held by him. With a slight exertion, she stood up.
Fu Jinan took her down the hillside and soon came to the river.
He casually pinned the hem of his clothes around his waist, took off his boots three times, rolled up his trousers, exposed his strong calves and walked towards the river.
"Hello!"
Luo Ran couldn't help but call out.
The river water in October was freezing to the bone, but Fu Jinan didn't even frown. He quickly walked to the middle of the river, bending down and lowering his head, as if he was looking for something.
Luo Ran stood by the river and looked at him quietly.
At this time, he could not see the dignity of the emperor's close ministers, nor could he see the cruelty and coldness of the Jin Yiwei. Instead, he looked more like a farmer in the field. His wife's things accidentally fell into the river, and he couldn't bear to look at his wife. Feeling distressed, I had no choice but to endure the cold wind and ice water and go down the river to look for him.
Luo Ran didn't understand how he could have such a ridiculous idea. Just when he thought he was ridiculous, he heard a burst of hearty laughter.
Hearing the sound, he looked over and saw Fu Jinan holding a crucian carp the size of an adult's arm with both hands and waving to her: "I caught it! Ranran, look!"
Cleaning fish scales and fish maws, making fires, all things he did with ease, as if he had done them every day, countless times.
After packing up the fish and just about to put it on the shelf, Fu Jinan suddenly remembered something and said, "Wait for me for a while."
Then he lifted his legs and threw them up the mountain.
I saw him bowing to the tombstone a few more times, then reaching out to pick up something and turning back.
When Luo Ran walked up to him, he realized that he was actually holding an apple in his hand, which was an offering to Xie Nianyi.
Fu Jinan took out his dagger and cut the apple into thin slices, rubbed two slices on the fish, stuffed two more slices into the belly of the fish, and skewered the rest with a stick and placed them next to the fish. bake.
He didn't want to throw away the remaining apple core. He stuffed it into his mouth three times and ate it clean. Finally, when there was really no pulp left, he threw it into the fire, making a sizzling sound.
All movements are so natural.
Luo Ran looked at him, a complete stranger, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
But Fu Jinan didn't care. He sat next to her, staring at the fish and apple slices, and asked with a smile: "Is it weird?"
Luo Ran nodded honestly.
Fu Jinan glanced sideways at her. Under the firelight, her face was even more dazzling. He couldn't help it, leaned over and kissed her, and then quickly sat up straight, smiling proudly like a child who succeeded in doing bad things.
After a while, he slowly said: "I was able to come here alone when I was three years old. The fish in this river are afraid of me."
After saying that, he smiled to himself.
"At that time, I was so hungry that I had no choice but to come here to catch fish. Later, when I had enough fish, I went to the cemetery on the other side of the mountain to look for food. There are ancestral graves of wealthy families over there, and the offerings are good. But... Not really, you know?”
Speaking of this, Fu Jinan smiled at Luo Ran and hooked his hands mysteriously.
Luo Ran leaned forward unconsciously and put his ear close to her.
Fu Jinan looked at her pink earlobes and whispered: "Do you know how the former Minister of the Ministry of Finance was dismissed from office?"
Luo Ran shook his head.
Fu Jinan raised his chin proudly: "I secretly reported it to Dali Temple."
Luo Ran: "Why."
Fu Jinan shrugged: "Their tributes are all made of gold. Golden apples, golden cakes, and even the wine in the jug are made by melting silver and pouring it in. But I am afraid that others will miss me and make twelve I kept watch all the time, so I couldn’t go in to look for food for a while.”
After saying that, he laughed to himself.
Luo Ran didn't think it was funny at all. Instead, his heart felt blocked and his eyes were a little blurry. He could only look far away to suppress the discomfort.
"and after?"
Luo Ran didn't notice that his voice was much more comfortable than before.
Fu Jinan was keenly aware of it, but remained calm.
At this time, the apple slices happened to be baked. He took them out and patted off the charcoal ash on them. He blew them to make sure they were not hot before passing them to her lips and said, "Try it and see if it tastes different."
Luo Ran looked at the roasted yellow apple with syrup in front of him. He just reached out to pick it up, but was suddenly dodged.
Fu Jinan smiled and said: "Don't dirty your hands, just eat like this."
Luo Ran hesitated for a moment, then slowly opened her mouth and took the apple slice into her mouth. I don't know whether this person did it intentionally or unintentionally. He moved his arm and almost stuffed his fingers into her mouth.
Fortunately, she hid quickly, but her lips still touched his fingers, which were a little hot.
The baked apple slices are soft, crispy at the cool edges, sweet and sour, and have a good taste. Luo Ran likes this taste very much.
Seeing that she liked it, Fu Jin'an turned around and continued grilling the fish, answering her question: "Later on, when I was about six years old, I heard that there were more good things in the Xishan Hunting Garden."
At that time, under the protection of Marquis Yongding, he was able to fill his stomach and began to learn kung fu.
Hearing this, Luo Ran forgot what was in his mouth, and unconsciously opened his mouth slightly and looked at him nervously: This person will not steal the emperor's head.
Sure enough, he did not disappoint her, saying: "The first few times were pretty smooth, but one time I accidentally bumped into the emperor hunting..."
Whether he was really careless or fake, only he himself knew. Even the emperor still felt that it was God who asked him to find this son.
"Did the emperor punish you?"
Luo Ran's voice was a little tight, and his hands clenched into fists unconsciously.
Fu Jinan smiled and shook his head: "No, the emperor asked me what I wanted, and I said I wanted to join the Imperial Guard. So the emperor said that if I can complete the tasks he assigned within five years, he will satisfy me."
"So you're done?"
Luo Ran asked.
Fu Jinan nodded, suddenly thought of something, turned to look at her, and said, "Going to Jiangnan that year was the last test before I completed the Jinyi Guard."
The two of them chatted while eating, and most of the fish went into Luo Ran's stomach. Fu Jinan only ate the piece with the most fish tail spines. It was already dark when we went back, and as soon as we entered the courtyard, we heard Qing Ning's loud crying.
Luo Ran was so distressed that he even had no time to change his clothes and was about to hug her, but Fu Jinan stopped him: "Go and change your clothes, I'll go take a look."
Qing Ning, who had not seen her mother for a whole day, could not be coaxed by anyone. However, when she saw the person who had been coaxing her to call him "daddy" all day long, she rarely stopped crying.
It's just that he looked extremely wronged. He held Fu Jinan's neck with his little hands and kept calling mother. Jing Xing, on the other hand, was much quieter. Although his mouth was tightly pursed and he was obviously not in a good mood, he finally did not cry with his sister.
Luo Ran stood at the door until he could no longer hear Qing Ning's cries, then turned back to the yard and called Chun Yu to him while he was washing up.
Chunyu: "Madam, what are your orders?"
Luo Ran: "You try to get closer to the east courtyard these days and ask about Xie Nianyi, the former Duke of Jingguo."
Chunyu responded seriously: "Yes, I understand."
