Tuoba Amu stood behind Zhou Shiliu Lang and saluted with Zhou Shiliu Lang.
"Mrs. Xiao is well." Zhou Yanzhi had a good face and smiled enthusiastically. He bowed respectfully, which was completely his attitude towards his elders.
"Hello, Shiro 16." Xiao Luolan hesitated for a moment and then responded with a smile.
Xiao Qingxue smiled at Tuoba Amu who was behind Zhou Liulang, and saw that his head was lowered even lower, and even his ears were red. She felt happy. This Tuoba Mu looked exactly like Zhou Liulang. People with different personalities. She was happy and worried about Tuoba Amu's move to send her a message. She couldn't help but think, what if Zhou Shiliu found out?
But she had no good solution for the time being, so Xiao Qingxue could only hide her worries in her heart.
Mr. Qingshan shook his folding fan and nodded to Mrs. Xiao and her daughter with a smile. Cui Langjun sat on the straw mat as if he was fishing.
Zhou Xu also had a smile on his face when he saw Mrs. Xiao coming with Mrs. Xiao. He was planning to go find Mrs. Xiao after hunting, but he didn't expect that she came out first.
Zhou Xu strode over and said with a smile: "Mrs. Xiao, Miss Xiao, you are here just in time. I have shot a lot of prey. See if there are any you like. Come and pick a few. You can have the chef make the flavor you like at noon. Come and eat.”
After that, he asked Lei Shan to bring a bunch of wild birds and ducks over. Now the boat was parked on a tidal flat. The tidal flat was rich in wild grass and hid many small wild animals. When Zhou Xu saw it, he became interested in hunting, so he and Makoshita We tried it together and the results were pretty good.
Xiao Luolan saw a rabbit inside, so she clicked on it, and then said a blessing to Clan Master Zhou: "Thank you, Clan Master Zhou."
Seeing this, Zhou Xu's smile deepened and he walked straight over: "How would you like to eat it, Mrs. Xiao?"
"Marine it first, then apply honey and oil on the skin, and finally grill it over a low fire." Xiao Luolan said and found that the head of Zhou had been staring at her, as if he didn't pay attention to what he said. My daughter has been looking at them, her face feeling a little hot.
Zhou Xu took the hare out alone and gave it to Lei Shan and said, "Let the chef smoke it with rock osmanthus wood. It will be more delicious."
"Wei." Lei Shan retreated in response.
Zhou Shiliang, who was behind, saw his uncle smiling and muttered in a low voice: "My cousin has never seen my uncle smiling so happily."
Tuoba Amu didn't seem to hear this. Zhou Liulang arranged Zheng Douzhi and the woman she brought as female guests in the left room on the second floor of the building. Jieduzhi was busy with business, so naturally He wouldn't stare at what his nephew was doing all day long, and when it came to the interactions between juniors, the Jiedushi would generally not interfere.
Xiao Qingxue saw that Master Zhou was very warm to her mother. She patted her bow and arrow and said, "Mom, whatever you like to eat, I can shoot it for you."
When Reg heard this, he rubbed his face fiercely. He taught Madam Xiao her archery skills. Did he know that it was not easy to accurately shoot the prey on this high-rise ship? It seemed that he often praised her and flattered her.
Zhou Xu praised: "Miss Xiao is really pure and filial, elegant and gentle."
Zhou Liulang twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking about how little Miss Xiao was so lively and noisy every day that she could only be described as elegant and submissive. As a noble girl, she could wear Hu clothes, but she couldn't just wear Hu clothes. He never shied away from talking to men, like a real young man.
Xiao Qingxue blushed when she was praised. She just wanted to show off, but in the end, Sect Leader Zhou actually praised her seriously.
"But we have shot almost all the wild birds around here, so we can only lure them with fish." Zhou Xu asked his servant to bring a basket of fresh fish and dried fish.
Xiao Luolan noticed that Clan Master Zhou was obviously walking down the steps for his daughter. Qingxue was excited to shoot an arrow and hunt. If she couldn't hit it, she would definitely feel embarrassed. Clan Master Zhou said this and attracted all the wild birds on the deck. At such a close range, you can probably hit one out of ten.
Thinking of this, Xiao Luolan suddenly raised her eyes and glanced at Sect Leader Zhou, and found that he was looking at her with a smile.
Xiao Luolan only felt her face getting hotter. She looked away slightly uncomfortably. Sect Master Zhou during the day was much easier to get along with than Sect Master Zhou at night.
The servant put fresh fish and dried fish on the straw mat. Cui Shizi, who was fishing on the side, put away his pole and stood up. He looked at the rolling river and the mountain walls stretching in the distance. After passing this waterway, he arrived at the Guanshan Ferry in Xunjiang County. And there are already people waiting there.
After a while, a wild bird was attracted and flew down to the railing.
Everyone was not far away. Xiao Qingxue was drawing her bow and setting an arrow. Her breath stopped. This was her first time practicing. She usually practiced with the target.
Zhou Xu was beside her and said, "Don't be nervous, we'll wait for the bird to come down."
Xiao Qingxue took a deep breath.
"A calm mind, a steady hand, and a clear eye." Zhou Xudao raised his hand to stop Madam Xiao's bow and arrow in a suitable position, and encouraged: "You can shoot whenever you feel like it. It doesn't matter if you fail."
Xiao Qingxue's arms were tense, and the bow string was buckled in the string groove of the thumb jade. She narrowed her eyes slightly and stared at a wild bird in front of her. It had bright red feathers and was small in size. It was looking around on a fresh fish. .
Xiao Luolan watched her daughter shoot arrows from the sidelines and became nervous due to the infection.
There was just a "swish" sound, the arrow left the string, and a shadow flashed past. A wild bird was shot, its wings flapped a few times, and after a few breaths, it fell on the straw mat completely motionless.
Xiao Qingxue looked at the wild bird in surprise and disbelief, and cheered: "I hit it."
Xiao Luolan was also very happy and praised: "Qingxue is awesome!"
Zhou Liulang saw them so excited and didn't know what to be happy about. Look at the distance. It's so close. As long as you're not blind, you can shoot. Especially his uncle, who smiled like a family member with them.
Tuoba Amu lowered his head to prevent others from noticing his happiness.
Xiao Qingxue walked over and took the wild bird over: "Roast this bird for lunch."
Zhou Xu looked at the smile on Mrs. Xiao's face, which looked better than ever.
"Uncle." Zhou Shiliulang came over and said with a smile: "Today is so lively, why not hold a banquet at noon. Before I boarded the ship, I was worried that life on the ship would be boring, so I invited some musicians from Taiyang Liuyin Studio, and there was also a person who was good at it. A swordsman dancing with a sword for viewing.”
Zhou Xu raised his eyelids and looked at Juliusho with a half-smile.
Zhou Yanzhi's heart suddenly trembled when his uncle saw him. The trembling feeling in his calves came again. He subconsciously looked at his uncle's hand and found that he was not holding the wrong Golden Crow Whip.
"Since you want to see it, go ahead and see it." Zhou Xu said.
Xiao Qingxue looked at her mother and was very happy to find that she had taken the wild bird she shot. Her eyes were filled with the pride and joy of having a daughter in our family grow up.
noon.
Grandma Cui stood behind Madam Xiao and held up her hair. She turned a blind eye to the ambiguous traces she occasionally saw. She wore a thin golden flower hairpin on her temples and a bird with tassels and jade beads in its mouth.
Gently swipe the Jade Face Powder and lightly trace the distant eyebrows.
Grandma Cui put down the snail in her hand and said, "Madam, I would like to apply some flowers and make some facial scars today. I heard that slanted red makeup and wine-smeared makeup are popular in Chang'an recently, would you like to try it?"
When she didn't hear the answer, Granny Cui put down Luo Zidai and found that Mrs. Xiao's eyelashes were lowered, as if she was about to fall asleep.
"Madam." Granny Cui called in her ear.
Xiao Luolan suddenly woke up and looked at Granny Cui, with sleepiness still in her eyes: "What's wrong, Granny Cui?"
Granny Cui said with a smile: "Madam, I'm sleepy. People tend to get tired easily in summer, but now that the banquet is approaching, it's hard to refuse."
Seeing that Granny Cui never mentioned the scene in the morning, Xiao Luolan hid her shame and said, "I'll have a good sleep when I get back."
Grandma Cui saw that her wife was sleepy and did not want to overwork her, so she only planned to do simple makeup. But even so, she also felt that Mrs. Xiao's figure and appearance were the best she had ever seen in her life. Her soft and delicate body was perfect. Her plump and flowing body feels like warm jade in your arms.
Wearing a lavender long-sleeved shirt and a splendid long skirt, she looks luxurious and graceful, with a plump and gorgeous figure, as gorgeous as a peony.
"Thank you, Granny Cui." After Xiao Luolan finished speaking, he thought about it and held her hand again and said, "Grandma Cui, I can trouble you for one thing later."
"Madam, you're welcome, just say what you want," Granny Cui said.
"Is there a designated person for the banquet?" Xiao Luolan asked.
"This banquet is just a small banquet, not a serious banquet, so there is no need for invitations." Granny Cui heard this and said, "Do you want to invite others to the banquet?"
Xiao Luolan said: "I was taken care of by Mrs. Dou in Taiyang County. Dou Dalang is also on this boat, so I thought it would be okay to invite Dou Dalang to go with me."
Granny Cui smiled and said: "That's it, of course you can invite him." Finally, she patted Madam Xiao's hand and said, "However, there is no need to invite him in your name. You can ask Madam Xiao to invite him to the banquet. I’m sure Dou Dalang won’t refuse.”
"Don't worry, leave this matter to me."
Xiao Luolan was startled, then understood. Finally she smiled and said, "Thank you, Granny Cui."
After Granny Cui stepped back, Xiao Luolan looked at herself in the bronze mirror and applied lipstick to herself. The red lipstick melted like snow on her lips.
The curtains and hats are fluttering, the surrounding pillars are unobstructed, and the river view is unobstructed.
Xiao Luolan sat on the left side of the first chair, and her daughter sat on the desk next to her.
Opposite were Cui Langjun, Zhou Shiliulang, Mr. Qingshan, Tuoba Langjun, and Dou Dalang, whom they had met once before. Compared with them, there were only a few of them.
On the table were smoked and aromatic pieces of rabbit meat, exquisite dishes, and green plum wine.
Xiao Qingxue took a sip while her mother wasn't paying attention. She thought the taste was bland. She glanced at the musician in Tsing Yi who was covered by a curtain hat and felt that Zhou Liulang had a lot of clever ideas.
"Not bad." After Zhou Xu heard it, he complimented casually. In fact, he couldn't tell whether it was good or not. For most of the entire banquet, he just looked at Mrs. Xiao. The more he looked at it, the more he felt itchy. Today, Mrs. Xiao is really It looked good, but Mrs. Xiao only cared about listening to music. Seeing that she liked it, Zhou Xu thought it would be good to have some musicians in the house in the future, so that they could relieve Mrs. Xiao's boredom.
Seeing that his uncle liked it, Zhou Shiliu couldn't help but said with joy: "Uncle, this Qingyi class also has a sword song. The tone is majestic and impassioned, and it just matches the sword master's sword dance."
Zhou Xu nodded casually.
Zhou Yanzhi clapped his hands.
A female swordsman walked out from the curtain. She was of a good height and wore soft armor, which perfectly outlined her body curves. She had a woman's hair in a bun with peonies high on her head. Her plump face looked as slim as drunkenness. The thin hand holds a sword and dances with the drum music on the flower-studded carpet.
Xiao Luolan looked at the sword in her hand and took a sip of wine.
Zhou Yanzhi watched for a while, then looked at the uncle in the first place and found that he was drinking wine carelessly and didn't even bother to look at the dancer he had specially found.
Xiao Qingxue was originally very angry, but looking at it, she didn't seem so angry anymore. After all, there was nothing strange about her mother and Sect Leader Zhou.
The dance is over.
The swordsman's hair fell down, his peonies fell to the ground, and his cheeks turned even redder.
Zhou Xu looked at her: "Have you finished dancing?"
The woman gathered her lapels and bowed: "To tell you what to say, sir, I have finished dancing."
"Go back after dancing. Don't forget to take the flowers with you." Zhou Xu said, "You danced well. I will reward you with six hundred taels of silver."
When the woman heard this, she felt happy.
Zhou Yanzhi had a bad premonition.
"Just take it from Juliusho who brought you here."
Zhou Xu looked at Zhou Yanzhi and said: "There are also musicians. I am also very satisfied with their performance. I will reward them with four hundred taels of silver, Shirokuro. When you send them back to Taiyang, don't forget to give them."
Zhou Yanzhi's vision went dark, and he almost didn't raise his voice. Where did he get a thousand taels? Would his father and elder brother really not kill him if they knew that he rewarded the musician and dancer with a thousand taels of silver?
"Okay, let's eat." Zhou Xu wiped his hands and said.
The banquet is over.
Xiao Qingxue held her mother's hand, and when no one was around, she couldn't help but laugh: "Mom, you didn't see Zhou Liulang's expression of despair at the end, hahaha, I was laughing so hard."
Seeing her daughter's happy look, Xiao Luolan smiled and smoothed her hair.
When they returned to the room, Xiao Luolan was hugged as soon as she turned around. The person couldn't wait a moment and pressed her down to kiss her. Xiao Luolan leaned against the door with her back, her head raised high, her eyelashes trembling slightly.
After Zhou Xu finished eating Mrs. Xiao's lipstick, he let go of the hand that had been protecting the back of Mrs. Xiao's neck. Listening to her rapid breathing, he smiled and said, "Madam, you are so sweet today."
Xiao Luolan pursed her lips and felt a stinging pain. Sect Leader Zhou kissed her too hard.
Zhou Xu sat on the couch and let Mrs. Xiao sit on his lap. Although the window was closed, it was still daytime. The sunlight passed through the screen window and illuminated the room extremely brightly. Xiao Luolan felt the hand climbing up her calf, He gently tried to refuse.
"Don't do this." She said, she was really uncomfortable with being like this during the day.
After hearing this, Zhou Xu kissed Mrs. Xiao's flushed face, took out his hand and put his arm around her waist: "Just listen to Mrs. Xiao."
"Were you unhappy last night because of the dancing girl?" Zhou Xuxiao asked, playing with Mrs. Xiao's hand, making her fingertips red.
