Xiao Luolan's face turned slightly red, and she thought it was her fault: "It's okay."
Although there are only a few people in the mansion, there are nearly a hundred people in total. She always remembers some of the servants scattered everywhere, especially the animal garden leading to the Wuxie back mountain. She remembers the daily routine. The secret code is that Uncle Sun is responsible for the purchase of Zhou Zhai. A large amount of meat and rice are transported through tunnels to Wuxie Back Mountain. The transportation mechanism is under the tiger cage in the animal viewing garden. It is guarded all year round and is a forbidden area in the mansion.
These are the secrets told to her by Sect Leader Zhou. Xiao Luolan didn't even tell her daughter. She wanted to wait until her daughter was older to tell her, but she was really worried that her daughter was young, energetic and quirky. Out of curiosity, she ran down to watch and listen. Uncle Sun said that there are traps in the tunnel and it is very dangerous.
To be honest, Xiao Luolan also felt that the mountain behind his home was like an unknown and mysterious world.
This time, Xiao Luolan was a little curious after hearing Sect Master Zhou say that he wanted to meet the Gongsun family. Cui Langjun's friend Ronin Xue Si wanted to enter the Gongsun family. He must be very powerful.
Zhou Xu stroked Madam's jade back and said, "If Madam feels bored, you can hold a banquet and send out invitations for the second, third, and fifth wives to come to the house to liven things up. My seventh sister Zhou Huijun will marry in Langge. You can also find her, or invite some officials and ladies from Langge to listen to the play in the front yard. Once you get to know her, you can visit and socialize with each other."
"Let's wait until after the New Year." Xiao Luolan knew that Sect Master Zhou had good intentions.
"Yes, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, time flies so fast." Zhou Xu sighed, then suddenly smiled and said, "Madam, do you want some lucky money?"
Xiao Luolan thought that Sect Leader Zhou was teasing her. She was already an elder, not a young one, so she joked: "Is it possible that I have it too?"
Zhou Xu immediately kissed the madam and said, "I just said that the madam is smart, she actually guessed this."
Xiao Luolan said in surprise: "It really does."
"I have both a good daughter and Shen Zhi, how can Madam not be without her." Zhou Xu pinched Madam's tender flesh and said, "I also prepared a special copper coin for Madam as this year's lucky money."
Xiao Luolan stood up and looked at Sect Master Zhou, and asked with some confusion: "Are all Youzhou's annual coins made of copper coins? I think there are some small golden beans or small golden flowers in the annual coins that Uncle Sun gives to the juniors. "
"Haha, when children grow up, they will no longer be worth copper coins." Zhou Xu was happy to share with his wife the customs of the local elders in Langge: "In our area, when the children were still young, there would be legends about some Children's lives are very uncertain, and if the New Year's gift is too valuable, I worry that their fate will not be able to bear it and they will die early, so a copper coin is just right."
"New Year's Copper Coins also represent defeating evil spirits and praying for long life."
"This is the same as in the south where children are given nicknames that are derogatory. It all means they want to make a living."
Xiao Luolan was startled, and her heart suddenly softened when she thought of the new year's copper coins that Zong Zong gave to the two children.
"No matter how old Qingxue and Shenzhi are, they are still children in the eyes of you and me." Zhou Xu hugged his wife and said warmly: "And they are still good children. Naturally, I hope they are safe."
Xiao Luolan suppressed her sore eyes: "Indeed, they are all good children."
Zhou Xu lowered his head and kissed his wife's moist eyes: "I also prepared a copper coin for my wife."
in the dark.
Someone whispered.
"I only hope that my wife will have no worries every year."
Chapter 131
The boat rocked and rocked until it reached Zheliu Ferry.
An ordinary small boat appeared in Zheliu Lake, which was a little deserted in winter. The person rocking the oar was a strong man with considerable strength. After shaking the oar a few times, the boat could swing out quite far. When he came closer, the water rippled. It was so fierce that the ice floes shook against the wooden posts of the ferry, and there were only two boats on the large lake.
An old man was sitting on the bow of his boat, wearing a raincoat and fishing, with a slender fish tail exposed from the bamboo fish basket beside him.
It was almost noon and he had just caught one fish.
Seeing the endless ripples in the water, the old man couldn't help but snorted loudly from his nose: "Where did you come from? I didn't know how to slow down the oar speed, and it scared my fish."
After that, he put away the fishing rod, threw it far away, and continued fishing.
Thunder Tiger, who was rocking the oar, said loudly: "I'm sorry, old man."
When the old fishing man heard the strong man's honest apology, he felt angry and didn't say anything. An old woman came out of the cabin and said, "This old man just feels depressed because he didn't catch any fish, and he doesn't feel happy. Don't mind me." After that, I coughed a few more times because of the cold wind blowing on my face.
Lei Hu had a square face and a big beard, and his voice sounded like thunder: "Old lady, I heard that there are willow fish in this river."
The old woman slapped her thigh, thinking that this man wanted to buy fish, and immediately smiled enthusiastically on her wrinkled face: "Young man, you are in the right place. It is the deep winter season, and you can only catch this fish in this water area. Other There is no room left." She walked to the old man in small steps, picked up the fish basket, pointed at the fish tail and said: "My friend has been sitting all morning and just caught a tuna fish. He is a young man, but he wants to buy one and try it out?"
"This fish tastes so tender. Children like it most." The old woman smiled and said: "Young women, old people, or men like you can eat it. When it was cold in the past few months, There is a filial son in the east of the city who collects tuna fish for his mother to eat. After eating it, his mother's illness became much better."
The old man snatched the fish basket from the old woman's hand and said loudly: "This fish is not for sale. If you want to catch it yourself, I will." He picked up the fishing rod and entered the cabin.
The old woman glared angrily at first, then when she saw the old man leaving, she smiled awkwardly and apologetically at the young man: "He has a weird temper."
Lei Hu said indifferently: "It's okay, I won't buy it, we want to fish."
Deep disappointment appeared on the old woman's face, but she quickly covered it up.
"Old lady, come in quickly."
The old woman entered the cabin and closed the door again, and there were a few faint coughs.
Xiao Luolan watched clearly through a window. The old couple opposite were quarreling now.
Because they were far away, she vaguely heard a general idea: the old woman was in poor health, and the old man fished for her to recuperate her health. He finally caught one, but the old woman wanted to sell the fish and keep the money. He gave it to his grandson to study and left some for his granddaughter to save some dowry.
The old man disagreed, so he took the fish basket and went to the stern of the boat to kill the fish, leaving the old woman alone in the cabin.
The old woman frowned for a while, and then laughed again for some reason.
The late winter sunshine shines on the old woman's ordinary and old face, filled with a special brilliance, like a 28-year-old girl.
Zhou Xu also saw this scene. He poured a cup of boiled tea for his wife. The aroma of the tea was fragrant. He took out a yellow and green orange from the fruit plate on the table and roasted it slowly on the small stove. .
Xiao Luolan was no longer surprised that Langge could roast and eat any fruit.
"These oranges taste better when roasted and are appetizing. Madam will use them for more meals later, and the fish soup will also nourish people." Zhou Xu still remembered that madam had a bad appetite in the past two days.
The gloves Xiao Luolan made for Sect Master Zhou have already taken shape, and the rest will take a few days to complete. Therefore, she still has time to pick out the fur colors in the basket, choosing colors and sizes suitable for her daughter and Shen Zhi. She knew the size of her daughter's hands, but Shen Zhi was not sure. Xiao Luolan planned to change the size of Sect Leader Zhou to a smaller size, which should be about the same.
Seeing Sect Master Zhou's confident look, Xiao Luolan smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, you haven't caught a fish yet."
"Go fishing right away." Zhou Xu placed the slightly hot oranges in front of Madam: "Madam, eat some oranges."
After Xiao Luolan ate one, Zhou Xu got up and left to go fishing.
Xiao Luolan then took an orange and roasted it on the stove. The aroma of the burnt orange peel had a slightly astringent and sweet orange aroma, which was very pleasant. After it was roasted, Xiao Luolan put on her clothes and held the hand stove and Orange went outside the boat.
Zhou Xu was sitting on the bow of the boat fishing, also wearing a raincoat. His hands were steady and motionless. When he saw his wife coming, he moved his position a little so that she could sit beside him.
Fortunately, there was no wind or snow today and the lake was calm. Xiao Luolan sat next to Sect Master Zhou and watched him fishing.
"Madam, are there oranges hidden on her body?" Zhou Xu asked with a smile.
Xiao Luolan took out the orange, peeled it, divided it into pieces, and put it in her hand. Zhou Xugang wanted to take it, but then put it down.
Xiao Luolan knew what Sect Master Zhou was thinking as soon as she saw his movements. She looked back at Lei Hu and found that he was facing away from them at the stern of the boat.
Xiao Luolan blushed slightly, then picked up an orange and fed it to Sect Master Zhou.
Zhou Xu ate the whole orange, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "This orange is really good."
Xiao Luolan waited for a while to see that there was no movement from Sect Leader Zhou's fishing rod, and then looked at the mountains and rivers in the distance.
Zhou Xu was fishing, and the lady's reflection in the water was graceful and graceful.
His wife doesn't like luxury, even her makeup and hair accessories are light. After staying away from the crowd, she only ties her hair with a silk ribbon. Her ink clouds are loose and lazy, her eyebrows are like the thin green mountains in the distance, her snow-skinned jade face, and her temperament is empty and quiet. orchid.
Now, this Roselle Orchid is nestling next to him.
Zhou Xu smiled slightly at his reflection in the water. Perhaps it was due to the flowing water patterns that his face looked a little crooked.
The fishing rod suddenly retracted.
A slender fish jumped out of the water, water drops dripped, and Zhou Xu put the fish into the fish basket.
"Look, we caught the first one." Zhou Xu turned to look at his wife: "The fish soup for noon is here."
Xiao Luolan looked at the willow fish in the fish basket. He heard that this fish only grows in places with particularly clean water, and most people can't catch it.
Zhou Xu fished for a while more, but didn't catch anything, so he stopped.
The old man in the boat next to him went out to fish again. When he saw the two extra nobles in the boat next door, he was stunned and just lowered his head to fish. The old woman waited beside him for a while and poked the old man on the shoulder.
The old man remained unmoved and just kept his head down fishing.
The old woman became anxious and coughed several times.
"I got it. Come into the cabin quickly. I've never seen an old woman as annoying as you." The old man frowned.
The old woman returned to the cabin with a smile.
After she left, the old man glanced at the nobleman on the next boat and muttered: "What if they don't want to take it..."
Having said that, the old man rubbed his hands to make himself more energetic, threw the fishing rod farther away, and continued fishing.
We only caught one fish in total, so the fish soup was not enough.
Zhou Xu saw that his wife liked drinking, so he let her drink all of it, and then he went to the bow of the boat to fish.
The old woman heard that the noble man next door liked to drink, so she couldn't bear to run out and watch her husband fishing. She was secretly happy. It would be great if she could catch another fish and sell it to the noble man next door. However, the old man drove him to the cabin due to physical reasons.
After Xiao Luolan finished eating, he sat next to Sect Master Zhou and watched the scenery. After waiting for a while, he realized that Sect Master Zhou might have been unlucky today and hadn't caught anything yet.
"Madam, go in and bake an orange for me to eat." Zhou Xu said with a smile.
Xiao Luolan entered the house. After Lei Hu finished his meal, he went to the sect master to ask if he had stopped at Zheliu Ferry all afternoon. When he got closer, Lei Hu looked strange.
There is no other reason.
The sect leader was slowly putting away the fishing rod. The fishhook was clearly straight. The sect leader's bait was a good bait. The bait had been eaten by the fish. How could the straight hook catch the fish?
"It depends on Madam's plan. If she wants to stay here, she can stay here, and if she wants to go back, she can go back." Zhou Xudao, while throwing the pole into the water again, as if he was really fishing.
Lei Hu looked at the bare mountain scenery around him and didn't understand why his mistress didn't leave. This place was neither fun nor beautiful. He also didn't understand why the sect leader was pretending to fish.
Lei Hu thought for a while and returned to the stern.
I heard the sect leader telling lies to his mistress.
"Looks like I'm having bad luck today."
"I guess I can only catch one fish."
Lei Hu couldn't listen to the sect master's lies. Who didn't know that the sect master was proficient in hunting and fishing... Lei Hu thought of this and suddenly thought of someone. He glanced at the mistress secretly. She didn't seem to know.
Lei Hu seemed to understand something.
Xiao Luolan hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, just forget it if you can't catch it." She peeled oranges and gave them to Sect Leader Zhou. Zhou Xu sat next to his wife. Xiao Luolan glanced at the boat not far away from them, feeling a little worried. They are happy.
Sect Master Zhou had no harvest here, but there was a lot of good luck next door.
The old man caught two willow fish, and the old woman was so happy that she stood there holding the fish basket, wondering if the nobleman next door would be angry with them if they didn't catch any fish.
