Liu Yingying smiled and slowly took back her feet, leaned towards Shen Ye, and said goodbye: "Good cousin, remember you owe me a rabbit."
As he said that, he turned around with a smile and met Mi Ya'er's eyes in the gap between the crowd.
Liu Yingying's eyes were stunned, and she and Mi Ya'er looked at each other in the crowd, and then the two smiled at each other and looked away at the same time.
The group of people slowly walked toward the pavilion.
In the pavilion, Mrs. Shen, who had taken in all this, slowly withdrew her gaze, her face calm and calm, but her turbid old eyes were clearly frightened, and they became sharp and sharp for a while.
After a while, Fu couldn't help but cast his eyes on the rabbit in Mi Ya'er's arms, then on the swaying figure at the end of the crowd, and then on the little rabbit from afar. On the other side of the stream, the upright and majestic figure sitting by the campfire, his expression changed several times.
Facing Princess Qinghe, her face sank slightly, and after a moment, a disgusting and mocking look appeared on her face.
Sure enough, like father, like son.
Same kind, same stuff.
Ya'er is not worthy of her.
Chapter 118
There is no big difference between men and women. Across a stream, men and women sit on separate tables. The girls are enjoying the coolness in the shade of the trees, while several young men of the Shen family set up a bonfire under the rocks on the other side of the stream to barbecue. .
Shen Yueling transformed into a messenger, jumping back and forth on both sides, and soon ran over to announce the message: "Second brother said it could take as little as half an hour, or as long as an hour. Why does it take so long -"
"The fire was so strong that it almost burned off my eyebrows."
After a pause, he winked again and said with a surprised look on his face: "Look, my eldest brother is also baking it himself."
Shen Yue is as nimble as a bird that jumps up and down, chirping and hopping back and forth. She will be the happiest when she leaves the house on this day.
Shen Lang was considered a half-monk. During those years of practicing in the temple, he never drank alcohol or contaminated with any meat or meat. After returning to secular life, although he no longer deliberately avoided it, he rarely contaminated it.
In particular, the act of hunting and roasting rabbits in full view of the public like this day fell into the eyes of everyone in the Shen family, which can be said to be the first time in history.
The rabbit meat is small, and the portion of rabbit meat grilled by him is obviously more exciting.
So, across a small stream, expectant eyes frequently glanced towards the other bank from time to time.
"Hey, eldest brother only stayed in the mansion for a few days every year in previous years, but this year he has been back for almost three months. Isn't eldest brother going out for a long trip this year?"
On the other side of the river, the bonfire was burning more and more. Seven or eight young men were sitting on the ground around the bonfire. Some were roasting sparrows, some were roasting sweet potatoes, and some were lying beside the bonfire and sleeping lazily. It was a summer day. The gentle breeze blew by, bringing with it the aroma of meat.
The scenes of young people gathering in groups and brothers chatting with each other are equally eye-catching. Among them, the most eye-catching one is the black figure directly opposite the bonfire.
I saw him sitting upright opposite the bonfire. The fiery red flames were so scorching that the gentlemen around him frequently got up and went to the stream to drink water and wash their faces. All of them were burned by the high temperature, but the figure in Xuanyi seemed not to be affected by this. As if tortured by high temperature and heat, his face remained unchanged. He held a dagger in his hand and occasionally turned over the rabbit that was roasted to a crispy texture in the bonfire. His posture was majestic, yet meticulous, and perhaps It's because this scene is so eye-catching, or maybe it's because this scene is so rare that even the younger girls in the Shen family couldn't help but secretly wink and peek over.
At this time, Shen Yuexi suddenly asked such a question.
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yueli winked and said, "It goes without saying that in previous years, my eldest brother would just travel around. This year is different, right, cousin?"
Shen Yueli teased and teased in the direction of Mi Ya'er.
As soon as he finished speaking, the rest of the people snickered meaningfully.
In previous years, the eldest son traveled abroad, but this year is different. The difference is that the marriage is about to be put on the agenda. Everyone thinks that this year, the eldest son Shen Lang is staying for this marriage. of.
Even Mi Yaer did not deny this fact.
At this time, Mi Ya'er had just gone to pick a basket of grass. She was holding a piece of grass and concentrating on feeding the little rabbit. She obviously liked the little rabbit very much. After she was satisfied, she He kept holding it and never let go, and even sent it to the old lady and Princess Qinghe to "show off". The old lady learned that this rabbit was hunted by the eldest young master, and she was so happy that she opened her mouth from ear to ear. The daughter-in-law smiled and joked: "My brother has finally enlightened and knows how to coax people."
Then he said: "Let's practice with this little rabbit. Now we can raise the little rabbit. Once it becomes more comfortable, we can raise others."
One sentence instantly made everyone laugh and made Mi Ya'er blush instantly.
Mi Ya'er was probably used to being teased. Now when faced with the teasing from her two cousins, she no longer blushed. She just smiled lightly and said, "Okay, you two little ones today." You girl, the movie is going to kill me, just wait and I will get my revenge one day."
One sentence instantly caused the seven or eight girls present to blush and tremble.
At this time, someone on the other side of the stream brought roasted sparrows and roasted sweet potatoes. After a while, Wu Yong came over in person, brought two plates of meat, and said to Shen Yuechan and Mi Ya'er: "Miss , Cousin, this is the rabbit meat that the young master roasted for the girls to try."
Wu Yong respectfully served two plates of rabbit meat, which turned out to be two roasted rabbit legs that were browned and tender. The rabbit legs were sizzling with butter and looked very appetizing.
Although Wu Yong said he was giving it to a few girls to try, there were only two rabbit legs, which were clearly meant for Shen Yuechan and Mi Yaer.
After Wu Yong finished speaking, he respectfully left. Before leaving, he seemed to have glanced at a certain figure in the corner.
Shen Yuechan and Mi Ya'er both looked happy after receiving these two plates of meat. Shen Yuechan looked flattered and said, "This is the first time in my life that my eldest brother has roasted meat himself."
After saying that, he immediately raised his knife and cut a small piece for a taste. When the rabbit meat was put into his mouth, he saw a look of satisfaction on Shen Yuechan's face, and he praised repeatedly: "I didn't expect it. My eldest brother is so good at his craftsmanship. The rabbit meat melts in your mouth, and it is not as good as the chef Sun."
Shen Yuechan marveled over and over again. He cut the rabbit legs open and asked several sisters to try it. Rather than the taste of the meat, the deliciousness came more from the dignity and honor of the eldest son's own baking.
A portion of rabbit meat was praised as fairy meat.
When it was delivered to Liu Yingying, Liu Yingying looked at the meat in front of her and wondered for a moment whether it was a rabbit father or a rabbit mother. She didn't have much appetite, but she still picked up a small piece and tasted it. She thought it tasted ordinary.
After sharing the meat of two rabbits, Shen Yuechan and Mi Yaer both got up, took fruit wine and fruit snacks and went to the other side of the stream to return gifts to Shen Lang. When they went there, they happened to see Shen Lang in person. Slicing the meat, he slowly and slowly deboned one of the rabbit legs, and then used a dagger to cut the meat into neatly sized and alternating pieces.
I don't know if it was Shen Yuechan and Mi Ya'er's misunderstanding, but they always felt that this rabbit leg was more browned when roasted, and it was much more fragrant than the two that were sent to them just now.
Shen Lang's movements were extremely familiar, and in the blink of an eye, he separated a rabbit leg and placed it on the plate, which was extremely delicate.
After doing all this, he handed the plate to him with a calm expression and said calmly: "Don't burn it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yueling, who was looking forward to it, immediately said happily: "Yes."
After a pause, he blushed and said nervously: "Thank you so much, brother."
After saying that, she carefully took over the plate of beautifully portioned rabbit meat. Seeing Shen Yuechan and Mi Yaer looking at her, Shen Yueling raised her chin and immediately said proudly and show off: " This is the meat that my eldest brother cut for me personally."
After saying that, he left with his tail raised and a look of joy on his face.
Shen Yuechan and Mi Ya'er couldn't help laughing when they saw her beautiful appearance. Shen Yueling was the only daughter of three families. She was doted on by the other families since she was a child. Everyone was used to it.
However, Shen Yueling has always been afraid of this eldest cousin, and the eldest brother Shen Lang doesn't seem to like to deal with juniors like them, so Leng Buding was somewhat surprised when he saw the scene in front of him, but he didn't say much. Thinking about it, Mi Ya'er quickly withdrew her gaze and was about to offer the fruit wine. At this moment, she saw Shen Lang taking a white towel and slowly wiping his fingers.
Wu Yong on the side suddenly stepped forward and deftly disassembled the remaining half of the rabbit, but they were all placed on the plate in one piece.
Seeing the scene in front of her, Mi Ya'er suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart. She vaguely felt that the two rabbit legs she and Shen Yuechan just separated were not divided by her cousin himself, but were made by Wu Yong.
This idea is bizarre and weird.
In addition to being weird, at this moment, Shen Lang, who noticed their arrival, looked in the direction of her and Shen Yuechan. After a moment, his eyes seemed to look past them and into the distance.
Mi Ya'er looked along that line of sight, and saw Shen Yueling holding the plate of meat and happily approaching the green figure in the corner, chattering as if placing the plate towards the beautiful figure. After a while, he brought the meat to the figure and invited her to eat it together.
The figure frowned, as if he had declined twice. Finally, under Shen Yueling's kindness, he had no choice but to lift up the small silver hairpin, cover his red lips and taste it with small mouthfuls.
Looking at that scene from a distance, Mi Ya'er suddenly felt something in her mind and froze on the spot.
Seeing Mi Ya'er in a daze, Shen Yuechan pulled her and was about to serve the fruit snacks. She saw that Mi Ya'er looked a little strange and couldn't help but follow Mi Ya'er's gaze. After a moment, her expression changed. He was also stunned.
Looking at the two figures eating a plate of meat together in the distance, and thinking of the delicacy and care put into the plate of meat just now, a ridiculous idea emerged in Shen Yuechan's mind.
Thinking like this, she turned around suddenly, only to see her eldest brother Shen Lang looking at them indifferently at this moment. Facing that cold gaze, Shen Yuechan suddenly panicked, and she suppressed it for a long time. In the confusion in my heart, I just felt that I must be thinking too much. How could this be possible?
He quickly presented the fruit snacks and fruit wine in his hands and said: "Brother, these are the snacks and fruit wine that my cousin and I brought from the house. You can try them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately pointed to the two plates of meat that Wu Yong had divided and said, "Are these prepared for my grandmother and mother?"
Shen Lang nodded lightly and said, "Just send it over!"
As he spoke, Shen Lang slowly stood up, clasped his hands behind his back, and said to the two of them like an elder: "You will be on your way later, so don't save food."
After saying that, he glanced at them lightly, turned around and entered the dense forest behind him with his hands behind his back.
As soon as Shen Lang left, Mi Ya'er realized that she had calmed down. It wasn't until she watched the black figure disappear from sight that she and Shen Yuechan each held a plate with complicated expressions. The meat was sent to the old lady and Princess Qinghe.
When they left, Princess Qinghe happened to come out of the pavilion and was about to return to the carriage to take a nap. Shen Yue calmed down and immediately went up to her with a smile and said: "Mom, this is... this is big brother The rabbit meat roasted by myself, Big Goth asked me to send it to my mother to try."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that Princess Qinghe didn't even raise her eyelids, but said with a cold expression: "I'll give it to the servants to eat."
After saying that, the old nanny helped him get into the carriage.
Shen Yuechan and Mi Ya'er were left standing there blankly, looking at each other, unable to recover for a long time.
Under the green shade, Liu Yingying looked back in surprise.
Under the entire green shade, everyone was completely secretive for a while.
Chapter 119
Until the sun went down, the group rushed to Hanshan Temple.
The temple is majestic, located on the top of the mountains. When we went there, the people in the temple had gradually dispersed, and there were not many people in the main hall. However, the Shen family immediately went to the main hall to pay homage and donated some incense money. The temple The abbot personally greeted him, and he and Mrs. Shen seemed to be old friends. The two discussed scriptures and Buddhism in the presence of the Buddha, and reminisced about old times. Liu Yingying was at the end of the queue, and she only heard Mrs. Shen suddenly ask : "I wonder if Master Yuanyi has come out of confinement?"
Then they saw Abbot Xuanzhen raising his palms in front of his chest and saying, "Master is still in seclusion."
Mrs. Shen said with some regret: "That's really a pity. In the blink of an eye, I haven't seen Master Yuan Yi for seven or eight years."
Xuanzhen said: "Fate has arrived, and I have the time to meet Mrs. Shen."
Mrs. Shen smiled with relief and said, "That's right, fate has brought us to meet each other."
While talking, Mrs. Shen suddenly said: "Actually, in addition to chanting sutras and praying for blessings on this trip, I actually have something to ask for."
While talking, I saw Mrs. Shen suddenly taking two sealed book covers from the old woman behind her. They were tied with red thread. There were many dense handwritings written on the book covers. She looked happy and auspicious. Madam held the two book covers and whispered in front of Master Xuanzhen in a low voice.
Because she lowered her voice a little, Liu Yingying, who was at the end, did not hear it. However, she saw Shen Yuechan, Shen Yueli and others in front of her smiling and looking in the direction of Mi Ya'er. Their expressions were unclear, so she guessed. This matter may be related to Mi Yaer.
Sure enough, not long after, Mrs. Shen saw Mrs. Shen smiling and saying: "Originally, it should be handed over to Master Yuanyi, but Master is still in retreat, and Master Xuanzhen is the same, so I have to help Master."
While speaking, Old Man Shen delivered the two envelopes in his hand to Master Xuanzhen, and then summoned Mi Ya'er behind him to come forward, pointed at Master Xuan Zhen and said to Mi Ya'er: "Ya'er, why don't you come over and pay your respects to Master Xuanzhen?"
After hearing this, Mi Ya'er stepped forward, put her hands together and bowed to Master Xuanzhen, and said with sincere respect, "Ya'er has met Master."
Master Xuanzhen naturally recognized the granddaughter of the Shen family. He nodded towards Mi Ya'er with a kind face, and his gentle eyes fell on Mi Ya'er's face. He seemed a little surprised, and then looked at the person carefully. After taking a closer look, not long after, he raised his hand in front of his chest to support the other party slightly, and said: "No need to be polite, donor, get up quickly."
While he was speaking, his gaze raised, and suddenly he accidentally passed through the gap in the crowd, and landed directly on the face at the end of the crowd. Not long after, he saw Master Xuanzhen's expression startled, and he was looking at it intently. , for a long time, suddenly pointed at the figure at the end and asked Mrs. Shen: "I wonder who the donor is?"
Master Xuanzhen's move made everyone look surprised. For a moment, everyone turned around and looked at the figure at the end.
Until all eyes fell on the face of Liu Yingying at the end.
Liu Yingying was stunned for a moment. Although she was a little confused, she saw the abbot looking towards her from a distance. After calming down, she also raised her two palms and clasped her hands together, bowing towards him from a distance.
Master Xuanzhen looked at it, looked at it again and again, for a long time, and nodded towards Liu Yingying with a smile.
