Bai Yuan packed up and sat at the table to eat. When she saw Li Yanyu looking at her, she asked, "Are you going to take a few bites?"
Li Yanyu looked at Bai Yu'an eating porridge slowly and shook his head: "I have used it a long time ago."
"Waiting for you to go swimming in the lake together."
Bai Yu'an got enough sleep, felt much better, and took two more bites of rice.
Even though Li Yanyu looked at her next to her, she had no expression.
After dinner, Bai Yu'an followed Li Yanyu out. She looked at the carriage parked at the door and looked at Li Yanyu: "Let's go."
Li Yanyu raised his eyebrows: "That's far away."
Bai Yu'an was surprised: "Isn't it just by the lake not far away?"
Li Yanyu smiled: "As big a lake as Shuyang can be, it will take water from the Yangtze River to launch the boat downstairs."
Bai Yu'an was even more surprised: "Can you afford a building and a boat?"
Li Yanyu pulled Bai Yuan into the carriage: "You will know when you go and see it."
Bai Yu'an was pulled up by Li Yanyu, and when he saw that the carriage was spacious and rich, and the seats were covered with soft cushions, he couldn't help but said: "Why don't I resign and follow you? I will be a steward under you and give me fifty taels of wages per month. That’s it.”
Li Yanyu folded his hands and looked at Bai Yu'an, a little curious: "How much is your salary in Hanlin?"
Bai Yu'an sighed, opened the curtain and looked outside: "It's okay not to mention it."
Li Yanyu laughed: "If someone else is an official, who doesn't have a lot of money in their pockets? Don't tell me you just get that monthly salary."
Bai Yu'an smiled: "You get money to do things for others."
Li Yanyu also smiled: "It suits your temperament, you are lazy."
After saying that, Li Yanyu went over to sit next to Bai Yu'an and looked at her: "But if you really resign and go to the restaurant to help me, my uncle will probably beat me too."
Bai Yu'an smiled: "I'm not worried at all. What are you afraid of? You have rough skin and thick flesh and can withstand a beating. Are you still afraid of being beaten?"
That's what I said.
Li Yanyu chuckled: "No matter how thick-skinned or thick-skinned you are, you will still jump in pain when the stick comes down."
Bai Yu'an glanced at Li Yanyu: "It's not difficult to jump, but it's not difficult to scream."
Li Yanyu elbowed Bai Yu'an: "Who are you talking about?"
Bai Yu'an touched him back: "Of course I'm talking about frogs."
"Why is my cousin so excited? Is my cousin a frog?
Li Yanyu was not angry, but had a smile on his face. He hadn't quarreled with Bai Yu'an for a long time, but he missed him very much.
A Tao looked on and laughed. Although his cousin was almost three years older than the young master, he had never won a quarrel.
Talking all the way to Yangjiang.
Li Yanyu led Bai Yu'an to the riverside, pointed to a boat on the shore and said, "That's the boat I just had people build last year. It has four floors in total."
He looked at Bai Yu'an: "The first floor is for people to watch the scenery and drink tea, the second floor is for people to watch plays and have fun, and the top floor is the wing room for people to rest and spend the night."
"The top floor is the highest observation deck, where you can enjoy the stars in summer nights and the snow in winter."
"Yu'an, which floor do you want to go to?"
Bai Yu'an looked at Li Yanyu and asked curiously: "How much money does it cost to make this boat?"
Li Yanyu looked at Bai Yu'an and smiled: "The hull alone costs thousands of taels of silver, and the decoration inside costs thousands more."
"I can't even remember how much money I spent."
Li Yanyu looked at Bai Yuan's surprised expression. Grinning: "But the income from this boat is equivalent to the revenue of two restaurants. It is not difficult to earn a few hundred taels of silver a year."
Bai Yu'an didn't expect that Li Yanyu could earn so much money now, so he leaned over and whispered: "You don't want to become the richest man in Yangjiang, do you?"
Li Yanyu chuckled: "Not even close."
As he said this, Li Yanyu took Bai Yu'an to the boat: "Let's go, I'll take you up to have a look."
Bai Yu'an followed Li Yanyu onto the boat and went up to the private room on the second floor.
Bai Yu'an stood at the window of the private room and looked outside. He saw the boundless river and the green mountains on the other side not far away.
The river breeze blew over, raising the white jade sleeves placed on the windowsill.
Bai Yu'an looked at the river in trance, then looked at the other side.
She asked Li Yanyu who was standing next to her, "What's on the other side?"
Li Yanyu followed Bai Yu'an's gaze and whispered, "On the other side is Hanshan Temple."
"Many people go to Hanshan Temple to offer incense every day. However, Hanshan Temple is at the top of the mountain and the stairs are very long. It is not easy to climb up."
Bai Yu'an nodded and looked at the river again: "This water should be very deep."
Li Yanyu put his hands behind his hands: "It's naturally very deep. If someone fell from the bridge, if there were no ships around to rescue him in time, there would be no chance of survival."
Bai Yu'an turned around from the window, sat in front of the low table, took the teapot and filled the cup opposite: "Is there anyone on your boat who knows how to drink water?"
Li Yanyu saw that it was rare for Bai Yu'an to serve him tea, so he couldn't help but sit down across from him, looked at Bai Yu'an and smiled and said, "Why do you ask?"
Bai Yu'an looked at Li Yanyu and whispered: "The river view here is so good. I want to go boating on the river at night."
She smiled: "But I'm afraid that if I fall into the water, someone will save me."
Li Yanyu took a sip of tea and said, "Of course there are people who are good at water. When Yu'an wants to go rafting, ask me to join him. My water skills are better than those of ordinary people."
Bai Yu'an was a little surprised again: "How come I didn't know you were water-based?"
Li Yanyu raised his eyebrows: "When you were a kid, you only played with us during the holidays. On weekdays, I couldn't get anyone to call you. You don't know a lot about me."
Bai Yu'an admitted it.
But when she was a child, Bai Yuan didn't like going out, and her father was too strict and wouldn't let her go out.
She and Li Yanyu were not much different in age, and were a little familiar with each other. The other cousins and cousins were too different in age, and they were actually a bit unfamiliar.
Bai Yu'an looked at Li Yanyu: "How about we go boating tonight?"
Li Yanyu smiled: "You finally came back, I will accompany you until the end."
Bai Yu'an laughed, pointed out the window and asked, "Can you swim from here to the other side?"
Li Yanyu glanced out the window, and then his eyes returned to Bai Yu'an's face: "The river is cold now, so it's a bit difficult to swim across it."
"If you are not experienced, something may happen."
Li Yanyu said with a smile on his face: "You won't let me swim over, will you?"
Bai Yu'an looked at Li Yanyu: "Of course not."
"It's still early spring. It's a bit difficult for you to swim there with such good water skills. It might be even harder for others."
Li Yanyu pointed her finger at the table: "But for people who have been in the water all year round, it's actually not too difficult."
Bai Yu'an hummed and looked out the window while drinking tea.
Li Yanyu couldn't help but look at Bai Yu'an's side face. His amber eyes reflected the green mountains and clear water, and the sparkling light rippled in, but he was a little silent.
There was a faint expression of discomfort on his face, and the tea cup on his fingertips was hanging on his lips. He looked at it twice more, and then followed Bai Yuan's gaze. There was nothing special about the green hills opposite, and he didn't know what Bai Yuan was. looking at what.
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