Yan Qi was influenced by culture for an afternoon, drank a belly of peony flower tea, and when he returned to Feilai Pavilion, the sunset had already fallen to the water level, and he first went to the window of Young Master Yan Jiu to look, and saw that he was talking to the two sons of other families in the room, so he was not alarmed, turned back to his room, walked back along the terrace, and before he could enter the house, he heard someone tearing his throat downstairs and shouting: "Yan Xiaopang!"

Turning his head to look down at the terrace, he saw Yuan Chang standing on a big stone by the waterhole, staring up at her with his face up, and grinning uncontrollably while staring. "Yan Xiaopang, you're going to be beaten!" Yuan Chang said viciously with his chin in his hands, his body went up, and he jumped onto the terrace in the blink of an eye, and Taishan lowered his head as if he was overwhelmed and stared at the little stinky fat man in front of him. "Why didn't you sue me when you came to Mishima?!"

"It's not too late for you to know. "Yan Qidao.

"Ho, you're still reasonable to hide it from me, right?!" Yuan Chang reached out and pinched Yan Qi's nose, "Apologize quickly!"

"I'm sorry. "Yan Qidao.

...... "Forget that this little fat man has been out of discipline all along!" Yuan Chang grinded his teeth and let go of his hand, and unwillingly poked a finger on her head, "If I hadn't seen Yan Jiu today, I wouldn't have known that your little bastard had also gone to the island! Why did your uncle remember to bring you two here?"

"Ang, I brought it with me when I thought about it. Yan Qi rubbed the stabbed brain, was slapped open by Yuan Chang's hand, and the thick palm reached over and rubbed it twice on her head, and then pretended to turn his head naturally to look at the small waterfall on the stone wall next to him.

"This place is good, several official families want to live here, but your uncle robbed it one step ahead. Yuan Chang said, "This place is close to my brother-in-law's palace, and the back shade is cool, the terrain is high, and it is convenient to enjoy the scenery." ”

"Yes good. "Yan Qidao.

"What do you know!" Yuan Chang turned his face back to glare at her, "There are more interesting places on this island, and you continue to hide it from me every year!

"Ah, don't bother......"

"You dare to finish speaking, believe it or not, I'll throw you into the lake and go to Yan Xiaopang!"

"Okay. ”

Yuan Chang glared at Yan Qi for a long time, after all, he couldn't suppress the inexplicable joy in his heart and laughed, his elbow hit Yan Qi, and said with a smile: "You eat faster for dinner in a while, I'll come to you, let's go catch crickets, the crickets on this island are all big, they can bite and fight, let's pick a few of the most powerful, take them to fight with the barbarians, and win their gems to inlay jewelry for you, how about it?"

"Good. Yan Qi responded, and watched Yuan Chang leave happily.

Just after dinner, Yan Zike was invited to have a drink by an official, Young Master Yan Jiu wanted to stay in the room to read, and Yan Qi had already been forced to wait Yuan Chang pulled out of the Feilai Pavilion and ran away.

"Let's find a place with a lot of grass!" Yuan Chang was so excited that he jumped and jumped, as long as he thought that there would be a little fat man on this island to accompany him in the next ten days, this heart couldn't help but want to fly to the sky.

"Are you going to catch crickets?" Yan Qi asked.

"Nonsense, I didn't say it at that time!" Yuan Chang glared at her.

"Then don't go to a place with a lot of grass," Yan Qi stopped, "Go to a place with a lot of rocks." ”

"What, afraid of mosquito bites?" Yuan Chang looked at Yan Qi's clothes, they were women's short brown, specially changed to play with him, this little chubby Nizi is serious and cute in everything.

Yuan Chang grinned.

"Crickets are stronger when they are born in many places of masonry and stone," Yan Qidao, "and those who are born in grassy land have soft bodies." ”

"Hey, who did you listen to? Yuan Chang looked at her with a slight smile.

"I'm familiar with everything in the mountains and wilderness," Yan Qidao said, "I spent my childhood playing with these." ”

"Huh?" Yuan Chang didn't understand how Yan Xiaopang, who was also an official of the Sanpin official family, could be familiar with things in the mountains and wilderness, and he had been playing crickets since he was a child-Yan Zike's big neuropathy seemed to be really worthy of his reputation, and he didn't care about Yan Xiaopang since he was a child, right?

Then go to a place with many mountains and rocks, although Yuan Chang was skeptical of Yan Qi's words, but as long as Yan Xiaopang can have fun, what does it matter where he goes.

Tonight's night is also very powerful, the moonlight is bright, bright as day, the two of them searched for a while at the nearby small stone mountain, one person caught more than a dozen, and then got together to pick and choose, as a result, Yan Qi eliminated all the Yuan Chang arrested.

"Why are you Yan Xiaopang, you don't understand it, you are fooling?" Yuan Chang knocked on Yan Qi's skull, "You also threw me the big head just now?!"

"The one who is narrow and has no strength. Yan Qidao, "And you have to look at the color, white is not as good as black, black is not as good as red, red is not as good as yellow, yellow is not as good as green." The ones you pick are either black or red, and they can't help fighting. ”

Yuan Chang looked at Yan Qi with a rare gaze: "Do you really understand?"

"The red and white hemp heads, green necks, gold wings, and gold and silver threads are of the highest quality, the jute heads are slightly worse, and the purple gold and black are worse. Yan Qi pointed to the few crickets he caught and said, "It's actually a little early to fight crickets at this time, it's just right in early autumn, and it's not suitable to fight immediately when you just catch a cricket, raise it for a few days, and wait until it is full of vitality to have more killing intent and strength." ”

Yuan Chang looked at Yan Qi directly with the eyes of an alien fat man this time: "That's right, then let's not fight with the barbarians today, and then talk about it for a few days." ”

"Then take it back, do you know how to raise it?" Yan Qi asked.

Yuan Chang snorted and said, "Don't worry, even if I don't know how to raise it, someone will." ”

Carefully put away the crickets in a breathable vial, pulled Yan Qi to sit down on a large rock, and looked up at the moon with his back against the mountain rock wall.

"Yan Xiaopang, have you ever thought about the future?" Yuan Chang stared at the night sky steadily, and suddenly asked.

"Didn't think much of it. "Yan Qidao.

“…… You stupid girl," Yuan Chang turned his head to glare at her, "You have to live one day at a time, and you have to get by?!

"Plans can't keep up with changes, what's the use of thinking too much. "Yan Qidao.

“…… When there is change, it should be changed with the same!" Yuan Chang said.

"I'm not right now, if I don't have a plan, I don't change. "Yan Qidao.

“…… You're still vibrating!" Yuan Chang reached over and knocked on Yan Qi's skull, "You haven't thought about what kind of in-laws you want to find in the future?"

Yan Qi also looked at the night sky, not paying attention to the tips of Yuan Chang's ears that were flushed when he asked this, "I've thought about it, but imagination is one thing, reality is another, and it's useless to think about it." ”

"You ......" Yuan Chang gasped heavily, "What if your uncle marries you to an old man?" Yan Zike is so nervous, what is the certainty of this.

"No, it won't. "Yan Qidao.

"How do you know that you won't? Didn't you just say that the plan can't keep up with the change, what if there is any unavoidable change?" asked Yuan Chang.

"Then respond to all changes with the same. ”

"What's the same way?"

"It's good to think about nothing. ”

"......" Yuan Chang secretly bit his teeth for a long time, his fists clenched loosely, loosened, and finally closed his eyes, and said quickly in a muttered voice, "What kind of man do you like?"

Yan Qi really heard it clearly, and thought about it for a while with his face up, until Yuan Chang next to him was about to sit still and jump up and run away, Fang said slowly: "You ask me what kind of man I like, I can't answer this, because people's hearts change." ”

"I won't change!" Yuan Chang opened his eyes, but he didn't look at Yan Qi, he only stared at the moon in the sky with a swollen face, and said clearly and forcefully.

I'm not going to change.

I will never change.

The person who had said this to her had become the most thorough.

"Yuan Chang!" suddenly a coquettish shout sounded on the stone wall above, and then a figure fell, and Qin Zhiyu appeared in front of him with an angry face, "What were you talking about just now?!"

"-What's the matter with you?!" Yuan Chang jumped up, his face full of shame, I don't know if it was because he was heard or because he was too distracted and couldn't even notice that someone was approaching, "Qin Zhiyu, why are you ghosted?!, what are you always following me?!"

"I'm looking for you everywhere!Aunt Yuan asked you to take me to play!" Qin Zhiyu shouted angrily, "You left me aside again to find this fat man!"

"Shut up!" Yuan Chang was annoyed, "Don't let me hear you say this a second time!"

"What's wrong?!She's a fat person, isn't it true that she doesn't let others say it?!" Qin Zhiyu said angrily, but when the words fell, he suddenly flew backwards, and sat on the grass five meters away, his face full of disbelief and shame, "Yuan Chang-you-you actually did it to me?!"

"Qin Zhiyu-" Yuan Chang retracted his palm with a cold eyebrow, staring at Qin Zhiyu on the ground, "You listen to me, I don't care what kind of friendship your mother has with my mother, if you dare to speak disrespectfully to Xiao Qi again, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!"

"Yuan Chang, you actually did it for her-" Qin Zhiyu's eyes turned red with anger, he jumped up suddenly, and rushed into the darkness in the distance without looking back, disappearing in an instant.

Yuan Chang froze in place for a long time, and looked at Yan Qi next to him uncomfortably: "Yan Xiaopang, don't think about it...... I, I never did anything to a woman...... Just now, I was in a hurry...... You, you're not going to be afraid of me from now on, are you?"

"I've always been afraid of you. "Yan Qidao.

"......" Yuan Chang jumped up and glared at her, "What's wrong with me?!Why are you afraid of me?!I can still eat you?!Have I bullied you?!Have I beaten you?!Did I have one more eye than others?!Did I scare you?!!"

"No, no, no, don't get excited, you see your throat is split. "Yan Qidao.

"I'll tell you, Yan Xiaopang!" Yuan Chang gasped twice, and poked a finger on Yan Qi's head, "I shouldn't do anything to a woman, but in my eyes, as long as you dare to bully you, regardless of gender, you should be beaten! It's good that you're afraid of me, and it's good to look down on me, anyway, I'm like this!

"I'm ......," Yan Qi said.

"Don't say it!" Yuan Chang interrupted her later words in shame.

"Okay. "Yan Qidao.

"......" Yuan Chang glanced at Yan Qi's face a few times uncomfortably, and couldn't get any deep meaning from this paralyzed face that he wanted or didn't want to know, and regretted the words that he blurted out just now, the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, he spun around on the spot, and said vaguely: "I'm going back, you can go back too." And he sprang away.

Nothing to say for a night.

On the morning of the second day, the three uncles and nephews of the Yan family had dinner in the small hall on the first floor, with six side dishes, four kinds of porridge and two dishes, and Yan Qi only ate a piece of Yulu cake and drank a bowl of japonica rice and bean porridge.

"Isn't it delicious?" Yan Zike stopped his chopsticks and looked at her.

"Lose weight. "Yan Qidao.

"It's okay to have more breakfast. Yan Zike sandwiched the yellow braised chicken fillet and put it on Yan Qi's plate.

"You don't have to go to the palace today?" Yan Qi ate the chicken fillet.

"The emperor has suffered from heat stroke, so he doesn't have to go today. Swallow said.

…… This poor emperor went to the island to avoid the summer for a long time, but he still didn't avoid it.

"There's a summer party in the evening, I'll take you to play. Yan Zi Ke said, looking at Young Master Yan Jiu who was sitting opposite, "Guys." ”

Young Master Yan Jiu is already accustomed to his status as a gift in the eyes of his uncle.

"If the emperor suffers from heat stroke, can he still hold a summer party?" Yan Qi asked.

"The host of the Ministry of Rites, in order to entertain foreign envoys, the emperor does not attend and does not get in the way, and he has already held a banquet when he is in Beijing. Yan Zi Ke said, "At that time, the foreign envoys will also perform, let's sit in the front row." ”

"I've heard that there are dancers who don't wear tops. "Yan Qidao.

"Xiao Jiu, don't go. Swallow said.

Young Master Yan Jiu: "......"

The uncle and nephew were idle in the Feilai Pavilion all day, Young Master Yan Jiu nested in the room to read, Yan Zike and Yan Qi played Go, ate snacks, solved the nine chains, and sat in a daze.

When night fell, the uncle and nephew changed their clothes, came out of the Feilai Pavilion, took only a retinue, and slowly walked towards the venue of the summer party.

Of course, the dancers had to wear their tops, and of course Young Master Yan Jiu would be taken with them.

The venue of the summer party is located at the junction of the lake and the island, half on the lake, half on the island shore, the field on the island shore is erected with wooden planks and wooden pillars, and the lake surface is built with Cao Cao's iron cable and boat method to build a solid plane, which is connected with the field on the island shore, there are four basketball courts in the large area, several bonfires are lit on the shore, and thousands of river lanterns made of various colors of yarn float in the lake, as if the colorful stage lights will decorate the whole venue like a dream.

There are hundreds of sets of tables and chairs around the site, some on the shore, some on boats in the lake, and even a few low futons on the nearby higher rocks, and several thin iron pillars as high as street lamps are erected high around them, and torches are also lit at the top of the pillars, illuminating the 100-meter radius around the site as bright as day.

The summer party is not a formal banquet, but it is just an entertainment project with nothing to do, and everyone is not required to participate, you can come if you want, and you are not reluctant to come. Of course, most of the officials on the island are willing to join in this lively, although the environment on the island is pleasant, but every day to have the same office servant, after all, it is still very hard, it is rare to have such a pastime, and they are willing to relax for a moment or two.

"Do you want to be on the shore or on the lake?" Yan Zike asked Yan Qi.

"It's all done. "Yan Qidao.

"Then on the lake," said Yanzike, "how about we go to the lake and sleep in the boat at night?"

"Good. "Yan Qidao.

The uncle and nephew set the direction of tonight's entertainment in a few words, and Young Master Yan Jiu followed behind speechlessly, accustomed to a position where he had no right to speak in front of his uncle.

The boat is a flat boat, not big, only for a square table and four chairs, the three uncles and nephews of the Yan family sit at the table, one sits on the bow of the boat, and there is a boatman who supports the boat standing at the stern of the boat, slowly propping the boat away from the shore of the island, going around to the side of the lake facing the venue, taking a place with the best perspective to stop, blowing the lake breeze and enjoying the river lanterns, waiting for the party to start.

The number of people present gradually increased, some chose the seats on the shore, some chose the boat in the lake, and there were special waiters rowing a light boat back and forth between the boats to hand tea and fruit dishes, the officials greeted each other, looking for the best viewing position, because the lake is flat, the position in the back is easy to be blocked by the people in front, and those who came late had to make do with finding a place in the back, and there were also those who unconsciously inserted to the front, but the boat of the Yan family's uncle and nephew was generously moored in the center of the front row, and no one's boat dared to go forward。

Until the party was about to start, a boat slowly rowed over and stopped next to the Yan family's boat, the people on the boat greeted Yan Zike, Yan Qi and Young Master Yan Jiu got up and saluted, as soon as they raised their eyes, Yan Qi saw Min Xuewei in the middle of the people on the boat, looking at this box with a clear posture like a fairy in the river, and nodded slightly at Yan Qi.