"yes, yes." Shu Kui hurriedly agreed, "It's so boring to be in the house all the time, is there anything fun in the yard?" ”

"Fun?" Aunt Liu thought for a while, "The pond is not small, there are lotus flowers planted in the middle, and the lotus pod is probably about to ripen, if you want to pick it, you can ask Xiaosun for a boat." Otherwise, it's not bad to go swimming, don't you just let Xiao Sun teach you, he can swim well. ”

Shu Kui said "oh" and pretended to gossip again: "Such a big yard, with a lawn, a pond, and a swimming pool, must cost a lot of money to build it." ”

"Well, not really." Aunt Liu felt the same way.

"The owner here is rich, isn't he? What kind of business are you doing? Or is it an official? Shu Kui finally asked the point.

"Yo, I don't know." Aunt Liu was stumped, "I just know that he is a man, and he doesn't come often, but after such a long time, I can count the number of times I have seen him, with one hand." ”

"That's ......" This answer made Shu Kui a little disappointed, "Then does Huang Xiao know?" ”

"Yellow?" Aunt Liu waved the rag in her hand, "He's a gourd with no mouth, and he won't say anything other than instructing us to work." ”

"Where's Uncle Qiao?" Shu Kui is still not giving up.

"He? Not to mention. Aunt Liu shook her head, presumably she had suffered hardships, "My temper is too stinky, and I can quarrel with others so much that I almost do it because of whether the dumplings are cooked or fried, and I am not happy to deal with him." ”

Shu Kui smiled bitterly, knowing that he would not ask what he wanted.

"Girl, I have to go wash the dishes, if you want someone to talk to, call me at any time." Aunt Liu put away the plate, turned around and walked two steps, and disappeared.

Shu Kui sighed, thinking that there was nothing else to do, so he went up to the second floor, picked a room at random, took a shower, read a book and fell asleep.

When she opened her eyes again, it was bright and it took her a minute or two to fully remember everything that had happened yesterday.

I don't know what happened to Ling Jiuchuan, and I don't know what this man is going to do. She thought, while washing and changing clothes, she thought that she must walk the whole yard today, and it would be better to find someone else.

Just as he was thinking about it, Kobayashi came to knock on the door.

Shu Kui followed him to the restaurant, and saw Uncle Qiao putting a pot of potstickers on the table, so he hurriedly took one to eat and praised it exaggeratedly.

But Uncle Qiao is not like Guo Yuansheng, he doesn't seem to eat this set, and when he heard the beautiful words, he only reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth and disappeared without saying a word.

Shu Kui was bored, very unhappy, and went to the yard after breakfast.

She first walked along the iron fence, but found no flaws, thinking that she was a little unwilling, she was ready to walk again.

At this moment, in a low bush not far in front of him, a figure suddenly flashed.

"Who?" After all the experiences of yesterday, she is already a soldier.

The man didn't react, just crouched in the grass and moved slowly.

Shu Kui tiptoed over, carefully probed, and the first thing that caught his eye was a light blue.

"What are you doing?" When the man heard the movement, he looked up, but he was startled at first.

Shu Kui breathed a sigh of relief - he was the gardener's grandson.

"What's wrong? What's up? Xiao Sun stood up with a handful of weeds in his hand.

"Uh...... I want to row. Shu Kui was in a hurry.

"What do you want?" Xiao Sun frowned.

"Boating." Shu Kui said, "Aunt Liu sues me, you can ask you for a boat." ”

Xiao Sun snorted, looking very impatient: "Can't you find something else to do?" ”

"Why don't you teach me how to swim?" Shu Kui mentioned a building yì.

Xiao Sun was stunned for a moment, then let out a sigh of relief, and threw the weeds to the ground: "Let's go, go get the boat." ”

In this way, Shu Kui, who actually didn't want to row at all, didn't know what to do.

"What's wrong again?" Xiao Sun took two steps forward, and felt that Shu Kui didn't move, so he turned around, still impatient, "I have a lot of things at hand, you'd better not play tricks on me, if you want to row, hurry up." ”

Shu Kui saw that his face was not good, and he didn't dare to say anything more, so he hurriedly followed him.

When the two came to the pond, Xiao Sun opened the warehouse, dragged a small wooden boat out, turned out two oars, threw them into the cabin, said "Go row", and turned around to leave.

"Wait." Shu Kui stopped him, "Where is the lotus?" I want to go and pick lotus flowers. ”

"Lotus picking?" Xiao Sun pointed casually, "Just draw in." ”

"Is the pond big? What if I get lost? How will I notify you? Of course Shu Kui won't let him go.

And Xiao Sun, after listening to these questions, didn't make a sound at first, thought for a while, and a smile appeared on his lips: "I'll take you there." ”

"Yes, yes, thank you so much." Shu Kui is waiting for this sentence.

Xiao Sun didn't make a sound, pushed the wooden boat into the water and tied it, went up first, and pulled Shu Kui onto the boat, loosened the cable, and rowed towards the middle of the pond one by one.

There was a faint mist floating on the surface of the water, and the water was very clear, and you could see the seaweed-like aquatic plants underneath, and occasionally a few small fish swam in, and their tails flicked and rippled in circles.

"How big is this pond?" Shu Kui looked far away, but because of the interference of the fog, he didn't see the boundary.

"It's huge." Xiao Sun didn't seem to want to talk much.

"Where does the water come from? Won't it dry up? Shu Kui suddenly remembered that Aunt Liu had said that it had never rained here.

"I won't do it." Xiao Sun pointed again, "The water is brought in from the river outside. ”

Shu Kui's heart moved, as if he saw the dawn of hope.

"Where's the lotus?" She asked quietly.

Xiao Sun looked left and right: "It will take a while to arrive." By the way, do you want to listen to me sing? ”

"You're going to sing to me?" Shu Kui was very surprised.

Xiao Sun nodded: "Do you want to listen?" ”

"Okay." Shu Kui agreed.

Xiao Sun looked at her and began to sing.

Shu Kui didn't expect that his singing voice would be so clear, like a breeze, drifting farther and farther away on the water. However, the lyrics are completely incomprehensible, and I only feel that the melody is melodious and the artistic conception is ethereal.

The whole song lasted for several minutes, and at the end, Xiao Sun's voice gradually lowered until he could no longer be heard.

Shu Kui couldn't help but applaud.

Xiao Sun nodded slightly, and the curtain was called, and his subordinates never stopped, and they had already come to the depths of the pond.

The fog here is thicker, and clusters of round leaves flicker in the smoke.

"What is this?" Shu Kui stretched out his hand to pick a piece of green and white leaves, but he pulled it and found that the leaf stem was as hard as a rock.

"Lotus leaves." Xiao Sun raised his chin, "Aren't you going to pick lotus flowers?" There are them in front. ”

Shu Kui turned his head and looked in the direction of the boat, but his vision was blocked by the fog, and he could only see a little silhouette.

Xiao Sun used the oar to pluck the leaves, and rowed unhurriedly: "Did you bring a knife?" ”

"What do you want knives for?" Shu Kui was puzzled.

"The stems of the purple lotus are very hard and tough, and they can't be picked with their bare hands." Xiao Sun stopped the boat and pointed to his side with his oar, "There is one here." ”

Shu Kui stretched out his head over, and sure enough, he saw a small lotus pod by the ruffle, light purple, as transparent as crystal, and he could see the lotus seeds inside, and even the lotus heart was faintly visible.

"This is called Ziliuhe?" Shu Kui thinks that this name is very elegant and worthy of the name.

Xiao Sun nodded, and pulled out a short dagger from his waist: "Take it, pick it." ”

Shu Kui thanked him, took it, adjusted his posture, leaned down to cut, only to feel that the blade was slippery, and there was a pain on his other hand.

"As I said, the stems are hard and tough." Xiao Sun stretched out his hand.

Shu Kui thought he was going to help, so he handed the dagger back.

"Let me see the wound." Xiao Sun didn't answer.

Shu Kui was stunned for a moment, and hesitated a little: "It's okay, it's just a little bit of skin." ”

"Let me see." Xiao Sun insisted, "If the injury is serious, Lianxin can stop the bleeding a little. ”

Shu Kui was actually still quite painful, and when he heard this, he no longer refused.

Xiao Sun squeezed her hand and gently wiped the blood from the wound: "It's okay, it's not very deep, you don't need a lotus heart." ”

Shu Kui only felt that his movements were gentle, his palms were wet and soft, his fingers were long, and his heart was beating for no reason, and his face began to burn.

Xiao Sun let go of his hand, washed the blood in the water, and didn't say anything more.

Shu Kui didn't dare to raise his head, but leaned down again, intending to compete with Lianpeng again, and also wanted to ease the slightly embarrassing atmosphere.

And at the moment when her hand grabbed the lotus canopy, the water suddenly seemed to be boiling, gurgling and turning.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Sun quickly grabbed Shu Kui's wrist and pulled it back.

At the same time, a large fish more than a meter long jumped out of the water, covered in blood-red scales, and its huge open mouth was full of small, sharp teeth, and it bit down fiercely on the boat, biting off a large piece of wood.

Shu Kui was frightened, opened his mouth slightly, and only reluctantly came back to his senses until the water surface was calm again: "This ...... What is it? ”

"Salmon." Xiao Sun actually laughed, "This kind of fish is rare, you are lucky." ”

"Salmon?" Shu Kui felt as if he had heard this name somewhere.

Xiao Sun didn't make a sound, took back the dagger, grabbed Shu Kui's injured hand and dipped it into the water, and after a while, the water surface churned as just now.

This time, the big fish did not return to the water, but was firmly nailed to the boat gang with a dagger by Xiao Sun.

"Are you using me as bait?" Shu Kui reacted.

Xiao Sun shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal: "Dan salmon originally lived in the world, but it has been wiped out by you a long time ago, and there are only about a dozen of them left here." ”

"It's going to eat people, right? What if I get bitten? Shu Kui was very unhappy.

"It eats people." Xiao Sun almost leaned into his ear and said, "Don't worry, with me, you won't be bitten." ”

Shu Kui realized that the first time the big fish jumped out of the water, he was pulled with his back against Xiao Sun's chest, and always maintained this ambiguous embracing posture, until now, the injured hand is still being held.

"Can you eat this fish?" Finding this embarrassment, she hurriedly pulled away and casually found a topic.

"Yes." Xiao Sun also let go of his hand, pulled out the dagger, and dragged the big fish into the cabin, "Its gall is a rare medicinal herb, which is said to detoxify and prolong life." ”