"Brother, after the holiday, will Chengdao and Chengqian not come again for a month?" Qi Niang asked Li Xiu with a pair of pitiful big eyes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yes, the weather is too hot now, even if there are ice cubes to cool down, it is still not suitable for studying, and some extracurricular activities cannot be carried out, so I can only wait until the weather is cool before taking classes." Li Xiu saw Qi Niang's pitiful appearance and thought that she didn't want to take a holiday, so he immediately opened his mouth to comfort her.

"Great, then I can take Xiaoya to the princess to play!" Qi Niang suddenly screamed excitedly when she heard this, and the pitiful expression on her face disappeared without a trace, and then she jumped up and down to find Xiaoya, that is, the daughter of the female guard Jiujie, since she came here, she has become Qi Niang's best playmate, but since Qi Niang began to learn things with Li Xiu, she didn't even have time to go to Xiaoya to play.

Seeing Qi Niang's inconsistent performance, Li Xiu was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was tricked by this little girl, and he couldn't help but be angry and funny at the moment, Qi Niang didn't pay much attention to studying, and the holiday would only make her feel happy, which she should have thought of just now.

Qi Niang wants to take Xiaoya to play with Princess Pingyang, naturally there is a fat sister who arranges someone to send them there, and Liu Er will also take care of her, and there is Princess Pingyang here, Li Xiu doesn't have to worry about it at all, and when Qi Niang leaves, he is the only one left in the family, and there is no need to worry about a few children surrounding him asking "why".

"Uh~, this feels so good!" Li Xiu stretched his waist and said to himself, there is no need to teach a few children to study, and there is no need to bother arranging courses for them, this feeling of being completely idle is simply too nostalgic.

But idle is idle, you can't always sit in a daze like this, Li Xiu also has to find something for himself to kill time, so he soon thought of something he hadn't done for a long time, went to the room and took his fishing rod, and asked Yuechan to prepare a pot of cold sour plum soup, and then left the house with a leisurely face with the food box.

After coming to the Yellow Canal, Li Xiu found a shade with his back against a tree and sat down, then threw the fish hook into the water, sat there while enjoying the cool while waiting for the fish to take the bait, poured a cup of sour plum soup to drink when it was hot, and lay on the grass for a while when he was tired, suddenly the fish float in the water shook rapidly, Li Xiu hurriedly lifted the fishing rod, a carp with a wide palm had already been hooked, and there was fish soup to drink tonight.

After the carp was brought up, Li Xiu picked it off and threw it into the fishing basket, and then hung the bait to continue fishing, but at this moment, Li Xiu suddenly heard some movement in the woods behind him.

At first, Li Xiu thought it was a small animal, so he didn't care, but after a while, he heard that the sound behind him seemed to be the footsteps of people, mixed with a small song humming by a woman, which made Li Xiu also feel very surprised, and turned his head to look at it at the moment, only to see that in the woods, there was a girl holding a bamboo basket and humming an unknown song picking wild vegetables.

Looking at the girl in the woods, Li Xiu didn't care at first, thinking that she was an ordinary girl from a nearby village, so he continued to turn his head to fish, but soon he suddenly thought of something, and then turned his head to look again, and then whispered to himself: "No wonder, she doesn't look like an ordinary peasant girl, she should be someone else's maid, but in addition to me and the princess's house nearby, I'm afraid there is only the little maid brought by the maid." ”

In fact, the girl in the woods is the maid fan next to Yi Niang, she will pick some wild vegetables nearby every morning, and when she is lucky, she can also find some mushrooms, which can be regarded as improving her life, but after eating wild vegetables for many days, she now wants to eat meat the most, but now there is no income at home, Yi Niang is desperately doing embroidery work every day, hoping to finish it as soon as possible and sell it at a good price, and then with income, their situation should be better.

Although there are many wild vegetables in summer, most of them are old, and some of them can no longer be eaten, so Fan Er wants to find suitable wild vegetables, and she has to work hard to find them every day.

There are not only wild vegetables in the woods, but also some wild fruits occasionally, Fan Er is from a poor family, and before entering Pei's Mansion, she also climbed trees and fished in the river like a wild boy, so when she encountered edible wild fruits, she would also pull up her skirt and climb the tree, pick some fruits and bring them back.

Li Xiu sat under the tree by the river, with thick trees behind him, so Fan'er didn't see him for the time being, after she finished picking wild vegetables, she just saw an apricot tree not far in front, and the tree was full of yellowed apricots, which also made Fan'er also feel that her tongue was full of relish, and she ran over humming a little song, rolled up her sleeves and climbed up the tree.

This apricot tree does not grow tall, but it is very stout, the apricots on it grow big and dense, the powder first picked an apricot and wiped it on the clothes, and then stuffed it into the mouth and took a bite, and found that although this apricot is not very sweet, but the taste is good, especially with a slight sour taste, which makes people very appetizing, which also makes the fan happy, and picks up the skirt a lot.

Li Xiu didn't expect this little girl to be so naughty, and she was very skilled in climbing trees and picking fruits, but he didn't bother, for fear of scaring her to fall from the tree again, in fact, Li Xiu didn't want to have anything to do with Yi Niang, so he hoped that this little girl didn't see herself at all, and left quickly after picking apricots.

But it backfired, Fan Er was just about to get off the tree, his eyes inadvertently swept nearby, and he immediately saw Li Xiu sitting by the river, especially when he saw that Li Xiu was still a young man, which made Fan Er also startled, and as a result, his feet slipped and he fell from the tree all of a sudden.

I only heard a scream from Fan'er, and then fell under the tree with a "bang", which made Li Xiu, who was fishing in front, also startled, and hurriedly threw down the fishing rod to check, only to see that Fan'er was rubbing her little ass and standing up at this time, and the apricots were rolling all over the ground.

"How's it going, are there any injuries?" Li Xiu asked with concern at the moment, after all, the other party is a child, and if he falls and is injured, it will be troublesome.

"I didn't ...... It's okay! Fan Er couldn't help but be very shy when she saw the young man in front of her, especially the bright eyes of the other party, she lowered her head even more embarrassedly, rubbing the corners of her clothes helplessly.

Seeing that this little girl was not big and was still so shy, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little funny, and immediately bent down to help her pick up the apricots on the ground and handed them to her: "It's good that you're not injured, don't be so reckless in the future!" ”

After Li Xiu finished speaking, he smiled at Fan'er, and then turned around and continued to go fishing. Seeing him leave, Fan Er couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and put the apricots in the basket and prepared to leave, but at this moment, he suddenly saw Li Xiu lifting the fishing rod and catching a grass carp more than a foot long.

Looking at the big grass carp struggling on the water surface, the neat scales shimmered a little bit in the sunlight, but the fan felt that a lot of saliva gushed out of her mouth at once, for her who has not eaten meat for a long time, this grass carp is a bowl of delicious fish soup.

Li Xiu was also very happy to catch such a big grass carp, and secretly sighed that today's luck was good, maybe he could catch a lot of fish in the future. But after he hung the hook on the bait and threw it into the water again, he found that the little girl just now didn't leave, but squatted not far away and stared directly at his fish basket.

"Little girl, why don't you go back?" Fishing is a quiet activity, unlike any performance that requires people to watch, in fact, when fishing, if someone is watching, it will make people feel very uncomfortable, and their hearts can't calm down, so Li Xiu wanted to say something to drive this little girl away.

"That ......" Fan Er looked a little embarrassed at this time, and finally mustered up the courage to speak, "I want to ask, do you sell fish?" ”

"Selling fish?" Li Xiu couldn't help but turn his head to look at the other party when he heard this, and then he also thought of what Yuechan said about the difficult life of Yiniang and their master and servant, which made him smile and said, "It's nothing to sell to you, but do you have money?" ”

"I ...... I don't have any money. Fan Er was even more embarrassed when she said this, but in the end, she plucked up the courage again and said, "But I can exchange things with you." ”

"Oh? So what are you going to trade with me? Li Xiu couldn't help but be very interested in this persistent little girl at this time, she could never leave her when her master was in trouble, this little girl was also a loving and righteous person, and it was nothing to give her a fish, but Li Xiu wanted to tease her.

"I ...... How about I trade this basket of wild vegetables with you? Fan Er brought the basket to Li Xiu and said, the wild vegetables in the basket are carefully selected by her, very fresh, in fact, in spring and summer, Li Xiu also often eats wild vegetables, especially when the fresh vegetables are not on the market, even the nobles can only eat some wild vegetables.

"These wild vegetables are everywhere, and I can pick them myself." Li Xiu deliberately embarrassed Fan Er.

"Then I can go up to the tree and help you pick some apricots, right?" Fan Er was not discouraged when he heard this.

"Haha, this apricot tree is so short, I can reach it with my hand, where can I use you to help me pick it?" Li Xiu laughed again when he heard this, he was more than two heads taller than Fan'er, and he could pick apricots at hand, in fact, before Fan'er came just now, he picked an apricot and tasted it, and found that it was a little sour and didn't eat more.

Seeing that the wild vegetables and apricots didn't want each other, the fan was also a little anxious, and then she looked around and found that she really had nothing to exchange with the other party, which made her a little discouraged, but at this moment, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she shouted to Li Xiu excitedly: "Wait a minute, I'll go and get something to exchange with you!" (To be continued.) )