Chapter 23 Equinox

Peiyang Lake is the largest and longest lake ten miles away from the capital, east of Ling'an Mountain, south across the north corner of Qingliang Mountain, dozens of miles long, the widest part of the lake is also seven or eight miles, in the shape of a gourd.

Qingluan and the others came to the belly of the gourd, the widest position of Peiyang Lake.

The water is deep and clear, and there are several boats and sailboats running along the lake.

There are also a few villages built along the water, and most of the fishing boats here are the livelihoods of nearby villagers.

And those exquisite and luxurious large painting boats are the property of the giant Jia Fengxiang Building in Beijing, which is specially leased to the rich people of the capital for fun.

When Qingluan and the others came to the wharf, the painting boat had already been rented into the lake and rowed away. So, Li Wen rented three fishing boats by the lake and asked the boatmen to take them to the shallow waters a few miles away to fish for water chestnuts.

These boats are not large, each of which can only carry four or five people, including the boatman's family.

So, Qingluan and Chaoyang took a boat, taking Han Zai and Yuzhu; Li Wen and Sun Yu were on a boat, with their respective servants Li Shun and Wu Yang.

And Ziyu and the three water-savvy guards took another boat.

The three boats moved slowly on the clear water, and the boatmen rocked the oars and sang a long and high-pitched fishing song.

Qingluan sat on the bow of the boat, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see the water and the sky meet, the mountains undulating, this scene is like a light green ink painting.

The fishing song in my ear, sometimes deep, sometimes long, the singing of the three boatmen is uneven, but it has a unique flavor.

She had never listened to this kind of slang so quietly and earnestly, and now she only felt that it was a hundred times better than the court feast.

"Draining water and splashing the mountains, the mountains are far away;

The west wind blows the old man, and the lake waves;

Xiangjun spent a night and grew gray hair;

I don't know when I'm drunk, and I watermark the day;

The boat is full of dreams, pressing the galaxy;

The goddess flutters, and the song is ......"

……

The boat traveled for nearly half an hour before it stopped at a shallow pond full of lotus lotuses.

The large green lotus leaves in front of you are swaying in the wind, and the stems are tall and leafy, which is very spectacular.

"Wow! That's a lot of lotus. Chaoyang was amazed and couldn't help but dance with his hands, "Jianing, let's go pick lotus canopy first, and then go to the lake beach to fish for water chestnuts." ”

Qingluan also had this intention, turned his head and asked Li Wen: "Brother Wen, can we stay here first?" ”

Li Wen said gently: "Okay, Sun Gongzi and I will be with you." ”

This place is extremely remote, and he definitely can't let the two little girls of Qingluan Chaoyang be here alone.

Sun Li was not happy, frowned and shouted: "It's almost noon, you two are delaying here, when will we catch fish and shrimp for lunch!" ”

Chaoyang glared at him and said defiantly, "What's the matter?" We just have to pick the lotus pod first, and then everyone will only eat this! ”

"You ......" Sun Li was angry, knowing that he was weak and weak, and he couldn't resist these two stubborn women, Wen Shizi looked at him and forgot his righteousness, let alone help himself.

So he turned around and pointed to the noon sheep and said, "Take that fishing net to the master, I want to catch fish here." ”

The boatman smiled and said: "Don't worry, the fish and shrimp in the lotus swing are good, big, fat and stupid, extremely easy to catch, you don't need to spend a bag of cigarettes to keep it, you can fish a pot up." ”

"Really?" Sun Li immediately forgot about being angry with Chaoyang, and was busy humbly asking the boat family for advice.

The boatman stood on the bow of the boat, used the pulp to open the lotus leaves, and slowly propped the boat into the lotus lake.

Qingluan and Chaoyang sat on both sides of the boat, stretched out their hands to pick the lotus canopies they encountered, and after a while, they picked a bunch of them.

Yuzhu was busy picking out some large, flawless lotus leaves, picking them and putting them in the cabin for later use.

Han Zai, who was wearing a mask, sat in the middle of the fishing boat, a scimitar resting on his leg, his hand on the hilt, silent, as if listening to the surrounding movements.

Looking back at Li Wen and Sun Li, I saw that they were rolling up their sleeves, lifting the corners of their robes, and sweating profusely busy fishing for shrimp with nets.

"Wow! There are a lot of ...... here," Sun Li exclaimed as he fished, excited like a little teenager, "Look at it!" Lots of prawns......"

The little servants Li Shun and Wu Yang were busy holding wooden plates, helping their sons collect the fish and shrimp from the net, and they all grinned.

"Hey! Can you be quiet! Chaoyang was not happy, turned his head and scolded: "Just seeing a fish scared you away." ”

Sun Li glanced at her, stood on the fishing boat with a net in one hand, and crossed his waist with the other and said: "You pick your lotus pod, I will catch my shrimp, what's in the way of you!" tube to the width. ”

……

Unconsciously, more than an hour passed, and everyone returned with a full load.

The boatman parked the boat in a shallow area with patches of water chestnuts.

Qingluan regretfully threw the duckweed of the water chestnut in his hand.

The water chestnut is not yet ripe, it is very green and tender, and it cannot be eaten at all.

Li Wen asked the boatman to moor the boat on the shore of the nearby lake, packed some pots and stoves from the boat, and more than a dozen people landed on the shore for a picnic.

The boatman diligently cleaned up the fish and shrimp caught by the nobles, took out some millet and oil and salt seasonings, and handed them to Li Shun and Wu Yang together.

Qingluan watched Yuzhu and Ziyu skewer the fish and shrimp smeared with oil and salt on thin branches, wrapped them in lotus leaves and roasted them on the fire, and thought it was very interesting, so she also took a few skewered prawns, sat next to Li Wen, and grilled the shrimp with him.

The original green shrimp slowly turned red under the roasting of the fire, and after a while, it gave off a strong fragrance, which tempted her to swallow her saliva.

Li Wen turned his head to look at her and said with a smile: "Hungry? ”

Qingluan hummed embarrassedly, staring at the shrimp skewers in his hand and couldn't take his eyes off.

"Wait a minute, it'll be fine in a moment." Li said softly, turned over the shrimp in his hand, and twisted a pinch of fine salt and sprinkled it on it.

"I didn't expect Brother Wen to do this." Qingluan couldn't help but be curious when he saw that Li Wen was skillful, as if he had done it many times.

Li Wen lowered his eyes and said: "I learned it when I used to go wild with my family when I was a child. ”

Qingluan glanced at him and saw that his expression was gloomy, so he sighed slightly in his heart and stopped talking.

In the last life, this Wen Shige and his family died early, which is really regrettable, and I don't know if I can help him get rid of his bad luck in this life.

After returning to Beijing this time, she still has to think of a way to remind him again.

Next to him, Chaoyang and Sun Li were arguing.

"I said why are you so stupid, look, all the good fish have been spoiled by you!" Sun Li was distressed with a handful of black fish skewers and shouted at Chaoyang: "If you don't know how to do it, don't do it blindly!" ”

This is all what he and Wen Shizi worked hard to catch, this stupid pig has been roasted.

Chaoyang quibbled unconvincedly: "It's not that you made the fire so big, it's all about burning my hair." ”

Sun Li snorted angrily and threw the black fish skewers aside, squinting at her: "What else can you do except force words!" ”

"Stupid pig!"

Sun Li's last sentence was vague in her mouth, but she was still heard by Chaoyang, she jumped up and pointed at Sun Li and said angrily: "What did you just say? Say it again! ”

Sun Li ignored her, took the fish and shrimp again and grilled them, and muttered in a low voice: "I haven't seen anyone who wants to hear others scold themselves so much, it's really weird......"

Qingluan ignored the saliva battle between Chaoyang and Sun Li, handed over all the shrimp skewers in his hand to Brother Wen Shi, and waited beside him wholeheartedly, looking at the fish and shrimp on the fire and swallowing his saliva.

Yuzhu and Ziyu are on the other side, boiling a jar of millet porridge in a clay pot of millet provided by the boatman.

A group of people were busy and didn't pay much attention when a painting boat quietly approached their fishing boat.

Han Zai stood in a remote place that was not suitable for people to detect, and stared vigilantly at the few people who came down from this painting boat.

Li Wen handed a skewer of grilled shrimp to Qingluan, and when he looked up, he saw Xiao Boyan standing not far from them with his hands in his hands, and his eyes looked at him coldly.

"It turns out that Xiao Hou also came here to play." Li Wen stood up and smiled faintly at him.