Chapter Ninety-Six: Early Morning Pei Murong
The next morning, on the calm and misty surface of Lake Tenno, there was a scene of chaos after a night of revelry.
I don't know if it was the doors and windows that were removed after last night's drunkenness, the loneliness after the carnival, the messy clothes like corpses, the men's boots, some of the wine jars that swayed on the water but did not sink to the bottom of the lake, and even the women's belly pockets, dirty clothes, including messy dressing boxes, etc., formed a lonely "post-war" mess on the calm water of Tianwang Lake.
Small boats began to paddle lightly across the water by riding the mist on the lake, and bamboo poles and fish began to salvage clothes, wine jars and other objects on the lake.
If in the process of salvage, they happen to encounter the owner, then the fishermen who salvage on these small boats can naturally make a small profit when the sun begins to gradually rise.
In particular, some women's dirty clothes, belly pockets and other objects can often earn a lot of money when the fisherman pretends to be stupid.
Of course, the reason why fishermen prefer to salvage items such as belly pockets and profane clothes on the surface of the water is more out of psychological obscenity satisfaction than earning silver.
Especially when standing at the bow of the boat, making a stupid and honest appearance, pretending to be unaware of the disheveled and disheveled women, but with delicate faces and figures, pushed open the window, grabbed the clothes on her chest with one hand, and pointed to the belly and dirty clothes that they had just salvaged and were being looked at over and over in their hands, those women whose looks and figures were covetous, would always throw out some broken silver first, and then say to them with a cold face: That's mine, hand it to me.
Whenever the fishermen heard the women speak like this and asked for their underwear, the fishermen standing at the bow of the boat instantly felt a sense of fluttering in their hearts, their legs involuntarily weakened, and what they were holding in their hands was no longer dead, as if their palms had been pressed on the women's full chest, as if they had touched the slender, snow-white legs of those women.
And if you catch up with some bold fishermen, when the woman throws the broken silver and points to the clothes in their hands to ask for it, she will spread the dirty clothes and belly pockets in her hands, and rub them back and forth with their rough hands in front of the woman, and the expression will be dazed and honest: "The young lady on the painting boat over there said that it was hers, and I was about to send it to someone to ......." ”
When the woman who asked for her underwear heard these words from the fishermen, she knew very well that these people were deliberately trying to tease them. Therefore, if there is a man nearby, then the woman will turn her head away with a cold face and ignore it, and let the man who has been dewy with her all night come to negotiate with the fishermen.
And if there is no trace of a man around him, and he can only ask for it by himself, often at this time most women will not be stingy with their smiles, either smiling at those fishermen who pretend to be dazed and honest, and then asking for it again in the tone of a weak woman, or deliberately raising their arms, revealing half of their arms, or some bold and pungent women, they simply loosen their necklines, deliberately let their upper bodies lean out of the window and lean over, and then with the white flowers on their chests, Basically, under the fiery gaze of the fishermen, he successfully got his clothes back.
After floating on the boat all night, it is obvious that he is not as adaptable as the fishermen and boatmen who eat and live on the boat all year round. Therefore, people who choose to spend the night on the ship often get up very early on the second day, and even after waking up, the first reaction of many people is to want to leave the rickety boat quickly.
Xu Zhongli and his wife also got up very early, Wang Su and Xiao Siyu and his wife were the same, and even Pei Murong got up early, but ...... It's just with a faint dark circle, obviously I didn't sleep well last night.
Wang Su and Xiao Siyu's wives, because they have known Pei Murong since they were children, although now the Pei family has fallen into the middle of the road, and even the daughter of the Pei family has fallen to the dust, but this does not affect their love for Pei Murong and their attitude towards treating them as their own daughters.
Wang Su, Xiao Siyu and Xu Zhongli exchanged pleasantries, the topics were naturally good for resting last night and other life topics, and the wives of the two over there, after looking at Pei Murong, who was a little tired in the morning and had a faint dark circle under his eyes, immediately surrounded him intimately and began to ask for warmth.
What happened last night made Pei Murong unable to talk to the two aunts in front of him, so he had to deal with it vaguely.
However, since he opened his eyes in the morning, Pei Murong's mind instantly reappeared the picture of last night, which made Pei Murong cover the quilt on his face again, and after recalling it again like a deer, he got up and washed under Wan'er's service.
After hearing Xu Changting's voice, Pei Murong, who had already lowered his head to drink porridge, instantly felt his heart tighten, and then the entire atrium began to beat violently again, and the thumping sound instantly made Pei Murong's cheeks become a little hot, and it felt as if everyone's eyes were focused on her with a smile at this moment.
But fortunately, all of this is Pei Murong's "lack of heart to be a thief", and no one in the cabin at this time cast strange eyes on her.
Therefore, Pei Murong, who drank porridge with his head down, greeted Wang Su, Xiao Siyu and others in Xu Changting, secretly raised his head and glanced at the scene in the cabin, and then continued to drink porridge with his head down.
A familiar voice suddenly came from the top of his head, which made Pei Murong, who had just calmed down, almost choke on his throat with a mouthful of porridge, and hurriedly covered his face with his hand by coughing, and mumbled indistinctly.
"Does Miss Pei plan to stay in Tianwang Lake today, or will she go back to Danfeng City with us in the afternoon?" Xu Changting sat down opposite Pei Murong, and also picked up a bowl of porridge that Xu Changhong put in front of him and asked.
"I'm not in a hurry." Pei Murong took the Jinpa handed over by Wan'er, lowered his head and wiped his mouth and said.
"It's so natural that it's better, after breakfast for a while, we'll let the boat dock, and then go to climb Shengfeng Mountain, Shengfeng Mountain in autumn, the scenery is not inferior to the beautiful scenery around Tianwang Lake." After hearing this, Xiao Siyu immediately said with a smile.
Xiao Siyu's eyes were not looking at Xu Changting, but at Pei Murong who lowered his head and continued to drink porridge.
Pei Murong obviously didn't realize that Xiao Siyu was talking to her, not Xu Changting, so he continued to drink porridge without responding.
And Xu Changting, who was sitting opposite Pei Murong, saw this scene, and couldn't help kicking Pei Murong under the table, and Pei Murong, who was instantly bitten by a snake, let out a panicked sound, raised his head instantly, and a flush rose on his face at some point.
Xu Changting snorted dissatisfiedly, looked at the dazed and nervous Pei Murong, and reminded: "Uncle Xiao asked if you want to wait for the boat to dock for a while and go to climb Shengfeng Mountain to see the beautiful scenery?" "Huh? Yes, I'm fine. Pei Murong's heart was pounding, and Xu Changting kicked her under the table just now, for some reason, it made her nervous and uneasy, but she felt like she was cheating with Xu Changting.
But after coming back to his senses quickly, he still hurriedly looked at Xiao Siyu, Wang Su and the others with a weak heart, and squeezed out a good-looking smile on his white face with a faint flush.
A simple breakfast time also woke up Tianwang Lake at the foot of Shengfeng Mountain, at this time, wisps of green smoke rose over many painting boats on the lake, and some painting boat boatmen also began to put away their anchors, leaving the mooring place and starting to walk towards the shore of Tianwang Lake.
Some people who are accustomed to the life of painting boats and boats will stay on the boats all the time to continue the festive atmosphere on their boats.
Xu Changting stood on the deck again, first the eldest sister Xu Changhong took a thicker cloak and put it on Xu Changting, and then returned to the cabin and began to pack up the things that disembarked for a while with a few maids.
After eating, Pei Murong, who first returned to her cabin, finally calmed down at the moment, but continued to stay in a somewhat small room, which made her a little breathless, but if she went to the deck to breathe...... She heard Wan'er say that Xu Changting was watching the scenery on the deck at the moment.
After hesitating and struggling for a while, Pei Murong couldn't help clenching his two fists, as if he had made up his mind, gently biting his seductive red lips, and then stood up and walked out, but as soon as he walked out of the cabin door, Pei Murong suddenly regretted that he shouldn't be so impulsive.
Just about to turn around and go back to the cabin, I happened to meet Wu Jiangnan, the maid next to Xu Changting, and saw that Wu Jiangnan looked at Pei Murong with a smile and blinked, and asked, "Did Miss Pei go to the deck to breathe?" ”
"Uh...... This...... Yes, I was planning to go over, but I don't know if it's cold outside. Pei Murong stammered.
"It's not too cool, the sun is already out. Then please Miss Pei, help me bring the hand stove to my son-in-law. Wu Jiangnan handed a hand warmer to Pei Murong.
Pei Murong bit his lip in a bitter mood, but still took it with a smile: "Okay." ”
As Wu Jiangnan thanked her and then turned to leave, Pei Murong tapped his temple with his other hand with some annoyance, and muttered incessantly: It's really useless, I didn't see anything, nothing happened, what are you afraid of! Hum!
"Miss Pei, what did you just say?" Wu Jiangnan, who had just walked a short distance, turned around and asked with a smile.
"Uh...... It's okay, I'm ...... I'll send it to Xu Gongzi. Pei Murong raised his head speechlessly, and then had no choice but to walk towards the staircase under the eyes of Wu Jiangnan.
At this time, Xu Changting on the deck chatted with Huo Nuer whether he had a match or not, as Huo Nuer frowned, looked at a painting boat not far behind him, and said lightly: "Gao Liang is also here, Lu Xidao and Lu Fengyuan are also next to him, as well as Xuanwang Yuanke and Shouwang Yuanyu." ”
Hearing Huo Nu'er say this, Xu Changting also turned around, and didn't see clearly who the few figures swaying on the painting boat in the distance were, but he saw Pei Murong holding a hand warmer in his hand, lowering his head, as if he had all kinds of thoughts slowly walking up from the stairs.