Chapter 125: Six Outer Chapters: Lotus Plants

Cloud Dream Lotus Pier.

Outside the sword-testing hall, Xia Chan made a noise; inside the sword-testing hall, a piece of flesh was unbearable.

More than a dozen teenagers were shirtless, sticking piece by piece to the wooden floor in the sword test hall, turning over from time to time, like a dozen sizzling pancakes, making dying mumbles.

"hot……"

"died……"

Wei Wuxian narrowed his eyes and said in a daze, "It would be nice to be as cool as Yunshen doesn't know where to go."

The board under him was assimilated by body temperature again, so he turned over. Coincidentally, Jiang Cheng also turned over, the two of them wiped each other and put their arms over their legs, Wei Wuxian immediately said, "Jiang Cheng, take your arm away, you are like a piece of charcoal."

Jiang Cheng said, "Remove your legs."

Wei WuXian said, "The arms are lighter than the legs. It's more difficult for me to hold the legs, so you should hold the arms."

Jiang Cheng got angry: "Wei Wuxian, I warn you not to go too far, shut up and don't talk, the more you talk, the hotter you are!"

Sixth Junior Brother said, "Don't quarrel, okay? I feel so hot when I hear you quarreling, and sweat faster."

There has already been a palm and a kick: "Go away!" "Go away!" "No no no, please go away!" "You're welcome, you go first!"

All the junior brothers complained: "Go out and fight!" "Can you all get out together, please!"

Wei WuXian said, "Did you hear me, everyone told you to go out. You... let go of my leg, you're going to break my eldest brother!"

Jiang Cheng's forehead burst into blue veins, and he said, "It's obviously to let you go out...you let go of my arm first!"

At this time, there was a rustling sound of skirts dragging the floor from the wooden corridor outside, and the two suddenly separated like lightning. Immediately, the bamboo curtain was lifted, and Jiang Yanli took a peek inside and said, "Ah, so you are all hiding here."

Everyone said in a row, "Senior sister!" "Hello, senior sister." Someone who was easily embarrassed couldn't help but folded his hands to cover his chest and hid in the corner.

Jiang Yanli said, "Why are you being lazy and not practicing swords today?"

Wei WuXian complained, "Such a poisonous sun, the school field is dying, and you have to peel off a layer of skin when you go to practice swordsmanship. Senior sister, don't tell anyone."

Jiang Yanli took a closer look at him and Jiang Cheng, and said, "Are you two fighting again?"

Wei Wuxian said, "No wow!"

Jiang Yanli's body also got in, she held a plate and said, "Who kicked the footprints on Ah Cheng's chest?"

Wei Wuxian heard that he had left behind evidence of the crime, so he hurried to look at it, and sure enough there was. But no one cared whether they were fighting or not. Jiang Yanli held a large plate of cut watermelons in his hands. A group of teenagers swarmed up, and after three or two times, they were divided, sitting on the ground and nibbling on the watermelon. After a while, the melon rinds were piled up in a small half-mountain on the plate.

No matter what Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng do, they are always compared to each other, and eating a watermelon is no exception. Wei Wuxian was eating hard at first, eating and eating, and suddenly let out a "poof" laugh.

Jiang Cheng said cautiously, "What do you want to do?"

Wei Wuxian took another piece and said, "No! Don't get me wrong. I didn't want to do anything, I just remembered someone."

Jiang Cheng said, "Who?"

Wei WuXian said, "Lan Zhan."

Jiang Cheng said, "You don't have to think about what he is doing, don't you miss the feeling of being punished?"

Wei WuXian spit out his seeds and said, "It's funny to think of him. You don't know, he's interesting. I told him that your family's food is too bad, I'd rather eat fried watermelon rind than yours. If you are free, come to our Lotus Pier to play..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Jiang Cheng slapped his melon crookedly with his palm: "Are you crazy and asked him to come to Lotus Pier to find guilt for yourself?"

Wei WuXian said, "What are you in a hurry, my melon almost flew! I'm just talking about it, of course he won't come, when did you hear that he ran out and played by himself."

Jiang Cheng said sternly: "Let's talk about it first, I will refuse him anyway, so don't ask him arbitrarily."

Wei WuXian said, "I didn't see that you hated him so much?"

Jiang Cheng said, "I have no problem with Lan Wangji, but in case he does come, if my mother sees someone else's child and has something to say, then don't think about it."

Wei WuXian said, "It's alright, don't be afraid when you come. If you really come, tell Uncle Jiang to let him sleep with me. I promise to drive him crazy within a month."

Jiang Cheng sneered: "You still want to sleep with him for a month? I can't see that you were stabbed to death by him in seven days."

Wei Wuxian said in disapproval, "I'm afraid of him. If I really want to fight, he's not necessarily my opponent."

The crowd echoed and booed, Jiang Cheng laughed at him for being cheeky, but he actually knew in his heart that what Wei Wuxian said was true, not bragging. Jiang Yanli sat between the two and said, "Who are you talking about? Are you a friend from Gusu?"

Wei Wuxian happily said, "Yes!"

Jiang Cheng said, "You are too embarrassed to take this 'friend'. You go and ask Lan Wangji to see if he wants you."

Wei WuXian said, "Get out. He doesn't want me to kill him, let's see if he will." He turned to Jiang Yanli and said, "Senior sister, do you know Lan WangJi?"

Jiang Yanli said, "You know, is that the second little blue son who everyone says is very handsome and capable? Is he really handsome?"

Wei WuXian said, "Very handsome!"

Jiang Yanli said, "How about you?"

Wei Wuxian thought for a while, then said, "Maybe a little bit more handsome than me."

His two fingers compared a very small distance. Jiang Yanli said with a smile as he collected the dishes, "That looks really handsome. It's a good thing to make new friends, and you can hang out with each other when you have nothing to do in the future."

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng spat out the melon, and Wei Wuxian waved his hands again and again: "That's it. The place where they live has bad food and lots of rules, so I won't go."

Jiang Yanli said: "Then you can bring him to play. This time is a good opportunity, why don't you invite your friend to come to Lianhuawu to live with you for a while?"

Jiang Cheng said, "Sister, listen to his nonsense. He is disgusting in Suzhou, so how could Lan Wangji come back with him?"

Wei WuXian said, "What! He will."

Jiang Cheng said, "Wake up, Lan Wangji told you to get out, did you hear me? Remember?"

Wei WuXian said, "What do you know! Although he told me to get out of the way on the surface, I know he must really want to come to Yunmeng with me to play, it's incredible."

Jiang Cheng said, "I think about a question every day, where did you get so much confidence?"

Wei WuXian said, "Don't think about it any more. I haven't had an answer to the same question for so many years, so I would have given up long ago."

Jiang Cheng shook his head, and was about to smash the melon, when suddenly he heard the sound of menacing footsteps galloping, and a cold female voice came from afar: "I said where all these people are hiding, I know..."

The faces of the teenagers changed drastically, and they rushed out of the curtain, just in time to bump into Mrs. Yu, who was turning from the other end of the corridor. The purple clothes were elegant, but they were aggressive, and the eyes were really terrifying. Seeing this group of teenagers wearing shirtless and bare feet, looking unseemly and unsightly, Madam Yu's face was twisted for a while, and her two thin eyebrows even flew up.

Everyone thought, "It's broken!" Seeing this, Madam Yu finally reacted and became furious: "Jiang Cheng! Put on my clothes! He looks like a naked savage, what the hell! Where do people see my face?!"

Jiang Cheng's clothes were tied around his waist, and after listening to his mother's scolding, he was in a hurry. Madam Yu scolded again: "What about you! Didn't you see Ah Li here? Who taught you a bunch of dead boys to show off their virtues in front of the girl's house!"

Of course, you don't have to think about it to know who's leading it. So Mrs. Yu's next sentence is as usual: "Wei Ying! I think you are going to die!"

Wei Wuxian said loudly, "I'm sorry! I didn't know Senior Sister would come! I'm going to look for clothes!"

Madam Yu was even more angry: "You still dare to run, get back and kneel for me!" After speaking, she went out with a whip. Wei Wuxian felt a burning pain on his back, and he yelled "Ouch", almost rolling over. At this time, someone suddenly whispered in Mrs. Yu's ear: "Auntie, do you want to eat watermelon..."

Madam Yu was taken aback by Jiang Yanli who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. After such a delay, the group of thieves disappeared without a trace. She was so angry that she turned her head and twisted Jiang Yanli's face, saying: : "Eat, eat, you know to eat!"

Jiang Yanli was squeezed into tears by his mother, and he said vaguely, "A-Niang, A-Xian and the others are hiding here to cool off, I found them myself, don't blame them...you...do you eat watermelon? ...I don't know who sent it, but it's very sweet. Eat watermelon in summer to relieve the heat, it's sweet and juicy, I'll cut it for you..."

Mrs. Yu became more and more angry, and in addition to being thirsty in the hot weather, she really wanted to eat it because she said it, and so... even more angry.

The few people managed to escape from Lotus Pier, rushed to the pier, and jumped onto the boat. After a long time no one chased after him, Wei Wuxian was relieved. He shook the oar vigorously twice, and felt that his back still hurt, he threw the oar to the others, sat down and touched the hot flesh, and said, "Qingtian is wrong, let's be reasonable, obviously everyone is not wearing clothes. , why do you only scold me when you scold you, and only beat me when you beat me?"

Jiang Cheng said, "It must be because you look the hottest without your clothes on."

Wei Wuxian glanced at him, and suddenly jumped into the water. The rest of the people also responded to the call and went into the water one after another, leaving Jiang Cheng alone on the boat in an instant.

Jiang Cheng realized that the situation was not right, and said, "What the hell are you doing?!"

Wei Wuxian slid to the side of the boat and slapped it with a slap. The boat turned over completely, sinking and floating heavily in the water, belly upside down. Wei WuXian laughed, jumped on the bottom of the boat, sat cross-legged, and shouted at the side of the water where Jiang Cheng fell, "Is your eyes still hot, Jiang Cheng? Say it, hello, hello!"

After shouting twice, no one answered, only a bunch of blisters came up, Wei Wuxian wiped his face, and said strangely, "Why haven't you come up for so long?"

Sixth Junior Brother also swam over and exclaimed in shock, "I won't drown!"

Wei WuXian said, "How is that possible!" Just as he was about to go into the water to pull Jiang Cheng, he heard a loud shout from behind, "Ouch", and someone pushed him into the water from behind, and the boat overturned wetly. face. It turned out that Jiang Cheng threw him into the water and then dived to the bottom of the water and circled around behind Wei Wuxian.

The two of them each succeeded in a sneak attack, and began to circle around a boat vigilantly in the water, while the others splashed water and scattered in the lake to watch the fun. Wei WuXian shouted across the boat, "What is it that you copy the murder weapon, if you have the ability to put the oar down, let's compare it with empty hands."

Jiang Cheng grinned and said, "You think I'm stupid, and I'll grab you as soon as I let go!" His oars were like the wind, making Wei Wuxian run back and forth, and all the juniors and brothers applauded. Wei WuXian froze from left to right, taking time out of his busy schedule to defend himself, "How can I be so shameless!"

There were boos all around: "Senior brother, you have the face to say this!"

Next, everyone fell into a chaotic water battle. What kind of great kindness and great compassion pestle, a hundred poisonous snakes and scorpions, and a deadly water-spraying arrow—Wei Wuxian kicked Jiang Cheng, and finally got on the boat and vomited. With a mouthful of lake water, he raised his hand and said, "No more fighting, no more fighting, a truce!"

Everyone was fighting vigorously with their heads full of green water plants, and hurriedly said: "Why don't you fight, fight! Fight! If you lose, beg for mercy?"

Wei WuXian said, "Who said I begged for mercy, I'll fight back again. I'm hungry and can't beat me, so I'll get something to eat first."

Sixth Junior Brother said, "Then shall we go back? We can still eat a few watermelons before dinner."

Jiang Cheng said, "Go back now, there's nothing else for you to eat except whips."

Wei WuXian had already made up his mind and announced, "I won't go back. Let's go pick lotus pods!"

Jiang Cheng sneered, "It's 'stealing', right?"

Wei WuXian said, "It's not that I didn't make up money every time!"

The Yunmeng Jiang Clan took care of the nearby people when they were in this area, and they didn't charge any compensation except for the water. Every time the teenagers in the family went out to eat other people's melons, caught other people's chickens, or stunned other people's dogs with medicine, Jiang Fengmian would send someone to make up for them afterward. As for why he insisted on stealing food with perseverance, it was not a hooliganism, but a young man who was playful and had a heavy heart, and was just greedy for the fun of being laughed, scolded, chased, beaten, and beaten.

Everyone got on the boat, rowed for a while, and arrived near a lotus lake.

What a big lotus lake, green and verdant. The green leaves are stacked in layers, as small as a plate and as large as an umbrella. The outer ones are lower and sparser, and are laid flat on the water; the inner ones are higher and crowded, enough to cover the manned boats, but if you see a group of lotus leaves rubbing their heads in commotion, you will know that someone is hiding inside. Make small moves.

The boat in Lotus Pier slid into this green world, surrounded by large green lotus pods. The large-headed lotus canopy grows on the slender lotus stem, and the smooth green stem of the lotus stem is full of small thorns, but they are not piercing. They are all folded together with a long stem. After returning, you can find a bottle and put it in the water to keep it. heard that it will be more tender for a few days. Wei Wuxian only heard about it, he didn't know if it was true or not, anyway, that's what he swore to tell others.

He broke a few branches, and peeled one at random. The grains were full and thrown into his mouth. They were tender and juicy. Hearing it, he said, "Who are you inviting to eat?"

Wei WuXian said, "Haha, it's not you anyway!" Just as he was about to pick a lotus pod to smash him in the face, he suddenly "shhh" and said, "Dead, the old man is here today!"

The old man is the old farmer who planted lotus pods in this water. Wei Wuxian didn't know how old he was, anyway, in his opinion, Jiang Fengmian was his uncle, and anyone older than Jiang Fengmian could be called an old man. Wei Wuxian has been in this lotus pond for as long as he can remember. If he comes to steal the lotus pod in summer, he will beat him if he is caught. Wei WuXian often suspects that the old man is the reincarnation of a lotus pod, because he knows how many lotus pods are missing in his lake, and he hits a few. In the lotus lake rowing, the bamboo pole is better than the paddle, bang bang bang! It hurts so much.

All the youngsters had also eaten a few poles, and at the moment they all booed: "Run, run!" With all his hands and feet, he drew out the lotus pond. The thief looked back with a guilty conscience. The old man's boat had already pierced through the lotus leaves and was sliding on the open water. Wei Wuxian tilted his head, looked at it for a while, and suddenly said, "Strange!"

Jiang Cheng also stood up and said, "Why did the boat go so fast?"

When everyone saw that, the old man turned his back to their direction and was counting the lotus pods on the boat one by one. The bamboo poles were put aside and did not move, but the boat was moving steadily and fast, faster than Wei Wuxian and the others.

Everyone was vigilant. Wei WuXian urged, "Swipe over, swipe over."

The boats on both sides were getting closer, and everyone could see it clearly. Beside the old man's boat, there was a faint white shadow floating on the water!

Wei Wuxian turned his head and put his index finger on his lips, signaling everyone to be careful, not to startle the old man and the water ghost below. Jiang Cheng nodded, rowing the boat brought out silent water waves, almost silent. When the two boats were about thirty feet apart, a bluish-white hand raised wetly from the bottom of the boat, snatched one from the lotus pods that the old man had piled up on the boat, and silently dived into the bottom of the water.

After a while, the shells of two lotus seeds rose to the surface.

A group of teenagers were stunned: "It's incredible, this water ghost also steals lotus pods!"

The old man finally realized that there was someone behind him, holding a large lotus pod in one hand and turning around with the bamboo pole in the other. This action startled the water ghost, and with a swipe, the white shadow disappeared. Everyone hurriedly said: "Where to run!"

Wei Wuxian threw himself into the water, plunged into the bottom, and after a while he dragged something out and said, "Caught!"

I saw a little water ghost in his hand, with pale skin, and the appearance of a twelve or thirteen-year-old child.

At this time, the old man hit him with a slap and scolded: "I'm making trouble again!"

Wei WuXian had just been whipped on his back, and he ate another stick, almost letting go with an "Ow". Jiang Cheng said angrily, "Speak well, why do you beat someone, and treat your good intentions like a donkey's liver and lungs!"

Wei WuXian hurriedly said, "It's alright, it's alright. Old... Uncle, you can see clearly, we are not ghosts, this is just ghosts."

The old man said: "Nonsense, I'm just old, and I'm not blind. Don't let it go!"

Wei WuXian was stunned, but seeing the little water ghost he had caught stroking again and again, his dark eyes were wet, and he looked very pitiful, and he was still holding the big lotus pod he had just stolen in his hand and was reluctant to let go. The lotus seed pods were torn apart, and it seemed that Wei Wuxian grabbed them before he had time to eat a few.

Jiang Cheng thought that this old man was simply unreasonable, and said to Wei WuXian, "Don't let it go, let's take this water ghost back."

Hearing this, the old man raised the bamboo pole again, and Wei WuXian hurriedly said, "Don't hit, don't hit, I'll just put it down."

Jiang Cheng said, "Don't let it go, what if this water ghost kills someone instead of dying!"

Wei WuXian said, "This water ghost doesn't have any blood on his body. He can't swim in this water when he is young. Recently, no one else has been killed in this water, so he probably didn't harm anyone."

Jiang Cheng said, "Even if it hasn't been done before, it doesn't necessarily mean that it won't happen in the future..."

Before he finished speaking, Bamboo Penny flew over. Jiang Cheng took a bite and became furious, "You old man don't know what's good or bad?! You know it's a ghost and you're not afraid of being harmed by it!"

The old man was also very righteous: "What the hell are people afraid of with one foot in the coffin?"

Wei Wuxian expected that it wouldn't run far, so he said, "Don't fight, stop fighting, I'll let go!"

He really let go, and the water ghost jumped to the back of the old man's boat, and seemed to dare not come out.

Wei Wuxian climbed onto the boat soaking wet, the old man picked a lotus pod from the boat and threw it into the water, the water ghost ignored it. The old man picked another big one and threw it into the water again. The lotus pods floated up and down on the water surface a few times, and suddenly half of the white head came out of the water, like a big white fish, and took two green lotus pods into the bottom of the water. After a while, a little bit of white floated up on the water, and the water ghost also exposed his shoulders and hands, huddled behind the boat, and burrowed his head down to eat.

Seeing that it was eaten with relish, everyone couldn't help but wonder.

Seeing that the old man lost another lotus pod into the water, Wei WuXian touched his chin, feeling a little uncomfortable, and said, "Old man, why did he steal your lotus pod, you let it steal it, and gave it to him to eat. We steal yours. , are you going to fight?"

The old man said: "It helps me push the boat, what's the point of giving it a few lotus pods to eat? You little bastards? How many did you steal today?"

Everyone scolded, Wei WuXian glanced at the corner of his eye, and there were more than a dozen piles in the belly of the boat.

A few people immediately picked up the oars, and the old man waving a bamboo pole rushed towards him, the boat sailed like the wind, his scalp was numb, only to feel that the bamboo pole was about to hit him, and he quickly spread his limbs, rowing like crazy. The two boats fled twice around a large lotus lake, and seeing that they were getting closer and closer, Wei Wuxian had already eaten several poles, and when he realized that the poles were only aimed at him, he hugged his head and shouted, "It's not fair! Why! Only hit me! Why only hit me again!"

All the junior brothers said: "Senior brother, you can stand it, it's all up to you!"

Jiang Cheng also said, "Yeah, you bear it well."

Wei WuXian was furious, "Bah! I can't stand it anymore!" He grabbed a lotus pod from the boat and threw it out, "Go on!"

It was a large lotus pod, which fell into the water and splashed with a thud. The old man's boat was sure to eat, and the water ghost swam over happily and fished the lotus pods to eat.

Taking this opportunity, the boat in Lotus Dock finally got empty and escaped.

When they returned, a junior brother said, "Eldest brother, can ghosts taste the flavor?"

Wei WuXian said, "I usually can't eat it. But I see this kid, it's probably... yes... ah... ehee!"

The sun sets, the wind comes, blows, the coolness comes up, and it is cold. Wei WuXian sneezed, rubbed his face, and continued, "It was probably because he wanted to eat lotus pods before he was alive, but couldn't eat them, but when he secretly came to pick them, he fell into the lake and drowned. So... ah... ah..."

Jiang Cheng said, "So eating lotus pods is a matter of obsession and will give you a sense of satisfaction."

Wei Wuxian said, "Well, yes."

He touched his back, which was full of old and new injuries, but couldn't help but ask what was in his heart: "This is really a strange injustice. Why does it always only hit me every time something happens?"

A junior apprentice said, "You are the most handsome."

Another person said: "Your cultivation is the highest."

Another person said, "You look best without clothes."

Everyone nodded, Wei WuXian said, "Thank you for your praise, I got goosebumps when I heard it."

The apprentice said, "You're welcome, senior. Every time you stand in the way, you deserve more!"

Wei Wuxian said in surprise, "Oh? There's more, let's hear it."

Jiang Cheng couldn't listen any longer, and said, "Shut up! If you don't speak properly, be careful I'll pierce the bottom of the boat and die together."

At this time, passing through a water area, there are farmlands on both sides. There were several petite peasant girls working in the fields. When they saw their boats passing by, they ran to the water and greeted them from a distance, saying, "Hey—!"

Everyone also responded with an "hey", and stabbed Wei Wuxian with all their hands and feet: "Senior brother, I'm calling you! They call you!"

Wei WuXian took a closer look, and it was indeed he who had dealt with him with his head in his head. The dark clouds in his heart disappeared in a clear sky, and he also stood up and waved hello, saying with a smile, "What's the matter!"

The boat was flowing down the river, and the peasant girls followed along the shore, saying as they walked, "Are you going to steal the lotus pods again!"

"Tell me how many times you've been hit!"

"Are you still going to the medicine man's dog?"

After listening to a few words, Jiang Cheng wished to kick him off the boat, heartbroken: "You're notorious, you really embarrassed our family."

Wei Wuxian defended, "What they said was 'you', how are we together? If we want to lose face, we will lose face together."

The two of them were pinching, and a peasant girl on the other end shouted: "Is it delicious!"

Wei WuXian took time out of his busy schedule to say, "What?"

The farmer said, "Is the watermelon we sent delicious?"

Wei WuXian suddenly realized, "So you brought the watermelon. It's delicious! Why don't you bring it in and have a seat, we'll treat you to tea!"

The peasant girl smiled sweetly and said, "You weren't there when it was delivered, just leave when you leave it, don't dare to sit. It's good to eat!"

Wei WuXian said, "Thank you!" He fished out a few large lotus pods from the bottom of the boat and said, "Please eat the lotus pods, and come in next time to watch me practice swords!"

Jiang Cheng sneered, "Do you look good when you practice swords?"

Wei WuXian threw the lotus pod toward the shore like this, throwing it all the way, but it fell into the hands of people gently and skillfully. He grabbed a few and stuffed them into Jiang Cheng's chest, shoving him: "What are you doing, hurry up."

Jiang Cheng was shoved twice, so he had to pick it up and said, "What are you doing now?"

Wei WuXian said, "You ate watermelon too, so you can't give someone a gift. Don't be embarrassed to come here, throw it all away, throw it away."

Jiang Cheng sneered, "It's a joke, what's so embarrassing about it." That's what he said, but all the juniors and brothers started to lose their joy, and he hadn't started yet. Wei WuXian said again, "Then you lose it. If you lose it this time, next time you can ask them if the lotus pods are delicious, and you can talk to them again!"

All the apprentices and brothers suddenly realized: "So that's the case, I have been taught, the apprentices are really experienced!"

"It looks like this is often done!"

"Where, hahahaha..."

Jiang Cheng was about to throw it away, but when he heard this, he immediately woke up, feeling deeply ashamed, he peeled off a lotus pod and ate it by himself.

The boat walked in the water, the girls chased after small steps on the shore, and then the emerald green lotus pods thrown by the teenagers on the boat ran along the road and laughed. Wei Wuxian put his right hand between his eyebrows, looking at the scenery along the way, smiling and sighing. Everyone asked, "What's the matter with the senior brother?" "The girls are sighing after chasing you?"

Wei Wuxian put the oar on his shoulders, and said, "It's nothing, just thinking that I sincerely invite Lan Zhan to come to Yunmeng to play, and he dares to refuse me."

All the juniors gave thumbs up: "Wow, as expected of Lan Wangji!"

Wei WuXian said in high spirits, "Shut up! One day I will drag him here, kick him off the boat, trick him into stealing lotus pods, let the old man hit him with a bamboo pole, and let him run after me, hahahaha …”

After a long laugh, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Cheng, who was sitting on the bow of the boat eating the lotus pod with a straight face.

Jiang Cheng got angry: "I just want to eat it myself, what's wrong?"

Wei Wuxian said, "You, you, Jiang Cheng. Forget it, you are helpless, you can eat it for the rest of your life!"

In short, the boat that stole the lotus pod, once again returned with a full reward.

The cloud is deep and unknown.

Beyond the deep mountains, it is a hot June. In the deep mountains, it is a quiet world, a cool world.

Outside Lan Lan, two figures in white stood on the long corridor. The wind blows, the white shirt moves lightly, but the person does not move at all.

Lan XiChen and Lan WangJi were standing.

Handstand.

Both of them were silent, as if they had entered a state of meditation. The murmur of flowing springs and the flapping of songbirds were the only sounds in the room, which made the surroundings even more silent.

After a long while, Lan Wangji suddenly said, "Brother."

Lan XiChen walked away from the meditation, without looking sideways, and said, "What's the matter?"

After a moment of silence, Lan Wangji said, "Have you ever picked lotus pods?"

Lan XiChen turned his head and said, "...No."

If the disciples of the Gusu Lan Sect wanted to eat lotus pods, they naturally did not have to pick them themselves.

Lan Wangji nodded and said, "Brother, do you know?"

Lan XiChen: "What?"

Lan Wangji: "The lotus flower with stems is better than the ones without stems."

Lan XiChen said: "Oh? I've never heard of this. Why, why did you suddenly mention this?"

Lan Wangji said, "Nothing. When the time comes, change hands."

The two of them changed the hand they were holding upside down from their right hand to their left, and their movements were uniform, silent and extremely stable.

Lan XiChen waited to ask again, but after a closer look, he smiled: "Wangji, you have a guest."

On the edge of the wooden corridor, a white fluffy rabbit slowly crawled over and rubbed against Lan Wangji's upside-down left hand, twitching his pink nose.

Lan XiChen said, "How did you find this place?"

Lan WangJi said to it, "Go back."

The white rabbit didn't listen, grabbed the end of Lan Wangji's forehead, and pulled hard, as if he wanted to drag Lan Wangji away.

Lan XiChen said leisurely: "It wants you to accompany it."

The unstoppable rabbit jumped around the two of them angrily. Lan XiChen was amused and asked, "Is this the one who loves to make fun of?"

Lan Wangji said, "It's too noisy."

Lan XiChen said, "It's okay to make trouble, it's cute after all. I remember there were two of them. Aren't the two always together, why only one came? The other is just because Xijing doesn't want to come out?"

Lan Wangji said, "It will come."

Sure enough, after a while, on the edge of the wooden corridor, another small snow-white head was picked up. Another white rabbit followed, looking for its companion.

The two groups of snowballs chased each other for a while, and finally settled on a place, which was next to Lan WangJi's left hand, and An Xin huddled together.

A pair of white rabbits are sticking to each other and rubbing against each other. Even if they look upside down, the picture is really cute. Lan XiChen said, "What's your name?"

Lan WangJi shook his head, wondering if he didn't have a name or didn't mention it.

Lan XiChen said, "I heard you call them last time."

"..."

Lan XiChen said sincerely, "It's a very good name."

Lan Wangji changed his hand. Lan XiChen said, "The hour hasn't come yet."

Lan WangJi silently changed his hands back.

After a stick of incense, the time came, the handstand was over, and the two returned to the private room to sit quietly.

A domestic servant delivered ice-cold melons and fruits to dispel the heat. The watermelon was peeled, the pulp was cut into neat pieces, and placed in a jade plate, it was red and transparent, it was really beautiful. The two brothers knelt on the mat, said a few words in a low voice, and after exchanging the experience of listening to the study yesterday, they began to eat.

Lan XiChen took a slice of melon, but saw Lan WangJi staring at the jade plate with unknown meaning, and stopped instinctively.

Sure enough, Lan Wangji spoke up. He said, "Brother."

Lan XiChen said, "What's the matter?"

Lan Wangji said, "Have you ever eaten watermelon rind?"

"..." Lan XiChen said, "Can I eat watermelon rind?"

After a moment of silence, Lan Wangji said, "I heard that it can be fried."

Lan XiChen: "Maybe."

Lan Wangji: "I heard that it tastes very good."

"I haven't tried it."

"I do not have either."

"Hmm..." Lan XiChen said, "Do you want people to try to make a stir?"

After thinking for a while, Lan Wangji shook his head solemnly.

Lan XiChen breathed a sigh of relief.

For some reason, he didn't feel the need to ask the question "who did you listen to"...

The next day, Lan Wangji went down the mountain alone.

It's not that he doesn't go down the mountain often, but he doesn't often come up to the bustling market alone.

People come and go, people come and go. No matter the Xianmen family, or the hunting grounds in the mountains, there are not so many people. Even in a chat event with a lot of people, there are many people in an orderly manner, not so many shoulders. Lan WangJi never liked physical contact with people. Seeing this, he paused for a while, but did not stop there. Instead, he planned to find someone on the spot to ask for directions. Who knows, but for a long time, he has not found anyone to ask.

Only then did Lan Wangji realize that not only did he not want to be close to others, but others also did not want to be close to him.

It is true that his whole person is out of tune with this hustle and bustle of the market. He is spotless, and even carries a sword. Those hawkers, farmers, and idlers rarely see such aristocratic sons, and they all rush to dodge. Either he was afraid that he was a dude who wasn't easy to mess with, and no one wanted to accidentally offend him; or he was afraid that his expression was stern, after all, even Lan XiChen had joked that within six feet of Lan Wangji, the sky was cold. Frozen, no grass grows. Only the women who went to the market, when Lan WangJi came over, wanted to see but didn't dare to look more, pretending to be busy with something in their hands, lowered their eyebrows and raised their eyes. When he passed by, they gathered behind him and giggled.

Lan Wangji walked for a long time before he saw an old woman who was sweeping away the sun dust in front of a house, and said, "Excuse me, where is the nearest lotus pond from here?"

The old woman's eyes were not very good, and Hui was blindfolded again, out of breath, and couldn't see him clearly, and said, "About eight or nine miles from here, there is a family that has planted dozens of acres of lotus pods."

Lan Wangji nodded, "Thank you."

The old woman said, "This young man, the lotus pond will not let people enter at night. If you want to play, you have to hurry up during the day."

Lan WangJi said again, "Thank you."

He was about to walk away when he saw that the old woman was sticking to the slender bamboo pole and couldn't get rid of a dead branch stuck under the eaves. .

Eight or nine miles was not far to his feet, and Lan Wangji followed the direction that the woman pointed and went all the way.

After walking one mile, I left the market; after walking two miles, people gradually sparse; after walking four miles, all I could see on both sides were green hills and green fields, and the streets were crisscrossed. Occasionally, there is a crooked hut, where the crooked smoke rises, and there are several mud dolls with braids on the ridge squatting and playing with mud, laughing, you stick me, I stick you. This scene was quite wild and interesting, Lan Wangji stopped to watch it, and was discovered after a while. The mud dolls were small and afraid of life, and they disappeared in a flash. Only then did he start walking and continue walking. When he walked five miles, Lan Wangji's face became cold, and a drizzle of rain was blowing from the breeze.

He looked up at the sky, and sure enough, the gray clouds seemed to be coming over, and he stepped down immediately, and the rain came faster.

At this time, suddenly saw five or six people standing by the ridge in front of me.

The raindrops have turned into raindrops, and these people neither hold umbrellas nor block them, as if they are surrounded by something, they have no intention of paying attention to others. Lan Wangji approached and saw a farmer lying on the ground, screaming in pain.

After listening for a few words, Lan Wangji knew what had happened. It turned out that the farmer was bullied by another farmer's cow while he was farming, and now don't know if it was a broken waist or a broken leg, and couldn't get up. The cow did something wrong and was driven to stand far away at the end of the field, burying its head and tail, daring not to approach. The owner of the cow rushed to ask for a doctor, and the remaining farmers did not dare to touch the injured person at will, for fear of breaking his bones and muscles, so they only dared to take care of him like this. But the sky was not beautiful, and it started to rain. At first, he was still stubborn, and he could endure it, but after a while, he went to cover his face.

Seeing that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, a farmer ran home to get an umbrella, but he lived far away and couldn't come back for a while. How many. But there is no way to go on like this. Even if you get an umbrella, there are not many, so you can't cover one or two people, and the rest will be drenched, right?

One person murmured: "It's like seeing a ghost, such a heavy rain, come as soon as you say it."

At this time, a peasant said: "Hold up that shed, it can last for a while."

There is an old abandoned shed not far away, propped up by four logs. One is crooked, and one is rotten by the wind and the sun all the year round.

One person hesitated: "Can't you move him?"

"A few...a few steps should be fine."

Everyone carefully carried the injured peasant over, and two people went to help the broken shed. Who knows, two farmers can't support a broken roof. Urged by others, they worked hard, their faces flushed red, but they remained motionless. Two more people, still don't move!

The roof of this wooden shed is framed by wood, covered with tiles, thatch, and layers of ash. The weight is definitely not light. But it's not that the four farmers who work all year round can't lift it.

Without getting close, Lan WangJi knew what was going on. He walked to the wooden shed, leaned down, held up a corner of the top of the wooden shed, and lifted it up with one hand.

Several farmers were stunned.

The roof that four farmers could not lift, this young man lifted it with one hand!

After a while, a farmer whispered something to the others, and without hesitating for a moment, they carried the farmer over. When entering the wooden shed, they all looked at Lan Wangji, and Lan Wangji didn't look sideways.

After letting go, two people came over and said, "This... Young Master, you let go, let's come."

Lan Wangji shook his head. The two farmers insisted: "You are too young to bear it."

Saying that, he raised his hand to help him cover the canopy. Lan WangJi glanced at them, but did not say much, only a little bit of strength, the expressions of the two peasants changed immediately.

Lan Wangji retracted his gaze and returned to his original strength, and the two peasants squatted back in embarrassment.

The wooden shed was actually heavier than they thought, and when the young man pulled his hand, he couldn't hold it up at all.

One person shuddered and said, "Strange, it's even colder when you come in."

But they couldn't see it. At this moment, in the center of the wooden shed, a figure with withered hair, long tongue and ragged clothes was hanging.

The wind was blowing outside the shed, and the figure swayed under the wooden shed, bringing with it a gust of gloomy wind.

It is this evil creature that makes the roof so heavy that it cannot be lifted by ordinary people no matter what.

Lan WangJi went out without a weapon. Since this evil spirit has no intention of harming people, it is natural to beat it to pieces indiscriminately, and it seems that it is temporarily unable to convince it to put down its hanging corpse, so it can only support the roof first. Report back and send someone to deal with it.

That evil spirit dangled behind Lan Wangji for a while, and was blown to and fro by the wind, complaining, "It's so cold..."

"..."

It looked left and right, found a farmer to lean on, and seemed to want to warm up. The farmer shivered suddenly. Lan Wangji tilted his head slightly, giving it a very cold out-of-the-way vision.

That evil spirit also shivered and went back aggrieved. But he still stretched his tongue and complained: "It's so heavy, it's raining so hard, it's so open... it's really cold..."

"..."

Until the doctor came, the peasants did not dare to speak to Lan Wangji. When the rain stopped, they moved the injured out of the wooden shed, Lan Wangji put down the roof, and left without saying a word.

By the time he arrived at the lotus pond, it was already sunset. He was about to go down the lake when a small boat propped up on the opposite side. A middle-aged woman on the boat said, "Hey! What are you doing?"

Lan Wangji said, "Pick lotus pods."

The woman said: "It's sunset. We won't let people in after dark. Today is no good, let's do it another day!"

Lan WangJi said, "I don't need to stop, I'll leave in a moment."

The woman said: "No, no, it's a rule, and I don't set the rules, you ask the master to go."

Lan Wangji said, "Where is the master of the lotus pond?"

The lotus girl said: "I went back early, so it's no use asking me. If I let you in, the owner of this lake has nothing good to say to me, so don't embarrass me."

Hearing this, Lan WangJi did not reluctantly any longer, and nodded, "Excuse me."

Although he looked calm, he could see a sense of disappointment.

The lotus-picking girl looked at his white clothes like snow again, but half of him was wet from the rain, and the white boots were stained with mud, so she softened her tone and said, "You are late today, come early tomorrow. Where are you from? It was a big rain just now, you kid, didn’t you come running in the rain? Why didn’t you bring an umbrella, how far is your home from here?”

Lan Wangji said truthfully, "Thirty-four miles."

When the lotus-picking girl heard this, she choked and said, "It's so far! It must have taken you a long time to get here. If you really want to eat lotus pods, you can buy them on the street, there are plenty."

Lan Wangji was about to turn around when he heard the words and stopped, and said, "The lotus pods on the street don't have stems."

The lotus-picking girl wondered: "Do you have to bring the stem? There is no difference in eating it."

Lan Wangji said, "Yes."

"No!"

Lan WangJi stubbornly said, "Yes. Someone told me there is."

The lotus-picking girl burst out laughing and said, "Who told you that? Such a strong little boy is fascinated by ghosts!"

Lan WangJi did not speak, he lowered his head and prepared to turn around and go back. The man shouted again, "Is your home really that far away?"

Lan Wangji said, "Mm."

The lotus girl said, "Would you like to...don't go back today? Find a place to live nearby and come tomorrow?"

Lan Wangji said, "There is a curfew at home. Go to school tomorrow."

The lotus-picking girl scratched her head, thought for a while, and finally said: "...Okay, let's let you in, just for a while, just for a while. If you want to pick it, hurry up, in case someone sees it. , go to the master to chew my tongue, I don't want to be scolded by others at my age."

After the empty mountains and new rain, the clouds are deep and unknown.

Magnolia after the rain is extraordinarily fresh and beautiful. Lan XiChen loved it when he saw it, he spread paper on the case and painted by the window.

Looking through the perforated window pane, seeing a figure in white slowly approaching, Lan XiChen said, "Forget the machine."

Lan Wangji came over and said through the window, "Brother."

Lan XiChen said, "I heard you talk about lotus pods yesterday, and it just so happened that today my uncle asked people to buy lotus pods and go up the mountain. Do you want to eat them?"

Lan WangJi said outside the window, "I have eaten."

Lan XiChen was a little strange: "Have you eaten?"

Lan Wangji: "Hmm."

The two brothers said a few more words, and Lan Wangji went back to the quiet room.

After painting, Lan XiChen looked at it for a while, put it away, forgot it, took out the cracked ice, and went to the place where he practiced Qingxinyin every day.

In front of the gentian and small buildings, the clusters are lavender and dotted with star dew. Lan XiChen stepped in along the path, raised his eyes, and was slightly startled.

There is a white jade bottle on the wooden porch in front of the small building, and the bottle contains a few high and low lotus pods.

The jade bottle is slender, the lotus stem is also slender, and the posture is very beautiful.

Lan XiChen put away the cracked ice, sat down next to the jade bottle on the wooden porch, looked sideways for a while, struggling in his heart.

In the end, still refrained from peeling one secretly to eat and see, what is the difference in the taste of lotus pods with stems.

Since Wangji looked so happy, it was probably really delicious.

The author has something to say: This article was originally intended to be a little story about Yunshen and the children in Lianhuawu catching ghosts in a cool summer, but in the end it was written into a warm rural daily life (?

In a word, although the WiFi in childhood failed to successfully turn the second brother back to Lotus Pier to eat, drink, and have fun, the two children Wang Xian still completed a friendship with each other intentionally or unintentionally!