Delicious Delicacy of the Demon Spirit

The two walked hand in hand on the long street by the lake, sometimes watching the lake view and sometimes looking at the stalls.Sometimes when Li Kuer sees something new and novel, He Weiran will buy it and give it to her directly, and she can't help but refuse.Li Ku'er was both embarrassed and happy at the same time, she thought, if she had a sister or aunt, she should be treated like this.

At noon, the sun rose above the top of the head, Xiao Qu, Ah Chu, and Ah Liao really had a lot of fun and couldn't find them, so they couldn't be taken seriously.He Weiran saw Li Ku'er blushing hot and sweating all over, so he found a jelly stand, sat down and ate two bowls of white jelly, and waited for the rabbit by the way, if the three of them happened to pass by here, they called them over to eat together.

The bean jelly stall was placed under a big banyan tree with plump branches and lush leaves, covering a large area of ​​the sky.There are four tables under the green shade. Sitting here and eating a bowl of white jelly, the sense of happiness is needless to say.While eating, the two chatted like this, and it was always He Weiran who started the conversation first.

"Ku'er, I never asked you before, what about your family?" He Weiran really didn't know much about Li Kuer's family. There is a job, and there are fields to take care of. I asked her to visit the lake to enjoy the lotus this morning, and I don't see her planning to entrust the farming to her family. Could it be...?He Weiran pondered for a long time, but still took advantage of this moment to ask, although it was a bit abrupt, but there are only two of them now.

Li Kuer was taken aback when he heard that, stopped the spoon, looked up to meet He Weiran's gentle eyes, for some reason, felt a little wronged in his heart, lowered his eyebrows and said: "My parents left early, I was the only one left at home One." In fact, things have changed, Li Kuer has long been used to relying on her own life, and she shouldn't show such a weak appearance to outsiders, but she can't pretend to be strong in the face of He Weiran who sincerely cares for her. .

He Weiran lamented that Li Kuer's life was not easy, and asked: "Is there no relative to take care of him?"

"No." Li Kuer shook his head and explained: "My father is the only seedling in the family, and my grandparents also died young, and my mother was married in Chagu Town, so far away from here. She has been sick since she gave birth to me. No, I never went back to my mother’s house, she passed away when I was four years old, so I don’t know any relatives there, no matter how poor I am, I don’t want to go to my mother’s house suddenly.”

Li Kuer slowly poked the jelly with a spoon until he smashed a piece of jelly into fine pieces, and said, "Actually, it's nothing. I was nine years old when my father passed away. I knew how to do housework, and my neighbors were all kind-hearted." , not only taught me to farm, but sometimes the house leaked and a window was damaged, and I would also help repair it, plus the errands and supplies at Prince Qiao’s mansion, so it’s not difficult to say.”

He Weiran knew that although she said it easily, this superficial open-mindedness and her inner tenacity were honed from a miserable and lonely life.

"Your mother is alive in the sky. She should be relieved to know that you are so sensible and capable." She smiled kindly, her eyes filled with warm love, and she stretched out her hand to press Li Kuer's sweaty forehead on her forehead. After the haircut, he said: "But it's not safe for my daughter to live alone. Doors, windows, and walls must be solid. You should pay attention to it on weekdays. If you find someone with malicious intentions Yes, tell me the first one, I must help you."

Li Kuer was deeply moved. Although many people had told her to do this, but this time the feeling was different. The sincerity in it was especially convincing. Speechless, she just looked at He Weiran with tears in her eyes.

"You girl, why are you still crying?" He Weiran looked around, saw that someone was already looking here, quickly took out a silk handkerchief and stuffed it into Li Kuer's hand, and said with a smile: "Look, Others say that I bullied you, why don't you wipe away your tears? I just said it casually, and you take it seriously. "

Li Ku'er was covering her eyes with a silk handkerchief to stop her tears, when she heard this, she immediately put down the handkerchief, staring round her eyes and said aggrievedly: "Ah? Why don't you count it?"

"Hehehe." He Weiran smiled brightly, and suddenly felt that the little girl was not only cute, but also quite funny, but she was pitiful after teasing her too much, so she said, "Okay, let's tease you, since I'm like that." Having said that, of course it’s not just being polite, I don’t say things against my will.”

The two continued to chat, talking about the weather, the daily routine, and the cultural customs. They had eaten the second bowl of jelly before finally waiting for Xiaoqu.Xiaoqu was a little mouse holding a sugar figurine in his hand. When he saw them, he sat down and said, "So you are here, I have been looking for you for a long time."

"Boss, have another bowl of jelly." He Weiran waved to the boss, and then asked Xiaoqu: "Have you met Ah Chu and Ah Liao?"

Xiaoqu inserted the sugar figurine into the seam of the table, stirred the jelly with bright eyes, and said, "They went to buy food after delivering the meal to A-Liao's father, and told us to go shopping first, and arrive at her house in half an hour. Assemble and go rowing."

"Want to pick lotus pods?" Li Kuer raised her eyebrows with great interest, she had never done this before.

Xiao Qu blinked: "Look, this lotus pod may not be there anymore. People like Papa Ah Liao already picked it up, so we'll sell it today."

"That's right, let's go pick water chestnuts." Li Kuer smiled happily, with two dimples on his lips.

Xiao Qu also laughed, revealing a thief's vigor, and said in a low voice: "I also said the same, but Ah Liao said that it can't be done during the day, Ling Tian belongs to someone else's house, if you want to pick it, you have to steal it at night."

"Steal? Not so good, what if you get caught? Besides, how do you pick the black lacquer?" Li Kuer hesitated.

"Ah Liao and her brother used to do this in the dark when they were young, and they are very capable. And tonight there are night lotuses to enjoy the cool air. The government will light lanterns on the willow trees by the lakeside and on the lake embankment. The boats are also brightly lit. I heard the scenery Too good to be true."

"Well, I think it's settled." He Weiran said suddenly.

Li Kuer was surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Are you really going to steal it?"

"Don't you want to pick water chestnut?" He Weiran said with a smile in the corner of his eyes, "Even if you don't pick it, it's good to enjoy the night lotus, maybe you can get a good harvest."

The three of them made up their minds, took a stroll by the lake after eating jelly, and returned to Ah Liao's house when they saw that it was almost time.Ah Liao and Ah Chu were already at home, they bought some vegetables and a piece of fresh pork belly.Everyone is poor, and it is not easy to eat meat. Ah Liao's family has always eaten fish, and her mother is really not very good at cooking meat, so she asked He Weiran for help.He Weiran was very straightforward, agreed with one bite, cut the meat, adjusted the marinade, and after marinating the meat, he and the four little girls went to Hubutou for a boat ride.

The boat was not big, so it was not a problem for the five of them to sit. Ah Liao was standing on the bow of the boat wearing a bamboo hat and rowing the oars. He was very proficient and even sang boat songs. Discuss how to act at night.Occasionally, I found a few mature lotus pods that hadn't been picked, and I broke them without any politeness. The lotus seeds are sweet and crisp, which is satisfying.

A Liao got tired of rowing, so he let the boat float on the lake, got into the boat tent, and said, "My brother may bring my future sister-in-law over tonight, and we will take a night tour of Yanlong Lake with us."

Xiao Qu acted as if suddenly realized, and jokingly said: "No wonder your mother gave so much money to buy vegetables so generously today, so it wasn't for us."

"Look at what you said, my mother is not that kind of person." Ah Liao retorted.

Li Kuer said again: "Adding the two of them, there will be seven people, can this boat fit?"

A Liao didn't care, he seemed to have a solution, and said, "It doesn't matter, I can ask my neighbors to borrow three wooden barrel boats and drag them behind. When harvesting water chestnuts, I have to use wooden barrel boats. My boat is too big." , it’s not easy to go in.”

"Barrel boat, I can't stand this, it's too scary, it seems like it's going to capsize at any moment. I'd better wait for you on this boat." Ah Chu first expressed his attitude.

"Well, I won't force you, just stay and watch my boat." Ah Liao made a decision, and then said to the other three: "I can take one, my brother will take my future sister-in-law, Sister He, Xiaoqu, Kuer, Which of you can row?"

Xiaoqu spread his hands, Ku'er shrugged his shoulders, they all looked like "how could I do that".Only He Weiran nodded his chin and said: "I can try it, it shouldn't be difficult."

A few people had obvious strange expressions when they heard it. How could they say so casually about life-threatening matters?

He Weiran also showed a weird smile, his eyes swept back and forth between Xiaoqu and Li Kuer, and finally said: "I can take Kuer."

"Huh... scared me to death." Xiaoqu clenched his fists: "This allocation is very good, so it's settled!"

"..." Can I, refuse?These words kept hovering over Li Kuer's trembling heart, but she couldn't open her mouth no matter what.

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