Delicious Delicacy of the Demon Spirit

nice one?What good things are there to find in this place?Li Kuer's heart trembled again, seeing He Weiran swinging the wooden oar not very skillfully, she was so frightened that she couldn't speak, she just grabbed the edge of the wooden barrel boat nervously to stabilize her body.

The boat of the two of them gradually moved away, but Ah Liao and the others didn't seem to notice, they were still "working" in the water chestnut field.Li Kuer didn't know where He Weiran was going, and the other party didn't say anything, so he honestly didn't ask, and just let himself stay away from the lakeside with hundreds of miles of lights, avoiding the ethereal boats of fairy music, the noise gradually stopped, Huaguang Hidden, the boat sailed into a quiet darkness.

Slowly, even the sound of wooden oars beating the lake disappeared.Li Kuer tried to open his eyes wide, so that he could adapt to the environment he was in now.The boat is still drifting, the surrounding is not completely dark, there is moonlight, and there are lights in the distance. Although it is faint, it can still make the eyes see something after a long time.

"Sister He... What are we looking for?" Li Kuer's voice was instinctively low, she could vaguely see the outline of He Weiran, but couldn't see the expression on his face.

"It's more than half of the time, it's still early, let me tell you a story." He Weiran's voice was gentle and quiet, which seemed to have a soothing effect, which calmed Li Kuer's heart a lot.She nodded, and suddenly thought that He Weiran might not be able to see, so she let out a "huh".

He Weiran put the wooden oars into the boat, let the boat flow by itself, brushed his temple hair, looked at the waning moon above his head, and said: "It is said that more than a hundred years ago, there was a beautiful wine waiter beside the Queen Mother, called the Smoker Girl. The smokey girl pinched a wisp of green smoke from the wrong alchemy when the Taishang Laojun was refining the Yannian Pill. She was very intelligent, but she was stubborn by nature and refused to obey discipline. One day, she stole the Queen Mother's fairy wine and got drunk. Everywhere she went was filled with smog. During those days, the people could not work, the farmlands became more and more dilapidated, young children and livestock were lost, and the weak suffered from serious diseases due to the smog. It seemed to be a mess. Several hours in the sky, several months in the world, when the queen mother heard about this, she was very angry, and overturned the tea cup in her hand. The tea cup fell into the world, and it just became a pool of jade lake Then, the queen mother drove Yannv into the mud at the bottom of the lake, and sent the lotus fairy to guard day and night, so that Yannv would never be able to cause cholera in the world again."

"It turns out that besides being in charge of the blooming and withering of lotus flowers in the world, the lotus fairy also has to watch a fairy who makes mistakes." Li Kuer listened to it as a fairy tale.

"The story is not over yet." He Weiran turned back, looked at Li Kuer's relaxed figure, and continued: "The smoked girl is in the heavenly court, and what she cultivates is the purest spiritual energy in the world. Vulgar. But the lotus fairy cannot guard the lake with her real body, and only uses spiritual power to transform a pool of lotus leaf flowers. But sometimes the lotus blooms, so winter is the most taunting and withering, and the spiritual power is also the weakest. The smoke girl can Taking advantage of this opportunity to escape from the shackles of the mud, she watched the joys and sorrows of the world in a cage on the lake, but when the lotus blossoms bloomed in summer and autumn, she had no choice but to be trapped in the mud. The lake is called Yanlong Lake by the world."

"Ah? Yanlong Lake? Isn't it here?" Li Kuer was very surprised. She had lived in Qingshui Town for 15 years, but she had never heard of this legend, and it was only half a month since He Weiran came here. How could she know this?

"Sister He is not just talking nonsense to bluff me?"

He Weiran smiled, and didn't answer directly, just said: "Kuer believes it if he wants to, if he really can't convince himself, then he just listened to a fabricated story, it doesn't matter."

"Then...then I'd better believe it." Li Kuer said so, but he didn't believe it in his heart anyway. Even if He Weiran really heard the legend from some old man, there is no guarantee that it is true up.Is it possible that adults can still know the things in heaven?

"Ku'er is so cute." He Weiran didn't try to expose Li Kuer's thoughts, and said: "Today is the birthday of the lotus, the fairy enjoys the fun with the people in the world during the day, and entertains the fairy friends in the sky at night, so every year this day Time is another opportunity for the smoker to take advantage of."

"What does this mean? Sister He, don't scare me." Li Kuer didn't understand, but she was flustered.How do you make it sound like it's true?

"Hehe, don't be afraid. Haishi is coming soon, let's wait patiently, we will find out in a while. Hush..." He Weiran said, then leaned over and covered Li Kuer's mouth to signal silence.

Li Ku'er seemed to have been tapped on his acupuncture points, so he didn't dare to make a sound.At this moment, she had gotten used to the surrounding light, and He Weiran's nearby face became very clear, with a sense of mystery.

He Weiran's breath was so shallow that there was almost no sound. Li Kuer could hear the noise of the market in the distance and the chatter and laughter of tourists, the melodious qin music and tactful singing on the boat, the rustling of the lotus leaves in the wind, and the lotus leaves. The frog croaked and sang, as well as the sound of his own heartbeat, thumping, vibrating clearly, as if it was about to pop out of his chest.It was fear and nervousness. Li Kuer recalled the scene in Inagawa that day, the fear she tried to forget, and at this moment, He Weiran wanted to take her into that untouched world. Everything was incredible.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of water flowing sparsely along with the sound of plants growing entered Li Kuer's eardrums.What is the sound of growing plants?It is the friction and collision of leaves blooming and stretching, which is different from the interaction between lotus and wind. This sound comes from itself, indicating that the germination of life is generally new, and it is especially abrupt at this moment.

Li Ku'er and He Weiran looked at each other, saw the other party nodded slightly, and followed the prestige.In the center of the vast lotus field, there is a faint light, not dazzling, even dim, but it does exist.Li Ku'er wiped his eyes secretly, to make sure it wasn't his own eyesight.

what is that?A pink lotus that suddenly bloomed, with a faint aura glowing all over its body, like the momentary amazement of a beauty under the moon.Li Kuer opened her eyes wide in disbelief, she never thought that she could witness such a spectacle in her life, as if she was in a dream.

When the pink lotus blooms to the extreme, a wisp of graceful green smoke drifts out from the bright yellow lotus pod. Molested Li Ku'er's nose, then went around the top of her head and went to a more noisy place.

"Ah Choo!" Li Kuer sneezed uncontrollably, and quickly covered her mouth.He Weiran smiled helplessly, picked up the wooden paddle, and said: "Forget it, it has been discovered, but it doesn't matter, it seems to be a naughty fairy." Open the overlapping lotus leaves in front of you, and drive towards the extraordinary lotus flower.

"Can we talk now?" Li Ku'er put down her hand covering her mouth, and tightly grasped the side of the boat, seeing He Weiran nodded, and asked again: "Then what are we going to do now?"

"Of course it's picking ingredients for supper."

"That lotus? Won't the smoke girl be angry?"

"Of course not, because the lotus will wither in less than an hour, and it is useless to her." While talking, the two people's boat has arrived at the still shimmering lotus.

Li Ku'er didn't know why, but she was so far away just now, and within two sentences, she was already in the center of the lotus field.She didn't have time to think too much, but He Weiran took out a pair of scissors from somewhere, pinched the stem of the flower with one hand and cut it off without hesitation.At the moment when the scissors cut the flower stalk, the brilliance just now disappeared.

Li Kuer looked at the lotus, it seemed to be no different from ordinary lotus, who would have thought what kind of miracle happened to this lotus.

"What's the difference between it and Fanhua?" Li Kuer asked He Weiran with black glazed eyes.He Weiran handed the flower to her hand, then swung the oar again, and said: "The smoke girl clings to the lotus root in the mud and uses spiritual power to give birth to the flowers and leaves, and then turns the smoke into the flower stalk to the lotus pod, so the flower is The spiritual power of the smoke girl remains, although the spiritual power of the smoke girl has been polluted because it has been sealed in the mud all year round, but the lotus flower has the effect of purification, so the spiritual power left in this flower is the cleanest."

"Spiritual power?" Li Kuer felt more and more that the words from He Weiran's mouth were babbling. She couldn't help being curious about He Weiran's identity, but she didn't dare to ask directly, for fear of something serious. After hearing the words, it would be better not to listen, so I had no choice but to suppress my curiosity, and asked instead: "So what if there is clean spiritual power in this flower?"

"Well... so what?" He Weiran paused, as if thinking about how to answer, then smiled and said: "If Kuer eats it, maybe it will be cuter."

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The two of them rowed back, greeted Ah Liao and the others, and wanted to go a step ahead to prepare for dinner.Ah Liao disliked that they received less goods, so he just dumped half a basket of red water chestnuts on their boat, and asked them to take them back for Ah Liao to steam first.Seeing this, Li Kuer hurriedly threw away the stones that were used to balance the boat, holding half a basket of red water chestnuts just in time to press it firmly.

It didn't take long to go back, Li Kuer didn't see He Weiran using any strength, in short, he landed on the shore very quickly.She jumped off the boat first, and went to call A'Liao's father to help, A'Liao's father pulled the hemp rope to ask He Weiran to get off the boat, and let him do the rest.

He Weiran got off the boat, Xie took Li Kuer to the front yard to cook.What she wants to do is stewed chicken with lotus flowers, a very beautiful dish.

Cut the chicken into pieces and marinate with simple spices, then stew the chicken feet, a little lean meat and water to make a soup base. When the hatchback is ready, put the ginger slices, scallions and the marinated chicken into the pot, add lotus stuffing and stir-fry until the color changes , put it into a clay pot, and add dried lotus seeds and lotus root slices, then blanch the lotus to remove the astringency, put it in the middle of the clay pot, pour over the soup base, continue to boil until the soup boils, and this stewed chicken with lotus flower is ready.

All the people in the courtyard had arrived, Ah Liao Niang had just steamed water chestnuts and distributed them to everyone, everyone was sitting in the yard peeling water chestnuts while waiting for the chicken stew, as if that night meal was so far away.In the anticipation of everyone, the chicken pot was tumbling and steaming and finally came to the table.The first thing that catches the eye is the big lotus.The aroma of lotus is fresh and elegant, but in this chicken-flavored soup, it is not concealed at all.As for the chicken, the skin is yellow and the meat is tender, it's hard to imagine how fresh and delicious it will be.

Everyone was about to move their chopsticks when they saw Li Ku'er bring out ten porcelain bowls from the stove and spread them out one by one in front of the chicken pot.He Weiran took chopsticks and a soup ladle, disassembled the lotus flower pieces, and filled ten bowls one by one according to each flower, one meat, and one spoon of soup, and distributed them among the people.She brought one of the bowls to Grandma Ah Liao, and what was inside was not petals, but a small bright yellow lotus pod.Grandma Ah Liao thanked her repeatedly, took the soup bowl and smiled.

After laughing and eating supper, it was already late at night.Ah Liao's family prepared paper lanterns for them, said goodbye, and went back to sleep.Ah Bu sent Su Niang back, Ah Chu and Xiao Qu went on the same road, and He Weiran and Li Kuer returned home one by one, but they were also in the same alley.

He Weiran held the lantern in one hand and Li Kuer in the other, and the candlelight stretched their shadows very long...

"I'll take you home, a little girl, it's dangerous to walk at night."

"No need, I know people from far and near, so nothing will happen. But a beautiful woman like Sister He should be careful?"

"Why are you so caring?" He Weiran chuckled, looked at Li Kuer again and said, "I don't know who is in danger when I meet me."

"Sister He, you...you...couldn't be a monster..."

"Hehehe, let Kuer think what he wants."