Envy

In the summer of the third year after taking over as head, Meng Tou was invited to a banquet at Zhongping Mountain.

In the late spring of this year, Yan Zhaohan occasionally felt the wind and cold, so he couldn't accompany Meng Tou to Huainan, so he stayed in Musu Mountain to spend the summer.

After the summer, there is no important business in the door.Mu Su's disciples were lazy, they didn't practice swords under the scorching sun in the afternoon, they all hid in the house for lunch.Xue Ye also had time, and invited a few people to play dominoes and dice cups in the corridor.

He first brought Huo Zhi and Yan Zhaohan over, and wanted to call Meng Xi again, but Meng Xi said she couldn't, so she sat next to Huo Zhi holding a crystal bowl of grapes.

Xue Ye persuaded: "It's easy to play dice cups, you just need to guess the size. How many rounds should you play?"

Meng Xi peeled off the thin skin, put the grape in his mouth, and shook his head.It seems that he is not very interested.He wanted to speak again, Huo Zhi raised his head, and his eyes shot over.

Next to Yan Zhaohan was a soft and glutinous Meng Shizhou. The child was holding a piece of watermelon with two small hands, and his mouth was full of juice.Yan Zhaohan removed the watermelon seeds from the corner of Meng Shizhou's mouth, and wiped his mouth and wet chin with a towel.

Meng Xi bent down, stretched out her arms to Meng Shizhou, and called out with a smile, "Zhouzhou, come to sister-in-law."

Meng Shizhou was still walking unsteadily, the watermelon rind he was holding fell to the ground, and he also opened his fleshy arms and threw himself into Meng Xi's arms.

Xue Ye looked at Meng Shizhou and said regretfully, "It would be great if Brother Tou was still in Mu Su, he just happened to accompany us for a game."

Meng Xi lifted Meng Shizhou up, hugged her in her arms, and said to Xue Ye: "Brother Xue, are you serious? My brother and Shaojun are a family."

Xue Ye suddenly realized: "You are right... Wait, if you say that, you are all part of the same family."

Huo Zhiben was dragged here by Xue Ye, so he didn't have time to chat here, so he replied: "Then do you still touch the dominoes? If you don't come, I'll go back and read."

Xue Ye hurriedly said: "Don't, don't, my wife is not here today, she should be back later, let's play a few rounds... If it doesn't work, let's play dice." He still didn't want to play dice in his heart, it was meaningless.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he saw a disciple of Mu Su crossing the courtyard in the scorching sun, and rushed out in a stride, stopping in front of the disciple. He saw that Meng Tou's disciple, Song Jingran, hurriedly dragged him to the place. Come at the stone table in the corridor.

Song Jingran's clothes and hair were still wet.He had just finished his practice and was going back to his house after bathing in the spring water in the mountains.He was pulled over by Xue Ye, a little dazed, and then sat down with Xue Ye pressing his shoulders.He asked his uncle what he was going to do.Xue Ye said that he played a few rounds of dominoes, and three were missing one, so he insisted on playing together.

Song Jingran subconsciously glanced at Yan Zhaohan.His master was extremely strict with him, and he never let him touch these things on weekdays. The young master also valued him, and gave him more advice on his practice on weekdays, like his second master.

At this moment, Yan Zhaohan didn't lift his head, but he knew that Song Jingran was looking at him.Yan Zhaohan was playing with a few dominoes with his slender fingers.He said, "I won't tell third brother."

Only then did Song Jingran play a few rounds with his uncles in peace.

In the first few rounds, Xue Ye was very popular and won money in the rounds.Yan Zhaohan lost a lot.

Xue Ye looked at Yan Zhaohan, who was so unlucky and still kept his expression on his face, he was very proud, and said jokingly: "If Shaojun loses a few more times, Brother Tou won't be able to drink nourishing food this winter." Medicine."

Mu Su is a believer in pharmacology, and Mu Su's disciple Duo likes to stew ginseng in winter and take some warming and tonic medicines to get a strong physique.The price of several medicinal materials will not be too low.

Yan Zhaohan arranged the dominoes in a row, didn't bother to raise his eyelids, and said, "He's in good health, he can still toss until midnight a month ago, he doesn't need tonic."

Meng Xi's cheeks burned when he heard this, and he sat on the porch chair with the child in his arms.

Xue Ye clenched his fists, pressed his lips to a fake cough, and said in greeting, "Come on, let's continue playing."

As a result, the last few rounds turned around, Yan Zhaohan fought back and forth, and Xue Ye paid back all the money he won in the first few rounds, and still owed the money.Towards evening, Xue Ye still couldn't win a game. Huo Zhi and Song Jingran were undefeated, and Yan Zhaohan became the biggest winner.

Seeing Yan Zhaohan's calm face, Xue Ye was so angry that his teeth itched, and he vowed to win back his capital.

Yan Zhaohan threw a domino on the table and asked, "If Lingzhi comes back..."

Xue Yeli said confidently: "So what if she comes back? I will play as usual when she comes back. Let's play again!"

None of them spoke or moved.Huo Zhi winked at Xue Ye.Xue Ye was startled and looked behind him.Lingzhi was standing behind him, with her arms around her chest, tilting her head to look at him.

Xue Ye went back with his ears pulled.

The young junior Song Jingran couldn't bear to look directly at him, but Yan Zhaohan and the others were used to it.

It's over, guys.

Several people went to the kitchen for dinner.Meng Shizhou, who had been playing with Meng Xi for a long time, stretched out his hand to Yan Zhaohan, and said softly, "Uncle, give me a hug."

Yan Zhaohan hugged him into his arms.Meng Shizhou blinked his black eyes, pinched his black hair hanging down his shoulders with his small hands, and asked, "Uncle, when will daddy come back?"

Yan Zhaohan said, "Come back in a hundred days. You count the days."

Meng Shizhou nodded and raised his fingers seriously.

Meng Xi let out a burst of laughter, and she said: "Young Master is good at coaxing people. At the end of the previous year, I waited for my third brother to return to Lizhou, and asked my aunt, and my third brother didn't come back until a few days later. My mother also said, I'll be back in a hundred days. I really believe it."

"Did Shaojun's mother coax Shaojun like this before?"

"No." Yan Zhaohan said, "Meng Tou once told me that. I was only ten years old at that time."

Meng Xi felt that she couldn't turn her head around.

"what?"

Yan Zhaohan smiled gently, "It's nothing. It's just a dream."