The Crossing of Fortune and Prayer Jubilee

The friendship between Sanfang and Pei Guanying is no longer what it used to be, the concierge immediately opened the door to let him in, and someone else quickly went in to pass the news.Pei Guanying and Zhou Cheng were already there when they reached the side of the flower hall.

After meeting Li, Lou Yuzhu pointed to Lou Ming and said, "This is my second brother Lou Ming."

Lou Ming hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands: "I have seen Young Master Pei."

Pei Guanying looked at Lou Ming, and then waved his hands: "We are all of the same generation, so there is no need to be so polite. Please sit down and serve tea."

A plainly dressed Nugeer offered hot tea, and Lou Yuzhu nodded in thanks.

Lou Chengyi was sitting restrained, Lou Hua didn't know how to open his mouth, Lou Ming quietly looked at the decorations in the room, but this brother always behaved gracefully and talked and laughed freely.Pei Guanying saw it, and a gleam of interest flashed in her heart.

Lou Yuzhu didn't play dumb, and said directly: "We are here today to invite the young master, Guanshi Hu and brother Zhou to our house tomorrow." Seeing Pei Guanying pondering, he said with a smile: "We should have invited you a long time ago, but we are just struggling to rent a thatched cottage. I have nowhere to stay for fear of wronging the young master, now that the new house is built, although it is not as exquisite and elegant as this place, I still want to invite the young master there, let us thank the young master with all our heart."

In the past few months, Tianlou Yuzhu will come to deliver things every ten or so times, sometimes it is red crayfish, and sometimes some eels caught together with the big red crayfish are also sent by the way.Of course, most of them put their things through the back door and left without even meeting each other. It was only later that they delivered things more often and refused to collect money. Pei Guanying felt that this family was interesting, so he increased the number of meetings.

Seeing Pei Guanying's hesitation, Zhou Cheng persuaded him: "I have been in Huya Town for several months, and the young master hasn't gone out much. Why don't you take this opportunity to go out for some fun, just to relax."

Manager Hu also persuaded: "Zhou Cheng is right, it's almost winter, and when the temperature turns cold, even if the young master wants to go out for a walk, I'm afraid there will be nowhere to go."

Lou Yuzhu smiled and waited for Pei Guanying to make a decision.

After pondering for a while, Pei Guanying nodded, and said reservedly: "Then I will bother you tomorrow."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard the words, Lou Yuzhu still breathed a sigh of relief.It can make Pei Guanying let go, which shows that the hard work of several months has not been in vain. "It is our honor for the young master to come to the humble house." Lou Yuzhu said and got up: "Then let's not bother today. Tomorrow I will ask my father to meet the young master at the entrance of the village."

Pei Guanying got up and shook her head: "There's no need to do that, Zhou Cheng knows the journey and we'll go on our own, it's too complicated and polite to make us embarrassed to come."

Lou Yuzhu smiled: "Then listen to the young master."

"As it should be."

Pei Guanying stopped in the flower hall, and Zhou Cheng sent his party out.He answered Lou Yuzhu's attention all the way, then turned around and started preparing to go out.Manager Hu also began to arrange the work at hand, and after finishing his work, he slept until dawn, and after breakfast, he followed Pei Guanying into the carriage, and Zhou Cheng drove to Yanjia Village.

It was not long before arriving at Yan's Village, Lou Chengyi watched from afar and hurried forward to lead Ma Anzhi's carriage, Lou Hua welcomed the three of them into the house.

All the people sat down in the main hall, and Lou Yuzhu led Fu Linshu to greet them. "Father, this is Young Master Pei."

Fu Linshu wanted to thank you, but Pei Guanying hurriedly moved away: "Uncle Fu doesn't need to be so polite. What happened that day was just a matter of raising a finger, so there is no need to mobilize people to worry about it. Besides, we are here to bother you. If you are such a junior, you will not dare to come .”

Lou Yuzhu stepped forward to help Fu Linshu: "Since the young master said so, then we will listen to the young master. The kindness is in our hearts, and it is obvious that we have said more."

"Brother Yu is right, it's best to treat me like an ordinary junior."

The party sat and chatted a few words, Fu Linshu went to the kitchen to eat lunch, Lou Chengyi accompanied Hu Guanshi to gossip, Lou Yuzhu instructed Lou Hua and Lou Ming to lead Pei Guanying and Zhou Cheng to the study, but he went into the kitchen to help Fu Linshu lunch meal.But not long after, Lou Chengyi was escorted by Guanshi Hu to help him. Seeing that Guanshi Hu, who had not been helped by himself, was enjoying himself and refused to be accompanied, Lou Chengyi turned to the study.As soon as he entered the study, he raised his forehead, and Lou Hua and Lou Ming led the person to talk about the book in a serious manner. Fortunately, he is well-educated and not angry, and he also accompanied him. If you encounter someone with a bad temper, he will swear every minute ah.

"It's rare to have free time, why spend so much time studying?" Lou Yuzhu secretly sighed in his heart. Fortunately, he came over to take a look, otherwise the little friendship that was so hard to cultivate might return to freezing point. "Second brother, go and get the checkers, and let the young master have a look at the chess skills of our farmer's family."

Lou Ming hurriedly brought a wooden checkers board. The round balls made of various kinds of stones and wood were not as beautiful as modern glass marbles, but they were also cute to look at.

"This is the chess played by our peasant family. The rules are simple and effortless. I guarantee that the young master will learn it as soon as he learns it." Lou Yuzhu placed the chess pieces and explained the rules.

Pei Guanying felt that it was really simple, so she pulled Zhou Cheng to play together.It was only when I started playing that I realized that it is not easy to play the seemingly simple rules, especially after adding the difficulty of no rolling but only jumping.If there are too many chess pieces, there is no place to jump, and if there are too few chess pieces, there is no place to jump. The sad thing is that if you don’t count the chess pieces and leave one outside, you have to take several steps back to connect the last piece.I have encountered this situation several times, and the scenes that were originally intended to win have been lost in the end.

"This game is not easy." Pei Guanying not only shook her head when she encountered such a grueling situation again.

Lou Yuzhu smiled, "It's easier than Go and Army Chess."

After playing a few games of chess with various situations, several half-grown children who were about the same age began to put down their guard and play.After lunch at the same table, several half-grown children can talk easily.As soon as Lou Ming let go in such a heartless way, he dragged someone to grandly introduce the two little milk dogs to Pei Guanying and Zhou Cheng, while Lou Yuzhu silently covered his face while watching.Shame!

Lou Ming didn't want to be wrong, because Pei Guanying really didn't see this kind of little milk dog, at least he didn't see this breed of milk dog when he was a native dog.

Looking at the short legs that wet Lu Lu's eyes and the short tail wagging non-stop, Pei Guanying squatted down to touch it with a cute expression, and discussed it with Lou Ming in a serious manner. "How many months?" "Have you been weaned?" "What are you eating?"But this is just the beginning!

After that, Lou Ming led the people to play with other friends in the village!Go to the pile of straw stalks to find mice, and then take the tied grass one by one to chase the mice all over the ground!After making a mess in other people's fields, they carried wooden buckets and hoes to dig loaches and eels.At first, the other children in the village were a little afraid of Pei Guanying and Zhou Cheng. After all, the clothes of the two of them were very different from those of the farmers. But after they got used to it, they no longer cared. what?

This time, the painting style changed so fast that Lou Yuzhu was almost in a mess.Well, he, a perpetually mature person, really doesn't understand the world of brats!

After playing in the mud until dark, the eels and loaches he dug up were not enough for Pei Guanying's shoe.

Manager Hu was so angry that he laughed instead, and together with Sanfang persuaded Pei Guanying to stay for the night.

On the second day, Lou Ming continued to take the lead and drag Pei Guanying to run wildly all over the village.Climbing trees to dig out bird eggs is not counted, but digging an earthen stove and cooking them in bamboo tubes. It is not enjoyable to eat a few bird eggs. A few older children in the village found a hole and lit wet firewood to fill it. Yan said that he caught rabbits and roasted them.The rabbit didn't see the shadow and almost set the mountain on fire. Look at Lou Yuzhu, it's frightening!At least I persuaded the group to go down the mountain, grabbed a lot of food and used a few modern games to coax them.

Lou Yuzhu wiped off her sweat in fright, and then looked at Manager Hu who was smiling as if nothing had happened, and really wanted to vomit. Do you still remember your responsibilities?

In fact, Lou Yuzhu didn't know that Pei Guanying hadn't been this happy for several months. For Guanshi Hu, as long as he could make the little master happy and relieve his depression, let alone running wildly with a group of farm children all over the mountains and fields, it would be considered a pick-me-up. Even in a gang fight with his sleeves, he can smile without changing his face and offer a generous consultation fee!

Therefore, those who choose to look after their children should be cautious. I don’t know if Mr. Pei, who is far away in the capital, will regret sending a manager Hu who is known for being lenient when he looks at his eldest son who looks like a mud monkey. It's called Qiu Guanshi.

It was getting dark and a group of friends broke up, Lou Hua led the people to take a bath and change clothes to wash away the sweat stains, and after finishing the hot pot dinner, they also prepared it.

"Is this a cooking pot?" Pei Guanying looked curiously. "Why is this pot different from ordinary people's?"

Lou Yuzhu smiled, of course it was different.When he was building the table furniture, he thought about eating hot pot. He specially left a movable board in the middle of the table. When he wanted to eat hot pot, he removed the movable board and put a special charcoal stove under it. The iron pot is convenient and clean. It does not need to add charcoal from the top like a traditional boiler, and the sight is not too high.

"I call it Yuanyang hot pot, one side is spicy and the other is not." Lou Yuzhu asked people to enter the table, pointing to the sauces lined up for herself to add. "Add whatever flavor you want." As he spoke, he first demonstrated how to add some seasonings.

While others were trying to add seasonings, Lou Yuzhu took the serving chopsticks and swept the thinly sliced ​​pork belly lined up on the porcelain plate into the pot, as well as a small plate of radishes.The boiling broth keeps the food rolling, and a distinctive meaty aroma permeates.

Lou Ming swallowed his saliva, stared eagerly at Lou Yuzhu, and waited for his order.

The tumbling piece of meat changed color, Lou Yuzhu took it with a colander and nodded: "It's ready to eat."

Lou Ming wanted to be the first to eat, Lou Hua gestured for the guests to taste first.Pei Guanying, who had been getting to know each other for two days, was not polite, and immediately picked up a piece of pork belly for herself, dipped it in the sauce and stuffed it into her mouth.

The happiness of a mouthful of meat, coupled with the taste of the sauce, the beautiful Pei Guanying raised her finger: "Delicious!"

A pot of meat was quickly scooped up, and Lou Yuzhu hurriedly ordered another pot, and only then took time to eat.I have to say that Fu Linshu has perfectly understood what he said should be just the right thickness and neither too long nor too short. The pork belly he picked should be the best, with neither tendons nor skin, fat and lean meat. The matching must be in the perfect ratio of three to one.After eating, Lou Yuzhu said with regret: "It's a pity that I didn't get the mutton in a hurry today. If there is mutton, it will taste better."

"Mutton will taste too strong in this hot pot." Pei Guanying frowned, and said: "Beef may be better." Cattle are scarce and important animals cannot be slaughtered easily. Ordinary people may not be able to eat beef in their entire lives. , but Pei Guanying is not an ordinary person, let alone a meal of beef, even if he wants to eat a meal of beef, someone will think hard and send it to him.

"My young master does not know that although the mutton tastes heavy, the meat is the tenderest and smoothest. The tenderness of the mutton is perfectly preserved when it is boiled in high soup. The light taste in the mouth will make people feel that it is not delicious. It has a special flavor that other meats don’t have. Furthermore, mutton is the best food for warming and nourishing. Wouldn’t it be beautiful to put such a pot in the cold winter months, which is warm, delicious and nourishing?”

Pei Guanying was skeptical, but Zhou Cheng listened thoughtfully.

After a hot hot pot meal, everyone at the table, including Fu Linshu, felt a bit stretched.

After eating, Lou Yuzhu brought mahjong made of marble, and one person sat on each side of the square table and rubbed it.Originally Lou Hua, Lou Yuzhu and Pei Guanying were playing with Zhou Cheng, but then Manager Hu thought it was fun and changed Lou Hua's position and started rubbing happily.If you don't gamble, you gamble with stickers. Within a quarter of an hour, Manager Hu's face is covered with stickers!Lou Yuzhu couldn't bear to see it, and asked Lou Hua to work as a military adviser to Guanshi Hu, which improved.

In the end, only Lou Yuzhu's face was clean, and the faces of the other three were more or less covered.Fu Linshu, who was watching from the side, quickly gave his brother a wink and asked him to put some water.

Lou Yuzhu looked at her father with a smile, and jokingly said: "No matter how much my father gives me winks, I won't let it go. The so-called no father and son at the poker table. Although we are not playing for money, we must not lose the spirit of entertainment."

Fu Linshu was angry.

Pei Guanying smiled at Fu Linshu to show that he was fine, but blinked at Guanshi Hu, and then at Zhou Cheng.

Lou Yuzhu pretended not to see it, but she was secretly interested.When he draws a good card, he will pinch the card. Zhuaner will throw out a bad card even if he dismantles the card.

After two rounds in a row, Pei Guanying saw Qinglou Yuzhu's purpose, and looked at him helplessly: "Isn't it just a game of cards? Brother Yu, why are you so competitive?"

Lou Yuzhu grinned at him: "Hehe!"

Pei Guanying felt an inexplicable pain in her knee.