Chapter 383 Your brother-in-law
The two sent Wang Chonglou to Taoist Mu Jian and Hong Xixiang, and then returned to the small courtyard at the foot of the slope. As soon as they reached the door, Xu Fengnian froze in place with numb scalp, staring blankly at the scene in front of him. Muscle twitched and said, "Old Zhou, are you sure your wife really doesn't eat people?"
"What are you talking about!" Zhou Ji kept walking, gave Xu Fengnian an angry look, and walked past him.
Sensing someone approaching, the fine vines stretched out from the flowerpot scattered left and right, as if glancing at the two of them, then turned around, half of which hung from the flowerpot into the ground of the small vegetable garden, and the other half turned into slender and slender palms, stroking On top of Jiang Ni's head, comforting this miserable little girl.
move? dare not move.
Ginger mud can feel the tenderness of these vines, as well as the faint fragrance of grass and trees, but dare not move easily.
Now she even forgot her sadness, and could only crouch on the ground like a frightened quail, not noticing that in the ruined vegetable garden, those vegetable seedlings that had been trampled and crushed quietly glowed with new growth vitality.
"Alas~ is it worth it?"
Suddenly hearing Zhou Ji's voice from behind, Jiang Ni raised her head with a pitiful little dirty face as if she was being pardoned, and wanted to call for help to let Zhou Ji move the flower pot, but the corner of her vision was caught by the luster in front of her eyes Attracted by the melon seedlings.
'This is.'
Jiang Ni widened her eyes, as if she saw a familiar woman standing in front of her.
Wearing a light blue gauze drape and a white rattan-patterned inner robe, the dress is different from last time, but the same dignified and exquisite makeup, elegant and noble temperament, are as amazing as the first time I saw it.
Si Teng smiled slightly, and the light white and slender Rou Yi slowly moved away from the top of Jiang Ni's head, and walked gracefully towards the vegetable garden. Wherever he passed, the melon seedlings that fell on the ground trembled slightly, climbing the wooden frame and blooming flower buds again; Bad greens grow fresh new leaves, just like newborns.
Si Teng turned around, glanced at Jiang Ni, and looked behind her with a smile.
Jiang Ni followed Si Teng's line of sight, Zhou Ji nodded slightly, and the faint smile on the corner of his mouth was full of tenderness and pampering.
When I looked back, the woman in the vegetable garden had disappeared at some point, but the vegetables and fruits that had been rejuvenated were lush and lush, and under the refraction of the sun, they were watery, like colorful neon emerging among the fruits and vegetables.
Zhou Ji picked up the flowerpot, touched the buds swaying in the wind with his fingertips, and said helplessly, "That's it, the cultivation base of the past half year is exhausted, and everything has to start from scratch again."
Two slender leaves spread out, arms folded as usual, and the buds raised their heads proudly, as if expressing something to Zhou Ji.
Jiang Ni also reacted at this moment, wiped away the tears on her face, walked up to Zhou Ji, looked at the flower pot in Zhou Ji's hand with a complicated expression, and tightly grasped the corner of her clothes, sincerely thanking Si Teng and Zhou Ji, And express a certain repayment.
Zhou Ji didn't care at first, after handing Jiang Ni to Xu Fengnian, he took Si Teng back to the bamboo garden on the slope.
Early the next morning, Zhou Ji habitually went to Xu Fengnian's place for lunch. Seeing Jiang Ni busily filling up a large table, he wanted to tell her not to work too hard, but Jiang Ni suddenly remembered something and ran away. to the outside.
Zhou Ji looked at Xu Fengnian, Xu Fengnian also showed a puzzled look, after a while, I saw Jiang Ni walking towards the house carrying a strange bamboo basket.
The distance is too far, Xu Fengnian can't see what Jiang Ni brought back, but Zhou Ji can.
Eyelids twitched suddenly, Zhou Ji raised his forehead and looked at Jiang Ni who entered the room, as if he was watching a man who was going to die bravely.
"Jiang Ni, what are you holding?"
As soon as Jiang Ni entered the room, Xu Fengnian sniffed around, as if he smelled a strange smell that seemed to be absent.
Jiang Ni showed a smug expression, opened the basket for Xu Fengnian to take a look, and flaunted, "Eggshells."
Xu Fengnian raised his head, almost spit out the porridge he just ate, got up and stepped back half a step, "What are you doing with this thing?"
Jiang Ni looked down at the flower pot in Zhou Ji's hand, and said seriously: "Yesterday, Mr. Zhou said that Ms. Si Teng paid a lot for helping me restore the vegetable garden. I don't know what can help Ms. Si Teng. Egg shells buried in the soil can make fruits and vegetables grow vigorously"
"So, you just want to get some egg shells for Si Teng's meal?" Zhou Ji stretched out his hand and interrupted.
Jiang Ni nodded as a matter of course, and said sincerely, "I don't think the young master has ever loosened the soil and fertilized the flower pots. People have three meals a day, and Miss Si Teng only eats the wind and drinks the dew."
"Stop! Stop talking, if you continue, I'm afraid she will hit you"
Zhou Ji hurriedly made a stop movement, and covered the slightly trembling vine with her other hand, knowing that her trembling at this time was definitely not because she was happy and fertilized, but because she was accumulating anger and might go berserk at any time.
"I know you mean well, but she is not a dish."
Zhou Ji frowned slightly, and said seriously, "I hope you can respect and understand her in the way you treat people."
Zhou Ji is gentle and kind on weekdays, and he has never seen him get angry. Now that it involves Si Teng, Jiang Ni sees his solemn appearance, and realizes that he seems to have done an extremely ridiculous wrong thing, and feels very guilty in his heart , quickly apologized to Si Teng.
In the next few days, Jiang Ni would take a bamboo tube to the forest to collect dew every late night and early morning, and help Si Teng clean the branches and leaves of the vines.
Although Si Teng is small-minded, loves face, can't afford to suffer, and loves to hold grudges~but he still forgives this little girl who accidentally offended her.
The relationship between the two quickly became close, so that Zhou Ji and Xu Fengnian were relatively silent, with a sense of sympathy and helplessness.
A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and seeing the end of the new year was approaching, Xu Fengnian passed Wang Chonglou to his Da Huang Ting refining one or two out of ten, and the rest could only be done by water.
In the early morning of this day, Jiang Ni came back from picking morning dew in the forest, and immediately saw Xu Fengnian looking around in the mirror at the table.
Put the bamboo tube back into his waist, Jiang Ni walked to the table and poured a glass of water, glanced at the big yellow court imprint reflected in the bronze mirror, curled his lips and said, "I've been watching it for half a month, why are you still watching it?"
Xu Fengnian looked at the dao pattern that could not be erased no matter what, thought of Wang Chonglou's frail and crooked figure that day, put down the mirror, and sighed, "Jiang Ni, do you think I shouldn't come to Wudang?"
"Don't get cheap and act good," Jiang Ni glared at Xu Fengnian, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise, she touched her brow with her finger, and said expectantly: "If you don't want it, you can give it to me."
"Teaching the practice will kill people." Xu Fengnian said seriously.
Jiang Ni wrinkled her nose and said in a nasty voice, "It's best to die~!"
Then you are deliberately teasing me?
Jiang Ni angrily made a face at Xu Fengnian, took back the tea that was originally poured for him, took a sip by himself, put down the cup and walked out of the house.
"Hey~ where are you going?" Xu Fengnian turned to look at Jiang Ni.
Jiang Ni patted the bamboo tube on her waist, and said with a smile, "I'm going to deliver dew to Miss Si Teng~"
The bamboo garden is just outside the purple bamboo forest on the slope. After leaving the small courtyard, go up the mountain road. Jiang Ni has long been familiar with the road, and walked out of the courtyard gate with brisk steps. There seemed to be a familiar call in his ears, and he looked down the mountain inadvertently. , I saw a chubby figure running from the bottom of the mountain, calling for the prince while running.
"Chu Lushan?"
Jiang Ni paused, looked up at the looming bamboo garden deep in the bamboo forest, and slowly lowered the palm protecting the bamboo tube.
She knew that the arrival of Chu Lushan meant that it was time for them to go back.
Zhou Ji was lying on the rocking chair on the balcony of the bamboo garden with a flower pot in his arms. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jiang Ni, and it landed on Xu Fengnian and Chu Lushan beside her. With a light touch, Si Teng's branches and leaves stretched, as if stretched, and the buds rubbed against Zhou Ji's fingertips.
Zhou Ji smiled and said: "It's useless for you to spend half a year in hard work, and when you leave, you still haven't been able to eat the vegetables grown in ginger."
The buds that were still rubbing against each other suddenly stagnated, and the two branches and leaves pushed Zhou Ji's fingers away, and the buds rose slightly. Although it was just a vine that hadn't yet formed, it was still as angry as it was back then.
For the small vegetable garden, the most obsessed is actually **** paste.
As a subjugated princess, she feigned death to escape, and was burdened with the hatred of the country and the family. Since she was a child, she had never had a single thing that really belonged to her. Right now, she has a small vegetable garden that was cultivated by her own hands. It was destroyed by Princess Sui Zhu last time, but this time she has not yet matured. I will go down the mountain with Xu Fengnian.
Looking at Jiang Ni's reluctance to turn back three times, Xu Fengnian looked at Chu Lushan and said, "When we go back, we will lead a team over, and no matter what method we use, we must transplant that small vegetable garden to our courtyard."
In the past, Xu Fengnian was a dandy, and never actively interfered with the affairs of the Beiliang barracks. Chu Lushan stood there and watched Xu Fengnian's walking figure, his eyes lit up, as if he had realized something, his face was pleasantly surprised, with a brilliant smile, and he walked quickly Followed up, "Yes! Your Majesty!"
Wudang is in the territory of Beiliang, not too far from Lingzhou City. Chu Lushan went up the mountain this time to take his son home, so he prepared good military horses at the foot of the mountain, and everyone galloped all the way, and returned to Lingzhou within ten days. outside the city.
Familiar restaurant, familiar aroma of wine, outside the restaurant, there are two familiar figures.
"The prince is finally back~" Sweet Potato beamed with joy, covering his mouth with a smile: "Is this the mark of the Great Yellow Court? It's quite suitable for the prince."
Sweet Potato has a lively personality, while Blue Bird is a little cold and introverted. She bowed to Xu Fengnian, lowered her eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty is tired, let's go in and rest first."
Xu Fengnian greeted the two of them, and asked in doubt: "Why are you all waiting outside the city?"
Waiting outside the city were not only people from Xu Fengnian's courtyard, but also a tall middle-aged man who seemed to be jovial and easy-going but couldn't hide his deep murderous aura.
Zhou Ji only met Xu Xiao a few times when he lived in Beiliang Palace, and now seeing him coming to meet Xu Fengnian outside the city, he is naturally equally puzzled.
"Hey~ son, I finally waited for you back~" Xu Xiao walked towards Xu Fengnian with a smile on his tray, saw the mark of the big yellow court on the center of Xu Fengnian's eyebrows, and said with a smile: "You said that Wang Chonglou is really decisive, I really passed on this big yellow court to you."
"Wudang."
Xu Fengnian's eyes were fixed, and he was about to say something but was interrupted by Xu Xiao, "You must be hungry after running around all the way? Come, let's see what I have prepared for you~ Your favorite apricot blossom wine, and braised pork ~~”
"Big Yellow Court"
Xu Xiao saw that Xu Fengnian still wanted to ask about Wudang Dahuangting, so naturally he didn't want to tell him all of this. From letting Xu Fengnian know that Huang Man'er was going to be sent away, he had already set up a whole game.
There are 361 pieces on the whole chessboard, and he holds 360 pieces in his hand. He doesn't need to make a deliberate layout at all. As long as he plays chess everywhere, Xu Fengnian's only son can't escape his scheme no matter where he plays. .
Xu Fengnian saw that Xu Xiao was still smiling like this, sighed softly in his heart, looked around and asked, "What happened in the mansion? Why did you come here?"
"Actually, there's nothing wrong with it. I just want to avoid the limelight." Xu Xiao put his hands into his sleeves, and dared not answer in a weak voice.
"Have Bifengtou come here?" Xu Fengnian said casually with disbelief on his face, "It can't be haunted, can it?"
As soon as Xu Fengnian finished speaking, he felt his sleeve being pulled by someone. He turned his head to look at Jiang Ni who was a little embarrassed, and then he realized that he quickly looked at Zhou Ji who was not far away and said, "I didn't mean that."
Zhou Ji put down the jug in his hand, and glared at Xu Fengnian angrily. Xu Fengnian shrank his shoulders, hesitated for a second, looked at Xu Xiao and said, "Go on."
"It would be fine if something happened." Xu Xiao has never been able to find out Zhou Ji's identity, and even his strength is unpredictable. Seeing Xu Fengnian's taboo, Xu Xiao changed his tone and said bitterly, "You two Miss is back."
Xu Fengnian's feet were weak, Xu Xiao and Jiang Ni rushed to support him, Zhou Ji had heard Xu Fengnian mention his second sister, and met Xu Fengnian's "brother-in-law" when he was passing through Shangyin.
Zhou Ji couldn't help laughing when he saw Xu Xiao and Xu Fengnian's father and son fearing Xu Wei like a bear.
After listening to this cross talk, half a jug of apricot blossom wine has spilled into the flowerpot.
Looking up at Xu Fengnian who was coming with a sad face, he smiled and said, "Is there any need to be so afraid? I heard that your sister is not very gentle?"
"Who did you listen to?" Xu Fengnian rolled Zhou Ji's eyes and said with a curled lip.
Zhou Ji showed a mysterious smile, and whispered: "Your brother-in-law."
"Puff~cough cough cough~!" Xu Fengnian was still worrying about how to deal with the second sister's thunderous anger, when he heard the word 'brother-in-law', he drank directly, and the spout of drink was blocked by a layer of light blue invisible air wall , his face flushed from coughing, his eyes widened, and he almost couldn't breathe while propping up the table with his hands.
(Explain Zhao Kai's 'brother-in-law' status, so as not to be misunderstood.)
(Zhao Kai has that kind of simple and single-minded character in the play. From the beginning to the end, he always regarded himself as Xu Fengnian's "brother-in-law" and wanted to kill his "brother-in-law". When Zhou Ji met him, he didn't Having seen Xu Weixiong, I just saw that Zhao Kai really likes Xu Weixiong, in words, the two have a close relationship, so they took it seriously.)
(So the "brother-in-law" in front is always in quotation marks, not really brother-in-law.)
(The same misunderstanding also appeared in Zhao Kai's reaction when he saw Zhou Jipan playing with stone beads.)
(end of this chapter)