The stream water at night was very clear and cool, and it was safer than during the day. It was also a good time for oily fish to forage. After a short time, the two caught dozens of them, and they became more interested.
It wasn't until Lu Zhong's calling came from far behind that the siblings straightened up and turned their heads, only to realize that the two of them had walked a long way on the forked stream inadvertently. No wonder Dad's voice sounded panicked.
Lu Xiaoshu quickly responded loudly, and Lu Qi said: "We have caught so many, it's time for us to go back!"
Lu Xiaoshu nodded his head as he looked at the strings of oily fish skewered in his hand.
The two brothers and sisters were walking back, Lu Zhong and Miao Chuhe had already found them, Lu Zhong frowned and said, "Aqi, you really are, how can you run around with your second sister in the middle of the night? How dangerous!" As he spoke, he went up to hold Lu Xiaoshu's hand and hurriedly asked her if she had fallen, if she was hurt anywhere, or if she was scared or something.
Lu Qi glanced at Lu Xiaoshu and said with a smile: "Look, I knew it, father blamed me again! Every time this little girl took the lead in making trouble, it turned out to be my fault, alas, who called me a brother?" !"
Lu Xiaoshu gave a "puchi" smile, annoyed him and said, "You still say it when you know it!"
Lu Zhong also said: "Xiaoshu is right, how old is she and how old are you? If you don't blame you, can you blame her?" He said, leading his daughter and the four of them back.
Everyone had a fruitful night, and Miao Chuhe actually caught two mountain turtles, one big and one small, the big one was as big as the mouth of a bowl, and the small one was as big as the mouth of a teacup. Lu Xiaoshu was overjoyed to see it, and clamored to take it home and raise it.
Miao Chuhe smiled and said, "Is it kept in the fish pond? You are not afraid of it escaping!" The water in the fish pond is connected with the water of the mountain channel flowing through it. The turtle is different from the fish, so don't look at it crawling slowly , It is too easy to escape and regain freedom.
Lu Xiaoshu tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "Then it's better not to keep it in the fish pond, I'm afraid it will steal my fish and shrimp! Well, I just keep it in the flowers in our yard.
Miao Chuhe let out a laugh and said, "Xiao Shu, you think you are raising a dog!" Lu Zhong also shook his head in amused manner. Lu Qi rolled his eyes, thinking that this girl can't do anything, it's not surprising that she treats a turtle like a dog. Mr. Wu had the same idea as Lu Qi, this female student urinates differently from others.
But Lu Xiaoshu didn't feel anything and said, "What's wrong with this? Put a bowl of water in a small bowl and put it next to it. When it gets tired from playing in the shade of the flowers, it will come over to take a bath and drink some water. Every two or three days Feed it a piece of meat, won’t it do?”
Who said that turtles must be kept in fish tanks or ponds? In her previous life, she also raised it like this, okay? She threw it in the back garden of her home, dug a shallow pit, and half-buried a small pot so that the mouth of the pot was just level with the ground. When it was tired from playing in the shade of flowers, it came out to wash. Take a shower, and then crawl over to get some shade. After it was cooked, she often didn't see it for several days, and only when it was hungry would it come out and circle around the basin. In the winter, there was no trace of it. It dug a hole somewhere and buried itself, so that she thought it was missing. As a result, when the spring was warm and the flowers bloomed in the next year, it slowly disappeared. Knowing where it came from, it stretched its limbs and crawled lazily by the water basin, amused her so much...
Well, tortoises are all tortoises. The concept of ancient and modern ones is the same. Of course, today's ones can also be raised like this!
A group of people talked and laughed and returned home. After inspection, they got a lot of harvest. They caught more than 30 stone frogs and countless kinds of fish. Miao Cuilan and the others were still waiting, while Tong Yu'er held Jin'er in her arms and watched, Jin'er couldn't help but widen her eyes curiously when she saw the croaking stone frog with staring eyes, and followed the croaking croaking, causing everyone a burst of excitement laughing out loud.
Lu Xiaoshu likes to raise fish the most, so he picks out those alive and kicking ones and puts them in the bucket. Brother Yang helps to carry them to the fish pond to release them. Miao Cuilan and the nanny were busy processing all the fish. The stone frogs were kept in a large tank in the yard and covered with wooden boards, so they could kill them and eat them tomorrow night.
Miao Cuilan and the others cooked fish porridge for supper when they were at home, and now they served bowls of porridge for everyone. After using the porridge, Mr. Wu stood up and said goodbye after talking for a while. Before leaving, he suddenly said to Lu Xiaoshu: " That's right, since we had so much fun tonight, Xiao Shu, should we draw another picture of Songxi Moonlit Night? Hmm?"
Lu Xiaoshu couldn't say it badly, he raised his head and said, "Would you like to draw a picture of catching fish?"
Mr. Wu chuckled, shook his head and sighed: "It's really lost your mood, you girl, you only think about eating besides playing!" Everyone who said that laughed.
Mr. Wu smiled and left, Miao Chuhe smiled at Lu Xiaoshu: "It happened that Mr. Wu reminded me of this, Xiaoshu, draw me two fans when you have time! Summer is coming, it's time to use fans Already!"
Miao Chuhe naturally stopped studying in the academy after he was selected as a candidate, but occasionally he would go to visit his teacher and two or three other knowledgeable elders in the local area, or gather with other scholars to discuss literature and discuss Taoism from time to time. learn from each other.
Scholars, of course they love Fengya! A folding fan is indispensable in the hot summer! Some are more two-sided. In the winter, when admiring plum blossoms and snow, you need to hold a fan in your hand to pretend to be elegant.
So this fan is a very important prop for scholars.
Lu Xiaoshu understood what was going on as soon as he heard it, and said with sparkling eyes: "Little uncle, little uncle, can my painting really be used as a fan?"
Lu Xiaoshu was a little nervous and looking forward to it. She asked Mr. Wu several times about her paintings in different ways. what level. It made Lu Xiaoshu's heart itch endlessly.
Now she can't check it online, she has been living in Wuzhi Village, how can she know the market outside!
"Of course!" Miao Chuhe said with a smile: "Your painting style is not vulgar, mighty or imposing, and I don't know how many people can't match you in their lifetime! In my opinion, you are better than many famous teachers!"
Miao Cuilan happened to come over from the kitchen, and when she heard this, she couldn't help saying: "You can praise her vigorously! How old is she, how can she bear your words!"
Lu Xiaoshu was originally happy, but after hearing what his mother said, he couldn't help but lower his face and pout his mouth in frustration.
Miao Cuilan gave a "chi" smile, shook her head and sighed: "Little girl is getting more and more tempered, mother said that you are just afraid of getting hit! Really, look at this little pout!"
"Little uncle?" Lu Xiaoshu turned to Miao Chuhe again.
"Sister, I'm telling the truth!" Miao Chuhe glanced at Miao Cuilan, smiled and said to Lu Xiaoshu: "It's really very good, your handwriting is also very good, um, just give it to me How about painting an old plum blossom and a pine forest?"
"As long as little uncle doesn't dislike it!" Lu Xiaoshu agreed without hesitation, and then asked Miao Chuhe sideways about the market of calligraphy and painting. How could Miao Chuhe know that she was playing tricks in her heart, so he told her everything he knew, and Lu Xiaoshu secretly wrote it down.
Half a month later, Lu Xiaoshu rolled up two paintings he had drawn, one of the Three Friends of Suihan and one of Meishi Mountain Bird, and privately took the name of "Biteng Mountain Man" and engraved a seal, quietly in the In Mr. Wu's study, he poked it in the vermilion ink pad and covered the bottom side of the two paintings. After some time, he used the excuse of going to the city to visit his brother, so he wrapped the two paintings and prepared to sell them.
After entering the city, she suddenly thought that she was still a little girl, maybe the owner of the shop would cheat her, so she turned to her brother and called Lin Fang out.
The Lin family is a well-known name in the city. With Lin Fang, a little local snake following her, it is expected that the shop owner would not dare to cheat her after eating a bear's heart and leopard.
"You want to sell two paintings?" Lin Fang said in surprise, "Show me what they look like. Our family has a shop dealing in calligraphy, painting and gold stones. Let me see what they look like and help you get a good price."
"Okay!" Lu Xiaoshu didn't think there was any shame in going through the back door and talking about human relationships. The three of them entered a teahouse, and she untied the burden, and carefully opened the picture scroll for Lin Fang to see.
Lin Fang's academic performance was not as good as Lu Qi's back then, so how could he know anything about calligraphy and painting? Holding this painting up and down, I can't see anything good or bad.
Lu Xiaoshu got impatient, poked him and rolled his eyes and said, "Hey, will you watch it?"
Lin Fang was a little embarrassed by her gorgeous contempt, coughed and said: "It's good, it's good, by the way, who drew this? Is it your little uncle?" Well, if it's Master Juren's Painting, it should be worth twenty or thirty taels of silver, are you an acquaintance, of course you have to give face, at least fifty taels! Lin Xin secretly estimated.
Lu Xiaoshu hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said, "No..." She didn't dare to make fun of her little uncle. The reputation of the little uncle is more precious than gold, and the little uncle is at home, this kind of thing is too easy to cheat, if the parents find out, they will have to learn a lesson!
"Could it be—"
Lu Qi suddenly opened his eyes wide and cried out in surprise, Lu Xiaoshu coughed in a hurry and called out "Brother!".
Lin Fang asked strangely, "No? Whose is that?" Uh, why did he find it weird that the siblings were flirting with each other? It's just that this feeling passed by in a flash, and when he wanted to think carefully, Lu Xiaoshu had already calmed down and nothing happened.
Lu Xiaoshu said unhappily: "Bitengshan people, a, um, an expert who doesn't want to reveal his name. Hey, I told you secretly, you are not allowed to say it!"
Hearing this, Lu Qi almost spit out a sip of tea, raised his eyes and glanced at his girl who was not blushing and sincere, and thought, Second Sister, how dare you say it! Those who don't want to be named... expert...
Lin Fang let out an "oh", although he felt that the words were prevaricated, but it was not impossible, so he nodded and said, "Okay! Let's go, I'll take you to the shop right away!"
"En!" Lu Xiaoshu smiled openly.