Chapter 153 Iron-eating Beast
"Yes, look at the dark circles under its eyes and its round face, how cute!" Xiao Jiuyue looked at the panda with longing. When she saw Momoer doing the splits in the past, it simply melted her heart.
"Yeah." Jun Lie's eyes softened a lot when he looked at her.
Under a big tree not far away, looking from afar, at the window, Xiao Jiuyue and Jun Lie were sitting facing each other, with the candlelight flickering, it was a beautiful picture.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Guo Sheng leaned against a tree trunk, cracking melon seeds as he watched the scene. He threw the shells at Guo Yang standing beside him. "You said, Third Master clearly likes Miss Xiao, but he just won't admit it. So, when did Third Master start liking Miss Xiao?"
"Could it be when we rescued Miss Xiao from her frightened horse in Shengjing?"
"No, no, maybe it was the time when Miss Xiao was not afraid of the yamen runners and argued with them?"
"That's not right." Guo Sheng slapped his thigh and said, "I know, it must have been when Miss Xiao was fooling those bandits!"
"I've inquired about that gang of bandits. I don't know how many people they hurt. If it weren't for Miss Xiao's cleverness, those bandits would have robbed the women of the Xiao family and I'm afraid none of them would have survived."
Guo Sheng said excitedly: "Moreover, when we came back this time, we went to see the bandits and found that they really planted rice according to Miss Xiao's method!"
"You know what? Miss Xiao and our Third Master sitting together are such a perfect match. Isn't this just like the storybooks, the golden boy and the jade girl?" Guo Sheng chattered for a long time, but when Guo Yang didn't say a word, Guo Sheng threw the melon seed shell in his hand at him: "Can't you just say a word?"
"Squeak." Guo Yang held the sword and looked around with a pair of sharp eagle-like eyes. If anything was wrong, it would not escape his eyes.
"Are you a rat? Squeak?" Guo Sheng rolled his eyes fiercely. "You're so boring, I'm afraid you won't even be able to find a wife in the future."
Guo Yang glanced at him and asked, "Did you marry her?"
"Not yet, but..." Guo Sheng's eyes flashed, and he said, "I'm better at speaking than you, and I'm sure I'll get married sooner than you."
Guo Yang didn't even bother to look at him.
In the room, when Xiao Jiuyue was looking at the panda, some images flashed through his mind.
"Pretty brother, I'll draw a panda for you. With the panda protecting you, you won't be bullied."
A long alley with red walls, snowflakes all over the sky, and a beautiful boy kneeling on the ground.
Isn't this the dream she often had as a child?
Xiao Jiuyue shook his head and said, "Third Prince, so you like pandas too?"
"Do you like it very much?" Jun Lie asked instead of answering.
"Yeah." Xiao Jiuyue nodded and said, "Who wouldn't like a round, black and white national treasure?"
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Jiuyue realized that he had spoken out of turn.
"National treasure?" Jun Lie raised his eyebrows.
Xiao Jiuyue cleared her throat and forced an explanation, "I think it's a very rare treasure."
Jun Lie didn't say anything else.
"It's getting late. I'll go back first. Thanks for the account book!" Xiao Jiuyue ran away with the account book. If she stayed any longer, she always felt that she would say something wrong.
"Miss, you're finally back!" Lian Xin was in the room. Seeing Xiao Jiuyue coming back, she quickly went forward and said, "Where have you been? Madam just came to bring you food, and I thought you were asleep."
"Did my mother believe it?" Xiao Jiuyue walked into the house and saw the Tremella and Red Date Soup in the house. Her beautiful mother always remembered her daily life clearly. She liked to eat the sweet Tremella and Red Date Soup very much.
It would be even better if it is chilled.
"Of course I believed it. I said the young lady has been busy these days." Lianxin replied.
Xiao Jiuyue picked up a pen and scribbled on the paper. Soon, a cute panda appeared on the paper.
Lianxin looked at the panda and blurted out, "Iron-eating beast?"
Xiao Jiuyue paused, the ink in her hand trembling and falling onto the paper, leaving a black dot. She asked, "What do you call it?"
"Iron-eating beast?" Lian Xin looked at it seriously and said, "I heard that this thing likes to eat iron and lives in the mountain city. Why did you suddenly think of drawing it? I heard that it can even chew through iron. Do you think that if a person were in its mouth, would they be bitten into pieces in one go?"
Lianxin felt uneasy when she thought that this thing could eat iron. Isn't it as dangerous as the jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains?
"Besides this name, is there no other name?" Xiao Jiuyue put down her pen and asked, "Panda."
Lian Xin thought for a long time before shaking her head and saying, "I haven't heard of it."
How could that be!
Xiao Jiuyue looked at the panda in the painting, and then thought of Jun Lie's eyes. It seemed that he had heard of it before!
Maybe Lianxin has less experience?
forecourt.
Jun Lie sat in front of the window, looking at the seat opposite that had been empty for a long time. If it weren't for the cup of cold tea, there would be no proof that someone had just sat there.
"Are you finally back?" Jun Lie murmured to himself, and he slowly closed his eyes. At the palace banquet in the heavy snow that year, he was teased by the second prince and punished to kneel at the door of the cold palace. It was a piece of sweet date paste cake and those crisp words that kept him alive.
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"Miss, Shi Lizheng has delivered some bayberries, a total of 230 kilograms." The message came from the doorman, and Xiao Jiuyue did not delay and went to check immediately.
The person who came was not Shi Lizheng, but his daughter-in-law, Tian Jinhong.
"Miss, these are the bayberries we harvested yesterday. They were supposed to be delivered yesterday, but something happened and they were delayed all night." Tian Jinhong looked at Xiao Jiuyue shyly. She said, "Every bayberry has been carefully selected. Miss, please take a look and see if they are okay."
Xiao Jiuyue looked at the bright red bayberries. They were much smaller than the hybrid bayberries of later generations, but they were all bright red. She picked one up and put it in her mouth. Lian Xin, who was standing next to her, didn't even finish her words and could only swallow it hard.
"It's sour and sweet, and tastes good." Xiao Jiuyue looked at the bayberries and said, "Put out half a basin of bayberries, wash them, and soak them in salt water."
Lianxin responded, and after all the bayberries were weighed, Xiao Jiuyue directly paid Tian Jinhong the price of two cents per pound!
"Thank you, Miss." Tian Jinhong looked at the heavy copper coins in her hand and felt happy. Everyone had earned more money.
"The bayberries you picked are all very good." Xiao Jiuyue said meaningfully. It can be seen that the bayberries must have been picked before, and all the picked ones are bright red. No green bayberries have been delivered.
"It's my duty." Tian Jinhong answered embarrassedly. Even though she had seen her many times, she was still shocked by Xiao Jiuyue's beauty.
After seeing Tian Jinhong off, Xiao Jiuyue went straight to the kitchen and told Mother Geng how to deal with the bayberries. At the same time, he picked half a basin of bayberries and sprinkled salt on them to soak them.
"Miss, is it still edible with so much salt?" Lianxin looked at Xiao Jiuyue adding salt and couldn't help but worry, will it be too salty to eat?
"Lianxin, you don't understand. Add some salt and the bayberries will be sweeter when you eat them later!" Mother Geng said with a smile.
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