Bao Ning jumped up because of his pinching. She looked around and felt relieved when she saw that no one was paying attention to them.

"Can you be more serious?" Bao Ning whispered to him, "Go get two pairs of clean bowls and chopsticks. It's time to eat."

"What's the point of eating?" Pei Yuan stepped forward and held Bao Ning in his arms, lowering his head to suck her eyelids, "We used to do that in the house, it was so boring and not fresh. This time we changed it to outside, there is wind and moon..."

Bao Ning interrupted him: "And there are big poisonous mosquitoes."

Pei Yuan rolled up his sleeves and tapped her forehead: "You don't understand romance."

Bao Ning glanced at him: "It's obviously you who are too presumptuous and reckless."

She clapped her hands and called the two dogs over, picked up Ah Huang and checked its neck. The jade pendant that Ah Huang wore was a bit heavy, and it rubbed the hair around his neck, causing it to shed and bleed in some places. Bao Ning felt so bad that he cut the hair on his neck and applied medicine to him. He also sealed the jade pendant and stopped wearing it.

Pei Yuan was shocked by Bao Ning's words. He pulled her and asked angrily, "You said I was Meng Lang?"

Bao Ning said, "I saw the forest and felt romantic and wanted to write a poem. You, on the other hand, are thinking about things that are hard to say. Aren't you Meng Lang?"

Pei Yuan stared and said, "Do you have the guts to say it again?" Bao

Ning ignored him, put Ah Huang down, walked towards Aunt Liu, and asked, "Are the cakes steamed?"

Pei Yuan called her, but Bao Ning ignored him, leaving him standing there alone and sulking.

Jixiang sat silently by the side and looked at the sky. Seeing that Pei Yuan didn't leave, he looked at him, and the man and the dog looked at each other.

Pei Yuan didn't know why, his mind twitched, and he suddenly cursed him, "Widow dog."

Jixiang narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing why.

Pei Yuan said again: "Oh, you are not even a widow. I don't think you will find a husband in your lifetime. What kind of dog are you? Poor dog."

Jixiang roared, and Pei Yuan felt much better. He went back to the house to change clothes, wash his hands and go out to eat. But his face was still cold.

...

Dinner was eaten in the yard. Baoning and Pei Yuan sat opposite each other on a small stone table. On the table were steamed cakes, roasted chicken, and a few side dishes. Baoning spread the cakes in a bowl, put a layer of washed cabbage leaves, and then put a few pieces of chicken, some sour cucumber shreds, soft and glutinous potato shreds, and a spoonful of secret sauce. Wrap it up and hand it to Pei Yuan.

"Eat, don't be angry."

Pei Yuan picked up the chopsticks, took it, and said in a calm voice: "I'm not angry."

Bao Ning looked at him and thought to herself that it would be weird if she believed you. She knew that what she said at that time had touched Pei Yuan's sore spot, and she wanted to reconcile with him, and deliberately found a topic to ask: "You haven't come back since you went out during the day, where did you have lunch?"

Pei Yuan replied: "I went out with Wei Meng, in West Street."

"Oh, West Street." Bao Ning picked up a piece of chicken for him and asked, "What did you eat?" Pei Yuan

replied: "Dumplings."

"Oh, dumplings, they are really delicious." Bao Ning picked up another piece of chicken for him, "There seem to be a lot of dumpling shops on West Street, which one did you eat?"

Pei Yuan replied: "Zhang Dasao's steamed dumplings."

When did this man become so frugal with words, is he really angry? Baoning pulled a chicken leg for him and put it in the bowl, smiling and asking: "What's the filling?"

Pei Yuan said: "Pork and cabbage."

He answered one question after another, and had no intention of taking the initiative to talk. Baoning could only bite the bullet and ask: "Then did you eat it with vinegar?"

Pei Yuan finally looked up and looked at her: "What do you want to say?"

Baoning also frowned and whispered: "Don't you think that we have a little bit of contradictions in some places, which are not irreconcilable?"

Pei Yuan stuffed the wrapped cakes into his mouth in two times: "I don't think so."

Baoning counted with his fingers: "Since moving to the palace, how many times have you... done it? About three times in two days. I feel so tired, and you must be tired too..."

"I'm not tired." Pei Yuan handed the chicken leg back to her, "If you're tired, eat more."

Bao Ning put aside her shame. She was determined to make it clear to Pei Yuan today: "Today, a servant in the mansion was sick, and a doctor was invited. When I saw the doctor, I asked him what would happen if we had sex too much. Do you know what the doctor said? It can kill people! At the mildest, your eyes will be dark, your body will be thin, and your spirit will be weak. If it's serious, you will have a stroke. Do you know what a stroke is? It means you are lying in bed, unable to move, and you still need me to serve you, bring you water and food, wipe your body and carry the toilet, and maybe your mouth and eyes will be crooked..."

Pei Yuan's face became gloomier as he listened, and he put down his chopsticks with a snap: "Who told you this!"

"Don't worry about it. Wait, I'll show you something." Bao Ning stood up, hurried into the house, and hurried out again, holding a piece of paper in her hand, and handed it to Pei Yuan.

In the dim light of the sky, Pei Yuan saw clearly that she had written a perpetual calendar herself. After each day, she used a red pen or a black pen to mark it, some were black circles, and some were red crosses. There were many more crosses than circles.

Bao Ning explained, "I studied some I Ching this afternoon. All things grow together. The negative yin is the positive yang. The negative yin is the negative ...

"What does what you said have to do with Zhouyi? Don't throw dirty water on Zhouyi." Pei Yuan's eyes were dangerous. Seeing Baoning's mouth tightly shut, he asked, "Are you done?"

Baoning said "ah" and said, "There is something I haven't shown you yet. I wanted to show it to you after dinner, but seeing you are so anxious, I will show it to you now."

Pei Yuan watched her run into the house again, came out with a wooden box, and handed it to him with a blushing face.

Pei Yuan frowned and put his fingertips on her cheek: "Why is it so red? Is it cold in the wind?"

Baoning said, "Open it and have a look."

Her expression was too abnormal. Pei Yuan looked at the box for a while and raised his hand to unlock it. Before opening it, he thought about countless possible things inside. Baoning was so nervous, it must be something bad. Was it used to scare him? Or was it a disaster?

But when he really opened it, Pei Yuan was dumbfounded. He had never seen this thing before and didn't recognize it.

It seemed to be made of wood, like a mold, hollow in the middle, with openings at both ends, like a hollow bamboo tube, but narrower. He touched it with his fingers, and it was very soft, but not as soft as cotton, but firm, dense and soft.

Bao Ning saw his confusion and explained, "It's made of fat pig skin."

Pei Yuan put the thing down and asked, "What is this for?"

Bao Ning said nervously, "I have been thinking about this since I saw the doctor. I developed it for a whole afternoon. It can help you and me. So I named it the Happy Cylinder!"

She walked over and picked up the "Happy Cylinder" to demonstrate it to Pei Yuan.

Pei Yuan was calm at first. He just thought Bao Ning made some small toy on a whim, but when she lifted his clothes, Pei Yuan's face froze.

Baoning lifted up his shirt, pointed at that place and said, "If my finger was there, it would be yours."

Pei Yuan looked at Baoning with eager eyes as he shyly but resolutely put his finger into the "happy tube", rubbed it quickly for a few times, then pulled it out and asked in a low voice, "Do you understand?"

Pei Yuan felt a lump in his heart and his mind was confused.

He opened his mouth several times, wanting to say something, but he couldn't find the right words. His hands on the table slowly clenched into fists, and finally he shouted: "Ji Baoning!"

"Don't be so vicious!" Baoning stood up and explained hurriedly, "You always let me use my hands. You relieved it, and my palms hurt, so I thought of this method. Isn't it good like this? You can do whatever you want, and the pig skin doesn't feel pain, and it won't disturb my sleep."

Pei Yuan was speechless for a while.

He snatched the tube and locked it back into the box. As if throwing away a dirty thing, he threw the box into the corner of the wall: "Don't let me see this thing again in the future!"

Baoning put her hands behind her back, she stood, a little taller than Pei Yuan, and looked at him.

After a long while, Pei Yuan finally calmed down. He tried to use a gentle tone to ask: "Did I make you uncomfortable about this?"

Bao Ning nodded: "Yes."

"I will change in the future." Pei Yuan took her hand and placed it on his palm. "We still have a lot of time to slowly adjust and let you accept this."

Bao Ning frowned: "I don't like it. I feel embarrassed and painful."

"I didn't do it well." Pei Yuan repeated, "I will change in the future and do it according to your ideas."

Bao Ning was half-believing and half-doubting: "Really?"

Pei Yuan said: "Have I lied to you?"

"My idea..." Bao Ning touched the perpetual calendar again, "My idea is, why not do it once every 15th day..."

Pei Yuan split the paper in half with a palm and said loudly: "What a good dream!"

"But I must rest today." Bao Ning knew that she had gone too far just now, so she stopped talking about the paper and said, "Sleep well, don't touch me, don't touch me for three days."

Pei Yuan looked at her with a sullen face for a long time, and finally relaxed and forced a smile: "Okay."

Bao Ning said: "Then you continue to eat." She said, and went to pick up the box again.

Pei Yuan shouted: "If you dare to pick up that happy tube back to the room tonight, you won't be happy this month!"

Bao Ning retracted her hand embarrassedly: "Then I'll go find Aunt Liu to heat up some water. I'll take a bath after dinner."

The roast chicken was still delicious, and Pei Yuan chewed it in his mouth, and he didn't enjoy it as much as he did at the beginning. He thought deeply and confusedly, why didn't Bao Ning like to do that? What on earth was in her head that she even thought of making a happy cone? He had to do something... to make Bao Ning fall in love with this thing from the bottom of his heart, and even ask for it in the future?

...

Pei Yuan finished his meal, sat outside quietly for a while, and walked into the bathroom with a gloomy face.

Bao Ning was very happy. She diligently prepared scented soap and new clothes, sat by the lamp and sewed clothes, and waited for him to come out before washing herself. Pei Yuan seemed to go to the martial arts training ground more often recently, and his clothes were always torn. Even if they were torn, they were still too extravagant. He just needed to sew them a little. Even if he didn't wear them, it would be good to donate them to the temple for charity.

The thread was gone. Baoning squinted her eyes while twisting the thread and threading the needle. When Nanny Liu came in worried, she was startled: "What's wrong?"

Nanny Liu said: "General Qiu is here and wants to see you."

Baoning didn't pay attention to the second part of the sentence and looked into the bathroom and said: "Your Majesty will come out in a while. Let General Qiu wait in the flower hall."

Nanny Liu said: "I didn't go to the flower hall. General Qiu will stay at the back door and only let you go."