earthworm?!

Those little black and brown bugs that keep wriggling? !

Yu Tang felt goosebumps all over his body. He quietly took two steps back and said with a trembling voice, "Earthworms? Why do you want to hang earthworms? Don't fish eat bran?"

Pei Yan looked at Yu Tang with disdain and said, "Who told you that fish eat bran? The ones that eat bran are pigs."

Is that so?

Yu Tang wasn't quite sure, so naturally he didn't dare to refute.

But she still can't stand hanging earthworms and the like.

She didn't want to expose her fear, so she pretended to be casual and took a few steps back, sitting on the beauty chair next to the pavilion, and asked from a distance: "Are there fish in this river? What kind of fish are there?" After that, she looked around and saw that there seemed to be a few maple trees not far away. She pointed at them and said: "Are those maple trees? In autumn, the scenery here is not very beautiful. Frosted leaves are redder than February flowers. Does anyone come here to enjoy the scenery in winter?"

Pei Yan watched her trying her best to hide her fear and change the subject. He felt that she looked shy, like a kitten caught taking a bath. She was both adorable and pitiful. He was reluctant to continue teasing her. He stood up, patted his clothes, walked to her side, followed her gaze, and recognized the maple trees he planted when he was a child. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Those are indeed maple trees. When I was a child, I saw them on the road when I went to Fenglin Temple in Wutai Mountain for the first time with my father. I thought they were very rare, so I asked someone to give me a few trees. At that time, my mother was repairing the courtyard, and the master didn't know where to plant the trees, so my father planted these trees in the other courtyard."

There is such a thing!

Yu Tang was very interested and ran over.

Pei Yan followed her with a smile and asked her, "How do you recognize this is a maple tree? Most people can't recognize it."

Yu Tang said with some pride, "I am the only child in my family. My father likes children very much. He has held me on his neck since I was young. He was afraid that others would say something, so he dressed me up as a boy and often took me to his poetry gatherings. But when he attended these poetry gatherings, he would forget about me and let me run around with those servants. Therefore, I not only know a lot of trees, but also a lot of flowers." At this point, she remembered something, "I see there are no flowers and trees in your yard. Don't you like flowers?"

"That's not the case." Pei Yan touched his nose, thought for a while, and then whispered, "When my father passed away, it was summer, and the flowers were in full bloom, as if they were unaware of the sorrows and joys of the world. I was upset by the sight, so I had them all picked."

Flowers and trees are heartless and have no idea of ​​the sorrows and joys of the world!

I don't like colorful things because my father passed away. I didn't expect Pei Yan to be so sentimental.

Could it be that he is exactly the person who lives up to the saying "Those who seem heartless are the most affectionate"?

Yu Tang thought about it, and then looked at Pei Yan's handsome face, which was even more attractive because of his somewhat cold face. His heart suddenly softened.

"Maybe it's because you like trees more." Yu Tang couldn't help but make excuses for him, "Look at where you live and the pavilion you chose, both are surrounded by lush trees."

The elders once said that people who like mountains value morality, and people who like water are sentimental.

So what kind of person is Pei Yan?

The way Yu Tang looked at him couldn't help but reveal a hint of infatuation.

Pei Yan could naturally feel it.

It is already a rare opportunity to receive the frank admiring gaze of a beauty like Yu Tang, let alone the one you love.

Pei Yan felt the floating feeling.

It was like the first time his father praised him for his good writing, the first time he took part in the palace examination, the first time he put on an official robe... No wonder others compare passing the imperial examination with the wedding night.

He couldn't help but raised his eyebrows and smiled, saying, "Won't you know it later?"

Yu Tang looked at him with his heart pounding violently.

When a person who never smiles starts to smile, his whole person seems to light up, which is really unbearable.

She forgot to answer Pei Yan and just smiled foolishly.

This girl doesn't know how to restrain herself at all.

Pei Yan had a smile on his lips and affectionate eyes. He didn't know how gentle his smile was. In his heart, he thought that it was a good thing that he brought Yu Tang fishing alone, otherwise if someone saw Yu Tang like this, they would definitely guess that there was love between them.

He was secretly glad that he had made the impromptu decision to let Yu Tang learn housekeeping skills from his mother in advance, so that they could have more time to spend together.

Pei Yan and Yu Tang just stood and sat beside the pavilion, silently but peacefully accompanying each other. If Ah Ming hadn't hung up the earthworms and called Pei Yan, the two of them might have continued to sit there quietly.

Ah Ming's shout not only broke the peace between the two, but also brought Yu Tang back to his previous bad mood.

She frowned.

Pei Yan looked at her with amusement, walked to the small stool in front of the lake, sat down, and waved at her: "Come and fish too."

Yu Tang then realized that two stools had been placed on the steps of the pavilion on the lake side. The bamboo basket she had been holding was tied with ropes and floated in the lake. Several unfamiliar servants stood by with their heads down, serving her. She did not see any earthworms or other baits.

She walked to the lake and craned her neck to look.

There was nothing on the lake.

How to fish?

Yu Tang was muttering to himself when he saw a servant pick up a fishing rod and throw it into the lake. He then handed the rod to Pei Yan who was sitting on a mat. Pei Yan took the rod and stared at the white fishing float on the lake, paying attention to its movements.

This is fishing?

Yu Tang glanced at Pei Yan’s snow-white clothes.

I think I guessed it right.

She stretched her neck and looked around, and found two servants working together to hang something on a fishing hook.

Sure enough, this is what Pei Yan called fishing.

She overestimated Pei Yan.

The villain in Yu Tang's heart covered her face, feeling that Pei Yan had once again "enlightened her".

Pei Yan was still clueless and called out to her, "Come sit down. I've had mosquitoes fumigated. Even though the sun is directly overhead, you won't be exposed to the sun. You'll find it interesting if you catch a couple of fish."

I'm afraid she will never understand what fishing is like.

Yu Tang muttered to himself and sat on the pony beside her feet.

A servant threw a fishing rod, and Ah Ming ran over to catch it and then passed it to Yu Tang.

After Yu Tang picked up the fishing rod, she found it was quite heavy. After holding it for a while, she felt a little tired and changed her posture.

Pei Yan seemed to have back eyes and ordered a servant beside him: "Help Miss Yu get it."

The boy immediately ran over and helped Yu Tang get the fishing rod.

Yu Tang had nothing in his hands and nothing to do.

She tried to chat with Pei Yan: "Do you go fishing often?"

Who knew Pei Yan would yell at her, signaling her not to make a sound, and whispered, "Be careful not to scare the fish away."

Then he started staring at the lake again.

So what are they here for?

Just sitting there like this?

Yu Tang rested his elbows on his knees and held his chin with his hands. He felt that fishing was really boring.

But when her father and his friends went out fishing, they were chatting and laughing, having a lot of fun, which was quite interesting!

Maybe it’s just so boring just because I follow Pei Yan fishing!

Yu Tang curled her lips and decided not to go fishing with Pei Yan again. Then she found that the servant who was holding the fishing rod for her suddenly took two steps towards her.

She was startled.

I leaned back and almost fell down... Then I saw the boy hook up the fishing rod with great excitement... A big fish a foot long floated to the surface...

"Not bad, not bad!" Pei Yan stood up and praised Yu Tang, "I didn't expect you to catch a fish with just one stroke."

Immediately, a servant came running over, holding the bamboo basket she had brought with her.

The fish were placed in bamboo baskets and returned to the lake.

The servants continued to put bait on the fish, cast the fishing rod, and helped her hold the fishing rod...

This is Pei Yan’s fishing.

All right!

She shouldn't have expected anything from Pei Yan, a man who loves cleanliness to an excessive degree.

Now Yu Tang can sit there and fish peacefully.

Yu Tang found that the surrounding scenery was indeed very beautiful.

Sitting here, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains.

But Yu Tang couldn't help but chat with Pei Yan: "What are you doing here in autumn? Autumn is not a good season for fishing, right?"

Her father usually goes fishing in summer.

She thought of the scrolls in the blue-and-white porcelain jars in Pei Yan's study and asked, "Do you like painting? Will you paint in this pavilion?" She also thought of the flowers he painted for his own lacquerware shop. "I heard that you have to observe and appreciate flowers to paint them. Only then can you know which flowers will bloom and when, and then you can paint flowers in various postures. You paint flowers so well. Do you also observe flowers for a long time?"

The chirping sound is pleasant to the ear, but it also sounds like a hundred orioles singing in your ears.

Pei Yan was a little depressed.

No one has ever taken his words so lightly as Yu Tang.

He told her to stop talking because it would disturb the fish, so she was quiet for a while...

Pei Yan turned his head and saw Yu Tang's eyes, which were brighter than usual because of curiosity. All the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat.

Yu Tang also asked him: "I know there is a greenhouse here, is there a greenhouse where you live?"

Pei Yan endured it for a moment, and finally said, "There is one, which is smaller than this one. The largest greenhouse in the Pei Mansion is behind the old Anren's yard. My great-grandmother especially liked to grow flowers. The greenhouse seemed to have existed before that. It was expanded during my great-grandmother's time. Later, after my mother got married, because my grandfather liked to grow flowers, he brought many rare varieties and expanded it again. The yard where you lived in Hangzhou before also had a greenhouse, which was built by my grandfather. When my grandfather was in poor health, he was afraid that these flowers and trees would be neglected and left unattended, so he moved most of them to our greenhouse. If you have time, you can go and have a look. There are no less than 600 varieties of orchids in the greenhouse alone. If you like, you can transplant some to the greenhouse in our yard when the time comes."

What "our yard"!

Yu Tang's face turned red and she didn't dare to look at Pei Yan.

Pei Yan was in a fog and it took him a while to react. But when he did, he only felt sweetness.

It seems that talking about marriage is also very interesting.

At least it's more fun than fishing now.

He sat up straight, staring at the calm lake, and said, "Atang, do you like the courtyard I live in now? Do you want to move to another courtyard? Otherwise, I will talk to Mom and we will go back to the mansion to watch the dragon boat race during the Dragon Boat Festival. You can walk around and see which courtyard you like. We will move to that courtyard then."