"Sister Fuling is living a good life, it's really a happy thing." Yu Jiao was really happy for Yu Fuling. If a woman married the right man, she would be happy for the rest of her life. If she married the wrong man, she would just be rolling in the mud for the rest of her life. Especially in ancient times, it was extremely difficult for a woman to get a divorce.
Yu Qizhe put away the letter and looked at the green waves on the lake. "I heard that you went riding with Young Marquis Gu yesterday. Young Marquis Gu was born in the army, so I think he is very good at riding. Did he teach you how to ride?"
Yu Jiao widened her eyes slightly, "How do you know that Gu Yun taught me how to ride a horse?"
Yu Qizhe glanced at her sideways, then looked at the spring scenery on the lake, "Yesterday I went to the mansion to pay a visit to Elder Liu, and heard Elder Liu mention something."
"My mother will take me and my second sister back to Pingliang Prefecture to visit relatives in the near future. Pingliang Prefecture is close to the extreme north, and women there travel by horseback, rarely riding in carriages." Yu Jiao said, "Gu Yun is an excellent rider, and I can say that I have barely learned from him."
Pingliang Prefecture is located in the northern border, thousands of miles away from the capital. Yu Qizhe frowned slightly and asked, "When will we leave? When will we come back?"
Yu Jiao shook her head. "Mother said that the weather in Pingliang Prefecture is cold, so we should wait until it gets warmer before setting off. The date has not been set yet." At this point, she remembered the Yuquan Snow Mountain that Yu Qizhe had mentioned. Further north of Pingliang Prefecture is the Arctic Ice Field. This time when she went to Pingliang Prefecture, Yu Jiao also wanted to take a look at the Arctic Ice Field.
After hearing this, Yu Qizhe was silent for a moment and said nothing.
The pleasure boat turned into a reed marsh. The spring reeds had grown slender green leaves, stretching endlessly along both banks. The sound of flowing water and the rustling of the reed leaves in the wind intertwined, carrying the faint scent of spring grass.
There were more lotus leaves on the lake, and fish could occasionally be seen swimming in the clear water. Yu Jiao couldn't help but get up, walk to the window and look out.
Nature has its own healing power. Being in such a refreshing scenery, Yu Jiao's boredom and irritability disappeared. The boat was very close to the lake. Yu Jiao leaned over and stretched out her hand to stir the water, startling a crucian carp hiding under a lotus leaf. The frightened crucian carp slapped the water with its tail, splashing water. Yu Jiao subconsciously stepped back and hit a warm chest.
Yu Jiao turned her head subconsciously, and her lips unexpectedly touched something warm and cool. Yu Jiao was stunned, staring at Yu Qizhe's smooth chin, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and a flush spread across her cheeks.
Yu Qizhe seemed to want to lower his head to talk to her, but now he just lowered his eyes and stared at Yu Jiao, and for a moment he even forgot what to say.
Neither of them spoke for a while. Yu Jiao came to her senses first and found that she was still leaning on Yu Qizhe's chest. She quickly took a step back and looked away. She felt that the air in the houseboat was a little thin and her heartbeat was a little faster.
"Why don't you make any sound when you walk?" Yu Jiao said softly, only then she realized that the wooden boards of the pleasure boat were covered with a velvet carpet with a brocade pattern. Her cheeks felt even hotter.
Yu Qizhe's handsome face showed a helpless smile. He took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Yu Jiao. "You can fish on the pleasure boat. Do you want to go fishing?"
Yu Jiao took the handkerchief, wiped her hands and nodded. In her previous life, her grandfather liked fishing and often sat by the river for an entire afternoon. Influenced by her grandfather, she and her senior brother would occasionally go to the river to fish and recite medical books.
Yu Qizhe lifted the curtain and said something to the boatman. After a while, the boatman brought in a fishing rod and bait.
The pleasure boat stopped deep in the lotus bush. Yu Jiao and Yu Qizhe sat on a futon by the window. Each of them held a fishing rod and threw it into the water, quietly waiting for the fish to bite.
The sun was shining lazily on his body. Yu Qizhe's fishing hook suddenly moved. He slowly reeled in the line, pulled up a grass carp and put it in the fish basket.
He cast the bait line again and soon caught another fish.
Yu Jiao was getting impatient now. She glanced at her fishing rod which was still motionless, suspecting that the bait had been eaten by the fish. She pulled it up to take a look, and found that it was true.
Yu Qizhe beside her had already caught the third fish. Yu Jiao couldn't help but curl her lips, put the bait on the hook again, chose a place a little further away from Yu Qizhe, and threw it into the water.
At this moment, voices suddenly came from the depths of the lotus bushes.
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