Chapter 6: Pear Blossoms Flying
The two girls arrived at the martial arts field and walked towards the place where archery was practiced. From a distance they saw several men in riding clothes standing together.
One of the figures with thin ink drawing a bow was particularly tall and straight, like a pine or a cypress, or a vigorous green bamboo, with a restrained aura but a sharp edge.
"Brother!" Ming Yuelin ran towards Ming Zhao happily.
Mingzhao shot the arrow and nodded at her with a smile. His eyes were gentle as he raised his hand to support her arm. "Don't run. Be careful not to fall."
The arrow had already hit the bull's eye.
"How can it be so easy to fall?"
Ming Zhouqing held the bow ring in his hand and said, "Why, you only see the eldest brother and can't see the other brothers?"
Ming Yuelin glanced at him and said, "I see you every day. What's so special about you?"
"It smells good from a distance but stinks up close, right?" Ming Zhouqing clicked his tongue.
She raised her chin, said "hmm" proudly, and pulled Shi Jianli forward, "Brother, this is Sister Li, Second Aunt's niece. You should have heard of her, right?"
"My third and fourth sisters don't like riding and shooting. Fortunately, Sister Li is here to accompany me, otherwise I would be without a companion."
Mingzhao then looked at Shi Jianli seriously, and asked with a gentle smile, "I just met him today when I came back from the West Mansion, but I don't know his name."
Mingzhao had been away from home for most of the year since he was fifteen. Before he left home, he saw that Li had not come to live with him yet. Occasionally when he returned home, he heard the servants say that his second aunt had a niece who came to the house, but he really didn't know her name.
When they met before nap, she called him cousin and he just glanced at her briefly.
"I see pears from time to time. Because I was born in spring, there was a pear tree outside the lane of my old residence. It was dusk, so I took it from the line 'The sun is setting and the deep lane is deserted, and pear blossoms are sometimes seen flying.'" Shi Jianli's lips curled up slightly as she replied softly.
Mingzhao nodded slightly and said, "Miss Shi, the name is very appropriate for the occasion."
Sometimes, Li's eyes moved slightly, her long eyelashes were half-closed, and she nodded slightly.
He seemed gentle, but there was a distance between them. It seemed that she had called him cousin incorrectly.
"Cousin." She looked at Ming Zhouhe, then passed her gaze over the other men, "Second cousin, fourth cousin, fifth cousin, sixth cousin."
Ming Zhouhe glanced at Ming Zhaohuan, tilted his head slightly to his side, and motioned her to come over. "We'd like to ask Big Brother to teach us the art of joining forces. I've already learned it, but do you want me to teach you?"
"As for the second sister, my second brother also said that she smells good when she's far away, but smells bad when she's close. She doesn't care about us, the smelly brothers who are close by. Let her stick to the eldest brother."
"Okay." Shi Jianli's brows relaxed, and she nodded with a slight smile. She followed him to the weapon rack and took out her usual bow and arrow.
There are five types of archery, namely Baishi, Canlian, Shanzhu, Xiangchi and Jingyi.
Bai Shi means the arrow has passed through the target and turned white at the tip.
Canlian, three arrows are fired in succession, with the back arrow connected to the front arrow end to end, like strings of pearls.
Shanzhu refers to the speed of the arrow.
Xiang Chi, when I was shooting with you, I gave you one foot and stepped back to show you my respect.
Well instrument, four arrows are connected and all hit the target, like a well instrument.
When Mingyuelin looked over, she saw Li and Mingzhou had also chosen a bow and arrow. She then asked Mingzhao to take her aside to teach her.
When they were a little further away, she pulled Ming Zhaohuan's sleeve.
Mingzhao still lowered his head, looking at her with some confusion.
Ming Yuelin moved closer to him, put her hands on her hips and whispered, "Sister Li is a very nice person. Please don't be so rude to her. It will affect our friendship."
Mingzhao straightened up helplessly. "When did I ever treat her coldly? I'm just not that familiar with her. She said she loved me just now, how could she turn against me so quickly?"
"I'm not criticizing you. Don't try to accuse me. It's not a good habit."
"Okay, I've learned that." Mingzhao couldn't help but laugh. "Tomorrow is a day off, and I have an appointment with Youqian. Do you want to come with me?"
Ji Rangzhou, whose courtesy name was Youqian.
"What are you going to do? No, there's no point in making an appointment with an old-fashioned guy. I'm going to watch Sister Li make new clothes. You go by yourself." Ming Yuelin drew his bow and aimed at the target.
Tokimeri was guided by Mingchuhe to adjust the height of his arm and shoot three arrows in a row. After practicing for a while, he shot four arrows, all of which hit the center of the bull's eye.
"It's very accurate, more accurate than my fourth brother and second sister." Ming Zhouhe praised.
Shi Jianli tilted her head slightly, "Sister Lin will be unhappy if she hears this."
"When my second sister heard it, she would just yell, 'Sister Li is so awesome.'" Seeing the smile between her eyebrows, Ming Zhouhe smiled mischievously and imitated her.
Normally, he looks cool, quiet and steady, but when he hears compliments, he still smiles a bit childishly.
Which girl doesn't like to act coquettishly with her relatives? He remembered that his cousin was very naughty when she was a child, but after his uncle and aunt passed away, she became like this. When she acted coquettishly with his mother, she was gentle, well-behaved and sensible.
"Yes, Sister Li is amazing. She's always the best student among the girls in every archery class." Ming Yuelin leaned over with his hands behind his back. "I really admire Sister Li!"
Shi Jianli saw her smiling brightly and pinched her face.
Ming Yuelin threw the bow and arrow to Ming Zhaohuan, then took the bow from Shi Jianli's hand and threw it to Ming Zhouhe. He and Shi Jianli hugged each other and said, "I'm hungry. Shall we go to the kitchen and get two plates of snacks?"
"good."
Mingzhao withdrew his gaze from the bull's eye with the deep arrow mark and looked at Shi Jianli, somewhat surprised at her archery skills.
"Cousin, wait a minute." Before Mingyuelin tried to pull the person away, Mingzhouhe called out to Shi Jianli.
He leaned over and whispered, "Tomorrow, Nanny Fang will go get the engagement letter. When the letter comes back, I'll put him in a sack. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Seeing Qiao Jingchuan being beaten up is really satisfying.
Shi Jianli hesitated for a moment. What's so good about beating people?
Ming Yuelin was very excited and shook her hand, "Sister Li, go ahead, just think of it as going out to relax."
"Okay."
"When are you leaving tomorrow?"
"The beginning of the Si hour." Ming Zhouhe replied.
"Okay, I'll go to Sister Li's yard early tomorrow morning." Mingyue Lin pulled Shi Jianli away.
Mingzhao put the bow and arrow back on the weapon rack and asked Mingzhouhe beside him, "Who do you want to put the sack on?"
Speaking of the Gengtie, it should be about marriage.
Ming Zhouqing also leaned over to listen. "Let me listen too. I know it seems to be related to my third sister, but I'm not sure."
Ming Zhouhe threw the quiver onto the shelf and explained with discontent, his hands folded, "My mother arranged a marriage for my cousin, with a nephew from her mother's family, but he got involved with my third sister."
"Yesterday, the affair was exposed. The two of them were so affectionate and cried that they didn't want to be separated. They begged my mother and my cousin to help them be together."
"My third sister said she had a miserable life and she openly and secretly said that my mother wanted to sell her to a noble family to help me in my career."
"My father punished my third sister by sending her to the farm and making her farm for a month. He said it would let her know what a hard life was and prevent her from feeling that she had had enough of the good life."
Ming Zhouhe lowered his voice, "Our family is already extremely noble. Which noble family would be worthy of us selling our daughter as a favor? I really don't know what Third Sister is thinking. I guess Qiao Jingchuan has deceived her a lot."
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