After placing their bets, Gu Nian explained the meaning of "two hundred and fifty" to the sisters in terms that were easier for people from the Great Zhou Dynasty to understand.
Gu Xin laughed and said, "Sisi, if they can't hold up to being a fool, then Huo Junhao will have failed you in giving him such a high opinion of you!"
Gu Hui said, "I estimate it really will be a fool, but it won't last long."
Gu Si looked at Gu Nian and said somewhat dejectedly, "Sister Nian, now that you mention it, I feel like they won't be able to hold on either. In that case, we'll both be complete idiots!"
Gu Nian: "Pah, pah, pah, don't talk nonsense! We're not idiots. Even if we lose, it's those two who are idiots."
The four sisters said this while completely ignoring Huo Junhao's animated gestures, which silently urged them to leave.
Lu Zheng saw the sisters from afar and ran over with a smile.
"What are you doing here?" Lu Zheng asked with a smile.
“We’re taking a walk. Yuan Yuan, are you and Xue Er Ge also taking a walk?” Gu Xin asked.
"I haven't even eaten yet! How can I afford to take a walk?" Lu Zheng said pitifully.
He used to be in charge of cooking for one person, and could occasionally come to the Gu family's house for a free meal. But after the emperor left and Xue Xiao'er moved in, he had to be in charge of cooking for two people. Now, that brat Huo Junhao has arrived, so he has to cook for three people. These two young masters are the kind who almost set the kitchen on fire when they're trying to start a fire.
"Ah Yuan, you guys are the same. I called you over to eat but you didn't come. You're just asking for trouble!" Gu Hui said, pouting.
Lu Zheng: I want to too! I was tricked by my second uncle, and I'm too ashamed to freeload a meal!
Gu Shouxin would occasionally give him some questions. If he answered them correctly, he could get a free meal. If he didn't answer them correctly, he would be verbally attacked while he was getting a free meal. It was more hurtful than being attacked with swords!
After the emperor left, Xue Er received the same treatment, which made him feel at peace.
"Brother Yuanyuan, what are you doing wandering around without eating? Hurry up and go back to cook!" Gu Xin said.
"Well, that brat Huo Junhao said he wanted to catch fish in the pond, so here we are! Niannian, teach me a few ways to cook fish in a bit!" Lu Zheng said.
“Great! If you catch it, I’ll make you some grilled fish! Perfect for our midnight snack,” Gu Nian said seriously.
"Brother, second brother, over here, over here!" Huo Junhao waved his hand by the pond.
"Let's go first!" Lu Zheng glanced at them and smiled at the sisters.
Xue Qianyu nodded to his sisters and followed. He wasn't a talkative person and rarely spoke unless necessary. Except when he was teasing Lu Zheng, he had recently found new targets for teasing Meng Meng and Huo Junhao.
Gu Xin was a little excited: "Hurry up, hurry up, let's count together so we don't lose our rhythm!"
"one two three,……,"
From the moment Lu Zheng and Xue Qianyu ran over, the sisters started counting.
This is a game they started playing in the last few days, mainly for Gu Si. Gu Si could only count to one hundred before. After seeing Meng Meng deal with Lu Zheng and Xue Qianyu twice, Gu Xin came up with this idea to help Gu Si count.
The four sisters would always guess how long Meng Meng could last; last time they counted to 186.
When they counted to twenty, Lu Zheng and Xue Qianyu picked up the wooden forks for skewering fish. When they counted to thirty, Meng Meng and Huo Junhao took action. When they counted to thirty-five, a large net came from the side, and Lu Zheng and Xue Qianyu went into the water, not forgetting to pull Huo Junhao, who was closest to them, into the water with them.
Lu Zheng: "You brat, you've got some nerve! Betraying your brother? I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"
Huo Junhao: "Brother Meng, save me, ugh, pfft..."
Xue Qianyu: "Meng Meng, are you even a man? Hiding your head and showing your tail, I think your thing is useless. Your ancestors in the Meng family would be so angry they'd die again in their graves because of you!"
Meng Meng was still fiddling with his net, trying to trap the two of them: "This has nothing to do with men. My second uncle said, all's fair in war! It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat!"
Lu Zheng put Huo Junhao into the net and dodged away.
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