Chapter 119, Barbecue
"Is Rice Flower going to be okay?"
Zhou Jingwan kept looking in the direction of Daohua and Xiao Yeyang, her face full of worry. She didn't expect that the young prince would slap Daohua in the head as soon as he came up, and her brother took the opportunity to pull her away, making her in a dilemma of whether to go or not.
Looking at his sister with a worried face, Zhou Chengye also looked up at the sky helplessly like Defu.
My sister's eyesight is really bad!
Can't you see that the young prince is joking with Yan's sister?
This is the little prince's way of showing closeness.
Well, this method is indeed not suitable for little girls.
"Okay, stop looking, the little prince and Sister Yan are just joking around!"
Hearing this, Zhou Jingwan immediately opened her eyes wide and looked at her elder brother.
"What's going on? Is there something on my face?" Zhou Chengye felt uncomfortable being stared at and couldn't help but touch his cheek.
Zhou Jingwan glanced around and saw that everyone was some distance away from them, then she whispered, "Brother, when did you become so familiar with Daohua and Sister Yan!" After saying that, she curled her lips.
Zhou Chengye immediately nodded Zhou Jingwan's head and said, "I'm good friends with the Yan brothers, so what's wrong with calling me Sister Yan?"
Zhou Jingwan curled her lips and said, "You've changed so quickly. Not long ago, you were still calling me the eldest daughter of the Yan family." She snorted, "You're just like those people outside. You just saw the young prince getting close to the Yan family and started to curry favor with him."
Zhou Chengye smacked Zhou Jingwan on the head again: "You're a blockhead when it comes to other things, but I didn't expect you to be so well-informed when it comes to criticizing your own brother!"
As he spoke, a hint of pride appeared on his face.
"Fawning? Does my Zhou family need to fawn over the Yan family? I'm close to the Yan family only because I'm on good terms with the three Yan brothers, and Uncle Yan is a relatively honest man, so I'm able to get closer."
Zhou Jingwan asked suspiciously, "Really? But before the young prince showed his closeness to the Yan family, I didn't see you getting close to the Yan family!"
"you"
Zhou Chengye was so angry at Zhou Jingwan: "I'm too lazy to talk to you, just play by yourself." After saying that, he left quickly. If you look closely, his back looks like he is fleeing in panic.
Zhou Jingwan pouted: "I'm not wrong!"
On the other side, Daohua saw that Zhou Jingwan was alone and was about to come over to find her.
Unexpectedly, when she left, Xiao Yeyang followed her.
Zhou Jingwan and Xiao Yeyang were not familiar with each other, and they didn't know what to say when they got together.
Looking at the two people in silence, Daohua felt a little uncomfortable. After thinking for a while, she pointed at the cliff and said, "Let's sit in the pavilion."
Xiao Yeyang said indifferently: "Then you have to be careful, the cliff is quite steep."
Daohua smiled and said, "Don't worry, Jingwan and I are very skilled." Then, she pulled Zhou Jingwan towards the pavilion.
To get to the pavilion, one had to first go through a relatively steep stone staircase. Xiao Yeyang was afraid that Daohua and the other person couldn't make it up, so he walked quickly in front, ready to lend a hand at any time.
"Need not!"
When climbing the stone steps, Xiao Yeyang stretched out his hand to pull Daohua up, but Daohua waved his hand and climbed up very flexibly.
After all, she would practice boxing and kicking with Wang Maner every day, so climbing a slope was no problem for her.
Xiao Yeyang's hand froze in mid-air. He was stunned for a few seconds before he withdrew it awkwardly, forgetting to care about Zhou Jingwan behind him.
After all, Zhou Jingwan was a young lady who was used to a life of luxury. When she saw Daohua coming up, she became a little anxious. She was not paying attention and her center of balance became unstable, and she leaned back.
"careful!"
Just as Zhou Jingwan was about to scream, a strong hand supported her back and held her in place.
"Thanks!"
Zhou Jingwan looked back and found that it was Daohua’s third brother, whose name seemed to be Yan Wentao.
Yan Wentao helped the man steady himself, then scratched the back of his head and smiled a little embarrassedly: "No, be careful, the stone steps are a bit steep."
Zhou Jingwan nodded.
Daohua heard the noise and quickly looked over and asked, "Jingwan, are you okay?"
"It's okay, I'll be right up."
When Zhou Jingwan climbed up, Daohua breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Xiao Yeyang with some resentment.
Xiao Yeyang touched his nose: "I didn't notice." It has always been others who take care of him, and he rarely takes care of others, okay? How would he know that Miss Zhou is such a waste?
Zhou Jingwan didn't dare to blame Xiao Yeyang, and quickly said, "It was my own carelessness."
At this time, Dong Yuanxuan and others also came to the pavilion, and no one mentioned this matter anymore.
The view in the pavilion is even better, and the Grand Canal below is in full view. Daohua lies on the pavilion railing and looks down, wishing he could roar at the people below.
She couldn't help laughing when she thought that if she did that, she would probably scare everyone in the pavilion.
"why are you laughing?"
Xiao Yeyang walked to her side, looked down, but couldn't figure out what was going on.
Daohua shook her head: "Nothing!"
Seeing everyone sitting in the pavilion with nothing to do, Dong Yuanxuan thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we write a poem together?"
"Don't!"
"don't want!"
Daohua and Zhou Jingwan both refused.
Dong Yuanxuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Let's not try anything difficult, just a simple five-character poem."
Daohua kept shaking her head.
She could still handle reading and writing, but asking her to compose poetry or songs was really a death sentence for her.
"You guys play, I won't participate."
"Me too." Zhou Jingwan also raised her hand. She also didn't like reading and was not born with the talent for writing poetry.
Seeing Dong Yuanxuan was a little embarrassed, Yan Wenxiu quickly took over the conversation: "The two sisters are still young, so let us do it."
At the beginning, Xiao Yeyang joined in a few remarks, but soon he found it boring. Every time they had a party, it was always the same old routine, which was extremely boring.
Since he has lost interest, it is naturally difficult for others to continue.
Then, the pavilion fell into a brief silence.
However, Daohua and Zhou Jingwan were still enthusiastically pointing at the scenery everywhere and talking about it.
After a while, Daohua felt that the pavilion was quiet. She turned around and saw that everyone was looking at her and Zhou Jingwan. Even though she was thick-skinned, she couldn't laugh or talk loudly anymore.
"Well, I've prepared a way to kill time on this trip. Would you like to try it?"
Seeing everyone sitting like this, it was really awkward, and Daohua couldn't help but speak out.
Xiao Yeyang became interested: "What method?"
"Barbecue!" Daohua immediately explained to everyone what barbecue was.
Xiao Yeyang and others had never played this before and they all looked very interested.
"What are we waiting for? Let's have a barbecue!" Xiao Yeyang immediately made the decision.
Daohua's face suddenly fell.
Xiao Yeyang: "What's wrong?"
Daohua: "I forgot to mention that the tools and ingredients are all on the boat at the foot of the mountain."
Xiao Yeyang thought it was something serious and said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? I'll have someone go down and get it. It will be done soon."
Hearing him say this, Daohua immediately called Wang Maner and asked her to follow Xiao Yeyang's men to get the things.
When the things were brought up, Daohua found that the tools were still there, but all the ingredients had been replaced.
Daohua was stunned for a moment, then she saw Defu cleaning his tools and suddenly realized: was he afraid of poisoning? Or was he afraid of getting sick from eating something stale?
The royal family really values their lives!
Just change it. The ingredients prepared by Defu are much richer than what she prepared.
The maids naturally took care of threading the barbecue skewers, and the servants also took care of lighting the charcoal fire. All they had to do was grill them.
"Don't just sit there. Barbecue is more fun if you do it yourself. Come and try it." Daohua handed the skewers of meat to Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang hesitated for a moment, took the skewers from Daohua's hand, and then, under Daohua's guidance, roasted them quite well.
"I think you are very talented when it comes to food." During this time, Xiao Yeyang said this to Daohua.
Daohua ignored it and took it as a compliment to her.
There are two barbecue grills, one is used by Xiao Yeyang, Daohua and Zhou Jingwan, and the other is used by others.
Dong Yuanxuan and others were also enthusiastically grilling the food themselves. However, they either put too much or too little seasoning, and many of them were burnt, making them look and taste bad.
But even so, everyone who was having a barbecue for the first time was very excited.
"I'll also prepare this when I go out for fun in the future."
(End of this chapter)
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