Chapter 382, stingy
When Defu and Wang Man'er returned with the lotus flowers, only Daohua and Xiao Yeyang were left in the pavilion.
Daohua took the lotus from Wang Maner's hand, played with it, and looked out: "Why haven't they come back yet?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "It's a rare opportunity for everyone to get out, so of course we have to have fun." As he spoke, his gaze paused on the lotus in Daohua's hand, then he quickly stood up, took Daohua's hand and walked out.
"Xiao Yeyang, what are you doing crazy again?" Daohua struggled to pull her hand free, but Xiao Yeyang held it very tightly and she couldn't pull it out. She could only let him pull her out of the pavilion.
As Xiao Yeyang walked out, he said, "Aren't you bored sitting in the pavilion? The lotus flowers you picked this morning are already withered. I'll take you to pick some new ones."
After saying that, he turned around, took the lotus from Daohua's hand, handed it to Defu next to him, and then pulled Daohua towards the wooden boat on the shore.
Soon, the two arrived in front of the wooden boat.
Looking at the wooden boat, Daohua remembered what happened between her and Xiao Yeyang on the boat before, and she didn't want to get on it: "I don't want to take the boat anymore."
Xiao Yeyang looked at the rice flowers and saw that she looked reluctant. He thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll pick them for you and you just stand on the shore and watch."
Rice Flower nodded.
Xiao Yeyang let go of Daohua's hand and took Defu onto the wooden boat.
"Do you want it to be in full bloom, or in bud?"
"It will be all right."
"How about this one?"
"It's too big, I want a smaller one."
"Didn't you say it's all right?"
"If you let me choose, then I will definitely choose."
"How about this one? The bud hasn't opened at all. It will definitely last for several days in a vase."
"Can."
When Yan Wenkai brought Su Shiyu back, he saw Daohua standing alone on the shore, stretching her neck to look at the lotus pond, and pointing with her finger from time to time.
Hearing the sound of waves, Daohua quickly turned her head to look over, and then she saw a small boat slowly rowing out of the lotus leaves. Her fourth brother was standing and rowing the boat, while Su Shiyu was sitting quietly. The two of them were facing each other and looked at her at the same time.
One of them was grinning widely, the other one was smiling slightly. There was obviously no interaction between the two, but Daohua felt that this scene was as beautiful as an ink painting.
"You finally knew to come back!"
Seeing Daohua looking at them with a smile, Su Shiyu felt a little shy and didn't dare to look her in the eyes.
Yan Wenkai, however, acted calm and asked loudly with a smile, "Why are you the only one here? Where are the others?"
Daohua looked back and forth between the two of them several times, then pointed at the lotus leaves: "There's one inside."
Yan Wenkai parked the boat, then carefully helped Su Shiyu ashore. He then walked towards the rice flowers with the lotus seeds he had picked: "Big sister, look, Sister Su and I have picked a lot of lotus seeds."
Daohua glanced at Su Shiyu with a smile, then looked at the lotus seeds wrapped in lotus leaves, and said jokingly, "How can there be more? Don't you see how long you've been out?"
Hearing this, Su Shiyu blushed slightly, trotted over to Daohua, took her arm, and quickly changed the subject: "Where's Yuanyao?"
Daohua: "I went horse racing with Brother Su." She curled her lips and said, "You two clearly said you would come back to see me in a while, but when I woke up after a nap, you were all gone."
Su Shiyu shook Daohua's arm and said, "My dear sister, it was my fault. I was so busy picking lotus seeds and admiring the lotus scenery that I forgot about time."
Yan Wenkai immediately said, "Big sister, don't blame Sister Su. It was me who rowed the boat too far, and it took me a long time to return."
Daohua teased, "Then why did Fourth Brother row the boat so far?"
Yan Wenkai opened his eyes and said, "It wasn't me who rowed. The lotus leaves were too dense. I strayed from the path while rowing. It took me a while to find the way back."
"When did your sense of direction become so bad?"
Xiao Yeyang came out from the lotus leaves in a wooden boat, holding a large bunch of lotus flowers in his hand.
Yan Wenkai scratched the back of his head: "I don't know either. Did I drink too much today?"
Xiao Yeyang laughed and said, "I think he was blinded by something."
As soon as these words were spoken, Su Shiyu's cheeks instantly flushed. Seeing that she was so embarrassed, Daohua quickly stopped Xiao Yeyang who wanted to say something else.
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Give me the lotus quickly."
Xiao Yeyang lightly jumped ashore and handed the lotus in his hand to Daohua. Since there were more than ten lotus flowers, he couldn't help but ask, "Can you take so many?"
Daohua: "Don't we still have Man'er?" As she said that, she divided the lotus in Xiao Yeyang's hand into two halves, gave one half to Wang Man'er, and held the other half for herself.
Su Shiyu leaned over to take a look and said with a smile, "These lotus flowers are blooming beautifully. Can I have one?"
Daohua, who was lowering her head to smell the fragrance of the lotus, paused and moved the lotus away a little. She said in embarrassment: "Sister Su, if you like this, let my fourth brother pick it for you. I don't have many."
Su Shiyu didn't expect Daohua to refuse and was a little dumbfounded.
Yan Wenkai couldn't stand it any longer: "Big sister, when did you become so stingy? Man'er has several more, so what's wrong with giving only one to Sister Su?"
Daohua immediately glanced at her fourth brother and said, "Fourth brother, when did you learn to be generous to others? If you want to give something, pick it yourself. Don't use my things as a favor."
After saying that, he ignored him and turned to look at Su Shiyu.
"Sister Su, look, I have my grandmother and my mother at home, so I have to put a few in my room. There really aren't many."
Su Shiyu looked puzzled: "But we didn't have this many lotus flowers when we picked them together this morning. You were willing to give them to me then. Why can't you give them to me now?"
Having said that, Su Shiyu suddenly stopped talking, quickly glanced at Xiao Yeyang who was standing next to her and stretching his body, and a look of realization appeared in her eyes.
Daohua immediately said, "The ones from this morning don't count, because I know we'll have to pick more later, but it's so late now, we definitely won't go down to the lake to pick them again."
Looking at Daohua who was trying to find excuses to explain herself, Xiao Yeyang's eyes and face were full of smiles.
He likes people like Daohua who are stingy!
He had taken great pains to select those lotus flowers, and was bitten by mosquitoes several times in the lake for them. Fortunately, this guy didn't waste his kindness.
At this time, Dong Yuanyao and others came back, and Yan Wentao was also there, holding two egrets in his hands.
"Oh, it was such a great ride today. I'll come again next time."
As soon as Dong Yuanyao got off the horse, he excitedly talked about horse riding with Daohua and Su Shiyu.
"Yiyi, there's a flat grassland next to here, perfect for horseback riding. It's such a shame you didn't go today. I wanted to come back and call you, but I accidentally ran too far away. It's too troublesome to turn back, so you'll have to go next time."
"By the way, what did you and Shiyu do this afternoon?"
Hearing this, Daohua and Su Shiyu looked at each other quickly. Neither of them wanted to talk about what happened this afternoon.
Su Shiyu pulled Dong Yuanyao and said, "We've been waiting for you for a while. Now that you're back, it's time for us to go back."
Daohua nodded quickly and took back the lotus that Dong Yuanyao had just taken from her hand: "Yes, it's getting late, we should go back."
Dong Yuanyao saw Daohua take the lotus flower and wanted to reach out to take it, but Daohua dodged her. She immediately said with wide eyes, "Yan Yiyi, it's just a lotus flower, what are you doing?"
(End of this chapter)
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