Chapter 61: Trip to Yi Town (Part 4) Update (Can be skipped during daily session)...
As soon as the people inside and outside Jin Jie's yard left, Liu Ziye always felt uncomfortable staying here.
He simply stood up, locked himself in the room again, and opened the book to read.
Throughout the morning, there were several voices in this small courtyard.
Maybe they were other townspeople who came to gossip, maybe it was his own team who came to discuss something with Jin Jie, or maybe it was just some bored people who came to walk around aimlessly.
Liu Ziye was unwilling to pay attention or care.
She still had too much homework to do, too many things to master and plan. As long as she immersed herself in these matters, she could forget everything around her.
“Beep—”
There was a knock on the wooden door of the room, and Liu Ziye raised his head and said, "Come in."
Jin Jie pushed the door open and walked in: "Young Marquis, would you like to have lunch in the room or outside in the courtyard?"
Liu Ziye stretched her arms and neck to relax her body. The awkwardness in the morning was long forgotten as she concentrated on studying for the whole morning.
He immediately said, "Put it in the yard. I'll go get some fresh air."
"good."
Liu Ziye felt that she had gained a lot and came out of the courtyard. However, as soon as she walked out of the main gate, she found that there were more than a dozen dishes and food on the table in the middle of the courtyard.
She looked at Jin Jie with some confusion.
Jin Jie has been following me for so long, he must be familiar with my eating habits.
Seeing her looking at him, Jin Jie had no choice but to explain, "This morning, dozens of families in town came to deliver home-cooked food to the young marquis. There's even more in the kitchen that hasn't been put out yet."
Liu Ziye suddenly realized.
She nodded, sat down with a normal expression, and called Jin Jie again: "Where are your grandfather and Si'er?"
Jin Jie replied: "I'll be right there."
A moment later, Grandpa Jin and Si'er came over and sat on the other sides of the table. As usual, Grandpa Jin pointed at the dishes on the table and began to say, "This is roasted rabbit, sent by Jin Laosan's family. This is steamed elm seeds, sent by Fatty's family. This is stewed cod, sent by Heihai's family..."
Forget it, the Jin family's grandfather said again: "The young marquis is too thin. He is still young and needs to grow taller. Eat more!"
Liu Ziye held the chopsticks for a while: "Hey!"
Then I started to eat.
Si'er remained silent. Seeing that Liu Ziye stopped talking and just ate, he picked up his bowl and chopsticks and started to eat with relish.
After finishing the meal, Liu Ziye felt that his stomach was bloated.
She stood up and thought that she couldn't just hide in the house all day, eating and studying, and then eating.
After thinking for a while, he asked Jin Jie, "What exactly is the fire gathering that Jin Zhenshou mentioned this morning?"
Jin Jie was a little surprised and replied, "During the day, adults and children gather together to compete in archery and wrestling. In the evening, a bonfire is lit. Everyone sits around the bonfire, setting out food and drinks. During this time, they can invite their friends to dance in front of the bonfire."
Liu Ziye thought to herself, isn’t this the bonfire party she had heard of in her previous life?
She remembered that when she was in school, she once heard her deskmate who had traveled to the northern grasslands come back and tell her how she rode a horse, participated in a bonfire party on the grassland, and secretly tasted a small sip of the legendary kumis.
Liu Ziye asked, "If we ask Jin Zhenshou to prepare now, is it still in time?"
"Of course, there's still time." Jin Jie said without hesitation.
"Okay then."
After Liu Ziye finished speaking, he simply walked out of Jin Jie's courtyard.
Jin Jie just waved to the neighbor next door through the wall. The neighbor who lived there looked over and after listening to what Jin Jie said, he was immediately filled with joy and ran out.
Soon, the town, which was unusually quiet because everyone was having lunch at home, was filled with the sounds of running and shouting.
Almost everyone was mobilized, and the whole town was soon in an uproar.
Every town resident who passed by the Jin family's gate showed Liu Ziye an undisguised smile, calling him "Young Marquis!" "Young Marquis!"
Liu Ziye couldn't stop shouting for a moment.
Fortunately, they were all focused on preparing for the afternoon bonfire party, and no one stopped to chat with Liu Ziye for too long.
Liu Ziye stood there for a long while, nodding in response to each one, until his head was almost numb.
Then he heard Jin Jie calling out from the courtyard, "Young Marquis."
Even though she had heard countless people calling him "Young Marquis", Liu Ziye still recognized Jin Jie's words in an instant and turned her head.
Jin Jie said across the courtyard wall, which was more than half a person's height, "The town is in chaos. I'm afraid the noise won't stop for a while. Do you want me to take you out for some fresh air?"
Liu Ziye looked at the old people and children coming and going, as well as the smoke and dust on the street, and finally nodded: "Let's go."
After saying that, Jin Jie simply packed a backpack, put some dried fruits, water and a few clean towels in it, and walked out of the yard to untie the reins of his horse.
When he was about to untie Liu Ziye's horse, he heard Liu Ziye say, "No need to hold mine, just sit on yours."
A night and a morning of rest, coupled with the dizziness from being too full, made her bones soft.
It was afternoon, and she didn't want to work at all. She just wanted to go out into the wild and enjoy the breeze.
Jin Jie nodded, led his horse over, and helped Liu Ziye mount it.
The gravel road in the town was not very wide, and the many twists and turns made it difficult for a horse to travel quickly. Jin Jie held the reins in front of the horse, leading Liu Ziye on the horse, and walked to the open space outside the town.
Then he stepped on the stirrup and turned over to sit behind Liu Ziye.
"drive."
The horse also knew that the owner did not mean to tell it to run fast, so it followed the owner's command and trotted back and forth leisurely in the golden wilderness.
Under Jin Jie's guidance, the horses stopped in front of a pond.
Liu Ziye got off the horse and walked along the pond, looking at the sunlight shimmering on the water. For some reason, she remembered what she had lied to Fu Zhen'er about when Fu Zhen'er taught her how to use a fishing float on the day they first met.
In fact, Fu Zhener never taught her at all.
She herself had never played it.
I don’t know where Fu Zhener and his expedition team are now?
Can he successfully find the "black gold mine" that he described and drew in detail?
She picked up a few stones from the shore, weighed them in her hand to gauge their size and weight, then stretched out one arm, chose what she thought was a good angle, and swung it to throw.
“Plop—”
The stone didn't even leave a trace of the float, and it sank directly into the water the first time it touched the lake surface.
She had never played with this kind of thing in her life, but she had seen some clips in movies and TV shows. The first time she cast a fish, the float sank, but she was not discouraged at all.
She carefully selected a second stone of appropriate size and weight and threw it towards the lake again.
“Puff—puff—”
The second time seemed to be some improvement.
Liu Ziye was somewhat happy, and enthusiastically continued to throw the third and fourth pieces...
However, she also realized that she had not found the right strength and technique in throwing the stone. It would only take two or three times at most before the stone sank to the bottom of the water.
"Young Marquis."
"Um?"
Liu Ziye, who was immersed in the game, turned his head when he heard the voice.
Jin Jie put a few stones in his hands and said, "My subordinates are good at fishing floats. They should be pretty good."
Liu Ziye's eyes lit up: "Then come and teach me!"
She gestured with her right arm. "My arm is sore from throwing, but I still haven't found the trick. How exactly should I use the force to send the stone flying?"
It's just a game for children to play for fun, but as long as Liu Ziye is interested, he will be extremely serious.
She frowned slightly, thinking about how to adjust her movements next time.
Jin Jie walked over and handed her a stone in his hand: "Try these."
Liu Ziye took a look at them and saw that the ones Jin Jie had chosen were all uniform in size and mostly flat and oval in shape, unlike the ones he had picked, which had a variety of shapes.
Jin Jie also held an oval stone in his hand. He half-bent his body to one side, facing the lake in front of him, and gently pushed his arm toward the lake. A fishing float was thrown out from his hand.
As for the dragonfly skimming the water, it created dozens of jumping ripples on the water surface, until the end of the water could no longer be seen, and then it rolled lightly into the yellow grass opposite.
Liu Ziye exclaimed.
Is this still called fishing?!
It's just like floating on water, okay?!
She had seen fishing floats in some film and television clips before. The male protagonist seemed very proud of his fishing float technique, but he only clicked it seven or eight times.
She had no doubt that if there was such an event in the Olympic Games, Jin Jie would undoubtedly take home the Grand Slam title!
"How did you do that? Teach me."
Upon hearing this, Jin Jie talked about several techniques on the angles of the body and arms, as well as the direction of force.
After listening to it, Liu Ziye tried it again.
This time, the stone chip he threw hit him seven or eight times before he collapsed in the middle.
“Huh!”
She was very excited: "So, you are the real master of fishing float!"
After hearing this, Jin Jie asked, "Who did you think was the master in the past, young marquis?"
Thinking of the words he had used to deceive Fu Zhen'er, Liu Ziye naturally wouldn't say it out loud, so he said, "No one. This is the first time I've seen anyone fishing with a float, and I didn't expect it to be your level!"
As she spoke, she began to try to bend over and wave her arms, finding the right angle while asking, "Is that so?"
Jin Jie hesitated for a moment, then walked over and stood beside Liu Ziye, bending down to reach her arm. "Keep your wrist straight and don't raise your forearm."
As he spoke, he fine-tuned Liu Ziye's movements: "When you throw with force, your wrist and forearm should be pushed out straight above the water."
After that, he held Liu Ziye's wrist, controlled her direction, swung it back and forth twice, found the right angle, found the right strength to push it out, and then, looking for the right moment, he said, "Let go and throw the stone."
Liu Ziye loosened her grip on the stone just in time. She felt a push on her wrist and the back of her hand, pushing the stone in her palm out steadily.
The rocks touch the surface of the lake.
Circles of ripples were spreading across the lake. She stared at them with great interest, watching the stone, like the one Jin Jie had thrown just now, ripple all the way to the other side of the lake.
She couldn't help but wave her arms and cheer: "I did it! I'm the champion too, hahahaha!"
Jin Jie had already fallen silent. He released her wrist and the back of her hand and stepped back to a polite distance. Seeing Liu Ziye's excitement, he couldn't help but raise the corner of his lips.
He asked, "What is this champion that the young marquis is talking about?"
Liu Ziye was in a good mood and raised another stone, eager to try: "Champion means I am the best in the world!"
Jin Jie understood.
The stone left his hand again, made seventeen or eighteen circles on the lake surface, and finally sank in the center of the water.
“Tsk.”
Liu Ziye shook his head: "Without you, I can't be the champion."
Jin Jie said, "The young marquis is intelligent, but he just hasn't practiced enough."
"No."
Liu Ziye shook his head. "I don't have your talent. Even if I practiced every day, I wouldn't be able to float on the water like you. But, Champion is already a member of my Xiguan Marquis Mansion. What's the difference between that and me being Champion myself?"
After that, she called Jin Jie again without any grudge: "Champion, this Marquis doesn't want to work hard anymore. How about lending you a couple more times?"
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