Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 215 On the Lake
Still water, soft wind, cool moon.

It's raining lightly on Zhuyue Lake.

The oars had already been released, and the boat slowly drifted with the waves.

Several people were leaning on the side of the boat. There were some fine wines, fruits and dishes in the middle of the cabin, but everyone was already full.

It was late at night after the poetry meeting ended. After watching the wonderful dance, listening to the good news, and having a good conversation, the drunken and happy guests all returned to the pavilion to fall asleep, and Luzhou was quiet.When Pei Ye and others were chatting and walking by the shore, they saw Qi Zhaohua holding a small pot of wine and leaning quietly on the bow of the boat, tilting his head toward the lake, looking at the water and the moon.

Fang Jidao didn't bother her. He didn't even get on the boat. He sat on the edge of the lake and fiddled with the shrimps in the water with a piece of grass.

Pei Ye came over with a smile and took his arm, and the two of them stepped onto the boat first. Then Yang Yan, Li Mingqing, Zhang Junxue and Qi Zhaohua came back to their senses, smiled faintly, and made way for them.

The woman was at the bow of the boat. Pei Ye and Fang Jidao came up first and sat on her left and right. Then Li Pingqing sat next to Pei Ye, and Yang Yan and Zhang Junxue sat down on Fang Jidao's side.

The boat was not small, and the six people were not crowded. As soon as the reins were released, they sailed to the center of the lake.

"I really haven't touched an oar." Pei Ye was sitting cross-legged, holding the kitten in his arms, still talking to Li Mingqing about the two and a half laps of the boat on the lake, "and Sometimes it’s windy, so you have to use different strength. And you guys are always moving around.”

"No one was moving at all."

"The puppy moved."

"I was just trying to catch your oar, but if you rowed the boat for a long time and still moved back, layman Qi would laugh at you."

"I'm not smiling." Qi Zhaohua next to him tilted his head slightly.

"The layman smiled in his heart."

"I'm not laughing in my heart either. I feel that Pei Shaoxia is young and promising, and he is sincere and courageous. He is already a first-class talent with a strong reputation. It's harmless not to know how to row. How can we expect him to be able to do everything?"

Li Mingqing's eyes widened.

Qi Zhaohua laughed and touched his palms, while Pei Ye nodded repeatedly.

Li Mingqing said angrily: "I've returned the clothes, let Master Qi buy them for you!"

"How about that? You've already paid the deposit."

"I do not want it."

"I do know how to make clothes." Qi Zhaohua smiled jokingly from the side, and then said in a slightly lower voice, "I also have purchased materials at home."

Pei Ye glanced at her and raised the topic: "It's really pleasant to go on a boat trip at night. No wonder there wasn't a single boat left on the shore just now - Brother Fang, what are you scholars doing in the boat? Are you chatting like this?"

Fang Jidao is the one with the most upright posture: "There are many. The most common one is to drink while chanting about the scene in front of you."

"What's drinking?" Pei Ye didn't react at all.

Fang Jidao pointed to the surface of the lake and said with a smile: "The moon is shining separately, the bright river is shadowing each other, and it is clear both inside and outside."

"Oh -" Pei Ye understood, and was about to object to this boring activity, when Qi Zhaohua took over from beside him: "I think it is, microwave clearing, cold soaking for a day."

Then he looked at the boy with a smile.

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"Can't you think of a single sentence?" Qi Zhaohua pointed with a smile, "Young Master is laughing at you."

"Huh? No!" Li Mingqing tried her best to suppress her smile like a flower, and straightened up and said, "I think Pei Shaoxia is the best in swordsmanship, smart and clever, and a nice person. It's not ridiculous that he can't recite poems. thing."

Pei Ye rolled his eyes.

"What do you mean? I'm complimenting you."

"You didn't even lower your lips."

So the girl simply laughed heartily and leaned against the side of the boat. Her eyes fell on the jade dumpling-like kitten in Pei Ye's arms. She couldn't help but said again: "Are you really not allowed to touch it?"

Qi Zhaohua was startled. After all, she had no cultivation and had poor eyesight. Under the cover of the night, the kitten was too quiet. It was only then that she discovered that there was a seventh creature in the cabin.

The woman came over and immediately raised her eyebrows: "She's so beautiful."

Pei Ye picked up the kitten and held it in his hand: "Yeah."

"So young, already two months old?"

"Uh, a month, that's about right."

"It looks a little older than a month." Qi Zhaohua looked at it tenderly and suddenly asked a question that no one had ever asked and Pei Ye had never thought of.

And it's very deadly: "Is it a male cat or a female cat?"

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"Huh?" Qi Zhaohua looked at him curiously.

"It-" Pei Ye choked.

He didn't know if it was a male or female cat because he knew it wasn't a cat at all.

Immortal Hunter is the only spirit of heaven and earth in the world. There is no second one, and there is no need to reproduce, so of course there is no male or female.

It can speak and has a clear and pleasant voice, but it is actually neither male nor female - it is not a neutral voice that humans say is male and female, but you cannot use the concept of "male and female" to define it.

Because it wasn't a human voice at all.

If I had to say it, it would just be "The Voice of Chilong."

But then again, there are indeed male and female cats.

It became like this. Pei Ye tentatively stretched out his hand to the black cat, who looked at him with a pair of green eyes.

It should just be an appearance.

Pei Ye didn't dare to try. He looked at the black cat's face and hesitantly said, "The female... uh, the male has been castrated."

After all, a cat that has not been castrated can see two round balls.

"Huh? So young?"

".right."

"It's better to wait until it's older." Qi Zhaohua turned his head and glanced at the kitten's butt. Pei Ye was frightened, really afraid that the kitten would suddenly turn around and burn her hair.

"Kitten, please let me hug you." The woman looked down at the kitten and stretched out her hand gently.

The black cat turned around and jumped back to Pei Ye's shoulder.

"Ah, actually, generally speaking, cats are quite fond of me." Qi Zhaohua put down his hand with some disappointment and said with his chin in his hand, "Your cat really recognizes its owner."

Li Mingqing nodded repeatedly with deep approval.

The cabin was quiet for a while, with only Yang Yan and Zhang Junxue chatting in low voices about knives. Li Mingqing smiled and said: "Since some people can't recite poems, let's talk about other things."

"Okay."

"Well, I thought about it right! I wonder what ambitions everyone has?"

These words caused Yang Yan and Zhang Junxue to stop talking. The eyes of several people were blank for a moment, and the boat was quiet.Until Qi Zhaohua chuckled warmly: "Then let's talk about our ambitions. Let me think about it. The most ambitious one wants to drink."

Pei Ye disagreed: "I think the most far-reaching one, but the other five people want to toast him."

Qi Zhaohua laughed: "That's no longer a bragging party."

"I just want to brag. If everyone is humble, what kind of ambition is that?" Pei Ye elbowed the girl next to him, "Li Mingqing, what is your ambition?"

"Well, I want Cuiyu to be number one in the five states!"

"It's too low."

"It's still low. There are many powerful sects in the surrounding states!"

"It's low, say it again."

"Well, then I want Cuiyu to become number one in the eight states!"

Pei Ye raised her arm: "Sooner or later, the name of Cuiyu will be spread throughout the fifty states of Shaolong!"

"..." Li Mingqing glared, "This is not called ambition, it is called wishful thinking."

"And we won't be called Cuiyu anymore." The girl raised her head and said, "Master said that when Cicada comes back, we may have to restore the name of Jade Fei Mountain."

"Then the name of Jade Fei Mountain will spread throughout the fifty states of Shaolong!"

Qi Zhaohua smiled: "This ambition is ambitious enough - Mr. Yang, if you don't want to toast, you can't lose."

Yang Yan was stunned: "Huh? I don't have any ambitions."

Qi Zhaohua smiled gently: "Then there must be something you want to do, whether it's near or far."

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"Is there anything you want to do at this moment?" "I want to." Yang Yan looked at the lake blankly, "I want to go back to the mountain gate and sleep in my own bed for one night."

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"Of course. That's impossible." The young man whispered,

Qi Zhaohua was silent for a moment and sighed very softly: "Yes, the most unattainable thing in the world is 'that time'."

Then she lowered her expression, raised her head and smiled: "Miss Zhang, what about you?"

Zhang Junxue raised her head and glanced at Pei Ye first. The young man was looking at her with a smile.

"I want to create a sword skill higher than Mount Tai." The woman said seriously.

Qi Zhaohua was startled for a moment and looked at Pei Ye: "I don't understand this. Pei Shaoxia, how does this ambition compare to Miss Li?"

"I think the Ling Qing one seems to be more difficult, but Jun Xue's one is a bit more lofty."

Qi Zhaohua held up his chin and said, "I'm not asking you which one is bigger. I'm not asking you to carry water."

".Then let's go to Zhang Junxue."

Qi Zhaohua smiled and turned his head to look at the next person: "Jidao, what about you?"

Fang Jidao smiled shyly and said in a low voice: "You know my ambition, layman."

Qi Zhaohua nodded: "Jidao wants to interpret the Five Classics and re-transmit the teachings of saints. Let me tell him, this ambition may not be as high as the two of you, but it is at least as far as Miss Zhang."

"I asked you to tell me who is the farthest, but I didn't ask you to carry water."

"Then it's still Miss Zhang." Qi Zhaohua smiled, turned his head to look at Fang Jidao, and said gently, "I'll spare you the trouble of running around these days. Tomorrow I'll get you a letter of recommendation to go to the Imperial College, and we can set off on a good day. ”

"Bushi. I want to wait until you finish the matter with the lake before we can get together."

Qi Zhaohua was too lazy to pay attention to him.

"Then it's your turn, Miss Qi." Pei Ye smiled.

"I don't have any lofty ambitions. I just want to go to Shenjing and do what I can do. That's enough for this life."

Pei Ye shook his head: "Not sincere, I said Miss Qi wants to be the prime minister."

"Hahahaha." Qi Zhaohua really laughed heartily, then calmed down and said with a serious smile, "I would like to lend a helping hand to a good prime minister."

"Well, it seems to be pretty good, so where do you rank?"

"I'm going to be ranked below Fang Jidao."

"Well, to put it this way, among us, Junxue is actually the most ambitious."

Zhang Junxue raised her head and stared, with some dull grievance on her face - they agreed to brag together, but it turned out that she was the only one who really spoke loudly.

"Young Master Pei, you haven't said anything yet?" Qi Zhaohua reminded seriously.

Everyone also looked at him, obviously unwilling to let him go.

"My ambition is indeed very superficial, and it is not as good as Jun Xue's."

Zhang Junxue glared at him again.

Qi Zhaohua smiled: "I want to hear how superficial it is."

Li Mingqing also tilted her head and looked at him with a smile.

"Okay." Pei Ye smiled and leaned against the side of the boat, placing one hand on the lake. This was actually the first time that the young man had expressed his ambition so clearly since he had known this world.

He said in a clear voice: "I want to be number one on the crane list."

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It is indeed a superficial, simple and powerful ambition, and it is the most obvious one tonight, completely irrefutable.

There was no need for anyone to explain the weight of this sentence. Qi Zhaohua had slowly touched his palms, while Li Mingqing had a dazed expression and eyes as bright as stars.

"Okay, now that it's all said and done, who should be toasted the most?" Qi Zhaohua looked around, "I want to vote for Pei Shaoxia."

Li Mingqing raised her hand: "I will vote for Pei Ye too."

Yang Yan hesitated: "I vote for Zhang Junxue. The road ahead for the sword has not been opened up by so many predecessors. It is really narrow."

Zhang Junxue muttered: "I will vote for myself."

No one expected this, and laughter broke out all over the place.

The woman also explained seriously: "My ambition is lifelong. If he takes the first place on the crane list, maybe he will be done with it in ten years or so. He can't compare with me."

Then everyone looked at Fang Jidao. Fang Jidao raised his hand and said as expected: "I will surrender to the layman."

Pei Ye watched Qi Zhaohua roll his eyes.

Pei Ye raised his hand: "Then I will vote for Fang Jidao."

In this way, Pei Ye and Zhang Junxue each had two votes, Fang Jidao and Qi Zhaohua each had one vote, and Li Mingqing at the beginning was unexpectedly unattended.

When he realized this, Pei Ye immediately tilted his head and raised his hands: "I'll change it. I want to vote for Li Mingqing."

The girl "hummed" and reminded: "You were talking about Zhang Junxue at first."

"I changed it."

But it doesn’t affect the “overall situation” anyway.

Qi Zhaohua then smiled and said: "Since we can't choose the most far-reaching one, let's wish each other the best. I hope that the friends on the boat today will realize their long-cherished wishes twenty years later."

The woman divided a small pot of wine into six small cups and handed them to everyone.

Pei Ye took it and took a look: "Why is it just such a small amount?"

"It's just for fun. How can you drink too much on the boat? What if you fall?"

"Pour me some more."

Qi Zhaohua poured the remaining bottom of the pot to him.

A few people laughed and drank the wine, and Pei Ye left a little more. He tilted his head and handed the wine glass to the kitten on his shoulder.

Her green eyes raised and met the young man's bright gaze.There was no need for any words between them, and no need for a second glass of wine, because the purpose was the same.

The black cat looked at him somewhat boredly, then lowered his head and took a sip.

Pei Ye put down his wine glass with satisfaction. The night breeze was cool and the rain was cold, and the autumn lake was quiet and cold. Several people put their glasses on their hands and leaned back against the boat, quietly enjoying the comfortable and pleasant atmosphere. For a while, there was only the sound of clear waves hitting the boat.

Qi Zhaohua's eyes were half-squinted, and his mind seemed to have gone to those 20 years later, and he murmured softly: "Recalling the past when drinking on the Lu Lake, there were many heroes sitting in the middle."

Before he finished changing the words, he pursed his lips and smiled.

Pei Ye also had a smile on his lips, leaning back leisurely, and after a long while he answered softly: "Qi Jushi, people say that the poem you wrote today has no emotion."

"That's right."

"Can you compose an emotional song?"

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"Can't you do it?"

"It will be a bit unpleasant."

"How could such a beautiful scenery be so ruined?"

".OK then."

The boat was quiet again, just like the deep night.

Pei Ye tilted her head. The woman's cheeks were beautiful and pale. She half-closed her eyes. Under the bright moon, a soft voice flowed from the bow of the boat, like a dream in the drizzle.

"Who remembers the time when I was a little flutist, and my clothes were wet when the sky was overcast. Riding a bull called me to cross the stream. I saw fish quarreling with each other and smiled, and I lifted a lotus to see the rainbow."

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It became quieter and quieter on the night boat, and finally Fang Jidao couldn't help but whispered: "Bulk, where is the second half of the palace?"

". A dream about a ten-year jade promise. When I read the letter again, I am confused. There is no hope of Xiaoshui after autumn. The wind blows and my sleeves are cold, and the rain makes my bones miserable."

Qi Zhaohua opened his eyes and looked at the lake, and laughed softly: "Let's call this song "Linjiang Fairy" 'Dream of the Year'."

The boat was still as quiet as sleep, and everyone was thinking of different things.

(End of this chapter)