Chapter 437 438 Lotus Pond

Yangyang took the book and went to fill in the missing texts for Little Stammer and Little Loach.

The little loach's injury is almost healed, and his chest doesn't hurt when he eats. He just can't run, jump, talk loudly, and he has to walk slowly.

Yangyang took the book and taught the two of them to recite: "Children learn to be strong and walk. From the top to the king, from the bottom to help the people...." Little Loach followed along in a low voice, stuttering in his heart. Recite silently.

After the little loach finished reciting it, he said to Yangyang: "Master, this is the Three-Character Sutra. Mr. Liu taught us it when we were in Yunzhou." Little Stutter also followed suit and said, "I taught you."

Little Loach looked at the two of them, "I kind of miss Mr. Liu, Aunt Xue, Uncle Cai, Uncle Dashui, and Brother Shuisheng."

Yangyang sat on the bamboo chair and sighed, "Well! I miss Brother Awei and the others too. Mom said that my father has returned to Beijing to be an official and will not go to Yunzhou again."

Little Loach looked at Yangyang and said: "The master will not go to Yunzhou to be an official. The young master can go to Yunzhou to be an official! The young master is so good at studying. When you get the top prize, you can take us to Yunzhou to see them."

"Okay, the young master will take you to Yunzhou to see them later." Yangyang said confidently.

The three children became happy again. As soon as the class was over, Maizi and Edamame ran in.

Maodou said to Yangyang and others, "Master, there is a good-looking young lady coming to the back room in the outer courtyard, and a little brother with braids."

"They are probably the children of the Han family who just came here. Let's take a look." Yangyang said.

"Let's take a look." Several boys put down their books and walked out, followed by the follower Xiaobai, wagging his tail.

As soon as they walked into the yard, they met Xinghua. Xinghua smiled and said to Yangyang: "Master, are you going to fish in the ditch again? We have a lotus pond on the village, and there are fish in the pond. Madam taught us After making a net, you don’t have to go fishing in the ditch.”

After hearing this, Yangyang happily took Xinghua's hand, "Really, sister Xinghua? Where is she? Show us."

After hearing this, Little Loach said slowly: "Master, you don't need Sister Xinghua to take you with you, I know where it is!"

"Yeah! I know where it is." Little Stutter also said slowly at the side.

Yangyang smiled and waved: "Okay, bring a bucket and a net. Let's go catch fish."

Xinghua warned: "Master, you have to be careful. Don't go to the middle of the lotus pond. Sprinkle some rice grains on the steps, coax the fish over, and then stand on the steps to catch them. Do you understand?"

Several people responded loudly: "I understand, Sister Xinghua."

Xinghua helped several people find their belongings, put straw hats on several people's heads, and gave them instructions again. Only after everyone agreed did she let them go.

Several people walked out happily with their belongings. Li Qing and Mr. Qian sat under the grape trellis, drinking tea and eating grapes.

Li Qing saw a few people walking out with their belongings and asked with a smile: "Are you going to fish again?"

Yangyang waved the net in his hand, "Uncle, let's go to the lotus pond to fish."

Li Qing looked at the children who were very excited and said, "It's no joke for these little brats to fall into the lotus pond. Wait for uncle. Uncle will go with you."

Yangyang had to stop, "Oh! Hurry up then."

Mr. Qian and Li Qing also went to Mr. Wen's house to get the clothes and pants they wore when gathering herbs, and then went out to follow a few children to the lotus pond.

Little Loach and Little Stutter led a few people through the bamboo forest, through the rice fields covered with green rice ears, and followed a path compacted with sand, gravel and yellow mud to the foot of the mountain.

After walking for less than half an hour, I saw the hexagonal pavilion erected on the lotus pond. The little loach said softly, "It's over those two pavilions."

Yangyang took the lead and ran to the pavilion. When Xiaobai saw Yangyang running away, he rushed out, and several children ran after him. Mr. Qian shook his head, "Children still have fun, they are not afraid of the sun or heat, as long as it is fun." "

Li Qing smiled and said, "You should have brought your son with you. Look, there are so many children. It's so fun to have them all together."

"Next time, I will bring her mother and son with me next time." Mr. Qian said with a cheerful smile.

Several people arrived at the lotus pond and walked into the rose fence. Standing there and looking around, Li Qing estimated in his heart that the lotus pond was about ten acres of land. The lotus pond was crowded with green lotus leaves. There are not many lotus flowers left. There are a few pink lotus flowers standing in the lotus pond, and a faint fragrance is floating on the lotus pond.

Yangyang and Maizi didn't care, so they ran to the lotus pond with their things, walked down the stone steps, grabbed a handful of rice grains and threw them in the water, waiting for the fish to swim over.

Mr. Qian looked around the lotus pond and pointed to the flower trees, "Ah Qing, look at his house planted with chrysanthemums along the lotus pond. Outside the chrysanthemums is a gardenia, oh! There are also golden osmanthus, hibiscus, wintersweet, rose, In this way, the lotus blossoms are fragrant with the golden osmanthus. The golden osmanthus has withered, the hibiscus has bloomed, the hibiscus has faded and the wintersweet is cold, and the chrysanthemums decorate the remaining lotus pond. The artistic conception is good. The Fan family spent a lot of money to build this lotus pond. thought!"

Li Qing nodded, looked at the Yangyangs standing on the stone steps, gave some loud instructions, and said to Mr. Qian: "Although these flowers and plants are not expensive species, all the planting requires a lot of effort. Let’s take a look around.”

Li Qing and Mr. Qian went to play in the lotus pond. The rice grains dropped by Yangyang also attracted a group of fish of different sizes. Xiaobai saw the fish swimming around in the lotus pond and hurriedly stretched out his hand. I grabbed it with my paws, and the dog's paws slapped on the water, and fell into the lotus pond with a 'plop'.

"Xiaobai fell into the pond." Yangyang cried out worriedly.

Maodou pulled Yangyang, "Master, don't be afraid, the dog can swim very fast. You can't even think of getting up when you look at it and want to cool down in it for a while!"

Yangyang saw Xiaobai splashing happily in the water, and the splashing water splashed on several people. Yangyang hooked a lotus leaf with a net and waved to Xiaobai. Xiaobai swam in front of Yangyang proudly. Climbed up the stone steps and shook a puddle of water on it.

Yangyang put a lotus leaf on Xiaobai's head. Several children looked at the lotus leaf hat on Xiaobai's head and laughed happily. They also forgot to catch the fish.

Li Yu and his wife got up after a good sleep. Li Yu suddenly remembered the lotus pond and turned to look at Zhou Jia, who was lying on the bed. "Xiao Xi, the lotus pond I mentioned..., there is still one in the lotus pond now. Lotus, it’s quite cool to sit in the pavilion. I went to see it that day and then came back. It’s boring to sit there alone. Let’s go and see it together?”

Zhou Jia heard Li Yu talk about the scenery of the lotus pond, and thought that the Fan family had spent so much time on Zhuangzi, which was an advantage to his own family. He suddenly remembered that he had heard it in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and his colleagues were talking about Fan Shangshu in private. , saying that he had worked in the Ministry of Household Affairs for decades and must have embezzled a lot of gold and silver.