Crown Jewels

Chapter 147 Zhuangzi Serves the Barbecue

Seeing that Song Yan went down the river to catch fish, the scholars around went to the water stream together happily.

Fu Sinian greeted them briefly, and ordered several servants to put the meat prepared in the restaurant yesterday on the long wooden table.

When Gu Baozhu came with Shen Lanqing, he saw Song Yan drooping his eyelids.

The young man fanned the fire of the square furnace with one hand, and lit the fireworks to roast the skin of the fresh fish, which already gave off a tempting fragrance.

She withdrew her gaze and motioned to the people behind her to place the freshly picked wild fruit this morning on the long table.

In the open-air mountains, the weather is comfortable and cool, as if it can strip away the deepest distracting thoughts in the heart.

The fragrance of wild fruit accompanied by the smoke of grilled fish makes people feel a rare sense of happiness.

Song Yan is grilling fish, while Fu Sinian is using bamboo sticks to put fresh venison and chicken wings on the square table.

The smell of grilled fish spread throughout the mountain, and the teenagers who came back from fishing in the water creek all moved their noses.

The burnt aroma is stimulated to the extreme after Song Yan is sprinkled with nature and pepper.

Several young men looked at each other, and suddenly rushed up from behind, with chopsticks between them.Before Song Yan could take the grilled fish out of the square furnace, everyone unloaded it with chopsticks.

The young man's hearty and hearty laughter, when he saw Song Yan's face gritted his teeth, he was extremely happy.

Several people made a fuss, and when they dispersed, they were already sweating lightly.

At this moment, Song and Fu saw Gu Baozhu and Shen Lanqing in front of the square table.

Realizing that the slightly naive behavior of the two of them just now was seen by Shen and Gu, Song Yan's eyelids twitched.

Song Yan coughed a little uncomfortably, but Fu Sinian stepped forward first, and placed two thick blankets for the two of them beside the barbecue grill, so that they could sit around, and then Fu Sinian took out two plates of clean dishes from the long table. Purple Putao placed in front of the two of them, and asked a familiar question.

"Miss Shen and Princess, don't you have time to have breakfast yet?"

Fu Sinian's attitude was relaxed, and he couldn't see the incident that happened in the academy yesterday at all.

As if, he was still the big boy who was bright and sincere, grinning and showing eight white teeth when he was happy.

Fu Sinian's state made Shen Lanqing inexplicably relieved, she randomly picked up a purple grape and put it in her mouth, and also replied very casually.

"Well, the princess and I just picked some fruits, and we haven't eaten yet—"

Seeing that Fu Sinian and Shen Lanqing were chatting together, Gu Baozhu was wise and didn't come forward.

But besides the scattered scholars, the only one she was familiar with was Song Yan who was buried in front of the grill over there.

Thinking of the inexplicable embarrassment she felt when getting along with him, Gu Baozhu didn't really want to get close to him.

In the end, Gu Baozhu simply sat in front of the long table and helped thread the cut corn and potato chips with bamboo sticks, trying to pass the time.

Adjusting the charcoal fire in the square furnace in his hand, Song Yan could see the boredom of the woman out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing the corn and potato chips in Gu Baozhu's hand, Song Yan thought for a while, picked up the ingredients that Fu Sinian had just handed over, and selected two even stalks of yellow corn from them, put them on bamboo poles, and started roasting without saying a word.

Gradually, the smell of meat overflows in the mountains and forests.

The scholars held the bamboo sticks in their hands, simply sprinkled some seasoning on the meat and couldn't wait to send it to the mouth.

There is a strange fit between salt and cumin and barbecue.

Gu Baozhu felt a little hungry after eating the purple grapes.

Glancing at the ingredients on the square table, Gu Baozhu keenly saw that there were dressed red shrimps in the small wooden box beside Song Yan.

Originally, Gu Baozhu was still a little hesitant to go forward, but then she thought about the delicious taste of the fresh and tender shrimp meat after the grilled red shrimp was peeled off, so she stopped entangled and walked directly in the direction where Song Yan was. go.

Standing still and squatting down, Gu Baozhu did it in one go, raised her wrist lightly, and just as she picked up the bamboo stick with the red shrimp, she was ready to walk to another open space with a square stove.

But before she got up, she heard the crisp and bursting fragrance coming from the oven next to her, accompanied by the embers of the charcoal fire, and the sweet and glutinous fragrance of glutinous corn baked yellow, Gu Baozhu swallowed spinelessly , the movement of leaving is slightly stagnant.

Just when Gu Baozhu was in a daze, the smell of corn on the tip of his nose seemed to be more fragrant.

Gu Baozhu's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the grilled corn on a bamboo stick suddenly appeared in front of him.

Then, Song Yan took the red shrimp in Gu Baozhu's hand, and replaced the stick in his hand with roasted corn.

Gu Baozhu pursed her lips, she didn't know what to say for a moment.

On the other hand, Song Yan glanced at her, got up and said to her casually.

"The charcoal fire over there is not yet red, I'll go to the mountain stream to catch some fresh fish, you can grill the shrimp here!"

After finishing speaking, he simply glanced at Gu Baozhu who was half squatting on the ground, put the red shrimp in his hand on the square stove, and walked towards the mountain stream.

Gu Baozhu glanced at the roasted corn in his hand, with an expression of disbelief.

After a while, she sat in Song Yan's original position, watching the charcoal fire burning in the square furnace.

Finally decided not to struggle anymore, Gu Baozhu put the fragrant roasted corn in his hand into his mouth, and chewed the golden corn kernels in his mouth.

The sweet and glutinous smell made the woman squint her eyes, and the corners of her lips were slightly raised.

As the gentle breeze of the first day blew, Shen Lanqing stroked her broken hair behind her ears.

Fu Sinian fiddled with the bamboo stick in his hand, his head bowed in confusion, obviously wanting to say something.

"Miss Shen—"

"That day at the academy—"

Fu Sinian pursed his lips, the expression on his face was no longer the usual carefree look, and he looked a little serious.

Halfway through the words, Fu Sinian was struggling with how to say those words to Shen Lanqing, but was interrupted by Cai Hui who suddenly approached.

"Brother Fu! Miss Shen?"

Cai Hui concealed his surprise, and greeted Shen Lanqing with a smile, with some admiration in his eyes.

Shen Lanqing's reputation in the academy is second to none among female scholars of the imperial examination school, and he himself often secretly envies and respects it.

The courage that Fu Sinian had managed to muster was suddenly interrupted by Cai Hui. He rubbed his hair irritably, and glared at Cai Hui in a irritated way.

"What's the matter—"

Fu Sinian's voice seemed irritated, Cai Hui frowned a little bit aggrieved, he handed the fish he caught with great difficulty to Fu Sinian, and said in a muffled voice.

"It's not that I haven't dealt with this thing before, do I want to ask you for a favor?"

The water droplets splashed by the fish's tail suddenly hit Fu Sinian's face.

Fu Sinian wiped away the water stains on his face, and looked at the fish tail still dangling in Cai Hui's hands, his eyelids twitched violently.

Keenly aware of Fu Sinian's low pressure, Cai Hui blinked aggrievedly, looking at the fish in his hand, he thought something was wrong.

Just before Fu Sinian looked at him, Cai Hui resolutely got up and fled.

Shen Lanqing stared blankly at Cai Hui who was running away in front of her, and it took a while to recover.

Because of Cai Hui's interruption, Fu Sinian looked at Shen Lanqing, as if he wanted to continue his previous topic, but when he reorganized his thoughts again, his parted lips turned into a silent sigh, and he shook his head for a long time, and there was something in his throat. The sound of breath sounded, and he just said something in a muffled voice.

Shen Lan, who was waiting quietly, paused for a moment, watching Fu Sinian carefully, she had a premonition that he seemed to want to say something to her.

Shen Lanqing frowned, lowered her head absent-mindedly arranging the blue skirt.

The corners of the woman's lips twitched and she was about to say something, but then she thought about the consequences of Qing Dai's incident, Fu Sinian was expelled from Huangu Academy, after all, she still didn't mention the matter that made him feel uncomfortable.

In the mountains and fields of Zhuangzi, the autumn breeze is just right.

The wild fun of barbecue, accompanied by the hearty joy of the brothers when they get together, and the laughter can be very infectious.

Shen Lanqing relaxed, and felt that the burden on her was much lighter these days.

(End of this chapter)