dhibooks Chapter 3 Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Chapter 3
A plate of crispy eggplant, a plate of dry fried small fish, a shiny oily sauced elbow, a small plate of braised tea tree mushrooms, plus a eight-treasure roast goose, three cold dishes, and a large portion of sapphire egg drop soup , put the table full.
Huamanlou hadn't planned to bring Mingyu here.His taste is bland, and Mingyu's health is not too good, so he should not be able to stand too greasy food.
But now it's not just the two of them, the man who called himself Mingyu's elder brother waved his hand and invited the meal on his own initiative.
The good baby Mingyu sat on the stool, looking at this and that.Hua Manlou patted his head, "Eat when you're hungry."
"What's wrong with my brother? It doesn't feel right." Hua Manlou could tell that his tone was pure curiosity, without any concern for his relatives.
Hua Manlou didn't lie, he sighed: "Mingyu looked like this when he was sent to me. No one knows what happened to him. I originally thought that since the young master is his elder brother, he should know some."
Mingyu...Mingyu...Gong Jiu looked at Mingyu who said nothing and showed a playful smile, but it was a pity that Huamanlou couldn't see it, and Mingyu herself didn't care.
He didn't change his face, and changed the address in his mouth at the right time: "Although Ayu and I are cousins, we don't see each other very often. After careful calculation, we haven't seen each other for two or three years. He is growing fast. If it weren't for his mother's face It's similar, but I don't dare to recognize it. Ayu... is he sick?"
"If you take good care of it, it won't be difficult to recover. You don't have to worry too much, Young Master." Hua Manlou nodded, "I'm going to Hua Manlou, but I don't know what you should call Young Master?"
The young man in white with his hair neatly kept on the opposite side rolled his eyes, looking extremely sly, he weighed many times in his mind, and finally announced his name, "Ji Xia Gong Jiu."
Hua Manlou nodded and was about to speak when he heard a sound.A goose leg was thrown into his bowl.
Mingyu said with a bit of oil on her mouth, "Eat."
Gong Jiu said bitterly: "Since I was a child, I have never seen Ayu serve food for others."
He took out the air of being Mingyu's relatives, and Hua Manlou couldn't help thinking, wouldn't it be inappropriate for Mingyu to live in his own small building?
Not to mention Gong Jiu's unknown origin, even if he is really Mingyu's cousin whom he hasn't seen for several years, Mingyu doesn't recognize him now.He is like a child, and he probably doesn't want to go with him.
It would be great if Lu Xiaofeng was here, he really isn't suitable for guessing people's hearts.Hua ManLou thought about it.
Gong Jiu seemed very busy, halfway through the meal, someone knocked on the door and came in, whispered something in front of him, Gong Jiu's expression became unsightly.
He said depressedly: "Looks like I can't have a good chat with Brother Hua and Ayu today. My business has gone wrong again, and I have to go back now. I really can't take Ayu into account. I think Brother Hua is a good character. I have to trouble Brother Hua to take care of him for a while longer."
Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Mingyu is my friend, so it's my duty to take care of him."
Gong Jiu said goodbye and was about to walk out of the house when she suddenly turned her head.He saw that two people in the room turned their gazes to him and blinked blankly, and suddenly felt a strange feeling.
"Is there anything else, Mr. Gong?"
Gong Jiu restrained his messy thoughts, and his tone sounded gloomy.He laughed: "For the sake of..., let me remind you, although my little cousin has no skills, his status is not ordinary. Brother Hua, you'd better be careful."
The words were clearly warnings, but they came out of his mouth in a sinister manner, which sounded like provocation.
Hua Manlou was still smiling good-naturedly. After Gong Jiu left, he put down his chopsticks, patted Mingyu's head, and asked, "Have you finished eating?"
The little head under his hands moved, but did not make a sound.
Hua Manlou tilted his head, "looked" at Mingyu and said, "Why don't you talk?"
Mingyu remembered that day when he told himself softly that the things his eyes couldn't see made him feel a little distressed, but he had never gotten along with someone like Hua Manlou, or, maybe once, but now he After all, I don't remember.Mingyu was cramped and a little shy.With Hua Manlou treating him like this, he couldn't help being extra cute in front of him.
So Mingyu said, "Yes."
He felt that Hua Manlou wanted him to talk, and after thinking about it, Mingyu said again: "But... yes, have you gone back?"
He hadn't spoken in months and sounded stammered and dry.Mingyu thought about Huamanlou's voice, and felt that it was not pleasant at all.He tightly closed his mouth and stared at Huamanlou with wide eyes.
Huamanlou is very happy, he is almost never in a bad mood.The tall and slender young man felt warm all over his body, he said: "Okay, let's go back now."
Mingyu took his hand actively, Hua Manlou froze for a moment, and led him back to the small building.
***
The sun is just right, surrounded by lush trees.
Bluestone slabs pile up a winding path, and at the end of the road is a small gazebo.
The melodious sound of the piano came from the gazebo, and the surroundings were quiet, as if the whole world was listening carefully.
But the reality is that the only listener of the sound of the piano is drowsy under the warm sunshine.
Mingyu leaned against the pillar, the warm light made him not want to open his eyes.In fact, these few days Hua Manlou waited for him to fall asleep before leaving, and would not leave him alone at night with his eyes open all night.Although he had enough sleep at night, it didn't prevent him from taking a nap in this weather.
As soon as the sound of the piano stopped, a person suddenly came out from behind the screen.
He was wearing a light blue straight train, and there were two eyebrow-like beards on his mouth.
As soon as Lu Xiaofeng came out, the sparrow perched on the tree was startled and flew away with fluttering wings, the quiet and serene atmosphere disappeared in an instant, Mingyu was also awakened suddenly.
He rubbed his eyes, looked at the uninvited man with mist, and curled his lips unhappily.
"Hey, what's your expression? Do you just despise me like that?" Lu Xiaofeng teased him, but he was happy with his change in his heart. At last, he wasn't dead like he ignored everyone at the beginning.
You disturbed my sleep.Mingyu thought to himself, but didn't say it out. He glanced at Huamanlou guiltily, and said that he played the piano nicely, but he was about to fall asleep here.
Lu Xiaofeng didn't even think about asking him to answer, and consciously changed the subject, "Hua Man Lou, don't forget what you invited me for."
Hua Manlou said: "When did I invite you?"
Lu Xiaofeng shook his head, with a look of "I really can't do anything about you", "Could it be that you want to eat alone? Drinking alone is so boring, but luckily you have a friend like me to accompany you. Drinking fine wine with a bosom friend is a pleasure!"
Hua Manlou smiled and said, "I don't have a confidant like you who always misses my wine."
Lu Xiaofeng said: "Yes, yes, I don't have a confidant like you who throws the wine aside after brewing! Friend, we are friends, right?"
Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou didn't talk anymore, but they laughed.
Hua Manlou said: "Mingyu, go back."
Mingyu consciously followed behind him.
Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Why didn't it take long before you became a little tail from your ancestor?"
Mingyu glared at him fiercely.Lu Xiaofeng didn't care, this gaze was not as fierce as that tigress looked at him, no matter how he looked, he looked like a lamb that hadn't grown up.
"A few days ago, a person who claimed to be Mingyu's elder brother came over." The three of them walked slowly on the blue stone path, Huamanlou was in the middle, Lu Xiaofeng was on his left, Mingyu was on the right.
Lu Xiaofeng frowned, and asked Mingyu, "Do you know him?"
Hua Manlou didn't expect him to ask directly. In his opinion, Mingyu's heart disease is not so easy to solve. Moreover, Shan usually only says a few words when he coaxes him. Under normal circumstances, Mingyu is silent. Yes, he naturally didn't think to ask about it directly.However, Lu Xiaofeng's actions made him realize that his attitude towards Mingyu was not right, he should have his own ideas, instead of being led by others in everything.
Mingyu himself didn't expect to be questioned by Lu Xiaofeng, but he has been guided by Hua Manlou for the past few days, and he no longer simply nodded and shook his head to express himself, but told Lu Xiaofeng directly: "I don't know..."
Lu Xiaofeng asked again: "What do you remember?"
Mingyu thought for a while, "I don't seem to be called this, my name."
After he said this, he felt that the two people around him were watching him.Mingyu couldn't quite understand what kind of answer they were looking for. Being looked at so expectantly, he tried to think about it, and said, "They... called me, Yuanwei?"
Lu Xiaofeng was a little disappointed, he thought he could get some useful information.
Yilian is Mingyu's flower name in Fengyue, it's not really a secret.
Hua Manlou patted Mingyu's head, "Your name is Mingyu now, not Yuanwei."
Mingyu seems to understand but not understand.
Before they could reach Huamanlou's small building, they met a man driving a carriage and stopped in front of them.
The driver quickly got off the carriage, trotted to Hua Manlou, made a bow, and said respectfully, "Master."
Hua Manlou said: "Hua Ping?"
Huaping: "It's the young one. The master asked me to pick you up."
Hua Manlou felt strange and asked, "Didn't it be agreed that I would go back by myself?"
Hua Ping said: "The plan has changed, the master said that the birthday will be held in Yuxiu Villa, please go there now."
Hua Manlou said: "Okay."
Lu Xiaofeng has no fixed place to live, nowhere to send invitations from Hua's family, he and Huamanlou have been playing together since childhood, so it's impossible not to go for Hua Ruling's [-]th birthday.Lu Xiaofeng's main reason for coming this time is actually this matter.
The three got into the carriage together.
Huaping probably didn't expect that there was another person there. The carriage was a little small, and although three big men could fit in it, it was still a bit crowded.Mingyu and Huamanlou were so close that they could bump into each other with a slight movement.He was tense, constantly adjusting his body.
"Stop moving. You're like a monkey." Lu Xiaofeng held him down and told him to sit down obediently.
Mingyu stared at him with wide eyes, then looked at herself, not knowing where she looked like a monkey.
Hua Manlou said: "Compared to Mingyu, obviously Lu Xiaofeng, you are more like a monkey. Otherwise, why would you run around the world?"
"Nonsense! How do I look like a monkey? You might as well call me a beautiful little cock!"
Mingyu whispered: "Four eyebrows, my chick."
No matter how much he whispered, Lu Xiaofeng could still hear: "Oh, you kid! Don't think I can't hear you!"
Hua Manlou looked at them helplessly.
Hua Ping, who was driving outside, suddenly said: "Young master, the master ordered that I have something to deliver to you! It's in the box behind you."
After hearing the words, Hua Manlou groped behind her and found a small delicate box.
Mingyu leaned over and asked, "What is it?"
Lu Xiaofeng thought of something, and stopped Hua Manlou from opening the box: "Don't open it!"
He reacted quickly, but he still couldn't stop it in time.
Huamanlou had already opened the box.
There was nothing inside, only a puff of yellow smoke came out, which was a bit pungent, and before they could react, the three of them lost strength together and passed out in the carriage.
The author has something to say: The dungeon of the Iron Shoes Thief is opening...
At first, I read the original book, but I couldn’t find the Iron Shoes Thief. Later, I found out that there is only a film and television version... called "Legend of Lu Xiaofeng: The Legend of Iron Shoes"