Xiao Jingshu was in front, and Su Ling was behind, letting Xiao Jingshu hold him by the hand.
The two strolled to the kitchen.
Xiao Jingshu ignored it and raised her legs to go in directly.
Su Ling, with quick eyesight and quick hands, grabbed her and said, "Are you just going in like this?"
Xiao Jingshu asked doubtfully: "How else could I get in like this? This is my third brother's house, not anyone else's?"
Su Ling looked around a few times, then lowered his voice and said: "We went in to eat secretly. This is for greeting the guests after the poetry meeting. Fortunately, you are still a lady. If you are caught, you can treat Lao Xiao
The family’s face has been disgraced..."
Xiao Jingshu felt that Su Ling was right, so she could only shrug and asked: "What should I do? I can only go back..."
Su Ling shook his head and said with a smile: "You've already come, how can you go back? A thief won't leave empty... Let's sneak in again after there's no one inside..."
Xiao Jingshu rolled her eyes at him and said angrily: "You are the thief... I don't want to steal anything to eat."
Although he said this, he followed Su Ling and hid beside a rockery on the left side of the main entrance of the kitchen.
The rockery was not too big to hide one person, but now that it was hiding two people, it suddenly seemed cramped. The two of them were only less than three inches apart.
Su Ling felt the fragrance on Xiao Jingshu's body and the breath on her nose, and her heartbeat started to beat a little faster.
Xiao Jingshu also gradually blushed.
Fortunately, this embarrassment did not last long. The people in the kitchen came out one by one and found a place to rest first. It was still early in the main hall before the banquet started, and it was too early to prepare the hot meal.
.
Seeing this, Su Ling and Xiao Jingshu sneaked into the kitchen quickly and quietly.
Entering the kitchen, she felt the fragrant aroma, and a variety of cold meals were placed on several large piers. Su Ling pinched a few peanuts and put them in her mouth to chew.
But Xiao Jingshu thought it was because it was winter, so she just looked at it and shook her head.
On the stove, a large pot was steaming, the aroma was overflowing, and I didn't know what was being cooked.
Su Ling and Xiao Jingshu took a closer look, but because of the smoke, they couldn't see clearly. They vaguely felt that it was half-cooked meat.
Su Ling and Xiao Jingshu looked around again and found that there were sliced soy sauce beef beside them.
They each took two slices and ate a few bites.
Xiao Jingshu shook her head and said with some disappointment: "This is delicious food? Don't you see this often? It's really boring."
Su Ling didn't answer, just walked around the kitchen and rummaged around.
Xiao Jingshu didn't know what he was going to do, so she followed Su Ling curiously, tilting her head and looking at him with starry eyes, with a faint soft light.
Su Ling searched for a long time, but couldn't find what he was looking for. While muttering to himself, he speeded up his hands and said: "It shouldn't be, that thing should be placed here, and it is not suitable to put it anywhere else...
..”
Xiao Jingshu then said softly: ""Look around in the kitchen, what are you looking for... Is there anything new in the kitchen?"
Su Ling was still looking for it and said, "Of course it's the hard food I promised you..." He was a little anxious and accidentally touched a stack of high plates with his hand.
The two or three highest plates fell towards the ground when he touched them.
Su Ling and Xiao Jingshu were so panicked that they hurried over to pick them up. Fortunately, when the two or three plates were about to hit the ground, they were caught by Su Ling and Xiao Jingshu.
Su Ling and Xiao Jingshu each grabbed a plate in their hands, looked at each other, and saw the guilty look in each other's eyes.
Xiao Jingshu suddenly burst out laughing.
Su Ling hurriedly made a gesture of silence. At this moment, someone came in.
The two of them were so panicked that they quickly hid behind a cabinet.
The back of the cabinet is narrower than the back of the rockery, and the two of them are almost touching each other.
Xiao Jingshu's breathing became more rapid and her face turned red.
Su Ling had no choice but to close her eyes and not look at her, her heart beating wildly.
Fortunately, the man only came in for a while, took something unknown, and then left.
Only then did the two of them walk out of the small space behind the cabinet.
Xiao Jingshu was already panting slightly and dripping with sweat. She had her hands on her small waist and her face was red.
Su Ling quickly diverted the awkward atmosphere and continued to look for things while saying: "You have to find it quickly. The longer you delay, the more others will find out..."
Just as he was talking about the knife, Su Ling suddenly caught a glimpse of what he was looking for in the corner of the kitchen.
He pointed to the thing placed in the corner and said, "Finally I found it."
Xiao Jingshu looked towards where Su Ling pointed.
But I saw two wooden boxes tied with red flowers placed in the corner, and I didn't know what they contained.
The two walked over, and Xiao Jingshu asked: "What's in it?" Su Ling took off the red cloth and pretended to be mysterious: "This is a gift from me to your third brother. It's an absolute treasure.
Open it and take a look."
Xiao Jingshu glanced at Su Ling suspiciously, but seeing that he was serious and not joking, she slowly opened one of the wooden boxes.
Xiao Jingshu looked inside expectantly, and immediately frowned, shook her head repeatedly, stepped back, covered her mouth and nose and said: "This... what is this thing...
It's quite dark...it's covered in sticky oil...it doesn't taste good."
Su Ling tried not to laugh so loudly, her shoulders shook, and after a while she said: "This is unusual for you, isn't it? This is the sheep's trotters that I secretly made by myself. It's very delicious. Do you want to try it?"
As he spoke, he picked up a big sheep's hoof and waved it in front of Xiao Jingshu's eyes.
Xiao Jingshu shook her head and stamped her feet, resistance written all over her body, her pretty face turned red and said: "Eh hey - what do I think? Sheep's hooves! Not to mention that sheep are the most fishy, this sheep's hooves are trampled everywhere...
....It's so dirty...I don't want to eat it..."
Xiao Jingshu hurriedly waved her hands sideways, looking like she was about to vomit.
Seeing this, Su Ling could only shake his head and said, "Oh, some people just don't have this kind of luck... You really don't want to eat?"
Xiao Jingshu shook her head decisively and said: "If you don't want to eat... you can eat it yourself..."
Su Ling didn't force herself, she picked up one and took a big bite. The meat and tendons immediately separated from the bone with a tingling sound, and she put it into her mouth. It was thin and layered, and the fat melted in her mouth, and her mouth was full of oil.
The spicy flavor of double pepper is really delicious.
Su Ling ate and shook her head with relish, and kept making slurping sounds from her mouth.
Xiao Jingshu was already hungry. Being teased by his paradoxical remarks, she couldn't help it. She slowly came over and asked hesitantly: "Is it really that delicious?..."
Su Ling murmured while eating: "I never lie to others..." and took another big bite.
Xiao Jingshu mustered up her courage for a while, then frowned, picked up another sheep hoof bone with two green fingers, and held it in her hand for a long time.
Finally, I mustered up the courage, closed my eyes, held my breath, and took a small bite.
As soon as the mutton trotters entered my mouth, I felt that it was really delicious and fragrant. My taste buds were wonderful and my appetite was whetted. The next moment I started eating it with big mouthfuls.
This is good. Two handsome young thieves, a man and a woman, broke into the kitchen of the third master Xiao Sikong's house. They didn't steal anything. Each of them held a huge sheep's hoof in his hand. They put their heads against each other, rustling.
After a meal, the two of them had a mouth full of oil.
Xiao Jingshu said excitedly while eating: "I have never eaten anything so delicious!"
After a while, only a pile of bones remained from the two sheep's hooves, which were scattered everywhere on the ground.
The two of them raised their heads and looked at each other, only to see each other's mouths full of suet, and couldn't help but laugh.
But she didn't dare to laugh too loudly, Xiao Jingshu kept shouting in a low voice until her stomach hurt...
Su Ling saw that Xiao Jingshu's mouth was full of oil, so she subconsciously stretched out her sleeve to wipe Xiao Jingshu's mouth.
Xiao Jingshu was caught off guard. Just as she was about to hide, Su Ling's sleeve had already been rubbed up.
Xiao Jingshu had no choice but to let him wipe it.
Xiao Jingshu only felt that Su Ling moved softly and spoke softly: "What a wonderful little girl. Apart from being a bit unruly, she doesn't have any major problems. She has a greasy face and mouth, which makes her look unsightly...
..."
Xiao Jingshu listened, but there was a hint of shyness in her eyes that Su Ling hadn't noticed.
After Su Ling wiped Xiao Jingshu's mouth, the two quietly slipped out of the kitchen.
As for the fact that the cook will see the bones all over the ground and the whole family will inevitably suffer, I won’t go into details.
Su Ling and Xiao Jingshu walked side by side under the corridor.
Xiao Jingshu seemed to still have some unfinished thoughts: "What if I want to eat sheep's hooves in the future..."
Su Ling chuckled and said, "Then go to Duji Mutton Restaurant on Zhuque Street and find me..."
Xiao Jingshu nodded, and the two walked a few more steps. Xiao Jingshu didn't say much. Suddenly she raised her head, looked at Su Ling with starry eyes and said slowly: "Then what if you don't open a mutton restaurant one day?"
Woolen cloth?"
Su Ling said without hesitation: "Then go to the bad hall to find me... I have more than just sheep's hooves there, there is also..."
Xiao Jingshu didn't wait for Su Ling to finish, and suddenly looked a little worried and said: "What if one day you don't open restaurants and medical clinics?"
The voice was faint and somewhat vague.
Su Ling looked at Xiao Jingshu, wondering what the little girl was thinking.
He thought about it and said calmly: "Then whenever you want to eat, just come to me and I will cook it for you. It's very easy..."
Xiao Jingshu said in a faint voice: "But, what if I can't find you one day..."
Su Ling was speechless for a moment. He didn't understand why she suddenly became sad, so he comforted her and said, "You can't find me? How is this possible? I will always be in Longtai. Where can I go?"
Xiao Jingshu seemed to look normal now, smiling at Su Ling, with a savage look on her face, and her voice became more coquettish: "Then... do you care enough?"
Su Ling patted his chest and said, "Enough!"
Only then did the two of them laugh heartily. As they were laughing, two people came from the direction of the kitchen and passed by them.
The two men whispered to each other as they walked: "I'm afraid there are wild dogs and cats in the kitchen. Fortunately, Mr. Su's things are not valuable. Just eat them as you like. The third young master probably won't remember..."
Su Ling and Xiao Jingshu didn't dare to laugh when they heard this. After the two people walked away, Su Ling raised her eyebrows at Xiao Jingshu and said: "Little wild cat..."
Xiao Jingshu waved her pink fist towards Su Ling and said reluctantly: "Little wild dog..."
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When Su Ling and Xiao Jingshu returned to the main hall, they had already competed in a round of poetry writing. At this time, there were loud and low voices arguing about something in the hall. Chao Heng, Kong Xiyan, Gu Buyi and others were even more arguing.
His face was red and Xu Wei was a little angry, but he seemed to be in a better mood than the other three.
After Su Ling listened carefully, she realized that it seemed that the four of them had just written a poem, and each said that their writing was good. Xiao Sishu was comforting him, while Wang Zhongsu looked on coldly. Xiao Cangshu naturally helped his little friend Gu Buyi.
Su Ling was so happy that it had nothing to do with him, and Xiao Sishu didn't care about them. They both sat down. Seeing that the food had been served, Su Ling picked up the chopsticks and took a few bites, then picked up the wine bottle and poured a glass of wine to drink.
Su Ling took a few sips and felt that it was indescribably sweet, so she simply picked up the glass of wine and poured it into her mouth.
The debate in the hall became more and more intense. The noise was quite noisy.
Xiao Sishu had to come forward to comfort everyone. These people all have some real talents and learning, and the poems they write are naturally good in their own way. For a while, there is really no one who can stand out, and there are too many others at the top.
After finally calming down their argument, Xiao Sishu saw Su Ling return and said to Su Ling with a faint smile: "Brother Su went out just now. He didn't listen to the rules of our competition here, nor did he listen to the brilliant work of all the great talents. In fact,
Pity."
Although Su Ling nodded in agreement, his eyes seemed unconcerned.
All the guests looked at it and felt that Su Ling seemed to be a little self-reliant on her talent.
Xiao Sishu couldn't see it, but said calmly: "Xiao told Mr. Su again, there are four competitions in total. Each competition can be composed of poetry or prose. After each person has finished, they will be judged by the Wang family.
If everyone Wang agrees, he will be the first. No matter how many rounds it is, he will stop immediately. He will be the leader today. If everyone Wang does not say anything, I will judge. After four rounds, I will rate the one with the most first place.
He is today’s leader.”
Su Ling secretly remembered that it seemed that the key to the quality of today's poems and the evaluation of the literary talent of the young masters was in the hands of Wang Zhongsu. It seemed that he was really highly respected by the world.
It's just that he really doesn't want to participate in these things. Reciting poems, writing poems, and dancing are things that he doesn't find interesting. If it weren't for Cang Shu's kindness today, he wouldn't be here.
Thinking of this, Su Ling nodded, seeming to indicate something: "Then everyone must participate in every round?"
Xiao Sishu shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not the case. Xiao will set the questions in each round. If you feel interested, you can participate. If you are not interested, you can not participate. The rules are just good. If you happen to not participate in the round, someone will win.
The first time you go, you can’t regret it and write poetry again.”
Su Ling nodded and asked, "What round is it now?"
Xiao Sishu laughed and said: "We have passed the first round. In this first round, Kong Xiyan and Mr. Kong are the first. I will judge. If it is judged by the Wang family, then today's competition is over."
He nodded towards Kong Xiyan.
Kong Xiyan quickly stood up and greeted Xiao Sixu.
Kong Xiyan thought that Su Ling would also nod to him, so he was ready to receive the gift.
But I never thought that Lidya Su didn't seem to care and didn't even look at him.
Kong Xiyan felt a little angry, so he shook his sleeves and sat down.
Xiao Sishu saw this, and although she felt that Su Ling was not formal, she also felt that Su Ling seemed a little rude to Kong Xiyan, but on the surface he remained calm and still said to Su Ling with a smile: "Brother Su was not here just now. As usual, the first
One round is considered a forfeit.”
Su Ling didn't take it seriously and nodded.
Su Ling had already made up his mind that in these four rounds, if Wang Zhongsu chose the first place in advance, it would save himself trouble. If not, he would abstain from all four rounds.
He was not interested at all in this poetry competition. It was better to have a drink.
He took a few sips, and the sweet taste became even more intense. He couldn't help but take a few more sips.
Xiao Sishu calmly asked the second question of the competition, and all the guests listened quietly. When Xiao Sishu's voice fell, some people immediately wrote quickly, while others were still thinking.
Xiao Sishu and Wang Zhongsu looked at Su Ling.
But they saw that Su Ling didn't seem to care, and still raised the wine glass, poured out large amounts of wine, and drank it, squinting his eyes slightly, shaking his head, enjoying himself.
Wang Zhongsu snorted and said nothing.
Xiao Sishu only looked at Lidya Su, her eyes moving, not knowing what she was thinking.
After a while, everyone finished their poems and read them one by one. They copied the poems on the paper, stood up and showed them to Wang Zhongsu respectfully. Wang Zhongsu didn't look at anyone but a few of them.
But he didn't even look at it, and started pouring himself a glass of wine.
It seems that the poems and poems of these people are not in the eyes of the Wang family.
Seeing Wang Zhongsu's demeanor, these people showed a trace of disappointment in their eyes. Then they bowed to Wang Zhongsu and showed the poems to Xiao Sishu, and hope was ignited in their eyes.
Xiao Sishu read each one carefully and left the paper on which he copied the poems and poems on his desk. These people bowed to Xiao Sishu and turned around.
After everyone handed over their poems, Xiao Sishu turned around and saw that Su Ling was still drinking with a glass of wine. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table had not moved, so he asked: "Brother Su, why don't you do it?"
Su Ling continued to drink the wine, and it seemed that even one sip was not enough.
Seeing Xiao Sixu asking him, he put down his wine glass, wiped the traces of wine from the corner of his mouth and said, "I'm not interested in this round, so I won't participate."
Xiao Sishu didn't take it seriously and just nodded slightly to show his understanding.
Then I looked carefully at the poems and essays of these people, and after a while, I rated Kong Xiyan as the first.
Kong Xiyan ranked first in the first two rounds, and the excitement in Kong Xiyan's eyes was palpable. There are still two rounds left, and it seems that he will definitely be ranked first at this Shangyuan Poetry Banquet.
At the beginning of the third round, Su Ling was still sipping wine and eating food with gusto.
It was as if others were here to attend a poetry gathering, but he was here to have a meal.
At this time, Xiao Cangshu was a little anxious. He came over and frowned slightly, and asked Su Ling: "Brother Su, why are you still here for fun? There are only two rounds left. If Mr. Kong wins again this round, it will be over."
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Su Ling chuckled and said: "Brother Cangshu, don't worry. You see how boring I am when I drink alone. Why don't you stay here and don't go over? How about we drink together..."
Xiao Cangshu smiled bitterly. He had no intention of drinking, so he sat back angrily, and looked at each other with his third brother Xiao Sishu, both seeing the helplessness in the other's eyes.
However, Xiao Jingshu came over, took a drink, took the wine glass from Su Ling's hand, and said with a faint smile: "Su Ling, how about we drink together?"
Su Ling was slightly drunk, glanced at her, and said in a low voice: "You are a little girl from your mother's family...what's wrong with learning, imitating the drinking of older men...Do you have a good drinker?"
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Xiao Jingshu smiled softly and said: "Okay, we will find out after we compare..."
Su Ling then lowered her voice, winked at Xiao Jingshu, and whispered in Xiao Jingshu's ear: "The competition in the poetry field is boring, but the competition between us in the wine field is fun..."
It's not that Su Ling really doesn't want to compete, it's just that she doesn't like Wang Zhongsu's attitude. Besides, she doesn't owe him anything, so why should he have to judge him.
If there was no Wang Zhongsu, or if Wang Zhongsu's attitude was a little less arrogant, maybe Su Ling would give it a try.
The leader of the third round finally fell to another team, Gu Buyi came first.
Now after three rounds of competition, Kong Xiyan has won the championship twice and Gu Buyi has won the championship once.
This most critical fourth round begins immediately.
If Kong Xiyan wins this round, the leader of Shangyuan Poetry Club today will be Kong Xiyan. If Gu Buyi wins, then the two of them will have to try another round. If someone else wins the first place, then Shangyuan Poetry
The leader of the meeting is still Kong Xiyan.
Kong Xiyan felt that he was sure of winning, and there was a complacent look on his face, and he looked a little arrogant in his eyes.
This time Xiao Sishu did not ask the question first, but looked at Su Ling with a faint smile and said: "Brother Su, this is the last round, why don't you still not participate?"
Su Lingzheng and Xiao Jingshu were drinking and feeling hot all over, rolling up their arms and sleeves.
Hearing Xiao Sishu's question, he said without thinking: "I won't participate, I'm not interested..." Hearing this, first Zhong Shu, then Kong Xiyan, Xu Wei's eyes were a little angry, and they all glared at Su Ling.
Su Ling seemed to have heard nothing of it, and continued to fight for wine with Xiao Jingshu.
That little girl was really good at drinking. Su Ling felt that she was a little drunk now, but Xiao Jingshu's snow-white cheeks were slightly red, and she looked even more charming and charming.
Kong Xiyan and Chao Heng both slapped the wine in their hands on the table with a "bang" sound and started squirting.
Kong Xiyan's voice was full of ridicule: "This is the Shangyuan Poetry Club. We gather friends with poems. How could a drunkard mix in? It's really disgusting. If the fourth round of the competition had been abandoned, Young Master Xiao would have directly announced that he would be in Xia Nai.
It saves me a lot of trouble today."
Chao Heng was a big killer. He originally only criticized Su Ling, but when he heard that Kong Xiyan actually asked Xiao Sishu to directly declare him as the leader, his expression and tone were quite arrogant.
So he can bear it?
Chao Heng immediately stood up and said sarcastically: "One is overestimating his own capabilities, and the other is just a false name. The one who does not know his capabilities leaps to show off his strength, and the one who only has false reputations gets drunk and does not fight. Hahaha, I, Chao Heng, were lucky enough to see two strange things in the third son's house.
The scene is so comforting to my whole life, so comforting to my whole life!”
Kong Xiyan heard this and snorted. In terms of sharp teeth, even a hundred Kong Xiyan bundled together could not compare to one Chao Heng. He had no choice but to turn away from Chao Heng and lower his head to drink.
Chao Heng didn't stop and started trolling endlessly. Originally, Su Ling didn't want to deal with this troll, so who could be so annoying?
But Chao Heng became more and more fierce, and just told Su Ling to admit defeat and go back. From then on, he would not go out or take a step forward, and he would live with a wine vat. In order not to rely solely on the saying of worrying about the world's worries first, and happiness after the world's worries.
Happy, traveling all over the world, showing off and cheating.
Although Gu Buyi didn't say anything, he didn't seem to be satisfied with Su Ling just drinking. He frowned.
When Su Ling saw that Chao Heng was complaining again, it was not a good thing. She just said to Xiao Jingshu: "It's a little noisy at the moment. When I tell them to shut up, we can have a drink again!"
Xiao Jingshu pursed her lips and snickered, her eyes filled with starlight.
Su Ling put down the glass of wine and stood up. Fang felt his eyes flashing and his head felt a little dizzy. Only then did he realize that although the alcohol was extremely low in alcohol content, after drinking so much wine with Xiao Jingshu, he was really drunk at this moment. His eyes were full of alcohol.
Somewhat hazy.
Su Ling steadied her body, smiled at Xiao Sixu, cupped her fists and said, "In that case, isn't it just a matter of memorizing another poem? Brother Xiao, you come up with the question first, and I'll see if I'm interested...
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"If you are really that interested, it wouldn't hurt to memorize another poem..."