Meat, meat is delicious.
Brother-in-law is not bad, always making such fragrant things, but Ah Yin is too fierce and doesn't let him eat much.
"This plate of greens is yours, you can only eat two pieces of meat, you have to adapt slowly."
Xue Niang pushed the greens towards Ap Songshi, while she herself was gnawing on the fragrant meat.
Ap Songshi was very unhappy, he looked at Xiao Shan.
Xiao Shan comforted him, "It's okay, Third Brother, I make meat every day, you eat it little by little, and you'll adapt quickly."
Well, this brother-in-law is very good.
After dinner, Xiao Shan went to Liu Zhuzi's house to arrange the matter of inviting people to dinner tomorrow. The chicken coop and dog house were still empty, and now chickens could be bought to fill them.
It's just that dog...
Send a message to Yutou, asking him to bring Xiao Hei back, and then it will be like before.
When he returned home, he saw Xue Niang playing on the swing, and Third Brother sitting under the eaves, his eyes occasionally glancing.
Xiao Shan walked to the swing set and gently pushed from behind.
"Push harder, higher."
With Xiao Shan there, Xue Niang was not afraid, and someone would catch her if she fell.
The swing went higher and higher, and they could even see into Granny Hua's yard. Xue Niang's hair flew up, her goose-yellow skirt fluttered, and she laughed as brilliantly as the clouds in the sky.
Ap Songshi's eyes were sparkling.
After Xue Niang had played enough, she went back into the house. Xiao Shan came to Ap Songshi.
"Third Brother, do you want to go play?"
"No," Ap Songshi refused coldly.
Those were things for young girls.
He was going to meditate to refine those turbid energies as soon as possible. The aura of the Ma clan made him very uncomfortable.
Xiao Shan smiled, watched Ap Songshi return to his room, then he went around the swing set again before going to find Xue Niang.
Xue Niang was sitting on the kang, sewing something.
"What is it? For me?" Xiao Shan leaned closer.
"It's not for you, I'm sewing a few headbands for Third Brother, his golden lotus is too conspicuous."
Oh, not for him!
Xiao Shan picked it up and looked at it. They were made in different colors, using the cloth and thread he bought, and each one had a piece of turquoise in the middle.
This turquoise, wasn't it from the headdress he bought? Did she pry it off?
Alas, his feelings seemed not to be cherished.
"Xue Niang, how about I take you to a hot spring another day?"
Hot spring?
Xue Niang looked at Xiao Shan, seeing the thick, unresolvable affection in his eyes, strands of it wanting to entangle and bind her.
And she, too, actively approached, walking into a trap.
Thinking of that secret place, her heart rippled, and a blush spread.
Indeed, the first time after their reunion, it would be most appropriate there. His thoughts were thoughtful.
In his eager anticipation, Xue Niang pecked his sharply defined lips and exhaled like orchids, "As you wish."
Little vixen!
Xiao Shan's mind was already filled with what would happen at the hot spring.
He put away the few headbands and said, "I'll go teach Third Brother how to wear them."
She didn't expect him to be so patient with Third Brother, Xue Niang was even more delighted. When she was in the palace and had nothing to do, she had learned embroidery for a few days. She took out Xiao Shan's clothes from the wardrobe.
All of them were plain black and gray, truly monotonous. What should she embroider on them?
As soon as Xiao Shan came out of the bedroom, he saw a figure by the swing set in the yard.
He laughed heartily in his heart. This Third Brother was indeed a child who said one thing and meant another.
Ap Songshi tentatively sat on the swing board, but before he could sit steady, he stumbled and squatted on the ground.
The rope had broken.
He was very confused.
Why did it break so suddenly? Was he that heavy?
"Third Brother, are you okay?"
Xiao Shan walked over anxiously, "This rope was too thin. I'll build a new one with a thicker rope another day, and you can play however you want."
Ap Songshi was helped up by him. Looking at Xiao Shan, he didn't laugh at him, nor did he say he had broken anything, and he even wanted to help him build another one.
Ah Yin's taste was indeed good.
"Third Brother, look, Xue Niang just sewed this for you. I'll help you put it on."
Xiao Shan personally tied the headband on Third Brother and explained its purpose.
In fact, he didn't need to say it. Ap Songshi knew. Last time on the street, everyone looked at him, which was extremely annoying, almost making him lose his temper and overturn those stalls.
With this, it was much more convenient.
"It looks good, spirited! dashing!" Xiao Shan praised.
Ap Songshi's cold face softened a little. His current face was really not good-looking. Compared to his appearance when he was in Hailingtian, it was like heaven and earth.
He didn't like it.
Now, with this, did it really look good?
Half-believing, he went to the water缸 and looked down.
His shoulder-length hair hung down on both sides, and the headband tied them neatly. There was a blue-green stone on his forehead, and he indeed looked much more spirited.
"What does 'dashing' mean?" he asked Xiao Shan, turning his head.
He understood the other words, but he didn't quite understand this one.
"It means very heroic, oh, domineering, very imposing."
Ap Songshi nodded in understanding and made a cool expression at the water缸.
It was even more dashing.
Xiao Shan rested his chin on his hand and mused, "Something is missing. Hmm... it would be even better with a sword!"
"Sword?"
"Yes! Heroes must have swords. Wait for me, I'll have someone send a good sword tomorrow. You know how to use a sword, right?"
Ap Songshi didn't know how to use one. They fought with spiritual energy. He had seen swords. The palace guards all carried one, which was very weak. He could break it with a wave of his hand.
What was so imposing about that thing?
Xiao Shan picked up a piece of firewood.
"Third Brother, you cultivate spiritual energy, and I practice martial arts. Of course, I can't compare to your strength, but in this world, using spiritual energy always attracts attention. If you also learned martial arts, you wouldn't need to waste spiritual energy to deal with a few mortals in the future."
As he spoke, Xiao Shan began to move.
He wielded a piece of firewood with great vigor, and his speed increased.
Ap Songshi's eyes lit up, and he memorized all of Xiao Shan's movements.
This was much better than those guards, stronger in both power and speed. He had no spiritual energy at all, yet he could command a stick as if it were alive.
Is this the martial arts of this world? It's the same as acupoint pressure.
It's interesting, he wants to learn too.
Xue Niang heard the commotion from inside the house and ran to the window to look outside. She saw Xiao Shan and Third Brother practicing in the yard.
Truly men.
"Third Brother! Again!"
If Xiao Shan had only wanted to show off at first, now he was truly fully immersed.
Although Ap Songshi was not familiar with martial arts, and his power was insufficient without using spiritual energy, his speed was fast, so fast that Xiao Shan's eyes could barely discern it.
Before, he could easily dodge the flames Xue Niang threw. If it were Third Brother's flames, he would absolutely not be able to dodge them.
In the army, no one was his opponent, so his speed had plateaued.
But sparring with Third Brother, he felt a breakthrough, and therefore, the more he fought, the more excited he became.
After a few rounds, Ap Songshi felt smoother and smoother, from being flustered to being at ease. In the middle, he could even think about how to wield a sword to make himself more dashing.
He liked this martial art. Although it was physically demanding, it gave him a sense of exhilaration, more satisfying than using spiritual energy.
Xiao Shan stopped only when the sky began to darken.
"Third Brother, let's go for a swim in the mountain stream, that's what's truly exhilarating!"
Ap Songshi didn't even think about it now, he just followed.
Xiao Shan shouted into the house, "Xue Niang, I'm going out for a bit, I'll be back in half an hour to cook."
Huh?
Xue Niang ran out and saw that the two of them had already left.
He said he would accompany her, why did he start practicing with Third Brother?
Damn Xiao Shan!