Chapter 428

Zhou Shihe handed him the bunch of fresh red grapes in her hand and said gently: "You try some too, they're quite sweet."

Li Heng was slightly surprised; he didn't expect this Fudan Queen, whom people didn't dare to approach, to take the initiative to hand him grapes to eat. However, thinking of her getting up early this morning to cook, he felt relieved.

Don't look at her always having a cold, aloof appearance that keeps people at a distance; for friends she approves of, she is truly sincere.

These weren't the flashy grapes of later generations, just local grapes, not large in size, but they looked perfectly ripe. Li Heng took them, broke off a small half, and returned the rest to her, "Let's eat together."

"Mm."

Zhou Shihe gave a hum. Regarding the gaze he cast over, she chose to avoid it calmly and let it fall onto the river surface.

Li Heng picked three grapes in a row and threw them into his mouth, finally saying: "Indeed sweet, it's just that the grains are too small. If they were twice as big, it would be even better."

Zhou Shihe smiled gently: "How can there be perfection in worldly affairs? You are a bit greedy."

Li Heng also looked at the river surface and sighed leisurely: "Before meeting you, I really didn't believe there could be perfection in worldly affairs. But you broke my perception."

Did Zhou Shihe know what he was talking about?

But she fell into silence. After glancing at him with the corner of her eye, she quietly ate the grapes one by one. The two didn't talk again for a long time.

During this period, there was movement from Old Fu's side; he caught a mandarin fish. Although it was only half the size of a palm, today's competition rule was by number, so he immediately held his head high and showed off to Li Heng.

Li Heng sighed and enlivened the atmosphere: "Look, you didn't talk, and the fish was caught by Fu Laoshi. You haven't touched this rod yet, hurry and touch the fishing rod."

Zhou Shihe smiled slightly. Under his urging gaze, she first moved her body, used her body to block the fake Daoist and Chen Siya's line of sight, and then reached out to touch the fishing rod secretly.

Li Heng asked in a low voice: "Are you afraid of being seen even when touching the rod?"

Zhou Shihe said embarrassedly: "This is the first time I've done such a thing, you really treat me as a God of Wealth."

Li Heng laughed out loud upon hearing this, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else the secret that you are the God of Wealth. When I have a request, I'll secretly come to find you."

Zhou Shihe smiled knowingly, "Fu Laoshi caught another fish."

Li Heng was startled and looked up. The fake Daoist had indeed caught another fish, but this time it was a catfish. It seemed there were many catfish in this river too.

But before he finished being envious, his own fishing rod moved. He pulled it up, and as expected, it was a mandarin fish. And it was a case of "if it doesn't come, it doesn't come, but if it comes, it's a big one."

Next, Li Heng and the fake Daoist each had their own gains.

However, Li Heng's speed in pulling up fish was about twice that of Old Fu, and 80% of them were mandarin fish. When the two hours were up, he had caught a full 10 mandarin fish.

This shocked Old Fu, who cried out in pain: "Ouch! I shouldn't have brought you brat today. The mandarin fish in this section of the river have all been killed off by you at once. Where will the old man find such a good fishing spot in the future?"

Li Heng didn't have time to fish often, so he didn't care about that much. He turned around happily, hugged Zhou Shihe heavily, and then shouted at the fake Daoist:

"Stop crying out in pain, the sun is getting poisonous now, hurry up and pack your things and go back. Old Fu, you still owe us lunch and dinner."

"I know! I know! Don't rush me, you brat, ouch!" Looking at Li Heng's 10 mandarin fish, then looking at the 3 mandarin fish he had caught, the fake Daoist felt that he hadn't checked the almanac before going out today, it was unlucky.

Li Heng was busy reeling in the rod and the fish cage.

Zhou Shihe stood behind him without moving, watching him silently, obviously not having recovered from that hug just now.

Packing up the items, Li Heng and Old Fu's couple walked toward the way they came, chatting and laughing.

With her gaze following his back as it moved, Zhou Shihe pouted her lips, then surveyed the place where they had just fished. Seeing that nothing had been left behind, she also started to move.

Walking out about 30 meters, Li Heng, who discovered something was wrong, stopped abruptly, turned around to look, and happened to meet Zhou Shihe's gaze.

He said with lingering fear: "You scared me, I thought you fell into the river."

Seeing his serious expression, Zhou Shihe explained softly: "I checked the venue."

"Nothing left behind?"

"No."

"Mm, you walk in front of me." Li Heng moved to the side, signaling for her to go first.

Zhou Shihe obediently passed him and walked in front.

"I was chatting happily with Old Fu and the others just now and forgot to call you for a moment. Next time you encounter something like this, you have to walk with us, otherwise, it makes people worry." Li Heng instructed.

"Alright." Zhou Shihe responded quietly.

After a while, she turned to the side and stretched out her hand, "Give me the small stool, it's not easy for you to carry."

"It's fine, I'm a grown man, I can carry no matter how much stuff there is." Li Heng said it was fine, but seeing her hand didn't retract, he finally shared a small stool with her.

Glancing at the couple walking carefully ahead, Zhou Shihe didn't rush to catch up with them, but asked: "Did Sui Sui say when she's coming?"

Li Heng answered: "Don't know, she didn't tell me."

Then he asked: "Didn't you correspond during the summer vacation?"

Zhou Shihe said: "I didn't reply to her."

"Ah?" Li Heng gave an "ah."

Zhou Shihe said: "I've been discussing the arrangement of the music with Yu Laoshi, and I got busy and forgot."

Li Heng thanked her sincerely: "Thank you both, you've worked hard."

Zhou Shihe said: "I see you go out to mail letters every day recently. I'll write a letter back to Sui Sui in a while, you help me mail it together."

"Alright, it's a convenient thing." Li Heng agreed readily.

It was fast coming, and it felt even faster going back, because everyone was returning fully loaded, and the mood was good.

Returning to Lushan Village, Old Fu and Chen Siya were busy making lunch.

Zhou Shihe returned to her own home and started writing a letter to Mai Sui.

After Li Heng rested, he also picked up his pen to write a letter to his black-bellied wife. Because he hadn't taken good care of the ginkgo tree, he felt guilty and had promised to write one every day, so he would definitely keep his promise and write one every day.

And he couldn't be perfunctory, couldn't write it in advance; he had to write it fresh every day to show his sincerity.

Writing the letter took about half an hour, mainly sharing the happy things about fishing today, but he didn't mention a word about Zhou Shihe.

It wasn't that he had a guilty conscience, but he was acting on the principle of "less trouble is better than more," to avoid his black-bellied wife getting suspicious.

Men, you absolutely cannot look for trouble for yourself; if trouble can be avoided, avoid it; if it can't be avoided, think of ways to avoid it.

Sealing the letter and sticking on the stamp, he had just stepped out of the courtyard gate when he ran into Zhou Shihe, who handed him the letter in her hand.

She said: "I don't have any stamps at home, I have to trouble you."

As she spoke, she stuffed the money for the stamps she had prepared into his hand.

Li Heng originally wanted to say it wasn't necessary, but after looking at each other for two seconds, he accepted it, for no reason at all.

Riding his bicycle, Li Heng took two fish along, one big mandarin fish and one catfish.

Old Fu asked in confusion: "What are you taking the fish for? Going to your teacher's?"

Chen Siya and Zhou Shihe looked at him together, equally confused.

Li Heng explained simply: "It's August now, Teacher Wei Quan and Wei Xiaozhu should have arrived in Hangcheng, I'm going to check on them. Anyway, there's too much fish to finish, so I'll send a favor while I'm at it."

Hearing this, Zhou Shihe also rode a bicycle, "I'll go with you."

With outsiders present, Li Heng didn't ask much. Only after leaving Lushan Village did he speak: "Going to find Wei Xiaozhu?"

"Yes." She was concise.

Seeing this young lady didn't want to talk much, Li Heng extinguished his gossip heart, pedaled hard, and arrived at Yan Garden before long.

Before he even got off the bicycle, Li Heng saw Wei Xiaozhu on the second-floor corridor, and the latter also saw them at the same time.

At this moment, Wei Xiaozhu seemed to have just finished washing her hair and was wiping it with a dry towel. Seeing the two, she quickly went downstairs to greet them, "Li Heng, Shihe, you're here."

Li Heng asked: "When did you and Teacher Wei arrive?"

Wei Xiaozhu smiled and said: "Arrived last night. If you had come to find me yesterday, you would have had a wasted trip."

Li Heng handed her the two fish and asked by the way: "Has my little aunt returned to Jinan?"

"No, still in Lianyungang, your parents are there too. They are repairing the Tian family's ancestral graves, it's estimated it will take some time." Wei Xiaozhu obviously kept in touch with Tian Rune.

Chatting for a few sentences, Li Heng said: "You guys talk first, I have something else to do."

"It's almost noon, why not eat lunch before leaving." Wei Xiaozhu held a fish in each hand, trying to keep him.

Li Heng turned his back and waved his hand, leaving gracefully in the breeze.

Zhou Shihe spoke for him: "We're going to Fu Laoshi's house for lunch in a while."

Wei Xiaozhu hadn't been to Lushan Village and didn't know the fake Daoist, so she didn't ask who Fu Laoshi was, but instead asked: "Shihe, didn't you go back during the summer vacation?"

"Had some things to do."

Zhou Shihe thought for a moment and told her about recording the pure music album.

Wei Xiaozhu was very shocked and said incredulously: "For a piece of music at the level of *Original Scenery of the Hometown*, he has nine more?"

Zhou Shihe nodded gently.

Because of her close contact with Mai Sui, Wei Xiaozhu also had quite a bit of contact with Zhou Shihe. She knew Zhou Shihe's character and knew she wouldn't speak without evidence.

Wei Xiaozhu was stunned, standing there for a long time without being able to speak.

After a long while, she asked again: "Then is Yu Laoshi there too?"

Zhou Shihe said yes.

Wei Xiaozhu was particularly curious: "Have time to take me to see your place."

Zhou Shihe didn't agree immediately, thought for a moment, and said: "I'll ask him for you."

If it were just a pure music album, it would be fine, but since it involved his identity as a writer, Zhou Shihe didn't dare to take people over rashly. This was also the reason why Mai Sui and Wei Xiaozhu were so close, yet had never invited Wei Xiaozhu to be a guest at Lushan Village.

Wei Xiaozhu was very understanding: "Alright, thank you."

The car arrived at Wujiao Square. He first mailed the two letters.

Then he started looking for a grocery store to make a phone call.

First, he called the Chen family to find Zijin, but it was Chen Zitong who answered.

"Hello, hello."

"Zitong?" Recognizing the other party's voice, Li Heng asked.

"Brother-in-law?" Chen Zitong's voice carried a bit of excitement.

"Right, is your sister there?" Li Heng asked.

"Oh, I'm your sister-in-law, don't you want to greet your sister-in-law? You only have eyes for my sister." Chen Zitong plopped down on the sofa, looking at the stance, prepared to have a good chat with him.

Li Heng's eyelids twitched: "Hello, sister-in-law. Next time I come to Jingcheng, I'll treat you to a big meal. Where did your sister go? Is she at home?"

Chen Zitong asked: "Then when are you coming to Jingcheng?"

Li Heng answered: "In a few days."

"How many days is a few days?"

"A week."

Getting the exact answer, Chen Zitong said: "Yang Yingwen came to my house this morning, my sister went out with her."

Li Heng asked: "When will she be back?"

Chen Zitong said: "Don't know. Your most hated mother-in-law, Chen Xiaomi, who once scolded you, also went along, it's hard to say clearly. Why don't we discuss where you're going to treat me to dinner when you come over."

Li Heng laughed, "Anywhere is fine, you think about it yourself, just wait for me to go directly when the time comes."

Chen Zitong muttered: "Then Quanjude roast duck, Dongxinglou scallion sea cucumber?"

Li Heng agreed readily: "Can do."

"Really promise?" Chen Zitong asked happily.

Li Heng said: "Of course. When your sister comes back, remember to tell her the news that I'm coming to Jingcheng, and ask her to clear some time."

"I know, tell her to wash up, brother-in-law is going to sleep with her. That's the original words, right?" Chen Zitong's big eyes rolled around.

Li Heng sighed secretly: Which nerve did this little girl get wrong? How is she completely different from Zijin? One is the virtuous wife and mother type, the other can fly to the sky.

This phone call was pestered for more than 10 minutes before it ended.

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