Chapter 189

The angry scolding was mixed in the sound of the wind.

Strange.

Shouldn't it be the giggling of beauties?

Why is it the mockery of old men?

Liang Qu fell into deep thought.

Ran Zhongshi boarded the pleasure boat first, and Liang Qu, who had come back to his senses, followed closely behind.

The rowing man tied up the small boat, jumped onto the deck, and pulled the boat rope to collect the small boat.

Ran Zhongshi made a gesture, and the man turned and entered the cabin.

Liang Qu was very sensitive to the flow of water.

The pleasure boat was moving.

"Let's go, it should be just us left."

Liang Qu nodded, followed Ran Zhongshi to the second floor, and pushed open the door. The noise rushed in like a tide.

The floor was covered with the unique mountain patterns of nanmu wood. Several large jars were placed messily and casually on the ground. On the thin body was a layer of red glaze, mixed with light blue gradient patterns. Only the word "wine" was written on the neck of the jar, and the colors were rich and bright.

Not a single maid could be seen in the entire hall. There were thirteen people in total, and the only female was Ran Zhongshi's sister, Ran Ying.

Everyone was sitting messily, shaking in grandmaster chairs, lying on arhat beds. There were low tables everywhere, filled with all kinds of melons and fruits. The plum blossom stove spat out white sandalwood smoke, and a few people were gathered in the corner, seemingly playing cards.

Very cool.

Liang Qu's first feeling.

It was noon, and the weather could be described as sultry, but it was unexpectedly cool inside.

It didn't look like an ice mirror; an ice mirror didn't have such an effect, and no ice mirror was seen in the room.

"Zhongshi! Why did you come now!"

"Didn't I say, I brought a newcomer."

Ran Zhongshi stepped aside half a step to reveal Liang Qu behind him.

Xiang Fang Su, who was lying on the grandmaster chair, sat up: "Oh, the one who picked off the Whale Gang?"

"Otherwise, could I bring someone else?"

Liang Qu stepped forward and bowed: "My Lords..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xiang Fang Su: "Kid, how old are you this year?"

"Almost seventeen."

Xiang Fang Su looked at the white-clothed young master flipping through a book in another corner: "Yinbin, how old are you this year?"

Bai Yinbin put down the book: "Twenty-six."

"Ha! Yinbin, you are not the youngest anymore!"

"See, kid, the youngest among us is twenty-six. You have to call all of us brother!"

Ran Zhongshi nodded in agreement.

"No need to be restrained. Once you are here, you are one of us. You can call them whatever you call me and Brother Xu. Let me introduce you. This is the third young master of the Ji'an Marquis family, Xiang Fang Su."

"Brother Xiang."

"Bai Yinbin, the eldest grandson of the Changxing Marquis, his father is the current Vice Minister of the Ministry of War."

"Brother Bai."

"You know her, my sister, Ran Ying."

"Sister Ran."

A whole group of big shots.

Liang Qu had an impression of a few of them, having met them in Fengbu County before.

Ran Zhongshi patted Liang Qu on the shoulder.

"Brother Liang Qu, the ninth disciple of Brother Xu and Uncle Yang, a genius who took down the Galloping Horse Ultimate Realm at sixteen, you all know before."

After speaking, Ran Zhongshi found a stool and pressed Liang Qu down.

Xiang Fang Su followed: "Zhongshi is right. It is everyone's intention to let you come. Don't be restrained. We don't have maids or servant girls here.

Be casual yourself. It will be a while before dinner. If you are hungry and want to eat something, take it yourself. Try these lychees, the 'glutinous rice' sent from Lingnan this morning, the latest batch in May."

Xiang Fang Su brought a plate of lychees in front of Liang Qu, with water droplets hanging on the round red shells.

"Thank you, Brother Xiang."

After some polite exchanges, Liang Qu sat down next to Ran Zhongshi.

Everyone was very enthusiastic, but it was more comfortable to be with acquaintances.

Ran Zhongshi looked around: "Where is Brother Xu? Why didn't I see him when I came up just now?"

"Look, isn't he over there." Xiang Fang Su pointed out the window, "Fishing. He said he got some special bait from a fish gang and has been baiting the nest."

"It's so hot, he's really not afraid of being tanned."

Liang Qu listened without speaking. Seeing a teacup on the low table, he poured himself a glass of water.

It was slightly sweet at the entrance, not tea leaves, but rather like the juice squeezed from some kind of fruit.

【Water Essence +0.9】?

Liang Qu turned the teacup, looked up and down, and drank a few more sips.

【Water Essence +0.9】

【Water Essence +1.1】

Is the juice squeezed from some kind of treasure plant?

Liang Qu continued to pour a cup without saying a word, observing the conversation of the crowd.

He was the youngest and didn't understand much when he first arrived, so he listened more and spoke less.

Listening and listening, he gradually understood the nature of the gathering.

"Originally, I could have condensed the third bridge this month, but I received a task and didn't condense it."

"I said you said it was this month last time, and you still denied it!"

"This time we stole the show in the Dry Fish Gang. Last time I looked at Ao Weijun's face opposite, it was black, haha!"

"The fish gang is a one-time deal. After finishing it, it's gone. We split it equally and each person got a great contribution. Speaking of which, it was thanks to Brother Liang. My mother sent me a few ice platforms yesterday. I will send one to Brother Liang another day."

Liang Qu didn't know what an ice platform was, but still said thank you.

"The bulk of earning credit is still on the Ghost Mother Sect, but unfortunately, the people of the Ghost Mother Sect have shrunk a lot and are not as easy to find as they were at the beginning."

"Two days ago, I discovered a river island. It seems there are people on it. I didn't dare to go up and explore it myself. Does anyone want to follow me?"

"I will, it just so happens that I have nothing to do in the last two days."

"Add me."

"By the way, I heard that someone in Huazhu County was retaliated against by the Ghost Mother Sect?"

"Retaliation, really or fake?"

"Need to draft a task and send someone to see what's going on."

It turned out to be an exchange meeting...

Everyone came to urge each other, communicate, and exchange gains.

Especially how to beat Wei Lin's faction and search for the traces of the Ghost Mother Sect.

Damn it, it turns out everyone is so competitive, right?

Liang Qu originally thought it was a carnival for the third and second generations. When he came, he saw that it was actually a struggle meeting?

After a while, he refused the invitation to play cards and sneaked out to blow the wind.

Xu Yuelong tilted his head: "Why, not used to it inside?"

"A little bit."

"It's okay, it's like this the first time. It will be fine after you come twice and get familiar with it."

Xu Yuelong reached into a wooden bucket on the side, grabbed a yellow ball, and threw it into the river.

Liang Qu stared at the wooden bucket and asked curiously.

"Brother Xu, where did you get this bait?"

"Oh, this, I collected it from a fisherman. I heard it's very powerful. Relying on this bait, the fish they harvest every day is four or five times that of other fishermen!"

Bait, fishermen, four or five times the fish harvest...

An inexplicable sense of déjà vu flooded Liang Qu's heart. His family now has a large vat prepared, and every day Uncle Chen will come to dig a bucket and take it away. When it is empty, he will refill it.

Wait!

Liang Qu suddenly remembered that Uncle Chen came to the door a few days ago and asked him if a rich man wanted to buy some bait and if it could be sold.

He didn't think much about it at the time and let Uncle Chen handle it himself.

Anyway, it's just yellow mud. It doesn't matter if it's taken by others. After being a sucker once, naturally, they won't come again.

The result was unexpected.

The rich man came almost every day, which caused him to replenish yellow mud every few days, earning a lot of money.

Thinking about it now...

Liang Qu's eyes became serious.

"Brother Xu, do you really think this bait is useful?"

"Yes, of course."

Xu Yuelong was confident.

"I can catch one or two fish on average every day these two days! It's all the credit of this bait!"