The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 22 We complement each other

Li Ling sat on the edge of the boat, threw the fishing line into the lake, and really concentrated on catching the fish.

Jingshu moved a pier and sat down next to him. She looked at the sparkling lake and asked, "Does your husband often fish?"

Li Ling shook his head and said: "When I was a child, I used to go to the river to catch fish. Now that I have an errand, how can I have such leisure time?"

Jingshu looked at the man beside her.

Compared with his peers, he has shouldered more and heavier responsibilities.

My parents are not getting along, my father is sick all year round, my mother is uninterested in world affairs, my grandmother is old, and my siblings are young.

On top, he has the responsibility of Guangyao Houfu, and on the bottom, he has the responsibility of caring for and educating his younger brothers and sisters.

He is only in his early twenties, but he has been sharpened to a level of composure and strength that far exceeds his age.

It was the first time in her two lives that Jing Shu had seen him look so relaxed and happy in front of her.

She should treat him well.

Share it with her.

"When I have free time in the future, I will often go fishing with you." Jingshu leaned her head on his shoulder and murmured.

Li Ling put his arms around her shoulders and said with a smile, "It's a deal."

While the two were talking, they saw the fishing rod sink. Li Ling quickly reeled in the line and shouted: "Look, I'm hooked. Ha, it's a big fish."

As he spoke, a big and lively fish was dragged up. Li Ling quickly grabbed the gills and took it off the hook. Unexpectedly, the fish struggled to get away from the fish by swinging its tail, but it fell to the deck.

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This fish was particularly unwilling to be caught without mercy. Even though it was out of the water, its huge body was twisting and turning on the deck, which scared Jing Shu so much that she screamed and kept hiding behind Li Ling.

Li Ling leaned down, subdued it in two or two strokes, picked up the big fish, and said to the panicked little wife: "Don't be afraid, I will take care of her right away. Madam, just wait and taste it."

As he spoke, Li Ling pressed the fish against the side of the boat, took off the dagger from his waist, and slaughtered the fish cleanly in a few strokes.

Seeing her quick movements, Jing Shu joked, "I didn't expect my husband to be able to fish."

While Li Ling was killing fish, he replied: "When marching and fighting, there is a shortage of food. The soldiers look for food on their own in the wilderness. Killing fish and beasts like this is naturally not unfamiliar."

While he was talking, Li Ling had already sliced ​​the fish into slices as thin as wings. He said to Jing Shu, "Go and get a pot from the kitchen."

Jingshu agreed and entered the cabin.

The cabin was equipped with bedrooms, study rooms, and bathrooms, and there were seven or eight rooms in total. Jingshu found the kitchen, found a pot, and took it to the deck.

It happened that Li Ling had already filleted all the fish. He washed the fish fillets with water, put the meat into the pot, went to the kitchen to get dry firewood, and set up the pot on the deck to cook the fish.

"Just wait, it will be fine in a while." Li Ling looked up at Jing Shu while he was busy.

She said it as if she was greedy. Jingshu said sheepishly, "I'll go get the bowl first. I'll need it to hold the fish later."

Jingshu went back to the kitchen, and Li Ling followed her in and said, "Let me see if there is any wine here."

"Do you still want to drink?"

Li Ling said: "If you have good fish, of course you need wine to go with it."

Jing Shu joked: "I wonder if the fish you cooked can be eaten."

Li Ling smiled and said, "Madam will know in a moment whether you can get it into your mouth." After saying that, he rummaged in the cupboard for a while and found a jar of wine. He took off the wine seal and smelled it, saying

: "This wine is not bad."

"Bring me two more wine glasses."

Jing Shu agreed, took the bowl, chopsticks and cup and followed Li Ling out of the cabin.

At this moment, white gas was floating out of the pot, and the delicious flavor gradually filled the air.

Li Ling opened the pot, looked at the white meat slices boiling in the soup, and said: "Don't cook this fish for too long, otherwise the meat will become old."

Jing Shu came over, looked into the pot, and said, "It's only been a while, can it be cooked?"

"Get a spoon and have a taste." Li Ling said.

Jingshu took a spoon and handed it to Li Ling. Li Ling took a spoonful, put it to his mouth, took a sip, and praised: "Well, it's so fresh."

With that said, he scooped out another piece of meat, blew on it, brought it to Jingshu's mouth, and said, "Try it."

Jingshu took a bite and found that it was indeed delicious.

She nodded and smiled brightly at him.

"Just enter Madam's mouth." Li Ling looked at her with a proud look on his face and said with a half-smile.

Jing Shu didn't want this man to be too proud, so she stopped smiling and deliberately flattened her mouth and said, "It's okay."

Li Ling picked up the bowl, filled the fish with it, handed it to Jing Shu, and said, "If I can get into my wife's mouth, my hard work for you will not be in vain."

Jingshu set up a small table and the two of them sat across from each other, tasting fish and drinking wine.

The boat floated downstream on the clear blue lake. Li Ling pointed to the front and said, "If I remember correctly, there should be a large lotus in front of it."

Sure enough, after walking for a while, we saw lotus flowers with lotus leaves touching the sky coming towards us. The boat passed through the lotus bushes, startling the resident water birds to fly high in twos and threes.

Jingshu picked a lotus and played with it casually. After drinking wine and being in such a paradise-like scenery, she suddenly felt something and recited:

"I often remember that at dusk in the creek pavilion, I was so drunk that I didn't know my way back. I returned to the boat late after all my excitement. I strayed into the depths of the lotus flowers. I fought for the crossing and was startled by a group of gulls and herons."①

Because of drinking, the little woman's face turned reddish. She was lying on the ground holding a lotus flower in her hands. Her exquisite figure was wrapped in a green gauze skirt. Her pair of almond-shaped eyes were drunk and hazy, and she was indescribably charming.

Li Ling did not expect that this little wife was not only beautiful, but also had such talent. He couldn't help but praise: "I have heard that Madam is famous for her talent in her boudoir, but today my husband has seen it."

Jing Shu was embarrassed by his praise and said with a smile: "I just did it randomly to make my husband laugh."

"It's wonderful how wonderful it is that Madam's words come out of her mouth." As he said this, Li Ling went back to the cabin to get some pen and ink, sat on the floor and wrote down what Jing Shu had just said.

Li Ling's calligraphy is powerful and powerful, capturing the essence of Yan's calligraphy.

Jingshu looked at Li Ling's book, smiled and said, "My concubine's style of writing is weak, but it is not worthy of my husband's style of writing."

"Why don't we deserve it? We are trying to make up for each other's weaknesses and complement each other." With that said, Li Ling picked her up and headed towards the cabin.

Li Ling put his little wife on the bed and was about to press him down when Jing Shu pushed him and said, "She still smells like fish, go and wash her off first."

Li Ling took out his sleeve and smelled it, and said, "It must be the smell from when he killed the fish just now."

Jingshu urged: "Take it off quickly."

Li Ling smiled and replied: "My wife enjoyed the fish so much just now, but now she dislikes me."

"Oh, please take off your clothes. I don't like weird smells."

Li Ling knew that she always liked to be clean, so he had to stand up and take off her outer robe first, then turned and went to the bathroom.

After washing up, he went back to bed, got into the bed and hugged Jingshu, saying, "It will be okay this time."

Jingshu kissed him gently on the forehead as a reward.

This kiss completely ignited Li Ling's raging fire.

① Borrowed from "Ru Meng Ling" by Song Dynasty poet Li Qingzhao

(End of chapter)