In Yunshui Pavilion, inside the tea tasting box, the atmosphere is quiet.

Ouyang Rong, Li Fusu, and Yan Liulang stared at each other for a while.

"Da Lang."

Ouyang Rong was the first to break the silence. Li Dalang noticed that his friend's expression turned serious, and he warned in a serious tone:

"Never say this in the palace again. If you want to say it...if you want to say it, please remove my name. Remember, remember."

"Why is this?" Li Dalang pursued him and asked, "Isn't it Tanlang who took me there for the first time..."

Ouyang Rong held his forehead: "I'm afraid that when I go to your house in the future, my uncle and aunt won't open the door for me. Your sister will scold me even if she doesn't even dare."

Li Fusu was slightly stunned, and Yan Liulang murmured and added: "Actually, what Mingfu is most afraid of is that Miss Xie won't open the door."

Ouyang Rong glared at Talkative Liulang and sighed towards Li Dalang: "I just took you out for a walk, I didn't expect you to become obsessed with this place."

"It's not exactly a crush."

Li Fusu sat on the futon, propped up one leg, covered his knees with his hands, rested his chin on the back of his hands, as if his short beard had pricked the back of his hands, and moved his head:

"I used to study in Juxian Garden, and the women I came into contact with, such as my mother, my sister, and the maids who did menial work in the garden, they gave me the feeling... like a hard wall, always standing.

To fall is to shatter.

"Although the wall can protect you from wind and rain and allow you to rely on it, it always stops people and blocks the way, making it impossible to see what is outside the wall.

"But here, the women here give people a completely different feeling. It's like... they are water. Water is always lying down. The lakes formed by it are also soft and can be transformed by external forces.

of.

"Although the lake is like the wall, it still prevents people from taking a step forward.

"But the lake will reflect the scenery of blue sky and white clouds, and even reflect the true appearance of the observer. Unlike a hard and stubborn wall, it will never block your view, but will show you another fresh look of the world's scenery.

"Although the price is the water of the lake, which is always open and cannot protect people from the wind and rain in all seasons."

Li Fusu turned his head and asked in a serious tone:

"Tanlang, Liulang, do you prefer a hard wall to stand on or a soft lake to lie down on?"

Yan Liulang was a little dizzy after hearing this. He turned around and looked around, and found that Mingfu and Dalang were looking at each other seriously, as if they both understood, but he didn't... Yan Liulang scratched his head and drank tea.

Ouyang Rong did not answer. He was quiet for a while, looked at Li Fusu and said:

"So, in your eyes, Miss Qin is also like a wall? Right or wrong."

Li Dalang hesitated and said, "Miss Qin, she is a very nice person..."

Ouyang Rong interrupted without squinting:

"But she is similar to your mother and sister. In a sense, they are the same type of women. They may be attracted to the same sex and like each other, but you don't feel the same. You don't need to add another wall to your life.

If we add more, it will be a siege and it will be difficult to get out."

Li Dalang was moved: "Tan Lang, it's my fault..."

Ouyang Rong, who was sitting upright, suddenly leaned forward, filled a cup of tea for Li Dalang with a pot, and pushed it with two fingers:

"No, it's not your fault.

"There's nothing wrong with that.

"This is actually a difference between needing and being needed.

"Seriously, Dalang, the women you have been in contact with in the house since you were a child, whether it is your mother or sister, are too strong-tempered, and the feeling they give you may always be that they don't need you, and you need them.

.

"However, being needed is a need that should not be criticized or criticized by anyone.

"What Dalang wants to pursue may be this. This kind of need can be given by a lover, a friend, or even a passerby. It does not make you a freak, but makes you more generous.

Kind."

Li Fusu picked up the tea cup, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, pouring all the tea leaves into his mouth. He choked for a while, then raised his head and asked with red eyes:

"Does Tanlang need me?"

Ouyang Rong took a few breaths quietly, showing a look of disgust, and waved his hand and patted him on the shoulder:

"Go away, I'm not Long Yang, you can find someone else to cut off your sleeves, such as Liulang. Besides..."

He paused and curled his lips: "Don't forget your promise not to freeze the salary recipient to death in the wind and snow. If you don't do it, I won't hit you."

Li Fusu was stunned and quickly raised his sleeves to wipe his face. A voice that sounded like he was laughing through tears came from behind his wide sleeves:

"Tan Lang, just go and get a salary for everyone, I will definitely take you back well in the future. No matter how severe the storm is, I will go."

Ouyang Rong smiled.

Yan Liulang finally seemed to understand, his confused expression suddenly changed, and with a "pop" sound, he slapped his thigh heavily and said:

"Mingfu, Dalang. Walls and lakes, need and being needed... I understand, and finally know why I, like Dalang, like to come here to drink tea!"

Before they could ask, Yan Liulang sighed sadly:

"My five sisters and the five Bodhisattvas above them have beaten me up since I was a child. I have never won a fight. They grabbed melon seeds and handed me tea, and they all made me run errands. The most important thing is that my parents are also accomplices. These days are simply dark.

I have the lowest status in the family.

"There are five walls, the southeast, northwest, and top of the head. They are airtight. The prisoners in the prison also have a small iron window. I have been doing good deeds and accumulating virtue for eight lifetimes. I have provoked whoever, and this whole game has started..."

Yan Liulang wiped the corners of his eyes, sighed and took a sip of herbal tea: "No wonder I always come to drink tea. It's not my fault, it's my fate."

Turning his head, he patted Li Fusu on the shoulder, who was stunned for a moment:

"Don't be sad, Dalang. You and I are almost the same. We were both forced to come here by the thief God. We are both tea drinkers. We are both from the end of the world. If you have any problem, please help me... By the way, you just said you wanted to be raped.

People need it? Actually, bro, I really need you too."

Yan Liulang sounded a little embarrassed and rubbed his hands:

"Recently, my nephew came to Xunyang to visit me, and he gave me a lot of red envelopes. I am very strapped for money. I want to have tea with you today, so I need an advance payment of one or two."

"..." Ouyang Rong.

"??" Li Dalang.

The two of them looked at Yanrokuro's sincere expression for a while.

Ouyang Rong turned his head and continued drinking tea.

Li Dalang silently took away Yan Liulang's heavy hand on his shoulder, and picked up the teacup with Ouyang Rong.

"The tea is good today."

"It's okay. Autumn tea is the king of tea. When I got home, I asked someone to deliver some new tea leaves to Huaiye Lane. Some time ago, my old friend gave my father a batch of rare Yunwu tea. My father knew you liked it, so he kept saying that he would send it.

, but every time you come, he always forgets."

"That would be disrespectful..."

Looking at Ouyang Rong and Li Dalang who ignored him with the smooth and seamless connection of topics, Yan Liulang suddenly choked with sadness and muttered:

"Mingfu, Dalang has changed, and he has no loyalty to tell you... If my brother needs me, I will definitely go there without any hesitation, and I won't hesitate in the slightest."

Ouyang Rong and Li Dalang pretended not to hear, continued chatting and ignored him.

Being interrupted by the living treasure Yan Liulang, the original atmosphere of communication between the two was mostly disturbed.

After a while, Ouyang Rong spoke seriously again:

"If you really don't like it, you can find an opportunity and make it clear to your family. But in the past few days, I have agreed to go out, so I have to spend time with Miss Qin. Don't be passive and neglect the guests. Give my junior sister and your sister a

Explain."

"good."

Ouyang Rong glanced at him who was feeling lost, and suddenly smiled and said: "Dalang, if you look forward, you will definitely find a woman who is as soft as a lake and needs you."

Li Dalang was moved and couldn't help but ask: "What about Tanlang, what do you like? Are you like my sister, or do you like... lakes like me?"

Ouyang Rong asked back: "Who said women can only look like walls and lakes? It's either one or the other?"

"What's the meaning?"

Ouyang Rong smiled: "Can't the two be compatible? A wall outside and a lake at home? A wall during the day and a lake at night?"

Li Dalang opened his mouth.

Yan Liulang, who looked thoughtful, suddenly nodded: "I understand! The wall is standing on the wall, and it looks like a vertical line from a distance. The lake is lying on it, and it looks like a horizontal line from a distance. No matter how tough a woman is, her legs will go numb after standing for a long time during the day.

I have to lie down and rest obediently at night. Isn't this just like changing from a hard wall to a soft lake... This is a perfect metaphor! Wonderful, if the Ming Dynasty doesn't say why you are Jinshilang, you are indeed fine enough, but you are as rough as us.

People are different.”

"..." Ouyang Rong and Li Dalang.

Why do you feel that what you suddenly understood is a little different from what everyone else understands? The more you listen to it, the weirder it gets.

At this moment, two familiar women's voices came from outside the box talking.

"Sister Xie, are you sure Ouyang Changshi is really here?"
To be continued...