The Young Master of the Chamberlain's Family

Chapter 25 Lotus Pond

The lake was not small. On a whim, Xu Mingchuan picked up the oar and started paddling leisurely. Xu Anheng and Zheng Qingyan lay on both sides of the boat, fishing for duckweeds on the water.

"Brother, paddle faster and paddle to the side of the lotus. There is a big lotus pod there." Xu Anheng stretched out his short finger and pointed forward.

"Okay," Xu Mingchuan greeted in a decent manner, "You two young guests, please sit still."

"Hahahahaha." The two dumplings laughed at the elder brother's nondescript tone. They kicked up their little feet and reached out to the side of the boat, stirring up water splashes along the way.

After all, Xu Mingchuan was not a good boatman. When he stumbled into a lotus patch, he was too tired to hold the oar. He put the oar to the stern and rested on the side of the boat with his hands spread out.

Xu Anheng stood up unsteadily holding his brother's hand, and said worriedly: "Brother, hold on tight to me, I don't want to fall into the river."

"Don't worry," Xu Mingchuan grabbed his younger brother's chubby waist with both hands, "Don't worry now, even if you accidentally fall down, big brother can pick you up."

"Then I still don't want to fall." Xu Mingchuan muttered, twisting his tight waist again, standing on tiptoes and stretching out his hands to reach the tall lotus.

"Hey, hey, hey." Zheng Qingyan stood aside and saw the lotus pod being pulled down and bent over, so he stretched out his little hand to help his brother.

With a "click", the lotus pod broke in response. The broken section was still wrapped with soft white silk, which refused to leave. Zheng Qingyan touched it gently with his hand, and the soft silk wrapped around his fingertips.

"This lotus pod is really big, bigger than both of your faces." Xu Mingchuan took the lotus pod, gestured in front of his two brothers, and smiled.

Xu Anheng held the lotus pod in both hands and placed it on Zheng Qingyan's cheek for comparison. The disc-shaped lotus pod could cover the little brother's entire face. Before he could say anything, the little brother hugged the lotus pod. He smiled and said: "Brother, the lotus pods are so big. Eat the lotus seeds."

Xu Anheng pinched his little brother's soft face and said with a smile: "Can you peel lotus seeds, little greedy cat?"

Zheng Qingyan blinked, looked down at the lotus pod, which was much larger than his little hand, and slowly dug in from its edge.

Xu Mingchuan was half leaning on the side of the boat and saw Zheng Qingyan starting to peel off the lotus pod from the top. He was afraid that his tender hands might accidentally peel off the nails, so he took the lotus pod and helped the two little ones to peel it off.

Although the lotus pod in the hand is large, the lotus seeds are very tender and tender green. After peeling off the outer shell, there are white lotus seeds inside.

Seeing the little brother picking up the lotus seeds and about to eat them, Xu Anheng quickly reached out to stop him: "There is a green core in the middle of the lotus seeds. This core tastes bitter. It's better to eat it after you get it."

"Okay." Zheng Qingyan replied in a long tone and coquettishly. He rubbed off the thin off-white skin on the outside of the lotus seeds, then carefully broke the lotus seeds in half and took out the bitter lotus core in the middle.

"Brother!" Zheng Qingyan raised his hand and handed half of the lotus seeds held in his right hand to Xu Anheng's mouth. When he saw that he was smiling happily with round eyes after eating it, he suddenly felt something touching him lightly. 's left hand. Turning around, he saw that Brother Xu had taken the other half of the lotus seeds and was chewing them in his mouth.