Xu Kui persuaded his father to no avail for a long time, but instead everyone formed a team, leaving him alone with no friends.

  Is it so bleak?

  He glanced at everyone resentfully.

  Drinking a sip of a good brother, leaving him after the game, isn't he just promoted to the shopkeeper, raised the monthly salary, proud of the spring breeze, broad-minded and fat... Is he a little fatter? Just so disgusted?

  The nurses and servants caught by his resentful little eyes looked left and right, but they didn't dare to look at him.

joke! You can brag about the mountains while drinking, but what is the purpose of rowing? It is to pick the largest and fullest lotus pods of lotus seeds - to earn a lot of money!

  Of course, you need to find a lean, nimble companion who knows how to steer. What's the use of a fat man who doesn't do business on a boat and can't row or swim?

  Xu Kui scanned around, but couldn't find anyone willing to form a team with him, so his eyes returned to his father.

  Xu Yin took care of the butler, and directly gave him the stick with "one" written on it, so that he could directly compete in the first group without drawing lots.

   After the competition, you can be like her—sitting comfortably in the shade of a tree drinking tea, peeling lotus seeds and watching the competition! Sheng's heart is always hanging on one unfinished business, and he can't calm down to watch the game.

  At this time, Wang Huyuan, who was in charge of paddling with the old housekeeper, had already sat down at the stern, and the old housekeeper was tremblingly stepping on the bow.

  The small fishing boat swayed with the weight of the water, scaring the old housekeeper, and took the opportunity to persuade:

   "Father, why don't I get on the boat and watch from the shore? I'll definitely pick you the biggest and fullest lotus pod!"

   "Go away!"

   "..." Xu Kui couldn't help muttering, "Where am I going? I want to compete too, but no one is on my team..."

   "You go to Sikong! He is alone."

  As soon as he heard that there was a man who was alone and had no teammates, Xu Kui immediately cheered up: "Where is Sikong? Sikong—Sikong—"

  The accountant, who was dodging in the room, was dragged out by Xu Kui with a helpless expression.

   Except for the housekeeper and Wang Huyuan, the other groups decided the order by drawing lots.

   Otherwise, everyone wants to start the competition first, lest they fall behind and the mature and plump big lotus pods will be picked off by the people in front, leaving only the young lotus pods that are not yet fully grown.

  After drawing lots, the second group is Ziyuan and Hongqian, the third group is the guards who formed a free team, the fourth group is the two good friends, the fifth group...

  Looking at the wooden stick caught in his hand, Xu Kui choked speechlessly: What kind of luck is this?

  Except for the old man, there were only 16 groups left, and he suddenly got the last group.

   "Sikong, it seems that neither of us is lucky, so don't bet with others in the future, it's easy to lose."

  Sikong glanced at him: "You caught it."

   "...What do you mean? Aren't we in the same group?" Xu Kui said unconvinced, "My luck is naturally our luck, what's wrong?"

   "If I catch it, it won't be the result."

   "..."

   "Hurry up! The first group has started!"

   "Wang Huyuan rowed so steadily! It's steady and fast!"

   "The butler is an old chicken thief. The girl just said that there was going to be a lotus picking competition, and he snatched Wang Nuyuan away."

   "Dad! Daddy, you can do it!" Xu Kui shouted on the shore, "I hope to win the lottery! I will buy you wine with silver ingots later, and keep the hairpin for your daughter-in-law!"

  The old butler almost stumbled and fell into the water.

   "Hahahaha..." Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

   "Oh, butler, you picked it too fast!" Seeing that the butler picked a lotus pod after entering the lotus bush, they all felt sorry for him.

   "Father, you are too impatient!" Xu Kui shook his head regretfully, "Didn't you see the huge lotus pod in the back? Oh, what a pity! Now don't expect to be the first to win the lottery!"

  The old housekeeper almost fell headlong: "You are stupid! See the big ones and pick them up later, why are you shouting!"

  Xu Kui: "..."

  Yes! He's going to be out of the game soon.

"Ha ha ha ha…"

   Everyone was so teased by these two men that their cheeks were sore from laughing.

   Sure enough, Ziyuan and Hongqian in the second group picked back the huge lotus that Xu Kui mentioned.

  Xu Kui lamented endlessly: "Zi Yuan, I thought that based on our friendship, you would definitely not pick this lotus pod, but you did, so do you know what this is?"

   "What behavior?"

   "Take advantage of the fire!"

   "Pfft..."

  Xu Kui stopped Ziyuan from wrangling, and the other groups also finished the competition one after another.

   "Let's go!" Sikong couldn't stand his noise, so he jumped on the boat first and sat down at the stern.

   "Is it because the accountant Sikong is thin? Why did he jump directly and the boat didn't move at all? I almost capsized just now when I went down like this."

  Hearing the two young men whispering to each other, Xu Kui, who was going to jump onto the boat like Sikong, quickly withdrew his foot, and put it gently into the cabin instead.

   As a result, one foot went down, and the other foot was still on the road. The boat swayed due to the uneven force.

  He lost his footing and fell into the water with a "plop".

   "..."

   "Puff puff..."

  Everyone on the shore was silent at first, then turned their faces away and sniggered.

   Didn't dare to laugh too loudly, and almost suffocated in the end.

  Xu Kui supported the side of the boat and finally stood firm in the water, wiped his face: "Girl, does this count? Can you do it again?"

  Xu Yin couldn't help but laugh: "You don't have to worry about getting wet, so go on! I have no objection!"

   "It's such a hot day, it's nothing to get wet, at worst, I took off my outer shirt."

  He slowly climbed onto the ship's side, took off his outer shirt, and rolled up his trousers a few times, revealing a scarlet plum blossom birthmark on his left calf.

  Seeing this birthmark, Sikong's pupils shrank, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

"Oh, I saw it!" Xu Kui was about to say something to Sikong, when he raised his head and stared at his calf, scratching his head shyly, "Isn't this birthmark quite effeminate? The one is still bright red, tsk! If I’m a girl, I’ll admit it, but I’m just a man... You say it’s good to have a bruise, right? It’s hard for me to dare to pull up my trouser legs every summer, for fear of being seen as a joke ..."

   "咻—"

  The air froze instantly, and a hidden metal weapon came through the air, flying straight towards Xu Kui's front door.

   The speed was so fast that Xu Kui couldn't react at all.

  Sikong rose into the air, threw a stone, and with a "clang", knocked down the hidden weapon.

  Afterwards, he picked up the dumbfounded Xu Kui, held him under his arm, and left the fishing boat on the surface of the lotus pond.

  Before and after is but a blink of an eye.

   "Shhhhhh—"

  The fishing boat was hit with more than a dozen hidden weapons.

  Two wild birds were frightened and fluttered their wings to fly away from the lotus pond. They were both hit by hidden weapons and fell to the bow of the boat with two slaps. They died, and the blood that flowed out was black.

   "Poison, poison dart!" Wang Nuyuan turned pale with shock, "There is an assassin! Protect the girl!"

  Sikong, who returned to the shore with Xu Kui in his arms, twitched the corners of his mouth when he saw this, thinking that the fat man should be protected.