Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 650 - 605: Using Strategy to Counteract (1)

Because the rocks and trees in this courtyard are all arranged according to the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams.

Ah Qing did not hide from him, "Mr. Li, there are mechanisms laid out in this courtyard, you must not wander around carelessly. If you have any needs, just pull the copper bell hanging under this maple tree, and someone will come right away."

Lou Chengye was taken aback, what? There are mechanisms here?

Did the people of Feihu Village see through them?

Do they intend to imprison them?

He looked worriedly at Li Xingsheng.

Li Xingsheng was not too surprised, instead, he excitedly asked, "Mechanisms? Where? How come I didn’t notice them?"

Ah Qing laughed in her heart, truly a bookworm.

"These flowers, trees, and rock formations are the mechanisms." She pointed around.

Li Xingsheng asked again, "Why did you install mechanisms in a courtyard?"

Lou Chengye thought to himself, Second brother, you got confused? Of course, it’s to trap us.

Ah Qing was quite satisfied at deceiving this bookworm, "For Mr. Li’s safety. Mr. Li is a distinguished guest, of course, he must be well-protected, and we won’t let others disturb Mr. Li."

Li Xingsheng gave an "oh", "Ah, you have thought of everything, I am really flattered."

Ah Qing ordered the luggage of the two to be moved in and settled them, then left to prepare lunch.

Lou Chengye pulled Li Xingsheng upstairs to the second floor, pointing angrily at the rocks and flowers in the courtyard, "Second brother, they are really deceitful, they have trapped us here. This is a mechanism set according to the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. If you break into the dead gate, you’ll either be shot by arrows or fall into traps filled with spikes. Breaking into the dead gate, it’s a nine deaths and one injury situation."

Li Xingsheng waved his folding fan and smiled lightly, "Earlier that maid didn’t break into the dead gate, did she? She walked out alive."

Lou Chengye said anxiously, "That’s because she knows the mechanism!"

Li Xingsheng replied, "I know them too!"

Lou Chengye was shocked, "Second brother knows too?"

"Take the word ’too’ away!" Li Xingsheng turned and went into the room, upstairs, windows opened front and back, with a gentle breeze blowing, very pleasant.

Lou Chengye looked at Li Xingsheng with admiration, "Second brother, I didn’t expect you learned about the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams while farming in the countryside? Did you come up with it by looking at those crisscrossed fields?"

Li Xingsheng, "..." He was speechless and twitched his mouth, "It’s from studying chess manuals."

Lou Chengye got excited, "Second brother, teach me."

Anyway, since they couldn’t get out openly, it would be better to learn some mechanical techniques.

Li Xingsheng closed his folding fan, "Come, let me tell you."

As soon as there’s time, they’ll break out, Li Xingsheng was certainly happy to teach Lou Chengye.

Although Lou Chengye could not learn Literature and History, he had a remarkable talent for learning such playful things.

By the time Ah Qing returned with the people delivering lunch, Lou Chengye had already learned mechanical techniques.

The lunch from Feihu Village was indescribable in taste.

Even Lou Chengye, who was not very picky, wrinkled his brow at the sight of a few bowls of dishes with indistinguishable colors, hesitating to start eating.

These five dishes, fried unlike fried, stewed taro, nearly stewed into mush.

And the steamed egg custard made him even more reluctant to eat.

The egg liquid was overcooked, and only half a bowl was left.

"Please enjoy your meal slowly." Ah Qing did not leave, standing aside to serve.

Li Xingsheng put down his chopsticks, "Was your chef taking a nap while cooking? How could he turn good dishes into this?"

Ah Qing was slightly startled, "Do they not suit your taste? Our village’s chef has been cooking for many years, everyone says his cooking is good."

"This egg custard is overcooked, the egg liquid has stuck to the bowl, a spoon can’t even scrape it off." Li Xingsheng remembered the first time he had egg custard made by Li Yuzhu, still lingering in his memory he decided to show the people of Feihu Village his skills. "How could this be called egg custard? I can make a kind of egg custard that will make Miss Ah Qing remember for a long time after eating."

Ah Qing was very surprised, "Oh? Mr. Li can make egg custard?"

Li Xingsheng waved his hand, looking embarrassedly humble, "It’s just because I haven’t met a good chef, and unfortunately, I have a picky mouth? Can’t find tasty dishes, then I cook myself."