Little Yangyang thought for a moment. Then she picked out a red pencil from the colored pencils and took out the pebble. First, she hid behind Li Wei and secretly peeked at Zhou Xuan. Seeing that Zhou Xuan was deliberately looking out the window and not looking at her, she carefully wrote a zero on the pebble, which was just a circle. Then she hid the pebble inside her clothes, peeked out her little head, and said with a grin, "Uncle Zhou, now guess what I wrote!"
Zhou Xuan then turned around, looked at Yang Yang behind Li Wei, and said with a smile, "Little Yang Yang, are you hidden well? Uncle Zhou has X-ray vision, you know. Okay, let me see what little Yang Yang wrote!"
As he spoke, Zhou Xuan deliberately rubbed his eyes and blinked, pretending for a while. Of course, he had already secretly detected Xiao Yangyang's writing with his icy aura. After pretending for a while, he said, "Xiao Yangyang, you wrote too simply, just drew a circle. Uncle guessed it right away!"
Little Yangyang was taken aback, then said, "Uncle Zhou, you were peeking at me writing? How did you know I drew a circle?"
After Yang Yang said that, everyone around knew that Zhou Xuan was right. However, when Yang Yang was writing, Zhou Xuan hadn't looked in that direction at all. They could see it clearly, and even if they had, Li Wei was blocking the view. They couldn't have seen it at all!
Especially Yang Yang's father, Yang Zhi, used to be the old man's bodyguard. His skills and eyesight were unmatched by ordinary people. Yuewang thought Zhou Xuan was just teasing his daughter, so she didn't pay much attention. But she was still watching. Zhou Xuan really didn't look at Yang Yang. However, when Zhou Xuan turned back, rubbed his eyes, and said the characters his daughter had drawn, it was really a bit strange!
But then he thought about it again and realized that Zhou Xuan might have just guessed. Just as he himself said, his daughter's drawing was too simple, and he guessed it correctly after a casual guess.
Yang Yang thought for a moment, then said, "Uncle Zhou, this doesn't count, it doesn't count. You're not allowed to look at me. I'll write another one!"
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Okay. I won't look. You can tell me to turn around when you've finished writing, okay?" As he spoke, he turned his head completely away, his back to the other side.
Yang Yang's eyes darted around, and she grabbed some colored pencils and pebbles, ran to her father Yang Zhi at the very back, and said, "Dad, can you block it for me again?"
Yang Zhi smiled and pulled his daughter into his arms. He shielded her from the outside view with his hand and said, "Alright, alright. I'll block the view for you, you can write quietly!" As he spoke, he glanced at Zhou Xuan, who had her back to them and didn't move at all.
This time, Yang Yang wrote the character "沥" on the pebble, thought for a moment, then drew two eyes. She looked up at her father, Yang Zhi, who was looking at what she had written, his hands still covering her eyes. She immediately hid the pebble under her clothes again and said, "Okay, Uncle Zhou, you can guess now!"
Zhou Xuan turned back and asked with a smile, "Hmm, Little Yangyang is much smarter this time. He wrote a complicated Little Yangyang. Uncle is going to have to use X-ray vision now. Did you hide it well?"
Although Zhou Xuan said that, Yang Zhi didn't believe Zhou Xuan could guess this time. His daughter had written her own birthday number, drawn two eyes, and blocked her view while writing. It was safe to say that no one but him and Yang Yang herself could know what Yang Yang had written. This time, guessing was impossible. Zhou Xuan smiled and rubbed his eyes. He said, "I need X-ray vision, little Yang Yang. Hmm, I saw it, I saw it!"
Yang Yang laughed and hid the stone even tighter.
Zhou Xuan frowned, then blinked and said, "Little Yangyang, you wrote so much! You're so smart. 6, and you even drew two eyeballs!"
Zhou Xuan had been playing little magic tricks on Yang Yang in front of him, but Zhou Xuan accurately recited the numbers, which stunned even Yang Zhi!
He saw his daughter secretly writing that moment. No one else saw it except him, and this was his own home; there was no way they'd installed any hidden cameras or similar devices. Besides, Zhou Xuan hadn't even turned his head; how did he know?
Originally intended as a joke to amuse his daughter, Yang Zhi is now completely confused, wondering how Zhou Xuan found out.
This piqued the curiosity of everyone, including the old man, Old Li, Wei Haihong, and Li Wei, who all turned their attention to Yang Yang.
Yang Yang was stunned for a moment, biting his finger, and asked, puzzled, "Uncle Zhou, how did you know the numbers I wrote?"
This is a question everyone wants to ask, except for Fu Ying, who is the only one who truly understands.
Little Yangyang bit her finger and thought for a moment. She said in a spoiled voice, "Uncle Zhou must have seen it secretly. I'm going to hide and write another one!"
Li Wei was most eager to find out Zhou Xuan's true nature and learn his techniques, but Zhou Xuan refused to teach him, leaving him both angry and helpless. However, now was a good opportunity. He could use Xiao Yangyang to let Zhou Xuan practice a few more times, hoping to uncover some flaws. Secondly, there might be a turning point; perhaps the old man would say a word, and Zhou Xuan would agree to teach him in a good mood.
At this moment, Zhou Xuan smiled and said to Yang Yang, "Yang Yang, look again at the stone in your hand!"
Little Yangyang looked down and was both delighted and surprised. The pebble in his hand had somehow transformed into a little stone rabbit, with big ears and a big mouth. It was so lifelike and incredibly cute!
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Chang Yang was overjoyed and jumped up, shouting excitedly, "The rabbit is so cute! Uncle Zhou, why did you hide the rabbit in my hand?"
Zhou Xuan said with a grin, "This is a secret, you can't tell!"
Yang Yang nodded his little head, then muttered to himself, "I understand, Uncle Zhou can only tell me this in secret!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh again, but Yang Zhi was even more puzzled. Could Zhou Xuan really know some kind of magic trick? This move was really beautiful; he couldn't see the slightest flaw.
Li Wei scratched his head, appearing even more anxious than Xiao Yangyang. Zhou Xuan's move was different from before, making him even more eager to try it!
"You make one for me too!" With his interest piqued and curiosity growing, Li Wei urged Zhou Xuan to make one for him.
Just as Zhou Xuan was about to speak, Yang Zhi's wife, Yao Lin, came out and said, "Yang Zhi, set the table and lay out the dishes!"
Yang Zhi quickly got up, set up a table in the middle of the hall, placed an alcohol stove on the table, and put a piece of alcohol fuel into the stove.
Yao Lin brought out a large wok, and as soon as it was poured in, the aroma immediately filled the air. Li Wei exclaimed, "It smells so good!"
It really smells good!
Making everyone forget about asking Zhou Xuan about the magic trick, Zhou Xuan also pushed Dan aside, pretending to have forgotten, and quickly came over to help.
Yao Lin brought out bowls and chopsticks again. Yang Zhi set them out and invited the two elderly people over first. Finally, he took out a small rectangular box from the inner room. Inside the box was just a pair of white chopsticks.
As soon as Zhou Xuanbing finished speaking, he immediately knew that these were ivory chopsticks.
The ivory chopsticks were as white as jade. Yang Zhi took the chopsticks out, then dipped them into the pot and stirred them. He took the chopsticks out and examined them closely. The chopsticks were still milky white, without any change.
From Yang Zhi's action, Zhou Xuan immediately understood that Yang Zhi was testing for poison. Ivory has the function of testing for poison; if it is poisonous, the ivory chopsticks will turn black. This meant that this pot of "Moon Gazing Crab" meat was not poisonous.
Because of the two old men, Yang Zhi did not bring out any alcohol. Li Wei and Wei Haihong also did not mention it. The old men's doctor had advised them not to drink alcohol. For the sake of their health, both families kept a close eye on them and did not allow them to drink.
Although he doesn't drink alcohol, Yang Zhi still respectfully invited the two old gentlemen to start eating.
The old man and Old Li picked up their chopsticks and smiled at Zhou Xuan, saying, "Little Zhou, have a taste. It seems the two of us won't dare touch the chopsticks until the old folks start. Come on, I'll take the first bite!"
After saying that, the old man picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. While savoring the taste, he praised, "How can this be? The taste is simply indescribable. It tastes exactly the same as it did half a year ago. I've been eating this for over ten years, and this is the only taste I can remember!"
Zhou Xuan and the others also picked up a piece of clam meat and put it in their mouths. Instantly, an extremely fresh taste seemed to penetrate straight into their brains and then permeate their entire bodies. It was as if all the pores of their bodies relaxed, and their whole bodies felt comfortable!
After swallowing the crab meat, Li Wei was stunned for a moment before saying, "My God, if someone else tasted this, let alone eight thousand, even eighteen thousand a crab, there would be plenty of people chasing after it to eat!"
Zhou Xuan shared this view. He had eaten pangolin with Chen Sanyan in the south before, and it cost seven or eight thousand yuan per catty. But the taste of that pangolin was incomparable to that of the Moon-gazing crab. Perhaps those rich people ate pangolin just for entertainment and to enjoy something new. In terms of taste, pangolin was far from good.
Yang Zhi further explained, "I feed these moon-gazing worms with scorpions, fish, earthworms, crabs, shrimp, and so on, so their flavor is definitely fresh. Moreover, there is a rule: usually, the more poisonous the animal, the more delicious its meat is."