I wish for a long time

Ye Jiu was dragged by Xiao Qi all the way to the other courtyard of the Xiao Mansion. She raised her head slightly, and the Xifu crabapple dropped a few dead leaves from time to time, and the courtyard was very quiet.

"Second uncle, why did you bring me here?"

Xiao Qi glanced at her and walked towards the crabapple tree without saying much.Ye Jiu stroked his chest, suppressed the discomfort in his throat, and followed suspiciously.

"Ziqi, the shovel you want."

Xiao Lanfeng's steady voice came from behind the two of them, Ye Jiu subconsciously turned his head, and before she could say hello, Xiao Qi from the side had already reached out to take it, smiled, "Thank you."

Xiao Lanfeng glanced at the two of them, then nodded slightly, turned around and floated away just like when he came.

Ye Jiu frowned when he saw the two people's familiar and smooth movements.

"What are you doing in a daze, help."

Xiao Qi threw one of them towards her, Ye Jiu hurriedly caught it, and because it was a little too big, it caused a dull pain in her chest, and she couldn't help coughing twice.

Xiao Qi turned his head and frowned, "Brother-in-law, are you okay?"

Ye Jiu shook his head lightly, afraid that he would ask further questions, so he quickly changed the topic, "Second Uncle, what are you digging for?"

Xiao Qi waved his hand to signal her not to ask any more questions, but he went around the crabapple tree and tapped the surrounding bricks with a shovel. After a moment, the shovel in his hand fell on one of the bricks, his face There was some joy on the face, "It's here."

Ye Jiu stood up and walked towards him, at this time Xiao Qi had already lifted the floor tiles, and thrust a shovel into the soil forcefully.

She looked at it for a while, and then started to shovel up the dirt.Due to years of rainwater soaking and heavy objects squeezing, the soil under the floor tiles has been compacted, and you can feel a lot of resistance through the shovel.

After all, Xiao Qi was practicing martial arts, and his strength was much stronger than Ye Jiu's. Seeing this, he lifted up a few floor tiles, and the two of them worked together to shovel and dig, which was much smoother than before.

"Second Uncle, what are you going to dig?"

On a hot summer day, although it was already sunset time, Ye Jiu's forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, which fell into the small dimples of the soil, and the color of the soil became even darker after only a moment of movement.

Xiao Qi stopped what he was doing when he heard the words, leaned on the wooden handle, and smiled, "Of course it's a good thing."

Seeing that Ye Jiu still had a look of disbelief, he patted his chest, "Brother will never lie to you, it must be something you will never forget."

After that, he waved his hands, "Come, come, work."

Ye Jiu looked at his brother-in-law's detached character, shook his head helplessly, and dropped another shovel.

"Let me tell you, don't show me Shao'er's helpless expression." Xiao Qi stared, pouted, and muttered: "Xiao Shao'er is good, don't teach me, just make this kind of pedantic Pai taught me to be transparent."

Ye Jiu was taken aback when he heard the words, pedantic?

The pink dress flashed in her mind, she blushed and looked serious, she couldn't help but chuckle.

She didn't explain anything, and simply buried herself in her work.

"Hey, brother-in-law, be careful! We're almost there."

About a quarter of an hour later, Xiao Qi had to throw away the shovel, lay down beside the small pit, and started digging with his hands instead.

Leaning on the shovel, Ye Jiu tilted his head to watch him carefully push away a few scattered clods, revealing a bit of decayed red.

Ye Jiu felt nauseous for a while, as if the pungent bloody smell from the afternoon had rushed to her nostrils again.

Xiao Qi concentrated on digging the soil on the side, with an excited smile on his face, but when it fell into Ye Jiu's eyes, his stomach was overwhelmed.

"Second uncle, you don't have any strange hobbies..."

Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then he straightened up, hugged a big jar, and blinked his bright eyes:

"Drinking... is it a strange hobby?"

Ye Jiu frowned. She looked at a brown wine jar in Xiao Qi's arms, and the red thing was the red paper that was half rotted on the sealing mud. About the ink color.

Knowing that she was thinking wrong, Ye Jiu coughed lightly to cover up her embarrassment, and she stepped forward lightly, but in the next second she was stuffed by Xiao Qi.

"Wait, there are still two altars."

Because of the beginning, Xiao Qi dug out the remaining two altars without much effort.

Ye Jiu sat cross-legged on the ground, brushed off the dirt from the wine seal, and on the red and brown paper, a character Qi could be vaguely seen.

"Okay, I've been waiting for all these years, and finally I can have a good wine."

Xiao Qi was so tired that he sat down on the opposite side of Ye Jiu, leaning on the protruding tree roots, caressing the body of the wine jar with his slender fingers, and there was a hint of tenderness in his eyes.

Ye Jiu watched him wipe the dirty altar back and forth with his snow-white cuff, pursed his lips, and asked tentatively, "You made it?"

Xiao Qi raised his lips slightly when he heard the words, and replied lightly: "Not necessarily, there are also my father and elder brother."

Ye Jiu was stunned for a moment, she looked at the wine jar in her arms, and blinked.

So... this wine must be very dear to my second uncle.

Now, just dig it out and drink it for yourself?

There was a little warmth in her eyes, only to hear Xiao Qi laughing and saying: "Nuerhong brewed by Sanqing Spring in Yangzhou, try it?"

Ye Jiu raised his eyes, and saw Xiao Qi handing her a porcelain bowl, the liquid in it was clear and flowing, and the rich aroma of the wine slowly dissipated.

"Daughter is red?"

Ye Jiu reached out to take it, holding the wine bowl, frowning slightly.

Xiao Qi leaned against the roots of the tree, spread it lazily on the ground, raised his head, looked at the tower in the distance, and bent his lips, "I thought I could only drink Huadiao in this life, but I didn't expect that there would be a chance to drink it." Get on this girl's red."

After the words fell, Ye Jiu's hands trembled slightly.

At this moment, she finally understood Xiao Qi's so-called something that she will never forget.

"These three jars of wine were buried together with my father and elder brother when Shao'er was full moon. Look, there are Xiao Shao'er's little feet on this clay."

Xiao Qi carefully picked up the sealing mud and handed it to Ye Jiu.

Ye Jiu stretched out his hand to take it. On the yellow-brown clay seal, a small foot with the length of the middle finger was faintly imprinted. There was also rotting red paper inside, which was a bit chaotic.

She lightly scrubbed the little footprint with her fingers, and her eyes gradually blurred.

"Originally, we buried ten altars in total, thinking that when Xiao Shao'er got married, he must not make a small show, and let her husband's family and guests look down upon them."

Xiao Qi drank in small sips, smacking his lips from time to time to taste, "It's just that I didn't expect that later we went to Beijing with our family. The mountains were high and the road was far away. I begged my father for a few days, and I only brought these three altars and buried them here. under the tree."

"However, later, the family was in trouble, not only did not wait until Xiao Shao'er got drunk at Xiao Shao'er's wedding banquet, but also almost kept Huadiao wine."

With a mocking smile on Xiao Qi's face and tears in his eyes, he poured another bowl and cheered up and said, "I missed Shao'er's wedding, and the wine was late for these months. When I owe you my brother-in-law Yes, now, it’s still worth it.”

Ye Jiu held the porcelain bowl in both hands, she looked at the clear wine quietly, her nose was a little sore.

Daughter Hong, who has been hidden for 18 years, is like a pearl held in the palm of my hand with all my blood and sweat. Just like that, it was handed over to me.

She felt that even Tiangong's fine nectar could not be worth this small bowl of sake.

Ye Jiu was silent for a long time, and took a sip lightly.

Different from Tanghua wine and sweet-scented osmanthus wine, this wine is more mellow, as if it has been bitten into pieces for a long time.

She lowered her head and said in a hoarse voice: "The wedding was held in Yuncheng, with red makeup, a BMW silver car, three letters and six engagements, everything is missing."

Xiao Qi smiled comfortably when he heard the words, "That's good."

He raised his head slowly, looked at Ye Jiu's thin and thin figure, and there was a trace of complexity in his eyes, "Actually, as long as you treat her well, as long as she is safe, it doesn't matter if there is any ostentation or not."

Ye Jiu met his eyes, and there were little expectations and prayers she could not have imagined. Xiao Qi raised the bowl to her, and smiled, "I believe in you, and I can protect her for the rest of her life."

Ye Jiu chuckled lightly, wiped away the tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes, and touched them: "The wish of my life."

The two looked at each other, smiled, and drank in one gulp.Xiao Qi wiped the corners of his mouth, scrubbed the mouth of the altar, and said softly:

"Then can you tell me what happened to Shao'er?"

……

Qi Shao'an went to sleep at noon, and only slept for about an hour. She slept very restlessly, with messy dreams in her mind, and between half-dream and half-awake, she could faintly feel Ye Jiu leaving quietly.

Qi Shaoan sat by the bed for about a quarter of an hour, then got dressed and opened the door.

The sun shone into the door in an instant, covering her thin body with golden light.

Qi Shaoan took a deep breath, the courtyard was filled with a faint fragrance of purple bamboo, and there was also a little water vapor, which made her beating heart gradually calm down.

"Miss, are you awake?"

Wei Yu happened to come out of the study with a herbal medicine bag in her hand, saw Qi Shaoan standing at the door, and ran over quickly.

Qi Shaoan blinked, and replied, "Yes."

Seeing that Qi Shao'an's complexion improved a lot, Wei Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and asked nervously, "Miss, are you hungry, let me go and make you something to eat?"

Qi Shao'an shook his head lightly, and asked back, "Where's Ajiu?"

Wei Yu thought for a while, "Big brother went out after Miss Wu Wu fell asleep, and he hasn't come back yet, but it's almost here."

Qi Shaoan nodded slightly, then closed the door, and walked out of the courtyard lightly.

Wei Yu didn't react, she subconsciously took two steps, "Miss, where are you going?"

Qi Shaoan paused, then said softly:

"I want to go home and have a look."

……

Ye Jiu turned her head stiffly, but Xiao Qi's extremely serious eyes made her heart tremble.

"No, no, how could something happen?"

Xiao Qi still looked at her quietly, and even curled his lips slightly, "Brother-in-law, I don't know if Shao'er is unwilling to speak, or you are deliberately hiding it from me, you two didn't mention anything about my separation from Shao'er. , but I can feel that Shaoer must have encountered something."

Ye Jiu kept silent, Xiao Qi sighed lightly when he saw this, and said: "Xiao Shao'er used to, although she didn't like to play around, but her eyes were always like the stars at night, shining brightly, really beautiful. "

"But now, although the night is still in her eyes, there are no stars."

Ye Jiu's hand trembled and almost knocked over the wine bowl. She still lowered her head and didn't say a word, but the fingertips that landed on the edge of the bowl trembled slightly.

Xiao Qi was also very patient, he slowly persuaded Ye Jiu, "Shao'er passed out that time, I have never seen it like that, so carefree as if it would disappear at any time, it really surprised me."

"You said, something happened to her that made her suffer so much."

Ye Jiu slowly clenched her fists, she knew Xiao Qi was looking at her all the time, but she didn't dare to raise her head, because she didn't have the courage to face Xiao Qi's praying eyes.

"You went to the Ministry of Punishments today. If I guessed right, it should have something to do with Shao'er."

Ye Jiu raised his head instantly, met Xiao Qi's eyes, and seemed to be asking with his eyes: How do you know.

Xiao Qi smiled bitterly, "Except for Shao'er's lack of cooking skills, her daughter's homework is excellent in everything, and her embroidery skills are not inferior to those of other embroiderers. I can tell her stitches at a glance."

Ye Jiu caressed her chest, under the placket, the square silk handkerchief bulged slightly, as if it filled her entire chest.

The yard was quiet for a moment, Xiao Qi saw Ye Jiu hesitate, gritted his teeth, suddenly propped himself up, threw himself forward, and knelt down in front of Ye Jiu.

Ye Jiu was startled, and hurried to grab him, but with her strength, she couldn't pull him at all.

"Second uncle! What are you doing!"

Xiao Qi tugged at her arm, his eyes sparkled with water, he choked up and said:

"Even if I beg you, tell me, okay?"

The author has something to say: the elder brother's intuition towards the younger sister is always so unreasonable.