[Rebirth] Talking Fox

A few days passed quickly, and it was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.In the early morning, I opened the window and looked into the courtyard, I saw snowflakes flying outside, a thick layer of white was accumulated on the ground, and the bright red winter plums showed a bit of freshness and beauty in the silver.

You Qing stretched out his hand out of the window, touched the flower stem with his fingertips, moved it up slowly, couldn't help but twist a petal, put it in the palm of his hand and grind it finely.

Recently, I still dream every day, but the dream is getting clearer and clearer. Sometimes it is some inexplicable human voices, and sometimes it is some incomprehensible scenes. I used to forget it as soon as I woke up, but now I can barely remember some.Moreover, no matter what you dream about, you will always wake up in the sea of ​​flowers in the end. The plum blossoms in the dream are much more crystal clear than the ones in this courtyard, and they are not like anything in the world.

You Qing pinched the petals in his hand, his brows were fixed, his thoughts were in a mess, he seemed to think of something, but he didn't seem to think of anything, he didn't even hear Bai Li getting dressed and getting out of bed.

Bai Li came over and lay down on his shoulder, smiling and looking at the plum blossom in his hand: "Ah Qing, if you like it, I can go to the courtyard and bring back a few, okay?"

You Qing came back to his senses, looked at him and laughed: "The broken flower branch will wither in a few days, it's better to stay on the tree and watch from a distance, besides, this is someone else's mansion, you can break off the plum blossoms from other people's house , beware of being blamed by the manager."

"Oh!" Bai Li nodded obediently, resting his chin on his shoulder, thinking that he could get close to him so presumptuously now, and smiled contentedly, "Ah Qing, you said you wanted to be a beggar for me!"

"Yeah." You Qing turned around and gently brought him into his arms. With a move in his heart, he pressed the petals in his hand to the fair skin between his brows. Deeper, "I went to the market after breakfast. Now that it's winter, I can buy a few more and it won't go bad."

Bai Li touched the petals between his eyebrows curiously, and looked at him: "Buy a few more, you only need to spend as much money as you want, and will the rest be enough?"

"You don't need to spend any money to live here. Naturally, it is enough. You can buy ten of them." You Qing raised his hand funny and pressed the petals tightly, and said in a low voice, "I won't let you suffer with me all the time." , even if you can't make the list, you will do something else."

"Yeah! Ah Qing will be a high-ranking official, don't worry!" Bai Li rubbed his shoulders, looking up at him with a contented coquettish expression, "Ah Qing, I'll go to the kitchen to make breakfast!"

"Okay." You Qing touched his head and took the petals away. Unexpectedly, there was a little red mark on the center of his eyebrows. Grab it.

"It doesn't look good, why take it away?" Bai Li said while pressing the petals back together.

You Qing took it away for him again, and said with a smile: "Don't stick it when you go to the kitchen, why don't you show it to others?"

Bai Li thought for a while, then shook his head: "Don't show me!"

You Qing put the petals on the table, wiped the space between his brows clean, put his lips together and kissed him, gathered his clothes tightly, and said with a smile: "Go."

"Yeah!" Bai Li nodded with a smile, turned around excitedly and walked out across the threshold.

In the gazebo in the distance, Xue Chang stood quietly beside the stone table. Seeing Bai Li's figure appearing under the eaves of the corridor, he couldn't help but smile, and turned around to take the umbrella from the manager's hand.

"Master, let me hold the umbrella!" The manager looked terrified, not knowing why he rushed over so early in the morning, let alone what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd after sitting here for a long time.

"No, go do your own work, I'll walk around as you please." Xue Chang waved his hands, gathered his collar tightly, opened his umbrella and lifted his legs to walk down the steps.

Snowflakes fell silently on the top of the umbrella, Xue Chang approached the corridor, saw Bai Li smiling, raised his eyebrows, walked in with great interest and followed behind him.

Bai Li plunged headlong into the kitchen, probably wanting to go out and play excitedly, got up early, but didn't see any other bookboys, so he washed some vegetables and cooked porridge by himself. When he came out from behind the stove, he felt a little hot, lifted his Wiping his face casually with his sleeve, he happily filled the porridge and put it into the food box with the side dishes, and walked out the door.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, he was stopped by a figure. When he looked up, he was stunned.

Although standing under the eaves of the corridor, Xue Chang didn't put away his umbrella, just looked at Bai Li with a smile on his face, saw that his fair face was stained with pot ashes, he looked really cute, he couldn't help but raised the corners of his lips, and said with a smile: "I cook all over my face."

Bai Li took a look at him and saw that he was wearing a fiery red fox fur today. He felt angry, stared at his furry neckline, gritted his teeth to suppress the evil, and saluted perfunctorily: "Prime Minister Hello, my lord!" Before he finished speaking, he had to lift his legs and leave.

Xue Chang pulled him back, smiled and glanced at him: "Why are you so angry?"

Bai Li didn't expect to be spotted by him, so he froze for a moment, glanced at him, and said angrily, "I don't know how many fox lives I took to keep myself warm, it's really selfish!"

Xue Chang raised his eyebrows, looked down at himself, and smiled suddenly: "So that's what you said! It's very reasonable." Then he put the umbrella away and stood it on the wall, raised his hand to untie the silk belt around his neck, and put it on Take off the fox fur.

Bai Li glanced at him puzzled, then lowered his head to look at the food box in his hand, and said anxiously: "I have to deliver breakfast to Ah Qing, it will be cold when it's late."

"Wait." Xue Chang pulled him back again, raised his hand to wipe his face, and said with a smile, "My face is covered with dust."

Bai Li dodged his hand subconsciously, raised his sleeve and wiped it twice indiscriminately, but it got worse and worse, Xue Chang laughed softly when he saw it, blinked, wiped it twice again indifferently, and quickly ran away from him Kai: "Thank you sir! I'm leaving!"

Xue Chang didn't stop him again, and looked at his hurried back, smiling unabated.

In the courtyard, the steward rushed over in the snow, with a worried expression on his face: "Master, it's freezing cold today, why did you take off the fox fur? You're worried about catching cold!"

"It's okay." Xue Chang handed him the clothes in his arms, regardless of his anxious nagging, and then took the umbrella from the wall and handed it to him.

The manager hurriedly took it and opened it: "Master, today is the [-]th year, why are you here? But what are your orders?"

"Well, the people living here are all scholars, and most of them don't care about things outside the window. This year can't be too deserted. Prepare some firecrackers for them, and it will be lively."

"Yes."

Xue Chang walked out of the eaves, and glanced at Bai Li's direction again: "It's time to go back, take me to the door."

"Yes."

Bai Li rushed in excitedly carrying a food box: "Ah Qing! Eat breakfast quickly! Let's go out early after eating."

You Qing stood up and took the food box: "The water is ready, go wash your mouth and face, and wait for you to eat together."

"Oh!" Bai Li was about to turn around, but You Qing grabbed him and looked back at him suspiciously, "Huh?"

You Qing looked at the black and white streaks on his face, couldn't help laughing, raised his hand to wipe him up, and said with a smile: "Why did you cook breakfast and turned into a colorful cat?"

"Didn't wipe it clean?" Bai Li blinked, then leaned back slightly at his movements, his face full of color, "I got up early today, and I was the only one in the kitchen. They usually light the fire, this is my first time."

"Then you can still make breakfast smoothly, which is really amazing." You Qing pulled him to the side of the washbasin, took out the handkerchief in the water, twisted it, and wiped his face carefully, "From now on, if you are still alone Just tell me and I'll do it."

"That won't work! In other people's homes, all the bookboys cook for the young master. Ours can't be reversed, or I will be laughed at by them."

"A joke is a joke. I haven't set fire at home, so I came here to burn it?" You Qing twisted the handkerchief again, and wiped off all the gaudy charcoal on his face, "I don't know when the snow will stop. Wear more."

"Oh!" Bai Li nodded with a smile, glanced at the mirror, hugged him and rubbed his neck, "It's clean!"

"Yeah." You Qing patted him on the back, "Go and rinse your mouth."

"Oh!"

After breakfast, they simply tidied up and went out. The two shared an umbrella, and they were very close to each other, in a very intimate state.

Bai Li would wrap his arms around You Qing's waist when no one was around, and kiss him on the cheek while hiding under the umbrella. His eyes were quite helpless, but fortunately, there were more and more people coming into the city, so he finally restrained himself a little.

At this time, the street was very lively. You Qing thought it would be convenient to come out next time, so he didn't need to deliberately stock up on stocks, so he took Bai Li to pick out three strong tender chickens, and spent a few extra pennies to ask the shop owner to put them in. These tender chickens were killed without plucking their feathers, only the viscera in their stomachs were cleaned out, washed to remove the fishy smell, and then they packed them in their hands and left with Bai Li.

In fact, all kinds of ingredients are available in Xue's house, and now it's the New Year's Eve, not to mention chicken, duck and fish, but those are for public use, so it's not easy to take them out casually for Bai Li to eat to his heart's content.Besides, You Qing also prefers to spend this year with Bai Li with his own silver.

After buying chicken and some wine, in case Bai Li would get drunk again, he specially bought a very light sweet wine, and then took him out of the city, to a hill not far from Xue's residence, and found him on the leeward side. A half-recessed shallow hole, put the umbrella aside.

Bai Li was so excited that he grabbed what was in his hand and put it on the ground, and hugged him: "Ah Qing! It's so fun!"

You Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It hasn't even started yet, why are you calling it fun?"

Bai Li took his hand and stretched his hand into his sleeve, and said with a smile: "You still hide it from me, I saw it secretly, and know that you have hidden something good!"

You Qing looked at him with a smile: "I'm so stupid, I showed it to you on purpose, why can't you even remember which sleeve?"

Bai Li searched for a long time without taking out anything, his eyes widened: "Oh..." Hastily went to take out his other sleeve, and after a while, he took out a small bag, untied it excitedly, and saw the inside eyes lit up.

There are four small orange lanterns in the bag. It is a small lantern made by You Qing by hollowing out the oranges and putting in a piece of candle. It is exquisite, beautiful and windproof.

Bai Li took out one of them in surprise: "Ah Qing, let's order it now!"

"What's the rush? It's not yet noon, and it's still early before dark. It's time to order now. If there's not enough for the night, can't we go back in the dark?"

Bai Li wrinkled his nose, hugged him reluctantly and rubbed against him: "Oh... I listened to Ah Qing!"