Huaxi Chronicle

Baoshan Village.

Xun Feibai wanted to take the basket and wear a wreath, but Yan Cong'an held his outstretched hand tightly.

Yan Cong'an's face was slightly cold, he only pursed his lips and grabbed her hand, but said nothing.

"Cong An is anxious to wait? I saw that garland is elegant and fragrant, and I want to give it to you. Do you like it? I made an agreement with this little lady. I will help her put on a string, and she will give me a string. It shouldn't be difficult to strung this garland, just wait a moment for Cong An."

While talking, Xun Feibai raised his left hand, patted Yan Cong'an comfortingly, and signaled her to let go so that he could pull out his hand to weave a wreath.

But Yan Cong'an still clasped her hand tightly, fingers intertwined, showing no signs of loosening, Xun Fei looked at Yan Cong'an in confusion.

After hearing her explanation, Yan Cong'an's face softened a little, it can be seen that she is so dull, guessing that she must not know what the garland means.

She looked down at the hands they were holding, and sighed slightly in her heart. She took a step forward and stood next to Xun Feibai. She turned slightly, stood on tiptoe, pressed against Xun Feibai's ear and said, "You know, Feibai, this wreath belongs to them from ancient to modern times." The token of love of the Qiang people, only when two people are in love will they exchange garlands."

How could Xun Feibai know that the garland still meant a promise of love, she stood there in surprise, not knowing how to react for a moment.

She let go of Xun Feibai's hand, took another step back, raised her eyebrows, and said with a faint smile: "If Fei Bai wants to, he will stay and help the little lady string the wreath. I am tired from walking all the way, so I will go back first. "

After Yan Cong'an finished speaking, he turned around and left without staying any longer.

Seeing her turn away, Xun Feibai hurriedly bowed and apologized to the woman at the table, and said in embarrassment: "I didn't know that the wreath is a token of love, so I offended you so much, I hope the girl will not take offense."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and quickly followed Yan Cong'an in the direction where she left.

The girl at the table stopped smiling when she saw the two hands clasped.When she heard that the little lady wanted to give the wreath to the lady behind her, she knew that the little lady must not know that giving the wreath was a token of love.

She looked at the back of the hurriedly going away, sighed with regret, and then put the basket away again.

Xun Feibai took three steps and made two steps to catch up with Yan Cong'an, and said anxiously, "Cong'an, Cong'an, I really didn't know that the wreath meant a promise of love."

She took Yan Cong'an's hand and explained: "Besides, I wanted to give the wreath to Cong'an, so don't Cong'an annoy me?"

Yan Cong'an glanced at her with a faint smile: "When did I annoy you?"

Xun Feibai smiled and said, "No, Cong'an didn't annoy me, it's because I feel a little silly."

"But the jasmine smells really good. I'll go back and ask Baoyi where I can get the jasmine. When I get back, I'll string two bunches of the jasmine. It's also very fragrant to wear on my body. Anyway, you and I are engaged, so it's okay to wear the same garland. No."

If this last sentence was not added, Yan Cong'an would be overjoyed.But if you listen to this last sentence again, you will know that this person wants to put on the garland because he likes the fragrance of jasmine, and he has no intention of being in love at all.

Yan Cong'an glanced lightly at Xun Feibai, with such implication and timing, how could this person be puzzled at all.

Looking at the idiot Xun Feibai, she secretly speculated.If it is said that this person has no intentions towards him at all, his face will turn red and his heart will beat like a drum.But if it is intentional, what this person does is because of his fiancée, and there is no personal affair.

Yan Cong'an was a little uncertain for a moment, whether it was right or wrong to take advantage of this person's marriage proposal.She didn't think it was wrong to agree to the marriage, but she felt that she shouldn't agree so quickly, maybe she should wait for a while, and wait for the relationship between the two to develop further.But what happened at that time, the arrow had to be launched, and too much delay would lead to wild changes.

On that day, the hurry to get married made Xun Feibai put herself in the position of fiancee. What she did was more because the two were engaged, so it should be like this.

Raise the eyebrows and respect each other as guests.

If it was placed a month ago, Yan Cong'an felt that this would be the best and most ordinary life for her and Xun Feibai in the future.But now she wants more, she wants Xun Feibai to admire each other like her, and wants everything Xun Feibai does to please her.

She thought that the two of them were not just engaged, but a promise of love. She thought that in the future, the two of them would be heart-to-heart and like-minded, instead of raising eyebrows and respecting each other.

Xun Feibai was so focused on going back to wear the wreath, he didn't notice that Yan Cong'an beside him was looking at her with deep eyes.

It was past noon when the two walked back to Bao's house. Seeing them coming back, Yuzhu hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "The third lady and Miss Xun are back? Lunch has been prepared, do you need some now?"

They tasted a lot of food along the way, but they didn't feel hungry.Yan Cong'an waved his hand and said, "You don't have to work anymore. I ate a lot of snacks along the way. I'm a little tired and want to rest for a while."

Yuzhu served Yan Cong'an to rest in the house, and Xun Feibai thought about the garland, so he went to find Baoyi and asked her where to pick jasmine flowers.

Baoyi heard that she wanted to make two garlands, so he smiled and asked Baozhang to take her to the back mountain to pick jasmine flowers.

Xun Feibai followed Baozhang to the back mountain, looking at the jasmine flowers all over the mountains and plains, she picked more jasmine flowers on purpose.Prepare to string two garlands, and the rest can be dried and put into a sachet, so that the fragrance can last longer.

The two picked a whole basket of jasmine before getting up and going back to Bao's house.

Xun Feibai asked Baoyi for needles and thread, and threaded two garlands of only jasmine flowers, and found bamboo strips to spread the remaining jasmine flowers on them, and took them to the yard to dry.She wore a wreath on her wrist, and the rich floral fragrance lingered on the tip of her nose.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

The sound of drums outside the courtyard was like thunder.

Baozhang ran out of the courtyard quickly when he heard the sound, and Xun Feibai followed him out of the courtyard.

The open space on the north side of Yuanbei was crowded with people.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

Another burst of intensive drumming sounded, accompanied by the shouting of the crowd.Baozhang quickly ran to the crowd, stretched out his hand to push aside those people, and nimbly got in.

Bao Yi walked to the door with a smile, and said to Xun Feibai: "The bullfight has started over there, Miss Xun should go and have a look."

Xun Feibai was not very interested when he heard that it was a bullfight, but he had never seen it before, so he wanted to go and see what it was like.

As soon as he walked in, the surrounding villagers cheered genuinely. Xun Fei found an open space and took a look from a distance.There were two fat and strong yellow cattle in the crowd. These two cattle were much stronger than the cattle Xun Feibai had seen before, and the cattle were tied with red silk ropes.

At this time, the two oxen are facing each other with their horns, their noses are wide open, they are panting heavily, and their tails are constantly swinging.When the two oxen were at a standstill, one of the oxen took a step back, raised its front hooves high, and bumped the other oxen's head, then shook the oxen's head violently, and the horns on one side brushed against the other oxen's head. There was a bloodstain on the back of the neck, and the surrounding villagers cheered again and again.

Seeing this scene, Xun Feibai only felt that it was a bit bloody, so he walked back without looking at it too much.When she returned to Bao's house, Yan Cong'an had also got up and was sitting at the stone table drinking tea.Xun Feibai walked quickly to her side, and Yan Cong'an poured her a cup of tea: "Bao Yi said you went to the bullfight, was it interesting?"

Xun Feibai shook his head: "The scene was a bit bloody, so I went back without looking at it." He took a sip from the teacup, saw the garland on his wrist, smiled and untied one, and said to Yan Cong'an: "I just picked jasmine flowers in the back mountain, and I reached out from An, and I will put them on for you."

Yan Cong'an never thought that she would really make this wreath, she stretched out her hand.Xun Feibai put the garland on her hand, adjusted it to a suitable length, and then said: "I picked a lot of jasmine flowers in the back mountain, and I can put them in a sachet when they are dried. Speaking of sachets, I remembered something From An Ke, I saw the sachet given to me last time, and I haven't found it since I arrived in Binzhou that day."

Yan Cong'an remembered the sachet, which also contained the amulet that Cui Jiamu gave to Xun Feibai. She thought for a while and asked, "I couldn't find it when I went to Binzhou? Maybe it was accidentally lost when I met a thief that day. The incense Since the sachet is a talisman, Xun Feibai can think that the sachet is a disaster for Fei Bai."

Xun Feibai felt reasonable when he heard the words, and he didn't think about where the sachet was thrown: "I'll buy another sachet when I get back to Binzhou, so that I can hold these sun-dried jasmine flowers."

Hearing this, Yan Cong'an smiled lightly and said, "Fei Bai really likes this jasmine flower, and specially bought a sachet to hold this flower."

Xun Feibai explained with a faint smile: "This flower is not easy to grow, and it is not common in Huaxi County. A Niang planted one before she was alive. At that time, I thought the flower smelled very good, but after A Niang left, I didn't like it I don’t know how to take care of it, and the flower withered in a short time. Now that I hear the fragrance of this flower, I can think of when Auntie was here.”

There is a reason why Xun Feibai likes jasmine.

Yan Cong'an lowered his head and took a sip of tea, making up his mind.

The two didn't eat at noon, Yan Cong'an felt a little hungry after getting up, and ordered Yuzhu to make dinner earlier.

Today's dinner Yuzhu made minced meat noodle soup. When the two of them were enjoying the cool in the courtyard yesterday, Yan Cong'an heard Xun Feibai mention that he hadn't had minced meat noodle soup for a month, and he was a little greedy.Early this morning, Yan Cong'an informed Yuzhu that he had made this noodle soup for dinner.

When Xun Feibai saw the minced meat noodle soup brought by Yuzhu, he was pleasantly surprised, and immediately smiled, praising Yan Cong'an for his thoughtfulness.

This bowl of noodle soup made by Yuzhu not only contains fried minced pork, but also mushrooms, green vegetables, radishes and pickled vegetables as side dishes.Apart from the rich side dishes, the most delicious one is the soup base of the minced meat soup. Yuzhu puts pork belly and hen into the pot together, and simmers for an hour. The soup base that hangs out is extraordinarily delicious.

Xun Feibai ate two bowls in a row. He wanted to eat another bowl, but Yan Cong'an stopped him: "Feibai don't eat more, be careful of food accumulation. If you like it, I'll let Yuzhu make it for you tomorrow."

Although Xun Feibai was a little bit unsatisfied, he listened to Yan Cong'an and did not eat the third bowl.