Whew, Yulan took a deep breath in his heart, feeling that today was really a test of his physical strength, endurance and perseverance, and after walking for nearly an hour, he had to climb up the steps, feeling that this leg was not his own. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info secretly complained in his heart, but his face was light, and he talked and laughed with the master of Chiba Island.

Halfway up the mountain, I finally saw the so-called private house in the mouth of the owner of Chiba Island. It was more of a palace than a house, with rows of black glazed roofs, shrouded in a veil of mist. This should be the island master's palace in the Xuanqing tribe.

The whole house is built on the mountain, the fine white jade paved ground shines with warm light, and the black tiles and white walls do not make people feel monotonous, but give people a solemn and simple feeling. Walking into the dark gate, bypassing the shadow wall, there is a verandah extending in all directions. The dark pillars are carved with lifelike birds of different shapes, those birds either have fierce eyes and look down on the people passing by, or flutter their wings and want to soar above the nine heavens, or their tails are cocked and combing their feathers・・・・・・ and each pillar is carved with birds of different shapes, as if this simple action can clearly express the habits of these birds.

Unfortunately, Lan Xin passed by nearly a hundred pillars, but he didn't recognize a single bird. Turning to the verandah, I stepped on the smooth path paved with white jade, and there were several lush trees planted on both sides of the path, the branches and leaves were verdant, and people couldn't help but reach out and touch whether it was a real tree or carved out of fine jade.

Along the white jade path through a small garden, dozens of steps, the willows are dark and bright, a small house standing at the water's edge appears in front of you, the white wall is pressed with green tiles, the height rises and falls into a wavy shape, and the two words "Yan Yuan" are carved on the Xuanxi nanmu. Lan Xin felt in a trance, which reminded her of her home in Xuzhou, where the courtyard where she lived was the word "Lan Yuan" inscribed by her father back then. Although the homonym is different, there is a feeling of homesickness.

The owner of Chiba Island watched Lan Xin staring at the two words in front of him, and his heart was inevitably a little drumming, and he didn't know whether the person in front of him was satisfied or dissatisfied with this place. Smiling, he explained, "This 'Yuan' is located right in the middle of the garden. It's close to the Green Lake, and it's cool with a gentle breeze. In her spare time, the jade girl can take a boat ride on the lake to relieve her boredom. Climb up to the attic and you can see the whole garden. ”

Lan Xin retracted his thoughts and said with a smile: "Thank you to the island owner for arranging such a good place to stay with a view, a good place to stay. When the Lord of Chiba Island heard Lan Xin say this, he was also relieved, smiled and let people in, and introduced the situation of the palace. This palace is fully prepared and has everything you need. After the Chiba Island Lord made all the arrangements, he said a few more polite words to Lan Xin. Only then did he bow down and say goodbye, and before leaving, he left Xinqi, the personal maid beside him, to obey Lan Xin's dispatch.

Along the way just now, Lan Xin has already figured out the general structure of the "Yan Yuan". She lived alone in the upper courtyard, and Qinghe and Aunt Bing lived in the ear rooms on both sides. Xue Shan, Lan Yi and Xiongfei were arranged in the small courtyard next to her, so that they could avoid suspicion and take care of each other. And Xinqi was arranged in the west wing. Lan Xin smiled and said, "I've wronged Miss Xinqi." ”

Xinqi bowed and saluted, and said with a frightened face: "Girl, don't say that, the slave can't afford it." The slave Xinqi was sent by the girl alone. ”

"Then it's been hard work for Sister Qi these days. Qinghe walked up and said with a smile and holding Xinqi's arm. "My sister is polite. Xinqi hung her head and said with a crimson face, as if she was not used to contact people like this, and her body stiffened for a while.

Qinghe also has eyesight, she quietly let go of her hand, the smile on her face remained unchanged, and said softly: "My name is Qinghe." When I saw my sister for the first time, I felt that I fell in love with my sister. This is a little bit of my sister's heart, I hope my sister will not dislike it. ”

Xinqi looked at the things in front of her, and her eyes were about to bulge in surprise, she had never seen such a beautiful thing. She stammered, "This ・・・・・・ this・・・・・・ this is so beautiful, what is it?"

"It's a purse. I made it myself, the handiwork is a little rough, sister don't mind. Qinghe said modestly, but she was very proud in her heart, and her handiwork was deeply passed down by the girl.

"My sister made it herself?!'s sister's hand is so ingenious!" Xinqi shouted incredulously, looking at Qinghe almost with admiration. This made Qinghe's little heart thump with excitement, and it almost jumped out. Immediately, she shook her head violently and said, "No, no, this is too precious, I can't take it ・・・・・・." Xinqi excused herself, and she was reluctant to change things back. No way, it's so beautiful that she can't put it down.

Wouldn't Qinghe not be able to see her careful thoughts, he smiled and pushed her hand away and said, "Since my sister thinks it's good, let's take it." Seeing that Xinqi was about to refuse, Qinghe changed the topic and said, "Sister accompany my sister to the clean room to have a look, prepare water, and wait for the girl to take a bath and wash away the dust along the way." Xinqi couldn't, so she had to accept the purse half-pushed and half-on-the-spot.

There were no outsiders, and Yulan's heart was very unfiguratively crooked on the couch, and it hurt everywhere in her body. Aunt Bing skillfully pushed and held the acupuncture points for her, closed her eyes, and hummed comfortably: "Oh, that's strange! We think those pearls are rare treasures, but in their eyes they are worthless." The purse that we didn't pay attention to, they thought was very strange. ”

"This is the result of geographical differences, cultural differences. Aunt Bing said in a dull voice. "Well, that's what my aunt said. Lan Xin agreed, but she remembered the strange crops she saw when she first arrived on the island, and she was a little anxious.

After Lan Xin woke up, he was refreshed and sat on a circle chair in the attic and enjoyed the scenery in the distance. The garden is full of exotic flowers and plants, it is the height of summer, all kinds of flowers compete to bloom, compete for beauty, it is very beautiful. There are many flowers and trees, the trees are handsome and upright, the wind moves the flowers and falls, thousands of flowers, paving several layers on the ground, very beautiful. The Green Lake, as the name suggests, is turquoise and bright, like a verdant ribbon, that surrounds the entire garden.

Lan Xin tasted the "Bixue Tea" brewed by Xinqi for her, unique to Chiba Island. It is said that at the top of the snow-capped mountains, there is a cave that is steaming all year round, and in the depths of the cave grows a tea tree that is evergreen all year round. The yield of this kind of tea is very low, and it is only eight taels to one catty per year. Therefore, in addition to the owner of the island, only a few chiefs can have this mouthful and drink this "Bixue tea".

Perhaps because of the environment in which this tea plant grows, even brewing with boiling water will emit a tea mist with a biting chill. Therefore, when brewing "Bixue Tea", you must first brew it three times with hot water, and pour out all three times of tea soup to eliminate the biting chill. The fourth tea soup can be drunk.

In the crystal clear white jade cup, there are small snowflake-shaped leaves floating on the turquoise tea soup, like a beautiful work of art, which makes people unable to desecrate. Lan Xin's slender jade fingers clamped the white jade cup, put it to her lips, and took a sip of tea. The warm tea soup enters the mouth, and at first there is a faint bitterness, which fills the entire mouth. Then, a trace of cold sweetness flowed down the throat to the stomach, and quickly spread to the limbs, revealing indescribable comfort all over the body.

"Well, good tea!" Lan Xin couldn't help but admire, "The tea soup is warm, refreshing and refreshing, and it is a rare and excellent way to cool off!"

"The girl is right. Xinqi said with a smile, "This 'Bixue Tea' is most suitable for drinking in midsummer." It can not only clear away heat and relieve heat, but also extinguish the fire in the body. Only a distinguished guest like the girl will use this 'Bixue Tea' to entertain her, and our island owner only drinks it a few times in late summer and early autumn. ”

"Oh, then, isn't the hottest weather on Chiba Island in the middle of summer?" Lan Xin asked with a smile as he put down the white jade cup, his eyes full of curiosity.

"What the girl said is very true!" Xinqi's eyes lit up, and it was not difficult to talk to a smart person, "The ten days of late summer and the ten days of early autumn on our island are the hottest seasons of the whole year. Moreover, the temperature difference between morning and evening is very large. We all got up at midnight to work in those days, and at the beginning of the morning we answered that we were in the house to avoid the scorching sun. In the afternoon, I didn't dare to go out until the end of Shen Shi. ”

"Then how high will the temperature be during this time?" Qinghe couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Let's put it this way, it doesn't take until noon, but at the end of the hour you break an egg and put it on the steps, and it doesn't take you time for a cup of tea for the egg to be cooked. Xinqi said, thinking of the scorching sun, and rubbed her arms with palpitations.

Qinghe's big eyes were wide and round, and his mouth was wide open, and he forgot to close them for a long time. "Bah, bah!" felt something rub against the corner of her mouth, she felt her mouth closed, and subconsciously spit a few mouthfuls. Looking at the culprit who was standing leisurely on the railing, looking very innocent, he said with his teeth wrong: "Black Bean, you are becoming more and more lawless!"

Xinqi was frightened, the thousand spirit bird was their guardian bird, a god-like character. They usually see it respectfully, but they didn't expect that Sister Qinghe would dare to shout at her, this courage is really not ordinary!

looked at Xinqi's incredible eyes, and the faint unhappiness on his face. Lan Xin coughed lightly and motioned for Qinghe to restrain himself. Qinghe received a hint from her girl, and her face turned crimson. Standing quietly on the side, she resented the black bean even more in her heart, and she dared to swear that little thing with no conscience must have done it on purpose just now. She glared at it wryly, and saw the little thing she hated tickling the roots of its teeth, flapping its wings and jumping happily to and fro.

"Black Bean~" Lan Xin said angrily, glaring at it dissatisfied, letting it restrain a little. Qinghe didn't know the identity of the black bean, and he didn't know the importance of the thousand spirit birds to the entire Chiba Island. What's more, now there is only the lone seedling of black beans left, and the people on the island are even more precious to it. If Qinghe keeps choking on it, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the islanders. At that time, they were in a difficult situation.

Black Bean's cheerful movements paused, and he flew to the table in front of Lan Xin, rubbing Lan Xin's hand affectionately with his head. Lan Xin squinted at it, and now she knew that it was too late to pretend to be well-behaved! Lan Xin ignored her, picked up the white jade cup in front of her and continued to taste her "Bixue Tea".

Black Bean continued to rub her hand without giving up, this time with a faster force. "What's wrong?" Lan asked, confused, and held out his hand to signal it to jump up. Black Bean took a step and walked to Lan Xin's hand. opened his mouth and spit out the contents of his mouth into Lan Xin's palm. "What is this?" Lan Xin asked curiously, shaking the crystal clear, slightly amber small round ball in his hand in surprise.

"Wow!" Xinqi couldn't help but exclaim as she looked at the things in Lan Xin's hand. Seeing that everyone's eyes fell on her, she smiled abruptly, but that smile was a little stiff.

"Sister eats. Black Bean said briefly. "That・・・・・・・ that's ・・・・・・" Xinqi came to his lips, and when Black Bean's faint eyes swept over, he swallowed a few words that only the island owner was qualified to eat. First, this is the only thousand spirit bird, and she can't afford to offend. Second, perhaps by providence, this only remaining thousand spirit bird can not only speak, but also have intelligence.

"Oh, you let the girl eat your saliva?!" Qinghe was not calm now, staring at the big eyes, and yelled at the black bean in a low voice.

"Sister Qinghe, this, this is not saliva. It's sweet dew. Xinqi couldn't help but explain, "This kind of sweet dew is very troublesome to collect. On the island, only the owner can eat it, and it takes five years to eat one. "Not only because it is difficult to pick, but also because this kind of sweet dew can only be picked by a thousand spirits that have opened their wisdom, and a thousand spirits that have opened their wisdom are particularly difficult to serve.

"That also stained its saliva, not clean. Qinghe didn't give face to the black beans, pouted, and looked disgusted. "Sister!" Black Bean rolled his small mung bean-like eyes and looked at Lan Xin pleadingly. Lan Xin only felt that his heart couldn't bear it for a while, and raised his hand to put the thing in his mouth. Things melt in your mouth and flow into your stomach all at once. Lan Xin couldn't help frowning, always feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was weird.

Black Bean watched Lan Xin eat the thing, blinking his eyes, and the swirls in his eyes flashed. Seeing Lan Xin look over, he asked expectantly, "Sister, is it sweet?" glanced at Xinqi intentionally or unintentionally.

Xinqi understood, and without waiting for Lan Xin to speak, she immediately explained with a smile: "Girl, the biggest benefit of this sweet dew is that your skin is as white as clotted fat, and your face will not fade. Just look at the owner. ”

"Without a good body, no matter how good your appearance is, it can't withstand the years of time. Qinghe said disapprehantly.