Chapter XXIII

"Little sister, a few days ago I heard that Dr. Jimo sent a matchmaker to Mr. Tong to talk to you about matchmaking? The result? "Qi Jiang and Ye Qian are the same age but have grown up for a few days, last month just promised the Dong family on the other side of the river, the husband's family came to ask yesterday, Qi Jiang's mother's family also responded, she will cross the river to marry on the eighth day of the next month, at this time it is inevitable to care about Ye Qian, who grew up together since childhood. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ye Qian squatted on the side with his head down and focused on weaving the basket with the pampas grass he had just picked, and when he heard Qi Jiang ask her like this, he stopped what he was doing, looked at Qi Jiang, and replied with a slight smile: "What's the matter!" I don't know. ”

Cheng Huang was lying on a clean big stone not far from Ye Qian, squinting slightly in the sun, hearing Ye Qian's answer, he moved his ears, turned his head to look at her, thoughtful. After a while, Cheng Huang turned his head again, looking at the grebe floating on the river with half of its body plunged into the water to catch small fish and shrimp, its head resting on its front paws, its ears pricked up, and it was no longer sleepy.

"Wouldn't it? Sir didn't respond? Qi Jianghu suspiciously picked up a blue skirt and threw it into the river to soak it, and continued to ask Ye Qian in a low voice and cautiously, "Such a good family affair, there is no reason why Mr. should not agree?" ”

Ye Qian continued to bow his head and weave the basket in his hand, as if what Qi Jiang said had nothing to do with her. "Master should have other plans!"

Looking at Ye Qian's casual appearance, Qi Jiang couldn't help but be anxious for her, thought about it, and only then did she say, "Little sister, although the words of the parents are the matchmaker, don't you often say that you have to be brave to fight for the happiness that you can strive for?" ”

"I have to fight for it myself!" Ye Qian pursed her lips and smiled, her bright eyes looked at Qi Jiang's thin and thin body and slightly pale face, remembering her soft and weak temperament like her appearance. was bullied when she was a child, Qi Jiang never said a word and cried silently, and every time Ye Qian took her hand to ask for an explanation for her. Now Qi Jiang is going to marry alone in a strange place, and I don't know if her temperament will be bullied by her in-laws in the future. "My sister should remember when she marries in the future, don't wronged yourself." Hastily closed the basket, and Ye Qian put the clothes that Qi Jiang had just washed and put on the grass into the basket one by one, "I don't know if it will be strong." ”

"Little sister, you will always be busy with other people's affairs and come up with ideas, why is it your turn to be so careless?"

Ye Qian looked at Qi Jiang with a tightly knit brow, and counted her down with such an old-fashioned tone, couldn't help laughing, grabbed a lotus leaf at hand and buckled it on Ye Jiang's head, "Bride, it's not beautiful if you get a tan!" In Ye Qian's heart, she hopes that all the people around her can go well, and a beautiful and kind woman is destined to have a beautiful and happy life.

Seeing Ye Qian smiling happily, Qi Jiang couldn't help laughing, straightening the lotus leaf on his head, blocking some of the scorching sunlight. The good times of youth are gone, but they will leave behind the most cherished memories of their lives.

Because the street market where Yaqu is located are all merchants or cloth people, there is no lot of red tape, and they are easy and happy to get along, and Ye Qian is lively and very assertive, and the girls in the neighborhood can almost become friends with her, whether they are younger or slightly older than her. Whenever they encounter any difficulties and are inconvenient to talk to their families, the first thing they think of is to ask Ye Qian for help, and even some girls ask her to help them come up with ideas when they have a sweetheart who is ashamed to express it, and Ye Qian is naturally very enthusiastic to help them. As they grow older, most of the girls who have grown up together have married women, and some have become mothers, and there are fewer and fewer friends around Ye Qian, but there are still some girls who are waiting for the boudoir to come to Yaqu from time to time to find her.

Spring, summer, autumn and winter are reincarnated, and the days are never monotonous and boring, and the young girls always seem to have endless energy, and after doing the work at home, they will find different pleasures in their free time, often meeting together, joking and laughing. In the spring, the suburbs go out to the green, picking mulberry and spinning hemp; In summer, enjoy flowers and lotus, and make pulp raccoon yarn; In autumn, welcome the cold and sacrifice the moon, pick fruits and pound clothes; In winter, sweep the house and walk the mice, and walk in the snow to find plums.

Seeing that Ye Qian and Qi Jiang didn't know what they were talking about and laughing happily, several Huansha girls not far away were also curious and asked.

Qi Jiang turned her head because Ye Qian was rarely cheerful and talked a lot beside her, because her back was to Ye Qian, so she squeezed her eyes mysteriously, deliberately raised her voice, and quipped: "I, I'm talking to her about her family!" ”

Ye Qian was anxious, "Sister, why are you ...... like this?"

One of the girls hurriedly made a sudden realization: "Ah! It turned out to be Sister Ye's family! He couldn't care about Huansha anymore, and stood up, "You know what? I heard that Sister Ye is going to marry the son of Dr. Jimo! ”

"It turns out that it really is!" Several girls on the side also coaxed, and there were also those who said hello to Ye Qian. Although it is in troubled times, the children of ordinary families marry wives, and they rarely marry the daughters of merchants, so it is inevitable that they will be so excited.

Ye Qian hurriedly explained, but the girls were talking energetically, where would she pay attention to the explanation. In this case, Ye Qian shook her head helplessly, and let them say, she smiled slightly and did not speak, and continued to use the remaining pampas grass to weave baskets.

Between the gossip, I don't know who said: "I heard that the young son of Dr. Jimo is called Xun Ying, although he is not a concubine, but he is a lady and gentleman, and he is dignified." ”

"Yes, yes." Another girl held her face, full of obsession: "I have seen that gentleman, he is really handsome and chic, and the jade tree is in the wind." Sister Ye is so good that she envy the dead! ”

"We can only be envious, do you have Sister Ye's beautiful and erudite? And do you have a master who can make the whole Yaqu a dowry? ”

Ye Qian's hand was stunned, and the master said that he would make Yaqu her dowry? Why do outsiders know more than she does, and they all know it? The fox turned her head suspiciously to look at Cheng Huang, how could she forget that the day when her master asked her to see Xun Huang's famous post, Cheng Huang was clamoring to pick lotuses. pursed her lips and squinted her eyes slightly at Chenghuang, okay, the two of them conspired to deceive her!

Feeling Ye Qian's murderous gaze, Cheng Huang stiffened his neck and still looked at the empty and open river. The breeze was blowing, and the hair on his neck was blown a little messy, and he looked a little righteous and awe-inspiring. At this moment, Cheng Huang can't wait to beat up the long-tongued matchmaker and the girl who just talked too much, how can he say that he has lived for thousands of years, and the first time he lied, it was so easy to be exposed? Isn't he also for her good, though? The stinky girl who has no conscience, thinking of this, Cheng Huang hurriedly turned his head and glared back at Ye Qian fiercely, and he didn't care about it!

Ye Qian was stunned for a moment at the superior Huang Li's bold eyes, obviously he lied to her, is it still reasonable? With a cold snort, he turned his head and ignored Cheng Huang again.

There is a large patch of pampas growing in the shallow water by the river, and now it is the season when the pampas are fresh and tender, and the girls have left after washing their clothes, Ye Qian stayed alone, wanting to pick some pampas vegetables by the way. Carrying the basket, he got up and walked towards the shallow water, took two steps, and as if he remembered something, he smiled slyly, threw the basket on the ground, and walked to pick the cabbage empty-handed.

There were more and more pu vegetables in his hand, and seeing that he couldn't take it, Ye Qian sighed in the direction of the big stone, and shouted: "Rhubarb, bring the basket over!" ”

"I'm a cat and not a dog...... Chenghuang got up and shook his hair, jumped off the boulder, suddenly realized that something was wrong, and shook his head, "No, no, I don't seem to be a cat either!" He walked to the basket and looked left and right for a long time, but he couldn't get his mouth out, and finally stopped after walking a few steps with the basket in his mouth, panting. Because his legs were too short, he was too fat, wasted a lot of physical strength, and innocently carried several heels, and finally Cheng Huang simply pushed the basket down on the grass and rolled it up with his front paws.

It took a lot of effort to roll the basket in front of Ye Qian, Cheng Huang hung his head and gasped, just stabilized his breathing, and when he looked up, he saw Ye Qian standing on the river embankment with his arms and looking lively, he realized that this little girl was so resentful!

Scratching his ears with his hind legs, Chenghuang stared at his round black eyes and said, "Xiao Yezi, I'm not doing it for your good?" Besides, at best, I'm just an accomplice, and if you have the ability, you can go to the old immortal to vent your anger! ”

"Looking for Master to vent his anger? Hey, I don't dare! Ye Qianpi pulled the corners of his mouth without smiling, bent over and ravaged the cat's face with yellow meat with both hands, "I've wronged you, rhubarb." But I'm also doing this to help you lose weight, isn't it? With a triumphant smile, he took the basket from Cheng Huang's side, put the pu cai placed on the stone next to him into the basket, squatted down and looked at Cheng Huang with his face in his face, and emphasized word by word with a smile on his eyebrows: "Master said, my family affairs are not in a hurry. ”

"What?! Don't marry Xun Yan? Cheng Huang stood up suddenly, his body was lowered very low, and his hanging tail shook slowly, a little confused, "Isn't the old immortal very optimistic about Xun Yan?" Why did you suddenly change your mind? ”

Ye Qian shook his head, "I don't know, but what is clear is that I don't have to marry someone I don't like." The smiling eyes were crooked, the deep dimples were full of her happiness, and she said in a brisk tone: "And Master also said that although he has something to do, he can take me with him." ”

"Hmph-" Cheng Huang let out two cold snorts from his nose, and he thought he understood why Qingyin had suddenly changed his mind. The divine beast is the purest and true existence in the Six Realms, with a gentle and charitable temperament, although Cheng Huang coveted the powerful power contained in the fetal light fragment, but because the fetal light fragment has been digested by Ye Qian, if he wants to get it, he will inevitably hurt her, and he will never do anything to hurt Ye Qian. As for whether Qingyin will be or not, Chenghuang is not very clear, after all, that power is too tempting. Qingyin has many unknown secrets, and he doesn't know what Qingyin has to do, but Chenghuang faintly feels that what Qingyin wants to do will be very dangerous, and even crazy.

Seeing Cheng Huang's stunned appearance, Ye Qian smiled and touched his head, put the basket on his arm, and was about to turn around and go back to continue picking pu cabbage, just about to get up......

"Xiao Yezi, do you know Qingyin's personality?"

"Huh?" Ye Qian blinked, squatted down and looked at Cheng Huang puzzled, "Master's person?" Why do you suddenly ask that? ”

Cheng Huang's eyes widened, his pupils dilated slightly, and he said solemnly: "Two thousand years ago, he rescued me from the gluttonous mouth, and I followed him for two years out of curiosity. Xiao Yezi, listen to me and get married! Do what a normal human girl should do. ”

Ye Qian's heart sank when he heard this, two thousand years ago, the master ...... She gathered her mind, not wanting to think about what she didn't understand, and she didn't want to think about what she understood, "Rhubarb, why are you telling me this?" ”

Cheng Cheng's yellow, silver-white beard drooped slightly, looking worried, "His past, his identity, whether he is right or evil, do you know all this?" ”

Ye Qian shook his head lightly, and said as a matter of course: "Master didn't say it, and I didn't ask." ”

She was completely speechless about Ye Qian's calmness, obviously curious, but she had never been curious about Qingyin's identity, "For so many years, you have never asked me about Qingyin's identity?" Xiao Yezi, didn't you suspect that he wasn't mortal? Or do you not dare, are you afraid? ”

Scared? In fact, Ye Qian slowly became sensible later, and she had doubts, because it was too long and she was shocked at the time, so she couldn't recall very clearly the situation when she met Qingyin, but in the past ten years, she always felt that Qingyin was very mysterious, and she often felt that she would never be able to get close to him. For mysterious existence, people will always have an innate awe.

"It turns out that it was really the master who rescued me from the mouth of the green snake back then!" Ye Qian suddenly realized. Carrying the hem of his skirt, he sat on the grass beside Cheng Huang, looked at the sparkling river, and slowly recalled: "When I was a child, Wang Meng's grandmother told me that she said that the master has a brilliant temperament and profound knowledge, not like an ordinary piano master, but like a wandering son. She said that I am a good life, and I may get the status of a nobleman in the future. Speaking of this, Ye Qian pursed the corners of his lips slightly and smiled disapprenowly, "Actually, I know that Master is not a prince or nobleman, I have guessed his various identities, and have I thought about whether he will be a human or a demon, an immortal or a demon?" But then I figured out that those so-called identities don't matter, he's just my master, isn't he? ”

Chenghuang tilted his head sideways, looked at Ye Qian's calm appearance, and blew his beard angrily, "Silly girl, I don't know anything, how dare I believe him so much?" ”

"Rhubarb, is a person's past really that important?"

"No one will have no past, and there will be no future without the past."

"But I just want to believe what I see with my eyes, no matter what Master's identity is, no matter what others say about him, it was he who saved my life, followed me for ten years, spoiled me, and gave me a warm support." Ye Qianying smiled, looked at Chenghuang, and asked rhetorically, "Rhubarb, who else can you trust if you say I don't believe Master?" ”

Chenghuang looked at Ye Qian's childish face, and became more and more unbearable, and sighed, I hope he thinks too much! In the past ten years, for the first time, he showed his identity as a divine beast in front of Ye Qian, and Cheng Huang looked up at the cat's face, with a bit of pride: "I am an ancient divine beast, and there is nothing in the world that I can't see through except for the gods who transcend the Six Realms" Ye Qian suddenly interrupted his words and exclaimed: "Rhubarb, you are really a divine beast?" But...... Could the beast be a cat? "This is not the original!" Chenghuang rolled his eyes speechlessly, looked at Ye Qian angrily, thought about it, and was almost taken off topic by her, and hurriedly followed his words and said: "Qingyin is an exception, I can't see through it, he doesn't have any immortal and demon breath on his body, but his mana is far above me, understand?" ”

Ye Qian thought for a while and covered his mouth in surprise: "You mean, Master is a god?" ”

Chenghuang rolled his eyes speechlessly, wagged his tail and explained: "Except for the concubines who are stained with evil qi in the battle of the gods, there will be no gods in the world anymore. After a pause, "Unless it is a fallen god, but even a fallen god is to commit a heinous sin and be exiled by the gods!" ”

"Is it a heinous sin?" Ye Qian tilted his head disappreciatively, "Rhubarb, do you think that the person who saved you and saved me will be a heinous fallen god?" ”

"No, it won't." Cheng Huang is very sure of this, "But there are too many secrets on him......"

"Rhubarb" Ye Qianwan smiled, rubbed Cheng Huang's head, and began to teach earnestly: "Everyone has secrets, but we can't doubt the relatives around us because of this." Aren't you willing to follow Master because you believe in Him? After finishing speaking, he ignored Cheng Huang's reaction, got up and patted the grass clippings on his body, hummed a little song, and ran towards the grass by the river with a basket.

Yes, is he willing to stay and take care of Ye Qian condescendingly just because Qingyin promised to help him recover his original body after a hundred years? Looking at Ye Qian's back jumping away, Chenghuang was a little confused, and it took him a long time to react, he was educated by a little girl, and he was so depressed that he stretched out his four legs and lay on the grass. "Meow, isn't I saying this for you? What kind of ecstasy soup did the heartless girl pour you into the old immortal? ”