The time soon came to the middle of April, and at noon on the 12th, on the official road outside the south gate of the capital, a sudden burst of dust marked the arrival of the long-awaited Rong caravan of Xia Shuanghan and Lu Shaoyun and his party in the capital. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Sister Bariya!" In the noisy caravan with countless horses and camels, an alien girl with countless small braids tied together into a high ponytail like a fiery red dress instantly attracted Xia Shuanghan's attention. "Sister Bariya!" She shouted the other man's name and rushed forward.

"Sister Frost? Sister Frost! The sweet-looking girl on horseback quickly recognized the person who called her name, and she also shouted the name of Xia Shuanghan, and rushed from the caravan with horseback.

"You're here! I haven't seen you for a year, do you know how much I miss you! The two men who turned over and dismounted hugged each other excitedly, and they were both ecstatic from the bottom of their hearts for this once-a-year meeting.

"Sister Frost misses you too! I told you to marry Brother Arguirre and go with us to Guanwai, you're just—" Bariya, who had escaped from Xia Shuanghan's embrace, looked at the good sister she hadn't seen for a year, but suddenly stopped talking when she saw the scar on Xia Shuanghan's left forehead.

"Oh my God, Sister Frost, what's wrong with you? Why did it hurt? Baliya anxiously circled around Xia Shuanghan, and while examining and checking whether Xia Shuanghan had other obvious injuries, she said, "How is it, are there any other injuries in other places?" How the hell did you get the wound on your forehead? ”

"This injury is not serious, it is not in the way, I will tell you the details later." Xia Shuanghan said and raised her hand to stabilize Bariya, who was going to walk around her for the second time, and smiled: "I have two friends who want to introduce you and Uncle Hazlub to each other, of course, it would be better if Brother Taruk and Aguirre also came to the capital this year." ”

In the next meeting, Xia Shuanghan, Lu Shaoyun and Lin Xiran have all rehearsed many times in their minds:

Hazru, about fifty years old, had a bear's back, a shaggy beard on his red face, and above the beard were a pair of smiling, sparkling beetle-like eyes.

Taruk, about twenty-three years old, has a tall and capable appearance, and when he speaks, he is greeted with a sense of reliability and stability, and he and his wife have two sons and a daughter, with a total of three children.

Aguirre, unmarried, coincidentally born on the same day, the same year, month and year as Xia Shuanghan, has more than handsome appearance but not enough sturdy, and has the enthusiasm and vigor of an unfading young man on his face.

Bariya, fifteen years old, half a head shorter than Xia Shuanghan, has a cheerful and lively personality, is as enthusiastic as her skirt, and has been quiet for fifteen years, and has not been touched by anyone so far.

“...... I see! After Xia Shuanghan briefly said a few words and brought the fire on the night of the Lantern Festival, Hazru, who learned that Xia Jingzhi and Xia Chaoyang were safe, turned his eyes to Lu Shaoyun and Lin Xiran. Frost, who are these two? ”

"His name is Tang Shixuan, and he is my ......" Xia Shuanghan said this, pretending to be coquettish and pausing slightly, then gently took Lu Shaoyun's hand on his side, raised his head and said affectionately: "He is my sweetheart." ”

"......" Hazru and his party were obviously slightly stunned by Xia Shuanghan's words, especially Agil's stunned was the most obvious.

"Okay, good, a talent." Hazlu, who had recovered from his momentary surprise, looked at Lu Shaoyun beside Xia Shuanghan, nodded with satisfaction: "It is indeed a good match for Shuanghan." ”

"Junior Tang Shixuan, I have seen my uncle." Lu Shaoyun, who easily opened Xia Shuanghan's right hand, respectfully but intimately greeted Hazru and his party, and when Xia Shuanghan turned to introduce Lin Xiran, he quietly reached over and firmly held her white and tender soft twing.

Holding hands, this action already existed in the prior discussion between Xia Shuanghan and Lu Shaoyun, after all, they are currently pretending to be men and women who have made a private decision for life and plan to run away from marriage and elopement, so if they still don't dare to hold hands now, then the entire latent mission will simply be aborted.

However, even though Lu Shaoyun knew very well that the sentence "He is my sweetheart" that Xia Shuanghan said was rehearsed in advance, he still couldn't help palpitating when he heard this sentence: If Shuanghan's sweetheart is really me, if I can hold Shuanghan's hand anytime, anywhere, and as I want in the future, how good it would be!

Lu Shaoyun and Xia Shuanghan's clasped hands attracted Arguirre's attention, and the jealousy and displeasure in his eyes also fell on Lu Shaoyun's eyes.

Aguirre likes Xia Shuanghan, which Xia Shuanghan has already reported to Lu Shaoyun, "The summer before last, Aguirre once brought the snow fox skin he hunted himself to sing a love song to me, of course, I just regarded him as a friend, and I didn't accept it." ”

But even though he knew that this was the case, Lu Shaoyun, who was jealous in his heart, still felt a slight unhappiness: a Liu Zirun has not yet been resolved, and now another man who covets frost has appeared, how can he be happy? After all, when the Lantern Festival is over next year, if he hasn't gotten the heart of frost, then his situation will be even worse than this Aguirre brother! Aguirre is still Frost's friend, but what about him, who is Frost?

In a flash of thought, Lu Shaoyun suppressed the joy, hope and troubles that flooded in his heart. After all, now is not the time for children to grow up, and he and Lin Xiran still have a lot of business to do.

Camping is the first task of the Rong caravan after arriving at its destination. The caravan did no business on the first day of its arrival in the capital, and all of them had to do the tent setting up and the stalls with their partners on the first day.

In order to facilitate the stay for the next month and a half, the layout of the camp was arranged in concentric circles outside the store, that is, the stalls selling goods were placed on the outermost part of the circular camp, and the tents for living and the carriages containing goods were all gathered in the inner circle. The outermost part of the circle has a gap in each of the four directions, allowing people and horses to enter and exit freely.

"Don't worry, both of them will pitch tents, and you don't have to be polite, Uncle Hazluber, just send them." Xia Shuanghan, who knew that participating in an activity together could make men get acquainted quickly, pushed Lu Shaoyun and Lin Xiran in front of Hazru, and then went to the Jiuqu River with Balya and the girls of the other families to draw water and make a fire, and start making lunch.

Most of the aliens outside the Guanxi eat noodles as their staple food, and baked naan is the most common food outside the Guanwai. Naan bread is accompanied by mutton, venison, rabbit meat, pheasant chicken and other meats, as well as special vegetables and fruits cultivated by the residents, which together constitute the vast majority of the dishes of the Rong people. Of course, eating naan is mainly an activity outside the Kansai area, and after stepping into the hinterland of Great Xia, the pasta that was exhausted during the journey was gradually replaced by cheap rice.

"How is this done? There's so much stuff in it that I've never eaten before! When the time came to start the meal, Lin Xiran, who was holding a deep plate and holding a wooden spoon to eat the special stewed rice outside the Saiwai, was full of praise and said: "This risotto is really delicious!" ”

"This is the onion, this is the carrot, this is the tomato, they are the same as the peppers, they are all foods that come from outside the plug, and these powders, they are spices from Persia."

Xia Shuanghan also took his own risotto, sat in the half-built camp like everyone else, pointed to the food on the plate and explained to Lin Xiran: "To make this risotto, you must first put oil in the pot, put onions and carrots when the oil is hot, and then put the meat marinated with spices and salt into it, and add water to make a soup stock after stir-frying." Add apricots, raisins, tomatoes, or cantaloupe to your liking, then put the washed rice into the pot, add other ingredients, and finally cover and simmer. ”

"Can I still eat rice every day when I go to Saiwai?" Lin Xiran, who was feasting on a plate, said: "Also, why don't the Rong people use chopsticks?" ”

“...... It is impossible to eat rice every day because the rice outside the customs is too expensive to eat. Xia Shuanghan recalled the days of living outside the Saiwai in his previous life and said: "As for the chopsticks, you can use them, but the winter outside the Saiwai is too cold, and every household is stewed vegetables and naan cakes to live, are you sure you want to use chopsticks to drink soup?" ”

"E...... "Lin Xiran, who doesn't have a good impression of noodles other than noodles, decided not to face this kind of problem that he can't solve first." I think I'd better eat quickly, there's still a lot of work to be done after eating! ”