Under the care of Jiang Qihan and Fu Xin overnight, Luo Pingchuan's fever finally subsided, Ning Yao thanked him again and again, and repeatedly invited Jiang Qihan and Fu Xin to eat at home in the evening.

Jiang Qihan politely declined: "If Sister Ning has to thank her, let Xiao Qi have a good rest first, she didn't close her eyes last night, and can you lend me Xiao Qi tonight?" He said as he looked at Qi Niang.

Ning Yao is an understanding person, as soon as she saw Jiang Qihan's eyes looking at Qi Niang, she immediately guessed one or two, and said with a smile: "What did Doctor Jiang say, what else to borrow, I can't be the master of Xiao Qi."

Jiang Qihan smiled at Qi Niang: "Then Xiao Qi have a good rest, we'll see you in the evening."

After Jiang Qihan left, Ning Yao hurriedly pulled Qi Niang aside and asked with a smile: "Meng Meng, I think Doctor Jiang seems to be interesting to you, what are you going to do tonight?"

"Sister-in-law Ning, you misunderstood, Dr. Jiang is just a friend of mine, because he is very interested in the mask ceremony in Karzhou, so I said that I would take him and Dr. Fu to the town today to have a look."

Ning Yao was skeptical, and then teased: "I think Doctor Jiang is gentle and elegant, you are still friends, if he doesn't marry a wife, you have to seize this opportunity." There are not many men like this! Sister-in-law is also good for you. ”

"Sister-in-law, don't make fun of me." Qi Niangying's eyebrows furrowed, and she didn't like to talk about this topic.

Ning Yao saw that she was angry, and hurriedly smiled, "Okay, I won't say it, otherwise you will think your sister-in-law is verbose." Then you guys have a good time tonight. ”

After resting for most of the day, Qi Niang went to the appointment with enough energy, and saw that Jiang Qihan and Fu Xin had already prepared a carriage and were waiting at the entrance of the village. Jiang Qihan, who was dressed in blue, stood there with a calm demeanor and graceful demeanor. Fu Xin was still dressed in gray and white, with a big knife behind his back, and his expression was serious and serious, which was very different from Jiang Qihan, who was leisurely and elegant.

She hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Pavilion Master Jiang, did you make you wait for a long time?"

"We just arrived. Is Xiao Qi rested? Jiang Qihan cast a gentle gaze at Qi Niang.

"We're almost done, let's go."

Jiang Qihan opened the curtain of the carriage and said to Qi Niang: "Xiao Qi gets on the car first."

"Okay." Qi Niang immediately jumped into the carriage, followed by Jiang Qihan. The carriage drove unhurriedly on the road to town.

Away from the countryside, the road flattened and the view widened.

Qi Niang is not good at words, if Jiang Qihan doesn't speak, she doesn't know what to say, so she has to look at the scenery outside the window. And Jiang Qihan, who has always been talkative, rarely spoke along the way, he seemed to be thinking about something, and his clear brows have been slightly condensed, but even if he has no expression, he has a temperament that is not vulgar. She thought of Ning Yao's words in the morning, and thought to herself that Jiang Qihan was so good-looking and talented, he must be very attractive to girls, and he should have already married a family.

Jiang Qihan noticed Qi Niang's curious gaze and smiled at her, his eyebrows and eyes were full of gentle smiles, like a warm breeze. Qi Niang was a little cramped for a while, and her face was slightly hot.

"We're almost there." Jiang Qihan said, breaking the embarrassment of a carriage.

Qi Niang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, what was she afraid of just now?

The carriage stopped at a wine shop in the town, Fu Xin tied the carriage, and Xiao Er greeted him warmly: "How many guest officers?"

"Three. Do you have a private room? Fu Xin asked.

"Recently, it coincided with the ceremony, there were more guests, and the wing room on the second floor was full, and only the hall on the first floor was left."

"This ......" Fu Xin looked at Jiang Qihan in embarrassment. Jiang Qihan has always liked to be quiet, and if he was not a last resort when he went out, he would not choose to sit in the lobby.

But Jiang Qihan said unexpectedly: "It's okay, let's sit on the first floor, does Xiao Qi mind?"

"I don't care."

Xiao Er hurriedly smiled and led the three of them in to sit down.

As soon as Fu Xin sat down, he immediately put the knife behind him on the table, and said boldly: "Put your best dish on it, and have a pot of good wine."

Jiang Qihan only glanced at him slightly, and Fu Xin hurriedly changed his words with a sneering face: "Eh, the wine is free, just serve a pot of good tea."

"Okay!"

Jiang Qihan said helplessly: "It's not that you won't be allowed to drink, when you return to Hanjiang Pavilion, you can drink whatever you want, we still have to go back to Anle Village tonight."

Fu Xin's face showed shame, "Yes, Pavilion Master." I forgot about it for a moment. ”

Jiang Qihan looked at Qi Niang again and said: "Fang is my negligence, Xiao Qi is from Kazhou, and he should know the local tastes and specialties very well, so he should ask Xiao Qi to order a few dishes."

"Actually, when I was a child, I rarely ate outside, I ate some home-cooked food, and I didn't even come to town very often." Qi Niang only remembers that she secretly came to town twice with her younger brother, and was caught by her father each time. My father said that it doesn't matter where you go alone, but you must not leave the village with your younger brother. Later, Qi Niang learned that her father was afraid that her younger brother's eye-catching appearance from the countryside would be discovered by the Northern Wilderness royal family. So later, Qi Niang no longer dared to take Miao Zi'an out of the village, until the people of the Northern Wilderness Royal Family chased after the village.

Jiang Qihan thought for a moment, "Does Xiao Qi have a favorite thing to eat?" ”

"Favorite?" Qi Niang was stunned, and then said without thinking: "I remember when I was a child, I took my younger brother to eat a spring cake in the south lane of Kazhou City, and it tasted delicious." At that time, because she sneaked out and didn't have any pocket money on her, Qi Niang could only afford a spring cake, so she and her younger brother shared half of it, and the taste still makes her unforgettable.

Jiang Qihan smiled and said, "Then let's go eat after we go to the downtown tonight, how about it?"

Qi Niang was surprised: "But after so many years, I don't know if that spring cake is still there."

"Let's try our luck, maybe the vendor Xiao Qi said is still there." Jiang Qihan was in high spirits, and Qi Niang was not easy to brush his mind.

After the three of them had dinner, the lights outside the downtown had begun to be lit up, and it was lively, Qi Niang was in the downtown area, listening to the laughter and laughter in her ears, the crowd was surging, and her childhood was like yesterday. I don't know if it's because of the influence of the festival atmosphere, or the rendering of colorful lanterns, Jiang Qihan's eyes are beating with scorching light, and even Fu Xin no longer has a straight face, looking at the street stalls curiously.

The trio watched all the way down the crowded street, and when they came to a stall selling masks, their eyes were immediately drawn to it. There are all kinds of masks hanging on the whole wall, there are hideous and terrifying evil ghosts, there are intricately carved fat dolls, there are white and blushing Hua Dan, and there are warriors with upside down eyebrows......

"Every summer, Karshu holds a mask festival based on the auspicious days of the Wu Clan, and the celebration lasts for seven days. Each type of mask represents a different meaning, for example, evil ghosts can drive away sickness, dolls represent children and grandchildren, and warriors have the righteousness to punish adultery and eliminate evil......" Qi Niang pointed to those various masks while explaining to Jiang Qihan.

"What about this?" Jiang Qihan took a mask with only half a face and asked Qi Niang.

Qi Niang looked at the mask in his hand and was slightly stunned. The mask in Jiang Qihan's hand is only the left half of the face, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, revealing a mighty aura, the whole is copper gold, and the cheeks are painted with colorful patterns, which is very special compared to other masks, and the workmanship is more exquisite.

"This is ......" Qi Niang couldn't help but fall into the memory.

"Sister, that mask is so cool, I want it, can you buy it for me?" A child's voice suddenly sounded in her head, and the boy tugged at her sleeve and stared at a mask with a golden half face on the stall.

Before Qi Niang could recover from her memories, the little vendor spoke: "Childe, the mask you are holding is a half-faced person, and there is only one with the same pattern in the entire market, half male and half female, and the pattern on the face can be a pair." Young people like to buy this the most, and if the man buys half and the woman buys half, then it means in pairs. This is our tradition here, year after year. However, later, many young people who did not have a family also liked to wear it to find their destined people. ”

"I see, it's interesting." Jiang Qihan smiled, then searched around and asked, "What about the other half?"

The peddler hurriedly went to a pile of masks to help find it, Fu Xin's eyes were sharp, and he soon saw the other half, and hurriedly took it and handed it to Jiang Qihan, "Pavilion Master, do you think it's this?" ”

Jiang Qihan put the two masks together, and the patterns on his face just came together, and he smiled: "I want these two masks."

"Okay, Childe, take it."

Jiang Qihan handed the other half of the woman's mask to Qi Niang and said, "Xiao Qi, this half is for you, as a thank you for accompanying me to enjoy the scenery and explaining so many interesting things to me tonight."

Qi Niang was stunned and didn't pick it up.

Jiang Qihan was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he said calmly: "I don't mean anything else, it's just an ordinary thank you gift." I saw that Xiao Qi was distracted when he saw it just now, did he think of something? ”

Qi Niang lowered her eyes and said, "I thought of the past." ”

"I'm not very happy to see Xiao Qi, if this mask will remind Xiao Qi of something unpleasant, then it's mine to give you this as a gift."

Qi Niang took the mask, shook her head and said, "Actually, I didn't feel unhappy, but I was poor when I was a child, and I wanted to buy it but couldn't buy it." She smiled at Jiang Qihan, "I like the gift very much, thank you Jiang Pavilion Master, I will treasure it." ”

Jiang Qihan said gently: "It's good if Xiao Qi likes it." Let's go to the spring cake that Xiao Qi said. ”

"Okay."

Qi Niang took them to the food stall in South Lane, although many shops were not the same as she remembered, but to her surprise, the stall selling spring cakes was still there. Even the boss has not changed, she is a kind old lady, the only difference is that there is a middle-aged woman next to her, it seems that it should be her daughter or daughter-in-law.

"Boss, bring us three spring cakes." Jiang Qihan said mildly.

Fu Xin was surprised, "Pavilion Master, you don't never eat these ......" Before he finished speaking, Jiang Qihan glanced at him meaningfully, and Fu Xin stopped.

He stared blankly at Jiang Qihan standing idly in the mist, almost thinking that he had misunderstood. From the day he entered Hanjiang Pavilion, he had never seen Jiang Qihan, who had always been picky about food, clothing, housing and transportation, eaten this kind of thing from a small stall, but today he made an exception for the second time for the little seventh girl!

"Is it really that delicious?" Jiang Qihan looked at the steaming spring cake in his hand, and fell into a moment of contradiction, sure enough, it was still a little difficult to cross this hurdle for him to eat the food of this kind of stall.

He looked at Qi Niang and saw that Qi Niang did not find his entanglement, but took a bite of the spring cake in his hand with a tentative mood, and a pair of indifferent pupils suddenly rippled with childlike innocent joy. Jiang Qihan seemed to be infected by that expression, and his eyes couldn't help but reveal a little warmth, and then he took a bite lightly. The mouth was soft, crispy and delicious, and for the first time, he thought that the food from the stall that he had hated in every way could be so delicious.