Chapter 5: Deer Hunting (Part 4)

When he was in the Central Plains, Li Xu only splashed a few times in the small river in front of Zhuangzi, the water quality was very poor, and his swimming skills were limited to dog planing, so no matter what Tao Kuotuosi was doing in the lake at the moment, he could only do it on the shore. Waiting, waiting, finally looking forward to Tao Kuotuosi showing his head on the water again, and quickly put his hand to the side of his mouth and loudly beckoned the other party to come ashore.

"Don't worry, I've swam in this lake many times!" The girl grimaced at Li Xu, lowered her head, and dived down again.

"It's cold in the water, be careful!" Li Xu shouted in vain at the ripples on the water, and began a new round of long waiting.

After waiting for half a pillar of incense, Tao Kuo took off the silk before he sighed out of the water again. His lips had turned blue-black, and his face had turned pale from the cold of the lake. But there was a real smile blooming on such a pale face, as if she had picked up some treasure, and the girl shouted at Li Xu with a smile: "Attached, attached, attached, attached, rope, rope!" ”

Li Xu was frightened by the frozen voice, thinking that the other party was playing in the water and had no way to swim back to the shore. Hurriedly looked back in the direction indicated by Tao Kuo, and on the backs of the two of them, sure enough, there was a large ball of rope hanging from each of them. He rushed over in three steps and two steps, untied one of them, and carried one end in his hand, while the other threw it at the girl.

"Stupid, stupid, knot two ropes together!" The girl cowered on the water, her upper and lower teeth clashing.

"Hey, hey, come up quickly!" Li Xu shouted distressedly. This time, I don't care about men and women, I just feel at ease when I look at Tao Kuo with wide eyes and walk on the shore.

"Quick, pick up the rope, it's cold in the water!" Tao Kuo desilk kept fluttering, trembling and shouting.

Li Xu couldn't help her, so he had to connect the two ropes and hold the end of the rope himself. Tao Kuo gave him a frozen smile, and took the other end of the rope and dived quickly again. Li Xu was shocked when he saw it, he didn't know what the strange girl wanted to do, he only hoped that this time was the last time to dive, and he didn't come up with any tricks. I don't know how long I waited, a pillar of incense, or hundreds of years, until the arm holding the rope began to weaken, and the water suddenly flipped over, and the most beautiful face in the world finally poked out again.

"Pull!" Tao Kuo was so frozen that he couldn't speak, and while struggling to swim to the shore, he gestured and gestured.

Li Xu pulled the rope hard, at first he felt that his hand was empty, but later the rope was straight, and he felt as if there was a thousand pounds of weight tied to the other end of the rope, and he used all his strength to pull it to move.

The maiden jumped ashore, took a horse by the hand, and put the end of the rope around the horse's neck. Then he grabbed the reins and pulled the horse far from the shore. The war horse sighed and neighed, and the four kicks jumped straight, and the two of them worked together, and finally let the long rope be recycled inch by inch to the shore, one inch, two inches, and the footprints on the sand bank were strung together, and slowly leaned towards the charcoal basin. Suddenly, a huge wave rose on the surface of the water, and a black whirring object jumped out and was quickly dragged up the embankment by a rope.

"It's done, I know there must be one at the bottom of the lake!" Tao Kuo screamed and slowly fell to the grass.

Li Xu didn't bother to see what kind of treasure was tied to the other end of the rope, so he quickly jumped to the girl's side, untied his robe, and hugged the frozen Tao Kuo Silk in his arms. The girl's body shook and immediately became stiff, and then she shivered involuntarily. The little clothes soaked in the lake scattered the chill into Li Xu's arms in waves, and what kept changing back was the firmness and warmth unique to the young man's body.

Li Xu hugged the ice-like Tao Kuo, and there was no trace of dust in his heart. Although Tao Kuo only wore a close-fitting coat when he went into the water, and the thin layer of clothes after being soaked in water could no longer cover any spring color, he did not dare to express any contempt. just hugged each other hard, lest as soon as he let go, the treasure given to him by God would turn into a spring dream and disperse. At this moment, he could see clearly the "treasure" tied at the other end of the long rope, which was a stone more than two feet long and half a foot wide with embroidered stains.

It is the star iron, the treasure in the eyes of the herdsmen on the grassland. Some people have been searching for years in the grass, but they can't find a priceless treasure with the weight of a knife. For hundreds of years, almost all the pastures in the vicinity have been searched, but no one has ever thought of trying their luck under the cold surface of the lake. The clever Tao Kuo Tuosi thought of it, so she brought the charcoal fire to the crescent moon lake at the brightest moment of the sun.

Thinking about the whirling thoughts in his heart when Tao Kuo took off his clothes just now, Li Xu felt red-faced. secretly scolded himself for reading the books of sages for so many years, but he always thought crookedly about such sincere feelings. In the face of such true affection, all secular rituals and religions, and what men and women are in trouble, can all go to hell. "She is sincerely good to me, so I must also treat her sincerely and sincerely, and I will never let her down!"

I don't know how much time passed, the stiff body of the girl in her arms slowly began to soften, and the trembling feeling was no longer there, replaced by a gentleness like melting ice and snow. Li Xu slowly lowered his head, and saw Tao Kuo's big eyes flickering. When the two met their eyes, the girl's face immediately turned red, her eyes were tightly closed, and her long eyelashes trembled with the most beautiful rhythm in the world.

Lowering his head slightly, Li Xu touched his lips to those eyelashes. No one should teach him, this is his instinctive way of expressing it. The girl's body stiffened again, trembling as if the cold had not dissipated, and the breathing in her nostrils was instantly heavy, spraying heat waves on Li Xu's face.

Li Xu raised his head and kissed the delicate lips. Seven points of tension, two points of gentleness, and one point of happiness instantly surged through his body, and his body involuntarily began to tremble. There was a dizziness in my head, but in my closed eyes I saw a thousand rays of sunshine, which was so brilliant that it eclipsed the spring days on the grassland.

I don't know how long it took, Li Xu slowly raised his head. He felt that he had grown up in an instant, and he had become extremely strong in an instant, and the sense of responsibility and satisfaction that surged in his heart surged throughout his body, as if he could stretch out his hand to hold up the sky above his head. Even if a snowstorm on the grassland comes suddenly, he can straighten his body and give the person in his arms a windless, snow-free, the most peaceful and warm habitat in the world!

"Leave my brother......" the girl in her arms screamed dreamily. Maybe it was because of the cold or some other reason, her nostrils seemed to be a little blocked, and her voice sounded with a tail note, haunting and disturbing.

"Hmm!" Li Xu replied dreamily. It was as if he had suffered a little cold, and his voice was low and magnetic.

The two horses couldn't stand such a sweet sound and fled in all directions. One of them fled because he had no load, and the other, unable to spread his hooves because he was dragging a huge piece of star-iron, had to take a few steps forward, lay on the ground, and buried his ears in the grass.

"Attached to my brother, do you think I was from the Hu clan?" The girl sighed and asked quietly.

"No, absolutely not. I, Li Xu, swear to Changshengtian, if ......" Li Xu hurriedly raised his right hand and shouted, Fang wanted to curse, but a finger like a spring onion gently blocked between his lips.

"Fool, no, it's not, why swear? It's not like I don't believe you! The girl smiled like a flower and said calmly.

"I, I'm just ......" Li Xu's heart was moved and sweet. After thinking about it for a while, he finally mustered up the courage to say: "According to our customs in the Central Plains, if you like a person, you must inform both parents first. Then the man invited the matchmaker to propose, and after the woman's parents allowed, he could accept the blessing of the elders in front of everyone, and then he could enter the cave room to perform the gift of Zhou Gong! ”

Li Xu suddenly raised his voice and said everything he wanted to say in his heart. He didn't want to hide it anymore, and he didn't want to run away anymore. He wanted to let Tao Kuo know that from the first time he saw each other, he liked each other. I really like it, and I know a piece of her heart. Therefore, after his parents are revealed, he wants to marry Tao Kuo and let her be his bride in a dignified manner.

"Fool, who promised to be your bride!" Although Tao Kuo didn't understand what Zhou Gong's gift meant, he also guessed something from Li Xu's flushed face. The worries in my chest dissipated, and the feeling of sweetness and happiness filled all the gaps. She scolded with a smile and lowered her head slightly, a glow from her neck to the base of her ears.

"I never thought you were a bearded girl, just like you never thought I was a Han'er. I was just respecting you! Li Xu lowered his head and pecked at the pink neck, and said in the girl's ear.

The girl's body became softer and softer, and the spring snow "melted" on Li Xu's chest, motionless. After a while, he changed to a more comfortable posture, closed his eyes tightly and asked: "Then, Uncle Mazi, Uncle Scar, why didn't they get married, just, just ......."

Later, because of shyness, the voice was already inaudible.

"They're a dewy couple, they can't be real!" Li Xu sighed and explained to Tao Kuo in a low voice. In front of him, Xu Dayan's lost appearance after drinking instantly appeared. E Ru's feelings for Xu Dayan are probably as fierce as Tao Kuo's feelings for herself. But if she knew that Xu Dayan refused to marry because of her family's reputation, she didn't know how sad she would be.

"What is a dewy couple?" Tao Kuo asked in a low voice. Her Chinese master is Aunt Qing, and for a wealthy woman, the word dew husband and wife must have never been mentioned in front of other races.

"It's like dew on the tip of grass, which exists only at night, and is dried by the sun as soon as it dawns, as if nothing had happened!" Li Xu thought about it for a while, and made an apt analogy with words that Tao Kuo could understand. In the Central Plains, this kind of behavior is not visible, so his words have unconsciously carried a taste of contempt.

"Dew couple, this word is so beautiful, you Han people are smart, you can create such an interesting word!" Tao Kuo didn't feel the derogatory meaning in the words at all, and writhed his body in Li Xu's arms, fascinated by the word dew.