Chapter 45: Fragrant Flowers and Spices are Invigorating
"Du Ruo, I heard that 'incense' is smart and noble and unpretentious, subtle and profound, and approachable. It has accompanied our Chinese heroes and sages through more than 3,000 years of vicissitudes of life and walked out of the glorious world. Human beings' preference for incense is an innate nature, like a butterfly in love with a flower and a tree in the sun. ”
"Sister, oh, no, brother, and 'I love you'." Ling'er sometimes can't change the 'habitual name' after marrying Jin Lan."
"Beloved brother, after hearing this, I am very pleased for my brother." Jiashu replied to Du Ruodao with a clear eye.
"Oh, Brother Jiashu, what exactly does it do?" Ling'er asked with a thirst for knowledge.
"The spirituality of the mind is mobilized in the midst of joy, and the use of pranayama, nose, enlightenment, and harmony of body and mind between the visible and the invisible is endless. It is precisely because of this well understood that the emperors and generals of the past dynasties, the literati and the writers competed to cherish the fragrance like gold and love the incense. ”
"Okay, let's go buy some powder."
Jia Shu bought some incense, and Du Ruo bought some lavender clothes and packed them in his bag.
It smelled pleasant, but not pungent, and Ling'er couldn't help but ask, 'Brother'.
"Brother Ren, this incense was founded by the dynasty? How did it develop later? ”
"I have read relevant history books before, which began in the Spring and Autumn Period, grew up in the Han Dynasty, and completed in the Tang Dynasty, and I am afraid that I will be perfect in my Great Song Dynasty until it is prosperous." Kaki replied confidently.
"It seems that my Great Song Dynasty is indeed a great dynasty that the whole world yearns for! It's no wonder that our Okaifeng is called by scholars a dream-like bustling Tokyo. Du Ruo exclaimed intoxicated.
"My brother is talented, and now I can export it!" Katsuki's admiration was palpable.
"This is said to be 'the master is high and the disciple is strong, and the strong brother has no weak brother.'" Du Ruo's answer was fluent.
"Keep working hard, and I will love you 'fiercely' for my brother in vain." Kashu gritted his teeth when he emphasized 'ruthlessness', and Du Ruo laughed heartily when he heard it.
"Brother Ai, shall we go and dress the sword?" Katsuki suggested.
"Very good." Then Kashu bought a sword suit with the theme of 'invincible', and Du Ruo bought a sword suit with the theme of 'Splendid Future', and put the two swords together.
"Brother Ren, I'm tired for my brother, can I go to rest under the tree?" Du Ruosa was coquettish, as if she had returned to her childhood.
"As the saying goes, 'There are no taboos, gold paves the ground.'" Isn't it impossible to be one with nature? Katsuki was also a little tired.
Sitting under a tall willow tree, the autumn breeze is light, the willows are soft, and the fragrance of flowers wafts from time to time. "The chrysanthemums are not borrowing the autumn wind." Kaki chanted casually.
"Yes, the quality of chrysanthemums, in fact, is also a bit like the moon season, whether it is a wind knife, or a frost sword, two tenacious flowers are not wrong, wind, frost, rain and snow are helpless!" Under Kashu's influence, Du Ruo's ability to observe life has been greatly enhanced.
The 'brothers' each bought a cup of chrysanthemum wolfberry water, and because of the protection of the sword holster, the two sat down with their swords. Qingqing said tentatively to Du Ruo: "Brother Ai, I'll test you a little problem, is it okay?" ”
"Simpler and more fun, okay?" Du Ruo also made a request.
"According to the scene, guess an idiom, you and I, two handsome sons of Yushu Linfeng, enter the rich capital Kaifeng, please tell me the answer."
"Brother Ren, it's so difficult, and it's easy?" Du Ruo was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks and muttered.
"It seems that learning should be strengthened anytime and anywhere, which is called 'icing on the cake'."
"Oh, it's not difficult, maybe it's called 'it's not difficult'." Du Ruo touched his head and said embarrassedly.
"You and I are inseparable all day long, what idiom can I use to sum it up?"
"Ruying, Ruying?" Du Ruo didn't know the last two words, and his words were choked.
"Little cutie, it's called 'Shadow'." As soon as Kashu read this idiom, he suddenly felt that this was describing himself, no matter when and where, the strange feeling of missing the emperor's bitterness and sweetness was always 'shadowing' with him, and he couldn't help but be stunned again.
"Brother Ren, what are you thinking?" Du Ruo was surprised.
"It's nothing, I'm praying for blessings, hoping that this big willow brother will turn into a god and bring happiness to the two of us, so that it will follow us like a shadow, okay?"
"Brother Ren is so creative!" Du Ruo screamed loudly, scaring the birds in the willow tree away.
"Brother Ai, why don't you know how to love birds? Liu Xiang, a scholar of the Western Han Dynasty, a bibliographer, and a writer, once said: 'There is no way to abandon one's business with lewdness; There is no poverty and self-contempt; There is no harm to the body; There is no desire to prevent life; In the name of luxury; There is no arrogance in wealth and arrogance, among which 'there is no appetite to prevent life', that is, do not wantonly obstruct the activities of animals and plants because of human habits. Kashu quoted scriptures to convince people.
"Little bird, little bird, I'm sorry, I was wrong." Du Ruo looked at the bird that had flown away and apologized.
"That's right, a gentleman's sincerity is precious, even to the birds." Kaki affirmed.
"Keep guessing, please guess an idiom based on 'candied coptis'."
"This is simple, you and I have come all the way, blowing together in the wind and drenching together in the rain, which calls you and my brothers 'sharing weal and woe'." Du Ruo replied proudly.
"My brother's level of Chinese culture is improving day by day, and I am very satisfied with my brother." Kaki was overjoyed and nodded frequently.
"If our level of Chinese studies is low, it will be like a dumb quarrel, what? Guess. "Katsuki is secretly selling Guanzi.
"I don't know." Du Ruo told the truth.
"It's hard to speak." Katsuki unravels the mystery with ease.
"The last question, how happy I am in the Song Dynasty, people who have money and leisure, think about travel and sightseeing all year round, please guess an idiom according to 'hobby travel'."
"Big brother, you can spare me." Du Ruo couldn't remember a word.
"Overjoyed." Kaki said with a grin.
"Oh, I'm still going to stand on your Jia tree, you must be a plane tree, I'm going to climb up, I want to catch a phoenix to admire, or climb your branches, look at the scenery in the distance, are you welcome?" Du Ruo is always so naughty.
"Of course welcome, you are my brother, can't my big tree carry your vanilla?" Kashu replied generously.