Ling Xiao originally thought that sewing sachets was no different from embroidery. But what she didn't know was that she embroidered the words when she embroidered them, and now that the words have been embroidered, there is no foreign object to support them when she really sews the sachets. For a person who has never done anything to fix the seams, it is undoubtedly more difficult.

By the time she finally got the last stitch from a piece of satin, ten days had passed, and the number of needle holes left on her fingertips was much more than the number of days. In the past ten days, in order not to delay the progress and not to let Lu Jingxing find out, she basically picked up the lights in the dead of night. In this way, the spirit in the day was naturally worse, Lu Jingxing saw her in a trance a few times, and thought she was sick, but he didn't know that she became like this for him.

"Second Miss, your picture is well embroidered, the flowers are delicate, and the words are beautiful. But this sewn ......" Finch took the sachet in her hand and looked at it again and again for a while, her expression was a little strange, and she didn't know what to say in the last half of the sentence. Que Er felt that whether it was pear blossom or heather, or the word "murmur", the embroidery was impeccable, but only the stitches of this sewing were a little unsatisfactory.

Ling Xiao shrugged his shoulders slightly, and sighed: "Alas, it can only be like this, who asked me to do this for the first time?" I'm overestimating myself. But I don't think he will dislike it. ”

"This is what the second lady has worked so hard to do, I think the young master will be very happy to know about it." The finch was smiling.

"Miss Ling, Miss Biao's carriage is about to arrive, and the lord of the mansion has asked me to inform you." Xiao Si entered the room and said with a hunched hand.

"I see, you go out first." After Ling Xiao finished speaking to that Xiao Si, he turned his head and said to Qi'er: "I'll pick up Sister Xue, you can clean up these spices." ”

The finch was ordered to clean up, and Ling Xiao also went out of the courtyard.

As soon as Ling Xiao arrived at the gate, he saw a carriage coming from the end of the street. As the sound of the horse's hooves grew louder and louder, the carriage gradually approached, and finally stopped not far from Ling Xiao. Before Ling Xiao could go down the steps, the pretty figure in the carriage had already come out. Ling Xiao opened his mouth with a light smile: "Sister Xue, it's been a hard journey. ”

"It's not hard, how are you doing these days?" Jiang Tingxue got out of the car, she was still as casual and free as before, full of energy.

Lu Bo stepped forward and arched his hand, his face was as respectful as ever, and said, "Miss Cousin, please inside." ”

Jiang Tingxue looked around for a week, and said jokingly: "What about Cousin Wood?" I came all the way and he didn't come to greet me? ”

"Miss Biao is her own person, the mansion master said that you don't care about these vulgar etiquette, and it's the same when Miss Ling comes." Lu Bo said casually.

"Regardless of him, as long as Xiao Xiao is here, let's go in." Jiang Tingxue took Ling Xiao's hand and walked towards the mansion, very casually, and arrived at the courtyard prepared for her in advance, which was a courtyard similar to Ling Xiao's courtyard, but it was simpler. She and Ling Xiao hadn't seen each other for many days, and the two chatted after they entered the house. Jiang Tingxue held back what she was going to say to Ling Xiao, and at this moment, it was pouring out little by little. By the time the two of them finished saying this, a few hours had passed, but the two of them didn't know it. Ling Xiao's temperament has now been completely changed by this pair of cousins who are more affectionate than brother and sister, Lu Jingxing turned her into blood, while Jiang Tingxue turned her into flesh, and her cold and indifferent temperament finally became gentle.

The days passed, and Lu Jingxing's birthday came as scheduled. He is low-key in his life, and the same is true for his birthday, except for the people in the house, no one else knows. And the celebration was just a dinner when everyone sat around a table, had a happy meal, and then ended his twenty-second birthday.

The crescent moon had hung on the treetops, and the faint moonlight sprinkled down on the court, casting the dark shadows of the eaves. The occasional insect chirp or two finally broke the coldness in the silver flower. The people in the courtyard didn't seem to feel the cool night like water, and sat comfortably under the shadows of the trees, looking at the tea that kept tumbling in the pot in front of them, and the steam rose in a curling way, and finally melted into the moonlight.

The sound of light footsteps gradually became clear from a blur, and finally stopped in the courtyard.

"I wanted to go to the study to look for you, but I found that the lights in the study had gone out. You did go back to the yard. Ling Xiao hid his hands behind him and sat down across from him.

"What are you hiding?" Lu Jingxing saw that she kept her hands behind her back, so he asked curiously.

Under the blurring of the moon shadow, Ling Xiao slowly took out his hand, and a sachet with a mixture of bluegrass and angelica also appeared in front of Lu Jingxing's eyes, and Ling Xiao opened his mouth and said, "You are really interested, drink alone under the moon." This one is for you. The scene in front of him reminded Ling Xiao of Li Bai's poems, but the poets drank wine, and Lu Jingxing drank tea.

"You did it?" It was a question he already knew the answer to, but the joy in his heart prompted him to blurt it out.

Ling Xiao pursed his lips and said, "The first time I sewed this kind of thing, I didn't do it well." No way, I was busy with other things before, and I didn't have time to do these things at all. ”

"I love it." Lu Jingxing took the sachet, his fingertips gently rubbed the stitches and threads embroidered on it, and his heart was an unconcealable excitement, and every cool breeze that Lu Jingxing breathed at this moment seemed to be sweet.

"I think bluegrass and angelica are quite suitable for you, so I chose these two spices." Ling Xiao saw Lu Jingxing sniff the sachet close to the tip of his nose, so he explained.

"The fragrance of orchid grass is strong but not strong, mellow and elegant. Yes, those who know me are the only ones who know me. The corners of Lu Jingxing's mouth smiled deeply, and his eyes were full of soft waves. The tea gurgled as he withdrew from the fire and added a cup of tea to Ling Xiao.

The fragrance of tea mixed with the fragrance of orchid quietly burrowed into Ling Xiao's nose, making her feel comfortable and at ease, and she said: "Qu Yuan has loved his vanilla beauty all his life, and among this vanilla beauty is this orchid zhi. There is a cloud in "Chu Ci": "Lian Huizhi thinks that she admires it". ”

"Qu Yuan's high wind and bright festival deserve people's respect. It's just that I never thought that Xiao Xiao liked the pre-Qin classics so much, and there are not many women like you in the world. Lu Jingxing stuffed the sachet into his arms, which was a kind of steadfastness.

"Women don't read as much as men nowadays, so it's normal to not know about this. But I lived in a different place, where men and women were equal, and they had equal access to knowledge. The women there are no longer the tools of men for profit, and men are no longer the only support of women, they are self-reliant and live well. Thinking about the equality and freedom of modern society, Ling Xiao couldn't help but say it.

Lu Jingxing took a sip of tea and said: "The same is true for the people of the rivers and lakes, but the children of the rivers and lakes pay more attention to martial arts. ”

"Mansion master, the osmanthus brewed from outside the city, their movements are too slow, and they will be delivered after the dinner is used up." Lu Ci walked in from outside, and he didn't forget to complain about the person who delivered the wine.

Lu Jingxing glanced at Lu Ci with a smile and said, "Didn't you say that it was delivered after dinner?" Now it's an hour before dinner, where are you going to fool around, and talk about others. ”

Lu Ci put the wine jar next to the teapot and smiled weakly: "I didn't go anywhere, I just came late." Now that the moonlight is just right, you can just taste it. "Only he knows where he goes, and for a person like him, he never misses a lively event in the city. Today is the day when a young house in the city chooses an Oiran, and after dinner, he not only went by himself, but also dragged Jiang Tingxue away. It doesn't matter if Lu Jingxing knows about this matter, if Lu Bo knows, then he will definitely suffer, and the punishment will be light.

"Are these two jars planted last fall?" Ling Xiao recalled the wine that Lu Jingxing had planted with his own hands when the cinnamon was in full bloom last year.

"That's it, you taste it slowly, I'll go first." Lu Ci did something wrong, and as soon as he finished speaking, the person had slipped to the gate of the courtyard.

Lu Jingxing picked up the wine jar and removed the sealing mud, looked at Ling Xiao in the moonlight, and asked gently, "Do you want to taste some?" ”

"Aren't you a non-drinker?" Even if today was Lu Jingxing's birthday, Ling Xiao had never seen him drink wine during dinner.

Lu Jingxing poured one for each of them and said, "Drink a little and be pleasant, if you drink too much, you will make a mistake." I don't drink on weekdays, but tonight is different. ”

"What's the difference?" Ling Xiao looked at the ice moon in the jade cup and asked curiously.

"Having a sweetheart and a bosom friend in the company of you is the difference." Lu Jingxing drank a glass and raised his eyes again.

Ling Xiaoyan smiled: "Speaking of which, I haven't touched wine for more than a year, and I've almost forgotten the taste of this wine." Drinking wasn't what I wanted before, but tonight I do. "Ling Xiao has not touched alcohol since she was admitted to the hospital, and once she entered the hospital, she never came out until the last moment of her life. In the past, for the sake of her career, drinking was also basic, and her drinking amount was not small. But when it comes to distilled spirits, she has very little exposure to.

Lu Jingxing's face did not change, and he asked, "There were still people who forced you to drink alcohol before?" Was it when it was in North Vietnam? ”

"No, I'll talk about these things when I think about how to tell you, and I don't know where to start now." Ling Xiao picked up the cup, and half of the liquid was drunk by her. The entrance is cool and mellow with a hint of spiciness, and then the faint cinnamon fragrance gradually replaces the spicy taste.

"How?" Lu Jingxing hoped that Ling Xiao would like this wine, and there was a hint of expectation in his eyes.

Ling Xiao put the remaining half of the lamp back on the table, nodded and said, "Yes, it is cool and mellow, and the aftertaste is endless." ”

Accompanied by the sound of insects, the two chatted about a cup of tea, and Lu Jingxing's wine was drunk a total of two times, and then stopped.

"I'm a little dizzy, I'll go back first." Ling Xiao just stood up and took two steps, his eyes were clouded, and his body tilted to one side, seeing that his body was about to touch the ground, but in the end he fell into Lu Jingxing's warm arms.