Chapter 14: The Vernal Equinox

The snow from the eaves fell drop by drop, and there were small puddles on the ground. As soon as the sky was bright, the migratory birds returned, the birds in the forest squeaked and quarreled, a gust of wind blew, a few peach blossoms in the mountains bloomed, and the laughter of the girl came from the forest, like a bell.

"Look! And lo and behold! This flower is blooming brilliantly! Qing Ning pointed to the peach blossom and shouted.

Xiao Jingyi just glanced at her faintly, this peach blossom was planted when he first came, at that time he was in a sad mood, and he was rejected by the people of Qingshui Village, so he had no choice but to go up the mountain to live in seclusion.

One hot summer, the river dried up, the ground cracked, and the whole village ran out of food. It was he who gave some of the grain he grew to the people of Qingshui Village, so that the village could survive the drought year, and since that time, the people of Qingshui Village have changed a lot of their opinion of him, and it has also made him feel better in a foreign land.

Everything in the mountains gradually woke up, the trees drew new branches, the grass sprouted from the ground, and the surroundings seemed to be covered with a green blanket, everything slept in the winter, and woke up in the spring, and the mountains and forests in the early spring were unusually beautiful.

Qing Ning's mood was refreshing, she was a little too excited, and in the afternoon she was going down the mountain to find a bell and find some flower seeds to plant in her yard!

"What should you plant?" She was looking at her own land in confusion.

Xiao Jing glanced at her wordlessly, picked up farm tools and wanted to go up the mountain to reclaim the wasteland.

"I'll go with you!" Qingning stood up and was about to go back to the house to get the coat and hat, but Xiao Jingyi didn't wait for her and left without looking back.

"You're waiting for me!" Qing Ning shouted, and the voice echoed in the mountains.

So, she hurried and chased after him without taking anything.

Qingning followed Xiao Jingyi's side, this was the first time she followed him up the mountain, the cold winter was too cold in the past, she had been lazy and reluctant to go out, now the earth is springing, the climate is gradually mild, she just thought about going up the mountain to see Xiao Jingyi's crops.

After walking for about half an hour, she pulled Xiao Jingyi's sleeve and didn't let go, and began to panting.

"Don't come with me next time, I'm the one who is tired." Xiao Jingyi held a hoe in one hand and pulled her in the other, and he began to gasp, he usually went up the mountain easily by himself, but now he was carrying a burden.

"I can't do it, where the hell is it?" Qing Ning watched the sun gradually rise, and the sunlight began to warm up, and she was sweating all over.

"It's coming." Xiao Jingyi pulled her and said lightly.

Walking to the mountain, Qing Ning stood there in a daze, only to see that the mountain was full of all kinds of vegetables, fruits and rice.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Jingyi saw that her eyes were red, and tears were rolling in her eyes, this appearance was really pitiful.

"Next time I'm going to work in the fields." Qing Ning swore that she couldn't let him be so tired, while she sat back and enjoyed it.

"Well, I'm more relaxed on my own." Xiao Jingyi ignored her, he went to the field to take care of his rice, and on this spring day, he was about to start sowing and planting seedlings.

"Don't look down on me!" Qing Ning is not happy, she can do it.

Under the warm spring sun, his figure is covered with a faint golden yellow, he is so handsome, Qing Ning stared at him intently, seeing that he was tall, and there was everyone's demeanor in his gestures, especially when eating, his demeanor was elegant, and he also learned to write a hand, such a pretty man deserved to be from a powerful family.

In the afternoon, Qingning went down the mountain to Qingshui Village, only to see that people had just gone out to farm and returned home, and people passing by knew that she was the maid of Yuqing's family, and treated her friendly, and couldn't help but say a few words when they met her.

"I have some rapeseed at home, do you want it? Bring it to give it to Qing and let him have more varieties. When the aunt of the Li family saw that she was coming again, she stuffed a bag of rapeseed into her.

"Thank you, Aunt Li." Qing Ning smiled.

When she came to Granny Chen's house, she greeted her, saying that the spring scenery was pleasant, and invited her to go to the green to release paper kites, but Qingning refused, she came here to find Granny Chen to learn to cook.

"Very good, very good." Granny Chen looked at her with some relief, feeling that Yu Qing had found a good girl.

When she got closer, she saw birds and birds falling beside the stones to drink the landscape, she squatted down and washed the vegetables.

When Xiao Jingyi came back, he saw the smoke rising in the house, he stopped with a hoe, looked at the smoke in a daze, didn't know what happened, only to see Qingning running out in a hurry, bending over and coughing, she saw Xiao Jingyi coming back, and hurriedly beckoned to him.

"Let's rest in the future, I'll do this." After Xiao Jingyi said a word to her, she immediately turned her head.

Qing Ning knew that he had made a mistake and did not dare to speak up.

At night, because Qing Ning was afraid of the cold, there was still a charcoal fire burning in the house, and the insects outside the house were screaming non-stop, Qing Ning turned around and slowly opened his eyes.

She tiptoed to get up, but the movement was too loud, waking up Xiao Jingyi on the side.

"What's wrong?" He asked in a low voice with his head buried in the quilt.

"The charcoal fire is burned out, I'll add some." Qing Ning was about to grope to get up and flip over his body.

Xiao Jingyi pulled her down, pressed her against the futon and said, "I'll come." ”

Qing Ning still had his hands on his chest, and she was really scared just now, and he was only a stone's throw away from her, and she could still hear his breath clearly.

Xiao Jingyi added firewood and went back to bed, Qing Ning gathered the quilt, looked at him through the moonlight outside the window, and always felt that it was very inappropriate to let him get up and add firewood every night, so she said, "I'll sleep outside." ”

Qing Ning lifted the quilt and flipped over him, but was knocked down by Xiao Jingyi again, she was trapped under his strong arms, and in this silent night, she heard her own heartbeat.

"It's a good rest." He only said one word.

Spring is thick, the mountains and forests are verdant, the birds are singing, everything seems to be gradually waking up, the gurgling stream with a touch of cold, the mountains ushered in a warm spring breeze, the peach blossoms next to the house are blooming brilliantly, a touch of red, a touch of green, red and green, the scenery is pleasant.

Qing Ning was wearing a dress made of linen, and she was in an extremely happy mood as she admired the peach blossoms in spring.

Xiao Jingyi was warming the porridge in the kitchen, and the curling smoke rose from the small wooden house. It didn't take long for the porridge to boil, and he called out to her.

Qing Ning ran over happily, took a small bowl of porridge to eat, and did not forget to invite him to go out.

"Pick another day, the work in the mountains will still be done." He refused.

"I'll go with you!" Qing Ning said.

Xiao Jingyi paused and looked at her with wide eyes.

"You... Let's go green with the bells. He said it a little tactfully.

Qingning pouted, she didn't care, it was good to look at him from the side, what was the good of going out with Yunling.