Chapter 10: Chinese New Year's Eve

The snow stopped, the snow in the mountains was quite thick, and the whole winter was goose feather snow, and now one foot stepped on, just below the ankles, compared to Jin'an, this snow is still not too thick.

In the early morning, the sky had just turned white, and the hazy sky shone in through the window, and there was a cold light from the inside out. The man next to him rolled over and woke up.

Xiao Jingyi looked at the princess who was still sleeping on the side, after so many days of sharing the same bed, she seemed to be used to it, and now she slept with a big grin, in the middle of the night, she always leaned on him, maybe he was warmer, completely ignoring that there was a man with strong blood next to her.

"What do you do early in the morning?" Qing Ning wiped his sleepy eyes and watched him change his clothes on the side, and couldn't help but feel sleepy.

After Xiao Jingyi got dressed on the side, seeing that she was wrapped in a quilt and unwilling to move, he said, "Tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

Qingning is a little confused, Chinese New Year's Eve? She had heard from the Han women that their Di people did not have these customs, but when they came to the Central Plains, they naturally had to follow the customs.

I saw Xiao Jingyi walk into the hall, there was a stove in the innermost place, he cleaned up the stove, cleaned the firewood and hay, cleaned the stove, and the black stove was wiped bright by him.

"I wonder if the village is lively? Our people don't have these customs, but the Han girl will talk to us in detail, which is interesting! Every time we celebrate the holidays, we sneak out to see the excitement. Qingning got up, changed his clothes, and followed him to wipe the stove.

After a while, there was a knock on the door again, listening to this sound, it was estimated that it was a bell again, Qing Ning thought to herself, since she had fallen in love with Xiao Jingyi, she actually ignored his behavior of accepting a concubine, after all, who doesn't want to be a wife? If this happens, most people will stay away.

Qing Ning opened the door, and Xiao Jingyi was still busy with the stove inside.

Wan Ling pulled Qing Ning out to chat, and Qing Ning had to let her drag her away.

"You're really his ....." Lingling's ears turned red, a little shocked, she couldn't speak.

"No, I'm just a maid that Yu Qing bought inadvertently, and he saved me." Qing Ning said truthfully, in fact, it was really difficult to let her call herself a maid, but there was no way.

"I see." Suzu breathed a sigh of relief.

After that, Wan Ling asked her if she had washed her clothes, there was a stream not far from here, in the depths of the dense forest, but she could take advantage of the festival to wash the old clothes, some time ago her grandmother cut a new set of clothes for Qing, so that he could dress decently during the festival.

Qing Ning returned to the house, Xiao Jingyi was cooking pork meat, and a smell of meat came to his nose.

"There is meat today!" Qing Ning was a little surprised, after all, he didn't look rich, but he had meat!

Xiao Jingyi didn't pay attention to her, there was meat in the past, and when she was recuperating, she didn't eat and drink for her every day, so what was the fuss. Xiao Jingyi continued to do the work at hand, and when Qing Ning said that he was going to take the old clothes to be washed, he glanced back, and saw that she put a few old clothes into the bamboo basket with high interest, and then carried the bamboo basket on her back, her delicate body seemed to be very big behind her, the corners of Xiao Jingyi's mouth were slightly hooked, and she shook her head.

The sound of a murmuring stream came from the depths of the dense forest, and Qing Ning followed behind Wan Ling, listening to Wan Ling tell the haunted story of this mountain.

"It is rumored that in this village there was a girl who went up the hill to cut wood, and was humiliated by a homeless man, and she hanged herself from a tree in a broken heart, and from then on the forest rustled at night." After Wan Ling finished speaking, she saw that Qing Ning's face turned pale, perhaps because she was scared.

"What is rustling, it is the wind, I don't believe it." Qing Ning ignored her gaze and continued to walk forward.

When she came to the stream, because this was the source of the stream, the snow had been chiseled by the villagers, and the stream flowed, Qingning put down the bamboo basket and took out her old clothes, and her hand had just touched the ice water and took it back.

"The water is cold!" Qing Ning looked at her reddened fingers.

She glanced at her, then picked up her clothes.

"Isn't the girl a maidservant? Why don't you know how to do laundry? Wan Ling taunted her.

Qingning gritted her teeth, how did she know! Since she was born, she has been wearing clothes to reach out for food and open her mouth, and her clothes have always been washed by Huannu, and she knows nothing about laundry.

Suddenly, there was a sound of "oh woo~" in the forest, and Qing Ning was stunned for a moment.

"Xu is a wolf, right?" Wan Ling said.

"Yikes!!" Qing Ning just shook his head, and his clothes were washed away by the water.

Back at the wooden house, Xiao Jingyi immediately put down the work at hand, took out the blanket and hurriedly ran to her.

"Are you going to do laundry or shower?" He wrapped her in a blanket and urged her to hurry up and change her wet clothes.

"Ahh Qingning sneezed, she was a little annoyed, she felt that what she did was terrible, her clothes were washed away by the current, she ran into the stream to pick up her clothes, but she tripped over the stones in the stream, and got wet.

......After changing her clothes, Qingning hid in the quilt and cried softly.

"Changed?" Xiao Jingyi asked outside the door, he frowned, and then pushed the door open.

I saw Qing Ning lying on the bed, wrapping herself tightly in the quilt, Xiao Jingyi walked over, and was about to lift her quilt, but saw her little hands pulling the quilt tightly and refusing to let go.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Jingyi asked with concern, "But you're not feeling well?" ”

Qing Ning didn't speak, and it didn't take long for her to hear Xiao Jingyi walk out of the room, so she quietly poked her head out, took a few breaths, and her eyes were red.

It was already dark, the winter days were so short, it was said that Chinese New Year's Eve was to keep the New Year, and there was also the intention of praying for the elderly, she was about to get up, only to see Xiao Jingyi walking in with a bowl.

"Drink the ginger soup to warm up." Xiao Jingyi saw that she seemed to have cried, so she was stunned for a moment and handed her the bowl.

The house, the charcoal fire is booming, there are a few bowls of vegetarian dishes on the table, and a bowl of meat, the two of them eat quietly, Qing Ning saw that he seemed to be in a bad mood, giving people a cold feeling, Qing Ning was wondering if he had made a mistake today, which made him unhappy.

"Ahh Qing Ning sneezed again.

Xiao Jingyi raised his head and asked her if she was cold, Qing Ning quickly shook his head, only to see that his eyes seemed to soften.

After finishing the meal, Xiao Jingyi got up and cleaned up the leftovers on the table.

Qing Ning looked at his back, the dim and soft firelight reflected his shadow, his hair was tied up to give people a sense of handsomeness and grace, she was glad that she was saved by him, so kind, she was unforgettable in this life.

So Qingning's eyes turned red again, she was homesick and missed Abu.

At night, Qing Ning was drowsy, looking at the snow that seemed to be floating outside the window, the house was still warm, she and Xiao Jingyi sat quietly, and they were silent with each other, each with their own mood.

"When the night is over, when you are tired, you go to sleep." Xiao Jingyi glanced at her lightly.

His gaze always gave people a sense of loneliness, Qing Ning shook her head in a daze, she wanted to accompany him, because he seemed to have something on his mind.

"Go to bed." So Xiao Jingyi stood up and walked to the couch.

Late at night, Xiao Jingyi woke up in a daze, only to see the people around him always leaning on him, he opened his sleepy eyes, the woman was holding his body, Xiao Jingyi tore her away, and then turned around and fell asleep.