CHAPTER XIV

In just a few days, the entire White Jade City has become a world of ice and snow under the snowflakes that have not stopped much, and in this world of ice and snow, a snow-white flower like jade has bloomed.

Ling Meng got up early that morning, put on his clothes, and came to the first floor. At this time, the summer night and the earthquake city have not yet gotten up, and the warm first floor is also quite cold.

After coming to the fireplace and cleaning up the excess ash, Ling Meng took some firewood and put it in, and after igniting the sawdust with flint, he carefully put it under the firewood, and only after it was completely ignited, Ling Meng added a few large materials to it.

After washing, he took out a white umbrella that he hadn't used for a long time and pushed the door out.

Today is the Snow Festival, and he has made an appointment with the three roommates in the academy to get together, and since the location is far away, he must go out early.

"What a beautiful ......" Ling Meng held an umbrella and exhaled white air while looking at the white jade city where the snow was slowly falling in the distance. He didn't really like winter, he had lost so much in this season, and even now he didn't wear much, and the cold warned him not to forget the pain. However, he couldn't help but sigh at the white world, and after a while he withdrew his gaze and began to walk towards the agreed place.

Stepping on the soft snow, Ling Meng walked very carefully, if he went out later, the snow would probably be shoveled by the attendants and guards, and it was not bad to walk in the snow like this.

Out of the castle, he walked towards the south gate where the academy was located, and if it was later, he could travel by carriage, but Ling Meng was not the kind of character who was willing to cause trouble to others, so he chose to walk over, which was why he got up so early.

Walking out of the small gate guarded by the guards next to the gate, Ling Meng looked at the street in the distance and thought about it for a while, and only after remembering the general route did he speed up his steps.

After more than half an hour of travel, Ling Meng arrived at the agreed place, the place where the Ice and Snow Festival was held, "Derno Street", and in other places, there were still some deserted white jade cities, where many people had gathered, and they were busy carrying goods ready to sell despite the wind and snow.

When they came to the entrance of the street, the two brothers Xinghui and Tao Yi had not yet arrived. Ling Meng breathed a sigh of relief, if he let others wait, he would probably not be happy, but it would be no problem to wait for others.

Looking at the busy crowd, Ling Meng was a little fascinated, it was a life he had never seen or thought about, this didn't make him think that if he didn't have the ability, would he become a member of them......

"Yo, fourth! It's early!" In the distance, Xinghui's loud voice reached Ling Meng's ears. Turning around, I saw the three of them walking over together, all three of them were wearing a lot, and Xinghui was wearing slightly better clothes.

"Have you had breakfast after waiting for a long time?"

"Not yet. ”

"Okay, so the first thing to do is to eat something first. ”

The four of them walked into Delno Street, and they chatted and looked around, looking for something to eat, and at this time there was already a trend of people coming and going, and slowly began to be lively.

People are in a hurry or at a leisurely pace, while children chase and play, throwing snowballs at each other, and from time to time a few large snowmen can be seen piled up in front of a store to attract customers.

"Look, there's a lot of people queuing up over there, what are you selling?"

The four of them walked over and found that they were selling steamed buns, which looked very good and fragrant, and there were many people in line, so the four of them decided to solve the breakfast problem here.

Bought food, the four of them watched while eating, from time to time they met the Ice and Snow Festival Festival car, this is a very big car, there are some people wearing blue and white dresses with antler decorations, the festival car is also decorated with a lot of six-pointed star ice crystal decoration symbolizing the Ice and Snow Festival, there are sixteen sturdy elk in the direction of the front of the car, they are also decorated with festival flowers to look a little cute.

There are a lot of people gathered around the festival car, and from time to time someone will throw snowballs at the people in the car, and the people in the car will also fight back, this is a regular program of the Ice and Snow Festival, and now everyone is still maintaining restraint, but at noon and evening, everyone will probably go crazy.

"Oh, are we going to throw snowballs too?" Although Xinghui is usually quite mature, he is surprisingly the one who is most festive in the atmosphere.

"Come later, big brother, they're still preparing, and throwing snowballs is just a mess. ”

"yes. ”

They walked to the front of the car, and there were several people with musical instruments at the front of the car, and they were preparing for the performance.

The two brothers on the side had already begun to hum the tune, apparently it was not the first time they had come to the festival, and they even knew the tune they were about to play.

"Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. Xinghui snorted as well.

As if they were ready, their strict performance began, the crisp and melodious jingle of bells, the melodious and melodious harp sound, and the melodious and fluttering flute sound, the three merged into one, telling the story of the winter elves, and as the music sounded, the elk also began to walk towards the main stage "White Ranko Park".

"Shall we come along?"

"It's good, but we haven't been to the sweet bar yet. ”

"Yes, let's go drink it, just to ward off the cold. ”

Ling Meng followed the three of them to a shop with a fairly good business, and there were several such shops around, and there were also very many people, all of whom were lining up to drink a bowl of sweet rice wine.

"Ah, my body is warm. Several people drank two bowls of rice cakes before they were satisfied, and they bought some rice cakes with a happy face before coming out of the store.

A few people went all the way down the street, and soon caught up with the team, as the music became higher and higher, people's emotions were also ignited, under the snow, everyone regardless of the cold, picked up the snow on the ground and kneaded it into a ball, out of the store area, the wider and wider road let the elk also run slowly, the people in the car also began to pick up the snowball on the car and throw it to the audience, because the snowball will be mixed with copper and silver coins, so the onlookers shouted and threw it at them.

Amid the cheers, the deer cart faded away, and after that they had to go around many places to bring the festive atmosphere to every part of the White Jade City.

"The event has begun. ”

A few people walked down the street to Paro Blano, the largest venue for the Snow Festival, where barbecues are held at the bottom of the mountain, a ski slope is located in the middle of the mountain, and a gun salute is placed on the top of the mountain.

After playing happily with a few people for a few hours, Ling Meng said goodbye to them, and then he didn't know when he would be able to meet.

"I'm sorry, I can't go with you to the High Division. ”

"Do you have any other decisions?"

"Yes. ”

"Well, then you have to come on, and we'll try to get stronger, so we'll be able to meet somewhere again sooner or later. "After two years of getting along, the three of them all knew that Ling Meng's identity was relatively special, he was a person with the badge of a member of the Xue family, but they were empathetic and they didn't go overboard to explore his identity.

"Yes, then we'll see each other again. ”

"Goodbye. "Goodbye. ”

Returning to the empty home alone, he didn't know what to do for a while, so he silently added some firewood to the fireplace so that the two of them could warm up when they came back at any time.

Looking at the firewood burning in the fireplace, there would be a crackling sound from time to time, Ling Meng was a little distracted...... Shaking his head, he really can't do something, whenever he quiets down, he can't help but recall his former family.

After throwing in a few large pieces of firewood, Ling Meng went to wash his face, and when he came back, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he let himself enter a meditative state.

After exhaling a breath, Ling Meng stood up and was about to go to Xue Ling's place. Forgetting that the snow had stopped, Ling Meng left the house again after scattering the firewood.

When he came to the door of the duke's house, the guards put him in directly, and Ling Meng, who entered the duke's house, was taken to the study at the signal of the maid, but there was no one in the study.

"Please wait a minute, Miss She is now chatting with Miss Xuelian in her room, and I will go and tell her that you are here. ”

Ling Meng nodded and the maid left, thinking about whether it would be better for her to go back, but it was not good to go back just now, and found the book she hadn't finished reading last time from the bookshelf, and turned it to the place she saw last time, Ling Meng read it by herself.

After a while, the maid came over, "Young Master, Miss, they are eating dessert, and I ask you if you want to go." ”

"Thanks, so they don't have to worry about me, I'll just wait here. After the maid left, Ling Meng once again focused on the book.

Turning through page after page of books, I don't know how long I read it, the door of the room was opened, Xue Ling, Xue Lian and Xue Lian walked in, Ling Meng, who was interrupted by the sound of pushing the door, saw the arrival of the three people, closed the book slightly, and saluted the three, "Good afternoon, Miss Ling'er, Miss Xue Lian, Miss Xue Lian, I don't know if I disturbed you." ”

After Xue Lian and Xue Lian greeted Ling Meng, "No, why didn't you go over for some snacks just now?"

"I just got back from the rally and ate a lot there, so I won't bother. ”

"Since you're here, don't be so polite, it's better to go over and chat, or it will seem like we're leaving you aside. ”

"I'm so sorry, it's me who is not good. ”

"Okay, okay, it's just to tell you not to be so polite, but you're more polite. Mother is not at home today, I don't want to read anymore, we are going to play chess, do you want to come?"

"Thank you for the invitation, I won't bother. ”

"What's the matter, you've lost too much to me lately, don't you dare to play?"

"No, I just don't want to disturb you. ”

"Just don't be so polite, and come over and watch it obediently. ”

Ling Meng opened his mouth and blinked, "Okay." ”

"That's right. Xue Ling took out the chessboard and put it on the table, the four of them sat in opposite corners, and after setting up the chess, Xue Ling and Xue Lian played first.

"Today is the beginning of the Snow Festival, isn't it fun?"

Ling Meng told her what she had seen today, and the few of them chatted as they went.

"That's nice. Because of her status, she rarely left the castle, especially without her parents, and it was almost impossible to leave the castle.

"If you want to go out to play, how about Uncle Wang?" Ling Meng saw that she really wanted to go out to play, and after thinking about it for a while, she told Zhencheng, who didn't seem to be busy recently.

After thinking seriously about this possibility, Xue Ling's eyes became brighter and brighter, "Yes, that's it! Let's go and ask Uncle Wang tomorrow! Cousin, cousin, do you want to play together?"

The other two girls were obviously a little excited.

"Okay, it's decided, Ling Meng, you can help me ask Uncle Wang tonight if he is free tomorrow, and then ask your maid to bring me a message." ”

Ling Meng nodded, and after playing a few more games, the few people who had lost interest in playing chess disbanded.