The night is getting deeper.

When Su Jiu woke up, he found himself lying in the boudoir of the Crane Ting.

I opened the bed tent and looked out the window, there were a few stars embedded in the night dome in late autumn, like a hook and a crescent moon but it had sunk in the west.

It's just before dawn.

The little girl lay quietly for a while, then suddenly got up to freshen up and change her clothes, and left the Xiao Mansion with all the incense she had developed in the past six months.

The long street is silent, and every house has not yet risen.

She ran to Huafu, and with Hua Rourou's help, she easily broke into Hua Lao's yard.

She laid out the incense and stood quietly under the window.

Dozens of incense herbs are mixed into a peculiar incense and sent into Hua Lao's bed by the wind.

The old man woke up from his sleep and frowned, "What are you doing outside?" ”

Hua Rourou kindly brought the washing water, "Grandfather, it's a little wine!" She would like to beg you to let her participate in today's Great Incense Contest between the two countries...... I think she's so sincere, just promise her! ”

"Nonsense! The quota has already been set, how can it be changed at short notice?! ”

The dew of the late autumn dawn was heavy.

The little girl's black hair and the corners of her skirt were wet.

Her eyes were red, and she said in a childish voice: "Hua Lao, I ask myself to work harder than anyone else, and I ask myself that my incense skills are not inferior to the others you choose." It's a race I've been looking forward to for a long time, and I hope you'll let me participate! Not only for myself, but also for Jiangnan, but also for Daqi! ”

After she finished speaking, she knelt among the flowers and trees.

Hua Rourou saw that her grandfather's expression was not good, so she hurriedly beat his legs, "Grandfather, you used to say that the rarest thing in the world is the pure heart, and the most unbearable thing in the world is the pure heart...... The wine is sincere, if you refuse, how hurtful it is!

"In ancient times, there was a beautiful talk about Chengmen Lixue, if my grandfather completes a small wine today, wouldn't it be a beautiful talk?"

Hua Lao pushed him away and walked out the door.

The little girl, stubborn to death, knelt in the dew-covered flowers and trees, her back straight, and her little face serious.

Under the eaves is the incense she developed, each flavor is very special.

Every flavor is worth a lot of money.

Hua Lao admitted that Xu was the Su wine in the Xiangmanlou who stole Xu Zizhu's limelight, and Xu was the academy when Su Jiu robbed his grandson's right to participate, so he didn't like her all the time.

But—

People's hearts, after all, are also flesh and blood, aren't they?

The old man stroked his beard, "It is taboo to temporarily change the candidates. But since you are bent on participating, I only ask you one thing, alternate, should you be? ”

The little girl looked up in surprise.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she nodded desperately, "Dang! I should! Thank you Hua Lao! ”

As long as there is an opportunity to compete on stage,

She'll try to catch it!

She never thought of herself as blessed, and in those bad years of the past, whenever there was a little opportunity to improve her life, she would try to seize it!

Now, it's no exception!

The white fog of the early morning gradually dissipated in the hustle and bustle of the street.

Today is the day of the incense competition between the two countries, and the white terrace has already gathered the people of half of the city, and the stands are crowded with people, overwhelming, which can be described as very lively.

The judges are seated.

In order to be fair, three of the six judges are from Jiangnan and three are from Dongying, all of whom are well-known incense masters from all over the world.

The old man led by the Dongying camp wore a serious hunting suit and was meticulous in his snow-white hair.

He is 60 years old.

He was sitting precariously, "I remember that twenty years ago, it was also in this place that the two countries had a big competition in incense, and we lost very badly. ”