Jin Ran had just had lunch, so Xiao Qingyan's idea of taking Jin Ran to eat together didn't work.

Xiao Qingyan regretted in his heart, but he turned a few thoughts in his heart, and still said naturally: "I haven't eaten at noon, if the county lord of Jinrui has nothing to do, why don't you accompany me to have a meal?" The house I'm taking you to is a small private village. There are still a lot of places to play. ”

Jin Ran couldn't eat anything, but she was still happy to accompany Xiao Qingyan on a trip.

The Zhuangzi that Xiao Qingyan said was a private one, not very big. There are only a few huts backed by a small green hill. Part of this small village is built on the edge of a small lake on the mountain, and now that the spring cold has passed, Xiao Qingyan took Jinran to the elegant seat on a small terrace on this lake.

There are only a few futons on this small terrace, and a small one in the middle. The pattern of the futon is extremely exquisite, it is the style of the interweaving of the phoenix and the phoenix, and because of the wrong gold method of weaving, the person sitting will not feel the pattern panic.

Jin Ran waited for Xiao Qingyan to sit down before sitting on the futon opposite him, she felt that she was a little overhearted, but Xiao Qingyan's behavior just now was really weird, Jin Ran felt that it was better to divide a certain distance from him.

Xiao Qingyan didn't seem to notice Jin Ran's alienation, and he had nothing to do but greet the maid who was waiting on the side: "Come, bring a pot of clear water tea from your house." ”

He soaked all the tea utensils and containers on the table into the boiling hot water sent by his subordinates, and then took them out and wiped them clean. Xiao Qingyan handed a rhino horn cup engraved with auspicious cloud ornaments to Jin Ran: "When I came here before, I thought that only you are worthy of this snow-white rhino horn cup in the world." ”

I don't know how the craftsman carved this small cup, this small cup is only half the size of a palm, although small, but the body of the cup is engraved with many ornaments. The most difficult thing is that the surface is hollowed out, and there is still a layer in this life. Although it can't hold much wine, it's rare to put a lot of thought into this small rhino horn cup.

Jin Ran looked at the small cup curiously, she played with the rhino horn cup and pushed it back: "I can't ask for this thing." It's too expensive. "Although this rhino horn cup is not large, it is rare that such a delicate gadget is carved from a whole rhino horn.

The patterns are very finely engraved. The shape is simple but not tacky, and it is everyone's handwriting.

Jin Ran noticed that his refusal was a little blunt, and hurriedly added: "Tell me, you gave me such a valuable thing, do you want to bribe me and let me bring more craftsmen away." ”

But Xiao Qingyan didn't answer Jin Ran's words, he smiled playfully, and played with the emerald green wrench in his hand: "I gave you this because of you." Only you deserve it. ”

Jin Ran's scalp tightened, if this rhino horn cup was not given to her by Xiao Qingyan face-to-face ambiguously, but with the Xiao family's gift list, it was sent to the county lord's mansion in earnest, Jin Ran would definitely accept it, after all, it was also over the Ming Road, and people with a clear eye knew that this rhino horn cup was sent out through the interaction between the two mansions.

But the meaning of this purely private gift is very different. was fueled by someone with a heart, and a private name is indispensable.

Fortunately, what Xiao Qingyan gave was not something close to him, or those family jade pendants or the like...... Jin Ran was secretly glad in his heart.

But what is in front of you is not easy to get along with. According to Jin Ran's memory, the general color of this rhino horn cup is sold for thousands of taels on the market, not to mention this kind of white body without a trace of flaws. is so precious, and the meaning it represents is naturally indispensable.

Jin Ran's fingers knocked meaninglessly on the table, this was the subconscious action of her thinking, Xiao Qingyan looked at the few green white fingers moving flexibly, I didn't know what to think of, and I also smiled.

Jin Ran was really afraid that her refusal would provoke this Xiao family son who didn't know what to think in his head, at this time, taking advantage of Xiao Qingyan's happiness, she hurriedly pushed the rhino horn cup to Xiao Qingyan again: "Xiao Gongzi, you better keep it yourself, I'm a little girl, where can I use this kind of precious thing." ”

Xiao Qingyan saw that he really couldn't send it, so he smiled and took the cup back.

He didn't see annoyance when he was rejected, he still looked like he was like a breeze just now.

The two of them fell silent for a while. knew that the maidservant brought a pot of tea to break the silence between the two.

The maidservant girl in this courtyard was very clever, she picked up the bamboo-shaped teapot on the table and poured a cup into one of the two cups: "The two of you are really knowledgeable, and they ordered our signboard as soon as they came." ”

She smiled very sweetly: "This clear water tea, tea is as its name." The tea brewed is as clear as clear water, and the tea soup has no other color. But it tastes different. ”

Jin Ran did as she said, raised the bamboo cup in her hand, and brought it to her eyes, and sure enough, as the maid said, this clear water tea is very clear, it is really like a cup of water.

Jin Ran sat on the futon, and behind her hung layers of heavy white gauze silks, which fluttered slowly from time to time with the breeze on the lake, like a pair of soft little hands, constantly plucking the heartstrings of Xiao Qingyan, who was sitting opposite Jin Ran.

Jin Ran stretched out his hand to pick up the bamboo cup and slowly closed his eyes in the rising white mist. She took a slight sip of the pale tea, only to feel a clear stream flow through her lips into her stomach.

"It's good tea, indeed." Jin Ran praised. The taste is light but not light, the color is light but not light, and it is really a rare good tea.

Qi Qingyan's eyes softened in this pale white vapor, and Jin Ran only said five words, but it really spoke to his heart. Xiao Qingyan Suri made friends with others, and rarely brought people to this small Zhuangzi, Jin Ran was one of the few people he brought to the Zhuangzi, which one knew him best.

Admittedly, Jin Ran didn't say complicated terms like cool or bitter like those who seemed to be really good at the tea ceremony, but her cherished attitude said it all.

Jin Ran slowly drank the tea clean. Xiao Qingyan also changed his ambiguous attitude just now, and personally served tea for Jinran: "Legend has it that this clear water tea is made by a tea picker in Nanshan. In order to make her sweetheart the top student in high school, she picked tea all the way for him to study. But she didn't expect that after her sweetheart won the first place, in order to marry the daughter of the powerful, she secretly poisoned the tea girl and pushed the tea picker off the cliff. ”

Jin Ran was a little stunned, and he couldn't lift the hand that wanted to pick up the teacup, nor did he put it down. She thought it was a beautiful happy love story, but she didn't expect it to end like this.

Xiao Qingyan chuckled: "The story is not over yet." ”

He stretched out his hand to pick up the bamboo cup, and the rising smoke blurred the expression on his face: "This tea picker was already pregnant when she was pushed down." She survived the disaster and was saved by a farmer at the bottom of the mountain. The tea picker's heart was like ashes, so she simply married the farmer, and took the child to struggle with the farmer to survive. ”

The wind stopped, and the dense silk around the water pavilion also stopped swinging, and for some reason all the sounds around disappeared, leaving Xiao Qingyan's plain voice without a trace of emotion: "When the boy was six years old, the champion came to the door." He and the daughter of the powerful man had no children for many years, so he found the tea picker in many ways. ”

He thought that the child was asleep in the house when he killed the tea picker, but in fact the child saw everything. Later, this champion actually sat in the seat of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites step by step. ”

Etiquette squire?! Jin Ran was shocked, isn't this waiter of the Ministry of Rites Xiao Qingyan's father? Jin Ran was shocked to realize that she had heard the Xiao family's secrets, and she hurriedly stood up: "Young Master Xiao, you have been running around all day today, are you tired?" Let's go back and rest. ”

Xiao Qingyan stretched lazily, he was no longer as gloomy as he was just now, and he looked lazy and lazy again: "Ran'er, what are you afraid of?" I'm not scared yet. The story isn't over yet. The blood of the tea picker poured on the tea tree at the farmer's door. I didn't expect the tea picked on this tea tree to brew like clear water. ”

Jin Ran muttered, "It's like ....... like a woman's tears." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Qingyan's eyes lit up: "It's like a woman's tears." ”

Xiao Qingyan looked at the ignorant Jin Ran with a smile: "Sure enough, you are my bosom friend." Now it seems that the name of this clear water tea is also vulgar. Then this tea will be renamed 'Cheek Tears'. ”

Jin Ran was taken aback, she guessed that this little Zhuangzi had a different connection with Xiao Qingyan, and now it seems that Xiao Qingyan can casually change the name of someone's signature tea, indicating that this Zhuangzi is his.

Jin Ran listened to Xiao Qingyan's 3 past stories that seemed to be about his biological mother, and he was on pins and needles at the moment. I didn't even know what to say. At this moment, if you hurriedly mention that you want to leave, wouldn't it be a little indifferent?

Jinran is not leaving, nor is it not going not to go. She hesitated for a moment, then walked to the futon beside Xiao Qingyan, sat down, and gently patted Xiao Qingyan's back: "You...... Don't be sad. The past cannot be traced, the tea picker has a spirit in the ground, and if her son still remembers her, she must be comforted a lot. ”

Xiao Qingyan originally lowered his head, but at this time, he suddenly raised his head when he felt Jin Ran's touch, and he grabbed Jin Ran's hand: "But that son doesn't just want her to comfort, her son wants this champion to go down to make cattle and horses for his mother, and suffer all the hardships in the eighteenth layer of hell, and he will never be able to live forever!" ”

Xiao Qingyan's strength was extremely strong, and a red strangulation mark soon appeared on Jin Ran's hand.

Jin Ran looked at Xiao Qingyan's extreme eyes, the whole person was about to explode, she began to regret madly why she didn't leave just now, now that she heard other people's declaration of revenge, and is still in other people's base camp, do you still have the life to go back?