Chapter Seven: Qionghua (I)
When Yin Xian woke up, she found herself in Duan Huanian's arms. It was also very bright outside, and the window paper was reflected in a white light, so it must have been noon.
Yin Xian wanted to turn around slightly, but she was tightly restrained. Her face was attached to Duan Huanian's chest like this, which made her feel familiar, when she first returned to the door, Duan Huanian also hugged herself like this.
There was a stinging pain in her feet, and Yin Xian remembered that she danced on the platform yesterday and tore off a whole piece of skin. gasped, yesterday's self was really too hard, I don't know how many days Duan Huanian wants to be angry with himself for this? She laughed softly, after getting along for all these days, Yin Xian naturally figured out Duan Huanian's temper, so she was not too afraid of him, thinking of his appearance of threatening herself angrily, it was not funny.
There was a strong smell of ginger tea in the room, and Yin Xian finally noticed that there was also a shallow spicy feeling of ginger in her mouth.
"I have a heart. I must have been tired last night......" Yin Xian looked at the sleeping person in front of her and said softly.
That is her husband who gets along day and night, but unlike other couples, their relationship is a little delicate, and they are still in the process of getting acquainted with each other and testing each other, Yin Xian doesn't know that her attitude towards Duan Huanian is also quietly changing little by little.
Unexpectedly, Yin Xian had already put her lips up and pasted them on Duan Huanian's lips, this feeling was indeed wonderful. When he realized what he was doing, it was too late, and Yin Xian, who wanted to escape, was held down by Duan Huanian.
"Sneak attack?" Duan Huanian opened his eyes slightly and said with a smile.
"Not really!" Yin Xian wanted to defend herself, her brain was spinning rapidly, at this time, it was obviously too fake to say anything like you have dirt on your mouth, and I will blow it off for you. Wait, lips.
Lips, Yin Xian was stunned for a moment, and the tip of her tongue touched Duan Huanian's lips, and there was also the spicy taste of ginger and the slight sweetness of brown sugar. Thinking of this, Yin Xian's cheeks turned red.
"What's wrong, fever?" Duan Huanian was about to reach out to touch his forehead, but Yin Xian hurriedly dodged him.
"No fever, really fine, yesterday ...... Thank you, I'm fine. Then he had to break free and get up.
"Don't move."
A pair of big hands were gently placed on the back of Yin Xian's head, and she was slowly sent to Duan Huanian, and before she could say more, Duan Huanian had already closed her eyes and kissed her.
The blood rushed to the brain in an instant, and Yin Xian had no way to think about anything else, so she could only passively respond to his tongue and cooperate with his breathing.
"Teeth, don't hold against them."
His words, along with the exhaled breath, warm and gentle, hit the tip of Yin Xian's nose like this. She felt nervous and trembling, obviously facing her husband, she shouldn't be.
Slowly parting his teeth, his tongue poked in, gently testing her, not daring to exceed the rules at all, not daring to exert force at all, just licking, as if cotton was slowly melting in the mouth, numb but not annoying.
"Xian'er, I'm scared, I've never been afraid of anything when I'm so big, but when you fell down yesterday, I was really scared." He whispered in Yin Xian's ear, and the dense tenderness slowly spread from the root of the ear to the whole body. "Shall we go home?"
Yin Xian's eyes were still deep when she looked at him, but it seemed to be faintly covered with a layer of water vapor, probably because she had looked away, Yin Xian thought in her heart.
"I ......" Yin Xian didn't know how to answer for a while, so she could only lean on Duan Huanian's chest, wrap her fingers around her hair, and then quickly kissed Duan Huanian again.
Seeing this, Duan Huanian directly turned over and pressed Yin Xian under him, and leaned over to her face with a condescending smile, "You are like this, I can't help it." Thinking that Yin Xian's feet were injured, he paused, careful not to touch Yin Xian's feet, but his brows couldn't help frowning, obviously wavering and hesitating.
Yin Xian wrapped her arms around his neck at the moment, "It's okay." β
The affection was strong, and he was about to make a difference, when the door was forcibly pushed open.
"Will ...... Father! Madame is awake? The snow is light! You can ...... today" Wu Shi walked straight in, and when he saw Duan Huanian and Yin Xian under him shirtless, he couldn't help but show an embarrassed smile, "Ah, I'm busy, I'm sorry, you continue." β
Wu Shi seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact, his feet are already trembling, and he is in a cold sweat, this time it is really over, it is not as simple as going to the back kitchen to burn the fire, he may have to clean the toilet, and it may be worse to be frustrated......
The more I thought about it, the more terrifying I felt, and before Duan Huanian could speak, he had already run away and disappeared.
Yin Xian shyly pushed Duan Huanian away directly, wrapped himself in a round ball with the futon, Duan Huanian scolded Wu Shi 100,000 times in his heart, and hurriedly came to Yin Xian's side, "Madam, or we ......"
"Get out!"
The snow outside the window is not as good as yesterday, it has decreased a lot, and the wind is not biting.
Because of the cold yesterday, Duan Huanian wrapped Yin Xian in thick coats one after another, which is really not beautiful, if it has to be compared, it is like a grandmother who is afraid that her grandson will be frozen and will turn the child into a meat ball.
"I'm fine......" Yin Xian complained, only feeling that it was very difficult for her to twist her neck.
"Yo, still alive?" There was a joking voice in the courtyard, it turned out to be Yan Yan, although he was tied, but his arrogance did not necessarily subside. "It's all said, except for Qionghua in the world, dancing on the high platform is just Dong Shi's imitation."
His gaze was empty at this moment, as if he was looking at the unreachable past.
"Four years ago, she deserved the title of world-moving......"
Four years ago, the wine tasting conference, Qionghuazhuang.
The wine tasting conference was originally an alliance of winery owners, which was held every four years. At the meeting, all families will bring new wine to the banquet and taste it with the guests. The proprietor of the village will set up a banquet for three days, prepare singing and dancing music, and entertain the owners.
Four years ago, the conference was hosted by Qiong Sanniang, and it is said that Qionghuazhuang is fragrant and beautiful, and a woman dances all over the world.
This woman is Qionghua.
She was dressed in white, and the light veil fit her skin, so that the girl's graceful body was outlined in the wind, as if blending with the snow.
If it weren't for the black hair like a waterfall, ordinary people would just say that an ice sculpture beauty would set up a high platform, out of the mud without staining.
Her dance is really worthy of the scrutiny and criticism of people all over the world, moving is natural, but tempting is unexpected.
Sixteen-year-old Yan Yan, along with his father Yan Zhuang, came to the banquet. The snowflakes fell on the boy's glass, gradually melting, but the boy didn't notice that he froze in a daze, and the hand holding the glass stopped in the air.
He has seen a lot of beauties, Xiao Ai of Zhuangzi next door, and Xiao Fang, the granddaughter of his housekeeper, he thinks they are all beautiful, but after seeing Qionghua dancing, he feels that his understanding of beauty is too superficial.
Qionghuazhuang that day was extremely cold, but he felt that his blood began to erupt slightly.
The girl's smile made his heartstrings tremble, and he wanted to rush to the stage, so he knelt down under the girl's skirt, wanting to touch her hand and make sure that the dancing man was not made of jade.
I heard my father say that he participated in the conference this time to ask Qiong Sanniang for a marriage, and the marriage of the two wineries naturally does not eliminate the speculation of others, that is, it is obvious. In addition, Qionghua wine has been bought very well in recent years, and his Yan family is a winemaking family, if Qionghuazhuang can be merged with his own winery, the winery's position will be more stable, not to mention, the formula of the new wine can also be developed together.
Thinking of this, Yan Yan's brows tightened. Since he was a child, he obeyed his father's words, and he never dared to disobey his father's teachings, including his marriage to Qionghuazhuang, and he never resisted at all. However, he was somewhat shaken.
"Father, do you want me to marry Qionghua, the pearl of the owner of Qionghua Village?"
The elder next to the young man tasted Qionghua wine, sighed and admired, and after drinking more than a tael before he replied: "Yes, Wu'er don't have to think too much, I will speak for my father later, so many owners are here, seeing that my son was born so well, she Qiong Sanniang also has to sell face." β
"No, father, it's just that Yan Yan doesn't know, the girl on the stage ......"
"On stage?" Lord Yan Zhuang squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, "It's probably the art girl invited from the city, but this dance is really wonderful, Sanniang has a heart." β
The young man's heart sank, so he lowered his head, stopped talking, and persuaded himself again and again in his heart, trying to calm down.
As my father said, I have a marriage contract on my body, and thinking about other girls at the moment is disrespectful, and I can't be called a gentleman.
At the end of the drum, the girl on the high platform, dressed in white fluttering, did not feel the cold at all. Even though he is barefoot, the finishing action is still as natural and smooth as flowing water, obviously from a young age, and his skills are excellent.
Sanniang clapped her hands and climbed the high platform with her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law took a big red felt in her hand and wrapped it for the girl, which added a touch of blood to the whiteness. I have to say that the girl is really suitable for such a bright and vivid hue as red, and it makes her face beautiful and her skin like cream.
"Let me introduce to you, this is a little girl, Qionghua."
The boy couldn't sit still at once, and the taste of joy and sorrow in just a moment was a little indescribable, and he couldn't control himself, so he pounced. Everyone's eyes were attracted, and the young man felt that something was wrong, blushing, so he had to raise his hands high and clap his hands desperately. "Good...... Good! β
Master Yan Zhuang touched his beard, his eyebrows were twisted together, and he said in a low voice: "It's not embarrassing enough?" When you are full, hurry down. β
The boy lowered his head and whispered, "Yes." β
So he withdrew from the banquet in a gloomy manner.
Qionghuazhuang is located in Fentou Mountain, where snow falls in three seasons of the four seasons, so it is not easy to see the flourishing vegetation and flowers on the mountain.
Yan Yan wandered around, followed a cobblestone path, and went straight up the mountain.
There are often hardy birds frolicking on the mountain, although the grass and trees along the way are not prosperous, but they are decorated with heavy snow, as if they are wearing snow-white cotton jackets, which is also unique, but the white is really shaking and makes people's eyes hurt.
Yan Yan only rubbed his eyes, then he felt that his feet were empty, and he fell into the mud, and was about to puff up why he was so unlucky, when a girl's soft whisper came.
"You...... It's okay, poof. β
Yan Yan was the maid who slipped out, looked up, but bumped into a familiar face to him, it was Qionghua who had just danced on the stage! It's still white and red, but the difference is that I finally put on thick shoes.
Yan Yan suddenly felt that he had forgotten how to stand, and just sat there, letting his heart beat and his face turned red. He was a little afraid to look at Qionghua, but he was afraid that he would avoid his gaze and miss any expression on her face.
"Do you have a sprained foot? I'll help you take a look? After saying that, Qionghua squatted down to check Yan Yan's injuries.
Yan Yan hurriedly crawled backwards and waved his hand, "I'm fine!" It's okay! Don't come here! β
After saying this, he regretted it, why is he so stupid, don't come here, he wishes Qionghua was closer to him, why didn't this mouth obey the call, and it was not good to speak.
"Poof, I'm leaving?" Qionghua smiled and turned to make a gesture of leaving.
"Don't!"
"Why, didn't you just let me go? Now you can't bear it? Qionghua walked over, squatted beside him, and pinched Yan Yan's legs and feet with her hands, "Is it really okay?" β
"Seriously, seriously!" Yan Yan's face turned red again, he looked at the girl in front of him, and he didn't dare to come out, for fear that she was a snow-pinched doll, and she would melt as soon as she exhaled. "You...... How did you end up here? β
"The horizontal and vertical banquets are also social, stuffy panic, come and see the flowers." Qionghua turned her face sideways and pouted slightly, "What about you?" Why run out? I saw you sitting next to Uncle Yan, are you his son? β
It turned out that she had noticed herself! The young man's heart exploded with joy, but his face was still calm, lest Qionghua feel that he was a superficial and frivolous person, "Exactly, it's just that it's not enough to drink, come out and blow the wind." β
Qiong Hua couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand, "I'm sorry, I don't know, Yan Gongzi was born in a winemaking family, and three cups and two lamps won't work, poof......"
Yan Yan coughed lightly and hurriedly changed the topic, "You say, look at the flowers?" In this winter, how can there be flowers? β
"You come with me." After speaking, Yan Yan felt that his hand was being held, and then ran towards the mountain.
For a while, his brain was empty again, all he could see was the back of the girl, Qionghua had occupied his sight, and he didn't know why, so he was at her mercy.
"That's it!"
Looking at Qionghua's hand, his pupils dilated in an instant, and the fragrance of flowers was everywhere between his breathsβit was the jade-colored Qionghua all over the mountain. Yes, Qionghuazhuang, since it has this name, how can there be no flowers on the village? Moreover, Qionghua is the most cold-tolerant, and can bloom spontaneously even if it is frozen.
Elsewhere under the mountain, the flowering period of Qionghua is very short, only one month, but in this Qionghuazhuang, it can be said that it is a unique growth environment, there is no limit, let yourself be beautiful.
"Is it pretty?" Qionghua's smile was connected with the Qionghua in the mountains, and Yan Yan felt that he was a little confused.
"Good looking ......"
"Do you like it?"
"Loved it...... You. β