Chapter 38: The Red Coat
"Fit the feet, even fit the feet, not only fit the feet but also fit the heart." Du Youjia was running and jumping in the yard in new shoes, happy like a child.
"I'll sleep with it tonight." As he spoke, he scratched Cui Ranxin's little nose.
"It's good if my father-in-law likes it." Cui Ranxin squatted beside Cui Jiuan with his knees and looked at Du Youjia, who was still dancing.
"Mine?"
Cui Jiuan, who was slightly drunk next to him, was caught off guard and stretched out his hand to ask for something, Cui Ranxin whispered: "Second brother, I will give you a gift tomorrow."
After saying that, the girl ran into her stone house quickly, closed the wooden door, lowered the curtain in the door, and the bells on the curtain jingled non-stop.
When he got up in the morning, Cui Ran knocked lightly on the door next door with the long shirt he had made last night.
"Second brother?" There was no answer in the room.
"Second brother?" There was still silence in the room.
"Cui Jiu'an?" Cui Ranxin, who was waiting at the door with great anticipation, called his name loudly.
Squeak β
The young man standing inside the door was only wearing a white undershirt, his face was ruddy, his eyes were scattered, his arms were supporting the wooden door, his long posture was a little unstable, and the harsh sunlight made his eyes squint.
"Why is it all this hour?"
"Second brother, I remember that you only had one drink last night!" Cui Ranxin stretched out his hand to help the person who was not fully awake.
Hearing this, Cui Jiuan held his forehead with one hand, his face was full of embarrassment, he really didn't want to admit that his alcohol consumption was so poor, and he was actually not as good as Dr. Wan and the little girl in front of him who were laughed at by him.
"In the future, follow the teacher to practice, and ensure that you will not fall a hundred cups when you come out of the valley." The old man who walked slowly was pale-faced, hoarse, on crutches, and staggered, Cui Ranxin and Cui Jiuan looked at the person stupidly.
"Master?"
"Father-in-law?"
Both of them looked at Du Youjia in disbelief.
"What are two fools doing with such expressions?" Du Youjia's painting style changed suddenly, and he jumped forward and gave Cui Jiuan a slap.
"So you're pretending!" Cui Ranxin pulled Du Youjia, pulled his beard, and touched his wrinkles.
"The heart is good, if you drag it down, it will fall." Du Youjia protects his snow-white beard.
"Father-in-law, why are you dressed up like this?"
Faced with the girl's curiosity, Du Youjia coughed shyly.
"Ahemβ"
"Master, you have been taken advantage of, right?" Cui Jiuan leaned against the door and smiled at Du Youjia, whose old face was flushed.
"What nonsense, those ladies are just more enthusiastic." The more Du Youjia explained, the more indulgent Cui Jiuan's laughter became.
Cui Ranxin, who was confused, suddenly understood when he saw the evil smile on the young man's face, and he also laughed.
"Whoever makes his father-in-law not only good-looking, but also skilled in medicine and kind-hearted, it is normal for everyone to fall in love, but it is indeed more convenient and safer." Cui Ranxin said as she gestured with her hand to her face for wrinkles and beard.
"Little girl, my father-in-law loves you in vain, and you also make fun of your father-in-law, right?"
"Don't you dare, what about the medicine that my father-in-law asked you to prepare for me?"
Du Youjia took out a bunch of bottles and cans from the medicine box he was carrying and handed them over.
"This is gold sore medicine, this is detoxification, this can make people can't leave the toilet for a day, this drug can make people unconscious for three hours, this can make people crazy crying, laughing, laughing and spitting out the truth, this is an aphrodisiac-"
"Du has a home! What are you doing with this heart? The young man leaning against the door had a cold face when he heard this.
"Hehe, I got the wrong one, this was the last time the chief of Lijia Village and I discussed." Du Youjia hurriedly took back the bottle of medicine.
"Thank you, father-in-law." Cui Ranxin took the medicine given by Du Youjia and put it away, curiously wanting to check the bottle of medicine that Du Youjia had withdrawn, and when he touched the young man's frosty eyes, he consciously shrank back.
"Cow! Let's goβ" Du Youjia called out angrily, and the ox leaned down to let him sit upright, and slowly walked towards the forest outside the valley.
Seeing Du Youjia gone, Cui Jiuan returned to the house, Cui Ran followed in flatteringly, and opened a red coat in his hand, dark red is not bright, but it is a color that Cui Jiuan rarely wears.
Cui Jiuan looked at the red dress in the girl's hand, slightly surprised, when Cui Ranxin took a fancy to this piece of fabric, he thought he was going to make a skirt for himself, but he didn't expect it to be made for himself, just by looking at him, he knew that the length of the dress and the width of the shoulders were suitable.
"You know I've never liked to wear red." No matter how happy he was in his heart, the words that the boy said were duplicitous.
"But the one my mother made for you last year was also red, and I think you look very good."
Listening to the loss in the girl's words, Cui Jiuan took the clothes and said softly: "But what my family does is that I also wear long skirts." β
Cui Ranxin imagined that the young man was wearing a long red dress, and his satin-like black hair was scattered, and he giggled.
"Second brother, wearing a long skirt is also very beautiful." As he spoke, he helped the young man tidy up the red clothes on his body, picked up the belt hanging on the side and tied it carefully, and sure enough, his posture was elegant, and his elegance was infinite, which made people feel excited.
"Look! Hurry up and pack up, we'll leave later. Cui Jiuan turned around and went out to wash and tidy up by the clear spring outside the house, perhaps because of the hangover, and his red clothes were slightly hot.
When the two set off, Cui Jiuan put on the hat that had been discarded for a long time, and Cui Ran snatched it down dissatisfied.
"No! It doesn't match the clothes. β
"However, the master's face will cause trouble when he goes out, let alone this one." Cui Jiuan pointed his face close to Cui Ranxin and asked her to take a closer look.
"Okay." Cui Ran reluctantly brought a hat to the other party.
"Second brother, you are becoming more and more like your father-in-law." Cui Ranxin said this sentence and walked out on his own.
"Wrong, this way." The young man did not refute, but took the girl's hand and walked in the right direction.
"I suddenly miss that second brother who is as gentle as water." The girl stared at each other with bright eyes.
"People always change." Cui Jiuan knocked on the top of the girl's head, and continued to use the wooden stick in his hand to pluck the grass to open the way.
In fact, he himself knows that he has not changed, but returned to his true colors, he has never been a considerate and gentle person, at the beginning it was just to cater to his mother's preferences, so that his father who was away all the year round felt at ease, such a wanton arrogance and a little stingy person is his true appearance, but leaving this leisurely valley and returning to the restrained capital, he is still a young talent praised and praised by everyone, the eldest son of the Guogong Mansion.
The mountain road is rugged, the vines are vertical and horizontal, the dark jungle is quiet and peaceful, Cui Jiuan opened the road in front, Cui Ranxin followed closely, the two of them crossed the mountains and mountains all the way forward, the bamboo basket on Cui Ranxin's back was empty and empty, and Cui Jiuan put water and food on his back.
In fact, the Hundred Medicine Valley was less than a hundred miles away from Longquan Village, but it was difficult to walk, so when they had not yet arrived at Longquan Village, it was already twilight and sunk to dusk.
Fortunately, the mountain road ended, a large path was exposed, and the herbs in the medicinal fields on both sides were almost harvesting, but they were lifeless because of the lack of water, Cui Jiuan observed the surroundings vigilantly, and Cui Ranxin also keenly felt a trace of weirdness.