Chapter 13 Chongyang

These days the weather is always dark and dreary, and the dark clouds have gathered for a long time, and not even a single drop of rain can fall.

The season has reached mid-autumn, and there are two or three days on the ninth day of the ninth month of September, and all the palaces are busy making chrysanthemum wine and making basil cakes.

Making chrysanthemum wine is the custom of Danxia Mountain. The palace people believed that wearing dogwood, eating cakes made of basil, and drinking chrysanthemum wine in September could make people live longer. When the chrysanthemum is in full bloom, the stems and leaves are plucked together, and it is mixed with millet and brewed, and it is brewed on the ninth day of September of the following year, and it can be taken out and drunk at that time, so the fairies call it chrysanthemum wine.

Qixia is an idler, and has always ignored these solar term activities, and at this time she is sitting on the kang and playing with her diamond flower treasure mirror.

At first glance, this mirror is no different from an ordinary bronze mirror, but it has been some years, and the edge of the mirror has been polished to a very bright and connoisseurship. The oval mirror is inlaid with a circle of fine copper rhombic flowers on the periphery, and the rhombic pattern is also under the handle, which looks very delicate. On the back, in turn, there are eight small characters engraved side by side: Heart of the Sun and Moon, Temper Spirit. There is a small seal under the word, and after a long time, the handwriting is very blurred.

Qixia took it in her hand, recited a decision, and said: Long!

I saw that the handle of the bronze mirror suddenly became three feet long, and a quadrangular knife grew out of the diamond shape in front of the mirror. Qixia danced a few sword flowers in her hand, and said: Long!

This time, the handle was six feet long, like a sharp spear. Qixia silently gestured in the room, took in the law, and held the mirror alone in a daze.

"I said, sister, look at your baby here again! Look what my sister has sent you?! A sweet voice burst in with the sound of the curtain.

When Qixia looked up, she saw that it was Qingning.

Qing Ning smiled very beautifully, wearing an emerald green light shirt and a fragrant breeze, the head was all the same color of emerald, dotted with a few blood-red coral beads, the red beads with the jade color has a good charm.

"My sister is dressed up so beautifully today! Teach me how to dress up when I'm free! Qixia said, put down the mirror, and got up to let Qingning sit down.

Qing Ning beckoned, and Ying'er, the maid beside her, put the tray in her hand on the table. When Qixia looked at it, she saw that it was a box of basil cakes, a pot of chrysanthemum wine, and a colorful silk thread.

Qing Ning said with a smile: "I know that my sister will not prepare these, so I specially sent it to my sister to meet the occasion, this colorful silk Yingluo Chongyang is good to bring, and when the time comes, pray for longevity on the North Star, and the disease disaster can be avoided." ”

Qixia thanked again and again, took a piece of basil cake and chewed it in her mouth, only to feel slightly sweet, a fragrance of basil, soft and delicious, so she ate a few more pieces. While eating, he said vaguely: "I always eat my sister's things, and I don't have any favors for my sister, so I'm really uneasy." ”

Qing Ning said: "What's uneasy! It's all family! In the future, my sister's will be yours, what is lacking, ask my sister for it! After gossiping for a while, he saw the Linghua Baojian on the table, and said with a smile: "From time to time, my sister plays with this mirror, I don't know what the benefits of this mirror are, and my sister also makes my sister have a long experience!" ”

After hearing this, Qixia put down the cake in her hand, poured another sip of hot tea and poured it down, wiped her mouth with her sleeve, picked up the bronze mirror, and said to Qingning: "Sister, watch me demonstrate." ”

Then he recited the mantra and danced for a long or short time. At this moment, there was a thunderclap in the sky, a few lightning bolts, and it began to rain. Qixia walked to the door and hung up the curtain, took a mirror to the air, and Qing Ning looked at the scene in the mirror: it was Feng Boyu Master, Lei Gong, and Dianmu who were there to spread the rain.

Qing Ning saw it, sighed very much, and said Qixia said: "It's really a baby!" My sister has to keep it carefully, and she can't let others steal it! Such a treasure is rare to see in tens of thousands of years! "I said so, but I was very jealous in my heart, although I kept a few treasures of Danxia Mountain, but it was not my own after all, even if I wanted to use it, I had to ask the god to show it, so how can I count my own things? But this Qixia, effortlessly, God gave her such a valuable gift, did this little girl save the Great Burning Sky in her previous life? Thinking of this, I can't help but hate it in my heart.

Qing Ning was gossiping with Qixia while slowly looking at the furnishings in her room. She frowned as she watched, the house was indeed not very tidy, almost shabby.

In addition to a bed, a set of tables and chairs, there is only a large bamboo bookshelf full of all kinds of books and books; In the northeast corner, a simple style of Baibao Pavilion is placed on many clay figures, wood carvings, stones, straw weaving and other children's things; In the largest compartment above the Hundred Treasure Pavilion was a large basket of thin wicker flowers, which was filled with freshly picked wild chrysanthemums, purple, white, and orange, and the positive spirit of clustering and blooming, which seemed to be a little lively in the room; There is a windmill made of wood against the wall, it is said that it is a gift from the god to her, I heard that it was made by herself, and when she saw this Qing Ning, she couldn't help but feel pantothenic acid in her heart; Swallowing the sour water in her stomach, she saw a pair of very beautiful paper kites hanging in the corner of the west wall, which were two phoenixes, one male and one female, and the workmanship was very exquisite, and I heard that it was the craftsmanship of Red Lotus and Qixia.

Hmph, Qing Ning pursed the corners of her mouth slightly, and secretly said in her heart that these two women really tried their best to please the king! Be a male and a female two phoenixes, who is the female phoenix? is so scheming to covet the position of the Lady of the Divine Monarch! I can't take it lightly!

The taste of this painter is extremely vulgar, and looking at the cleaning up of this house, it is similar to that of a farmer. Does the Divine Monarch like such a taste for decoration? Qing Ning couldn't help but pout again.

Her palace is full of gold and exquisiteness. The flowers she uses are all carved from beautiful jade, pink and white peonies, blood-red rhododendrons, and pots with jasper, which bloom lifelike and will never wither, how can it be so cold? A broken wicker basket and a handful of wildflowers picked on the roadside, so that wild chrysanthemums that are not elegant can also be inserted in the house?

But Ziyi didn't like to go to her, on the contrary, he was a frequent visitor to Qixia's place.

The fabrics used in Qixia's house are all coarse cloth, which is with that rustic brightness and rustic blue color. Curtains, mosquito nets, bed sheets, door curtains, ••••••, only a quilt is made of muslin, but it is not silk and satin.

Qing Ning doesn't want to make the house look like this, why should he be a fairy, being a fairy is just to be comfortable and happy! Otherwise, Baba's penance has been cultivated for thousands of years, and he has to eat and wear the same degree as a rough person, so what does it mean to be a god? !

She turned her head to see that Qixia had pulled a very simple bun today, the hair under the bun was draped over her shoulders like a waterfall, and she was still wearing a pure white shirt as usual, with a silver ribbon loosely tied around her waist. Only a pair of small white jade earrings hung on his ears, but he didn't wear any jewelry other than that.

In comparison, Qing Ning felt that she was a little too gorgeous, red and green, and covered in pearls. Seeing that Qixia didn't wear makeup, she ate bread there contentedly, and she didn't have to worry about lipfat eating in her stomach. Recently, the fairies on the island have begun to fall in love with plain dresses, and when they go outside, they will meet a white-clothed waterfall haircut, and their makeup is also light. A woman like Qingning who still wears heavy makeup is really a minority.

She looked at these women coldly, and couldn't help but sneer secretly in her heart, being alone is the most beautiful, learning from other people's appearance is just to add glory to others and slap yourself in the face, do you really think that you will get the favor of the god monarch? Stupidity!

When they arrived in Chongyang for three or two days, everyone bathed in incense and sang songs by the Danshui to celebrate. The fairies and fairies are tied and entangled with colorful silk threads, and they are called 'connected ribbons', which means concentric and friendly. There are also some fairies who scoop water by the stream to wash it to uproot the evil monsters. For a while, some playful people splashed water on each other for fun, and some took the piano flute to play on the shore, and a group of fairies played songs, so it was not lively.

Qixia played around for a while, felt a little tired, and took a slow walk along the Danshui alone. It's been a long time since I've been so relaxed, and I'm so happy that I unconsciously follow the stream to the depths of Sanyin. The stream is full of wild chrysanthemums on both sides, the faint fragrance is overflowing, she smells the aroma through the nose, her heart is very happy, and she meets a few snow-white hares on the road, jumping and jumping, cute and tight, Qixia chased them and walked for several miles.

I saw a few sika deer frolicking in the water stream in the depths of the dense forest, two or three cranes pacing slowly, and a hare jumping into the hole next to the tree. Forget worries grass, wild lilies, mountain chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and there are many nail-dyed impatiens growing in the rock crevices by the mountain streams, red, bright pink, purple, all bright and so cute.

This is a place she has never been. I liked this scenery very much, but it was a little farther away, so I silently wrote down the path and decided to come more often in the future.

In the evening, a feast was held in the Danxi Palace, and the fairy children and maids carried all kinds of exquisite dishes and fruits. All the immortals on the island can come, and the hall is full of people sitting outside the hall, and they celebrate the Double Ninth Festival together with the cool breeze in September.

At the banquet, Qing Ning waved his long sleeves and danced a Yaohua dance, which was really like a frightening dragon, like a swimming dragon, and all the immortals were fascinated. After a dance, Ziyi's expressionless face also had a smile, he raised his hand to beckon Qing Ning to go over, Qing Ning walked over step by step, raised a glass of chrysanthemum wine and said: "Qing Ning wishes you to have today every year, and you will have a good life, and you will enjoy ten thousand years!" ”

Ziyi laughed and said happily: "According to what you say, I drank this cup!" You're all done! ”

The immortals sitting under the table stood up inside and out, bowed down to toast Ziyi, and said: "Fushou Kangning, enjoy ten thousand years!" ”

Qixia hated this kind of red tape the most, and every time she had a big feast, she shrank in the corner, this time she simply hid behind a big pillar, and when all the immortals stood up to toast, she fell on the desk and pretended to be drunk.

In fact, Zi Yi saw her, he was sitting on the highest place, the pillar was blocking half of her, and when she was lying on the table, a large corner of snow-white clothes was exposed. He smiled secretly in his heart, ignored it, and only pulled Qing Ning to sit beside him.

Finally, after the feast, the immortals moved to the water's edge and put the lanterns, and each person wrote their wishes in the lamp, and gently put them into the water with the lanterns made into the shape of flowers in both hands, and watched it flutter and flow into the sea, as if the wishes were also gone with it.

If you release the secret in your heart like this, you can probably achieve it faster, right?

It's better to write the secret quietly to make yourself more brisk. Watching the sparkling water send away the beautiful lanterns, those wishes also became relieved.

So everyone put it, and Ziyi also put a yellow chrysanthemum lantern.

Qixia also put a lamp, carefully wrote two words in it, and then walked to a very far place and put it into the sea.

Watching the pink lotus flower drift away with the bright candle flame, her heart was also a little shaky, and her wish was not real? It's a mystery. But everyone has many wishes, and the gods are like this, let alone mortals? It seems that if there is no wish, there is no interest in being a man, and everyone in heaven and earth has a small wish!