Chapter 258: A Warm Invitation
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If you are in the south of the Yangtze River, the weather has gradually warmed up in the second half of the first month, and in some places even the flowers have already bloomed, but the Falling Snow Valley is located in the north, especially since the weather is freezing at this moment, and it is snowing again on this day.
After the Lantern Festival, the lively atmosphere of the New Year finally fell silent again, and the valley seemed to return to its former calm.
also calmed down, and it seemed that there was Luo Qingxue's heart.
The old year is gone, and the old man is far away.
Winter goes to spring, and between the reciprocating cycles, people's hearts have quietly fallen silent a lot. At the beginning of another year, everything has slowly recovered in the dead of winter, and the wounds in my heart have finally begun to scab.
The valley of falling snow after the snow is full of everything.
In the Leaf Building, Luo Qingxue once again leaned against the window and stood alone, looking at the snow scene outside the house stupidly.
The wind was blowing, and the wind chimes in the corner of the house collided and made a pleasant sound, and all of them fell on the woman's lonely heart.
The wind blew in through the window, blowing on the woman's face and blowing her hair.
Luo Qingxue gently pulled the clothes on her body, and then stretched out her bare hand, as if she wanted to grab the wisp of breeze in front of her, but the wind just swirled in her palm, and soon slipped away quietly between her fingers.
She suddenly felt that her heart was empty, and suddenly, a thick, and very familiar sense of loneliness had slowly completely surrounded her.
For some reason, my heart suddenly blinked again. She smiled wryly and muttered, "Wind, I don't know where you are at this moment"?
She seemed to be facing the wind, and it was like facing the snow outside the house, and more like to herself, and she asked softly, "You say, is he okay?"
No one answered.
Who can answer a question that even she herself has no answer.
At the same time, in a small town thousands of miles east of Luoxue Valley, Yang Xiaofeng, who was originally leaning quietly in front of the window, suddenly seemed to feel something, and suddenly raised his head to look west, his burning eyes were like flames, and it seemed that even the cold of this winter day had been forced back a little.
"Brother Yang......", Lin Yuhan's soft voice sounded behind him at the right time, and said, "What are you looking at?"
Yang Xiaofeng smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing."
Outside, it was dusk, and the sun was shining.
After five days of traveling, Yang Xiaofeng and Lin Yuhan finally arrived in this town this afternoon and found an inn to live in.
This town is called Redstone Ridge, and not far from the town there is a dark red low mountain, and the mountain is full of reddish-brown rocks.
"That's Blood Moon Mountain, I don't know what will happen at tomorrow's head-pulling conference......", Lin Yuhan looked out the window and sighed: "Alas...... , I don't know if this trip to Blood Moon Mountain is a blessing or a curse."
Yang Xiaofeng said coldly: "Whether it's a blessing or a curse, since you're here, let's take a step at a time and see a step."
Lin Yuhan thought for a while, and suddenly laughed softly: "Brother Yang, have you heard of the legend of this Blood Moon Mountain?"
Yang Xiaofeng was curious: "What legend"?
Lin Yuhan slowly closed his eyes and said leisurely: "I heard that every time the moon rises, those stones on the mountain in front of you will reflect the originally bright moonlight into a faint dark red. Moreover, when the moon sets, it is reflected by the red stones, and the bright moon in the sky seems to stop on a red glow, so the people here call this mountain the mountain Xieyue Mountain. Well, this legend is very romantic, isn't it?"
Yang Xiaofeng nodded and said, "It's very romantic." But since it's Xieyue Mountain, why is it called Blood Moon Mountain now?"
Lin Yuhan immediately said angrily: "It's not all because the old monsters of the Nine Shadows have done a lot of bloody and vicious evil things after taking root on the Xiyue Mountain and founding the Nine Heterometers Gate, so this originally good Xiyue Mountain has now become the notorious Blood Moon Mountain."
Yang Xiaofeng shook his head slightly, sighed, somewhat sorry for the beautiful scenery, and suddenly wondered: "No, we have just arrived here." How did you know the legend of Xieyue Mountain, could it be that you have been here before?"
Lin Yuhan didn't answer, just smiled, then walked in front of Yang Xiaofeng's eyes and slowly turned around, and said slyly: "You understand now"?
Yang Xiaofeng didn't understand. Instead of understanding, he was completely confused, and wondered: "What do you understand"?
Lin Yuhan was speechless. Yang Xiaofeng glanced at him and said, "Don't you think that the person standing in front of you at this moment is a very good-looking girl." A beautiful girl like me, no matter where she goes, there will inevitably be men who want to come up and talk, for example, this legend about Xieyue Mountain was just told to me by the little second brother in this store. You don't know, although it's a cold day, people even asked me out to see the moon, if it weren't for the fear of freezing, I would have really go."
Hearing this, Yang Xiaofeng suddenly had a black line on his face, and said in astonishment: "Uh...... This one...... , Yuhan, can't you be humble?"
"Hehe......", Lin Yuhan was amused by Yang Xiaofeng's demeanor, and smiled lightly: "Let's go, I'll take you to a good place."
Yang Xiaofeng suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, and asked in surprise: "Go...... Where to go"?
Lin Yuhan smiled more and more, and his mood was even better, and he said playfully: "Although the little second brother's plan to ask me out to see the moon just now failed, he also asked me out to eat delicious food." I didn't want to say yes to him when he said that the yellow mutton here tasted extremely delicious, but as you know, we girls have always had little temptation for food. After thinking about it for a while, I reluctantly agreed to him, and I just happened to go with you at this time."
Yang Xiaofeng was completely speechless, and said: "People just made an appointment with you, what do you look like when you take me along."
Lin Yuhan couldn't help but say, grabbed Yang Xiaofeng's arm and said, "Then there are so many words, let's leave quickly."
Yang Xiaofeng couldn't, he was dragged out by the girl stiffly.
As soon as he went out, he saw a person waiting under the porch, and it seemed that he had been waiting for a while.
Lin Yuhan pinched Yang Xiaofeng's arm, and said with a smile: "Brother Yang, look, it's him."
Yang Xiaofeng glanced up at the other party, and saw that he was a very handsome young man, probably about the same age as himself. Seeing this, he was a little speechless.
The little second brother had been waiting a little anxiously, and when he saw Lin Yuhan coming out, he immediately stepped forward, smiled quite reservedly, and said in a low voice: "Miss Lin, you are here."
Lin Yuhan said playfully: "Xiao Tang, didn't you say that you invited me to eat, let's go."
Xiao Tang hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes, let's go, let's go."
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw Yang Xiaofeng, and suddenly said suspiciously: "Miss Lin, ...... is this son?"
Lin Yuhan was just about to speak, but Yang Xiaofeng hurriedly replied: "Brother Tang, I am Yuhan's eldest brother."
"Big brother ......", Xiao Tang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly laughed: "Hello Brother Lin, my name is Tang Yufei, and Miss Lin is a friend I just met."
Lin Yuhan smiled sweetly: "Tang Gongzi, did you just say that you asked me to dinner?"
Tang Yufei nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, I'm still worried that the girl will not appreciate the light."
Lin Yuhan glanced at Yang Xiaofeng and smiled softly: "That's the case, although the son only asked me out, but I still want to bring my eldest brother, I don't know if it's inconvenient?"
"This ......", a trace of disappointment obviously flashed on Tang Yufei's face, and he lowered his head for a while and did not answer.
Lin Yuhan smiled lightly: "If it's inconvenient, then forget it."
After that, he made a gesture to go back to the house.
Tang Yufei hurriedly stopped and said, "What did the girl say, since the eldest brother is going, I can't ask for it, why is it inconvenient to say it." Naturally, the more people there are, the more lively it is."
Lin Yuhan immediately had a smile that could sweeten the dead, and said, "That's good, that's good."
Tang Yufei could only laugh dryly.
"Brother, you see that Tang Gongzi is so enthusiastic, we can't refuse", as he spoke, Lin Yuhan grabbed Yang Xiaofeng's arm and walked out.
Tang Yufei hurriedly made a way out, made a very respectful gesture forward, and said, "Girl, please."
Yang Xiaofeng said with a bitter face: "Yuhan, since Brother Tang is kind, then you can go." It's windy and cold at night, so don't play too late. Well, I'm tired from the journey and want to rest early, so I won't go."
Lin Yuhan paused, and the hand holding Yang Xiaofeng's arm suddenly stiffened, but he didn't speak, just glanced at Tang Yufei faintly.
The smile on Tang Yufei's face also froze slightly, and then he immediately smiled and said, "Brother Lin, this is a little polite." As the saying goes, there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, it is a meeting, it is a fate, and I can meet Brother Lin and the girl in this Red Stone Ridge, what a fate, I hope that Brother Lin will not live up to my heart."
Lin Yuhan immediately answered and said, "Yes, brother, what are you polite about." Let's hurry up, I just heard Tang Gongzi say a lot of all kinds of delicious snacks in this Red Rock Town, I can't wait to taste them."
"The girl is right......", Tang Yufei pouted: "Just look at the temperament of Brother Lin and the girl, you know that your brother and sister are children of the family, presumably the family rules are strict, and Miss Lin rarely goes out on weekdays." It's hard to get out and walk around, and you must try the taste of our market, although it is not a rare thing, but it is also different from the delicious food you usually eat."
Yang Xiaofeng shook his head and said, "It's better for you to go, I'm really a little tired, so I won't go."
Tang Yufei said in a deep voice: "Brother Lin, this is not right, I finally took my sister out for a trip, why do you have to be so stubborn, I don't even accompany my sister to eat, aren't you afraid that the girl will go out alone, what if there is some accident in her life."
Yang Xiaofeng couldn't, so he had to say: "Okay, let's go together."
The three of them immediately left the inn and followed Tang Yufei all the way.
The town is very large, but fortunately, Tang Yufei is familiar with the way, and after a while, he came to the night market street where stalls are specially set up to buy and sell all kinds of snacks.
Although the weather is extremely cold, the night market is very lively at the moment. Men and women, alone or in groups, are extremely noisy and complex.
Along the way, steamed, boiled, fried, stewed, simmered, baked, all kinds of stalls are closely arranged, and there are countless kinds of ingredients in the mountains, forests, seas, fields, domestic, and wild hunting. Lin Yuhan, who had seen it earlier, was dazzled, and he was about to flow out, and he immediately couldn't wait to find a stall to sit down and have a good meal.
Unexpectedly, Tang Yufei persuaded unhurriedly: "Girl, don't worry, this is just a small stall outside, there are many people, and it is not quiet." It's so cold, so it's not too late for us to find a shop with a store inside and sit down, simmer on the fire and eat slowly."
Although Lin Yuhan was already a little anxious, when he heard Tang Yufei say this, he had to swallow his saliva secretly.
The three of them walked forward again, Yu Xiang was full of people inside, the stalls were getting tighter and tighter, and the gluttonous insects in Lin Yuhan's stomach were becoming more and more noisy, but they had to endure and slowly squeeze inside.
After walking for a long time, Tang Yufei finally stopped, and then pointed to a store in front of him and said, "This is it." Miss Lin, Brother Lin, please come with me."
In fact, there was no need for him to say it at all, Lin Yuhan had already dragged Yang Xiaofeng into the store, and Tang Yufei hurriedly followed.
The store is not big, but the décor is very elegant.
Tang Yufei beckoned the guy first and opened a small private room. Another guy came over and said, "Thank you, I don't know what the honored guest wants to eat."
Tang Yufei didn't want a recipe either, and said casually: "First serve a warm pot on the table, plus an oven." Two servings of fresh mutton, one shabu-shabu and one roast. In addition, I want a calf leg meat, a yellow dog meat, an authentic loess chicken, a pork belly, a tofu, a cabbage, a potato chip, ......".
In the increasingly bright smile of the shop guy, Tang Yufei asked for at least eighteen dishes in one breath before stopping, but asked Lin Yuhan again, "Does the girl want to add more?"
Lin Yuhan swallowed hard, and asked Yang Xiaofeng with soft eyes: "Brother, do you want to add some more vegetables?"
Yang Xiaofeng immediately shook his head and said: "Okay, okay, these dishes alone are enough for eight or nine people to eat, and aren't they all wasted?"
Lin Yuhan pursed his mouth and muttered, "Then let's have these."
"Good ......", Tang Yufei nodded, and smiled at the guy in the shop: "Then you need these dishes first, plus two jars of 20-year-old Luzhou Laojiao."
"Yes, yes, yes. A few distinguished guests will wait, and the wine and food will come soon", the shop guy laughed with him, and he retreated.
The three of them had just sat down in the private room when the food and wine were served.
Lin Yuhan was already waiting impatiently, and couldn't wait to move the chopsticks.
Yang Xiaofeng didn't even glance at the table full of wine and food, just stared at Tang Yufei directly, and said lightly: "I just heard Yuhan say that Brother Tang is a guy running a hall in this Red Stone Ridge Inn, and the monthly money is only one to two thousand yuan at most, but just now this meal cost one or two silver, which really made Brother Tang break the bank."
Tang Yufei's face froze, and then he smiled dryly: "What did Brother Lin say, if you have the fate to know a peerless beauty like Miss Lin, what is it to spend a few dollars."
As if realizing that what he said was not appropriate, he immediately laughed again: "Speak more directly, girl, don't be weird."
Lin Yuhan picked up a piece of tofu and chewed it carefully in his mouth, and after swallowing it, he smiled and said: "It's nothing, this girl is not the kind of eldest lady who is shy to answer, and she won't get angry because of a word." I'm glad you say that."
Although the words were relaxed, her hand holding the vegetables suddenly paused, but she didn't know whether it was because of Tang Yufei's answer or Yang Xiaofeng's question.
The girl's extremely subtle movements, Yang Xiaofeng and Tang Yufei didn't seem to see it.
Hearing the girl say this, Tang Yufei hurriedly said: "That's good, that's good."
"It's really good......", Yang Xiaofeng's eyes were indifferent, but the expression on his face was a little strange, he squinted slightly, and said with a faint smile: "For Yuhan, it's really nothing."
At this time, not only was the expression on his face a little strange, but what he said was even more strange. But what is he wondering about?