Although Shimen Town is called a town, its scale is indeed quite large. It is almost as big as a small county town. Because it is close to the traffic hub of the official road, it has promoted local commerce and attracted a lot of people to move in. Therefore, after so many years of expansion and settlement, more and more people have settled in the area, and the local area has naturally become more prosperous and lively.
Every household in the town came to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival. For a while, the center of the town was packed with people and seemed a bit crowded.
After the disciples of the Qianyu Sect gathered in a nearby street, they still went to the lantern festival in small groups, but they would not be too far away from each other, so as not to waste time searching for each other when they returned to the mountain.
Shao Xi and the others squeezed in and out of the crowd, looking here and there. As they walked, Lao Wu, Wu Qiu'er and Su Ying were squeezed away, leaving only Luan Xiu and Shao. Xi walked alone.
Shao Xi didn't care. Luan Xiu actually found out that she and Su Ying were separated early, but she didn't start looking for them. For her, this was a rare opportunity to be alone with Shao Xi, and she was secretly grateful.
At this time, her mind was no longer on watching the lanterns, but she had been carefully squeezing around Shao Xi, lest she and Shao Xi would also be squeezed away.
The two of them wandered around and came to a calligraphy and painting stall. This was a place where some literati took advantage of the festival to write poems and showcase their talents.
The owner of the stall is very good at business and provides the Four Treasures of the Study for people to use. Any scholar or scholar who is willing to write here only needs to pay a pen of paper and ink. The written things can be left here for display. You can take it away by yourself.
Although there are not many guests, there are indeed some who came to Yaxing for a while and would like to write a few words here. Firstly, it is to add fun to the festival, and secondly, some people also want to please the women around them.
Originally, Shao Xi didn't pay much attention when he passed by this place, but who knew that Luan Xiu was interested.
So he pulled Shao Xi's sleeve and whispered: "Brother, today is the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a time for thousands of families to reunite. You and I are destined to be classmates. In a few days, you will leave. I'm afraid it will be difficult to spend time together in the future." On the day of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, can you leave a few words here as a souvenir for my junior sister?"
Shao Xi naturally knew what Luan Xiu was thinking. Although he only had a friendship with Luan Xiu, and at most a brother-sister relationship, he couldn't stop others from liking him, right?
Besides, Luan Xiu's request wasn't too much. He just wanted to leave her in his thoughts, so he couldn't be too unreasonable.
So Shao Xi happily agreed, and the two came to the calligraphy and painting stall. The owner of the stall looked very enthusiastic when he saw a boy and a girl coming. In his opinion, it was normal for men and women to express their feelings to each other through poetry. .
So he stretched out a finger, which meant writing one penny at a time. Unexpectedly, Shao Xi raised his hand and threw him a tael of silver. The stall owner was stunned and asked, "Whose rich young man is this?" I actually got a reward of one or two for writing a few words. Today’s stall is really a bargain!
The boss quickly put on a smile, turned around and took out the fine gold-sprinkled paper, Zihao pen and Songyan ink from the wooden box behind him. He also took out a fine stone inkstone and grinded the ink specially for Shao Xi. The Hao pen was dipped in ink, licked the tip, and handed it to Shao Xi respectfully with both hands.
Shao Xi took the pen and glanced at the pot of daisies next to the stall. Without thinking too much, he raised his hand and wrote on the gold-sprinkled paper:
The golden autumn moon half fills the courtyard with light,
The young chrysanthemums picked by crisp hands are yellow.
Chang'e chases the Jade Rabbit in Guanghan,
Holding the ax and leaning on the osmanthus, Wu Gang slept.
After finishing writing, Shao Xi returned the pen to his boss, took the gold-sprinkled paper on which he had written the poem and shook it in his hand. After the ink was dry, he handed it to Luan Xiu.
Luan Xiu held the poem in her hands and recited it softly twice, untied a thin ribbon from her wrist, rolled up the gold-sprinkled paper and tied it, and carefully put it away in her small and exquisite shoulder bag. among.
After putting it away, he raised his head and looked at Shao Xi with tender eyes. For a moment, he felt a little embarrassed about Shao Xi. He secretly wondered if this girl had misunderstood? But it’s hard to explain.
The owner of the calligraphy and painting stall on the side mistakenly thought that the two people in front of him were a young couple, so he raised his hands and blessed them: "The two talented men and beautiful women are truly a pair made in heaven. I wish you two hearts to be in love, to be together forever, to grow old together, and to have children and grandchildren." Full house.”
When Shao Xi heard this, he was like, good guy! You talk all the time, setting up a calligraphy and painting stall here is really unworthy of your talent. You should work as a master of ceremonies at a wedding company.
But where are you talking about? What kind of mess are you just messing around with?
Although she was a little dissatisfied, looking at the red-faced Luan Xiu next to her, she couldn't explain much, so as not to make her feel even more embarrassed, so she thanked her and pulled Luan Xiu away quickly.
She said in her heart, stay away from him quickly. In just a short time, we have spent a long time together and have children and grandchildren. If we stay here any longer, we will have to live in the same quilt and die in the same acupuncture point?
When you encounter such a big-mouthed person who does bad things with good intentions and is full of good intentions, it doesn't matter whether you blame him or not, you'd better stay away from him.
After Shao Xi took Luan Xiu out for a while, he looked back and saw that Luan Xiu's face was even redder than before, as if she had drunk a jar of old wine.
When he lowered his head again, he realized that he had been holding Luan Xiu's hand. At this time, Shao Xi could feel that the soft little hands were slightly moist. It was obvious that he was so nervous that his palms were sweating.
Realizing that he was rude, Shao Xi quickly let go of his hand and apologized to Luan Xiu.
It was okay if he didn't apologize. When he apologized, Luan Xiu's face turned red even harder, and a slight sweat broke out on his forehead.
Ever since she was a child, no man has ever held her hand. These days, when Shao Xi teaches her martial arts, although their hands occasionally touch, they always leave after the slightest touch, and they never break the rules.
Shao Xi held her hand in his hand so truly for so long that Luan Xiu felt the strength of a man's broad hand and the warmth in his hand for the first time in her life.
In the modern world, it is very common to hold hands with girls, but after Shao Xi traveled through so many years, he gradually began to follow ancient etiquette.
Although the Jingyuan Dynasty was open-minded and did not have many restrictions on women, the skin-to-skin intimacy between men and women was still relatively sensitive.
Although it is not to the extent of marrying someone back just by holding hands, the man and woman holding hands must at least be in love or have a very close relationship.
Although Shao Xi and Luan Xiu are from the same school now, they are not biological brothers and sisters after all. Running around holding hands like this on the street does seem a bit too close.
Although it was Shao Xi's unintentional move, it was like dropping a stone into Luan Xiu's heart. Who knows how long it will take for the ripples it caused to dissipate?
Facing Luan Xiu, Shao Xi scratched his head. He didn't know how to explain it for a moment, or even whether he should explain it. At this time, he only had an embarrassed look on his face.
Luan Xiu couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw that Shao Xi, who was usually high-spirited and unrestrained, was also at a loss.
She finally found a balance with Shao Xi on one thing. It turned out that he was not much braver than she was when it came to this matter between men and women.
Although she is full of admiration for Shao Xi in her heart, Luan Xiu also knows very well that Shao Xi is young and promising, and his future will be limitless. One day, he will become a being that is looked up to by the entire martial arts world and even the entire world, while he is just a An ordinary little girl on Lingyu Mountain.
Although she is the head of Qianyu Sect, she feels incomparably insignificant in front of Shao Xi. She is not worthy of this martial arts prodigy who will be admired by thousands of people in the future. The gap between herself and him is really too big. Got it!
It is extremely lucky to be able to become a fellow disciple with him in this life, and we should be satisfied.
Shao Xi saw Luan Xiu staring at him, and he didn't know what she was thinking. He just hoped that this girl wouldn't misunderstand him.
So he said to Luan Xiu with nothing to say: "Let's go! Let's buy some Mid-Autumn Festival cakes and take them back to honor the uncles, lest they say we only play for fun and forget them all."
Luan Xiu showed her sweet smile again, which was full of happiness and satisfaction.
For her, being able to spend such a time with Shao Xi was the happiest thing in her life, so she nodded obediently and took Shao Xi's arm to continue walking forward.
After the two of them bought the cakes, they realized that they couldn't enjoy the lantern festival without carrying the big and small bags, so they found a big tree in a place with few people, and the two of them sat under the tree and ate the cakes.
Fortunately, I bought enough, otherwise my previous talk of being filial to my uncles would have been empty talk.
The two of us sat together under the tree, and I ate a whole bag of cakes one by one. Luan Xiu stuffed the last piece of cake into his mouth and clapped his hands, feeling that he was full.
After taking the water bag from Shao Xi, she raised her head and took a few sips before handing it back. Looking at the swarms of lanterns and the crowded crowd in the distance, Luan Xiu sighed softly.
He reached out and took out a small, exquisite and beautifully made sachet from his small satchel, and stuffed it directly into Shao Xi's hand.
Shao Xi looked at the sachet in his hand and was stunned for a moment.
Can this thing be given away casually?
Generally speaking, sachets are gifts given by women as tokens of love to men. Could it be that this girl really misunderstood her and thought he was interested in her?
"Senior brother, don't think too much. I know you just regard me as your sister. I also know that you can't force this kind of thing. No matter whether you have any intention for me or not, you can't stop me from liking you. There's nothing wrong with giving you this sachet. special meaning.
"This sachet contains the unique Phoenix Feather Grass on Lingyu Mountain. Each one takes a hundred years to mature. I made the only mature one into this sachet. You can take it with you." Be around!
"Even if you don't practice Yungong, it will naturally nourish your Qihai. It is an excellent quality for improving your internal strength. Now I am giving it to you. I hope that I will also play a part in your becoming the sage of martial arts in the future."
When Luan Xiu said these words, her eyes were still looking at the crowd in the distance, but Shao Xi could vaguely see the glint of tears in her eyes.
