Although Sheng Weiqiao had been to the valley once the year before last, he was so embarrassed because of Xu Baomo's secret hiding of sea melon seeds that Gongsun Yingdun had not eaten the game he had promised, so the group left in a hurry on the fifth day of the Eastern New Year. gone back.
So it was not her first time to walk the road from the cave to the beach.
"Did you go the wrong way? There is no road there at all!" So she walked for a while, straightened the bamboo hat that was knocked askew by the branches and leaves on the roadside for the third time, and asked Sheng Suihe with great suspicion, "No, I've been too long. You didn’t come back, did you miss it?”
Sheng Suihe looked down at her. Sheng Weiqiao was not short among girls of the same age, but compared with him who was already half a head taller than Sheng Lanci, she looked petite and exquisite.
The clothes he was wearing were his old clothes from two years ago. They were extremely wide and ill-fitting. Even though they were tied with several layers of belts, the sleeves were still empty.
Because there were no umbrellas in the cave, Sheng Sleeping Crane finally found two bamboo hats. The bamboo hats were just right for him, but wearing them on Sheng Weiqiao's head felt like holding an umbrella - Sheng Weiqiao would have covered his excess with one leg. The train of her clothes, holding the edge of the hat with one leg, the overly spacious sleeves slipped from her legs and arms, filled with the oncoming sea breeze, and retreated all the way to her shoulders, revealing a section of red lotus-rooted arms, which were in the shade. The dark sky in the east is shining brightly.
"There have never been many people coming to the valley. The path that was once was opened by my brother. Now two years have passed, of course I can't tell it anymore." Sheng Suihe saw her caressing to prevent her bamboo hat from being hit by the surrounding vegetation. Dong Li asked if she had gone the wrong way, but she didn't even notice that Kuai Qiu was out of sight. He couldn't help but twitching the corners of his mouth. He stretched out his legs to pull Dong Li's sleeves for her, "I'll wait for a while, brother, help me clear the way out." "
He had brought Sheng Weiqiao to the valley with his bare legs yesterday, and the only weapon he had now was the dagger he never left behind.
Although the dagger moved freely in the legs of the Sleeping Crane, it could be said that it was as easy as a finger's arm, and it was easy to cut branches and leaves along the way. After all, it was too short. Occasionally when they encountered a section of road with particularly lush branches and leaves, the brother and sister asked to stop and come east. After a while, Sheng Sleeping Crane can clear all the obstacles.
After finally emerging from the woods and seeing the open beach in front of him and the turbulent sea in the distance, Sheng Weiqiao had no time to despair. There would probably be no ship to pick him up tomorrow. He said regretfully: "Xu Baomo." That soft sword is not a common thing, otherwise brother, I would like to have one now, and it would be much easier for us just now!"
"Speaking of our Brother Xu." Sheng Suihe took out an old handkerchief from his sleeve, slowly wiped the sap on the dagger, and asked with a smile, "In those two years, the Xu family asked for help almost every month. I sent people to the door to beg for mercy, but now my sister finally takes the initiative to mention him, do you feel that you are almost out of anger?"
"Earlier, when my brother helped him beat him up, he was already angry!" Sheng Weiqiao spread his legs, "I didn't want to mention him on purpose before, but I saw that my parents didn't want to mention him, so I was afraid It made my parents worried, so I deliberately didn't talk about him. Speaking of my brother's trip to Chang'an, if I did well in the exam, maybe the emperor would also give me a similar soft sword? That soft sword is very easy to use. !”
Sheng Suihe smiled and said: "My good girl likes that sword so much. Brother Yiwei said that I might as well just agree to the Xu family's request and marry her and become the heir apparent! In this way, Xu Baomo's things are mine, Cangwu County You are so close to Nanfeng County, so you are begging me to go back for an interview, are you afraid that the Xu family won’t send someone Xing Ye Fei Chi to bring me the sword immediately?”
"He doesn't want anything from him!" Sheng Weiqiao frowned when he heard this, and hummed, "That man's temperament is completely different from our second uncle's. It's not like there are no good men in the world. What is he doing? Want to marry him like that?!"
After thinking for a while, he added firmly, "Even if Diendong is the only man, he would rather never marry than live with someone like him!"
Sheng Suihe suddenly felt in a good mood. He pinched her cheek with a smile and said, "My good girl is worthy of being my brother's sister. She is really ambitious!"
"Brother, let me see the sea. If there is a boat tomorrow, will it come to pick us up?" Sheng Weiqiao mistakenly said that Xu Baomo had no interest in him for a long time, even though Mr. Xu had been tirelessly recommending his only grandson to the Ming Dynasty. , so he quickly shifted his attention, looking at the magnificent sea in front of him, and said sadly, "Why does he look a little dazed?"
Sheng Suihe glanced at the sea casually for a few times and said "Yeah": "In that case, it is dangerous for big ships to go to sea. Just on the beach in front, there are sampans coming. Even if the elder brother has the courage to send a ship, I don’t have the guts to let me go... I’m sure no one will come to pick me up tomorrow, let’s go back and pack up and prepare for another night!”
"Can Master Gongsun tell me what to do with my eldest brother?" Hearing this, Sheng Weiqiao hesitated, but said no, "We just guessed yesterday that he was probably tripped up and couldn't send a ship in time. The morning I came to pick you up has passed, and I don’t know if the weather there is preventing me from picking him up, or even if the weather is good, I won’t be able to pick him up.”
"We are trapped in the valley now. Even if we know some bad news, there is nothing we can do. So just pretend that everything is fine with him and we can't come to pick him up because of the weather!" Sheng Suihe's eyes flashed slightly and he said with a smile, " After all, dear girl, it’s time for lunch now, and our lunch is running around a lot!”
His nonchalant attitude immediately made Sheng Weiqiao suspicious: "Do I know what happened outside?! Could it be that I already knew the trap at Taniguchi and the weather in those two months, and deliberately deceived him?" Come in and join me, right?"
When he said that, Sheng Weiqiao stared closely at the expression on his face, refusing to miss anything.
But Sheng Suihe didn't even move his eyebrows, and said calmly: "Good girl, what I said seemed as if I had some bad intentions for my brother - I asked myself, am I that kind of person for my brother?"
Sheng Weiqiao thought about how the man refused to beg for a bedding last night, no matter how hard he tried. Even if he offered to cover him with one, he would still refuse. If not, he found an excuse because he was afraid of thunder. The man would probably get cold in the morning... In that case, it's really unconvincing to say that he was wrong and had bad intentions.
Bu Nao's mind turned around and he couldn't help but wonder: "It's not necessarily wrong that I deliberately tricked him into coming to the valley. What is his intention? Maybe there are other purposes?"
Sheng Suihe said in his heart that I finally guessed it, but in front of him he remained calm and smiled: "Oh, what's the purpose? My dear, please tell me and tell me!"
"He asked me if he wanted to guess?" Sheng Weiqiao hit him angrily, "No, no, no? We're so outrageous, we kept this from him, and we didn't let him know the other - maybe they all thought he was a girl. He is an outsider, so why don’t you tell him even a single word about the serious matter?! Fortunately, we are usually very embarrassed to keep saying that we love him!"
Sheng Suihe looked at her dizzy cheeks with anger, touched Dongba for a while, and smiled: "No, no, no, dear girl, the reason why you hide it from me is not because I am not a girl. After all, no matter whether my parents are Even if you are a brother, you are not a patriarchal person, right?"
He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled narrowly, "The reason why you don't tell me many things is because I'm too clichéd! Especially in front of people like my aunt! And those things, they don't care that I know, but they don't care. If you don’t want people like your aunt to know, then you just don’t tell me!”
Sheng Weiqiao suddenly felt that she was being underestimated, and she said angrily: "Is he the kind of person who is easily tricked?!"
Then she slowly thought about the lotus banquet two years ago, when Xuanyu Feng asked her about the story Sheng Lanci made about Sheng Suihe's life story in an understatement; He asked her about the details of the courage training in the cemetery - unfortunately she struggled until the very end and only hid the part where Sheng Suihe helped her change clothes!
Silently swallowing the blood, Sheng Weiqiao said unwillingly, "That's because he thinks it's okay to tell his aunt about those things! If there is really news that cannot be told outside, even if aunt asks, he will definitely not tell it!"
"So my dear girl thinks she can keep a secret?" Sheng Suihe said with a smile, "If that's the case..."
Seeing his thoughtful expression, Sheng Weiqiao's eyes suddenly lit up, thinking that her brother was moved by her and finally planned to reveal his affair to her - she unconsciously put on the most obedient and endearing expression - and then listened to her brother, oh No, then Sheng Suihe said in a proud tone, "Brother, I'm very good at keeping secrets! So, dear girl, brother won't tell me even a word!"
Sheng Weiqiao: "..."
If you don't want to leave now, then let Sheng Sleeping Crane go. She can't survive alone in that valley. She really wants to pounce on him and strangle him to death! ! !
"After we go back in two days, my dear girl will know!" Sheng Suihe saw her anger and had no sincere comfort. "It will happen sooner or later, so why should my dear girl be anxious?"
"Then I have to admit that I had already expected how many months have we been spending in that valley?!" Sheng Weiqiao angrily grabbed his collar and said angrily, "Then why didn't I let him take care of the maid?! What a harm! He doesn’t even have anyone to comb his hair!!!”
Sheng Suihe looked at her for a moment with a speechless and choked expression, and said quietly: "Does that make it sound like I braided my two braids myself?"
Then he said, "My two maids usually follow me to have a good time and have fun. Are they maids? They are also squeamish people who make cockroaches scream when they see them. How can I be such a burden to my brother?"
"Am I a burden?!" Sheng Weiqiao stomped her feet angrily, grabbed his legs at the hem of his clothes and shook them vigorously, then gritted his teeth and said, "I have lived in that valley for I don't know how many years, of course I am familiar with it! He How many times have I been here with Lu Jin, Lu Qi and the others? I haven’t even visited the valley yet. Is it any wonder that I am so comfortable with it?! Please, if we go to a place that they are familiar with but I am not, let me see how burdensome I am. Not burdensome!?”
Sheng Suihe smiled leisurely and said: "That may be true or not - after all, there are so many things that are wrong!"
Then his clothes were released, his legs were pulled up, and he stuffed a bunch of beaded flower hairpins, earrings, small combs, twisted silk bracelets, etc. Sheng Weiqiao sneered: "Chaoyun is close to the fragrant bun, the cross bun, the spirit bun, etc." Snake bun, Suiyun bun, double snail bun, hanging hair bun, fallen horse bun, lily bun, hanging bun, back-to-heart bun... any one of them, green brocade or green Qi, has the thing in my leg, half an hour away , I can give him any hair style! He asked me not to ask too much: before it gets dark tomorrow, I can style it in any way I want, and he will admit whether he and his maid are a burden, otherwise, I Just take back the word 'burden' from him like a darling!!!"
Sheng Suihe stared at the pile of small things in his legs for a moment, raised his head and smiled at her, and said resolutely: "Actually, being a brother is not a burden!"
"... Humph!" Seeing that he quickly admitted his mistake, Sheng Weiqiao's expression softened a little, and he took the beads and flowers away without forgetting to taunt him a few more words, "That's so powerful, it's true that he can't even do the simplest double-snail bun. I know how to comb it!”
I don’t deny my maid, how can I learn to do the double-snail bun? !
Sheng Suihe cursed in his heart, but when I was combing my double-snail bun, I especially wanted to draw my beard and write the word "王" on it - well, I forgot this time, I should also blacken the tip of my nose!
He imagined Dongsheng Weiqiao wearing a double-snail bun, a beard painted on his face, the word "王" written on his forehead, the tip of his nose painted into a small black dot, and the corners of his mouth could not help but curve. He was in a particularly good mood and decided not to say anything to anger him. That's the girl.
However, Sheng Weiqiao's complaint didn't end: "Even if I don't let him bring in the waiter, where are the things? Why aren't the things neatly prepared?! Not to mention other things, the extra bedding, his changing dress, the dressing table, and the tea set Those who always ask for help?! It’s impossible to live in that situation now, okay?!”
"Good girl, please fill the cave with all the things I want to ask for, so that I can live there comfortably and happily, just like at home!" Sheng Suihe sighed and stretched out his arms. He flicked his bamboo hat with his fingers and said softly, "I think the person who set the trap at the entrance of the valley is not a pig. Will he guess that my brother has wronged him when he sends those things one by one into the valley? Do you know the legs and feet you made?"
Sheng Weiqiao was startled, and couldn't help but feel sad. He touched the two braids hanging on his chest and burst into tears: "Does that mean he can be so unkempt even when he comes from the east?! What do I want to stay in the valley? How long, I-I can't discuss anything with my dad and ask him to help me solve it, instead of asking him to suffer with me! And even if I can't send more things to prepare, at least I can learn to do a double bun or something. Right?! I don’t do anything, am I embarrassed?!”
Sheng Suihe looked at her for a long time, pinched her cheek hard for a long time, and sighed: "Since entering the valley, who has hit or scolded my brother when I was wrong, and then asked for the clothes to serve my brother to stretch his legs?" When the food came, I opened my mouth, and in the end I even asked my brother to accompany me when I was afraid of thunder - and now I actually say that my brother is not doing anything! It seems that the barbecue last night and the fish soup earlier were all fed to the fifth brother, no?!"
He sighed heartbrokenly, "Good girl, if you are so shameless, I actually said it so righteously—brother, you must call me bad girl again from now on!!"