The second day is the fifth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival. Liu Qinghuan sat alone in the attic of the inner hall to enjoy the cool air. There was some food on the table, but Liu Qinghuan didn't have any appetite, so she just stared into the distance through the curtain in a daze.
Xue Mu went up to the attic, walked to the bed and sat down next to her: "Qingqing."
He suddenly yelled, so frightened that Liu Qinghuan almost threw the round fan in his hand. Seeing her face, Xue Mu couldn't help laughing, he smiled for a while, and then asked: "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, why don't you go to the boat race?"
Liu Qinghuan glanced at him, and replied: "It's hot, I don't want to move." She didn't forget to complain, "Summer is really annoying."
Xue Mu thought for a while and asked, "Qingqing doesn't like Xia Tian?"
"I don't like it." As he spoke, he asked Xue Mu subconsciously, "What about you?"
Xue Mudao: "I don't like winter the most."
winter? Liu Qinghuan raised her eyebrows, the winter in Chang'an is not very cold, it is much cuter than summer. She blinked and asked again: "Then which season do you like the most?"
Xue Mu looked at her for a while, then suddenly smiled: "It's also winter."
In the winter of the 22nd year of Tianzheng, he met Liu Qinghuan for the first time.
That year he was six years old and Liu Qinghuan was three years old.
At that time, his father was often not at home, and Liu Shilang's wife was afraid that his mother would be lonely at home, so she often invited her to the Shilang's mansion as a guest. That day when the snow fell, Xue Mu finally couldn't help but sneaked out to play in the yard after listening to them talking about the Meidai sachet in the room for a long while.
After the heavy snowfall, the courtyard was covered with snow. It was the first time for Xue Mu to come to Shi Lang's mansion, and he didn't know the way. He could only vaguely hear the sound of children playing in front of him, so he followed the sound.
There are three children playing snowball fights in the yard. Dividing three people into two groups was uneven, not to mention that there was a six or seven-year-old boy on one side, and a small group on the opposite side had been beaten to the point of being helpless.
Xiaotuanzi tripped over himself, fell to the ground, and began to cry: "Elder Sister and Second Sister, you bully me together, I'm going to tell Mother!" Although she said she was going to tell Mother, she still Lai lay motionless on the ground.
Phew!
A snowball hit her head accurately, and the snowflakes flew all of a sudden. The sudden change interrupted Xiaotuanzi's crying, and she was stunned for a while, until she saw a child about her age clapping and applauding, and then burst into tears.
The sound of "Wow -" was earth-shattering.
Xue Mu couldn't stand it anymore, Xue Muyi was filled with indignation, how could they bully people like this!
He walked to Xiaotuanzi's side, helped her up from the snow, and comforted her crying little face, "Don't cry, Xiaotuanzi, I will avenge you."
The two people on the opposite side didn't understand who this beautiful boy who suddenly appeared was, but the other party had already rolled up two round snowballs and threw them straight at them.
With two snorts, snowflakes bloomed on the clothes of the two of them.
"Hahahahaha! Second sister is so stupid!" Xiaotuanzi seemed to have forgotten the pain just now, and applauded desperately for Xue Mu.
The second sister who was named and called stupid immediately blushed, quickly rolled up a snowball, and threw it towards Xue Mu unceremoniously. Although Xue Mu is only six years old, he has already practiced martial arts with his father. He may not be able to dodge hidden weapons on the battlefield, but dodging a snowball is not a problem at all.
Seeing that she missed a shot, the second sister bent down to wrap another snowball. But before she finished wrapping, Xueqiu from Xue Mu's side greeted her again.
In the end, the eldest sister and the second sister joined forces and were defeated by Xue Mu, and they were finally beaten until they burst into tears.
The crying in the yard attracted the adults, Mrs. Shi Lang glanced at the baby girl who was crying in the yard, and hurried up to ask. The second sister added more embellishments, and Ning pulled Xue Mu over to teach him: "You are a man, how can you bully a little girl?"
Xue Mu pursed his lips and said, "They were the ones who bullied Xiaotuanzi first."
Xiaotuanzi immediately went over and complained to his mother: "Look, mother, her forehead is blue, it was the second sister who beat her!"
The servant's wife was a little dumbfounded, these three daughters really did not let her worry.
When leaving the servant's mansion, Xue Mu looked back at the little girl wrapped in a ball, pulled his mother's sleeve and said: "Mother, I like that little dumpling."
Xiaotuanzi suddenly waved at him as if he had sensed it, and shouted to him: "My name is not Xiaotuanzi, my name is Liu Qinghuan—"
"Master Hou?" Liu Qinghuan's slender fingers waved in front of Xue Mu's eyes, why did this person start to be dazed while chatting
Xue Mu came back to his senses, with a smile on his lips, he held Liu Qinghuan's hand and asked, "Do you remember when we first met?"
Liu Qinghuan: "..."
Why did she suddenly have to take this test... If she couldn't remember the answer, would she be punched to death like a parachutist
Seeing that Liu Qinghuan didn't answer, Xue Mu lowered his eyes, took out a multicolored life extension thread from his bosom, and smiled at Liu Qinghuan: "Qingqing, let me put it on for you, okay?"
The continuation of life is the most common thing people wear during the Dragon Boat Festival. It can protect people from being caught by evil spirits, and it also has the meaning of praying for a long life. Liu Qinghuan watched Xue Mu wrap the long five-color silk thread around her hand, but her eyes gradually darkened.
After Xue Mu wrapped it up, she seemed very satisfied, Liu Qinghuan looked up at him and said, "I should have wrapped the life-continuing thread for Lord Hou."
Xue Mu smiled and said, "It's the same."
He sat with Liu Qinghuan on the attic for a while, and Nian Tang came up and said that the emperor summoned Xue Mu to enter the palace.
It was the Dragon Boat Festival, and the officials of the frontier tributed a lot of gold, silver, silk, satin, food and special products to the emperor. The emperor asked Xue Mu to come to the palace to meet the envoy, and rewarded him with a lot of things along the way. When Xue Mu returned to Hou Mansion, Nuo Yan was waiting outside.
The servants moved in the things rewarded by the emperor, and Xue Mu asked Nuo Yan, "What's the matter?"
Nuo Yan said: "Tang Zibo asks to see you."
Xue Mu narrowed his eyes, Tang Zibo.
"Did he say anything?"
"It's said that it's the Dragon Boat Festival to visit Lord Hou."
"Heh." Xue Mu smiled and asked, "What about others?"
"You were not at the house when you came here just now, I sent him back, maybe he will come back later."
Xue Mu thought for a while, then asked, "Where's Qingqing?"
Nuo Yan replied: "Madam has been enjoying the cool in the attic."
Xue Mu didn't say anything, and entered the mansion. After a while, as expected, another servant came to report, saying that it was Tang Zibo who asked to see him.
Xue Mu asked someone to lead him to the main hall, Nuo Yan and Peng Peng also stood aside.
Tang Zibo's temperament is elegant, but he is a bit more sophisticated than ordinary scholars, but Xue Mu can tell that he knows martial arts, and his martial arts is not weak.
Since it's called a visit, of course we can't come empty-handed. The servants behind Tang Zibo carried a lot of things, among which wine was the most. He glanced at Xue Mu who was sitting in the main hall, and said with a smile, "I've always heard about Lord Hou's wedding wine, these are famous wines from various places, and the Lingnan Lingxi that I brought back from Lingnan specially, I hope Lord Hou will accept it with a smile. "
Xue Mudao: "I don't have much friendship with brother Guangyuan, how dare I accept such a generous gift."
If ordinary people heard Xue Mu's refusal, they would definitely leave in despair, but Tang Zibo is not an ordinary person, he has a thick skin.
"Master Hou is laughing at you. It's just a few jars of wine, not a big gift." He looked at Xue Mu, smiled and asked, "I wonder how Madam is doing?"