Chapter 40: The Fortieth Day of Reservedness. Give me a zither and a crane, and I will repay you with a jade...

"Come here and see if you like it."

Pei Yunhe stood under the warm sun and waved to Shan Yin from afar.

Shan Yin didn't realize that she was staring at Pei Yunhe in a trance. When Pei Yunhe suddenly called her, she woke up and her face started to get hot.

He walked over quickly, which aroused Pei Yunhe's concern.

"What's wrong? Are you so sun-kissed? Your face is red."

Shan Yin shook her head and said it was hard to say. Pei Yunhe had already hugged her and spread his hands in front of her forehead to shade her from the sun.

Seeing that there were outsiders in the yard, the overly intimate behavior made Dan Yin feel a little uncomfortable.

She thanked Pei Yunhe and took his hand and held it in her palm.

"Why? What did you say you like it or not?"

Pei Yunhe held Shan Yin's hand, which was as soft as a piece of silk, as soft as if it had no bones.

He raised his chin and pointed at the people busy coming in and out of the yard.

"Do you like these two magnolias?"

Shan Yin followed his gaze and noticed that the people were carrying two saplings in and out.

After the layers of wrapping were removed, two slender and tall white magnolia saplings were found in the center of the slightly moist brown new soil, stretching out gracefully. They were then moved into a newly dug pit among the flowers and plants in the yard.

The soil is loose, and the air is filled with the slightly fishy scent of grass and trees. The scent is evaporated by the sunlight and carried to the tip of the nose by the wind, making people feel excited and thrilled.

Shan Yin's eyes suddenly lit up, his pupils dilated, and a warm look appeared in his cold fox eyes.

She walked along the bluestone tiles on the path. The two plants were still new seedlings, their branches not even as high as her eyebrows. Although they had been pruned, one could still see that life was growing wildly and disorderly.

I stroked it very gently. The bark, which was gray-brown with a hint of green, showed no signs of wilting caused by transplanting. The few tender leaves slightly curled at the top stretched out lazily, and the veins were clear under the hairs. When the sunlight shone on them, they exuded a fresh vitality.

Dan Yin looked back, his eyes full of smiles.

"This is?"

"Give me a zither and a crane, and I will give you a magnolia in return."

Pei Yunhe raised his lips wantonly.

"It's for you."

He knew that she always loved flowers and plants, and liked to take care of them herself when she had free time. After all, the yard was so big, it would be nice to add two more intertwined plants.

When he thought about buying flowers and plants, the first thing that came to his mind was magnolia.

The magnolia sets her off, her new makeup makes her look like jade and radiant, a thousand white beauties surround her in the snow, if they are talking about the magnolia, isn't it her?

When these two seedlings grow tall and majestic like a canopy, and when they bloom one day - their shadows fall on the empty steps in the cold early moon, and the fragrance wafts through the courtyard in the gentle evening breeze. Magnolia and its clear and faint fragrance are everywhere. Yilanzhou will truly be Yilanzhou, isn't it beautiful?

Pei Yunhe had a plan in mind and walked to Shan Yin.

He seemed to casually outline the branches of the saplings with his fingers. Dan Yin followed his gaze and saw that there was a small and exquisite sandalwood plaque hanging at the bottom of the branches of the two saplings.

She bent down to pick them up and saw that there was a picture engraved on each of the two brown sandalwood plates. It was the same pattern of zither and crane that she designed for the seal she gave to Pei Yunhe.

When it was turned over, the other side was different. One plaque had her name engraved in seal script, while the other had Pei Yunhe's name engraved on it.

It is simple and elegant, solemn and tranquil, and has a feeling of lasting for thousands of years.

Shan Yin couldn't help but purse his lips, and after a faint smile appeared, he picked up the wooden sign and said to Pei Yunhe, "You have printed out the rubbings of the picture so quickly?"

Pei Yunhe was extremely proud. "How much effort did this take?"

The smile on Dan Yin's lips became even more intense.

She squatted down again to take a closer look at the saplings. The gardener took good care of the saplings. Even after being transplanted in May, the saplings did not seem to wilt at all.

And when I think about how they will grow in this small yard in the future, coming and going day and night, thriving.

Just like their days.

It is really lovely.

"Do you like it?" Someone next to her asked cautiously, as if he wanted her to say it before it would count.

Shan Yin was not stingy with her expression. She stood up straight, just like the two slender and tough magnolias beside her, and smiled at Pei Yunhe.

"I like it, I like it very much."

Pei Yunhe then breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression became cheerful.

Taking advantage of the good sunlight, the two did nothing else the whole morning. They waited until the gardeners had completely planted the magnolias, cleaned and looked after them, and went back and forth several times before finally feeling relieved.

Beads of sweat appeared on the tip of Shan Yin's nose. Pei Yunhe wiped them off carefully and coaxed her to go in and rest quickly, fearing that she would be tired and sunburned.

Shan Yin was still looking at the yard. The bluestone paths were winding and intertwined, with flowers and plants growing on both sides. At the intersection, there were two graceful magnolias standing. There was a little empty space next to them, which was really warm and cozy.

Pei Yunhe also followed her gaze and rubbed his chin with his index finger. "It will look even better when the tree grows and blooms. It just feels a little empty."

"It's not necessary for everything to be perfect." Shan Yin responded casually, and suddenly remembered something and said, "Pei Yunhe, but I don't know how to grow magnolia."

She turned to him, her eyes full of emotion, unable to hide her confusion.

It would be fine for her to just take care of some hardy flowers and plants in pots, but when it comes to planting trees, she really has neither the experience nor the talent.

The two magnolias in front of me look full of vitality. In Pei Yunhe's words, they are still baby trees, and their future is promising.

It would be a pity if he died in their yard.

Her brows furrowed and the corners of her lips turned down.

Pei Yunhe felt very distressed when he saw this.

"Don't worry, I'm still here if you can't raise one."

Shan Yin's eyes widened immediately. "Can you grow magnolia?"

"That won't happen."

Pei Yunhe looked at the two saplings and touched the back of his head.

"But it shouldn't be difficult. I asked them for a maintenance guide. I'll study it later and make sure it's well taken care of for you."

Too.

After hearing Pei Yunhe's words, Shan Yin felt much more relieved.

"You learn quickly, so growing two trees is no problem for you." Shan Yin said.

Pei Yunhe raised his eyebrows, accepted it happily but still said: "Why are you praising me for no reason?"

Shan Yin shook his head: "This is the truth."

She and Pei Yunhe have been together for such a long time. He is smart and wise. He can manage a group as big as Xiaohan and always arrange the daily trivial matters properly.

And no matter whether he is good at it or not, he learns things quickly.

"Unlike me, I learn slowly and have a poor memory if I'm not interested in it."

"Why are you so slow to learn and have such a bad memory?" Pei Yunhe didn't like Shan Yin's self-deprecation. He glared at her and said sternly, "If you have a bad memory, how come you can recite those famous poems and other literature and history books so fluently?"

That's true.

Shan Yin suddenly looked up in surprise: "But how did you know?"

She had never talked about these things in front of Pei Yunhe. She had memorized few poems and had never talked about literature and history.

Liberal arts, those were things she learned in school, and she hadn't touched them for many years.

Pei Yunhe was suddenly speechless.

He almost let the cat out of the bag because he spoke too quickly.

Of course, I learned this when I was studying with Shan Yin.

But now Shan Yin blinked, looking at him in surprise and confusion. His heart was pounding like a sinner awaiting trial, feeling both excited and afraid. He was nervous about whether this humble and regretful affair of his would really be exposed in front of his lover.

Fortunately, a breeze blew by, and the willow catkins by the lake were blown in front of Shan Yin. She blinked and reached out to brush them away. Her burning eyes were hidden, and Pei Yunhe breathed a sigh of relief.

She probably didn't think about it that way.

Pei Yunhe frowned, not feeling disappointed nor happy. He smiled faintly and said jokingly, "Of course I can see it. You look like someone who values ​​literature over science and loves poetry."

Shan Yin suddenly opened his mouth wide, then closed it again and muttered, "Then you have good eyesight."

"Is that so?" Pei Yunhe dribbled past it.

But unexpectedly, Dan Yin nodded, and suddenly started talking, starting with the past.

"I was severely biased in my studies when I was in school. I seem to remember it was most obvious when I transferred from Yunsu to Nanqiao because of family matters and the difference in teaching."

She walked over, picked up the yellow-green tender leaves of the sapling with her slender white fingertips, and recalled her youthful years just like these tender leaves.

"Chinese is okay. Fortunately, I have a good foundation and I'm interested, so I can keep up. But math and English are not so good, especially math..."

She blushed and didn't dare to say it. She vaguely remembered that she had gotten single-digit scores in exams when she first came.

Pei Yunhe naturally knew all this, but when he saw the blush on Shan Yinxue's skin, it was just like the peonies blooming in the yard.

He couldn't bear it any longer and quickly said, "What's the big deal? You have your advantages too."

Shan Yin lowered his eyelashes, "When it comes to studying, it's never good to be too biased."

Otherwise, it wouldn't be so difficult for her to pick up economics and finance subjects again.

However, it is really useless to belittle yourself. If you are lagging behind in certain areas, then you should work harder to catch up.

She sighed, picked up her colors again, and stroked the tender leaves on the branches as if to encourage herself.

"Thank you for encouraging me, too."

"It's okay..."

"Come to think of it, if it weren't for the mutual support among my teachers and classmates, I'm afraid I would never have caught up with my grades." Shan Yin smiled faintly, "I'm quite grateful, but I don't know who the classmate who encouraged me back then was."

Pei Yunhe's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly looked into the colorful halo around Shan Yin that was reflected by the sunlight.

He remembered that Shan Yin had just arrived at the school not long ago, and the climate was even hotter than it is now. The autumn heat came and went, and it was sunny for several days. The cicadas that refused to rest chirped on the tree bark all day long, which was very annoying.

He was young and full of energy. He refused to sit in the classroom and read during lunch break. He couldn't sleep well lying down anyway, so he simply called Meng Chuan in advance to go to the area in charge of the class to do cleaning duty.

Meng Chuan was woken up from his dream by him. His hands and feet were out of control and he dozed off under the shade of the trees with sleepy eyes.

Pei Yunhe picked up a broom and said to him, "Move aside, you are not doing any work but blocking the road."

Meng Chuan opened his eyes a little and glared at Pei Yunhe: "Who on duty is as active as you?"

"It has to be done, so it's better to do it early. After self-study in the evening, you can go home earlier."

"What are you going back for? You're lazy at home all day, and you don't respond when I ask you to go out and play. Don't tell me you're really studying at home."

Meng Chuan perked up when he said this, opened his eyes, sat up straight, and hated himself for not being like this.

"Everyone knows that you, Young Master He, are incredibly talented and have a photographic memory. You don't even need to learn that knowledge; it just flows into your head!"

Pei Yunhe retorted, "If you had climbed fewer trees and caught fewer birds when you were a child, then all that knowledge would be flooding into your head now."

"Well, I need some wonderful childhood memories instead of these formulas and numbers."

Having said that, Meng Chuan was not the kind of person who would really do anything stupid. After hearing Pei Yunhe's glare, he stood up with a broom and started cleaning.

This area is the public duty area allocated by the school to their class. It is not close to the circular teaching building where they are located. It is next to a garden and an old teaching building that has been converted into a warehouse.

In August and September, camphor tree seeds and some branches and leaves fell all over the ground. Although it was not difficult for the two people to clean up with bamboo brooms, the area was large and it took some time to sweep it all over.

Meng Chuan only had a few minutes of patience. After sweeping for a while, he sat down on the ground. Then he saw the cicadas chirping in the tree and felt itchy.

Seeing Pei Yunhe finishing work and walking towards him, he put his arm on Pei Yunhe's shoulder and said, "It's been a long time since I last climbed. Let's have a competition, buddy?"

Pei Yunhe was disgusted. How old is he? "Who wants to compete with you?"

Meng Chuan thought Pei Yunhe was boring, so he found a tree and started to get ready.

He stared for a long time, as if he had made sufficient preparations, which made Pei Yunhe stand under the tree leisurely.

But he didn't climb up for a long time, and there was no sound at all, as if he was stunned.

Pei Yunhe was wondering when he suddenly saw Meng Chuan turning around with a timid look on his face.

"Ahe, did you hear any strange noises?"

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The author has something to say: Thinking about He Zong and Yin Yin in their youth, I feel they are also very cute [starry eyes]

Chapters 41 and 42 are memories of high school, and chapters 43 and 44 contain some memories, telling about someone doing good deeds without leaving their name. If you don’t like it, you can skip it and don’t buy it.