Floating Light for Three Thousand Li

She is a snail, and also a bookworm. Carrying three donkeys and a dozen boxes of books, she traveled everywhere, from south to north, from west to east. Eventually, she exhausted all her savings to...

Chapter 36 Thirty-Six Slashes

Snow falls on the green lake, and the glass cups are covered.

When boiling water is poured into the cup, the flowery flowers float up and are set against the backdrop of the green tea soup, just like a mustard seed, a world.

The fragrance of tea dispelled the coldness, dissolved the snow, and fell into the eyes of the two people, creating wisps of floating light.

Xu Jiang took the tea, admired it for a moment, and then took a sip.

"how?"

"The aroma is fragrant and sweet after a while." Xu Jiang took another sip and said with a smile, "But you came all the way here, and you're using my tea to treat me. Isn't that a bit stingy, Master Lou?"

Lou Yunchun had a smile in his eyes and let her joke around.

Xu Jiang then interrogated him, "Did you eat all the things Mr. Lou found from me?"

She reached out to touch his chest, but he caught her hand.

Lou Yunchun asked softly, "Would you like some pears?"

Thinking of the big, sweet pear, Xu Jiang swallowed and said, "I want to eat it."

Lou Yunchun pulled her up and went to the backyard through the small door. Xu Jiang happened to look up and saw that he had a smile on his face.

Are you so happy?

The two came to the backyard and found that the several rows of fruits and vegetables they had planted earlier had been harvested, revealing bare soil.

"What are you going to plant next year?"

"What do you like to eat?"

Xu Jiang's heart felt as if it had been tickled by a goose feather, and it trembled slightly. She had read many poems about vows of love stronger than gold, but at this moment, none of them sounded as moving as this one.

"Eggplant, rapeseed, cucumber."

"good."

Xu Jiang held Lou Yunchun's hand in return. He was slightly stunned and held her hand even tighter.

When they reached the tree, Xu Jiang looked up and couldn't help but smile. She wondered if someone had put cloth bags over the pears, fearing they would freeze to death.

"These are all left for you." Lou Yunchun let go of her, took out a net bag from behind the tree, pointed at the big ones and picked two.

He opened the cloth bag, took out a handkerchief from his bosom, wiped it clean and handed it to her, but Xu Jiang took his hand and took a bite of the pear belly.

"So sweet." The pear pressed by the snow was sweeter than before. Xu Jiang squinted his eyes while biting it.

Lou Yunchun swallowed his saliva and couldn't help but take a bite of the pear belly.

It is indeed sweet.

They took turns eating a pear, finishing it. Xu Jiang saw that he still had one in his arms, so she asked, "You still have one? Why do you want to eat mine?"

Lou Yunchun didn't answer, but wiped the other pear clean and fed it to her mouth, "Do you want to eat more?"

Xu Jiang noticed a hint of red on the tip of his ear and pretended to take it and bite it herself.

When Lou Yunchun saw her take the pear, he felt disappointed, but then he saw Xu Jiang turn her hand and put the pear in front of him again.

Lou Yunchun stared at her cunning eyes, his heart beating fast. He stared at the pear for a while, then lowered his head and pecked her fingers that were touching the pear.

Xu Jiang was so frightened that she let go of the pear, which slipped from her hand and hit Lou Yunchun's instep with a "bang".

That pear is quite big.

Xu Jiang stared at the pear rolling aside in a daze. Then he looked at Lou Yunchun, only to see that he was frowning, obviously hurt by the impact.

Don't laugh, Xu Jiang warned herself.

"Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt."

Xu Jiang saw him shrink his feet, and finally couldn't stop, and laughed out loud.

Lou Yunchun was so angry that he wanted to pull her over.

She dodged and bumped into the pear tree. The pears that should have been picked long ago were shaken and could no longer hang on, so they fell towards the two of them.

The two picked up the pears on the ground one by one. Xu Jiang took a look and found that many of them were broken. Fortunately, they were all covered with cloth bags and were not covered with dust.

"These pears are sweet, perfect for making sugar water. It's not a waste."

"I'll have it delivered to the bookstore later."

"good."

After sorting the pears by quality, Xu Jiang clapped her hands and went to look at Lou Yunchun again. Seeing that he was still holding his forehead, she asked, "Does it still hurt?"

Lou Yunchun shook his head.

Xu Jiang pulled his hand down, only to see a bump the size of a walnut appear on his forehead.

She was both amused and distressed.

Lou Yunchun protected her, and half of the falling pears hit his head. He didn't see anything wrong at first, but now it has a swellup.

"Next time if the pears are ripe, pick them. If you hit them a few more times, they'll become stupid."

"Then you should come earlier next time."

"good."

The slightest bit of uneasiness in Xu Jiang's heart was wiped out by the pear. She smiled and rubbed the bump on his head.

Yinyin saw the time and decided it was time to go and pay her respects to the lady, so she went to call for help. When she reached the small door, she saw the two men standing close together, so she coughed lightly, and they quickly separated.

Lou Yunchun also knew that the time had come, so he asked Yinyin to take Xu Jiang to the back house first, and he would go there later.

Xu Jiang asked him to apply a compress on the bump on his forehead, and when he nodded in agreement, she left with Yin Yin.

"What's wrong with the master's head?"

"I was hit by a pear."

Yinyin burst out laughing, then quickly covered her mouth and whispered, "I don't know what's wrong with our young master lately. He always makes mistakes."

"oh?"

"That day, when I came back from Liquanfang, I stayed up late and wandered around the yard. I stepped on air and fell into the water, and I almost caught a cold. The night before last, I was already at the door when I fell off my horse. Today, I got hit on the head by a pear. You said the pear was sitting perfectly still on the tree. I went to check on it every day, and I didn't see it being hit. Why did it hit him? I wonder if he's offended some mischievous spirit, and it's playing a trick on him."

After hearing this, Xu Jiang laughed so hard that she fell backwards. As she laughed, she felt a sweetness in her heart, which she thought was... because she had eaten the pear.

While chatting and laughing, the two of them walked through the waterside pavilion, came out of the stone cave, and passed through a corridor before arriving at the second gate. Inside the gate was the back house, where they lived, sat and slept.

As soon as they entered the second gate, the noise of people became lively. The two passed through the corridor and entered a square courtyard.

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