Chapter 40 Couple Sachet

Be attentive.

Wen Qingheng said this when he was drunk, and now Master Zhang also said this.

Pei Jian couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

On the first Chinese Valentine's Day after meeting Nianxi, he made time to pick her up on time to go out and see the lanterns. However, two streets away from the West Market, the streets were already crowded with cars and horses, and the streets were filled with beautiful things. There were crowds of people on both sides, and it was noisy and bustling.

He really doesn't like this kind of hustle and bustle.

He was also afraid that Nianxi would be squeezed by others, so he tried his best to protect her and move her forward.

Nian Xi knew him well, and said sympathetically, "The lanterns are actually not that good to look at. I heard that Pan Lou's Mohelo is the best, so why don't we buy a Mohelo doll and go and release the river lanterns, okay?"

"Mohele" is the pronunciation of the Sanskrit word "Maho", a clay doll sculpted from earth and wood. It has a colorful seat, a green gauze cover, a table underneath, and green and gold-plated clothes, and is decorated with gold, jade, pearls and jadeite. It is colorful and its hair is lifelike.

Very popular nowadays.

Pei Jian certainly had no objection.

But they underestimated the excitement of the Qiqiao Festival.

Three to five days before the Chinese Valentine's Day, the front of Pan's house is already crowded with people. This is because during these days of the Chinese Valentine's Day, the family will sell a pair of male and female Mohele. In response to the scene of begging for skills and praying for blessings, a pair of Mohele is used to worship the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and lovers use this to make a wish to live together forever.

Nianxi really wants a pair of Mohele.

But by the time they got to the queue, they were sold out.

She was very disappointed and in a bad mood. Pei Jian himself was not very happy either, wasting so much time but not getting a good result.

So he hurriedly bought a Mohelo on the roadside to suit the occasion, and without even lighting the river lanterns, he sent the person back to Yiqiao Street.

That was the first time he saw Nianxi cry.

A pair of beautiful eyes were filled with tears, held together by long eyelashes, and trembling slightly in the eye sockets.

Like a dewdrop trapped in the stamen of a crabapple flower, it is so beautiful that it makes people feel distressed.

He couldn't help but soften his heart. Under the flower tree at the corner gate, he gently hugged her in his arms and comforted her softly, "It's a big festival, don't cry. Wait until next year, I will buy them early and give them to you, okay?"

Nianxi's tears soaked his shirt, as if they fell on his heart. She shook her head, her voice a little hoarse from crying, making it even softer and more amiable.

She said, "I just want a good result so that we can stay together for a long time."

He lost his parents when he was young, and Nianxi was the first person who cared for him and loved him like this.

Pei Jian was moved. He leaned over and touched his forehead with hers. He kissed her red lips that were trembling from crying. While licking them, he made a promise, "We will be together forever, whether we have sex or not."

But most of the vows made in youth are gone with the wind.

By the second year of the Qixi Festival, he still hadn't bought the pair of Mohelos. After that, even they broke up...

If he had bought it at the beginning, would the ending be different?

Will they not become strangers?

Pei Jian didn't know.

He could only try his best to make up for all the regrets that Nian Xi had in the past.

Their regrets.

Pei Jian came back to his senses and nodded to Master Zhang, "Thank you."

Then he put down his pen, tidied his desk, turned around and walked out of the Hanlin Academy.

"Young people~"

Zhang Xueshi shook his head as he watched Pei Jian disappear. "I just have so much energy to do this!"

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On the seventh day of the seventh month, the women in the Wen residence swept the courtyard early in the morning to welcome the festival. A colorful pavilion was built in the courtyard, and the pavilion was filled with various exquisite snacks, such as melons, roasted wine, pens, needles and threads, and mohe music, which were used for burning incense and worshiping, which was called "begging for skill".

Gu Ci came to pick up Nianxi early in the morning.

"Aren't you going to watch the lanterns? It's still a long way from dark." Nian Xi asked with a smile as he urged her to change into going-out clothes.

Gu Ci smiled and explained, "You are new to the capital, so you naturally don't know. If we really wait until the lights of the West Market are lit before going, it will be difficult for us to squeeze in even if we force our way in."

Nian Xi felt hot, "Do I have to stand there and wait like an idiot?"

Gu Ci smiled and rubbed her head. "Do you think your Sixth Brother is a fool? How dare you trouble yourself. I have already booked a room in the Xinghe Building. It is very close to Huadeng Street. After dinner, we can walk there to digest the food."

Nian Xi was very satisfied with this arrangement. She reached out and pinched Gu Ci's cheek, pretending to be serious and said, "Tell me the truth, how many girls have you brought to see the lanterns?"

Nianxi was tall among the women, but standing in front of Gu Ci, she looked even more like a little bird. She was only as tall as Gu Ci's shoulders. Gu Ci was afraid that she would get tired, so he bent down and let her pinch him, closing his eyes and mumbling, "About five or six or seven."

"That's it..."

Gu Ci smiled and said, "So, you have never heard of my nickname 'Jade-faced Young Master'?"

Nianxi glanced at him, turned around, and without looking back, opened the curtain and went inside.

Now it was Gu Ci's turn to be dumbfounded.

He wasn't sure if she was really angry.

To be fair, Nianxi has a very good temper. But any woman would be too tolerant of such a thing. And not just women, if he knew that Nianxi was strolling around the lanterns with other people at night, he would probably be jealous and crazy.

I felt uneasy at the moment.

But he had been well-educated since childhood, and he would never dare to enter a woman's inner room without permission. He could only stand outside and say:

"You know me, too. My three older sisters and their husbands have all been through this. I'm summing up my experience and making the right arrangements to save you from getting angry."

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't want to join this lively place. How could I dare to look for someone else?"

"Nian'er..."

When Nianxi came out, she had already changed her clothes. She had dressed up specially today, wearing a diamond-shaped ruby ​​on the top of her head, and a long string of colorful silk wrapped under her black hair, looming, tied behind her head with a red silk ribbon, and tied at the junction with two equally shiny rubies.

She was wearing a long skirt in the color of Begonia Jinchun, and she moved with light lotus steps, making her figure more graceful as she moved.

She seldom wore such brightly colored clothes, and she stunned Gu Ci.

Nian Xi waved her hand in front of Gu Ci's eyes, "According to what you said, it must be hard to spend the holidays with me."

Gu Ci felt a faint fragrance on his face and subconsciously reached out to grasp it. He opened it and found a flower sachet embroidered with seed pearls, coral beads and flowers in his hand.

"I'm so happy," he asked cautiously, holding the sachet, "Is it for me?"

Nian Xi was amused by his appearance, "I'm not a good maid, so you just have to wear it as it suits you."

Gu Ci picked it up again and put it to his nose, sniffed it and said, "It smells very similar to you, very nice."

Nian Xi felt a little embarrassed at this time.

She pointed to the sachet on her waist and said, "Same spices, naturally the same smell."

Gu Ci then saw clearly that Nian Xi was also wearing a sachet today, with similar pattern and material to the one in his hand. The only difference was that the one in his hand had no tassels, only some beads, and was a men's style.

Gu Ci's eyes suddenly lit up startlingly, and he couldn't suppress the smile at all.

He was originally reluctant to wear it and wanted to put it in his arms, but now he hurriedly put it on his waist and sides, and felt that his whole body was enveloped by the faint fragrance of Nian Xi.

Refreshed.