Chapter 277 Smile
Lu Jing was stunned, a little surprised, but more delighted. He didn't expect Su Qingwan to take the initiative to hold his hand, and didn't mind that his hands were dirty.
Xiaowu...is she also a little attracted to him?
After washing and grooming, the two sat in the pavilion. Lu Jing asked, "I don't know the customs in Huainan. Can we drink alcohol?"
"If my ancestors could drink, then I can, too."
The maids had already poured the wine into the wine jug. As soon as Su Qingwan sat down, she smelled the fragrance of peony flowers, a very strong peony fragrance, as if it was in the peony blooming season, mixed with the strong, yet gentle aroma of wine. She felt a little tipsy just by smelling it.
“It smells so good!”
"It was brewed by the best winemaker, and it smells really good." Lu Jing said, "He is from Jiangnan, and used to make wine in the palace. Later, the palace had many complicated and dangerous things to do, so he wanted to resign and go home. I helped him, and he gave me a gift before he left. It is said that he had a jar of wine in Jiangnan that was worth a thousand gold."
"Hearing you praise it so much, I must try it."
Lu Jing poured her a glass of wine. The wine had a strong aroma and was light yellow, like the yellow color of osmanthus flowers floating on the bottom of the water. Served in Ru porcelain, it was incredibly beautiful.
"Taste it."
Su Qingwan took a sip and raised her eyebrows slightly. She had never drunk wine brewed from peony flowers. The aroma and taste of the wine were strong and refreshing. She liked it very much. She raised her head and drank it all in one gulp.
"It tastes good!" Su Qingwan was also pleased, "More!"
Lu Jing shook his hand. "This wine has a strong aftertaste because the floral scent overwhelms the richness. You can't drink too much. You have to taste it slowly, like drinking tea. I want you to drink it like this. I'll be drunk after three cups."
He hoped to drink slowly with Su Qingwan and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was very difficult for her, but he didn't want to get her drunk.
I got drunk and woke up. The anniversary of the death has passed, but the sadness will not go away with time.
"Then you dug it out, isn't it just to drink with me?"
"Just drinking is boring, do you want to play something?"
"Drinking game?"
"It's a bit outdated. Let's go back to basics." Playing drinking games while drinking is a popular game in the capital. Drinking games allow players to tell the truth or punish their opponents. Young men and women in the capital all like to play this game.
Lu Jing pulled Su Qingwan to play marbles. Qingyun's eyelids twitched beside him, and he also understood what it meant to return to basics. The way to play marbles was the favorite game of street kids.
Just choose an open space, then choose two colors of marbles, nine on each side, and place them randomly. There is a hole that is slightly larger than the marbles. Whoever gets all the marbles in first wins.
Lu Jing placed the blue marbles and Su Qingwan placed the red ones. The placement of the marbles was also very particular, and they were all seven feet away from the holes.
After the pieces were arranged, the two of them chose sides based on their luck. Unfortunately, Su Qingwan won because she chose the blue piece that Lu Jing had placed, because the red piece she had placed was in a tricky position, which was a deliberate trap for Lu Jing.
The distance seemed about the same, but reaching the finish line was very demanding. Lu Jing couldn't help but laugh and said, "I think you fooled me."
"I'm willing to admit defeat."
“Let’s see who has the last laugh!”
To start the game, they used a white public marble to hit the marbles until all the marbles were sent into the holes. Both Lu Jing and Su Qingwan knew how to play.
All children who grew up in Dayuan can play this game. Su Qingwan was even better at it when she was a child, and she easily hit the first one.
"Wow, it went in!" Su Qingwan cheered rarely, pulling Lu Jing to point at the marble, "Did you see it? It went in the hole in one shot."
"I saw it, it's amazing!" Lu Jing looked at her smile steadily and finally smiled. It had been a long time since he saw Su Qingwan smile so easily.
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