Chapter 556, Enduring Affection
"Good Rice Flower, I was wrong, please forgive me!"
Peach Blossom Mountain was filled with the sound of Xiao Yeyang begging for mercy.
Daohua was really pissed off this time and felt extremely ashamed. Even though she was already out of breath, she still gritted her teeth and chased Xiao Yeyang.
Seeing that Daohua was sweating profusely, Xiao Yeyang deliberately slowed down his pace and let her hit a few times to vent her breath.
The branch was very thin and broke after a few hits.
Daohua gasped and threw the branch away, staring at Xiao Yeyang angrily.
Xiao Yeyang touched his nose and said, "You are really irrational to be angry."
Daohua immediately put her hands on her hips and glared: "Say that again!"
Xiao Yeyang immediately became timid: "Stop talking, look at you, what's the big deal? You're running and sweating all over, and you don't feel tired." As he said that, he walked to Daohua and took out a handkerchief to wipe her sweat.
Daohua gave Xiao Yeyang a glance, snatched the handkerchief and wiped the sweat off her face.
When the sweat was almost wiped away, Rice Flower saw a small bunch of rice ears embroidered on the handkerchief and said, "Hey, isn't this my handkerchief?"
After hearing this, Xiao Yeyang reached out to take it back: "This is mine."
Daohua dodged with the handkerchief in her hand: "This is clearly mine." As she said that, she was about to leave with the handkerchief.
Xiao Yeyang became anxious and pulled the person to stop leaving: "Yan Yiyi, don't go too far, give me back my handkerchief." As he said that, he was about to snatch it away.
Of course Daohua refused to do so. She broke free from Xiao Yeyang's hand and ran away quickly.
"Yan Yiyi!"
Xiao Yeyang hurriedly ran after him.
Not far away, seeing the two people chasing each other again, Defu and Wang Maner looked at each other in surprise, looked at the baskets full of peach blossoms in their hands, and walked silently towards the Peach Blossom Temple.
"Man'er, have you picked enough peach blossoms?"
"That should be enough."
After a while, Wang Maner asked, "Defu, do you think I should remind the young lady to come back and make peach blossom wine?"
"don't want!"
Defu's answer was so decisive, "Man'er, look, we haven't cleaned the peach blossoms yet, and we haven't prepared the winemaking tools yet. These things will take time to do. There's really no need to send Miss Yan back so soon. Let's finish the preparations first and then talk about it."
"All right!"
In the peach forest, Daohua naturally could not outrun Xiao Yeyang, and was caught up by Xiao Yeyang after running for a while.
"I'm not running anymore. I'm so tired."
"Give me back my handkerchief."
"No, this is mine."
While the two were fighting for the handkerchief, Xiao Yeyang grabbed Daohua from behind, preventing her from running any further: "Give the handkerchief back to me quickly."
Seeing that she was tightly held in Xiao Yeyang's arms, Daohua struggled a few times, but felt that she could not break free, so she threw her handkerchief into the air. When Xiao Yeyang went to catch the handkerchief, she took the opportunity to break free.
Xiao Yeyang took the handkerchief, folded it, and put it back into his sleeve. Then he looked at Daohua and said, "You are so stingy. You even take back what you give away."
Daohua glanced at him sideways, snorted, and raised her hands to fan herself.
Under the peach tree, the girl's eyes were moving and her face was full of anger. She was even more beautiful than the peach blossoms all over the mountain.
Xiao Yeyang walked over, leaned against the peach tree, and looked at her with a loving smile.
Daohua felt uncomfortable being looked at by Xiao Yeyang. She snorted, turned her back to him, and continued to fan herself to cool down.
Xiao Yeyang smiled but didn't move. He continued to watch silently. When he saw that Daohua's cheeks were no longer so red, he walked over and took her hand: "Let's go, let's go back. You just ran and sweated a lot, you can't stay here in the wind."
Daohua wanted to pull her hand out, but unfortunately failed. She simply gave up and let Xiao Yeyang pull her back to Taohua An.
Peach Blossom Temple.
Defu and Wang Maner had already washed several baskets of peach blossoms. Grandma Gu sat by and watched, while Gu Jian was boiling medicine under the eaves.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang pulling Daohua back, Gu Jian immediately snorted.
Xiao Yeyang heard it and quickly let go of Daohua's hand. He touched his nose and walked to Granny Gu, handing her a few peach blossoms he had picked on his way back. "Grandma, these are the peach blossoms I picked for you. I'll put them in a vase later and put them in the house for you. You can enjoy them at your leisure then."
Granny Gu immediately smiled, and just as she was about to say something, she heard Gu Jian snort.
"There are peach blossoms all over the hill outside the yard. Can you pick a few and show your courtesy?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled awkwardly.
Granny Gu glanced at Gu Jian with a stern face, then retracted her gaze and immediately looked at Xiao Yeyang with a smile: "Good boy, don't listen to Master Daohua. Granny likes to put peach blossoms in a vase for appreciation."
Xiao Yeyang smiled immediately: "Okay, I'll fold it for you tomorrow."
Daohua stood by and watched with a smile. The longer they got along, the more she realized that Master and Granny Gu seemed to really treat Xiao Yeyang as their own grandson. Even though her Master always had a stern face towards Xiao Yeyang, the concern and love in his eyes could not be faked.
Seeing his apprentice resting his chin on his hand and thinking about something else, Gu Jian felt a little headache and immediately said, "You've picked so many peach blossoms and you're blocking the yard. Quickly clean them up for me and don't delay me from drying the herbs."
Daohua came back to her senses, walked over to Wang Maner and Defu, and began to help them wash the peach blossoms.
Xiao Yeyang first went back to his room and put the peach blossoms in a vase, then walked over to the rice flowers and rolled up his sleeves: "How do I clean them?"
Daohua demonstrated: "Just rinse the petals with water to remove the dust. It's very simple."
Xiao Yeyang did as he was told.
However, this was not a good job. The peach blossoms were not washed properly, so his clothes got wet, and even the rice flowers next to him were affected.
"Oh, hurry up and go, don't delay us from working." Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang with disgust.
Xiao Yeyang: "No, this is my first time doing this. I'm definitely a little unfamiliar at the beginning. I'll be fine after I do it a few more times."
In order to avoid getting her clothes wet, Daohua moved away from him.
Xiao Yeyang suddenly said, "Daohua, look what this is?"
Daohua turned around and saw a peach blossom flying towards her. Then she felt a chill on her forehead: "What are you doing?"
As he said this, he was about to reach out and touch his forehead.
At this time, Wang Maner spoke: "Girl, don't touch it."
Daohua paused with her hand raised in the air: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Yeyang walked over, put out his hand to hold Daohua's shoulders, and asked her to look down into the water.
On the water surface, a peach blossom is sticking to the center of the rice flowers, making the rice flowers look even more delicate.
"It is said that painting flowers on women's heads can enhance their beauty. I never thought it was true." Xiao Yeyang looked down at the rice flowers in the water, smiled and said slowly.
As he said that, he helped Daohua up and pushed her in front of Grandma Gu.
"Grandma, does it look good?"
Granny Gu looked at it carefully, then smiled and said, "It looks good. Our rice flowers look good no matter how we make them."
Gu Jian looked over here and snorted, but he didn't say anything about Daohua like he did to Xiao Yeyang.
In the kitchen, Caiju and Dongli were busy cooking while looking at the warm and happy scene in the yard.
"Young Prince, this is truly a blessing in disguise."
"Isn't it true? Staying in the capital is far from being as comfortable as it is now."
"Not only that, any prince or princess in the palace is not as blessed as the young prince. His Majesty is unique in his filial piety to his two old masters."
"Isn't it? The last time I went to Beijing to deliver potions and pens, I glanced at Concubine Ma and her son from afar. They are so proud of themselves now. I'm afraid they have already started to covet the title of Prince Ping."
"Humph, as long as the emperor favors the young prince, it will be useless for mother and son to think too much."
Hearing the sweet laughter of a young girl coming from the courtyard, Caiju couldn't help but sigh, "How come the Yan family is so lucky? They were able to marry two old masters. Especially the eldest daughter of the Yan family, she even became the old master's only apprentice. An apprentice is like half a descendant."
“Who says it’s not?”
(End of this chapter)
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