46. ??Forest of Firefly
Su Xi took a shower with the stream water behind the villa, but she felt refreshed and cool all over. She stood in the corridor and blew the wind. The eldest brother said that he would take them to the stream behind the yard to grill fish. She quickly changed into a moon-white crepe dress, asked Tingyan to dry her hair for herself, and then tied a simple bun casually.
As soon as I finished packing, my elder brother came over.
Also going out together were Su Lingyun and his sixth cousin Su Xu.
They went to the stream, because they were just behind the other courtyard and arrived soon.
Su Li and Su Yu went to the river to catch fish, Tingyan and Tinghe were responsible for picking firewood and making fire. Su Xi and Su Lingyun didn't have to do anything, just wait.
Su Xi sat on a flat stone. Seeing Su Baiyu staring at Su Li who was fishing in the river with a look of eagerness, she asked with a smile: "Does Bai Geer want to fish too?"
Su Baiyu nodded, said as he bent down to imitate Su Li's appearance, tied up his robe and trousers, and rushed into the river with his tender white legs.
Su Xi was worried that he would fall, so she followed him step by step and said, "Brother Bai, please wait..."
Su Baiyu was in a good mood today and was very sad. He didn't listen to Su Xi's words at all. He jumped into the stream with a "thump" and ran towards Su Li: "Dad, I'll help you catch fish. I want to catch a big carp and eat it for my aunt."
Su Xi was splashed with water by him, and she was angry and helpless. Fortunately, she only wet her skirt and went back to the fire to roast it.
Two quarters of an hour later, Su Li and Su Yu caught three or four carp respectively, cut open the fish's belly and washed it, applied seasoning, and then skewed it with iron sticks and put it on the grill to start baking.
Su Xi didn't like fish very much. The only thing she liked was chives, but chives were precious and were tributes from the court. There were not many in total. How could she eat them often? She could only eat them occasionally. The fish grilled by Su Li was also delicious. The outer layer of skin was crispy and fragrant, and the fish inside was tender and tasty. After a few bites, she suddenly stopped.
Nothing else, I just remembered that Wei Shi had grilled fish for her in the cave that night.
Wei Xu was so gentlemanly at that time. She had to look at the injuries on her leg. He walked out without saying a word and found her a herb to stop bleeding.
Su Xi never thought at that time that the other side of Weicheng was so "bad"...
Su Xi sighed.
To be honest, Su Xi still doesn't understand why Wei Qing kissed her for no reason. Last time I wanted to ask him, but as soon as her mother came over, her mind became messy, and there was no time to ask such questions.
Not to mention that Wei Xi would be the emperor in the future. The two girls who had been married to him in the previous life were all dead. This is really incredible. Su Xi cherished her life very much. She didn't want to have too much involvement with Wei Xi, and most of it was because of this. What if her life was not as strong as Wei Xi and was defeated by him?
She hasn't lived enough in her life.
"Hey, Brother Su, Brother Su Liu and Sister Xi are all here?" A voice interrupted Su Xi's thoughts.
Su Xi turned around and saw Yin Qiuqiu and Yin Pengpeng walking towards him. It was Yin Qiuqiu who spoke.
Yin Qiuqiu smiled and said, "I saw that it was on the fire here from afar. I saw that it was the direction of the Su family courtyard, so I led Pengpeng over. I didn't expect that you were really here."
Yin Pengpeng also greeted everyone with a smile on his face.
Su Li said: "Since you are here, let's sit down together."
Yin Qiuqiu and Yin Pengpeng were not polite and each chose a place to sit down. Yin Qiuqiu sat on the left side of Su Xi, Yin Pengpeng sat on the right side of Su Xi, and the other side of Yin Pengpeng was Su Baiyu, and then it was Su Li.
Seeing that Su Baiyu could not spit out fish bones when he was eating fish, Yin Pengpeng took a plate from the small square table beside him, divided the fish into pieces, and carefully picked out the thorns from the fish, then put them back in front of him, saying, "Brother Bai eats the fish here. If there are no thorns here, you won't be afraid of getting stuck in your throat."
Su Baiyu glanced at Yin Pengpeng, turned his head to look at Su Li, as if asking his father for his opinion.
Su Li touched his head and said, "You can eat what Aunt Peng Peng gave it to you."
Su Baiyu lowered his head and said, "Thank you, cousin Pengpeng."
Yin Pengpeng smiled with a bent eyes.
On this end, Yin Qiuqiu glanced at her with complicated eyes.
Everyone was chatting while eating grilled fish. Because the two families were cousins, they were not restricted in their words.
Yin Qiuqiu asked, "I heard that Sister Xi has been learning piano with Mr. Gu Tong recently? I have heard that he has the best piano skills and played music for the emperor back then. The emperor wanted to keep him in the palace as a royal piano player. However, Mr. Gu Tong has a strange temperament and did not agree. Instead, he left the palace and lived in seclusion elsewhere."
Su Xi also heard about this, and she smiled and said, "Mr. Longing for a free life, he said the palace is not suitable for him."
Yin Qiuqiu also heard that Mr. Gu Tong only accepted three apprentices in his life. These three people later had their own achievements in piano skills, and it was beyond the reach of any one. Therefore, it was not unenviable for Su Xi to be attracted to Mr. Gu Tong and be accepted as his apprentice. "I think there must be something extraordinary about Sister Xi's ability to be attracted to Mr. Gu. It's a pity that I haven't heard your piano sound. I wonder if I can play a song for me to listen to it another day?"
Su Xi naturally didn't want to refuse Yin Qiuqiu's request and said, "Sister Qiu, don't say that... If you want to hear it, I'll give you another day, but you must not dislike it."
Yin Qiuqiu smiled and said no. The two of them said something more, and suddenly heard a burst of exclamations from the stream.
Su Xi looked in the voice and saw Su Li holding Yin Pengpeng's arm. Yin Pengpeng leaned half of his body against Su Li, looking at her fearless.
It turned out that Yin Pengpeng had just squatted on the shore to wash his hands. When he got up, he didn't stand firmly. He stepped on the moss and almost slid into the water. Su Li happened to pass by the side and took her hand.
After Yin Pengpeng stood firm, he noticed their intimate posture. He quickly let go of his hand and retreated from Su Li's arms, blushed and said, "Thank you, Brother Su... I didn't pay attention for a while..."
Su Li remained calm and said, "Be careful."
Then came back.
Yin Pengpeng kept looking at Su Li's back. Even though the light around him was dim, Su Xi could see her blushing.
Su Xi thought to herself that Yin Pengpeng's thoughts about her elder brother were almost written on her face, and she could see that she could only remain indifferent.
Su Xi used the branches to pluck the fire in front of her, silently regretting Yin Pengpeng for a while. Her elder brother only had a dead sister-in-law in his heart. If it was so easy to open his heart to accept others, he would not have been married to Xuxian for so many years.
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"Aunt, I saw a firefly." Su Baiyu ran from the other end and pulled Su Xi's sleeve.
Su Xi followed, "Where is it?"
Su Baiyu pointed in a direction. Su Xi followed her and saw that it was black and black, and there was nothing. She said, "Brother Bai wants to see the fireflies. Can you catch them tomorrow? It's too late today, we should go back."
Seeing that she didn't believe it, Su Baiyu shook her head and insisted: "There are really fireflies." While saying that, she pulled Su Xi, wanting to take her over to see.
It is not surprising to see fireflies in midsummer, and Su Xi didn't take it seriously, just thinking that he was a child's character.
Su Xi said: "I will accompany you to take a look, but you can't go too far, okay? We'll be back later."
Su Baiyu nodded and agreed.
Su Xi originally thought she was nearby, so she didn't take her maid and walked to the other end of the forest with Su Baiyu. After walking for a while, she saw a warm yellow firefly passing by her eyes. In just a moment, she soon flew forward again.
The firefly's tail illuminated the road ahead, luring people to continue moving forward. Su Baiyu's eyes lit up, holding Su Xi's hand tighter, and walked forward quickly, "Aunt, let's catch it back and put it in the house, so there is no need to light the light at night."
Su Xi hurriedly followed, worried that he would be lost alone. "Brother Bai, please slow down and don't go too far."
Su Baiyu's eyes were filled with fireflies at this time, so how could he hear Su Xi's words?
Su Xi had to follow him tightly while recording the path he had when he was about. Not long after walking, the fireflies in front of him suddenly increased, first one or two, then three or five, and then more and more. The fireflies illuminated the surrounding environment, and Su Xi couldn't help but slow down and followed them little by little.
Su Baiyu stretched out his arm and wanted to catch one, but the fireflies flew too fast. He caught them for a long time but couldn't catch them. "Aunt, why are there so many fireflies here?"
Su Xi shook her head, "I don't know either."
Although it is not uncommon to have fireflies on the mountain, there are still a few of them who see so many at once.
Fireflies kept flying from afar, as if two warm yellow galaxies were spread beside them, extending forward and leading them to an unknown end. Su Xi followed him by a devil, and suddenly walked to an open space. His eyes suddenly became bright. She squinted her eyes, and after seeing the scene in front of her, she stopped blankly-
Countless fireflies gathered in one place, hovering in the air, each firefly like a lamp, flying in the air, forming a brilliant and magnificent night sky. Thousands of fireflies were right in front of her, the night sky was as bright as daylight, Su Xi stared at it in a daze, as if she was in the vast stars. One step forward, she could be held up by these little things and flew to the sky.
Su Xi was extremely shocked. She didn't know how there was such a fairyland-like place in the back mountain of the other courtyard. She had been here several times before, but had never encountered such a scene.
"Aunt, there seems to be someone there." Su Baiyu pointed at a place.
When Su Xi heard the sound, she looked through the night sky surrounded by fireflies, she saw a person standing under the century-old giant tree opposite.
Because it was too far apart, Su Xi could not see his appearance and led Su Baiyu forward a few steps.
When I got closer, I could see the person's appearance clearly.
Wei Shi was wearing a long robe and stood a few steps away. The moonlight shone on him, and he saw a thin smile hanging on his lips, handsome and handsome, as if he had been waiting for her here for a long time.
Chapter completed!