After leaving the city lord's mansion, we went to the market first. The sparse and noisy crowds were busy working for a living. Although the border town is now several times more prosperous than in the past, it is still impossible to avoid the usual food, salt, sauce and vinegar.
Gardenia bought a bamboo basket, but when she turned around she didn't see Feng Qing. When she was looking for it, she saw him walking over with a bag of steaming things.
Gardenia went up to meet her, and Feng Qing said: "You haven't had breakfast yet, come on, have some steamed buns."
Gardenia smiled. After being told by Feng Qing, she felt really hungry. She took out a bun and said, "Thank you."
While walking on the street, Feng Qing looked at Gardenia from time to time, and the smile on her face never disappeared. "Gardenia, sweet leaves grow on bamboo. Did you know there is a bamboo forest nearby?"
Isn't there a bamboo forest beside the stream where the silk threads are washed? Gardenia said: "I know, but I have to walk for a while."
Feng Qing said: "You underestimate me too much. After all, I am also a wanderer in the world. What does it mean to take such a small journey?"
Gardenia looked back at him and said, "Brother Feng, you are so interesting."
Gardenia was a little embarrassed by what she said, so she hurriedly walked ahead and said, "Let's go quickly, sweet leaves are hard to pick."
After leaving the city, away from the noise, even the air became fresher.
There was still some way to go, and after a long silence, Yue Qing spoke up: "Zhi Niang, how did you and Ji Yun meet?"
Gardenia was slightly startled, and as Yue Qing took in all the sights, she sighed and said, "The prince is a very high-ranking man. I'm afraid it will stain his reputation if he gets to know a commoner like me."
A simple sentence left Yue Qing speechless. She smiled awkwardly and continued walking.
Gradually, she heard the sound of water, and Gardenia stepped up her steps, not to escape from anything, but just because she didn't want to remember that unbearable scene again.
The sky is as clean as if it has been washed, the smoke from the calm country picnic is curling up, and the gurgling stream has taken away all the smells.
Feng Qing sat by the stream and washed her hands, took out the bun and handed it to Gardenia and said, "This can also be used as lunch. Eat it quickly, and we will pick sweet leaves together later."
Gardenia put down the basket and said, "Thank you."
The leaves of sweet leaf are round, small, and vine-like. They are wrapped around the roots of bamboo but do not extend upward. They are more effective in treating wounds than gold wound medicine. However, in addition to bamboo, its growth environment must also have
The soil must be moist enough to grow, so sweet leaves are not found wherever there are bamboos.
Time passed with the stream, and Gardenia's basket was already half full. She straightened up, Feng Qing handed the white brocade silk and said, "Wipe your sweat."
Gardenia took it and said gratefully: "Thank you."
"Don't be so polite. It's hard to go for a walk in the countryside. I'll go over there and have a look." Feng Qing pointed to the bamboo forest and said.
Gardenia smiled and nodded, watching him leave.
She put the brocade silk into her arms and was about to bend down when she heard Xiao Ling'er's voice: "Gardenia, is it really you?"
Gardenia raised her head and saw Xiao Ling'er holding a basket of silk threads in front of her. Gardenia smiled and said, "Xiao Ling'er, it's you, I was shocked."
Xiao Ling'er hurriedly put down the thread, took her hand and said: "Have you changed your mind and come back? After you left yesterday, the third brother has been staying at your house waiting for you. He was just pulled out by his mother this morning.
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Gardenia's heart tightened and she said, "Why bother? I've already made it very clear."
Xiao Ling'er pulled her towards home and said, "Let's go, my third brother will be very happy to see you."
Gardenia stopped and said, "You are mistaken. I came here today to collect herbs. Besides, even if I go back, the facts are the facts and nothing will be changed at all."
"But can you bear to let the third brother become depressed?" Xiao Ling'er pouted and said with some displeasure.
Gardenia let go of her hand, looked away and said, "Time will go away like running water. As time goes by, no matter how deep the care is, it will fade away."
"I won't do it." Mistress suddenly rushed out, followed by Mistress and several fellow villagers.
"San'er, it's not like you've found a wife without a wife. Go back with your mother quickly." The mistress pulled him back tightly.
The mistress shook off his mother's hand and said, "Mom, this is my own business and I don't want you to worry about it."
The little Sanniang was stunned there, and suddenly she sat on the ground and cried loudly: "You heartless person, I raised you in vain. Aren't you no better than this shabby shoe?"
Gardenia was startled, she had turned into a broken shoe? Xiao San'er, regardless of her mother's crying and fussing, stepped forward and pulled Gardenia and said: "Gardenia, come back with me, I don't mind your past, and I won't mind anyone else's."
Gossip, you want to live your whole life with me, not with anyone else."
Gardenia smiled faintly and said: "Little Third Brother, please let go, Gardenia is not good enough for you."
Xiaosan pulled hard, and Gardenia threw herself into his arms and said, "Don't let me go, don't let me go, even if I die, I won't let go."
"Let him go." He yelled loudly, shocking everyone present to shout.
Feng Qing changed from his usual gentle side, and his expression became extremely serious, as if someone was robbing him of something. He pulled Gardenia away and said gently: "Gardenia, are you okay?"
Gardenia shook her head gently and said, "I'm fine. Let's go. It's time to go back."
When the two of them were about to turn around, Xiaosan stood in front of them, glared at Feng Qing, and said loudly: "Gardenia, who is he?"
"Brother Feng is my friend." Gardenia said without turning her eyes. It was a fact, so there was no need to feel guilty.
The mistress stood up, pointed at Gardenia and mocked: "Friend? It's my mistress, Gardenia. You are really capable. If you don't like my mistress, just find a pretty boy."
When it comes to her own affairs, Gardenia will always be slow-minded, because she thinks people just need to be themselves. But now that Feng Qing is being implicated, Gardenia is a little anxious: "Auntie, please speak with respect and don't insult.
Brother Feng."
"Humph." Xiao Sanniang looked down on Gardenia and said, "Look, Brother Feng, Brother Feng, how affectionate you are when you call him, you are really shameless."
People around started to point and point. Xiaosaner pulled away from his mother, took a step forward, pointed at Fengqing and said, "Gardenia, are you being ruined by him?"
When Feng Qing heard this, a hint of desolation flashed in her eyes. She turned her head and looked at Gardenia. She remembered the scene where Ling Jiyun dragged her into the house yesterday, and she began to understand in her heart.
Gardenia frowned tightly. She was not very good at words, so she couldn't argue. In order not to injure Feng Qing, she had to say: "Brother Feng, let's go."
Xiao San'er still refused to give up and stood in front of her and said: "Zhi Niang, please wake up. Let's go back and get married. I will act as if nothing happened and will still treat you well. You won't follow this pretty boy."
Have a good life."
Gardenia shook off his hand and said loudly: "Little Third Brother, is Gardenia so unbearable in your heart? Or did you take Gardenia so lightly from the beginning?"
"Gardenia, it's not me..."
His last words were: "Stop talking, I don't want to see you again in the future."
The wind blew, everything was blown away, disappointment, heartache, sadness.
Gardenia strode in front, and Fengqing followed leisurely behind. It wasn't raining, but there were water droplets blown by the wind to the back of his hands. He frowned slightly, knowing that she was crying. Expectation
He hoped that she could explain what happened to Cai Cai, but the silence along the way had to make him extremely disappointed. Maybe she felt that there was no need to explain at all.
At the door of the city lord's mansion, his tears had long been dried by the wind. He stopped and said softly: "Brother Feng, I'm sorry, it was Gardenia who caused trouble for you."
Feng Qing pretended to smile casually and said: "It's okay, I just asked you to say it, and I won't lose any meat."
Gardenia looked back lightly and said, "Thank you."
Watching Gardenia enter the house, Feng Qing was still standing where he was, but his face was slightly gloomy, and his heart seemed to have been stabbed by a sword.