Xianyun Yihe

As dusk approached, the scent of new bamboo shoots erupted from the back kitchen.

Bai He stood guard in front of the door, poking his head to look at it from time to time, but A Gui kicked him out again, and raised his claws angrily, leaving a mud mark on the other's trousers.

Xian Yun who was staying upstairs laughed out loud, recovered his senses, and continued to look at the stack of ledgers sent by the steward.In addition to more than a hundred acres of land, he also has a few shops in the city, but most of the people around him don't know that it is him behind them.The restaurant famous for cooking bamboo fish also has his share, otherwise how could he feed the white cranes at home to become fat for nothing.There were pens, ink, and abacus on the table, and the teacup on the side was emitting a light fragrance, but he had no time to pay attention to it, and picked up the pen to draw a picture, and it was another page.

In a few days, I have to go to see the status of the spring plowing, and I am very busy.Almost all the land here is planted with rice, and there are fish and shrimp raised in the fields. Although they cannot be eaten, the children of the tenants like to go into the water to touch some snails, which is not counted as rent.After taking it home and waiting overnight, the snail spit out the sand and stir-fried it with some scallions and ginger. The fish is also a little fat, just enough to make a table.

Just as he was thinking about it, the white crane that had been driven away ran up and stood by the table, with a pair of bean-sized black eyes open, looking very cute.After getting into trouble, you always have to put on a show—even if you are a cub, this instinct is also engraved in your bones.

"hungry?"

Bai He shook his body.

Xianyun closed the ledger that he hadn't finished reading, picked up the fluffy one, smelled the scent of balm on it, and couldn't help but smile: "Is this balm applied? It's a bit feminine." Although the white crane is small, it is also a genuine male crane. It was supposed to live together with its companions, but for some reason it came here, and it has acquired human habits over time.

Hearing his teasing, Bai He also lowered his head and sniffed, and there really was a faint aroma, even though it was covered by the smell of the dishes before, it became clear now.Probably just now it was driven out of the kitchen, sneaked into the servant's room, peeked at a box of balm someone bought for his sweetheart, and ran away quietly with it in its mouth.Accidentally knocked over under the eaves, spilling soft white all over the ground.The white crane was young and didn't know anything about it yet, instead it was just for fun, when it was flapping its wingtips were stained a little, and the fragrance was overflowing.In the end, he was caught by A Gui and fled all the way to the Xianyun Room, only to escape the catastrophe.

It's a pity that the balm worth two or three dollars.

Agui, who followed up, sued Baihe fiercely, Xianyun smiled and patted the wings of one in his arms, then took out the purse from the cabinet, found a few and put it on the table: "Ahe just loves it." Toss it, when it gets older, it must be sensible. Don't get angry with it, and buy a box of balm tomorrow morning, and give it to the village..." He thought for a while, and found that he couldn't remember the woman clearly. He vaguely knew that it was the person A Gui put in his heart, that's all.

Hearing the meaning of the master's words, Agui was shy at first, then happily accepted the reward, smiling brighter and brighter: "Thank you, master! Her name is Aqing. After her birthday this year, she will be married." None of the servants have a contract of sale, they are simply hired to work, so there is no need for Xianyun's permission to marry.

"When the time comes, there will be a banquet, please invite me to have a few drinks." Xian Yun was also happy about it, and his tone softened a lot.

Agui nodded.

The aroma of stewed chicken with new bamboo shoots is getting stronger and stronger, but it is not bad, and it is a little more springy.There was also a strange smell of snake soup mixed in it, and it was placed on the table, which made Baihe look up frequently, as if he wanted to take a sip.Xianyun waved away Agui who wanted to stay aside to serve him, moved the chair, let the white crane sit in his arms, picked up a chopstick of fat snake meat and fed it into its mouth.The white crane monkey swallowed eagerly, stretched its neck again, and looked at a pot full of steaming stewed chicken. "Eat some bamboo shoots first, eating fish and meat all day long is not good for your health." Xian Yun held down the restless one and forcibly fed some bamboo shoots.But because the bamboo shoots were picked not long ago and handled properly, the bamboo shoots were very tender and soft, Bai He didn't resist too much and ate them obediently.

"Jiujiu——" Bai He ate most of the snake meat, drank another bowl of chicken soup, and then walked slowly on the ground with his stomach full.

Xianyun was amused to see it, and was half full, so he asked Agui to take away the rest of the dishes, and opened another jar of grain wine brewed many years ago, this is the last one.The fragrance of the rice flower did not fade with the passage of time, but became more intense. After a light drink, the drunkenness slowly spread.The white crane stared intently at the hand holding the wine cup, the five fingers were slender, like new green onions growing in the field.Xianyun thought it wanted to taste it, and suddenly got bad intentions, and handed over the wine cup: "Do you want it?"

Bai He opened his mouth, a little wine flowed down his throat, first it was full-bodied, then fragrant, and finally hot from his stomach.It knew it had been teased, and stomped its feet angrily, whimpering and whimpering.Xianyun is not afraid of it getting drunk, since the day he picked up a gray egg, he knows that the white crane is different from ordinary birds, more like an ordinary child living in the wild, smart and smart, stupid and cute.

"Don't be naughty in the future. Fortunately, you just spilled the balm. If you spill the hot oil in the back kitchen, you will become a hairless chicken if you get burned." Xianyun curled his mouth.

After being taught a lesson again, Bai He decided to keep his mouth shut and turned around, refusing to look at this evil-hearted person.

Xianyun didn't try to coax him, anyway, Baihe couldn't help but run over after a while.This guy is most afraid of being ignored by him, probably because he was abandoned when he was young, even if he is still dangling in the eggshell, he probably understands a little bit, so he always loves to act like a baby and always follows him.

Sure enough, when he drank the third glass of wine, Baihe took the initiative to come up, leaned his neck, and touched Xianyun's chest with his mouth in aggrieved manner.

"Be careful." Xianyun put down the wine cup, the moonlight is just right tonight, and it's just right to be slightly drunk, so there's no need to drink too much.He hugged the white crane, and the white ball looked very pitiful. When he walked out of the small courtyard, Agui looked this way a few more times. After hearing Xianyun's plan to go out to enjoy the moon, he backed away and did not follow.

Along the camellia-blossoming path, the whole journey is fragrant, and the white moonlight falls gently on the ground, pulling out a thin and long shadow.Even though there is no lantern, by the moonlight, I can see the scene a few steps away, and there are small clusters of fireflies flying around the grass blades, twinkling, like stars in the sky strayed into the world.

It's a good time for a walk.

The crescent moon in the sky was suddenly wrapped in flowing clouds, and the evening wind was blowing, and the belated squirrels jumped to the top of the forest, chirping non-stop.Birds chirped in the forest, one after another, as if in harmony with the night, melodiously listening.Xianyun also heard the sound of his own footsteps as he walked through the forest, including accidentally stepping on a flowering branch, which was very sudden.The crisp sound made Baihe raise his head in fright, and couldn't bear the drowsiness, so he just chirped a few words, asking Xianyun not to disturb it.

"I heard that the white crane always sleeps standing on one foot..." Xianyun curled his fingers and scraped the hair on the white crane's head. It was these tiny spots that made him understand that his own crane was indeed not ordinary. I'm raising you, even if it's a ghost, it doesn't matter."

Bai He was really a little drunk, curled up in Xianyun's arms and dozed off, drowsy, completely ignoring what the person hugging him was thinking or talking about.

But incomprehensible verses—

In April, Huangshan tea flows into the flowers.

The spring night is as cool as water, and the shadows of people pass through the secluded forest.