North to Hanchuan

When the door was knocked, Ji Hanchuan was sitting on the kang chatting with his whole family.

"Chuan Wazi! Chuan Wazi!"

Ji Hanchuan recognized who it was, and went out wearing a cotton coat to open the door of the main room. He pulled the latch and shouted through a crack in the door: "Uncle Yang..."

A strong force knocked open the crack of the door he opened with lightning speed, the cold wind wrapped in snowflakes howled in, and at the same time a tall and thin figure rushed towards him like a monkey.

Ji Hanchuan subconsciously dodged backwards, but the visitor slid up onto him, his two long legs clung to him tightly, and the voice that called him was dragged into tears: "Ji Hanchuan!"

A nerve in Ji Hanchuan's brain snapped open, completely short-circuiting.

Uncle Yang stood at the door with a smile and said, "Chuan Wazi, your friend came to see you specially, why are you staring blankly? See if the child is frozen, hurry up and get some hot water to wash them!"

Ji Hanchuan held Gu Hengbei's face in his hands, and after just one look, his heart cracked and broke into eight petals.

Gu Hengbei's face was covered in white snow, his eyebrows and eyelashes were wet and shiny from the snow, he was wrapped in a scarf around his neck, but the scarf was covered with crushed ice, his nose, cheeks and chin were exposed. It was red from the cold, like frozen persimmons hanging under the eaves of the house.

Such a beautiful and charming Gu Hengbei, who has always been exquisite and noble to the point of every strand of hair, has ever looked so miserable and embarrassed.

Ji Hanchuan just carried Gu Hengbei to his own room next door, then he went out to send Uncle Yang away, and hurried back to his room.

Gu Hengbei had already stripped off the wet clothes outside and got into Ji Hanchuan's quilt, curling himself into a round ball.

"Why did you come here?" Ji Hanchuan sat over and hugged Gu Hengbei, his voice trembling out of tune.

"Why do you think I'm here?" Gu Hengbei blinked his left eye, his eyes were full of loveliness, even though he was shivering from the cold, he never forgot the purpose of coming thousands of miles away, he hooked Ji Hanchuan's collar just as he wanted to get closer, Suddenly he opened his mouth wide - "Ah Choo!"

"I rely on!"

Gu Hengbei rubbed his nose annoyedly, and sneezed so annoyingly, it made him not even handsome anymore!

Ji Hanchuan was still in a daze before he recovered, he just hugged him tightly.

Gu Hengbei had already covered two quilts, Ji Hanchuan wrapped the military coat outside and added another layer to Gu Hengbei, he touched Gu Hengbei's wet hair and cool face, and stood up as if he had just woken up from a dream go outside.

Sitting cross-legged under the quilt, Gu Hengbei looked at Ji Hanchuan's room curiously. It was a boxy hut with a concrete floor and no decorations on the painted gray walls. The bed was close to the window, and the wooden bedside table was painted. Mottled and mottled, wardrobes, low stools and washbasin stands are all the furniture. All items are full of simple and old sense.

This is the place where Ji Hanchuan has lived for many years. It is small and simple, rough and cold, but Gu Hengbei looks at it with great interest.

Ji Hanchuan's room was not warm, like a small ice cellar, but luckily the electric blanket on the bed was turned on.

There was a knock on the half-closed door, Gu Hengbei looked up, and saw a little girl in a goose-yellow padded jacket walking in generously.

The little girl with big eyes and apple face was very amiable, she smiled sweetly, handed Gu Hengbei a dry towel, and said in a crisp voice, "Hello, my third brother asked me to bring it to you, you can wipe your hair first, he will go Here's some hot water for you."

"Thank you," Gu Hengbei took the towel and wiped the water from his face, "Are you Miao Miao?"

"You know me?" Ji Miaomiao was surprised.

"I heard your brother talk about you."

Ji Miaomiao smiled: "Then you must be my third brother's very good friend, where are you from?"

"Kyoto."

"I guess it is," Ji Miaomiao is a generous and lively girl, "what's your name?"

"Gu Hengbei," Gu Hengbei had a good impression of Ji Miaomiao, "You can call me Xiao Gu or Xiao Bei."

"Okay, brother Bei."

The sound of kicking footsteps came from the main room, Ji Miaomiao turned around and took a look, and went out to welcome him: "Grandpa, why are you down?"

Gu Hengbei heard an old and hoarse voice: "Chuan Wazi's friend is here, you give this to him, and, has the guest eaten yet..."

"I'll ask," Ji Miaomiao replied, "Grandpa, you should go back to the house first, don't freeze, there are me and my third brother here."

The old man coughed, Gu Hengbei heard the voice was muddy and heavy, it was the voice of a patient who had been ill for many years, and couldn't help but feel a twinge in his heart.

Ji Miaomiao came in with an electric heater, and Gu Hengbei suddenly became anxious: "No, no, no, you don't need to give this to me, you send it back to grandpa..."

"It's okay." Ji Miaomiao dragged a low stool over, put the electric heater on the stool and pointed it at Gu Hengbei, she skillfully plugged it in, the electric heater was brightly lit, and the head of the bed was warmed up. Miao patted the ashes on his hands, "My grandparents have a kang in their house, which is much warmer than yours. Have you eaten yet?"

"I've eaten." Gu Hengbei didn't want to bother the little girl.

Ji Miaomiao pursed her lips and laughed: "You must be lying. How much time did you spend entering the mountain today? It's impossible to eat it. What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you..."

The door was pushed open again, and Ji Hanchuan came in. He held two stacked pots in one hand and a steaming bucket in the other, and called Miao Miao: "Go and bring me the snake oil ointment. Then help brother defrost the vegetables, the meat should be lean."

"Okay." Ji Miaomiao smiled at Gu Hengbei, and then went out.

After Ji Hanchuan closed the door, he poured both basins into hot water, and a spicy and pungent smell immediately filled the room.

Gu Hengbei sniffed: "What's the smell?"

"Ginger powder."

Ji Hanchuan put the washbasin directly next to the bed, and asked Gu Hengbei to soak his hands in it, put the footbasin under the bed, and he took down the electric heater and put it on the floor.

Then he sat on the low stool, lifted a corner of the quilt, and held Gu Hengbei's feet.

The feet that were soaked in the ice and snow and were about to lose consciousness finally came alive, and the warm current flowed down the blood and covered the limbs and bones.

Ji Hanchuan raised his eyes slightly, his eyes were full of distress and pity, like a swell of water overflowing the lake bed.

Gu Hengbei's heart trembled, and his eyes felt a little hot. The wind, frost, rain and snow along the way were difficult and dangerous, and all the thrills and hardships that he had never experienced before turned into dense sweetness at this moment.

It's all fucking worth it.

Ji Hanchuan held Gu Hengbei's feet, and pressed his fingertips inch by inch from the back of his feet to the soles of his feet. Gu Hengbei was so itchy that he flinched and laughed.

"Don't move," Ji Hanchuan grabbed him tightly, "I'll see if I have chilblains."

Gu Hengbei shook his feet: "I don't think so, I haven't walked a few steps."

Ji Hanchuan's fluttering heart didn't come to fruition until this time, completely confirming that everything in front of him is real.

Gu Hengbei saw Ji Hanchuan staring at his feet intently, as if it was something rare, he raised one foot to rub Ji Hanchuan's face, and said with a smile: "Looking so engrossed, I want to eat it ?”

Ji Hanchuan really opened his mouth to bite.

"Damn!" Gu Hengbei's hair was blown all over, "Don't make trouble, don't make trouble like this, don't make such trouble..."

Gu Hengbei lowered his head, Ji Hanchuan raised his head and looked at each other.

The lights in the room were low-wattage light bulbs, which were dropped in mid-air by wires, and the falling light was a bit dim, and the room was full of heat, making each other's eyebrows and eyes blurry.

Ji Hanchuan raised his body slightly, and kissed Gu Hengbei's lips.

Both of them sighed heavily.

I/you traveled through mountains and rivers and walked thousands of miles of ice-covered roads just to find you/me.

They stuck close together for a while, until the door sounded "squeaky", and Miao Miao entered the main room, humming a song:

"Third brother, I'll give you snake oil ointment. By the way, I'll bring my sheep oil too. Brother Bei, you can use it to wipe your face."

Gu Hengbei smiled and said, "Thank you."

Ji Miaomiao squatted in front of the electric heater to dry her hands: "You're welcome."

Ji Hanchuan said: "Go back to the house, you are not needed anymore."

"Alright then," Ji Miaomiao stood up, "Call me if you need anything."

Gu Hengbei watched Ji Miaomiao leave, and walked the door carefully, and said with relief, "Your sister is really good." There was Ji Ning born in front, and Gu Hengbei was worried that Ji Hanchuan and his family would not be easy to serve. Unexpectedly, Ji Ningsheng was the only strange thing in the Ji family.

Ji Hanchuan nodded, Gu Hengbei's feet were finally warmed up by rubbing them, Ji Hanchuan dragged his feet into the footbath.

"Hot, hot, hot!"

Gu Hengbei scratched his toes, only dared to put his feet on the edge of the basin, Ji Hanchuan used his hand to hold the water, and poured it on the back of his feet little by little.

It was a very common movement, but because of Ji Hanchuan's extremely serious and focused demeanor, it seemed full of sentimentality and tenderness.

When Gu Hengbei was finally able to adapt to the water temperature, Ji Hanchuan pressed his feet into the bottom of the pelvis, and rubbed him along the acupuncture points with his slender and strong fingers.

Gu Hengbei narrowed his eyes comfortably, the pores all over his body opened in an instant, every hot air molecule hovering in the air soaked into the nerve bone marrow along the capillaries.

Gu Hengbei grabbed Ji Hanchuan by the collar and dragged him onto the bed.

Ji Hanchuan was so distressed by him: "Wipe your feet..."

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Two layers of quilts were tightly wrapped, Ji Hanchuan covered Gu Hengbei's body, rubbed his wet lips gently, and asked in a low voice: "Is it still cold?"

"It's cold." Gu Hengbei's voice was hoarse and soft, and his black and white eyes flickered with anticipation, which was the grievance and coquetry that only when facing Ji Hanchuan.

Ji Hanchuan's heart was blasted into countless fragments, each piece was soaked in the sweet and sour warm water, his thumb pressed against Gu Hengbei's lower lip and exerted slight force, the tip of his finger sank into Gu Hengbei's articulate, slurred With a low smile: "Then I will warm you up."

"Don't," Gu Hengbei pulled Ji Hanchuan's prostrate body, it was the first time he blushed and shyly said, "I didn't take a shower..."

Ji Hanchuan raised his eyes to look at him, his slender eyelashes fluttered slightly, and his deep and moist eyes were full of amused smiles, as if Gu Hengbei was saying something stupid.

Gu Hengbei was afraid that Ji Hanchuan would be bored, so he propped up one leg and propped the quilt out to allow fresh air to breathe in.

The army green quilt rippled slowly like a pool of water, floating slightly under the dim light.

The wind was whistling outside the window, snowflakes were wrapped in broken ice and slapped on the glass window lattice, the other side of the main room was another room separated by a door, where the rest of the Ji family gathered, faint laughter came from the TV.

Gu Hengbei looked at the beams on the roof with distracted eyes, the light reflected the undulating shadows on the beams, he clenched the back of his hands tightly, not even daring to let out a sound of panting.

This is Ji Hanchuan's home, the place where he grew up, his room, his bed, he slept here when he was a little bean, and not far away, there is almost his entire family... Gu Hengbei The blood in the whole body is boiling like lava, and the tachycardias are accumulated one by one.

The tide beat the shore, wave after wave, until the embankment broke.

Time freezes, and the world seems to stand still.

Gu Hengbei seemed to have just been fished out of hot water, his limbs were limp and weak, his pupils dilated slightly, and his body twitched slightly.

Ji Hanchuan tightened his arms and patted him one after another, his dark eyes sparkled with the most gentle and doting smile.

"Chuan'er." The very soft voice was vague, with a mocking and warm breath.

"Huh?" Ji Hanchuan responded softly.

"Chuan'er."

"Ah."

Gu Hengbei hooked Ji Hanchuan's neck, four soft lips glued together, one didn't speak, and the other understood everything.

The room was so quiet that one could hear each other's echoing heartbeats, and the delicate and long breathing intertwined|wound.

So quiet, so gentle.

"Are you hungry? I'll cook for you." After patiently waiting for Gu Hengbei to recover completely, Ji Hanchuan rubbed his hair.

Gu Hengbei didn't want to be too troublesome: "Do you have instant noodles? Just make a bowl of noodles."

Ji Hanchuan smiled and pressed his brows with his thumb: "This is the first time I've come to give you instant noodles, Gu Hengbei, won't you keep this kind of boyfriend for the New Year?"

Speaking of Ji Hanchuan's getting out of the quilt, Gu Hengbei sat up: "I'll be with you."

"It's cold outside."

"You can pass and I can pass." Gu Hengbei got up unwillingly, "Are you underestimating me?"

Ji Hanchuan was helpless: "Then you should wear more."

Gu Hengbei's coat and trousers were all wet, Ji Hanchuan gave him his own down jacket and trousers, and finally put him on a military overcoat, wrapping Gu Hengbei three layers inside and three layers outside.

When the two of them left the room, they were alarmed to the next door, and the grandfather called out, "Sichuan Wazi?"

"Hey!" Ji Hanchuan responded.

"Cooking for a friend?"

"Yes."

The voice of the old woman came from inside again: "Old man, you go..."

After a while, Miao Miao came out holding a wooden box: "Third brother, grandma asked you to stew this ginseng with chicken."

Gu Heng was terrified: "No, no, no, no, no..."

"Don't be afraid," Miao Miao said with a smile, "It's not bad for people, it tastes good in chicken soup!"

"No..." Gu Hengbei didn't know what to say.

Ji Hanchuan reached out to take the wooden box, knocked on Miao Miao's forehead, and shouted: "Thank you, grandpa and grandma!"

After a slight cough, grandpa smiled and said, "Good boy."

There was a fire on the kitchen stove, and Ji Miaomiao had already soaked a chicken, pork and beef in hot water, washed the vegetables and delicacies, and steamed the rice.

Ji Hanchuan poured water into the pot, and then chopped vegetables.

Gu Hengbei sat behind the stove and lit the fire, and a few straws were folded in half from the middle, crackling, and the sound was crisp, he was having a great time playing.

From time to time, Ji Hanchuan looked at his face that was flushed by the firelight, and the tenderness in his eyes flickered like the firelight.

"Is the fire going to the kang in grandpa and grandma's house?" Gu Hengbei asked curiously.

"Correct."

"Then why don't you burn the kang in your house?" Gu Hengbei thought that when he first entered Ji Hanchuan's room, it was as cold as an ice cellar. If Ji Hanchuan didn't come here by himself, Ji Hanchuan wouldn't even need an electric heater.

Ji Hanchuan gave him a funny look: "How much more firewood do we need to burn?"

His young master, why not eat minced meat.

Gu Hengbei frowned: "Is firewood expensive?"

Ji Hanchuan patiently explained: "Firewood is not expensive, but the weather is bad. I don't know when the snow will stop. If it can't stop, there will be nowhere to replenish it if it burns out...even the big house won't keep burning."

"Then you have been exposed to the cold since you were a child?" Gu Hengbei muttered, feeling distressed.

"How can it be? When I was young, I also slept in a big house. In winter, the whole family sleeps in the same kang. Isn't it that Miaomiao and I are grown up now? Besides, I only live at home for a few days. How can I be so delicate?"

Gu Hengbei turned on the fire in the stove: "Your family is fine."

Ji Hanchuan nodded: "They all treat me very well."

Ji Hanchuan cooked Gu Hengbei a bowl of his special luxurious stew with all the ingredients available at home.

Red oil chicken soup is used as the base, the chicken is stewed until it is bubbling, soft and juicy, the sweet Chinese cabbage absorbs the fat, the meat slices are thinly sliced, and put in fish balls, ham, bacon, lotus root clips, sauerkraut, beans, and shiitake mushrooms Oyster mushroom Pleurotus eryngii, when the lid is removed after cooking, it is full of fresh fragrance, which makes the index finger move.

Ji Hanchuan was holding a bowl, Gu Hengbei was picking up vegetables with chopsticks, eating half a mouthful for himself, and feeding half a mouthful for Ji Hanchuan, the two chatted about childhood anecdotes, and when it came to funny things, Gu Hengbei laughed so hard that he leaned towards Ji Hanchuan He fell, causing Ji Hanchuan to spill all the soup in the bowl. Ji Hanchuan laughed and scolded him, but he still held the bowl for him and let him continue eating, laughing, and making trouble.

It was windy and snowy outside, and the house was full of spring. Gu Hengbei thought that this is not a kitchen in a remote mountain village. This is simply a dream house in a fairy tale world.

After he was full of tea and food, Gu Hengbei leaned against the woodpile, with his hands in his sleeves, he watched Ji Hanchuan tidy up the dishes, chopsticks, and the stove, coming in and out.

Ji Hanchuan scalded the two porcelain jars several times, one for Gu Hengbei to drink water and the other for Gu Hengbei to brush his teeth.

The washbasin where Gu Hengbei soaked his hands earlier was also scalded and scalded by him before he washed Gu Hengbei's face.

Gu Hengbei finally couldn't help it: "Don't keep getting hot, I don't think it's dirty."

"Okay, it's not hot anymore."

Ji Hanchuan said that's what he said, he should burn all the things Gu Hengbei needs again, he knows Gu Hengbei, Gu Hengbei has never been to such a place, and he can bear it all because he wants to be wronged.

Lying in the warm bed again, Gu Hengbei was already drowsy.

Ji Hanchuan hugged him: "Are you full?"

"Super support."

"Is it cold?"

"Super warm."

"Anything uncomfortable?"

Gu Hengbei opened a slit in his eyelashes: "What?"

Ji Hanchuan kissed his eyelids.

Gu Hengbei knew that Ji Hanchuan was afraid that he might be wronged.

Gu Hengbei lazily closed his eyes again, knowing that Ji Hanchuan would be uncomfortable if he didn't find a fault, so he muttered: "The only uncomfortable thing is that I can't take a bath, I sweat a lot today, I can't stick to it. "

"I'll wash it for you tomorrow." Ji Hanchuan coaxed him softly.

The next morning, Gu Hengbei slept until ten o'clock, and Ji Hanchuan would be gone by then.

The wind and snow were still raging, and Gu Hengbei had just left the room when Ji Miaomiao also came out from the next room when he heard the movement: "Good morning, little brother Bei."

"Morning, Miao Miao."

Ji Miaomiao said, "Wait a minute, I'll bring you water to brush your teeth and wash your face."

"Leave me alone, I'll do it myself," Gu Hengbei asked, how could he let the little girl serve him, "Where's your third brother?"

Ji Miaomiao has already gone to the kitchen: "Third brother is going to hit the ice, he has been playing all morning."

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