Beauty helps me achieve immortality

Chapter 388 Chi Xue Comes to Play Chess

It was midnight.

The Lantern Festival in Changshui is at its most lively time.

The statue of the goddess of lantern parade was carried by young girls in their twenties and left the county town, walking along the winding Changshui River into the countryside.

Under the bright moon, countless paper lanterns float away, like fireflies dotted in the Milky Way.

In the broad river, candlelight flickers among the light-moving pleasure boats.

The night wind blew across the water, creating ripples, and the swaying lotus and wooden lanterns began to dance along with it.

There was a chaotic clamor and noise everywhere, and everything seemed like a dream.

Zhao Qing put his arm around Shuyue's slender waist and chatted happily with his family in the crowd.

A grand fireworks display was held at the Changshui County Government Office.

The deafening roar could not drown out the laughter beside my ears.

Brilliant rays of light soared in the night sky like elves, blooming with dazzling colors under the cold moon.

It is as beautiful as the flying flowers scattered by fairies, and as colorful as the dancing butterflies.

There was a lot of noise all around, and the little child stood on tiptoe, grinning foolishly and pointing at the stars and the moon.

On the bank of the river, one could faintly hear the soft whispers of a young opera girl, loud cheers and calls.

Families gathered together, laughing and joking, as well as expressing their affection.

Stars, moon, all kinds of shapes and shadows.

Dark and vague, in a trance.

The aunt held Zhao Qing's hand tightly, her beautiful smiling eyes still looking into the night sky.

She always looks at me from afar like this.

However, in her early years she looked at the stars and the Milky Way, but now she looks at the full moon and fireworks.

The sounds of Shuyue and Sihe's laughter were indistinct, while the noisy sounds around me were audible. Under the starry night, the fireworks were still dazzling and colorful...

The Chang River, filled with floating lanterns, seemed to have turned into intoxicating wine.

Reflecting the stars, the moon, the fireworks, and the smiling faces of family members, the ripples caused by the cold wind tore apart the starry night, but made the wine stronger.

……

The fireworks under the starry night became more and more brilliant, and a pleasure boat floated on the Chang River.

The street vendors released the paper lanterns that had not yet been sold out, and Si Youzong's pleasure boat drifted back, bringing new riddles.

During the busiest time of the Changshui Lantern Festival.

A small apricot yellow boat floated up... and headed towards the lonely and quiet night.

The top of Shouyun Mountain.

The waterfall is roaring and the water is misty.

The spring breeze is not yet strong, but the tea leaves are already sprouting tender buds.

The noise and chaos around me were gone, and the fireworks and lights in the starry night also disappeared.

Only the bright full moon was still reflected in the lake water, swaying and rocking.

"Aren't you going to cook for Shuyue? Go and prepare it quickly."

My aunt smiled with her beautiful eyes, untied the belt around her waist with her slender hands, and rolled up her sleeves.

If you get away during the most prosperous time of Lantern Festival, you naturally want to rush back home to spend some time together.

She and Shuyue bought walnuts and sesame seeds in Changshui, obviously intending to make dumplings themselves.

Zhao Qing chuckled and nodded, then quickly turned back to the kitchen to get some fresh meat and vegetables...

On the night of the full moon and lanterns, Shuyue successfully built her foundation, and the family went to visit the lanterns and watch the fireworks.

It's rare that my aunt is in such high spirits that she even kneads the dough from scratch and makes a bowl of glutinous rice balls herself.

Naturally, he also has to cook by himself, spend time with his family, and spend this harmonious and beautiful Lantern Festival.

Taoliu Palace is very busy at this moment.

Mist began to rise from the originally cold pond, and it gradually became a little warmer.

The table and warm soft couch made by Qingyan were set up by the pond outside the palace.

The charming peach-eyed puppet was put away by the white-haired girl.

Si He also received the task assigned by his aunt.

At this moment, they gathered around the green table, grinding the prepared walnuts, sesame seeds and dried fruits into powder.

Since she and Ning'er were not really suitable for cooking, they could only do some preparatory work.

Ning Mei also took off her water sleeve ribbon, rolled up her sleeves high, and stood by to stir the honey and vegetable oil.

Naturally, only Shuyue and Qinghuan are fully capable of kneading white flour and glutinous rice flour.

My aunt was only there to stand by and knead the chopped fruit and honey into a dough...

The full moon is like a mirror.

The cool night wind ruffled the black hair beside my aunt's ears.

She raised her sticky slender hand and gently plucked the hair with her little finger nail.

A pair of beautiful eyes filled with tenderness gazed at her own hands covered with stuffing...

My aunt smiled softly and said, "I remember the first time I came home, you coaxed me to wash the dishes."

Ningmei and Sihe naturally didn't know about these things.

It was very early then, as early as the winter of the Guimao year.

Ningmei can find out when her aunt and Zhao Qing met, but she can't find out what exactly happened at home.

She asked playfully, "Have you washed yet?"

Qinghuan smiled without saying a word, and dealt with the white glutinous rice ball in her hand seriously.

"She washed it! Xiaoyi was just like you back then, she washed it openly and even asked her husband..."

"You just want me to take care of the household for you, why do you have to do this?"

"That's roughly what she meant. After saying that, she went back to her work, even giving her husband a provocative look."

Shuyue kneaded the dough and rolled it into pancakes. With a look of reminiscence in her eyes, she laughed crisply and dug up all the past stories of her aunt.

My aunt immediately denied it.

He chuckled and asked back, "How can that be considered a flying glance? Can't I even look at him?"

"how come……"

"Qinghuan, tell me, did Xiaoyi have feelings for him back then?" Shuyue smiled, nudged Qinghuan with her elbow, and asked the person involved last year to help prove it.

But who would have thought.

Qing Huan said softly, "How can I know what's going on in Xiao Yi's heart?"

"However, during those busy days of the New Year, Qing Huan's heart was filled with thoughts of her master..."

When she looked at Shuyue and her aunt, a hint of clever joy flashed across her eyes, and she added with a smile: "Qinghuan also came home at that time."

Si He seemed to be listening to them, but in reality he had already gone to the kitchen with Zhao Qing and was still busy bickering with them.

Ning Mei raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at her aunt with a mischievous look, and asked secretly: "What did you do when you first came home..."

"Ah!"

My aunt snorted disdainfully.

Her beautiful eyes were wandering, and she looked at the honey paste that Ning'er was stirring in her hands with a meaningful smile, and she also put the round stuffing to the tip of her nose and sniffed it.

"I just ate two bowls of glutinous rice balls, a few dishes, and drank a few glasses of wine."

"As a junior sister, can't I go to my senior brother's house for a meal?"

Si He suddenly came back to his senses and grumbled with a smile: "We didn't say anything, why are you so anxious to explain?"

The aunt swept the area with her spiritual sense and found that there was no sign of Zhao Qing returning.

Then he said with a smile, "How can you call it an excuse?"

"If you gave your body to him, then you gave it. If you didn't, then you didn't."

"We had never even kissed."

"Later, when we were on the Purple Pearl Spiritual Boat, we would occasionally show some tenderness..."

At this moment, Shuyue and Qinghuan looked at each other, their eyes full of hesitation as they recalled the past.

"How can there be two bowls? Didn't you only eat one bowl of glutinous rice balls?"

"On New Year's Eve, we each had a bowl of porridge, vegetables and meat patties for dinner the next morning!"

She reminded with a chuckle, and looked into her aunt's beautiful eyes.

Hearing this doubt, my aunt raised her eyebrows slightly, but just smiled and said nothing.

"Eh?"

"It's strange."

Ning Mei's eyes were sparkling, and she smiled and talked to herself, showing that she was very curious about this.

Aunt: ...

She gently handed the dough to Qing Huan and said with a soft laugh, "That night after you guys went to bed, I went to the west wing and secretly got a bowl to eat."

"and……"

My aunt's beautiful eyes were full of cunning: "After I ate secretly that night, I cleaned the porcelain bowl I used."

"When you coaxed me to wash the dishes early in the morning, you were already familiar with it~"

Shuyue's eyes flickered.

She immediately smiled sweetly and shook the flour in her hand towards Xiaoyi: "Well, no wonder you were so relaxed the next day, you turned out to be a little thief who stole food!"

Zhao Qing returned with a large amount of vegetables and delicacies.

He looked at his wife and chuckled, "It's all your fault for not noticing. Otherwise, we would have asked her to stay home and cook."

The aunt immediately said sweetly: "My daughter ate a bowl of glutinous rice balls from daddy, and she still needs to be punished..."

She stood up briskly, stretched out her sticky arms, and embraced her father intimately. She kissed his eyes and whispered, "My daughter owes you the glutinous rice balls... If this life is not enough, I will keep it for the next life."

……

The old years are gone forever.

When Zhao Qing and his aunt mentioned their past experience to their family again.

It's just a story of a small pavilion, a bowl of glutinous rice balls, a fireworks display, and a long journey...

The aunt stole a bowl of glutinous rice balls, and Zhao Qing missed the invitation.

It was the New Year's Eve.

The wind and snow are strong.

Now is the Lantern Festival.

The moon is full and bright.

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After midnight, the last light in the countryside below the mountain was extinguished.

The only things left in the world were the faint wind and the cold moon.

In the Peach and Willow Palace Garden.

Red lanterns were also hung above the gorgeous eaves.

The family gathered around the green table beside the warm pond.

Si He transformed into a lazy, cold, white-haired demon god. He leaned on the green table with his slender hands supporting his side face. He stared at the stove with a smile in his beautiful eyes, waiting for Qinghuan and Ningmei to cook the dumplings.

The originally cold and icy beauty in red has now become a gentle and sweet little girl.

Holding hands with Shuyue, they talked about old times and made up bad things about their husbands. Zhao Qing pressed them on his legs, one on each side. No one could escape tonight.

Xiaoyi's head was pressed on his legs, and her delicate body knelt under the table.

When passion reaches its peak, he and Shuyue look at each other with a smile, and his heart is filled with love...

Zhao Qing seemed to have noticed something.

Looking down, he saw that Xiaoyi's face was already flushed. He immediately ruffled her hair, lifted her chin and said with a smile, "The Queen is still watching you."

My aunt snorted softly.

"Then let her watch~!"

There were all kinds of delicacies on the table, most of which were cooked by Zhao Qing himself, all of which were delicacies from the Xiahuang Realm.

There was also small sunflower greens prepared for Qinghuan and stir-fried lamb with green onions for Sihe.

Shuyue also found a wild rabbit in the mountains.

Tu'er also likes the atmosphere at home. At this moment, he is leaning leisurely on the charcoal, and the rich burnt aroma is drifting away with the night wind.

There are even more drinks prepared beside the waterfall.

There's my aunt's favorite Beimo Shaojiu, the Xiahuang foreign wine given by Senior Sister Zhang, and the Huanyu Lingjiu from Huanyu Pavilion in Yongning Prefecture...

There is also the peach blossom wine brewed by Ning'er herself, and the peach blossom wine prepared in the summer.

Sweet and sour plums had already been prepared for Xiaoyi, but she was hiding under the table and had no time to pay attention to them.

The osmanthus cake, plum blossom cake, and sugar-steamed yogurt that our family often ate in the early years were all temporarily taken from the kitchen.

Qinghuan and Ningmei came and went one after another.

Six bowls of steaming hot dumplings were served, with steam rising from the jade bowls.

The five of them sat together happily, but my aunt was nowhere to be seen.

The white-haired demon god smiled at Zhao Qing with his beautiful eyes, and when he opened his mouth slightly, a jade spoon brought hot dumplings to him.

I do not know how long it has been.

The aunt entered the banquet and sat down, her cold face still the same as usual. She glanced at the man and kissed his cheek lightly, which satisfied her passion.

Looking back at her family's teasing looks, she didn't care.

tonight.

My aunt snatched away Qinghuan's owner.

And he also stole Qing Huan's liquor...

Even my aunt can drink the spicy and burning peach blossom drink.

But he didn't drink like Qinghuan, but savored it slowly, cup by cup.

She seemed to be extremely greedy for this warming wine based on the Mingshang Glacier.

Apart from the blush on her face, her soft and beautiful eyes were always smiling.

The moonlight is hazy.

Shuyue lit the fuse under her feet.

Suddenly, a red shadow flashed across Shouyun Mountain, and fireworks filled the sky, leaping between the stars.

Amidst the deafening explosion.

On the cold nights of the past, the gorgeous fireworks are here again.

It makes Xiaoyi's smile even more charming.

The fireworks at home...are obviously completely different from the lanterns in Changshui.

The full moon hangs high.

As the fireworks rose, a howling cold wind blew from Shouyun Mountain, and falling snow fluttered in people's faces.

Spring has arrived, and this is certainly not the flying snow in the southwest of Chu.

Instead, Si He used the secret technique of incense to bring spring snow to Shouyun Mountain.

My aunt drank her riddle happily.

That riddle is difficult, ambiguous and impossible to answer.

But her mystery is simple.

It’s my husband, and it’s also glutinous rice balls.

……

The deafening explosion echoed throughout the mountains.

Between Siyou City and the three districts, disciples stepped out and looked at the top of Shouyun Mountain in the distance.

Watch the gorgeous and long beautiful fireworks.

But suddenly I discovered that there seemed to be a strange chill between the world.

There was a fluttering and flawless snowflake, swaying under the starry night.

The disciples looked at each other in surprise, and had no time to ask any questions.

They each received a message from the sect's deacon Wang Teng...

"During the Lantern Festival, each disciple will contribute one thousand."

"For those who bring their families to practice cultivation, each disciple will be given an additional 1,000 yuan in contribution."

“Those stationed outside can return to the clan to participate in the Lantern Festival feast, or they can return home to travel for half a month.”

"Also, the kitchen has prepared some glutinous rice balls. Only one bowl is allowed tomorrow morning."

After receiving the message, the entire Siyou Sect fell into a brief silence.

In each courtyard, close male and female disciples gathered together to ponder, but they could not figure it out.

After all... the sect's rules are really too bizarre.

Wait until the dawn.

Many disciples had already gathered near the kitchen, chatting and asking questions to each other.

Shouyun Mountain, not far away, was already covered in white.

The wind will stop, but the snow will continue to fall.

In the palace garden on the top of Shouyun Mountain.

Peach and willow trees sprouted tender buds in the cold snow.

The bedroom was warm and quiet, and the boiling hot tea exuded a strange fragrance.

The woman in red had beautiful eyes and leaned forward to sit opposite the man.

In front of the two men was a chessboard made of bitter pear wood, which was covered with marks left by the passage of time.

There was a cheerful laugh, which attracted the attention of Hong Ning and Shu Yue.

"Senior brother..."

"please."