Lan Congxiao

They live in the small building behind the tavern, Xun Fei sits at the desk after taking a bath as usual and silently writes about the arrangement of autumn candles.

"Aren't you tired?" A scent of fragrance wafted by, just after taking a bath, Qiu Zhu was sitting on Xun Fei's wide wooden chair wearing only thin clothes, half hugging him and whispering in his ear.

"Of course, next time you clean it yourself." Xun Fei pretended to be self-willed, put down the pen in his hand, and deliberately did not look at him with his chin.

Qiu Zhu didn't mind at all, and chuckled in her ear, "You are not afraid that I will be alone for too long and cause trouble, such as... which girl?"

"How dare you!" Xun Fei couldn't hear these words, turned his head and grabbed Qiu Zhu's skirt and approached him, "I'll throw her into the river."

"You have really grown up, and you are becoming more and more presumptuous towards me." The smile on the corner of his mouth did not diminish at all, and Xun Fei was puzzled, "What's wrong with presumptuousness, you are no longer that noble second young master, you are just a tavern boy." boss."

"That can't be done, you can't slack off on majesty." The slender fingers pinched Xun Fei's jaw lightly, and his lips swept across without a trace, and lightly fell on Xun Fei's cheek. Passing Xun Fei's waist, forcing his body to get close.Fingers brushed away the broken hair on his forehead, Xun Fei's increasingly clear facial features made his heart move slightly, he was no longer the naughty child at the beginning, he had already grown into a teenager.

"Cold..." A word came out vaguely between the lips.

But Qiuzhu felt very dry and hot. He lowered his head and kissed the delicate collarbone of the young boy in his arms. He tilted his head back slightly, making his fair neck look more slender and charming. He heard a chuckle again, "We have really grown up, really. Worrying that one day you will be snatched away."

"You dare to rob me, and I'm not a vegetarian." In this situation, no matter how fierce the words were, they became a little tender.

Reflecting on the candlelight, Xun Fei poked his head out of Qiu Zhu's arms without being tired yet, but Qiu Zhu was already fast asleep, and his fingers lightly caressed his chest, a flat place under Qiu Zhu's left collarbone, His name "Xunfei" is tattooed on it.Xun Fei has never seen tattoos, and tattoos are extremely rare. I don't know when Qiu Zhu stabbed him on his body. In short, he saw it when he "meet him for the first time", and he was shocked, but the man himself smiled. Don't take it for granted.

"Still sleeping?" Waking up again from sleep, Qiu Zhu's voice was slightly hoarse, "I have to go to school tomorrow."

"Qiu Zhu, I also want to engrave your name on my body." After the words fell, Qiu Zhu seemed to have not woken up, but she strengthened her arms holding him, and lightly reprimanded, "No, or I will punish you for copying books." .”

"why?"

"It hurts too much..."

The next day, when Qiu Zhu woke up from the dream, Xun Fei was no longer around him. Looking at the light reflected from the window, it was obvious that he got up late, and Xun Fei had already gone to school.

He sat up and sighed, is there really a god in the world?Why since I saw that portrait, I fell asleep late at night and played Go with Xun Fei's father all night, and I was terrified all night.Just as he was about to get up and change his clothes, he suddenly remembered the only sentence that Mr. Qiao said in his dream: You broke our rules, but we owe you a favor.

"Rules?" Qiu Zhu didn't understand what their rules were, could it be referring to his relationship with Xun Fei, but the rules had obviously been established long ago, how could any family specially set a rule that men should not fall in love with men.

When Qiu Zhu walked to the tavern in front, there was a burst of noisy firecrackers.

"Boss, there's nothing wrong with opening the tavern across the street. Isn't it provocative to insist on opening opposite our house?" The clerk who had been with the store for two years came forward and complained, obviously displeased with the bustle of the opposite side. The business in the tavern is booming, but the boss is cold-tempered and doesn't like to be lively. It's always you come and go but it's quiet.

"We are in the busiest area, people choose here, naturally it is for the source of customers." Qiu Zhu doesn't care about this, he doesn't seek wealth and wealth, as long as this tavern can support him and Xun Fei But, whoever likes to take the rest can take it.

"That's true. Our family's wine is famous. How can ordinary taverns compare with it? Just a kind of peach blossom brewing can't compare."

"Have you bought all the food for today?" Qiu Zhu walked to the back of the counter and began to settle the account books. The clerk took out the remaining silver from his pocket and put it in front of Qiu Zhu. After asking again, it’s all his favorite food.”

Qiu Zhu looked at the amount of silver taels remaining, and waved her hand, "You guys take it for cooking money."

The clerk accepted it without being polite, "Boss, you are too generous, don't be afraid that we will get kickbacks, the owner of the store is very smart."

Qiu Zhu just smiled lightly after hearing this, "As long as you help take care of the things in the store, it will save you the trouble of changing people all the time."

"Thank you boss, I'm off to work."

I didn't think so at first, but after a few days, everyone in the store discovered the problem.

"Boss, the business has been quite cold these days. It shouldn't be. Our wine is not as good as any tavern in a radius of ten miles. How can this new one take away the business so quickly?"

Qiu Zhu didn't take this matter to heart at first, but she was also curious about the uniqueness of the wine sold by the other party.

While the people here were still thinking hard, Xun Fei concealed his face and was already preparing to sneak into the crowded tavern opposite.

As soon as I entered the tavern, I felt that the wine here was also fragrant, and it seemed a little familiar, but I had never heard the name of this tavern.

Sniffing from east to west, she didn't know that she still couldn't escape the eyes and ears of everyone with her dressing up like this.

A chatting guest happened to see Xun Fei's appearance, and couldn't help feeling cunning, but laughed aloud, and said to the tavern keeper, "Look, here comes the spy."

The shopkeeper was ignorant and asked why.

"The young man who hides his face is the owner of the 'Sneaky Pub' across the street. The two brothers came to town two years ago and opened this tavern. They are famous for both the wine and the people."

"Oh? It seems that I need to inquire more." The shopkeeper was mentioned in this way, but he was a little curious in the future out of defensiveness.

"There are two brothers, one big and one young, in the tavern opposite. They are well-known handsome in the town. Since the tavern opened, several other taverns in the town have closed. This younger brother is lively, and the eldest brother is gentle. Most of the girls in this town who are waiting to marry are watching."

"The grade is young, and the wine making skills are so superb, I really want to ask them for advice." The shopkeeper took out a small bottle of wine from behind the counter and handed it to Xun Fei. Why don't you take a small bottle back and taste it."

Xun Fei was suspicious, looked at the wine bottle with his big eyes and then at him, fearing that there would be fraud, shook his head, turned around and left, but was forced into his arms by the shopkeeper, "The visitor is a guest, take it."