Cold and warm depend on each other

An unknown incense was smoked in the wing room, Xu Shi had a feeling in his heart, he only felt that the aroma had the smell of medicine.Pale golden sunlight enveloped the house, casting beams of light before the windows closed.

Xue Wanxiang listened to Su Zhe's narration of the past, and suddenly asked: "Did you learn from a teacher when you were very young? What about your parents? It was very hard to practice when you were young, how could they be willing?"

Su Zhe patted Xue Wanxiang's arm again and again, with a calm expression, before saying after a while: "My parents don't want me anymore."

Xue Wanxiang raised her head in her embrace, a little puzzled, "Did your parents... get separated from you?"

Su Zhe looked down at her, and said with a light smile, "No. My life experience...is a bit long, do you want to hear it now?"

Xue Wanxiang left her embrace, sat up straight beside her, "Yes!"

As soon as she left, Su Zhe felt empty in his arms. After a pause, she looked at the thin calluses on her slender fingers, and said slowly: "My master is the head of the Junshan Zhanfeng School. In Jianghu, a Wind Chopping Sword was once famous all over the world. Later, I married my teacher’s wife and returned to Junshan. My parents are relatives... They are a farmer living at the foot of Junshan Mountain, renting a few acres of Susukida Farming. Before me, they had two girls, and when my mother was pregnant with me, my father hoped to have a son."

When Xue Wanxiang heard this, she already guessed about it. She took Su Zhe's hand and patted the back of her hand lightly, "Azhe..."

Su Zhe bowed his head and said: "Later, I was born a daughter, and my father didn't like it very much. He said that the family was poor and couldn't support her anymore, so she would throw her into the lotus pond and drown."

Xue Wanxiang was taken aback, knowing that she was sitting right next to her now, she still involuntarily held Su Zhe's hand tightly.

Su Zhe bit his lips and looked at her, and continued: "You probably guessed what happened later. It was nothing more than my master just passing by, and he felt that he was destined for me, so he picked me up to Junshan, taught me martial arts, and also taught me read."

"..." Xue Wanxiang was silent for a while, not knowing what to say.After a while, following Su Zhe's example, she put her arms around her shoulders, let her fall into her arms, and caressed her back one by one.

"After that, have you never seen your parents again?" Xue Wanxiang's voice was soft.

Su Zhe shook his head, "I've seen it before. Coming down from the mountain, the footsteps are fast, and it takes only half a day to arrive. When I was young, my master asked my senior brother to send me down the mountain to have a New Year's Eve dinner with my parents during the New Year holidays. "

"Oh……"

"It's just that when I was five years old..." Su Zhe closed his eyes in Xue Wanxiang's arms, and there was a trace of self-mockery and melancholy in his voice: "When I was five years old, my senior brother sent me down the mountain again to find that small village , only to find out that my father and mother had moved away at some point. People in the village said that they had gone to relatives, and until now, they have never heard of them again."

Xue Wanxiang felt that her heart was being tugged, and she tightened her arms around her: "Azhe..."

Su Zhe raised his head, showing a smile that was uglier than crying.

The two sat leaning against each other for a while, and heard the sound of a little girl walking outside, thinking that the girl who delivered the water was coming back, Su Zhe sat up straight, and saw Xue Wanxiang wipe his face lightly with a handkerchief, and the circles around his eyes were still intact. Upright red.Knowing that she was sad because of his life experience, Su Zhe held her hand and squeezed her palm.

"I'm living a very good life now. Master and wife treat me like your own. Don't be sad." Su Zhe tilted his head and smiled, and that smile was better than the one just now.

Xue Wanxiang held her hand back, she had already stopped crying, but the corners of her eyes turned red again when she saw her smile.

"Hey!" Su Zhe had no choice but to hug her and coax her softly: "Don't cry, people will laugh when they see it later."

"What's the joke?" Xue Wanxiang continued casually, with the nasal sound of crying in her voice.

"It's a joke that you look like a tabby cat!" Su Zhe chuckled, raised his fingertips, and slid across the corner of her eyes, dripping a tear.

That tear was still warm, Su Zhe thought, this is the first time someone shed tears for me.

Xue Wanxiang glanced at her, but saw her raise her hand to her lips, and touched her lips with her fingertips.Thinking of the fingertips caressing her face just now, Xue Wanxiang's heart beat faster.

There was a knock on the door outside the house, faintly the voice of Qingyue.Su Zhe restrained his expression, patted the back of Xue Wanxiang's hand, got up and opened the door.

"Master Su, Mrs. Su, the hot water for the medicinal bath is ready, can we move in?" Qingyue stood at the door with a few little girls.

Su Zhe turned sideways to let them enter the room: "I'm sorry for the trouble, sisters, please come in."

The maids carried the hot water to the ear room, first filled the large bathtub half full, and covered the other two wooden barrels with gauze and put them aside to prevent the heat from dissipating too quickly.

While watching the little girls pouring water, Qingyue explained to the two of them: "My wife said, Mrs. Su should soak in the medicine bath while it's hot. It's better if the skin is flushed and the forehead is full of sweat. During the period, the water temperature will inevitably become colder. When adding hot water to Mrs. Su, please Mr. Su be careful at all times, don't let Mrs. Su get cold again."

Su Zhe and Xue Wanxiang agreed one by one, Qingyue led the girls out of the side room, and closed the door, only the two of them were left in the side room.

There was a strong smell of medicinal herbs in the large tub, the hot water was steaming, and some leaves floated on the water surface, which seemed to be medicinal herbs that needed to be bathed together.

Su Zhe looked at Xue Wanxiang, and reminded: "Take a bath while it's hot, it won't be good if the medicine wears off after a while."

Xue Wanxiang stared at the bathtub for a moment, raised her hand to untie the silk lace of her coat, and the skirt was slightly open, she suddenly gave Su Zhe a look: "Turn around!"

Su Zhe wanted to laugh, seeing that her face was getting more and more embarrassing, and she was afraid that she would become angry after a while, so she didn't laugh out loud, and turned her back.

The two of them were in the small ear room together, and the sound of each thread penetrated into his ears like a button. Su Zhe heard the sound of Xue Wanxiang hanging his clothes on the hanger, the sound of Xue Wanxiang stepping on a short chair, and Xue Wanxiang stepped into the water wave. The sound of the tub.

"Can I turn around?" Su Zhe asked.

Xue Wanxiang looked at her back turned to him, with her hair tied up with a silver crown, and her handsome back in a robe, the heat on her face evaporated a little before she knew it.

"This medicated bath is too hot." She murmured.

"what?"

Su Zhe turned around, Xue Wanxiang immediately shouted: "Don't turn around!" Su Zhe had to stand still, and after a long while, Xue Wanxiang said vaguely: "You go out first. I can pour the hot water myself. "

This time Su Zhe didn't ask her, and turned around directly.Xue Wanxiang was stunned, and then her face turned red, she shrank into the bathtub with a "swish", annoyed: "You!!!"

Su Zhe was taken aback, she blinked, and had to turn back again, and explained first: "You can't pour the hot water. If you come out of the bathtub to pour water, it will still be cold again?" Pause for a moment, then continue Said: "I'll go out first, and stand in front of the door. Call me when your water is cold, okay?"

Xue Wanxiang bit her lip, blushed, and replied in a low voice: "En."

Sure enough, Su Zhe lifted his legs and left, and turned back when he reached the door, Xue Wanxiang had already relaxed a little, but when he saw her turn around, he hugged himself and stared at her.Su Zhe said with a smile: "Actually, when I applied medicine to your back, I saw many places, so you must call me when the water gets cold, after all, I also have what you have..."

Before she could finish her words, Xue Wanxiang scooped up a handful of water, gritted her teeth and splashed it on her face!

Su Zhe laughed loudly, walked out the door, and covered it tightly again.

Lin Fu's prescription was indeed effective. For two or three days in a row, taking it internally and taking external baths, Xue Wanxiang's energy and spirit recovered a lot. A small face the size of a palm was moist and beautiful, and she looked back with a smile and was full of charm. Su Zhe was very happy to see it.

After an autumn rain, the courtyard was slightly cool.Xue Wanxiang was bored in the room for a long time, and invited Su Zhe to enjoy the scenery in the garden.

The Lin family runs several medicine workshops in Chu City. In addition to the common pavilions and pavilions in ordinary people's homes, there is naturally a lot of space in the courtyard for medicine gardens.

In the medicine garden, vines and radishes are verdant, green plants are everywhere, and more than a dozen servants who specialize in planting medicines are bent over to take care of them.The person in charge saw Xue Wanxiang and Su Zhe coming from the path, knew that they were distinguished guests of the master's house, bowed and saluted them, led them to walk and enjoy in the garden, and told them some simple medicine.

A little servant ran over from the side and saluted Qian'er: "Steward, there are two boxes of newly arrived medicinal herbs, do you want to go and have a look?"

The person in charge paused, and Su Zhe hurriedly said: "Go ahead and do some work, let's take a look here and leave in a while."

The person in charge said with a smile: "The two distinguished guests are welcome to do their own thing. It's just that some of the medicinal herbs planted here are poisonous, so the two distinguished guests should be careful not to touch them."

After saying that, he cupped his hands and hurried down with the servant.

Su Zhe and Xue Wanxiang stopped and walked along the way, only feeling that the medicine garden surrounded by greenery is more interesting than other buildings.From a distance, I saw a pavilion with hexagonal eaves, half hidden by the side of the tree.Xue Wanxiang was tired from walking, so Su Zhe took her to the pavilion to rest.

Not wanting to get closer, he realized that there was already a person sitting in the pavilion, wearing a scribe's blue gown, staring at a handful of medicinal herbs on the table in a daze.

"Isn't that Young Master Lin?" Xue Wanxiang said.

Su Zhe also saw it, it's not good to pretend not to see it, the two climbed up the steps and greeted Young Master Lin.

Young master Lin also knew that there were these two guests at home, but he was depressed these few days and did not make acquaintance on purpose. Today, he met them by chance and talked with them. They are about the same age, but they are in a much more cheerful mood.

"Xiaosheng Lin Aiqi, it's really a blessing in my life to meet two friends today." He toasted with tea instead of wine.

Xue Wanxiang heard that his name was rare, so she couldn't help but look at him more often.

Lin Aiqi's name has been asked countless times since she was a child, and she guessed it when she saw her eyes, and asked with a smile: "Does Madam Su want to ask me the origin of my name?"

Xue Wanxiang saw that he was smiling like a child with sincerity, and nodded with a smile: "Yes. At that time, there were very few people whose names matched Ai and Qi, and it was rare for a little girl to be so strange."

Lin Aiqi shook her head, her eyes flicked around on the faces of Su Zhe and Xue Wanxiang, and then she said triumphantly: "What's so difficult about this, my mother's name has the word Qi! My father loves my mother, So my name is Lin Aiqi. For example, when you two give birth to a child, the boy can be called Su Aiwan, and the girl can be called Su Aixiang!"

Listening to his nonsense, Xue Wanxiang blushed quickly, bit her lip and bowed her head in embarrassment.She and Su Zhe's child...she, she...how could she have a child with Su Zhe? ? ?

Su Zhe knew that she was thin-skinned, and she was the head of the family in front of outsiders, so she had to stand up no matter what.

So she grabbed Xue Wanxiang's hand under the table, and said with a smile on her face: "Thank you Mr. Lin for the suggestion, but Xiao Ke and his wife like to overlap their names, and the child's name has also been thought out. If a boy is born, it should be named Su Wanwan, if you get a little girl, naturally you will name it Su Xiangxiang."

Xue Wanxiang heard that her face was burning like fire, and her slender hands were struggling under the table. Su Zhe held her tightly, with his fingertips embedded in her fingers, interlocking his fingers, holding her tightly.