"Here, take this." Huo Jingchen handed a lottery tube to Jiang Hexi seriously.
Jiang Hexi didn't want to spoil the fun, so she imitated his example and asked for a lottery.
After the bamboo sticks fell to the ground, Huo Jingchen hurriedly picked up the bamboo sticks from the two of them and held them tightly, as if they were grasping some treasure in the world.
That serious look made Jiang Hexi couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle. She really didn't expect Huo Jingchen to believe this so seriously. It was really an eye-opener for her.
"Let's go! Let's get the sign first." Huo Jingchen handed her the bamboo stick that belonged to Jiang Hexi, fearing that he might get it mixed up, then he passed the test and whispered.
Jiang Hexi nodded silently, went out with him, and came to a sign interpreter in the yard.
"Master, please help me take a look at this lot." Huo Jingchen handed over the bamboo stick impatiently and looked nervously at the monk who read the lot, his palms full of sweat.
The monk who interpreted the lot took the bamboo stick, took a look at it, pondered for a moment and then said: "The lot given by the donor is a winning one. It is neither excellent nor bad."
"May I ask Master what the explanation is?" When Huo Jingchen heard this, his heart immediately rose and he asked hurriedly.
The monk who interpreted the lot said slowly: "This lot says, 'One is for joy, the other is for fear.' It means that there is no best of both worlds in the affairs of the world. It can even be said that nine out of ten things in the world are unsatisfactory, and so on.
Repeatedly, it is not as good as what the world wants.”
"But as long as the donor faces the reality, analyze and judge the matter, make careful choices, and don't expect results, but there is no need to be discouraged because of small setbacks."
"This shows that as long as Master Shi perseveres and speaks cautiously, he will be able to realize his heart's wish." The sign-reading monk glanced at Jiang Hexi, rolled his eyes, and said slowly.
Huo Jingchen's serious face relaxed a little, and he hurriedly handed Jiang Hexi's bamboo stick over again, looking at him expectantly.
The monk who read the lot took a look, looked at Jiang Hexi with some surprise and said: "The female donor's sign is the top one. Congratulations to the female donor."
Hearing this, Huo Jingchen immediately beamed with joy, and the uneasiness just now dissipated between heaven and earth.
Jiang Hexi didn't feel anything at all. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Really?"
The monk who interpreted the fortune didn't care about her casual attitude. Instead, he smiled and said, "The fortune teller of the female donor says, 'If you like the person you like, if the person likes you, then those ruthless flowers and birds will also be in love, and they will learn how to untie the branches and live together.'"
"It means that as long as you rely on your own heart and do your best, you will definitely have a good account. The person you like will also like you. When your true feelings are revealed, even those speechless flowers and birds can greet you. When fate comes, you must grasp it well."
"The female benefactor's peach blossom is about to come. I would like to congratulate the female benefactor first." The monk who read the lotus glanced meaningfully at Jiang Hexi.
Jiang Hexi looked at the sign-reading monk with great suspicion, distrust on his face.
The monk who read the signatures still looked at her with a smile, and glanced expectantly at Huo Jingchen, who was beside him and couldn't help but be happy.
Sure enough, Huo Jingchen took out a large ingot of silver and rewarded it to the monk who understood the lot.
"Thank you very much to the donor for the sesame oil money. I wish the donor in advance that his wish will come true!" the monk who interpreted the lotus put his palms together and held the silver ingot tightly in one hand, looking at Huo Jingchen with a smile.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Hexi didn't believe what the monk said more and more, and couldn't help but walk away.
Huo Jingchen clasped his fists at the monk to express his gratitude, and then quickly followed him in big strides.
Looking at the backs of the two people leaving one after another, the monk who signed the signature touched his chin and smiled meaningfully.
"Xi'er, why are you walking so fast?" Huo Jingchen hurriedly caught up with Jiang Hexi and looked at her with a silly smile, which made Jiang Hexi feel scared.
"What's wrong with you today? Why do I think you're weird?" After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Hexi couldn't help but say.
"Didn't the interpreter say that all my dreams will come true in the future? So I'm a little happy." Looking at the beautiful Jiang Hexi, Huo Jingchen's throat rolled twice and he said in a beautiful and hoarse voice.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Hexi felt a little weird in her heart. Her right eyelid twitched for some reason, as if something bad was about to happen.
"Let's go over there and throw a marriage line!" Huo Jingchen looked at her with some expectancy.
Jiang Hexi shook his head and refused: "I won't go, you go!"
"Why?" Huo Jingchen asked eagerly, looking at her with a hurt look.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Hexi couldn't help but have a headache. She couldn't say that it was too ambiguous. She wanted to avoid suspicion. She must know that in this time and space, only people who are happy with each other would throw a line of marriage together, okay?
How could she dare to go with him? When we went together to ask for a signature, she felt awkward after thinking about it. After all, there were pairs of young men and women next to her, and she was not blind. The monk had clearly misunderstood the two of them.
Relationship, that look in his eyes was so playful! How could she dare to throw a line of marriage with him!
But when she saw Huo Jingchen's stubborn expression, Jiang Hexi couldn't help but have a headache. She hesitated for a long time and said: "I'm tired and want to sit down. You can go yourself!"
Hearing this, Huo Jingchen's face was full of disappointment, but he couldn't bear to force her to go, so he had to walk to the marriage tree one step at a time, looking back three times.
Seeing that Huo Jingchen was finally gone, Jiang Hexi breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the stone chair beside him.
"Is that your lover? He is so kind to you!" A gentle voice sounded.
Jiang Hexi turned around and found a young woman with a delicate face sitting next to her, looking at her with a smile.
"No, you misunderstood." Jiang Hexi smiled awkwardly and explained dryly.
"Really? I see that he is very good to you, and I thought you were a couple! Although my fiancé respects me, he is not so gentle." The young woman didn't know what she thought of, and her smile gradually faded, and she just said
He looked at Jiang Hexi with envy.
Jiang He hurriedly suppressed the increasingly strong strange feeling in his heart. After holding it in for a long time, he couldn't say a word. He simply fell silent and lowered his head to play with the purse around his waist.
"I'm leaving first, he's still waiting for me over there." The young woman didn't care about her perfunctory attitude, smiled and walked away.
At this time, Huo Jingchen came over and looked at Jiang Hexi who was staring blankly at the young woman's leaving figure. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Xier, is that your friend?"
"Oh, no, she's a girl I don't know. Let's just have a casual chat." Jiang Hexi came back to her senses and explained calmly.
"Xi'er, I heard that there will be fireworks by the lake tonight, how about we go over there and have a look?" When thinking of the scene to come, the corners of Huo Jingchen's mouth couldn't help but rise, feeling both nervous and excited.
Jiang Hexi nodded boredly and followed him.
When the two of them walked to a quiet bamboo forest, Huo Jingchen suddenly stopped for some reason, almost causing Jiang Hexi to bump into his back. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and subconsciously took a step back.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Hexi looked at him puzzled.
Huo Jingchen gritted his teeth, his heart beating thumpingly. If it weren't for the cover of the night, Huo Jingchen's slightly red cheeks and the tips of his ears, which were as red as blood, would have been exposed.
"Xi'er, this is a gift from me. Open it and see if you like it." Huo Jingchen wiped the sweat from his palms and handed the exquisite box to Jiang Hexi with trembling hands.
Jiang Hexi took it over puzzledly, and when he took a closer look, he found that it was a long and narrow wooden box that felt great to the touch.
There was a click, and under the light of the lights hanging on the roadside, Jiang Hexi could clearly see a unique and exquisite red jade crabapple hairpin lying quietly inside.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Hexi immediately closed it with a bang and silently returned it to Huo Jingchen.
Seeing her reaction, Huo Jingchen, who was expecting a lot, turned pale in an instant. The light in his eyes instantly turned into black shadow, and he stared blankly at Jiang Hexi with trembling lips.
"Why?" Huo Jingchen's unwilling and disappointed voice sounded, with a slight tremor at the end.
Jiang Hexi was silent. She really didn't expect Huo Jingchen to have such thoughts about her!
"Aren't you going to get engaged to Miss Zhao? Why are you giving me this?" Jiang Hexi pondered for a moment before asking.
When Huo Jingchen heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly explained: "No! I did not get engaged to her. These are the ideas of the elders, and I did not agree to it."
"Xi'er, you have to believe me, tonight is the fault of Yao'er and Jinghe. I have already rejected Miss Zhao." Huo Jingchen explained excitedly, his handsome face in the dark was full of grievances.
Jiang Hexi became more and more silent, and it wasn't until Huo Jingchen's heart moved again that he said in a harsh voice: "So you want to take me as your concubine?"
"How is that possible? I want to marry you! I originally wanted to wait until you were old enough to express my feelings to you, but Yao'er has been trying to bring me and Miss Zhao together recently. I was afraid that you would misunderstand, so I wanted to get this done as soon as possible.
The matter has been settled." Upon hearing this, Huo Jingchen almost jumped up from the ground and looked at Jiang Hexi in disbelief. He really didn't understand that she would think of him like this!
"But why do you like me?" Jiang Hexi looked at him in surprise.
"I don't know when I fell in love with you. It might have been when you gave me the tofu recipe, or maybe earlier." Huo Jingchen relaxed a little and said in a deliberately soft voice.
"But I have always regarded you as a friend." Jiang Hexi's hands trembled slightly, but she still said softly and stubbornly.
"If I just regarded you as a friend, would I help you in everything? I even sent Liu Ying and Xing Luo to take care of you." Huo Jingchen suppressed the panic in his heart and tried his best to open his eyes to see Jiang Hexi clearly in the night.
However, he found that he couldn't see clearly clearly, so he clenched his fists in frustration, so hard that his palms almost started to bleed.
"Didn't you owe me a life-saving favor before? Just treat He Jinbao's incident as something I repaid to you. I will let Liuying and Xingluo leave. I will also let you help me save Ayun."