Chapter Seventy-Three: Spring Rain and Thunder
Sending Keigo away, Bei Ran spent a day in the room, Keigo has been here for nearly two months, she is used to having such a person who is always noisy with her and grabbing things, and now he always feels as if there is less fun. But she was just unhappy for one day, and the next day she was alive again, completely forgetting that she was missing a partner.
On that day, she and Jingwu had a fight on the street, and when she came back, Ji Changkong criticized her, saying that she was too ugly to fight, and she herself felt unsightly in retrospect, so she decided to work hard, picked up the martial arts after a few days of absence, and practiced swordsmanship well.
She practiced from morning to dusk every day, Xu is what she decided, no matter how hard she was, she didn't feel tired, she sprained her hand a few times on the way, and was hit by a sword, she didn't cry or make trouble, Ji Changkong was quite surprised.
On this day, Bei Ran practiced swords in the courtyard as usual, and Ji Changkong was reading a book to accompany her. When she stopped to rest, something cold fell from the sky and landed on her face, and she reached out to touch it, but it was gone again.
She looked up in amazement and saw that a large white flake was falling from the sky, falling to the ground one after another.
Beiran put down his sword, looked at it blankly for a while, and then shouted happily at Ji Changkong: "Sir, look, it's snowing!" ”
Hearing this, Ji Changkong put down the book in his hand, walked out of the porch and came to the courtyard, looked at the snow, and said, "Yes, it's snowing again." ”
Bei Ran spread out his hands to catch the snowflakes, turned around happily, and asked Ji Changkong: "Sir, have you ever seen snow before?" ”
Ji Changkong said: "I've seen it." ”
Kitazome said, "yes, that's good. It's the first time I've seen it, I've only heard others talk about it before, but today I saw it, and it's really beautiful! ”
After speaking, she took Ji Changkong's hand and circled in the snow together, and said, "Sir, look, it's so beautiful." ”
Ji Changkong was pulled around by her for a long time, and helplessly advised: "Be careful, don't fall." ”
The snow first fell one by one, and then slowly fell bigger and bigger, and it didn't take long for it to fall in clusters, densely, and all the snowflakes in sight. The heads and hair of Kita Dye and Ji Changkong were also covered with snow.
Ji Changkong pulled Bei Ran back to the cloister and said, "The water after the snowflakes melt will wet your clothes, don't go outside, beware of catching a cold." Kitazor nodded, and the two watched the snowy scene from the corridor.
When the snow first fell on the ground, it melted quickly, and then it fell faster and more, and the speed of melting slowed down, and a layer of snow accumulated on the ground and on the roof tiles, and everywhere you could see was snow white.
The snow has been falling for a long time, and after an hour or two has passed, a thick layer of snow has accumulated on the ground, and the feet will sink into the ground if they step on it, and if they step on it too much, the snow will be firm, and it will be no different from walking on flat ground.
After about three or four hours, the snow finally slowly decreased, and finally stopped completely. Bei Dye used to hear people talk about building snowmen, but this time it was her turn to snow, and the amount of snow was enough, so she couldn't wait to pull Ji Changkong to go outside to build snowmen, thinking about it.
Ji Changkong helped her put the snow together, and she stacked the snow by hand, layer by layer, until it was half a person high, and then shot a round shape. Then there is the second layer, which builds on the original layer and builds a smaller snowball on top of it. Then use stones for eyes and branches for noses.
After all this, I always feel that there is something missing. Bei Ran looked left and right, and suddenly he had an idea, grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and kneaded it into a ball, pressed it on the top of the snowman's head as a bun, and then went to the side to find a long branch with a forked tip. She leaned the branch against the snowman and stood beside it, then tore a few strips of rags and tied them to it.
After doing this, she finally clapped her hands with satisfaction, and after taking a few closer looks, she laughed and said, "Sir, look, this doesn't look like a half-fairy." ”
Ji Changkong almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw the funny Jingwu in the North Dye Heap, and asked her, "Why don't you have a mouth?" ”
Bei Ran said: "Banxian'er talks too much, so I won't make his mouth for him, so that he won't have to talk all day long." ”
Ji Changkong didn't know how to answer, so he only smiled lightly. Then he planned to go back to the porch and continue to read, and let her play there by herself.
Just after walking a few steps, Beiran suddenly shouted at him behind him: "Sir, look at me." ”
Ji Changkong turned back in confusion, and as soon as he turned around, a cold mass smashed straight on him, and after hitting it, it fell to the ground like broken sand.
Seeing that he was hit by a snowball, Bei Ran was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, holding one in his hand to be smashed again.
Ji Changkong said warmly: "Don't make trouble. Then he kept going. As soon as he took a step, another snowball hit his back, and he reluctantly turned around and looked at her expressionlessly.
Beiran said: "Sir, watch the ball!" "And then another ball was thrown. This time, the snowball was caught by Ji Changkong with his bare hands, and it was pinched into fine slag with a little effort. Bei Dye clapped his hands and applauded: "Good reception!" One more! ”
The next one was caught by Ji Changkong again, and Bei Ran became interested, rubbing the snowball and smashing it at him. She lost so much that Ji Changkong didn't bother to pick it up again, so she let her smash the snow on herself.
After throwing him a dozen or so, Beiran asked him: "Sir, you can also hit me with snow, why don't you fight back?" ”
Ji Changkong looked at her and said seriously: "I can't bear it." ”
The movements in Bei Ran's hand suddenly stopped, and the smile on his face froze, a little shy and at a loss. She dropped a snowball clenched in her hand, looked at the snowman Jingwu, and changed the subject: "This snow is beautiful and beautiful, but it's a pity that it's fleeting, just like this snowman, it won't be long before it melts." ”
Ji Changkong walked over to her and looked at the snowman, "Do you want it to stay a little longer?" ”
Beiran nodded: "Yes." ”
Ji Changkong patted the snowman lightly with one hand and said, "Then let it stay a little longer." ”
Later, the snowman literally stayed in that courtyard for the whole winter. The snow on the surrounding ground and on the roofs had melted away, and it was still standing there alone, standing like a green pine. The people in the village were very surprised, and after thinking about it carefully, they thought that it might be because it was too cold this winter.
It wasn't until March came, when the spring breeze of Fuliu blew from the river, that it shrank little by little under the warm sun, and finally turned into spring water and flowed away.
The first spring rain came in the evening. After dusk, a light rain began to fall in the sky, as thin as the tip of a needle.
In the middle of the night, a sudden thunderclap woke up Ji Changkong, who had just fallen asleep, and he turned over and sat up and looked out the window.
Like all thunderstorm nights, the light of lightning in mid-air illuminated a large part of the night sky, and the irregular thunder shook the whole land again and again. He didn't think well of it, so he immediately put on his clothes and went to the next room.
Bei Ran slept soundly, but he was not woken up by the thunder, but he frowned slightly in his sleep. Her brows were slightly furrowed, but Ji Changkong's two eyebrows were about to be twisted together, listening to the continuous thunder and lightning outside the window, his heart was uneasy.
Just then, Hokuzen turned over and turned his back to him. He uncovered the quilt that partially covered her, untied the strap, and pulled off her white garment to her shoulders, revealing her entire smooth, white back. After making sure that there were no fiery snow cracks on her back, he breathed a sigh of relief, restored her clothes and quilts, and took a chair and sat down beside her bed.