Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 813 - 811_1

Chapter 813: Chapter 811_1

Liao Chunyu watched the departing carriage, stomping her foot uncontrollably, "Mother, Brother Liang has left!"

The village chief’s wife twisted her forcefully, "If he left, then he left! Look at your circumstances! You even scarred your mother’s face for him! If your mother’s face isn’t good, then you don’t get married in this lifetime!"

"Hiss, mother, it hurts!" Liao Chunyu felt where the village chief’s wife had pinched her hand, but when she saw her mother’s face, she didn’t dare to make any more sounds.

The village chief’s wife dragged her hastily towards the clinic.

Having witnessed quite a scene, Xiao’er shook her head slightly and returned to her room.

"What took so long?" Shangguan Xuanyi was opening a letter.

"Bumped into a rotten peach blossom on the way." Xiao’er sat down and poured herself a cup of water to drink.

"What rotten peach blossom?" Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at the contents of the letter, then crumpled the paper into a ball, holding it tightly in his fist until it became dust.

He casually threw the white dust into the trash bin and continued reading his letters.

Xiao’er narrated to him everything that had just happened, to which Shangguan Xuanyi simply responded with an "alright", showing little interest.

His response was so boring that Xiao’er lost interest as well, neglecting him and running off to teach Mrs. Ma how to distill essential oils.

To educate her as soon as possible, to leave this small town as soon as possible, Xiao’er was tired of staying here.

As for the construction of the workshop, Niu Tian had already gone to arrange for people to help build it.

Xiao’er had drawn the blueprints for the workshop clearly enough for anyone to understand at a glance. The workshop wasn’t a complicated construction, so Xiao’er was not worried.

Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiao’er stayed in the town for another two days, then continued to head south.

The weather was getting hotter by the day, making the carriage feel stuffy. Therefore, Xiao’er stepped into her space and put on a one-line collar dress she had designed herself. She decided to change back into the period’s summer clothes before getting off the carriage.

Exposing her arms and legs was indeed much more comfortable. Even though she was wearing the ice soul that Shangguan Xuanyi had gifted her and didn’t feel the heat, Xiao’er preferred to be cool!

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at Xiao’er’s sexy collarbone and fragrant shoulder, feeling like his nose was bleeding! He then hurriedly checked if the carriage’s curtain had been blown up by the wind.

"Brother Shangguan, you should change too! It’s sweltering in the carriage." Xiao’er handed Shangguan Xuanyi a set of clothes.

"I’m not hot." Shangguan Xuanyi embraced Xiao’er into his arms, lowered his head, and kissed her shoulder.

"Wear it, looking at you makes me feel hot!"

Shangguan Xuanyi shook his head.

"Really won’t wear it?"

Shangguan Xuanyi nodded: "Won’t wear it."

Xiao’er had prepared a set of a vest and shorts for Shangguan Xuanyi, but no matter what, he refused to wear this strange attire.

He didn’t mind Xiao’er wearing those clothes in front of him because this girl was pleasing to the eyes no matter what she wore, but he couldn’t accept them for himself.

"Fine, then you go bare!" Xiao’er started to help him remove his clothes.

Shangguan Xuanyi could only laugh, unable to cry. Though he didn’t accept it, Xiao’er thought that he was too heavily dressed and made him change into the cool vest and beach shorts.

Xiao’er, looking at Shangguan Xuanyi’s lightly bronzed, strong arm, couldn’t help but squeeze it: "So strong!"

"Stop fooling around, or I won’t be able to hold back." Shangguan Xuanyi grasped Xiao’er’s fidgety hand.

Shangguan Xuanyi had a good build, so Xiao’er couldn’t resist tracing the lines of his abs with her finger, after which, Shangguan Xuanyi couldn’t hold back anymore.

...

"Brother Shangguan, my period came." Xiao’er casually mentioned when Shangguan was holding his breath in anticipation.

Shangguan Xuanyi: "..."

This mischievous girl is doing this on purpose! Shangguan Xuanyi felt like he was about to blow his top with frustration!

...

Once again, it was the lovely season of April, and they arrived at a place called Dai County.

"Every year in April, the people here host the Water-Splashing Festival, and we’ve arrived just in time." Shangguan Xuanyi walked down the street with Xiao’er, watching young men and women in brightly colored clothes carrying water in all sorts of containers. They were coming out from every street and alley, laughing and chasing each other, splashing water on whoever they ran into.

Xiao’er nodded, "This must be where the Dai people live."

The Dai people all celebrate the Water-Splashing Festival, which is their New Year.

As soon as Xiao’er finished speaking, they were both soaked by water thrown by people nearby.

Shangguan Xuanyi remembered that Xiao’er just had her birthday not long ago and worried that she might catch a cold. So from then on, he was blocking all the water being splashed towards her.

Seeing this, the others started to splash water even more enthusiastically.

Shangguan Xuanyi would hold Xiao’er and spin around every time water was splashed towards them, throwing it back in all directions.

This unique splashing method made everyone scream with excitement, encouraging them to splash even more vigorously.

Finally, both of them were completely soaked. Xiao’er found it very fun and laughed happily. She even picked up two buckets and started to splash water herself.

Seeing her so happy, Shangguan Xuanyi followed along until Xiao’er couldn’t help but sneeze, only then did he forcefully drag the cheerful girl away.

After returning to the inn and changing into dry clothes, Shangguan Xuanyi made her a bowl of thick ginger soup in the kitchen, insisting that Xiao’er drink it all before he’d let her rest.

After they had something to eat, Xiao’er pulled Shangguan Xuanyi out again.

Xiao’er wanted to take Shangguan Xuanyi to see a game called "Tossing the Pouch."

During the Water-Splashing Festival, unmarried young men and women liked to play this game, using it as a way to express their feelings for one another.

The pouch represented love and was carefully handmade by the women using beautiful fabrics.

The pouch was filled with cotton seeds and the corners were decorated with colorful tassels.

During the game, the unmarried women appeared in beautiful attire, holding umbrellas and small flower bags, standing on a lush green field.

Men and women would stand in lines facing each other with a distance of about thirty to forty steps in between. The women would first throw their pouches at the men, who would then throw them back to the women, and they would convey their feelings through this interaction.

If a man failed to catch the flower pouch thrown by a woman, he would have to attach a flower to the woman’s hairpin. If a woman failed to catch the pouch thrown by a man, she would have to attach a flower to the man’s clothes. In this way, they would choose each other and start a romantic relationship.

Shangguan Xuanyi knew that the Water-Splashing Festival was celebrated in this place. He deliberately took a detour to bring Xiao’er here so that she could enjoy the festivities, although he wasn’t sure exactly how the people here celebrated the festival.

Seeing the people on the field playing the pouch-tossing game and the shy smiles on the faces of the young ladies and men, he asked, "Are they playing the toss-the-embroidered-ball game?"

"This is called pouch tossing,..." Xiao’er explained.

Xiao’er stood on the side, her light blue dress flowing in the wind, looking like a celestial being. She was so beautiful that many of the men across from her were entranced.

Therefore, all the men who caught a pouch did the same thing, they all threw their pouch towards Xiao’er.

The women were astonished by the men’s actions and all turned to look at Xiao’er.

Shangguan Xuanyi’s face turned dark: Hasn’t everyone noticed she’s wearing a married woman’s hairstyle? How dare they undermine him in his presence!

Shangguan Xuanyi picked up Xiao’er and used Qinggong to leave the scene immediately.

The people left behind thought they had just witnessed a pair of immortals.