Chapter 3: Chaos (7)

Mei Yingchun walked to Li Yuanfang and found that he was watching the snow flying all over the sky. He stood by his side silently, staring at the white snowflakes like pink and mist in the dark night sky. After a while, Li Yuanfang withdrew his gaze and suddenly found Mr. Mei standing beside him. He asked in surprise: "Brother Mei, why don't you drink in the house?" Mei Yingchun smiled calmly: "Brother Li is much more elegant than us drunkards." Li Yuanfang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother Mei has never been a gentleman, but he suddenly felt something in his heart and didn't know how to relieve it, so he felt very depressed."

Mei Yingchun shook her head repeatedly: "Hey, Cao Cao, the hero of your Han people, has a famous line: 'Wine and singing, how to relieve worries. Is it only Du Kang? I think Brother Di is very good at the essence of this poem. Although Mei doesn't know the two of them, since Brother Li is a fellow traveler with Brother Di, he should learn from him." Li Yuanfang smiled and said nothing. Mei Yingchun stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Go back to the house, how about we just get drunk tonight?" "Okay." Li Yuanfang nodded, grabbed a handful of snow from the ground, wiped his face hard, cheered up, and went back to the main hall with Mei Yingchun.

When Di Jinghui saw the two of them coming back, he didn't say much. He stood up and filled the wine glasses in front of them. The three of them raised their glasses and drank them. In this way, they were silent and had three cups in a row. Di Jinghui slapped the table gently and sighed, "It's so satisfying!" Then the three of them sat down again around the round table.

Di Jinghui said to Mei Yingchun with admiration: "Brother Mei, you have a good alcohol tolerance." Mei Yingchun waved his hand gracefully: "Since I was young, I grew up on the desert grassland, and the wine was drunk as water. I didn't expect that the two brothers also had a good alcohol tolerance!" Di Jinghui smiled happily and turned his head to Li Yuanfang: "Hmph, I and him? I almost started fighting for the first time when I drank." "Oh?" Mei Yingchun asked curiously: "There is still such a story? I have nothing to do with it, can I tell you?" Di Jinghui waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't mention it. I guess he still holds a grudge. Otherwise, why would he suddenly look cold to me again today?" Li Yuanfang replied in a depressed manner: "It has nothing to do with that."

Di Jinghui was excited and asked, "Oh? Then what's going on today?" Li Yuanfang lowered his head and didn't say anything. Di Jinghui waited for him for a long time, but saw that he had no intention of speaking, so he said hatefully: "You are sometimes so unhappy and hard!" Mei Yingchun shook her head with a smile: "The temperaments of the two of you are really different, I really don't know how they got together." Di Jinghui stared at her eyes and said, "You think I think I can't do anything!" Mei Yingchun hurriedly raised her wine glass: "Drink, drink."

After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Li Yuanfang looked out the window and asked, "I don't know what time it is now?" Di Jinghui said, "I guess it's almost midnight. It's the New Year!" Li Yuanfang frowned and whispered, "What is this Miss Ajun's father doing? Why don't he go home at this time?" Di Jinghui said, "She has a father? How do you know?" "She told me just now that she is going to wait for her father to come home to celebrate the festival." Li Yuanfang pondered for a moment and looked at her

Looking at Mei Yingchun, he said seriously: "Brother Mei, we still don't know how you fell into the Yellow River and how you met that aunt. Can you tell us? Also, why did Brother Mei know this family? This house is lonely in such a deserted wilderness, with only a girl living with her father, and there is not even a maid or servant in the house. It's really strange that this girl's father doesn't return late at night on New Year's Eve. I wonder if Brother Mei knows the reason for it?"

Mei Yingchun nodded with a smile: "It's not strange to say it's strange. I'll explain it to you slowly. But first let me guess that you two came from the other side of the Yellow River today. Are you right?" Di Jinghui agreed disapprovingly: "It's right. It's not difficult to guess if you want to say it. If it's not for crossing the river, who will run to the bank of the Yellow River..." Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said loudly: "I understand, you cross the river too, right? But we didn't see anyone on the ice, so you should set off from this shore!"

Mei Yingchun nodded frequently: "Brother Di guessed it right." Then he asked: "So, you two did come from the other side today. Are you really coming from the ice?" Di Jinghui laughed dryly: "You are interesting. Is there any other way? You just came over. I walked over and walked all day long, so tired." Mei Yingchun said solemnly: "It's not easy to cross the ice river. You need both courage and method. You are also taking a child with you. I admire you!" Li Yuanfang had been listening and didn't say anything, but then he inserted in and said: "Brother Mei, so, are you planning to cross the ice river?"

Mei Yingchun said, "Yes. Alas, I'm ashamed. Mei has something to do in the gods. She should have arrived in Luoyang today. More than a month ago, Mei arrived here to cross the river east, but she lingered for a few more days. Unexpectedly, she encountered heavy snow and her journey was blocked. She finally waited until the river was frozen firmly in the past few days before she decided to cross the river today. But when I reached the bank of the Yellow River, I realized that I had made a serious mistake!"
Chapter completed!