Chapter 966: Unbreakable Fate
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She had only known Yin Huaixi for a little more than four years. Didn’t that
mean that he had treated her, her…
At the thought of this, Yu Youyao’s face couldn’t help but burn.
Under Yin Huaixi’s increasingly deep gaze, her heart couldn’t help but tremble. She couldn’t help but panic. “You… Don’t you plan to open the gift I gave you?”
The little girl looked at him eagerly, her eyes filled with panic. Yin Huaixi looked down at the pouch in his hand and suddenly smiled.
On the black pouch, between the emerald green loquat leaves hung a few golden loquats.
Sichuan embroidery was bright and beautiful. It emphasized texture. Those who did Sichuan embroidery were good at changing the needle, which reflected the light, color, and shape of the embroidery. The embroidery was often three-dimensional and realistic.
At a glance, it was as if the golden loquats were completely ripe. When he leaned closer, he could almost smell the sweet and sour fruit fragrance of the loquats.
Yin Huaixi carefully opened the palm-sized pouch and took out the item inside. It was actually a long and purple wooden token. The purple color of the token was thick and heavy.
Yin Huaixi subconsciously looked at Yu Youyao. “This is…”
Yu Youyao quickly said, “This is an incense token. It’s made to look like a peace token. There’s a dragon pattern carved on it. It has the meaning of exorcism and safety.”
The peace token was also called an undecorated token. Usually, it wouldn’t be carved with decorative motifs, but it wasn’t completely unadorned. For the sake of beauty, some auspicious patterns would also be carved on it.
The Great Zhou Dynasty was about to be in trouble. She only hoped that this peace incense token could expel evil and protect him.
Rubbing it gently, Yin Huaixi couldn’t bear to part with the peace token in his hand. “It’s firm but not brittle. The quality is deep and firm, and it’s moist and gentle to the touch. It looks elegant and thick, and it feels warm in winter and cool in summer. It already has jade spirituality.” He looked at Yu Youyao brightly, his eyes filled with joy. “You must have put in a lot of effort.”
The incense token had just been made. It was fine and heavy, and its appearance was a little dark. It needed to be worn often to be nourished and played with to make it as warm and shiny as jade.
The osmanthus incense beads and cooling beads that Yu Youyao had given him previously took three to four years to grow jade spirituality.
From the beginning, the peace incense token already had jade spirituality.
It was obvious that she had improved a lot in the field of incense medicine. “No, I spent a lot of effort, but it took a little time…” Yu Youyao was a little embarra.s.sed by his gaze. She subconsciously raised her hand to brush the loose hair by her cheek behind her ear.
Her slender hair slid across her slender fingers. Little did she know that her inadvertent brushing of her hair had also tugged at Yin Huaixi’s heartstrings. A poem suddenly appeared in his mind.
When she flicked her sleeves, her fair hands could be seen, and she had a golden bracelet on her bright wrist.
Her slender steps were exquisite.
He suddenly had the urge to play with it in his hand.
Sensing his strange gaze, Yu Youyao felt as if she had been scalded. She quickly put down her hand, pulled down the sleeve on her wrist, and placed her hand obediently on her dress.
The atmosphere was a little strange.
Yin Huaixi also felt a little uncomfortable. He coughed lightly and cleared his throat. “It’s… It’s been hard on you.”
With that, he lowered his head to look at the incense token again and realized that there were patterns engraved on it. On closer inspection, the leaves were round in shape, and the roots of the leaves were slightly dented. On the whole, they looked a little like hearts.
Yin Huaixi’s eyes lit up. “The branches on it form a joint pattern, right? The leaves of the connected trees are round. Birds fly together in the sky, and trees connect with each other on the ground. It represents a couple who is deeply in love with each other.’
Yu Youyao’s lips moved, wanting to say, “This is a hollyhock pattern, not a joint pattern.”
It was originally prepared as a gift for him during the Dragon Boat Festival, so the leaf patterns on it were like hollyhocks. They could also reflect the scene of the Dragon Boat Festival. The leaves of the hollyhocks were round and slightly long, very similar to the branches and leaves of connected trees. But just as the words were about to come out—
Forget it, so be it. Yu Youyao’s lips moved. “As long as you’re happy.”
After flipping through it again, he saw a Chinese knot made of a five-colored string. Yin Huaixi’s eyes burned. “In ancient times, knots were used to keep records and govern. Later generations of sages easily made book contracts, so knots were used as contracts. That’s why there’s a saying that a knot is a contract. When a man and woman get married, it’s also called a knot. It means long-lasting longing and unbreakable fate.”
Yu Youyao thought to herself, “l didn’t think too much about it when 1 was tying the Chinese knot. 1 just thought it looked good and wanted Yin Huaixi to be safe.’
It meant long-lasting longing and unbreakable fate.
After hearing his words, it seemed to make sense. However, who kept talking about marriage in front of a woman? Weren’t they ashamed?!
It was clearly just an exchange of love tokens. It was still too early to get married.
Why was he so talkative?!
How annoying.
Yin Huaixi looked at her with a burning gaze. “l understand Yao Yao’s kind intentions.”
Yu Youyao pouted and thought to herself, “It’s not easy to make the orchid fragrance, so I made more. In addition to the incense token that I gave Yin Huaixi, the relatives of the Xie family also received one to three orchid fragrance beads each. He wasn’t the only one who received the Five Blessings
Knot with a five-colored string.”
However, seeing how Yin Huaixi seemed to have obtained a treasure and couldn’t bear to part with it, her lips moved. “This is the orchid fragrance token. It’s paired with more than two hundred medicinal herbs and spices, such as Dendrobium catenatum, sandalwood, agarwood, snow lotus, lingzhi, ginseng, knotweed, and so on. Many of the medicinal herbs are more than a hundred years old. It strictly follows the arrangement of recipes and maximizes the effects of the medicinal herbs. Wearing it for a long time has the effect of adjusting the five internal organs, uniting the six internal organs, expelling turbidity, and clearing the meridians…”
Yes, that was right.
She had spent a lot of effort to make the orchid fragrance.
Yin Huaixi was a little surprised. Such a small incense token actually used more than 200 medicinal herbs and spices.
According to the Daoist Canon, Dendrobium catenatum, snow lotus, lingzhi, ginseng, knotweed, and so on were called the nine immortal herbs. They were very rare medicinal herbs to begin with. With the addition of spiritual dewdrop, the effect would be even better.
Yu Youyao said, “The recipe for the orchid fragrance was obtained from a book of Daoist medicine in Uncle Sun’s collection. The combination of medicinal herbs and spices emphasizes the right time, place, and people. It also emphasizes the five elements, Yin and Yang, and the miscellaneous study of feng shui. One has to use the rain during the solar term called Yushui. This is because the rain on this day represents the rising of spring and the revival of all things. This year, on the day of Yushui, I was lucky to collect some, so I had the idea of making the orchid fragrance.”
She had not agreed to learn medicine with Uncle Sun.
However, incense and medicine were not separated. Uncle Sun did not want to waste her talent. From time to time, he would send a few good medicinal
books over. After all, it was a token of his appreciation. In her free time, she would also flip through them.
Incense and medicine came from the same source. After seeing it for a long time, she could tell something.
At the mention of incense medicine, Yu Youyao had a lot to say. “It’s originally a prescription for extending one’s lifespan. However, there are huge restrictions on making this medicine. It involves some Daoism fields. I was inspired by it and changed the prescription to incense. This orchid fragrance is also the first time I’ve combined Daoist medicine with incense medicine. It’s also a breakthrough..”