My Heart Is Eternal Chapter 008 The Locust Tree
"Yes, it seems that your parents' love for you did not put you in a golden cage as you think, do you still fly far away? Liu Wenyuan has not forgotten Zheng Panpan's heart knot.
Zheng Panpan pursed his mouth and didn't say anything. Liu Wenyuan said with a smile: "Why are you careful again, let's go, don't think about it since you're sad, it's rare for us to come out together, let's take a good turn." Liu Wenyuan turned around and went downstairs, and Xiao Yi closed the door and followed behind.
Liu Wenyuan took Xiao Yi and a few people to meet Wang Miao at the door, Liu Wenyuan introduced himself to both sides, and Xiao Yi and the others seemed to be relieved when they learned that Wang Jun had left. Xiao Yi and the others have no dislike for Wang Jun, but Wang Jun's etiquette is too frequent, so Xiao Yi and the others can't help but stay away at first sight.
At that moment, Wang Miao led the way and led everyone all the way to the park on the bank of the Qingshui River.
Along the way, everyone looked around in a new way. This Wuzhen is connected by the river into a street, the bridge and the street are connected, the house is built according to the river, the courtyard of the deep house, the heavy ridge and high eaves, the river port Langfang, the street arcade, the bamboo and stone fence, the river water pavilion, the antique, the water town is one, presenting a group of simple, clean and quiet, really like the artistic conception in the poem like 'small bridge, flowing water, people', stone paths, old wooden houses, and clear river water, as if all are prompting a feeling, an atmosphere.
In order to let everyone appreciate the characteristic culture of Wuzhen, Wang Miao took everyone through the well-preserved handicraft workshops in Wuzhen.
In the handicraft workshop area, bamboo art, fan art, pottery, pot art, four treasures of the study, wood carving, spinning and weaving...... The handicraft workshops that were once popular around Tongxiang are next to each other. Xiao Yi and the others had never seen it before, it was a novelty, and several people were running around, without a moment of peace. Liu Wenyuan also looked at the product happily, stopping from time to time to look at a certain handicraft, and Zhao Hongchen also followed the taste. Zhao Hongchen's reading is really extensive, no matter what kind of object can be said a few points, even some craftsmen and craftsmen can't stop nodding, Zhao Hongchen's smug look is even more significant, and for a while it seems that all the halo is shrouded in his body. Liu Suxue and the others were envious, even Chen Feng still pouted and looked disapplieving, and Liu Wenyuan was really helpless when he looked at it.
After leaving the workshop area, we came to the shop area, where the shops, pawnshops, and pharmacies that were once prominent in the history of Wuzhen are presented in their original appearance, but the traces of knives and knives carved by the years have been left on the façade. Wang Miao pointed to some of the large facades and said, these are the industries of the Wang family, but in modern society, the stores here are no longer for business, but more as tourist attractions, and now the family has reopened stores in the city. Looking at these merchants, the shopkeepers inside were all wearing long shirts and coats from the Qing Dynasty, Xiao Yi and the others really felt that they had returned to that long historical era.
Out of the shop area, Wang Miao took a few people to the Qingshui River after a few turns, here is where the dwellings are, the high eaves on both sides of the river, with well-preserved Qing Dynasty houses, at this time on the riverside stone road, some ancient old people or standing or sitting, are enjoying the warm sunshine.
After a while, everyone came to a stone bridge, the bridge body arched like a rainbow, the stone wall of the bridge railing was carved with exquisite patterns, on the bridge railing, carved monsters, multi-faceted, lifelike.
"This is the famous 'Fengyuan Twin Bridges'. Wang Miao said, there was a look of pride in the bridge's expression. At this time, Liu Wenyuan stood at the highest place in the bridge, looking at the railing, far away, a flat boat floated on the water, and two country women sat on the bow of the boat. Liu Wenyuan felt that his body and mind were empty, and his whole person seemed to be melted by this Jiangnan water town.
Wang Miao said: "This is the north-south traffic important place since ancient times, natural commerce is also very prosperous, there was a literati in the Qing Dynasty, named Shi Zengxi, he once wrote a poem to describe the importance and beauty of Wuzhen at that time, I remember it was called "Shuangxi Bamboo Branch Words", 'Tiaoxi Qingyuan Xiuxi is long, with water Yingying Huiye mine, a bridge on both sides of the river is separated, and Wucheng is Tongxiang. Alas, my eloquence is not as good as that of Wang Jun, and if he reads this poem and sounds good, it will feel as if he had returned to ancient times. Wang Miao blamed herself for her talent in recitation.
Chen Feng said with some envy: "It's good, it's much stronger than us." In this ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, where literati and artists gathered, Wang Miao's recitation of this beautiful poem is really like the chic talent of the ancients.
Everyone talked and laughed and watched, and slowly came to the park on the outskirts of Wuzhen.
At this time, the weather is slightly cold, the trees are withered, although it is the south of the Yangtze River, but the leaves are dark yellow and fall with the wind. At this time, there are not many people in the park, and the sparse trees are very quiet and serene.
Everyone walked about a hundred or so steps inside, and then they heard the murmuring of water, and as far as the eye could see, the space suddenly opened up, and a large clearing appeared among the scattered trees, and in the center of the clearing a huge locust tree stood tall. This locust tree has thick branches and a lush canopy, and there are no other trees living within more than ten meters around it, which makes it look a little lonely and gloomy.
Although Liu Wenyuan had known about this locust tree in advance, he was a little surprised when he saw the real thing now, this locust tree was far more difficult than he thought.
Wang Miao pointed to the big locust tree and said: "Master Liu, this is the big locust tree, this tree is afraid that it is not a few hundred years old, it seems that there was a record of this big locust tree when there was this town, if the record is correct, it is possible for thousands of years!"
Xiao Yi and the others all looked at this big locust tree blankly, they really didn't expect the tree to grow so huge, looking at the thick trunk, I am afraid that a few of them can hold hands to hug it. At this time, the trees are withering, but this big locust tree is luxuriant and vibrant. It's not special if you put it in other seasons, but in the current season, it feels very abnormal.
Liu Wenyuan asked curiously, "Is this tree like this in this season?"
Wang Miao replied: "Yes, yes, it's weird, isn't it? In fact, it's only like this during this time, and the rest of the time it's bare like a dead tree. The old people in the town all said that the tree had become a fine man, and it was protecting the town, although it had experienced a hundred years of war, but the town was rarely affected by the war, and the old people said that it was the credit of the tree. Anyway, we don't know, and we don't really believe it, isn't it just a tree, and it seems that the age of the tree is longer than that of people. Master Liu, what is Wang Jun inviting you here for, I know I shouldn't ask more, but why do you want to come to see this tree? And Old Man Wang also comes back here every year to sit under this tree for a day and a night, and no one is allowed to get close, and the people in the town feel strange, but he is an old man with high morality, and we as juniors dare not ask more even if we are curious. Obviously, Wang Miao didn't know the purpose of Liu Wenyuan's trip, and thought that Liu Wenyuan was an important guest of Wang Jun and came to enjoy the mountains and rivers.
"Oh, this is what it looks like during this time, what does it mean?" Liu Wenyuan obviously didn't understand Wang Miao's words, Mo said that Liu Wenyuan didn't understand, that is, Xiao Yi and the others were confused.
Wang Miao said: "This tree is bare most of the year, there are no leaves at all, just like a dead tree, but in the past ten days of this month, this tree seems to have suddenly come to life, and it has become luxuriant. We are not surprised, but outsiders heard about this to see this strange thing, this tree has become famous, has become a major feature of the town, there used to be people to cut down this tree, now no one proposes, this tree is a cash cow. ”
"Oh?" Liu Wenyuan seemed to be in deep thought when he heard this.