Chapter 33: Climbing the Fragrant Mountain

Although he tossed and turned in bed last night and fell asleep very late, thinking that he had made an appointment with Bai Xue to climb Xiangshan today, Jiang Hui still got up early.

After washing up, he went to the cafeteria to eat a basket of xiaolongbao and tofu brain, and then went back to the dormitory to bring his backpack, and Jiang Hui came to the downstairs of Bai Xue's dormitory. Called Bai Xue and told her that he was waiting for her downstairs.

On the first day of the National Day, there were already many boys waiting downstairs like Jiang Hui early in the morning. If a boy says to come down immediately, it won't take more than ten minutes to actually come down. And if the same words come out of a girl's mouth, it is difficult to judge, maybe ten minutes, maybe half an hour, and it is not impossible to come down after an hour.

Jianghu was lucky, after waiting for about fifteen minutes, Bai Xue, wearing a pair of skinny jeans and a pink sleeveless T-shirt, carrying a small bag, and running shoes, appeared at the door of the dormitory lobby.

After asking Bai Xue and knowing that she had already eaten breakfast, the two of them went directly to the south gate of the school to wait for the bus. Next to the bus stop is Beiwai, Jiang Hui couldn't help but think of Yang Yan, looking forward to seeing her as soon as possible.

The bus soon came, it was full, and the two men got on the bus and stood in the back.

The car drove a little fast, and from time to time there was a sudden brake, Jiang Hui and Bai Xue talked about the first time they took the bus in their memory, and slowly talked about why they came to the imperial capital.

"Very few students in Lingnan are willing to come to the north to go to university, except for Huaqing University and Kyoto University, especially in several cities in the Pearl River Delta, who like to stay in Wuyang City to go to school, how can you think of coming to the imperial capital as a girl," Jiang Hui said.

"Do you want to hear the truth or lie," Bai Xue said.

"What about the truth, what about the falsehood", Jiang Hui asked.

"The truth is that when I was a sophomore in high school, I had a crush on a senior in my third year of high school, and then this senior went to Kyoto University, so I thought that I must come to the imperial capital to go to university. The lie is that I like the capital, I don't want to stay in Lingnan Province for the rest of my life, and I want to come out and see the outside world," Bai Xue said.

"Actually, I regretted it a few days after I first came to the emperor, I am an only child, I have been a pearl of my parents at home since I was a child, I have never done housework, and I have never spent the night alone outside. But when I go to college, I have to come to everything by myself, and what is particularly unacceptable is that there is no bathroom in our dormitory, and we need to go to the public toilet to go to the toilet, and it is dirty to death. The most unacceptable thing is that I can't take a bath in my room, and I have to run to the bathhouse to wash every time", Bai Xue began to talk non-stop as if she had finally found someone to talk to.

"You know, the first time I went to the bathhouse, I saw everyone undressing and dressing in the locker room, and I made up my mind and hesitated for about ten minutes before taking off my clothes," Bai Xue continued.

Jianghu listened to Bai Xue speak, occasionally saying "um", "so", "yes" and the like to show that he was listening.

"When I took off my clothes and entered the bathhouse, I was stunned by the white flowers. I don't understand how there are hundreds of people bathing together in such a large bathhouse, and there are no other partitions in between except for the rows of showerheads. I thought the bathhouse was separated by rows of toilets," says Shirayuki.

"I stood near the door, hesitated for a while, and didn't have the courage to take a shower in public, so I ran back to the locker room to put on my clothes and go back to the dormitory," Bai Xue said.

"Then aren't you taking a bath?" Jiang Hui asked.

"I didn't wash on the first day, I didn't wash on the second day, and on the third day, I couldn't help it, so I gritted my teeth and went to the bathhouse to take a bath. Slowly, I finally got used to it, and if I didn't get used to it, there was no way," Bai Xue said.

"I haven't been to the bathhouse yet, our dormitory has its own bathroom," Jiang Hui said with a deliberate irritation to Bai Xue.

"You're going to have no friends like this, so you're deliberately angry with me," Bai Xue said with a pout.

"Hehe, our favorite thing is to watch the girls walk downstairs after taking a shower on the balcony," Jiang Hui said.

"I found out that only the boys live in your building in the bathhouse in our dormitory, and there are always people standing on the balcony staring down at the girls," Bai Xue said.

The two of them talked and chatted and didn't feel that the distance was far, and when they got off the bus, there were already many people on and off the feet, and even some people had already climbed the mountain and descended the mountain.

Xiangshan is 557 meters above sea level, there is a huge milk peak stone on the top of the highest peak shaped like an incense burner, the clouds and mist are shrouded in the morning and dusk, and it looks like the cigarette smoke in the furnace rises from a distance, so the name of the incense burner mountain is referred to as Xiangshan.

Xiangshan Park was founded in the 26th year of Jin Dading (1186) and has a history of more than 900 years. Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties all built palaces here, and Xiangshan Temple was once the crown of temples in western Beijing.

Qing Dynasty Qianlong ten years (1745), the royal in the Xiangshan Park to build a large number of buildings, the palace corridor Xuan, a total of 28 famous scenes of the capital, after the construction of the wall, the Qianlong Emperor gave the name "Jingyi Garden", ranked in the west of Beijing "three mountains and five gardens".

In the 10th year of Xianfeng (1860) and the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), Xiangshan Park was burned down by the British and French forces and the Eight-Nation Alliance, and most of the "28 Views of Xiangshan" were destroyed.

In 1956, it was opened as People's Park, and after nearly half a century of construction, it has now become one of the top ten parks of BJ famous at home and abroad.

The two began to climb up along the stone road, the road was relatively flat at first, and there were many tourists, and walking on the road felt similar to visiting a temple fair. The green pines on both sides of the road stand, the flowers are fragrant and the birds are singing, which is very outdoor atmosphere.

After climbing for a while, Jiang Hui took out a bottle of mineral water from his bag and unscrewed the cap, gave it to Bai Xue and said: "Let's drink some water first, the altitude of Xiangshan is not very high, let's climb slowly, and look at it while walking."

"Well, but why didn't I see autumn leaves on both sides of the road?", Shirayuki said with a sip of water.

"It's still at the bottom of the mountain, and you don't have to start halfway up the mountain to get more red leaves, and the leaves turn red from the top of the mountain, and even if there are the same trees at the bottom of the mountain, the leaves will turn red a little more slowly," Jiang Hui said.

The two of them walked slowly for half an hour, the mountain road began to become a little tortuous and steep, Jiang Hui reached out and took Bai Xue's hand and walked forward, Bai Xue struggled lightly, and saw that he did not break free, so he acquiesced to Jiang Hui holding his hand.

The autumn leaves on both sides of the road gradually increase, and vendors sell autumn foliage specimens every other way. The higher you climb, the better the view, and the trees on both sides of the road are not as lush as at the foot of the mountain.

In order to divert Bai Xue's attention, Jiang Hui began to keep looking for various topics to talk about, but since Jiang Hui held Bai Xue's hand, she followed silently, rarely talking, and didn't know what she was thinking.