Chapter Forty-Nine: Wonderland?
They got up early and set off before the sun came out, and when the sun was about to set on the west mountain, they and their group reached the last mountain.
At this time, the sun was setting, and the red glow of the sky stained the western sky red, as if a fire had been ignited.
A cool evening breeze blew, taking away the last trace of sultry heat and driving away a trace of exhaustion in everyone's hearts.
Almost everyone was drawn to the small mountain village hidden in the valley, obscured by large expanses of thick or light clouds.
Surrounded by lush flowers and trees, directly opposite, a silvery white curtain of water reflects a dazzling light, which is a waterfall that stretches from the mountainside to the bottom of the mountain.
It's just that people can't hear the deafening sound of the waterfall crashing down from mid-air, but even so, the unstoppable, earth-shattering momentum is still a kind of shock.
A big white bird with long legs suddenly appeared from the other side of the mountain, its huge wings suddenly retracted, and two long legs stretched out from behind, like a sharp sword shot down from the top of the mountain, and soon disappeared into the thick clouds and mist, without a trace.
A gust of wind blew again, gently lifting the corner of the cloud gauze scarf, so that everyone could see the corner of the small mountain village in the valley ~ the true face of the mountain.
Countless flowers of all colors that cannot be seen, do not know the type, and the size of the species, turn the entire wall into a sea of flowers.
White, pink, bright red, purple, yellow, blue...... Although it was far away, many people were incredibly sure that they had just smelled the faint, lingering scent of flowers in that gust of wind.
Behind the sea of flowers, there is a delicate building. It was a corner of a carved and splendid manor. It is hidden in a crisp bamboo forest, appearing and disappearing in the clouds and mist, like a heavenly palace and a fairyland on earth.
"Let's go, we won't be able to make dinner in time for later. โ
Li Wei looked at his beautiful hometown that had just left for a few days, and said proudly.
"Let's go, let's go!"
Li Mingming was the most excited, leaving home at a young age, more than 30 years ago, although it seems that the village has not changed much.
At this time, now on the top of the mountain, looking at the mountain village like a fairyland, thinking that I will soon be able to return to the home that I have been longing for, plus the white-haired parents and brothers and sisters who don't know what to become, the tears in my eyes can no longer hold back my eyes!
How many times did I dream back at midnight, my tears wet my pillow towel, I didn't care about wiping the tears from the corners of my eyes, I closed my eyes, immersed in the dream for a long time and didn't want to wake up.
Thinking of those unforgettable days when I was once happy, carefree, accompanied by my parents, brothers, and friends, I laughed out loud for a while, and tears welled up for a while.
Li Mingguang's feelings are naturally different from Li Mingming, who has been away from home for decades. As the village chief of this remote mountain village, the first time I saw the village in the valley that was hidden by clouds and mist, I immediately compared it in my heart.
The village in front of me is surrounded by mountains, and the terraced rice fields that have been repaired for I don't know how many years are particularly eye-catching. Instead of the idea that the terraced fields should be full of rice paddies, there are all kinds of trees in front of you.
Carefully identifying the trees that were very close to the soles of his feet, Li Mingguang easily recognized several common fruit trees in the north.
Cherries, apricots, peaches, dates, grapes, apples, pears, hawthorns...... A cursory glance reveals them.
The valley where the village is located is obviously not small, and at the foot of this mountain, where the clouds are not covered, it is easy to tell that it is a large area of rice fields.
Just as I was about to take a closer look at whether corn or sorghum was planted on the edge of the rice paddies, the fog in the valley became even heavier as the sun completely set into the western ravine.
With a gentle breeze, the fog grew larger and larger, and soon the entire valley was completely enveloped in it. Almost in the blink of an eye, the clouds were halfway up the mountain, and they continued to spread upward. Until the entire valley was completely shrouded in white mist.
Except for Li Wei and Li Mingming, everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them, looking at the clouds that had spread to everyone's knees, and looking at everything in front of them in disbelief.
And Li Wei and Li Mingzhi looked at the stunned crowd with a smile, and their hearts were full of pride.
By the time the clouds had spread to the big guy's waist, the spread of the clouds had finally slowed down.
At this time, looking around, there was only a white expanse left between the heavens and the earth, except for the clouds and mist, it seemed that there was only this white vast cloud and mist left under the sky.
"Wonderland!
Li Mingguang's eyes were full of disbelief, his mouth kept chattering, and he reached out and grabbed a handful in front of his eyes. Unfortunately, nothing was caught.
"Okay! The clouds are getting bigger and bigger, let's hurry down the mountain, and someone will catch a cold after a while. โ
After speaking, Li Wei took the lead in digging a winding path along the mountain under his feet, and went straight to the bottom of the mountain.
As soon as Li Wei moved, several guards immediately passed by him vigorously, and rushed to the front again to guard and act as a pioneer.
It is said that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, but for Li Wei and them, because of the path under their feet, which is in good condition, it is much easier to go down the mountain than to go up!
In less than ten minutes, everyone came to the location of the orchard halfway up the mountain. Walking through the terraces of fruit trees, I don't care to look at the orchards full of fruit that defy the common sense of nature, and go straight to the small village where you can already see the whole picture.
The clouds and mist rose, revealing the true face of this small mountain village hidden for nearly a thousand years to outsiders for the first time. It's just that if you want to really see it, it's not that easy.
Tall, dense foliage trees of all kinds are like green barriers, blocking people's sight, making it impossible to see the looming houses behind them.
As soon as I looked up, the top of my head was completely shrouded in white clouds and mist, if it weren't for the street lamps that were everywhere, even halfway up the mountain, I would probably not be able to see my fingers here!
The village shrouded in lights exudes a sense of worship and prostration, as if it has really come to the heavenly fairyland.
"This is really a fairyland on earth!"
I don't know who couldn't help but sigh like this, at this time, everyone was almost close to the plain at the bottom of the mountain, in the depths of an extremely dense bamboo forest.
If it weren't for a man-made path, it would not have been easy to enter the village through this dense bamboo forest with no pattern to follow.
"This road was newly built by the villagers more than 10 years ago. At that time, the weather was dry, and in order to drink water into the bamboo forest, the big guy built several canals to lead the river water to all parts of the bamboo forest, and took the opportunity to build this stone path. โ
Seeing Li Mingming looking at the path under his feet in a daze from time to time, Li Wei understood what he was thinking in a flash, and directly explained his confusion for him.
Li Mingzhi nodded, he was familiar with this bamboo forest. From the time I was able to toddle, I had to be carried by my older brothers and sisters to the bamboo forest two or three times a week.
Every time he came home, a few bamboo shoots, either fat or small, would be made into supreme delicacy and accompany him through the best childhood.
When he grows up, he often walks into the bamboo forest with his older brothers and sisters, friends, or alone, looking for all kinds of delicacies in his memory.
All kinds of strange, edible, and inedible mushrooms, spring bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots, all kinds of delicious and undelicious wild vegetables, and his favorite, very rare bamboo sunflower.
"Who?"
A loud shout made everyone involuntarily follow the sound to look over.
I saw a middle-aged man wearing a somewhat tattered hurdle vest on his upper body and a big pants on his lower body being surrounded by several guards in the center, looking at the group of guys in front of him who suddenly emerged from the bamboo forest suspiciously.
"Uncle, it's me!"
"It's you, kid, why did you come back just a few days out? These boys are your guards?"
"Well, yes, yes. โ
Seeing that the uncle's face was not good, lest he lose face and become angry with himself, so he quickly opened his mouth to change the topic.
"Uncle, come, come, see if you still know these two old men?"
After speaking, Li Wei flashed to the side, revealing Li Mingguang and Li Mingzhi behind him.
Li Mingda looked over suspiciously, as if he was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere. Well, I'm sure I've seen it somewhere, and the more I look at it, the more familiar it becomes.
By the way, they came back with Li Wei's kid, so it must be someone from outside.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and a name appeared in Li Mingda's mind, and his eyes immediately widened.
"Ermao?"
Li Mingzhi nodded with tears in his eyes. But in the next second, when I saw Li Wei's face with a big mouth and a surprised face, he immediately changed his face.
"Big Dog Li!"
"Poofโ"
Not only Li Wei, but also Gao Gaoyu who followed him and several guards laughed out loud at the same time.
"What's so funny about laughing?"
Li Mingda yelled at Li Wei with shame and anger on his face, then stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Mingming, who was still in tears, and was about to open his mouth to persuade him, when a figure suddenly crossed his mind.
He hurriedly turned his face to look at the person beside Li Zhiming, his eyes widened, up and down, and he looked carefully before he asked uncertainly:
"You're Mingguang?"
Li Mingguang smiled and nodded, which made Li Mingda extremely surprised, hurriedly took a few steps forward, took his hand, and dragged him towards the village.
"Go, go, go to me. I said back then, if you have the opportunity to come to me, you will have enough good wine and food!"
"At that time, you were bragging to me about a hundred years of wine to entertain me! Tell you, I don't dare to think about a hundred years of wine, I don't drink it if it is less than fifty years old!"
It seems that the two are very familiar and have a very good relationship, and there is no strangeness at all when they first met.
"Fifty years, what can I do! If I say a hundred years, then a hundred years! I can only say more, not less! Let me tell you, even if you came to the right time, the day before yesterday, I finally snatched a jar of 120-year-old wine from the god of wine!"
Li Mingda said this, his face was full of pride. In fact, it is also the same, to be able to snatch a jar of more than 100-year-old wine from the old hand of the god of wine, it is like asking for his old life, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky!
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go!"??