Chapter 20 A Trip to the Distant Door
The heavy yang has just passed, and the weather is getting cooler. The small wild chrysanthemum is yellow everywhere, and the Liuchun River is crystal clear, and there are no waves at all. Only the leaves falling on the water show that it is flowing quietly. The yellow leaves fell on the road, layer after layer, and people stepped on it and made a creaking sound.
A tall horse pulled a big cart parked on the side of the road leading to Chang'an Town, the car was full of willow products, piled up like a hill. From large baskets, to small fences, flower baskets, cats and dogs and other gadgets, there are many of them, and people are dazzled to see them. Two hemp ropes are bypassed from the front and back, left and right sides, respectively, to fix them firmly on the car.
'Da Da...', the jujube red horse kicked the ground boringly, snorting. Looks like I'm getting tired of waiting. In fact, his master, like him, had already flown far away, but his hand was held by a beautiful and cute little girl, and he couldn't get out.
Next to the carriage, Liu Qingyun stood in the autumn wind, helping Yuefei wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes. He had the wooden sword pinned to his waist, the Light Cloud Sword, and straddled a broken bag, which contained small pebbles, a slingshot, and the book "Guide to the Immortal Road" that he had secretly left, and some other things that knights should have, or things that knights didn't have but seemed to have, in short, a small bag full of slings was carried diagonally on his shoulder.
'Don't cry, obedient. Hurry up and go home, it's cold, be careful of freezing.'" he patted Yue's little face and instructed gently.
.' I want to go with you'.Yue Fei whispered with her head down, holding his hand tighter.
'No, you can't go. My dad said, when you grow up, we'll go together. Isn't Brother Qingshan in Xi'an, when you grow up, we'll go to him together. Obedient'
Yue Fei pouted, and it took a long time for her to nod obediently, as gentle as a kitten, "Then when will you come back?"
"I haven't been there either, but I heard my dad say that if it's fast, I'll be back in ten days and a half months, and if it's slow, it's more than twenty days."
'So long',
'Dad said that it will take thousands of miles to get from Xi'an to us, and it will take several days to get there. You wait for me at home, I'll come back and bring you good things'
'Hmm', Yuefei looked at him with tears in her eyes, 'Brother, be careful, come back early'.
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"Yuefei, hurry up and go back, be careful of catching a cold early in the morning", when the two were inseparable, Liu Changhe and others came over from the village, and seeing the two so close, his future husband was a little embarrassed. Yue Fei reluctantly let go of Qingyun's hand, Qingyun jumped into the carriage, sat on the wheel and said, "Don't cry, go back quickly. We'll be back soon.'
'Drive', Changhe waved his whip, and the carriage set off.
'Come back early', Yue Yuan shouted, but the carriage was very fast, and it had already gone far, and Qingyun seemed to hear her voice, and didn't say anything, just turned around and waved her hand.
In the morning mist, the convoy drifted away and soon disappeared into the mist. Finally, the little girl couldn't hold back any longer, and tears rained down. She crouched on the ground, looked in the direction of the carriage, covered her face with her hands and cried. She hadn't left Qingyun since she could remember, and the two had to meet every day, and these familiar mountains, waters, and woods had taken him through many, many places, and now she was so sad that she was suddenly separated for so long. I didn't sleep well all night yesterday, and I rushed to Qingyun's house early this morning to send Qingyun on the road.
The sun was quietly rising, and the morning fog was gradually lifting. A line of geese screamed and flew through the morning light. Yue Fei stood up and looked north with her feet until she was sure that she couldn't see the carriage anymore, then she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and turned around and walked towards the village.
'Meow', a cat meow came from behind him, and a flower cat and a tanuki were coming down from the old willow tree.
'It's you'," Yue Fei ran over and held them in her arms. These two cats were the ones I saw in the rabbit's nest, and I don't know why they appeared here, but Yue Fei didn't care so much, she held them tightly in her arms, and refused to let go for a long time, until the two kittens struggled to jump out of her arms
'Come home with me, my brother said he would be back in ten days, let's go and wait for him together'
The appearance of the two kittens more or less alleviated the pain caused by parting, Yue Fei chuckled and took the two kittens back to the village, in her heart, ten days, as long as she survived the ten days of Qingyun can come back, the two can meet again, but she didn't know, this farewell was actually three years, and the two went through a lot of difficulties to meet again after three years.
More than a dozen carriages lined up in a long line and trotted west from the official road. The destination of the convoy was Xi'an, the former ancient capital. Every household in Yangliu Village will have a kind of craft: willow weaving. Every year, people will weave a lot of things to sell to the merchants of the Western Regions, because the rich people of the Western Regions like these things very much, and the price is much higher than selling them nearby, so they will work tirelessly to travel thousands of miles to Xi'an, and this business is said to be promoted by Xiucai's son Qingshan, that is, Yuefei's eldest brother. Trade and buy and sell in the days after Chung Yeung Festival every year. This is also a large annual income of the people of Yangliu Village, every household will weave, and the villagers are tired of it. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Liu Qingyun sat on the wheel, and his little mouth couldn't close happily. It was the first time he had left this town, and the first time he had left his hometown ten miles away. He looked around with his eyes, and for a while he plucked the thatch on the side of the road, and then jumped out of the car, jumped into the grass on the side of the road, and pounced like a frog, and when he returned to the car, he had an extra grasshopper in his hand.
'Pluck out your beard, pluck out your calves,' 'pinch your mouth and see how you spoil the crops.' The grasshopper was in his hands in a few moments. His father Liu Changhe leaned on the car and closed his eyes to recuperate, and when he was impatient, he said 'zi' in his mouth, and glared at him fiercely, Qingyun quickly threw away the half of the grasshopper, pretending to be an honest child, put his hands on his knees, closed his mouth, his eyes were dull, and he looked straight ahead, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a clay boy. However, the miraculous thing is that in just a moment, the statue turned out to be alive, elated, humming a tuneless song in his mouth, his eyes kept glancing to the side, Changhe smiled helplessly, and simply ignored him. Qingyun smiled, jumped out of the car and danced to chase butterflies.
There are thousands of miles of road from Yangliu Village to Xi'an, and it takes five or six days to get there if the carriage is fast. Traveling all the way through the mountains and mountains, Qingyun couldn't help but shout when he saw the mountain for the first time, 'Mountain, mountain, look, mountain!', he flipped off the car one by one, and jumped like a little lamb and ran towards the mountain, causing people to laugh.
Along the way, he brought a lot of joy to the boring marching team. Seven days out of the house, every day Qingyun is full of energy, happy and happy as if never tired, at noon this day everyone came to a place called eighteen miles shop, is the last big town store to pass through from the east to Xi'an, after eighteen miles to catch a night road can reach Xi'an before dawn. Because there is no big town store here, many businessmen who enter Xi'an choose to play a sharp point in the eighteen-mile shop to fill their stomachs, and at dusk everyone sets up a gang to rush into the city overnight. The leader of the horse convoy in Yangliu Village is Liu Wuye, the old man has been running on this road all the year round, and he is very familiar with this place and understands the habits here. Enter the town from the east, go west along the central road, until you walk out of the town, there is a big inn at the west entrance of the town, there are several courtyards before and after the inn, the front yard is a three-story restaurant, and the back courtyard is a row of guest rooms. In front of the inn was an open field, like a large wheat field, but there were no straw stacks. There are only a lot of tethered stakes, which should be used for parking for people who are driving cars.
Liu Wuye commanded everyone to stop the car, unloaded the horse and tied it to the stake next to it, called the shop guy to feed the horse forage, and then took everyone into the inn. It's a pity that at this time, it was noon, and the store was already full, so these dozen people couldn't arrange it in, so they had no choice but to put together a few tables outside. At this time, it was the beginning of autumn, the weather was cooler but not cold, although the sun was warm but not hot, it was warm on the body, and it was just in time for the weather to be fine, and there was no wind, so although it was open outside, it was much more comfortable than the private room inside. Croppers save their lives, never want to spend a lot of money to eat out, order a few flatbreads on each table, a few vegetarian dishes enough to fill your stomach, there is a big vat at the door of the store, a full tank of water, drink as you like. Qingyun ran before and after helping the uncles and grandfathers to make water, and then found his father to sit down and wait for lunch to be served.
There is a pole in front of the inn, four or five zhang high, and a wine curtain is hung on the top of the pole, which is embroidered with four big characters: East Gate Inn. Qingyun guessed that he should boast that he was the closest to the east gate of Xi'an City, and it was the largest inn in Xi'an, so he named it the East Gate Inn. In fact, there are still 100 miles away from Xi'an, and the carriage has to run for more than half a night to arrive. Qingyun anxiously waited for the meal to start, and during this time, many people who ate and stayed in the hotel came over one after another, and they were also arranged at the table outside.
After a long time, two men finally came over with a large dustpan, and in the dustpan there were stacks of dough cakes, which were distributed to several tables, and some vegetarian dishes were served. Qingyun's stomach was knotted with hunger, picked up a dough cake, sandwiched a basket of vegetables and rolled it in the cake, and no matter what the taste was, he opened his mouth and devoured it.
While they were eating, five people came out of the town, three men and two women. These people are dressed up differently. Neither scholars, government officials, nor businessmen, let alone peasant families, but a bit like Taoist dress, they are dressed cleanly, some carry swords, some carry guns in their hands, everyone is full of style, and they look different from ordinary people like Qingyun. Originally, there was a commotion at the door of the inn, and the people who ate were talking and laughing, but as soon as they appeared, they immediately attracted people's attention, many people forgot to chew the food in their mouths, and stared at a few people like a goose.
"People who cultivate immortals?", Liu Qingyun's heart froze, and he suddenly remembered the illustrations he had seen in the "Guide to Cultivating Immortals", these people and the people painted in the book seemed to look like each other, Qingyun's heart was pounding, "I really met the immortals, I don't know if they can accept me". .
"Ouch, the fairy chief is here, please hurry up, please hurry inside, please come inside", the innkeeper may have received the report, ran out of the lobby inside, and greeted everyone.
"Shopkeeper Liu hasn't seen you for a long time, business is good?", one of the five people walked in the front.
'Thank you for taking care of us, business has been booming lately. You see, this guest is crowded outside, isn't it', Shopkeeper Liu laughed, and asked for it.
"Senior brother, the weather is so nice today, and there is no wind, why don't we find a table outside to eat," said a woman in red among the five.
'That's not good, how can the fairy be outside, it's all some taxi drivers, foot walkers. Hurry inside, please, I'll get you a private room to come out', the shopkeeper said bowing his head and bowing his waist to please.
"Don't bother, my sister is right. The weather is so fine today, Shopkeeper Liu will arrange a table for us outside. We will go away after we have eaten,' headed by the human.
'This...... Okay', the shopkeeper Liu saw that a few people had made up their minds and it was inconvenient to force it, so he immediately called Xiao Er, bowed his head and commanded a few words, Xiao Er went into the house, and after a while moved out of a clean table, and a layer of clean cloth was spread on the table, and the new teabowl and teapot were placed, and the shopkeeper personally arranged for a few people to sit down, and said a few words with a smile before going back to the house.
The five of them sat down, and just after pouring the tea and drinking it, they heard someone sneer and say, 'Thousands of clothes don't wear sycophants, this is really true. No matter when and where, there are always some people who love to pat on the back. Seeing that some people are brightly dressed and look like they are born masters, they also like to be photographed, Amitabha Buddha, immeasurable Buddha...... Sad, sad'.