Chapter 58: Wandering the Mountains (II)
We got off the carriage at the foot of the mountain, although there was no problem with the carriage going up the mountain, but since we came out for fun, we could get a better view of the scenery when we walked up.
We went up the mountain path, Chang Yanxiao said suddenly. "Li Er is the most special woman Chang has ever seen."
"Really? I think I'm normal! "If it weren't for my special status, I think I would be no different from ordinary people.
"I have seen gentleness and virtuousness, and I have heard of those who are more strategic than men. It seems that Li Er is both bold and measured, but it is the first time in his life to see it. Chang Yanxiao said.
I looked at the mountain scenery in the distance and replied, "It's nothing special." ”
"The wild chrysanthemums on the side of the road are naturally not good-looking, and we have to wait until we get to Qiyun Temple, where the chrysanthemums bloom the best." Chang Yanxiao thought I was talking about a few wild chrysanthemums on the side of the road.
Picking a wild chrysanthemum, I said, "Wild chrysanthemum is also a good thing, soak in water and drink it to dispel poison and dissipate fire." ”
"Li'er still understands medicine?" Chang Yanxiao said in surprise.
"I don't understand!" I say.
The further you go, the more intense and eye-catching the beautiful mountains become, and although the sun is big, it is not sunny. Chang Yanxiao opened his folding fan and covered it above my head for me.
"Thank you!" I say.
"That's our West Lake in Hangzhou, I wonder if Li'er has been there?"
Chang Yanxiao pointed to a water surface and said. I saw it earlier, but I didn't know it was West Lake.
There are mountains and rivers, and I think of the Cangshan Mountain that has lived in the East China Sea for more than 300 years, and now I feel like I am wandering in this distant place. Actually, it's very simple to go back, but there are some things that I don't want to face anymore.
"Tired? Let's rest and go. ”
Chang Yanxiao pointed to a small wooden pavilion on the flat ground not far away. Walking to the pavilion, he took out a white handkerchief from his bosom to wipe my sweat, I politely refused, and suddenly remembered that the umbrella I borrowed from him had not been returned to him.
"Let's go." After only ten minutes of rest, I began to urge.
"Let's go, then."
The two continued to walk on the road up the mountain, watching the scenery and chatting at the same time, plus the mountain road was not very steep, and they did not feel tired for a while. I don't know how long I walked, but finally a temple nominated as "Qiyun Ancient Temple" appeared in front of me.
"We're here." Chang Yanxiao said.
A monk led us into the temple, which is a courtyard building, and the courtyard is indeed full of chrysanthemums.
"Is it pretty?" Chang Yanxiao asked me.
I nodded.
The monk first took us to the main hall to offer incense. When the incense was on, I saw that Chang Yanxiao seemed to have made a wish.
After the incense, the monk took us to the door of a side room, pushed the door in, and the house was facing the door of the wall with a big "Zen" word. There are small tables and futons in the house.
"Sit down." Chang Yanxiao said.
I sat cross-legged on the futon on one side of the table, often across from me. The monk went out, and after a while, another monk brought tea.
"It's the autumn harvest season, and there are few people going up the mountain, otherwise there would be no such tranquility." Chang Yanxiao said.
"I like the quietness." I said, Cangshan is very quiet.
"I like this kind of place too, but I'm in the world." Chang Yanxiao said.
"The world is also very good, love and hatred are the lives of ordinary people!" I said as I blew on the tea in my cup.
"What you said contradicts the previous one." Chang Yanxiao looked at me with a smile.
I frowned: "No, I just said I like quiet." ”
"Haha...... We are still laity. ”
"It's hard to be alive." I quipped.
"Li'er, there's something I've always wanted to ask you." Chang Yanxiao put away the smile on her face.
I took a sip of tea and asked, "What?" ”
"I don't know if Miss Li'er has ever been married." Chang Yanxiao said.
Why don't you ask this, he won't say that he is interesting to me or introduce a boyfriend to me! I thought so in my heart, but I didn't know how to answer in my mouth, because nominally, Zhuo Ran and I were husband and wife, but we didn't take it seriously.
"Are you embarrassed?" Chang Yanxiao stared intently into my eyes.
"It's hard to say, it's not." I said, curious to see what he would say next.
"I don't know what Li Er thinks of me Chang in her heart?" Chang Yanxiao said, his eyes still not leaving my eyes.
I couldn't stand his burning gaze anymore, turned my head to look at the chrysanthemum outside the door, and opened the topic: "You must know a lot about the poems about chrysanthemums, right?" ”
"Too much ......"
In the following time, we talked about chrysanthemums, from the poems of the ancients to the meaning.
For lunch, we ate in the temple, an ordinary fasting meal.
In the afternoon, we went down early, and there was no wagon to hire at the foot of the mountain, so we had to find an ox cart, and only then did we turn another one when we got to the city.
Chang Yanxiao wanted to send me home directly, but in order not to disturb the Xu family, I could only refuse. Chang Yanxiao had no choice but to get out of the car, planning to hire someone else.
Back at Zhuo's house, the sun had not yet set, and Xu saw me with a smile on his face.
"Mother." I cried out in a weak heart.
"Dinner is going to be ready, let's sit down first." Xu Shi Dao.
"Mother, you're happy, I'll go see the ...... first Male. ”
With that, I went to the back room. Although it was not dark this day, it was very dark in the house, I think when I have money, I should help the Zhuo family change the environment first!
"By the way, call Ran'er out for dinner."
Xu said behind me.
Zhuo Ran still stayed in the room and read a book, it seems that his mood has been much better recently, and he should have seen a little more about He Yuxiu.
I didn't have anything to say to him for a while, so I could only ask him to go out to eat......
The next day, after breakfast, I went to the store and saw a strange phenomenon.
All the tables on the first floor were all set up with boilers and the required side dishes, and the water in the pot was already boiling and tumbling, and the lobby was filled with mist, like a fairyland.
However, the entire ground floor, except for the guys, there was not a single guest.
"Owner, this ...... This ......" Hu Ping rushed to my side, incoherently not knowing what he was going to say.
"What's going on?" I asked him.
"After you left yesterday, that Miss Yi ......"
"Yi Zhihua?" I interrupted him.
"Yes, it's that Miss Yi, she has wrapped up our entire hot pot city and asked for food to be prepared for every meal and table, but no one has come, including herself." Hu Ping finished speaking in one breath.
"Did you give the money?" I asked.
"Yes, three days." Hu Pingping said.
Can you play like this if you have money? I wonder even more, why would she do this, to show that she has money? Then help her consume some points!
I waited in the restaurant all day, and sure enough, no one came to eat, and there were irrelevant customers who came, and they were all persuaded to quit for the reason that they had been chartered.
The food was not eaten, and it was all distributed to the beggars in the neighborhood.
On the third day, when I arrived at the store, the situation in the store was still the same as yesterday, except outside the door, but squatting and squatting, lying down, surrounded by many beggars, and the smell was smoky.
"What about them?" I asked Hu Pingping, Qian Da was one of the four protection money I ambushed.
"Sleep in the back!"
"Go and tell them to come out and clear the door, but don't hurt anyone."