Chapter Twenty-Eight: Enter the Peach Blossom Spring
Yang took out a piece of gauze from the sewing basket, filtered out the impurities inside, and put it into a small wine jar, estimated to have two catties of wine, and the rest was put away by Yang, put it in a cool place, and waited until there were guests at home to take it out for a banquet.
Such a good thing, the Yang family was reluctant to stay and drink it by himself.
Early the next morning, Yang took the embroidery work that had been completed, and Du Wulang went to the county seat with a bamboo basket on his back. Take Gorou to go, one is to have a companion on the road, and the other is to avoid being gossiped about, the current Yang is a widow, and you should pay more attention when you go out.
Mother, my brother is not at home, Du Balang is restless and wants to go out to play, but he is afraid that the seventh sister will be worried, his eyes are dripping, and he leans in front of his sister and says: "Seventh sister, we are fine at home, let's go to the valley to pick peach blossoms, if we don't go, the peach blossoms will be thanked." ”
Du Qimei saw that Du Balang was restless, and was embarrassed: "But my mother said that she wouldn't let us run around." I don't know where the valley is, and if we get lost or encounter jackals, tigers and leopards, then we can't come back. ”
Du Qimei insisted, unwilling to go out, the mountain was dangerous.
Du Jiumei also wanted to go outside for a walk, so she shook Du Qimei's arm and said, "Seventh sister, the starling brother said that it is not far, it is very close." ”
"Really?" Du Qimei didn't believe it.
"Yes, Seventh Sister, in less than a quarter of an hour, it has arrived, and it is very close. I played in it for a long time and there was no jackal tiger leopard at all. Du Hachiro assured that he didn't want to, but there were dense branches at the entrance, and after passing through a small cave, you could enter, and there were peach blossom trees everywhere.
Since it is so close, there must not be any danger. It just so happened that the wild vegetables at home were finished, so I went to dig some and came back.
"Okay, I'll clean it up." Du Qimei thought that since she was going to pick peach petals, she would just shake them down, and there was no need to break the branches. When I got into the house, I took a clean coarse cloth.
Du Qimei carried a bamboo basket on her back, Du Balang, and Du Jiumei carried a basket and locked the door. Du Jiumei was very excited to follow her brothers and sisters up the mountain, and wanted to see what was so special about the ancient mountains and forests.
Du Hachiro has a lively temperament, and when he arrives outside, he is like a little wild horse on the loose, happily bouncing in front of him, enjoying the good time of spring.
Du Jiumei occasionally closed her eyes and breathed heavily into the air mixed with earth and grass, as if her whole body could stretch out and embrace this nature.
After almost a month of recuperation, Yang and the others turned a little fairer, because they were full of food and had a good complexion, Du Jiumei's shriveled little face grew flesh, and Du Balang's height grew a little taller.
Du Qimei panted and chased after Du Balang, worried that this kid would run away without a trace in the blink of an eye, and shouted: "You stinky boy run slowly, disobedient, you will never go up the mountain again in the future." ”
Du Balang was still unsatisfied, but for the sake of future welfare, he had to slow down and wait for his sister and sister. Du Hachiro is naughty, but he can also listen to others.
Catching up with Du Balang, Du Qimei was out of breath, wiped the fine sweat on her head and asked, "How far is it?" "If she hasn't arrived, she's going back.
Du Balang pointed to a crooked-necked tree not far away and said, "Seventh sister, it's behind that crooked-necked tree." ”
Du Qimei, Du Jiumei looked up, not far in front of her, it was a dense branch, and asked rhetorically: "Starling, there is no road there, are you sure it is there?" ”
"Because there is no road, not many people know about it. Hurry up, dig through the bushes, there will be a hole in the back, and we will go into the valley. After Du Hachiro finished speaking, he ran to the side of the bushes first, picked up the bushes, and squeezed in first.
Du Qimei let the little sister in front first, and she was behind.
After a while, I finally made my way through the trees, and I did see a dark cave. Du Qimei was a little scared, but before she could shout, Du Balang's leather boy had already rushed into the cave.
Even if she was afraid, Du Qimei couldn't flinch, took Du Jiumei's hand, and walked in cautiously. Fortunately, it was daytime, and although it was dark in the cave, it did not reach the point where you could not see your fingers. It only took half an hour to feel a bright light not far away, and Du Hachiro's figure jumped out.
Worried that something would happen to Du Balang, Du Qimei said softly: "Xiao Jiu'er, let's go fast and catch up with your starling brother." ”
"Don't worry, Seventh Sister, I'm running fast." Du Jiumei promised, eager to see what it was like behind the cave? It's as if it were a paradise, another world!
Du Balang disappeared at the entrance of the cave, Du Qimei, Du Jiumei quickened their pace and chased after him.
As soon as she got out of the hole, the scene in front of her made Du Qimei stunned, oh my God, there are peach blossoms here, she has grown so big, she has not seen such a beautiful picture.
Looking at the peach blossom forest like a sea of pink flowers, and the sound of a small stream running in her ears, Du Jiumei suddenly remembered the description in the popular "Peach Blossom Spring" written by Tao Yuanming: Suddenly I met the peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps between the banks, there were no miscellaneous trees in it, the grass was delicious, and the flowers were colorful.
The peach blossoms on the trees swayed in the wind, and many peach petals fell on the grass. The fragrance in the air is sweet, as if sugar has been added to the air. In the peach blossom forest, time between heaven and earth seems to have stopped, and there is only the sound of peach blossoms falling to the ground in nature.
"Seventh sister, Xiao Jiu'er, come here, don't you want peach petals?" Du Hachiro waved his hand vigorously not far away, reminding the two sisters who had been stunned by this beautiful peach blossom forest. The first time he came in, he was like this, stupid.
Du Qimei slowly came to her senses, quickly took out the clean coarse cloth in the back basket, and said, "Xiao Jiu'er, let's find a big peach tree, spread the cloth, and collect peach petals." ”
"Hmm!" Du Jiumei pulled the four corners of the coarse cloth and found a big peach tree to spread underneath, and the four corners were pressed with small stones.
"Seventh sister, it's so beautiful here." Du Jiumei walked in the colorful peach blossom forest, feeling like a peach blossom fairy, surrounded by peach petals.
Du Qimei had never seen such a beautiful peach blossom forest, nodded and said: "Yes, I also saw it for the first time, since I know this place, we will often come here in the future." "As long as it's a girl, you'll love such a beautiful sea of flowers.
But just when Du Jiumei was enjoying the scenery in front of her, she suddenly heard Du Balang's shout of "oops", and she was startled, thinking that Du Balang had encountered jackals, tigers and leopards, Du Qimei took out a sickle from the back basket and said, "Xiao Jiu'er, you are behind me, don't run around." ”
Du Qimei is an older sister, no matter what danger lies ahead, she will protect her weak sister.