Chapter Ninety-Five: The Water's Edge

The ship docked, but the destination apparently did not arrive.

Hou Lin looked up and saw a huge stone blocking the way in front of him.

On the top of the stone, a line flew straight down, breaking the whole boulder and rushing out of a small waterfall seven or eight meters high; The waterfall drained down, and then vented out a clear pool of clear water.

The whole big pool, the water overflowed, and continued to flow down.

A few people just went up the water to this big pool, and on a small pier next to the pool, they faced the splashing mist and went ashore.

Perhaps because of the mist, the grass and trees around here are as if they have been washed with water.

Beneath the boulder, on a pile of shallow soil, in the shade of the sun, a clump of flattened orchid leaves-like plants showed its body, and a delicate, purple-white flower bloomed at the top of the unfolded leaves.

The flowers are really delicate, and under the waterfall, a few drops of water splashed gently, and she was shaky. But she didn't fall, she still stood upright on the branch, making her delicate body show a very contrasting strength!

Bai Bing was attracted by this unknown cluster of orchid-like flowers.

"What kind of flower is that, it's so beautiful!"

"We locals call her 'Flat Danhua', but I don't know what it's called." The young man said, "That flower is difficult to raise, and I haven't seen many people feed it." ”

Bai Bing didn't think about digging up this clump of flowers back, she just liked and was curious.

The three of them went ashore from the small pier and walked up the newly opened gravel, and soon, a bluestone ancient road opened in front of them.

A long bluestone road. I don't know where it came from. I don't know where I'm going. He's been through too many years. Those horseshoe prints. Those traces of flowing water and dripping cannot be experienced if it were not for the tempering of time from ancient times.

As soon as the group walked on this road, they immediately felt different, they seemed to hear a call from their predecessors, and felt a brewing from history.

Flowers and trees are growing on both sides of the road. Almost the left and right sides of the entire road are obscured, so that the most vicious sunlight at the turn of summer and autumn, the whole year, is almost impenetrable, and can only be lightly exposed between some slits, shining and delicate, to show his existence.

There aren't too many people around. Under the shroud of these plants and trees, it seems that all people have become one of the whole nature, breathing together with the nature of this landscape, this world, and these flowers and trees.

The group silently enjoyed this precious breath from nature. Even Hou Xiaobao didn't talk or make any more noise. Just staring wide-eyed, chasing the trail of butterflies. Observe the looming chirping birds......

He hadn't gone far before a huge mossy stone appeared in front of him.

The road stretched right against the stones, and then they were viciously blocked by the stonesβ€”the way was almost gone.

Hou Lin was worried: There is no way out, he won't want to drill into the forest, right?

Just when he was worried, several people had already walked under the huge stone, and the bluestone road turned abruptly under the stone--Hou Lin turned the road, and looked around--the eyes suddenly opened, and the green hills and green trees were covered by a wide vineyard; Overhead, the blue sky also showed its face between the two mountains; Even the scorching sunshine has become a long-lost one; And the rare traces suddenly surged in front of him.

Someone saw Hou Lin's family coming out from behind a huge stone, and couldn't help but look at it curiously.

What I thought was the end of the road suddenly stretched out into the woods.

As if they had discovered something, these tourists greeted Hou Lin and his family, and they turned towards the ancient forest road behind the stones.

Hou Lin's family continued to move forward, and with the increase in the flow of people, all kinds of things for eating, drinking, and having fun also developed.

"Daddy, I'm going to drink that! I'm dying of thirst! Hou Xiaobao looked at the milky white drink that was steaming from the cold air and shouted hurriedly.

Hou Lin was also thirsty. He asked where it came from, and walked to the little retro building on the bank of the river.

The small building doesn't look big, but when you walk in, you find it extremely spacious. Part of the wooden building extends to the top of the stream, and when you sit by the window, you can feel the stream flowing slowly underneath, and for some reason, the whole person feels cool.

Hou Xiaobao was lying on the edge of the window, looking at the stream flowing quietly and quietly.

After a while, a few bowls of cold iced tea were served.

The method of iced tea is very simple, using rock sugar water, stirring crushed rice and peanuts, eating it in summer, it is very thirst-quenching; It is a traditional drink in Cheongsan Town.

However, the most authentic method of iced tea is not to ice the sugar water, but to put it in the Yanxi water to cool it, put it for a few hours, and when you pick it up and drink it, it is just right, not cold, not hurting, but it greatly reduces the summer heat.

Of course, those who do business naturally can't use such an inefficient method. Using a refrigerator is the best solution.

Hou Xiaobao smelled the faint aroma of rice and peanuts, looked at the milky white soup, drank it in a big sip, and drank nearly half of the soup in the whole bowl, seeing that Hou Lin and his wife were both staring.

"It's sweet, it's so cool!" Hou Xiaobao expressed his sigh, and then took another big sip, and drank a whole bowl of iced tea.

"That's too little, not enough for me to drink." Hou Xiaobao sighed like an adult. His little hand slapped the table and said, "I'm going to have another bowl." ”

His "proposal" was ruthlessly suppressed by his father and mother, "Eat so many cold things, do you still want your stomach to go?!" ”

Hou Lin had just made a fuss earlier, and now he didn't dare to make any more trouble. He is small, but smart, and he doesn't dare to challenge his mother's authority many times.

He reluctantly picked up a piece of pickled cucumber.

The sour cucumber, with a little sweetness, almost occupies Hou Xiaobao's entire taste buds; The sweet and sour breath made him not even have time to swallow his saliva.

Soon, a small dish of pickled cucumbers disappeared under the noses of several adults.

"I said Hou Xiaobao, are you hungry?!" Hou Lin looked at his child's appearance and said.

A cold drink in summer is already refreshing; Not to mention the cold, sweet and sour sour cucumbers, which are definitely appetizing; After eating the two together, Hou Xiaobao naturally wanted to eat more and more.

"Looks like I'm a little hungry." Hou Xiaobao rubbed his stomach stupidly, "I just want to eat." ”

"What then? Let's go to your Uncle Zhou's house for dinner. It's almost there. ”

"But I just want to eat." Hou Xiaobao felt that such a simple request was also rejected, and said a little aggrieved.

"Why don't you have a bowl of tea?" The young man surnamed Zhou, who led the way, proposed, "On our side, before eating, our stomachs are hungry fast, so we all eat tea mats to cushion our stomachs." Anyway, if you eat it, it's all soup, and it is digested quickly, so you don't delay eating. ”

Hou Lin glanced at Hou Xiaobao and finally nodded. (To be continued.) )