CHAPTER XLII

Half an hour later, when my butt hurt from being turned upside down, I finally heard a faint human voice in front of me.

I rode my donkey and followed the stream around a small hill, and suddenly my eyes were clear.

A sparkling river suddenly appeared in front of me. The stream at his feet swirled, bent a few times, and merrily merged into the river.

Under the shade of the trees on the east side of the river, a simple grass hut was erected, and a small cloth flag was hung under the edge of the shed, on which was written the word "wine" with the big mouth of the bowl. In the shed sat a few mortals, some drinking alone, some eating and talking, not knowing what they were talking about; There were two donkeys tethered to the outside of the shed.

Is this the liquor shop?

Don't know what's sold there? It was the second half of the morning, and I just ate a sugar cake.

I slid down from the donkey, stooped down and picked up two pebbles by the stream, and put them in my arms, and then led the donkey to the grass hut with the stones high above the stream.

When it was close, a thin descendant greeted him, and shouted enthusiastically from afar: "Come and rest your feet, the small shop has wine, water and food, this hot day, you don't need money to drink water!" ”

"It's coming, it's coming!" I smiled and quickened my pace. There's food! That's nice!

After the donkey was done, the next life had already wiped the table and brought up a large tray, on which were placed more than a dozen small plates, which contained peanuts and some unnamed side dishes.

"This is a new seasonal side dish from our restaurant, two big bucks for a plate, and it is the best to accompany the wine! The signature fruit wine of our store is one of the best in this tail ridge, and the girl's family can also eat a few glasses, not intoxicating! ”

"I'll try a pot, and I'll have anything delicious, I'm dying of hunger!" This girl has money to settle the bill. ”

"Great!"

The little queen happily agreed, and then put the side dishes on the tray on the table in the same way, and went away with a gust of wind. After a while, he brought a clay pot and a coarse porcelain cup, and saw that he filled the cup with a full mouth, and said: "There are more than a dozen kinds of food in our store, and the girl may not be able to finish it, so you might as well let the boy pick up two things for the girl to taste, if it is not enough, the girl will add more, what do you think?" ”

I was so lazy that I said yes in a loud voice, urging him to go and serve the food quickly, and then took a big sip of the wine glass.

The sweet and slightly cool liquid instantly fills the throat, and then the taste of a wisp of fruit takes up.

Not......

I squinted my eyes and hiccuped, and my chin was lifted in satisfaction: "It smells like autumn pears and sand fruits!" Delicious! ”

"The girl is amazing!" The latter took the tray and turned out of the stove room behind the straw shed, and sighed: "My family's wine is still made from this kind of fruit!" I bet the girl also lives under this pigpen mountain, otherwise how would she know the taste of sand fruit? This is a unique fruit of our pig cage mountain, which cannot be eaten anywhere else! ”

My attention was drawn to the pigpen mountain in the mouth of the later life.

It's been a long time, and I haven't walked out of this mountain yet?

The latter carried the tray to the table next to him to serve food, and when the waiter was ready, I called out to the latter who wanted to leave and asked, "Is this still the Pigpen Mountain?" I feel like I've been gone for a while, why am I here? ”

Hou Sheng was stunned, then smiled and said, "The girl doesn't often go out on weekdays, right?" This place is called Tail Ridge, which is the tail of Pigpen Mountain. If you go any further, you'll be out of the mountain. Thinking that this pigpen mountain stretches for more than 100 miles, if you start from the beginning, even if there is a donkey to walk, you will not be able to finish it in three or two days. ”

"And how long will I have to walk before I get out of the mountain?"

Hou Sheng blinked his eyes and said: "If you go out of the mountain, you can say fast or fast, slow or slow, just look at how the girl goes." ”

"Huh? How so? ”

"If the girl goes east along this river, and then walks seventy or eighty miles, this tail ridge will be low and flat, then it will be to Dongjun, Dongjun and Jiang country are next to each other, there are many Jiang country's foot merchants to go back and forth and even settle, so the folk customs are a little different, if the girl goes east ten miles and then crosses the river by boat, the same can leave the boundary of this pigpen mountain, how to go, it depends on the girl's. Dare to ask where the girl is going? ”

Where to go?

In this world, the only place I know is Shengjing.

Let's go to Shengjing.

Maybe you can meet Aunt Ruhua on the road.

The latter listened to me say that I was going to Shengjing, so he said: "If you go to Shengjing, you have to cross the river, and the ferry port ten miles downstream here is called "Shenxian Ferry", and the boatman there will stop the boat as soon as it is past noon, and you will not be able to go today!" This is the closest ferry port from here, and you can get the fairy tun'er on the side of the ferry to find someone to spend the night, and wait until dawn tomorrow to cross the river. ”

Overnight?

Isn't there an inn in the world? Why do you want to spend the night like we goblins?

There is no inn in our fox village! If you want to have an inn, I don't have to let Jun Hou stay at my house!

I just wanted to ask why this posterity couldn't stay in the inn, but I saw this posterior suddenly turn around and trot to the river, shouting as he walked: "Guest officer, please!" ”

I looked sideways and followed the sound, and I saw a tall figure walking far along the river.