Chapter 4: Let's go up the mountain together
In the morning, everything wakes up.
The blue of the sky and the blue in the distance dot the red of the mountain against the colored tiles, there is cooking smoke, and the stream flows water, just like a brightly colored gongbi painting.
It's six o'clock, Jiang Zhou didn't sleep well, fell asleep late and woke up early. According to the previous algorithm, it is the time of day.
Sure enough, a crisp, but dignified bell rang. The blow of the bell ringer rang the morning of the whole Yishan. The industrious Yishan people started a busy day, chopping wood, and dyeing cloth.
Although he did not have a good night's sleep, in such a place, far away from the hustle and bustle of the big city, and had not been invaded by various modern electronic products, Jiang Zhou really felt a wordless sense of peace of mind and comfort in his limbs, and the fresh and natural air was just like the process when the branches had just grown young leaves.
It was still black, and because of the weather, he put on a black jacket. The white and tender face is in stark contrast to the black, as if it is a dark night, there are no stars, only a blue and white solitary moon hanging.
She was originally a flat boat drifting in thousands of rivers in the dark night.
When I walked to the grocery store, I saw the man who had made her lose sleep last night.
It's also all black.
When Jiang Zhou saw him yesterday, he felt that he was cramped, but it was that crampedness that attracted her. Let her unconsciously turn her eyes on him.
He stood there, tall and straight, with a handsome face.
and Zhou Yingguang on the side, who looks much younger than Ji An, so he is dressed more pink. A yellow jacket, so vibrant. And this vigor made Jiang Zhou envious, but he didn't like it.
Her past, her past, her years of decay and decadence made her physically and mentally feel like she had a serious illness.
The withered flower does not yearn for the morning dew full of life, but only hopes that someone can break her, tear her, and crush her.
"Good morning, Jiang Zhou." Zhou Yingguang saw Jiang Zhou coming and showed a perfect smile that showed eight teeth.
Jiang Zhou smiled, his eyes turned to Ji An on the side, his height was very high, so Jiang Zhou needed to raise his head slightly, but the amplitude was very small.
Jiang Zhou likes this perspective, her eyes are black and white, and the posture of looking up can make her eyes more attractive.
The charm of the eyes does not lie in whether the eyes can speak, but whether there is a hook in them.
Jiang Zhou had a hook in her eyes, and she pulled the hook into Ji An's eyes, but she was blocked back.
Ji An was still like that, indifferent, he was not hooked by Jiang Zhou's hook, he was calm, without waves, like the sky this morning, except for the endless blue, there was nothing.
"Good morning."
Jiang Zhou quickly closed his eyes, opened them again, and quickly adjusted his eyes, "Good morning, Ji An, Zhou Yingguang." So where do we start today? ”
Zhou Yingguang had long noticed that the two of them were going back and forth, and he bet that Jiang Zhou would definitely be able to control Ji An. "To wake up a good day, of course, you have to start with Yishan multigrain wontons."
While the three of them were walking, Zhou Yingguang said, "The multigrain wontons here are a must." The wonton wrapper is very exquisite, and it is infused with a variety of grains, including barley, wheat, and grains, all of which are beaten into flour and ground into it, and then made into a piece of skin, with vegetable and meat fillings, such as cabbage meat, celery meat, camellia meat, three fresh meat, and even crazy coriander meat, with green onion soup, sprinkled with shrimp paste, to ensure that you want to eat another bowl tomorrow morning! You've got to eat them all! ”
I entered a very small shop, and there were wooden tables and stools for eating in the open air outside, and the three of them sat down outside.
Ji An and Zhou Yingguang asked for a bowl of cabbage meat, while Jiang Zhou asked for a bowl of coriander meat.
"Oh my God, Jiangzhou, you're too frustrated...... Zhou Yingguang said with an incredulous expression, because he hated the taste of coriander very much, "You... Before you, only Ji An by my side had challenged coriander meat......" Zhou Yingguang's face was full of disgust.
"I especially like to eat cilantro." Jiang Zhou propped his chin and said seriously.
"A woman who eats coriander is just as terrible as a woman who eats green peppers." Zhou Yingguang paused and added, "This is what Shinnosuke Nohara said, I added it a little. ”
Bowls of wontons came up one after another, Jiang Zhou scooped out one, blew it, and took a bite, which was the unique fragrance of her favorite coriander, in fact, it was not all coriander, but coriander, supplemented by cabbage and celery.
"Huh? Why do you seem to have more than I do? ”
"I gave you a small bowl, 10 of them, and we two big men ate a big bowl, 15 of them. Why, isn't it enough? Zhou Yingguang replied.
"That's not it, it's just that it's uncomfortable to look at."
Ji An added, "If it's not enough, you can add more." ”
"Yingguang, Xiao Ji, why did you come here early today to eat wontons?" A woman with gentle eyebrows and eyes who looked to be about forty or fifty years old asked.
"That's not missing Aunt Feng's craftsmanship."
"New guests? How about it, I see you ordered coriander, are you still used to eating it? ”
"Thank you, it's delicious." Jiang Zhou replied, this Aunt Feng really makes people feel very intimate.
"That's good, that's good, you eat slowly. I'm going to get busy, and something beckons me. ”
"Okay."
"Aunt Feng, it's A-Ying's aunt, and that candy is made by her." Ji An said.
It turned out to be her.
Jiang Zhou couldn't help but look back at her departing back, from a certain angle, she and Jiang Zhou's mother were a little similar, both of their faces were so calm and gentle, but Aunt Feng, at first glance, she could see that she should be a tenacious Gesang flower.
And Jiang Zhou's mother is a delicate, even tragic Manzhu Sahua.
Zhou Yingguang finished eating five by two, and Ji An also ate quickly, both of them were discs, and there was no soup left.
"Jiang Zhou, let Ji An accompany you to eat slowly, I'll go first."
Jiang Zhou bit half of the wonton and raised his head, puzzled.
"He'll have to go see the store." Ji An took Zhou Yingguang's bowl and stacked it with his own.
Jiang Zhou sighed, and continued to eat.
After grinding for a long time, Jiang Zhou was a little embarrassed, and the ten real wontons were full and rich in fillings, like a swollen belly.
She eats a small amount, and she can't eat so many chestnuts last night.
There are 4 left.
Ji An glanced at her, knowing that she had been grinding for these wontons for a long time.
"Waste."
Hearing Ji An say that he was wasting, Jiang Zhou simply stopped pretending, put down the spoon, and looked straight at Ji An.
She also knows it's a bit of a waste, but she just can't eat it, what's the solution?
"If you can't eat it, don't eat it." No wonder it's so skinny, and eats like a kitten.
Thin arms and legs will break when they are broken.
Jiang Zhou took out a small mirror from his bag, looked at it carefully, put on lipstick, put down the mirror and hooked his lips directly at Ji An to show a big smile.
Well, this is directly ignored. He may still be saying in his heart that she stinks and is beautiful. Stinky beauty is stinky beauty, which woman is not stinky and beautiful? Jiang Zhou thought.
Since Ji An ignores her, then she will talk to her, she likes this man a little.
It's exciting to look at.
Jiang Zhou's mind was very simple.
Drink the strongest wine and tame the wildest man.
"Where are we going first?"
"The main mountain."
"Climbing a mountain early in the morning?"
"Hmm."
Today's weather is best for climbing. It's not hot, it's a little chilly, and it's hot when you walk. Also, the air and scenery in the mountains are the best in the morning. At noon, it will be a little stuffy, let alone at night, when it is dark and the most dangerous.
Along the way, Jiang Zhou first trotted to keep up with Ji An, he was tall, his steps were big, and his steps were fast. seemed to feel Jiang Zhou's struggle, so he slowed down.
The main mountain is on the north side of the village, and Ji An first took Jiang Zhou to a place similar to a parking lot to pick up the car.
A black off-road vehicle.
It's a bit shabby, and it looks like it's been for years.
There were no words all the way, and neither of the two looked like they wanted to speak.
The windows were rolled open, and the wind blew in, and a curly hair was blown open and wrapped around the snow-white cheeks.
Jiang Zhou rested his elbows on the side of the car window, propped his chin, turned his head, and stared at Ji An unscrupulously.
The eyes are naked and provocative, from top to bottom, to be precise, it is not called "staring", it is called looking and raping.
Black sports tops, black trousers, big knuckle hands, smooth muscle lines, honey-colored skin, and clean edges and corners of the side face that drives seriously.
It's fucking handsome.
After the visual enjoyment was completed, Jiang Zhou began to speak without a ride.
"Do you usually go to the main mountain?"
"Not often."
"Do Yishan people often go up the mountain?"
"Actually, it's very little. Unless it's an activity like worshipping ancestors," Jiang Zhou felt that Ji An's air pressure was a little lower,
"Many Yishan people, after the death of their family members, will transport their ashes to the main mountain for burial," Ji An turned his head and glanced at Jiang Zhou quickly, seeing that her expression was as usual, he continued, "In the eyes of the Yishan people, the mountain is sacred, especially after people die, the mountain gods will guard their souls, and every grass, tree, and drop of dew on the mountain can wash away the sins they committed while they were alive. ”
"Are you a local?" Jiang Zhou asked.
"It's not."
"Do you believe that?"
"......" Ji An was silent for a long time, until the off-road vehicle turned several times and stopped, and then he was heard answering.
"I believe it."
The buggy stopped under a tall and straight group of cedar trees.
Jiang Zhou walked under the cedar tree, only to feel a majestic and solemn, she was vulgar, and she couldn't feel anything else.
"Cedar is indispensable in the life of Yishan people. The houses in Yishan, and even the wind and rain bridges, do not need to be nailed or screwed, they are all built by wise Yishan people with cedar wood. At the age of about fifty or sixty, the Yishan people began to build coffins for themselves, which were also made of cedar wood. When people are alive, the fir trees give them shelter, and when people die, the fir trees also protect the Yishan people. ”
Is it possible to protect the spirits of the dead and cleanse away sins?
Jiang Zhou looked up at the fir trees, as well as the masson pines planted next to them. A gust of wind blew, Jiang Zhou stood halfway up the mountainside, leaning against the fir tree behind him, and the fir leaves heard the sound of the rope, Jiang Zhou felt a long-lost, gentle and firm strength.