Chapter 108: Entering the Peach Blossom Spring
After entering that bright light, Lin Tang didn't feel anything special, if he closed his eyes, he thought that he had just entered the door of the room, Lin Tang then walked forward, reaching out and touching the walls on both sides, he could feel that this passage was very narrow.
Thinking that he was going to go to the Peach Blossom Spring, which everyone yearns for, Lin Tang couldn't help but be a little excited, but he didn't expect this passage to be so long, Lin Tang didn't know the time, but it was estimated that it should be about half an hour, and Lin Tang was about to collapse when he walked to Lin Tang.
Suddenly, his feet were empty, and he fell straight down, Lin Tang didn't have time to scream, he fell down on a soft grass, Lin Tang didn't feel any pain at all, he slowly got up, surrounded by trees and flowers, and there was no house.
Lin Tang remembered what Tao Yuanming's "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" wrote, "The grass is delicious, and the fallen flowers are colorful", and when he saw the real scene, he felt that the writing was really good, not exaggerated at all, the clear blue sky, fresh air, I don't know how much better than the car exhaust in modern society.
Lin Tang couldn't help but be a little addicted to it, he really wanted to lie here for the rest of his life and not leave, in fact, what was the benefit of going back, he couldn't afford to buy a house or a car in Yanyu City, and he was destined to be a house slave for a lifetime in the future, so he didn't have to worry about these here, smelling the fresh air, he felt that he could live for many more years.
"Who are you?" A childish voice suddenly came from the side.
Lin Tang hurriedly got up and looked at a child with pigtails, looking at him with two big eyes flickering.
"Oh, I am", Lin Tang hesitated for a moment and said, "I entered here by mistake, little friend, where is this, what about your family, can you give me something to eat, I'm a little hungry."
When the child heard this, he grinned and said with a smile, "Okay, brother, come with me, the people in the village must be very happy to know that someone is coming again."
Lin Tang hurriedly ran forward with the child, and after walking for a long time, he saw a grass hut, it seems that these people have built houses together, no wonder he didn't see any of them just now, Lin Tang felt that this place was more like a tribe, all the people lived together.
"Grandma, Grandma, you see I've brought someone back again", the child let go of Lin Tang's hand and ran towards the house, shouting as he ran.
"Again"? Lin Tang felt a little strange, do people often come here, it's not written like this in "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring", and these people seem to welcome the arrival of outsiders, aren't they afraid of ruining their originally peaceful lives.
After a while, a man and a woman came out of the house, both wearing coarse linen clothes, but they looked very good in spirit, their faces were ruddy, they should be the parents of the children, the two saw Lin Tang, and hurriedly greeted them warmly, saying, "Welcome to the Peach Blossom Spring, don't be afraid, come to the house to eat something."
Lin Tang didn't think too much about it, so he followed in, at least on the surface, there was nothing strange about this family, they were hospitable, and it was the same as Tao Yuanming described. It may be that after the spread of "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring", more and more people began to look for this paradise.
There will always be a few people who come in by mistake, they may also be used to it, although the house here looks very simple, but the food is very good, chickens, ducks and fish are complete, no wonder Lin Tang looks at them in good health, and the children are also very lively.
Lin Tang had a full meal here, and also knew the names of the two and the basic situation here, the male owner of this house is called Amu, the hostess is called Qing Shui, the child is just four years old, and they can only choose a name when the child is six years old.
The two of them did not specifically inform what task, Lin Tang had no way of knowing, the basic situation here is basically the same as that described in "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring", but it has been decades since Tao Yuanming entered here, and after Lin Tang asked, no one remembered this matter.
After eating, Amu and the child took Lin Tang around the village, met the people in the village, and greeted Lin Tang with the same enthusiasm, the people here are hard-working, self-sufficient, and have a leisurely and comfortable life, Lin Tang is envious.
"Your life is really good, hey, our world, every day people are like clockwork, living is very tired, sometimes I really don't know what the meaning of my life is", Lin Tang couldn't help but complain to Amu.
"Then brother, you can live with us," the child said in a milky voice.
Lin Tang couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard this, he finally understood why everyone, including Tao Yuanming, who was in seclusion, wanted to enter the Peach Blossom Land again, it seemed to store all the beauty in people's hearts, and people couldn't help but want to give up everything for him.
"Can I really live here", Lin Tang hurriedly asked.
"This..." Amu said with some hesitation, "I won't tell you, we are all people who live in the village in the era here, and we are all familiar with each other, if you rashly add a person... I'm afraid it's not very convenient."
Lin Tang was a little discouraged, but this was also reasonable, the people in the village didn't know anything about themselves, if they let themselves live in like this, this peach blossom paradise would probably have ceased to exist a long time ago.
"But... You can... Amu continued.
As soon as Lin Tang heard that there was still a door, he hurriedly listened, only to hear Amu continue, "You can be like our children here, complete a task, and you can belong to our village, and we will treat you as our own people."
Lin Tang didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to enter the Peach Blossom Land to live, and hurriedly agreed, "You say, don't say one task, even ten can be."
Amu smiled and said, "This matter is not in a hurry, you can stay with us for a few days first, understand the life here and then make plans."
Lin Tang actually felt that this was not necessary, because he had been completely attracted to this place, as long as he could stay, he could do whatever he wanted.
That night, Lin Tang stayed at Amu's house, living in a room with the child, after dark at night, Lin Tang lay on the soft bed, sighed comfortably, and the child said on the side, "Brother, what are you thinking?"
"I'm envious of you", Lin Tang closed his eyes and said, "Such a good day, I really want to live it in my dreams."
The child on the side suddenly flashed a gloomy light in his eyes, with a smile on the corner of his mouth that did not belong to his age, and still said in a childish voice, "Then brother, you, just stay here forever, stay with me... ”
Lin Tang didn't notice this, he had already fallen asleep, in the dream he took the little orange cat and Chen Ru to live forever in the Peach Blossom Spring, immortal and immortal...
When Lin Tang woke up the next day, it was already three poles in the sun, he hadn't slept so well for a long time, he got up refreshed, Amu had already taken the child out to work, only Qing Shui was left to clean at home, and breakfast was placed on the table, although it was not exquisite, but it was delicious and nutritious, Lin Tang liked it very much.
But he has been living in other people's homes and not working, Lin Tang felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said to Qing Shui, "I can also work, is there anything I need to do?"
Qing Shui smiled and said, "Brother Lin, what are you talking about, how can we let the guests work, breakfast is on the table, you can eat quickly, there is nothing to do after eating, you can go to the village and take a walk, there are few outsiders in our village, everyone wants to see you."
Seeing Qing Shui refusing, Lin Tang had no choice but to give up, and enjoyed a beautiful breakfast, he began to wander around the village, at this time many people in the village had already begun to work, leaving most of the old and weak women and children and children, the children were jumping and playing on the side, and the old people were chatting on the side, a harmonious scene.
At noon that day, Lin Tang was warmly stayed by another family for dinner, so he asked someone to bring news to Amu and Qing Shui, saying that he would not go back at noon.
I had dinner at noon, and the evening happened to be the annual Three Flowers Festival in the village, which was the day when the young men and women in the village confessed to each other in free love, and Lin Tang also mixed in, but he didn't have any other ideas, he just thought it was fun.
Twenty or so young men and women walked together to play games and dance, Lin Tang was sweating all over, but he didn't feel tired, and slowly he didn't know what was going on, and everyone began to put Lin Tang and another girl together.
The girl had her usual hair, her two braids hung down on both sides, and her cheeks were as bright as peach blossoms, Lin Tang was thrilled to see it, and the village was coaxing, and Lin Tang secretly took the girl's hand.
This girl's name is Xiao Han, and in the next few days, Xiao Han took Lin Tang to play in various places around the village, and her gentleness and thoughtfulness made Lin Tang fall into it, and she made up her mind to pass the test of the villagers and enter the Peach Blossom Land life to live with Xiao Han.
On this day, Xiao Han temporarily helped his parents do farm work together, Lin Tang was empty, so he had to wander around the village by himself, Xiao Han has basically taken Lin Tang to transform the entire Peach Blossom Land in the past few days, but there is one place that he has not been to yet.
When passing by before, Lin Tang pointed to where to ask Xiao Han, Xiao Han lowered his head and said shyly that it was a place for young men and women in the village to date, and they couldn't go over if they hadn't determined their relationship yet, Lin Tang looked excited, and it was not easy to persecute again.
It just so happened that Xiao Han was not here today, Lin Tang felt that he was going to take a look, the dating holy place was behind a forest, Lin Tang thought to himself, "This place is really a good place for dating, it is quiet and safe, where do ordinary people come back so far, no one bothers at all."
Lin Tang continued to walk forward, originally worried about whether it would disturb the dating of the little couple in the village, but he didn't expect to see any of them, he thought that it should be that the young people were helping the family to do farm work today, and he didn't care, just so he could take the opportunity to take a good stroll.
But the more he walked inside, the more Lin Tang felt cold, the weather in Peach Blossom Land was very good these days, neither hot nor cold, Amu also said that the four seasons here are like spring, why is this dating holy land so shady, Lin Tang is a little strange.
The further he went, Lin Tang actually felt a little cold, as if his bones were frozen in ice water, reason told him that he should turn around and go back, there was danger here, but his sense of responsibility made him unable to turn back, Lin Tang suddenly found that he was a little strange in the past few days.
Like a demon, he was crazy obsessed with all the people and things here, and after thinking about it carefully, he found that he didn't even remember Xiaohan's appearance, but just this morning, he still felt that he loved Xiaohan so much that he couldn't love it, what was going on.
Lin Tang gradually walked into the depths, and suddenly asked about a foul smell, there were still pieces of black water on the ground, Lin Tang Ninja walked inside disgustingly, and saw a scene that he would never forget, at the foot of the mountain, all of them were corpses, most of them had been corrupted and could not be seen, and a few of them looked like they had just died a few days ago, but they were also missing arms and legs.
Lin Tang's hands couldn't stop trembling, what kind of world did he live in these days, whether this was the Peach Blossom Spring, and where did the corpses here come from.
Didn't Amu say that there are few outsiders in the Peach Blossom Spring, how could there be so many corpses, could it be that they are all outsiders who broke in like himself.
"The person who came a few days ago, you must stabilize him", suddenly there was a sound of talking outside, Lin Tang suddenly woke up, and hurriedly found a place to hide, and as soon as he hid, he saw Amu walking in with a slightly older man.
This person Lin Tang has seen, he is the head of the village, and he is also the main leader of this place, he was eating at this family's house yesterday, they were hospitable at that time, they kept serving him vegetables, and brought a lot of things to Lin Tang when they left. But there was no smile on the face of the village chief who appeared here today, and his originally kind face actually looked very gloomy.
The two of them didn't get close to the pile of corpses, and the stench made them uncomfortable. Amu walked to the side of the uncle, looked closer, and said to the village chief, "Village chief, this person inside has been sucked dry and can be released."
The village chief nodded, Amu took a few steps back, pulled a branch next to him, and the huge trunk suddenly opened, just a small space, stuffed with two people, why do you say it, because these two people are crowded in this trunk in a strange posture, if they were alive, I am afraid they would have screamed a long time ago.
But it looks like these two are dead, but if they are alive and stuffed in... Lin Tang didn't dare to think about what a terrifying scene this was.
The corpses of the two dead people have fallen on the pile of corpses, although these two corpses have been twisted, but they are all corpses, Lin Tang looked at the big tree in horror, what is this, it can actually suck people dry, they left themselves here, is it also to put themselves in, Lin Tang s legs trembled uncontrollably.