High in the sky, two black-necked cranes with a body length of about one meter and a wingspan of nearly two meters hovered above the village!

This crane is covered with gray-white feathers, with a black ribbon-like feather around its slender neck, its head is inlaid with bright red beads, and the tail and the top of its wings are black, which is very dusty.

This kind of crane is the only crane species that lives on the plateau, the number is very small, ordinary people generally do not see, only in the deep mountains and grass sea of the plateau, luck is good enough to see the true face of one or two.

Overhead, two black-necked cranes hovered and flew in the sky, the slender crane body was graceful, flying like a fairy, its voice was high-pitched and loud, and it could be heard within several miles.

"What kind of bird is that?"

"What a big one!"

"It's terrible to have no culture, it's a black-necked crane, it's rarer than a giant panda, it's good that the giant panda zoo can see it, this crane only lives on the plateau, hurry up and take a photo and send it to Moments!"

Many tourists heard the movement, and the two black-necked cranes hovering and flying overhead were full of taste, and after hearing the great origin, they saw the hunt and took pictures happily.

However, the two black-capped cranes didn't give everyone much time, continued to circle a few times, and then flew away into the sky.

"Xiaolu, let's go, the old black couple are here, it seems that someone wants to drink. ”

Jiang Xiaobai retracted his gaze, raised his eyebrows, and chuckled.

"Brother, why doesn't the second uncle ask for it himself every time he wants to drink wine, but he wants to let the little cranes come over. ”

Children's questions are always very naïve, as for the little crane in her mouth, the "old black couple" that Jiang Xiaobai said is the two black-necked cranes that circled a few times on their heads just now and left.

"Because your second grandfather is very lazy!"

Jiang Xiaobai laughed, and couldn't help but think of an old man who was always sloppy and had a wine gourd hanging from his waist.

"When you see a crane like a person, and the guests come to visit, the host must bring good wine and food to entertain them, otherwise it will be a neglect of etiquette. This is what the old man who is not ashamed once said in righteous words.

Xiaolu listened to his brother Jiang Xiaobai's words, and nodded very seriously, "The second master is really lazy!"

Jiang Xiaobai smiled and touched the little girl's head, then went up the mountain again and returned to the courtyard at the bottom of the mountain.

After returning to the house, Jiang Xiaobai went straight down to the cellar, and as soon as he entered, a strong aroma of wine, mixed with the fragrance of various Chinese herbs, came to his nose.

The cellar is not big, more than 20 square meters, there are some wooden shelves and bamboo strips placed in it, all kinds of Chinese medicinal materials are waiting to be dried in the shade, and in the north of the cellar, there are rows of wine jars with red mouths and black altars.

After taking two jars of wine and leaving the cellar, Jiang Xiaobai took some cured meat, and then put them all into a bamboo back basket.

With a basket on his back, a hat and a hat, and a clog, Jiang Xiaobai hugged Jiang Xiaolu again and went down the mountain.

Descending the mountain and going straight to the turquoise and surging Jade River, the riverside, the whole one is large and small rafts, ferries, hundreds, every household in the peach blossom has a share.

After all, the only way out of the mountain is by water.

Jiang Xiaobai's raft boat stopped at the corner of the very edge, and a little under his feet, he landed firmly in the boat, and the big yellow dog also jumped on his front legs and followed.

After untying the rope, Jiang Xiaobai took the little girl in his arms, paddled the wood pulp, and drove down the downstream of the Emerald River.

The wind and snow on the river are heavy, but fortunately, the leeward, the cold river snow, the white green mountains, the scenery is indescribably intoxicating.

On the boat, Jiang Xiaobai paddled, the little girl grabbed the tail of the big yellow dog, and the rhubarb kept leaning out and playing with his paws on the water.

After more than half an hour and four or five miles of waterway, the raft boat came to the vicinity of a Tujia village upstream.

From afar, I heard the crisp and melodious mountain songs echoing in the mountains.

"The evening breeze gently shakes the treetops (hey)

The moon is quietly on the edge (yo)

My sister walks out gently (hey)

Brother will be in the golden bamboo forest (yo)"

At this time, the mountain was echoing with a Tujia girl's song as crisp as a wind chime.

As soon as the song fell, a majestic and dry male voice suddenly sounded on the other side of the river.

"Brother is looking at it from above

Sister is washing clothes in the river,

Brother beckoned to Sister Ah

Ah Mei looks up in the river......."

As soon as the song fell again, other Tujia girls came up to shout the mountain song, and then shouted.

The songs of this mountain come and go, or crisp, or rich, or tactful, or loud, they are filled with green mountains, green water, and snow-covered sky, which has a sultry poetic feeling.

Listening to the pure and sultry mountain songs, looking at the young men and women of the Tujia family who sang to each other on both sides of the river, singing and flirting, Jiang Xiaobai's heart throbbed slightly, and he had the urge to come to his throat, but in the end, he gave up, just paddling while comfortably intoxicated with the other people's homes in this mountain and water.

The little girl couldn't do it happily, and asked her brother: "Why are those brothers and sisters singing across the river, it's so funny." ”

As she spoke, she hummed a few sentences in a pretentious manner, and she learned this, standing on the bow of the boat, rhubarb, raised her head and snorted twice, which made a crisp and hearty laugh on both sides of the river for a while.

"This is the tradition of their Tujia family, they are looking for someone they like by singing, you are a child, just listen to it, don't make jokes. Jiang Xiaobai couldn't help but smile and jokingly pinched the little girl's face.

However, after such a small episode, the young men and women on both sides of the river noticed the raft in the middle of the river, and the two people on it, a big yellow dog.

At this time, a Tujia girl wearing a national costume and a delicate face stood out from the crowd, with a clear smiling face, and sang to Jiang Xiaobai in the river:

"There is an emerald river in Tujia,

There are more love songs in the river than the waves,

Don't sing anything else today,

Sing a song, girl, I want to cross the river!

My sister wants to cross the river..... Come on!"

As soon as the voice was bright and the song turned, the Tujia girl beckoned to the boat in the river.

According to the Tujia tradition of singing to the mountains, Jiang Xiaobai on the boat below is going to sing!

On the boat in the river, Jiang Xiaobai was a little stunned by the Tujia girl, who was right.

"Haha"

Seeing that Jiang Xiaobai on the boat in the river didn't seem to be able to catch the song, the young men and women on both sides of the river came from the good-natured laughter, and even the Tujia girl who sang also felt funny and laughed, which was quite bright.

But at this time, on the boat in the river, Jiang Xiaobai's expression moved slightly, and he took out a blue-green bamboo flute from his arms, and then put it to his mouth and blew it at the flute hole.

A low and graceful sound of bamboo flutes spread melodiously in the snow.

The sound of the flute was low and tactful at first, and then suddenly loud and high-pitched, the flute sound was melodious in the green mountains and snow, Jiang Xiaobai put down the flute and sang softly in his mouth.

"Baiyun Yellow Crane Dao people, a piano, a sword, a cup of tea,

The feather coat is often smoky and does not stain the peach and plum flowers in the world.

The world laughs haha, why do you travel all over the world,

In the end, he endured all the hardships and corrected the Tao, and did not stain the peach and plum flowers in the world.

(The middle humming part - Yaotai, ah, ah, like ah, like jade, Beijing, ah, mountain, ah, right, ah, moon, ah, Jin Rong, ah, ruler)

The world laughs haha, why are you competing for fame and fortune?

It's better to turn back and realize the avenue, carefree and immortal.

Quiet and inaction is my family, not stained with dust, rooted in the road,

Visiting the famous teacher to correct the way, Pan Tao will go to Longhua. ”

The singing gradually drifted away, and the boat had gone far along the flowing water, leaving only the ethereal chant and shallow singing echoing in the green mountains and snow, echoing in the ears of those young men and women!

Under the snow, the boat is far away, and the robe is like a peerless independence, just like the sentence "unstained peach and plum blossoms in the world" in the song!

only left a lonely earthly back for the group of Tujia men and women, and finally turned into a black dot and disappeared into the snow.

Leaving an inexplicable shock and throbbing, the eyes of men and women on both sides of the strait gradually drifted away with the boat for a while, and only then did they suddenly come back to their senses until they disappeared, and their eyes burst out with inexplicable brilliance!

This person is really interesting!

(PS: This chapter is written by the author with a lot of effort, and the song hummed by the protagonist is written by the Taoist patriarch Bai Yuchan, and the modern people sing "Taoism", it is recommended that you listen to this song when you read this chapter, it is very feeling!)