Chapter 551: A Stroll Through the Ancient Town
(a)
The pre-match test shot to acclimatize the venue is over. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info You silently handed me my grades.
I took it, looked at it, and lowered my head.
I kept my head down when you started to help me clean up.
You look at the look on my face.
I said, "Please criticize me, guide." I'm sorry. ā
You say, "There's no hurry, there's a time to criticize." Now, let's do something more interesting. ā
I'm looking at you.
"Idealism, shall we go out for a walk?" You say, "I heard that there is an ancient town near here, which retains the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and the traditional way of life, do you want to see it?" We could take a taxi and it was 40 minutes away. It's still early, we can walk around there, have dinner, and then take a taxi back to rest. ā
I looked at you and nodded.
(b)
This ancient town makes me feel inexplicably inexplicably intimate.
Although the wooden houses are quite old, in many details, they reveal the wealth and style of China during the Ming Dynasty. The wooden fence in front of each house is carved with different patterns, flowers, birds, fish and insects, birds and animals, idiom stories, myths and legends, all of which are different and different. The wooden lattice windows facing the street are also beautifully carved and full of low-key exquisiteness. The light of dusk reflects the ancient town, dyeing everything in the town with a faint layer of gold, like a yellowed old photo, which has a special sense of historical depth and vicissitudes.
I love the bluestone and granite roads that wind around the town. When leather shoes are stepped on it, the heel will make a very crisp and beautiful sound, just like a song "Londonderry Minor" played casually, fresh and refined. I like the slightly potholes and crevices on the pavement, where there are still drops of yesterday's rain, and in the crevices, there are small grasses that come out of their heads. Many of the stone slabs are still engraved with inscriptions, indicating that it was previously the boundary marker of a certain mansion or a tombstone in front of a certain tomb.
Such wooden houses and stone roads used to be everywhere in our cities. However, with the expansion and development of cities, they are gradually replaced by modern high-rise buildings and concrete roads, and the warmth and elegance of the old era have disappeared into the daily traffic. There are only a few secluded alleys, and some traces of the old times have been preserved. Among them, there is a Fuxiang Alley, which is my great love, that alley used to be the settlement of the wealthy, and the houses are deep courtyards, with high thresholds, mighty stone lions, huge door knockers gilded with brass and finely carved shadow walls. At the end of the alley, there is a small nunnery, the door is closed all day, and from inside there comes the sound of wooden fish and chanting. My favorite thing is walking through this alley with a schoolbag on my back, walking between the towering courtyard walls on both sides, I feel as if I am traveling back in time. It makes me feel very relatable.
On that day, we went to see a few small scenic spots in the town, including the splendid Wanfu Temple, which is said to be the private residence of the mayor of the town during the Ming Dynasty, he was a devout Buddhist disciple, and in his later years he enshrined the Three Treasures in his own house, which was changed into the largest temple in the local area, and invited the monks to reside in Xi to teach the Dharma and educate the people. In addition, there is a Confucian Temple dedicated to Confucius, a small land temple that prays for the safety of one party, an ancestral hall for the largest family in the town, a cultivation and reading academy where the townspeople raise funds for the town's children to study, and a charity Jishitang jointly funded by the merchants of the Ming Dynasty Chamber of Commerce.
From a distant time, I can vaguely see the solemnity and kindness of that era.
We found a small shop near the Gengxue School and ate a bowl of rice tofu made by local townspeople. The hostess enthusiastically added minced green vegetables, white garlic and red peppers on top, which looked colorful and tempting. The proprietress heard that we were from other provinces, so she went in and brought out two cups of sour plum soup, saying that she also made it for her family to drink. She insisted on not charging money for sour plum soup, saying that you are guests from afar, and it is natural for locals to have a drink.
When I came out of the small shop, I saw an old lady selling her own marinated fennel beans in front of her house, and she could buy a big bag for 3 yuan.
Wandering through the old town, the smell of fennel beans spreads between the lips and tongue. I gradually forgot about the bad grades in the afternoon, and I also forgot about the sea of flowers, and my mood gradually became cheerful.
I was talking to you, and a happy smile appeared on my face.
(c)
Before you know it, the light has dimmed, the night is dark, and the scenery in front of you has begun to become blurred.
We watched as the lights went out and closed one by one, and the clerks tactfully but firmly rejected the last customers in a tongue-wrenching manner, while lifting pieces of wooden window guards and inserting them into the slots.
I said, "There are still a lot of tourists, are they going to close?" Don't do evening business? ā
You say, "The people here follow the old rule of working at sunrise and resting at sunrise, and they have lived like this for thousands of years." They believe that the night is supposed to allow the body and mind to rest and rest, and there is no need to exhaust themselves physically and mentally in order to make a few extra bucks. Although you need money to live, making money is not the most important thing in life. Greed is bad. ā
I said, "How nice it is to live in a place like this." ā
You say, "yes." However, we have to go back too, we have a game tomorrow and you need to rest early. ā
I was reminded of the bad grades of the afternoon.
I said, "I'm in such bad shape, I don't think I'll have any good results tomorrow." Guidance, I'm sorry, I messed up the whole plan and was going to disappoint the school and Coach Wang. ā
You say, "Tomorrow's events haven't happened yet." We don't have to be frustrated about what hasn't happened yet, don't you think? ā
You say, "You're not in bad shape, you're just too messed up." ā
You say, "You need to put aside the rape field thing." ā
You say, "If you play like this tomorrow, I'll go back and write a review again." ā
You say, "I wrote the review until 3:30 last night, and I ran out of words I knew." ā
You watch me walk beside you with my head bowed under the streetlights.
I'm so silent that you can't tell if I heard you.
You stand down and say to me, "Ask me a question, can you answer me?" ā
I lifted my eyes.
You say, "Idealism, are you still willing to come out and play like this?" Come out with me? ā
I lowered my eyes again, and my head turned slightly. I have a fever on my face under your gaze. Then I nodded.
You say, "One simple thing, you should know very well, if you play like tomorrow, you'll never be able to play with me again." ā
You say, "If I report late and make a serious mistake, with these two things, I may be fired when I go back, and if I am dismissed, then we will have to say goodbye." Even if I don't dismiss, next time Director Wang will personally lead the team out, and I won't be relieved to entrust me anymore. ā
You say, "If you miss tomorrow, there will be no next time." ā
(iv)
At the end of that stroll, you said, "Idealism, you see, they close the door every day, will they move everything in the store home?" ā
I said, "No, that's too heavy." How could it be moved. ā
You say, "So, although we have concerns, life has to go on, and sometimes, we need to let go for a while." ā
You say, "If we always carry with us what we care about, then we are too heavy." We're going to be too heavy to move. In that case, we will not be able to go anywhere, we will not be able to do things, and we will not be able to rest. We're going to sink. ā
You say, "If we sink, we will be alone in what we care about." No one misses them, no one likes them. ā
You say, "So, sometimes, we need to let go with affection. Grit your teeth and put it down. ā
That day, you solved the problem.
It's actually easy for a person to let go of something he cares about.
Tell her that if she doesn't let go, she'll lose something she cares about more, and that's fine. (To be continued.) )