Chapter 4 The village meets the deceased and makes an appointment with the children to travel

Baiyu Village is the only place to go outside the mountain. At the top of the high mountain, the clouds and mist are shrouded, and the mountain peaks are hidden in the fog, looming. Most of the residents here have the surname Mao, and the population is in the hundreds. After the pass, there is a large flat land, located in the mountains. There are dry lands and paddy fields in the flatlands. Corn and potatoes are planted on the dry land, and rice seedlings are already beginning to bloom in a paddy field in the middle of the flat. At the foot of the hill is a neat row of houses, smoke curling.

Chuan Tao was born on a hillside, and he had never seen this large flat land, so he suddenly felt a novelty.

"Master, except for the cold here, the others are really a good place."

"I also passed by here when I came, there is a friend named Mao San in the village, you like this place, how about I take you to disturb people?"

"Okay, I'm going to take a good look at the scenery in this ping." Chuantao's childlike mentality, although he speaks with a sense of old-fashionedness, his curiosity can't hide his childlike innocence.

In less than half an hour, walking in front of several farmhouses, Wu Laoli stood still outside a fence.

In the fence gate, a sturdy black and white dog, standing up and looking at the visitors outside the door, barked "Wang", but did not run over, as if to demonstrate: As long as you dare to enter this door, I will tell you to walk around without eating.

Wu Lao was a guest in this house, so he naturally knew the etiquette, and he didn't move, and he didn't push open the fence door.

"Is Mao San here?" Wu Lao asked loudly. After a while, from the house in the fence gate, out of the door came a sturdy man, less than forty, with bulging muscles, thick sideburns, and willow eyebrows. Hugging his fists and saying to Wu Lao: "Haha, when I got up in the morning, there was a magpie on the walnut tree next to me who was crying very happily, and it is estimated that there will be distinguished guests, and it is true." How is Wu Lao lately? ”

Wu Lao also clenched his fists: "Thanks to the memory, the old man is healthy and healthy." Passing through this place on this road, he brought the disciples to meet him. ”

"Ah, this handsome descendant is Wu Laoxin's apprentice? Fortunately, I will be honored. Haha, talk in the house, please! ”

Draw the big hand backwards, let it to the side, and ask the guest to go first. When the flower dog saw that the master greeted him, he didn't dare to make a mistake, and slept peacefully until he went down to the eaves.

Chuantao followed the master and walked into the gate of Mao's house.

This is an ordinary family, three tiled houses, a family of four. There are distinguished guests coming to the door, and the whole family is in the hall to greet each other. The wife is already a half-old, and the three of them are leaning on one side, and when they see that it is Wu Lao, they all bow slightly to show welcome and respect. Chuantao has been with his younger brother since he was a child, and rarely greets the girl, this time when he entered the door, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the Mao family. This girl is the same age as Chuantao, her face is like a peach blossom, a pair of big watery eyes, staring at Chuantao flickeringly, Chuantao is at a loss for a while, her face is red, her ears are red, she stands with her head bowed, she can't move half a step, and she is simply a big stupid bird standing there. Wu Lao saw it in his eyes, turned around and pulled Chuantao's sleeve, and brought him to the guest seat to sit down, but Chuantao still didn't dare to look up.

I only heard Mao San's loud voice ringing in my ears: "Caixia, don't be stunned, go and help your mother boil the water and wait for the guests." ”

"Ugh." A brisk footstep came, thinking that the girl named Caixia had already walked out, Chuan Tao raised his head and gradually returned to normal.

Wu Lao said to Mao San: "Since I left last time, I didn't leave for a few days before I arrived near Chuantao's house, and I fell ill in the wild grass, and it was up to his family to save my life, otherwise I wouldn't have seen you, Mao San's brother." "A brief account of the events of the day." I lived in their house for more than a year, recovered as before, and accepted the son of the Hao family as an apprentice and passed on his clothes. Fortunately, Chuantao is extremely talented, and he has read poetry and books for many years, and he is also very handy in learning, and he can basically practice medicine independently. It's just that I'm worried that he's still young and has little experience, so I'm just taking him out for a tour. ”

Mao San looked at Chuan Tao, who had just begun to be a little more natural, and a soft smile appeared on his solemn face. "This looks like a good offspring, congratulations to Old Wu for receiving a high apprentice!"

At this time, the water had already been boiled, and Miss Caixia brought a glass of sugar water and gave it to Wu Lao. The young man who had been silent next to him also took the cup in his mother's hand and respectfully presented it to Chuantao. Sugar water, is the high-end drink of hospitality here, the mountain is high and the road is far away, it is not easy to exchange for sucrose, usually reluctant to use, only when the guests come, only to brew a cup of hospitality.

"Mao Cong, today, each of us has a glass of sugar water, you go and ask your mother to soak it all." Mao San happily commanded. Mao Cong was the young man who had been standing for a long time just now, and ran quickly into the kitchen.

Wu Lao and Mao San's words box was opened, and they couldn't be contained. A pair of forgetful year-old friends pull gourds and west leaves, and everything in the south and north of the world is discussed. Chuan Tao listened to it for a while, and felt bored, so he simply stood up and said hello to Wu Lao: "I'll go for a walk, you can continue to chat." ”

As soon as I got up, I looked up and saw a long shotgun hanging diagonally on the wall of the hall, which was used for hunting in the winter leisure, and a few pieces of variegated fur rolled into a roll, also hanging not far from the shotgun.

Walking out of the door, the flower dog was still sleeping at the door, looked up at Chuantao, and continued to sleep. Chuantao walked around the small yard, and the cleaned yard was very clean, except for a few farm tools, and then a few flowers and plants, which was very elegant and simple.

There was a burst of frog chirping, which was the patron saint of the paddy field, attracting insects and eliminating pests.

Caixia stood on the edge of the courtyard with a glass of water, blew a breath and took a shallow sip, and smiled generously at Chuantao. Chuantao was no longer as embarrassed as when he first entered the door, and he smiled in return. Caixia's clear voice came: "Childe doesn't have to be restrained, Wu Lao and my father are good friends, and you are also a distinguished guest of my family." When you come to our place, if you are interested, just say, I will show you and play with you, and I will not let you be lonely. ”

"Oh, I just arrived in your place with my master, and I don't know which places are fun, and I have to trouble my sister to introduce me." Chuantao really didn't know much, so he had to tell the truth.

"We have a lot of fun and beautiful places here. It's not early today, and my brother and I will take you to play tomorrow. Caixia became angry.

"Okay, tomorrow I will look good with my eldest sister, have fun, and enjoy the scenery on Baiyu Village."

Chuantao still has some mustard in his heart, and he always feels that he is nervous with this girl, and at the same time, there is an inexplicable sweetness quietly in his heart, and he wants to say a few more words but doesn't know where to start. So Chuantao didn't speak at all, just looked up at the mountain, listened to the frogs, and occasionally swept the colorful glow with his afterglow.

Caixia had no scruples, and her eyebrows fluttered to tell the origin of the name of this white fish village.

"Our name is Baiyu Village, and the name of this village has a history. Legend has it that the grandfather of our Mao family's grandfather came here a long, long time ago. At that time, it was a large lake, with all kinds of fish swimming in the lake, colorful birds roosting on the lake's edge, and wild animals on the mountain. The ancestors took a fancy to this place, so they settled down here, cultivated wasteland, fished in the lake, and hunted in the mountains. After many, many years, the Mao family gradually prospered, and many people outside the mountain knew about this treasure land. That year, the old man Tusi under the mountain came up the mountain with many people, and saw the beautiful scenery of the lake and mountains here, so he started to occupy it. Within a few days, Tusi sent a large group of militias, all with cold and shining blades, to the village to drive away the Mao clansmen, saying that they were privately occupying public land, and they would get out immediately. Our ancestors didn't do it anymore and fought with them. On that occasion, our people suffered heavy casualties, and although we finally drove the Tusi militia down the mountain, our own losses were also terrible, and there were few people left who could move. There was no way, the ancestors built a large pile of stones on the mountain pass overnight, piled up a number of rolling logs, dug a deep ditch to lead the lake to the edge of the mountain, once a group of people came up at the bottom of the mountain, they all rolled stones and rolling trees to wait, and if they couldn't beat them, they would release the water to kill them. In this way, the stockade was barely kept. However, the lake became less and less water, and finally it was almost empty, leaving only a small puddle, and many kinds of fish no longer grew, except for a white fish. Later, people reclaimed this large area of dry lake bottom into the farmland and paddy fields seen today, and the name has been called Baiyuzhai and is still used today. ”

Chuantao listened with relish, and when he saw Caixia stop talking here, he raised his head and asked, "Is there any white fish?" Can you catch a few and eat them? ”

Caixia immediately said: "White fish, you can still see it in the puddle over there, but you can't catch it." On the one hand, there is an unknown amount of mud underneath, and when it enters the mud, it sinks to the ground; On the other hand, the ancestors passed down that this is a divine fish, a life that survived with our ancestors, and it cannot be caught, let alone eaten. ”

Chuan Tao heard that there was no fish to eat, so he asked, "There must be a lot of fruit on that mountain, let's pick some tomorrow and taste it." ”

Caixia laughed: "The delicious fruits are planted under the mountain, and most of the wild fruits on the mountain are sour, you can pick them if you want to eat them." Now only the berries are sweet and silky, and they are a little tasty. ”

Chuan Tao was depressed: "We also have a lot of berries, but the season is earlier than yours, and it is already out of season." Where is the eldest sister going to take me to play tomorrow? ”

Caixia laughed: "You're such a foodie, why don't you want to see the scenery?" Keep it a secret and follow me tomorrow. ”

Chuantao really can't help this pungent sister, it's cute and scary, so he doesn't ask about tomorrow anymore.

In the evening, the dining table of the Mao family is full of mountain delicacies, braised hare meat, smoked wild boar, muntjac hot pot, mushrooms, and yellow flowers...... He couldn't eat anymore, so he put down his chopsticks.