2. Easy Valley (I)
The mountain of vines and canals, Yishui comes out of Yan.
Wang Wenyuan guessed correctly, Zhu Tong and Ye Er are now in Xiaoyao Valley.
Ye Er has been here with Qu Laoyi for two days, and he only arrived in the morning.
The area of Xiaoyao Valley is not large, and the population is not large. More than 200 men, women and children, divided into three parts, lived in a secluded valley.
A small river five or six meters wide runs through the valley, merging with several streams not far beyond the mouth of the valley to form a river that can be navigated, and then merging into the Yishui for more than ten miles. On the bank of the Yishui River, it is the highway leading to Luoyang.
Xiaoyao Valley has been closed for many years, and then go deeper is the endless Qinling Mountains, from the ancestors of the Qu family to the present, the passage in and out is still this small river called Manxi.
The largest residential area is on both sides of the Manxi River at the exit of Xiaoyao Valley, and is called Taniguchi Village. There is a bitter bamboo forest in the middle of the mountain a few miles away from Gukou Village, and there are several two-storey small buildings with stone and wood structures built in the bamboo forest, which is the place where the disciples of Xiaoyao Valley practice and learn the arts, and it is called Kuzhu Yuan.
The disciples of Xiaoyao Valley can come to Kuzhu Courtyard as long as they want. Not only can they learn the stunts of Xiaoyao Valley here, but the school in Kuzhu Yuan is also where they learn some cultural lessons.
In the past, there was only one private school teacher in Kuzhuyuan, and Qu Laoyi built a school here after he became prosperous, and hired experienced teachers from outside with high salaries. The children of Xiaoyao Valley can receive a systematic education from elementary school to junior high school for free, and they can also learn from the two old masters and learn those epic books called "old antiques".
There are seven classes in seven grades, and the largest class has only 12 students, but there are 34 teachers.
It is not only the children of Xiaoyao Valley who are studying in the Kuzhu Courtyard, but also six children from outside. Their parents are both business partners or friends of Qu Laoyi, and two of them were sent by their parents from the first grade of primary school; Those four are spoiled little overlords, seeing that this life is about to be ruined, they were brought over by Qu Laoyi to receive education.
The green mountains and green waters can cultivate their temperament, and Xiaoyao Valley has no power supply except for Gukou Village, and there is no mention of Internet access. Kuzhuin adheres to the simple life of sunrise and sunset, and if you want to read and study after dark, you can only light candles. The teachers are very serious, the old master is very easy-going and competent, and they do not encourage students to study at night.
Skipping school doesn't have to be thought about, there are really wolves near Runaway Valley. The most unacceptable thing for them is that the male and female classmates in the class are more powerful than the other, and each is stronger than the other.
In addition to studying, the students have to go to the martial arts arena on the top of the mountain every day to practice, and the new students can also follow along, but they must first overcome the mountain road that is not the road, and in the first two months, the new students can't go up at all.
In such an environment, no matter how powerful the little bully is, he will be subdued for half a year.
Kuzhu Academy will definitely not be able to teach high-achieving students who can go to Tsinghua University and Peking University, but the students and parents here do not have such "lofty ideals".
Zhu Tong and Ye Er lived in a three-story stone building not far from the martial arts arena.
The stone building is not big, backed by green hills, and there is a half-acre yard outside. Outside the building, hang a quaint black plaque, on which is written "Qushi". Seeing the flamboyant and introverted strokes, Zhu Tong couldn't help but kneel. It was his father's handwriting.
There are three rooms on each floor of the stone building, and one transept room. The living room occupies two rooms on the first floor, and the other is Qu Laoyi's study, and the ear room is used to store sundries.
Zhu Tong and Ye Er were arranged to the guest room on the second floor, and Qu Laoyi lived on the third floor.
Everything in the mountains is simple, but the rooms of Zhu Tong and Ye'er are richly decorated and joyful, and the covers are very exquisite. Except for the carved bed, which has three layers inside and out, everything is new.
This is the new house of Zhu Tong and Ye'er.
Although Ye Er didn't care too much about missing the wedding held in the Shanshui Taoist Temple, Zhu Hong couldn't really do that, she wanted to give her son and Ye Er a grand wedding, and the venue was in this Xiaoyao Valley.
In order to take care of the teachers hired with high salaries, Qu Laoyi specially ordered several sets of solar cells. These things were previously installed in the teacher's residence in the Kuzhu Courtyard, and since this morning, the Kuzhu Courtyard has been on holiday, and the solar energy has been moved over to two sets.
But Zhu Tong and Ye'er enjoyed this authentic mountain village life even more, and moved the electric lights installed in the new house to the downstairs and in the yard.
At about eight o'clock in the evening, the cookies returned.
"What is he going to give us?" Zhu Tong opened the note left by Wang Wenyuan in the flickering candlelight, and handed it to Ye Er after reading it.
"A bouquet of flowers, I guess." Ye Er Dao; "It's your business, I want to pick up my mother with Sister Liu tomorrow, is that okay?"
Liu Chen came a few days earlier, and the new house was set up by her and Cookie's mother. Zhu Hong will arrive tomorrow, as a prospective daughter-in-law, she doesn't need to walk more than ten miles of mountain roads to Gukou Village to greet her, but Ye'er knows the relationship between Zhu Tong's mother and son, and Zhu Tong is inconvenient to show up, so she wants to pick it up on his behalf.
Zhu Tong thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Ye'er can't go, if it's an amorous village girl, it's okay." ”
Ye Er raised her fist and gently slapped him, smiling sweetly.
Qu Laoyi came down from upstairs and looked much better after nearly a month of recuperation. In the battle with Ning Wudong, he burned too much, it can be said that he has hurt the roots, and it will take a long process to restore his ability to the past. Fortunately, although Qu Laoyi is ruthless on the surface, there are few irreconcilable opponents in shopping malls or rivers and lakes.
"Look at it, is there anything missing?" Qu Laoyi handed Zhu Tong a piece of paper, which was the guest list.
"Look at it." Zhu Tong handed the list to Ye'er.
Ye Er shook her head, indicating that she had no opinion.
The wedding was scheduled for three days later, and it was too late to invite after tomorrow.
The bigwigs of all factions in Jianghu Dao must be invited, Master Empty Silence and Yu Xuan Zhenren all said that they must be there to congratulate, Mr. Lan Yu entered from Guangzhou yesterday, and he should arrive with Qin Tongshan the day after tomorrow. Yin Shifeng needed to prop up the façade of Wanghai Hospital, and Yin Shili came on his behalf. Mei Ye Mei Lao also received an invitation and should come with Mei Lanting.
Liu Yilan, Liu Xilan, and Liu Manxiang of the Eight Orchids will arrive in Xiaoyao Valley on the same road as Zhu Hong tomorrow.
The following relatives and friends, including the jade girl of Yushixuan, some Zhu Tong have never seen them at all, they were all father's old relatives and friends at that time, and Zhu Tong did not have any opinions.
Ye'er's family only invited Su Juan, and her brother-in-law was completely finished this time. Their marriage has come to an end, and no one can do anything about it. Every time she thought of this, Ye Er would feel sad. At the beginning, Zhu Tong persuaded him in person, and also expressed the same suggestion through Ye Er and Su Juan, but he still resolutely got in.
This time, because Zhu Tong made too much noise, multiple forces intervened, that was a cowardly man, how could he withstand such a battle? Everything that should be said and what should not be said has been said. With those things, Fan Xilin can't keep him, so he can only think of a way to deal with it later, and try to try to give a punishment only within the system.
Liu Chen came over, saw that the cookie was also there, his face turned red and hung his head and quietly sat down beside Ye'er. She is already engaged to Cookie, which can be regarded as a very traditional arranged marriage, and the Jade Girl and Qu Laoyi decided to see that they were suitable.
In the first two years, although they were both in Shanghai, they only saw each other a handful of times. Both of them are simple and unpretentious good children, and they feel good about each other, and they have an engagement ceremony during the New Year.
At nine o'clock, Liu Chen and Ye Er went upstairs to rest, and only Qu Laoyi, Zhu Tong and Cookies were left in the living room on the first floor. There are many rules in the mountains, and Zhu Tong can't live in a new house before the official wedding, and Liu Chen accompanies Ye'er these days.
At this time, Cookie took out a USB drive and a delicate red leather case.
The USB drive recorded the conversation of everyone including Wang Wenyuan, Xing Guijin, Wang Xiangjiao, and Huang Hai after entering the resort.
Inside the red leather case are a pair of diamond-encrusted couples' watches, which are gifts from Miss Yukimi Iike. She didn't receive an invitation, and she didn't hear any news, mainly because her identity was too special, and she didn't know how many pairs of eyes were staring at her every move. But she guessed about the wedding, and asked Cookie to send a gift.
There is also a pink letterhead that has been folded into thousands of paper cranes in the leather box, Zhu Tong wanted to open it, but saw a line of small words written on the wings of the thousand paper cranes: The second room is opened, and the husband does not move. Otherwise, the family law serves.
Qu Laoyi sat next to Zhu Tong, saw the line of words at a glance, and said with a smile: "A good gift, it has collectible value, and Dafang is very open-minded." ”
Zhu Tong pretended not to hear it, it was rare to see Qu Laoyi laugh once, that honor was really ugly.
"That room, your father and mother came to stay when they first got married." Qu Laoyi said again.
Zhu Tong lowered his head, he had already guessed.
"Uncle Qu, my mother has been too bitter in this life, can you persuade her." Zhu Tong slowly raised his head and looked at Qu Lao Yidao.
"Alas......" Qu Laoyi was silent for a moment and let out a long sigh.
Thirty meters away from the stone tower, there are several bamboo buildings on the edge of the bitter bamboo forest, which were the residences of the senior disciples of Xiaoyao Valley when they went up the mountain to cultivate, and have now been converted into guest rooms. Zhu Tong and Cookie live on the outermost bamboo building.
The environment in the mountains is good, you can open the window to enjoy the rare scenery outside, the squirrel with the tail can be seen in the tree at any time, and the well-known and unknown bird wakes them up early.
Zhu Tong was freshening up and heard Ye Er and Liu Chen talking. poked his head out, and saw a slender girl with a red face leading Ye Er and Liu Chen down the mountain.
Because in the mountains, Ye Er wore a white T-shirt and jeans, and walked with Tingting, her hair simply tied into a ponytail and swayed gently with her light steps, which was refreshing and neat.
"The ugly daughter-in-law went to pick up her mother-in-law." Zhu Tong said with a smile.
"You're ugly." The red-faced girl snorted. Her name is Qu Qin, she is Cookie's cousin and Qu Laoyi's close disciple; usually lives in the stone building, and Qu Laoyi is responsible for her daily life every time she comes back.
Ye Er looked up at him, just smiled and didn't speak.
Zhu Tong jumped down from the bamboo building as soon as he pressed the window frame, landed lightly and skillfully opposite Ye'er, and asked, "Why are you disobedient, you can't go out like this." ”
"It's all here." Ye Er pointed to the backpack behind her back: "Mom only arrived at noon, let's go to Fairy Pond now." The meal is ready in the living room, Uncle Qu is using it, you call the cookies and hurry up. ”
"Fairy Pool...... Sister Liu, why don't you rest for a while, I'll ......"
"Think beautifully, Fairy Pond is one of the forbidden areas in Xiaoyao Valley, and men can't get close." Qu Qin gave Zhu Tong a roll of his eyes, pulled Ye Er with his left hand, and led Liu Chen with his right hand and walked down the mountain.
Zhu Tong watched their figures disappear, turned back to Cookie and said, "You go to Taniguchi Village immediately, and you will live there for the next few days." The criminal police officer and the one surnamed Zhao are almost here. As long as they don't go into the valley, they don't care. ”
"What if they're going to come in?"
"The bottom line is Kuzhuyuan, if they cross the line, persuade them to go back. Xiaoyao Valley is closing the mountains and cultivating forests, and with their physical strength, they should not be able to come up. Zhu Tong looked at the bitter bamboo courtyard halfway up the mountain, and said while thinking.
There is an eighteen-mile mountain road from Shilou to Taniguchi Village, and Kuzhuyuan is in the middle of the outer position. There is also a martial arts arena between the Kuzhu Courtyard and the Stone Tower, and there is only a faintly visible steep mountain road within this distance, with Ye'er's current strength, it is not easy to come up next time, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people to come up.
There is another intention to let cookies stay in Gukou Village, and the guests from all walks of life on Jianghu Road are about to arrive, they are all distinguished guests who have come to attend the wedding of the convener of the Jianghu cocktail party, and if something happens, no one will look good.
There are no base stations near Xiaoyao Valley, and modern communication tools such as mobile phones are barely usable in Taniguchi Village. Zhu Tong needs all kinds of information from the outside world, and there are two disciples of Xiaoyao Valley in Gukou Village who are in charge of this matter, and if the cookie is there, it can also make this channel smoother.
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