Chapter 242: The Ancient Mansion

Sang Zhi looked at Men Shaoting speechlessly, this man had eaten and drunk enough, nourished his spirits, and immediately recovered the nature of his second son.

"If you don't want to sleep, get up and go out with me, I heard that there were three champions in this village in ancient times, and the ancient mansion where the champion lived is very famous, Zuo Shaohua came here specifically to see the ancient mansion, let's go and see it."

Men Shaoting pulled the corners of his mouth noncommittally, and looked at Sang Zhi with a playful expression on his chest with his hands, "I've only known each other for a day, and I followed people to this ravine, what do I say about you?" Innocent or stupid? Aren't you afraid that people will tear you down, tear it down, and sell it? ”

Sang Zhi glanced at Men Shaoting and said with a smile: "You said that Da Zuo sold me?" How is it possible, I sell him almost the same! ”

Although Zuo Shaohua is a very shrewd child, Sang Zhi knows that he is actually very sincere in his heart, otherwise he would not stupidly agree to his girlfriend's request, and after the people left, he would be stupid to go through the remaining three cities alone.

"Big Left? I've only known each other for a few days, and it's quite close! ”

Men Shaoting looked at Sang Zhi with a scrutinizing expression.

Sang Zhi rolled his eyes, "The taste is very sour when you hear this, are you jealous?" ”

Men Shaoting pulled the corners of his mouth disapprenously, "Aren't you going out for a walk, why don't you leave?" ”

If they want to go out, they will close the big wooden door of their house, there are no outsiders in the countryside, and there are no valuable things at home, and no one will steal them.

Men Shaoting helped Sang Zhi close the heavy wooden door, Sang Zhi looked at the big wooden door and couldn't help but sigh a little, "Actually, it's not bad to live here, blue sky and white clouds, green grass and clear water, simple folk customs, you see that you don't even need to lock the door, how enjoyable!" ”

Men Shaoting shrugged his shoulders and took her into his arms, "I don't mind returning to the mountains and forests with you when I get old, and be a leisurely couple at sunrise and resting at sunrise." ”

Sang Zhi smiled, didn't speak, but he didn't think so, he just said it casually, how could there be such a day!

The two of them walked as they talked, inquiring all the way towards an old house on the west side of the village.

It was a very well-preserved, old-looking mansion, and the old people of the village could not tell how old the house was, but they knew that it had been there for as long as they could remember.

The people of the village have followed a conventional custom for generations, and the old house must not be destroyed, and must be carefully guarded.

Therefore, despite the baptism of history, the house is still very intact, but the traces of the years have left a mark on it, recording its vicissitudes of life.

In this old mansion, Sang Zhi and Men Shaoting happened to meet Zuo Shaohua, who was taken over by the village chief to visit.

"You're just in time, and if you're a little late, we'll be leaving here for the next ancient mansion. We're gone, and you won't be able to get in. ”

Zuo Shaohua said with a smile when he saw Sang Zhi and Men Shaoting.

It turned out that the old houses in the village were not accessible to anyone, and each house only had a key, which was managed by the incumbent village chief.

Sang Zhi stepped forward and looked at the door lock carefully, only to see that the door lock was not a common door lock in modern times, and it looked very old.

"Village Chief, can you lend me the key?"

Sang Zhi was very interested in the antique copper lock, and couldn't help but borrow the key from the village chief to take a look.

The village chief was also generous, and handed the key to Sang Zhi, "Look, this key is also old, I don't know how many years it is, it should be as old as this house." ”

Sang Zhi took the strange-looking but delicate key, looked at it again and again, gently poked the key into the lock hole, and carefully turned the key gently, only to hear a crisp click, and the door lock opened in response.

"This set of keys is really good-looking, it should be antique."

As he spoke, he returned the key to the village chief, "Are you leaving?" We've just arrived, and we want to go inside. ”

Zuo Shaohua glanced at her, and said to the village chief with a smile: "Why don't we stay for a while and take them in to have a look, they are all admired from afar, and it will be a pity not to go in and have a look." ”

The village chief nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, originally we were not a tourist attraction here, and the three ancient houses in this village are not open to the public, but they are only opened when they are sacrificed and prayed during the New Year's festival for the villagers to worship and pray for blessings, and they are usually locked." ”

The village chief said, and re-entered the house with a few people.

There is no decay in the house as Mulberry Branches imagined, and the green bricks in the yard are smooth and clean.

In the corner, there are a few towering trees that cannot be named, and the trees are towering into the clouds, and the branches and foliage are luxuriant, covering the small half of the huge yard, and the shade of the trees is everywhere, and although the sun is like fire, the shade of the trees is cool and breezy.

The village chief introduced, "The courtyard and the house are all cleaned by the people in the village who take turns on duty. The owner of the ancient house is long gone, so it has become the common property of the village, and the unwritten rule that the village has always followed is to treat the ancient house as their own home, and everyone cherishes the property left by the ancestors. ”

In addition to the ancient history, there is nothing special about the house, which is the house of an ordinary large family in ancient times. The reason why it is famous, in addition to its long history, is that this house is said to have been lived by a champion in ancient times, and it is the home of the champion.

"There are three such houses in this village. They are at the west, south, and north ends of the village. It is said that these three families have produced one martial champion and two literary champions. Originally, these three families were the heads and faces of the village, and each gave birth to a son. ”

Zuo Shaohua looked at Men Shaoting and Sang Zhi and introduced: "This family once produced a literary champion, the one in the north is a martial champion, and the one in the south is also a literary champion. It is said that the size of the house of these three families, the decoration style is almost exactly the same, this is because of the results of the competition at that time, because no one wants to be compared, the result of the spelling, and finally reached a tacit understanding, the house will be built into a general size, the general appearance. Of course, these are all legends, and what they are may only be clear to the ancients, but these three houses are indeed the same in terms of area and pattern. ”

Zuo Shaohua touched the house carved with blue bricks and blue tiles, and his eyes revealed an indescribable emotion.

Men Shaoting smiled faintly and said, "Come and see that you are very good at architecture." ”

Zuo Shaohua smiled, "I studied architecture in college, and my parents are both archaeological researchers, so I always like old and historical buildings more than ordinary people." ”

Coming out of the ancient mansion, Zuo Shaohua also asked the village chief to take him to the other two ancient mansions to have a look.

Sangzhi and Men Shaoting were not as interested in ancient architecture as Zuo Shaohua, and they heard Zuo Shaohua say that in fact, the three houses were similar, so they didn't want to go again.

"You go with the village chief, let's go for a walk, and we'll go back to Nagang's house in a while."

Zuo Shaohua nodded, "It's okay, then let's see you later." ”

Sang Zhi and Men Shaoting walked out of the village and came to the edge of the village, where the villages were far apart, and when they stood on the edge of the village and looked into the distance, they could only see the green terraces at the bottom of the mountain, and the sparse houses that were faintly visible in the clouds in the distance.

Walking in the mountains and forests, feeling the leisurely scenery of the blue sky, white clouds, birds and flowers, and breathing the fresh air in the mountains, it makes people feel refreshed and indescribably comfortable.

Mulberry Zhi tilted his head and took a deep breath, opening his arms to embrace nature.

"Well, it's so comfortable, such an environment can raise people, I heard that there are many centenarians in the village, and it is a famous longevity village."

Men Shaoting smiled noncommittally, reached out and took out the "Yue Heart" from the pocket of his jacket, and couldn't help but say that he put it on Sang Zhi: "If you want to live a long life, give me to wear it all the time, you dare to take it off and try it again!" ”

Looking at his serious expression, Sang Zhi suddenly lost his interest in playing, playing with the huge ruby, and rolled his eyes, "Men Shaoting, can you not always be so bad, under such elegance, don't you think it's very vulgar?" ”

Men Shaoting shrugged his shoulders and said disapprerovingly: "I don't think I can be elegant, I only know that you wear it, I can rest assured, your safe and healthy life is my best scenery." ”

As long as she is safe and healthy, he would rather keep her imprisoned for the rest of his life.

Sang Zhi looked at his indifferent expression, but his heart was inexplicably moved.

She knew that under Men Shaoting's gentle and harmless appearance, there was actually an extremely sensitive and even shy heart.

The longer I spend with him, the more I get to know him, and the more I realize that the real him is actually not good at words, and the left and right in front of people is just a means for him to protect himself.

He gently hugged Men Shaoting and put his head on his back, "Men Shaoting, I promise you that I will never take it off again." ”

She is willing to live under his "surveillance", wearing the "Yue Heart" when she thinks that Men Shaoting can always know her whereabouts and pay attention to herself, as if Men Shaoting is always by her side, in fact, she has long been used to wearing it like this, accustomed to this kind of life.

Men Shaoting gently held her little hand, pulled her in front of him, let her look into her eyes, and said word by word: "I know that I can't always be by your side and let you be wronged, especially this time in Spring City, it was my carelessness, and you were harassed and injured, but please believe me, there will never be such a thing in the future." ”

Sang Zhi nodded vigorously, "I believe." ”

hugged her into his arms vigorously, bowed his head and covered her seductive sweetness, in this blue sky, white clouds and green grass in the mountains and forests, the two kissed passionately.

The song of insects and birds is pleasant, and from time to time you can hear a few bleating sheep cries and the high-pitched and powerful shouts of sheep herders in the distance.

Here, people live in harmony and friendship with nature, people feel the gifts of nature, and at the same time, they also carefully care for the grass and trees, porridge and rice given by nature.

Mulberry Zhi took the hand of the door Shaoting and walked through the mountains and forests like a small bird, and after a while, he collected a large handful of beautiful but unnamed wildflowers and grasses.

Sitting under a tree, nestled in the arms of Men Shaoting, the mulberry branches carefully weaved the flowers and plants collected, and the Men Shaoting was rarely relaxed with a straw stick in his mouth, so quietly looking at the happy bird-like woman, slightly raising the corners of his mouth and smiling silently.

It was not until noon that the two of them walked slowly back from the mountains, and the mulberry branch wore a wreath of her own weaving on her head, and she also held one in her hand, which she had knitted to give to the daughter of the big flower.