Chen Meng nodded and said, "No problem, Elder Liu is at the front, I am at the back, I can go up very steadily." ”

Liu Dan said: "Fortunately, each step is still relatively wide. Okay, I'll go first. ”

Due to the large slope, can not climb too fast, Kai Hao slowly followed Liu Dan, climbed about 20 meters, the direction of the stone steps turned, the slope slowed down slightly, climbed 20 meters, and an S shape turned to the right, the slope recovered, and steepened, up to see a gate made of logs, there seemed to be a few small round holes distributed everywhere on the door to see the situation below.

The three of them climbed to the stone steps to interrupt, and the wooden door suddenly opened outward, revealing an entrance, and a guard stood by the door and greeted Liu Dan respectfully: "Elder Liu." ”

Liu Dan smiled and said, "Xiao Liu, it's hard work. ”

The height of the wooden door is exactly the same as Chen Meng's height, Chen Meng gently took off the rice on his shoulder, and walked into the wooden door in his arms.

Inside the wooden door is a relatively large platform, and wooden houses are built on the right and left sides for the use of the guard team, the team has a total of five people, and it rotates regularly, and Xiao Liu is the captain of this team.

Liu Dan saw that Chen Meng was about to carry two bags of rice on his shoulders again, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Xiao Meng, put a bag of rice to the guards, this is new rice, give it to everyone to taste." ”

Xiao Liu hurriedly asked people to bring the rice in.

Liu Dan said: "Xiao Liu, has there been any movement recently. ”

Xiao Liu said: "Everything is normal, but a while ago, there was a bobcat, which seemed to be a bamboo cat, bypassing the checkpoint and climbing up the trees, looking like it had a big belly, as if it was pregnant." ”

Chen Meng's eyes lit up and said, "Bamboo cat?"

Xiao Liu nodded and said, "Now in the direction of Wenlu, there will be a cat meow, and Elder Wen has adopted the cat." ”

Liu Danyi frowned and said, "The bamboo cat is said to be very powerful. ”

Xiao Liu said: "Yes, but as long as you don't attack it, it won't hurt anyone." There are often bamboo cats coming up the mountain in the bamboo forest at the bottom of the mountain, and there is no big problem. ”

Kai Hao said: "I heard that the bamboo cat can sense people's hearts, if you want it to be unfavorable, it will either run away or strike first. Bamboo cats have extremely strong teeth, and it is said that they can bite even stones. ”

Liu Dan nodded and said, "Then we will go up now." Xiao Liu, record all the movements. ”

The trio continued their journey up the stone steps.

After climbing about five more stone steps that changed direction, I finally saw the large platform on the mountainside surrounded by trees, and the last two stone steps became wider and the slope was much smaller, and I saw that the outer part of the platform was a circle of wooden fences more than one person high, connected by trunks with thick bowl mouths, and the gap was very large.

After going up the steps, I saw two bamboo doors, the height was only up to the chest of a person, and they were hidden and not closed.

The three of them stood outside the bamboo gate, looked inside, sure enough, this platform protruding from the mountain is very large, there is a large courtyard inside, the ground is very flat, you can't see the rocks, it is thick soil, the yard is twenty meters deep, the width is longer, there is a big tree in the center, the trunk is surrounded by two people, and the branches begin to grow when it reaches ten meters high, densely intertwined and extended outward, forming a huge crown, but the leaves are not big, only the thumb is big and very dense, it looks like it can block the hot season Yuan ball to emit high temperature, and can block the rain, there is a round low stone table under the tree, and there are several small stone benches around。

There is a row of wooden houses at the innermost part of the courtyard, and there are also several separate wooden houses on either side.

Liu Dan was about to call the door, when a delicate and quiet girl came out of the room on the left, and shouted with a happy smile: "Aunt Dan, you are here, then my grandfather must be happy." ”

Kai Hao and Chen Meng both felt that their eyes were bright, the girl was wearing a flowing white dress, her skin was fair, and the whole person seemed to be shrouded in a thin layer of light.

As the girl ran briskly as she spoke, Kai Hao immediately smelled a nice fragrance, which tasted a bit like the scent of a newly bloomed flower.

The girl opened the bamboo door and hugged Liu Dan gently.

Liu Dan said: "I haven't seen you for so many days, Xiao Yan, why are you so beautiful again." ”

The girl blushed unconsciously, looked at Kai Hao and Chen Meng and said, "Aunt Dan, you are laughing at me again, where is it." Who are these two?"

Liu Dan took her hand and said, "Let me introduce, this spiritual young man is Kai Hao, and this big man is Chen Meng, although they are only twelve years old, they are the future candidates of our five-member group." ”

The girl smiled and said, "It turns out that both of them are younger brothers." ”

Liu Dan smiled and said, "Kai Hao, Xiao Meng, this is Elder Wen's granddaughter, Wen Xiaoyan, you call her Sister Xiaoyan." ”

Kai Hao and Chen Meng hurriedly called Sister Xiao Yan.

Wen Xiaoyan covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Suddenly the two younger brothers called me, and I am not used to it." ”

Liu Dan smiled and asked Chen Meng to put the rice down, Wen Xiaoyan hurriedly thanked him, and took Chen Meng to a wooden house on the right to put the rice away.

Kai Hao and Liu Dan stood under the big tree.

Liu Dan looked at him very curious about the tree, and said with a smile: "This is a snow tea tree, which was planted by Elder Wen when he built Wenlu here, I didn't expect it to grow so big in just a few decades, and the leaves are good tea after they are fried." ”

Kai Hao nodded and said, "It must be delicious." ”

Wen Xiaoyan and Chen Meng also walked back.

Wen Xiaoyan said with a smile: "You sit down first, I'll make tea for you, drink tea first, my grandfather is resting, and he will wake up after a while." ”

Liu Dan nodded and said, "Xiao Yan, just let the two of them taste snow tea." ”

After a while, Wen Xiaoyan took out a white porcelain teapot and several white porcelain teacups from the wooden house, and the four of them sat around the stone table.

The snow tea in the teacup looked faintly green, with a few small leaves stretched out inside, and a tea fragrance permeated under the tree.

Chen Meng picked up the teacup and said, "The leaves are very small. ”

Wen Xiaoyan said with a smile: "This is not to pick off the big leaves that have grown into a complete and stir-fried, but to be picked and fried in time when the leaves grow to the size of the little finger after they sprout." When the leaves are grown, they cannot be used as tea. ”

Liu Dan smiled and said, "Snow tea tastes very fragrant, you can taste it." ”

Kai Hao took a sip of the snow tea that was already warm, and suddenly felt that the fragrance was soft and greasy in his mouth, and the tea was swallowed, his mouth was very refreshing, and he nodded unconsciously and said, "It's delicious." Better than my dad's tea. ”

Wen Xiaoyan said with a smile: "Actually, snow tea is the best way to rinse your mouth, my grandfather is almost ninety, and his teeth are still white and strong, the same as a young man." ”

After drinking a cup of Kai Hao, Wen Xiaoyan filled him up again.

Chen Meng nodded and said that it was delicious, and at the same time looked up at the canopy of the tea tree above his head, and he didn't realize that a puzzled look appeared on his face.

Kai Hao said, "Da Meng, what did you find?"

Chen Meng looked at Wen Xiaoyan and said, "Sister Xiaoyan, the closest branch of this tea tree to the ground is also ten meters high, how did you go up and pick this tea leaf?"

Kai Hao also thought of this question just now, knowing that Wen Xiaoyan must have a way, he didn't guess it in his heart for a while, and he didn't ask.

Wen Xiaoyan smiled and said, "If it's you, how can you go up." ”

Chen Meng smiled and said, "I might make a wooden ladder, but this one is too high, and I am afraid that the ten-meter-long wooden ladder will not be able to bear my weight." ”