039 Magical Palm Trees
I don't know what the fifth grandmother said that made Fang'er Niang change her mind, she came over sideways and patted her daughter's hand, and asked with a smile, "Does Fang'er want to go out with Sister Tianniu?" β
Hearing that her mother asked her opinion in a consultative tone, the small flame of joy in Fang'er's big crystal eyes became more and more vigorous, and she suddenly clenched her mother's big hand, shook it and said, "Mother, can Fang'er go out to play?" Can Fang'er go out if she wants to? β
Fang'er Niang glanced at Yao Tiantian, and said with a chuckle, "Fang'er can go out with Sister Tianniu, but you must listen to your sister's words, and you can't be naughty." β
"Okay, okay, I'll definitely listen to Sister Sweet Girl, I won't run around." Fang'er assured loudly in her mouth, her body slipped, and she slipped off the kang.
Fang'er Niang didn't let go, she solemnly handed her daughter's hand into Yao Tiantian's palm, and said with a little pleading, "Tianniu, my aunt will entrust Fang'er to you." β
"Auntie, don't worry, I won't mess around, I will definitely send Fang'er back safely." Yao Tiantian nodded, then looked directly into Fang Erniang's eyes, and responded steadily.
"Okay, okay, I'm going to go out!" Fang'er heard the conversation between her mother and Sister Tianniu, and the last trace of worry in her heart was removed, and she shouted excitedly, she pulled Yao Tiantian's hand and walked out.
"Slow, slow, you haven't eaten yet." Fang Erniang stretched out her hand and threw herself into the air, but she didn't hold her daughter's hand, she had to shout loudly.
"I ate delicious dumplings just now, and I'm already full." Fang'er ignored her mother's anxiety, and answered loudly without looking back.
The fifth grandmother casually picked up a half-sized flower jacket, patted Fang'er's back, and soothed, "His aunt, don't worry, I will follow them." β
Just when the fifth grandmother was talking to Fang'erniang, Xiao Fang'er was already like a bird out of the cage, giggling, holding Yao Tiantian's hand and running out of the house.
Fang'er was very excited, her steps were brisk, and she walked very fast, and not long after she left the gate of her house, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead and on the tip of her little nose. Yao Tiantian's heart tightened, she raised her hand to comb her hair that was a little messy, and said softly, "Okay, you can play this afternoon, Fang'er, don't worry, let's wait for the fifth grandmother, she said she wants to take us to see the rare scenery." β
Listening to Yao Tiantian's persuasion in a soft and slow voice, Fang'er slowed down her pace, grimaced at Yao Tiantian, and said a little embarrassedly, "I know, Sister Tianniu, I won't run around like this anymore." β
Yao Tiantian and Fang'er slowed down, chatting softly while walking, and after a while, the voice of the fifth grandmother came from behind them, "These two little girls are so fast, let grandma have a good meal." β
As soon as Fang'er stuck out her tongue, Yao Tiantian squeezed her eyes, turned around and said with a smile, "Grandma, how can we, we are still waiting for you to take us to see the good scenery." β
"These two hell girls." The fifth grandmother smiled and nodded Yao Tiantian's forehead, then walked a few steps quickly, and took the lead towards the barren mountain that had completely belonged to Yangjiatun.
The fifth grandmother took Yao Tiantian and Fang'er on a relatively flat road, one old and two young, talking and laughing all the way, accompanied by Fang'er's strings of silver bell-like laughter from time to time, in less than an hour, the three of them turned halfway up the mountain.
Yao Tiantian was worried about the special scenery that the fifth grandmother said, and couldn't help but stop slightly. He looked around and asked, "Grandma, where are you taking us?" After walking this way, except for some common wildflowers and wild vegetables, I haven't seen anything special? β
The fifth grandmother pursed her lips and smiled, and sold a pass, "Don't worry, don't worry, grandma also discovered that place by accident a few days ago, and she hasn't even told Da Zhuang and a few of them yet." β
As she spoke, the fifth grandmother turned to the side, left the mountain path, and walked towards the side of the strange rocky mountain. Yao Tiantian and Fang'er glanced at each other, Yao Tiantian grabbed Fang'er's upper arm with one hand, half-supported her, and followed cautiously.
After walking for about a cup of tea, Yao Tiantian felt the difference, although it was not far from the main road, but she felt a significant heat, and the heat waves were still coming, as if it was not the twilight spring with a suitable temperature, but the hot midsummer.
It must be a demon, but Yao Tiantian faintly looked forward to it, after those buckwheat seeds appeared on this barren mountain unconsciously, what magical plants would appear? Will it bring suitable medicinal materials to Xiao Fang'er's illness? Or will it bring a turnaround to Yangjiatun's current situation?
Yao Tiantian was looking forward to it, and suddenly a smug sentence came out of her heart, "Hehe, little girl, you just wait for the surprise, you will be grateful to me when the time comes!" β
"Hmph, you're really making trouble." Yao Tiantian asked silently, "Fifth Grandma said that she discovered the scenery of the wonder a few days ago, you, when did you start laying it out?" Talking to me about a mistake, it's bluffing to talk nonsense about changing places for me, right? β
Faced with Yao Tiantian's questions one after another, the young man with medicinal fragrance was silent, as if he didn't exist at all, silent!
"Hmph, liar! Coward! Shrinking turtle! Yao Tian cursed sweetly with all the words she could think of, but the young man with the medicinal fragrance was still silent, looking like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.
Yao Tiantian and the young man of Yaoxiang were more energetic, and the fifth grandmother in front of them found that they hadn't caught up, she stopped, turned around and shouted loudly, "Tianniu, Fang'er, hurry up, take two more steps to arrive." β
Yao Tiantian temporarily let go of the medicinal fragrance boy, took Fang'er who was waiting on the side with one hand, and said loudly in the direction of the fifth grandmother, "Hey, here, we're coming." β
With his mouth in response, Yao Tiantian pressed his feet, and soon rushed to the side of the fifth grandmother, looking in the direction of the fifth grandmother's finger, Yao Tiantian was stunned all of a sudden.
To their left, a small col surrounded by mountains seemed to be a small greenhouse, which had a completely different scenery from the almost barren mountains outside. Several trees more than 20 meters high, tall and majestic, the trunk is straight and round, there is no extra branch, the whole crown is like a giant umbrella, the big leaves stretch outward like the palm of a human hand, making people feel solemn and full of vitality.
Looking at the magical scene in front of her, Yao Tiantian immediately remembered a beautiful and moving Dai folklore she heard when she traveled to Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province in her previous life, which was about the love story of a Dai girl and a young man.
It is said that a long time ago, a young man of the Dai tribe said goodbye to his fiancΓ©e and went to a distant place to find light. The two of them exchanged a letter every day, engraved on a plantain leaf, and a parrot passed it to them. But as the young man went farther and farther, the plantain leaves withered before they arrived, and the handwriting on the leaves became blurred. The young man was anxious about this. One day, he discovered the leaves of a type of palm that left clear lines on the leaves due to insects eating the mesophyll. This is the bay leaf palm leaf letter. Inspired by this, the young man also engraved the inscription on the bay leaf, and although it was transmitted over many days, the handwriting was still legible. This is the story of the Dai people's invention of lettering on bay leaves.
Yesterday, Yao Tiantian pretended to be stupid and cute, and was asked by Master Li to engrave, so that she almost lifted a stone and hit her own feet, and she was very worried about this time and space still staying in the stage of catching knives and lettering, and now she saw a few lush palm trees in front of her, and those lovely leaves the size of a palm made Yao Tiantian's eyes brighten.
The smart girls and boys of the Dai people used the leaves of the palm tree to engrave words to convey their feelings, and the ancient monks used the leaves of the palm tree to carve the scriptures for generations, and she Yao Tiantian can also use the leaves of the palm tree as natural paper, which is always more convenient than carving words on bamboo slips.
Fang'er rarely goes out, this kind of palm trees that appeared out of thin air immediately attracted her attention, she took advantage of Yao Tiantian's stunned effort, pulled out her little hand, jumped and rushed over, and cheered while running, "It's so beautiful, it's so beautiful." β
As he spoke, Fang'er's people had already run out several feet away, looking at Fang'er who was a little carried away with excitement, Yao Tiantian's heart tightened, Fang'er can't be too excited and too tired when she is in such a physical condition, she boasted about Haikou in front of Fang'er's mother, take care of Fang'er, if you let this little girl be happy, Yao Tiantian will break her promise, if she makes Fang'er sick, it will hurt her.
Yao Tiantian was anxious, but before she could stop her, she heard a 'poof' sound, followed by Fang'er's frightened scream, "What, what?" β
Fang'er fell, Yao Tiantian and the fifth grandmother hurried over, Yao Tiantian leaned down, gently picked up Fang'er's head, and let her lean comfortably in her arms, then calmed down, suppressed the worries in her heart, and asked softly, "Fang'er, how do you feel?" What's uncomfortable? β
Fang'er's big eyes flashed, and she tilted her head to the side with some embarrassment, and said in a low voice with guilt, "I'm nothing, I just tripped and fell, which made the fifth grandmother and Sister Tianniu worried." β
"What stupid thing is this kid, you're fine. Just now, grandma was also scared to death by you, if you are not feeling well, grandma can't wait for your father and third uncle. The fifth grandmother patted her chest with her hand and said with palpitations.