Life goes by as usual, but there is no loss of joy, Yiwen's ingenuity to change tricks makes his life colorful, which has also become a bright color in the boring study. Xinran has been visiting her home often in the past few days, and she brought a pile of extremely thick ink books early in the morning to ask for advice. The standard of the proposed questions in the second middle school is still a little worse, and their teachers do not dare to take too difficult questions to hit the students' self-confidence.

"A-Ning, the college entrance examination is just a few days away, which school are you going to apply for? I know you're capable, but don't let your emotions affect your performance! Xinran asked, seeing the anxiety in his heart.

"Xinran, don't worry about me, I'm just a little stuffy in my chest these days, but I'm not sick. It's still early to apply for the exam, everything is done to the best, listen to the destiny of heaven, I want to go to the gods and worship the Buddha, this may be useful, after all, I won't know what happened that day, I always have a sense of foreboding. ”

"Hey, I don't want to hear you say that, so stop there. It's a holiday these days, how about going out for a walk? Didn't you say you were bored, and going out for a walk might help you. "Glad to suggest.

"Well, you're right! It's time to go out and let off steam, but I can't find a good place to go, I haven't been out in more than two years, but I'm the 'otaku' they say, why don't you give me an idea and help someone to the end! "He's a little tricky.

"Well, it won't! It's not like you, and to be honest, I really don't have a good idea about your situation, because I haven't been out much. It's just that I followed my roommate to a nearby KTV and sang, but the environment was really not good, I didn't have a good impression. Why don't you ask Yiwen about her, she's a local, she should know what's fun here. ”

"Also, I forgot about her, what are I worried about!" He suddenly figured it out and was about to go out and ask.

"Hey! Captain, are you at home? I'm Yiwen! The crisp and melodious voice sounded appropriately.

"Oh, Cao Cao Cao is here, you still don't want to open the door for her?" gladly pushed him to meet him.

"Come on, come on, wait a minute!" He immediately went downstairs.

When I opened the door lock, I saw Yiwen wearing a floral cloth skirt, her two horns had been tied into long braids, and she was still smiling sweetly.

"Team leader, I came to hang out with you on purpose, I see that you have always been absent-minded these days, it must be a little boring, right!" Yiwen seems to be incarnated as a prophet of Kong Ming's infallibility.

"That's right! You are really a roundworm in my stomach, go upstairs first, after all, you have to prepare something when you go out, you should be tired all the way, drink tea first to quench your thirst. ”

"Hmm!" She nodded vigorously.

"Wenwen, where are you going to take the two of us to play? I don't think there are any other artificial buildings in this city except Xinghu Park, and the mountains and rivers are naturally not seen at all, if there is such a place, I think, A-Ning will definitely not stay long before he gets tired..."

"No, I'm going to take you to a good place this time, there are mountains, rivers and scenery, it's not far away, it's my cousin's grandmother's house, we can go fishing over there, didn't the team leader say that he likes fishing the most, I even have a fishing rod, don't you say that I am perfunctory to you..."

"Hey! What are you two talking about, why don't you tell me? He took his tea and looked out.

"Girls talk less, you don't interject! Don't you see me and I'm chatting? It's rude to interrupt someone! Xinran looked a little angry.

"Okay, it's my fault, I'll just get out of the way and be quiet."

"Team leader, don't you hear that this is a joke, Sister Xinran is scaring you, where does she mean to blame you. You've known her for so long, you don't know her as well as I do, come and sit down, and we'll discuss the next trip together. Yiwen beckoned him to come over.

The three of them were not far away from each other in the crowded space, and they had to look at each other to prevent the contents of the bag from being stolen by clever pickpockets, but fortunately, the shaking time did not last long, and they got their seats as they wished, and finally avoided such troubles. The place was at the end of the bus stop, where they had to walk about five miles up the mountain to get to their destination.

With his feet on the ground, he inhaled the fresh breath of the air, he hadn't seen such a lush mountain forest for a long time. The green of the forest has been deposited, and it has converged into the veins of the leaves, and it is working hard to photosynthesize for the trees to grow. There was a halo of light above the mountain forest, and it was impossible to see the scenery at the top, and it seemed that there was a hovering eagle hunting, and the birdsong was inaudible, and it seemed that they were afraid of the predator at the top.

"Team leader, what do you think of the scenery here?" Yiwen squatted at the head of the paddy field, lifting water on the head of the floating frog.

"Yes, it's very similar to my house, I don't know how long it will take to get there, this day, it's very spicy!" He couldn't stand the heat.

"Come, take a few sips first, it's not good to have heat stroke!" Gladly handed over his kettle.

"I'm such a fool, don't you have something ready to shade on the side of the road!" He took a few green sticks and made them into a small hat and put them on his head.

"In this way, isn't it just like you!" Yiwen and Xinran both laughed, his diagonal branches resembling Teletubbies.

There are unknown flowers blooming all over the mountains, sporadic groups, only the honeysuckle wrapped around the tree he still knows, he is shallow in the end, he has to ask Yiwen if she knows the name of the wild flower in the mountain, but unfortunately she only knows the strategy, and tells him the story with the name of the flower she took when she was a child.

Although there are few families in the mountains, there are many scattered houses, but most of their original owners have moved to the city to live, leaving the countryside barren.

"Woohoo... Barking! The barking of the dog came from not far away.

"Hey, Ah Huang is here, team leader, Sister Xinran, this is Ah Huang raised by my mother-in-law, she is so cute, she has gone out to meet us!" The dog sitting on the laundry stone table had flown down and ran towards them.

Yiwen stroked the restless and excited Ah Huang with her hand, its eyes seemed to have tears, shining under the reflection of the sun, it was generally not hostile to human nature, wagging its tail around them. Its big white belly was bulging, and it should have been pregnant, and he couldn't help but think of the chasing wind raised by Yuhua, the kamikaly British dog

Yuhua, is she okay, how did she spend her boundless loneliness in these cold days and moons? said that he would take care of her, but no one gave him a chance to be thoughtful in this complicated world.

"Yiwen, does your mother-in-law know that you are going to her house to play, will it be a little abrupt for you to go over so recklessly?" He asked.

"You don't have to worry about this, my mother-in-law likes to have people visit the most, let alone me, a few more people are also lively. Maybe she'll give you some work, but don't worry, she'll just let you go to the mountains to herd cattle and sheep, which is also easy and convenient to go out and play. Yiwen thought about it and smiled again.

"It's already troublesome for us to come here to play, and it's also appropriate to help the elderly take care of it, even if she doesn't ask us, we will not be idle, and we are all self-reliant when we are in our hometown." Xinran took Yiwen's hand again and left him behind.

The stone bridge is high, and below it is a trickling stream, which is not as usual of domestic garbage, but clear and sparkling, and there are evergreen aquatic plants in the places where the stones are piled up.

"Yiwen, have you ever seen a bridge like this? I always felt that it was not safe to walk on it. He was vaguely worried that the bridge looked too thin.

"Hey! I said team leader, you also underestimate the wisdom of the ancestors, this bridge has been the same for decades, you look like a dangerous bridge, in fact, I don't know how many years it can be used, I will go over to explore the way for you, dispel your concerns, okay! Yiwen jumped to the middle of the bridge, and turned around, leading Ah Huang to wait for them.

"A-Ning, you have become timid now, if you are afraid, just pull me, you are not as good as Yiwen, you are a big boy." Gladly looking for an opportunity to hit him.

"Xinran, I'm not thinking about safety, this person will worry more when he grows up, the big deal is just to fall down and take a bath, what am I afraid of!" He took courage and stopped looking under the bridge.

"Xinran, I'm also the one who walked across the single-plank bridge, you see!" He walked over with bated breath, finally stopping his trembling steps as he stepped onto another place.

"I take back what I said before, you still have a little courage, why don't you just cross a bridge, you need to show off your power like this!" happily walked briskly through the flowers and butterflies, which made his heart feel unbalanced.

"You girls are really good, I really can't compare to the sense of balance, admit defeat, admit defeat!"

"Who's comparing with you, you better exercise your guts!" Xinran was merciless.

He had no choice but to be stupid, and once again followed the two who were talking and laughing.

"Wenwen, my Wenwen! You can be counted as coming to see the old woman and me, you don't know how much I miss you in this mountain..."

"Mother-in-law, you also know that I rarely have time to come to see you, don't you come here when you have to be free, where have I forgotten you, by the way, what about my cousin, doesn't he live with you?"

"You said that Yanjun's stinky boy, he's already gone out to work, so he left me alone in this ravine, I don't want him to go out, I'm not afraid of anything, I'm afraid that he will suffer outside..."

After chatting with Yiwen for a short time, Grandma Huang began to warmly greet the two guests who came from afar.

"Come, come into the house and sit, young man and little girl, wait for me to give you a hot meal, the mountain road is not easy to walk, eat some food and have a long strength to go out and play." She vanished neatly through the wooden door, and in a moment she saw green smoke rising.

He didn't want the old man to cook for them, and he had this intention, but the old man's stubbornness and sleek sophistication made them have to give up.

The old man's craftsmanship is excellent, the crystal rice grains and the yellow and white eggs are evenly distributed, and the sweet and salty taste makes him feel fragrant, and the old man doesn't care about her evaluation, just saying words that are not well received. The three of them talked with the old man in the shade of the courtyard about some changes in the outside world, and gave the new technology seeds in the bag to the old man as a thank you gift, and she finally did not refuse.

Leading a grey sheep to the end of the stream, Yiwen said that she wanted to trace the source and find a sweet spring at the end, where there was a small lake, which was what she called a good place for fishing.

The old sheep involved in the stream has overcome its nature, and it is brave enough to leap its hooves on the rocks. Yiwen said that there were already crabs in the stream, and when he got to the end, he would catch a few for competition, and he agreed, he also wanted to reminisce about this game of mud, and he was also full of interest, and threatened to catch the biggest crab to defeat the nonsense Yiwen.

After many twists and turns, they finally reached the lake, where the shallow footprints were left with the few loose footprints, and it was thought that there had been people fishing here before this. He took a flat stone to use as a stool, and began his game with the fish in the lake alone, while Xinran and Yiwen went to catch crabs on the side of the small rock, and they had a lot of fun, laughing from time to time, and the old sheep was also gnawing on the grass on the slope.

There are a lot of fish in the lake, but the size is really not as good as in the river, only some Jin Piaoer and Ma Baner often bite the hook, but there are no crucian carp crucian carp and the like, after a long time, there are only a dozen in his laundry detergent bag, but not enough to stuff his teeth.

"A-Ning, if we can't catch fish, we can find something else instead, look at the shoal, there must be a lot of small river mussels in those leaks, the meat must be fresh, not to mention anything else, you definitely don't have my feet in this experience, I'll go to the sand, you just wait to see me catch two or three catties out and eat enough." Xinran took off his sandals again and walked barefoot.

"Hey, Xinran, what about Yiwen and her, why don't you see her coming with you?"

"She, I'm going to pick up chestnuts, what's the matter, I miss her when I don't see her for a while, but I'm really forgetful, I don't care about my old classmate, you look at the mouth in my hand, the iron crab's pincers are amazing!" happily looked back and counted.

"Xinran, look at what you said, how can I mean that..." He apologized again and again, and Xinran seemed to have changed his temperament and became extremely sensitive.

As the sun began to slope to the west, the shade of the trees had already covered most of the trees, and he still failed to catch the big fish he expected, but by this time Xinran had already harvested a lot, and Yiwen also came down the mountain with some spiky chestnuts.

"Oh, I'll show you the chestnuts I picked up, there's something delicious today!" Yiwen picked up the clay pot and showed it off to him.

"This is what I robbed with a squirrel in the mountains in September last year, I sealed it with adhesive tape and buried it under the tree, this year I dug it up to see, it is not bad, this is pure wild, old sweet and sweet!" She peeled off a petal for him to taste.

The chestnut has lost its moisture and its shape has withered, but the dark yellow and reddish color looks more attractive, but the sweet smell makes him happy. He savored it, it was very different from the white chestnut taste he remembered, dry but aftertaste, and the indelible taste on the tip of his tongue seemed to have the effect of forgetting worries, and reminded him of the sweet moment when he fell from a tree when he was a child.

"We have a legend here about this spring, do you want to hear it?" Yiwen succeeded in piquing his interest.

"Yiwen, don't sell it, tell me quickly! You know my favorite anecdotes and legends! "He's a little impatient.

"Well, let me tell you, a long, long time ago, there weren't many people living on our side, just a single family that went into the mountains to hide from bandits. At that time, there was a war and chaos, and there was no pure land in the world that was completely peaceful, only those remote places were still peaceful. One of the generals of the rebel army was seriously wounded after the defeat and escape, and he came here by chance, the summer was scorching, the heat was unbearable, his wounds were about to die, and after waking up, he was desperate to survive, and dug a clear spring behind him, which was the source of this place, and he washed his wounds with spring water, and when he was about to go to look for someone's house, he fainted because of the exhaustion of his strength. Fortunately, the daughter of that family was guided by Shanjun and rescued him home, so she found Ruyi Langjun, who was the downcast who fell on the side of the road. ”

"Then does this mountain monarch have a name, and there is still incense now?" He asked

"Shanjun is Shanjun, she has no name, but the girl saw in her dream at that time was the appearance of a human head and a snake body, and the stone statue on the wall was depicted with a little charm, but after so many years, it has long been gray and can't see anything, mother-in-law, she believes that there is a mountain king, and she will go to worship and pray for blessings when there is nothing to do, by the way, don't you want to ask God, she is very effective!" She seems to have some special feelings for Shanjun, as if something happened.

"Well, even if you are here, you should also go to see this mountain king, but the people of the mountains and wilderness don't need to burn incense and bathe, and I will show my sincerity with food!" He put away his fishing rod, took out the pots and pans in his back basket, and began to prepare.

Chestnut red rice with fragrant white rice in bamboo tubes, the fresh taste of river mussels and snails, the scaled and fishy lard fish soup, and the golden and translucent crab claws have filled their bellies, and a few oily sausages are boiling in the pot.

"No, I'm too full, Ah Ning, you can go to worship Shanjun with Xinran, just bring my sincerity with you. I'll have to find a place to lie down for a while, and I'll be able to get some air...", and I don't know if I did it on purpose.

There are traces of ancient times in the spring, and the stone carvings that surround it still have some hideous faces, and he can't tell what kind of mythical beast it is, and he thinks that there will be a record in the Book of Mountains and Seas. The statue of the mountain monarch is not far away on a stone wall, she looks solemn and solemn with a snake head, standing silently in this silent mountain forest, he casts the offerings and kneels three times to complete the ceremony, and secretly speaks to the people and his wishes in his heart, and then says goodbye to it.

The Mountain King is not the god who made man and mend the heavens, he knows it. Maybe she is a mountain spirit who has achieved cultivation, protecting the peace of this land, he thought in his heart, the things recorded in Zhiwei may not be all fiction, and how can the theory of gods and ghosts be half-truthful.

In the silence of the mountain forest, there was a distant dream, and he seemed to see a goddess who came by treading water to invite him to play in the pavilion at the bottom of the lake, guiding but broken, and waking up the sheep in the hot sweat and disturbed by mosquitoes.

There were tears of frustration in the corners of his eyes, and he no longer remembered the words he had heard in his dreams, but the pain in his heart was empty, and he hugged the futon tightly to soothe the fierce heart.