Chapter 1: White Horse
Xihua Dian Zhai is a classical pastry shop on the outskirts of Gecheng, located in the south side of the century-old plane tree in the Jackdaw River, the area is not large, only three sets of tables and chairs can be accommodated, but the furnishings are exquisite, every inch and one meter are exquisite and elegant, the flowers and plants in the store are undefeated all year round, a sandalwood guqin, a sandalwood bookshelf, so that the perennial low fragrance in the Zhai, calligraphy and painting antiques are rich, at first glance, people often mistakenly think that they have entered the study of the son of the ancient family.
White horse is the shopkeeper of Xihua Dianzhai, others only know their name and age, other information is unknown, there are only two clerks in the Zhai, one is responsible for the pastry, the dishes, one is responsible for the control of washing ingredients and cleaning and hygiene, the selection of pastries is all completed by the shopkeeper, there is no menu, only four hours a day, the price of pastries and tea is even more expensive, Rao is so, Xihua Dianzhai is still full every day, and does not accept reservations, if it happens to be four or five tables of people bumping together, they have to enter the store, the shopkeeper directly takes a sign box out, Each table draws lots on behalf of the people, and the ones who "enter" can be drawn, and the rest can only go home in a huff.
Not because of anything else, just because the pastries are unforgettable, the tea makes people clean their hearts and bones, the shopkeeper will personally burn incense and touch the piano when he is in a good mood, the Jackdaw River is quiet, and the West Flower Dian Zhai is lying under the hundred-year-old sycamore, which is elegant and quiet, and cannot be questioned.
It was early spring, the shopkeeper white horse drove to Guiyan Mountain early in the morning to pick begonias and peach blossoms, so that he could come back to make fragrant mist cake, today's tea is peach sea fragrant mist with rouge ice and snow tea, although begonias and peach blossoms are easy to obtain, but pollution is inevitable in the city, the petals are not sweet enough, nor enough spirit, it is difficult to make a good cake, so the white horse is not afraid of trouble, drive more than 100 miles to Guiyan Mountain, after arriving at the foot of the mountain, someone came up to greet him.
"Shopkeeper, I'm here early today, what flowers do you want to take, I'll accompany you up" A middle-aged man came to meet him, and he came forward very respectfully to pick up the crisper box with ice cubes in Bai Ma's hand.
"Ah You, I don't need you today, I'll go by myself, it's spring, the flowers are blooming well, I'll also stop by to see the flowers and plants" The white horse didn't give Ah You the crisper box, and stepped on the hiking boots into the mountain road.
Ah Yu nodded behind his back: Okay, you pay attention to safety.
Guiyan Mountain is a mountain orchard contracted by Ayou, there used to be a variety of oranges and peaches on the mountain, since knowing the white shopkeeper, Ayou found that planting some flowers and plants is more profitable than planting fruit trees, only she is a customer, it is enough to feed Ayou's family.
At first, Ah You called her Boss Bai, but Bai Ma repeatedly emphasized that she was the shopkeeper of Xihua Dianzhai, just call her the shopkeeper, Ah You was secretly surprised, now it is 2019, and it is rare for someone to use the title of shopkeeper.
Bai Ma invited Ah You to Xihua Dian Zhai as a guest, Ah You tasted the dim sum and tea she made, since he worked harder to perfect the flowers and plants in the mountains, he never knew that these ordinary flowers and plants, through the hands of the white shopkeeper, can be reborn, a taste of amazing.
The white horse carried the fresh-keeping box and climbed to the halfway point of the mountain in one breath, admired the flowers for half an hour, looked at the clouds for half an hour, picked the begonias and peach blossoms and put them in the fresh-keeping box, and was about to pack up and return, when a strange light suddenly flashed in the sky, and then saw four rays of light fall straight down, two fell into the west of the city, and two fell into the begonia flowers beside the white horse.
"Damn, my leg looks like it's hurt......"
"Oh, my neck, my neck is twisted"
Bai Maleng stayed in place for a long time, his heart pounding, and he mustered up his courage before he carefully picked up a stick to pick up the flowers.
At this time, the unknown creature in the flowers crawled out of it, and the white horse saw clearly that it was two little beauties in Hanfu, and she breathed a long sigh of relief, it turned out to be people! I wonder how they fell from the sky?
"Are you all right?"
"Ah, who are you?" The two men were startled and cowered together in fear.
Bai Ma smiled: I am a woman, I will not do anything to you, I just ask you if you are hurt, I don't care about other people's affairs, since you have nothing to do, then I will leave.
The two didn't trust Bai Ma, and they didn't mean to keep her, so they spoke to themselves: Xiangyun, where is this? What about Sister Bao? What about Baoyu?
"I don't know where this is, there is not a living person, there is, there is just one, and he is gone, and he is dressed strangely, and he does not look like us."
"This is going to scare people to death, how can I run to this hellish place for no reason?"
"Can you still get up?"
"Twisted Foot"
Xiangyun touched the back of his neck, turned left and right, and stood up tentatively: simply called the strange man back.
After she got up, she could still see the figure of the strange man coming down the mountain, so she shouted loudly: "The one who walks, come back quickly, we have something to ask you!"
In this way, he shouted three sentences in a row.
Bai Ma vaguely heard Xiangyun's shouts and ignored them, but after all, this was Ah You's orchard, and she could inform him and see how he dealt with it.
Xiangyun stomped his foot and said to Daiyu: That strange person didn't listen to me and left on his own.
"I guess we were rude"
"What are you doing here?" Xiangyun watched Daiyu lying on the ground, sleeping.
"I'm so tired, I have to rest, or I'll die," Daiyu said with her forehead closed.
An hour later, Ah You went up the mountain to find the two, Xiangyun had been sitting on Daiyu's side and looking around, and suddenly saw a man sneaking up, grabbing the stone on the ground and shouting: A man without hair, don't come!
Daiyu was woken up by Xiangyun's shout, and also saw Ah You, so panicked and immediately hid behind Xiangyun: Who are you, don't retreat.
Ah Youleng was stunned for a while, but had no choice but to stand in place, and said embarrassedly: "You don't have to be afraid, I am the master of this fruit mountain, why are you here?" I have only one way up the mountain, and I haven't seen you before, so could it be true that as the white shopkeeper said, it fell from the sky? ”
Daiyu wanted to drink him back again, Xiangyun whispered: Let's leave him to ask a few words, if this one leaves, who should we ask!
Xiangyun: Brother Lao, where is this?
Ayou: Gecheng returns to Yanshan
After hearing this, the two thought about it for a while, but they didn't know this place.
Xiangyun asked again: Why are the clothes you are wearing so strange? Do you know how to go to Jinling and how far is it from here?
Jinling? Ah You was puzzled when he heard it, if he remembered correctly, the ancient name of Nanjing was called Jinling, but what age is it now, why do people still call it Jinling!
"You're talking about Nanjing? Nanjing is far from here, and it takes a few days to take the train, but there is a plane, and it can be almost reached in half a day."
Daiyu and Xiangyun didn't understand what Ah You said at all.
Xiangyun: Have you ever heard of the Rongguo Mansion in Shenjing?
Ah You hadn't read Dream of Red Mansions and didn't know about Rongguo Mansion, so he shook his head.
Daiyu sighed, wringing her veil and worried: I really can't explain it.
The two of them were at a loss, Ah You suggested: It's better to go down the mountain first, it's not appropriate here after all, if I want to harm you, it's convenient to be densely forested on this mountain.
The two hesitated and nodded, Xiangyun picked up a stick and followed behind Ah You from a distance, Xiangyun Daiyu did not often walk the mountain road, so she wrestled again and again, and when they reached the bottom of the mountain, their dresses were covered with yellow mud marks.
There is a small garden at the foot of Guiyan Mountain, five bungalows, three thatched huts, the bungalows live in Ayou's family, and there are some chickens, ducks and geese and two pastoral dogs in the thatched huts.
Ah You's wife is called Long Xiang, the two only have one daughter, now they are twelve years old, they are studying in the first year of junior high school, the white shopkeeper doesn't know what kind of mentality, and he is not in a hurry to go back, he is chatting with one after another, and he saw Ah You bring two little beauties back, and he stared at the show.