Chapter 39: Being a Deserter
Lincheng long-distance bus terminal
Pei Xiuxiu, who set off lightly, appeared on the car to the rooftop with a backpack on her back.
Whether it's a bad thing at work or an emotional mess, she wants to ignore it, so the way she thinks of it is to escape - to be a deserter.
Maybe you can go back to ancient times as soon as you return to the rooftop? Overly optimistic, she seems positive on this point.
The car drove on the winding highway, lined with lush evergreens, and near the window, Pei Xiuxiu enjoyed the scenery along the way.
Bamboo forests, alpine tea plantations, streams, or the occasional pavilion halfway up the mountain, everything is so natural and comfortable, as if nature was the way it was.
The car travels through a dimly lit tunnel, passing through six tunnels of varying lengths to reach home.
What appeared in Pei Xiuxiu's sight was a long and curved stone arch bridge, which has gone through the baptism of the years and the vicissitudes of wind and rain, revealing a sense of history.
At the foot of the mountain in the distance, the scattered Jiangnan huts turn red to green tiles, like a paradise.
Patches of farmland of different shapes and sizes are terraced from top to bottom.
The country roads with the traffic of Qianmo, the farmers who came back with their hoes, the poultry walking around the chicken coop, and the old man basking in the sun in the yard......
Everything is so familiar, this is what Dongsang Village is supposed to be, the years have changed, but some things have never been taken away.
That is the heritage, the culture, and the tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation.
As soon as you get out of the car, you get a familiar feeling.
Pei Xiuxiu's mind appeared in Lin Ran's primitive, bit by bit.
Oh, and in the distance is Chicheng Mountain, a perfect combination of sunset and flying towers.
On the night of the full moon, Lin Ran and his friends climbed high, and the dark mountain road looked up to see the full moon like a mirror, and looked down at the rugged mountain road under the moonlight.
When we climb to the top of the mountain, our hearts can't help but be enlightened, in the darkness we have repeatedly doubted the purpose of the departure, we have fallen, we complain, we even want to give up. But the moment I got to the top of the mountain, I realized that all the hesitation was stupid.
The mountain breeze is blowing slowly, and we are in no mood to care about what we see.
Because all the persistence and sweat is worth it.
The meaning of mountaineering is that while conquering ourselves, we get a unique perspective and inner satisfaction.
Take the No. 5 bus and go all the way to Guoqing Temple.
Outside the car window is the familiar hometown of grass and trees, Pei Xiuxiu's mind has many pictures of Lin Ran playing when he was a child.
She walked through the mountains singing with a red cuckoo in her hand, the girl jumping on the ridges, and the girl jumping down the grid from the top of the mountain to play in the terraces......
Autumn is Lin Ran's favorite season, the golden oranges hang all over the branches, and the branches are bent heavily, attracting children to play in the orange orchard all day long.
The rooftop is known as the land of oranges, and orange groves can be seen everywhere in the fields, whether it is in the houses or in the fields, oranges are definitely the protagonists.
Lin Ran's love for oranges began in late spring and early summer, when the orange blossoms sprouted.
The white orange blossoms are hidden among the greenery, exuding a rich aroma that even the air smells sweet.
After the orange blossoms bloomed, the children watched as the oranges grew smaller and bigger, and then turned green to yellow.
Whether it's a sour green orange or a sweet yellow orange, as long as it's an orange, Lin Ran likes it.
I remember when I was a child, my sister picked a few green oranges and hid them, and as soon as Lin Ran came home, she smelled the fragrance of oranges, and with her sense of smell, she found the oranges that her sister hid in her shoes as a prank.
My favorite fruit in this life is not only oranges, but also oranges.
The car came to the gate of the Guoqing Temple scenic spot.
Walking up, the thousand-year-old Sui Pagoda stands in the distance between the green hills, and the crystal clear stream flows slowly.
Climb the street, surrounded by an ancient tree, cross an old stone arch bridge, the red wall and green tile Guoqing Temple appear in front of you, and the wall is engraved with the four big characters of the thousand-year-old temple.
A weather-beaten thousand-year-old temple stands at the foot of the mountain.
Walk through the small gate and enter the road, there are ancient trees on both sides, and the bamboo sandwich road is repaired.
Yuhua Palace, Daxiong Treasure Palace, Five Hundred Arhat Palace, Medicine Master Palace, etc., there are more than 20 halls distributed in the temple, the momentum is magnificent, and the ingenuity is unique.
People who burn incense and worship Buddha are endless, and the incense is vigorous.
Guoqing Temple was built in the Sui Dynasty, it is a famous temple since ancient times, countless literati and ink writers come to visit, Li Bai, Wang Xizhi, Zeng Yixing, Pi Rixiu, Xu Xiake and so on.
"The rooftop is 18,000 feet, and I want to fall southeast for this."
Li Bai, who indulged in the mountains and rivers, also left footprints and poems on the historical mountain of Tiantai.
The builder of Guoqing Temple was the founder of the Tiantai sect, the wise master. To this day, Guoqing Temple has been the ancestral garden of the Tiantai sect in Japan and South Korea, attracting countless believers from far and wide to pay homage.
Pei Xiuxiu followed the crowd to visit around, and the main purpose of her coming today was to find the thousand-year-old plum tree in the temple.
Following the memory, Pei Xiuxiu quickly found the ancient plum.
That's right, it's exactly the same as the ancient plum in the courtyard of her Ming Dynasty Taoist temple.
I saw Gu Mei, the branches were like dragon claws, leaning on the corner of the wall in a mighty form.
Pei Xiuxiu was speechless with excitement for a while, vaguely all the clues were connected, and Pei Xiuxiu's mind seemed to see herself in her previous life and herself in her future life.
After a lot of information flashed like a movie, Bae so-so grabbed the point that Gu Mei wanted to reveal to her.
It turned out that Lin Ran was four or five hundred years later, and Pei Xiuxiu, who was in later generations, was so frightened by this fact that she was speechless in surprise.
The divine consciousness began to talk, and Gu Mei's voice came: "Now do you know the reason why you have traveled to this era? ”
Pei Xiuxiu nodded: "Well, the reason why I came to this world is to save myself in the future who almost drowned because of depression?" ”
"Yes, everyone's appearance is not for nothing, I hope you can fulfill your mission."
Pei Xiuxiu asked, "Then when can I go back?" ”
Gu Mei, who was old, replied kindly: "When the time is ripe, you will naturally go back, both come and be safe, enjoy the moment is the most important thing, the arrangement of fate has its deep meaning, why bother?" ”
Pei Xiuxiu asked with a puzzled face: "I still want to ask if the Duan Yiyang in the present world is my Brother Fan Jian?" ”
"You've seen it yourself and you're still asking me what I'm doing?"
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After coming out of Guoqing Temple, Pei Xiuxiu quickly sorted out a series of clues in her mind.
Ling Feng is her childhood sweetheart in the Ming Dynasty, and Duan Yiyang is Fan Jian, no wonder they look so similar, it turns out that everything is the relationship between the past and the past.
Fate is such a wonderful thing, it turns out that whether it is in the past life or the next life, there are only a few people who are really destined for themselves.
"Hello, the future self-Lin Ran." Pei Xiuxiu greeted with a wry smile.
Pei Xiuxiu, who was immersed in her own thoughts, walked so unconsciously, she didn't even know how she got home.
Until her grandmother, who was passing by at the door, stopped her: "Lin Ran, why did you come back?" ”
"Huh?" Pei Xiuxiu came back to her senses and smiled: "Grandma...... I'm taking a leave of absence to come back for a few days, and I'm missing you. ”
After speaking, Pei Xiuxiu gave her grandmother a big hug.
Grandma smiled kindly on her face, wrinkles climbed up her eyebrows and forehead, and at this moment Pei Xiuxiu suddenly felt that she was much older.
I remember that once Lin Ran came back from a holiday in Hangzhou to visit his grandmother, and accidentally saw the grandmother who had taken off her braces and was old, and Lin Ran's eyes were red on the spot.
Thinking that one day his grandmother would not be in this world, Lin Ran couldn't help but feel sad.
In the weakest place in her heart, her grandmother will always have a big place.
She can't forget the years when she followed her grandmother since she was a child, and she has always been a kind and kind traditional woman, and in her mind she is a tall existence without shortcomings.
Grandma took her hand with concern and said, "Let's go, I'll make something to eat for you." ”
Pei Xiuxiu looked at her grandmother who was busy in the kitchen, and although she couldn't help, she kept chatting with her.
"Grandma, what you make is the most delicious." Pei Xiuxiu smiled happily.
The pumpkin porridge, sweet potato porridge, and potato porridge that I couldn't drink in my memory have become Lin Ran's daily diet many years later.
Grandma's foot-beating tubes, wheat cakes, glutinous rice balls, hulatai, as well as wrapped zongzi and Qingming dumplings, pounded rice cakes and mochi are all unforgettable flavors that remain in my memory.
Lin Ran's grandfather was a clever man. writes well, cooks good dishes, and even the baskets and frames at home are well made.
At this time of the year, my grandfather's skillful hands will conjure up rice cakes of various shapes, such as rabbits, puppies, etc., which are lifelike and very popular with children.
It's a pity that my grandfather died when Lin Ran was in the third grade.
On the day of her grandfather's death, Lin Ran carved the date March 17 on the balcony wall of her grandmother's house, which was the day of her grandfather's departure and her sad and unforgettable day.
On the night of the first seven, Lin Ran seemed to see his grandfather in a dream and waved goodbye to Lin Ran with a smile, still with that demeanor of never hurrying or slowing.
Some people leave as if they never left.
After returning from her grandmother's house, Pei Xiuxiu met her father Lin Xianlin.
He didn't seem to ask much about her sudden homecoming, and taciturn was his usual style.
When he was a child, Lin Ran was very afraid of his father, who became the village chief at the age of eighteen and became the township secretary before the age of thirty, always with a serious and majestic look.
He rarely cared about them, so Lin Ran and the three sisters grew up in an unrestrained environment in their childhood.
The advantage of growing up in this way is that they are very independent, and the disadvantage is that the feelings of Yu's parents are relatively weak and they can't enjoy the warmth that the family should have.
Many years later, after becoming distant, the two people who were estranged from each other realized each other's difficulties.
Only then can I understand and put myself in the other person's shoes is the only way to open the knot.