They took their luggage, crossed a small hill, and arrived at Taohuachong. Peach Blossom Chong really deserves its name, the peach blossom becomes a forest, stretches for ten miles, such as the red cloud in the sky left in the world, plus it is already sunset, the golden afterglow is sprinkled all over the peach blossom forest, and the peach blossom forest is crossed with a layer of golden light, which is indescribably beautiful.

Lin Yuanming and Du Ruo found a family to stay. There are only two elderly people in this family. Ah Gong's eyes are sharp, and his bronzed face is engraved with the traces of time; Grandma has silver hair, but her face is ruddy, and her hands and feet are dexterous. The two elders were silently arranging dinner in the kitchen, and it could be seen that the two had a tacit understanding, and Du Ruo and Lin Yuanming also went to the kitchen to help.

After a while, a sumptuous and delicious dinner was ready, and Du Ruo and Lin Yuanming ate it with relish, praising the two elders' superb craftsmanship one by one.

Although it was late spring, the night in the mountains was still very cold, Ah Gong made a pot of fire, and Ah Hua brought a few taro for them to roast and eat.

"Are your children out of town?" Du Ruo asked.

"We don't have children, Ah Hua was not in good health when she married me, she was deaf since she was a child, and then she had a serious illness and lost her fertility, so she has never had children, in fact, it doesn't matter if we have children, Ah Hua has me, and I have Ah Hua is enough." Ah Gong looked at Granny Ah Hua softly.

Granny Ah Hua seemed to understand, and nodded with a smile.

Lin Yuanming Du Ruo squeezed his eyebrows, "Grandpa said that he told me privately that they were like us when they were young, and I think we will be like Grandpa and Grandma when we are old." ”

Du Ruo glared at him, as if to say, "It's not serious, it's nonsense." ”

Du Ruo asked about the story between Peach Blossom Chong and Qingshu Ao, and Ah Gong said, "It was a legend a long, long time ago, there was a young man and a woman who fell in love, and the man was going to go to other places to catch the exam, and before parting, he planted a peach blossom for his beloved girl, and said that he would come back when the peach blossoms bloomed in the second year." The woman gave the man a piece of jade pendant, saying that it was an ancestral jade pendant, called "mutual acquaintance", and the two of them were one for each other, meaning that the two would never be separated in this life. Later, the man did not return as he said, but sent back a jade pendant and a letter from a monk. Heartbroken, the woman died soon after. The woman's family was resentful, and built a small dirt slope around the house, separating the two families, in order to show that the two families have not been in contact with each other for generations, and the small soil slope has become a small hillside that is now seen with the efforts of its descendants, and the peach blossom has become a peach forest year after year, so it has become today's peach blossom chong. It is said that later, the woman's soul often went to the man, saying that the man had borne her in this life, and as long as she was promised a lifetime of fate, she would no longer be entangled, but the man did not agree, and the woman still did not want to leave. Some people saw her soul often appear in the peach blossom forest, on the lookout stone on the edge of the cliff on the top of the mountain, so the stone was later called 'Wangfu Stone' by the people in the village. ”

"This is really a poignant love story, and that woman is too infatuated and stupid!" Du Ruo couldn't stop crying when she heard this, for some reason, she had a distant familiarity with this story, especially the scene of the woman's heartbreak was clearly imprinted in her mind, as if she had experienced it herself.

Lin Yuanming hurriedly wiped her tears, "Du Ruo, don't be sad, it's just a legend." ”

Ah Gong also looked at her with concern, "Yes, it's just a story, girl, don't cry and break your body." ”

Granny Ah Hua dug out a roasted taro from the fire and replaced it for her. Du Ruo thanked her and eased her emotions, "I made you worried, in fact, I don't know why, but I feel very empathy for the woman in the story, and I can't control myself for a while." ”

Although the story is long, the tragic color still makes the atmosphere a little heavy.

In order to alleviate the sad atmosphere in the story just now, Lin Yuanming diverted the topic, "You are in the deep mountains here, how do you usually go out?" ”

"I heard from my ancestors that there was a river here, which could lead to the outside, but after many years, the river disappeared and became a mountain, so now in and out, either through Qingshu Pass, or over the high mountain into Lily Town, it is not easy to go out, we only go out when we purchase important materials."

Lin Yuanming sighed with emotion, "It's really a time has passed, I thought that the vicissitudes of life were just legends, but I didn't expect them to exist in reality." ”

Everyone ate roasted taro, chatted a few more words, and went to bed.

At night, the starry sky was bright, Lin Yuanming put his arm around Du Ruo's shoulder, "Don't worry about the characters in the story, with me, everything will go smoothly for you, and I won't let you have a sad time." ”

"I've made you worried, thank you, Lin Yuanming." After a few days of getting along, Du Ruo had become accustomed to Lin Yuanming's physical contact. There was care and love in Lin Yuanming's physical contact, but the latter was automatically blocked by her.