Chapter 48: A Chance Encounter on the Way Up the Mountain
In the dense forest, there is a stone step made of marble, extending from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, reaching the ancient temple hidden in a forest sea.
The stone steps are lined with pines and cypresses with deep roots, and the leafy canopy of the trees is like an umbrella in full bloom, keeping out the scorching midday sun, and a gentle breeze blows from the ravine, bringing a cool smell of grass.
On the stone steps, there are three men and three women walking towards the top of the mountain step by step, walking in front of the team is a little girl with a peaked cap more than ten years old, this girl is the daughter of the owner of the restaurant where Feng Shaohui dined at noon, she was found to be the tour guide of the trip to the Old Summer Palace, to explain the characteristics of the attractions here.
"Brothers, sisters. The little girl who walked in front of the tour guide wiped the fine sweat on her face, pointed to a wooden pavilion located not far in front, halfway up the mountain, and said: "When you get to the pavilion in front, the road up the mountain has been walked for a third of the way, where can you rest, there is a pool of water bubbling out, and the water is clean groundwater." ”
As soon as the little girl finished speaking, the crowd behind her began to chatter:
"Wow, I haven't walked halfway until now, this is going to exhaust the old lady!"
"I heard that the spring water is very spiritual, can cure all diseases, my second aunt and her mother-in-law came here from the coast to ask for a mineral water bottle of spring water, go home to cook for my second aunt to drink, not long after my second aunt she was pregnant, you say God is not magical. ”
"I don't think this has much to do with the spring water, the key is that your second aunt's posture is good..."
When they saw that there was a stone dragon head full of quaint atmosphere next to the pavilion, and the dragon's mouth was flowing with clear spring water, Xu Siya and the girl named Hu Yuqing were suddenly excited.
They threw the bag containing the incense and candle paper on the ground, picked up the half-drunk mineral water bottle, poured all the pure water in it, and then trotted all the way to the edge of the faucet, and used the bottle to catch the cold spring water.
Just as the two girls were rejoicing in the rumored spiritual spring, a slightly sarcastic voice came from the gazebo next to them: "Cut, it's the 21st century now, have you both read in vain, and you still believe that there is a so-called holy water that cures all diseases in this world?"
Xu Siya and Hu Yuqing raised their heads and glanced into the pavilion, and saw their classmate Yang Ningshang leaning on the stone pillars of the pavilion at the moment, looking at them with a playful expression.
Xu Siya's temperament is relatively soft and she won't argue with others, but Hu Yuqing is more spicy, she doesn't want any ladylike temperament, and her hands on her hips are a counterattack:
"You say we're superstitious, but you're embarrassed to say we're superstitious?! Who held a necklace all day long before the college entrance examination, and when he met people, he said, 'Eh, how about my necklace, this is what my mother asked me for in the Confucius Temple, and I will definitely get a good score in the college entrance examination...... Let's go, it's coming. ”
"You ......" Yang Ningshang was teased by this while, she was angry like a fried little hen, her chest rose and fell, but she couldn't think of any words to refute in her head, not to mention how depressed she was.
When Hu Yuqing saw Yang Ningsheng's deflated appearance, and was about to take advantage of the victory to chase after her and laugh at her again, Feng Shaohui spoke, he pressed Yang Ningshang with a questioning face, and said, "Ningsheng, why are you here?"
"Ah...... Me. As soon as Yang Ningshang heard her sweetheart's voice, she took a second to change from a brutal girl to a quiet girl, she played with her fingers, pretending to be embarrassed and said: "I came here with my family to play today, I'm tired when I walk here, let them go first, I didn't expect to meet you here, it's really a coincidence!"
In the distance of the pavilion, under the thick trunk of a tree that the two of them couldn't hug together, Xu Fan, who was hiding there, saw that Yang Ningshang didn't look like the same person at all, and three black lines crossed his head.
No wonder that kid has a crush on Siya, although this girl and Siya are not on the same page, but this temper is ...... It's hard to like.
"Clever fart, I think you figured out where we're going to play in advance, and then secretly follow you yourself. Hu Yuqing had long been fed up with Yang Ningsheng's stinky temper, so she wouldn't get used to it, so she opened her mouth to shoot at her.
Although Yang Ningshang has been pretending to be a lady in front of Feng Shaohui, this does not mean that others can provoke her, she glared at Hu Yuqing with her eyebrows, and just wanted to open her mouth to return the mouth, Feng Shaohui on the side hurriedly opened her mouth and thin mud, which avoided a war of words between women.
Under the greeting of Feng Shaohui, the students who were interested in the spring water each took some spring water and put it up, and then walked into the pavilion to rest, and when they were about to rest, they stood up and prepared to go up the mountain, one of the male classmates said to Yang Ningshang: "Ningshang, do you want to go up with us?"
His question belonged to the Chinese-style polite words of 'invite you to dinner another day', and he didn't think that Yang Ningshang would be with them, so he said it casually, but he didn't expect Yang Ningshang to hear it, and immediately nodded with a smile: "Okay, good!"
Seeing Yang Ningshang kicking his nose and face like this, Hu Yuqing glanced at the cheap male classmate with a cannibalistic gaze, which scared him into a cold sweat.
In human society, men usually take care of women, for example, today when they go to the mountain to worship the Buddha, some of the heavier fruit tributes are shared by Feng Shaohui and a few boys, Xu Siya and Hu Yuqing, the two girls, just each carrying a bag of light yellow paper and candles.
Yang Ningshang joined halfway, which made Hu Yuqing very unhappy, so she snatched a bag from a boy's hand, and then brought it to Yang Ningsheng, and said: "Since you go up the mountain with us, you also have the responsibility to share some obligations, you can take this bag of apples." ”
Yang Ningshang flattened his mouth, took the bag with a reluctant face, and followed them towards the mountain.
Walking up the stone steps, stopping and stopping along the way, Feng Shaohui and the boys were fine, just panting, but Xu Siya and the three girls were tired enough.
Seeing this, Feng Shaohui walked to Xu Siya's side and took the bag in her hand, and said pityingly: "I'll mention it." ”
"Thank you. Xu Siya knew that her body couldn't make her strong, so she thanked Feng Shaohui, this scene made Yang Ningshang on the side look very apprehensive, her brain flashed, pretending to be exhausted, and complained to Feng Shaohui: "Ouch, this bag of apples is dead, and my hands are sore." ”
"Well, let me mention yours too. Feng Shaohui couldn't guess what Yang Ningshang was thinking, she just couldn't get used to seeing herself only helping Xu Siya and not helping her, so she spoke like this.
After Feng Shaohui finished speaking, he walked towards Yang Ningsheng, seeing this, a trace of smugness flashed in Yang Ningsheng's eyes, and he raised his eyebrows at Xu Siya, the eyebrows seemed to say: Heh, don't think that Shao Hui only has you in his eyes.
Yang Ningshang didn't feel proud for long, and suddenly felt a lightness in her hand, only to see Hu Yuqing appear beside her at some point, snatching away the bag she had originally prepared for Feng Shaohui in her hand, Hu Yuqing handed the bag to another boy and asked him to take it away, which almost blew Yang Ningshang's lungs.
Although the burden is mentioned to anyone, Feng Shaohui helped Xu Siyati, and Yang Ningshang also asked Feng Shaohui to help him mention it in his heart, but the hateful thing is that Hu Yuqing, a dead woman, knows that the little Jiujiu in her heart is still against herself, this is a deliberate and can't get along with herself, TNND!
After resting for a while, everyone hurried again, and when they felt tired, they could already faintly see the red walls and green tiles behind the trees in front of them, which was today's destination - the Old Summer Palace.