Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Alpine Tea Garden
Heel Mountain, located in the southwest corner of the Mu Clan's domain, is connected to the Tu Clan, which is the only way to enter the Southern Fire Clan.
The Fire Clan is mountainous and continuous, only here, there is an entrance to the mountain, and everywhere else, it is either a river crossing, or a cliff valley crossing......
An ancient road paved with stones, spiraling up in the mountains, moss treading marks, speckled wind and dust, all tell the long history of this stone road, the vines that are coiled, the thick branches hugged by several people, and even the insects and birds flying in the mountains, all seem to render the color of amber......
At the end of the stone road, four figures walked leisurely, and when they got closer, they found that they were four young people.
These four people are none other than Fukura with their three daughters, but they are obviously carefully disguised......
is also a woman dressed as a man, Di Su is a little mature and old, calm and generous; Zhu Zi is pure and quiet, gentle and elegant, a little bit of scholarly spirit; that sentence Ying is obviously a white-faced child, with a flawless complexion and outstanding demeanor......
"Halfway up the mountain, it seems to be inhabited, we have walked for so long, our stomachs are empty, our mouths are thirsty, why don't we go and ask for some food and drinks, and take a break. ”
Out of the habit of the profession, Di Su has long had a comprehensive idea and arrangement.
Naturally, this proposal was unanimously endorsed.
Halfway up the mountain, the terrain becomes flat and open, and it used to be a thick shade to cover the sun, but here it becomes a tea plantation.
That's right, it's a green tea plantation all over the mountains, layered on top of each other, as far as the eye can see.
The building I saw at the foot of the mountain turned out to be a wooden house, and it was built at the corner of the mountain, and from this point you can enjoy a panoramic view of the scenery below.
The main skill of the Tu tribe's life is planting, compared to the logging of the Mu tribe, planting is also all-inclusive, today I see, this mountain of tea forests, but also let a few young people from the Mu tribe, have a deep inner shock!
A hunchbacked old woman, hearing the commotion, came out of the back room, her hair was gray, and from the wrinkles on her face like the cut of a tree root, it was evident that she was old, and her whole body exuded the smell of decay, but she walked quite vigorously.
Seeing this, Zhu Zi made a courtesy on the head and took the initiative to greet him and make a gesture of support.
"A few little babies, come to the cold house, what do you want!"
"Auntie, a few of us pass by here, we want to stay, this is not the village in front of the village, there is no store behind, and it is almost dark, and I hope that the aunt will be kind enough to take it in!"
"Welcome, a few stays, there is no problem, but the place is narrow, I'm afraid you won't be used to it!" From the inside, I don't know when, another middle-aged man came out.
This middle-aged man, revealing a kind of evil nature all over his body, looks fierce, dressed casually, unkempt, and plays with a black giant snake with a long head and a triangular head in his hand.
The curtain is sinking in the west, and the light in the house is insufficient, which takes advantage of a gloomy atmosphere.
Seeing this, Ju Ying was obviously frightened, and subconsciously hid behind Fucang, not even daring to come out, and retreated a little in her heart.
"Brother Death, you frightened the guests, and you still don't put away your brute snake!" Behind the middle-aged man with the snake on his body, another person flashed out at this time.
This person, with a charitable face, short clothes and shorts, looks like a farmer, and must be the owner of this tea plantation.
"Okay, it's not too early, I should go back too, Brother Shi Leng, you have to entertain these guests." After the desperate finish speaking, a ghostly smile appeared on his face, and the black snake on his shoulder spit out a letter to everyone, and finished getting into the arms of the middle-aged man.
The old woman just now suddenly picked up the crutches in her hand, smashed her head on the desperate body, and scolded: "Get out of here, you make a lot of trouble every time you come, don't let me see you again!"
This old woman's rejection turned out to be for a reason, there were two pheasants lying on the ground at the door, maybe it was the poisonous snake on the body that poisoned the life.
Looking at the two dead pheasants, and comparing them again, the abnormal behavior in this room all shows a kind of weirdness and absurdity.
The desperate one, a few bounces, had long escaped the blow of the crutches, and he did not bother with the old woman, but went out of the house, took out a horse, flew up, galloped the horse, and disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.
The Tu people have always lived a long life, looking at this old woman, although she is a little hunchbacked, and her ears are a little inflexible, but it is estimated that her age should be hundreds of years old.
"Young heroes, you put down your things, please sit down, come to our heel mountain, don't take a sip of our high mountain tea, it can be regarded as nothing!"
The farmer, who was called Cold, was warm-hearted all along, and as he spoke, he was the first to sit down in front of the tea-set, ready to make a new pot of tea for the guests.
"This tea is so fragrant! I have never smelled such fragrant tea in Yu'e Palace!" Ju Ying was the first to sit down, and she was also moved.
"It turns out that a few of them are distinguished guests from their own Mu clan, our Tu clan has nothing to greet guests, only this high mountain tea, and you can get it, you other young heroes, please also sit down, I will serve you new tea!"
Fukura felt that it was difficult to resist the hospitality, so he also sat down.
The old woman, ignoring the crowd, picked up the two chickens from the ground, went straight into the back room, and disappeared into the dark shadows.
"Uncle, how far is this place from the Fire Clan's Divine Beast Mountain Range?" Di Su saw the opportunity and took the initiative to ask the farmer.
"Divine Beast Mountain Range! You guys are going to the Divine Beast Mountain Range...... I suggest you dispel this thought, go to the Divine Beast Mountain Range from here, I have seen few people who have the life to go back from here!" the farmer said a serious warning as he concentrated on making tea.
What do you mean by this? What do you mainly mean by the dangers along the way?"
"This young man, you really don't know, after entering the mountain from here, if you want to reach the Divine Beast Mountain Range, you must pass through the Five Peaks Ridge, do you know whose territory this Five Peaks Ridge is?"
"Who?" Zhu Zi said straightforwardly.
"Then who else, it's the Valley of Hundred Ghosts!" Ju Ying seemed to have heard of it a long time ago, but she still didn't think so.
"This young man is right, it is the Valley of Hundred Ghosts, also known as Wushamen, this road is really dangerous, you really have to think about it, you really can't break through, I will let you stay overnight, tomorrow morning, you better go back the same way, right? Come, everyone drink tea!" The farmer had already made tea and put it in front of everyone.
"It's delicious, it's good, can you give me some of this tea, take it back, and taste it slowly later." Ju Ying has a cup of belly, she is addicted, she usually likes the tea ceremony, and when she encounters good tea, she is full of praise.
"Thanks to the praise of the young man, the old man is also fortunate to have three lives, we have no shortage of tea here, as long as the young man can afford it, it is nothing to send some tea, although you bring it back to the Mu Clan, help me publicize and publicize, let our Tu tea also have a good reputation in the Mu Clan, which is also the greatest relief to me!"
"Then you're welcome, come, bring me another drink!" Ju Ying was not restrained at all.
In contrast, Zhu Zi was much more reserved, she picked up the cup, half-covered it with her cuffs, gently took half a mouthful, and put it back again, leaving her mouth full of fragrance, and she also praised herself!
"You two should try it too, this is specially prepared for my guests, and under normal circumstances, I will not take it out and share it with others. ”
"Thank you for your hospitality!" Di Su politely thanked him, picked up the cup, and took a polite sip like a dragonfly ordering water.
"Come, come, come, the tea chicken I made for everyone, the freshly cooked tea chicken!" The old woman turned out to be in to kill the chicken to entertain the guests.
Dead chickens, that's obviously two dead chickens, how did they die, the source is unknown, the poisonous snake bit to death, just guessing, using two dead chickens to entertain guests, this is another play, is there fraud in this, look at this farmer's kind shoulders and good eyes, absolutely no harm to others, although this old woman refuses to be thousands of miles away, I'm afraid it's just a face to the despair.
Now it's time to serve the guests with dead chickens, this ......
After a few cups of tea, although there is a certain vigilance against these actions, there is also a sense of weakness at the moment, everyone suddenly feels weak, their hands and feet are sore, and the last trace of sober consciousness came......
"Oh no! there's poisonous ...... in this tea."