Chapter 10: The Early Spring Festival

"Wow, that's beautiful. When the twin sisters Michelle and Ansa saw the scenery in front of them, their beautiful eyes widened, and they exclaimed in surprise: "Pink fruit flowers can be so beautiful?"

It's not that the two girls have never seen pink fruit flowers, but because they were too young before, and they had to balance their studies and professional training, they never went far from the city to participate in the early spring festival, but only watched the pink fruit flowers bloom in the city or the surrounding area. Although it is also very beautiful, all the pink fruit trees are planted according to artificial planning, dozens of trees in an area, the distribution is very even, and the trees are full of tourists, the number of people is far more than the fruit trees, it is difficult to experience the feeling of enjoying flowers in the natural space.

But now it was a very different place than what they had seen before. This is a small secluded valley on the outskirts of Rabbit's Foot Village, and the whole valley has been completely occupied by pink fruit flowers. In the quiet valley, the mountains are covered with pink fruit trees, the wide canopy is barely visible of green leaves, and the whole valley is a pink world as far as the eye can see. The breeze blows, the petals of the pink fruit fall one after another, and as the breeze flies in the air, the fragrance of the flowers drifts in all directions along with the fluttering petals, but because of the closure of the valley, it has to be re-condensed into the valley, making the fragrance in the valley even stronger.

"This is the pink fruit flower, which blooms for a short time, but shows the most brilliant color. The flying petals, fluttering like a colorful dance, scattered flowers, elegant like an ethereal divine sound. Freya still wrapped herself tightly, stood at the entrance of the valley, looked at the scenery of the valley in fascination, and whispered in a misty voice: "Every petal is like a fairy who has fallen into the world from a fairy tale, you don't need to get close, as long as you stand far away, you can feel the tranquility and emotion from the depths of your soul." ”

The staff in Vivien's hand moved, but in the end it didn't knock it: "Forget it, it's so beautiful here." Just let her revel in it for a while. ”

"Bang bang. By this time, Pannis had parked the old carriage and clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention: "Ladies, are you going to stand at the mouth of the valley to blow the wind, or are you going to take up a beautiful place and sit down and enjoy it?"

It was half past nine in the morning on March 10. After more than four hours of overnight travel, a group of nine people finally arrived at Tujiaojiao Village at about three o'clock in the night. After a hasty night's rest at the only inn in the village, at eight o'clock the next morning, everyone got up with their sleepy eyes open, and after a little preparation, they rushed to this nameless valley. Saw the beautiful view in front of me.

"Let's go, I hope there aren't many people in there. Catherine took a deep breath of the fragrance in the air, and even her voice became softer in such an environment: "It is better to have a place where you can't see people, there are so many people in the Holy Capital, it is really difficult to find such a place nearby." ”

Stepping into the valley, I obviously feel a little warmer than outside, stepping on the soft carpet of petals, as if stepping on the clouds. Indeed, as Freya said, there were not many people here, walking in the woods for ten minutes. In total, I only met two groups of tourists. When the strangers met, they just nodded to each other in a friendly way, and Catherine politely walked away from them, so as not to disturb each other's interest. After walking for more than ten minutes, I had entered the depths of the valley, and there were no traces of people around me, only lush pink fruit trees and grass that had spit out buds on the ground.

"That's it. Lina pointed to an open area in the woods and said, "This is the only place where it is most suitable." ”

At the center of the place Lina was pointing was the thickest pink fruit tree, surrounded by an open area of sunlight. The ground is covered with tender green grass covered with a layer of pink petals.

"It's a great place. Catherine nodded, and was about to say something, when she found that Vivien and Freya had run to the carpet of petals and grass under the trees and began to roll. Tempted by their comfortable appearance, the two sisters, Michelle and Ansha, also rolled around on the ground in their own way, and the unprecedented experience made the two children laugh uncontrollably.

"You four get the fuck off. Catherine shook off a clean cloth and scolded the four girls who were rolling around on the ground pretending to be a ball, "Don't help or make trouble, go and play first." ”

"Well, the eldest sister is angry. The girls snickered and ran to the side. He began to rummage through his luggage: "Look, what delicious food did you bring, and after a night of jolting in the carriage, you still haven't eaten anything, and you're dying of hunger." ”

"Are you stupid people only five years old?" Lina rolled her eyes and ran over to denounce the two big and two little four stupid people who were like children, "Or are you only five years old?" ”

"It's a real headache. Catherine rubbed her forehead and sighed, "You guys should come over and help first......

"Hee-hee, master, we'll do all this work. The maid sisters found that the crowded scene they imagined did not appear, and they were still familiar with a few people here, so they put aside their previous worries and said happily: "Master, you should also go and rest first, and we will call you when they are ready in a while." ”

"No, it's faster for four people to do it together. Catherine shook her head, and suddenly cried out, "Hey, Pannis, you come down from the tree for me, and help with the work first, and don't always climb up the tree to sleep like a cat." ”

"Oh. I don't know when he had climbed to the branch of the tree, found a comfortable place to lie down, Pannis, weakly answered, lazily jumped down from the tree, as soon as he touched the ground, he hugged his leg and shouted: "Oh, my foot is sprained, it hurts, it hurts me, no, I need to rest." ”

"Heh, heh, he", Catherine sneered and slowly approached Pannis, gritting her teeth and said, "My dear Mr. Pannis, since you want your foot to be sprained, can I help you fulfill your wish?"

"Oops, I'm fine. Pannis instantly straightened up and stood in front of Catherine: "As soon as you come over, I found that my injury is not painful, hahahaha, your healing technique is really very effective, hahahaha." ”

"Okay, come over and help me. Catherine shoved the other end of the cloth into Pennis's hand, "If you're done early, you can rest early." ”

The preparation is not complicated, four large white coarse cloths are spread on the ground, the splicing is cleverly fixed, dozens of small wooden dinner plates are arranged on the white cloth, and all kinds of snacks brought from home are stacked on the plates, which are particularly colorful and delicious. There are nine sets of utensils around the white cloth, which are not needed now, and these are prepared for lunch. Seven or eight meters next to the white cloth, four tents are set up side by side, and people who are tired of playing can go to the tent to take a rest at any time, although the temperature in the field is still a little cold, but the existence of sleeping bags makes people who rest do not need to scruple at all. With all this ready, the two maids began to busily distribute the food for lunch again.

Lunch is very special, it is all seasonal food, fresh wild vegetables that have just grown, the young leaves of the green ant tree, thin dough cakes mixed with pink fruit petals, sweet bread that looks like pink fruit is actually covered with cream, wild mushrooms that emerge with the first spring rains, everything is full of the taste of spring. The food is divided into everyone's plate according to the number of people, and it is irresistible in terms of color and smell.

"It's set, ladies and gentlemen. Catherine angrily shouted to the lazy girls on the side, "Please take a seat, you won't want me to carry you over." ”

"It's coming, it's coming. Lina, who was competing with the twin sisters to see whose windmill was spinning faster, pushed the two sisters and ran over, chasing Vivien and Freya behind them, their footsteps hitting the ground with a thud.

Tap tap. Catherine pressed the white cloth and said worriedly, "Freya, you are careful to overturn the plates. ”

"How is it possible, this ground is not hollow. Freya muttered a few words of dissatisfaction, but sat down with a light-hearted movement. Seeing that everyone was already seated, pansies and mimosas poured drinks for everyone. According to the custom of the early spring festival, it is necessary to drink powder fruit wine to celebrate the arrival of another spring during the cherry blossom viewing, and for some people who cannot drink alcohol, powder fruit juice is drunk. But unlike wine, which can be easily stored for a year, juice does not have a long shelf life, and although it can be extended by the effect of magic, this method of preservation is limited to the rich, who do not have so much money to spend. Therefore, people began to use fresh pink fruit petals to soak in daily drinks to replace powder fruit juice, and slowly this method gradually replaced the original powder fruit juice and became the mainstream choice.

"It's spring again. Catherine picked up her glass and said, "In the past few years, everyone has gradually come together and lived more and more happily. I hope that every year in the future, everyone can maintain this relaxed mood, every year can get together to enjoy the flowers, and every year when looking back, it can be said that the past year is another happy year. ”

"Absolutely. Lina smiled and raised her glass: "Every year, forever." ”

"Forever, cheers. The girls happily raised their cups and touched them.

"Until...... Forever? The weight of the word forever is far from that simple. Pannis watched silently as the petals falling in the wind fell into his glass, rippling in the clear water. After muttering a few words silently, Pannis finally smiled self-deprecatingly, raised the cup in his hand, and touched it with the girls: "Cheers, for the past, and for tomorrow." (To be continued.) )

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