Wuchuan, a radius of 100,000 miles, twelve mountains stand tall.

The mountain is located in the twelve directions of Wuchuan, Taoshan is one of the twelve mountains of Wuchuan, with the twelve earthly branches corresponding to the sub, the beginning and end of the day, but Taoshan does not have the initial vitality of the day.

Although the peach mountain is thousands of feet high, but the life in the mountain is withered, not an inch of grass grows, not to mention the beautiful scenery of the clear stream and rapids, it has been no wind and rain for a long time.

I once heard the master in the village say: "The spring breeze does not pass the peach mountain." ”

But I don't know what the spring breeze is, but the spring breeze makes the master remember it so much, it should be the most beautiful thing in the world.

On the peach mountain, in the dense peach forest, there is a young man walking through the peach forest, he carries a back basket, the back basket rope is made of peach bark, the back basket is also made of peach wood and bark, and there are many red mountain peaches in the back basket.

The young man's name is Ye Cang, fatherless and motherless, raised by the old man in the mountain, and the old man at the bottom of the mountain said that he was born from the ancient peach tree that is the highest place in Peach Mountain, so high that it cannot be seen.

There is only one kind of tree in Peach Mountain, and that is the peach tree, which may be the origin of the name of Peach Mountain.

Perhaps only the perennial lush peach trees are the last warmth and vitality of Peach Mountain, and all the vitality of Peach Mountain is given to these countless peach forests.

Ye Cang is a peach picker in the mountains, and he raises the elderly in the village with the mountain peaches that grow in all seasons.

Ye Cang slowly walked towards the foot of Peach Mountain with the basket on his back, the peach in the basket was a little heavy, but the young man did not mean to put down the basket and stop to rest, and his dark face revealed the tenacity that only adults have.

Peach wood is too hard and solid to make a good material for carrying baskets, but there are only peach trees in the peach mountain.

Ye Cang stretched his body and moved his shoulders, and the stiffness on his shoulders was slowly subsiding, which was much better than a few years ago.

When Ye Cang was five years old, he carried a basket on his back, and for the first time Ye Cang went to pick peaches on his back, his shoulders were worn by a back rope made of peach bark.

Ye Cang carried the back basket on his back, panting and shuttling through the peach forest, there was a golden monkey sitting on the peach in the back basket, the golden hair was shining in the sun, it was very strange, and the monkey's eyes were flowing with spiritual light.

The old people in the village often stared at the golden monkey and often praised: "Good monkey!" ”

The monkey wrapped in the golden retriever held a big red and plump mountain peach on its paws, and the golden retriever monkey took a bite in disgust, obviously the taste of the mountain peach was not very good.

Ye Cang didn't look at it either, and walked by himself with the basket on his back, "Don't dislike it... Although the taste of mountain peaches is not good, there are only peaches in Peach Mountain, so bear with me..."

Ye Cang's face revealed a trace of bitterness, he grew up in Peach Mountain, he had only eaten mountain peaches, and had never seen anything else, in the eyes of the young man, there was only Peach Mountain, only Peach Forest, and only Mountain Peach.

Ye Cang also knew that the taste of peach mountain peaches was not good, even the most bright red mountain peaches were spicy and scorching.

Although Ye Cang was only eleven or twelve years old, his face was dark and immature but with a hint of old age, especially those eyes, the curiosity and spirituality of the young man seemed to have completely disappeared, perhaps consumed by Momoyama.

"If you don't want to eat it, just put it away, I'll eat it."

The golden retriever monkey threw the nibbled peach into the basket, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with the taste of the peach.

The golden retriever monkey suddenly jumped off the back basket and landed in front of Ye Cang, chirping, the monkey paw kept gesturing, and the monkey paw pulled Ye Cang, trying to pull Ye Cang in the direction of the mountain, as if there was something delicious outside the mountain.

The young man understood the golden monkey's words, turned to look out of Momoyama, and his eyes seemed to flow a little bit of spirituality and curiosity like a miracle, but it quickly disappeared: "Out of Momoyama?" ”

The young man shook his head slightly without checking the traces: "Little golden monkey, I can't do without... The sages said, 'If your parents are here, you will not travel far, but you will have a good way.' ’”

Ye Cang paused slightly when he mentioned his parents, and then continued to the golden retriever monkey: "I don't have parents... The old men in the village also said that I was born from peaches... But who is born out of a peach? But the old men raised me, and I will raise them. ”

Ye Cang held the golden monkey in his arms, rubbed the golden hair of the little golden monkey, and with doting, the golden monkey also responded, scratching the young man's hair with his paws.

The sun traveled westward, the boy went east, and the sunlight reflected the golden monkey more and more strangely, and the back of the boy was longer and longer, and the sound of the chirping monkey was also spread farther and farther.

......

There is a peach village at the foot of Taoshan Mountain, the peach village is backed by the peach mountain, the left is a dry river, I don't know how many years it has been dry, it has long been full of peach trees, there is a long road on the right, through the village, the front is by the sweat pool, it has also dried up for a long time, and it has grown into a peach forest.

The village is very small, all use peach wood, the roof is only peach wood, and there are no rain protection tiles, Taoshan people are not afraid of rain, and Ye Cang has never seen Taoshan under the water.

There was a middle-aged man lying in front of the village in Taoshan Village, lying in the shade of the peach tree in front of the village, and he didn't mind being covered in sand and dust, and he didn't think there was anything wrong, he was a fool.

The old man has always been like this, as if he has not changed, maybe he sees him every day, maybe the old man has not changed when he sees him, and the old man has always recognized him.

There is no peach tree on the side of the old man's house, and there has never been a cloudy day in the peach mountain, and the peach mountain is as hot as a fire when he arrives in the sea, and the old man is stupid, not as good as a three-year-old child, and he lies in the shade wherever he goes.

The old man was lying on the ground, caught a glimpse of Ye Cang walking with a basket on his back, got up and ran to the young man, looking at the young man and smiling happily, "Ye Cang......"

Ye Cang looked at the old man, there was a hint of a smile on the young man's face, and there was some bitterness in his eyes, he was bitter for the old man.

Ye Cang didn't know the meaning of Lao Hanzi's life, nor did he know the meaning of his own life. He once asked the master of the academy, what is the meaning of life?

The master looked at Ye Cang, his face did not change in the slightest, the old master had that face all year round, very serious, the old shopkeeper in the village once smiled at Ye Cang and said: "Those who study knowledge are like this."

At that time, the old master raised his old hand, pointed to the sky, pointed to the ground, and nodded three times at Ye Cang's heart.

Maybe the old master said too profoundly, Ye Cang didn't understand, Ye Cang may only know where the mountain peaches are more delicious.

But Ye Cang didn't ask anymore, he just wanted to support the old man in the village now, maybe the people of Taoshan would disappear when they arrived at Ye Cang.

The golden retriever monkey in the back basket took a few reddish peaches from the back basket and handed them to Ye Cang, Ye Cang did not continue, first took the old man's hand, patted the dust off the old man's hand, and then took the peach and handed it to the man.

advised: "Uncle Han, don't eat too much at a time, otherwise you will have a spicy belly and lungs, and you will roll on the ground in pain." ”

The old man is still smiling, and he is also smiling when he gnaws on the peach: "Good ......"

Since Ye Cang can remember, the old man has been smiling, the old man doesn't know what bitterness is, he has been smiling, even after eating too many peaches and spicy belly and rolling on the ground, he has been smiling.