Chapter Ninety-Eight: Forgetting the Usual
While talking to the old man, the two of them also arrived in the town, the old man led Jiang Fan to a few peach and plum trees, Jiang Fan's eyes looked silently, only to see that this place is a small courtyard, and the yard is prescribed with dozens of wooden stakes, which seems very simple and natural.
In this small courtyard, at the first glance of entering the door, Jiang Fan saw an ancient osmanthus tree growing toweringly, with a complex root system, deeply rooted in the earth, and accessible to all directions.
The laurel tree is full of foliage, and it is in the middle of summer, and it looks very vibrant. Jiang Fan looked up at the tree, but there was a sense of amazement in his heart, but he was afraid that this ancient tree was nearly a thousand years old, but although it was old, it did not show dead air, and it was still vigorous.
Could it be that the aura gathered here can make this tree live for such a long time? Jiang Fanxin said. However, since he entered the village, he has not sensed the vigorous aura of heaven and earth, why is this?
Jiang Fan was curious, and immediately bent his knees and squatted on the ground, stretched out his hand and pointed at the soil, slowly closed his eyes and understood, and after a while, his voice sighed in surprise: "Sure enough, in the soil here, the aura of heaven and earth is really beyond the square, no wonder the plants and people living here are extremely lush and moisturized!"
Thinking about the unusually lush green bamboo forest, this is the reason. When Jiang Fan came, he had observed that this town was built on the mountain, and although the houses were not far apart, there were green trees in front of each house, full of vitality.
I'm afraid that the crops and fruits planted here, if you eat them, you will be bright and bright, strengthen your body, and increase your longevity!
"Childe, what's wrong with you?"
While Jiang Fan was thinking, a slightly immature female voice suddenly sounded, Jiang Fan heard the voice, and saw that not far in front of him, a girl in a moon white dress was standing there, looking at him with some doubts.
This girl was born with facial features, which is very lovely, but under a closer look, it can also be seen that she is not very old, only twelve or thirteen years old, so the whole looks extremely immature, lacking some maturity and charm, but a little more fresh and refined, making it look like the bright moon that is unworldly, beautiful and unparalleled.
Watching closely by the young man's eyes, the girl suddenly turned pink, her eyebrows and eyes were timid, and she was a little afraid, so she said, "I...... I'm here to ask you to eat, but not to bother!"
She just saw Jiang Fan kneeling on one knee, his hands on the ground, somehow. Then after being awakened by her words, the girl saw him looking at herself, and mistakenly thought that Jiang Fan was annoyed by her interruption, so she quickly explained.
Looking at her looking forward to her posture, with shyness between her eyebrows, Jiang Fan smiled faintly, "Don't be afraid, girl, I don't blame you, even if Uncle Zhang ordered you to come, then let's go!"
He could naturally see the fear in the girl's heart, so he tried to be as light and kind as possible, just because he was born handsome, and this smile really had a good effect, just look at the girl's eyes showing a lot less fear, and you will know the result.
Then, Jiang Fan walked into the old house with her, and at this moment, the candles in the house were shining, and it looked a little brighter. The old man was bringing out the food from the inner room with his grandson Zhang Zhiyuan and putting it on the table, and at this moment he saw Jiang Fan and the two walking in, and the old man hurriedly smiled and said: "Son, please sit down, there are still a few dishes that have not been served, and I will toast with Childe after the old man comes!"
Seeing that they were so enthusiastic, Jiang Fan was also a little embarrassed, and at this time, the girl suddenly pursed her lips and smiled: "Grandpa is seated, I'll take care of the rest!"
Before the words fell, the girl's figure walked into the inner room, and when the old man saw this, he had to walk towards Jiang Fan with a smile and invite him to sit down on the upper seat.
After the meal was complete, Jiang Fan looked at these delicious dishes on the table in front of him, and he was also salivating in his mouth, a little salivating, under the invitation of the old man several times, he moved the bamboo chopsticks, tasted it, it was really delicious, and he couldn't help but praise it again and again.
At his appreciation, the girl's face suddenly turned redder and she was extremely shy.
Subsequently, everyone dined, and the old man opened a jar of aged wine, poured it for him, and said: "This potpourri old man has been brewed for a few years, and the taste has been deep, so try it?"
Jiang Fan chuckled, and did not shirk, he raised his glass and drank it, it was really mellow in his throat, and the wine was full of flavor, which was indeed rare. Then Jiang Fan also poured a glass for the old man, and toasted him, the old man's face was full of red light, and he looked extremely happy, with the strength of the wine, Jiang Fanwang said with a smile: "I don't know what is strange about this place, when I came before, I saw the trees and leaves in the village in full bloom, and there was no appearance of glory!"
When the old man heard this, he immediately said: "Gongzi doesn't know, our town has been around for a long time, at first only because the soil is fertile, easy to grow crops and grain, before settling here, and then gradually found that the soil here is not consistent with the outside world, as long as the grain is planted in the soil, there will be a harvest after three months, because of the difference in the soil, within a radius of dozens of miles in this town, the vegetation growth is also excellent!"
When Jiang Fan heard this, he secretly said in his heart that it was indeed the case, the soil here was rich in the aura of heaven and earth, and growing here, the plants were naturally faster and better than other places.
Thinking of this, Jiang Fan asked again in his heart, "I see, but Xiaosheng still has a question, since the soil here is so high-quality, there will be a harvest in March, so why is there still no one in this town?
Commerce, as long as it is profitable, will naturally come from all over the world, and with those merchants coming and going, the prosperity of this ancient town will also be driven, and it will develop into a big city in a few years, but why is it still as remote as ever?
As soon as these words fell, even the girl Zhang Xinyue looked extremely disappointed and regretful, Jiang Fan saw the clue, and heard the old man's helpless words: " Childe didn't know, this town is located between the mountains, it is remote, few people know, and later there was a group of robbers who occupied the mountains as kings, forcing us to pay eighty percent of the grain for each season's harvest, otherwise, those outlaws will gather down the mountain to rob, and then the murder and arson will be more miserable, in desperation, we can only obey the order, therefore, every harvest in this town, we only have twenty percent of the harvest, where is there any surplus grain to sell!"
Just hearing this, Jiang Fan immediately frowned, only then did he understand the root cause, and he was also angry about such an injustice in his heart.
After thinking about it, Jiang Fan said again: "This forgetful town is not far from Jinlin City, and it only takes two months to come and go by foot, so why don't you go to sue the Jinlin government to come and suppress the bandits?"
The old man smiled bitterly, "We have also thought about this, but not to mention that the people who come and go to report the news will go to the two-month period, but I am afraid that the people in this town, there are also the mountain bandits who buy it out, we have to make any moves, the first thing to learn will only be the mountain bandits, not the Jinlin City government, there was a case before, the person who reported the news was killed by the group of bandits before he got out of the mountains, and sent the body in, and threatened that if this happened again, the entire town of Forget Chang would be bloodbathed and cease to exist!"