Chapter 68: The Apricot Grove
Xi Yu stumbled and fell into the dark mire, like a drowning person, he instantly felt suffocated, he struggled to open his mouth and nose, and the cold water poured into it in an instant, choking him to cough violently, but "ahhhhh Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Close your eyes, don't look, don't listen. The flower-haired old man's voice rang out.
Xi Yu woke up like a dream, obediently did as he said, it was a lot better, and it was strange to say, after he stopped struggling, the feeling of suffocation and discomfort disappeared.
It seemed like it was just a moment, and it seemed as long as ten lives and ten lifetimes, and this strange journey finally came to an end.
When the light was shining in front of him, Ah Da patted him on the shoulder and signaled that it was okay, and then he dared to open his eyes to look at the blue sky, but the blue sky above his head was no longer the blue sky he was familiar with.
As far as the eye can see, where there are heavy mountains and lakes in, some are just the sky is high and the clouds are light, the blue tide is like tilting, the Qianmo is vertical and horizontal, the wild ducks are flocks in the reeds, the anthurium plucks the clear waves, leisurely playing in the water, from time to time there are wild geese and egrets rising to the sky, straight up to the sky.
The reed flowers fall like white flocculents, and when the wind blows, they are like piles of silver snow, fluttering, and gradually charming eyes.
Xi Yu got up in a daze, his mouth was a little closed, he only felt incredible, he only knew that the boat was sinking, and when he opened his eyes, it was already a different world, and he was still shocked and speechless, and a burst of disgust and dizziness surged up in his heart, his ears buzzed, his nose was wet, and two lines of scarlet viscous thick blood flowed down.
His body shook slightly, and after being held by Ah Da, after stabilizing his mind, he looked at the flower-haired old man with an inquiring gaze, and the flower-haired old man nodded slightly.
After Ah Da propped up the boat and landed ashore, Xi Yu still felt a little unreal, and wiped the filth on his face with his sleeves, with a little excitement and apprehension to get what he wanted, his heart was surging, and his feet stepped on this vast land that he was fascinated and worried about.
"Hardships and hardships, stepping on iron shoes, I Xi Yu will eventually have today!"
He closed his eyes, opened his arms, took a deep breath, and had a lot of thoughts, and when he opened them again, his eyes were bright, smiling, and the reeds behind him fell like snow and drifted away.
"Let it go. Qing Yan had been standing behind him for a long time, and he could hear him mutter, and suddenly interjected coldly.
Xi Yu hurriedly got out of the way, his face was not embarrassed, he was just ready to express his mind, and when he was about to reverie and imagine the grand ambition, Mu was stunned and blocked there, but he forgot that there was still someone who did not come down.
Qing Yan saw him grinning stupidly, so he didn't pay attention to him at all, and took the macaque straight to meet the flower-haired old man.
They abandoned the boat and left, Xi Yu stepped on the ground under his feet, as if in a dream, he felt that he was also stained with a little aura of the ancient holy continent, his heart was full of joy, and he walked a little erratic, like a cloud driving the fog, flying on the grass all the time, his eyes could not be used, as far as his eyes could see, the mountains were exceptionally beautiful, and the sky was especially blue.
There is an apricot forest in front of the hit, the yellow and clear apricots are full of trees, each of them is big and round, and the branches are bent, which is very gratifying, but they have no one along the way, it seems that it is a borderless land, but it is a pity that some apricots are ripe and fall to the ground and gradually rot and no one cares.
After all, the ingots are monkeys, and when they see this place, they can't walk immediately, and with a "squeak" of joy, they jump from Qingyan's shoulders to the treetops, swaying left and right in the forest, jumping around.
Xi Yu is rare and strange, even this wild apricot is bigger than his own mountain, but it is placed here, but it is also thrown on the ground and no one comes to pick it up, and his heart smacks his tongue, and he secretly says that this ancient holy continent really deserves its name.
He walked into the forest, bent down and picked up one, half of it was black and rotten, wiped the side that was not rotten on his clothes at will, and took a bite of it, and his eyes suddenly narrowed, and the fruity fragrance was overflowing, sweet and sour, and he felt that the taste was not much worse than the juicy fruit that the ingots gave him this morning.
Such a delicacy should also let the benefactor taste it, Xi Yu thought about squatting on the ground and picked up some good-looking ones, with his jacket in his pocket, suddenly his head hurt, an apricot rolled down, looked up, it was Yuan Bao who saw that he was picking apricots to help, holding the branch on his head shook for a while, and the fruit fell like rain, whenever Xi Yu was smashed squarely, it gloated and scratched its ears and cheeks, and was overjoyed.
Xi Yu rubbed his head and was not annoyed, picked up a full bag, and gave it to the eldest uncle to eat.
"I have my own hands!"
Qing Han supported the flower-haired old man, snorted delicately, did not take Xi Yu's pocket, with a gesture of his hand, the macaque jumped back to her shoulder, and presented an extraordinarily full apricot to her mouth.
Apricot forest west to two hundred steps, is the official road, there is a thatched shop next to the road, branch under a big road on the side of the road, for the people of the reverse journey from the south to the north to drink tea to satisfy hunger, chat to relieve fatigue, although simple, but also bright, although the sparrow is small and complete, far away you can see a yellow and black wine flag to face the exhibition.
In the middle of the day, it was quite hot, Xi Yu took off only a single coat, but he was still sweating profusely and couldn't stop flowing down, his mouth was very hungry and thirsty, although there were still some apricots left in his pocket, but it was really not advisable to eat too much on an empty stomach, otherwise it would be very hurtful.
My heart moved, and I heard the flower-haired old man say, "Go to the front and rest, just buy some food." ”
After the group of four people took their seats, the old man with flowered hair shouted: "Shopkeeper, there is a visitor." ”
The shopkeeper had been stealing a long day of leisure, resting on the table and napping, when he suddenly heard a customer arrive, he woke up suddenly, came to the spirit, put the dirty rag on his shoulder, put on a smiling face, and hurriedly came out to greet him.
"I don't know what the master wants to eat, I'm not afraid of the old gentleman's jokes, in addition to the coarse tea and home-brewed local wine, there are only a few home-cooked dishes left in the shop. ”
The shopkeeper set up a large blue and white bowl for a few people, carrying a teapot to pour them one by one, although it was a confession, but always smiled amiably, wearing a green cloth gown, dressed very capable, couldn't help but make people feel comfortable, seeing Ah Da was majestic, and also had a tattoo on the face, dragging a long braid tied with hemp rope behind his head, not angry and self-imposing, nor like the passers-by who were more concerned and afraid, and looked dumbfounded.
Seeing this scene, Xi Yu thought in his heart that the people of this holy continent were really extraordinary, it was better to see it than to hear it, and even a store on the road was extraordinary, and he was inexplicably happy in his heart, and picked up the tea bowl while thinking about it, not to mention, this dusky tea was really cool and thirst-quenching, he drank a bowl of it, and he was comfortable up and down, as if the swaying sun was not so difficult.
The rare breeze blew through at noon, blowing the branches and leaves on the trees to shake, and a little bit of broken sun came into his empty bowl, Xi Yu couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.
The old man with the flower hair on the side chatted with the shopkeeper and asked: "How is the store's situation this year, can there be another ceratic?"
The shopkeeper was surprised for a moment, and then suddenly smiled: "It turns out that the old gentleman has come to our Wu land, but you don't know this, this time is different from the past, the thing that endangered the township back then has become a delicacy on the people's table!"
"Oh?" the flower-haired old man smiled, glanced at Ah Da in the opposite seat, and said, "I would like to hear about it." ”
The people from all over the world don't know how many people have received, they are very talkative, and it turns out that many years ago, when there was a flood, the rivers and ditches of Wudi Baili rose three feet, and the pair of chelates and eight legs, The rampant and domineering crabs have rushed up, they are vicious in shape, and have no natural enemies, and will also raise chela stingers, to the land is the king and hegemon, digging holes everywhere to break the soil, multiplying very fast, a flood for a while, out of control, resulting in that year's crops have no harvest, the people are not able to make a living, and even many poor households are desperate, drag their families with their mouths, and leave their ancestral land to flee.
At that time, there was an unknown passer-by hero, who said that this crab could be eaten, of course, no one believed it, they thought he was talking nonsense, but he didn't expect to see others sitting on the ridge of the field the next day, with a black iron cauldron in front of him, in which countless blue crabs were boiled, so hot that the shells were red, and the fragrance was wafting for ten miles. He feasted and drank a lot of wine, sweating profusely until dusk, and looked at the people around him dumbfounded as if he had nothing to do.
Finally, a few people were so hungry that they couldn't stand it, and they plucked up an evil courage to peel the shell and eat it, and everyone learned how delicious the crab meat was, and they followed suit, beating gongs and drums to catch crabs and calling their mother-in-law to get out of the pot, and then the wind and rain were smooth every year, and naturally there was no more crab harm.