Chapter 65: The first sight of the curtain is based on the south water
Although Bai Shuo and Xue Manlin have never met, they have seen her photos before, but they seem to be photos from two years ago, Bai Shuo only remembers that it was a girl with short hair, and I don't know if I can recognize her for a while. After a while, when he came to the corridor, Bai Shuo found that the corridor was thousands of meters long, so where should he wait? In the distance, there were some people in national costumes pointing at Bai Shuo and talking about something, as if they had seen something strange.
Suddenly, Bai Shuo felt that someone behind him patted him gently, Bai Shuo turned his head happily, and a beautiful face appeared in front of him with a smile, but this face was too far from the impression. Before Bai Shuo came back to his senses, the beauty held up a camera and said sweetly: "Handsome guy, can you take a picture of us?"
"Well, oh, yes, okay. Bai Shuo hurriedly took the camera, took a picture of her and her friends, and asked them to say goodbye happily after seeing if they were satisfied. After they left, Bai Shuo thought to himself, it turned out that he was not the only outsider here, and there seemed to be a few tourists who came here.
Bai Shuo didn't seem to be ready to wait stupidly on the spot, and planned to stroll along the corridor. As soon as she took a few steps, another girl with long hair and a very pure and lovely appearance walked up to her and asked politely, "Sir, how do you go to the Lienu Bridge?"
Bai Shuo said politely: "I'm sorry, it's my first time here, and I don't know." ”
"Uh...... Excuse me, thank you. Before Bai Shuo could say thank you, the girl had already flown to the front. But after a while, the girl turned back again, jumped in front of Bai Shuo in one step, and asked with a smile: "Handsome guy, wait for someone?"
Bai Shuo's mind suddenly paused for three seconds, and he instinctively let out an "um" in his mouth. The girl then said: "Wait for the others to wait honestly, and you don't know the way, what are you walking around?" said one hand holding Bai Shuo and walked forward: "Let's go, I'll take you to eat something." ”
Only then did Bai Shuo know that this girl was not Xue Manlin or who she was.
Walking to a place selling steamed beef under the Lienu Bridge, Yan'er stopped and began to bargain with the boss. The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man with a serious face, especially when he hears the bargain, his serious expression is even more exaggerated. It wasn't until Xue Manlin spoke to him in a local dialect that Bai Shuo didn't understand at all, that he agreed to lower the price. Taking the package of things handed over by Xue Manlin, Bai Shuo slowly opened the wrapped lotus leaf, revealing a piece of bacon-like meat, a little glutinous rice around, and tasted it, the overall taste was salty and salty, the taste was very pure, but it was not particularly delicious.
At this time, Bai Shuo took a serious look at Xue Manlin, who was eating beef, she was wearing a pair of light blue denim shorts, a pair of slender and well-proportioned legs, wearing a translucent short-sleeved dress with a blue floral pattern, the length of the dress almost covered the denim shorts, a black belt tied around the waist, shoulder-length hair, fair and evenly colored skin, and a slightly small mouth with a goose egg-shaped face that looked particularly cute and charming, no matter what aesthetic standards, Xue Manlin should be a standard little beauty, and the image of a female man in the impression is completely incompatible。
"Why do you make your hair so long?" Bai Shuo, who couldn't find words for a while, was silent for a long time and came out with a sentence. Xue Manlin made a strange face while eating: "Do you think I look good with long hair or a little shorter?" ”
"Well...... Looks good a little longer......"
"I'm embarrassed to say, I sat next to you and watched you for so long and you didn't recognize me, I thought I had become ugly" After that, Xue Manlin pretended to cry.
Bai Shuo hurriedly said: "There is a big difference between you and the photo now, but the way you cry is really ugly." ”
Xue Manlin immediately put away her expression and smiled brightly. However, Xue Manlin's smile is indeed very good-looking, it is a very pure and simple smile, this kind of smile seems to have a healing effect, which can make people feel refreshed. This is not felt from the photo, so she is actually much more beautiful and cute than in the photo.
"Now I'll take you around and enjoy the scenery of my hometown, you come with me". Xue Manlin, who finished eating beef, took out a tissue to wipe her mouth and hands, and said to Bai Shuo.
"Then I'll go back to the inn and get the camera first," Bai Shuo replied.
Xue Manlin leaned her head very close to Bai Shuo, and whispered: "Not everything can be recorded with a camera, you have to feel it with your own eyes and your heart, you know?...... Let's wipe your mouth!" After speaking, she wiped Bai Shuo's mouth with the tissue she had just wiped her mouth on, and then pulled Bai Shuo and walked forward.
Follow Xue Manlin around on the road to Nanshui, listening to her tell the characteristics and stories of Nanshui, and have a unique feeling. Walking in Nanshui, you don't have to expect a lilac-style girl to decorate the scenery in front of you, the small bridges, flowing water, high eaves, and long stone roads here will make your heart quiet and silent, and will make you feel that you have melted into the scenery here, and forget a lot. The south water in life, the original, quiet and soothing, without modern processing and carving, without the depression of the city, is the best place to adjust the soul. You can enjoy the love of "leisurely seeing Nanshan", and you can also feel the joy brought by the paradise.
"Do you know why the Lienu Bridge is called the Lienu Bridge?" asked Manlin suddenly. Bai Shuo shook his head: "I don't know, but I think it must have something to do with a woman." ”
Xue Manlin then told Bai Shuo that in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, a team of anti-Qing troops was forced by Qing soldiers to the area of Nanshui Town, and in the process of transfer, a general's wife and troops were separated. Later, the Qing soldiers discovered the woman and eventually blocked her on a bridge. The Qing soldiers recognized the woman as the general's wife, so they wanted to catch her and blackmail the general into surrendering, but when the woman knew about it, she resolutely jumped off the bridge and fell to her death. After the Qing soldiers left, the local people buried the woman, and from then on the bridge was called the Lienu Bridge. It is said that the general later came to Nanshui Town with his troops, and after learning of his wife's death, he was disbanded on the spot, and most of the troops settled in this area, and intermarried with the locals, gradually forming the characteristic culture of Nanshui Town today.
Bai Shuo knew that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, many anti-Qing troops moved to Bagui and even Burma, and stationed in the area of Naked View for a long time, but he didn't expect that there was such a legend here. At this time, Man Lin suddenly said again: "Do you think that general's wife is very heroic?"
Bai Shuo let out an "um".
"I don't think it's anything, if it were me, I would dare to jump. For the sake of your own love for people, for the sake of your own pursuit, what is the terrible ...... to die?" said Manlin in a state of deep contemplation. Bai Shuo suddenly felt that such words came from the mouth of a little girl who had not yet graduated from college, which was a little incredible. But thinking about the fierce folk here, Man Lin may also be the descendants of those Ming soldiers, and she inherited some brave genes, so she is relieved.
The two of them just stopped and talked, and in a blink of an eye, the sky gradually darkened. Suddenly, Xue Manlin pointed to the air and shouted, "You're so lucky, you can see Sky City on the first day." Following the point, Bai Shuo looked up, only to see a faint halo in mid-air, looming, the shape and halo lines seemed to correspond to the outline of the town on the ground, the sky seemed to have become a copper mirror, vaguely imprinted on the clouds of all the virtual imprints on the ground, and even the phantom of some buildings could be clearly seen, as if there was a market in the sky. Bai Shuo witnessed such a spectacle for the first time at this time, and he was also deeply amazed. Xue Manlin explained to Bai Shuo again and again: "Although this scene is not uncommon in us, it is not visible at any time, usually in July and August, and I can see it a few times occasionally. The old people all said that it was because the canopy was accidentally opened by the curtain general, revealing the holy scene of the heavenly court, so they all called it curtain light."
Looking at the beautiful scenery in the sky and listening to Xue Manlin's explanation, Bai Shuo muttered in his mouth: "Sky City, Sky Light, Curtain Light ......" A grand plan has gradually begun to plant seeds in Bai Shuo's heart, waiting to sprout.
After looking at it for a while, the halo above the canopy gradually dissipated. At this time, Xue Manlin suddenly shouted that she was hungry, and pulled Bai Shuo and strode forward. When a restaurant appeared in front of him, Bai Shuo also felt a little hungry at this time, and followed Man Lin into the restaurant. didn't ask Bai Shuo's opinion, Xue Manlin and the boss chattered for a while, as if they had ordered a dish. Bai Shuo smiled and asked Xue Manlin what delicious food she ordered, but Xue Manlin turned her head and grimaced and said, "Don't make noise, listen to me here, you can watch whatever I tell you to watch, you will eat whatever I tell you to eat, and you will do whatever I tell you to do, haha."
After a while, the first dish was served, pieces of irregular tender white things overlapped, and a few green onions were sprinkled on the surface, Bai Shuo recognized at a glance that the raw material must be tofu, and smiled, "You just use this thing to entertain me?"
"This is called steamed stinky tofu, you can taste it first, you don't have to have big fish and meat to be delicious. As she spoke, Man Lin brought a large piece of it to Bai Shuo.
Hearing that it was stinky tofu, Bai Shuo had some consideration, and took a bite carefully, but he didn't expect this thing to not only stink, but also very tender, refreshing and delicious, so he ate most of the remaining half of the pieces in one bite.
"Here comes your big fish and meat. Before Manlin finished speaking, the boss served a plate of fish-like things, it turned out to be steamed Nanshui fish, this fish is a unique fish in this place, such steaming makes the meat delicious, the taste feels slightly sweet, mainly highlighting the umami of the fish, but you have to taste it carefully to feel the taste, if you are hungry and gobble, it is really a waste of delicacies.
The third dish is snails in sauce, and Man Lin actually remembered that Bai Shuo told her before that she liked to eat snails, and this dish was spicy, which was suitable for Bai Shuo's Bashu taste. However, Man Lin didn't know that the spiciness, which was very different from the spiciness, was very different from the spiciness, but this spicy taste was also very unique, Bai Shuo felt that it was delicious and spicy enough, and suddenly had the idea of when to pull Liang Ying over to taste this spiciness.
Before I knew it, I ate a meal for almost an hour. When Bai Shuo was ready to pay, he knew that Man Lin didn't know when he had settled the bill, and Man Lin also said playfully: "This meal is cheap, just let me do my best as a landlord, you don't bother me with expensive things, haha." ”
Coming out of the hotel, it was getting late, Bai Shuo found that the lanterns everywhere were lit up, the riverbank, the inn, no, almost every household hung lanterns, the appearance of the ancient town that could only be seen in the costume drama in the past was suddenly truly displayed in front of him, Liang Ying once saw a very dazzling lantern festival in the lamp city of Yizhou, although these lanterns are not as gorgeous as the lanterns there, but it makes people feel a little less deliberate dress, a little more plain, tranquil feeling, which makes people feel a lot more relaxed. Suddenly, Bai Shuo felt that he liked this place a little, and believed that if this place was made into a tourist attraction, it would definitely be very popular.
"If you want to feel the night here, it's best not to go over and take a boat, come on. Man Lin was making a fuss and couldn't help but pull Bai Shuo onto a small boat, there was a boatman on the boat, obviously he knew Man Lin, Man Lin said a few words in his ear, and the boatman rocked the boat very artistically, and the boat rocked, and Man Lin laughed very happily.
The lanterns on both sides of the river are reflected on the water, and the whole river seems to be a faint red, and the whole feeling is as beautiful as the picture that has been P. The bursts of laughter from the people on the boat, the sound of old artists on the shore playing national music, the squeaking of the oars and the sound of the water splashing on the side of the boat are intertwined, forming a happy sound without a beat note. At this time, Bai Shuo and Man Lin seem to have become a scenery in the eyes of people on the shore, and many pedestrians on the shore can't help but look back at them, and the beautiful and lovely Man Lin should be a more eye-catching part of this picture.
It wasn't until it was completely dark that Bai Shuo returned to his place of residence. Manlin walked around the room and suddenly asked, "How much do you pay for this day?" "Well, it's like 50 ......", "God!50 you live in such a place!". Bai Shuo looked at Man Lin in a daze and didn't make a sound. I thought: 50 yuan is not too expensive, although this place is a little shabby, it is not a broken place.
"They said it was the only inn in town. Bai Shuo finally said with some embarrassment, although he knew that he had been deceived, he still came up with this reason.
"Stupid. Do you know that there is a newly built hotel not far ahead, and the conditions are much better than here, and it is almost 50 a day. ”
Bai Shuo looked at Man Lin stunned, although 50 yuan is nothing to Jean, but if there is a hotel with better conditions, it is also acceptable, after all, the conditions in this place are still too simple.
"Hey...... People are stupid and don't want to ask more, if you say hello to me before you come, there will be no problems, and you will live first. Hey, are you trying to surprise me?" said Manlin in a tone and expression that adults educate children. Bai Shuo still didn't speak, just looked at her pouting mouth and a little excited and angry expression, which looked very cute
Suddenly, Man Lin pulled Bai Shuo and said loudly: "Well, there is still a little commendable place here" After speaking, he pulled Bai Shuo straight to the riverside balcony outside the room, Bai Shuo sat quietly, on the very old wooden coffee table, and after a while, Man Lin put on the table, and got an unknown bottle of wine and some pastries and snacks from nowhere. The wine was pale yellow, the taste was fragrant, and the alcohol content should not be high, and they drank wine and ate snacks while looking at the scenery and chatting. In the careful taste and soft conversation, Bai Shuo felt as if he was one with the thousand-year-old town, and his tired and restless heart became surprisingly calm, reflecting the tranquility of the night. At this time, the time is also very late for such an ancient town, the lights on the river bank are still reflected in the water, perhaps without the rowing of boats, the water surface is much quieter, no longer a pale red piece, the little lights are reflected very clearly. Bai Shuo and Man Lin were also quietly reflected in the water, and everything seemed so peaceful and warm. Occasionally, a breeze swept across the water, blowing the tranquil stream. In the ripples, the reflections of the lights, Bai Shuo, and Manlin are blurred together, as if they are compiling a warm and gorgeous dream, and they seem to be interpreting a moving and ancient love story. The atmosphere suddenly became quiet, Bai Shuo found that Man Lin was looking at him in a daze, so he also looked at Man Lin, and after five seconds of staring at each other, Man Lin suddenly said, "It's late, rest early, good night!", and then quickly turned around and walked straight out of the room.