(34) Pastoral in the mountains

"Okay, it's almost here anyway. As long as it arrives before dark, it's fine. Don't worry, there are ladders on this cliff. If you really have to climb with your hands, I don't have the courage or strength to fall to death halfway through!" The old man led the six people to the other side of the cliff, and then the six people saw the ladder made of thick vines.

Several people took a break and set off again. The old man started climbing the ladder first. The ladder made of vines shaking and looked very unsafe. The old man's movements were very light, climbing up step by step. By the time the old man climbed into the air, it was already like those high-altitude work.

Looking down, seeing that Bai Yunqi and others had not moved, they couldn't help but shout, "What's wrong? This ladder can bear the load, come up! It's okay!"

After the old man said this, Hu Zi had already climbed up first. Bai Yunqi looked at Dongshan and saw that Dongshan was looking at the old man in the air with a little uneasy look. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Dongshan, according to my opinion, why would you let them send you back first? Hu Zi and I will have nothing to do here."

The remaining three people looked at Dongshan and smiled at each other. Jie Dongshan was really not good either. He didn't dare to show off, so he had to say, "It's good, it's just that this is safe..."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Yunqi nodded to the other three people, inserted the golden folding fan around his waist, and jumped upwards and rose six or seven meters to see a slightly protruding stone with his hands. His scaffolding once again took advantage of the force and continued to rush upwards. Seeing this, Jie Dongshan stopped talking. Bai Yunqi had already used his strength to tell Jie Dongshan that it would be useless to have more people. He shook his head and returned with the three people to the future.

Bai Yunqi borrowed force seven or eight times in the air to surpass Hu Zi and the old man who had climbed the ladder, stood on the cliff first, clapped his palms, then patted off the dust on his body, and then took off the folding fan from his waist before looking away again.

Looking up high and looking far, the scenery is beautiful. The fields in the distance are golden. The nearby mountains also clearly show their outlines before the white clouds.

"Young man's handsome kung fu is really admirable!" The old man exclaimed sincerely when he saw Bai Yunqi's light skills.

"Where! By the way, old man, that place is so special. Has the old man been there? It seems very dangerous." When the old man came up, Bai Yunqi asked at a very special mountain.

It was between two peaks, a narrow mountain stream connecting the two peaks, which was different from other places. The two peaks were originally very flat, but the mountain stream was like a bridge on the hillsides of the two peaks, like a naturally generated wall, dividing the land into two.

The old man looked at it and said, "I haven't been to that place yet, but many hunters have been to it. It is very dangerous. Hunters with less experience dare not go there. They produce a rare sable, so they are made into a sable bridge, like a bridge. However, not many people dare to walk over this bridge. Most people only appear on the hills on both sides, or go around from a long distance from below. Because it is too steep, some hunters used to try to walk on the bridge, but many of them slid down and fell to death."

Bai Yunqi looked at this natural scene and felt a desire to draw this scene. He couldn't help but sigh: "I really want to draw this landscape, but unfortunately there is no paper or pen here."

Huzi also climbed up at this time, admired it for a while and then set off with the old man. In the evening, the sky slowly darkened, but Bai Yunqi had already arrived in the mountain village. The old man enthusiastically brought the two to his home. From the old man, he learned that the old man was named Wu Hua, and his son Wu Fa and his wife Pan Cuihua.

Because night was slowly coming, there were no inns in this small mountain village, and of course there were no tents or anything else, so I stayed at Old Man Wu’s house first.

"Come on, two elder brothers have a cup of tea and it will be dinner later!" Pan Cuihua is a woman in her twenties. She grew up in the mountains, with a little dark skin, not slim but not fat. In other words, she is very healthy and does things smoothly.

"Sister Wu, there are a few side dishes here. We haven't finished eating before. Can you take them to heat them up?" Hu Zi handed over the food box in his hand, and Pan Cuihua took it and went to the kitchen.

Old Man Wu put down the dishes and walked over, laughing cheerfully, "Sorry, there is nothing to greet you in the mountains, so I'll be sorry for the two of you. After dinner, I'll ask Cuihua to clean up the room for you."

"Uncle is so serious. It is already rare for people in the mountains to have a life like you." Bai Yunqi smiled.

The old man took out two pieces of sugar cane from the room and handed it to Bai Yunqi and Huzi and said, "Come and eat something! The planted by our own family, it has been good in the past few years. There is no war outside, and everyone's life is getting better. Of course, it is incomparable to the city. In the past few years, we were hard to even have a full meal. The world is getting better! "

Bai Yunqi smiled, and at this moment he felt calm. He took a bite of sugarcane and said while eating: "By the way, uncle, why don't you see your son?"

"He, I went hunting with a few of us in the mountains and won't come back in the past two days. Now 80% of us are making fires and barbecue. By the way, the place you are talking about will be finished after dinner. I will take you to the village chief to ask. The village chief is almost seventy this year. Many people in the village know him. He has been to many places with a wide range of people. Maybe he will know your place."

"Oh, two big brothers, this... this..." As she was speaking, Pan Cuihua came over from the kitchen with two plates of dishes from Baiyunqi's food box, and smiled embarrassedly: "How did you make this dish? I don't know how to make it, and I dare not waste this dish!"

"It's okay, just heat it up with the pot. Otherwise, we can mix it together. We don't care, just eat it!" Bai Yunqi smiled embarrassedly. Originally, this was just for a day. Hu Zi's bag also brought dry food. But these dishes from the palace were carefully crafted and the ingredients were varied from all over the place, which made Cuihua feel embarrassed.

After eating something in the grass, the night in the mountains was already coming. Old Man Wu and Cuihua cleaned the dining table and the room. Bai Yunqi and Huzi walked out the door, a small courtyard that everyone in the mountains had, and the night was very quiet.

There are not many people in the small mountain village. As we come over, we can only have a few dozen families with two or three hundred people. It is simple and monotonous. However, Bai Yunqi's heart is very peaceful, and there is no trace of disgust about it. Only the hazy moonlight shines through the thick clouds in the sky.

"Huzi, you said it's good to live a life in such a mountain!" Bai Yunqi asked.

"That's it! Hu Zi thinks that it's really good to spend a day or two occasionally, but if you have to spend a lifetime, I'm afraid you won't get used to it after a long time. Brother Qi, what do you think?" When Hu Zi was out of nowhere, he still called Bai Yunqi according to his previous name.

Bai Yunqi swung the folding fan and shook it lightly. He walked a few steps leisurely, feeling the atmosphere around him and said, "Yes! It's said that pastoral life is pastoral, but pastoral life has been spent for a long time, and it is indeed quite annoying to worry about life every day. However, if you don't have to worry about life, it's good to live a leisurely pastoral life. When I was Bai Qi, I didn't lack money, didn't care about things, and didn't worry about things. In fact, that kind of life is barely considered pastoral life. But I don't farm, I just want to paint!"

Hu Zi didn't say anything. In fact, he didn't know what to say, but he just felt the atmosphere in the mountains with Bai Yunqi. Bai Yunqi continued to ask: "You said, why did he ask me to come to meet in this mountain?"

"Hu Zi doesn't understand, but she just has an idea. Hu Zi always wants to ask but dare not ask." Hu Zi said.

"Ask!"

"Brother Qi, have you ever doubted this person's intention? Indeed, according to Brother Qi, a person who has a lot of gold and silver in his hands is worth noting. But after all, he is just a businessman and dares to play with Brother Qi. Moreover, as far as Hu Zi comes to see, Brother Qi should at least send us here to explore first and find others before talking. So I came here to ask in person. If he has ulterior motives or something, wouldn't it be very dangerous?" Hu Zi said in confusion.

Bai Yunqi smiled slightly, and shook his folding fan in a bad mood: "Your question is very good. He is indeed just a businessman. I can directly seize the Deheng Money House and take it back to the court to operate it. Following the clues, I can always find him, but that's too much trouble, and this is not what I want. A family that can manage his business roads without borders for more than a hundred years will definitely not be settled by me so simply, so I won't take that method."

Taking two steps, Bai Yunqi continued, "The posture this man is indeed a bit higher. Thinking about the status of the king of my country, he dares to put on airs and sell mystery in front of me. Just this point, I have to admire his boldness. Of course, I am also sure that there must be something else behind him. Since I am curious about this man, just like when I went to invite Mr. Jie and Mr. Kong, I must show my sincerity. I am not a militant man. My purpose is just to meet him and handle the issue of important industries monopolized by the court in peace. As long as I can achieve this, it is nothing to let my figure down. Besides, except in public, Hu Zi, when will you see me like a king of a country? If there was any emperor like me before, I would really congratulate him. He had been ridden on his head and urinated and rebelled!"

Hu Zi wanted to laugh, but he didn't. At this time, Old Man Wu finally packed the dining table and came out, "Okay, two guys, I'll take my guy to see our village chief now."

"Thank you so much for uncle!"

When three people go out, the houses in the mountains are built according to the mountains. Often several families live together, and a few families are far apart. After walking for nearly half an hour, we will reach a slightly spacious place.

The village chief’s home is next to the village ancestral hall. As soon as he entered the door, Old Man Wu shouted: “Old Wang, Lao Wang! Xiao Ya, where is your grandfather?”

When he walked into the door, a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old was cleaning the dining table. When he saw Old Man Wu, he said, "Uncle Wu, my grandfather is playing chess with his elder brother behind him!"

"This is the village chief's little granddaughter, Wang Xiaoya, this is Qi Bai, Hu Zhao! Let's go, follow me to find them behind!" Old Man Wu introduced casually, Wang Xiaoya smiled slightly, and ignored it. Old Man Wu took Bai Yunqi and Zhao Hu, who were pseudonyms Qi Bai and Hu Zhao, through the house and walked towards the backyard.

"Old Wang!" As soon as Old Man Wu left the back door, he saw two grandfathers and grandsons playing chess with oil lamps by the window, a gray-haired 70-year-old man and a young man in his twenties were playing chess on a stone table.

"Hehe! Grandpa, no! Don't think about it!" the young man said with a proud look on his face, and turned to see Old Man Wu and called out: "Uncle Wu."

When the young man saw Bai Yunqi and Zhao Hu, he didn't pay much attention, but continued to look at the old man opposite him and said, "How is it, you have to think about it!"

"Don't make a noise, okay? I won't believe your grandpa. Look at your grandpa, I will save this game of chess!" The old man stared at the chessboard without raising his head. Seeing this, Old Man Wu said embarrassedly to Bai Yunqi and Zhao Hu: "This village chief, even if the chess is caught, it will be finished. Two guys, wait a moment!"

"It's okay!" Bai Yunqi smiled faintly.

The old man kept staring at the chessboard, as if he didn't know the arrival of Bai Yunqi and Zhao Hu, so he lifted his car on the chessboard. The young man quickly said, "Don't move around. If the car doesn't guard your general, I will pick it up without hesitation!"

The old man quickly put down the car and lifted the horse from the side. The young man immediately said, "I dare to move this too. I won't mind giving me a car to eat!"

The old man seemed to be annoyed and pushed the chess off and said, "Hmph, if you have a strong wing, you will bully grandpa. If you don't even hit it, you will ask you to give a cannon. When you were a child, grandpa would give you half of your side! Humph!"

The young man shrugged helplessly and said, "If you don't go down, you won't go down. Haha, I'll go to my father's house to find my mistress to play with!"

After the young man finished speaking, he ran away first. At this time, the old man saw Old Man Wu and asked, "Boy Wu, what? Do you want to kill a game with Uncle Wang? Hehe, there is finally a person that I can bully!"

"Go to you, what uncle, Lao Wang, by the way, I will introduce you to you first. This is Qi Bai, this is Hu Zhao. I just went up the mountain today, and I want to ask you some things! This is our village chief Wang Shoucheng!" said Old Man Wu.

The village elder Wang looked at Qi Bai and Hu Zhao, frowned slightly, and nodded to each other before saying, "Oh! You! You just took people to the village without any trouble. Last time, he was eaten and lived for free and almost forgot about your Cuihua!"

Bai Yunqi and the others were stunned. He didn't know about this. He glanced at Old Man Wu and was secretly surprised. Old Man Wu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry! Last time I didn't know how to recognize people. This time I saw clearly that these two are good people."

"Hmph, I always say that. Let me say it, what's wrong with you coming up the mountain?" asked the village elder Wang.

"I would like to ask the village chief if you know that there is a place called Feilong Ridge in Feilong Mountain?"
Chapter completed!