The Scenery of the North Chapter 13 Returning Home (New Year's Eve)(1/2)
While gnawing on the steamed buns, Lu An cursed secretly that he had taken the wrong path and had a thousand taels. The merchant's mouth was really amazing. He was cheated of one thousand taels in one night.
But the man's tears should be real, he cried so hard. Thinking of this, Lu An giggled again and shook his head.
"It's better to go home as soon as possible, it's been a long time since it's been delayed." Lu An whispered.
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Jiange, Jianshan.
"You have been there for so many days. Shouldn't it be time to change your mood? I'll just hold my head in a daze all day long?" said a male voice full of magnetic.
Su Mu was startled by the voice and said angrily: "Why did you suddenly appear? I was shocked."
"Who made you dazed every day? I have been taking you back for so many days, and I don't know what I'm doing all day long." Xiaobai said.
"Why are you just like those old men? Just keep this and that?" Su Mu continued to support his head and said.
"It's because those old men complained and told me, otherwise I wouldn't care about you and were still thinking about that brat?" Xiaobai asked.
Su Mu turned his head and replied, "I don't want to talk nonsense. I just don't want to move. I can finally rest for a while. Of course I have to have a good rest, so I can't hurry up."
Xiaobai chuckled twice, walked to Su Mu, stood on the top of the mountain, looked at the scenery in the distance, and said, "The scenery of Jianshan is really beautiful. If I were to take a look at it."
Su Mu pulled Xiaobai to the ground, and the two sat cross-legged.
"Then stay here and watch for a while, watch the sea of clouds, the ebb and flow of tides, and watch the setting sun, the afterglow shines." Su Mu said with a smile.
"This legendary sword mountain cloud dragon playing with pearls is not something you can see just by wanting it. A normal person can't see it several times in his life. Have you seen it so stupidly been sitting there for so many days?" Xiaobai said contemptuously.
Su Mu shook his head and whispered: "The sun is about to set, and I think I will see it today."
Xiaobai shrugged and looked at the sea of clouds.
Su Mu sighed in a low voice and murmured: "The sun is setting."
Xiaobai glanced at Su Mu, glanced at the calm sea of clouds, and cursed inwardly: "Please."
When Su Mu was about to get up and leave, the originally calm sea of clouds suddenly churned, like waves, rising and falling one after another.
The sun, which was about to sink into the sea of clouds, became extremely dazzling at the moment of the tide rising and falling, like a glowing bead.
Su Mu widened his eyes and said excitedly: "Look, the clouds are moving, and the sunset actually floats up again."
A huge object suddenly appeared in the tumbling sea of clouds, swimming in the sea of clouds, as if the tumbling sea of clouds were stirred by this object.
As Su Mu saw with his own eyes, a cloud-like body tumbling around the setting sun.
"Out, out, appear, Yun, Yunlong." Su Mu stuttered, his eyes curled up in the distance.
The cloud dragon circled around the setting sun in the sea of clouds again and again. The huge body instantly occupied the entire sea of clouds, but the dragon head did not appear in the sea of clouds.
Gradually, the sea of clouds became calm and no longer tumbling, only the body of the cloud dragon was still frozen on the sea of clouds.
At this moment, the sunset was about to sink into the sea of clouds. Suddenly, a cloud dragon's head appeared from the calming sea of clouds, shaking the sea of clouds, and the dazzling sunset appeared in front of Su Mu again.
Then in an instant, Yunlong's head pounced on the sunset again, and opened his mouth and swallowed the sunset directly into the sea of clouds.
Su Mu looked at the sea of clouds that were slowly recovering from peace, turned his head and said happily to Xiaobai behind him, "Did you see it? I said I can see it today."
Xiaobai sighed and said, "Since you see it, you can start practicing tomorrow, right?"
Su Mu nodded happily and said, "No problem, I will make up for the two years I wasted before."
"Since that's it, don't lose to others, otherwise it will be embarrassing." Xiaobai touched Su Mu's head and said.
"Oh? Who?" Su Mu asked in surprise.
"It seems that I have forgotten what the prince of Ningguo is called. It is said that he is a young man with the talent of Sword Immortal. The old sluts in the pavilion are very optimistic, but in terms of talent, we Xiao Mu Mu has never been afraid of anyone." Xiao Bai said with a smile.
Su Mu said oh, then knocked off the hand on his head and said angrily: "Don't touch your head, your hairstyle is going to be messy, and you're going to comb your hair again."
Xiaobai laughed dryly, looked at the direction where Su Mu left, and looked back at the calm and deep sea of clouds.
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It took Lu An seven days to finally arrive. He passed several small towns on the way and replenished dry food several times. After that, he was rushing on the way and saved several people on the way.
Lu An shook the blood-stained sword in his hand, and found that it had not been completely wiped. He squatted down and wiped the lying on the lying person.
"There are a lot of thieves along the way, and they don't play by the rules, alas." Lu An said to the seven or eight people lying on the ground.
I have lived a lot of life these days, not as boring as I came out of Saibei City a few days ago.
After passing Qingshui Town, these people have been rushing out like locusts, batch after batch. Fortunately, there are not many people, two or three, seven or eight, and when they see more than ten, Lu An runs away.
Compared to the calm journey, this kind of thing added a lot of fun to Lu An, but he had no mercy on these bandits and killed them all.
Whenever he encounters such a thing, Lu An sighs that the world is unstable and begins to worry about his 1,000 taels.
Lu An patted his face and continued on his way. He probably would have to go to his home, Cha County, for another half a day.
Tea County is said to be famous for its tea production a long time ago. There are hundreds of tea mountains in the entire county, and the quality is extremely high. But what makes it really famous is that three hundred years ago, a fairy tea plant was released here, which is known as the White Jade Fairy Tea.
It is said that an old farmer accidentally entered a mountain stream while chopping wood. The mountain stream was covered with clouds and mist all year round, and it was impossible to see the depth. After the old farmer entered, he walked for a long time but couldn't find a way out. He turned around and saw an unusual tea tree.
The tea leaves and branches are as crystal clear as white jade, and emit a clean light. The old man was very curious and thought it was a sculpture. After taking it, he found that it was really a tea tree.
A tea farmer discovered such an unusual tea tree and thought that the tea tree was the ancestor of the tea tree. He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times. He found that only seven or eight tea leaves were formed on it. He could not resist his desire, so he carefully picked three tea leaves and kept them in person.
After that, the old man spent another day finally coming out. After returning home, he was very curious and soaked a piece of tea. As a result, when he got up the next day, he was ten years younger. The villagers were very surprised. When they heard the old man telling this story, they began to look for this immortal tea that can make people rejuvenate. It seemed that even the emperor sent someone to search for it.
Then, searching all over the mountains and fields, thousands of people searched through these hundreds of tea mountains, but in the end they found no information.
I don’t know how long it took, but the old man was gone. The remaining two tea leaves disappeared with him.
However, the White Jade Fairy Tea is regarded as a treasure in the world. Later, people said that this fairy tea has appeared in other places, but I have only heard of it.
Lu An came to a familiar tea shop and sat down.
The boss immediately came over and asked with a smile: "What do you want to drink, this guy?"
When Lu An heard this, he replied: "A bowl of green tea."
"The guy is very sensible. Qingcha here is the most delicious tea, and everyone who has drunk it said it is OK." When the boss heard the word Qingcha, he looked at Lu An with appreciation.
Lu An nodded. In Lu An's memory, Qingcha is the real signboard of Cha County. If the white jade fairy tea is a lofty legend, then Qingcha is an approachable existence in Cha County.
The annual output may be tens of thousands of kilograms, sold to all regions, and is considered a thing that is lazy to survive in tea counties. This kind of tea not only produces a lot and is cheap, but also has a unique flavor, with a unique grass fragrance. The aroma in the mouth reaches the brain, which is very refreshing. After careful taste, there is a fresh grass fragrance, so it is also called herbal tea. However, this tea has one disadvantage, that is, it is a bit astringent and has a heavy taste, so everyone thinks that this kind of tea is a bit unavailable.
The boss brought a pot of grass in front of Lu An.
Lu An poured himself a cup, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it gently, then took a sip.
I couldn't help but smile, and it still had the same smell. My body, which had been traveling for many days, was refreshed after taking this sip of tea.
Seeing the change of Lu An's expression, the boss immediately burst into laughter and said, "How is this tea, isn't it magical, refreshing the mind?"
Lu An nodded.
The tea shop owner continued, "Looking at the appearance of the guy, I'm so busy that I must have been rushing a lot of roads. I don't know where I want to go?"
Lu An glanced at his dress, and the words "dust-dirty" seemed to be just right. He had been sleeping outside for a while. His clean clothes had already become dirty and messy at this moment. After careful smelling it, he seemed to have a stinking smell on his body.
Fortunately, my face was tidy, otherwise I would look like a refugee. Fortunately, this boss can still entertain himself as a refugee, which is also difficult for him. Otherwise, it would be a bit suspense if he could get the money for this pot of tea.
Lu An smiled awkwardly and replied: "It's been a journey for more than ten days. I'm sleeping in the open on this road, so I let the boss laugh at it."
The owner of the tea shop shook his head and said, "Young man, you are studying in a good way with a sword. Go out and have a look. Don't care about the subsections here. As the saying goes, reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles. I admire scholars like the young man the most in my life..."
Lv An interrupted a little embarrassedly as he listened to the tea shop owner's words: "Actually, I just want to go home and have a look."
The tea shop owner immediately said, "A young man returns home in glory at a young age and is full of honor and support, which is also considered filial piety."
When Lu An heard the boss's words, he didn't know how to reply, so he could only say weakly: "The boss is really literary."
The tea shop owner waved his hand and said, "No, I'm just an honest person, there's no literary talent to say."
Although he said this on his mouth, the expression on his face betrayed him, and he smiled so much.
Then Lu An enjoyed the pot of tea alone, stretched, took out five cents and put them on the table, and left himself.
The owner of the tea shop came over to collect the money and found that he had five cents and said, "The son can teach you."
Lu An walked forward according to his memory and finally took a little time to come to the familiar street.
They are still the same as the bun shop and the pancake shop are still close together. I wonder if they have quarreled and snatched business in recent years?
Then there is a grain and oil shop, and further ahead is a small restaurant, and the dilapidated houses around it continue to be dilapidated.
There are two small teahouses not far from the restaurant, and there is a blacksmith shop not far away. Before you get close, you can hear the sound of irons thrusting in Dangdang.
What is left are some fruit shops, pastry shops, clothes shops, etc. However, these are relatively unfamiliar to Lu An when he was a child. Buying fruits, pastries, or clothes is a luxury for Lu An.
Lu An didn't rush to go home and wandered around the street. Fortunately, the street was still the same as before, and it had not changed at all.
But after swaying around, Lu An found that no one recognized him.
Maybe it is because I have changed so much in recent years. The short and thin children who used to be have grown up now, have grown a lot taller and have become much stronger. Their spirit has changed a lot, and it is reasonable to not recognize them.
Lu An wandered around and found that everything was still as usual.
Then he walked towards his home and approached an alley.
In the alley, many old women were sitting and enjoying the cool air. When they saw a stranger like Lu An coming to this place, they all looked puzzled and whispered from time to time, while Lu An responded with a smile to them.
To be continued...