The Road to desolation - The King's Love (Chapter 48)

Chapter Forty-Eight

Yuan Hong and the three of them reluctantly left the lawn, walked down the mountains and rivers, and looked back at the smooth and soft lawn step by step, a place with fairy qi that brought them happiness. Out of the valley, there was only a trail that looked like no one had walked for a long time, turning over a hill and looking forward, only in the distance there were residents, and because of the distance, it was impossible to see how many people lived and all the situation of the terrain. But as long as there is a family is a good thing, one can rest, and the other is not in vain. Looking at the distance, it is actually a difficult road, and the three people pull their horses and walk hard from the dirt road. It was a yellow land, whether it was mud left by the rain or low-lying, and there was no real road, but a winding path. It can be said that I saw people, an old man and a young man collecting grain in the harvested field, and saw that the old woman stood up very hard, or there was a five- or six-year-old boy next to him. The three of them quickly ran to the front, and the old woman was very panicked when she saw these three people, and even the little boy tugged at the corner of the old woman's clothes. Yuan Hong quickly greeted the old woman: "The old man is good!" What is this place for you? Can there be a place name? ”。 The old woman was a little more stable, carefully looking at the three strangers in front of her. Lin Shan hurriedly said, "We are passing through this place and want to go into the village to rest." At this time, the old woman eased up, and quickly nodded her head and said, "Good! Good! ”。 At this time, the little boy was not afraid, and carefully looked at the horse led by the three of them. The old woman hurriedly said: "The stone is quickly leading the way in front", seeing that this child is also very clever, she immediately led the way in front, and when she saw that she was about to enter the village, the old woman hurriedly said: "Go to the East Courtyard and say something to your sister's house." Only to hear the boy's happy response, the two of them led the horse, and Yuan Hong helped the old woman to follow behind. Yuan Hong asked the old man how he was living, and was his life okay? The old man said with tears in his eyes, "That's hard! Looking at the old man's unclothed body, his face full of vicissitudes, a question that is not yet sixty years old, already has a lot of white hair, it seems that this sentence is difficult enough to tell the difficult years of her life.

When I arrived at home, the old woman washed her hands, and then she poured a basin of water for the guests to wash. When they finished washing and entered the house, the old man had changed into a clean and chic dress, and the old man saw what they meant and said, "This dress is all right!" It was the flowers in the East Courtyard that gave me." The excitement made people guess a little, and after a while the boy ran back, shouted: "Grandma", pointed to the east courtyard and said, "Flowers let them go to her place to eat." The old lady nodded and said, "Go and look at the point, and the meal will be ready." The little boy ran out again, and Yuan Hong looked at it at this time, a simple yellow mud mud house, a few wooden cabinets, tables and chairs, and then stored some grain in the house. Simple and simple, the straw mat on the kang bunk is very beautiful. When I asked my mother-in-law how many people there were in her family, my mother-in-law said, "Just the three of us." At this time, the old man was very sad and told the situation of her family. This is outside the ditch, along the path inside is the ditch, we are not from this place, many years ago there was a famine, coupled with the robbery unattended, I took my son and grandson to escape to this place. This stone was a bitter fate, and when his mother gave birth to him, he had difficulty giving birth. At that time, we came out of this river and crossed a ridge, there was a village called Maoshu Village, where there were dozens of families near the mountain, our village relied on planting land and collecting some mountain goods, and life was still very good. Unexpectedly, after a flood, there was a plague there, and more than half of the infected villages died, and who dared to stay there anymore. The rest of the people were far away from the village, and when they left, they set a fire and burned it. Even the houses were gone, we carried the children of all ages, and walked out with food, and when we came here, we saw that the yellow land and the Qingshui River never wanted to leave again. Which loess does not bury people, and which loess does not raise people. If we go any further, we don't know how far we can go before we can settle down, and we will be here for six years. Yuan Hong asked, "Why didn't you see your son?" The mother-in-law said: "With a few young people outside this river and in the river, they went out of the river to exchange salt with mountain goods." Yuan Hong also wanted to ask about the situation, when suddenly the crisp voice came from the lawn, the three people were stunned, where did the stone run, and asked the guests to eat. No one saw it, but the sound came, and the mother-in-law hurriedly said, "Hungry!" Let's go eat! The three of them followed their mother-in-law into the East Courtyard, and when they entered the courtyard, they smelled the aroma of food. As soon as they entered the door, the three people's hearts beat faster and they were immediately shocked. This is not the man with the red lantern on the lawn! The young girl looked at their expression and quickly said, "A few brothers please!" The three of them eased up, and when they saw the elegance and beauty of the house, even the wooden dining table and the rattan woven chairs made people feel particularly comfortable to see. Goodbye to the meals on the table, tortillas, millet porridge, a few small dishes that are not named, and the meals made by Renmei are even more beautiful. The first time they ate it, it was such a delicious meal. The girl saw that they were eating very fragrantly, and said generously: "The food management is enough, we must eat more." The three of them looked up embarrassed, but they all had questions in their hearts, how could they not see the girl's family. And the mother-in-law did not mention this young girl, but can not ask people in person, the three people have eaten, and then returned to the mother-in-law's house, because this is convenient, this time there is a reason to ask the mother-in-law. The mother-in-law said: "This girl is also very pitiful, when we were in Maoshu Village, she lived in the east and west courtyards, and her parents died when there was a plague, when she was only seventeen years old, she also came here with us, when his parents were alive, everything in the family was also his Zhang Luo work and she did it, and she was very clever and had a very good heart and eyes since she was a child." Because she is good-looking, so everyone calls her Hua'er, our family name is Wang, her family is also surnamed Wang, her name is Wang Ling, and what we wear in our house is made by her. She's very capable, she can make something special with her skillful hands, she can always come up with tricks, you say that the girl is not handsome." The three of them nodded at the same time, and the mother-in-law said, "It's late, the three of you went to Wang Ling's house to live, and Wang Ling came to live in my house." Yuan Hong and the three of them arrived at Wang Ling's house, and saw that Wang Ling had arranged everything, clean and clean, which made people feel comfortable and warm. Wang Ling arranged for them and went to her mother-in-law's house.

When I got up early the next day, I saw that Wang Ling had already prepared a meal and waited for them to get up. The three of them were embarrassed, and the three big men felt restrained at the same time in front of a young girl. Wang Ling saw their restraint, and then said decently: "Presumably a few are too tired, rest is good, there is nothing to entertain you, eat while it is hot!" Then he turned away, and a few people relaxed. Good mood, better appetite. After eating, Yuan Hong told her mother-in-law that she wanted to go to the ditch to see it, and her mother-in-law asked Wang Ling to lead her. Yuan Hong said, "Inconvenient! The mother-in-law said: "There is nothing inconvenient, people in the ditch often come to pick up Wang Ling to give people a look at the disease." Yuan Hong they were shocked again, it turned out that such a young girl would still treat people, it was really incredible, it seemed that they really had to understand it well.

The mother-in-law called hua to lead the guests to the ditch, and these people wanted to look in the ditch, and hua thought to herself: "Seeing that these three people are not ordinary people, saying that they are passing by, why do they want to go to the ditch again?" ”。 She's a very smart person, so first you have to know who they are and what's going on. So Hua Er casually asked Yuan Hong, "I don't know what the purpose of the three of you coming here is to know, so I can explain it to the people in the ditch, otherwise you can only look at the surface, this is not what you want to know!" ”。 Although Yuan Hong wants to understand the whole picture, he cannot yet reveal his identity, and can only say that he wants to see the living conditions here, and he may come here to live in the future.

Hua Er nodded and agreed to lead the way, because Hua had never ridden a horse, so let them go with her. Ditch outside the ditch less than two miles of road, just across a dirt mountain, turn over the soil slope to arrive, the people in the ditch are very enthusiastic to greet the flowers, Yuan Hong they also greeted with the greeting, the flowers said: "There are a few guests want to know our situation, I lead them around." From this side to that end, Yuan Hong did not see a large area of cultivated land, the ditch is very close to the mountain, reliable mountains eat mountains, and did not find that the eaves of the house are equipped with mountain vegetables and other mountain goods, and there are dozens of families in the ditch, looking very poor. Just look outside and you'll know it, and after a while you'll go back. On the way, he asked Hua: "The days here do not look rich", at this time the flowers said the real truth: "Did you see your mother-in-law collecting grain when you came?" In fact, every family is short of grain, and the grain planted in this yellow land is only enough to eat for half a year, so every family saves to eat, and participates in wild vegetables in the mountains or grows some potatoes and other vegetables, barely surviving. These have to be in normal years, in the event of rain or drought, not to starve. Especially in the grandmother's house in the west courtyard, there was a lot of wasteland that was originally opened, but the flood washed away a large part, and naturally there was a shortage of food. Get up early and go to the mountains to collect some mountain goods, and you can only exchange some salt, this is the life of this piece of people." Yuan Hong asked, "Then the cabinets and rattan chairs in your house are so exquisite, and your clothes are so special, how are they made?" ”。 The flowers smiled, there are many things in the world that deserve our careful observation, there are many kinds of flowers, and it is not enough to do it according to various flowers. At this time, Yuan Hong thought that the skills brought back by Cao Madar were far inferior to hers, and he thought that the appearance of the flower fairy was a reference, and he was guiding them to something.

Therefore, after arriving home, he decided to let Lin Shan Yuan Da return to the market to buy some salt grain and send it over, and he wanted to make further investigations according to the environment and materials. The next day, the two set off, leaving Yuan Hong behind. He first looked at the raw materials of the rattan chair, and then looked at the patterns and colors, as well as the shape. He humbly asked the flowers for advice, and finally learned that all these secrets were in a forest behind this loess mountain. Hua'er saw Yuan Hong's good people, this sincerity touched her, she decided to take Yuan Hong to see, from the side of the path to go around, into a forest, and then go forward, before waiting for the forest, let Yuan Hong stunned. In front of it is a paradise, all is the road of red and white stones, white stones are shining, there is a natural pool in front of the stone road, and countless flowers and plants grow around the pool, although the autumn flowers and plants are still blooming, butterflies and bees are still collecting honey and flying down. There was an unnamed tree among the flowers and grasses, Yuan Hong looked intently, and the flower pulled the corner of his clothes and said, "Sit down!" ”。 The water here was hot, and only then did Yuan Hong react, and he was fascinated by the spectacle he had seen for the first time. After sitting down, he asked Hua'er, "Do you often come here?" Hua Er said, "It is not often possible to come from far away from the ditch, this is when I came here when I got lost, I did not tell anyone, for fear of being destroyed by others." They both sat on this stone, Yuan Hong wanted to drink this natural water, but was stopped by the flowers, this water is warm, if you want to drink water, go inside. The flower pulled up Yuan Hong, and fifty steps away, there was another place with a water source, and the water came out from the root of an old tree, and a steady stream of water flowed through the stones. Downstream of a stone there was an earthen pit with the inexhaustible water in it, cool and delicious. Around this pit grew small grass, as soft as silk felt. Did Hua Er tell Yuan Hong that she knew now? Yuan Hong instantly realized: "It turns out that all this beauty will inspire people's souls, he is telling you everything, not just watching, it depends on whether you use it or not." Hua Er told Yuan Hong: "There are so many rattan mountains, it depends on how you use it, my clothes are made of silk, see the tree there?" The leaves are fattened, that is, a flower butterfly spits silk on that leaf and puts itself in it, so that it can make all kinds of clothing."

Yuan Hong carefully observed and listened attentively, but he did not expect that such a gentle and beautiful woman, but with such a clever IQ, let him admire. A strong sense of love sprang up, and he silently stared at the flower, a woman who was actually more beautiful than the flower, stronger than the flower. In Yuan Hong's heart, he had never been touched by anyone, because he had Duan Feng who understood him and helped him. At this time, he was already the father of two children, but in front of The Flower, he could not help but give up his identity, the Flower was more than twenty years old, and among the young men he came into contact with, no one allowed himself to involuntarily say these words, and could tell all the secrets. The two looked at each other in unison, understanding each other from their respective eyes, and all the beautiful things in front of them set off the beautiful emotions of the two of them. It was getting dark, and the two of them said at the same time, "Go back!" ”。 It seems that the hearts of the two were melted by each other at the same time, and they walked back silently together. Although they are all in silence, they are better than a thousand words, and they only hate the short road.

Having returned home, Hua'er is still living in her mother-in-law's house, Yuan Hong is at Hua'er's house, and both of them have spent the night in sweet happiness. By the time Yuan Hong got up, Hua Er had already prepared everything, had no verbal expression, and ate breakfast together. After the meal, Hua Er introduced various herbs to Yuan Hong, how to treat people and their applications. Yuan Hongyue sighed in his heart: "I don't know how much knowledge this woman still has, many things are unexpected and unheard of, just under such conditions, a woman who lives and grows up under such conditions has amazing talent and a fairy-like appearance, which is really incredible." If she were allowed to live in the Imperial City, she would have more initiatives." Yuan Hong was intoxicated, and he decided to get this woman who could not be underestimated.

In a few days, in addition to learning a lot of knowledge from the flowers that he had never known before, he decided in his heart to plan this place as a special ditch river, because there were many natural treasures and magic that people could not guess. After he decided, he did not tell the flowers what he thought, he just looked at the geographical environment, how to merge the outside of the ditch, free up the vacant land to grow food, and make a planned goal in his mind. Before his plan could be perfected, Lin Shan and they had already returned, and the grain and salt were distributed according to the population outside the ditch.

Time passed too quickly unconsciously, they had to go again, and then look around, but the number of households here is too small, look at the population that can be expanded to this, the sense of responsibility prompts him not to stay, the morning air is very cool, Yuan Hong's heart is very hot, he does not know how to say goodbye to the flowers, a thousand words do not know how to express. Hua'er's heart was sore, with tears that could not be shed, and she waved goodbye to Yuan Hong. The two were silently separated. Yuan Hong took away a concern, a heart. Hua Er is a smart girl who understands Ice and Snow, and she knows that Yuan Hong has something big to accomplish and has to leave, not someone he can keep. She could only keep Yuan Hong in her heart and meet her again, hoping to achieve it as soon as possible. Not only Yuan Hong, Lin Shan and Yuan Da also lingered on the goddess in their hearts, but they did not know Yuan Hong's plan, so they had a feeling of unrequited love in their hearts and silently followed Yuan Hong away.