Several times in dreams

Chapter 19 The Cave of Peach Village

In the holy city in July, the weather was so hot that people couldn't breathe. Meng Wanying's mother and daughter were picked up by Taocun's uncle Li Menglong to the mountains to escape the summer heat.

Grandfather Li Wenqian has not seen his daughter and two granddaughters for several years, so he is naturally happy.

The old man ordered the hunters to bring the newly hunted pheasants, hares and other game, and made another pot of chrysanthemum tea with rock sugar.

When Meng Wanying and the others arrived, the rabbit had been stewed, and the pheasant had just come out of the pot. The delicious smell made the Wanying sisters almost drool.

Greeting for my grandfather, Li Wenqian looked at the Wanying sisters who were blooming like flowers, and felt very happy, and called out to his daughter-in-law Zhang, "Bring the good wine that I have hidden for a long time, today Wanying and the others Here it comes, I have to ask Menglong to accompany me to have a few more drinks!"

Wanying Wanlan met her aunt Zhang, and Zhang couldn't help but praise: "After all, she is the eldest lady in the city, a lady from a famous family, and she is many times prettier than those two wild girls in my family. , how painful it is!"

Yumei Yuhuan made faces at each other, Yumei poured wine for her grandfather and father, and greeted Wanying: "Cousin Wanying, come and sit next to me, try my mother's stewed chicken with mountain mushrooms, don't mention how delicious it is !"

Seeing Wanying hesitate, Li Wenqian chuckled, "Wanying, here with grandpa, we don't talk about those red tapes, the whole family has to sit and eat together!"

"Hey," Wanying agreed and sat next to Yumei, Wanlan had been dragged to her side by Yuhuan long ago, and the family was eating and chatting under the huge old locust tree in the yard.

"Mengxian, you have not been easy all these years. You have grown up Wanying and Wanlan. Look at you, you have white hair."

After a few glasses of wine, Li Wenqian looked at his daughter and said distressedly.

"Yeah, father, life goes by so fast. It's been ten years in a flash. The children have grown up, and I'm getting old too. Fortunately, Xianlun is married now, and Wanying is also at the age to marry. Looking forward to it!"

Li Mengxian comforted her old father, feeling a lot of emotion in her heart.

"Mother... what are you talking about!" Wanying blushed, she was really embarrassed to talk about herself in front of so many people.

"I don't want to marry early, I have to take care of my mother!" Wanying said coquettishly.

"I don't want to get married either, I have to study hard and be a schoolgirl in the future!"

Wan Lan also echoed. After saying this sentence, everyone at the table laughed.

"Wanlan, you are so young, you think far ahead." Uncle Li Menglong joked.

"Yeah, I've thought about it a lot. I want to go to school in Shanghai. Like my third sister, my second sister-in-law works as a clerk in a bank. My elder brother said that the outside world is very big. I also want to visit foreign countries." Woolen cloth."

"Look, although our Wanlan is young, we have great ambitions. Come on, grandpa supports you. The world is different from before, and girls can make a career!" Li Wenqian looked at Wanlan appreciatively.

"Sister, your good days are still long. I will wait for you to become a grandma in a while, and you will be busy." Zhang Shi was joking with Li Mengxian while serving food for sister Wanying.

"No, I'm still looking forward to being a grandma, but Xianlun is a young couple who are not in a hurry. The two of them are still like children, talking and joking all day long. They are very happy, although they have been married for almost a year. It’s gone, and there’s no movement, and I, a grandma, can’t be bothered, right.”

"That's right, don't worry, this grandson will come sooner or later, haha!"

After the family had a lively meal, Li Mengxian was tired all the way, so she went back to her room to rest.

Sister Meng Wanying followed Yumei Yuhuan to watch the scenery by the mountain house, which was built at the foot of Xiaoqing Mountain.

It is said to be Xiaoqingshan, but the mountain is not small, the shape of the mountain is steep, the terrain is complex, wild animals often appear in the mountain, and the top of the mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist. Only hunters dare to climb to the top of the mountain, even my uncle Li Menglong has never climbed it.

"It is said that there are many caves on the mountainside. The entrances of the caves are hidden and difficult to be found. Grandpa said that in the past hundreds of years, this mountain has been a good place to avoid wars!" Yumei said eloquently.

"Really? Let's go and have a look. I haven't seen a cave yet." Wan Lan excitedly suggested.

"Damn girl, you're the only one who is so bold, don't go!" After all, Wanying was older and thoughtful about the problem.

"You can't go, my mother said, girls can't go to those dangerous places, besides, my father has never been to those caves, he just mentioned it when he heard grandpa telling stories..." Yuhuan said timidly.

"Cut, coward!" Wan Lan looked at Yuhuan dismissively.

"We have been taught in the books how to judge the east, west, north and south according to the direction of the sun, and how to judge whether there are wild animals according to the traces on the ground. You need to read more books to know a lot of things, and you will be afraid if you don't know!"

"Wanlan, you are amazing!" Although Yuhuan is one year older than Wanlan, she has always admired Wanlan, and her figure is also smaller than Wanlan, making Wanlan look like a sister.

"See if you can, tell you, don't run around with Yuhuan, if you get lost, no one will care about you!"

Wanying knew that this younger sister had her own ideas since she was a child, and she was afraid that she would cause trouble, so she deliberately scolded her with a straight face.

"Let me just talk..." Wanlan muttered in a low voice, she was still quite afraid of her sister, she could listen to half of her mother's words, and she knew she couldn't play tricks in front of her sister.

"Okay, okay, let's go to drink tea under the tree, grandpa said to put rock sugar, it's so sweet!"

Yumei quickly smoothed things over, and dragged the sisters back to the shade under the tree.

The next day, my uncle took the four sisters to the Baishui Pond at the foot of the mountain to row boats and catch fish with fine nets. It is said that the Baishui Pond covers more than 300 mu.

Wanying thought of the poem that said: "The lotus leaves are infinitely blue in the sky, and the lotus flowers are red in the sun", which probably refers to this situation.

She remembered that there was also a small pond in the garden of Shengcheng's home. It was beautiful when a few lotus flowers were in full bloom on weekdays, but it was by no means what the poem said.

Here Wanlan chanted loudly: "Little lotus just showed its sharp horns, and dragonflies stood on it long ago, Yuhuan, today I really saw what it said in the poem. This white pond is really big, it is the biggest I have ever seen." There is a pond, uncle, tell me, is there a bigger pond?"

"Of course there is. How can our small place be considered the largest? There are many ponds that are much larger than Baishuitang." Li Menglong said with a smile.

"I must see a bigger place!"

The boat passed by, leaving the girls' crisp laughter on the water.

I heard that in the evening there were blind opera singers in the village, and after a nap, Yuhuan and Wanlan went to occupy seats in front of the stage at the entrance of the village.

Wanying naturally didn't like this kind of children's tricks, so she stayed at home and chatted with her mother and aunt about embroidery, and the two of them didn't come back after dinner.

Li Menglong said with a smile: "It must be because they are afraid that the good seats will be taken away by others, let them be hungry, and eat after listening to the play."

Wanying's mother, daughter, and uncle's family also went to the courtyard at the entrance of the village after dinner. The stage was full of people, only a few lamps were lit on the stage, and nothing could be seen below in the darkness.

Fortunately, just listen to it, and the singing is pretty good, which made the villagers burst into laughter several times.

When they came back from the play, they drank all the pot of tea and did not see the two maids, so everyone panicked.

The uncle ordered people to light the lanterns, and ran to the entrance of the village to look around. Where is there another person?

The blind opera singers were going to stay in the village that night, but they couldn't find the place to stay, and no one saw the two children.

The whole family went crazy, especially Li Mengxian, who had no idea but to cry.

Li Wenqian questioned Yumei, but Yumei was also confused, and couldn't give any clues except crying.

Wanying suddenly remembered the cave she mentioned yesterday, "Isn't this damn girl really looking for a cave?"

Hearing the word cave, Li Wenqian was stunned for a moment, and said, "It's broken! Those caves are hard to find even during the day, let alone at night, there are many wild animals in the mountains, these two children! Why are you so bold!"

Even if you know the odds are bad, you still have to look for them. Li Wenqian immediately notified several hunters with high martial arts skills and promised a high price. Only then did Li Menglong take more than 20 villagers and a dozen servants, light a torch, and bring enough gunpowder Shotguns, we walked quickly to the mountainside to find them.

(End of this chapter)