My village can't be like this

Chapter 149 Dripping Pool

After lunch, the big guys rested in the yard for a while, and their stomachs were not so full after eating.

Zhang An took Su Ying's family to the mountains for a walk.

Zhang An's parents didn't go because Zhang Jianguo had just been called by someone in the village to help.

And Wang Fang had to stay at home, because people came to the door from time to time, and some couldn't leave.

And they feel that there is nothing to see in the mountains, and they have been looking at it for decades.

The most I went was to accompany Su Ying's family, so I just let Zhang An accompany me in the end.

Walking all the way up the small river ditch, Zhang An led the way with a small bamboo basket on his back.

Su Ying's family followed Zhang An, and the group walked towards the mountain.

People coming and going along the way have beaming smiles on their faces.

"This mountain is better, even the air here is much better than our county."

Looking at the green mountains and green waters, Wu Qiuping sighed.

In the county town, because of the coal trucks that often come in and out, the streets are covered with a dirty layer of coal dust.

When it rains, there will be a layer of black water. When the sky is sunny, if you go out and come back, you will have a more or less black layer on your body.

Not only the county seat, but several towns below are like this. It is all caused by the dust from coal mining.

But it's not a big deal now, it will be the worst in a few years, Zhang An thought to himself.

Although the environment is not good now, but at any rate, I can still get money.

When the coal is dug in most places or is not allowed to be dug, the coal boss will take the money away.

In the end, leaving a poor and dirty environment is the most difficult time.

At that point, not only would there be no source of income, but the county would have to spend money to clean up the environment. That was the beginning of the nightmare.

Zhang An led the way all the way, and first took everyone to Guanyin Cave.

There are still a lot of people here to make wishes, and there are some offerings such as fruits and candy pancakes in front of the Guanyin statue.

After turning around in Guanyin Cave, they walked to Guanyin Bridge.

At this moment, there is a sign hanging on the stone wall next to it, which reads "Danger!Do not go near the edge of the cliff! "A few large characters.

Zhang An had never seen this warning sign before, and he probably put it up after seeing a lot of people coming in the village recently.

Guanyin Bridge is actually very wide, as long as you don't try to die and run to the side, you won't fall down.

Of course, this sign also reminds those who come with children to take care of their own children.

After all, falling from the bridge, in such a deep valley, will really shatter your body to pieces.

"This bridge is so high." Su Ying only dared to stand in the middle, looking down at the deep valley below.

"Zhang An, how deep is it down here?"

Looking down, you can't see the ground, but are all lush and green evergreen trees.

"No one has measured this. I estimate it to be more than 100 to [-] meters."

Coming down from Guanyin Bridge, Zhang An planned to take Su Ying's family to Dishuitan.

It can be regarded as one of the more peculiar natural scenery in this mountain.

At the beginning, Wu Qiuping and Su Shaowen could keep up.

But after walking for a while, they began to be out of breath.

Zhang An also slowed down and told them to walk slowly.

"Auntie, uncle, you can use this as a walking stick."

Zhang An saw that they were not walking easily, so he took out his sickle, cut down two small trees suitable for walking sticks, and handed them to them.

Although these two are only 50 to [-] years old, they are used to sitting in the office all year round.

The physical fitness is just like that, not as good as those 60-something old ladies in the village.

Finally, after more than an hour of walking all the way, the group finally arrived at Dishuitan.

Looking from a high place, you can see the river on the mountain, flowing down from the high cliffs and along the high stone walls.

"This is a natural waterfall. I didn't expect there to be such a big waterfall in this mountain."

Wu Qiuping has already been to other waterfall attractions, especially the largest waterfall in China.

Dishuitan is actually a deep canyon, and a tall river ditch flows down from the mountain.

This ditch is the one under the Yingzui Cliff that Zhang An saw when he entered the mountain last time.

The river flowed down from a height of tens of meters, and some flying water droplets and mist could be seen below.

On the lush evergreen trees next to it, you can occasionally see some small animals such as squirrels jumping around.

Dishuitan is still in the dry season, and huge and smooth boulders are exposed at the bottom of the pool.

You can also see many irregular pebbles in the gurgling river.

These are all washed down by the river from the upper reaches, and after a long time, they settle here.

It may not be obvious from high places, wait until Zhang An leads them down from the ground.

When you go down to the bottom of the pool tens of meters deep, you can fully feel that the waterfall is not small.

"It doesn't look that big from a distance, but when I came down, I found a big waterfall."

Wu Qiuping's voice was covered by the sound of water.

Su Ying asked several times beside her before she knew what her mother was talking about.

Generally speaking, Dishuitan is not a place name exclusive to a place.

It is the same as Laizidong, in fact, there are many places.

As far as Zhang An knows about Dishuitan, there are several in the county.

They are all natural landscapes formed in this way.

Since it is a dry season, the river water flowing down from above does not form a large water cloth, maybe two or three meters wide.

"Actually, it's already very small, only four or five meters wide, because it's the dry season now, and in May and June, the stone wall will be covered with white flowing water, which must be at least ten meters wide."

Zhang An has seen the Dishuitan during the flood period. During the rainy season, the river ditch above is full of surging river water.

Falling from a high place is truly majestic.

At that time, the pool at the bottom will be submerged by the river.

"Looking at these stone walls, one knows that they must have been washed away by the river for many years."

Su Ying pointed to the rocks behind the flowing water, which looked very smooth.

"Needless to say, how many years of history this river has, and how long this rock wall has to be scoured."

Such a smooth stone wall must not be washed out in just a few decades.

"Mom and Dad, look, there is a rainbow over there, it's so beautiful."

Following the direction of Su Ying's finger, Zhang An saw a curved rainbow.

Today's luck is good, and it's not too late when you come.

Just when the sun is in the sky, the sunlight shines on these splashed water mist, forming a small rainbow.

"This rainbow is too small. You have to wait until summer. When it rains, you can easily see those rainbows. They span one mountain top to another, spanning the entire sky, and they are very long and big."

Su Ying often stays in the city, but she doesn't often see her.

Zhang An and the other mountain people didn't make any fuss when they saw this thing.

Because as long as it rains in summer, there is a rainbow in the sky.

And sometimes when the sun is raining, it will be easier to see.

"Hiss, this water is so icy."

Su Ying walked to the edge of the pond and stretched her hand into the water, only to find that the water here was a bit freezing.

"The water here is like this all year round. Even in summer, it's still so biting. I don't know why."

In this pool, even the children in the village who like to play with water the most will not come to play.

It is because the water in this pool is freezing ice water all year round.

Moreover, the bottom of this pool is very deep, and Zhang An once lowered a very long bamboo.

However, I still haven't been able to get to the bottom, and I heard from the old people in the village that even if the upper river ditch is cut off, the pool has not dried up.

But what makes people strange is that these rivers are very ice in the pool.

But once it flows out of this deep pool, it is no different from normal river water.

Now you can still see some stream grouper swimming in the ditch flowing out of the pool.

"Let's go, let's go up, it's not suitable for this season."

After staying at the bottom of the pool for a long time, Zhang An proposed to go up.

The waterfall here falls from a very high place.

Therefore, these water droplets and water mist are splashed relatively high, so the humidity below is relatively heavy.

After staying here for a while, Zhang An felt that his clothes were getting wet.

Moreover, the sound of running water below is too loud, and everyone can't hear clearly.

Climbing up to the top of the valley, Zhang An found a large rock for everyone to sit and rest.

At this time, Zhang An began to take out food from his back basket.

Mineral water with melon seeds and peanuts, no, it's pecans.

There are also homemade fried rice and some seasonal fruits.

There are many cherries and peaches in Zhang An’s space, as well as kiwi and August melon.

But these are not easy to take out, otherwise the explanation will not be clear.

Now Zhang An and the others don’t have the idea of ​​out-of-season fruits and vegetables.

From time to time, Zhang An would talk with Wu Qiuping and his wife, making them very happy.

Come this season, there are not so many fun things in the mountains.

It will be more appropriate to come here after a while, when the wild flowers in the mountains are blooming, and the mountains are full of azaleas.

You can also pick some wild vegetables on the ground, and small animals like to come out to play.

Since I came out at noon to now, the time has not been short, and it is time to go down the mountain and return to the village.

I didn't feel it when I came all the way, but when I went back, I found that the road was quite far.

In order to take care of the family who hadn't walked the mountain road much, Zhang An deliberately slowed down.

But even so, Su Ying and her parents did not seem to have it easy.

All of them are out of breath now, and there are already a lot of sweat on their faces.

"Let's take a break."

Seeing this, Zhang An found a big rock and asked everyone to rest first.

He took out the water bottle from the back basket and handed it to them to refill the water.

"Hey, the ancients used to say that going up the mountain is easy and going down the mountain is hard. I don't believe it. After walking for a while today, I realized that this saying is not true at all."

Su Shaowen sat on the rock and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Actually, this road is not bad, but you are not used to walking, so it is more laborious."

The old men in the village come and go in the mountains all year round, making it easy for them to walk several times a day.

"By the way, Zhang An, we're all so tired, why don't you even catch your breath?"

Sitting down now, Su Ying realized that Zhang An was still very relaxed.

"What's the matter? I'm used to running in the mountains. When I come to the mountains, it's like returning home. I run several times a day like this."

After Su Ying said this, the family realized that Zhang An was really out of breath.

And the most outrageous thing is that this person didn't even break a sweat.

"Shh."

Zhang An suddenly heard a sound, put his finger to his mouth, and made a silent movement.

Su Ying's family of three didn't know what happened, although they were a little confused.

But seeing Zhang An's actions, everyone fell silent.

Sure enough, a small "chirp" sound reached everyone's ears.

Zhang An followed the sound, and then saw two fiery red figures in the forest in the distance.

Sure enough, he heard it right. When Zhang An heard these calls just now, he thought it was a golden rooster, because he heard a lot in the space.

"This bird looks really beautiful, just like the phoenix in the painting."

Sure enough, all women love beautiful things. When Su Ying saw two golden roosters, her eyes were full of stars.

"This is a golden rooster, right, Xiao Zhang."

Wu Qiuping immediately remembered that when they were educated youths, someone in the brigade had caught them.

Because it is so beautiful, Wu Qiuping has never forgotten it.

"Yes, they are the golden pheasants we call locally. They are called golden pheasants. They should be the bird most like a phoenix."

"Then Zhang An, what are the two of them doing? Why are they fighting?"

Su Ying didn't understand, they were all of the same kind, so why were they fighting.

"What time is it now?"

Zhang An didn't say it directly, but asked Su Ying a question in a low voice.

"Spring, what's wrong?"

Su Ying hasn't reacted yet.

"Spring is here, so the two of them are competing for a mate. Look, there is a female bird over there."

Su Ying followed Zhang An's fingers and found a taupe bird beside her.

"Oh, that ugly one is a female bird, I thought they were all alike."

Seeing the female bird, Su Ying couldn't accept why the male bird was so beautiful and the female bird was so ugly.

"Actually, in nature, males are generally very flamboyant, while females are the opposite."

"Because many males are responsible for guarding offspring, their gorgeous appearance makes them more likely to attract the attention of predators, and males are generally somewhat aggressive."

Zhang An explained to Su Ying that she knew what was going on.

And Wu Qiuping and Su Shaowen who were next to him obviously didn't know about it either, so they all nodded accordingly.

It may be that the voices of several people were too loud. The two golden roosters who were still concentrating on the duel just now flew away towards the mountain.

"Hey, they ran away, but there are a few feathers there." Su Ying looked disappointed.

Zhang An took a look, and there were a few chicken feathers left on the ground, so he ran over to pick them up.

"Here, don't be disappointed about this, you can see this thing in my house when you come back in two months."

In two months, the few at home should also grow up.

"Ah, are you going to catch them in the mountains? I don't want them." Su Ying thought that Zhang An was going to catch them in the mountains.

"Don't worry, this thing is rare here. It's luck to see it today. We won't catch it specially."

"Because I already have a few golden chickens at home. The second master Huang in the village gave me some golden eggs, and now they have hatched."

Hearing what Zhang An said, Su Ying immediately wanted to go down the mountain quickly and go home to take a good look at the fire phoenix.

But the way down the mountain is not as fast as she wants, let alone waiting for her parents behind her.

Hurrying quickly, Zhang An and the others finally came down from the mountain.

After Su Ying got home, she was so tired that she sat on a chair to rest, forgetting about all the golden rooster and not golden rooster.

"It seems that I need to exercise more in the future. Zhang An has climbed the mountain for a day, and he is like a normal person."

Su Ying watched Zhang An return home, and even helped him do this and that.

She couldn't help wondering, was her physical fitness too poor?

"You can have this. If you exercise regularly, it will still be good for your body."

And Su Shaowen and his wife on the side also made up their minds to remember to do more activities in the future.

When they just went down the mountain, they saw those old ladies who were older than them.

Carrying a big basket of things, they walked faster than them, as if they were old men and old ladies.

If it goes on like this, it's completely unthinkable when I get older.

(End of this chapter)