Chapter 25: overnight in the temple
Chapter 25 Overnight in the Temple
Unknowingly, the sky became darker, twilight shrouded in darkness, and the opposite mountain could not be seen clearly.
"Looks like we have to spend the night here tonight! Brothers, get some firewood to light up the fire." Zhao Nan, the follower who talked the most, said.
They seem to be very familiar with this kind of sleeping in the wilderness. Immediately, some people went to the back to search for things that could be used as firewood. Unexpectedly, they found a pile of firewood in a mess under the back porch, and they all hugged it. .
Zhao Bei was elated: "We are lucky, I thought we were going to smash the doors, windows and desks!"
Zhao Liya couldn't help but said: "There are such customs in many places in the south of the Lingnan area. When everyone encounters mountain temples, earth temples and the like on the mountain, they will get a few firewood from the vicinity and put them here for a rest. First of all, it is right. Mountain gods and land gods enter "wealth" to show respect; secondly, it is also for the convenience of passers-by to warm up by the fire. A fire to keep warm is a rare treat.”
Zhao Bei and others suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "So that's the case, Lingnan is really simple and honest, not bad!"
Zhao Nan said: "When we leave tomorrow, we should also pick up some firewood and throw it back."
Everyone: "Okay! This is fine!"
Zhou Hansheng raised his eyes to look at Zhao Liya and lowered his eyes, which had some unclear meanings.
The accents of these brothers and sisters are not Lingnan accents, but more like Beijing accents—but maybe he got it wrong, it’s hard to say, after all, he hasn’t been back to the capital for ten years, and these people under him are not from the capital, so he has no idea what the capital accent is. Can't remember much.
This girl seems to be very different from the girl in the capital he remembered. Perhaps, he really remembered it wrong, right?
The fire burned quickly, and the function of the fire at night in summer is to illuminate rather than keep warm, so it doesn’t need to be very hot, as long as there is light.
The rain is still heavy, the sky has completely darkened, and it is dark when looking out. The sense of hearing is relatively amplified, the sound of the rain is in the ears, and the orange flames are in front of the eyes. In this dark night in the mountain temple, the strange fear fades away, and it makes people feel inexplicably Strangely warm.
Zhou Hansheng and his party didn't bring dry food at all. How could they expect such unlucky weather and strange weather in Lingnan? Inexplicably, he was blocked in the mountain temple.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling's luggage contained a lot of snacks, which Zhao Liya bought specially and planned to bring back for the family to taste, such as horseshoe cake, white sugar cake, sweet potato corners, chicken cakes, sesame rolls, almond cakes, roasted Wheat, radish cake, etc., they all contributed at this time, and invited everyone to taste it together and fill their stomachs.
Zhao Nan was already hungry, and even more hungry after seeing so many delicious foods!
One by one couldn't help looking at the young master eagerly.
The corners of Zhou Hansheng's mouth twitched indistinctly, speechless, these things are really worthless! When did it become so expensive? What's the matter if you don't eat a meal?
Zhao Liya smiled slightly when she saw this, and said empathetically, "This young master helped me out earlier, but I'm nothing more than a small reciprocation. Don't be disgusted, young master!"
Zhou Hansheng looked at her and nodded slightly: "Young lady, you are welcome."
He swept his gaze: "Eat."
Zhao Nan and the others expressed their thanks in a hurry, and personally took a copy to Zhou Hansheng, and everyone took it.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling also ate something, and then waited for the long night to pass.
There are many people, reliable, and the benefits are immediately highlighted. There is no problem with the sense of security, and the other party has eaten their snacks, so they don’t want them to keep vigil.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling just need to spend the night in peace of mind.
In mid-June, the weather is already very hot during the day. If you are at home at night, it is enough to cover yourself with a thin blanket when you sleep.
However, it is raining now, and it is on the mountain again, so the temperature can be imagined.
Even though she was sitting next to the fire, Zhao Liya couldn't help but shuddered when the steamy mountain wind swept in. She covered her face and sneezed several times in a row, "Ah, ah! Ah, ah!"
Hu Ling became anxious when he saw it, "How are you? This—"
He didn't know what to do in this wild country. He was born with thin summer clothes, and he couldn't even take off one for Zhao Liya.
Zhao Liya sniffed and smiled: "It's okay, I'm not so weak! Just warm up to the fire."
Tomorrow, when I leave here and go to the village, I will ask for a bowl of warm **** soup, and then I will buy clean clothes to change into.
To be honest, Zhao Liya is also a little nervous. Being sick is a big trouble, and she must not be sick.
"Miss Zhao," Zhao Nan came over at some point, and handed her a bamboo-green cloak with dark patterns, and said with a smile: "This is our son's, it's clean, if you don't mind Miss Zhao, you can put it on. "
Zhao Liya was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously raised her head to look at that Mr. Zhou.
Zhou Hansheng met her gaze and nodded slightly stiffly. He was a little embarrassed. After all, he had never done such a thing. He is not a nosy person, nor is he a soft-hearted person. He just thinks that such a large group of people, after eating so many snacks, can't just watch people catch cold, right?
Zhao Liya didn't know that he had a lot of drama in his heart, so she was secretly happy when she saw this, and smiled at him, "Thank you, Mr. Zhou!"
After finishing speaking, he took the cloak and unfolded it on his body.
Warmth descends, envelops the whole body, and the tense pores of the whole body instantly unfold, making it much more comfortable.
Amitabha, fortunately, I met Mr. Zhou and the others, otherwise I’m afraid I’d really catch a cold.
These days, this is no small matter.
Hu Ling subconsciously frowned slightly, feeling a little vigilant and concerned, thinking that this was not good. How could my own girl use the cloak of a strange young man?
But this is a special time and I can’t use it
Hu Ling had no choice but to pretend that everything was normal, without saying anything, secretly decided in his heart that no matter what season he would go out in the future, he would remind his sister to bring an extra piece of clothing.
Swish, swish, tick, tick, tick for almost the whole night, the next morning, the sky finally cleared up.
Everyone cheered up, and they all wished to leave this wretched place immediately!
I thought we would part ways here, but I didn't expect everyone to walk in the same direction by coincidence. When I asked tentatively, they all went to Gaolian County.
This is a little embarrassing.
It seems that both parties are a bit shy about telling each other their destinations, so even when they chatted in a good atmosphere last night, both parties had a tacit understanding and didn't ask each other where they were going?
Everyone thinks so, they go their separate ways afterwards, leave behind a good memory, and never see each other again—the perfect state of meeting by chance!
did not expect.
(end of this chapter)