Picking mulberries

Wow, this place is so beautiful!Cui Dongxu was stunned by the scene in front of him.

Cui Dongxu, who has been living in the city, is very novel about the picture presented in front of his eyes. His eyes are looking around, and he can't move. The green eyes are refreshing, and the fresh air is refreshing.Looking around, the neat and uniform mulberry fields stretch for more than ten miles, and what catches the eye is the deep and shallow bright green, and the soft wind blows head-on, and the whole mulberry field is covered with layers of green waves.Although the sky is blue, but because the mulberry fields are too large, like a green sea, the mountains in the distance can only be vaguely outlined, and there are many villages dotted in the mulberry sea.

Looking closely at the mulberry field, the mulberry strips are lined up like a guard of honor, with the same height and similar tiller branches, mostly one finger thick, orderly pruning, and uniform plant spacing.There are several mechanical farming avenues in the east-west direction of the entire Sanghai. Willows are planted on both sides of the avenue, which are much higher than the mulberry fields. The shady willows divide the endless mulberry field into several green horizontal stripes.The field between each mulberry field is not wide, only sixty to seventy centimeters, hidden among the mulberry strips, its distribution direction cannot be seen.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the two willow threads of the machine farming road danced with the wind. A few unknown birds were startled in the bushes, and they sang softly and melodiously as they flew over the mulberry fields.It was quiet everywhere, but when the birds made noise, the whole peaceful scene came alive in an instant, like a VCD that was suddenly plugged in, full of color and sound.The sound of the stream in the mulberry garden, the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs in the village, the chirping of unknown insects, and the sound of wind blowing mulberry leaves are all in your ears, exuding bursts of local flavor.

Cui Dongxu, who was in the scene, was stunned by the dynamic picture in front of him for a moment, and he was puzzled. It was strange. Wasn't I just under the grape arbor in the small courtyard at home? Why did I come here suddenly?What the hell is this place?How did I get here?What are you doing here?What am I doing under the arbor?Oh yes, catching vermin.

Pests?Cui Dongxu looked around, but there was nothing but mulberry branches and mulberry leaves at a glance. Where did the pests go?I remember that I wanted to catch a beetle, why did I follow it and fly here? Where is this?Could it be that I have entered the so-called Peach Blossom Spring unknowingly?No, it is also the source of mulberry trees. This large mulberry sea must be a paradise for silkworms. Have I become a silkworm?Cui Dongxu touched his body and looked at it. Fortunately, all four limbs were still there, and he was still a person.

Cui Dongxu couldn't help but rejoice, luckily he didn't become a silkworm, otherwise he would be entangled that he didn't know how to spin the silk.Then I was surprised again, why did I suddenly have such a strange idea, did I read a lot of books recently, and I thought it was a demonic obstacle.

Although the scenery in front of him is beautiful, Cui Dongxu also began to panic. Let alone where he is, it is difficult to get out of this large mulberry garden. There are no shadows, and my heart is panicking.Just when Cui Dongxu was flustered, there was a sound of cows mooing from afar, and Cui Dongxu was overjoyed. If there are cows, there should be people. Didn’t you see that there are many villages in Songhai just now, so let’s go to the nearest village and find someone to ask.

Cui Dongxu rushed forward in a panic, but he couldn't get around the mulberry field when he went around. Looking ahead, there was a village there, but no matter how he went around, he couldn't get close.Cui Dongxu tried his best to go around a few times, but it was still in vain, and he couldn't help but feel irritable. The beautiful scenery of the blue field, green birds and flowers in front of him was no longer attractive, and he only thought about how to get out of the mulberry garden in front of him.

Cui Dongxu couldn't help being suspicious. He was 1.7 meters tall, and the mulberry sticks in the field were only 1.6 meters high. His sight was not obstructed, and it was obvious that the village where the roof was smoking It's right in front of you, why can't you get close? Could it be that you have encountered the legendary "ghost beats the foot".There are roads everywhere in this place. Why can’t I find a way out? Although I’m a little road-crazed at ordinary times, it’s not so bad. I can clearly distinguish the north, south, east, and west. Is it going back to the origin?I haven't offended any gods at ordinary times. My mother worships Buddha and chant scriptures, neither supports nor opposes it. Sometimes I follow her to be a vegetarian at home.Thinking that I, Cui Dongxu, have always lived peacefully, never done anything wrong to my heart, never hurt anyone, why is Lu Xiandao so hard on me, but he tosses me vigorously.Could it be that I committed crimes in my previous life, and this life is the final account?Or..., is it that my father's sins should be shared by me?

Cui Dongxu has read books for nearly 20 years, and now he is engaged in scientific research. Although he has never believed in ghosts and gods, the things on the stall are really evil. He was just under the grape trellis in the yard at home. How did he catch a scarab? I don't know where it is, and there is no one around. The mulberry garden in front of me is very beautiful, but now it has become my own cage, and I can't get out of it.The more Cui Dongxu thought about it, the more panicked he became, so he opened his mouth and yelled. For some unknown reason, no matter how much he raised his voice, he just couldn't make a sound. He could clearly feel his vocal cords vibrating, but It's just that the voice can't come out.

Cui Dongxu was quite frightened now, did he really encounter a ghost in broad daylight, could it be that he really became a silkworm gnawing on mulberry leaves?Probably not, if he turned into a silkworm, he would stay on the mulberry leaves, but now he is standing on the field.

Just when Cui Dongxu was terrified and overwhelmed, suddenly there was a singing voice from somewhere in the mulberry garden. The singing voice was loud and the words were clear, as if it was right next to his ears.The voice of the person who sang was really good. Cui Dongxu felt that he had never heard such a beautiful singing voice. It was crisp and melodious, graceful and pleasant, and it stopped the wind and stopped the clouds, piercing through the sky.The words sung are also very simple and unpretentious:

My hometown is picturesque and sings loudly,

Who will join me in singing folk songs?

My folk songs can climb hills,

Singing the hares out of their nests;

My folk song will wade across the river,

Sing so that the koi turn green waves;

My folk songs are blown by the wind,

call forth clouds red as fire;

My folk songs fall in the rain,

Bloom flowers and bear fruit.

There are a lot of folk songs in my chest,

Sing that there are many happy events in the world.

Who is this man?Why are you so happy.Cui Dongxu knew the rhythm of the song. The most famous place for authentic local folk songs is Qingxi Township, Shuangqiao County, under the jurisdiction of Qingyuan City.Because Qingxi is the most famous singer, the tunes of those folk songs are called Qingxi tunes. However, with the popularization of movies and TV, there are more and more rural entertainments. The folk song competitions that were often organized in the past have never been held again, and now they are rare. Some people are singing, especially the younger generation, who have learned popular songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and dislike the rusticity of local folk songs.

There was a singing sound that indicated that there was someone nearby. Cui Dongxu felt relieved, and followed the singing sound to look around. Not more than a hundred meters away from him, there was a person in a white jacket who was walking and singing. Pretty young.The man walked calmly and sang narcissistically, touching the mulberry leaves with his hands along the way, and he knew he was a local at a glance.

When Cui Dongxu looked over, it happened that the man was also looking this way. Cui Dongxu quickly waved his hand, and the man also raised his hand and smiled.Although it was a shallow smile, it was breathtaking. Cui Dongxu and the man were separated by a few ridges of mulberry fields, but Cui Dongxu was fascinated by that smile all of a sudden, and he couldn't recover for a while.God, how can someone smile so beautifully!

After regaining his senses, when Cui Dongxu went to see that person again, the person was drifting away. Seeing this, Cui Dongxu hurriedly chased after him, unexpectedly, he was not as fast as that person in running. , the person in front gradually became a faint white shadow in his sight.

After finally seeing a living creature, Cui Dongxu would not let it go, he chased after him desperately, his eyes only followed the white shadow in front, and at a fork in the road, he followed a person walking by Tiancheng with a bang. They collided, and both fell to the ground.

"Hey..." the person who was knocked over by Cui Dongxu sat up from the ground, "I said, young man, where are you going in such a hurry? Is it better to catch a plane or take a rocket."

"Ah..." Cui Dongxu saw that he knocked over an old man with a white beard and white hair, he quickly got up and stretched out his hands to help the old man up, "I'm sorry, I ran too fast."

"Are you in such a hurry to go on a blind date?" The old man was not angry when he was hit, and asked with a smile.

"No, no," Cui Dongxu raised his eyes to look forward again, the white shadow had long since disappeared, "Master, do you know where the person who sang the folk song just now went?"

"A folk song singer?" The old man raised his eyebrows. "Where is a folk song singer? I'm the only one around here."

"No way, I saw him just now. Didn't the uncle hear the singing just now?" Cui Dongxu was very puzzled. If you were old and deaf and blinded, you could hear me very clearly.

"Are you saying I'm deaf? I don't have deaf ears at all, and I can hear flies flying by." The old man saw through Cui Dongxu's thoughts, "Young man, who are you looking for?"

"Who?" Cui Dongxu was stunned, he didn't even look at the face very clearly, who knows who it is, oh, yes, no matter who that person is, as long as there is someone in front of him, "Master, where is this?"

"This is a mulberry garden," the old man said politely, "You are not a local, where did you come from?"

"I'm from Qingyuan City," Cui Dongxu said with black lines on his hair, who couldn't tell that this was Sangyuan, "Does your old man know how to get out?"

"Go out? Where do you go? Once you come in, you can't get out." The old man said with a smile.

"Get out... can't get out?" Cui Dongxu was startled. The old man was talking in a daze. He was afraid that it was a lost senile dementia. Isn't it just a mulberry garden? If I want to eat mulberry leaves for a lifetime here, I am not a silkworm.I thought again, this old man doesn't look like a foolish person, he is full of energy, white hair and childlike face, looking at how a very wise old man can speak, he is clouded.

"What are you going out for, how nice it is here," the old man patted Cui Dongxu on the back, "Since you like the scenery here, stay here."

"Why do you come here all the time, picking mulberry leaves?" Who said I like the scenery here, don't I even know how I got here.Forget it, this old man must be confused, and I can't tell him clearly, since he is a local, there is always a way to get out, so it should be right to follow him.

"No, I'm here to tell the fortune." What the old man said was even more strange.

"Fortune-telling?!" Cui Dongxu was completely speechless.If you want to tell your fortune, not to mention setting up a stall on the street, at least you have to go to a lively place. What kind of luck come to this mulberry garden.

"Young man, how about I make a fortune for you?" The old man smiled and emphasized, "It's free, no money."

"It's not good to have a worthless life. Just do the math for me, and I'll give you as much as you want." Anyway, it's up to him to get out, so just make fun of him as he likes.

"Ha...," upon hearing Cui Dongxu's words, the old man laughed loudly, "Okay, okay, I'll give you four words, listen carefully."

"Yeah." Cui Dongxu nodded.

The old man looked at Cui Dongxu and read four poems:

The eastern sunrise illuminates the hills,

The rising sun on Moshang remains the same.

Love to the depths is as light as water,

Baopu is like the beginning, and you have nothing to ask for.

Hearing that the country old man could recite poems, Cui Dongxu felt a little surprised, so he began to chew carefully.

When Cui Dongxu was about to ask the old man what the four sentences meant, a voice filled with anger and thunder suddenly sounded in his ear: "Sister..., that old thing named Cui is really shameless, today I can be counted as arresting you!" It's happening now."

Awakened by the thunder-like sound, Cui Dongxu realized that he fell asleep while reading a book in bed and had a dream.The voice from the yard was her second aunt, Shen Aiping, who must have come to the house to complain to her mother again.

There are still some fragments of the dream left in his mind, after recollection, Cui Dongxu can't help feeling a little moved.Where is the place in the dream? The scenery is so beautiful. I happened to see the pest control of mulberry trees just now. I didn’t expect to see a large mulberry sea in my dream.

But... who was that person who smiled at himself in the dream?I haven't seen it before, so I'm sure I'm not an acquaintance, but the one I remember most is that smile, it's very seductive and seductive, could it be that I miss women?No, that person's back is clearly a man, why does he look like a woman when he smiles, is he a man or a woman?That folk song was sung by that person, it was a male voice.

Is it a woman?Impossible, it must be a man, judging from his clothes and back view, he is a man.Then why did he smile at me, say hello?But you don't have to smile so charmingly when you say hello.charming?This word seems to be inappropriate to describe a man.However, since you smiled at me, you shouldn't hate me, so why do you ignore me after laughing? What do you mean?By the way, there is also the fortune-teller old man, who came out very strangely, prickly and inexplicably.In the dream, he seemed to have said that he would tell my fortune, and he also said something to me. I remember it was four lines of gatha, which was left in the dream by the second aunt, which is a pity.

Cui Dongxu carefully recalled the words that the old man read to him, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t remember all of them. He only remembered the first two sentences: "The sunrise in the east shines on the hills, and the view of the rising sun on the Moshang is still the same".What is the old man implying, and what enlightenment does his words have for my life?

He closed his eyes and thought about it on the bed. In the end, Cui Dongxu felt dumbfounded. He was really stupefied after reading the book. He laughed to death when he said it. It was just a dream, so it was not true.

"Sister..., Cui Shicheng is messed up again," the second aunt Cui Dongxu's voice sounded again, and she had already entered the living room downstairs, "Aren't you still a wife? Make him cheap."

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