Dependent Origination and Destiny - The History of the Present

On Sunday morning, Shi Jin took Bai Ruo to climb the Hutou Mountain next to his house as promised, accompanied by sister Gao Miaomiao.

A few people stood at the foot of Hutou Mountain and looked up. Although the mountain is not very high, it is densely forested and gloomy, with a vaguely majestic aura.

Gao Liguang said: "This mountain has momentum, I like it!" As he said that, he jumped up quickly, as if he belonged to a rabbit.

Seeing this, Bai Ruo said with a smile, "Brother today, I will entrust you to take care of my sister!" Then she followed closely.

Looking at the two younger sisters who ran far ahead, Gao Miaomiao looked a little embarrassed, she smiled at Shi Jin, trying to calm down her pounding heart.The latter gave her a warm smile.

Shi Jin said: "The mountain road is not easy to walk, so be careful where you step. You can go ahead of me."

Gao Miaomiao nodded, raised her legs and walked forward.Shi Jin walked behind her, paying attention to every step of her, to prevent her from slipping and falling.

Ten minutes later, Gao Liguang was sitting on a rock by the side of the road, looking down the mountain, with a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth.She said: "Sister Ruoruo, I know that you really want to match my sister and Brother Shi Jin, but I said, isn't the mountain you chose a bit high?"

Bai Ruo glanced at her: "Are you tired?"

Gao Liguang immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Of course I'm not tired anymore. I mean, for Sister Miaomiao—at least in terms of physical strength, she can't compare to us at all."

Bai Ruo smiled slightly, and she said, "Brother Jin'er is here, what do you need to worry about! Let's go." Then she continued to walk up the mountain road.

Gao Liguang threw away the dog's tail grass and stood up, then walked up.

Gao Miaomiao's physical strength was indeed inferior to that of Bai Ruo and Gao Liguang. When she reached the halfway up the mountain, she was almost too tired to walk, so Shi Jin accompanied her to rest at the same spot.

Gao Miaomiao's face was flushed with the blush from strenuous exercise. She wiped her sweat and said embarrassedly, "Shi Jin, let me hold you back." She glanced up, and the two sisters It has long since disappeared.

Shi Jin said with a smile: "It's okay, this is not a cross-country training, don't pay attention to speed. You should take your time to see the scenery."

Gao Miaomiao smiled, Shi Jin's thoughtfulness made her feel very warm.She looked down the mountain. Looking down from this height, the houses and trees down the mountain had shrunk down to the extent that they looked like toys.The wide farmland is spread flat at the foot of the mountain, like a thick and comfortable blanket.

She said: "Looking at it from here, I feel that this world is really as cute as a children's toy world!"

After resting for a while, Shi Jin said, "Let's go, it's time for us to go up."

When they reached the top of the mountain, Bai Ruo and Gao Liguang had already rested for half a day, and had surveyed the surrounding terrain roughly.

The wind on the top of the mountain gently blows over, relieving people's fatigue.Gao Miaomiao looked up at the sky, the sky on the top of the mountain was very pure, revealing a clean and pure blue, so blue that it seemed to be able to melt the whole person into it.

She smiled and looked at the sky in such a still posture for a while, then she turned her head to look at the three people and said slowly but firmly: "I like this place!"

Shi Jin smiled faintly. This is his hometown, where he grew up. Some people say that he likes this place. This is something he should be proud of.

Gao Liguang said: "Then sister, you can go to the foot of the mountain and start a family again. Isn't this just what you want, can you carry water to make tea every day, and watch the clouds roll and the clouds calm down in the sky?"

Gao Miaomiao smiled and said, "Okay, I think so too. I will open the teahouse first, and then you can come to my place to help after you graduate."

"I don't want it!" Gao Liguang immediately showed a disapproving expression, and she said, "I am determined to be everywhere, so I don't want to be tied to death in one place for the rest of my life!"

Bai Ruo said: "Sister Miaomiao, I think you should forget about it. You can't tie her heart, let alone her people. If she wants to leave, you can lock her up with an iron chain There is a way to open the lock and run away."

"Cut! Sister Ruoruo, it's not like you can't pick a lock like that, why are you talking about me!" Gao Liguang said dissatisfied.

Bai Ruo smiled, then she turned to Shi Jin and pointed in a direction and asked, "Brother Jin, where does this road lead to?"

Shi Jin said: "That road leads to Luoyanao, and the scenery there is also very beautiful. Let's go there in a while."

"That direction," Gao Liguang glanced in that direction, and then asked, "How far is it?"

Shi Jin said: "Based on the footsteps of ordinary people, it would take about half an hour to walk."

Gao Liguang asked again: "What's the scenery there, Brother Shi Jin, please give me a letter?"

Shi Jin said, "Wouldn't you be able to see it if you passed by now?"

Gao Liguang said helplessly: "Okay. Sister Ruoruo, let's go!" She winked at Bai Ruo, pulled her and ran towards Luoyanao.

Shi Jin wanted to call them to stop, but those two didn't listen to him at all, and ran away as if they didn't hear them.

Gao Miaomiao said: "Don't worry, the positioning ability of both of them is very good, you can't lose it."

Shi Jin then smiled, and accompanied Gao Miaomiao to walk behind slowly.After walking for a while, I heard Gao Liguang's singing from a distance: "Sing a folk song—here, sing over there and—hey, over there and..."

Shi Jin said with a smile: "The little girl is quite energetic!"

Gao Miaomiao said: "She is so flamboyant and self-willed as to die, she is just a wild and unruly little wild horse. Until now, no one can make her docile except Ruoruo. I really don't know when she will grow up." .”

Shi Jin said: "It's not a bad thing to be flamboyant, it's good to be as lively and cheerful as her."

Gao Miaomiao smiled and didn't speak, but there was some distressed look on her face.

Shi Jin said: "It can be seen that you love this little sister very much."

Gao Miaomiao said: "She is just a stubborn girl, she keeps everything in her heart, basically you will never see a sad expression on her face, because she always smiles no matter what happens. Others think she is strong, but she is just a child."

Shi Jin said: "You are a good sister!"

Gao Miaomiao smiled, and she said, "I hope I am."

As the two walked together, Shi Jin would sometimes introduce some plants in the mountains to Gao Miaomiao, but most of the time, he would remind her where to go and where to pay attention to her feet.

The two walked to a mountain depression, and then Gao Miaomiao saw a cluster of red flowers growing on the ground.She walked over and folded one and took it in her hand, then smiled and looked at Shi Jin: "Wild Lily."

Shi Jin said: "This is the Lily of Shandan, but we usually just call it Shandanhua."

Gao Miaomiao said: "Shandandan flowers bloom red and bright."

Shi Jin said: "Yes, it is this kind of Shandan."

Gao Miaomiao said: "Shi Jin, please sing that song for me." She looked at him with a smile, and there was some pride in her eyes after a little mischief.

Shi Jin suddenly felt a little embarrassed, he said: "It's a folk song in northern Shaanxi, I'm not very good at singing, and I can't remember all the words."

Gao Miaomiao smiled and did not continue to make things difficult for him.She lowered her head to look at the Lily Lily in her hand, the bright red Lily was blooming beautifully, Gao Miaomiao brought it close to the tip of her nose and smelled it lightly, a faint fragrance of flowers floated into her nose.Putting down the flowers, she raised her head and said to Shi Jin, "Shi Jin, how far is the Luoyanao you mentioned?"

When Luoyanao appeared in the field of vision, Gao Miaomiao felt that she was strongly shocked: a piece of green grass that did not cover the upper of the shoe stretched from the foot, and stretched far across the opposite hillside, softly in the breeze on the top of the hill. On the right side of the slope is a straight and smooth stone wall, which is not as tall as the Wanren mentioned in the ancient poems, but it is just as majestic and heroic in the eyes.

Gao Miaomiao walked to the grass on the slope and sat down, smiling and admiring the scenery in front of her.Not far away, Gao Liguang was taking pictures around with a digital camera at this time, very busy.

Shi Jin walked up to Bai Ruo and sat down. Bai Ruo lay down on the grass along the mountain with her eyes closed comfortably.He said, "Don't fall asleep, it's windy here, you'll get sick."

Bai Ruo opened her eyes, she said: "I haven't fallen asleep yet, Brother Jiner." She looked at the sky and said, "This place is beautiful!"

Shi Jin smiled and said, "Yes, this place is very beautiful."

Bai Ruo sat up, and she said: "I have had a wish since I was a child, hoping to visit all the beautiful places. But... maybe it will be difficult to realize, and I won't have so much time for the work I have to do in the future. Yes. When wishes and ideals conflict, I will choose ideals. After all, only what can be gained can be gained.” She smiled at Shi Jin, then stood up and ran towards Gao Liguang.

Shi Jin watched her back.

"She is a person with a clear goal." Gao Miaomiao walked to him and sat down, and said.

Shi Jin said: "She knows what she wants, and she is willing to fight for it, which is good!" He thought of his comrades in arms, and the arrogant Steel Seventh Company. Whatever you want, you will fight for it, and you will always fight for it.

Gao Miaomiao looked at the smooth stone wall ahead, and stopped talking about Bai Ruo."It's majestic looking at this rock wall," she said.

Shi Jin nodded and said, "Yes, this place has always given me the feeling of majesty and purity."

Gao Miaomiao said: "I really wish I could see this kind of scenery every day."

Shi Jin said: "But looking at this kind of scenery every day, after a long time, you may not feel it is a beautiful scenery."

Gao Miaomiao nodded, and she said: "There is no scenery in a familiar place - this is a philosophical saying, because it is too familiar, so no matter how beautiful the scenery is, people will turn a blind eye to it after a long time. Actually, I think the scenery is not beautiful. But it depends on the mood of the person looking at the scenery and their attitude towards the scenery.”

Shi Jin agreed: "Yes, attitude can determine many things."

Gao Miaomiao said with a smile: "So I really want to open a teahouse at the foot of the mountain, some distance from here, but not very far, so I can visit here when I have nothing to do or when I am in a bad mood. Look at the scenery, look up at the clear clouds and breezy wind.”

Shi Jin said: "But this is just a small town, so it might not be a good choice to open a teahouse here."

Gao Miaomiao said: "Society is developing, and the construction of spiritual civilization is based on the construction of material civilization. Doesn't it mean that both hands must be grasped and both hands must be hard!" She smiled and clicked.

Shi Jin looked at her, thought for a while, and then nodded with some understanding.

Gao Liguang, who had been busy taking pictures not far away, suddenly turned his head to look at the two people who were chatting, then quietly turned the camera to point at them, and quickly pressed the shutter.

"Sister, look." Gao Liguang smiled and handed the camera to Bai Ruo.

Bai Ruo took the camera, looked at it for a while, then put the camera back into Gao Liguang's hand, smiled and patted Gao Liguang's cheek: "Good job!"

Gao Liguang played with the camera and smiled triumphantly: "That's right, don't look at who I am, hehe!"

Seeing her smug look, Bai Ruo couldn't help but smile and said, "Who are you? Come on, tell me, sister, listen. I want to see what kind of demon king you are. .”

Gao Liguang smiled embarrassingly, and said, "Sister, I don't seem to be as exaggerated as you are?"

"No?" Bai Ruo smiled, and then she brought the conversation back to the matter discussed before, and said, "You took a pretty good photo, go back and develop two and print it out."

Gao Liguang immediately stood at attention and saluted her: "Got it, I understand!"

The author has something to say: I took a break this time for a long time, and a certain face was thinking about it......