Spring Forest Evening

Seeing Chun Yu's somewhat helpless expression, Mrs. Peng pursed her lips and snickered. This Miss Zhou was indeed the first time a daughter of the family went out, and everything she saw was new. In fact, she would find it when she went to the Peach Blossom River. Well, maybe the taste of the peach blossom fish there is not as good as that made by the chef in their Zhou family's mansion.

However, no matter what, Miss Zhou looked innocent and kind. Anyway, there is nothing to do here in Zhongnan Road. It is better to go for a stroll outside the city. Thinking of this, Mrs. Peng also agreed.

This time Chun Yu was even more helpless, frowning and staring at Aunt Peng: "Auntie, sister is afraid of water, why did you forget?"

Oh right, how could you forget such an important thing!

Aunt Peng immediately looked at Zhou Heng very apologetically: "Oh, my aunt has a bad memory when she gets old, Ah Heng, you still—"

"Don't worry, aunt, I'm not afraid of water, and I..." I'm not afraid of water, but I'm afraid of the boatman, okay?Thinking of this, Zhou Heng had no choice but to temporarily change his words and add: "I'm not going into the water, don't worry, I'm just enjoying the scenery and eating fish in the restaurant by the river, it's okay!"

"Guests, don't worry," the young man who was standing next to him was about to close a deal, so he naturally helped Zhou Heng to talk: "Although our restaurant is by the river, it is far away from the river. There is also a large peach blossom forest, and if the girl is afraid of water, the restaurant has two floors, and you can go to the elegant seats on the second floor. The location is high and the place is bright and bright. It is the best place to enjoy the scenery, watching the fishermen from a distance Ships, don't be afraid."

"Hey, let me ask you." Zhou Heng heard the fisherman, so he asked him again: "Is there only a fisherman, and no fisher girl?"

"Fisher girl?" The young man said that he had never been to the Peach Blossom River, so how could he know such details? However, in line with the standard required by the shopkeeper to answer all important questions of customers, he still answered vaguely. He added: "I haven't seen it myself, but I heard that there are some over there, but it's relatively rare, so I may not see it."

Zhou Heng didn't really care if there was a fisher girl, but when he heard the boy's answer, he ignored it, and only asked about the food in the teahouse: "How do you eat here? Do you have a price list?"

...The three of them sat in the teahouse for nearly two hours. The shopkeeper in the middle heard that there were so many foreign guests who wanted to go to the Taohua River to eat fish. His brother's restaurant, if Zhou Heng's side can be confirmed, then he will make an agreement with the restaurant by the way, and then leave them the best riverside private seat, and choose the plump and freshest peach blossom fish for them. The price is easy to say, it must be the most real.

Under the clever tongue of the shopkeeper, the three of Zhou Heng finally agreed to go to the Peach Blossom River to eat fish on the third day. For this reason, the shopkeeper was very happy, and after going downstairs, he ordered the clever boy to go to the cabinet to fulcrum some broken silver. reward.

"Oh," Chun Yu, who was eating melon seeds and drinking tea comfortably, remembered after the shopkeeper of the teahouse came downstairs for a long time, "Didn't we also say that we were going to eat peach blossom fish at night? It would be too wasteful to go again the day after tomorrow." ! Let's go back quickly, I don't know if Uncle He has already booked a place."

Zhou Heng didn't take it seriously: "It's okay, it's settled when it's settled. It just so happens that we can also compare, whether it's what the shopkeeper said, the taste inside and outside the city is just different."

In this way, at night, we went to the restaurant that Uncle He ordered, and a few people ate the peach blossom fish, which was not cheap, and felt that the taste was really good. The fresh fish caught on the side must taste even more delicious.

It's a pity that when the four of them had breakfast together the next morning, the guard in charge of monitoring the house over there came to report that the group of people inside seemed to be preparing to go out, and Uncle He immediately put down the bowls and chopsticks and said that he could no longer follow them out of the city. Gotta go and have a look.

The three regretted for a while, but there was nothing they could do, after all, the business was important.

Fortunately, things turned around later on. Not long after Zhou Heng and the other three arrived at the restaurant they had booked before, and were warmly received by the shopkeeper and took them to the private seat on the second floor by the river, Uncle He miraculously came in. The two girls were naturally overjoyed, and even Mrs. Peng opened her golden mouth and asked:

"Hey, Ah Zuo, why are you here again? Are you okay over there?"

Azo?It was all "you, you, you" before, and the two girls looked at each other gossipingly, then smiled tacitly and said nothing.

Uncle He also looked happy, so he didn't notice the little movements of the two girls, and only explained to Aunt Peng: "I didn't expect that group of people also came to the Peach Blossom River and went upstream along the river. I went to a village, and I have sent people to follow, first come to your side to take a look, and report the situation before going.”

"It seems that they came to eat this peach blossom fish just because of the reputation, so there should be nothing wrong with it." Zhou Heng smiled and continued: "Those people probably didn't want to attract too much attention to the restaurant here, so they found a restaurant by the river. The villages in the village are all fish caught in the river, the taste is probably the same, and the price may be even more affordable."

That being said, after the peach blossom fish had just eaten a few mouthfuls, Uncle He heard a bamboo whistle imitating the singing of a bird outside, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and said in a low voice with a serious expression: "There may be a situation, I will Go out and have a look first."

After going there, they never came back, thinking that there was something really wrong there, a guy came in and lowered the curtains on the window for them, saying that the weather is already hot, and it is midday, and the sun is quite bright. To bask in people.

Zhou Heng asked about the fisherman: "I heard that there are fishing boats singing and fishing on the river. Why haven't we seen any of them after we've been here for so long?"

"Cough," the guy looked less than 20 years old, and explained to her with a smile:

"Miss doesn't know, the weather is hot now, and those fishermen are not gentlemen, they do hard work, so it is inevitable that they don't pay much attention to their clothes. Last summer, I forgot the exact time, and some distinguished guests came to visit. , there are female relatives inside, so naturally they also found a private seat by the river, but there just happened to be that incongruous fisherman, shirtless, standing on the bow of the boat fishing, not to mention the rugged appearance, I don’t know if it’s because of his courage or something else , what a coincidence, just when a certain young lady was looking outside, she yelled."

"That's how it ended up. The nobleman was offended. It must be said that the fisherman was vulgar and restless, ran into them with good intentions, and then took him away. Since then, everyone has been too scared to go fishing in the restaurant. Now I heard that they are all concentrated in the downstream fishing village, where the water surface is open and gentle, but the scenery is not as good as here. If someone wants to watch them fish, there will be someone in the restaurant to help them take them there to make a little money. If you want to eat fresh fish caught on the spot, you can also make it at home, but the taste is still not as good as our restaurant."

It turns out that it seems that the young man in the tea house in the city who doesn't know the situation is bragging, Zhou Heng smiled, but this kind of thing is understandable, imagine if I saw that kind of shirtless and inexplicably turned towards me A man who sings an unknown song will also feel very uncomfortable. In a serious way, it can also be called harassment.

A nobleman in this era must be powerful and powerful, and also a lady in the boudoir. When encountering this kind of situation, naturally, out of embarrassment and anger, he hastened to use his power.

But the fishing village downstream?Just now Uncle He seemed to say that those people went upstream?Zhou Heng's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, he glanced at Chun Yu and Aunt Peng, then smiled and asked the guy:

"Is the upper reaches also a fishing village? Shouldn't the upstream water be clearer? Will the peach blossom fish there taste better?"

"Upstream?" The man shook his head, indicating that few people here go upstream: "No one lives there. This Taohua River is very different. The upstream river bank is narrow, the current is dangerous, and there are many strange rocks on the bank , Some places are still unfathomable deep pools, so not many people go there, and fishing is inconvenient."

"Besides, fish have to swim around, and the upstream water is so fast that they will swim over quickly, so the peach blossom fish caught on the river side of the restaurant are the freshest, but now everyone It’s fishing downstream, so it’s not too different.”

It seems that those people didn't go upstream to eat a meal of peach blossom fish, so they wouldn't be fishing by themselves and grilling on the spot, right?And seeing that lunch was almost over, but Uncle He still didn't come back, there must be something wrong.

But there is nothing I can do here now, and the guy from the restaurant came in again, and said kindly that if you eat a little too much because of the delicious food, you can go down to the woods by the river for a walk:

"Guests, don't worry, there is a peach blossom forest by the river below. If it comes in spring, the peach blossoms will be as bright as red clouds, and it will be so beautiful. But it's not bad at the moment, the peach forest bears small fruits, and there are some local specialties beside the forest. It’s also very lively, the guest officials heard that they came from Gyeonggi-do, right? You can go down and take a look, and go back to bring some gifts for the family, and treat it as an after-dinner snack.”

This is a good idea. Although Zhou Heng knew that it must be a one-stop routine in the scenic spot, firstly, he had to wait for Uncle He to come back anyway, and secondly, she was also a little curious about the souvenirs of scenic spots in this era, so she thanked the guy and asked The other two: "How about it? Or let's go down for a walk?"

Mrs. Peng had nothing to do, but Chun Yu felt that the private seat was a little hot from the midday sun outside, so she nodded her head in agreement when she heard the words, and told the guy that if Uncle He came back early, let him wait in the restaurant for a while After that, the three of them followed a few diners to the peach forest by the river.

Now it’s almost the Dragon Boat Festival, and the peach trees have already grown green and small peaches, which look cute and fluffy. In comparison, the vendors beside the peach forest are actually very ordinary, nothing more than selling some local specialties. Dried fish, cakes, looking around, the three of them feel that there is nothing to buy, and the river is now deserted and there is no scenery to see.

The sun was also shining, and it was so hot that Zhou Heng greeted the other two: "Let's go back, Uncle He might be back."

So the three of them returned to the restaurant, but unfortunately Uncle He still didn't come back, so Zhou Heng asked Aunt Peng, "Auntie, what should I do?"

What else can I do?In ancient times, there were no instant messaging tools like mobile phones to communicate with each other, and now we can only wait.

Fortunately, after sitting for a while, a familiar person suddenly ran over, introduced himself as Uncle He asked him to come, and said to Zhou Heng in a low voice: "Girl, Uncle He met someone who said he knew a girl, He Uncle would like to ask you to go over and talk."

People you know?Also invite yourself to go over and talk?Zhou Heng thought that he didn't know many people in this world, but Chun Yu next to her pulled her sleeve and said softly: "Sister, could it be someone you knew at Liuhu at that time?"

On the side of Liuhu Lake... Zhou Heng's heart shuddered when he said this:

Could it be that murderous boatman appeared here?