The river just passed through the intersection of the three straight lines of the y-shape, and someone had piled up five-step stone piers with stones here, and the river flowed slowly through the four gaps in the five-step stone piers since the five-step stone piers blocked the speed of the water, so much so that the water flowed on the left side of the y-shape, forming a buffer zone of about four to five square metres, and the original one-metre wide stream flow was almost three metres wide here all of a sudden.
The path split in two at the foot of the mountain, the one on the right towards the deeper depths, and the one on the left, led to the top of another mountain in front of the left, only that mountain, compared to the one that Ye Chen and Lin Wan’er were scaling, was overall quite a bit shorter, and above the top of that mountain, there was also a small piece of maroon coloured, low rise building, it was unknown as to what purpose it was used for.
The Hundred Thousand Great Mountains were originally low in the southwest, and even though it was already mid-autumn, it was still warm and humid, so the plants here also grew extraordinarily lush, the slopes, the tops and the valleys, all of them were all lush and green, and they appeared extraordinarily pure under the sunlight, and they could not see any modern-day labels at all.
Lin Wan’er followed Ye Chen step by step, looking at the scenery in front of her, she couldn’t help but praise and talk, “The ancients used to say that winding paths lead to seclusion, I can’t imagine that the 100,000 mountains that people talked about back then, the scenery along the way is actually so beautiful and quiet, if you live here for a period of time, it must be very comfortable and self-satisfied!”
Ye Chen laughed, “When we don’t have to worry about the Broken Qing Society anymore in the future, I’ll buy you a few mountains here, you can choose one to build a house, and use the rest to grow tea trees.”
Lin Wan’er shook her head, “The climate here is not suitable for Pu’er tea trees, rather it is suitable for heavier green tea.”
Saying this, Lin Wan Er couldn’t help but mutter, “Gongzi, although my slave likes tea, but I don’t intend to be a hard working tea farmer for the rest of my life, there are so many tea trees in Erlang Mountain, my slave doesn’t even know how to plant them in the future, and you are going to buy my slave some land here to grow tea, will my slave have to deal with tea all day long?”
Ye Chen laughed, “I don’t mean this, I just see that you do like this place, so I have the intention to buy it and send it to you.”
Lin Wan’er smiled shyly and said softly, “If you have this heart, I will be satisfied.”
At this time, the two stood halfway up the mountain, they could see the left hand side of the y-shaped mountain road, also from the mountain walked down a bald woman wearing a grey robe, she looked about early twenties, her features were very clear, although she shaved her bald head, but she was still beautiful and lovely.
The woman’s hands were holding a wooden basin, which seemed to contain some clothes, as well as a flat wooden stick.
Since that mountain was quite a bit shorter than the one Ye Chen and Lin Wan Er were on, the girl had arrived at the y-shaped intersection earlier than them.
The girl stopped at the intersection and leaned against the road to the left of the y-shaped, squatting down by the side of the road before taking out a robe from the wooden basin, putting it in the water and wetting and rubbing it, and then patting it hard with the wooden stick.
The wooden stick slapped the wet clothes, and the crisp slapping sound echoed softly in the valley.
Lin Wan’er listened and watched, and couldn’t help but say to Ye Chen, “In the past, Nu Jia also washed clothes this way, I didn’t expect that after so many years, there were still people using this method.”
Ye Chen looked at the girl from afar and muttered, “She seems to be a nun, in that case, the red-walled building on the hill to the left should be a nunnery.”
Lin Wan’er nodded slightly and sighed, “Being a nun here is a bit more arduous than most monks.”
The two of them continued to countryside along the mountain road, and after an incense stick of work, they had arrived at the y-shaped trailhead.
At this time, that nun was still squatting aside to wash her clothes, and since Ye Chen and Lin Wan’er had agreed to pretend to be a couple in front of outsiders, he stopped in front of the stone pier, and stretched out a hand to Lin Wan’er, saying, “I’ll lead you over there.”
Lin Wan’er nodded her head shyly and repeatedly, and immediately handed her small hand into Ye Chen’s hand.
Ye Chen held her and stepped over the stone pier, and was about to continue his journey towards the right hand direction of the y-shaped intersection, when the young nun beside him who was squatting on the ground to wash her clothes suddenly stood up, bowed slightly with her hands folded together towards Lin Wan’er, and opened her mouth to say, “Amitabha Buddha, this monk, the abbot of our house has been waiting for you for a long time, and would like to ask you to move to the nunnery to have a look at you.”