Chapter 98 Taoyuan
Chapter 99 Taoyuan
After lunch, everyone took a short rest in the farmhouse and continued to the next attraction. At this time, the nearby attractions were not fully developed. The more famous ones were the nearby imperial tombs and the surrounding orchards.
The Imperial Mausoleum is not very far from the Great Wall. After driving for about half an hour, everyone saw a beautiful place with mountains and clear water. Tang Xiaoyu didn't want to go there when she heard it was the Imperial Mausoleum, but the tour guide beside her said a lot of things about it, which aroused Tang Xiaoyu's curiosity. Thinking that since she was out this time, she might as well have fun, so she followed everyone and walked into the gate of the Imperial Mausoleum with her small bag.
In addition to telling the history of the royal families of past dynasties and the kings buried here, the exhibition hall also told some very interesting stories. But Tang Xiaoyu was really not interested in these things. She followed Fang Qing step by step, thinking of ways to make Fang Qing uncomfortable.
When she saw Fang Qing was interested in some history, she would say that Fang Qing had little education. When she saw Fang Qing was interested in some small decorations, she would cross her arms and tease Fang Qing for being ignorant, saying, "Aren't they just some purses and small pendants?"
Even when she saw people holding cameras to take group photos for everyone, Tang Xiaoyu would pick at the sleeves of the clothes and say with disdain that she didn't know how many people had worn them and they had never been washed.
The repeated provocations finally made everyone unable to bear it any longer. A male student was a little impatient, "You are not a student in our class, it's fine if you come to play with us, but you are still picky, can you be a little reasonable?"
Tang Xiaoyu was used to being flattered, and this was the first time she met someone who didn't give her face. So she got angry and folded her arms and looked at the boy, "How dare you talk to me? Do you think I want to come to your lousy team? If it wasn't for Fang Qingfei from your class who asked me to come, I wouldn't be willing to come! What are you looking at? If you have any objections, go find her."
Fang Qing saw that his classmates and Tang Xiaoyu had started to quarrel, so he hurried back to mediate. While apologizing to his classmates, he pulled Tang Xiaoyu aside.
"Xiaoyu, I know you have something against me, but you were the one who said you wanted to follow me. Now that you're out, even if you don't want to be with us, you should at least enjoy this trip. If you really don't like it, I'll go find a car and take you back to school."
Tang Xiaoyu raised her neck and snorted, "You want to get rid of me and live happily. I'm telling you, Fang Qing, I just want to follow you and make you uncomfortable. You want to get rid of me? No way."
After saying that, Tang Xiaoyu saw a popsicle stand not far away, walked over arrogantly, ordered the most expensive popsicle, and then looked at Fang Qing in the distance, "I'm thirsty, I want to eat a popsicle, I don't have any money."
Feng Qing sighed and stepped forward to pay the bill. Thinking about how they had been together for such a long time, Fang Qing happily paid for a box of popsicles, one for each person in the class. This eased the somewhat unpleasant atmosphere.
But some boys couldn't stand Tang Xiaoyu's behavior. They thought that this was in the imperial mausoleum, where there were many eerie and scary places. So they followed Fang Qing and Tang Xiaoyu and told some folk stories.
"I heard from others that in ancient times, people were buried with other people, and the wronged souls of those buried with other people have been unable to leave this underground palace for thousands of years. They like to hide in dark corners and attach themselves to people with bad character."
At this point, the boy glanced at Tang Xiaoyu next to him and smiled meaningfully, "Especially girls have a lot of yin energy. If they have a bad temper and don't do good deeds, they are most likely to attract these dirty things."
Tang Xiaoyu didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that he was just exaggerating and trying to scare people, but when they walked to a dimly lit place, Tang Xiaoyu felt a burst of cold air on the back of her neck. She turned around and looked carefully, but there was nothing. Thinking of what the boy had just said, she was suddenly a little scared and ran to Fang Qing's side, hugged Fang Qing's arm tightly, and said that she didn't want to stay here any longer.
Feng Qing didn't know what Tang Xiaoyu had seen. She was so frightened. She could only hold his arm and comfort him softly.
Wang Nan and the male classmate who were following behind took a look at the hidden air cooler in the corner, smiled at each other, and quickly left while holding back their laughter.
When everyone finished visiting all the scenic spots, there was a stone archway outside the gate. The tour guide made a joke, "It's an old saying that entering the imperial mausoleum is like walking through the underground palace, so when people in the world of the living pass through this gate, they must shout "I'm back" to declare that they are alive, and those ghost messengers will not come to find you."
Everyone laughed as if it was a joke, and then they sold the threshold stone and said it again jokingly. But Tang Xiaoyu was frightened just now. Until now, she still felt a chill on the back of her neck and arms. After hearing this, she shouted honestly.
Everyone around him looked at him in confusion. Tang Xiaoyu also realized that her voice was a little loud, but she didn't care about that. She followed Fang Qing and felt that it was safer to squeeze into the crowd. In the rest of the trip, she never left the group again, nor said anything to spoil the mood.
Seeing him like this, no one wanted to tease her anymore. The male students started telling jokes and singing together, which made Tang Xiaoyu no longer feel afraid.
In the afternoon, we went to a nearby orchard. The fruits here are well-known far and wide, and many people come here to pick them. This season is the time when peaches are off the trees. When we arrived at the peach orchard, the endless orchard was full of various fruit trees. Looking at the fruits on the branches, everyone was drooling.
The monitor saw that there were thatched huts and picked fruits outside the park. In addition to bowl-sized peaches, there were also plums, apples, grapes and other fresh fruits. The students all paid for them. Even Fang Qing couldn't help but want to buy some to take back home.
Fang Qing stood beside a basket of peaches, covering her nose with a handkerchief and looking at them from a distance. Although she liked them, she didn't dare to touch them.
"Boss, how long can these peaches be kept?"
The boss replied expressionlessly, "In this cool weather, it can probably be kept for eight or nine days..."
The peaches were big and sweet. Although I didn't eat them yet, I could already smell the lingering peach aroma. Thinking that my mother and sister-in-law loved to eat this kind of peaches, Fang Qing paid for a basket.
"Then give me a basket of hard ones. I want to take them back home."
Tang Xiaoyu, who was standing behind him, rolled her eyes immediately after hearing this. "You really have never seen good things before. You took back a few broken peaches as if they were treasures..."
But the boss behind him got anxious when he heard it, "Broken peach? Explain it clearly to me, what's wrong with my peach? If you can't explain it clearly, don't even think about leaving today!"
(End of this chapter)
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