Chapter 178: The Beautiful Car and the Coachman
Tong Xiaoyun called Fan Wubing and asked him to answer him to attend the high school class reunion.
Although both of them said they would not be responsible for what Fan Wubing agreed to, the man's habits still made Fan Wubing drive over strangely.
Tong Xiaoyun had already prepared her luggage and dragged a hand-pulled bag into the car.
"You're dressing very well today?" Fan Wubing glanced at Tong Xiaoyun and found that she was wearing very carefully, not like the unkempt girl she saw when she woke up that morning.
"Go to Hupao." Tong Xiaoyun ignored the man at all and ordered expressionlessly.
"Hupao?!" Fan Wubing was stunned, "I heard it right?"
Hupao is in Hangzhou! Could it be that if you want to go to Hangzhou for a class reunion?
But speaking of this, even if you drive to Hupao from Shanghai, it will be only an hour at most. So Fan Wubing will draw out the map, look at the path selection, then start the car and drive straight to Hupao.
Tong Xiaoyun didn't speak in a quiet voice, so Fan Wubing hummed and sang, "Life adds to the taste. When classmates come to the party, break up one pair and count one pair, break up one pair and make one pair--"
"What are you singing in a mess?" Tong Xiaoyun said with some dissatisfaction.
"Oh hehe, it's just a rumor." Fan Wubing continued to hum there, "The one who has a lot of mind is lying in bed, the one who has less mind is busy chatting, the one who has a lot of mind is singing, and the one who lacks mind is drinking."
"The more I say it, the more ugly it sounds--" Tong Xiaoyun said with a blushing face.
Hupaoquan is located in the side courtyard of Huichan Temple at the Baihe Peak of Daci Mountain, Daci Mountain in the southwest of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, about five kilometers away from the city.
According to legend, in the 14th year of Tang Yuanhe, a monk from the eminent came here and liked the beautiful scenery here, so he lived. Later, because there was no water source nearby, he was about to move to another place. One night, he suddenly dreamed that a god told him that there was a boy spring in Nanyue, and he sent two tigers to move him here. The next day, he indeed saw two tigers running as a crypt, and the clear spring water poured out, so it was called Hupaoquan.
The ancient trees are towering. Fan Wubing and Tong Xiaoyun climbed the steps along the stone paths in the forest. They just felt refreshed and comfortable. There were not many tourists on the road. There were many places to play in Hangzhou, such as West Lake, Lingyin Temple, Liuhe Pagoda, Yue Temple, Wansong Academy, etc., which are all good places to go. Even the small Wuzhen has a unique water town charm.
"Hupao is known as the third spring in the world. Do you know what the first and second springs are?" Tong Xiaoyun suddenly asked.
Fan Wubing immediately laughed. Although he had never been to Hupao in his life, he had been here in his previous life and had been mentioned by someone. So he said, "It's just a talk. There are more than tens of millions of springs in the world, so how can there be such an accurate judgment? However, Hupao's springs and Longjing tea are both the best in West Lake. The world's first spring is generally Lingquan in Jinshan, Zhenjiang, and the second spring is Huiquan in Huishan, Wuxi. I still know this. Hangzhou is a good place. Speaking of which, there is a very famous person here."
"Who?" Tong Xiaoyun asked with great interest.
"Master Hongyi." Fan Wubing looked at the Zen temple opposite the tea room and said to Tong Xiaoyun.
Master Hongyi's surname is Li, his name is Xi, and his pseudonym is Shutong. He is from Pinghu, Zhejiang. He studied in Japan in his early years. He was proficient in music and drama, and had great achievements in calligraphy, painting and seal carving. He once taught Buddhism in Southeast Asia, and later became a monk in Hupao. He was a scholar-type monk.
"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the fragrant grass is green all over the sky-" Seeing that Tong Xiaoyun was a little puzzled, Fan Wubing hummed gently, "The author of this song is Master Hongyi."
"So it's him-" Tong Xiaoyun nodded. Although she had known this song for a long time, she didn't know that the author Li Shutong was Master Hongyi.
There are countless monks from ancient times to the present, but there are definitely not many monks who can leave their names in history. Moreover, they all have one common feature, namely knowledge-based monks with insight and creation, such as monk Jianzhen and monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty, monk Foyin of the Song Dynasty, etc. Although Master Hongyi became a monk halfway, his name is very loud, all because of his contributions to Buddhism.
The two of them were walking in the shade of the tree. Occasionally, someone on the roadside had a spring water for people to drink, so they stopped and sat on the rattan chair to taste the sweet spring water. Fan Wubing took a coin and carefully placed it flat on the water surface. Sure enough, the coin was barely attached to the water surface and did not sink. The spring water of the tiger ran was indeed very tension.
Several people sat around, chatting with each other, and they smiled when they saw young men and women playing with water there.
"Where are you gathering together, you can't be in the woods, right?" Fan Wubing had no objection to acting as a driver, but he felt that it was a bit unreliable for this accompanying class reunion. He was so young and handsome, and he wanted to pretend to be Tong Xiaoyun's boyfriend, and he was not very compatible.
"You are really right, just in the woods." Tong Xiaoyun snorted.
Regarding Fan Wubing, Tong Xiaoyun felt a little unaware of what to do. She did something with him in a daze, which made her walk awkward for several days, but she climbed onto his bed, making it difficult to judge right or wrong in this matter.
I wanted to tease him, but he was several years younger than him. This really made Tong Xiaoyun very depressed, and bullying him was a fight! I couldn't vent my grievances, so I was so upset!
"You'll pretend to be my boyfriend later!" Tong Xiaoyun suddenly said.
Although it was said casually, Tong Xiaoyun has a queenly temperament and her words were a bit unquestionable.
"I? Don't look like me?" Fan Wubing said, pointing to his nose.
"It's like putting on makeup." Tong Xiaoyun really took out her own makeup box and wanted to process it for Fan Wubing.
"It's not an ugliness, right?" Fan Wubing asked with some concern.
"Don't worry, at most it's just aging. How could I bring an ugly man with me?" Tong Xiaoyun snorted, then applied Fan Wubing a few times, then looked at it, showing that she was satisfied, and finally said, "When you're fine, you can hold a cigarette! It looks a little mature-"
"Smoking seems mature? You're dying quickly!" Fan Wubing would not take advantage of his own happiness for such a trivial matter.
In fact, most of Tong Xiaoyun's high school classmates are young people in their early twenties. Apart from those who went to college, the rest are those who have just entered society for less than two or three years. How could such a group of people mature?
Fan Wubing curled his lips and thought that if he just shouted casually, they wouldn't know where they were going to be cool, so they didn't have to deliberately pretend to be cool? That would be a depreciation of their own value.
Tong Xiaoyun's classmate reunion was indeed in the woods, but it was just a report location. There was a hotel next to her. After chatting, everyone went to the hotel to spend money, so they naturally drank, sang and danced. If it was interesting, or they would check in the hotel in the end.
According to Tong Xiaoyun, she attended high school in Hangzhou. Among her classmates at that time, there were many rich children, so the high school gatherings were arranged in such places, which was to show the difference in identity. I guess students from poor families would not be willing to come here.
Only then did Fan Wubing realize that it turned out that it was a group of little kids showing off their family background!
In this case, he was a little unfavorable about this party. It is said that once these people drink too much, they can do everything, and they will come whatever evil comes. No wonder Tong Xiaoyun wants to bring her over. It is probably to show that she has a boyfriend, and to give her courage, right?
So Fan Wubing took Tong Xiaoyun's waist, hugged her in her arms, and walked over thinking about the direction of the forest.
"What are you doing?" Tong Xiaoyun's body stiffened and she stared at Fan Wubing with discomfort.
"Boy and girlfriend, isn't that the case?" Fan Wu replied with confidence.
Tong Xiaoyun muttered something, and had to let Fan Wubing hug her and walked into the woods with an unhappy look on her face.
There is a unique world in the woods here. The hotel has set up many stone tables and benches, as well as some Go boards carved from stones, and tea sets are also available, with a very elegant style.
This reminded Fan Wubing of a poem by Wang Wei, "Sitting alone in the bamboo grove, playing the piano and whistling again. People in the forest are not aware of it, and the bright moon comes to shine."
If you drink here at night to enjoy the moon, it is a good thing.
Twenty or thirty people gathered there, obviously Tong Xiaoyun's classmates. After seeing Fan Wubing and Tong Xiaoyun appear, someone came over, "Aha, Xiaoyun, you are here! This is your white horse?!"
Chapter completed!