Soon, the meal began. Song Mian must have informed village chief Lin in advance that their family had prepared a large table of delicacies.
All of them were related to lotus flowers. The main dishes included lotus leaf chicken, lotus white goose, lotus fragrant fish, and Lotus Heart Pork.
The side dishes included fermented minced pork, stir-fried lotus pond soup, codfish and pumpkin cups, fried lotus flowers..
The pasta dishes included lotus flower crisps, lotus fragrant soup dumplings, and soup dishes were lotus seed soup..
Each dish had its own unique features. It had all the colors, fragrance, and taste. Yun Xiangxiang couldn’t stop eating. This was probably the most complete lotus pond feast she had ever eaten.
After the meal, village chief Lin had some matters to attend to and went out. Village chief’s wife told them that there was a rest room prepared for them. If they wanted to rest, they could take a lunch break.
Song Mian said that he would first take Yun Xiangxiang out for a walk to digest her food.
When they walked out, they saw that most of the elderly people were staying in the village. Other than children under the age of six, there were also middle-aged people over the age of thirty. It was very difficult to see young people.
“They are all studying outside. All of them live in schools. The road is too far. There is no special reason. They only come back after a long vacation.”Song Mian dared to bring Yun Xiangxiang here so brazenly, so she was naturally thoughtful.
The people who stayed here were mostly hardworking people. They also had phones. Most of them were not intelligent. They just wanted to make a phone call to make contact. They watched the television, but the chances of seeing Yun Xiangxiang were very low.
“This place is really beautiful. I feel like standing here is like a lotus flower swaying in the wind from a pond. It can calm my mood, wash away my fatigue, and bloom elegantly.”Yun Xiangxiang held song Mian’s hand unscrupulously, they walked along the edge of the lotus pond. “This lotus pond is so big.”
“There are hundreds of acres of lotus flowers.”Song Mian did not know the exact number.
“Then the annual output should be huge.”Yun Xiangxiang felt that the village was not big, only about thirty to forty households.
“From fish, shrimp, duck, goose, Lotus, lotus seeds and the like, this village produces nearly ten million per year.”Song Mian was very clear on this point. Each household could get several hundred thousand per year. They were not particularly rich, but they were no longer barren.
“Why don’t we build a Road?”Yun Xiangxiang recalled the bumpy ride just now.
The quality of the products here should not be bad. Yun Xiangxiang had just tasted it and it was very good. If the road was repaired a little better, it would develop very quickly.
“They just want to live a little more comfortably.”Song Mian tilted his head and smiled faintly.
It was not that they did not have the money to build a road, nor was it that no relevant departments came to them. They all refused. Although there were only thirty to forty families here, they had a strong sense of clan. The relevant departments did not dare to force them too much.
They were well-behaved and did not particularly reject advancing with the times, nor did they drag down the development of the county. However, they did not want their small world to be cultivated into a scenic spot in exchange for benefits.
They were all very clear on the principle that the peak of prosperity was bound to decline. Such a beautiful place was painstakingly built by them. This was their home, and they did not want their home to become a place where others could come and go as they pleased with their money, they wanted to taint the simplicity and beauty of this place.
Village chief Lin had also ventured outside in his early years. It was not because he could not make it that he had returned to his hometown, but because he had experienced too many vicissitudes.
It was not that they could not make it now. They did not want this place to become the place that he had seen before. They hoped that their ancestors would be able to protect this place for generations.
If they wanted to strive for glory, they could go outside and do whatever they wanted.
However, no one could have any designs on their hometown. This place was a pure land that was left for them to return to after they were tired and exhausted outside. It was peaceful.
“After hearing what you said, I want to stay here and retire.”Yun Xiangxiang liked this place even more.
There were fewer and fewer pure lands and places that were not polluted.
Yun Xiangxiang and Song Mian passed by and saw someone giving a bowl of chicken soup to their neighbors. This kind of behavior no longer existed in the outside world.
The competition in those places was too strong, and the distance between people was too big. Being on guard made people’s hearts grow colder.
“Dr. Song, shall I take you around on a boat?”At this moment, the son of village chief Lin came to them with a small boat.
Song Mian Held Yun Xiangxiang’s hand and walked to a place where they could park the boat. After he and Yun Xiangxiang got on the boat, they took the paddle from each other. “I’ll take her to have a look. You Go ahead and do your work.”
The son of village chief Lin was in his thirties. He gave song Mian a knowing look and decided not to be a third wheel.
Song Mian rowed the boat to the lotus flower. When he turned his head, he saw Yun Xiangxiang holding her chin with one hand and looking at him with sparkling eyes.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“I’m proud of you. My Mr. Song is really omnipotent.”Yun Xiangxiang did not know that song Mian would support such an ancient boat.
At this moment, the boat had arrived at the center of the Lotus leaves. The Lotus leaves were very high in the water and the lotus flowers were blooming. It was said that the sky-connecting lotus leaves of the West Lake were endless, but it was not necessarily inferior to this place.
Today was not a particularly sunny day. The white clouds were very thick, and the sunlight that passed through the clouds became less dazzling and warm. It was sprinkled with a layer of light, gentle and holy.
His little girlfriend was sitting on the bow of the boat with her knees bent. Her beautiful eyes were like the blue waves under the lotus leaves. They were full of reflections of his tall and straight figure on the boat, and the delicate and pink lotus flowers behind him, they were all slightly overshadowed by her overly beautiful face.
For a moment, Song Mian was actually a little infatuated with her.
Noticing that song Mian was also infatuated by her beauty, Yun Xiangxiang’s heart became even more beautiful when she thought about it.
She cupped her face with both hands. “I’m even prouder. I can make the omnipotent Mr. Song Fall for me all the time.”
“That’s because you don’t know how beautiful you are in my eyes.”Song Mian did not feel embarrassed to be teased by Yun Xiangxiang.
At this moment, there were many people on the boat picking lotus flowers. Otherwise, Song Mian would definitely seek some benefits for himself.
He was thick-skinned and did not care. However, he knew that Yun Xiangxiang was actually thin-skinned and did not dare to anger her.
He could only feel a little regretful. With this thought in mind, he began to think about bringing Yun Xiangxiang to see the beautiful scenery next time. He had to find a convenient place to do it.
Yun Xiangxiang did not know that song Mian, who was extremely sacred in her heart, had already thought of other places. Otherwise, she would definitely spit at him.
Song Mian pushed the boat to the place where the lotus flowers bloomed the most and stopped. He sat beside Yun Xiangxiang and patted his leg. “Take a nap.”
Yun Xiangxiang was not pretentious at all. She shifted her position and lay down. She rested her head on song Mian’s leg and looked up at the deep white clouds in the sky.
She bathed in the soft sunlight and smelled the elegant and peaceful lotus fragrance in their love.
Even though he did not feel comfortable sleeping on the lap of the man he loved the most, he still felt that it was the most enjoyable thing in the world.
Song Mian was prepared for this. He took out a harmonica and put it to his lips. He started to play the beautiful melody of “Lotus of the Buddha”.
He sent Yun Xiangxiang to a sweet dream.
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