After breakfast, Tao Le and his party drove to Taohua Valley, the best place to view peach blossoms.
This is the place where the Chicago Peach Blossom Festival has been held over the years. Not only does it have food and folk custom streets, but you can also see the ten-mile peach blossom forest, which is dazzling and the clouds are steaming.
"School girl, look at the hillsides in the northeast and northwest." Qin Feng stood beside Tao Le and pointed with a friendly expression: "When I came here last year, there were no peach blossoms in these places, but now they are blooming. It’s all over the mountains and plains.”
"Really?" Tao Le looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, everywhere he looked, there was a sea of flowers. Red, pink, and white peach blossoms of different shades, like smoke and mist, covered her entire field of vision.
"It's so beautiful." She exclaimed in admiration, "I don't know who has such a big hand to make this peach blossom bloom all over the world overnight."
"I think this matter is not as mysterious as they made it out to be." Shi Youjie stood on the other side of Tao Le and said with a smile: "It's probably a stunt specially thought up by the local people to attract tourists."
"Old Shi, what do you say?" Xie Baoshu asked.
"Isn't this obvious? We are all atheists. Pies cannot fall from the sky, and peach trees cannot grow out of thin air on the ground."
"The so-called abnormality was actually carefully arranged by someone. They were just waiting to become famous, attract more tourists, and boost the local tourism industry."
"Okay, you Lao Shi." Xie Baoshu patted him on the shoulder: "That makes sense."
"Teacher Shi is right." Tao Le also felt that this was the most likely answer: "The locals in Zhishi have really worked hard. It is not easy to plant tens of thousands of peach trees, and what is even more rare is that they can bloom this year. "
"It can't be a new sapling that blooms like this." Qin Feng said: "But I clearly remember that when I came here last year, there was not a single peach tree on the mountain, so they specially transplanted many perennial peach trees. This is much more difficult than planting saplings.”
"But no matter what, it's still a bargain for us gardeners." Tao Le said with a smile.
This dreamlike sea of flowers was truly breathtakingly beautiful, allowing her to indulge in it and forget the hidden pain deep in her heart.
It's a windy spring day. When the wind blows, petals fly all over the sky.
Tao Le stood alone under a flower tree, surrounded by colorful fallen flowers, which added a bit of extravagance to her ordinary face.
Qin Feng's eyes were fixed on Tao Le for a moment, full of admiration, and he couldn't bear to look away.
"Teacher Tao, don't move, just stand there." Shi Youjie squatted on the ground, holding the camera and constantly adjusting the focus: "Three, two, one! Okay."
"Baoshu, come and take a group photo for us." Shi Youjie thrust the camera into Xie Baoshu's hand and ran to Tao Le excitedly: "Teacher Tao, do you mind?"
"No." Tao Le smiled and nodded, making a V-sign with Shi Youjie.
Qin Feng frowned, watching the two of them take a photo together, and then came to Tao Le: "Senior sister, let's go over there and take a look."
"Okay." Tao Le stepped on the pink and white petals and walked side by side with Qin Feng.
"Wait a minute." Qin Feng called warmly.
"Huh?" Tao Le stopped in confusion, but felt the senior's hand gently brushing her hair.
Qin Feng gently removed the petals that had fallen to her head, and then brought them to Tao Le:
"The trees are full of flowers and blooming red, and thousands of branches are blooming in spring." He said softly: "But no matter how beautiful the peach blossoms are, they still can't compare to your smiling face."
Tao Le did not expect that Qin Feng could say such words at this time, and his face immediately turned red.
Xie Baoshu and Shi Youjie were two steps behind them, so they could naturally hear them clearly.
The former quickly pulled the latter: "Hey, Lao Shi, why don't we go for a walk in the back?"
Shi Youjie stood there as if there were nails on his feet, motionless, his ears raised high, wanting to hear what Tao Le would say in response.
Tao Le sighed secretly, his thoughts were changing for a while, and he was about to speak.
Suddenly, she smelled a very fine and light fragrance in the fragrant wind.
The fragrance was cold and sweet, penetrating directly into the deepest part of her heart - it was Chitose Kashiwa.
Tao Le took a deep breath, his heart beating rapidly uncontrollably, and his eyes scanned everywhere around him at the same time.
There are more and more people admiring flowers, but in her eyes, they are all alike. I looked around all around, but I couldn't find Ximu anywhere.
Tao Le's heart suddenly felt empty, not knowing where it was going.
Yes, it is impossible for a person like Simu to appear in such a crowded public attraction.
Moreover, even if he appears, he will definitely be the center of attention, causing cheers and excitement wherever he goes.
Tao Le lowered his head sadly, and suddenly felt that the sea of peach blossoms in front of him had lost its color.
"School sister?" Qin Feng saw that her eyes were blank and out of focus, and she was not as interested as before. He immediately understood that his words must have been too direct and scared her.
"I'm sorry, schoolgirl, I just feel the scenery here. To put it bluntly, it's a bit abrupt." He explained.
These words brought Tao Le out of his thoughts:
"It's okay, senior," she said, "Who doesn't like to hear good words? The more compliments I have, the better. Why do I need to apologize?"
Before Qin Feng could say anything more, Shi Youjie came forward and said to Tao Le diligently:
"Let me tell you, let's continue walking inside. It's best to climb up the mountain over there and have a look. It's not interesting to always be stuck in this crowd."
"It's good to go up the mountain. There are many and dense flowers and trees. It must be beautiful." Xie Baoshu, who was left behind, regained his sense of presence: "It's just that Tao Le, your face doesn't look good now. Is it okay to climb the mountain?"
His words immediately focused the attention of Qin Feng and Shi Youjie on Tao Le's face.
"Teacher Tao, why are you looking paler than yesterday?" Shi Youjie said worriedly: "If you feel uncomfortable, don't hold on. Anyway, these flowers and trees are just like that, it's nothing. good-looking."
"Yes, junior schoolmate." Qin Feng frowned and said, "I saw that your complexion was not very good yesterday. How about we change the visa immediately and go back to Yun City for a checkup early?"
"I'm fine." Although Tao Le couldn't bear to dampen everyone's interest: "Isn't it just mountain climbing? Come on, let's go up and have a look."
“Do what you can, don’t force it.”
"Don't worry, senior, when have I ever done something I wasn't sure about?"
The group of people chatted and laughed as they walked deeper into the forest.
Suddenly, Tao Le turned around and looked at the peach tree where they stopped earlier.
The tree is more than twenty years old, tall and lush, with flowers blooming like snow.
But at this moment, there was no other color in Tao Le's eyes.
A fat figure with blue spots on a yellow background was standing steadily on the top of the peach tree, catching her off guard and looking at her.
(End of chapter)
