Early in the morning of December 8, Jin Zhongming and Chu Long were waiting for breakfast in a pavilion in a certain place. This was a farmhouse in a mid-mountain town in Anji, Zhejiang. After stumbled over the map for a long time, Chu Long suddenly asked to see the bamboo sea... So, the two appeared here.

I just arrived last night and today is my first meal.

"China is so big." Chu Long, who had changed into a skirt, looked at the surrounding scenery with emotion. "There are already people wearing winter clothes in the capital, and autumn has just begun here... I just looked at the weather forecast over there, which said that today is 21 degrees to 28 degrees."

"Yes." Jin Zhongming, who had black-framed glasses in his body after coming to China, nodded and smiled. "The subtropical ocean climate here is completely different from the north. Even in the twelfth month of winter, it would not freeze if it was not extreme weather. What's more, we are halfway up the mountain, and such a large bamboo sea itself can regulate the temperature and air like the real sea..."

"So that's it." Chu Long nodded convincingly. "What's the name of this town? Have you been here before? I see you were very happy to chat with the boss lady..."

"It doesn't matter what your name is." Jin Zhongming spread his hands. "As for the boss's wife, I was very happy to talk to you... Actually, we are talking about you..."

"Say me?"

"Yeah." Jin Zhongming glanced at the courtyard below the pavilion and the snack street that was vaguely visible not far away. It is not the peak season now, and only the two of them live in the huge farmhouse. "When I asked the boss what are the special and good things in the snack street, she asked me, where are you from? Why is that little girl speaking foreign language? How did you get the person, young man?"

"What do you say?" Chu Long was a little amused and crying.

"I didn't say anything." Kim Jong-ming turned around and looked at Chu Long. "I just asked her if you are beautiful? Did I give Chinese people a face?"

Chulong covered his mouth and smiled embarrassedly.

"And do you know what that aunt said?" Jin Zhongming continued to look at Chu Long jokingly.

"What do you mean?" Chu Long asked with his cheeks and pouted,

"She said people are very beautiful, but I'm not sure that they have a face for Chinese people." Kim Jong-ming looked at the other party with a smile and replied. "Because they all came out to live in a farmhouse together, they still live in two rooms?"

"The temperature is really comfortable." Chu Long took a deep breath, then looked at the bamboo forest on the surrounding mountains. "The air is also very good, and the bamboo really grew into the sea..."

Kim Jong-ming glanced at the other party, smiled, and didn't say much nonsense.

In this way, after waiting for a while, the breakfast for the two of them was finally delivered.

First of all, there was a pot of soup, which was very clear, because the pork bones in the soup bowl were placed there. Then a steamer made of bamboo, the hot air floated directly to the top of the pavilion through the steamer.

"What is this?" Chu Long looked at it curiously, then couldn't wait to reach out and uncover the steamer. "Bun?"

"Xiaolongbao." Jin Zhongming picked up the chopsticks and ordered the edge of the steamer. "To be precise, the Xiaowu soup dumpling on the snack street over there looks crooked and unfavorable, but it is filled with gravy and fresh meat. But..."

"But?" Chu Long was already eager to try, but the words "Jin Zhongming" were re-stopped.

"But the soup dumplings of Xiao Wu soup dumplings here do not refer to this bun alone." As he said that, Jin Zhongming stood up and served Chu Long a bowl of bone soup. "But it refers to this bone soup with Xiaolongbao, soak the Xiaolongbao in the soup, and then try it, be careful that the gravy is sprayed out..."

Chu Long acted as she said. She wrapped Xiaolong in bone soup and soaked it for a while, then put it out with a spoon. She opened her mouth and bit it gently, and felt the fresh fragrance of her mouth seeping directly into her whole body. Then she followed Jin Zhongming opposite and lowered her head and sipped the bone soup. For a moment, she felt that all her limbs became warm...

However, it’s just a tray of buns, seven or eight, and one cent for two, just stuffing between teeth. So breakfast is definitely more than that.

Sure enough, after a while, two more bowls of braised food were served. Jin Zhongming looked at Chu Long opposite him with some amusement. While eating buns, she also looked at the bowl of braised food in front of her, especially the chicken feet in the middle of the bowl...

This time, without waiting for the explanation from Jin Zhongming, Chu Long, after eating the bun, picked up the chicken feet and sucked it gently... Uh, after sucking it, her eyes immediately widened. Without it, the chicken feet were stewed so soft that the bones fell off automatically after she took a bite... This was a paradise feeling for Chu Long, who was extremely addicted to chicken feet.

But...before it was over, a plate of side dishes was brought up again.

"It's fried rice cake!" Chu Long pointed to the side dish with great enthusiasm and shouted. "The fried rice cake here is not filled with chili..."

"Oh." Kim Jong-ming explained dismissively. "It was because of this. I know that because you can't eat spicy food, you have never eaten fried rice cakes since the voice change period. The trainees also worked hard."

"But it's very salty." Chulong quickly tasted the fried rice cake after eating the chicken feet. "But it doesn't affect the taste, why?"

"Because there are freshly dug bamboo shoots and shepherd's purse inside." Jin Zhongming pointed to the bamboo forests everywhere around. "The fresh fragrance of bamboo shoots and the fresh fragrance of shepherd's purse are paired with diced bacon, and the softness of rice cakes... How could the saltiness affect the taste? After dinner, we went to dig bamboo shoots and took a look at the bamboo sea. The boss told me a good place."

Chulong nodded and stopped talking, but began to eat this stir-fried rice cake seriously in the braised bowl.

To be honest, it was enough for breakfast to come to this serving. The two of them finished their own braised food and then divided the fried rice cake. At this time, the sunlight had already appeared on the side of the mountain through the mist.

"Oppa, are we going to see the bamboo sea to dig bamboo shoots now?" Chu Long's mood was already inspired by a breakfast. More importantly, she had found that this small village on the hillside was peaceful, without tall buildings, without media reporters, and even fewer tourists. In other words, the sunshine and bamboo sea here belong only to them.

"It's still a short time." Jin Zhongming stood up and wiped his hands, then walked towards the boss's wife of the farmhouse over there.

Chu Long looked at the other party in confusion, and then looked at the other party with a few companies that were digging bamboo shoots back and took out two bamboo tubes from his side like a magic trick.

"What is this?" After taking one, Chulong was a little confused.

"Rice." Kim Jong-ming's answer was concise. "Let's go, this is not a scenic spot, you don't need to buy tickets, let's go while eating."

Chu Long held the hot bamboo tube rice in her hand and didn't know how to deal with it at all, so she had to follow Jin Zhongming out in a daze. However, when she reached the door, she suddenly discovered the mystery of the bamboo tube in her hand. It turned out that these were two half bamboo tubes combined into one piece. She gently stroked the gap on the bamboo tube and it turned out to be opened.

The fresh and fragrant glutinous rice was mixed with a special fragrance. Chu Long glanced at Jin Zhongming walking in front. The other party didn't seem to notice that she had opened it. But no matter what, with the thought of not wasting, Chu Long decided to eat it first. After taking a bite, he felt that the glutinous rice was steamed just right, neither very hard nor soft, and every bite could just eat the ingredients that were passed in, including sour beans, the bacon strips in the fried rice cakes before, as well as shredded potatoes and a fried ingredient that she couldn't name... But it doesn't matter, it was so fragrant, so soft, so crispy, and couldn't walk two steps, and the whole rice was simply wiped out by the girl.

Then... Chu Long found that she was addicted. Some kind of switch called foodie was turned on in her body. She couldn't wait to stare at everything on the snack street, wanting to do one more...and then do one more. Anyway, I won't be able to get fat in the past two days, right?!

At this moment, another opened bamboo rice appeared in front of me, which was Jin Zhongming.

"Eat it." Kim Jong-ming smiled disconcertedly. "Anyway, can you still eat weight in these two days? Is that what it means?"

"Is it?" Chu Long blurted out, but when she realized that the bamboo rice had been delivered to her mouth.

Jin Zhongming was speechless, but he just shrugged and said nothing.

Chu Long also had a fever on the face. People in love always hoped to maintain their image in front of their lover... But soon, the temptation of food still made her let go of this shyness, and this piece of rice soon disappeared.

However, the matter did not end here. Chu Long had soft sister coins on her body. She pointed to the things and gestured the numbers, then handed the money over to wait for someone to find... She still knew this behavior. So when the two of them came to the bamboo sea outside the town, she actually ate another sesame cake with plum vegetables and a coconut jelly, and also held a wok crumb in her hand... What's even more terrifying is that she found that she had eaten too much in the morning and could no longer eat it!

"oppa!" Chu Long called Jin Zhongming a little embarrassedly, and handed over the thing.

Kim Jong-ming laughed softly, then took the crust. By the way, he certainly saw how the other party ate all the way and how he almost burped.

A portion of the pot crust is of course very simple for a tall adult man. After finishing it easily, he tied the remaining plastic bag to the bamboo basket in his hand, and then the two of them set off again. This time, both sides finally enjoyed the legendary bamboo sea!

Yes, it is one thing to look at the mountainside, and it is also one thing to look at the outside of the town. But according to the advice of the farm owner, when they came to a huge rock on a small hillside, the bamboo sea all over the mountains was presented to the two of them like a real sea. Yes, from this angle, the bamboo sea in front of them had waves, sea breeze, and lush and green, overlapping. The slender and straight bamboo body of a single bamboo formed a wonderful unity with the rolling bamboo sea. What was even more amazing was that the sunlight above the head shone directly onto the bamboo sea, and it actually felt sparkling.

Light and shadow, movement and stillness. This is the wonder of natural creation.

"Let's take a break." After a moment of silence, Jin Zhongming put down the bamboo basket and tools in his hand, sat down urgently, and then began to close his eyes and feel this alternative sea breeze.

Chu Long looked at the man beside him and followed him to the rock in panic.

"Why are you so panicked?" Jin Zhongming, who was lying on the stone, didn't even open his eyes.

"I feel like I've been delaying for a long time." Chu Long explained awkwardly. "If I don't eat those things, I might even see the mist..."

"You... are still too careful." Jin Zhongming opened his eyes slightly and looked at the other party. "Chulong, do you know I must stay for a few more days?"

"Well...the sunny days?" Chu Long asked with a flushed face.

"Ha!" Kim Jong-ming laughed out loud, but soon he put away his smile and explained calmly. "Actually, whether you or me, everyone in this world is the same. They are very tired in their original life trajectory. When I was forced to bear it by things in life, the doctor Qian Changming from our company suggested that I go out for a walk and take a vacation, saying that I could relax. I sneered at first, but after I really went out to walk, I realized that people still need the necessary fun."

"What kind of thing is fun?" Chu Long put away his delusion just now and asked seriously.

"All things are actually fun." Jin Zhongming thought for a moment. "The bamboo sea in front of him is, the stones under him can lie down, and of course you around him are, even..."

"even?"

"Even the chicken feet I ate in the morning, the small buns, bone soup, fried rice cakes, bamboo rice, sesame cakes for plum vegetables, coconut jelly, wok pancakes... These things are all fun because they can make me smile more."

"But... you haven't eaten a lot of things here, I'm the only one."

"It doesn't matter." Jin Zhongming looked at the other party with his eyes squinted. "I ate one more Xiaolongbao than you!"

"Is that true?" Chu Long recalled, but couldn't remember who had eaten.

"Yes." Kim Jong-ming replied affirmatively.

"It doesn't matter." Chu Long shook his head. "Oppa, let's go down to dig bamboo shoots? I can't wait."

"Okay." Jin Zhongming nodded, and then the two of them jumped off the big stone and walked towards the depths of the bamboo sea.

As soon as he walked into the depths of the bamboo sea, Chulong made a new discovery: "It turns out that bamboos will also fall leaves, and there is a layer of withered yellow bamboo branches and leaves on the ground..."

"Yes." Kim Jong-ming walked in front and replied loudly. "And it will creak when you step on it, as if you are constantly reminding some people..."

"What do you remind me?" Chu Long asked loudly. In the city before, in addition to singing room, even if you want to speak loudly, you must pay attention to the influence, let alone shouting so presumptuously.

"Remind some people to get fat again." Kim Jong-ming replied without hesitation. "It's all broken the branches and leaves of others!"

Chu Long pouted and didn't say anything. Soon the sound of wind and these creaking sounds were left in the endless bamboo forest.

By the way, digging bamboo shoots is not a simple job, not to mention that although bamboo shoots are available all year round, winter and spring shoots are the best, summer shoots are the most abundant, but autumn shoots are the worst. Therefore, the two of them walked into the bamboo sea in the mountains with great enthusiasm. Although the boss's wife had some explanation before, it took a lot of effort to find them.

I finally found two of them, and they were as happy as something, but when I dug them up, I had various accidents. Not to mention anything else, even though both of them were all in one hand, I couldn't use them with a small hoe at all. I just dug up the surrounding soil layer with brute force, and when I reached out to break the bamboo shoots...

From the morning to noon, the sunlight above the head became more and more obvious. Although it was not hot, it was already sweating on its head. However, there were only two or three tattered bamboo shoots in the basket.

"No wonder the boss's wife said with a confident look that we couldn't dig three in one morning and could not eat them..." Jin Zhongming sat weakly in the bamboo forest, with yellow branches and leaves soft and soft, spreading a whole layer on the ground, and it was quite comfortable to lie down.

"But why do we dig bamboo shoots?" Chu Long was too tired, but she didn't think of this question until then. "Aren't we here to see the bamboo sea?"

"Because we want to eat fried pork with bamboo shoots." Jin Zhongming replied weakly. "The farmhouse retention program is to dig bamboo shoots by yourself, pick mushrooms by yourself, fish by yourself, and then the boss makes it for you to eat..."

"Oh!" Chu Long responded, and then lay down.

Under the sunshine, in the sea of ​​bamboo, mottled light and shadow spread on people, the wind moves and the shadows move. Soon, the little fatigue disappears.

However, neither of them wanted to get up again.

"Chulong..."

"Um?"

"Did you know "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was filmed here?"

"Yeah?"

"Of course, it's just in the bamboo sea below, which is more beautiful and is already a scenic spot."
To be continued...