Chapter 201

She cried so prettily, pear blossoms shedding rain.

Qin Feng pulled out a tissue and wiped her face vigorously.

He said softly, "Lucky you wore light makeup today, or you'd look like a tabby cat right now." Women tend to be more emotional.

Of course, that didn't mean Qin Feng wasn't moved by that poem.

Surely they wouldn't end up sobbing in each other's arms.

Reba sniffled, and in a teary little voice asked, "Did I get ugly?"

Qin Feng shook his head without a word.

Perhaps it was the emotion in that poem, the feeling for a departed lover.

It touched the softest part of her heart.

And could not settle for a long while.

Although the poem Zhang Dequan had recorded in his notebook—

Perhaps it didn't have overly ornate phrasing.

Nor neat, symmetrical rhymes.

But without a doubt—

These simple lines on paper, sincere in feeling, move the heart most.

Especially that final line:

【Once in a dream, I saw you beside the stream, accompanied by moss.】

【Taking the form of a deer.】

【Dancing gracefully…】

Perhaps Zhang Uncle's former lover was a beautiful Miss who loved to dance!

Precisely because of this—

He regarded every blade of grass and every tree in the forest as his lover reborn.

And for the same reason—

On some star-bright night, he danced a duet alone.

In Zhang Dequan's earlier work logs, the notes were relatively casual. Only this poem had handwriting as earnest as a schoolboy's calligraphy practice sheet. Every stroke was so sincere.

Every line brimmed with deep feeling!

Because the GoPro camera was covered by Qin Feng's glove.

The viewers in the livestream couldn't see a thing.

They couldn't even hear the two of them whispering clearly.

They could only catch faint, subtle sounds of movement.

——【What movement? Spill the part where Zhang Uncle got chased by a wild boar~】

——【Hmph! Feng-ge is treating us like outsiders now, not sharing the fun stuff~】

——【Didn't Zhang Uncle say he has his own essays, but his writing isn't good, so he doesn't want to show everyone.】

——【Before, Uncle Yu's little lambs thing wasn't shared either. Feng-ge knows what can be shown and what can't.】 Hearing what Reba had said earlier,

Zhang Uncle laughed heartily and said, "Living in the forest so long, you never know what animals you might run into."

"Getting chased by a wild boar is nothing."

"There are mountain dogs, mountain cats, plenty of animals you can run into."

Just now, Reba had been holding back desperately, refusing to let herself cry out loud.

She'd squeezed Qin Feng's hand until it turned white......

Once she noticed, she quickly rubbed his hand with her little ones.

Now her mood had calmed down quite a bit.

She wiped the corner of her eye with her index finger and said, "What are mountain dogs and mountain cats?"

Qin Feng answered, "Mountain dogs are wolverines, also called bear martens."

He went on, "Mountain cats are lynxes."

Reba listened very attentively, nodding repeatedly, and said, "Oh~ I don't even know what they look like."

Zhang Uncle laughed loudly and said, "Little Qin reads a lot, those are the scientific names. Mountain cats and mountain dogs are the local names."

Qin Feng said to Reba in his arms, "You hear that? Zhang Uncle's telling you to read more books."

Although the forest ranger work had its many matters, now they were all laughed off in casual conversation.

But encountering wild beasts in daily work—

Was no fun matter.

The vehicle finally stopped not far from the 'Mohe' in Mohe.

Mohe is also called 'Ink River,' and since it's a tributary of the Heilong River, a few young couples had expected, before coming, to see black river water.

But actually~

There! Was! None!

As far as the eye could see, it was a vast white expanse of frozen river channel.

Uncle Wang, the forest ranger who got out of the front car, said, "Here it freezes every year starting in October, and only starts to thaw in late April, so right now it's still the frozen period." The two uncles from the Forestry Bureau,

Apart from bringing the few young couples to learn about the surrounding environment,

And informing them of safety precautions,

The information they could provide was more like that of a local guide.

"Within Mohe, there are 98 rivers that have names, and unnamed small streams must number over 200."

Uncle Wang added, "Although the winter fishing season has passed, you can still go ice fishing in specific places."

As soon as they heard they could fish!

Everyone instantly became interested!

Qin Xiaoxian said, "Let's go ice fishing tomorrow!"

Yang Chaoyue asked, "What ice sculpture? Do you make statues out of ice?"

Uncle Wang jumped in, "The Ice Sculpture Festival is probably almost over; finding a spot to build a big snowman would be more like it."

Just like that,

the group talked from ice fishing to ice sculptures, then to building snowmen.

The conversation drifted all the way to whether one could see the aurora in Mohe in March.

Qin Xiaoxian was completely dumbfounded...

How did the topic shift from chiseling ice to fish to the aurora borealis?

If they kept talking, wouldn't they end up discussing the origin of the universe?

He glanced at the culprit, Yang Chaoyue; she was the one who had derailed the topic~

Regarding whether the aurora could be seen in Mohe in March,

the answer was negative.

Uncle Wang said, "The aurora mostly appears in June and July; you've come too early."

After asking around, Brother Bao was already completely disappointed~

Cai Xu said, "We haven't caught anything at all."

At this moment,

Qin Feng and Reba got out of the car behind.

Reba said, "The northern scenery has beautiful spots in every season; it's not about missing anything."

Qin Feng, standing beside her, looked utterly shocked!

Could it be that she was influenced by Uncle Zhang's poem?

These words didn't seem like something that would come from his simple-minded girlfriend's mouth.

-- 【Fatty Di is right! Every single minute is special~】

-- 【What she means is to cherish the present, right?】

-- 【Before the ice and snow melt, being able to see the endless forest of snow is worth it!】

-- 【Can't see the aurora? Heartbroken

Just as Uncle Wang the Forest Guard had said before.

Things like the winter fishing season, the Ice Sculpture Festival—they had arrived too late.