beauty and money

Chapter 68 The Legend of the Wind Chimes

Time passed quickly, and the couple had been staying at the farm since the last time they settled their feud.At first the tenants would come to work, and even they did not come when the cellar was dug, and the weather grew colder every day, and the cold winds of the wilderness kept blowing, blowing through the rocky beaches. A low weeping sound.

The cold of late autumn caused everything to wither. On this day, when Mary opened her eyes, she felt that the surroundings were a little cold. The fire in the fireplace was about to go out. She crept out of the warm bed and prepared to add some wood to the fireplace.

At this time, there was some fog outside the window, and the goal was pure white. This place is farther north than London, and winter comes earlier.Antrim is very close to Scotland, almost only separated by a strait. It is this strait that blocks the southward monsoon and makes Antrim warmer than other places in Northern Ireland. A large number of mild sea breezes mix every year. The rain is irrigating this emerald green world, but today, it has already snowed.

"Benest, Benest, get up, look, it's snowing!" Mary took the cloak by the door and wrapped herself up.She opened the window excitedly, and a gust of cold air invaded the room.

Benest on the bed opened his eyes in a daze, and said in a daze, "Is it snowing? Christmas is coming soon."

In this deep mountain and old forest, time and date become unimportant, but the snow in Antrim always comes with Christmas, and it will soon melt due to the sea breeze.

"Yeah, it's almost Christmas, can we go to town? I'm sending some Christmas presents," Mary asked.

Benest turned over, revealing his smooth back, and then snorted: "I suggest you take it with you when you return to London in the spring, because it takes almost half a year for items from Antrim to arrive in London. Especially during Christmas, they are very slow, and when spring comes and you have already left, they may still be piled up in the warehouse of the post office." After finishing speaking, Benest felt his bare back was a little cold, and then he He pulled the quilt over himself.

Mary asked in surprise: "Then the letter will be so slow?"

"Letters are quicker, follow the mail van or whatever ship goes to London, but the items will be collected together and shipped together. Now, dear, close the windows, you don't think this weather is suitable Staying in bed?" Benest grunted and stayed in bed.

But Mary had already changed into her clothes, and ran downstairs to pick up white snowflakes in the snow.That cold touch is reassuring.

The tops of large tracts of mountains and forests are covered with a thin layer of snow. When the wind blows, the crystal snowflakes are blown off, like elves in the morning light of dawn.She slowly moved towards the rocky beach, and the forest became extremely quiet because of the snow.This is a unique and independent beauty, a place like a fairy tale that Mary has read in books but never seen.

At this time, she suddenly heard a sound from the window behind her. Benest was leaning against the window with his clothes on, and he was yawning. "Honey, I really can't do anything about you. Why are you acting like a child?" After he finished speaking, he turned around, and after a while, the sound of going downstairs came. He walked over with a sleepy look.

"It's so beautiful here." Mary sighed.

"There are more beautiful ones, would you like to see them?" Benest asked.

"of course."

Seeing Mary's excited look, Benest was very funny. He said, "Then we have to clean up first, it's still a bit far away."

So Mary and Benest went back to the house to wash and eat without mentioning, and it was already ninety o'clock in the morning when they were ready to leave.Indeed, here time is not a concrete concept at all.

Benest led the horse out of the stable, and it swished its tail and snorted. "Want to go by car?" Mary asked.

"No, there's no road there." Benest said as he put the harness on the horse, and it seemed that he was going to ride the horse.After he got on the horse, he stretched out his hand to Mary and said, "Hold me, come up."

"Can this horse carry the two of us?" Mary asked in panic, giving Benest her hand.

"Of course, you are almost as light as a feather." As he said that, Benest pulled Mary up on the horse with a force, causing her to cry out in surprise, and then she sat sideways and nestled in his arms.And Benest laughed, urging the horse forward like a bandit.Mary, who had just stabilized and wanted to break free, fell into his arms again, and had to hug him goldenly, for fear of falling off the horse.

The horse seemed to understand the owner's intentions, and jumped up like a trick. Mary was so surprised that she hugged Benest's thin waist tightly, and pressed her face against him.

The two of them passed through the dense woods at lightning speed, the tall trees covered the sky and the sun, but the horse was very used to walking through the forest, a gust of refreshing cold wind blew, carrying the fragrance and special smell of the trees, cool fragrance, warm Dry again.

Mary's face was flushed from the cold, maybe it was reddened by other things, she only hoped that the torture would be over soon, and she didn't know how long it took until the horse stopped before she noticed that they had passed through the forest, Came to the top of a canyon, this hidden place is located in the dense forest, the small stream of water flowing from the mountain above is almost frozen, passing through the dark brown wet rocks and smashing into the cliff canyon below them, there is a small emerald green dam in the canyon The lake, the water has not yet frozen, it only flows slowly and thinly under the ice layer, flowing to unknown places.

Surrounded by mountains on both sides of the canyon, there are many green forests, and the white thin snow reflects the deep beauty, which is different from any other magnificence and tranquility.Mary looked at the beautiful scenery happily and greedily, but she heard the people behind her say: "Don't worry, there are more beautiful places."

As he spoke, he tied up the horse, squatted down and put Mary on his back.

"What are you going to do?"

"Hold on to me, the road below is difficult." Benest put Mary's arms around him, and then entered and began to climb up the mountain wall. This is hardly a road, although the stone wall is not vertical but Still tough.Sometimes Benest had to plunge into the crevices of the rocks with both hands, and then stabilize his figure, while Mary stuck to the other side tightly, for fear that even a single movement of his own would affect the other side.

In just a moment, they had already left the ground, and if they fell, they might break their legs.It is precisely because he is tightly attached to him that Mary can feel how hard his body wrapped in clothes is exerting. His muscles bulge like rocks. During exercise, heat is transmitted through the clothes, colliding with the cold air in the air, forming a shape like Misty white gas.

Soon, Benes' lungs were panting and his heart was beating violently. Mary felt her arms numb even as she hugged him. At this moment, she heard the sound of jingling bells above her head. What was that sound?Just when she was hesitating, she felt that Benest's body jumped like a beast, and then the two of them fell on a platform!

Mary felt dizzy, and then realized that she and Benest were lying on the stone platform with no image, and Benest was panting with sweat all over his body.He hummed and said in a voice that seemed to be laughing and panting: "If you get fatter, we won't be able to come up. Huh, this is the beautiful scenery I want to show you, and I promise you won't see you anywhere else Yes." Then he jumped up, took Mary by the hand, and told her to close her eyes.

Mary followed suit, only obeying Benest's command, and then letting him lead her to her feet.She felt a gentle but continuous wind blowing in front of her. This wind was like a pair of hands, gently supporting the person to fly upwards. Standing here, she felt extremely light.

"Did you hear that?" Benest whispered and gasped in Mary's ears, and the traces of hot air and gentleness made her ears turn red.

"The sound of bells?"

"Yes, open your eyes now," Benest said.

Mary slowly opened her eyes, seeing whiteness and light. Pieces of sunlight passed through the surrounding trees, forming a series of Tyndall lights. In front of them was a wilderness trail, as if it was the entrance to a fairyland. White mist floated from a distance, and Benest was as beautiful as a fairy in Avalon. He took her hand and slowly led her to the road of light.

When Mary walked to that road step by step, she heard the sound of small bells ringing in her ears. The trees on both sides were full of small bells, some of which were obviously old, and some were newer. Countless bells were blowing in the wind. Play the jingle.

Then they came to a large protruding rock, which was a very high place, with a drop of tens of meters from the canyon below. Lake, from here you can see the rocky beach, the wasteland, the whole picture of the mountains and forests, and even a distant wisp of smoke from the farm.

Gusts of wind flew up with extremely warm mist. At this moment, Benest embraced Mary from behind, then folded his hands with hers, and slowly opened his arms like a bird. The wind lifts them upwards with light.

"This is the valley of tranquility, the valley of Antrim where the mountains of Nuregana and Tiwolav meet. If you like, there are many legends about the myths of the old gods, and stories about the dwarves. It is said that long ago , the war broke out, and a pair of lovers had to be separated, so they hung a pair of bells here, and made a wish to those naughty elves in the forest, hoping to see each other again one day. The girl prayed here every day, and one day The boy returned here, and they talked to each other here, but when the dawn came, the boy was taken away by the light and the wind, it turned out that he had died on the battlefield, and the soul was pulled back here by the sound of the bell. The girl jumped from here He went down and flew into the sky with him, so if you drop feathers or paper here, they will only fly upward." Benest whispered beside Mary, telling her the beautiful legend here.

"That's why lovers in Antrim like to hang wind chimes here to pray to the elves, even death can't separate them." Benest kissed Mary's cheek lightly, and then sang softly A song that Mary doesn't understand at all, it's in Gaelic, primitive and sad.Benest's voice is very good, and his deep singing is like weeping, as if someone is praying a prayer, and it seems to be telling the pain of exile.

Mary listened quietly, she couldn't understand the song, but she heard Benest's sadness.Did he and Grace also hang the bell that symbolizes unswerving death in this forest?Is he also praying with her here?