Deep in Peach Blossoms

Chapter 1: Going Home

In college, roommates usually talk about their hometown. Every time they brought up this topic, Bai Song was a little uncomfortable. He would be silent, listening but not speaking. His hometown was a small mountain village, but this was not the reason. He was quiet because his only impression of his hometown was that it was strange.

Bai Song's hometown was Taohua village, which was a beautiful name. Bai Song had been living in this county with his married aunt since primary school. He went to the provincial capital during middle school and went to the coastal city for University. He seldom went back to his hometown except for festivals.

The strangest thing about Taohua Village was that, in Bai Song's memory, he needed his parents to pick him up every time he went home. Bai Song was also very sure that he couldn't find the village by himself when he was riding by on his motorcycle.

When learning the story of Peach Blossom Spring in high school, Bai Song thought that it was very similar to his hometown, except that his hometown was not so beautiful.

After graduating from University, he worked in the city for a year, but the company was dissolved. When he was submitting his resume everywhere, his aunt in the county called and said that his hometown hoped that he would go back. Every time he called his aunt, she wanted him to go back to Taohua Village.

Bai Song was worried. There was time, but he thought that his family would urge him to get married this time! He had several male and female colleagues who had experienced this kind of thing, and even paid girls to pretend to be his girlfriends! Bai Song had been worried about this since he was in college because he already knew that he would not marry a wife.

He just broke up with his last boyfriend two months ago.

With trepidation, Bai Song was ready to leave. He downloaded a bunch of movies and 'bedtime videos' to his computer to fight against the boredom of the future. Taohua Village had no Wi-Fi network, but the power was stable. He picked out clothes that didn't look fashionable and took them with him to prevent them from affecting his aesthetics. He also made sure to take his 'small toys.' If the landlord or his roommates found those things, he would have no face to live.

Finally, he thought about it and put it in a box, disguising it as a bottle of men's skincare lotion. After all, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't have any needs when he went home.

After a whole day's train ride, he changed buses in the provincial capital. After arriving in the county, he met his father, who came to pick him up from the station and then switched to another mini-bus... Finally, he would have to take the private mini-bus for several hours and walk for more than two hours after getting off the bus. Dazed by the long journey home, Bai Song finally returned to his hometown, Taohua Village, before dusk.

He thought secretly in his heart that when he came back during his third year of senior high school, he didn't walk in by the dam. Last time he passed an apple orchard... But after all, he seldom went back to his hometown, and Bai Song was not sure whether his memory was wrong or that his hometown had changed in recent years.

Walking into the courtyard, his large family had prepared dinner and were waiting for him. Bai Song said hello to his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins from both sides of his family. Then he noticed that his mother was holding a little girl's hand.

His mother smiled and pushed the little girl forward, "Call him brother."

"What?" Bai Song was startled. His parents and his family burst into laughter. They patted Bai Song on the shoulder one by one on the left and on the right, saying that his parents had another child, Bai XiaoSong, in recent years. She was just five years old. Bai Song was so shocked that he didn't know what to say. What surprised him was that his parents didn't tell him about such a big thing. Since she was five, that meant his parents had her when he first went to college.