p taking a second look. the one with her back to you is wearing an indigo-print head scarf. this type of scarf， and how it’s tied， dates back many generations but is seldom seen nowadays. you find yourself walking towards them. the scarf is tied under her chin and the two ends point up. she has a beautiful face. her features are delicate， so is her slim body. you pass close by them. they have been holding hands all this time， both have red coarse hands and strong fingers. both are probably recent brides back ……
[续soulmountain上一小节]seeing relatives and friends， or visiting parents. here， the word xifu means one’s own daughter-in-law and using it like rustic northerners to refer to any young married woman will immediately incur angry abuse. on the other hand， a married woman calls her own husband laogong yet your laogong， and my laogong are also used. people here speak with a unique intonation even though they are descendants of the same legendary emperors and are of the same culture and race.
you yourself can’t explain why you’re here. it happened that you were on a train and this person mentioned a place called lingshan. he was sitting opposite and your cup was next to his. as the train moved， the lids on the cups clattered against one another. if the lids kept on clattering or clattered and then stopped， that would have been the end of it. however， whenever you and he were about to separate the cups， the clattering would stop， and as soon as you and he looked away the clattering would start again. he and you reached out， but again the clattering stopped. the two of you laughed at the same instant， put the cups well apart， and started a conversation. you ask him where he is going.
"lingshan."
"what?"
"lingshan， ling meaning spirit or soul， and shan meaning mountain."
you’ve been to lots of places， visited lots of famous mountains， but have never heard of this place.
your friend opposite has closed his eyes and is dozing. like anyone else， you c
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