Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 384 - 10 Early Spring Festival_1

Chapter 384: Chapter 10 Early Spring Festival_1

"Wow, it’s gorgeous," Michelle and Ansha, the twin sisters, exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the scenery in front of them. Their beautiful eyes widened in amazement, "Bubble Fruit flowers can actually be this beautiful?"

It’s not that these two girls have never seen bubble fruit flowers before, but because they were too young in the past and had to balance their studies and professional training, they have never been to the early spring festival far away from the city. They only admired the bloom of bubble fruit flowers in the city or its surrounding areas. Although it was pretty there as well, all the bubble fruit trees were artificially planned and planted, dozens of trees in one area, evenly distributed. Furthermore, beneath the trees, there were far more visitors than tree, making it hard to appreciate the feeling of flower viewing in a natural space.

But what they saw here was quite different than before. It was a quiet little valley on the outskirts of Rabbit Foot Village, where the entire valley was completely covered by bubble fruit flowers. In the tranquil valley, the trees were densely crowded. The tops of the trees were almost devoid of green leaves, filled with clusters of pink or light red bubble fruit flowers. As far as the eye could see, the entire valley was a world of pink. The wind carried petals of the bubble fruit flowers, filling the air with a floral scent that kept lingering in the closed valley, making the valley smell even more fragrant.

"This is the bubble fruit flower, its brief bloom, yet it shows the most brilliant colors. The flying petals are like a vibrant dance, and the scattered floral scent is as ethereal as a divine voice." FrEya, still wrapped up tightly, stood at the entrance of the valley, intoxicated by the scenery. She whispered in a dreamy voice, "Every petal is like a fairy falling from a fairytale into the mortal world. You don’t need to get close; just looking from afar can make you feel the serenity and emotion coming from deep within your heart."

Vivian’s magic staff wavered a bit, but in the end, she didn’t strike, "Let her be, the place is so beautiful. Let her indulge a while longer."

Clap clap clap, Mr. Pannis had already stopped his old cart, clapped his hands to draw everyone’s attention, "Ladies, would you prefer to stand at the valley entrance or go inside and find a beautiful spot to sit down and enjoy the view?"

It was now 9:30 a.m. on March 10th, after more than four hours of night travel, the group of nine finally arrived in Rabbit Foot Village at around three in the morning. They found the only inn in the village to rest for the night, got up at eight o’clock the next morning, looking sleepy. After making some preparations, they arrived at this unnamed valley and saw the beautiful scenery in front of them.

"Let’s go, hopefully there aren’t too many people inside." Catherine took a deep breath, inhaling the fragrant air. Her words were softer in this environment, "It would be best to find a place void of people, there are way too many people in the Holy City. It’s indeed tough to find such a place nearby."

Upon entering the valley, they clearly felt a hint of warmth. Walking on the soft carpet covered with flower petals felt like treading on clouds. Just like Freya had said, there weren’t many people. After a ten-minute walk in the forest, they had only come across two groups of visitors. When meeting strangers, they simply nodded to each other. Catherine then led her group politely around the others to not disturb their mood. Another ten minutes passed, and they were deep into the valley. Now, all they could see were the thriving bubble fruit trees and the fresh green grass that had already sprouted from the ground.

"Let’s pick this spot." Lina pointed at an open space in the forest, "This is the only suitable place here."

The place Lina pointed to had a hefty bubble fruit tree at its center, surrounded by an area bathed in sunlight. The ground was covered in soft green grass, with a layer of pink petals scattered on it.

"This is a good spot." Catherine said, about to add something else when she noticed Vivian and Freya had already run to the tree and started frolicking amidst the petals and grass. Under the influence of the two, Michelle and Ansha also started rolling around on the ground, laughing hysterically at this new experience.

"You four, get out of the way." Catherine fanned out a clean cloth, scolding the four girls pretending to be balls and rolling around, "If you’re not going to help, at least don’t make a mess. Go play somewhere else."

"Uh-oh, Big sister is mad." The girls giggled, running off to the side and started digging through their luggage, "Let’s see what delicious food we packed, we didn’t eat anything on the bumpy, overnight carriage ride. I’m starving."

"Are you idiots five years old?" Lina rolled her eyes, running over to scold the two adults and two children, behaving as though they were kids, "Or is your IQ just five-year-olds’? Stay away from the bags, let me look."

"You all are such a headache." Catherine rubbed her forehead, sighing, "You guys should first come and help..."

"Hehe, Miss, we can take care of all these tasks." Seeing that they were not crowded as they had anticipated, and that they were still surrounded by familiar faces, the maid sisters cast aside their previous concerns and happily said, "You should rest first, Miss. We will call you when we are ready."

"No need, it will be faster if we all do it together." Catherine shook her head and suddenly shouted, "Hey, Pannis, get down from that tree and help! Stop behaving like a cat, always climbing trees to sleep."

"Oh." Before anyone knew it, Pannis had already climbed up a tree and found a comfortable place to lie down. He responded weakly and lazily jumped off the tree. As soon as he touched the ground, he clutched his leg and shouted, "Ouch, I’ve sprained my foot, it hurts so much, I can’t stand it, I need to rest."

"Heh, heh, heh," Catherine approached Pannis with a cold smile, gritting her teeth and said, "My dear Mr. Pannis, since you wish for your foot to be sprained, shall I help you make your wish come true?"

"Ouch, I’m fine now." Pannis immediately straightened up in front of Catherine. "As soon as you came, I found that my injured spot didn’t hurt anymore, haha, your healing spell is truly effective, haha."

"Now that you are fine, come help me." Catherine thrust one end of the cloth in her hand into Pannis’s hand, "The sooner we finish, the sooner we can rest."

The preparations were actually not complicated. Four large white coarse cloths were spread out on the ground, cleverly joined and fixed at the seams. Dozens of small wooden plates were arranged on the cloth and filled with various snacks brought from home, which looked especially appetizing in various colors. Nine sets of tableware were placed around the cloth for lunch. Four tents were set up side by side about seven or eight meters away from the cloth for people to rest when they got tired. Although it was still slightly cold outdoors, the existence of sleeping bags made resting worry-free. After preparing all these, the two maids started busy distributing food for lunch again.

The lunch had a special feature: seasonal food of this season, newly sprouted wild vegetables, tender leaves of the new Green Ant Tree, thin pancakes mixed with pink fruit flower petals, sweet bread that looked like bubble fruit on the outside but was filled with cream on the inside, wild mushrooms that sprouted following the first spring rain, and everything else that exuded the smell of spring. These foods were distributed to each person’s plate according to the number of people. They were irresistible in terms of color and aroma.

"Everything is ready, ladies and gentlemen." Catherine called out grumpily to the girls who were slacking off on the side, "Please take your seats. Surely you don’t expect me to carry you over."

"We’re coming, we’re coming." Lina, who was competing with the twin sisters to see whose windmill toy was spinning faster, pushed the two sisters and ran over, followed by Vivian and Freya, their footsteps causing a thump on the ground.

"Lighten up a little." Catherine held the edge of the cloth and urged with concern, "Freya, be careful not to overturn the plate."

"How could that happen, it’s not like the ground is hollow." Freya murmured a few words of discontent, but she softened her movements when she sat down. Seeing that everyone had taken their seats, Pansy and Mimosa filled the cups with drinks for everyone. According to the tradition of Early Spring Festival, people need to drink bubble fruit wine to celebrate the arrival of another spring while enjoying the flowers, and those who can’t drink wine would drink bubble fruit juice. But unlike wine which can be easily preserved for a year, the shelf life of juice is not long. Although the shelf life can be extended with the effect of magic, only the rich could afford such a preservation method. Therefore, people began to replace bubble fruit juice by soaking fresh bubble fruit flower petals in their daily drinks, and gradually, this method has become the mainstream choice.

"It’s spring again." Catherine raised her glass and said, "Over the past few years, everyone has slowly come together and became happier. I hope that in every year to come, we can all keep this relaxed mood, gather together to enjoy the spring and flowers every year, and when we look back, we can say that every past year was a happy one."

"Definitely." Lina chuckled and raised her cup, "Every year, until forever."

"Until forever, cheers." The girls happily raised their cups and clinked them together.

"Until.....forever? The weight of the word ’forever’ is not as simple as you think." Pannis quietly watched the flower petals floating down in the wind falling into his wine cup, creating ripples in the wine. He muttered a few words to himself, and finally laughed at himself, also raised his glass, and clinked it with the girls, "Cheers, to the past, and to tomorrow." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com (Qidian website). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)