The accumulated snow among the mountain ridges melted away significantly without anyone really noticing. Although the snow piled up on the highest peaks still resembled a white cap atop the great mountains, down at the foothills beneath that cap, the breath of spring was already overflowing and streams were babbling.
The bitter winter had only a long tail left, while its freezing body had gradually departed from the towering ranges and deep ridges of Jiangnan. Day by day, the biting early spring chill was warmed by the gentle sunlight, transforming into soft, caressing breezes that brushed against faces.
Spring had arrived in Wuling Town. Trees along both sides of the bustling streets and small alleys vied with one another to sprout buds and branches, filling the field of vision with the tender, pale yellow of spring. Little birds perched and sang upon still-bare twigs, only to flutter off the next instant amidst the bustling crowds of people flowing between pink courtyard walls and dark-tiled roofs.
Chapter 131