What Is There to Do in the Mountains? Brew Pine Wine and Boil Tea with Snow

Blurb, 2026 edition:

I remember that year, when Father said to Mother, "Among the green hills and clear waters, I want to hold your hand and walk across that bridge. Green leaves and red flowers above it, flowing water and homes below." So many memories have passed that I can scarcely count them. Now I, too, must cross that bridge. On the far side, my hair is black; on this side, it is white.

"Lu Dishan, do you know that the Miaojiang priestesses of our Forty-Eight Strongholds have all been required to remain chaste for generations? The High Priest says we cannot fall in love."

"Is there any way to change that?"

"Wait for the next priestess to appear."

"And when will she appear?"

"When I die."

Theme: Be a kind person