During these few days in Dali, Wen Liang had a very fulfilling life.
After the performance, the group took a rough tour of several famous scenic spots. After seeing too many ancient cities, they are all the same, but they are the most relaxing places. The scenery of Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake is indeed beautiful. People linger and forget to leave.
Another day later, the band set off for Lijiang.
The distance from Dali to Lijiang is not far, 170 kilometers, and it only takes two hours to drive.
Listening to the wind in his ears and looking at his peers giving thumbs up along the way, Wen Liang, who was driving, subconsciously thought of the man whose real name he didn't know the whole time.
They met twice.
If they could meet for a third time, Wen Liang decided to ask the other person's name.
In such a journey, it is really a great fate to meet people three times in the vast sea of people, if it is not intentional...
However, fate is hard to say. It always comes quietly inadvertently, like a breeze blowing through the hair on the back of your neck. When you turn your head and want to face it, you find that it has disappeared.
The red SUV was speeding on the road, and Wen Liang looked back in the rearview mirror. There were two travelers she had just passed by.
As their figures in the mirror faded away, she focused her eyes ahead again, thinking that at the next intersection, she might be able to run into the guy she was willing to hitch a ride with again.
Is he still in Dali?
Or have you already arrived in Lijiang?
When this thought flashed through his mind, Wen Liang smiled to himself.
Maybe, I prefer his casual attitude on the road.
If possible, I would be willing to listen to his gradually forgotten love story this time.
Not long after, Wen Liang did see such a person on the roadside, with the same sign hanging around his neck, but it was no longer the person calling himself "Xiao Jia"...
The man looked to be in his early twenties, slightly chubby, and his generous face seemed to have the word "sincerity" written all over it. When someone stopped the car, that person immediately ran up.
Wen Liang pressed down the car window and moved his eyes down from the fat man's honest face, finally stopping at the "Asking for a Ride" sign.
"Hello... I'm going to Lijiang. Can you give me a ride?"
The little fat man probably didn't expect that the owner of the car was such a young and beautiful girl. He didn't know whether he was excited when he spoke, or because he was shy and his tone was a little trembling.
Wen Liang raised his chin and asked:
"Where did the brand come from?"
The little fat man hurriedly said: "The one in front of me left it to me. He had already taken the bus one step ahead of me and left."
Well, I didn’t expect that this ride-hailing brand would change hands several times and still be passed down.
Wen Liang's fingers holding the steering wheel tapped lightly, and she thought for two seconds.
"Get in the car and sit in the back."
"okay!"
The little fat man got into the car and opened his mouth to ask something, but he seemed a little reserved.
When the vehicle started, Wen Liang raised his eyes and glanced at Xiaopang in the rearview mirror, and asked proactively:
"Does that person have long hair and a mole at the corner of his eye?"
The little fat man nodded sharply: "Yes, yes, when he gave me this sign, he also joked that with this sign, there might be a beautiful woman behind me willing to give me a lift. I didn't expect it to be true. You guys know each other." ?"
Wen Liang laughed out loud, "I'm not familiar with you, but I did take him to Dali. How about you, how do you know him?"
The little fat man started chatting, "I met him yesterday at the Erhai Lake. He rented a small electric donkey to ride on the Ring Line. He met me on foot on the road and gave me a lift. Unexpectedly, I sat down halfway. There was no electricity, so we pushed for a long way before we managed to get a ride on a construction truck transporting sand. After a lot of hard work, we got back to Dali. The journey was really embarrassing, hahahaha..."
The little fat man laughed while talking, seeming to have a deep memory of this journey.
It was quite interesting to hear the experiences of people she knew from other people's mouths. Even though Wen Liang had not experienced it personally, from the little fat man's words and descriptions, she had already sketched in her mind the romantic Erhai Highway. , a funny scene of two grown men pushing a battery car.
Thinking of this, Wen Liang couldn't help but smile and asked, "What's his name?"
The little fat man shook his head, "I don't know his full name, but he asked me to call him Xiao A, so I asked him to call me Xiao Fat. I guess he has the word 'A' in his name. Beauty, you don't know that either?" "
"I don't know. I only know that his name is Xiao Jia, and he calls himself 'Passenger A'."
The little fat man chuckled, "Haha, they are all like this."
Wen Liang nodded in agreement.
"really."
An hour and a half later, the group arrived in Lijiang. Wen Liang had a pleasant chat with the little fat guy along the way. The other person got out of the car of his own accord. When the band performed in the evening, he came over to support the performance. I think he bought it at the door. Wen Liang paid attention to the scalper and looked beside him. The man named Xiao Jia still didn't arrive.
It's a pity that if he comes, Wen Liang plans to thank him on stage for the guitar he gave her.
However, several days have passed, and I guess there may not be this opportunity anymore.
Early the next morning, everyone headed to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as planned.
Wen Liang paid inexplicable importance to this trip. Southern children are somewhat obsessed with things like snow.
The weather in Yunnan in October is very good. The sun shines brightly every day. In normal times, it would be a dream to have good weather. However, I heard from the locals that the best time to see snow-capped mountains is between November and February, when there is fresh snow. For Chen Xue, at this time, although it is the peak tourist season, for the snow-capped mountains, the new snow has not yet fallen and the old snow has melted, so the height is a bit embarrassing.
When Wen Liang heard this statement, his heart suddenly went cold.
It is true that the snow in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain never melts all year round, but there is a big difference between "a little bit of snow" and "continuous snow"...
Wen Liang finally came here, and of course he wanted to come back with a lot of fun and no regrets.
However, the weather was not kind. Just the night before they set off, it began to rain lightly. Although the rain gradually subsided in the morning, fog on the snow-capped mountains was basically unavoidable.
Affected by the weather, the group's original high spirits also gradually faded. On the way to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, they had been holding on to the fluke that the weather would clear up, hoping that the situation would not be so bad, but when they arrived at the entrance of the scenic spot , looking up from a distance to see the snow-capped mountains hidden in the sea of fog and the occasionally exposed blue-black mountains, I was immediately disappointed...
But now that it's here, it's hard for others to tell. At least Wen Liang is still very stubborn in his heart.
"Let's go! Go up the mountain! What if the fog clears after we reach the top of the mountain?"
Wen Liang showed a smile, put on a white woolen hat, pulled up his jacket, and spoke loudly to everyone with full energy.
She is a girl with a look of frustration that is hard to see on her face.
It's just that any enthusiasm will slowly cool down if it doesn't get corresponding feedback.
The first hurdle Wen Liang encountered was to take the Daxue Mountain Cableway to reach the mountainside. It was the National Day Golden Week, and people waiting to take the cableway were lined up from the station to the outside. There were dense crowds of people waiting to go up the mountain. , a good trip, it felt like going to the market...
When Alan Lu saw this battle, he immediately backed down. He had been to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain several times, so it didn't matter whether he climbed the mountain or not.
"There is a performance of "Impression of Lijiang" here in the afternoon. I won't go up there to wait for it. You can just come down and contact me."
After that, he turned and left.
The remaining people waited for a full hour and a half before arriving one after another from the Ganhaizi Cableway at the foot of the mountain to the Glacier Park at the top of the mountainside.
When we reached the mountainside and came out of the ropeway station, Wen Liang sighed.
She saw heavy fog in front of her eyes, and it was almost impossible to tell who was who from twenty meters away. Several old people who had just come down from the observation deck were panting from exhaustion, but they still cursed and said, "Don't go up there." ”, the complaint of “can’t see anything”.
"Oh, this is really... Should we go up? Otherwise, let's go back... We will probably have to wait for more than a ropeway when we come down..."
Hu Yue felt a little high after coming up and was taking oxygen from an oxygen bottle. Now they were at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. Seeing this scene in front of them, they really lost interest in going up the mountain.
The group of people looked at you and you looked at me, standing in a dilemma.
Wen Liang didn't bother to persuade her anymore, so she raised her feet and walked towards the winding plank road.
"A Liang, wait for me!"
Sheng Qidong shouted, pulling Li Wang, who was still in a daze, and ran over.
The girls seemed to be very persistent about going up the mountain, and so was Gu Ling. Cai Jueming smiled bitterly at Wei Xing and Hu Yue, and followed reluctantly.
The two bachelors who stayed there looked at each other.
Wei Xing said, "Are you leaving or not?"
Hu Yue waved his hand, but before he even moved, he waved it away and said: "Take a break, take a break..."
It began to rain lightly again in the sky. To be precise, it began to rain lightly at the bottom of the mountain, and on the mountain, ice particles fell.
The cold wind in the snow-capped mountains hurt her face. Wen Liang put on her hood and walked forward with her head slightly bowed. Her physical fitness was much better than the others. The two girls Sheng Qidong and Gu Ling soon became unable to walk. Li Wang and Cai Jueming had to take care of them and could only stop and go, so she quickly left everyone behind.
This plank road is not too long. If the altitude is not serious, it will only take half an hour to climb slowly. Of course, there are people who can’t get up after dragging their feet for an hour. Wen Liang saw that many people were tired from walking and sat directly on the wooden steps. People on rest.
As the altitude got higher and higher, Wen Liang walked quickly, so her breathing began to become difficult. With the white mist coming out of her mouth, her head began to feel dizzy and her vision blurred, which made her stop. Stepping down, holding one hand on the railing in the middle of the plank road, he paused for a moment...
Suddenly, a bottle of oxygen appeared in her field of vision, and at the same time, a man's teasing voice sounded in her ears——
"Old classmate, why are you walking so fast? God won't clear the fog in advance just because you walk fast."
When she first heard the word "old classmate", Wen Liang thought she was hallucinating due to lack of oxygen, but when she heard the words and turned around to look, she saw an extremely real, peaceful and gentle face with a smile.
The man's nose was slightly red due to the cold, and he breathed out hot air, and a narrowing light flashed in his eyes.
It's Xiao Jia.
This is the third time the two have met...
"If you weren't traveling, I really doubt you were following me on purpose..."
Wen Liang took the oxygen bottle, put it against his mouth, and finally took a few comfortable breaths.
Xiao Jia was stunned, smiled slightly, and said nothing.
Probably Wen Liang also felt that it was not appropriate for him to tease others like this when others kindly offered him oxygen.
"I...I didn't mean that..."
"It's okay, let's go."
The other party didn't seem to care, but looked towards the end of the plank road.
"Um!"
Wen Liang nodded heavily.
The two set out again. For some reason, Wen Liang felt that the boy beside her seemed to know her very well. The pace of their walking and even their breathing were inexplicably full of tacit understanding. This made her constantly hit by the depression of her teammates along the way. My mood improved a lot.
As the wooden steps went up step by step, the snow-capped mountain stone tablet with the altitude scale of "4680" engraved on it suddenly appeared in front of the two of them. The two of them were startled as they thought of continuing up.
The significance of this stone tablet to tourists is that it represents the end of this journey, that they can stop...
The large viewing platform was filled with disappointed tourists. It was very cold on the snow-capped mountains and the surrounding area was completely white. Unfortunately, it was not snow, but fog...
Wen Liang took a few steps forward at a loss, and then walked silently to the fence on the side. He leaned on the railing with his hands and stared directly into the dense fog, trying to see the true appearance of the mountains behind him.
Xiaojia walked to her side silently.
"Do you think this fog will lift if we wait until noon?"
"When I went up the mountain today, I asked the conductor and he told me that it was difficult to see anything in this weather."
"What a pity..."
"...You seem to be very persistent."
Wen Liang looked at him, a smile appeared on her disappointed face, and she said with joy, "I thought you were going to say something to me, 'Nine out of ten things in the world are unsatisfactory.'"
Xiao Jia shrugged, "Because I am also very distressed by this weather, so I really don't want to say anything that seems to be comforting but is actually useless."
"Haha, it seems that we have reached a consensus on this point."
Wen Liang turned around and leaned her back against the railing.
She raised her head, looking at the peak of the mountain that was occasionally revealed in the clouds and mist, and answered the previous question:
"How should I put it... maybe it's because you have been looking forward to it and fantasizing about it for a long time before coming here. This feeling is like... a person you have liked for a long time, and you have finally traveled across mountains and rivers, chasing the stars and the moon to meet him. Even standing in front of his house, but he just refuses to see you or respond to you. This will definitely make people feel disappointed and regretful..."
Xiao Jia on the side said softly: "But you are not the only one who regrets it, everyone is the same, right?"
"Yeah...but it's precisely because I'm the same as everyone else that makes me feel even more upset...
Because I can't walk anymore, I still have the strength, I can continue to climb up. If I can reach the top of the mountain through the clouds and mist, I will definitely be able to harvest a beautiful scenery, but the problem now is , I have already reached the door, but I want to rush in but can't find the door. The plank road in the snow mountain has been built here. I want to continue going up, but there is no way...
I really don’t like this helpless feeling of having nowhere to use my power and having to accept my fate…”
A quick update, this volume will be finished tomorrow.
(End of chapter)
