Chapter 53
Su Yun made it sound like the wolves were not tasty and were beaten just to get their fangs, but Su Yun had some truth in what he said and everyone accepted this answer.
Generally speaking, if the local area is barren, everything will be used as a specialty, and the same goes for wolves. There are prairie wolves on the grassland. Even though they are national protected animals, there are professional vagrants who can raise them. Since there are wolves in this village, it must be that they have never been hunted before.
At least, when wolves were discovered in the village, they would always kill one or two and keep them for their own use. But Su Yun just asked the cook to ask if he could buy wolf fangs and furs, but the cook said no, and it did not suit their poor living conditions.
Only fools make money, unless they want more.
Even if they were trying to trick Su Yun and the others into entering the village, they still dared to say so. It seemed that they had never fought before, so they could only make up a story to scare them and let them enter the village.
Now that people have been scared away, I don’t know if they will come back. It’s a bit troublesome.
When they go out, they do not dress luxuriously, and it can be said that they truly do not show off their wealth. However, because they dress differently from the locals, they are still taken advantage of and slaughtered.
Su Yun looked at the sky and said to Che Xuming, "Master Che, if they see us, they probably won't let us go. Although we are not afraid, it will still be troublesome if they come with a whole village."
This kind of village is ignorant and cruel. They have no laws or rules in their hearts, only their own Yuwang and the so-called rules passed down by their ancestors. Once someone is trafficked to such a place, even the police will find it difficult to rescue them.
So Su Yun wanted to leave. There was no need to get involved in a cause and effect that did not belong to him in such a place. He should leave as much as possible if he could.
Che Xuming didn't like this place, and those people kept looking under Youlan's skirt, which greatly angered him, so he immediately said, "It's okay with me. If Director Su can continue to insist, let's move on overnight."
The two weakest ones had no objection, so they continued on their way. They put out the fire, mixed some stored stream water with soil, and put out the fire completely before continuing to move forward in the dark.
Not long after they got back on the road, Lin Lang said, "They went over again, with more people, over there where the campfire was."
After hearing his words, Su Yun chuckled: "Sure enough, they still want to rob, but it's a pity that we left early and they are going to fight among themselves."
Just as Su Yun guessed, when the villagers came back and found that the people had put out the fire and left, they began to blame each other, saying that they had let the fat sheep get away. It was obvious that if they had just said there was something, or if they were not afraid of the cook and the fire master, they would not have been alert and ran away.
However, all this had nothing to do with the few people who had already set out again. They were on their way again and did not stop in the middle. They planned to wait until they reached the nearest wolf activity area before stopping.
There is little signal in the mountains, and even in the villages the signal is intermittent, making it impossible to contact the outside world. If it were not difficult to communicate with the outside world, there would not be so many backward and impoverished villages.
Su Yun kept staring at the map all the way, and Che Xuming used the stars to determine where they were exactly.
According to Lin Lang's perception, the people in the village had been following them for a long time, trying to catch up with them from the footprints in the woods. However, it rained when it was almost dawn, washing away all the traces. The people in the village then returned, giving up the possibility of killing them.
Not long after they walked, Youlan learned from Huahua who was nearby that they had seen wolves, and they were very big wolves, but they hadn't seen them recently. They didn't have a specific standard for how long this so-called recent was. They couldn't even count the number of times the sun rose and set.
There was no choice but to rest nearby for a while and see if I could find the wolf. If not, I would continue to move forward.
After arriving nearby, Su Yun found a higher place and wanted to call Xin Dechang to report the progress. Probably because they were about to enter an area with people, the cell phone had a signal, but the distance was too far and the misalignment between their conversations was a bit serious.
Su Yun described the current situation to Xin Dechang, who listened to his fragmented description and said, "It's probably this area. Go west and cross the mountain pass to reach the wolf girl's home. Did you encounter any trouble on the way?"
"No, don't worry, I had a smooth journey, and I brought a lot of bodyguards with me. By the way, Grandpa Xin, there is a village here called Duanshan Village, do you remember? They said there were wolves on the way here, but I think they were lying to me." Su Yun thought of the village and simply asked Xin Dechang directly. Perhaps the other party had seen it when he was a soldier here.
"Duanshan Village? As I remember it, it was a very small village. The people there were fine before, but later they were attacked and almost all the villagers died. Those who still live there should be the captives from that time." Xin Dechang said thoughtfully.
Hearing this name, Su Yun immediately understood why the people in that village were so strange: "Captives, if that's the case, then it's understandable that they seem to be wild and untamed, like robbers and barbarians."
Xin Dechang laughed loudly. "You are right. Such people can only raise very bad children. But we have always had preferential policies, so as long as they don't cause trouble again, we basically turn a blind eye. In such a remote place, if they do something not out of line, naturally no one will care."
It doesn't go too far, which means that if you don't make a big deal out of it, then no one will care.
Su Yun understood what Xin Dechang meant, and secretly sighed, thankful that he left early: "Then we can't trust their words. I guess there are few truths. The so-called wolves are afraid that they will really deceive us."
"It should be. The wolves won't go to where they are because it's too humid. Plateau wolves have adapted to dry environments. They won't run so far unless they have no food to eat." Xin Dechang paused here, seeming a little embarrassed. "Also, Yunyun, have you found anything else about the wolf girl?"
I knew that Xin Dechang would seize the opportunity to ask, but Su Yun had no other news, which was the most regrettable thing. Xin Dechang was a little disappointed to hear Su Yun's answer, but it was also expected. He continued to ask her to pay attention to safety and not to be stubborn. If she really couldn't find him, she could bury Chen Zhenjie anywhere.
After all, if they really can't find it, then it's their destiny.
Su Yun agreed to all of them and told Xin Dechang not to worry. He then returned to the ghost employees and told them Xin Dechang's reply. In the future, if they encountered a similar village again, they should be more careful. After all, the people who stayed in such a village might not treat them as human beings.
Che Xuming was somewhat shocked by the result: "There actually is such a place. They massacred the original villagers, and then because of surrender, they can replace the original villagers and live in this village. Then they change the name, and no one will know what happened in this place..."
The voluptuous ghost was lighting a fire, and she said without even looking up: "This kind of thing happens a lot, and it's the same in many places. It seems like they just changed the place name, but in fact, not only the place name, but also the people are almost the same."
When it comes to this topic, we can't help but talk about some horror stories circulating at night. Not all places have mythological stories like "Peach Blossom Spring" or stories similar to "A Chinese Ghost Story".
In Yan Gui's memory, they had encountered this before when they followed Su Yiling and Ji Weitang out in their early years. About ten years ago, they were on their way back to Bincheng to see Su Yun when they came across a job as a corpse driver. However, in modern society, basically no one would choose to drive corpses anymore. Instead, they would cremate the corpses and take the urns back.
However, the client said that the elderly at home were under close watch and the body had to be returned intact. However, none of the major transportation companies would send dead bodies. Besides, even if he bought a high-speed rail ticket or a train ticket, he could not get on the train. The country promotes cremation, so he would definitely be persuaded to be cremated before he even gets on the train.
"But this request is really weird. The old curator and the others are not very willing to accept it. Plus, the money they pay is not much. Besides, we have to make an extra trip. It's very strange." The ghost bride also came to join in the numbers. She wrapped her head with a black veil and said eerily.
Youlan was so scared that she hid in Che Xuming's arms, getting smaller and smaller, now almost as small as seven or eight years old.
Su Yun also hugged himself tightly: "And then?"
The ghost continued, "Of course the old curator and his family refused, but the client said that there were some rare medicinal herbs for sale in his hometown, many of which were still in short supply. At that time, you were young and prone to illness, so the old curator was worried that the Su family would not take good care of you, so he agreed to go without much hesitation."
Ten years ago, Su Yun was not young anymore, only fifteen or sixteen years old. But at that time, Su Yun had no nanny to take care of him, so he seemed to be a little more prone to illness. In fact, it was because he was not used to it. After half a year, Su Yun slowly adapted to the life where he had to take care of himself.
But in the eyes of Su Yiling and Ji Weitong, it was probably because the Su family didn't take good care of them.
After deciding to take the corpse-driving job, Su Yiling and Ji Weitang took their employees and changed direction, heading to another place. They originally thought it was a backward and feudal village, but when they arrived they found out that it was not the case at all.
“The young people in this village don’t know that, in fact, their entire village, including the previous generation, was full of ghosts. But because no one has come for a long time, those ghosts ran out to live on their own. Only those who left the village early to make a living outside are living people.” The beautiful ghost lowered her voice and tried to speak in a hoarse voice.
After saying that, Youlan had turned back to the size of Thumbelina and hid in Che Xuming's hands. She said, "It's so scary. The whole village is full of ghosts!"
The ghost looked at her strangely: "If a whole village is full of ghosts, it's scary. But if a whole village is full of monsters, wouldn't it be scary?"
Youlan was stunned, and after thinking about it, it seemed to make sense: "Although that's what I said... they were all human beings at first, but later they all turned into ghosts, and they crawled out of the coffins. It's a bit scary, just like... they mutated."
Then everyone laughed and didn't take the story to heart. They just remembered that Xiao Youlan was very timid, so they asked Che Xuming to comfort her more at night. They didn't know how many days they would have to stay here, so she shouldn't be scared and unable to sleep at night.
After that night, everyone set out on the road as usual the next day, heading west according to the location given by Xin Dechang. As they walked forward, they gradually discovered that the number of trees around them was decreasing, and they were approaching the plateau terrain that Xin Dechang had described. It was open, steep, and barren, a place where humans seldom move around. Even if there were humans, they would gather in one place instead of living separately.
Everyone walked to the last forest to rest. If they went further, there would be no plants or trees for them to ask. There were only rocks everywhere. They could only ask the mountain gods and the land god.
Youlan never grew back to the size of an adult woman. At night, she was only the size of a thumb, but smaller during the day. She looked about four or five years old. After being taken by the sexy ghost to ask the nearby tree spirit, the tree spirit came back and said there was a bear here.
"Bear? Grandpa Xin also said that they were chased by bears. It seems that where there are bears, we are getting close to the wolf girl's location. However, the lifespan of black bears in the wild is only 20 to 30 years at most. It is estimated that they are not the same as before, so we may not be able to get anything out of them." Su Yun was a little worried. If they still couldn't find this place, they would have to continue to go deeper into the Tibetan area.
Although we are in the country, there are troops stationed here, so it will always be troublesome if we encounter them.
Everyone prepared to continue looking for the bear and take a two-day break. If they kept traveling like this, even the strongest people would get tired.
Su Yun and Youlan, who was unable to grow bigger, stayed where they were. If there was a bear nearby, the sexy ghost and the ghost bride would take her over.
Lin Lang and You Lan stayed beside the fire. Su Yun was taking out her Qiankun bag, trying to find some food. She always stuffed a lot of food into it before going out.
After taking out the sweet potatoes and throwing them to them to roast, Youlan looked at Su Yun for a while and suddenly asked, "Director Su, you don't seem to have brought that beautiful folding fan with you these days."
Su Yun paused as he flipped through the Qiankun bag: "Do you think it's beautiful?"
"Of course, the folding fan frame is made of white jade, and the jade pendant below is made of two dragons, one black and one white, connected head to tail. It looks very beautiful and handsome." Youlan said very seriously.
"Then they will be very happy. However, they are busy recently, so they are not with me." Su Yun replied with a chuckle.
Youlan didn't understand: "They?"
Su Yun narrowed his eyes slightly: "Yes, them, the fan, and the jade pendant."
Neither Lin Lang nor Youlan understood what Su Yun meant, but seeing that she had no intention of continuing, they did not ask any further questions. There were actually many things they did not understand, such as how Su Yun came back from the illusion, and why the folding fan that she never let go of seemed to have suddenly disappeared.
Everyone has their own secrets. It’s best not to ask if you shouldn’t. If the other person wants to tell you, they will naturally open up.
Soon, the ghost employees and Che Xuming came back. They didn't find the bear and suspected that it was the rainy season and the bears had gone down the mountain. They hibernate in the winter and go downstream to catch fish in the summer.
As for what the flowers and plants said, only Youlan could understand them, and the others returned empty-handed.
Since there were no bears, they had to keep moving forward. This time they walked for another day and night. At nightfall on the second day, they came across a village with a small population. There was a stone at the entrance with words engraved on it. This was the village that Xin Dechang had mentioned.
This village existed in the past and was called Canglong Village. It was said that there was a dragon vein underground, but it had never been dug out, so it was called Canglong Village. In Xin Dechang's time, the village even used this name as an excuse to launch a rebellion, which was finally suppressed by the state.
After dealing with a group of rebellious people, the village settled down. In the past, when Xin Dechang and the old man of the Wu family came to look for the wolf girl, the people in the village helped them.
However, just like the previous Wangshan Village, it is unknown how many local people are left in this village. Xin Dechang estimates that there are not many left. The young people ran away, and a large number of the original people were killed. There are also captives and surrendered people who were resettled. It is hard to say how many people in this village still have feelings for the country. In short, be careful.
Canglong Village is the closest village to Xin Dechang’s former base. Further ahead is the military base, which is not very convenient for movement, so he suggested that Su Yun stay in this place. It is best to go to other places in the morning and return in the evening, and not stay until dark.
Su Yun told the others what Xin Dechang had said, asking them to try to come back before nightfall after going out during the day, otherwise there would be a conflict with the garrison and she would have to rescue them.
After entering the village, a woman wearing special ethnic costumes came over to chat with me. What she wore didn’t look like Tibetan clothes. There were some modifications. Perhaps it was the unique clothing of their area, just like in Guangxi, where the clothing is different once you leave the city.
The woman has fair skin, but there are traces of sunburn on her face, which is often called highland red. Her complexion looks quite healthy, which makes people feel good at first sight.
"Tashi Delek, are you college students here to travel? Why do you bring your sister with you?" The woman asked in Mandarin with a Tibetan accent. She smiled sincerely and seemed to be used to this kind of situation where people come here to travel.
Su Yun had watched a lot of Tibetan TV dramas when he was young, so he understood what they were saying, so he said, "Tashi Delek, shu, yes, we came to play during the holidays. My sister insisted on coming, but we are not college students anymore, we are graduate students."
Even if they look young, the two masters look like they are in their thirties, so it is not easy for them to pretend to be college students with clear eyes and stupidity. But it is different for graduate students. Who knows how many years it will take for them to graduate?
The woman was stunned when she heard about the graduate student: "Oh, you are a graduate student. Usually, the graduate students here are doing research. Hahahaha, this is the first time I see you bring your sister here to play. Then you have to find a place to stay, right? We have guest houses and B&Bs here. Take a look and I'll introduce you to some!"
Su Yun was the only one in the group who was good at socializing. She followed the woman and looked around. She really looked like a naive graduate student. "Sister, do you often have graduate students and college students coming here?"
The woman who felt like she had a big business was very happy, with a smile on her face all the time: "Yes, yes, yes, there are trees and animals here, and college students come here for tourism. You've heard of them, right? They go to the Potala Palace, Lhasa, and there are free rides and stuff, and they occasionally pass by here."
As we were talking, we passed by a pub, and there were quite a few photos inside, which were Polaroid photos taken by some young people. Perhaps quite a few people really came here.
Su Yun looked down for a while and said, "The air here is pretty good."
The woman replied, "Yes, because we are not at the plateau yet, we don't have altitude sickness, so the air seems good. In fact, there is no difference in the mountains."
The guesthouse in Canglongzhai is not big, it can even be said to be too small to live in. It is just a small building, but the size and location of each room were beyond Su Yun's expectations. She simply couldn't believe that there was such a guesthouse in the world.
Each floor is a crowded highway filled with rooms of different sizes, separated by wooden boards. There is even a duty room and a counter at the door of the first floor. A man is sitting inside watching TV with the volume turned up very loud. You can smell a terribly bad odor without getting close, like rotten food mixed with something else.
The last time I smelled a similar smell was at the house of Aunt Wu’s fat son, and that was because the fat son didn’t clean the house after the two old people died.
The man at the counter has healthy hands and feet, but he makes the job so dirty and smelly. I don’t know if he is dissatisfied with this job or if that’s just how he is.
In addition to this counter, some rooms smell of feces and urine. The doors of the rooms are all wooden doors. After closing them, you can see everything inside the room through the gaps. Moreover, one room has three wooden walls, and three beds put together can be placed inside.
To describe it with a sentence Su Yun once saw in a short video, it was probably "I dare not close my eyes even when the door is closed at night."
The woman knew about this situation and acted as if she was not surprised. After going upstairs, she whispered, "It's actually normal for a guest house to be like this, because that's why tourists go to a guest house. Although it costs a little more, the door can be closed."
But when you go out, who wouldn’t spend a little more money just to keep the door closed?
We didn't see much of the guesthouse. The smell inside was so bad that no one could stand it. We ran away as soon as we reached the second and third floors. This small building had three floors and a small attic on the top. It was a common building in the countryside, but each floor had its own unique smell, which was not easy.
The man at the counter downstairs saw them coming downstairs and continued watching TV without looking away, as if he had guessed that they would not stay.
After that, the woman took Su Yun and others to see homestays, which were all converted from their own yards or buildings. How should I put it, at most they were better than guesthouses, the doors and windows were in good condition, the rooms were spacious, and there were single and double rooms.
Su Yun accompanied the woman from the entrance of the village to the exit at the other end, and they walked directly to all the homestays and hotels in the village. The woman couldn't stand it, and the way she looked at them changed from fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered to admiration - after all, there were not many people who could walk like this, and nine of them came at once!
The woman's clothes were heavy. She wiped the sweat off her face with her sleeves and forced a smile before asking Su Yun and the others if they had any favorites. If not, she would quit her job. Whoever wanted to serve her could do so!
In fact, Su Yun was not trying to make things difficult for others. She simply wanted to see the specific situation of this place. Having a local person lead the way would be clearer than a map. The woman on the way would also explain the local customs and practices to them, which would be the most suitable place to investigate information.
Seeing that they had indeed visited all the places, Su Yun thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go to the one in the middle, the one with the yard. I like that yard."
At this time, they were at the edge of the village, and Su Yun said that the homestay with a yard was right in the middle of Canglong Village, so they had to walk back.
The woman's face turned ugly. She asked with some difficulty: "If you like it, why didn't you just stay when you saw it just now?"
"Because I didn't know if there were any other ones I liked more later. Now that I've finished reading them, I found that I still like that one the best. Don't you think so, sister?" Su Yun smiled and lowered his head to hold Youlan's little hand.
Youlan nodded directly: "Yes, there is a small yard and flowers."
Youlan was very experienced in pretending to be a child, and she immediately blocked the woman's complaints.
The woman sighed and said, "Okay, I'll come back later, but that one is more expensive, right?"
It's like this for any house. If you know it's a rare commodity, you'll pay a lot of money for it.
Mr. Xin Dechang has given us enough money for our expenses, so we can live here without any worries.
Many college students come here to play during this time of year. Just as the woman said, young people like to come to places like this for pilgrimage and to cleanse their souls. In fact, they just have too much money at home, otherwise why would they come out to suffer like this?
And who knows if the so-called cleansing of the soul is due to the lack of oxygen in the plateau?
The homestay that Su Yun chose was relatively expensive, so there were not many people staying there. There were only four college students, two authors who came to collect materials, a cartoonist, and five adventure travel enthusiasts. Except for the three who were working, the others had money and time and came here to find the true meaning of life.
The boss was wearing clothes of similar style to the woman who led the way. She was a slightly older woman, carrying two children on her back. She collected money very quickly and spoke Mandarin well, so she could communicate in daily life.
When booking a room, the boss said, "There are too many of you. We can't give each of you a room. There aren't enough double rooms. You can choose yourselves."
So the boss put the photos and keys of the guest rooms on the counter and let Su Yun and the others choose.
Of course Che Xuming had to choose a double room. He wanted to live with Youlan, so he chose a room with a balcony. He took the key and said with a smile, "This room selection is like the chicken-and-rabbit-in-the-same-cage problem. It's not enough if we all live in double rooms, and it's not enough if we all live in single rooms. How can we divide it so that everyone can live in it?"
"Hahaha, that's true. But I choose a single room. You'll be leaving early and coming back late, so don't take me with you." Su Yun quickly grabbed one of the single rooms on the third floor. This was the last room on the third floor. It seemed that other guests had chosen single rooms as they probably felt the third floor was safer.
There are no rooms on the third floor now. Che Xuming chose a room on the second floor for the balcony and double room. The others were not picky. The two masters were tall, so they chose single rooms. The ghost and the ghost bride chose a double room. The remaining Lin Lang and the ghost catcher Axiu could choose a single or double room according to their preferences.
However, if both choose single rooms, one of them will live alone but has to book a double room.
The two considered the expenses and decided to stay in a double room. There were two beds anyway, so it could save Su Yun some money. This trip had already cost a lot of money before he had done any serious work.
After taking their keys, everyone prepared to go upstairs to rest. If there was anything, they would wait until tomorrow morning to discuss it.
Su Yun took the key and went upstairs, and found that this homestay had no soundproofing and was of very poor quality. The environment looked beautiful in the photos, but in fact, you could hear the sound of people walking next door, and there was no privacy at all.
All the previous guests had chosen the third floor. Su Yun could hear the four college students having a party, eating, drinking and making all kinds of noise, as well as the author and the cartoonist playing loud music and the clacking sound of keyboards while they were working.
The five travelers who were farther away didn't hear it, perhaps because they were drowned out by the nearby sounds.
Su Yun was not used to sleeping with his head covered with a quilt, but he couldn't fall asleep after hearing the noise, so he could only keep his eyes open and wait for them to finish.
However, college students, authors and cartoonists are all night owls who can't sleep at night and can't wake up during the day. The college students are almost exhausted and start to sleep at three or four o'clock. The two authors actually typed on the keyboard until dawn, and then cried to each other and said that they could not finish writing at all, and then went to bed with a groan.
The cartoonist went to bed at around five or six in the morning, and he didn't seem to be in his right mental state anyway.
Su Yun was enjoying the quietness of the morning, lying on the bed ready to fall asleep peacefully, and then she received a message from Yan Gui and his friends that they were getting ready to go out. They had agreed the night before to only send a message and not notify them, so as not to wake Su Yun up. But who knew that she would not be able to sleep all night?
Since they were not asleep yet, Su Yun got up to see them off and picked up Youlan at the same time.
Everyone gathered in the yard. The homestay provided meals, and the owner got up early to cook for them. No matter whether the food was delicious or not, it was included in the accommodation fee. If they didn't eat, it would be equivalent to giving up this part of the food.
Youlan was still a little kid today, being led by Che Xuming. She asked Su Yun, "Director Su, didn't you say you wanted to sleep in today? Why are you up?"
"I didn't sleep the whole night. Did you guys fall asleep? Aren't you making noise?" Su Yun felt so sleepy that he was dizzy.
So everyone was silent. It was noisy everywhere. The soundproofing was so poor that even downstairs it was still difficult to fall asleep, especially Che Xuming and Youlan who were used to the quiet environment of Jingling Gate. They finally used soundproofing magic to fall asleep.
Hearing this, Su Yun was stunned: "Why didn't I think of this? She must have been fooled by their noise. Anyway, we are already up. I will take Youlan upstairs to take a nap. You guys go out and be careful. Remember to come back before dark, no matter if you get anything or not."
Everyone agreed and turned to go out. When everyone left, the boss came out with a spatula and said, "Hugh Badler, good morning. Aren't your friends going to eat?"
Su Yun was stunned for a moment before he realized that the boss was asking him good morning. Then he smiled and replied, "Hugh Badler, they don't want to eat anymore. They want to go see the wolves. Men like this kind of thing. Only my sister and I are here today."
The boss reminded: "Even if you don't eat it, you can't refund it, but I might make less and won't make it again."
"It's okay, they can eat outside." Su Yun naturally would not ask the boss for this little bit of meal money back. Besides, she and Youlan still had to eat in the B&B. It was just that the boss had to cook for a few fewer people.
After not sleeping well at night, Su Yun took Youlan back to the room to continue sleeping. In the meantime, the boss came to deliver food and it was Youlan who opened the door. She said that Su Yun was sleeping, so the boss brought the food to the room and told Youlan not to open the door to strangers as it was very unsafe here.
Youlan agreed obediently, then crawled to the table and ate something. Su Yun said she didn't want to eat, so he asked her to eat first, and if she had finished eating, he shouldn't wake her up before lunch.
Originally Youlan was very careful, but before noon, the energetic college students got up and started making noise, waking Su Yun up again.
Even though Su Yun was so sleepy, he was still woken up by them, which shows how loud they were.
Su Yun touched her phone and saw that it was only half past ten. She had been lying down for less than four hours when her eyes suddenly went dark. "What are these college students doing... They are so noisy."
Looking back, she wasn't this noisy when she was a college student.
Su Yun twisted his body and got out of bed. He saw Youlan trying to chew tsampa at the table. He ran over like an orangutan, swinging his hands and asking, "Youlan, why are you still eating?"
Youlan took another bite of tsampa with her tiny teeth and said incoherently, "I feel choked, but strangely I want to keep eating..."
Su Yun looked over and saw that it was tsampa, a food made from fried barley flour and kneaded into balls. It was meant to be fried noodles, but in fact it looked like small biscuits and was choking to eat. No wonder Youlan had been eating it all morning. She was so young now and it was difficult for her to eat.
"This is how you eat it. You have to add butter tea and sugar. Why don't you ask the boss how to eat it?" Su Yun was just about to demonstrate how to pour butter tea with tsampa when he realized that it was gone.
"Ah? Are you going to eat it while soaking it? I just finished the milk tea because I was choking." Youlan said with her innocent big eyes, and then took another bite of the choking tsampa.
Su Yun held up the copper pot, hesitant to speak: "It's okay, it's just butter tea, I'll go ask the boss for another pot, if you like it, you can eat it dry like this, it's really fragrant when fried."
People who have never been here really don't know how to eat it, especially a little flower like Youlan who has never been far away. She will definitely eat similar things the way she usually eats them. Not to mention little monsters, even if adults come here, they have to ask first.
Seeing that Youlan was really choking, Su Yun prepared to go downstairs to ask the boss for another pot of butter tea, and see if there was anything else to eat. She didn't like sweet food very much, so it would be better to add some salt to the butter tea instead of sugar.
After going out, Su Yun saw the group of college students running around. The author and cartoonist had not come out yet, but they were probably awake. Their professions made them more or less neurasthenic and they could not stand any sound. They were probably cursing in the guest room.
College students are very outgoing. Those who can travel with others are more or less social experts and can chat with anyone. They ask the boss where are fun places and they also want to go to the mountains to see blind bears.
The boss had seen many fearless college students like this before, so he said directly: "You may not see a bear, and don't do anything dangerous. You can go to the nearby area to see the scenery, but remember to follow the local guide."
When they heard that there were no blind bears, the college students wailed as if they had missed something important in their lives.
Su Yun went downstairs and followed the boss to the kitchen and asked, "Boss, my sister drank all the butter tea and wants another pot. Also, I want some salt because I don't like sweet butter tea."
The boss looked at her in surprise and said, "You can keep refilling the butter tea, but it's rare to see girls like to drink salty ones. Even many men can't get used to it. Have you been here before?"
"No, but before I came, I asked my grandfather who used to be a soldier here. He told me in detail. He said that he was chased by a bear when he wanted to find food before." Su Yun handed over the copper pot and chatted with the boss with a smile.
Using someone who once lived here as a breakthrough point is the best way to get information. This way both parties have a common language and can quickly build closer relations.
The boss didn't suspect anything and gave Su Yun a large pot of butter tea that he had just brewed at noon. He said, "Hahaha, your grandfather must be very brave. We don't dare to chase blind bears here. Only those outsiders dare to do so. Sometimes we have to go out and chase them back to avoid being eaten by bears."
Su Yun couldn't help laughing: "Yes, young people are brave. But, besides bears, are there wolves here?"
As they were talking, the butter tea was finished. The boss wrapped his hand with a towel and handed it to Su Yun: "Yes, but not many. It's rare. I heard that wolves sometimes appear in the west when it rains or snows. We say here that wolves will repay you. If you save a wolf, the wolf will definitely repay you. But where is it so easy to see a wolf?"
Wolves are hard to come by. Is it because there are so few of them, or is it because after the wolf girl left, the wolf pack never came back?
Su Yun had no idea and couldn't get anything out of the boss who was not too old. After thanking him, he took the butter tea and returned to the room. Youlan actually ate a whole piece of tsampa.
"Aren't you choking?" Su Yun was stunned.
"Hey, just eat it slowly, it tastes better than that." Youlan said, pointing at the bowl of milk paste.
In fact, it is a porridge made of fried noodles, carrots and milk. People from other places are not used to it, unless they are the people who drink various porridges for breakfast. According to the taste that Youlan developed in Jinglingmen, the only thing she can eat is tsampa.
Su Yun poured her a bowl of butter tea: "Okay, if you like, eat it this way. It's no problem if you want to soak it in later."
Youlan tried the brewed one, but didn't like it, so she continued to eat it dry, and then drank sweet butter tea to prevent choking.
After making his own tea, Su Yun said to her, "I just went out to ask the boss, she said there are bears here, but wolves are rarely seen. She only said that wolves will repay favors. If you save a wolf, the wolf will repay you. Could it be that Miss Wolf was saved by someone later on, and she had to repay the favor, so she's not here?"
"It's possible. If we were monsters and knew we couldn't come back, we might as well disappear and let others give up thinking about us." Youlan said after thinking for a while.
"You really won't leave any information for others?" Su Yun asked.
Youlan shook her head: "No, if we leave a message, what if the other party is determined to chase us? Just like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, the Weaver Girl ran back to heaven, but was still chased. This is also very scary for us demons."
Therefore, it is better to leave cleanly, so that we can stop thinking about each other.
Su Yun frowned and thought: "I should ask more. If this is the ending, I don't know what to say. Isn't God just randomly matching couples? Why does God force them to fall in love when they can't even be sure of their future when he knows it won't work?"
[End of this chapter]
Su Yun: If it's true, then wouldn't we be like magpies???
I, Hu Hansan, am back again. It’s not a big problem. I don’t have a fever or a headache, and I can continue to work as a liver transplanter!
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