The man who got out of the car looked particularly burly, even a bit taller than me. He walked up to me, and when we faced each other, I instinctively became wary. After all, we were in the middle of nowhere, and it's easy for someone to have malicious thoughts.
I knocked on the car door, signaling Yang Sisi to lock the car.
I don't know if she couldn't understand me or was worried about me, but I didn't hear the car lock.
At this moment, the burly man spoke first, saying to me, "You're from out of town, aren't you?"
"We're not exactly outsiders; we're from Dali, but we're not very familiar with Shangri-La."
The burly man chuckled and replied, "I think so too... It's very cold here, you can't wear so little clothing."
As he spoke, he glanced at Yang Sisi in the car, then turned and walked towards his own car.
My vigilance instantly reached its peak. If he made any ill intentions, I would risk my life to ensure Yang Sisi's safety.
In that short time, I had a lot of random thoughts: If he had knives in his car, would I be able to handle it?
I'm pretty good at fighting, but that's limited to hand-to-hand combat. Once knives are involved, I'm not confident I can escape unscathed, especially since the other person looks so strong.
I was very nervous, so I kept my eyes glued to him...
The moment he opened the trunk, I instinctively clenched my fists, even considering striking first... I knew that if we were violated, Yang Sisi and I would be doomed, because this was a place where there was absolutely no chance of rescue.
His hand finally left the trunk, and instead of the knife I had imagined, I saw a very thick cotton-padded coat.
He came back to my side and said, "You can't catch a cold on the plateau. This is my wife's clothes. If you don't mind, you can give it to your girlfriend..."
As I breathed a sigh of relief, I finally understood why he had glanced at Yang Sisi in the car…
I wouldn't say I see people as too wicked, but we did meet a good person. I thanked him first, then took the cotton-padded coat from him and handed it to Yang Sisi in the car... Yang Sisi was really cold. When she saw the coat, she put it on and then happily thanked the man.
The man drove his car back to the vicinity of our car and then took out an oil pipe.
Judging from the fact that he always carries a fuel line in his car, he must frequently drive this route and may have experienced running out of fuel himself. After all, everyone makes mistakes sometimes.
He first inserted the fuel line into his own car's fuel tank, then sucked the fuel in with his mouth, and then quickly inserted the fuel line into our car's fuel tank.
He spat out the oil in his mouth and then said to me, "The octane rating of this gasoline is not up to the standard for your car... When you drive it, be careful and try to control the engine speed. Don't drive it too high, otherwise it will knock and damage the engine."
I don't know what gasoline tastes like in my mouth, but I do know that Yang Sisi and I are very lucky.
I quickly replied, "Thank you so much, brother! You've been such a great help!"
The man smiled and didn't say much. After feeling that he had given me about the right amount of fuel, he withdrew the fuel hose and then spoke to me again: "Once you get around this mountain, you'll find a gas station. You should fill your car with 95-octane fuel. I didn't dare to give you too much, but it should be enough for you to get around."
"Thank you, thank you... thank you so much."
As I spoke, I patted my pockets and realized that I was dressed too lightly and had no pockets for my wallet... I quickly went back to the car, took out my wallet, pulled out a wad of cash, and handed it to the man without counting it, saying, "I don't know how to thank you, but after thinking about it, money is the most practical thing to do. Please keep it."
The man looked at me, then pulled out a bill from a wad of cash, and then pulled out a fifty-yuan note from his own wallet and gave it back to me. He said to me, "The oil I just gave you only cost about fifty yuan... What's mine, I'll take; what's not mine, I won't take a penny more."
"I also took a piece of clothing from you."
As I spoke, I tried to force the money into his hand, but he pushed it back and said, "The clothes are homemade and not worth much... I have to get going. Please be careful on the road and don't be so careless next time."
“You’re right. I’ll never forget what happened today… Please keep this money, or I’ll really feel bad about it.”
"No need...no need..."
The man pushed my hand away again, then got into his car and drove off cleanly and efficiently.
I held the money in my hand and raised it for a long time before finally lowering it.
...
Back in the car, I quickly started it. Hearing the engine running again felt like returning to heaven… As I fastened my seatbelt, I said to Yang Sisi, “That guy just told me that if we go around that mountain, we’ll find a gas station. We’re saved!”
"Judging from how nervous you were just now, were you really afraid that the guy was a bad person?"
"There's no village or shop in sight, of course we were scared... But we were lucky, we met a kind person... After the previous tourism scandals, I've been quite wary of locals in Yunnan. Actually, every place has good and bad people, you shouldn't generalize..."
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