Chapter 526: Snow Mountain
The bus to Shangri-La departed from Dali and quickly got on the Dali-Li Expressway.
Before setting off, Gao Xingjian reminded them to change into long pants and long sleeves in advance as it was summer, and also took their coats in their hands.
Although it is mid-July now, we will reach the snowy mountains after getting off the highway, and the temperature will drop sharply. If you wear short-sleeved shirts and shorts while sitting in the car, you will definitely look several years younger.
As for why young?
Xiao Gao said that he would be frozen like a grandson...
It's a bit carsick to take this kind of bus in the summer. I experienced this when I went back to Sichuan and Chongqing with Xiaoye before.
So not long after getting on the car, he felt a little drowsy, while Ye Ningyu and Lu Xi, who were sitting in front of him and Fang Yu, kept looking out the window and chattering, occasionally looking down at the photos they took in the ancient city of Dali.
At this time, Fang Yu suddenly spoke:
"Xiaotian, it seems that not many people are going to Shangri-La. I just counted them. There are only 15 people in the car, including the four of us and the driver."
Xia Tian folded his arms and leaned to the side, not even bothering to open his eyes: "It's normal that there are few people. The only people who take the bus to Shangri-La are people from Dali.
Tourists from other places who want to go to Shangri-La can just take a direct flight. Shangri-La has its own airport. Who would be willing to take a 300-kilometer bus and suffer like that?..."
"Then why don't we take a plane?"
"You'd have to ask your Lu Hulu, God knows why she's so persistent in taking the bus..."
Xia Tian complained.
The reason why he didn't want to take the bus was not because it was less comfortable than a plane.
Simply because of motion sickness, sitting on the bus for such a long time was a complete torture for him.
Fang Yu quietly glanced at Lu Xi who was sitting in front of them, and said to Xia Tian in a low voice:
"I guess the deer wanted to see the alpine rhododendrons on the snowy mountains along the way. July is the last month of the alpine rhododendron flowering period, and there are not many opportunities to go to the mountains during normal times, so the deer may be so persistent in taking the bus..."
"Alpine rhododendron?"
When Xia Tian heard about this flower, he was a little confused.
Before this, he had only heard of rhododendrons, but had never heard of alpine rhododendrons.
But after Fang Yu said this, he finally figured out why Lu Xi was so persistent.
After driving on the highway for almost three hours, we finally got off.
Immediately afterwards, the bus drove on the national highway, and all kinds of stunning scenery came into the eyes of the tourists on the bus.
"Xiaotian, look, it's so beautiful..."
Ye Ningyu poked her little head out from the front, patted Xia Tian's arm, and motioned him to look out the window.
Only then did Xia Tian open his eyes and look outside.
“This should be the Jinsha River, right?”
Xia Tian looked at the turbulent river and couldn't help but speak.
He remembered a text in elementary school, which seemed to be about the Jinsha River, and there were colorful illustrations next to the text.
I never thought that one day I would be able to see this river with my own eyes.
Because the bus was not full, fully half of the seats were empty, so the driver did not restrict passengers from eating on the bus.
At noon, Ye Ningyu and Lu Xi took out the snacks and bread they had prepared in advance from their backpacks and shared them with Xia Tian and Fang Yu.
In the afternoon, the bus started to go into the mountains.
Just as Gao Xingjian said before we set off, the temperature began to drop after we entered the mountains.
The passengers on the bus who had not put on long pants and long sleeves in advance held on for a while, but finally couldn't help it and began to open their backpacks to look for thick clothes to put on themselves.
There were also several passengers whose thick clothes were probably placed in their suitcases.
The suitcases were in the luggage compartment under the bus, and they had no way of getting them.
They were still planning to hold on to the end, but it was too cold, so someone shouted to the driver:
"Master, can you turn on the hot air conditioner?"
"I had already opened it when we first entered the mountain. Can't you feel it?"
Several people were stunned and did not feel the hot wind at all.
Only then did they realize that even with the heat on, it was still a little cool.
So, the man who had just spoken said, "Master, can we stop the car in front? We can get out and put on some coats from the trunk. It's a bit too cold in the mountains..."
"Oh, young man, are you kidding me? Look for yourself, we are now going up a mountain road. On this mountain road, at most only two cars can pass at the same time.
If we park our car here, we'll be risking our lives. If the oncoming car doesn't pay attention, we'll fall off the mountain and become food for the wolves. ”
The driver said jokingly.
Then, he lit a cigarette for himself and comforted the passengers who were not wearing coats: "I will turn up the heat a little more, you guys hold on for a while, drive another five kilometers ahead, there will be a small open space.
I will park the car there and you can go down to get your clothes. It's a good time for us to take a break and let the female comrades find a place to relieve themselves. During this journey, lesbians must want to go to the bathroom, right? ”
After hearing this, several people breathed a sigh of relief.
Xia Tian couldn't help laughing:
"This time it's all thanks to Lao Gao, otherwise we would be frozen to death right now..."
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