It was midsummer, and the two magnificent views of Qinghai Lake were in full bloom. Thousands of fish could be seen swimming in the water, and countless birds were flying in the blue sky. Visitors standing on the shore and looking at it could not feel anything but the vitality. Even if you are not a poet, you would feel poetic when you come to such a poetic and picturesque place. "Wow, you really know how to choose a place. It's so quiet here." Sun Leling opened her arms and enjoyed the breeze. She smiled peacefully. Qinghai Lake is not a niche attraction in China. Its unique climate attracts many tourists from other provinces to escape the summer heat. Although it is not as crowded as the dumpling scene reported in the news some time ago, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as crowded with tourists. Zhao Yulin took off his shoes, sat by the water and soaked his feet in the slightly cold water. He was not very presentable and said, "I've been here before and lived here for half a year. I'm half a local now." People who are not familiar with this place will definitely not find such a quiet place. Zhou Caifeng squatted beside her boyfriend, concerned about whether the water would freeze her feet. Chen Siyao was like a wild child from the mountains. She took a coat and ran around chasing water birds. Zhou Yidian was surprisingly quiet. He rented a few fishing rods and a pony, and fished on the shore with bated breath. The harvest was quite good. With his lively personality, it was good that he didn't follow his sister Siyao to chase birds. Normally, he wouldn't like to wait for fish to come by the fishing rod, but since he had become Zhao Yulin's apprentice, he had to do some things. Most people think that martial artists are irritable and easily angered, but that's not the case. True masters are always as calm as a mountain. Those who are eager for quick success and instant benefits will hardly achieve anything unless they are truly gifted. The first step for Zhao Yulin to teach his brother-in-law martial arts was to let him cultivate his mind and temper, and to get rid of all the rich and powerful traits in him. Under such circumstances, the best way to cultivate one's mind and temper is naturally fishing. By the way, we can also solve the lunch problem for everyone. Zhao Yulin thinks there is no better way to have the best of both worlds than this, but it is a bit hard for Zhou. In the city, he has to work like a cow and a horse to carry the bags for the sisters. In the paradise, he has to be a fisherman and take the responsibility of food. Originally, Zhao Yulin just planned to take a break at Qinghai Lake and then leave immediately. As a result, the girls seemed to fall in love with this place and showed their reluctance to leave. Zhao Yulin had to obey the majority and decided to stay in Qinghai Lake for a longer time. Once he stayed, it was three days. The youngest son of the Zhou family fished for three days. After the initial excitement wore off, he began to worry: "Brother-in-law, how many more days do we have to play here? I think we should go to a place first. It's not good to be delayed on the road for a long time."
Zhao Yulin smiled and said, "Do you really think so?"
Zhou Yi nodded solemnly with a serious expression: "Yes!"
Zhao Yulin squinted his eyes against the wind, his hair swaying in the wind, a bit like a boy who walked out of a comic book, Youthful and carefree, mixed with a little sadness: "I wanted to let you relax for a few more days. It seems that you are not a person who likes to relax and hate work. I am very relieved."
Zhou Yidian was stunned and had a bad premonition: "What do you mean?"
Zhao Yulin stepped ashore, stood up straight, turned to look at his brother-in-law, and said with a sly smile: "When you get there, your martial arts journey will officially begin. The comfortable days like now where you only need to fish every day can only be left as memories."
"Of course, it is also possible that you will miss it very much."
He stepped on the soft green grass, and his smile was gentler than the sunshine in April.
Zhou Yidian was struck by lightning, and his fair and handsome face was filled with dullness and a little panic: "Brother-in-law, what do you want to do to me?" "
Won't you know when you get there?" Zhao Yulin said.
"Well, I think we don't need to rush. The destination of the trip is not important. What's important is not to disappoint the scenery along the way."
Zhou Yidian said casually.
He has a deep dream of learning martial arts and becoming stronger, but he still needs some time to prepare himself mentally, and he is obviously not ready yet.
He has seen Zhao Yulin's methods. A small trial with a coin is enough to make him amazed at his brother-in-law. So it is obvious that the way his brother-in-law trains his apprentices must be many times more difficult than military training.
"Are you afraid of hardship?"
Zhao Yulin asked him with a smile.
"Don't be afraid!"
Zhou Yidian denied it flatly, and then explained, "We have to proceed step by step, right?"
Zhao Yulin stretched out two fingers and said, "There is no such thing as gradual progress when I teach my disciples. I have to beat you to death so that you won't die when fighting with others. Also, I forgot to tell you that what I want to teach you is fighting and killing, not strengthening your body. If you want to regret it now, it's not too late. If you are willing to insist, we will stay here for two more days. After two days, we will arrive at another place, and your good days will be over."
Zhou Yidian nodded blankly. He didn't know whether he had heard it or not, but Zhao Yulin believed that he would cherish the remaining two days.
This was indeed the case. In the next two days, Zhou Yidian was very active in fishing. He did not look sad or complain. Whenever a big fish came up in the fishing rod car, he seemed very excited.
After two days of hard work, Zhao Yulin drove the Hummer that Chen Siyao had brought with him to a deserted direction of Qinghai Lake.
Zhao Yulin pointed to a small hill that did not seem to be far away. In fact, the car climbed for half an hour, and the hill stood in front of them, but the distance did not seem to be shortened at all.
The plateau area is not as rugged as the hilly area. After climbing up a slope for about a whole morning, the car finally climbed up the hill. Then the road turned sharply down and plunged into the valley at the bottom of the col.
The scenery was very beautiful, the air was very quiet, and there was no sound.
This is the most direct feeling of people driving into the valley. There is only the sound of the breeze blowing the grass waves. It is so quiet that it is even a little dead.
Apart from that, there is only cold, biting cold.
The girls hurriedly took out thick clothes from their bags and put them on. The young men, who were full of vigor and vitality, could not help shivering: "It's just such a short distance, my god, how can the temperature be so different!"
Zhao Yulin slowly pulled a down jacket, put it on, opened the door and got out of the car, sniffed, and said: "The magic is here, the altitude is not high, but it is colder than the snow-capped mountains in Tibet."
"Why?" Sun Leling was like a curious baby.
Zhao Yulin squatted beside the car and lit a cigarette. The nicotine mixed with the smell of tar was inhaled into his lungs, but it didn't warm him up much. It was mainly for the psychological suggestion to make himself think that he was warm.
"There is a legend that there used to be a white snake lying in this valley, swallowing ice and spitting out frost. It turned into a dragon and flew into the sky decades ago. This place has been empty since
then, so it is called Hualong Valley." Zhou Caifeng looked up at the clear blue sky, which was very clean with only a few cotton candy-like clouds. She said nonchalantly, "Do you believe the legend?"
Zhao Yulin pulled his first official girlfriend into his arms as if no one was around, and said, "It would be too unromantic to say I don't believe it now, so I would rather believe it. Legends sound ridiculous, but there is no other decent explanation."
"It makes sense from a scientific point of view." Chen Siyao stepped forward to interrupt.
Sun Leling looked at Zhao Yulin hugging her shoulders with a slightly jealous look in her eyes and said, "Fortunately, there are no physics majors among us here, otherwise it would be a real bummer."
Seeing that her best friends had helped the couple, Chen Siyao stopped making trouble and turned to ask Zhao Yulin: "You seem to want to stay here for a few more days, so where are we going to stay these days?"
"There."
Zhao Yulin pointed to a place, and everyone looked in the direction and saw a thatched house under a big banana tree.
Zhou Yidian was the fastest, wrapped up in his coat and ran towards the small thatched house like crazy. Zhao Yulin signaled the three girls to follow him, and they were too lazy to lock the car. Anyway, there were no outsiders in this paradise where no one shits.
From the crowded to the deserted ten miles away, this Qingcao Valley is completely different from the bustling Qinghai Lake.
The door of the small hut had no bolt and could be pushed open directly from the outside. Zhou Yidian blew his nose and went in. He put his hands in his coat sleeves very skillfully and sat next to the stove. He looked very comfortable and would not change it even if he was given an emperor.
The stove lid was closed and the sparks inside burned slowly, releasing a faint temperature that had already heated up the spacious thatched hut.
"Brother-in-law, is there anyone living in the house?" Zhou Yidian asked Zhao Yulin who came in from behind, looking towards the door.
There was a fire in the stove, the bed and simple furniture were all neatly arranged and clean, there was no dust on the small table next to the stove, and the lid of the pot on the small stove at the foot of the wall was lifted. All these signs showed that the owner of the house still lived here, but was away temporarily.
And the time he was away would not exceed a week.
"Someone is living here."
Zhao Yulin settled his girlfriend and the eldest daughter into the house, and sat down by the stove to light a fire and boil water.
He never said that no one lived in the thatched house.
"Then are we considered to be the cuckoo occupying the magpie's nest?" Sun Leling was a little restrained.
Chen Siyao said carelessly: "It's nothing like a cuckoo occupying a magpie's nest. This guy came here with great skill and it's obvious that he is very familiar with this place. The house must belong to his friend, so we should be considered guests."
After that, she glanced at Zhao Yulin with a proud look, and it seemed that she was very adaptable to this unfamiliar environment.
"Hey! Since this is your friend's territory, a friend from afar, shouldn't he treat us well? I have never eaten yak meat produced in the original place!"
Zhou Caifeng smiled at the girl's familiar and untimidated manner, and it was impossible to tell whether he liked it or not. Zhou Yidian secretly raised his thumb and sincerely admired his sister Siyao. This was probably the heroine.
Sun Leling was still reserved, and no one knew what was going on in her little head.
Zhao Yulin looked up at the roof and said to a row of black objects hanging on the beams: "Those are wind-dried yak meat, even gamey ones. Whether you are lucky enough to eat them depends on your own ability."