Chapter 22: The Mountaintop
"Sir, I'm sorry, we're almost off work, can you come back tomorrow?" the conductor saw and looked at the time, it was almost five o'clock, and reminded.
"Isn't it still off work?" Hearing the conductor say this, Yang Gang glanced at her suspiciously.
"Yes, you haven't gotten off work yet, but if you go up now, it's estimated that it will be dark before you reach the halfway point of the mountain, and I'm afraid it will affect your personal safety." The conductor suddenly realized his previous mistake and immediately reminded him kindly.
"Oh, there are no wild beasts on the mountain, right?" Yang Gang quipped.
"Sir, laugh at it, how can there be wild beasts here, I am afraid that you will get lost in the mountains. The conductor almost burst out laughing.
"Since you don't have it, then please give me a ticket, thank you!" Yang Gang looked at the girl in front of him, who was about twenty years old.
"Are you sure you're going up now, sir?" the conductor thought he had misheard.
"Yes!" Yang Gang was very sure.
Feeling the meaning in this person's eyes, she silently tapped a few times on the keyboard, and a ticket was handed to Yang Gang. Looking at the back of this person walking along the mountain road, she secretly prayed in her heart: I hope that nothing will happen to this person, otherwise when she finds out that the ticket is from her own hand, then her bonus this month should be less! Last time, there was a person who went up when it was almost dark, and it took five days to find out at the bottom of a cliff, and he was deducted a lot of money, so he won't be so unlucky this time!
I haven't walked such a mountain road for a long time, or when I didn't be a manager before, I have to go for a morning run every day, and I rarely exercise since I went to work in the fashion zone, first, the time is a little messy now, and secondly, I haven't met the existence of Yang Gang since the last time, and he has forgotten to practice what he should have.
Although Xiaocuifeng is famous, the relevant departments attach great importance to it, and there is an endless stream of people who travel here, but it still maintains a primitive ecological form, and has not been changed by people who are eager for quick success, and basically follows its natural development; So the most that the management here has done is to build a main road from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and even some of the forks in the road are still walked by the tourists themselves. As Mr. said: There is no road in the world, and when there are more people walking, it becomes a road. On both sides of the road, there are only simple benches installed, and there are no shelter facilities. It's no wonder that the conductor "admonished" Yang Gang so much.
On the way up the mountain, Yang Gang also saw people coming down the mountain in twos and threes, and he basically didn't see anyone after he continued to walk for a while.
As the surrounding trees became denser and denser, the sky became darker and darker; Yang Gang remembered what the conductor had just said; Could it be that this mountain was really unsafe? Thinking of this, Yang Gang couldn't help but feel the intention of retreating. Just as Yang Gang also wanted to withdraw, he faintly felt that something was calling to him from above.
No matter what, since you are here, then take a good look at it and leave no regrets for yourself.
Thinking of this, Yang Gang strode towards the mountain.
Along the way, Yang Gang was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery along the road, and the conditions did not allow it (it was dark). What made him feel the most was that he was getting easier and easier, and the depressed qi in his heart was smoother.
At this time, accompanied by the whistling mountain wind, Yang Gang saw a faint bright light swaying in the wind in the distance.
"Did you meet the 'ghost fire' that the old people said? Yang Gang couldn't say the bitterness in his heart. But after thinking about it, didn't it only appear at midnight? Is there still a legend after all? Thinking of this, Yang Gang had no choice but to continue walking forward even if he still had the slightest concern.
The more Yang Gang walked forward, the more his general outline gradually became clearer, and when he saw it, Yang Gang's heart that was still worried was also relaxed.
It was far away before, but now it is clearer. In front of you stood seven or eight rooms, large and small, each independent of each other, and if you looked closely, you would find that one was more than twice as large as the others, and they were secretly horned. The light that came out just now came from that main room.
"You scared the hell out of me. Yang Gang was indignant in his heart.
Seeing that there is such a place here, coupled with the introduction of Xiao Cuifeng from Sister Guo's mouth, Yang Gang is not surprised.
Walking towards a room with lights on, Yang Gang showed a quality he had since he was a child - loud voice.
"Anyone?"
It may be that they have never heard this kind of "shout" before, and an old man walked out of the main room, and he saw that his eyes were sunken, his face was withered, his arms were slender, his legs were calm and powerful, and he was dressed as a Taoist priest. A pair seems to be able to see through what Yang Gang is thinking. When Yang Gang made eye contact with his eyes, he seemed to see the vicissitudes of life and incomparably pure meaning in his eyes, fortunately he was not the original Yang Gang who could be bullied by his classmates Wang Long and others so that he didn't dare to squeak;
"Old man, I went up the mountain a little late today, and there was a slight delay on the road, I want to stay here for a night, do you think it can be convenient?"
"Young man, it's really unfortunate that you're here, we have a few guests here today, and the spare rooms are full. It was as if the old man was saying something that had been said a thousand times.
"Old man, you see it's so late, can you ......" Yang Gang heard this, thinking that he had walked so far, if there was no place to rest, it would be miserable, so he had to pull down the skin.
The old man saw that the young man in front of him was not like a person who stole chickens and dogs, and after thinking for a while, he said to Yang Gang: "There is another one next door to me, but no one has lived in it for a long time, and you still need to clean it yourself, I don't know if you are willing?"
"Willing to be willing!" Hearing that there is still a place to live, Yang Gang is simply unexpected, where there will be half a point of unwillingness, and his heart has already blossomed.
"Then you come with me. With that, the old man turned and walked inside.
"Hey!" Yang Gang was only afraid that the old man would regret it, and his steps were so big that he almost rushed to the front of the old man.
Follow the old man through the hall for pilgrims to accumulate merits, said to be the main hall, in fact, it is only a room of about ten square meters; The middle door looked much older than the other, and it was evident that no one had touched it in a long time.
Not surprisingly, the old man pointed to the middle room, "If you don't dislike it, you can live here!" There is a well in the front yard, and there are cleaning tools when you go out and turn left, you can clean it up first. The old man confessed to Yang Gang.
"Remember not to take out what you just said, there are a lot of people resting here. It didn't seem to be worrying about this person, and he turned his head and reminded Yang Gang when he had already stepped in with one foot.
Hearing the door of the old man's room close gently, Yang Gang was glad that he could still have such a place to stay, and he did not delay, pushing the door open, and a musty smell came to his face. "Uh, it's been a long time since anyone stayed. Yang Gang muttered in his heart.
An hour later.
"It's finally like a look, now you can lie down well, it's comfortable!" Seeing the fruits of his labor, Yang Gang's sense of accomplishment arose spontaneously.
It may be because he hasn't exercised like this for a long time, but today Yang Gang slept soundly. So that in the middle of the night, when other people heard the creepy sounds, he missed them so naturally.
It wasn't until the red sun pierced the east that he wiped his sleepy eyes.
It was night when I came here yesterday, and I didn't have a general understanding of this place, but now I can see it clearly. The entrance is still a small path that is not wide or narrow, and in addition to the seven rooms that were faintly seen yesterday in the open space, there is also a two-story building high Sanqingdao statue on the high ground on the left, so you don't have to think about it to know who is enshrined here. Looking back, to the right is a two-story building that is more beautiful than the house where Yang Gang lived yesterday, with a big sign hanging on it, which reads: Dongshan City Xiaocuifeng souvenir sales.
"No, and this kind of operation? Why do you live in a wooden house, but this is a standard small western-style house. Yang Gang had an impulse in his heart, but it was only an impulse.
And this is not the highest point of Xiaocui Peak, there is a higher place behind it. An immeasurable cliff stood in the way.
I saw that this clearing was crowded with people who seemed to have spent the night here yesterday. A young couple sat under a camphor tree at the intersection and laughed in a low voice, a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar was squatting under the statue, looking at something, and in the middle of the clearing, five people dressed as travelers told the strange sound they had heard last night......
Finally came here, Yang Gang didn't want to waste this rare opportunity, after a simple freshening, he pulled the middle-aged man in a Taoist uniform to ask about the general situation here.
Originally, this is the only place for tourists to rest in Xiaocuifeng, from here to the west five miles there is a natural landscape called "Giant Stone Forest", there are all composed of naturally formed boulders, a radius of more than ten miles, like a labyrinth, people and animals are easy to get lost if they enter by mistake, in order not to add trouble, the scenic spot management committee deliberately set up a "dangerous, mistaken!" sign at the door, but there are also those who have the spirit of adventure, resulting in the official dispatch of a large number of manpower to find it. To the east is a bamboo sea called "Little Bamboo Forest", which also preserves many ancient plants, and many botanists and historians come here to admire it, and they have sighed at its natural charm after seeing it, leaving such a valuable wealth for mankind. There is a viewing platform not far to the south, this is the place where the relevant departments specially build for tourists to enjoy the beautiful scenery, it can be said that the people who come here are bound to come here, standing there, there is really a feeling: "will be the top of the mountain, a glance at the mountains".
And to the north is the cliff that Yang Gang saw.
After having a general understanding of this place, Yang Gang went to the "Giant Stone Forest" with great interest......