Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Pool of Clear Water in the Mountains
The road of life is like a curve, sometimes high and sometimes low, but the beginning and the end seem to be on the same level, and the distance they travel is the same.
In the direction of Beijing, the stretch of National Highway 47 seemed endless, but fortunately they did not have to sleep in the wilderness along the way, the cities were everywhere, but on the third day, they had to start climbing a long backbone mountain range, and according to the planned route, they had to climb the mountains, travel on the north side of the mountain for three and a half days, and then turn back again.
If they don't, they will need to travel more than a hundred kilometers around the winding mountains, but in terms of time, it will not be faster, they discussed the delineation of the route before they set off, the challenge ignited the fire in everyone's hearts, and it was all their decision to cross the ridge, but the reality beat them all back to the prototype.
"Lin Da, this mountain road is too steep, it looks like we are going to spend the night in the mountains tonight. Zhuang Zhuang was already a little exhausted, and he didn't even seem to have the strength to push his bicycle forward, so he lay on the road on all fours.
"Hold on a little longer, and it's downhill ahead. Lin Qiudu took out an energy bar and threw it to Da Zhuang, and chewed one himself, the consumption of physical strength on the uphill slope is too huge, and this mountain doesn't feel like it can be overturned, they have been going uphill for almost three hours in a row, but there is still no sign of reaching the top, Lin Qiudu cheered everyone up, but still couldn't stop it.
Today is the most difficult day of their trip, Lu Yunfan took out his mobile phone to see where they were, but the mobile phone signal was very weak, and the location was not accurately determined for a long time.
"Otherwise, we'll rest here today, I really can't walk. Xiao Qi held a lollipop in his mouth and hugged Lin Miao's arm, his little face was almost red. Lin Miao drank a few sips of water, looked at Xiao Qi's pitiful appearance and said, "I have no opinion, everyone is indeed tired, but it's still early, why don't we climb up again and find a suitable place to camp." After speaking, he counted the number of people and found that there was one missing, so he turned his head and asked Lu Yunfan: "What about Naruto?"
When she asked, everyone turned their heads to look for it, but they didn't find it, Yiming had always been at the forefront of several people, but at this moment it was completely gone.
"Wouldn't he have passed the highest point and started to go downhill?" Xiao Qi said while holding Lin Miao's arm.
"I'll go and see, you're waiting for me here. The uphill bike couldn't hold up, Lu Yunfan put the black boy flat on the road, shook his slightly painful legs a few times, and strode up, the last month of continuous long-distance running training obviously improved his endurance a lot, if he didn't want to be with Lin Miao, he even felt that he could completely keep up with the progress of Shang Ming.
continued to run forward for more than a hundred meters, and sure enough, he found that he was already standing at the top of a long slope, Lu Yunfan slapped his sore legs, looking at Yiming, which had turned into a small dot, and his heart was excited. It turned out that there was a small turquoise lake in the valley below, and the lake seemed to be a natural gem set on this mountain, and Yiming's location at this moment was very close to the lake.
"Looks like we're going to camp there tonight. Lu Yunfan was overjoyed, maybe there will be some fish and shrimp in this lake, and the picnic that he has been thinking about has not been realized, maybe he can have a good meal of grilled fish tonight.
"Hey, come up, hurry!" he shouted to a few people who were still on the other side of the hill, but they didn't even seem to have the strength to answer.
Lu Yunfan sighed, he still had to go down after all, the black boy was still below, and they didn't have the extra strength to help him carry it. So he trotted back along the way he came, but fortunately it was not far.
Seeing him come back, Lin Miao asked, "Did you see Yiming?"
"See, guess what else I saw?"
"Don't sell it, if there's nothing that attracts me, I'll sleep here as a bed. Xiao Qi complained weakly, if it weren't for the extreme exhaustion now, I'm afraid she wouldn't have complained so peacefully.
"The place where I stood just now is the highest point of this steep slope, but more than a hundred meters, turning over is a downward steep slope, and there is a lake below, I think we can camp there for a picnic tonight, and after waiting for several days, I finally have a good opportunity to have a picnic, hehe. ”
Hearing that there is a lake, the two girls are excited, riding all day, everyone is already covered with stinky sweat, a few big men can still bear it, but the two girls are a little unbearable, at this moment hearing that there is a lake, that means you can take a good wash, not to mention how happy they are.
"yes, I want to take a bath, I want to take a bath, Miao, let's go together?" Xiao Qi, who was overly excited, seemed to have missed something, but Lin Miao was not as heartless as her, she glanced at Xiao Qi who was excited, and then looked around at the three big men surrounding them, the expression on her face was really indescribable.
"Okay, okay, let's be together!" Lu Yunfan thought of it for the first time, but the two girls were wet, and the evil thought almost made his nosebleed, but such a beautiful scenery is impossible to achieve, I am afraid that even if he wants to peek at that time, he will be held down by Lin Qiudu and Zhuang Zhuang and beaten up.
"Low-level, bastard, rogue, pervert, shameless and obscene. Xiao Qi seemed to say all the words she could think of in one breath, and after speaking, she didn't forget to throw the lollipop at Lu Yunfan's face, as if this couldn't vent the anger in her heart at all, one hand was still pulling Lin Miao's arm, and the straight and powerful calf had already kicked over.
Lu Yunfan dodged to dodge her attack, bent his knees, grabbed her calf, and raised it high, Xiao Qi immediately lost her lethality, but her body also fell backwards. Lin Miao was just grabbed by his arm, and he couldn't borrow his strength at all, this time he leaned back, and there was a distance between the two, and he was about to fall a big horse, Lu Yunfan's right foot quickly moved forward, and the close combat method taught by Tie Han was used by him indecently.
"I didn't expect you to be able to use a horse, good legs!" Lu Yunfan hugged Xiao Qi's back, and suddenly smelled a strange fragrance on this chick's body, there was no sweat smell he expected, although it was very light, but it rushed into his nose, which still made him intoxicated.
"How's it going, it feels good, right?" Xiao Qi saw him laughing at himself, his apricot eyes were round, and his other leg immediately exerted force, trying to break free of Lu Yunfan's embarrassing posture of holding her, but in the next second she regretted doing it.
Lu Yunfan's footsteps that had just stabilized did not have a very stable center of gravity at all on this long steep slope, and she struggled like this, and immediately began to fall backwards, and Lu Yunfan, who was frightened, was at a loss for a while, so he hugged Xiao Qi tightly in his arms, clasped his hands tightly, and Xiao Qi, who was still holding a horse, was forced to stick to his body and roll backwards in a very ugly posture.
"Da Zhuang, help me ......"
"Well, good ......" Zhuang Zhuang was concentrating on watching the excitement, he didn't expect these two people to lose their center of gravity, this is a downhill road, if you roll all the way, the road that took so long to climb up will be in vain. Hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, but the time was a little short, when Zhuang Zhuang rushed over, he didn't even catch the clothes of the two people, so he had to chase two steps, and watched the two of them hug each other and roll down the way they came.
Bumps and bumps, and finally Lu Yunfan let go of his hand, and both of them rolled away from the direction, when they stopped, every inch of skin on their bodies seemed to have experienced ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties, and they couldn't use any strength in pain.
Xiao Qi simply hated Lu Yunfan to death, and wanted to get up and beat him up, but where did he exert his strength, so he had to sit up first with the help of Lin Miao and Lin Qiudu.
"You're still the best for me. Lu Yunfan was lying on his strong legs, looking at Xiao Qi who was being caressed by the two of them aggrievedly.
"Miao Miao, I said it, Lu Yunfan is a dragger, it's only been a few days since he came out, and he made such a fuss, the road behind is so long, I'm really afraid of ......." Lin Qiudu bit the root of Lin Miao's ear at the right time, he was looking forward to Lu Yunfan doing something, so that he could isolate him with his teammates, but he didn't expect Lu Yunfan to cooperate so much, although he could make such a big joke as soon as he made a move.
Lin Miao asked if Xiao Qi was injured, but did not answer Lin Qiudu's words.
On the contrary, Zhuang Zhuang was unhappy because of this, "Lin Da, Xiaofan didn't mean it, accidents always happen, can't we solve it together?"
"Where the hell are you? It's only been a long time since you've been puffing out of one nostril with him, right?"
"We're all on one side, there are only six of us in total, what kind of side is there. Zhuang Zhuang has always been Lin Qiudu's big follower, and he has never questioned him like this, so before he finished speaking, his tone weakened.
"Okay, don't argue, Zhuang Zhuang is right, you don't have to say a few words in Qiudu. Lin Miao seemed to be afraid that they would really quarrel if they continued to talk about it, so he interrupted them and pulled Xiao Qi back to go up, and the little disappointment revealed made Lin Qiudu very embarrassed.
Fortunately, they were not injured, but there was some soreness on their bodies, Lu Yunfan knew that he was wrong, so he didn't dare to say more, and while rubbing the sore spots on his body, he followed behind a few of them silently.
Soon they climbed over the steep slope and rode the bicycle again, the downhill road was very pleasant, but the steeper the slope the more dangerous it was, they didn't dare to rush down too fast, they controlled the speed very sensibly, and slowly taxied where Yiming was, Yiming lay on the side of the road, and had been waiting for them for a long time.
"Wow, what a beautiful lake, are you looking for a path to go down? Several people came to Yiming's side, looking at the clear lake, their hearts were very yearning, Xiao Qi hugged Lin Miao and exclaimed. It's just that there doesn't seem to be a road to the lake, this road is out of the mountain, and on the map, it will take them half a day to leave, so camping in the mountains tonight is a must.
Xiao Qi crossed his feet and looked down, except for the bushes and grass, there was no road at all, although he wanted to go over, but he could only pin his hopes on Yiming.
"I've seen that there is no road to the lake nearby, we can only pass through the bushes, but if we have to resist the bicycle to get there, it will be a big burden, I recommend hiding the bicycle in the bushes below and only carrying the equipment, there are almost no people here, so the bicycle should not be lost here. ”
"Then what if I lose it? Do you pay for it?" Lu Yunfan was most distressed by the black boy, tens of thousands of yuan were just placed on the side of the road, if he lost it, this expedition would be ruined, and the black boy was also Lin Miao's favorite, he didn't allow the slightest risk.
"If you're afraid of losing it, you just carry it down, and no one will stop you!" Xiao Qi squinted his eyes and sneered.
"Resist and resist, I see how you can leave this barren mountain if you lose your car. ”
"Yiming has more riding experience than all of us, listen to him. Lin Miao patted the back of Xiao Qi's hand and said to Lu Yunfan.
"Yes, Xiaofan, besides, everyone put their bikes here, and it's not just you who will lose them. Zhuang Zhuang also persuaded, Lu Yunfan himself was just fighting with Xiao Qi, hearing everyone persuade like this, the steps are all there, how could he be too persistent, hehe smiled, just waiting for him to say something, Lin Qiudu on the side said sourly: "Tens of thousands of full carbon, of course people are afraid of losing it, and it's not like our broken bicycle, which is only a few thousand yuan." ”
Seeing that everyone began to unload the equipment, Lu Yunfan also removed the backpack and put it on his back, and carried the bicycle on his shoulder, Lin Qiudu's words were the most difficult for him to accept, and he also choked back: "I still like to carry it, what's the matter?" Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective in the end, everyone stopped saying anything, and they all carried their backpacks and followed Yiming into the bushes.
It's true that there are few people on this road, they have walked for so long, and they haven't seen a motor vehicle pass by at all, so the possibility of losing the car is not great, but Lu Yunfan's words have already been spoken, and for the sake of face, he has to follow them with a heavy load.
Passing through the bushes on the side of the road, there is a large area of wild jujube trees, they will be hooked by the branches of the jujube trees from time to time, although the cycling clothes are fine, but everyone has more or less stabbed wounds.
Lu Yunfan endured the pain in his body, gritted his teeth and insisted, "The path I chose is to finish it even if I eat!" Although the bicycle is not very heavy, it is very difficult to walk in this jujube forest, and from time to time it is caught by branches, Lu Yunfan has to adjust the direction again and again.
Zhuang Zhuang turned around and looked at him with some pity and said, "Why don't I help you fight for a while?"
Lu Yunfan gratefully cast his gaze over, and was lamenting that he had not been invited to eat in vain for so many days, but Lin Qiudu turned around and looked at him coldly, just this glance Lu Yunfan's self-esteem exploded again, the last thing he allowed was to be looked down upon by this guy, and blurted out: "No need, I have a lot of physical strength!"
Lin Qiudu sneered: "See, some people's stupidity can't be seen with the eyes of a normal person, let's go!" Although Da Zhuang was still a little unbearable, he was still pulled forward by Lin Qiudu. Lu Yunfan raised a middle finger at him behind his back and scolded a few words in a low voice.
Sometimes that's it, strength comes from the bottom of a person's heart, but self-esteem comes from the words of another person, and those who know the truth need to calm down and watch him transform. Da Zhuang didn't know Lin Qiudu's true thoughts, but he knew that Lin Miao must have a different idea from him, otherwise he wouldn't have let him join in the first place.