After walking around the nearby town, Xiao Yao successfully found a local house with a homestay sign.

Aba Prefecture, known as Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, is a meeting place of Han, Tibetan, Qiang, Yi, Miao, Hui, Mongolian and Tujia cultures, among which the ethnic minorities are mainly Tibetans and Qiangs. The town where Xiao Yao is located is a multi-ethnic mixed house dominated by the Qiang people, and the local family with the homestay sign on the house he found is a Qiang family.

Although they are Qiang people, it is naturally impossible for them to do homestay business relying on famous scenic spots, and there is definitely no problem in communication. The owner of the house, a middle-aged and elderly woman in her fifties, saw Xiao Yao enter the door to ask for accommodation, and immediately greeted her warmly.

The accommodation cost of more than 100 a night is not too expensive, Xiao Yao looked at the vicissitudes of life and the red faces of the plateau, and he was not embarrassed to bargain and shop around, so he immediately decided to move in, and also took advantage of the situation to experience the characteristic houses of the Qiang people.

The town is not very prosperous, and there are no ethnic minority characteristics to see at night. After finding a restaurant in the town to solve dinner, and buying a bunch of things needed to enter the mountain tomorrow, Xiao Yao returned to his room at the homestay early to rest.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Xiao Yao, who was sitting on the bed and tidying up his equipment, unexpectedly heard a knock on the door.

"Mr. Xiao, are you there?" accompanied by a knock on the door, a woman's voice came from outside the door.

This voice speaks very standard Chinese, and it can be heard from the voice that it is a young woman, and it will definitely not be the hostess and aunt of the homestay.

"Is there that kind of special service in this kind of homestay? Or is it directly sold to the door?" Xiao Yao's mind suddenly flashed through the experience of staying in a hotel in his previous life, and after hesitating for a while, he finally walked to the door and opened the door.

Another advantage of staying in a homestay is that you don't have to show your ID card, you can take a pen and fill in the identity information in the registration book of the hostess. Xiao Yao didn't fill in Xiao Yao when he checked in, but wrote the name of "Xiao Zhixing", and the ID number was real. People outside the door knew that his surname Xiao could only be known from the proprietress, apparently knowing the proprietress and coming with the proprietress consent. Xiao Yao felt that judging from the performance of the proprietress, she didn't look like a person who did that kind of business.

"May I ask who you are? What is the matter with me?" After Xiao Yao opened the door, he found that there was a young girl of medium stature standing in front of the door, who looked quite beautiful, but she was dressed relatively ordinary, not the kind of sexy and seductive outfit, and she didn't have any makeup on her face, so she didn't look like the kind of person who provided special services, so Xiao Yao's tone was also very polite and polite.

"Hello Mr. Xiao, I heard Aunt Erma say that you came to stay alone, did you come to Huanglong alone?" the girl asked.

"This girl really knows the proprietress of the hostess. Xiao Yao said secretly in his heart. The "Erma" aunt in the girl's mouth is the proprietress of this homestay.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yao didn't answer directly, but looked at the girl suspiciously.

"If you're visiting Huanglong, I would like to ask if you need a local guide?" the girl continued.

"Tour guide, are you?" Xiao Yao was relieved, with a funny expression on his face, "How old are you?"

"Nope. I'm only eighteen, I'm a high school student, I'm still in school, and I can't get a tour guide certificate. The girl shook her head, took out a small notebook from her body and said, "Although I don't have a tour guide certificate, I grew up here since I was a child, and I know it very well in Huanglong." ”

Xiao Yao glanced at the small book in the girl's hand, and judging from the cover, it was indeed a student ID card of a middle school.

"Yan'er, I told you to wait for me to ask, why are you disobedient, or did you come here alone?" Before Xiao Yao could answer, another voice came from the side.

Xiao Yao turned his head and found that it was the proprietress Aunt Erma who came.

Aunt Erma shouted to the girl while walking in the distance just now, and when the two approached, she had already finished teaching the girl and said directly to Xiao Yao: "Mr. Xiao, I'm sorry to disturb you!"

"It doesn't matter. Xiao Yao shook his head with a smile and said.

Seeing Xiao Yao's attitude, Aunt Erma continued: "This little girl is from our village, she loves to run around since she was a child, and she has been playing in Huanglong many times, and she is very familiar with it. She is still in high school and wants to take advantage of the summer vacation to work to earn some money to support her family, so I came up with the idea of asking her to be a private tour guide. I saw that you were carrying such a big travel backpack, not like the ordinary tourists who follow the tour group, but like a travel friend, so I guessed that you might need a local guide, so I called her over. Originally, I was going to wait for you to come back and ask her to ask you, but who knew that she would come here by herself when she saw the light in your room turned on. ”

"I see. Xiao Yao nodded, still noncommittal.

"If you ask me to be a tour guide, I promise that I won't trick you, I will only show you the way, tell you where the scenery is good, and I won't take you to any store for you to buy. Seeing that Xiao Yao didn't say anything, the girl began to continue to fight, "The ticket price of the Huanglong Scenic Area is two hundred, and my one-day tour guide fee is only more than one hundred." I can take you in from other places, so you don't have to buy tickets, and you can save dozens of dollars, which is more cost-effective!"

"Oh?" Xiao Yao was interested now. It's not that I care about the dozens of dollars, but entering the scenic spot from other places, and taking a tour route that others have not walked has a great attraction to Xiao Yao.

"When you go in from somewhere else, is there some scenery on the way that others can't see or rarely see? Xiao Yao said, finding that he was still blocking the two of them at the door, he simply left the door completely open, and made a gesture to the two of them to invite them in, "Can you come in and tell me in detail." ”

"Then let Yan'er go in and tell you, I'll go back to the front first. Seeing that Xiao Yao seemed to be very interested, Aunt Erma waved her hand happily and turned to leave.

"Okay!" The girl was also generous, and walked into Xiao Yao's room with a smile, and sat down on the chair in the room without waiting for Xiao Yao to greet her.

Xiao Yao casually closed the door, sat on a chair opposite the girl, and asked with a smile, "Can you really take me into Huanglonggou from somewhere else?"

"Of course!" the girl said with great interest, "The gate and entrance of the Huanglong Scenic Area are in the southwest, but I know that there is a hidden path in the northwest that can be entered." There are not many locals who know about this road, and you don't know the specific location, but you'll know if I take you there tomorrow. ”

"Not many locals know about it, so how do you know?" Xiao Yao asked curiously.

The girl said proudly: "Didn't Aunt Erma just say that I loved to run around when I was a child? That road was discovered by myself when I wanted to go to Huanglonggou to play when I was a child, but I didn't have the money to buy a ticket, so I went around Huanglonggou to find the road I went into." I've only told a few of my good friends, most of whom don't know. ”

"It turned out to be a wild child!" Xiao Yao smiled, picked up a bottle of water on the table and handed it over, and then asked, "How small is that path?

"Hmph, you don't look a few years older than me!" Hearing Xiao Yao say that she was a wild child, the girl wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction, but she still took the water handed by Xiao Yao and replied to him, "If you can't drive in the car, you can only walk in." And even if the car could get in, I wouldn't let you drive in. The scenic spot attaches great importance to environmental protection, the tour buses inside are all electricity, do not let tourists drive in by themselves, I can help you evade the ticket, but you can't pollute the environment of Huanglonggou. ”

"Well, don't drive, walk in. Xiao Yao smiled and nodded.

Although I really want to say that the impact of a car on the environment is almost negligible, but seeing that this little girl attaches so much importance to the environment, the car can't drive into it anyway, and it's not that she doesn't have the physical strength to walk, Xiao Yao swallowed it back.

"Wait, you mean you're coming by car? You have a car, so aren't you rich?" said the girl, as if remembering something.

"I rented the car. Xiao Yao touched his nose and said with a smile.

Because the road at the entrance of the B&B is relatively narrow, it is not very convenient to park, so Xiao Yao did not drive the car back to the door of the B&B after going out to eat at night, but directly put it at the door of the restaurant in the town and walked back. The girl arrived after Xiao Yao drove out to eat, and she didn't see the vehicle at the door, thinking that Xiao Yao came by bus like most tourists.

"Then you are also rich!" The girl pointed to Xiao Yao's SLR camera and ultra-thin laptop on the bed, "I heard that this kind of big camera is very expensive, and this kind of thin laptop is also very expensive, and those who can afford these must be rich people." ”

"Okay, I'll admit I'm rich!" Xiao Yao looked at her finger and said with a smile, "Are you going to raise the price?" By the way, you just said that your tour guide fee for a day is more than 100, what is it more than 100?"

"One hundred and three. The girl said, and emphasized, "My usual day's tour guide fee is this price, and I didn't deliberately increase the price and overquote just because you have money!"

"Well, I'm okay with the price. Xiao Yao nodded.

"But what I'm strange about is that since you are a rich man, you are not short of money, why should you evade the ticket?" the girl asked curiously, "Is it true that the richer the person, the more slamming the door?"

"Cough~" Xiao Yao, who was drinking water, choked and said helplessly, "I didn't say that I was trying to evade the ticket, I just didn't want to go to a crowded place, and I wanted to take a different path from others." ”

"Oh. The girl nodded abruptly.

"By the way, if you enter from that road, is there anything different on the road," Xiao Yao asked again, "I mean the different scenery?"

"Yes!" the girl opened the water handed by Xiao Yao and took a sip, and then said with great interest, "The Huanglong Scenic Area is mainly to see the water, and the most famous is the colorful pool, but the most beautiful place in the Huanglong ditch is not the colorful pool." In the place where we go to the colorful pond on the path, you can see the pools on the road, the color of the water in it is more than the colorful pool, and it looks more beautiful than the colorful pool, but because the area is smaller than the colorful pool, the place is also relatively hidden, so it has not been discovered by the people in the scenic area. ”

"That's outside the range of what can be visited?" Xiao Yao said happily, "I like it!"

"Is that decided?" said the girl, too, happily, "You asked me to be a tour guide?"

"Of course!" Xiao Yao nodded with a smile, "I don't ask you to lead the way, and I can't find a place that is more beautiful than the colorful pool." ”

"Okay, what time are you leaving tomorrow? I'll pick you up!" said the girl immediately.

"What time do you think is more appropriate?" Xiao Yao pointed to the SLR camera on the bed and said, "I walk quite fast, but maybe there will be more time to take pictures on the road." ”

"If you want to take pictures, of course, the sooner the better. The girl said, "Why don't you get up at eight o'clock?"

"Yes. Xiao Yao nodded, "Do you have a mobile phone? Do you want to leave a phone? It's summer vacation, I'm afraid you won't be able to get up so early." ”

"Okay. The girl said, "I'm staying at a relative's house in town tonight, and Aunt Erma knows me." If I'm late tomorrow, you can ask Aunt Erma to call me at my relative's house. But it's good to leave a phone call, if you or your friends come to Huanglong to play in the future, you can also find me again. ”

"Okay!" Taking out the phone, Xiao Yao suddenly remembered one more thing, and asked with a serious face, "By the way, do you know me?" It's normal that Aunt Erma doesn't know herself, and this high school student doesn't know herself?

"I've seen Aunt Erma's registration book, and I know that your name is Xiao Zhixing, what's wrong?" the girl said with a look of ignorance.

"Well, it seems that this little girl really doesn't know herself. It turns out that he is not as famous as he thinks!" Looking at the girl's expression, Xiao Yao, who felt hurt, laughed at himself in his heart.

"Not much," Xiao Yao waved his hand, and looked at the girl with a little curiosity, "Not many people know about the path you took me." You are a little girl, and you dare to go alone with a strange boy in a ravine? Aren't you worried about safety?"

"Don't look at me as a girl, the average boy in the village may not be able to beat me in a fight. The girl raised her fist proudly, and said confidently, "This is my place, I am also more familiar than you in the ditch, even if I can't beat you, I can't catch me if I want to run!"

"Then you won't throw me away halfway, right? You took me on a road that others don't know, what if I get lost?" Xiao Yao said with a worried face.

"I'll have to ask you for money," the girl rolled her eyes, "and if I throw you away halfway, who will I ask for a tour guide fee?"

"Then you mean to wait until tomorrow when the game is over and then pay you?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Of course," the girl nodded, "how can I collect the money before I take you there." What if, as you said, I throw you away halfway? I'm a private tour guide and I don't have a tour company to look for. ”

"Then aren't you afraid that I will run away without giving you money after I come out?" Xiao Yao continued to tease her, "I have a car, after playing, jump in the car and run, what should you do?"

"You try it!" the girl snorted and said disdainfully, "You don't look at what kind of place this is, this girl is honest and hospitable, and it will be very good if you don't kill you, dare to rely on this girl's account, and see if your car can get out of this town!"

"Okay, I don't dare!" Xiao Yao handed her his phone and said, "Leave your phone to me." ”

The girl took the phone, entered her mobile phone number and saved it, dialed another one, and heard the mobile phone on her body ringing, so she hung up and returned the phone to Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao took the phone and looked at it, and also knew the name of the girl in front of him - Jiang Yan.

"I'm going back!" Since the phone numbers have been exchanged, Jiang Yan didn't stay any longer, got up and said goodbye, "It's going to go to Huanglonggou tomorrow for several miles, you should rest early, let's see you tomorrow!"

"Okay, tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, I'll wait for you!" Xiao Yao got up and said to the guest.