Chapter 54: Checkpoints

The ice was only three feet thick, and Tang Wen jumped up and landed on it, faintly numbing under his feet. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhou Xiaoyu slapped away his troublesome hand and asked him to carry it on his back, and he took a picture of the lake under his feet with his mobile phone.

The so-called freezing three feet is not a day's cold. When they saw the ice, they understood what it meant. The ice on the surface of the lake is layered.

Probably one layer of freeze today, another layer of freeze tomorrow... In some places, you can see glass-like broken edges, or a series of bubbles like white glass beads, and the most beautiful faults seem to be sealed under the ice with a thin veil like cicada wings...

On the other side of the lake is a mountain with a steep black-brown rock wall and a layer of snow at the top.

Gradually, the sun sets, and the colors are reflected in the snow-capped mountains.

Zhou Xiaoyu pointed at the ice in the distance on Tang Wen's back: "Look!"

At this time, the sunset falls behind the mountain, and the ice surface at the foot of the mountain is like a mirror, reflecting the reflection of the entire snow-capped mountain. They stood at just the right angle to see the setting sun behind the mountain dyeing the sky above the summit a strange pink. On the lake, the light just outlines the gorgeous reflection of the snow-capped mountains, which is clear and picturesque.

The two quietly admired for a while, and then Zhou Xiaoyu reached out to come over to Xiaolin's SLR, adjusted the angle, and left this beautiful photo gifted by nature. Then I didn't move the camera. Just snuggle together and quietly watch the afterglow of the sun dissipate and the stars appear in the sky.

The starlight of the Milky Way seemed to be so close to the ground that it seemed to hold up the frozen lakes and snow-capped mountains. The reflection of the Milky Way appeared on the ice lake, and everyone was very happy, as if they were all in the sea of stars at this moment, everyone was motionless, and their breathing was gentle. I'm afraid I'll shatter this fantastic scene...

"Click!" the shutter of the camera in Kobayashi's hand sounded. Bring everyone's thoughts back to reality.

"It's so cold!"

"Ah, it's past nine o'clock."

"I seem to be a little dizzy..."

"We'll do it, right?"

The two cars carefully followed the glacial lake back onto the road, and as far as the eye could see, they were the only ones driving alone on the ground shrouded in darkness. After descending the high mountain, Xiao Lin still held the camera to the sky.

"You take photos in the car like this, won't the photos be confused?" Gu Ya has always been interested in photography.

After the altitude drops down a few hundred meters, the swirling galaxy becomes more and more profound. Xiao Lin said while focusing: "I think there may be a different kind of beauty in this kind of starry sky paste......"

"Can it still be like this?"

"Hmm, take a picture, take a picture of the scene you want. How happy you are!"

When the car arrived at the postal hotel, the armed police standing guard saw it, and they came out of the duty room and said: "You missed the hot water supply, I still have a few thermos of hot water in the duty room, you go back and share it..."

Five bottles of water are divided into nine people, and it is not enough to wash the feet, and the conditions are indeed difficult.

"Alas, this is the price of seeing the beautiful scenery!" Zhuang Si sighed in disguise.

It was really impossible to block the window with a trace of leakage, and the four men shook their heads when they touched the cold ground, indicating that they must not sleep on the ground. So he put the three beds together, and in line with the idea of respecting the old and loving the young, Tang Wen and Zhuang Si, who were ready to sleep near the window, took out their sleeping bags from the car. It was also covered with a thick yellowed quilt provided by the two-story hotel.

"Well, it's better to sleep in a sleeping bag, I can't feel the cool air at all. Tang Wen adjusted the top of the sleeping bag, although there was a sense of restraint in getting into the sleeping bag, sacrificing the freedom to turn over indiscriminately at night, but in this leaky bedroom, he felt very safe.

Brother Liu and his son Liu Ran didn't have sleeping bags, so it was more troublesome. The yellowed quilts, pillows, and yellowed sheets discouraged the two. After a long time, I had to wrap the two blankets and towels I brought down from the car around my neck and face, trying not to let my skin get on the futon with an inexplicable smell.

It was windy at night, and everyone didn't sleep well. To be precise, except for Tang Wen, the people in the entire hotel did not sleep well, and the wind was howling. On the other hand, there is high anti-reaction. I took medicine before going to bed and couldn't bear it at night!

In Tang Wen's room, at two o'clock in the night, it should have been the time to sleep the most soundly, and three of the four people were constantly turning over. I finally fell asleep for a while, and my mouth was still humming unconsciously. Like a patient with a fever.

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu?"

"Well, Xiaozhuang. You weren't asleep either..."

"Dad, I'm awake too. ”

A few people spoke slowly, but they were all willing to continue. Anyway, this is a way to divert attention, and it's even more uncomfortable to hold back without saying a word.

"Why can't you drink when you enter the plateau?" Zhuang Si rubbed his eyebrows, which were jumping suddenly.

Brother Liu was taken aback: "You can't drink Xiaozhuang!" I didn't listen to the soldier at the door just now, we can't drink, we lack oxygen in this air environment, and our heartbeat is already fast, and if we drink again, something may happen..."

"Alas, I also know the reason, but I can't help but think about it! After drinking, I lay down on the bed, and I was comfortable until dawn..."

"I want to get some beef and mutton and wrap around the hot brass hot pot...... You can't use an electric pot, that thing has a missing smell, it must be a copper pot heated from the inside out with fruit charcoal, two fingers wide and one minute thick white and tender mutton pasted on, check five numbers to tear it off, and then ......dip it into sesame oil and garlic paste."

"Dad, I'm hungry. ”

There was silence in the air.

After a few seconds, Zhuang Si and Brother Liu laughed lowly. Laughter with a few coughs.

Although it is uncomfortable to lie in bed on this day, it is even colder to get out of the bed. When Brother Liu was hesitating, he heard a voice with a wicked smile.

"Xiao Ran, this is the time to test the relationship between your father and son..."

"Hey, Xiao Tang, you didn't fall asleep either?"

"Brother Tang?"

"I'm waking up. Tang Wen pursed his lips helplessly, and his voice came out of the sleeping bag, muffled.

Zhuang Si laughed twice: "That's right! We're going to die of discomfort, what's the matter with you sleeping so loudly?"

"Heh! You can't see anyone else's good. After speaking, Tang Wen climbed out of his sleeping bag and put on his coat.

"What are you doing in the toilet and getting dressed?"

"I want to go to the girls next door to see, you are all so uncomfortable, their oxygen cylinders may be empty..."

As soon as Tang Wen arrived at the door next door, he saw the light under the crack of the door, so he directly signed up and knocked on the door.

Sure enough, Sister Liu and her daughter were uncomfortable, and Zhou Xiaoyu got up to pour hot water for everyone. There was not a single one in the room asleep.

Tang Wen went to the armed police on duty and asked him to help fill a few gas cylinders......

In short, it was a very difficult night's sleep, and at dawn everyone was reluctant to lie in bed. I got up and hurriedly cleaned up, and then drove on the road.

In the morning, there were no cars on the road, and after a night's rest in between, the speed limit was a no-brainer for them. Golmud is required to drive to Naqu for 14 hours, otherwise it is considered speeding, and now their speed limit has passed 24 hours.

The two cars drove until noon to the Nagqu checkpoint. The altitude here is still more than 4,000, and it is not a good place to rest.

"Bring your ID card, driver's license, driving license, open the trunk..."

A hand with a white glove, quietly Tang Wen's glass.

Naturally, there was no problem with the documents, but the man in uniform with a gloomy face still taught a lesson: "I have only been getting my certificate for more than a year to open the Qinghai-Tibet line! This is irresponsible for my own life and the lives of others...... Okay、I'll look at the trunk..."

His rummaging movements were rough. The two bags were pulled to the ground, and Tang Wen's eyes were slightly cold.

"Yoh, you have a bucket of gasoline here!" The gloomy man's face lit up, and his eyes rolled and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"I brought it on the road, but it has never been useful. ”

"Hey, what do you want to do with such a big barrel of gasoline?" the gloomy man smiled.

Tang Wen frowned, looked at him coldly, and didn't say anything.

"What, what? Don't want to talk about it here?"

Tang Wengang was about to say something. At this time, Brother Liu, who was in the car behind, came over and seemed to hear this person's words. Accompanied by a smile and said: "It's just a barrel of gasoline, you just accept it." After speaking, he glanced at Tang Wen.

The man in uniform squinted at Brother Liu: "Who are you?

"What's going on? I'm a friend from the military who helped me get military supplies. It's safe, what can happen?" Tang Wen squinted and stared at the gloomy man's face without flinching.

This sentence made the gloomy man's movements hesitate a little, he looked at Tang Wen's dress carefully, and did not back down: "No matter how safe the oil drum is, you can't bring it in!

Zhuang Si got out of the car and held the pass for the family home of the Mingzhu Municipal Party Committee wrapped in a transparent hard plastic shell in his hand, and handed it to Tang Wen: "Did you forget to show this certificate to the police officer?"

The gloomy face looked at the entry and exit certificate in Tang Wen's hand, and then looked at his license plate number, and his face became more and more gloomy. But he still bit to death: "Gasoline must be confiscated!"

Probably seeing that there were only two cars here and there was a delay for so long, another inspector came out of the station. At a glance, he saw the pass that Tang Wen was holding sideways, his pupils shrank, and he hurriedly walked up with a smile and pulled his colleague away.

glanced at the trunk and said to Tang Wen: "Gasoline! It's very common, if you look at the car full of gas, you can just add it to the car." ”

After saying that, he turned around and sent his gloomy face back.

Along the way, Tang Wen refueled when he saw the gas station, and after refueling at this time, there was still a small half barrel. The man also pretended not to see. Directly to Tang Wen and they were released.

At the checkpoint, the gloomy face held the mobile phone, fiddling back and forth, and finally his back collapsed and he threw the mobile phone on the table. There was no movement, just a gloomy glance at the orange Wrangler........