Chapter 49: Poplar Forest at Sunset

Kobayashi's winter travel is very casual, basically relying on intercity shuttles to go through scenic spots or cities. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It's just that the off-season shuttle bus is not like the peak season, and there is often no fixed departure time. For example, in Chaka Town, the train is suspended in winter, and Xiaolin has missed two shuttle buses passing by, which can't be helped, you can't always stand outside in winter, waiting for a car that doesn't know when it will come.

So she ran to the gas station to try her luck.

Eat late in the morning, eat before departure, everyone is not hungry. It didn't stop at noon, the scenery on the road was very monotonous, the continuous brown soil mountains, bare, it was inevitable to get tired after watching for a long time, but a few people in the car didn't fall asleep, Xiaolin kept telling everyone what she had seen and heard in Tibet over the years.

She plans to choose to ride or hike from Sichuan Province to Tibet next time. The scenery is more beautiful and there are more people on that road. When she was basking in the sun on the streets of Lasha City in the autumn of the previous year, she met a big brother who challenged the limits of Sichuan-Tibet cycling.

A group of cyclists surrounded him, and she leaned over to listen for a while to realize that it was almost 2,200 kilometers of Sichuan-Tibet line. This eldest brother rode in only nine days! Along the way, he got up early and was greedy for darkness, and he had to ride at night every day, and the Sichuan-Tibet line was already dangerous enough because of the high mountains and dangerous obstacles, and this man was still riding at night! He was simply using his life to challenge the Sichuan-Tibet line.

Xiao Lin said, his tone was amazed, but he kept shaking his head slightly. Obviously, I admire it, but I can't understand it.

"This big brother who challenged the limits always reminded me later, those people who knelt on the ground and kowtowed. So extreme cycling may be the way we travelers make a pilgrimage..."Kobayashi concluded with a smile.

"Compared to such an extreme way. I actually prefer pure disciples. It is resolutely not to ride, regardless of wind or rain. Always walk every stretch of the road with your own feet...... It's a pity that I haven't been able to find a suitable companion..."After speaking, he looked at a few people in the car, as if he wanted to see who was interested and whether he could develop into a companion on foot.

Gu Ya's eyes flickered, and Zhuang Si was a little worried when she saw it.

Zhou Xiaoyu thought for a moment and shook his head: "I'm afraid I can't do this kind of crazy thing." ”

Tang Wen patted the steering wheel and joked, "If you want to go, you can go! I can drive behind and follow you." After speaking, he was given a blank look by his girlfriend.

"Yaya, if you are willing to go, I will definitely accompany you through thick and thin!" on foot!" Zhuang Si took the opportunity to pat his chest, but his little eyes couldn't help shaking. Tang Wen guessed with his toes that he wanted to 'show loyalty', but he didn't want Gu Ya to really go.

Gu Ya narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Then do I really plan to go?"

"Ahem, cough!" Zhuang Si squeezed his eyes bitterly, exaggerated as if he was ready to be brave, and by the way, he also hit Tang Wen: "I'm not like someone! If my girlfriend wants to go hiking, I will definitely accompany her!"

"Lean ......"

Talking and laughing along the way, around three o'clock in the afternoon, Golmud was close at hand.

After walking down for hundreds of kilometers, I completely entered the depths of the Qinghai-Tibet line. The winter here is dry and the sun shines for a long time. You have to wear sunglasses when driving.

The white Prado has been following not far behind, and although the two cars in the middle have not been contacted along the way, Brother Liu and they have a tacit understanding that they did not stop to eat.

Golmud is a transit point to Xinjiang Province and Tibet. Transportation arteries.

Xiaolin pointed the way, and the group turned around on a large road, and finally came to a fairly clean hotel, which was discounted in the off-season, and the double room was less than 100 yuan.

Zhou Xiaoyu joked: "This point is worth the gas money!"

But Xiaolin didn't agree, he had to treat him: "There are a lot of people from Sichuan Province here who come to open a store, how about I invite you to eat hot pot?"

A few people knew nodding.

Seeing that it was okay here, Brother Liu's family didn't join in the fun, but just said that they must be invited to dinner.

"What's so fun here?" asked Tang Wen casually at the dinner table.

"Well, it's not much, a few dozen kilometers to the west is a big salt lake, the kind of industrial area that really produces salt. There is a famous Wanzhang Salt Bridge. It's a stretch of road heading west. I went there in the summer to pick up the wind..."

Today, Tang Wen and their route were formulated by Gu Ya and Zhou Xiaoyu. The two girls were not very interested in the salt lake, so they decided to take the highway to save time to see the desert and poplar forests.

Unexpectedly, this plan was said, so Xiao Lin clapped his hands very happily: "I just wanted to say how to tell you about the poplar forest......! Well, I'll have breakfast tomorrow too..."

Everyone hurriedly finished eating the hot pot, didn't care about resting, and drove dozens of kilometers to the Poplar Forest Provincial Reserve.

On both sides of the road are two rows of straight poplar trees, whose leaves have long since been crushed into mud, and are now a bare yellow color like the land on the side of the road.

The car was far away, the earth was still shrouded in warm sunlight, and the land with serious desertification in the distance reflected the light, which was a little dazzling.

The car's strong off-road ability came in handy at this time, and Tang Wen drove off the highway to make a special detour, allowing everyone to look at this shocking poplar forest with the sunshine!

Tang Wen's first feeling in his heart was desolation and tragedy. For many years, this vast forest has stubbornly resisted the wind and sand, and it has grown here in spring, autumn, winter and summer.

He saw that a poplar tree, a little further from the woods, had been blown down by the strong wind, but it did not fall straight down, but somehow it was buried in the sand. But the trunk in the middle stood tall away from the ground. The trunk in the middle is so thin and branched that it can obviously grow luxuriantly in the summer.

Xiao Lin walked over with a sketchpad on her back, and from a little distance, the sunlight shone on her back and the poplar forest in front of her, with an indescribable blazing and loneliness.

It may be that she is too small in front of this poplar, and she is also too small in heaven and earth...

She walked over to a small patch of poplar trees jutting out of the woods, which seemed to be expanding their territory externally, but the occupation of the desert was not going well. Many of these small trees have died and are about to be weathered.

However, the weathering of the desert wind and sand was carried out with great difficulty, and a few dead poplars, half of the trunks were broken, and they still stood straight on the ground.

Zhuang Si was embarrassed, and what he said was very funny: "What a great nail household!"

Several people laughed softly.

Xiao Lin walked back: "Sunset view, I plan to take pictures first and then paint." I hope to be satisfied... I'm going to keep rubbing your car tomorrow..."

Several people were not disgusted with Xiaolin, Zhou Xiaoyu looked at everyone, and smiled at her: "You can't call a rubbing car, we all point to you as a free tour guide on the road!"

She laughed too: "Well, that makes sense. Sure enough, there are two sides to the problem......"

Everyone returned to the car for the time being, and the car circled around the woods here, and the little forest girl suddenly said mysteriously: "It is said that there are wild wolves here." Loved to hang out in the morning and evening..."

"Wolves?"

“... I don't think it's too biased here!"

"Isn't it only in the northern grasslands?

When they heard about the wolf, everyone's first reaction was not fear, but excitement and curiosity. I've heard about it since I was a child, but I've never seen it.

Everyone chatted in the car, and Zhou Xiaoyu distributed chocolates to everyone. drove Zhuang Si to the back row, sat in the front and boiled coffee with an electric kettle......

The sunset came as scheduled, and after replenishing the calories, everyone was in good spirits and got off the bus one after another.

In winter, poplar forests and reeds more than a meter tall all turn yellow. At this time, there is a round of sunset, but it is as if they are shining. The desolation and bleakness of the Gobi were suddenly washed away without a trace by the magnificence of heaven and earth... When everyone saw this scene for the first time, they stood dumbfounded and forgot to speak, and Xiao Lin didn't bother everyone. I was also intoxicated for a while, taking pictures and painting by myself.

The sun goes down、It can be very abrupt。

It must have jumped a little, and the sunlight disappeared. Heaven and earth fell into silence at once. There was no reason for a trace of panic in the hearts of the people.

Tang Wen and Zhou Xiaoyu subconsciously glanced at each other, and then hugged each other tightly. It seems that this is the only way to resist something...