Chapter 34: Throw a bottle of water
Kangding, a famous historical and cultural city, is famous all over the country for the song "Kangding Love Song".
After Ning Hao drove back to Luding, he went west along National Highway 318 and arrived here after a two-and-a-half-hour drive.
However, they did not stop in the city, and the car continued to speed west.
The two of them just felt the strong Tibetan style here through the car window, looked at the "running mountain" from afar, watched "a slippery cloud", and echoed the slippery "Kangding Love Song" in their minds.
After driving out of Kangding City, it is a winding mountain road uphill all the way, and a majestic mountain appears in front of them, which is the first mountain with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters on the Sichuan-Tibet line - Zheduo Mountain!
Zheduo means bent in Tibetan, and when translated into Chinese, it is the word folding.
Known as the first pass of Kham, Zheduo Mountain is an important geographical dividing line, with mountainous areas to the west and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the east.
When the car crossed the high mountain and reached the top of the mountain, Ning Hao stopped the car, tightened the collar of the jacket on his body, opened the car door with Tang Xiaoxiao and walked down.
Here, many travelers stop and take photos with the signs of the mountains.
Ning Hao couldn't help but take a group photo with him, and then stood on the top of a hill overlooking the scenery below, and the sea of mountains and clouds in the distance could be said to be in full view.
After staying at the top of the mountain for more than ten minutes, Ning Hao felt a little uncomfortable because of the lack of oxygen, so the two got in the car and started to descend the mountain.
The road down the mountain is still a winding mountain road with bends and bends, and Ning Hao is driving extra carefully.
Coming down from Zheduo Mountain, the terrain gradually became flat, and Ning Hao was still reminiscing about the spectacular glacier waterfall, but another beautiful scenery suddenly appeared in front of him.
On the side of the highway, I don't know when a small river meanders to flow, and the scattered red and white Tibetan villages come into view, and rows of tall poplar trees are planted on the side of the road in front of the houses in the Tibetan villages.
Mountains in the distance, endless grasslands in the distance, a few white clouds dotted with blue sky, and the bright and dark light under the illumination of the sun, this picturesque scenery is like crossing the mountains into a paradise.
This is known as the photographer's paradise - Xindu Bridge!
The car soon drove into Xinduqiao Town, and this time Tang Xiaoxiao booked an inn with a traditional Tibetan house, with spacious white courtyard walls, red vermilion lacquer gates, and two-story houses made of stone.
On the eaves of each room, the sun and moon are depicted in red, black, and white colors, which are said to symbolize prosperity and abundant crops.
Of course, the room is still a standard room, and the decoration of the room is full of Tibetan style.
The room they stayed in was on the second floor, with a large balcony at the end of the hallway with a view.
Using the inn's network, Ning Hao and Tang Xiaoxiao sat on the seats on the balcony and opened the live broadcast to share the beautiful scenery of Xindu Bridge with tourists.
The live broadcast lasted for about an hour, and it was not too early to see that it was not early, so Ning Hao turned off the live broadcast and walked around Tang Xiaoxiao in Xinduqiao Town to feel the Tibetan customs here.
After that, they found a Tibetan restaurant to eat an authentic Tibetan meal, tasted the legendary butter tea, and also ate Tibetan barley noodles and cheese.
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After a night of silence, the next day the two got up early to wash up, and when they walked down from the guest room on the second floor to have breakfast, the innkeeper said to them very warmly: Tashi Delek!
Xinduqiao was obviously much colder in the early morning, and Ning Hao couldn't help but shiver when he came out of the inn after breakfast, and then the two walked on the cold street and walked to the viewpoint.
There are several viewpoints of Xindu Bridge, in addition to the beautiful scenery of Xindu Bridge, you can also see the magnificent Gongga Snow Mountain.
Because they had already seen Gongga Snow Mountain when they were in Hailuogou, they were not interested in Gongga Snow Mountain, but just wanted to see the Xindu Bridge in the early morning.
Standing on the viewpoint and looking at it from afar, compared with yesterday afternoon, the Xindu Bridge in the early morning is a little hazy and quiet, and it is still as beautiful as a picture scroll.
It's a pity that it's not the best season to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Xindu Bridge, and you can't see the golden poplars in late autumn, which makes this picture a little less saturated color.
After returning to the inn after seeing the beautiful scenery and checking out, they continued their journey in reluctance.
And not long after the car just drove out of Xindu Bridge, Tang Xiaoxiao suddenly said, "Drive slower." ”
With that, she immediately lowered the window on her side.
Is this trying to get a ride?
The movements in his hands were as he said, but Ning Hao was thinking in confusion in his heart.
For not far in front of their car, a lonely figure with a huge travel bag on her back was striding forward, and judging by her long hair and slender figure, it was a girl.
As the car got closer, Tang Xiaoxiao poked his head out of the window and shouted, "Hey, go on!"
The other party turned his head when he heard this, and Tang Xiaoxiao threw an unscrewed bottle of mineral water in his hand at the other party.
The girl hurriedly stretched out her hands to catch the water, then smiled at Tang Xiaoxiao and said, "Thank you." ”
Ning Hao also turned his head to take a look, the girl's appearance was very ordinary, and the cheekbones of her cheeks were a little plateau red, giving people the first feeling that it was quite quiet.
"Come on, stay safe on the road!"
Tang Xiaoxiao clenched her right fist slightly hard.
Then, Tang Xiaoxiao raised the window to signal that Ning Hao could accelerate.
As the speed of the car increased, the girl was soon left far behind, and Ning Hao asked Tang Xiaoxiao suspiciously, "Why don't you take her for a while?"
"Do you think she'll get on the bus?"
Tang Xiaoxiao first asked rhetorically, and then said: "There are many ways to walk the Sichuan-Tibet line, some people choose to hike and decide to walk this route step by step with their own feet, and the girl just now belongs to one of them."
If she wanted to take a ride, she wouldn't have walked out of Xindu Bridge so early, but should have looked for car owners in the town who were willing to take a ride. ”
Speaking of this, Tang Xiaoxiao sighed: "Actually, I admire her a lot, she has the courage to walk the Sichuan-Tibet line on foot alone." ”
"Amazing!"
Ning Hao couldn't help but sigh.
It takes about three months to walk the entire southern Sichuan-Tibet route, which requires extraordinary perseverance.
"Do you know what I meant by throwing a bottle of water at her just now?" Tang Xiaoxiao suddenly asked.
Hearing this question, Ning Hao was instantly dumbfounded.
You must know that in recent years, the reputation of the Sichuan-Tibet line is not very good, and it has been jokingly called the artillery fire on the Internet.
If he had seen on the Internet what it meant to throw a bottle of water to a girl walking on foot on the Sichuan-Tibet line, he would have immediately equated 'drink my water' with 'sleep with me' in his mind.
Clearly, however, this is not the case.
Seeing that Ning Hao didn't speak for a long time, Tang Xiaoxiao teased: "It seems that your mind is not pure!"
“……”
In an instant, Ning Hao's face was embarrassed.
Tang Xiaoxiao pointed to a milestone not far in front of him and said, "Stop there in front." ”