Bagh was right, there were only four buildings in the camp, the largest two-story wooden house was the house of the hotel--camp office and administrator, the remaining two houses were a shop, a gas station and a car repair shop, and the smallest wooden house was the post office, which was not much bigger than a toilet, but there was a huge American flag hanging at the door, and the flag was painted all around the house.

The owners of the house are an old couple, and although it is located in such a remote place, the old couple's behavior is a bit like the high-class people that Hong Tao came into contact with at a New York drinking party. When they arrived at the hotel, everyone carefully introduced their identities, and Hong Tao learned that the husband of the old couple was actually a clergyman, which is what we often call a priest!

Here, a little common sense is that although priests and priests are clergy, they do not belong to the same sect, a bit like the difference between Chinese Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism in Chinese Buddhism. The priest is a clergyman in Christianity, and above him is the bishop; A priest, on the other hand, is a clergyman in Catholicism, and there is a big difference between the two.

For example, the priest must be a man, never marry, live in the church, have no salary, but have divine authority; Priests can be men and women, they can get married, have children, and get paid, but they don't have theocracy. The reason for this has to be explained from the roots of Catholicism and Christianity, so we won't discuss it here, and I can't understand it if we really want to discuss it, but I just know the appearance and don't understand the inner meaning.

They came here more than 10 years ago to spread the gospel of God, whether their gospel reached or not, they did a good thing anyway, because with the existence of this camp, it has become a relatively famous tourist attraction. When the tourist season comes, the rooms are almost full, and the nearby Inuit village will also benefit. Because tourists go to buy their fur products, crafts and various services, such as dog sledding. And because of this, the small village is also connected to electricity, which can be regarded as stimulating the economy of the village.

Hong Tao is also quite satisfied with his and Erin's room, it is not the same as the hotel, it looks like a guest at a friend's house, it is a guest room, with its own bathroom, everyone eats in the restaurant downstairs, although it is cold and biting winter outside. It's very warm inside.

Speaking of the cold, Hong Tao was not deceived this time, the set of cold-proof clothes he and Erin bought on the cruise ship was of great use, and he didn't feel cold at all after wearing it. But there is another problem here, they only bought clothes and shoes at that time, and they brought their own hats and jackets, but they forgot about gloves. When Hong Tao got off the plane, he inadvertently grabbed a handrail outside the door, and almost got a layer of skin off his hand, which hurt a lot.

But that's just a minor issue. Since there is a store here, there will be no shortage of gloves, Hong Tao and Erin came with a pair, just like the kind of 2-finger gloves they wore when they were children. There is also a leather rope attached to the middle, which hangs around the neck. Although the appearance is not good, the material is very authentic, and it is sewn from reindeer skin. There's also a layer of fluff inside.

After tossing for most of the day, Hong Tao and Erin were tired, and the two said hello to the pastor couple. I went upstairs and took a shower, and went to bed early. I don't know how long I slept, Hong Tao woke up by himself, he settled on the bed, and felt that he was not sleepy at all. So he pushed Erin's head away from him, intending to get out of bed.

But he looked up at the window, and found that it was still pitch black outside, and it seemed that he was a little bit untouched by the damn jet lag, and his biological clock was completely messed up, and he usually slept until he woke up naturally, usually at 6 o'clock, except for sleeping in the tent. But now it's obvious that I've woken up early, so let's squint for a while, so Hong Tao got back into the bed.

Friends who have the habit of sleeping lazily may have this feeling, after waking up in the morning, if you don't get up immediately, once you fall asleep again, it will basically be noon when you open your eyes again. This time, Hong Tao was teased by nature, and when he opened his eyes again, he was not awakened by himself, but by the knock on the door of Bagh. At this time, he picked up the watch on the bedside and took a look, and found that it was already half past ten in the morning.

"I don't remember how long I slept for that long?" Hong Tao pondered while getting dressed.

"The bed here was very comfortable, we overslept." Erin also glanced at her watch, and then trotted all the way into the bathroom in her pajamas, Hong Tao sighed and had to get back into the quilt again, a woman gets up in the morning This standard process, don't think about it in 40 minutes.

"I'm sorry, we overslept a bit." After Hong Tao went downstairs, the pastor couple was busy making lunch in the kitchen.

"It doesn't matter, young man, Alaska in winter is like this, it only dawns at 10 o'clock, and it gets dark again after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and few people will come here to travel this season, especially Chinese tourists, most of them will appear after June, and disappear after September." The pastor looks like a pastor, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and his voice is very steady, but it can make you quite clear.

"Oh, I see, I woke up once in the morning, but when I saw that it was still dark outside the window, I thought it was early, and I let the weather cheat!" At this time, Hong Tao finally understood that it was not his biological clock that was disordered, but that his eyes were fooled by nature.

"You went to bed too early last night, you didn't see the aurora, the weather is good today, there should be more at night, okay, let's eat first, clean up after eating and go out to play for a while, or it will be dark again in a while!" It wasn't the first time that Bag had been here, so he sat down at the table and began to urge the meal to begin.

Today's lunch is obviously carefully prepared by the priest and his wife, the main dish is no longer roasted reindeer meat, but turned into potato and beef stew, what makes Hong Tao happiest is that there is actually a pot of rice to eat, in this small place where birds don't poop is not easy, especially the old pastor and his wife's heart, it is very warm. The only bad thing is that the pastor couple does not allow tourists to smoke in the house, so Hong Tao, a smoker, can only brave the cold of minus 40 degrees to run to the porch outside the house to enjoy himself, what a strong will!

Before they could finish their cigarettes, Hong Tao and Erin were boarded by Bagra and drove towards the Inuit village, two kilometers away. This car Hong Tao has never seen, let alone sit, say it's a tractor, its upper part is a small bus, but to say it's a small car, there are two tracks below. As soon as it started, it trembled, and black smoke came out of the exhaust pipe that towered at the rear of the car, which should have buckled the shell of a small passenger car to the chassis of a tractor.

Don't call this car ugly, it is stable in half a meter of snow, except for the sound is a little loud, there are no flaws. The road it took was not a road at all, it could only be regarded as a relatively flat place in the wilderness, full of snow and tree stumps, that is, its body could pass, and it would be a life to change to Paul's F650.

The small Inuit village, behind the woods to the west of the priest's house, was a large open space with four or five wooden houses, smaller than the pastor's house, all single-storey, and a little rudimentary. In addition, behind the house, there are several very small houses, like beehives, are the Inuit still beekeeping?

"That's a kennel!" Bagh listened to Hong Tao's question and cracked his mouth and laughed, and Erin laughed along.

"Zhen Nima is inhumane, this cold day, let the dog spend the night outside!" Hong Tao was ridiculed, he could only scold secretly in his heart, and at the same time he was really worried about those dogs, the temperature here was very low, and there was a gust of wind, so it was cruel to let the dogs sleep outside for the night.

The people of the village obviously knew the car, and they knew Bag, and when Bagh parked the car in the middle of the houses, several people came out of the house, all of whom were greeting Bag, and they were actually communicating in English, and the clothes they were wearing were not the kind of animal fur that were simply sewn, and they looked no different from ordinary Americans, the only difference was their faces.

Hong Tao is not too surprised by this, these Inuit are estimated that they have been assimilated, just like the herders in some parts of China, who have also given up grazing and living in yurts, and have instead entered the city to live and do some work that has nothing to do with herding.

Bagh was very efficient, he did not take Hong Tao and Erin into the Inuit house, but only exchanged a few words with them outside, and then immediately several people returned to the cabin, and after a while they came out again, changed into rough fur clothes, and carried a large pile of animal skins.

The furs were used to protect Hong Tao and Erin from the cold, and they were partly cushioned on the sleigh seats and partly covered on their bodies to protect them from the cold and cold winds. Hong Tao is not worried about fleas or lice on these furs, at this temperature, Xiaoqiang will have to die when he comes, and any parasites don't need to be considered.

The sleigh is a rudimentary shelf made of a few wooden strips, with a total of only 2 planks nailed into a seat, and a semicircular handrail at the back. After tidying up the sleigh, Hong Tao and Erin could not sit on it, and the Inuit in a leather suit motioned for Hong Tao and Erin to go with him to the kennel.

"Go ahead, it's okay, you have to get acquainted with the dogs first, otherwise they will think you're a stranger and get distracted while pulling the sled." Seeing that Hong Tao and Erin were a little hesitant, Bag immediately explained the Tao to them. (To be continued......)