Chapter 18: A Strange Town

The place where we started is still a long distance from the destination, the tour guide Sister Yang told us that the car needs to drive for at least more than five hours, and there is a section of the road is a potholed dirt road, you need to pass through the mountains, it may be very bumpy, but the scenery is very good, the air is fresh, everyone is sightseeing. With that, she sent each of us a vomit bag.

I expressed my disdain for this, and said in my heart, no matter how bumpy it is, can I be wrapped in the roots of the Hell Tree in the Yeling Tiankeng? However, when the car actually entered the part of the road she said, I deeply realized how disgusting the so-called bumps were.

The bus drove on a dirt road full of deep pits, up and down, swaying from side to side, and the largest of those pits could be used as a bathtub. From time to time, we were blown up and then down, and the feeling of weightlessness was constant, and when the bumps were at their highest, the car almost rolled over, and even with the seat belts, I still felt like I could be thrown out at any moment.

This kind of bump is completely different from the feeling of being thrown around by the hell tree, although it is much less terrifying, but it is also very dangerous, but this potholed dirt road is still very long, and there is no end in sight, this long and continuous tremor can be fatal!

I cursed in my heart, and said that this driver is really awesome, he used to drive a tank, right?

In the beginning, there were many people who scolded and complained like me, especially Long Hair, and the swear words in their mouths were simply unbearable. However, as time went by, everyone's mouths were silent, not that they didn't want to scold, but that they had no strength to scold anymore, dizziness and nausea had destroyed the dissatisfaction and resentment in their hearts, many people vomited, my physique was not bad, although it was uncomfortable, but it would not spit out.

Luo Yi kept looking out the window, unable to see her expression, but her calm appearance surprised me a little.

To say that he has been indifferent, in addition to Luo Yi, there are two other people, one is a doctor, and when I look back at him, this guy is still smiling at me. The other was the old man, and although I couldn't see his expression, he kept leaning motionless against the cushion, and it looked as if he was sleeping.

O master! I sighed in my heart, and I also learned from Luo Yi to look at the scenery outside the window. Sister Yang is right, although this road is bumpy, but the scenery of the mountains along the way is indeed very beautiful, the mountains are majestic and we are left at our feet, the cascading giant trees are lush, and the echoing birdsong can not be heard in the quiet mountains and forests, if the car is not so bumpy, it is not an elegant thing to sit with a beautiful woman like Luo Yi to enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way.

After the bump lasted for more than an hour, the road finally slowed down, the car stabilized, and most of it collapsed.

We walked through the mountains, and what appeared before us was a desolate plain. The road is still dirt, but it has become unusually smooth, and the side of the road is overgrown with lush weeds, and there are quite a few on the road. Everything seems so desolate, even more desolate than the mountain roads in my hometown, such roads don't look like people walking around all year round, could it be that the driver made a mistake?

Fortunately, after the car drove for more than half an hour, we finally saw the traces of people, which were scattered abandoned bluestone tile houses, which looked ancient. I was refreshed, knowing that it was not far from the ancient town, and sure enough, it didn't take long for Sister Yang's voice to sound: "Ladies and gentlemen, Suoming Town is about to arrive, everyone insists on it, we have booked the inn, and everyone will be able to rest immediately." ”

Hearing this, those half-dead guys suddenly came to their senses and looked out of the car window.

Suoming Town, worthy of an ancient town that can't be found on the map, this place is really remote enough. I looked at the ancient houses that flashed by from time to time outside the car window, and somehow, I suddenly had a chaotic illusion, and the buildings around me twisted slightly like water waves.

The feeling was fleeting, and I rubbed my eyes in surprise, only to find that everything was as usual, and we had already entered the ancient town.

At the edge of the ancient town there is a shallow river surrounded by bluestones, the water of the river is crystal clear, and there is a stone arch bridge on the river, which has been seriously eroded by wind and rain due to its age. The driver parked the car at the end of the stone bridge, and Sister Yang told us that the bridge could not withstand the pressure of the car, so the car would not go in. So we took our respective luggage and got off the bus one after another.

Finally arrived at the place, everyone was very excited, and we saw on the road of the abandoned bluestone tile house is different, the buildings of the ancient town are all beam-and-pillar stilted wooden buildings, the shallow river through the center of the ancient town, or the ancient town along the shallow river to build, full of antiquity. Maybe it's because it's in a remote area, the ancient town buildings are very well preserved, we are here to be a 'ancient' word, and the current style of the ancient town is in line with our expectations, everyone is naturally very happy, and they have taken pictures.

Girls like to show off, especially girls who worship money, Xiao Li with the fat man posed a lot of delicate movements, and took a lot of photos with the fat man, I shook my head, and said that this is really a bad scenery!

Luo Yi also dragged me to take pictures of her, which is my specialty, and I brought all the guys who ate, and the quality of the photos taken by the camera was naturally much better than that taken by the mobile phone, and some people in the group saw that I was a professional, and they came up to let me take two pictures of them too.

It was just a gesture, and I didn't refuse, but just as I was about to take a photo with the doctor, there was a commotion not far away. I turned my head and found that the fat boss Li was pointing at Xiao Li and scolding, those words were really vulgar and obscene, if they were written, I am afraid they would not pass. I listened for a while, and then I realized that it was Xiao Li who posted the photos she took with the fat man on the Internet, and the fat man was worried that his wife would see it, so he was angry and scolded all the dirty words.

We looked at it and shook our heads, and I said in my heart Sure enough, Xiao Li is really just a fat man's Xiaomi, and his mother's fat man is really not a good thing.

Xiao Li squatted on the ground with an aggrieved face and didn't dare to speak, letting the fat man scold, Wang Xi and Dong Qian really couldn't listen to it, so they stepped forward to persuade the fat man, Wang Hanjun and Chen Yu and his wife also persuaded him, and finally persuaded the fat man. The fat man pointed at Xiao Li viciously and shouted, "Hurry up and delete the photo, otherwise I want you to look good." ”

Xiao Li was even more aggrieved, and said in a low voice: "There is no network, so I didn't send it out in the first place!" ”

Don't have an internet connection? When the fat man heard this, he hurriedly took out his mobile phone, and when he saw that it was true, his face softened a little, and he squatted down to coax Xiao Li, but he didn't know what to say, and the two quickly reconciled again.

I sighed, and said in my heart, why bother, looking at the faces of others, what is the point of living even if you are wrapped in the life of a rich man?

At this time, the doctor came to me with his mobile phone, his brows furrowed slightly, "Reporter, something is wrong, there is indeed no network here, not even a signal." ”

I also took out my mobile phone too much, and found that it was really, but it was normal to think about it, this kind of town that can't be found on the map, Zhou Bi will definitely not be able to set up a base station, and it is normal to have no network and signal. I spoke to the doctor, but he frowned, but he didn't speak.

It was getting late, and the sun was already setting in the west, so Sister Yang asked us to go to the inn first, and we had time to take pictures or something in the next few days.

The streets of the town are all paved with stones, neat and flat, and there are very few people on the streets, perhaps because it is getting late. There is a place that has to be mentioned, that is, the costumes worn by the residents of the town may be to fit the antique style of the town, and the costumes of the townspeople also have some retro taste, but they are not the real ancient costumes, but the half-foreign style in the late Qing Dynasty.

The ancient town is closed, and there should be very few people who usually come here, and our clothes here are particularly distinct, so on the way to the inn, there are townspeople who cast strange eyes on us from time to time.

I can't describe the way they looked at me, it was weird, it seemed like we were like monkeys in a crowd in their eyes, and it made me very uncomfortable.

In addition, most of the houses lining the streets are closed, and there is not even a single shop to do business, which is too strange for a large town.

As Sister Yang said, the tour group arranged for us to live in a three-story inn, I have stayed in a hotel, and the guest house is also frequented, but I have not stayed in the inn, this kind of thing that should have died out in the long river of history with the times, I didn't expect that I was fortunate to experience it today, and the doubts and uncomfortable feelings just now were instantly washed away by the novelty.

It's similar to most inns we've seen on TV, the first floor of the inn is the lobby, where to eat, and the second and third floors are the guest rooms. The innkeeper wore a round melon skin hat, shrunk behind the counter, wearing a pair of reading glasses, and his face was unnaturally pale. He's a little old, we didn't see the guy, I think there should be too few people to travel here, the inn can't afford to hire a guy, so the shopkeeper and the guy are all inclusive.

Sister Yang's company has been in contact with the innkeeper, Sister Yang stepped forward to talk to him, the two muttered for a while, the old man looked at us, turned out a yellowed booklet from the counter, asked our names one by one, and then after registering on it, he rubbed out eight keys and put them on the counter, looked at Sister Yang and said: "There are only eight guest rooms, the guest officer distributes it by himself, and the hot water needed for washing can be picked up in the back hall. ”

After saying that, the old man lay back in the wicker chair behind his counter, closed his eyes and recuperated.

We looked at the old man with a look at each other, and said in our hearts, which one of the old man's whole things, could it be that his ancient accent is also a characteristic of the town?

No one doubted that Sister Yang picked up the key and looked at us, just about to discuss the allocation of rooms with us, but I didn't expect Uncle Yang to take a handful unceremoniously, turn around and go upstairs, leaving only one sentence: "Old man likes to be quiet, I want a room alone!" ”