() Towards the end of the day, there are only two staff members and a few passengers in the station. The station is located in the westernmost part of the city, with old furnishings and few passengers, except for a slightly larger number of passengers at the beginning of the school year. Xiao Duxue squatted and rested for most of the hour before she returned to her soul. Fu Xuefeng stood behind her with a marshmallow and a suitcase, like a wooden stake.

According to the prompts on the notice, Xiao Duxue first went to the ticket office to buy the next day's tickets, and then took Fu Xuefeng to the hotel to settle down. The hotel is located next to the station and is a three-storey red brick house. Xiao Duxue asked for a standard room on the second floor. The musty smell in the room was pungent, and people were afraid to breathe freely. The lead-gray concrete floor is damp and dirty, and you can see gray-white footprints when you step on it. The original white futon has not been washed for a long time, but it has become a color between gray and black, and the smell is also difficult to describe. The two beds facing the door are very narrow, and there is a possibility of falling to the ground if you turn over. There is an aisle between the beds that can only be placed sideways, and against the wall are square stools that can only hold a thermos and a tea pot.

Marshmallow doesn't dislike the simplicity of the room, rolling around in bed. She rolled to Twilight's side, licking her fingers and screaming. Xiao Duxue picked her up and kissed her head: "Hungry? Let's go, let's eat. She saw that Fu Xuefeng's lips were dry and cracked, and she couldn't help it, "I'm sorry, Xuefeng......"

Fu Xuefeng stretched out his finger and put it on her lips, not letting her say any more.

The meals in the canteen at the station are simple. Xiao Duxue carefully compared the prices and asked for two bowls of fat intestine noodles, one large and one small. Hot soup, red oil, genuine fat sausages, noodles as thin as vermicelli, green vegetables, take a bite of the whole body. Xiao Duxue put the big bowl in front of Fu Xuefeng, picked a chopstick noodle from her bowl, and sandwiched most of the fat intestines: "Hungry, right?" Hurry up and eat, go back to sleep after eating, and take the car tomorrow. She asked for a bowl of noodle soup, cleaned the fat sausage and red oil from the noodles, and put it on a small plate to feed the marshmallows.

Fu Xuefeng saw that there were not many noodles in her bowl and shook his head.

"I'm a girl, I can't be greedy. You're different, boys have to eat more to grow muscles, and if they're too thin, they don't like girls. ”

Fu Xuefeng took the noodles back: "Eat." ”

"So, how about I exchange noodles for your greens?" Xiao Duxue symbolically sandwiched two green vegetables for herself, and put the noodles into Fu Xuefeng's bowl.

Fu Xuefeng had no choice but to follow her wishes.

Marshmallows don't care about those, ahh

After eating, the sky was still bright. Fu Xuefeng took the marshmallow to accompany Xiao Duxue for a walk, and as he walked, he walked to the parking place.

On the empty concrete floor, four buses are parked side by side, and this is all the trains that will be sent to the mountains tomorrow. On the windshield of each car, there is a white paper shell with the departure time written on it.

Next to the car that departed first stood a man from his grandfather's generation. He was dressed in a light gray T-shirt and dark gray pants, and shiny black leather shoes. If it weren't for the Tibetan hat on his head and the dagger hanging from his waist, he would not have been able to tell that he was a Tibetan.

Xiao Duxue opened her mouth very carefully: "May I ask when this car will arrive tomorrow?" ”

"It's hard to say. Look at the weather, look at the road conditions. The man glanced at her, "You're a freshman this year?" ”

"Yes. How do you know? ”

"The time that only freshmen would ask."

"Why?"

"Two rides

You'll find out. My name is Old Gyatso and I am the owner of this car. Old Gyatso spat out a beautiful string of smoke rings and said, "Who sent you to school?" ”

"No one will send it, I'll go myself."

Old Gyatso glanced at Xiao Duxue firmly: "How long does it take for your family to get here?" ”

"If the transfer goes well, it will be there in one day, otherwise it will take two days."

Old Gyatso coughed a few times, as if choking on smoke. "Your family is really generous."

Xiao Duxue looked at her toes and pursed her lips.

Marshmallow scurryed from under this car to under that, hiding from herself. Fu Xuefeng followed from behind the car to the back of the car, for fear of losing it.

"There's still a week before school starts, right? You're going too early. ”

"I've got something." Xiao Duxue kicked a pebble and said, "I need to find a job early." ”

"The conditions in the mountains are not as good as outside, so it's not so easy to find a job."

"I don't have high requirements, as long as I can eat three full meals and have a shelter from the wind and rain."

"No worries about where to stay. The school has dormitories. You are a female doll, you are not familiar with life, you just study, what are you doing looking for a job? ”

"The cost of the dormitory is high, I don't have that much money, and I ......" Xiao Duxue looked at the sky and said, "Grandpa, I'm going back." See you tomorrow. ”

Old Gyatso leisurely puffed out smoke rings, one after the other.

After washing up, Xiao Duxue plugged in the door, moved the table and thermos behind the door, and carried the suitcase and backpack to block the table legs, still not at ease, looking for things everywhere.

Fu Xuefeng said: "Don't be afraid, there is me." ”

"Not even with you. When we go out, we are not familiar with the place, so we should pay more attention. ”

Fu Xuefeng sat down on the bed by the window: "Sleep." ”

Xiao Duxue lay down with marshmallow and clothes, and soon let out a slight snort. Fu Xuefeng put her hand on the edge of the bed and straightened her head. Marshmallow opened her eyes and looked, moved her ears, stretched her neck and pillowed her head on Xiao Duxue's shoulder, and fell asleep.

The next day, Xiao Duxue took a man and a cat, got into the old Gyatso's car and set off for the destination. For the first time, she didn't get motion sickness, and leaned on the window to watch the scenery with great interest.

Leaving the national highway, the city was left behind. The car descended from the highest point of the mountain to the bottom of the valley, and climbed from the bottom of the valley to the top of the mountain. The gray gravel paved mountain road was extremely bumpy, and the marshmallow was always firmly grasping Xiao Duxue's clothes, for fear that one would be thrown out of the car if she was not careful. On one side of the road are cliffs, on the other side are sparsely vegetated mountains, and maroon shrubs whisper in the wind, as if telling of last night's wind and rain and good dreams. Further inside, there are more trees and verdant mountains. Unlike the previous desolation, this place is full of greenery. Low shrubs and tall fir trees are scattered, and a gauzy white mist envelops them, blocking the view from afar. In the deep valley where the mountains are high and steep, and the terrain is dangerous, even birds rarely fly in, only the sound of the motor of the car and the sound of the horse's hooves occasionally break the silence.

The sky was high, the clouds were thin, and the golden light of the sun was dazzling.

The Tibetan mother in the front row looked kindly and reverently counted the prayer beads: "Mani horn mi, mani horn mi...... ”

After several sharp turns in a row, the car climbed up a steep slope. The speed of the car is getting slower and slower, not much faster than walking. A truck carrying goods approached the vehicle, and both vehicles honked their horns and staggered at the slowest speed

。 The tires are less than 20 centimeters from the edge of the road, and if you are not careful, you will tumble down the deep valley and the car will be destroyed.

Xiao Duxue's scalp was numb, and she hugged the marshmallow tightly.

The elder Gyatso asked his son to drive, and he got out of the car and directed the wrong car. Stop at a time, move at a time...... Finally, the truck's large trailer turned out of the curve and stopped in a more spacious place. The truck driver poked his head out and spoke in an unfamiliar language, thanking the elder Gyatso.

Suddenly, the car jolted forward and screamed incessantly!

Fu Xuefeng hugged Xiao Duxue tightly and protected her head and face with his body. Xiao Duxue clutched the handrail, and her brain was blank and disconnected. The marshmallow was sandwiched between the two bodies, and was squeezed and screamed. After a sharp brake, the car stopped and stopped at a distance of only three to five centimeters from the edge of the road!

The Tibetan mother said in half-baked Chinese: "Bodhisattva bless! ”

Old Gyatso's crimson face was covered with sweat of fright. He jumped into the car, pointed at the people in the car, and then pointed to the cliff, and scolded his son in Tibetan.

The Tibetan mother said: "This is the Bodhisattva testing us Tibetans, and I don't blame the children." ”

The Tibetan passengers also excused the driver, and their expressions were telling Lao Gyatso to calm his anger and not blame the driver. A few Han passengers were originally complaining, but seeing that the general stream was like this, it was not easy to say any more, and they all pretended to enjoy the scenery outside with dissatisfaction.

The car continued to move forward, continuing to survive on the treacherous mountain road.

The mountains are getting more and more beautiful. This kind of beauty is different from the usual beauty. In September in Xiaojiazhai, the weather is still very hot, the flowers are blooming, and the trees are lush and green. In September, the sky is high and the sun is scorching, but when the sun hides in the clouds, it will be cool. Flowers are rarely seen, only trees that have never been seen before swaying in light and shadow. The wind is very cool, and it will chill after blowing for a long time. Marshmallow retracted her head, shrunk into Xiao Duxue's arms, and closed her eyes in satisfaction.

After passing through several culverts and over two more mountains, the car took a breath and stalled in front of a rocky barren mountain, and the engine broke.

The elder Gyatso explained the situation in Tibetan and translated it in fluent Chinese: "Don't worry, my son has already gone to the nearest aid station to hail a taxi, and we will take you into the mountain before dark." He got out of the car and sat on a stone on the side of the road and smoked.

The Tibetan mother looked indifferent, closed her eyes and rested. Or only the Han passengers are whispering, and the others are all calm.

At this time, the shadow of the sun was moving westward, and it was past noon.

Xiao Duxue took out dry food for Fu Xuefeng and Marshmallow to eat, and took them out of the car to hang out.

The sky outside the car is vast.

Xiao Duxue admires the mountains, stones, grass and trees in the mountains with a feeling of worship. Fu Xuefeng and Marshmallow were playing with a bunch of round and colorful pebbles, and they were also smiling.

Old Gyatso's gaze drifted from the smoke, over Xiao Duxue's happy face, over her happy posture, and a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Xiao Duxue picked up a handful of strangely colored and strangely shaped leaves, and ran to ask old Gyatso about their names, growing environment and characteristics. She asked about the leaves and stones, the climate after the stones, and the climate and customs...... Until she asked all the questions she could think of.

Old Gyatso must answer all questions, and the answers must be answered.

Old Gyatso's son came back in his car. People are actively getting into new cars and ready to continue their unfinished journey.