Chapter 36: Climbing Mount Tai
Early the next morning, Xue Xinyan and I ate a few fried dough sticks at the breakfast shop downstairs in the hotel, drank two bowls of soy milk, and hurriedly walked to the bus stop bound for Mount Tai.
There were already dozens of people waiting for the bus at the station, most of them carrying mineral water and drinks in their hands, basically young couples, holding hands and looking anxiously around.
Today's temperature is very suitable for travel, there is no blazing sun, it rained last night, and the morning air is exceptionally fresh and comfortable.
Xue Xinyan and I got on the bus, this car is specially designed to pick up Taishan tourists, several times a day, the car is crowded with people, many tourists are standing in the aisle.
Tai'an, a famous tourist city, is famous for Mount Tai, where the high-rise buildings rise into the sky, the highway is widened again and again, and the flow of people and vehicles everywhere shows a vigorous state.
The minibus stopped at the foot of Mount Tai, Xue Xinyan and I got out of the car, I looked around, there were all kinds of small vendors, selling crutches, mineral water drinks, and all kinds of handicrafts and souvenirs.
I walked to a stall and bought four bottles of mineral water, a bottle of ordinary mineral water costs four yuan, obviously I only bought it in the supermarket for a five, I muttered in my heart, and then I bought two more crutches, handed them to Xue Xinyan and said, "This is a good thing, a must for climbing the mountain." ”
Everything is ready, and the climb begins.
The pine trees on both sides of Mount Tai grow very tall, and as far as the eye can see, nature is full of life, and I am also in awe of the majesty of Mount Tai.
Xue Xinyan walked behind me, she held the cane in her hand, she didn't hold it, she stroked her hair, and said to me: "Xiaotao, let's watch the sunrise in Mount Tai, I heard that it is very beautiful." ”
I turned around and smiled and said, "It's all here, of course I want to see it, but I have to keep vigil on the mountain, can you do it, the mountain is at high altitude and the temperature is very low, I'm afraid you will catch a cold." ”
Xue Xinyan pouted and said, "I'm not so pampered, and it's not as cold as the winter in our small northern city." ”
"The main reason is that the temperature difference between the mountains and the mountains is too large, and it is easy to catch a cold."
"Oh, let's go, Mr. Wang, I can accompany you for a few more days if I have a cold, just go to the hospital and lie down, my mother can't do anything to me, hehe."
The two of us talked and laughed all the way up, because it was morning, there were many people up the mountain, very few people down the mountain, what kind of crowd went down the mountain, the girls' lead flowers were washed by sweat, and the boys were disheveled, all showing exhausted looks, and their happy expressions were swept away.
There was a big buddy who came down from the mountain, his tired feet were limping and limping, and he had to rest for a while with every step, and the expression on his face was very sad and painful, and he saw me and said, "Hey, hey, buddy, how long will it take to go down the mountain, ah." ”
After speaking, he sat on the stone steps and gasped for breath.
I looked at him and said with a smile: "It's coming, there will be about half an hour to go down the mountain, keep up the effort, brother." ”
He sat there and took off his sneakers, rubbing his feet with his hands, and with each rubbing, his mouth made an oops, oops.
Xue Xinyan and I continued to walk upward, and Xue Xinyan said behind me, "How can you lie to him, it took more than an hour for both of us to walk up from below." ”
I took her hand and said with a kind smile: "I'm giving that guy confidence and hope, you see he's tired, he definitely doesn't exercise much." ”
As I was talking, I saw another woman in her fifties coming down the mountain, she was driven by two men, like a Kuomintang deserter who lost a battle in the TV series, the woman's expression was simply worse than death, she squinted slightly, as if she was about to die, very weak, her head and neck were tied with a fiery red peace belt, dancing and flying in the breeze.
In the embrace of nature, people get rid of shyness, dress up to their heart's content, and be chic, which is really good.
In fact, I originally wanted to choose to climb the mountain at night with Xue Xinyan, the night breeze was cool and cool, and I wouldn't be so tired, but I couldn't see the scenery on both sides, especially the places of interest in Mount Tai.
The expressions of those who go up the mountain are completely different from those who come down, and the expressions of those who go up the mountain are mostly excited, novel, and pleasant.
But most of the people who came down the mountain were tired, tired, haggard, and weak.
The two of us walked up for a while, and began to feel the cool mountain breeze, and there were more trees, Xue Xinyan and I walked very slowly, and walked for a while to rest for a while, but our eyes were not idle, looking around, I looked to the right, since there were a few exquisite small buildings in the mountain, a very quiet courtyard, and one was under construction.
The small building with white walls and black tiles, surrounded by mountains, seems to be a place where immortals live, and in the distance, it seems to be located in the clouds, looming, highlighting the extraordinary mystery and beauty.
I thought to myself, it is good to have money and power, and I can live wherever I want, and I think back to where I lived when I was a child, an urban village surrounded by high-rise buildings, and a garbage dump in front of the door, when summer comes, the smell is filthy, and there are swarms of flies, and every time I pass by there, I can hear the buzzing of flies, which is not comparable to such a fairyland on earth.
I thought, the people living in this small building must not be simple, and there may be helicopter access.
Xue Xinyan saw that I was looking in the direction of Xiaolou, so she waved her hand in front of her eyes, and said with a smile: "What are you thinking, so focused, your eyes are straight." ”
I clasped her hand and said, "Xinyan, how do you think people can live well?" ”
Xue Xinyan was a little confused by my question, she thought for a while and said, "Be happy, if you are unhappy, no matter how much money you have, it is useless." ”
After listening to it, I instantly remembered the character in "Big Fish and Begonia", and he said: "If you are not happy, what is the point of living too long." ”
Looking at the side of the ridge into a peak, everyone has a different view of their life, even if they struggle for a lifetime and have not achieved a little achievement, they will still be very optimistic about life, even if those who have reached the peak of life and are in the limelight, they may also be depressed and depressed.
Xue Xinyan pushed me and said, "Let's go, isn't it the small building of the person in the picture, hehe." ”
I smiled and said to her, "In the future, we will also have a house here and spend our old age in peace." ”
Xue Xinyan slapped me again and said, "You think so beautifully." ”
"Uh, what's the matter, you don't want to spend your old age with me?"
"Hmph, I haven't agreed to marry you yet."
Xue Xinyan gave me a playful look.
I took her into my arms and smiled and said, "Say, who is that?" ”
After saying that, I scratched her palm, and we played around for a while, and I glanced at my watch, and it was already noon.
At this time, a few small traders came to sell their wares, and a middle-aged man selling cucumbers came up and said, "Buy some cucumbers to eat, they are cold, they are expensive." ”
I politely refused, and a small vendor came over: "Let's buy a few tea eggs, freshly boiled, the taste is very good, otherwise there will be no sale on the mountain." ”
I bought four, Xue Xinyan and I ate two of them, sat on the stone steps and ate mineral water.
A small trader came over again, and said to the two of us with a smile: "Little couple, do you want to buy a few safety belts, tie them to your body to keep you safe, bless you with a happy love, a happy marriage, and a smooth career." ”
He said a lot to himself, Xue Xinyan was moved, so he bought two red ribbons, the ribbons were embroidered with a golden yellow dragon pattern, she tied it on her arm, and also hung one around my neck, I looked down at this ribbon, just like the red scarf I brought when I was in elementary school, fluttering in the wind.
Xue Xinyan is wearing a thin woolen sweater on her upper body today, mainly white, with a brown pattern in the middle, a pair of black jeans, white sneakers, a red ribbon on her arm, and a white bracelet I gave her on her wrist.
After walking for another distance, Xue Xinyan felt a little overwhelmed, gasping for breath, I looked around, and there was an inn to rest in half an hour, so I said to Xue Xinyan: "Work hard, there is an inn not far ahead, let's go there and rest there." ”
She nodded weakly, I pulled her to the inn with difficulty, I glanced down at the time, it was already more than one o'clock in the afternoon, the inn is a small single room separated by a wooden board, the space is very narrow, fortunately there are not many people resting, I found a bed for Xue Xinyan to lie on it, and went out to buy two buckets of instant noodles, and when I came back, I found that Xue Xinyan had fallen asleep, I looked at her tired face, and suddenly felt pity, climbed the mountain all morning, maybe too tired, Usually she may not have any heavy physical work on the lady's side, and if she doesn't exercise, she will definitely have backache and leg pain.
It's a hundred times more energetic, but my feet are a little sore, and everything else is fine.
I ate a bucket of instant noodles, and after eating it, sleepiness hit, and there was a bed and a plastic chair in the private room, and I leaned back in the chair, arms crossed, drowsy.
Half-asleep, I saw Sun Kai, he was personable, showing off his might, he was standing in front of a large glass window, under the window were dotted with low buildings, his hands were in his pockets, his sword eyebrows were tightly locked, his handsome facial features revealed a cool temperament, I stood behind him, like a servant, trembling, very frightened, he turned around, his face was full of anger and annoyance.
When he walked in front of me, I was a little suffocated by his momentum, and he said coldly: "You shouldn't come to this city, go back to the north, that's where you live." ”
I looked at him, his face was disgusted and disdainful, and I whispered: "Sun Kai, how have we ever been like this, why did we become like this, you are still the same Sun Kai back then, right." ”
His clear eyes were filled with a cold light, and he said gloomily: "I have never regarded you as a brother, don't be amorous, I have never even known you." ”
I was heartbroken and grieved, my brother, why did you become like this, who changed you, whether it was profit or money, power or greed.
I looked at him with teary eyes, and suddenly his body became ethereal, more and more blurred, and finally completely turned into air, and the whole large glass window was empty, only I stood in place and was grief-stricken, shouting: "Sun Kai, Sun Kai, you come back..."
"Xiao Tao, Xiao Tao, wake up,"
I opened my eyes, what appeared in front of me was Xue Xinyan's delicate and beautiful face, I was in a trance, slowly sat up, only to think that I and Xue Xinyan were climbing Mount Tai, I looked down at my watch, my mother, it was more than seven o'clock in the evening, and I slept for more than six hours.
"Xiao Tao, what's wrong with you, I heard you keep shouting Sun Kai's name, are you having a nightmare."
"Uh, it's okay, I dreamed of Sun Kai."
Xue Xinyan and I walked out of the inn, there were very few people at this time, and the road became wider, I held her hand, the evening breeze was breezy, cool and refreshing, and my heart was also very comfortable.
I suddenly thought that the strange dream I had in the afternoon was the reason why I usually miss Sun Kai, how could I have such a boundless dream, I was surprised.
The sun at dusk is reluctant to go down the mountain, gradually there are fewer people climbing the mountain, the people who go down the mountain are still one after another, the lights are lit on the mountain road, night falls, walking on the mountain does not feel particularly dark, the mountain road is illuminated very clearly, the sky is blue, and the pine trees on the side of the road are still clearly visible.
The air has also become completely cool, I have a very comfortable feeling on my body, Xue Xinyan and I still walk for a while and rest for a while, unhurried, I turned to Xue Xinyan and said: "Xinyan, we don't have to be too anxious to climb the mountain, the sun will come out at four o'clock tomorrow morning, just climb to the top of the mountain before that." ”
At this time, a group of young people who looked like students caught up behind us, and they shouted loudly the slogan of climbing the mountain: perseverance, perseverance, overcome the ups and downs, and bravely climb the peak.
They were all full of energy and high spirits, and each of them carried a big schoolbag, on which were hung all kinds of strange dolls, swaying from side to side as their bodies moved forward.
I helped Xue Xinyan to walk forward, in front of Zhongtianmen, Xinyan said that she was very hungry, she didn't eat a bite of the instant noodles I bought for her, I remembered, since I went up the mountain to now, she has eaten two tea eggs, must be hungry, we walked to a small restaurant, Xue Xinyan ate a big bowl of noodles, gobbling it up, like when I first saw her, the food was very fragrant, I ate two pancakes, rolled with shallots, a pancake for ten yuan, I said to Xue Xinyan: "Our hometown can buy a bunch of pancakes for two yuan, I only bought one for ten dollars. ”
Xue Xinyan wiped her mouth with a napkin and said, "Can it be the same, this is a tourist attraction, and prices will naturally rise, otherwise what will businesses rely on to make money." ”
I smiled and didn't speak.
After we both finished eating, I lit a cigarette and smoked intoxicated, Xue Xinyan looked down at her phone, she said to me: "When I was at the inn in the afternoon, my mobile phone didn't have a signal, this would be full, it's really strange." ”
I took a puff of my cigarette and said to her, "You should be glad that your phone has no signal, so that your mother won't always call you, and we will have peace of mind." ”
I pulled her and walked for a while, Xue Xinyan lost her strength, and said that she couldn't walk anymore, I unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and handed it to her, she drank a few sips gently, and I helped her to sit on the wooden bench on the side of the road to rest.
When I arrived at Nantianmen, Xinyan drank up a whole bottle of mineral water, and I smiled and said to her: "It's rare to see you drink mineral water, but now you know the preciousness of this thing." ”
Walking up, there are many temples, and Xue Xinyan burns incense when she sees the temple gate, all the way to the top of the mountain.
She said thoughtfully: "Bless all my family members with good health, bless my loved ones to be happy every day, free from troubles." ”
When I saw that she was kind and lovely, I took her in my arms and said, "Xinyan, we will definitely live happily together in the future." ”
When the two of us arrived at the main peak of the Jade Emperor Summit, the first feeling was that it was cold, very cold.
The main peak is crowded with people under the black pressure, the clouds and mist under the mountain, the cold wind on the top of the mountain, the hotel is the best haven, Xue Xinyan is already shivering from the cold, I want to pull Xinyan to the hotel to escape the cold wind, Xinyan said: "If you don't eat or buy anything in the hotel, they won't let you in." ”
I hurriedly said, "Then spend some money on something, you should let it in." ”
I rented two cotton coats, helped Xue Xinyan put them on, and sat with her in the restaurant and ate a bowl of knife-cut noodles by myself, outside the door was a foggy night, the cold wind hit, I looked down at my watch, there were still more than two hours before dawn, I saw Xue Xinyan yawning for a while, so I said to her: "Xinyan, let's sleep in the hotel for a while, and wait until half past four, when the sun comes out, I will call you."
This hotel is simply sky-high asking price, a very simple bunk, 300 yuan an hour, I feel a lot of abuse in my heart.
I stayed by Xue Xinyan's side, wrapped myself in a cotton coat, and Xinyan hurriedly said, "Xiaotao, why don't you come and squeeze with me, how uncomfortable it is to nest there." ”
"I smiled and said, that little shop is not enough for you to lie down, if my body is squeezing up, you must not fall to the ground, you can rest for a while, there are more than two hours before dawn."
At five twenty, I saw that the time was almost up, so I gently aroused Xue Xinyan, and the two of us put on cotton clothes and walked out of the hotel.
Beautiful scenery is not something that everyone can encounter, just like the beautiful things in the world, you can meet but not seek.
I took beautiful moments with my mobile phone, and took dozens of beautiful photos of Xue Xinyan, she has her own beauty effect, standing under the red sun, each one is colorful and charming, I was very excited, I held Xue Xinyan in my arms, smiled happily, and kissed.
Her hard work when she went up the mountain was swept away, followed me to look at the endless golden clouds, looking at the round of vigorous red sun, looking at the misty scenery under the mountain, time seemed to be frozen, we were immersed in this bright morning light, love is like a glass of wine treasured for thousands of years, the taste is mellow, Xue Xinyan's cheeks are moistened by the morning mist, her eyes are full of charming brilliance, the hair hanging down to her forehead, gently flying under the mountain wind, I hugged her tightly, I really want to never let go.