Chapter 15: Climbing the Mountain
Several of my roommates are from other places, and when I first arrived at a place, I was naturally very curious about the scenery and food of the city. Yan Qing was born and raised in Jiangyuan, and is a native of Jiangyuan. For several weekends in a row, the roommates asked Yan Qing to take a tour of the city's scenic spots, customs and customs, although Yan Qing wanted to go home to help her mother do things and take care of her young brother, but she was very familiar with Jiang Yuan as a local, and her roommates had already made such a request, and she was not good at postponing.
So, in the first two months of school, the four of them climbed all over the mountains of Jiangyuan, saw all the water of Jiangyuan, ate all the food of Jiangyuan, and experienced the unique customs of Jiangyuan. Most people in Jiangyuan have the characteristics common to southerners, and their appearance is reserved; petite stature; Gentle and gentle; But when it comes to Yanqing, she seems to have mutated, except for her personality inherited from the common characteristics of southerners, she doesn't look like a southerner in other aspects, especially her height, and people often ask her if she is a northerner.
On a sunny afternoon, the four of them came to the famous scenic spot Phoenix Mountain in Jiangyuan, Phoenix Mountain is a mountain peak with an altitude of less than one thousand meters, it is not difficult to climb up at all, and there is no admission fee, so Yan Qing often comes here to climb the mountain from childhood to adulthood.
On weekends, my roommates all woke up a little late, and it was already noon when I got to the bottom of the mountain. Feng Xiaoyu said that if you want to climb the mountain, you have to eat lunch and rest for a while before climbing, otherwise you won't have the strength. Tao Fei and Fang Fang did not object, and Yan Qing let them go. As a result, Feng Xiaoyu found a restaurant with luxurious decoration and looked particularly expensive.
When she arrived at the door, Feng Xiaoyu said happily: "This house looks pretty good, I haven't eaten Western food for a long time, Jiang Yuan is not familiar, and I haven't found a place to eat Western food, I don't know how this one is." ”
Tao Fei immediately echoed: "Me too, I basically eat Western food once a week in my hometown, I haven't eaten Western food here for so long in Jiangyuan, let's go here to try it, the decoration is high, and the taste will not be very bad." ”
Fangfang is a good person, as long as a few of them decide something, she generally will not object.
Yan Qing saw that it was about to be a foregone conclusion, and she immediately jumped out to object: "We will have to climb the mountain later, climbing the mountain is manual work, and we can't eat Western food at all." And now is not the time to eat Western food, we are here to climb the mountain today, not to eat Western food. There are a lot of people who come here to climb the mountain this weekend, and when you finish eating, I'm afraid we'll be squeezing people's shoulders. ”
Yan Qing was reasonable, and she was the guide, so Tao Fei and Feng Xiaoyu dispelled the idea of eating Western food, and instead followed Yan Qing to find a simple and cheap fast food restaurant.
Only Yanqing knows that she doesn't want to eat Western food, but she doesn't know the price of this restaurant, in case a few people eat hundreds or thousands, even if one person is evenly divided, it will be hundreds, then she will eat half a month's living expenses for one meal, such a level of consumption is too luxurious for him, she can't do it and doesn't allow herself to squander it like this.
After lunch, Xiaoyu asked, "How long will it take us to climb up?" ”
"It's a three-hour walk."
Xiaoyu calculated seriously: "Three hours up, three hours down, then a total of six hours." ”
"Oh my God, it's been so long, six hours, and my feet are going to go to waste." Taufei shouted.
"So, when I went out, I told you to wear loose clothes and shoes, and never wear leather shoes, but you didn't listen." Yan Qing pointed to Tao Fei's small leather shoes and said.
"I didn't know this mountain was so high, but fortunately I wore a pair of leather shoes without heels today."
"We're not going to spend the night at the top of the mountain." Fang Fang asked worriedly.
Suddenly, Feng Xiaoyu said as if she remembered something important: "Fangfang reminded me that I must bring something on the road, and only after replenishing my physical strength can I have the strength to climb the mountain." If it is really like what Fangfang said, if you don't come down to the top of the mountain, you won't be hungry. ”
"Yes, yes, so do I, I want to buy snacks too." Taufei agreed.
So after a few people finished eating, they went to the supermarket again, Tao Fei and Feng Xiaoyu each bought a bag of snacks, Fang Fang also bought a little, only Yan Qing only bought a bottle of water.
"You buy so much, how will you mention it later, doesn't this increase the burden of climbing the mountain?" Yan Qing reminded him of the two, but they still insisted on buying this lot of food.
"It's not much, I have to climb while eating, go up and down for a total of six hours, and only when I am full will I have the strength."
When Yan Qing saw Feng Xiaoyu say this, he didn't persuade them anymore, but only shook his head in his heart.
After tossing for most of the day, several people finally hit the road.
The road up the mountain was not too steep, and although there were a lot of pedestrians on the road, the four of them kept talking and laughing.
After walking for an hour, there was a sudden big steep slope, looking at this slope, Xiaoyu felt a little retreated, and the large bag of snacks she had been carrying in her hand became more and more unable to take a step and couldn't walk. And Taufei's shoes were also worn out, and carrying things in his hands made the burden even heavier. Both wanted to stop and rest.
Yan Qing has been climbing this mountain since he was a child, and if he goes at this speed, he will be able to come down very late today. In early autumn, the weather was cooler and the temperature on the mountain was even lower, so she kept encouraging the two of them to climb up and rest.
But the two found various reasons to rest, and Yan Qing had to persuade Fangfang to help them carry the snacks in their hands, which coaxed them to climb a steep mountain.
But after climbing up, the two long chairs were occupied by the people who arrived first, and several people had no place to rest, Xiaoyu and Tao Fei didn't care about their image, so they went to the side of the road to sit down and rest. Gulping down water, but the snacks you buy can't eat anything, but it has become a burden.
After resting for a while, the two didn't want to go on the road for a long time, so Yanqing had to be verbose and verbose. Not only did he help them carry things, but he also told them that they were so good at staying on the mountain, and that several people were wearing thin clothes when they went out, so that they had a little confidence to climb up.
Xiao Yu crawled and gasped and said, "Su Yanqing, I knew that I would listen to you and not buy these broken snacks, but I can't eat them now, and I don't want to throw them away after buying so much, but I'm tired of carrying them." ”
Taufei complained, "Why didn't you stop us at that time? ”
"I ......" Yan Qing felt inexplicable for a while, obviously he had reminded them that they insisted on bringing it themselves, and now they asked her to carry the pot on their backs.
"Yan reminded you early in the morning, told you not to buy so many things, you didn't listen to yourself, and now blame her, she helped lift it from the steep slope up, I really convinced you." Fang Fang helped Yan Qing to scare Tao Fei, Yan Qing felt very happy, and even the pace of climbing the mountain was much lighter.
After climbing for more than four hours, the four of them finally reached the top of the mountain, but they were all exhausted. It was already evening, and the top of the mountain was full of smoke, and several people were not only physically tired, but also felt a chill due to the sudden drop in temperature, and they were close together. At this time, the food really came in handy, but fortunately, I had food in my mouth, and I was not particularly embarrassed to have classmates and friends around me.
Yan Qing remembered the last time he and his father came to climb the mountain three years ago, and his father was still so kind and healthy, and he climbed the mountain without panting. At that time, she was just like Tao Fei and Feng Xiaoyu today, lazy and shouting tired, her father has been encouraging her, and his voice is still ringing in Yanqing's ears. But in the blink of an eye, they were separated from each other......
Just thinking about it, Feng Xiaoyu pointed to the sky and said, "Look, there is a ropeway there, we can take the cableway down the mountain." ”
Tao Fei immediately stood up and looked at it: "Really, really, there is a ropeway, my feet are worn out, let's take the ropeway down the mountain, I don't have the strength to go again." ”
Yan Qing never took the ropeway to climb Phoenix Mountain before, first, she felt that she had to do real practice before climbing the mountain, and secondly, because she saved money. However, she saw that her roommates couldn't walk, so she turned her head and asked, "Fangfang, what do you think?" ”
"I'm tired too, so let's go down on the ropeway." Fang Fang said.
So several people bought their own tickets and took the cableway down the mountain.
It was nearly six o'clock at the bottom of the mountain, and it was ten o'clock for dinner, and a few people passed by the Western restaurant at noon.
This time, Feng Xiaoyu's desire to go in to eat was even stronger: "I didn't go in to eat at noon, and now I have passed through here again, it seems that it is the will of heaven." Let me enjoy myself after being tired, and I can't miss anything this time. ”
"Yes, I ate fast food at noon because I had to climb the mountain, but I really wanted to eat Western steak at noon, and I was sorry for my bleeding heel today if I didn't go in." Taufei said, looking at his heels.
"But didn't you just eat so many snacks? Can you still eat it now? Yan Qing tried his best to find a reason not to get in, but there was no reason to convince them.
"It's a snack, I can't make a meal, and I haven't eaten anything, I'm too tired today, I have to eat here."
"Me too, what about you two?" Feng Xiaoyu asked Yanqing and Fangfang.
Yan Qing looked at Dai Fangfang, and she said, "I don't care, you can eat here if you want to." ”
She Fangfang had already said this, and Yan Qing had to go in hard.
Among the four, except for Yan Qing, they all ate with their bellies open, and although Yan Qing ate with them, he was always unhappy in his heart.
She only ordered one of the cheapest steaks, and everyone else ordered a lot of desserts, fruits, grilled meat, pasta, etc., and finally spent a total of 502 when they checked out together, so that the average price per person was 125.5 yuan.
Fortunately, the price is clearly acceptable, not as high as she imagined and not as low as she imagined.
The next day was Sunday, and the group went to a famous park again, and Yanqing was forced to play some games with them that they had not played before, and spent a lot of money in two days.
These expenses were really embarrassing and uneasy for her, so she thought that she would have to work part-time next week.