We were woken up early by the light snow that washed into the tent, and after washing up, we began to enjoy the forest park during the day.

The ink-splashed grassland has turned emerald green, like a big blanket of boundlessness.

We sat in the woods by the river and had breakfast.

Looking at the mountains, I felt the urge to climb, but because I had to continue to set off, I was stopped by Xiaoxue.

Xiaoxue said that the river was called the Tula River, and we really saw the kind of single tents used for bathing by the river, but it was certainly not the same as the earlier ones, a long cloth water pipe that resembled a fire hydrant, and a pump was installed in the middle, and standing in a capsule-like tent made of rainproof silk, you could bathe in the warm river water.

However, the tent was not ours, and we did not have the pleasure of using it, so we just looked at it from a distance and left. I wanted to take a closer look at it, but when I thought of what happened to Liu Xi, I was still discouraged.

Under the guidance of Xiaoxue, we also visited the real herdsmen's life, countless large flocks of sheep, and herdsmen who can ride horses freely without a saddle, all of which make this picturesque scenery more close to people's lives.

Not long after, the seemingly clear sky began to rain continuously, the rain was not cold, and it rustled among the grass. It's more like a bright oil paint drenched with a brush, which makes the whole grassland picture appear more vivid.

We walked under the trees by the river, trying to avoid getting wet by the rain, and the sound of the rushing water drowning out the sound of the rain falling into the river. The white splash also made the rain fall without a trace.

For Jiang Li, who has grown up between mountains and rivers since she was a child, it was like going home, she couldn't wait to take off her shoes and socks, stuffed them into my hands, rolled up her trousers, and rushed into the river, like a child wading through the water on the road with rain, with an innocent smile on her face.

Everyone followed her speed, took a leisurely walk by the river, watched her play happily, and smiled on her face, of course, excluding me who was carrying a shoe in one hand, I hoped that she would come up quickly, except for not catching a cold, mainly to help me get rid of the fate of carrying shoes.

As she walked, Jiang Li suddenly stood still, she stood there and hesitated for a moment, then frowned and bent down. Although this section of the river is not deep, Jiang Li, who bent down, is already soaked.

We didn't know what was going on there and looked at her worriedly.

Suddenly, she stood up straight from the water, and with a stone in her hand that seemed to have been fished out of the water, she ran to the shore, shouting as she went, "Look, what have I found?" ”

When she reached the shore, we saw that it was a black stone, in the shape of a human being, with some simple inscriptions on it.

Needless to say, Fat Brother and I knew that it was a small stone figure like the sacrificial team that Jiang Li followed when we were in the crater, and in Jiang Li's words, it was a stone used to attach the souls of the ancient ancestors.

Yan Qiu smiled and said, "There are still little stone people in this river? He took it and looked at it repeatedly, and said: "Hey, judging from the carving patterns and style, this is an antiquity, at least from the Shang Dynasty, there must be cultural relics upstream, washed down by the river, right?" ”

Jiang Li didn't explain too much, and asked Xiaoxue eagerly: "Where did this river come from?" ”

Xiaoxue said: "This river is called the Tula River, and its origin is the Kent Mountains northeast of Ulaanbaatar, and our next itinerary is basically along the river, because the upstream is Ulaanbaatar, and Ulaanbaatar is a city built on both sides of the Tula River." ”

Speaking of which, we all stopped discussing, I threw my shoes on the ground, Jiang Li quickly put them on, and the three of us eagerly walked in the direction of the tour bus.

Xiaoxue and Yanqiu, who were stunned in place, didn't know what was going on.

The fat brother turned around and shouted, "Stop playing, let's go." ”

The two of them trotted behind, and while running Yan Qiu, they asked, "What's wrong with you?" Is there anything wrong with the stone? ”

I slowed down, and when she caught up, I told her: "This stone man has a lot to do with our operation, and I will tell you slowly when I have time." ”

In order to accommodate us, Xiaoxue immediately gathered all the tourists, and it took half an hour for everyone to pedal the car. The tourists complained that they were in too much hurry, but Xiaoxue appeased everyone, saying that they had to visit the Turtle Back Stone Scenic Area on the way, and they were afraid that they would be too late, so they had to leave immediately.

On the way, none of us spoke, bowed our heads to think, and Jiang Li fixed the wet clothes and pants that he had changed out of the car window, letting the clothes float outside the window, drying in the wind, staring at the fluttering blue in a daze. Since she was sitting in the front, her pants were just blocking the window next to us when the car was moving.

Yan Qiu couldn't see the scenery outside the window, and no one chatted with her, so she went crazy after a while. Hold my arm and shake it vigorously, I have to know what the hell is wrong with us? Why did I see that stone man, the atmosphere immediately became heavy.

I was thinking, why are there stone men here? This trip seems to have some connection with all our previous experiences, could it be that the huge whirlpool that Jiang Li saw also has something to do with our experience? Now I really don't know if I came to the right place, or if I shouldn't have come, and I don't know if the little stone man rushed down from upstream? Or is it a soul possessed at night and moving upstream?

Being so troubled by Yan Qiu, we all woke up from the silence, and after I agreed, the fat brother took the little stone man that Jiang Li fished up, and told Yan Qiu, her grandfather said that we caught the original version of the ghost story. Of course, all the before and after are omitted, only the part where the little stone figure is a sacrificial procession, and the two of us also met Jiang Li there.

Yan Qiu knew about it and understood the importance of Xiaoshiren to us, so she didn't ask anymore, and sat quietly next to her, drowsy.

Halfway through, the car stopped for a while, it was to the Turtle Back Stone Scenic Area, Xiaoxue took other tourists to get out of the car to take pictures, only the four of us and the driver did not get out of the car.

At the foot of the mountain on the side of the road, a huge stone is naturally formed, like an old turtle looking up at the sky, and the old turtle we saw in Cao Cao's tomb.

Next to that, there is a dinosaur park, it is said that the world's first dinosaur fossil was excavated here, similar to the dinosaur park in Erenhot, but much smaller. Of course, under the green mountains, the scenery is much better than on the Gobi in Erlian, but it lacks the vicissitudes of historical relics.

Even Yan Qiu, who has always been keen on his profession, was not interested at all this time, just leaned against the window, looked away for a while, and continued to close his eyes and recuperate.

When the car officially drove on the road to Ulaanbaatar, the surrounding scenery was no longer as beautiful as before, as if driving on the road on the outskirts of the city. On both sides are construction teams that are building roads, and judging from the Chinese characters on the construction team cars, these are all construction teams from the motherland, and it seems that we have a lot to do with Mongolia's modernization.

On both sides of the road are all kinds of low-rise buildings, there are luxurious two-story buildings, there are also unfinished buildings with English signs, some dilapidated courtyard walls, and some Mongolian advertising slogans are scribbled with white paint, which look similar to small advertisements such as fake certificates and breeding in China.

Judging by the street lights on both sides of the road and the increase in traffic on the road, we can tell that we have entered the urban area of Ulaanbaatar.

It's a driver's nightmare here, and the driver's driving here can be described as hot, all kinds of ignoring traffic rules, all kinds of brutal overtaking, and squeezing the lane. It is fully embodied that this is a strong people who never explain, as if they were driving tanks. Some cars break down on the side of the road, just park there and repair them, there are no warning signs or anything like that, and we passengers are also worried. However, our driver is a veteran at first glance, and he reasonably coped with all emergencies, calmly driving through the disorderly highways.

With the increase of roadside billboards, we are gradually entering the city center, and the urban construction of Ulaanbaatar should be in its infancy, similar to our first-class cities in China 20 years ago, there are not many high-rise buildings, but the design style is quite modern.

I think the biggest feature here is the billboards, the billboards and the domestic clothing of the same brand, many of them are Hollywood stars naked on camera, I know for the first time, these brands of advertising originally had this version.

The fat brother pointed to a billboard with colorful lights flashing during the day and said, "The advertisements of the nightclubs here are too blatant, right?" ”

I looked up and saw that it was a large light box, on which were drawn several long-legged beauties dressed as maids and bunny girls, holding trays in their hands, like waiters, and writing in both English and Mongolian.

Yan Qiu smiled and said, "That's not a nightclub, that's a casino, don't be stupid." ”

For this kind of gambling commercialization society, we are really a little uncomfortable, but it is not strange to see more, I don't know if there will be girls calling in the middle of the night in the hotel, but we definitely don't understand Mongolian.