Chapter 490: Dilemma
After leaving Yingshan Village, we also learned the name of the horse riding leader, named Zhao Zhiye.
Zhao Zhiye is a typical Northeast man, in his forties, wearing an ordinary blue coarse cloth shirt, but he is still clean and tidy.
A pair of gray loose coarse cloth pants underneath, and a pair of yellow rubber shoes on his feet.
He carried an old schoolbag on his shoulder, which seemed to contain some dry food to eat.
The sun shone slanting down on him, dyeing his hair flaxen.
Zhao Zhiye is a little taciturn, and he doesn't talk much, with the simplicity of the villagers in the mountains.
One step ahead of us, he led us to ride horses from Yingshan Village into the forest area, and went up the mountain road of the forest workers.
After walking for nearly four hours, there is the "Agahi" lake in front of you, which means "Girl Lake" in Korean.
The whole lake is like a mirror, without a trace of waves, and Changbai Mountain is reflected in the whole lake.
In order to make Zhao Zhiye think that we are really tourists, we stopped by the lake to play and then continued to set off.
The section we first entered was in the lower part of the mountain, and the further we went, the steeper the slope became.
In the end, the five of us found ourselves on horseback, already on a slope of about 60 degrees.
The trees here are straight, but the ground is sloping, and every step up is very thrilling.
Zhao Zhiye told us that after walking up a long way, we will enter a large section of dirt road.
"Brother Feng, in this Changbai Mountain, many of them are primeval jungles, what is there to look at."
I looked at Zhao Zhiye and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, we are also adventurous." ”
"You just send us to a section near the snow, and then wait for us there."
Zhao Zhiye showed a simple smile: "Brother Feng, I really don't understand how you people in the city like this." ”
"Once you go up this section of the mountain, it's very dangerous to enter the snow-covered mountain area."
"And you don't have any clothes to protect you from the cold, can you go up to the snowy mountains like this?"
While he was talking, the horses had already walked into the muddy section of the road that Zhao Zhiye said.
The horses' hooves were trampled in the muddy water, and the ground seemed to be a little slippery, and the water was trampled everywhere.
"Brother Zhao, we all brought warm clothes, and we can climb to the top."
Zhao Zhiye smiled, and didn't continue, he was just responsible for leading the way.
We walked up the hill for more than an hour, and by the time we were halfway up the mountain, it was already snowing.
Temperatures suddenly began to drop dramatically. Southerners rarely get used to such sudden changes in weather.
Leizi and I both grew up in the north, so we didn't feel much about this change in temperature.
And Qin Yujie and my third uncle are both masters, and they have nothing to do.
The lone wolf was also accustomed to this situation, and continued to ride the horse without changing his face.
Only Zhao Zhiye was a little unnatural, he didn't wear a lot, and it suddenly began to snow.
It was indeed something he didn't expect, riding on the horse, his body shaking unconsciously.
Following him, I could see it clearly, and I turned my head to Qin Yujie with a faint gesture.
Qin Yujie was puzzled, I stretched out my hand and pointed at Zhao Zhiye who was riding a horse in front of me, and Qin Yujie understood in an instant.
From the bag of eight treasures, he took out a thick outdoor suit and threw it to me.
I rode a horse briskly and ran forward a few steps, caught up with Zhao Zhiye in front, and handed him the clothes in my hand.
"Brother Zhao, we have extra clothes here, let's wear this one for you."
Zhao Zhiye didn't expect that I would give him the clothes, and he was a little embarrassed.
"Brother Feng, how embarrassing is this, I'm not cold."
Seeing that Zhao Zhiye had some reddened ears, I smiled.
Said to him sincerely: "Brother Zhao, put it on, we still have outdoor clothes." ”
Zhao Zhiye looked at the five of us, each of them was in good spirits and was not afraid of the cold.
He asked in surprise: "Brother Feng, you are so amazing, you can still be so calm when the temperature is lower." ”
"Even my hands and face didn't start to turn red because the temperature was getting colder."
I smiled casually, and without further explanation, I said no more.
Zhao Zhiye still took the clothes I gave him, put them on his body, and soon stopped shaking.
Climbing further up, we had to cross the snow line, and we finally saw the snow on the mountain.
At first, it was sparse, but the higher you go, the thicker it becomes, and the fewer and fewer trees you get.
Various stones gradually increased, and Leizi said that there may be traces of work carried out here.
By the afternoon, we were all white, and the snow was so thick that there was no way to walk.
It was all up to Zhao Zhiye to lead the horse in front of him to hurry. At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew.
Zhao Zhiye raised his head and looked at the clouds, and asked us, why don't we get here today.
There may be strong winds on this day, and it will be enjoyable to see the snowy mountains, and then there will be danger.
"Brother Feng, you can't rush anymore in this weather, it's too dangerous."
Zhao Zhiye finally asked for my opinion, and it was really not advisable to continue on the road.
I looked in the direction of the top of the mountain for a while, looked at the snow, and had to nod.
"Brother Zhao, let's camp on the spot, you go back, just send it here."
"Take the horse with you, I'll give you another sum of money, and you will pick us up in ten days."
After saying that, I reached out and took out two thousand dollars from the inside pocket of my outdoor suit and handed it to him.
"This? Brother Feng, this is too much, you have all given a lot of money. ”
Zhao Zhiye hurriedly excused himself, not planning to accept the two thousand yuan, and waved his hand again and again.
I directly stuffed the money to Zhao Zhiye and said, "Brother Zhao take it, you have to bring a horse to pick us up." ”
"You go down the mountain, ten days, remember, we will definitely be here in ten days."
Everyone didn't say anything, and I was the only one communicating with Zhao Zhiye.
Zhao Zhiye saw that I had made up my mind, so he had to nod: "That's okay, I'll arrive in ten days." ”
After finishing speaking, our group dismounted, and Zhao Zhiye drove all the horses down the mountain.
After walking out for more than ten meters, he looked back at us, and then completely went down the mountain.
"Brother Feng, shall we continue on our way? Without Zhao Zhiye to lead the way, I have to find my own way. ”
Qin Yujie leaned closer to me and asked, looking up at the top of the mountain at the same time.
After distributing cold clothes to everyone, it was half past two in the afternoon.
Be prepared to continue climbing the mountain in one go, and try to rush to the top of the mountain before the sun sets.
After Zhao Zhiye left, we continued to climb up the road we vaguely saw.
After walking out for half an hour, I stopped, and the place where I stayed now was on the ridge of a low mountain.
From here, looking into the distance, you can see the primeval forest we walked through when we came.
I looked at it, then pointed to a large depression and said, "In ancient times, mausoleums were built using local materials."
"Look at this large forest in the distance, it is obviously more ridiculous than the one next to it."
"It must have been cut down nearly 100 years ago, otherwise the trees in the forest would not be like this"
"And although we have a difficult step along the way, there are no particularly sad obstacles"
"There must have been a big ancient project near here, and even the entire mountain has been repaired."
"Now it seems that our general direction is right, we have to continue to go up and climb to the top of the snowy mountain."
But Qin Yujie asked: "Brother Feng, that person just said the crater, not the crater."
"This is a mountain range with more than a dozen peaks, all from here, how do we find them?"
I didn't answer her right away, but looked around and followed the general trend of the mountains and rivers.
"The dragon veins of mountains and rivers, there must be a vision of the dragon head trend, let's take a look, there will definitely be a discovery."
"If you follow the leyline, you won't be afraid that you won't find it, a dragon's lair built in a volcanic crater."