Along the way

Early the next morning, everyone got up and prepared to start the journey.

Because Qinghai City has a vast land and few people, and the scenic spots are far apart, most of the day will be spent on the road, just in case, it is better to start early.

First, Uncle Pan took everyone to Laji Mountain.

"This Laji Mountain is where Galaji lives." Pange introduced.

Lu Yu couldn't stop giggling ever since he heard Lajishan's name, and it took a while for him to stop.After a while, when she suddenly remembered, she started to laugh. When she smiled, other people couldn't help laughing, and Brother Pan also laughed twice, and then reminded: "Don't laugh too much, it will be a while." Laji Mountain has a high altitude, so altitude sickness is not good.”

Only then did everyone stop laughing and quickly find other topics to divert their attention.

Leaving the city, all I saw were mountains and a lonely road between them.

The mountains are undulating, not as gentle curves and lush trees as the mountains in Zhejiang, but angular, without tall trees, mostly meadows, not the vibrant green and emerald green, the color is a bit dull .

When we arrived at Laji Mountain, we stopped for a short time.Before getting out of the car, Uncle Pan told everyone not to run and not to move too violently.

The four of them were also very nervous at the beginning, moving slowly like old people. Seeing that nothing happened, they didn't feel uncomfortable at all, so they couldn't help jumping up to take pictures—of course, Shu Ming was the one in charge.The blue sky and white clouds, the mountains are rolling, and the scenery is very open. There is no feeling of being cramped and depressing in the city. Everyone is in a very happy mood, even Shu Ming smiled.

"The scenery in the back is even more beautiful. Are you excited?" Pan Ge smiled cheerfully, and everyone was a little embarrassed when he said it. This is like a countryman who finally entered the city once.

We didn't delay too long, and we continued on our way after getting on the bus.

"It's a snow mountain!" Lu Yu shouted, pointing at the mountain wearing a white hat in the distance.

"The altitude here is high, and there are many snow-capped mountains. The vegetation here is meadow." Xu Chengan meticulously popularized science.

But everyone paid little attention to him, and were soon attracted by the animals outside.

"Yaks! Yaks!"

Shu Ming felt very helpless looking at the three who had turned into primary school students, and at the same time he did not forget to take pictures.

"In front is Riyue Mountain." Uncle Pan said.

"There is a story about Riyue Mountain, do you want to hear it?" Xu Chengan flipped through the guide and said.

"What story?" Lu Yu asked cooperatively.

"About Princess Wencheng. Princess Wencheng passed by here when she entered Tibet. This was the last stop to bid farewell to the Central Plains. She looked back and missed Chang'an, so she took out the Sun and Moon Mirror given by her father and looked at it in the mirror. Seeing the prosperous scene of Chang'an, she was full of sorrow and joy at the moment. But she still wanted to get married, and she couldn't be held back by this feeling, so she resolutely dropped the mirror, and after it was split in two, the east side became Riling, and the west side became Riling. It became Yueling." Xu Chengan chose the main plot to tell others.

"If you don't agree with me, throw the mirror 233333" Shu Ming's heart has been swiped by the strange barrage.

"This story is actually... quite boring." Xue Yan said.

"Just listen to the story. I think it's quite meaningful. The princess is very patriotic." Lu Yu said.

"Princess Wencheng, you brought us highland barley, otherwise we would have been eating meat." Uncle Pan joked.

A few people got out of the car and took some pictures.The original name of Riyue Mountain is "Chiling", which is quite appropriate.The ground under everyone's feet is red. No wonder some commented that "it looks like fire from a distance, but it looks like blood up close."The five-color prayer flags not far away were blown by the wind, creating a sense of loneliness in the auditory sense.

The sun was getting brighter and brighter, Lu Yu wrapped his head with a big shawl, and he really brought a bit of exotic style when taking pictures.

The dryness of the Northwest is not covered.Shu Ming took some pictures, and helped Xu Chengan and Lu Yu take pictures.

"Shu Ming, let's take a photo together." Now that Xu Chengan said that again, Shu Ming was used to it, and consciously moved closer to him, letting him put his arms around his shoulders to take pictures, but his expressionless face remained the same.

It was too dry, Shu Ming couldn't help licking his lips.

"Hey, don't lick it, it's more likely to crack." Xu Chengan quickly stopped it when he saw it, and took out a lip balm from his pocket and said, "I put lip balm on you, you probably didn't bring it."

"Yeah." Shu Ming replied, he was taken aback for a while, but he didn't expect to wear lip balm at all.

Xu Chengan carefully applied Shu Ming's lip balm. He got a little closer to Shu Ming, his eyes were focused on the thin lips of the other person's light color. For some reason, he felt his heart beating a little faster.It must be altitude sickness, he thought, but unconsciously relaxed his breathing.His mouth was a little dry, and he fought back the urge to lick his lips.After wiping, he took a step back and said, "Take a sip."

Shu Ming was a little flustered because of Xu Chengan's approach before, but now he pursed his lips very obediently, and then realized belatedly that he could obviously apply lipstick by himself, Xu Chengan didn't have to help him like this; and the lipstick It was also used by Xu Chengan.

Shu Ming felt a little embarrassed, coughed to cover up, and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Xu Chengan covered the lip balm and stuffed it into his pocket, feeling that he might be blushing a little.

"Get in the car, we still have to go to Salt Lake." Seeing that everyone had played for a long time, Uncle Pan greeted them.

When the four of them got into the car, Xu Chengan took the initiative to sit in the passenger seat. He couldn't help thinking why he had just helped Shu Ming put on lipstick before, and his mood was a little delicate... When he was putting on lipstick just now, even though he looked at the other person's lips , but from the corner of his eye, he saw that the other party's eyes were full of himself, so cute... Then he suddenly remembered the other party's maid costume, and felt a little blush.

On the way to Chaka Salt Lake, there are almost no branches on the road, and there are many twists and turns. Some road sections don’t even have special guardrails; those who can drive stably are old drivers.Uncle Pan simply drove this road a lot, and the car drove fast and steadily, so everyone didn't feel uncomfortable.

On the way, we passed the Daotang River, which got its name because it flows from west to east.But everyone thought it was too hot, and they were not very interested in such a scenic spot, so we didn't delay for a long time, took a few photos and got on the bus.

We settled for lunch in Daotanghe Town.The rice here is steamed in a pressure cooker, and it seems to be very fragrant.The diameter of the plate is larger than those in Shanghai restaurants, and the portions of the dishes are also sufficient. If Uncle Pan hadn’t reminded us to order less dishes in advance, the four of them would have only ordered three dishes and one Soup, there is bound to be waste in this meal.

After eating and going back on the road, everyone couldn't help feeling a little drowsy.

On the way, we passed a field of rapeseed flowers.The flowers are in full bloom, and as far as the eye can see are small golden flowers, like small gold nuggets scattered all over the ground.The four of them got out of the car and took a lot of photos. Lu Yu stayed in the flowers and didn't want to leave at all.If Uncle Pan hadn't said that he could still see him in the future, they would be reluctant to leave.

"There is a speed limit ahead, because it is an animal passage." Uncle Pan introduced, and everyone woke up a lot and looked out of the car window.

Sure enough, he saw a group of yaks crossing the road with no one in sight from a distance. Uncle Pan moved forward at a slow speed, and only accelerated after a large group of yaks had crossed the road.

"It's quite fun. It's a good way to protect animals." Xu Chengan said.

"These yaks are not easy to mess with. Our speed limit is not all to protect them, but we are also afraid of offending them. A group of yaks can overturn the car, and our small car is not enough." Uncle Pan said with a smile.

"So powerful?" Xu Chengan stuck out his tongue.

In the afternoon, Uncle Pan took everyone up the Nanshan Mountain on a small road, where they could see Qinghai Lake.

The viewing angle on Nanshan is very good.Uncle Pan said that not every driver would bring tourists here.

Under the sun, the water of Qinghai Lake presents different shades of blue, and the sky is also blue, which complement each other.You can't see the details of the lake clearly in the distance, you can only feel the dazzling blue completely.Shu Ming only felt that his soul was washed by this beautiful blue.

The endless mountains, the dark green grass beaches, and the dotted flocks of sheep are hard to see enough.

While taking pictures, Lu Yu complained with a smile: "The memory of the mobile phone is not enough."

After playing for more than half an hour, Uncle Pan greeted everyone to get in the car: "We still have to go to Salt Lake. Let's live by Qinghai Lake tonight. We still have fun tomorrow."

Everyone left reluctantly.

Finally arrived at Chaka Salt Lake.Chaka Salt Lake is a natural crystalline salt lake in the Qaidam Basin, with high salt value and high appearance.

Chaka Salt Lake is known as China's skyland.Looking at the pictures on the Internet, the salt lake is like a mirror, printed with blue sky and white clouds, high mountains and green grass and flocks of sheep, and people in it seem to have strayed into a fairy tale world.Everyone is very longing for the beautiful scenery, but only hope that the road will not be so long.

Turning into the scenic spot, the first thing I saw was a very large salt sculpture.It is the first time for everyone to see the salt sculpture. Although we don't comment on its appearance, we still want to give a thumbs up to its size.

Now the clouds began to gather, and a large cloud made the sun less uncomfortable.The sunlight leaked from the gaps in the clouds and sprinkled on the lake, which was shining golden, adding to the beauty.

"We're so lucky!" Xu Chengan's voice was full of surprises, "It won't be so beautiful if the weather is bad."

We rented boots and walked to the less crowded place in the lake.First, I walked through a muddy place. Because of the large number of people, the entrance was trampled into mud.In this section of the road, everyone walks with one foot deep and one foot shallow.The boots that Shu Ming rented were a little too big, and they got stuck in the mud several times after wearing the boots. Others laughed when they saw it, but Lu Yu laughed so hard that he almost fell into the mud.

Finally, it was a place with fewer people.The empty lake surface reflects the sky and people. Looking at the reflection in the lake, people seem to be surrounded by clouds and mist; when looking at other people from a distance, they seem to be standing in a fairyland, which is so beautiful that it is indescribable. It's like a magical upside-down world.Such a beautiful view did not live up to expectations.

They took off their boots and stepped on the salt with bare feet.The water here is shallow, and the salt in some places is exposed to the water surface. It is not smooth to step on, and it feels a bit weird, but it is not that uncomfortable.

Then there were various photoshoots.It's a pity that the photos can't fully reproduce the beauty.

They didn't take the little train, but took a picture of the track.The track that travels through the clouds stretches into the distance, and at the end of the track is a cute little train, which still has a literary flavor.

In order to catch up with the sunset in Qinghai Lake, although they were reluctant, they left Chaka Salt Lake.

The sunset in Qinghai is very late, and the sun tends to set after eight o'clock in the evening.At sunset, the car has already driven to the Heima River, which is also the place to stay at night.

"In Shanghai, at this time, it's completely dark." Xu Chengan sighed.How amazing, just a few time zones away, watching the dusk at a time when it should be dark night.

Nature is really an excellent artist, she controls the colors, the clouds are painted mottled, golden, blue and purple... But she is not satisfied with the static picture - the wind blows the water surface, sparkling, every ripple is printed with sunlight small mirror.In people's impression, the sunset is a bit tragic, like a general who has fought for a lifetime, and at the end of his life, he is also exhausted; the sunset I saw in Xitang at the beginning was beautiful, but it was really decadent. feel.But the sunset here is even more gorgeous. It seems that the sun is unwilling to release all the light and heat at the last moment... The sun slowly sets and sets, and a gorgeous red sunset appears in the sky, and the blue on the water is also covered by the sun. Dye a lot of red.The sun approached the surface of the water, and the closer it was, the more vivid the red was, and the farther it spread.Finally, the sun plunged into the water, leaving only the red and golden reflections of the sunset on the water.

It was like waking up from a dream of Chaka Salt Lake, and accidentally fell into another gorgeous dream.

After dinner, put things in the hotel, it was already dark.The four of them didn't rest immediately, because the night sky at this time really shouldn't be missed.

On the pitch-black sky, there are countless stars, the number of which is countless.The stars seem to be very close to people, as if they can be touched with one hand.

There is absolutely no such landscape in Shanghai.The few people didn't dislike the dirt on the ground, and just lay down and looked at the stars.Even if you don't know what constellations are those, but looking at these stars, you don't think about anything, and you feel very comfortable, and you can't feel the flow of time.

The stars we see now may be what they looked like thousands or tens of thousands of years ago, but what do they look like now?Even, maybe they don't exist anymore...

Back at the hotel, Shu Ming washed up first, then lay down on the bed and watched anime.Although I basically spend a day in the car with little exercise, I have to say I still feel tired.

When Xu Chengan came out after washing, he saw that Shu Ming was very absorbed in looking at the phone, so he leaned over and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Ah!" Shu Ming let out a low cry, and almost threw the phone out, his upper body suddenly sat up straight, and his forehead hit Xu Chengan's shoulder.He was watching a somewhat scary show, the atmosphere was rendered very well, there would be a horrifying plot soon, Shu Ming's body and nerves were all tense, and Xu Chengan was startled when he came over.Xu Chengan was also taken aback by Shu Ming's reaction. He was propping up on the bed with one hand, but Shu Ming threw himself into his arms.

It was a bit embarrassing now, the two separated a little distance, Xu Chengan asked again: "What are you looking at?"

Shu Ming quickly answered.Both of them were a little restless, and they both thought about putting on lipstick during the day.

"You..." Are you gay?Shu Ming wanted to ask a little bit, but held back.If not, it would be rude and embarrassing.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Shu Ming hesitated to speak, Xu Chengan asked.

"It's nothing. I'll keep watching." Shu Ming started to look at the phone again, but this time it was a little difficult to concentrate, and he didn't feel scary all of a sudden, but rather dull.

"Well, go to bed early after reading it." Xu Chengan said as he climbed onto his bed, didn't go to sleep directly, but also took out his mobile phone, opened the photo album like a ghost, and had to look at Shu Ming's photos one by one.Seeing Shu Ming in the maid costume, his heartbeat inevitably accelerated, and his face felt a little hot. If a girl looked like that, she would be the perfect type; looking at Shu Ming in normal times... his heartbeat didn't calm down.Did I fall in love with Shu Ming?As soon as this idea popped up, Xu Chengan was frightened by himself. Could it be that his sexual orientation has changed?He looked at Shu Ming very conflictedly. He was watching the video seriously, blinking from time to time, his eyelashes flickering, Xu Chengan felt like a small brush was brushing against his heart, it was itchy, but not annoying.

Xu Chengan hurriedly turned his eyes, and quickly calmed down. He needed to observe whether he really liked Shu Ming.He never thought that he would have a faster heartbeat for a boy. Is this really just altitude sickness?