The story series "Deception within Deception" XIII

thirteen

The next call from Jenna was a month later.

I was hiking in a big mountain in western Yunnan. Based on the villagers' instructions and repeated maps, I determined that if I crossed a mountain pass again, I would reach the destination of the trip, "Cuckoo Ditch". Although it is late autumn, it has passed the high altitude area in July and August when the rhododendrons are in full bloom, I still brought a camera, ready to find out, it is said that there are more than five varieties of rhododendrons according to color, of which the red rhododendrons are the most, the blossom season, the mountains are full of red, it is very spectacular.

In the late autumn of Yunnan, the sky was as blue as a wash, the sun was still scorching, the lush bushes were everywhere, there was no one around, I had just climbed to the halfway point of the mountain pass, and the crisp mobile phone ringtone rang out in the lonely wilderness.

The signal was not good, and I intermittently heard Jenna say that the time was ripe for the business that had been mentioned last time, and asked me to rush to meet her, and the specific time and place were not clear.

I climbed up the col, dropped my backpack, lay down on the spot, lit a cigarette, and enjoyed a moment of solitude and freedom in the wilderness. After resting for twenty minutes, he carefully extinguished his cigarette butts before getting up and going down the hill, intending to call Jenna again when he got to the village.

Around six o'clock in the afternoon, I returned to the village, the rented SUV was parked in front of a small shop at the entrance of the village, the shop business was light, not to help me keep the car, the owner of the shop had closed the door early, I thanked him again and again, while buying two packs of cigarettes and a few bottles of mineral water in his shop to show my gratitude.

Back in the car, I called Jenna.

This time should be the biggest planning since I partnered with her, the details she let me know after meeting, she estimated that it would be very difficult to implement, so let me and her lay out the preliminary preparations.

After agreeing on the city and time of meeting, Jenna asked me where I was and what I was doing, and I briefly introduced her to her, and she laughed and said that when this time was successfully closed, I must let me take her to the azalea bloom season.

After hanging up the phone, I considered that it was late, the road from the village to the county seat was all gravel mountain roads, the mountain slope was steep, less than a hundred kilometers of road, when I came, I drove for nearly four hours, so I decided not to rush overnight, spend the night in the village, and return tomorrow morning.

The owner of the shop heard that I did not go, so he warmly invited me to his house to eat and live, he said that in the month of blossoming, there are also some people in the city who go far into the mountains to take pictures and play, sometimes they can't go back to the city, they also eat and live in his house, he said that the village is far from the city, the mountain road is difficult to walk, so the village is poor, there is no tourist who goes into the mountains every year to see the flowers, and his shop is not necessary to open, and he can't make any money.

I packed up my clothes, locked the car door, it was dark, the sun in the mountains set, and immediately felt the cold, I tightened the zipper of the hundred foot travel clothes, and followed the shop owner to the village in the night.

In the very humble home of the hospitable owner, I had an unforgettable meal that made me reminisce more than any previous mountain treasures and seafood.

The local chicken stewed radish, the radish has just been plucked out of the ground, it is very sweet, and the chicken soup is stewed, and the aroma is fragrant. Fresh fat sausage boiled greens, watching the fat green churning in the stew pot on the wood fire, the most extreme meat and vegetarian collocation, just smelling this fresh flavor, you have already had a big appetite.

The owner of the small shop, a family of three, and I sat around the two saucepans on the firewood in the hall house, and the cold outside the house was attacking, and the inside of the house was fresh and hot. I happily satisfies the appetite that has long been impatient, and in the simple smile of the family, I temporarily forgot where I am.

The next day I got up early in the morning, the sun had not yet emerged, the village in the early morning was particularly fresh and silent, I took a big gulp of cold and pure air, and the sleepiness subsided.

I paid five hundred yuan to the owner of the small shop, he insisted on only one hundred yuan, I put the money directly into his pocket, told him that I think it is too worthy, is the best meal I have ever had, he happily sent me to the car.

Start the car, press the window, the clear air immediately pours into the entire cabin, lightly tap the accelerator, the wheel bounces on the gravel and drives downhill.

For me, life is a competitive game with no end, every rest, I am willing to open my body and mind to dissolve into nature, in order to maintain my mental clarity, nature gives us the basis of success and the ability to survive in society, but we need to focus, sharpen and strengthen these factors to meet the challenges of success and failure in the game of life.