In addition to the essential medicines and equipment, we tried our best to keep everything else simple, but we still had several pockets after we saved up. Ge Zhuang and I were used to hard life, so it was no problem to carry these luggage. However, intellectuals like Chen Yun and Xiao Zhang seemed a little difficult to do, and they could only try to hand over all the heavier things to Ge Zhuang.

When we arrived at Naikang County, we inquired all the way and roughly set our final goal at the place with the densest mountains and rivers in Yunnan Province. It was not far from the border line. We often heard Lao Zhong talk about his past on the battlefield in Annan and revisiting the old place again.

While we walked, we listened to him telling the glorious years of the past, and the journey was not very lonely.

Before we left, we placed the rented car in the garage of a hotel in the county town. The reason why we rented a car to pass through was to avoid the security check at the station. The place we went here was hidden in the mountains, and we couldn't even find a decent road. It was impossible to drive. Moreover, the car was rented and did not dare to throw it away at will, so we had to lock it in the county town first and come to pick it up after we returned.

The journey to Lagai Village (the next stop of our trip) is very long. Without cars, we can only choose local buses. This section of the road is high and far, with ditches and bumps everywhere, as well as the old Huangniba Road.

Taking a bus in such a place is not an easy task. It is completely equivalent to handing over your life to the driver. But the driver is a novice again. He drove on the muddy old road with a broken bus. The carriages were towering. Xiao Zhang was so scared that he vomited several times on the road, his face pale and miserable.

This old road is not easy to walk on. There is a cliff on the left, with a drop of nearly a few dozen meters. The undulating mountain snake path is full of lush jungle, and it is endless to see at first sight. It is located in the vast mountains and wilderness. If something goes wrong, I will give my life here.

The locals are not surprised and get in the car very leisurely. Every time Xiao Zhang vomits, it attracts the eyes of others. I have to take off my coat and cover Xiao Zhang's forehead, telling him to close his eyes and sleep for a while, so that he will not feel dizzy after falling asleep.

The air in the car was stuffy. More than 50 people were stuffed into a bus carrying 24 people. In addition, there were baskets and baskets that were brought in by the locals. A middle-aged woman hugged her child and squeezed in with her child. She didn't take up a seat when the car bumped. When the car bumped, the child followed the electric door and cried for a while. The man clenched his feet, the woman beat the child, and the carriage was fried into pieces, which was simply a mobile vegetable market.

We were not very adapted to this noisy environment. When we got on the car, we hurried in the corner and said nothing. We thought we could just bear it. Who knew that the driver of the car was still pretending to be a person in the middle of the road. He passed by a small village and walked out to a few people wearing ethnic costumes standing in the middle of the road, waving and stopping the car. The driver had to stop the car and let them get on.

As soon as the car door opened, four or five passengers suddenly appeared. The group of people were wearing Miaodao and refused to pay for money when they were in the car. An old man even smoked dry tobacco on his own. The rotten tobacco leaves emitted a choking smell, which made me unable to stand it. He quickly opened the window to breathe. When he turned around, he saw Xiao Zhang sitting next to me, and his face turned red. He pulled me away and stretched his head outside and vomited again.

I felt that this was not a big deal. I patted him on the back and asked Xiao Zhang if he could still persist. If it really doesn't work, let's get off the bus, right?

Xiao Zhang vomited several times, his face pale and said it was okay, this wilderness is in the wilderness, where can I go to the hotel when I get off the bus? Be patient, you don’t have to worry about me, you will get used to it as you vomited.

The road started to bump again, and the sponge under the car seat cushion had long been rotten to bald, leaving only a layer of spring wire dragging my butt, as the car swayed around the road, it was pounding and hurting.

Ge Zhuang couldn't stand it anymore. He said that this fucking thing was in Male Gobi. Taking a car was like being taken to a concentration camp. I urged him to a juggling, like a little pumpkin, why don't you get off the car in front!

I also felt it was difficult to continue. The next stop was parked outside a remote little desert village. We quickly packed up and got out of the car. The woman holding the child in the car also came down. She followed several local villagers selling local goods. They were covered in rough sweat. Chen Yun was far away from them and said that it was almost dark. Why don’t you find a farmer to spend the night and let Xiao Zhang slow down first?

I looked at Xiao Zhang, and the meal in the car was almost spitting out all the overnight meal. If I vomited, I would have bile. My face was so pale. I didn't say it, but I complained in my heart. It seemed that it was a historic mistake for us to promise to take him into the mountain.

But people followed. In the wilderness, I couldn't leave people and ran away. I stood in the abandoned village and looked around. I didn't see the local villagers passing by. I said that the village was already deserted, and it was probably impossible to stay in the house. I found a safe place first.

I guess I heard that my accent was not like that of a local. A middle-aged man carrying a basket walked towards us and said hello in Yunnan dialect. Seeing that we had no reaction, I spoke in the mandarin and asked where we were from?

I said Sichuan, not far from you, brother, why are you getting off here? Is there a village nearby?

This man was honest and kind-hearted. He said it was right. My family is in Lagai Village, and there are still seven or eight kilometers away from here. However, there are mountain roads ahead, and the car cannot drive in. Every time I take a bus, I can only get off from here and I can also take a shortcut. Where are you going?

I thought to myself that wherever there is a tomb, we will go wherever we are. Of course, we can't say this directly, so I followed my elder brother and said that we went to the mountains to purchase medicinal materials, and the herbs in the south are abundant, so I wanted to come here to try my luck.

After hearing this, the man was overjoyed and quickly grabbed my hand and called me "boss", saying that locals have the habit of going to the mountains to collect herbs, and every household in our village can receive herbs. Why don't you go to our village to try it?

I thought that Xiao Zhang was like this anyway, and I was afraid that it would be impossible to get on the road for the time being. It would be better to find a family to stay, so I nodded and agreed. The big brother was very enthusiastic. Seeing that our "big boss" from the city had heavy luggage, he took the initiative to ask us to put our luggage in his basket so that we could carry it back to the village for us.

It was hard to resist the kindness of others, so I asked Chen Yun to give him a "Grandpa Mao". This man was so happy that he couldn't stop talking. He smiled and said that his corn yellow teeth were all over his ears. He nodded and bowed, and was even more attentive to us.

There were three or five local villagers accompanying him. In addition to the woman holding the child, she also smoked her husband who was smoking a dry tobacco and two passers-by who sold tea. They dressed in ethnic minority characteristics. When they found out, they were all villagers from Lagai Village. They took advantage of the slack farm to pick up their homes to the market to sell. These people often walked on mountain roads and were very familiar with this generation.
Chapter completed!