Someone didn't get beaten, but got a reward from a badger. Of course, this reward was a little special.
Wang Ping didn't care whether it was a yacht or not, the main thing was that food should not be wasted. So the half piece of beef jerky that fell on the foot pad was awarded by a badger to a certain anchor who had made "contributions" in driving.
For the next 20 minutes, Gu Laosan didn't say another word.
It wasn't because he was angry that a badger bullied him again, nor was it because he was afraid of Wang Ping's murderous intent, but because the beef jerky was too damn chewy. The pure local yak beef was large and meaty. The herder had driven more than ten kilometers, but his mouth was still moving, and his cheeks were sore from exhaustion.
After swallowing half a piece of beef jerky, Gu Laosan didn't even think about having lunch. He glanced at a badger sitting in the passenger seat, munching on its food. Gu Laosan really didn't understand why it was so delicious. It was better to eat spicy noodles.
Along the way, in addition to the Naqu River, there are many other large and small rivers across the plateau. These rivers are not like the Naqu River before, because they are close to residential areas, so concrete bridges are built. The better ones have wooden bridges that can barely pass people, but most of them don’t even have bridges. In addition to the large and small hills and dirt mountains, the herders spent a lot of effort just to take a detour. As a result, they didn’t get very far in an afternoon.
At about 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the shadow of a high mountain appeared in front of the field of vision. Due to the season, what everyone saw was not a scene of rocks and yellow sand, but a field of lush green grass.
On both sides of the mountain, Gu Lang and Wang Ping saw at the same time that a large expanse of lake light appeared in the wilderness on both sides. From a distance, it was almost impossible to see the existence of the other side. The clear lake water seemed to be connected to the sky, reflecting the blue and white clouds, disguising itself as another sky.
Gu Laosan parked the car at the foot of the mountain between the two lakes, suffering from decision-making difficulties.
"Boss, do you think we should go to the left or the right?"
A badger who was standing on the passenger seat and looking out of the car window heard someone asking, scratched his head, and looked innocent.
"What the hell, you ask me, how would I know?"
After thinking for a while, the badger simply raised his little paw and pointed in the direction of the big lake on the right. It was not that the lake on this side looked bigger, nor that the water on this side looked clearer, but that Wang Ping saw a group of flying birds circling in the air and then diving towards the lake.
Wang Ping dared to bet his many years of professional career that there must be a bird's nest on the shore of the lake.
Where there is a bird's nest, there are birds, and there may be bird eggs.
The badger's belly is rumbling. If the Creator hadn't stipulated that the stomach couldn't have its own mouth, this guy would probably be drooling.
"On the right..."
Gu Laosan stretched his head to take a look, but didn't notice any difference between the two sides at all.
But a certain badger pointed to the right so confidently, so he must have a different answer, so he nodded: "Okay, let's go to the right!"
The Wrangler turned a corner in front of the dirt hill and drove along the foot of the hill towards the lake on the right.
The map shows that the big lake on the right is called "Cuo'e", a typical Tibetan transliteration name. The original meaning is probably "blue lake". Therefore, on the plateau, almost most of the lakes have the word "cuo" in their names. If all are translated, they are probably various "blue lake", "light blue lake", "blue lake" and so on.
So the people who first compiled the map were very smart, they just transliterated it instead of choosing the original translation. Otherwise, tourists from far away would take photos by the beautiful lake and add a line of text: This is the beautiful "Lanbulaji Lake" on the plateau. The picture is really too eye-catching.
As the herders approached, the entire lake came into view, and the scenery became more and more stunning. Wang Ping estimated that the length of the lakeshore was definitely more than 20 kilometers, and the area was more than 400 square kilometers, which could be considered a large lake.
Of course, if it was just big, it wouldn't be surprising. Gu Laosan's family lived in Hangzhou. Although he had never seen anything else, he was tired of seeing West Lake. But if he compared West Lake with this little-known lake in front of him, even though Gu Laosan was from Hangzhou, he would definitely stand on the wrong side of E Lake.
This kind of beautiful scenery has nothing to do with human culture, it is purely created by nature to capture people's hearts. Someone was so stunned by it that he almost drove his car into the lake.
The notification sound of WeChat woke up Gu Laosan and the badger. They stepped on the brakes and the Wrangler stopped less than 5 meters away from the lake. Gu Lang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. As soon as he connected the video, Chen Bai's exasperated voice came from the phone.
"Gu Lang! What the hell are you doing? Are you sick? How can you be distracted while driving?"
"Uh..." Gu Lao San looked at a badger who was also terrified. Just as he was about to explain, the other party had already hung up the video angrily. It was as if the video call was sent purely for cursing.
"Tsk, you have such a bad temper..."
Gu Laosan rolled his eyes, ignored the sudden funny comments on the live broadcast screen and the guys who felt sorry for Mou Bai, opened the car door and got out.
Wang Ping also opened the car door on the other side and jumped out.
The wind was very strong near the lake. As soon as Wang Ping got off the car, his hair was blown up.
Gu Laosan shivered, tightened his clothes, walked closer to the shore, and then couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow!"
Looking along the lake, the entire lake is a pale blue color. In the distance where the water and sky meet, the mountains are only a shadow, and they look so small and innocent against the clouds reflected in the sky and the lake.
"Gudong!"
There was a sound of water splashing. Gu Lang turned his head and saw a badger lying on the shore, holding a stone picked up from the ground in its little paw and throwing it into the lake.
Looking back from here, between the lake and the earthen hill is a gravelly beach. Except for a few gaps with weeds growing in them, the rest is just large reddish-brown rocks and clods of earth.
"What a strange terrain..."
In Gu Lang's cognition, the shores of such large lakes are always shaded by green trees and lush vegetation. This place, on the contrary, is a bit barren, which is in stark contrast to the rippling blue water.
Looking at his watch, Gu Lang shouted to a badger who was still lying by the lake studying something, "Boss, shall we camp here tonight?"
"Punch, punch! You must punch!"
Wang Ping, who had just seen some fish swimming in the lake, turned around and nodded wildly when he heard Gu Lang's shout.
However, the wind on the lakeshore was too strong, and the rock layer was too deep, so it was difficult to drive the tent pegs. Gu Lang looked around and found that there was a small valley at the foot of the mountain about 200 meters behind him from the lakeshore, so he asked Wang Ping to get in the car and planned to set up the tent there first.
"Get lost! Go by yourself and don't delay me from catching fish!"
A badger waved his paw impatiently, staring at the lake without raising his head, thinking of a way to catch fish without getting his fur wet. After all, he was not at home, and once his fur got wet, there was no hair dryer in the wild, so he could only use a campfire to dry it. Wang Ping didn't want to catch a cold, and he didn't want to foolishly roast his fur in front of the flames.
After shouting twice, the badger still showed impatient behavior. Gu Lang shook his head helplessly and drove to the valley by himself.
"It's not far anyway, let him play if he wants..."
In the live broadcast room, as Gu Laosan drove away from the lakeshore, netizens instantly split into two groups.
"Don't go! I want to see what Pingping is doing."
"Ah! Boss Ping! Leave the camera to Boss Ping!"
"Wait for Brother San to set up camp, learn a little, and prepare for my own travels in the future."
"What the hell? You studied with Lao Gu? I laughed."
"It's quite interesting to camp in the wild. What's there to see?"
"I don't care, I want to see Ping Ping!"