The journey was originally expected to take half an afternoon, but the pickup truck arrived at the destination in less than an hour.
That’s right, it’s “dian”.
After leaving Halls Gap, the road conditions in the shade of the trees are simply touching. The road is lined with tall eucalyptus and big-leafed banyan trees, typical subtropical vegetation distribution. While blocking the sunlight, the huge root system passes through the road, causing a large section of bulge, almost like a hill.
Maybe the inspiration for the roller coaster in the amusement park came from this. The badger in the back car had bumps all over his head and couldn't get out of the car to walk. Not to mention Gu Lang and Wang An, every time Wang Ping "took off", he could hear the exclamation of the little girl in the cab and the scream of a wolf.
Fortunately, we finally got there. Just 5 kilometers past the south bank of Lake Belfeld, we saw a sign that said "campground" on the side of the road. Without waiting for the car to stop, Wang Ping jumped out of the car as if he was escaping.
Behind the two rows of banyan trees on the west side of the road was a concrete paved open space with a hundred-meter wide firebreak all around. Tent bases and campfire stands could be seen in the open space, as well as a few trash cans. It looked like someone had camped here before, but at this time, there was no one there.
This place is only 30 kilometers away from the camping site in the south, which is Jimmy Creek where Big Beard is going. Most of the tourists who passed by in the afternoon went there. However, Wang An and Gu Lang will not continue to go south, but will turn west here to enter the Belfede Mountains.
Far away from the hustle and bustle of Halls Gap, the only sounds on the forest road besides the sound of the motor, the sound of the wind blowing through the treetops and the occasional bird calls, and the occasional howl of unknown animals, seem distant and quiet.
Wang Ping stood by the road, raised his head and breathed in the air full of plant flavor, his face full of intoxication, and his mood finally improved a lot. Unfortunately, the good mood only lasted for less than half a minute, and was completely dispelled by the crisp child's voice behind him.
"Dad~"
The blonde girl named Alice was standing by the car, hugging Wolf Xiaosi's neck and pouting to the bearded man, "Can I stay here and wait for you to come back? Can you pick me up when you come back after delivering the goods?"
Gu Lang and Wang An, who jumped out of the car carrying two large backpacks, looked at each other in silence with a look of pain on their faces.
After all, they were just casual acquaintances, and they had barely exchanged three words. The other party was a "foreigner", so the bearded man was worried about leaving his daughter here. But the little girl begged with her soft and sticky voice, and stared at him with her big watery eyes, which made the bearded man unable to say no.
"My dear daughter, go with daddy to deliver the goods and then come back to play with Qiqi, okay?" The bearded man squatted down with a kind face. His gentle tone made the badger tremble all over and he could not bear to look at it.
"I'm not playful!"
The little girl was clearly holding onto a wolf, but she refused to admit it and instead shouted, "The car was too bumpy, my head hurts~!"
"Uh..." The bearded man looked constipated and cursed inwardly. He would sell this broken car and buy a better one with better shock absorbers. As expected, what Confucius said was right. Children and women are the most difficult to deal with.
"How about this~" At this time, Gu Laosan rummaged through his backpack for a while, took out his passport, handed it to the bearded man, and said, "This is my passport, if you are worried, just take it. It's about 30 kilometers and you can get back in an hour at most. Alice and I will stay here and not go anywhere."
"How can this be so embarrassing? Hehehe..."
The bearded man smiled awkwardly, but his hands were not slow. He snatched someone's passport and stuffed it into his arms, and at the same time lowered his head and instructed: "Hey, Alice, you can stay here, but you must listen to your uncle and sister. Dad will pick you up as soon as he finishes delivering the goods!"
"Yeah~"
The little girl cheered, turned around and ran to the open space between the trees, calling out, "Qiqi, let's go over there and play!" Then she was stopped by Wang An, who asked her to say goodbye with a big beard.
"Daddy, please go quickly so as not to delay the delivery!" The little girl waved her hand perfunctorily, her eyes never leaving the wolf.
"Ah~ My daughter has grown up and doesn't like to be with Dad anymore!"
The bearded man was about to cry, and Wang Ping was so disgusted that he almost vomited. He turned around hurriedly, but was faced with a wolf-like face with red lips and white teeth.
I saw that Wolf Xiaosi was wearing a pink hairpin and lipstick on her lips, but it was obviously smudged all over her face. Wang Ping was frightened and stepped back in a hurry, almost falling to the ground.
"Woo~" Wolf Xiao Si seemed a little aggrieved, lowered his head and approached, and then was pushed away by a badger in disgust. At this moment, Wang Ping was extremely grateful that he was "ugly" and avoided such a "poisonous hand".
"Haha~Poor Xiao Si"
“I knew this would be the result.”
"Boss Ping: Who the hell are you? Where's my son?"
"Why did this little girl stay?"
"The bearded man is really reassuring."
"I really can't let Dad look after the kids"
Several people bid farewell to a bearded man who was "reluctant to leave" and watched the pickup truck continue to "bump" southward. Gu Lang took the tablet from his chest, glanced at the barrage, and handed it to Wang Ping, then picked up two large backpacks.
Wang An led the little girl in front, and the wolf Xiao Si followed behind Wang An, wagging his tail. Finally, it was Gu Lang and the badger that "lost" its mount. But after walking a few steps, Gu Lao San frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
"Why do I feel like something is wrong?" Someone squinted and muttered. When crossing the cement firebreak, his expression suddenly froze: "Ankou and Sette... Hiss, damn! Damn big beard, why am I the uncle and Anan is the sister?"
"Pah~"
I felt a sudden slap on my calf, and when I looked down I saw the bared white teeth of a badger.
"You called her An An too?"
When they reached the middle camping area, Wang An first told Alice that she could only play in this open space and could not leave her sight, let alone enter the woods. Then he and Gu Lang cleaned the open space and set up the tent. The little girl was surprisingly obedient. She just ran and jumped on the small lawn between the firebreak and the camp with Wolf Xiao Si, and did not bother others.
Wang Ping found a cement base for tying the tent, and placed the tablet on the base facing Wolf Xiaosi and Alice. He then took out a bag of salt-roasted nuts, leaned on the base, looked at the blue sky and white clouds above his head, and nibbled on them intermittently.
After being in a daze for a while, the sky above him darkened and a dog, no, wolf head appeared. Wang Ping raised his head slightly and saw the wolf Xiao Si sticking out his tongue, staring at the nut in his claws with eagerness. Alice's call continued to be heard from behind, but the wolf ignored it.
"Let's go~"
The little furry claw waved in the direction of the sound, and a nut flew out in an arc. Wolf Xiao Si turned around and chased after it, and then he heard the little girl's happy laughter.
However, after a while, there was darkness above the badger's head again, and Wolf Xiaosi reappeared licking his mouth.
Wang Ping sighed and used another nut to send it away. After three times, when Wolf Xiao Si came over for the nth time, Wang Ping had a wronged look on her face, as if Wang Ping had robbed her of something.
“Children are really annoying…”
The badger handed the bag of nuts to the little girl with a sullen look on his face, and slapped the wolf Xiao Si on the mouth that was licking him, then stood up and scratched his butt and walked towards the woods to the north. Alice mustered up her courage and shouted at the badger's back: "You...you are not allowed to bully him!"
"Humph! What do you care about me?" A badger rolled his eyes, "I'm bullying you! When you leave, I'll beat it up right away! Let's see what you can do..."
After crossing the firebreak and approaching the woods, Wang Ping walked for nearly 50 meters. Behind him were bushes and trees, and he could no longer see the figure on the open ground. He stopped. He stood with his legs apart under a eucalyptus tree, his tail swinging back and forth behind him. After a while, a small stream of water rushed to the roots of the tree in front of him.
The water flowed intermittently, and a lot of it spilled to the side. A badger shook his body and exhaled, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere seemed a little wrong. He looked up and saw a koala clinging to a tree trunk one meter high in front of him, holding half a eucalyptus leaf in its mouth, staring at him in amazement.