Guan Song is not as simple as it seems on the surface. Ning Peiping had been blinded by his performance many times before, thinking that he was just a literary and artistic youth who was persecuted and confused by strange things. In fact, he was a very organized person, but it was not Guan Song deliberately disguised, but Ning Peiping was too preconceived.
Now that the term Luozha County is said, Guan Song is already satisfied at the moment. This person has probably made preparations before he came, knowing that Luozha County is a county deep into the Himalayas, and it is also Ning Peiping. The last bottom line, because if you go further down, your life is really in danger.
Since it was agreed, Guan Song stopped staying any longer, saying that he could set off when the weather improved, so Ning Peiping should be prepared and ready to set off at any time.
Ning Peiping has been a guide in southern Tibet for some years. Although he does not have a tour guide license, he is more professional than any tour guide from other places. Now that he has made up his mind to take up the job, he has given Guan Song's instructions. Naturally, he agreed.
"But..." the tone was paused.
Guan Song smiled relievedly, "Just give the deposit according to the market price."
When Ning Peiping saw that the other party was a good talker, he no longer deliberately sold it off. At this time, of course, the last step is to ask for money, not to mention paying the full amount, but the deposit always has to be paid. Guan Song has been here for a few days to observe whether this famous Gongga guide is a trustworthy local person? Now that he is sure that Ning Peiping is a person who won't take a deposit and run away, he must make a point to express his mind to calm Peiping.
What Ning Peiping does most often is to bring tourists, but other than that, he has also done a lot of work that makes money. The so-called earning dollars is to bring people who don’t want to take regular tourist routes and don’t want to see regular tourist attractions into the mountains. Most of them choose the uninhabited snowy mountains without highways and inaccessible areas. The area below the snow line is the same price, and the area above the snow line is the same price. The area of Gongga is another price, the area around Gongga is another price, and the area outside Gongga is another price.
So speaking of prices, this time the season itself is already a more dangerous season, plus it has to be delivered to Luozha County all the time. It’s not that you can just send people to the urban area of Luozha County. In this case, it’s an individual. You can earn this amount of money. In fact, you have to send people’s own experience to the mountains. This time Ning Peiping doesn’t plan to send people above the snow line, so he said that it’s a bit high, but it’s also The price is not so high, "Pay one-third of the deposit first, and I also need to prepare some things in advance."
Guan Song is obviously satisfied with the price, "I will bring it to you tomorrow."
After speaking, he opened the door and carefully closed the door for Ning Peiping before leaving.
When Ning Peiping got up early the next morning, there was already a pile of cash and an empty wine bowl on the table outside. He went forward and counted. In addition to the agreed deposit, he also had the money for the six bowls of wine just and the day before.
With the deposit, in Ning Peiping's eyes, the life in this tavern is no longer a life like water during the off-season. Even if he lives every day, he is still dwindling, but he seems to be preparing for work. Every day when he gets up, he will count the equipment he has used as a guide for so many years, and check whether the old guys he has used for many years are still reliable.
After all, once you enter the no man's land, your life can only depend on your own hands and the equipment in your hands.
Every day he carefully observes the weather outside the house, and silently calculates the number of days left for the wind and snow to subside. According to this amount of snowfall, approximately where the car will break down, so how far his feet may be. Then he wondered when Guan Song and his companions would find them.
But he hadn't waited until Guan Song for a long time. After paying the deposit, Guan Song hadn't even come to drink, and only Ning Peiping was left every day. When I woke up in the morning, there were no people in the room, and there was no wine bowl on the table. It was as if the man named Guan Song and the bizarre story that happened in distant Chongqing had never appeared or happened.
Until that morning, Ning Peiping had just woke up, and there was no familiar sound of snow knocking on the window in his ears, and an idea immediately emerged in his heart that he might be leaving.
He did not wear the clothes he changed last night, but directly changed the clothes that had been hung on the bedside. He picked up the parcel that he checked almost every day, and checked it again. He walked into the outbuilding and the door was still closed. , The room is still the same as last night, and no one has been here. He opened the door, and the sun fell on the snow, reflecting a slightly dazzling light. The frame of the Fengma Flag was a little covered by the snow, but the hundreds of Fengma Flags were still hunting in the early morning wind.
Beside the Fengmaqi, the convoy ready to go has started, and a man is standing in front of the front car smoking a cigarette while staring at the colorful Fengmaqi in a daze. Guan Song was sitting in the passenger seat of this car.
The smoking man turned his head almost as soon as Ning Peiping opened the door and let out a puff of smoke.
Ning Peiping looked at the face hidden in the smoke and knew that this person was actually the master of the trip, and Guan Song was not his real employer.
"Let's go." When the smoke cleared, Ning Peiping saw the faint smile on the man's face, and the man's voice followed the morning wind into his ears.
Ning Peiping got directly into the back seat of the first car. Guan Song was still sitting in the passenger seat, but the smoking man drove. He honked the horn for a long time, and the motorcade behind him also honked the horn, which was already activated. With the sound of honking the whistle, the caravan embarked on the road to find a snow-capped mountain from Chongqing in this early spring morning on the land of Tibet.
He was almost speechless along the way. Although the man didn't seem to be a thousand miles away, he didn't talk much, and he almost didn't take the initiative to talk to people. And that Guan Song didn't seem to have the desire to talk to Ning Peiping anymore. After a brief greeting, he stopped talking any more, just looked at the window outside the window facing the receding Xue Jing in a daze.
And Ning Peiping is not a talkative person, he just looks at the snow outside the window, but not to appreciate the snow, but to observe the situation to see where this powerful team will eventually break down. As for the professional team in Guan Song's mouth, is it really fully prepared
Looking at the snow on the outside, the speed of the convoy was affected at this time. The snow accumulation on a section of the road between Langkazi County and Luozha County should have been quite serious, and the convoy should break down there. However, this is within the range that Ning Peiping can accept, and the next section of the road is not impossible to walk, and it can be considered worthy of the money given by Guan Song.
Otherwise, unsurprisingly, after crossing Yanghu Lake, next to Pumoyongcuo Lake, a vehicle has broken down, but other vehicles have enough space to sit down. Driving a further distance, after entering the territory of Luozha County, I really can't walk. There are more and more broken down vehicles, and everyone can only walk down.
Looking at this caravan, there are a total of ten or twenty people, headed by the man, and this group of people seems to have been prepared, and even prepared a sledge, stacking equipment on the sledge to save energy.
At this time, the man said the second sentence to Ning Peiping, "Teacher Fu, how long will I be there?"
Ning Peiping had a calculation in his heart, "It's too early now. We should stay in the car for one night first. If we move on tomorrow morning, we will be able to reach the mountain pass in the afternoon. After entering the mountain, I can continue walking for another half day. Cheng."
The man nodded and told everyone to camp on the spot and spend the night in the car. "
The itinerary for the next two days was no different from what Ning Peiping said. Relying on his familiarity with geography and customs, he led the team to avoid many detours and taught a lot of experience.
By the afternoon of the third day, Ning Peiping planned to return, and the leader gave him the remaining two-thirds of the money. Just when Ning Peiping was about to leave, the person stopped him and said, "Maybe you will know a person named Ning Chuan this year and tell him that Gu Tang has taken the team members to the drainage system of the Jialing River."
Ning Peiping turned his head ignorantly, "I don't know Ning Chuan."
The man smiled, "A leaf of duckweed returns to the sea. You will know wherever you don't meet in life." (End of this chapter)