I was just wondering when Dong Xiaodan said again: "However, you must agree to a condition first."
Professor Dong immediately said: "If you have any requests, feel free to ask. As long as you can help me convince your mother, I will agree to it."
Dong Xiaodan smiled mysteriously and said, "You have to let me go to Tibet with you."
"What," Professor Dong was shocked. He probably never expected that Dong Xiaodan would actually make such a request. He waved his hands and said, "This is absolutely not possible."
"Why not? Didn't you say that the scenery in Tibet is extremely beautiful? I want to go and see it too,"
"But..." Professor Dong was about to say something, but Dong Xiaodan rushed to say: "Anyway, if you don't let me go with you, you are not allowed to go either,"
Seeing that the father and daughter were about to quarrel, I quickly tried to smooth things over and said, "Uncle Dong, why don't you let Xiao Dan go with you? As you said, we should just go on a trip."
Having said this, I turned to Wen Qingshan and asked: "Boss Wen, you won't object to Xiao Dan going with us." After all, it was Wen Qingshan who suggested going to Tibet, so naturally we had to ask for his opinion.
Wen Qingshan smiled and nodded: "Of course I won't object,"
After some persuasion from me and the fact that Wen Qingshan did not express any objection, Professor Dong could not say anything else and finally agreed to let Dong Xiaodan go to Tibet with him.
After returning from Professor Dong’s place, we started to prepare various items that we needed to bring to Tibet. To this end, I also downloaded a Tibet travel guide from the Internet. In the next few days, Jianjian and I I followed the guide to purchase related items, including down jackets, quick-drying pants, hiking boots, windproof masks, sunglasses, hats, etc., and bought a lot. Wen Qingshan was even more generous, spending nearly two million and buying two Taiwan's diesel-powered Toyota off-road vehicle was modified accordingly to adapt to the high-cold and low-pressure climate environment of the plateau area.
It turned out that he was planning to drive to Tibet.
After everything was prepared, Wen Qingshan and Professor Dong agreed on a specific date to go to Tibet and set off in three days.
In addition to Professor Dong and his daughter, Wen Qingshan also asked one more person to go with him, and that was Seabeard. He had rich experience in exploration and had visited Tibet many times. More importantly, everyone followed him He was familiar with me, so Wen Qingshan thought it would be more reliable to call him.
On the day of departure, we had planned to meet up at Wen Qingshan's home first. Unexpectedly, Dong Xiaodan called me early in the morning and said that she and Professor Dong had brought more things and asked me to drive to pick them up.
I drove to the downstairs of her house and called her. Not long after, she and Professor Dong walked out of the corridor dragging large and small bags. When I saw their posture, I couldn't help but be shocked. , not only did they drag two large boxes each, but they also carried an oversized backpack on their backs.
"Why do you two bring so many things?" I asked in surprise.
Professor Dong looked at Dong Xiaodan and said with a smile: "Three of these four boxes contain Xiaodan's things."
Dong Xiaodan raised her lips slightly and said, "Actually, I still have a lot of things that I haven't brought with me. If my dad hadn't stopped me, I would have wanted to..."
Before she could finish her words, I interrupted her: "Stop thinking about it. We are not going to Tibet permanently. Is it necessary for you to bring so many things?"
"Why is it not necessary? Think about it, Tibet may be deserted for hundreds of miles. If I need to use something, it will be impossible to buy it by then. Of course, I must be prepared," Dong Xiaodan said confidently.
I shook my head helplessly and had to stuff a lot of their luggage into the car. Although the trunk of the car was not small, after their luggage was stuffed in, there was basically no space. , but fortunately, this car has a specially made luggage rack on the roof, which can still hold a lot of things.
I picked up Dong Xiaodan and Professor Dong and returned to Wen Qingshan's house. Hai Huzi had just arrived. He drove a modified Jeep Wrangler, with all the rear seats removed and a lot of things packed in the car. Some of them were asked by Wen Qingshan to prepare, including four fifty-liter boxes of spare diesel, eight five-gallon barrels of bottled water, a dozen portable oxygen tanks, two windproof tents, etc.
There is a distance of nearly 4,000 kilometers from Xiangsha City to Nagqu, Tibet. It takes almost three days to drive there. In order to prevent fatigue driving, the six of us were divided into three groups, with two people in each car. Dong Xiaodan insisted on driving with me. Wen Qingshan and Jianjian were in a group, and Professor Dong was in a group with Haibeard.
Dong Xiaodan and I haven't been alone together like this for an unknown amount of time, and we were still in a small compartment. My heart was both nervous and excited. At first, I didn't know what to say to her, but Soon we started chatting, starting from reminiscing about our college life, talking about the current situation of Wang Hai, Zhu Sheng and other classmates, and then talking about her current job. I don’t know what topic we were talking about, but she suddenly spoke. Asked me: "Mo Shiyu, why have you never found a girlfriend?"
What I was most afraid of was that she would talk to me about emotional matters, because in front of her, I was neither good at lying nor could I tell her the truth. I didn’t know how to answer her for a moment. I was silent for a while, and then I pretended to be relaxed and replied: "Because no one likes me,"
Unexpectedly, as soon as I finished speaking, Dong Xiaodan asked: "What if I fall in love with you?"
I didn't expect her to ask such a straightforward question, and I couldn't help feeling panicked. I raised my head and glanced at the rearview mirror. She was looking at me with a pair of burning eyes. I quickly looked away and smiled awkwardly. , said: "Haha, stop joking, how could you fall in love with me?"
Dong Xiaodan said softly: "Why not? You should know that I have always had you in my heart."
Hearing these words, my heart skipped a beat, and my already cold heart seemed to be melted away in an instant. I really wanted to hold her in my arms immediately and tell her how much I missed her, but I couldn't be rational. Tell me, I can't do this. I originally wanted to say something to comfort her, but my throat seemed to be blocked by something and I couldn't say anything.
Dong Xiaodan turned to look out the window, as if talking to me or talking to himself, murmuring: "I know I can't get the answer. In fact, I also want to forget you, and I have tried hard to downplay you. Your presence in my heart, but you know, sometimes longing is like a bottle of old wine. It will not fade away as time goes by, but will become more intense. Later, it will become a Get used to it,"
Speaking of this, she raised her hand and wiped it on her face. Even though her back was turned to me, I knew she must have shed tears. I felt my heart aching and wanted to wipe away the tears from her face. , but he could only pretend to be indifferent in front of her.
I was so confused in my heart that Dong Xiaodan suddenly turned around. Although her eyes were slightly red, there was a smile on her face. She said, "Let's not talk about this. Anyway, we will be good friends, right?"
I nodded quickly and said: "Of course, my best friend in this life,"
Dong Xiaodan rolled her eyes at me: "Come on, in this lifetime, when you get married in the future, you will probably forget all about me,"
I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart: Marriage may be just a luxury for me in this life.
Bypassing the topic of feelings, we soon started chatting about everything in the world, but both of us seemed more cautious, for fear of touching the most sensitive parts of each other's hearts.
Our group stopped and rested along the way and arrived in Chengdu the next day. There are two main lines from Chengdu to Lhasa, Tibet, namely the Northern Sichuan-Tibet Line and the Southern Sichuan-Tibet Line.
The entire Sichuan-Tibet Northern Line takes National Highway 317, going north from Chengdu, heading west from Yingxiu Town, passing through the Wolong Nature Reserve, climbing over the Balang Mountain shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, passing through Xiaojin County, arriving at Danba, entering Garze, and passing through Daofu , Luhuo, Garze, and Dege cross the Gangga Jinsha River Bridge to enter Tibet, and then pass through Jiangda, Qamdo, Leiwuqi, Baqing, Suoxian, and Naqu to Lhasa.
The Southern Sichuan-Tibet Line takes the 318 National Highway, from Chengdu to Ya'an, heading west over the Erlang Mountain, crossing the Dadu River, Yalong River, Jinsha River, Lancang River, the upper reaches of the Nu River, passing through the Yajiang River, Litang, Batang and passing through Zhubalong Jinsha. Entering Tibet via Jiangdaqiao, then passing through Mangkang, Zuogong, Bangda, Basu, Ranwu, Bomi, Nyingchi, Mozhugongkar, and Datze to Lhasa.
Compared with the northern route, most of the places the southern route passes through are relatively densely populated areas. If there are any emergencies on the road, they can be easily solved. Moreover, most areas on the southern route are rich in vegetation, so there are fewer cases of diseases caused by lack of oxygen. Altitude sickness, so generally speaking, most people will choose to enter Tibet through the southern route. However, Nagqu County, where we are going, is located in northern Tibet, so it is more convenient to take the northern route. If you go from the southern route, you will have to walk hundreds of miles. kilometers, so after some discussion, we decided to enter Tibet from the northern route.
However, because the terrain of the northern route is steep and sparsely populated, in order to avoid any unexpected situations on the road, we purchased a batch of supplies in Chengdu, mainly mineral water, diesel, food, etc.
We rested in Chengdu that night. Early the next morning, we set off from Chengdu and headed for Tibet along National Highway 317. As soon as the group passed Yingxiu Town, Haibeard brought us an unexpected surprise.
It turned out that when Hai Huzi was in the army, he had a Tibetan comrade named Basang who now happened to live in Suo County, which we were going to pass. When he learned that we were going to Naqu for inspection, he said that he could accompany us throughout the whole process. Originally, we were still there. I am worried because among the few of us, only Professor Dong and Hai Huzi can speak some simple Tibetan, and most Tibetans in northern Tibet do not speak Mandarin. Therefore, our communication with the locals after arriving in Nagqu may be difficult. I encountered some troubles, but now with Basang’s help, there will be no problems in communication.