Travel Notes | In May, the story on the mountain top road

The tip of Caowei Mountain is located on a hilltop in Xiangshan Village, Yongyan Silla District. But the altitude is as high as 1,400 meters. We only need to get off the highway from the moderate service area and drive more than ten kilometers on the mountain road to get here. This is a village with basically no signal, but there is full signal on the top of the mountain. It seems to imply that for your mobile phone signal, go to the top of the mountain. The villagers here live a comfortable life and still retain primitive planting and breeding. It is rare to meet young people in the village. Specifically, everyone understands that only by leaving the mountains can there be a future for development. So it makes this place feel more peaceful.

After being summoned, we were a group of eight people with one dog (Hey Pi), and we drove nearly two hours from Xiamen in two cars to get here. We bought some supplies at the canteen at the parking lot (Coke and salt are the best). At this time, the sun at ten o'clock was not as hot as expected, and there was also a gentle mountain breeze. When we crossed the bridge, we saw a large field of cultivation. Looking back, I saw a small village with houses without high-rise buildings scattered at the foot of the mountain. As we were walking along the dirt road that the villagers had driven only for motorcycles, we met two villagers who were riding down the mountain. He introduced us to the scenery above today and told us that the wild bayberries along the way were very delicious. This made our group full of expectations. Everyone joked about life in a relaxed mood, not a challenging one. When we saw the bayberry tree that the villagers were talking about, Ah Le used his tree-climbing skills that he had practiced since childhood and picked a big bag of wild bayberries for us, some red and some green. Holding a few and putting them in your mouth, the feeling of looking at the plum blossoms to quench your thirst is really immersive. When you eat it, you forget the scorching heat of summer and it feels very thirsty. Such fruits grow in the season when humans need them most. We just walked, ate, and laughed all the way.

When we came to the top of the mountain, the mountains were covered with green coats, and dogtail grass was swaying on the hillside, like white feathers on the green coat. The sky is as blue as the highest pixel image. Using blue mountains as the background color, the white clouds are as pure as white. As we walked between heaven and earth, the sound of the morinouqin sounded, as if we had strayed into a fairyland like a plateau.

After I came to a tree, I opened the picnic tools we had brought up the mountain, and Chef A Le began to cook the famous instant noodles for all of us. High-end ingredients only require simple cooking techniques, but our simple instant noodles use high-end cooking techniques. Add ham, vegetables, and canned pork. Cook until medium cooked, turn off heat and simmer for one minute. Due to limited water resources, what we were finally presented with was a pot of Chef A Le’s signature dish: Le Dry Noodles. The girls who usually clamor to lose weight refuse to complete the statistics. The average person has two bowls and they are full of praise for the noodles. We thought that organizing activities relied on good looks to attract more people to participate. It turned out that we were wrong. It was the skill of making instant noodles.

Along the way, the team members were always attracted by the beautiful scenery and refused to move forward. They stopped to pose for various photos. At this time, Ah Le was surrounded by girls because he could use the lens and composition of his Huawei phone to help her. Take beautiful photos. And I, taking my playful dog, walked all the way. Heipi performed well today. Before setting off, I was worried that it would be too small and would not be able to withstand such intensity, but overall, my friends who were traveling with me sighed: "Humans are not as good as dogs when climbing mountains." But the most annoying thing is that the duck legs, ham, and egg rice that were carefully prepared for him didn't even eat a bite. I don't know whether it was motion sickness or a lack of appetite because of the heat. I tried various foods and found nothing except water. eat. Seeing as it is so cute and not so coquettish, I will forgive it first.

We came to the pile of stones. Here, everyone stacked up the surrounding stones in unison. Forming a unique landscape. I thought it might be destroyed at everyone's whim, but outdoor enthusiasts seem to have formed a tacit understanding and have been maintaining and preserving this landscape. Therefore, some were blown down by the wind, but most of them are still standing here. The next time I pass by, I will always look at the pile of stones left behind, and then recall whether the group of friends from the past will still be in contact.

We walked around the pile of rocks and started walking down the mountain through the woods. Leaves covered the mountain road all the way, and vines entangled the trees, but there were also many mosquitoes surrounding us. It doesn't bite, but it doesn't scatter. I can only laugh at myself and say to the team members, just treat it like a swarm of mosquitoes saying "I love you" in your ears. When we came to the creek, we all took off our shoes and soaked our feet in the cold pond. We also saw small river crabs. The tadpoles in the water are running around as if they are facing a powerful enemy. This is also the life force of aquatic creatures. Nature has always provided food for living creatures. When we set off again, our friends picked some wild vegetables, and Ah Le broke the reed hearts and ate them. I also took a bite. It tasted sweet and very delicious.

When we went down the mountain and came to this small village again, everyone forgot the fatigue of the journey and defined a 14-kilometer hike as a leisure trip. It may be that these outstanding friends accompanied us all the way, or it may be picking wild animals. The fun of bayberry may be the charming scenery along the way, but I think the most important thing is the mood of traveling. Every time you walk, your mood will be different depending on who you walk with. Every scenery, every season, and every weather has its own surprises. It doesn’t matter how many places you have traveled, and whether there is such a place that you want to go to again no matter how many times you have walked there.