Chapter 124 (1/2)

Chapter 124 Mt. Baiping

“Yes, Baiping mountain.” Qin Lang nodded his head and then asked again, “Does it have a Qiang village?”

The old man looked all around and then warned Qin Lang in a small voice: “Young man! You should be a city student who is travelling, right? You are going to Qiang village to view the scenery, right? Then go to government opened Qiang village, or Xiaozhaigou scenic area, or peach blossoms plateau, all these places are good. But, don’t go to Mt. Baiping.”

“Why can’t I go to Mt. Baiping?”

“Ai, how to explain it to you ---- there are bandits at Mt. Baiping!” The old man warned Qin Lang with good intentions, “I have nothing more to say if you don’t believe me!”

“Uncle, don’t be angry, I was only asking.” Qin Lang chuckled, “Right, give me one kg of apples and bananas, I will eat them on the road.”

Qin Lang bit at an apple while thinking of a way to go to Mt. Baiping.

Right at this moment, a youth wearing a black t-s.h.i.+rt walked towards Qin Lang and smilingly asked: “Little brother, are you here to travel? How about travelling in my bike?”

It was a motorcycle taxi driver coming to get a customer.

“Yes, I want to view old style Qiang village.” Qin lang indifferently said, “Right, do you know of the Qiang village in Mt. Baiping?”

“Bro, why are you going there?” The youth asked, slightly puzzled.

“Do you know the way?” Qin Lang said, “If you know, take me there.”

“If you want to go to Mt. Baiping, you need to give at least fifty, the road to there is not good to travel.” The youth used a bargaining tone to speak.

“Alright.” Qin Lang directly agreed. Actually, this youth’s bottom price was thirty five, even if Qin Lang cut down the price by ten yuan, he would have readily agreed.

The motorcycle took off, proceeding through Nanping county’s street.

After just travelling for a short time, the youth asked Qin Lang: “Little bro, do you want to go buy realgar wine in the herbal medicine store ahead?”

“Why would I buy it?” Qin Lang asked, “It is not Dragon Boat festival now.”

“Little bro, there are many snakes and insects in the mountains, even more so at Mt. Baiping. So to be on the safe side, all the outsiders will buy a bottle of realgar wine, not to drink them, but to smear it on their legs and body.” The youth said, “And it only costs around twenty per bottle.”

“Let it be, I am not afraid of snakes.” Qin Lang said.

The youth was forced to drop the subject, he had wanted to take the chance to sell some ‘travel souvenirs’, but Qin Lang was not afraid of snakes and insects, so he could only drop this notion.

The road to Mt. Baiping was really not good for travelling; not only was it completely hilly path, it was also a gravel road, even travelling with the bike was slow. After about an hour, Qin Lang reached the base of Mt. Baiping.

Mt. Baiping was more than two thousand meters above the sea level, it was one of the taller mountains of Nanping county. And as this place was not contaminated by industries, the air here was rather good. And since it was spring-summer time right now, the climate was very suitable for sightseeing. But Mt. Baiping’s road conditions were bad and it was also not a tourism development zone, so it wasn’t the first choice for travelling and only rarely, would there be tourists.

The young bike driver put his bike to a side and then pointed to a lane which led up the mountain: “If you go up that lane, you will reach Qiang village at halfway up the mountain. But I advise you not to go there.”

“Eh…..why?” Qin Lang handed the fee to the youth.