Not long after entering the mountain, the rows of buildings quickly become thin, and the road side is surrounded by steep slopes on one side, jagged rocks on the other, towering trees obscuring the sky, and sometimes you can see bamboo forests.

The two-way single-lane lane that would allow two cars to meet is exceptionally empty, with very few vehicles coming and going, mostly pickup trucks, miniature breads and medium-sized buses carrying large buckets.

Although the mountain road from Nanming County to Gucheng is difficult to walk, the straight-line distance on the map is the closest, and if you take the highway in good condition, you have to go around a big circle, which takes more than twice the time.

The Daben driven by Li Bai is a new car, and the condition of the car is naturally good.

If you replace it with that Santana 2000 classic car, it is okay to drive in the city, in case half of the road breaks down, there is no village in front of you, and you can't find a store in the back, I'm afraid it will be troublesome to find a trailer.

The AMG-GT63S, which has excellent handling, is also extremely adaptable to winding mountain roads.

The temperature in the mountainous area is much cooler than in the densely populated urban area, and you can not even turn on the air conditioner without turning on the car air conditioner, and the sultry heat of the hot summer will automatically disappear, making people can't help but want to sleep well.

The minibuses that keep going back and forth on the mountain roads are passenger vehicles on privately contracted routes.

As the most important means of public transportation in the mountainous area, the old drivers who travel to and from this road all the year round have first-class driving skills, and when they intersect with Daben, they will always take the initiative to ring a horn, which is not only a greeting but also a reminder.

Traveling in the mountains, the horn cannot be stopped, the overtaking must be sounded, the intersection must be sounded, and when crossing the curve, whether there is a car in front or behind, it must be sounded.

There are a number of supply points along the way, where you can refuel and refuel or grab a bite of instant noodles.

Vehicles are not enough to support more services and livelihoods, it is good to have something to eat, as for big fish and meat, it is purely a lot of thinking, if there is such a craft, it is not enough to go down the mountain to open a restaurant in the city, you can definitely earn more.

It's easier to earn money by working outside, and small shops that used to hang park-and-eat signs on the side of the road are now rare, and only some ruins that can be vaguely seen in the glory of the past remain.

Nature's power to restore is extremely powerful, and once it loses popularity, man-made structures can quickly decay into ruins after five or six years of effort.

Daben followed a minibus into a supply point on flat terrain that was large enough to stop thirty or forty vehicles, and his own braised vegetables finally came in handy.

Set up a folding table on the gravel floor, put down two folding stools, and take out the marinated vegetables in the car's Xiaoice box one by one, and pile them on the table.

Puff open the can, two people clink glasses with each other, one person has a pair of chopsticks, a mouthful of food and a drink, the mountain scenery is accompanied, the cool breeze is blowing, and the beauty is delicious.

Lao Chen's hand is green beer, and Li Bai's hand is Jianlibao, don't drink when driving, don't drink when you drink, don't forget it at any time.

There are thousands of roads, safety first, irregular driving, and two lines of tears for relatives.

The passengers of the minibus who were resting halfway looked at the comfortable position of the two, and all of them drooled, and several children were about to cry.

However, Lao Chen was generous, and gave some of the braised vegetables to those with children, which was regarded as a solution to his hunger.

As for the others, although the two brought a lot of their own food, it was far from being so generous.

The front and rear wheels of the stopped minibus emit a faint white vapor, and the large iron bucket installed on the roof of the bus will drip water to the brake components on the inside of the wheels through the slender pipeline, so as to reduce the high temperature caused by frequent braking and avoid failure.

Curves and junctions need to slow down, especially for vehicles that travel to and from this mountain road all year round, the brake components will be extremely depleted, and even with such a drip device, it can only slightly extend the service life.

In the past, such modifications could only be seen on heavy trucks that specialize in long-distance running, but here, passenger minibuses have long been commonplace and have become the standard equipment of every vehicle.

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Three hours after leaving Nanming County, a slender and winding fork appeared in front of the Mercedes-Benz, and only a few dozen meters away, it disappeared at the end of the curve.

Lao Chen, who stared at the mobile phone screen from time to time, repeatedly confirmed the navigation instructions of the electronic map, pointed to the fork in the road on the right and said again and again: "Turn right, turn right, it's about to arrive." ”

The asphalt roads in the mountains have become concrete, narrower and more viable for one car.

It is about a three-hour drive from Nanming County, and a small village about an hour and a half away from Beilun City, which is the destination of Li Bai and Lao Chentou to go to the countryside this time, Tiankeng Village.

There are many mountains, many waters, many trees, many natural pits, and there are many villages named after pits, and there are many in this area, and there are also those called upper pits, lower pits, and various pits.

Whether it is a pit or not, only God knows.

Mercedes-Benz AMG-GT63S drove onto this small road, which happened to occupy most of the entire road width.

This main road into the village is not a two-way lane, to be precise, it should be a one-way lane.

On weekdays, there is little traffic, and it is rare to see people, and even if there is, most of them are pedestrians carrying baskets, motorcycles, and various agricultural vehicles.

At the intersection or something, just find a small open space, and which of the cars squeezes to the side of the road, and naturally get out of the way.

Bypassing the two mountains, a small village appeared in the sight of Li Bai and Lao Chentou.

A concrete arch bridge crosses the mountain stream to the opposite hillside.

More than 30 old and new buildings of different sizes come together to form a small natural village.

The new building is covered with white mosaic porcelain tiles, and the old building is made of rammed earth, and you can still see the marks of chiseled holes in the beams.

There are a few local dogs lying on their stomachs at the entrance of the village, lazily sticking out their tongues, there are black and white flower dogs, there are black dogs with two white eyebrows, and there are more common big yellow dogs, which neither shout nor bark when they see a car coming, acting as a very conscientious roadblock dog.

Li Bai honked the horn and ran to make a loud sound, and the earth dogs reluctantly got out of the way, lazily moved to the side of the road, and collapsed on the ground again, without any spirit in the hot weather of midsummer.

"It's right not to look for food here. ”

Li Bai looked at the village, nearly half of the gate was closed, only part of it was open, there were some mountain goods and agricultural products in the yard, there were only two or three houses with curling smoke, and there was no one in the whole village, not even a child.

"Go to the village committee first!"

Old Chen, who was sitting in the passenger seat, pointed to a road sign.

The road in the village is narrower, and the four wheels can't drive into it at all, so they just found an open space to park the big run, and the two walked into the village, and Lao Chen Tou also carried a single-lens reflex camera in his hand.

The door of the village committee is open, there is not even a ghost, naturally the village chief and the village party secretary can not be found, there is nothing valuable in it, the only electrical appliances are a few light bulbs, not even an electric fan, the room where important items are stored is the anti-theft steel door is closed, and there are three additional locks, I don't care if anyone comes to steal things.

Because the permanent population in the village is too small, there is not even a single college student village official, first, they don't need it, second, they really can't afford it, and third, no one wants to come at all.

Although they couldn't find anyone, Li Bai and Lao Chen Tou still learned most of the situation in Tiankeng Village.

This information was made into a light and thin PVC display board, which was hung on the wall of the village committee to clearly introduce the situation in the village.

There are more than 30 households in the village, with a registered population of nearly 200 people.

Fortunately, there is Li Bai's Mercedes-Benz car, otherwise the traffic back and forth will be very inconvenient.

An old man wearing an old-fashioned pure white hurdle vest and blue overalls and trousers walked outside the door of the neighborhood committee with a big bamboo basket on his back, and just saw Li Bai and Lao Chen Tou coming out, holding a hoe and asking loudly, "Who are you looking for?"

Li Bai immediately asked, "Uncle, hello, ask if the village chief or village party secretary is there?"

"I am the village head, the village party secretary and the director of the village committee!"

The old man straightened his back, indicating that he was the legendary three-in-one.

The village head, the village party secretary and the director of the village committee are all three, although they are relatively rare, but there are still them.

In a small natural village like Tiankeng, if the villagers don't have any opinions, it's fine.

"We came from Huxi City to do research and research, may I ask, which ghost house is it?"

Li Bai pointed to the surrounding residential buildings.

Lao Chen Tou went to Tiankeng Village to visit the legendary ghost house, so as to decipher the truth and use it as a typical example for propaganda.

It would be more convincing to take such an example to combat those feudal superstitious activities.

The village is very quiet, and many of the houses are not only unoccupied, but also seem to have not been inhabited for a long time.

If you guess which one is a haunted house, it looks like most of them.

"We don't have any haunted houses here!"

The old man waved his hand angrily, obviously treating Li Bai and Lao Chen as uninvited guests, and there was also a sense of unwelcome in his attitude.

Old Chen Tou was a little shocked and said, "Excuse me, is this Tiankeng Village?"

He also learned from others that there was a ghost house in Tiankeng Village, which was used as news by Internet celebrity anchors to make money on the Internet, but he didn't expect to rush over from Huxi City, but he was told that there was no ghost house, wouldn't he have to run for nothing?

The elder of the three-in-one village said as a matter of course: "That's right! This is Tiankeng Village!"

The various signs of the village committee also indicate the administrative place name, and it is indeed Tiankeng Village, and Li Bai and Lao Chen Tou did not go to the wrong place.

"That ......"

Li Baigang wanted to say something, but saw Lao Chen Tou wave his hand and stop him.

"Don't worry, let's stay here for one night first. ”

Old Chen Tou handed over a cigarette to the old village chief, and then said, "Village chief, let me ask, is there a place to provide food and lodging here? The two of us plan to borrow it for one night." ”

The old village chief's surname is Zhi, which is the big surname in the village, seven of the ten households are this surname, and the others are either surnamed Lan or Zhong, which is a small village where Han and She live together.

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