bookcurios Chapter 284 Depends on fate
Chapter 284 Depends on fate
In the past two days, Qin Yuchen just stayed in his room and rarely had time to eat.
It was not until a heavy snow fell and the news of the successful closure of the mountain came that he began to move around in the temple.
He went to see the old man first.
It's just that this time it was slightly disguised and used a different name.
The old man recognized him, but he had no intention of exposing him. He just gave Qin Yuchen a amulet and asked him to carry it with him.
Qin Yuchen nodded in agreement, thanked him, and put the amulet into his innermost pocket.
He drank a cup of tea from the old man before getting up and leaving.
When I went out and passed by the yard, I saw Wuxie standing next to the statue.
There was a woman following Wuxie.
The woman was very sensitive to sight, and almost as soon as he set his eyes on them, the woman turned around.
Qin Yuchen raised his eyebrows and took the initiative to greet him.
No matter how simple 007's disguise was, as long as he didn't deliberately reveal it, others would not be able to recognize him, so he was particularly generous and even went in the direction of Wuxie.
"Hey, are you two here for tourism?"
Qin Yuchen nodded to the woman and looked at Wuxie.
"Yes, come and take a look and pray." Wuxie's hand fell on the sculpture and gathered its cloak.
"Are you two a couple?"
"No, we just know each other." The woman continued.
"Oh, sorry, I saw you two were so close, I thought it was..." Qin Yuchen scratched his head embarrassedly and changed the subject.
“This statue is quite old; it was there when I came here a few years ago.
And judging by the patterns on this carving, the person who carved it must have been very careful and attentive.”
"You seem to understand quite well."
Wuxie held the statue with his hands, listened to the praise in Qin Yuchen's tone, and asked,
"Are you here to travel too?"
"I'm a carver, making furniture for people." Qin Yuchen said, "I'm not here to travel, I'm here to buy goods."
"Purchasing goods?" The woman frowned.
"Yes, there's a kind of cypress pine on that snowy mountain. It's cold-resistant and rot-resistant, and it has a woody aroma. One tree is at least a hundred years old, making it a great material for making furniture.
I come here every few years, firstly to see if there are any that can be used, and secondly to mark the ones that are of poor quality so that I can bring someone to transport them out next time I come."
"And don't the cypress and pine trees on the top of the snow-capped mountains sound more classy?"
Qin Yuchen was talking non-stop and even took out his phone to show them his work.
"This lousy place doesn't even have internet."
"It's normal on a snowy mountain." Wu Xie saw his thoughts and stopped Qin Yuchen from flipping through the photos: "You're quite good at marketing."
"When it comes to business, the bigger the gimmick, the better." Qin Yuchen put away his phone and sighed.
"Well, you guys are tourists, so I can act as a tour guide and show you around. If we go up the mountain early, we can even watch the sunset."
"Let's go together if there's a chance." Wuxie thanked him politely.
"Okay, the mountain is blocked by heavy snow now. Apart from running into the mountains, the possibility of going down the mountain is very small." Qin Yuchen nodded and said goodbye to them, finishing his unfinished words as he walked.
"You should go back and rest early too." Wuxie said to the woman beside him as he looked at the figure walking away.
"Do you really want to go with him?"
The woman's eyes were also on the man. She had never seen his face before, and even his figure and accent were new to her.
"What's wrong?" Wuxie asked in confusion.
"He's a cripple." The woman raised her eyebrows.
"Although he deliberately hid it by walking very slowly, it was still obvious that his right foot put more weight on it than his left when he went up and down the stairs.
Can such a person really be a tour guide?"
"Why? You look down on people like this?"
"No, just to be safe."
Wuxie smiled, brushed off the snow on his hands and said goodbye to the woman.
Their life in the temple was very ordinary. The woman and Wuxie were very close and looked like two good friends.
In order to maintain his role, Qin Yuchen would go up the mountain from time to time, and every time he went up the mountain, there would be one or two little tails following him.
He was unaware of anything and just wandered around in the woods he mentioned. If he came across a tree he liked, he would tie a red rope around it to mark it.
The news soon reached the woman's ears.
Women would also pick out some unimportant things to tell Wuxie.
It seemed like she was trying to pique his interest.
One night, Wuxie went to Qin Yuchen's room with a kerosene lamp.
"Welcome." Qin Yuchen poured Wuxie a cup of hot water. "Drinking tea at night will keep you awake."
"Thank you." Wu Xie thanked him. "I heard you are going up the mountain again tomorrow?"
"Yes."
"It's just right. I'm bored staying in the temple. It would be nice to go for a walk in the mountains." Wuxie looked at the heavy snow outside and smiled.
“How much is the tour guide fee?”
"It depends on fate." Qin Yuchen raised his eyes and looked at a figure flashing outside the window, and said with a slight curl of his lips.
"I'm not a serious tour guide. I just want to make some extra money from outsiders. It depends on how much you are willing to pay, boss."
Wuxie understood and took out a few bills from his pocket and handed them over: "If it's not enough, tell me."
Qin Yuchen felt the money to test its authenticity. When he found it was real, his smile widened. He extended his hand to Wuxie and said, "Okay, we'll leave at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Okay." Wuxie shook hands and didn't stay any longer. He walked out of the room while Qin Yuchen told him to go to bed early.
When they set out the next day, the woman rarely came along. Wuxie said that they were not originally from the same group of people, but they just met during a field trip to the desert.
Qin Yuchen nodded in understanding and took Wuxie towards the snow mountain he mentioned.
The two walked very slowly, completely ignoring the people following behind them.
Qin Yuchen brought Wuxie to the pine and cypress forest. Wuxie looked at the red ropes fluttering in the wind and admired them in his heart.
Their goal was to reach the top of the mountain. They were only halfway up the mountain. Wuxie found a tree stump to sit on and waited for Qin Yuchen to take care of the trees in the forest before following him up the mountain.
"How did you get your leg injured?" Wuxie looked at his lame foot and asked softly with curiosity in his tone.
Qin Yuchen also took a look and said: "This one, it was broken when I rolled down the mountain before. It didn't grow back well in a while, so it became like this."
"The slope ahead is very steep, suitable for action." Qin Yuchen gave Wuxie a look.
"I was young and fearless back then. I stayed in the mountains even when it snowed heavily. But the snow was so thick that I couldn't see the road clearly. I missed a step and rolled a long way."
"This job is quite dangerous." Wuxie grabbed Qin Yuchen and pulled him up the steep rock.
"Of course." Qin Yuchen nodded seriously, "Just look at our current position.
At a glance, there are only stones like this under your feet. If you fall down, you will definitely lose your arms and legs.
There's a chasm down there, and if you fall down, you'll die."
"The main reason is that these undeveloped snow-capped mountains are not as good as those in the scenic area, so boss, you have to be careful where you step to avoid missing anything."