Riding the wind of rebirth

Although the vegetation is relatively monotonous, once the monotonous plants grow to a certain scale, they can bring great shock to people.

This road is about twenty miles away from Moyu Sea. Young people's happiness is often very childish. When they come to such an environment, they just feel relaxed and happy. Everyone sings and dances, which is very lively and makes the quiet hillside full of liveliness.

There aren't many animals in the mountains, or even if there were many, they were scared away. All we saw along the way were squirrels and birds.

There are also various alpine butterflies, some of which are very beautiful.

The alpine rhododendrons that can be seen everywhere are extremely lush. Often a cluster of rhododendrons can occupy several square meters. The short ones are only about one meter high, and the tall ones can reach three to four meters, and they seem to want to grow into big trees.

Zhou Zhi and his team arrived at an excellent time, as the flowers at the back hill of Lingshan were in full bloom. No matter how tall or short, every clump of azaleas was full of flowers, covering the top with a layer of them.

The growth pattern of these trees is consistent with that of alpine plants. There is usually no extra vegetation around them. Unlike tropical and subtropical plants, they need to grow taller to gain the advantage of sunlight. Instead, they strive to grow wider and stretch their crowns as much as possible to get more light-receiving area.

This way of growing is in line with people's aesthetic idea of ​​appreciating flowers, so everyone thinks that the shapes of the rhododendron trees here are very beautiful.

Especially Li Laosan, people from Hong Kong Island and Guangdong Province have the custom of buying flowers during the New Year. They believe that any one of these azaleas that appears in the Hong Kong flower market can be sold for at least five or six hundred Hong Kong dollars per plant.

"Then how much does this piece of mountain cost?" Laran was stunned.

"Don't listen to Third Brother's nonsense." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Don't even mention how much it would cost to transport it. Just look at the climate difference. Even if we transport it there, we won't be able to feed it."

"It's quite difficult to grow azaleas," Li Lu said with a smile, "especially alpine woody azaleas. Without professional knowledge, it's very difficult to grow them well at home. Even if you can keep them alive, it's hard for them to bloom like this. Many families can't meet the sunlight requirements."

"Who knows that those who live in the forest will be delighted by the wind. Plants and trees have their own nature, why ask for beauty to pluck them." Zhou Zhi raised the camera in his hand: "Why not leave the flowers here? We can take more photos and take the beauty away."

"Well, when the sun goes up in a while, the photos won't look good." Mai Xiaomiao has been Zhou Zhi's model for quite a long time. She used to be unable to relax in front of the camera, so Zhou Zhi could only take candid photos. Gradually, she started to like photography, and now she knows some basic principles of photography and can express herself naturally in front of the camera. It's a big change.

After all, under Zhou Zhi's lens, Mai Xiaomiao found herself sometimes cute and charming, and sometimes focused and calm, a real little beauty.

In the past, Mai Xiaomiao had always focused on research and didn’t care about her appearance. But which girl doesn’t like to be beautiful?

Now Mai Xiaomiao has also learned how to put on makeup from Chi Xueli, Shama Ricong and Jilie Azi, and has secretly dressed herself up. Whenever the girls get together, makeup and dressing up become an inseparable topic.

Of course, we are happy to see these Zhou Zhi's achievements, and sometimes we can even help with some ideas, such as matching.

Even Mai Mingdong was surprised. Didn't Xiao Miao follow Zhou Zhi to the countryside? How come she was getting prettier? Was the soil and water of Meigu really as beautiful as its name, capable of nurturing beautiful girls?

With a digital camera and a memory card made in-house, plus the film wrapped in color film, there was no need to save money along the way, and the scenery along the way to the Black Jade Sea was worthy of the lens consumed by Zhou Zhi's crazy shooting. The 20-mile road was a slow uphill climb along the south side of the ridge. After walking for almost three hours, we finally arrived at the Black Jade Sea under the North Peak Glacier.

"Wow! I thought the water here was black, but it turns out it's not at all!"

The reason why Moyu Lake got this name is that when viewed from behind Lingshan Temple, which is 20 miles away, the color of this lake appears to be black or very deep ink blue.

Everyone felt strange along the way, because as we climbed up the stream upstream of the Meigu River, we found that the water in the stream was very clear and pure. It was completely meltwater from the snow-capped glaciers and had been filtered through sand and gravel. According to the appraisal of several agricultural science experts, it should be mineral water that can be drunk directly.

If that's the case, why does the Black Jade Sea appear that color when viewed from a distance?

When everyone arrived at the Black Jade Sea, they found that the color of the Black Jade Sea had changed again. The water color of the Rhododendron Sea near the water outlet at the bottom of the gourd was lighter, and combined with the bluish-gray stones on the bottom of the water, the overall color was emerald green. Towards the top of the gourd, on the side where the glacier and the gourd meet, the water was very deep, and the water color turned into a beautiful sapphire blue.

The valley here is quite deep, and the period of time during which sunlight can shine in is relatively short. Such a large lake is shrouded in the shadow of the mountain most of the time. When viewed from a distance, the color effect is naturally deepened again.

Coupled with the surrounding northern mountain peaks covered with snow all year round and the contrast with the glaciers by the lake, the color of the Black Jade Sea appears quite black.

But now that I have come to look at it closer, the color of the entire lake is really like the sea, emerald green near the shore, dark blue in the deep water, dark blue near the stone shore in the distance, and a light blue near the glacier. Combined with the dark gray of the stones on the shore, the snow-white of the glacier, the transparent and clear stream nearby, the emerald green and deep red of the surrounding rhododendrons, the tender green of the fir forest, and the yellow-green of the lichen, it actually forms a rich blend of cold and warm tones.

"Fuck you..." Li Laosan blurted out his native language, forming a rectangular frame with his hands, stretching his arms and closing one eye to frame the picture: "No matter how you take the picture, it will be a postcard. It's more beautiful than the spring in the Alps!"

"What is spring like in the Alps?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"It's similar to here, but there's more grass, and the flowers are small yellow and blue, not as bright and colorful as here." Li Laosan looked at the beautiful scenery and shook his head: "I've been to many places, but it's rare to see a place as beautiful as this one."

"Then call Sister Xiaoliu next time and I'll recommend Pig Dachang to you. Don't always think about going abroad. The scenery at home is not bad either!"

“Oh, yes! Elbow, take a picture for us!” Zhou Zhi’s words immediately awakened the stunned girls, and Mai Xiaomiao led the way in screaming, “We have to take as many pictures as possible today!”

Zhou Zhi squinted his eyes and pointed at the sun: "The sun is at its zenith, it's a bit inappropriate."

"No matter! We just need to take the photo when the light is right!" Ah Zi was not worried at all: "How about we go to the fir forest first and take the photo slowly?"

Liang Guangping and Liu Hongtao shook their heads: "Even if we want to shoot, shouldn't we fill our stomachs first? We have been walking for so long and the sun is high in the sky. It's time to have lunch!" (End of this chapter)