Kerry watched the driver working outside, turned around and saw Han Qi's serious face, and asked with a hearty smile: "Nervous?"
"More or less."
Han Qi did not hide it. He was indeed nervous. The closer he got to Beiwu, the more he understood the danger.
Even though it is only 300 kilometers, every few kilometers you drive on this road and every time the altitude rises, it will get colder. You must drive slowly. Because there are so few people passing by, this road is buried in heavy snow all year round.
, only Jeff like him needs a good car and a good sense of the road, so that he can reach Beiwu safely.
And...Han Qi couldn't figure out what Jeff was doing outside at the moment.
When people encounter something they don't understand, they will inevitably feel a little anxious. Kerry saw the solemn atmosphere and found a topic to chat about, which happened to be about Jeff's actions at the moment.
"Do you know what he's doing?" Kerry asked.
Han Qi shook his head.
"This is a sacrifice to the river."
"Finland also has this tradition?"
Han Qi always thought that such activities as worshiping someone could only be found in China. Everyone who went abroad believed in God. He did not expect that in Finland, which is far away from the motherland, he could also see the phenomenon of worshiping the river god.
Since you want to worship the river god, you must cross the river.
What is the name of this river in Finland? Han Qi saw it a few days ago, but has forgotten it now. All he can think about is... are we going to drive across it? Will the car sink?
Han Qi asked Jeff when he came back.
"Can cars also be driven on this river?"
Jeff replied firmly: "Of course."
He directly stepped on the accelerator, and the vehicle slowly walked towards the ice.
He didn't turn off the engine when he got out of the car. This is a habit he has always maintained. If he turns off the engine while driving on this road, many equipment in the car will be frostbitten and he will not be able to drive. If he happens to be driving halfway,
When something like this happens, it's like the sky is not responding and the earth is not working.
As the vehicle started to drive, Jeff's face became obviously much more relaxed.
As long as the car is parked, there will be danger, this is what he firmly believes.
He continued to say to Han Qi: "This river freezes in October every year and thaws in May and June. In this season, the river water is at least ten meters thick. Let alone driving a car like mine.
Some large trucks dare to walk on this kind of ice."
Ten meters?
Han Qi was surprised by the thickness of the ice surface and the temperature here.
You can build a villa just ten meters away. How cold is it?
The car drove onto the ice, and the feeling of sitting in the back seat was no different from the land. Most places on the ice were frozen tightly, and fluffy snow could be seen piled on the ice in a few places. This river has
It's more than two hundred meters wide, but Jeff is in no hurry to cross the river now.
Instead, we continued driving on the ice and walked all the way up the river.
The location of the North House looks like a snowy mountain from a distance. It's no wonder the temperature is so low. After all, it's extremely cold at high places.
In high latitude areas, the altitude increases.
The surrounding countries also completely block the sea breeze. In an area like Beiwu that has all the unfavorable conditions, it is impossible not to be cold.
However, Han Qi still felt guilty. Walking in such a barren land, everything was unknown and unpredictable. From the moment the vehicle entered the river, Han Qi felt as if all modern things were far away from him.
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Han Qi squeezed the phone hard to feel its presence.
The ride in the car was not boring. Jeff was a good storyteller and Kerry was also very talkative. The two of them lost track of time while chatting. It also gave Han Qi a deeper understanding of Northern Europe and heard many local stories, as well as
Things about this road.
The reason why Jeff did not take the main road but the river was because the road on the bank was far more dangerous than in the river.
It has been snowing for several months. It has melted in some places and not in other places. When it gathers on the ground, it looks like a cotton harvest. It is beautiful but dangerous.
City highways and many commonly used highways will have dedicated people plowing snow when heavy snow arrives.
But this road leading to Beiwu doesn't have many cars coming all year round, so how can anyone come to clear the snow?
So now when you drive on the highway, you can't see the road at all, and it's easy to overturn or stall. Jeff is most afraid of stalling, so every time he drives, he walks across the river and completes the most dangerous part of the road.
Drive to the shore.
Beiwu is indeed famous, but winter swimming is a very rigorous sport. If you can do it, you can do it. If you don't do it, forcing yourself to do it will definitely be a waste of money and time, and it can easily lead to death. Plus this dangerous road, if you dare
There are fewer and fewer people coming.
The speed of the car was very slow, and most of the time the speedometer did not reach 25. Looking at the scenery outside the window, I almost thought it was a turtle moving.
But it is definitely much faster than myself.
Jeff didn't dare to drive too fast, and Han Qi and Kerry didn't rush him. Anyway, as long as he could finally get to the North House, it didn't matter if he drove for a day or two. Sarah had been waiting for a week, so he didn't care about it.
It’s only one or two days, and it’s still early until the end of April anyway.
Kerry and Jeff talked a lot, and gradually the topics became less and less. Kerry and Han Qi planned the winter swimming trip together.
The first plan I made was to check out the accommodation in the town.
As soon as the two of them talked about this topic, Jeff said directly: "Let's live in my house. I used to have several brothers and sisters, but now they all work outside to make money and rarely get together at home, so I happen to have a few empty houses.
Just pack up and you can move in.”
"Is there no hotel?" Han Qi asked.
Jeff smiled and said: "Don't think too much about the North House. There is Sarah in front and the Snowy Mountains in the back. Who will go anywhere? Only you people who like winter swimming go there every year."
, with such a small floating population, wouldn’t it cost people their lives to build a hotel?”
Indeed, building a hotel in this remote place is not a good idea.
Then stay at Jeff's house.
After deciding where to live, it was time to go swimming in the winter.
As a veteran player who has been here twice, Kerry made the following formation based on his previous two visits.
On the first day, experience life and adapt to the environment.
The next day, experience life and adapt to the environment.
On the third day, take off your clothes to experience the temperature and cold water.
The fourth day, winter swimming.
Experiencing life is by no means a tourist as Han Qi imagined, but a way of getting used to and adapting to the environment. When Kerry came here last year, he went with the locals to get ice from the frozen river. The water could be used by a Beiwu military and civilian family for three days at a time.
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Han Qi thought about it and felt that the life of scholars and locals should be pretty good.
So if I had to choose, what activity would I do? I heard that Jeff’s family raised cows, how about I take the cows out to graze?
No, no, no, where is the grass in a place like this?
While Han Qi was wandering, he suddenly smelled a disgusting smell.
It's the kind of stinky gas that is produced when plastic is burned.
