Chapter 887 - Delivered
The courier driving the three-wheeled motorcycle glanced at the Coaster RV as it disappeared into the distance. He couldn't help feeling a little envious, but he didn't even look back as he asked, "Mr. Li, are you cold? If you are, I can go borrow another blanket from a nearby local family."
Although the other man wasn't a true headman, the robe alone was enough to make him trustworthy.
Neither handicrafts nor everyday clothes sold to outsiders came in this style, and nobody would steal a robe like this. That would be asking for trouble. If someone dared to wear one around and pass himself off as a headman, the consequences would be even worse than stealing someone's yak.
That left only one legitimate source for a headman's robe: it had been given to him by a real headman, and they must have had an excellent relationship. If they were only ordinary friends, he might at most have received a military overcoat, not a brand-new headman's Tibetan robe.
Their conversation confirmed the guess. Li Bai had indeed helped a headman out and received the Tibetan robe in return.
"Thanks. I'm not that cold. It's much warmer here than in Ruoergai."
Li Bai didn't mind the temperature difference, but Jiuzhaigou's climate really was more pleasant.
Jiuzhaigou had a warm, moist highland climate, and its average elevation was 3,000 meters, with the lowest points at 2,000 meters. That was nothing like the Ruoergai Grassland, which averaged 3,500 meters—500 meters higher.
An elevation of 3,000 meters was more or less the dividing line for altitude sickness. So compared with the Ruoergai Grassland, which was covered in withered yellow grass after autumn began, Jiuzhaigou's lingering greenery made it more popular, and the chances of altitude sickness were much lower, too.