Heading west from Shiliu Village to Miyao Mountain, the road becomes more and more remote.
I have all the equipment here. I was carrying two big bags, and my back was soaked. I looked back from time to time on the road, hoping that a car would come over, even a tractor.
Damn it, no.
Maybe God saw me in pity, but later I met a small "cattle team" composed of Tibetans.
Anyone who has experienced traveling in Tibetan areas knows that Tibetans don’t speak much Chinese. You can only talk to each other by “gesturing”. Communication is very difficult. It took me a lot of effort to explain it to them and let them guide them.
I have a ride.
I still remember that the leader of the ox team was a man named "Deji Gongbu" with dark skin. They happened to be passing by Miyao Mountain. I took the ox cart. They didn't charge me any money. They just pushed me and gave me a pack of cigarettes.
The bullock cart moved slowly, and it was not until the afternoon that I received the call from the head.
"Hey, head."
"Don't be too slow. Where are you going to find a car? The bullock cart I'm riding in now will probably arrive at your place in more than three hours."
He asked me: "You didn't get into any trouble when you left the village, did you?"
"No, I did a small job, but you don't know how to do it, and it turned out to be a Xixia pit." The cattle team are all Tibetans who don't understand Chinese, and I'm not afraid of them hearing it.
After listening to this, he hesitated for a few seconds and said to me: "You are alone, and you should try to do as little work as possible from now on. It is almost time to make a call. It is difficult to find a place where we live. I will ask Wen Bin to pick you up on the road."
At around eight o'clock in the evening, after driving all day, I finally met Brother Yu on the so-called "big road" at the head. He had been waiting for a long time.
"Why so late? Yunfeng, you should have arrived yesterday. Where is Lao Zhang? Why didn't you let him drive you here?"
Brother Yu took the two bags I carried, one in each hand.
Lao Zhang...I was vague and confused.
I stayed temporarily in a deserted, strange-looking three-story stone building at the foot of Miyao Mountain. Why do I say strange? Because I have never seen a similar house before.
I asked Brother Yu, who told me: "This is a stone building where Muya people do not live. The cattle and sheep are housed on the first floor, people live on the second floor, and food and hay are stored on the third floor. There are many similar stone houses here, and they are all empty.
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I was puzzled and asked why it was all empty.
Brother Yu explained to me: "A few years ago, for some unknown reason, all the Muya people here moved to the Ersu gathering area, one of the eight upper forts, so there is no one left."
"Fengzi! Why are you so slow! We've been waiting for you!" As soon as we entered, Bean Sprout jumped out and shouted loudly.
"Go aside, what are you yelling about? I have nothing to do to delay you."
When I went up to the second floor of the stone building, I saw the boss. The lamp was dark and a candle was lit in the room for illumination. Everyone was making beds on the floor here.
"I'm here to take the lead."
"Well, let's sit down and talk. We have everything in order."
"They're all here, a lot of them."
"Where's Xiao Xuan? Why didn't you see her?"
Pointing to the top of his head: "We haven't eaten yet. There is some hay on the third floor. Xiaoxuan is making a fire upstairs to cook. Without further ado, we will wait for a guide to come over after dinner, and then we will go into the mountain tonight."
I felt a little anxious, but I didn't ask any more questions and turned around and went up the wooden stairs.
It's said to be a staircase, but it's actually just a ladder standing upright against the wall. It's very narrow. You have to be careful when going up and down. If you fall down, you'll be stricken.
On the third floor, Xiaoxuan was lying on the ground concentrating on blowing the fire. Her face was so gray that I didn't even notice it when I came up.
"What are you doing!"
"oops!"
"You scared me to death!"
"Yunfeng, why are you walking silently? Look! The fire is out again."
"Whose basin is this big? Is this a washbasin?" I walked over and saw that this basin contained the most instant noodles, at least three bags by visual inspection.
"This belongs to Douyazai," Xiaoxuan said speechlessly.
"How can you cook it if the water doesn't boil? It's hard to soak in cold water?"
"What do you know? The noodles cooked this way are delicious," Xiaoxuan said harshly. I guess she was just trying to save trouble.
"Come here, I'll give you a good thing."
"What? Mysterious."
"Hands out."
I grabbed Xiaoxuan's wrist with my left hand, took out a gold bracelet from my back trouser pocket with my right hand, and put it on her gently.
"Gold bracelet! Where did you get it? Did you buy it for me?"
