Chapter 10: The Pilgrims
More than a dozen people entered the door one after another, and some people looked at the bank opposite and complained: "Only the Agricultural Bank of China will repair a bank in such a place." ”
"Isn't it closed too, order first. Swallow said.
There are a total of four tables here, the rectangular kind, a car of people sitting in a bunch, Wang Hai to order.
He was the organizer of this road trip.
Ye Kai was not used to sitting with the two girls, so he went to find the kettle and disposable water cups and poured a cup of boiling water for the girls, and then gave the kettle to the people at the other tables.
Seeing that Wang Hai hadn't come back yet, Ye Kai also walked into the back kitchen.
The chef said, "Stir-fried meat with green peppers, tomato and egg soup, boiled pork slices, and back to the pot meat?" ”
"How much?" Wang Hai asked.
"48,35,65,48, a total of 196, count you 190 a table, by the way, the meat is yak meat or ordinary beef, and yak meat costs 80 yuan more." ”
"It's just ordinary. Wang Hai said, and whispered when he saw Ye Kai, "It's really dark." ”
Ye Kai felt that there were really too many fellow villagers in Sichuan Province!
At this time, a tricycle was parked outside the store, a little similar to the one used for express delivery, and the carriage behind it was plugged into the wind horse. A very dirty man got out of the car and walked in.
He ordered two vegetarian dishes, then cooked himself, took out the cold dishes from his bag and set them out to eat.
Wang Hai said in a low voice: "Worship." ”
"I don't understand, this kind of person. ”
"I've been brainwashed. ”
“......”
Ye Kai didn't know what the pilgrimage was before, and it wasn't until he arrived in Tibet this time that he saw some on the national highway. But the clothes are not so dirty, and they are almost always dressed in Tibetan costumes, or monks' clothes.
The meal hadn't been served yet, and everyone had nothing to do, so they stared at the person, Ye Kai went out to take a picture of his car, and then came in and sat opposite the worshippers.
"Where are you from? ”
He ate a mouthful of food and replied, "Aba, do you know Aba?"
"You know, that's a bit far. ”
Aba is also from Sichuan Province, and this worshipper is a Tibetan from Sichuan Province.
"Where are you?" he asked.
"I'm also from Sichuan Province. Ye Kai pulled the relationship and asked, "Then did you come all the way from Aba?"
"Yes. ”
Ye Kai said to go, but in fact, the pilgrimage is not just walking, it is to kowtow, and the worship in Tibet is also called kowtowing. While reciting the six-character mantra or their own wishes, they make gestures, take three steps and kneel on the ground, kowtow to the ground, and then repeat this action all the time.
"How long have you been gone. ”
He put down his chopsticks and said, "It's been a year and a half since I came home." ”
"Wow"
"It's been more than a year. ”
There was a discussion behind Ye Kai, and it turned out that they all came around, standing behind Ye Kai and listening to the two of them.
Only by truly understanding can one discover the Tibetan devotion to the faith. Walking more than 1,000 kilometers on the plateau with love, or even farther, is also unimaginable for them in the mainland.
Pilgrimage may not get you what you want, but the perseverance and perseverance that faith gives you are immensely powerful.
This uncle is 48 years old this year, his face looks almost 20 years older than his actual age, he looks like he is 68 years old, he is very optimistic, and he is a very talkative person, but he does not speak Chinese very well.
For two years, he could walk up to five kilometers a day, marking each section with stones. Then he came back and drove to the marked position, and then went on to worship.
His car was loaded with everything he needed to survive, water, gas canisters, pressure cookers, rice noodles, raincoats, quilts, tents.
A group of people were shocked and wanted to ask the uncle to eat something, but no one spoke.
Have low self esteem.
The meal was eaten quietly, and it was not until the uncle drove away in his car that it began to be lively again.
Da Bing took the map and said to Wang Hai: "Let's go into the mountains this afternoon, I inquired with the boss just now, there is a road behind here that Tibetans dig cordyceps and matsutake mushrooms, maybe we can dig some matsutake mushrooms back." ”
Da Bing wanted to be a fitness instructor for pilots, but he had never received a trainee for a long time, so he took a long vacation to come to Tibet to breathe in the haze-free air.
"Is there a place to live in the mountains? It's a little cold to live in a tent on this day. Wang Hai asked.
"I asked, the Tibetans have built houses in it, and when the time comes, let's see if we can live in the Tibetan house, and besides, don't we have tents, what are we afraid of?"
Wang Hai went to the boss again and asked, and then came back to tell everyone about this afternoon's itinerary, Ye Kai looked at the place he pointed to was a place name, a mountain name, but there was no way to get there.
Today's navigation system has been connected to the national highway system, and if there is no road on navigation, there must be no road in reality.
"How do we get there?"
"Go by car. Wang Hai said. "Don't care about this broken navigation, I went out in Yuzhou a few times, and I believed him directly in the ditch, and the locals said that there was a way, and it really didn't work, so we just came back. ”
Ye Kai didn't want to go in his heart, there were no villages around that place on the map, but everyone came to this place together, and it was really embarrassing to leave by himself halfway.
There is no signal in the mountains of Tibet, and I have a satellite phone in my backpack, so I can call for a rescue ...... in case of any danger.
Let's go along.
Everyone got into the car after eating, and there was another wolf howl.
Walking in from Zhongsha, there is no longer a repaired cement road, but a dirt road, and the car with a slightly lower chassis can't drive in, but fortunately, these three are off-road.
"Cool, if you don't take such a road when driving off-road, I'll tell you in vain. Wang Hai said.
Ye Kai silently put on his seat belt and looked out the window.
On the right is the Tibetan pasture, a large area, Ye Kai has never been in the countryside, I don't know how many acres of land there is. In short, the car drove for ten minutes and did not see the end of the fence.
Yaks and horses are kept inside.
There are relatively few cars in Tibet, but no one dares to drive fast.
The animals that are often in the middle of the road are the most powerful traffic police, and sometimes honking the horn does not work, and someone has to get out of the car to drive them away.
The deeper and deeper it went, the dirt road was gone, and now there was a gravel paved road, and several cars were changing to four-wheel drive and roaring on the stone road, and suddenly there was a loud bang behind them.
Wang Hai stepped on the brakes, got out of the car and asked, "What's wrong?"
"The tire went out. ”
"If you have a spare, put it on first. ”
The boys hurriedly began to change the tires, due to the unstable stone ground, it was difficult for the jack to find the focus point, it took a long time to change the tires to new ones, and when I looked at the watch, it was five o'clock.
There are still 40 km from the target position.
"No, I have to go back. A man said.
At this time, a man came back from the front section of the road and said: "The stone road is still a few hundred meters away, there is no road behind, it is a grassland, I saw a house in the distance, there should be people living in it." ”
What to do?
Everyone looked at Wang Hai.
"Go back, there's no signal here, what if something happens?" Swallow suggested.
They had gone deep into the mountains, and it would take them four hours to turn around and go back, and the way was ......
"Let's go to the front first and see the situation, there is no way back. ”
It's uphill now, and the car can barely hold it, but if you go backwards on this road, the car is likely to slide down without stability.
Ye Kai got out of the car with his bag on his back and said, "Let's stop taking the car first, let's talk about it after this road." ”
Several people walked along the stone path, and the man was right, the end of the stone path was a meadow, in the middle of which there was a stream, and a little further away was a house.