Chapter 120: Three Courses of Tea

This village chief Liu's Chinese is not particularly standard, but Nie Yun can barely understand it.

The dialects of many areas in the south are very different from those in the north, and the northerners are not so easy to understand, and the Chinese in the Bai villages here in Dali has a heavy accent, and it is normal to not understand it. Nie Yun and a few people can barely understand the meaning of what Village Chief Liu is saying, which is already quite good.

Village Chief Liu comforted the boy a few words, straightened up, and looked at the mountains and forests not far away.

"Hey......"

Shaking his head, Village Chief Liu let out a long sigh.

I don't know how many times the black bear attacked the village this winter, but last night, the black bear attacked and killed a baby buffalo in the boy's house. However, the black bear did not steal food, and it is difficult to say whether it will continue to enter the village in the next few days...... Nie Yun and a few people not far away, under the leadership of Yang Xuening, also walked towards this side.

"Reporter Yang, do you know the Bai language? I can still understand the old village chief's shouting just now, I really admire and admire! While walking, Liu Junwei also whispered a compliment to Yang Xuening.

"My father was originally from the Bai nationality, and in my household registration book, the nationality column is also written in the Bai nationality, is there anything strange about being able to speak the Bai language?" Yang Xuening glanced at Liu Junwei and said in the same whisper.

This girl is from the Bai tribe? Nie Yun couldn't help but glance at Yang Xuening more, but thinking about it, it didn't seem to be anything special, the Bai nationality is the fifteenth ethnic group in China, with a population of nearly two million, and the Bai people are outstanding in various industries. Yang Xuening's father and the mayor of Lijiang are of the Bai nationality, which is really not an uncommon thing.

"Uncle Liu, hello!" Walking behind Village Chief Liu, Yang Xuening opened his mouth to say hello.

Hearing Yang Xuening's voice, this village chief Liu subconsciously turned his head and saw Yang Xuening, and couldn't help but light up in his eyes: "Reporter Yang, are you entering the mountain again?" ”

Yang Xuening nodded, and introduced to Village Chief Liu and Nie Yun: "This is the village chief of this village, Uncle Liu Mushui Liu, this is the friend who went into the mountain with me this time, Zhuang Yawen, Nie Yun, Liu Junwei, as well as Nie Yun's girlfriend Tian Zhen and Liu Junwei's girlfriend Su Yi." ”

"Hello, hello!" Liu Mushui hurriedly shook hands with Nie Yun and a few others.

"Reporter Yang, when you left last time, you said that you would come back, and we have been looking forward to it for a long time, and now we can look forward to your Reporter Yang. Let's go to my house for tea first! Liu Mushui said as he greeted Yang Xuening and Nie Yun.

"Uncle, that black bear, is it in the village again?" Yang Xuening did not immediately follow Liu Mushui, but asked Liu Mushui.

"Hey, in the past half a month, the blind bear has not stopped, and has come to the village several times. No, I killed a calf yesterday," Liu Mushui pointed to the little buffalo that the boy was holding, "The shotgun in the village has already been taken away, and the political axe doesn't allow the bear to hunt, just driving it like that, it won't go far at all......"

Liu Mushui said, with a lot of helplessness in his words.

Nie Yun glanced at the dead buffalo and couldn't help frowning.

Although the black bear is a national second-class protected animal, it is the most widely distributed beast in China.

From Jilin, Heilongjiang, in the northernmost, to the Yunnan-Guizhou region, Guangxi, and even Taiwan, to the west, Inner Mongolia and other places, wherever there are deep mountains and old forests, there must be a black blind man.

Black bears are good at mutilating livestock and poultry and destroying farmland. Now there is a story of a black bear breaking corn all over the country, this thing breaks corn, not just a few to eat by yourself, but rushes into the cornfield, breaks one and holds, walks two steps and breaks another, throws away the previous one, just breaks one and throws one another, and finally goes back with a corn cob, leaving a piece of corn cob behind him. Because these corn cobs are not fully ripe, they are broken, which is a pity...... When food is scarce, this thing rushes into the village and catches livestock and poultry to eat, which is a common thing.

Black bears in the Northeast are better, at least in winter throughout the winter.

And many of the black bears in the south only hibernate for a few days, and they are active outside almost all winter, and it is common to attack villages.

Even in some areas, there have been cases of black bears hurting people!

"Uncle, how do you drive away the black bear?" Hearing Liu Mushui's story, Nie Yun opened his mouth and asked Liu Mushui.

"How else can you drive it away? When this thing entered the village at night and found it, he lit a torch, struck a gong, and drove it into the mountains and forests. When you enter the mountains and forests, you don't dare to go in again, this thing will run away when there are many people, if there are fewer people, you will start a frenzy, and if you don't get it, it will hurt people! Liu Mushui said, sighed, took out a bamboo pipe cigarette pouch from behind him, lit it and smoked twice.

As the head of this village, Liu Mushui is also powerless against this black bear.

It can't be allowed to eat the livestock and poultry in the village, and is afraid that it will hurt people, so I want to hunt it, but I can't kill it. The black bear was so big that it didn't have a shotgun, and no ordinary bow or arrow could hurt it. I can only try to be careful every night, once I hear the black bear entering the village, the whole village will start together, beat gongs and drums, hold torches, and "send off" the black bear out of the village...... "Nie Zi, what should I do?" Why don't we help and kill this black bear? I've only heard of this thing in my 20 years of life, but I've never tasted it. Liu Junwei gave Nie Yun a look and whispered.

"You know it's eaten!"

Without waiting for Nie Yun to speak, Yang Xuening next to him glanced at Liu Junwei first.

"In the end, it is to protect animals, whether you can kill them or not." After thinking about it, Nie Yun also said.

"Let's stay in the village for one night, and tomorrow we will go into the mountains to look for this black bear, and if we find it, we can help the villagers drive it away." If this black bear doesn't want to go, let it suffer a little, this thing is not a fool, and it will run away in danger. Nie Yun said.

"Well, let's do it!" Yang Xuening, who was on the side, also nodded and said.

"Uncle, my friends came here to help you deal with this black bear. Tomorrow we will go into the mountains and drive this black bear away. Uncle, can you find us a family in the village to stay for the night? Several people discussed, and Yang Xuening opened his mouth and said to Liu Mushui.

"Find a place to live......" Liu Mushui glanced at Nie Yun and the others, frowning. The houses in the village are basically three attic styles, and it is good to have two or three beds in one house, but it is really difficult to find a place where Nie Yun and the other six people can live. The only place where so many people can live is the livestock pen under the attic, but it's really not the same thing to let Nie Yun and the others live in that place...... "Uncle, just find an empty room, we all have sleeping bags, just sleep in sleeping bags." Of course, we don't stay for nothing for one night, and we will pay some money. Nie Yun saw that Liu Mushui was a little embarrassed, so he said.

Hearing Nie Yun mention the reward, Liu Mushui's eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Or ...... You can live in Yang Liqiang's house. His daughter just got married a few years ago, and there is an empty house, let his Xiaohai and his father squeeze it, and you can vacate two houses! Liu Mushui said, turned around, and said to the boy holding the little buffalo: "Xiaohai, there are guests at home, why don't you go back and clean up!" ”

Obviously, the Yang Liqiang family that Liu Mushui said is this boy's family.

Although the language of the Bai people is Bai, the writing is Chinese characters, and the names of the Bai people are similar to those of the Han people.

Since the Tang Dynasty, there are many people surnamed Liu, Yang, Dong, Li and Zhang among the Bai people, which are recorded in the history books. The family that Liu Mushui recommended to Nie Yun and others is surnamed Yang, and Yang Xuening is also considered to be his own family.

The boy Yang Xiaohai looked up at Nie Yun and the others a few times, wiped his tears, and finally put down the body of the little buffalo and ran to the house quickly. Here, Liu Mushui and the thin black man standing next to him said a few words in white, and the thin black man looked at Nie Yun and the others in their eyes, and immediately showed a sincere smile.

The black and thin man, that is, Yang Liqiang and Nie Yun, said a few words in white, which seemed to welcome Nie Yun and the others, and Yang Xuening also responded in white.

"Okay, let's go home with Brother Yang first. Uncle Liu is bothering you! Yang Xuening said, and thanked Liu Mushui again.

"Hehe, don't bother, just look for me if you have anything!" Liu Mushui said.

It was getting dark, Liu Mushui left with a gong, Nie Yun and a few people also followed Yang Liqiang home, Yang Liqiang's mother-in-law and Yang Xiaohai were already waiting at home, and when they saw Nie Yun and a few people passing, Yang Liqiang's mother-in-law also smiled, and was busy making tea and cooking to entertain Nie Yun.

The Bai people are good at tea, and tea is naturally indispensable for hospitality.

When he got home, Yang Liqiang immediately took some green tea and put it in the sand pot to bake, but after a while, the green tea in the sand pot was already yellow, and the aroma of tea escaped. Yang Liqiang hurriedly poured a little boiling water into the sand jar, and after about a while, he filled the sand jar with water, and after boiling it for a while, the rich tea fragrance had already wafted out...... In front of Nie Yun and the others, the small teacup had already been set up, and Yang Liqiang lifted the sand jar and poured tea for several people.

"This is the most distinctive tea ceremony of the Bai nationality, called Sandao tea, and this is the first tea among them, called bitter tea." Yang Xuening said, bowing slightly to Yang Liqiang and thanking him, "That's you!" ”

"That's you!" Nie Yun also learned from Yang Xuening and thanked Yang Liqiang in vernacular.

The tea in the teacup was amber and fragrant, but Nie Yun knew that this first tea was "bitter tea", which was estimated to be worthy of the name, so he cautiously took a sip.

However, Liu Junwei on the side didn't care so much, he directly picked up the teacup and drank all the tea in the teacup. Immediately after the next moment, Liu Junwei's face immediately became ugly......

(To be continued)