Volume 1 Bath in Fire 318 Palms What else do you want to know
318 palms what else do you want to know
So far, he can only pretend to be confused, "Zakhagon" turned around blankly, stared at a pair of innocent eyes, and made a look of desperate recollection, and the person opposite saw "Zakhagon" with a blank look, and complained dissatisfiedly: "Zakhagon, you didn't take what I said to heart, did you?" โ
The person who spoke was the target of suspicion - a Kashmiri woman named Lisa, who had married from a distant tribe.
Of course, it is not accurate to say that the other party married from afar, but this settlement was originally a tribe of immigrants, and most of the people who settled along the lake moved later. There are few real indigenous herders, and most of the people who can own a house here are extractors from two nearby mines. However, according to An Feng, it is speculated that the miners in these mines did not have stable jobs, and some of them moved to live at lower elevations after making money, and their houses were easily resold to later miners, because An Feng had just searched Zakhagon's room and found that Zakhagon was not the first owner of his house.
In the three days before and after the surveillance, An Feng found that Zakhagon appeared beside Lisa twice, of course, there were many people who appeared next to Lisa, because Lisa's husband can be said to be one of the three most powerful people in this settlement, but Zakhagon is the only person who meets An Feng's height, and An Feng did not expect that Lisa still has any agreement with Zakhagon.
According to the surveillance, the existence of the glacial lake was first discovered, at first only a few herders settled here, and then mineral deposits were found nearby, and several people came with a group of people to develop the two mines, among these people, Lisa's husband existed, so in a sense, the group of people who originally came to mine were the founders of this settlement, and with their development, this settlement gradually became prosperous.
Of course, the above are An Feng's speculations, this alpine mountain area is, in a sense, a corner forgotten by mankind, there are almost no written records of what is happening and what is happening in this mountainous area, such as how this ice lake appeared, how the settlement was newly built, An Feng could not find a single written record, and his guess was inferred through data analysis.
For example, the rocks in this mountainous area have traces of the use of explosives, and the determination of carbon isotopes shows that many of the rocks have a very low degree of oxidation, indicating that they have not been exposed to the air for a long time......
Based on the data collected, An Feng guessed that the locals did not have much knowledge, and the two mineral deposits near the settlement may have existed for a long time, but the local herders did not notice until the glacial lake appeared, which made someone with a lot of eyes discover the value of the glacial lake. Thus was born this settlement.
Settlements were set up to mine gem mines, and mud mines were mined to sustain settlements, and the gently sloping grasslands or alpine meadows in front of the settlements, although the ecological environment is fragile and cannot grow rice and other food, is not a problem to feed dozens of people.
So, this man with a heart drove into the settlement with a group of people, and among the people this person brought were herdsmen from the vicinity, mining engineers, or simply, miners hired from nearby tribes, and after he established the settlement, the mine owner left the settlement, perhaps because the mine owner made money and pursued a more enjoyable life - An Feng heard people talk about the faceless boss in the eavesdropping.
Since then, the settlement has been run by framing the people who were originally brought in, and Lisa's husband is one of the overseers, whose task is to collect the mined ore and prevent others from taking it in or hiding it.
Based on what An Feng had gathered, he speculated that Lisa's husband was a bachelor when he first came to the settlement, and that he had later brought his relatives into the settlementโfive houses owned by Lisa's husband's relatives in the lakeside housing complex, some of whom were grazing cattle near the settlement, some were in charge of transporting grain from the bottom of the mountain to the settlement, and some were miners. Because of his family members, Lisa's husband became one of the most powerful people in the settlement.
There are two other families in the same situation in the settlement, and these two families also live together like Lisa's husband, and the whole affairs of the settlement are resolved by them.
Lisa was the man's later wife, and was not the man's only wifeโLisa's husband lived in the house of three women, all of whom were of the same age, and Lisa was the only woman who gave birth to a two-year-old boy for her husband.
Lisa's husband works very diligently and consciously, and it can be seen from the surveillance screen that her husband always goes out early and returns late, taking a wave of miners to the mine early every day, and entering the house at night by moonlight.
"Zakhagon, have you forgotten? Can't remember? You forgot, you promised me to deliver the cheese to the station today, and the people down the hill made an appointment. Lisa shouted in exasperation
The person next to him looked suddenly realized: "Oops, it's Monday again so soon." โ
Well, there was a lot of information in the other party's words, and An Feng immediately deduced: Lisa has several dairy sheep or cows at home, and the reason why the other party raises these things may have been to raise their children at first, but later the milk production was too much, and the children couldn't finish eating, so Lisa made cheese from the excess milk, and asked people to take the cheese to the bus station every Monday, and the people at the bus station transported it to the mountain to sell, and today is Monday, seeing that the shuttle bus is about to arrive, Zakhagon, who usually goes to Lisa's house automatically every Monday to report, did not appear, so Lisa jumped out to arrest people, but fortunately, the small village is not big, so Lisa grabbed one by one.
"Zakhagon" had a simple smile on his face, he scratched his head embarrassedly, then took off his hat, pressed it to his chest and saluted: "Lady Lisa, it turns out that today is Monday, please don't worry, I'll go immediately." โ
An Feng's action was often done by Zakhagon, so Lisa didn't feel unusual, but after she glanced at An Feng, she stared at An Feng's apprentice with a displeased face, this glance swept over, although the apprentice immediately raised his hand and said apologetically: "Lady Lisa, I also forgot that today is Monday......"
Lisa looked at the sky, raised her wrist, revealing the gas pin luminous watch with a black dial on her wrist, and stomped her feet in annoyance: "Look, is there still time?" โ
An Feng bowed and apologized again, because time was pressing, Lisa was not dwelling on the details, she quickly turned around and hurriedly led An Feng to her house...... She took out two cheese lumps the size of motorcycle wheels, weighing about 50 kilograms, and then urged: "It's too late, you can go on a motorcycle." โ
After a pause, Lisa hurriedly added: "You have to be careful, this is our master's favorite motorcycle, don't break it." โ
Well, now the main means of transportation of mountain herders is not horses, but motorcycles, they are not riding heavy motorcycles, most of them belong to light motorcycles, on the steep, almost UU slope of the hill, An Feng rides motorcycles fast - this is just the ability of ordinary herdsmen.
All the way to the bus station, the shuttle bus had already arrived, the car was already full of people, and the arrival of "Zakhagon" did not cause a ripple - no one greeted him.
Well, the surveillance is only three days, An Feng doesn't know who to hand over the cheese, he glanced at the group of passengers, and his eyes finally fell on the driver, but the driver smiled, and the other party's body language immediately told An Feng that he was not the target, An Feng nodded and smiled at the other party obediently, and said in a snort: "Trouble you have been waiting for a long time, I have been delayed today." โ
The driver who often comes and goes, even if he is not the client, he must know who the client is, I saw the driver smile and glance at a passenger sitting at the door of the car, and then the driver nodded and replied: "Yes, I'm waiting for you." โ
An Feng's gaze fell on the passenger at the door...... What kind of person, you are facial paralysis, people are coming, you have no expression at all, what are you pretending
Seeing An Feng's gaze fall on him, the man lazily lifted his eyelids, looked at the roof of the car, and then spoke: "Is there still a place for the roof rack?" I remember everyone had already packed their bags. โ
This little torture is nothing at all, An Feng showed an angry look, as if to reproach the other party for his neglect, without saying a word, he climbed onto the roof of the car with a 50-kilogram weight of cheese that was as hard as a stone, untied the rope net that bound the luggage rack, and after placing the cheese, he turned over and jumped out of the car, and then glared at the client angrily
The other party rolled his eyes and asked, "Put it away?" It's heavier, so it's going to fit at the bottom of the luggage rack.
An Feng bit his lower lip and nodded heavily, and then he glared at the other party with a more stern gaze...... This kind of entrustment should be a receipt or something, it is impossible to have no credentials. Of course, it is also possible that the transactions between the mountain tribes are all based on personal credit, and there is no certificate, since An Feng didn't know how to carry out the conversation later, he could only pretend to be angry, maintain a solemn silence, and then use his eyes to force the other party to automatically implement the next step.
The shuttle driver was also exerting silent pressure on the passenger, his arms and hands were propped up on the side of the direction, looking like he was watching a show, and after waiting for a while, the client finally couldn't stand the pressure, touched his pocket, took out a small notebook, wrote a few words on the small notebook at random, and handed the note to An Feng.
Two pieces of cheese, how much can it be worth, you have to do this, An Feng took the note angrily, turned around and rode a motorcycle towards the settlement, behind him, the driver and the passenger invariably spoke: "What's wrong with Zakhagon today, such a big temper?" โ
At this time, in fact, Lisa also slowly came back to her senses, she felt that something was wrong with Zakhagon, although the impact of "Zakhagon" on herself was no different from the past, but she just felt that something was wrong, and she felt that something was abnormal.
Therefore, when "Zakhagon" handed Lisa today's note as usual, Lisa took the note and looked at Zakhagon strangely: "Zakhagon, what's wrong with you today, you have never finished your work in the past...... Oh, I'm not saying you forgot and accidentally remembered Monday which is nothing, but ...... Anyway, I feel like something is wrong with you today? Are you feeling unwell, do you want to have a doctor check it out, you know, in this kind of hellish place, a little cold can kill people. โ
"Zakagon" shook his head, he smiled indifferently, took out five or six sheep crutches from his greasy sheepskin coat, handed them to Lisa casually, and said quietly: "Take them to play with the children." โ
"ntI" Lisa blurted out this sentence, and immediately grabbed one of the white sheep crutches that had been knocked out of Yu Jingjing, and exclaimed: "You are giving birth to ntI, you can actually get 'raw nt, ah, thank you." โ
The so-called "raw ntI" is a sheep crutch that has not been heated and cooked, and this kind of sheep crutch still has the fat in the bones, so it is relatively heavy.
This kind of sheep crutch is only made for children by parents who love their children very much, because it needs to be slaughtered when the sheep is slaughtered, and the sheep crutches are removed in advance to give to the children, and most parents are troublesome, they will stew the lamb legs directly into the pot, so that the children can only find their own sheep crutches when they gnaw the lamb legs - so that the cooked sheep crutches are called "cooked ntI", the specific gravity is lighter, and it is easy to wear and tear and break.
Lisa had just said a few words in their tribal language, and to her surprise, she could only express her happiness in the language she knew best...... Sure enough, the information gathered before was solid and effective.
When the spiritual leader recorded the speech, there were a few children outside his house arguing, and although the content of the dispute was intermittent, it can be inferred from these words that the children probably thought that it was unfair for one of them to cheat with "birth nII" and win against the other children, so they insisted on playing again.
An Feng immediately followed: "Do you remember your hometown?" โ
Lisa was stunned for a moment, and immediately said leisurely with a look of memory: "Oh...... Hometown? I remember...... There's a river in front of my door......"
There are many places where there is a river in front of the house...... An Feng rolled his eyes.
"The valley where my home is located...... It's bigger than here. I have an aunt who is married by another river, and we go to her house to play, and we need to bring Yu Liang and ride a horse for three days, and my aunt's house is in front of the mountain ......."
This doesn't mean anything, in these few sentences, the amount of information is zero.
"The valley is big...... An Feng induced with a fascinated face: "I remember that the largest valley nearby is ......, your family won't be there, right?" I have a relative in my family who got married, and she called "
"No, not that valley. I've been to that valley, and our lord took me there. When I got married, my husband took me in a car for five days, and then we changed into donkeys......"
An Feng interrupted the other party's memories: "Mrs. Lisa, you can look at your watch, know the current time, and make cheese, don't you know the name of your hometown?" โ
Lisa smiled ashamedly: "Zakhagon, it's not too difficult to look at the watch, don't you know, we women...... Alas, I can't read, I can read a watch or after marriage, and as for making cheese, is there a woman who doesn't do such a thing. โ
At this moment, Lisa's husband's voice sounded behind An Feng: "Zakhagon, what else do you want to know?" Let me tell you. โ
As soon as An Feng turned around, he found Lisa's husband leading a team of miners who were about to go to work to the mine, standing at the gate. Two of the miners held rifles against An Feng, while Lisa's husband fiddled with a pistol and squinted at An Feng.