As we were watching, the chief Harichagai came with some old men, came to us, put his hands on his breast, and bent down in salute, and Harichagai said to us: "Today is a day of rejoicing for our tribe, because the most honorable guests have come, and may our most honored guests drink and dance in our tribe." ”

We also quickly learned to return the courtesy, and then Hari Chagai said behind him, and a few girls came, and these girls came with white cloth in their hands, and the white cloth was very long, and they floated up directly with the wind, and several girls walked up, a little like fairies. At this time, my junior brother whispered behind his back: "Senior brother, this, does this look like a three-foot white silk?" It won't be for you to hang yourself with a three-foot white silk, right? ”

When Hari Chagai heard this, he laughed there, and after laughing, he said: "You are too worried about this friend, you are our honored guests, how can you let you hang yourself, this is Hada, which is the meaning of jade silk in your Han nationality, we offer white Hada, which is our respect for our friends, you have beaten away the wolves, saved our entire tribe, and we offer the best Hada to our friends." ”

When Tianning heard this, he quickly lowered his head, and then Hari Chagai smiled and said, "Most honorable guest, please put on our Hada." ”

After I listened, I bent down, and the girl put on Hada for me, and the others also put on Hada, and then Hari Chagai invited us to the table, and let us sit at the top table, which was full of beef and mutton and wine, as well as a small copper pot with green smoke, and after we sat down, Hari Chagai asked people to pour us wine, and then raised a toast, Boss Yang said, this toast must be drunk, so three bowls of wine, I drank it in one go, Hari Chagai smiled and said: "My favorite refreshing friend, Let's watch the dancing and drink slowly, come on, come on, you taste the mutton shabu, this winter is the warmest to eat. ”

Shabu mutton we really haven't seen at that time, look at the small copper pot in front of us, the soup has been opened, the milky white soup, floating a few chili peppers, in the small pot out of a special fragrance, next to the small pot, is a plate of thinly sliced mutton, we looked, don't know how to eat, then Yang Boss said: "This shabu mutton in the pot, shabu can be eaten." ”

After finishing speaking, I picked up the mutton, put it in the pot and soaked it, and then put it in my mouth to eat. Later we learned that the real inventor of this shabu mutton was Batu, the son of Jochi. Genghis Khan's eldest son was Jochi, who was established in the Western Khanate, and after he died of illness, he succeeded Jochi as Batu, commanding the Mongolian iron cavalry to ravage Europe, and the Mongolian iron cavalry was very strong, very strong, and ate food not to fight hunger, so he had to eat a lot of meat. Mutton has the best effect on keeping out the cold, and the Mongolian soldiers eat it in large pieces of boiled mutton. Batu was a good military strategist, and in the process of commanding, he found that the cavalry was very mobile, very fast, and slow to cook large pieces of meat, so he asked the Mongol soldiers to cut the meat thinly and cook it. Of course, at that time, it was very simple, and it was eaten with salt, so it was suitable for marching and fighting.

Legend has it that Kublai Khan went to conquer a tribe, and when it was dark, he set up camp and went down to the village, at this time the cook was going to cook for him, but this probe reported that someone sneaked attack. The cook panicked, he had no food, and he was going to lose his head if he delayed the fighter. So as soon as he had an idea, he thought of this way, so he put the meat directly in the pot, and Kublai Khan ate the most complete mutton shabu once, and really achieved shabu. After winning this war, he was very happy, and felt that this way was more suitable for him to march and fight. He admired it so much that he named it Shabu mutton.

We were eating beef and mutton and drinking there, and by the campfire, Mongolian girls were dancing, which was very beautiful, and I was a little drunk and dazzled by the dancing. At this time, Hari Chagai asked me about the wolf king bone, and I told me what happened, and after listening to it, Hari Chagai said a little hesitantly: "Your one, that wolf king bone, can you sell it to me, I am willing to exchange the wealth of the entire tribe for your wolf king bone, we have to suffer from wolf plague every year here, injuring many people and livestock, of course, I also know that the wolf king bone is a priceless treasure, but ......"

When I heard this, I smiled and said: "Chief, this wolf king bone is said to be extremely precious, but in my hands, at most it is a piece of flesh and bones, even if it is precious, it is useless, and if it is placed here to you, it can prevent wolf disasters, in this case, I don't want a penny, just give it to you." ”

After I finished speaking, I took out the wolf king bone and put it in front of Hari Chagai, who looked at me, looked at the wolf king bone on the table, and then said happily: "I thank the most distinguished guest for my tribe." After speaking, holding the wolf king bone, he said loudly to everyone: "Today is a festive day, distinguished guests, have given us the wolf king bone, we will no longer be violated by the wolves, everyone eats, drinks and dances to celebrate this important day." ”

Then it was said again in Mongolian, and everyone was cheering, singing and dancing, and then we were invited to dance, and it was almost dark, and everyone was dancing around the fire, and the light of the fire was shining on people's faces, and it was very beautiful.

I don't know how to go back that night, and the next day, we were going to find Hari Chagai to say goodbye, but Hari Chagai insisted on staying with us for a few days, and in these few days, except for me, Qinglian and Xihan, all the other people got the winter plague and fell ill, and the winter plague was a very serious disease that year, first chills, then a high fever, this may be a few people frozen in the snow, maybe they were infected in the mountains, and now they have a seizure, and what makes us strange is that only the four of them have a high fever.

In those days, they were about to die, Tianning was a strong man, burned all day long, fell asleep on the bed, and the others were also not lightly burned, lying in the yurt and couldn't go out, these people's illnesses were even helpless, Hari Chagai let people take care of them, not only let the shaman exorcise evil spirits for us, but also go to the grassland to ask the clever shaman to cure us with herbs. This disease of ours, in Qinglian's words, is an infectious disease, and if we are on the road, we will not even have a chance to live.

Tianning's body is stronger, and it took more than a month to get better, and Cui Yujuan's body was weak, and it was not until the end of December that it was completely better. After that, we were homesick and anxious, but we were afraid that the women would not be able to travel long distances, so we had to wait patiently until the end of the New Year, and in the days of waiting, we looked all around the tribe, and in our spare time, we went hunting, although we had no worries about food and clothing, but we were homesick. After the Chinese New Year, we told Hari Chagai that we were going home, and Hari Chagai prepared fast horses, money and a lot of things for us, and our rifles also had bullets, and after we packed them, let people ride horses, and sent us out of the grassland, and when we had horses, we walked much faster, and we walked for a few days, and then we walked out of the grassland, and arrived at the border of Hebei Province, and when we got there, the people who sent us and we said goodbye and went back.

When we inquired about the road in Hebei, we learned that the front was a war zone, and there were wars everywhere, and this road could not be walked at all, so we walked north for a while, and then went south, although it was already spring, the weather in the north was still very cold, and we sat on the horse, and shrunk our heads in our necks to be considered warmer. On this day, we were walking, and suddenly someone shouted: "Kill this stinky Taoist priest, this stinky Taoist priest has come to steal chickens again." ”

Then we saw a Taoist priest, wearing a tattered Taoist robe, unkempt, holding a chicken in his arms, running in front, there were people chasing behind, I looked at the Taoist priest, I had a feeling of closeness in my heart, I don't know what happened to this Taoist priest, for a chicken, chased and beaten by these people.

Those people caught up with the Taoist priest, and then began to beat the Taoist priest, and the Taoist priest shouted there: "Comfortable, comfortable, you fight hard, Daoist, my skin is itchy these days, yes, fight hard, make a little hard, haven't you eaten?" ”

This Taoist priest was really strange, not only did he not beg for mercy, but the more he fought, the happier he became, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I got off the horse and said to those people: "Don't fight, don't fight, if you continue to fight like this, you will beat people to death." ”

When they heard this, they stopped, and then I asked them, "This Taoist master only stole one of your chickens, how can you beat them to death?" ”