Chapter 4: Confusion: Twenty-one, I want to break my head

After Juanzi left, Ah Mei asked me to talk to her about Bogda. I said I had already told her everything I knew. Ah Mei said that if I think about it again, maybe I can think of something.

I said, "Actually, I have a secret. ”

Ah Mei asked, "What secret?" ”

I said, "I haven't figured it out yet, but the key to this secret is myself." ”

Ah Mei said, "You can't be playing tricks again, right?" ”

I said, "I'd love to tell you all these things on my mind, but hopefully you'll have to keep this secret for me until it gets to the bottom of my mind." ”

Ah Mei nodded and said, "I can treat your secret as my own." ”

I pondered for a moment and said, "From the moment I entered this place, strange things kept happening to me. These things go on and on, and each one of them makes me feel incredible. Let me begin by stating that I really hadn't been to this place before this time and didn't know what this tribe was all about. After arriving here, these things that happened to me, although I can't understand it, I can't deny my connection to this tribe. I don't know what everything is, I can't explain it, and everything is real. I don't believe in reincarnation, because if it's samsara, I'm either ignorant of the previous reincarnation, and I don't just know about these things, and I don't know what is going on with me in these things. ”

Ah Mei looked at me, "Why don't we go through everything from the beginning and see if we can find some clues?" ”

I said, "You can try this, you might as well take something that feels weird that you know, and we'll break it down together, maybe it will open up some ideas." ”

Ah Mei thought for a moment and said, "There are a total of five things I know, and we can go through them one by one in chronological order." The first thing is that you were in the wheat field and Uncle Guge's song when we first entered the confines of the tribe? ”

I said, "This was the first strange thing that happened to me since I got here." I can tell you plainly that I had never sung this song before I came here, let alone who taught me. As soon as I heard Uncle Guge sing it that day, the lyrics and melody of the song popped up in my heart. Later, I verified that this song was actually a Bogda epic, and everyone in the tribe could sing it. It is said that as long as you can sing the epic of Bogda, in the eyes of the Bogda, you are your own person. ”

Ah Mei said, "No wonder from the beginning, the people of this tribe will look at you differently. This is a bit like saying that the proletarians can find their comrades and friends wherever they go with the familiar melody of "The Internationale." ”

I nodded, "That's true." ”

Ah Mei said, "The second thing is that the day after we arrived here, you competed with the people of the tribe. Although you have shown your hand in the snow mountain when you competed with Lao Ash before, when you competed with the people of the tribe, everyone found that you and the people in the tribe have the same kung fu, or it is more accurate to say that you are of the same ancestry. ”

I said, "That's weird to me, too. I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and kung fu belongs to the family tradition. When I grew up, I also asked some seniors and friends for advice, and I also realized some of them. But during the competition that day, I found that most of the kung fu I knew, including my family tradition, was practiced by people in the tribe. If it may be a coincidence that I can sing the Bogda epic, then it is not a coincidence that the people of the tribe will make me realize the kung fu of myself. Because people who practice kung fu know that if it is not taught by words and deeds, it is impossible to learn a kung fu secretly. Moreover, I have never taught anyone what I have learned. Where did the people of this tribe learn from? It was also the beginning of my suspicion that I had a relationship with the people of this tribe. ”

Ah Mei listened to my words and thought thoughtfully. "The third thing, how can you dance the tribal dance, and dance better than the people in the tribe?"

I said, "This one thing is the same as the first thing, and I can tell you that I never danced this dance before I came here, and no one ever taught me." As soon as I saw the dance in the tribe that day, the gesture and melody of this dance suddenly appeared in my heart. I thought about it in hindsight, but there was no answer. ”

Ah Mei nodded, "Then the fourth thing, if you haven't been to this place, how can you be so familiar with the etiquette of the tribe?" Or even sing the drinking songs of the tribe, and the leader of the tribe toasts you individually and ceremoniously? ”

I told Ah Mei, "I don't even believe in this matter, I have dreamed many times in my dreams about the scene of the dance banquet that day, and the process and details are exactly the same." The difference is only in my dreams, not these people in the tribe. As for drinking songs, only the melody remains the same, and the lyrics can be improvized. For example, those toasting girls began to sing "Toast Song", and the lyrics were fixed. What they sang later and what I sang later were all improvised lyrics based on the atmosphere of the time. I'm just repeating what I did in my dreams. If you ask me why I dream like this, I have nothing to say. And the leader's toast, I don't know why. Do you remember the scene? ”

Ah Mei thought for a moment and said, "Yes." The leader of the tribe walks up to you, beckons, and two girls behind him come forward. We could all see clearly that a girl was holding a tray with six silver wine bowls in the tray. Another girl held a jug of wine in her hand and filled six bowls. ”

I said, "Bakken, who was beside me at the time, had a strange look on his face when he saw the wine bowls. He told me that these bowls had been handed down by their tribe's ancestors to welcome only the most distinguished guests, and that he had never seen them used since he was a child. ”

Ah Mei looked at me in disbelief and opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything.

I said, "Don't you think it's weird?" This is what surprised me the most. The leader of the tribe and the oldest old man of the tribe toasted me one after another, why did they respect me so much? I'm afraid it's not just about having a relationship! ”

Ah Mei's eyes widened, "yes, who are you?" ”

I sighed, "I want to know too." ”

Ah Mei said, "The last thing, how did you know about the Bogda Temple? It can't be dreaming in a dream again, right? ”

I said, "It's very simple, people in the tribe told me about it while we were chatting. ”

Ah Mei frowned slightly, "These things are like a mess, and it seems that I can't figure it out for a while." ”

I said, "That's just what you see." In fact, there are some things that you don't know about that have also happened. ”