Chapter 14: The Man-Eating Mountain God

We set off and continued in a southwestern direction for more than four hours. The water in the kettle is gone, the compressed biscuits have been eaten, and now that we have run out of ammunition, we have to find a place to rest in place from the sun in order to maintain our strength.

"What do you see that?" Zhao Yu'er seemed to see something and told us to come over.

"It's a row of white dots, like a flock of sheep!" Professor Liu took the binoculars to see everything in the distance, and a few of us hurriedly followed him to the flock.

After a while we came to the flock of sheep, which was a flock of alpacas, and a middle-aged man in his forties rode up to us on a tall alpaca .......

"Hello strangers, welcome to our wooden village, welcome!" The middle-aged man got out of the sheep he was riding and walked towards us.

"Hello, we are the archaeological team of Haicheng University, we just encountered a sandstorm on the way to the camp and got lost, have you heard of a camp near here?" Professor Liu seems to have seen a savior.

"No, I haven't heard of any camps, but you look like you've been hungry for days, if you don't dislike our village, you're welcome to come and visit."

"What's your name, please? I am a professor in the archaeological team, and my surname is Liu. Professor Liu said and took out his business card and handed it to him.

"My name is Ajiwang, everyone in our Namu Village knows me, I am the captain of the llamander herding here, you come with us and go this way."

Each of us mounted a huge alpaca and followed Uncle Ajiwang closely. After about half an hour of marching, a small village emerged. A slender dirt road is flanked by low bungalows, which are piled up with a mixture of mud and wood. On the outside of each bungalow is a long courtyard with alpacas and yaks.

"Dad, what are they doing? Who are they? A little boy of seven or eight years old came out of the house, followed by a middle-aged woman, presumably Uncle Ajiwang's wife and children.

"They are my new friends, and my wife is going to cook quickly, and they seem to be hungry." Ajiwang tied all the alpacas to the yard and invited us all into the house.

"You're new friends? My name is Wanda, my mother's name is Yabu, what are you all called" Cute little Wanda ran over and looked at each of us curiously.

"My name is Zhao Yu'er, his name is Nie Yu, this brother's name is Wu Shirong, and this is Professor Liu's ......, come and hug you." Zhao Yuer opened her hands and hugged the cute little Wanda.

Wanda is the youngest son of Uncle Ajiwang, his eldest daughter and second daughter are married, and only little Wanda remains at home. Yabu is Wanda's mother, and the family lives a hard but happy life in Namu Village. That night, Uncle Ajiwang and Aunt Yabu cooked a large table of food for us to eat, and told us many legends about the no-man's land in Tibet.

Before we knew it, it was getting dark, and we gathered around the brazier in the middle of the house, drinking warm fresh goat's milk, listening to the story told by Ajiwang, not to mention how happy we were.

Uncle Ajiwang said that there is an ancient legend ...... in the Tanggula Mountains in Tibet.

In the interior of Tanggula Mountain there is a huge city, that city is not the abode of human beings, they are all descendants of the gods. It was a carefree world, where no one had to fight for survival, everyone could live forever, and they could even change their form and ......go wherever they wanted.

We were listening intently to the mythical story of Uncle Ajiwang when Wanda whined in the next room.

"Mom, I don't want to go, I don't want to leave you, woo...... Woo....... Little Wanda cried sadly, wiping her tears as she cried.

Ajiwang was drinking with Professor Liu, and Zhao Yuer and I hurriedly leaned on the wall and listened.

"Wanda, my mother doesn't want to take you away, but my mother can't help but let you go, for the sake of all the villagers in Namu Village, I must take you there, don't blame my mother for being ruthless, my child!" Yabu hugged the skinny Wanda ...... tightly.

Zhao Yuer and I listened to their speeches and felt more and more strange, how could we send Wanda away, and as if we were reluctant to part, the two of us hurriedly ran to Uncle Ajiwang to ask what was going on.

"Uncle Ajiwang, Yabu next door said he wanted to send Wanda away? Why did you send him away, and where did you send him? Seems to be very sad? ”

Zhao Yuer and I couldn't suppress our curiosity and went over together to ask Uncle Ajiwang. Ajiwang, who was chatting with Professor Liu, suddenly turned ugly when he heard our question.

In the face of Zhao Yuer's questioning by me and Zhao Yuer, Uncle Ajiwang's face became more and more ugly, and Professor Liu and the archaeological team members at the wine table also looked at the two of us.

"Zhao Yu'er, Nie Yu, what are you two talking about? Uncle Ajiwang invited us to dinner, was it wrong? You're going to question him like that? "Professor Liu seems to be very angry at my recklessness.

Hearing Professor Liu's question, Zhao Yuer and I also blushed, we really shouldn't have asked such a question so recklessly, but after asking it, everyone was looking at the two of us in a daze, they thought that the two of us must be talking nonsense.

"He's right, I'm going to send Wanda away tomorrow, the two of them didn't lie" Ajiwang put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, his eyes turned red and tears fell.

At this time, Yabu walked into the living room with little Wanda in his arms and crying, all of us were in no mood to eat, put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked at their family of three. The three of them hugged each other tightly, the three of them hugged their heads and cried but no one spoke, we were really uncomfortable in our eyes but didn't know how to ask.

"Ajiwang, why are you doing? Could it be that little Wanda was sold by you? Are you so ruthless? Professor Liu also stared at the family of three in a daze.

Ajiwang wiped away his tears and hugged the painful Yabu and little Wanda to tell us an ancient legend.

It turns out that there is an established custom in Naki Village that families with two or more children should sacrifice the youngest child to the mountain god. If the child is not sacrificed to the mountain god, the mountain god will punish him by killing all the livestock and burning all the crops. This year it is Ajiwang's turn, and tomorrow is the 14th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, which happens to be the day of sacrifice to the mountain god. After saying these words, the Ajiwang family cried bitterly .......

After listening to Uncle Ajiwang's complaint, I stood up angrily.

"Impossible, how could the mountain god have a child? They must be some kind of evil and crooked guys, uncle, you can't be fooled! ”

"So what can we do? If we don't send little Wanda over, the whole village will suffer, and all the people in the village will be killed by us, and we will have to ......! Yabu and Ajiwang cried even more, and Zhao Yuer hurriedly ran over to comfort Wanda, but she couldn't help crying.

"Uncle Ajiwang, that so-called mountain god must not be a good thing, you can rest assured that we will go to see what is going on tomorrow, if it is a demon or a monster, we will get rid of it, so that it will continue to harm Namu Village."

"If you offend the mountain god, all the people in our village will be finished, can you do it?" Uncle Ajiwang seemed to see hope, and Wanda and Yabu stopped crying.

"Then we have to try, we can't do nothing! You can't go on like this, and you will definitely send more children and sacrifice more lives endlessly! "I made up my mind to see what it was.

"Well, little brother, if you do it for us, except for the mountain god who has children, we will always remember your kindness. Wanda, kowtow to her benefactor! "Uncle Ajiwang called Wanda, and little Wanda kowtowed to us like pounding garlic, and my heart felt like a knife was inserted, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

"Okay, Uncle Ajiwang, you take us to see what is going on tomorrow, today we have a good rest, and we will leave early tomorrow morning!" After comforting them, I discussed tomorrow's plan with Wu Shirong and Zhao Yuer .......

"Okay, Uncle Ajiwang, you take us to see what is going on tomorrow, today we have a good rest, and we will leave early tomorrow morning!" After comforting them, I discussed tomorrow's plan with Wu Shirong and Zhao Yuer .......