Twenty-two, Miao Haizi and grandfather
(I'm so tired, I can't do it, I really can't update it tomorrow, I'm writing a book with my eyelids!) I don't even know what I'm writing in my head! Hey, don't recommend tickets. )
When I arrived, I had heard that Miaohaizi was the most densely populated place in the Badain Jaran Desert, but when we arrived, I was just stunned to look at the three rooms in front of me. According to the people in Haizi, legend has it that a long time ago, there was a herdsman named Badai who found a lot of "Jilin" (Haizi in Mongolian) in this endless desert, and he moved his family here and lived as a nomad for generations. After his death, people named this great desert - Badain Jaran Desert after the name of Badai.
The lake water in the temple is blue, and when the wind rises, the clear waves ripple, but such a good Haizi is salty water and cannot be drunk, but the artifact is not far from the lake There is a spring under a row of sand date trees, Mingjige said that he often comes to this place so it is very ripe. Walking through this clear spring, we actually saw a vegetable garden surrounded by reeds, full of verdant
Mingjig said that there were few people in the desert, but they were very diligent, and the vegetables were stubble after stubble, and a few of the three people here could not eat them, so they had to bring the remaining vegetables to the people outside the desert.
Soon we saw a young man with clear eyebrows in the vegetable field, Mingjige said that this is the lama in the temple of Miaohaizi, his name is Chaoning, Chaoning's father Sang Muteng is the living Buddha of this temple, and a Western medicine doctor, for decades, he guarded the temple at the same time, with the Tsing Yi lonely lamp as a companion, chanting the Buddha every day, meditating and cultivating, and often relieving the pain of the shepherds and walkers in the desert, and doing good deeds. Now that he is old, he left the temple to his son Chaoning, and went out of the desert to pursue a Buddhist career in the city.
I didn't know what the rules were between lamas, so I could only stand at a distance and bow and nod to him. After a while, it seemed that the negotiation was settled, Mingjige and Chaoning came over, Mingjige said that there was no need to live in the desert, and we would live in the house if there were many houses here! Then he introduced us to Chaoning, and according to the archaeologist's certificate prepared by the fat man, we showed things that could prove our identity.
Chaoning smiled and looked at the documents and handed them to us, saying that there has been a lot of chaos in the desert recently, and there are often cultural relics dealers who want to come here and pour something. In addition, a person's precaution here is naturally much heavier.
Then we lived in a bungalow in front of the temple, although it was remote, but there were a lot of pilgrims, so there were still empty houses. The other houses, however, were those of a barefoot doctor and his wife. It was An Fujiu, a Han "barefoot" doctor, and his Mongolian wife, Naren Geril. An Fujiu, a native of Minqin County, Gansu Province, is 52 years old this year, and he was brought to Miaohaizi by his father when he was 4 years old. Today, their three children have all started a family and have left the desert to live in the city, while the couple remains at home.
In order to welcome us, the people here also held a rather grand welcome banquet for us. I have to say that every time we go to a place these days, we will grow several pounds just by eating.
After eating, Chaoning formally took us to visit the Badain Jarin Temple, which is similar in structure to other Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. The temple sits in the north and faces south, there is a half-height wall outside, and there is a white tower standing on the west side of the wall, which echoes the temple from afar. The total construction area of the temple is nearly 300 square meters. The temple room is divided into two floors, in the form of a pavilion. The quadrangular corner tower has a heavy eaves on the top of the hill and two small windows on the front. There are 4 small windows on each side. The whole building has just undergone a repair, and the temple chambers are full of colors. The surrounding walls are covered with murals of Buddhist themes, many Buddha statues are offered on the shrines, and the scripture pavilion is full of cloth-wrapped scriptures, and the exquisite brick and wood carvings are dizzying.
During this period, I asked Chaoning if this life would not be lonely! The handsome young man replied with a habitual smile: "Although there are only three households here, it is the activity center of the herders of the Badain Jaran Desert, and you are not here at the right time." If you wait until the wind and sand are a little smaller, there will be more people here. ”
After a day's journey, we slept in the afternoon without even eating. In the middle of the night, I was awakened by the sand again, I opened the window, I looked at the strange moon outside the window, still hanging in the sky, I don't know if it was the difference seen in the desert or what, anyway, it felt very close, the special ellipse really looked like a person's side face. As time passed, the full moon crept up the sand beams, and the stars filled the sky. The lake is like a huge jewel pearl, inlaid in the desert, and the bright moon reflects the temple in the temple in the sea in the water, and the wonderful scenery is natural.
The night sky here is bright, and you can see everything, far away, near, and the face of a fat man. I was startled, "Where the fuck did you come from?" ”
The fat man dragged a lamp and looked at me like a fat ghost. "Can I go in?"
"I said no, will you go back?"
"Yes." The fat man nodded, suddenly blew out the lamp on the ground, and crawled in through the window.
"." By the time the fat man sat down on my bed and pulled out a few pieces of beef from his clothes, I was already caught off guard, so I could only grab a piece of meat angrily and scold. "Say whatever you want."
"What happened during the day, I want to know who that body is?"
I breathed a sigh of relief, and I thought the fat man was crazy again? That's what I asked! I said, "I don't know who that body is?" And like you said, the existence of that person is completely unreasonable, when do you think he died? And where did you come from? It won't be a fake file for me to find someone to take the college entrance examination on my behalf! ”
"What kind of broken things are still taking the test, you still remember the exam if you are a virgin or not."
"I'm a top student, what's wrong with me? Do you know me this shit? Every night when I dream back at midnight, I silently recite ancient poems......"
"Bright moonlight in front of the bed, two pairs of underground shoes." The fat man Chi Guoguo said sarcastically: "Can you not pretend?" I know you don't, but why bother pretending to be it? ”
"Get out of the ball!" I touched my betrayed belly and snatched a large piece of beef, and then told the fat man about my conversation with my grandfather in the underground temple.
The fat man looked at me in surprise after hearing this, "Your grandfather would say such a thing?" Do you think you're lying to him? ”
"God knows." I spread my hands indifferently, "Anyway, I don't think he's my grandfather at all right now." ”
"Your grandfather is not simple!" The fat man suddenly said: "When I was investigating your file, I also found a record of your grandfather's early imprisonment, only to find out that your grandfather was also a part of the tomb robbery!" And it's professional! ”
When I heard this, I put down the meat in my hand with some emotion and asked, "Tomb robbery?" Isn't he an archaeologist? ”
"How many people were brushed off when New China was founded? How many people have been topped? Do you know all of this? I guess your grandfather was one of those people. You wait for me. The fat man said and suddenly ran out of bed and rushed out of my room, "I'm going to get something, I forgot to show it to you before." ”
"What......" I didn't have time to ask the fat man, and he was gone.
"Grandpa? Father? And mom? My family, what kind of existence is my family! Can grandpa have a relationship with Pengamu? Can you be ordered by the state? But I can't tell from what my parents are wearing that they are rich. Something is wrong! According to the hereditary system of civil servants, our family should be a local tyrant! I'm still a rich second generation! Could it be that my grandfather is really a breeze with two sleeves? It's too, what kind of good person can be a person who can ignore the life and death of his grandson. And he was in jail. "As I thought about it, I suddenly found a key point. I still don't know my grandfather's name?
I don't know why such a thought came to my head, but I suddenly had a very bad premonition at this time.
Soon I saw the fat man come back empty-handed, and I asked curiously. "Are you always working out at night? Or is it cheap? Aren't you tired of running around? ”
"I can't show you these things just yet." After the fat man went there, he actually changed his face and said to me strictly.
"Why?" I was really curious to be tossed by a fat man, and suddenly gave birth to a spirit of not breaking the casserole and asking the end.
"You are still not sure of your name and your appearance, you can't look at these things yet, this is the privacy of the Xiao family." The fat man looked up at me.
"Holy shit! Fat man, what's wrong with you? From the good? Aren't you a human trafficker? Is there anyone else who can't show me? ”
"You're right. In fact, we have always forgotten one thing, that is, who are you? From your parents to the current name, I actually arranged for you to use this name mandatory, didn't I? You don't actually have a memory, you can't see your face, all this is just based on a word from Pangu's people and a few people, you can conclude? But there's one thing in this, I don't know if you've thought about it? ”
"Huh?"
"Pangu doesn't know who brought your mask to you? Pangu doesn't know why you are in the Qingshui River? So that period of time when you disappeared was enough to change a lot? Like dropping a package? In fact, you also know in your heart that your voice has been hoarse when you met your parents, and your illness was not completely cured at that time, why did your mother recognize you? I think it's just a sustenance, a sustenance from your mother, that mother, for her son to be alive. So it is transferred to you, and you can also tell from the attitude of your relatives towards you whether they think you are Xiao Du. ”
"Do you think that explains why my grandfather didn't pay attention to me and why he did this to me? Because in his opinion, I'm not Xiao Du at all? ”
"That's right, I think your mother has had a hallucination, a hallucination about you when I gave her that her son might still be alive, so at that time your father was lukewarm to you and said to go, he was actually perfunctory to your mother, you know?"
"Damn, you're so good at guessing, fat man." I'm a little emotional though. But I'm still cold enough to cover my heart with my voice, how is it possible? My mother, my father. Could it be that my name is just an illusion I created for myself?
"And if that's the case? That person is the real Xiao Du! The fat man seemed to think that this sentence could give me the final blow, and he turned around and left.
"Wait. Tell me the name of the old man, which is Xiao Du's grandfather. ”
"Xiao Wu." The fat man said, "A hairy hill general." (To be continued......)