Chapter Fifty-Three: A Radical Town, A Strange Origin
Master and I parked our cars at the town's government.
In fact, the so-called government does not have much deterrent power in such a town where the people are fierce and do not blend in with the world, but it is more or less in a state where the well water does not interfere with the river water, and it is very appropriate to park the car in such a place.
Of course, this kind of help is not in vain, it is inevitable to spend some money up and down, which is considered the cost of helping to watch the car, after all, it is too important for me and Master now, and finally go to the no-man's land of the snow-capped mountains, and rely on it.
After doing all this, it was already night, and it was obviously unrealistic to go up the mountain at this time, and we wanted to stay overnight in this humble government building, but no one else agreed, because except for a porter old man, the rest of the staff were gone.
Later, we learned that the government here is only the government of the nearest town from here to manage it occasionally, and this extremely remote town is basically autonomous, and they dare not keep us because the people here are strong, and if something happens, don't have anything wrong with this office building.
Master and I are helpless, in fact, the Miao people in my impression are divided into two extremes, one is like the people in the village of Yueyan Miao Village, gentle and kind, and the other is the people of Heiyan Miao Village, the folk customs are really strong, xenophobic, and even a little cold-blooded.
But no matter what kind of Miao people, in fact, I feel that they have a more 'extreme' protection of their own culture, they want to integrate, but more importantly, they want to protect the inheritance of culture and cannot be changed by this integration.
In fact, I occasionally think this kind of extreme protection is very good, because my Chinese culture also has a long history, do I need some extreme protection?
In the end, Master and I went to the village without recklessness, and stayed with the porter in vain
It was night, a pot of wine, two packs of cigarettes, a few bags of peanuts, and we chatted with the porter without a word, ready to survive this long night, after all, this small doorman could not sleep.
Master was born with a very casual ability to communicate with people, but unlike me, he always kept a distance from people at the beginning of contact, and was afraid of being emotionally involved. So, I soon mingled with the porter and chatted all over the world.
The porter is a Han man, and after he drank, the most he talked to the master was that he had worked here for many years, and everyone in the town looked familiar, but he didn't know the name.
As for the reason, it is because the people in this town do not like to talk to the Han people, and he has never been able to integrate into this town.
So xenophobia? I'm a little surprised, even if I feel that Heiyan Miao Village is not so xenophobic.
"That's also helpless, I was born in the countryside before, the government policy is good, and I am also lucky to get such a public office. I didn't guard the gate before, but I retreated, and I couldn't stay idle. Say I don't have feelings for this place, right? That can't be before the goalkeeper after all, I also work here from time to time. It's a shame that the people here haven't taken us in, and it's like we've been isolated and on our own. It's funny that I've been here for so many years, a pack of the same cigarette, someone in this town buys it at the commissary, 5 yuan! I'm going to buy 10 pit people. What if you don't buy it? Do people still like to sell it? The uncle drank two glasses, was a little emotional, and as he spoke, he brought a hint of Northeast flavor.
This made me listen very kindly, and I remembered everything in the deep forest that year, Wu Laogui, who was humorous and timid, but would not drop the chain at a critical time, honest and honest, reliable Lao Zhang, the magical stick, the snowy forest, and my dreaming girl, everything was left there.
Thinking of Ruxue, my heart stinged inexplicably, and now this sting, every time it accompanies the soul, it will make me stunned suddenly, but I have also learned to hide it, just the hand holding the peanuts shook a little, and there was no change in the expression on my face.
This is a cover that even the master can't see, he is still talking to the porter, 10 yuan is a pit person, isn't this twice as expensive?
This kind Northeast dialect made me feel a little weaker to the porter, no, it should be a little more wary of any stranger, and a natural smile unconsciously appeared on my face, and I poured a glass of wine for the porter.
The porter may have felt that this seemed quite indifferent, and the young man, who was not good at talking, suddenly showed favor to himself, and was a little moved, and smiled at me gratefully. Picking up his wine glass, he took another half sip
Sometimes, the friendship between people seems to be so simple, but I often can't do it, I don't know if I am burdened by the life of a child, I always feel that the person I love dearly, imagining that in the end will always leave me, will leave me alone in an open place, helplessly shouting 'I will not let go', which makes me very defensive.
After all, I still responded to Master's words, I can't afford or let go of my feelings, and the same is true for strangers.
The happy master who was chatting with the porter didn't notice my emotions, and I thought it would be bad to be cranky in the middle of the night, so I simply withdrew my thoughts, peeling peanuts and sipping wine a little bit, listening to the porter's excited words.
"Who's to say 10 dollars isn't expensive? But that's it, it's still a friendship price, and other clerks go to buy things, including officials, I won't hide it from you, it's normal to triple it. "The porter said excitedly, but also a little proud, he can have a 'friendship price'.
The master quietly drank a glass of wine, then threw a peanut and chewed it carefully in his mouth before saying, "Why are these people so xenophobic? I don't think there was such a town. The"
Yes? There wasn't such a town before? I'm a little baffled, so why did Master show me the way here? However, I could only pretend to be silent and listen to them.
"Huh? How do you know? There really wasn't this town before, and this Gada, which wasn't even a village, was just a few scattered people's homes. It's been a year all of a sudden," the uncle paused at this point, as if he had some scruples.
The master hurriedly poured a glass of wine for the uncle, and said, "It's okay, I won't tell you, I used to have a lot of connections here, otherwise how could I know so well?" As he spoke, the master lowered his voice and whispered, "I also know a lot of people on the mountain?" ”
"Ah, do you know the people on the mountain?" The uncle's eyes were shocked, he looked the master up and down a few times, and said with some doubts: "Could it be that you are also a Miao person?" ”
"Yes, where is it possible, I am an authentic Han Chinese, but by some coincidence, I met the people on the mountain." The master was very sincere, in fact he was not lying, this is just a kind of speaking technique, saying is equivalent to saying nothing.
But the porter was excited, and when he patted the stool where the wine was placed, the wine bottle almost collapsed, and I hurriedly held it, but he didn't care about it, and whispered: "Hey, then I'm really envious." The people on this mountain are not simple, why are they not simple, I don't know, but I'm sure, they will be magical? Like a spell? ”
Ordinary people can't tell the difference between Taoism and witchcraft, and there are some other spells, which are collectively called spells.
"Oh? Then I also believe it, there are no wonders in this world, the older this person is, the more he believes in these, and it is not good to say, this person has lived a lifetime, who has not encountered a few strange things! When I get old and think about it, I think about it, so it's called 'superstition'. Master turned the words back, after all, it is taboo to talk about these things with an ordinary person in a real circle.
"Anyway, let's not talk about this, let's go back to the previous thing, how long ago was there really no town here? I have to think about it, about ten years ago? Anyway, I've been working here for many years, and the people in this town are also xenophobic, hey" As he spoke, the uncle swallowed the glass of wine in front of him in one go, and then put the empty wine glass on the bench heavily, and said: "These people came out overnight, to be exact, they are people who came down from the mountain!" I don't know why I came to the bottom of the mountain and stayed here all the time, repairing the house and becoming a town. ”
Coming down from the mountains overnight? I looked down and frowned, took a sip of the wine in my glass, and couldn't help but be a little worried about the hadron. But if you think about it, the town that appeared ten years ago was a little earlier than the last time I saw Hadron, and Hadron at least never mentioned these things to me, is it a secret?
Thinking about it, I let go of my brow and put down my glass.
The master also didn't speak, just bowed his head and drank, while the master was still babbling: "You said that suddenly so many people came down overnight, and they did it themselves, and they made this place look like a town in a few months, don't you care?" Gotta take care of it! But in this poor mountain and bad water, there is not so much manpower, so he can only "
He is talking about the origin of this so-called town government, and if these Miao people really came down from the mountains, then they may not really take this so-called temporary supervision government seriously.
Speaking of which, this is indeed interesting news, as if there is a huge secret hidden behind it, but I don't know what Master is asking for?
As the old man spoke, his tongue was a little bigger, and he talked about it again, and we didn't persuade him to drink again, but he said something unintentionally in a daze: "You say, what is there to pay attention to in this town?" In the past two months, a lot of people have come, and they don't look good, which makes the people in the town more and more xenophobic. We didn't dare to care, and we didn't understand why? What's going on? ”
Uncle couldn't help but half-lie on the chair and fall asleep as he spoke, and Master and I glanced at each other, who is coming? Isn't it impossible, two months ago, Master and I were still building in the bamboo forest, it doesn't make sense!
Thinking of this, Master and I frowned at the same time!