I looked at myself in the mirror and couldn't help but be startled, could it be that this is Azina's "masterpiece" just now? When I calmed down, I noticed that there was no sign of injury on my face, and it seemed that the blood on my face was probably painted by Azina. But on second thought, I felt that something was wrong, and I distinctly remember that when Ajuna touched my face, I felt the dryness and roughness of the old hand, and there was no slippery or cold feeling at all, so how did she draw such a pattern on my face?

Looking at the color again, at first, I thought it was just some red dye, but when I found that some places had congealed into a brown crust, I concluded that it must be blood, as for what kind of blood, I don't know, and my heart said that it could not be human blood. As soon as I got closer to the mirror, I realized that it was exactly the same as I had guessed before, and the blood stain on my face was indeed some kind of image upon closer inspection, but it didn't look like a Taoist rune, but more like a totem of an ethnic minority, like a bull's head. The heart said, the human body is bull's head, isn't this the mythical image of Chiyou worshiped by the Miao people. I have not been an atheist since I was a child, but I am also a person who disdains anecdotes about gods and ghosts, and I have neither absolutely denied nor agreed with such things as ghosts and gods, but I generally adhere to the so-called "respectful and distancing" attitude of Confucius.

I tried to fetch water to wash the blood off my face, but I was stopped by Da Zhao, who said that it was a white witchcraft performed on me by the Great Witch Ashuna, a totem to ward off evil spirits for me. I said that it would not allow me to see people with this face in the future, and Da Zhao comforted me and said, "Don't worry, the totem will disappear the next morning." ”

I will be skeptical, and my heart will say that if I don't wash it, I won't wash it, and seeing Da Zhao like that, if I wash the runes off my face in front of him, it will be disrespectful to Ashuna. I followed the local customs, and I went to bed in a daze.

When I woke up the next morning, I found that the runes on my face had disappeared, and although when I got close to the mirror, I could still faintly see the pink mark, but I couldn't distinguish the pattern anymore. I was amazed, could the blood still be absorbed by the skin? That's too godly, isn't it? It was probably because of something that Azuna added to her blood that caused this strange phenomenon. After all, no matter what people say, they can be regarded as the great wizards here, and if they don't have some unique skills to fool people, then their position will naturally not be solid. So, I didn't feel too surprised by this.

After breakfast, Da Zhao told me that it was time to hurry, and I had no objection, for I could see that almost everything I encountered from the day I came to Yunnan was inexplicably funny, and I was often neglected. I thought to myself, since people didn't treat me as a guest in good faith, there was no need for me to stay here any longer. Instead of being excluded here and there, it is better to go back to Kunming early and have fun there for two days before returning to the Northeast.

After leaving Dazhao's house, I wanted to go to Ashina's house again, firstly to pick up the Miao girl, and secondly, to say goodbye to her old man. Unexpectedly, as soon as I went out, I found that the Miao girl had been standing at the door of Da Zhao's house for some time, and it seemed that she had been waiting for a long time. She was dressed the same as last night, with a large crown of horns and silver on her head, shining in the sun, and a cloth bag in her hand, which she didn't know what was inside. She was very quiet, and she just nodded slightly when she saw me come out.

I stepped forward to her and said, "My name is Fan Peixi, the Pei I wear, the seal of the jade seal." ”

The girl didn't answer, just stared at me blankly.

I was stunned for a while, remembering Ashuna's fluent Chinese last night, and I couldn't help but turn around and ask Da Zhao, "Hey, do all the people in your village speak Chinese?" ”

Da Zhao shook his head and said, "Few can speak Chinese. I learned Chinese because I always go out of the mountains. ”

As I expected, because I had only heard him speak Chinese while I was at Dazhao's house, and his wife and children spoke Hmong. I pointed to the Miao girl and asked, "Then does she not speak Chinese?" ”

Da Zhao replied angrily: "I don't know what to say, I have never heard her speak. ”

"Never heard her speak? Is it a mute? I said.

Da Zhao shrugged, meaning that he didn't know what to do. I asked, "Then Ashina, oh, Ashina, does she often go out to the mountains?" ”

"Why are you asking this?" Da Zhao asked me warily.

"Oh, I'm just curious, then Azuna is also a little old, so how can she speak Chinese?"

"I don't know about it, Ajuna is 103 years old, she has experienced too many things, I don't know about it. However, since Azuna is our leader, she is naturally very intelligent, so what's so strange about knowing some Chinese? ”

103 years old! Although I didn't react excessively on the surface, I was still shocked in my heart, that old lady had lived for so long, she was really an old goblin.

When I saw that Da Zhao was ready to go, I said to him, "I still want to go to Ashuna's place and say goodbye to her." ”

Da Zhao shook his head and said, "No need, last night I had already ordered Ashuna to let you take this girl out of the mountains this morning, she is an old man, and she has been sick recently, so it is inconvenient to see outsiders, you better leave with me quickly." ”

I said yes, and looked at the girl who had stood aside from the beginning, and who had remained unmoved, and felt great pity at the thought that she was a mute. Looking at her outfit again, she said that if she wore such a dress and went down the mountain, she would not be tired to death, so she asked Dazhao if there was any other simpler pair for the girl to change into. Da Zhao told me that even if there were, the girl would not wear it, the rules of the Miao people, the set of silverware is passed down from generation to generation, where people go, the silverware will go. In addition, he told me that the girl had grown up in the mountains, and although she was dressed like that, she was not necessarily slower than me in her walk. Later facts proved that Da Zhao's words were correct.

By the time I walked out of the mountains, I was already sweating profusely, but Da Zhao and the girl didn't seem to feel tired at all. On the way, I asked Da Zhao that since the girl was Arona's apprentice, then she should stay in the village to take Arona's place, why did Azuna send her out of the mountain?

In this regard, Da Zhao seemed to be more puzzled than me, and he said that he didn't know what Lu Dao was for, but since this was what Ashuna Dawu meant, then all he could do was to do it. Now, I finally understand why I am so unpopular here, and I dare to take away the heir of the great witch of their clan. Along the way, I think Da Zhao has always been a little taboo about that girl, probably because of this girl's special identity.

As we walked out of the mountains and reached the mountain road, I could already faintly hear the sound of car engines, and when we came out of the forest, we saw the familiar dilapidated Santana. Master Duan was leaning back in the driver's seat and smoking a cigarette, and when he saw us coming, he dropped his cigarette and got out of the car and walked towards us. I sat in the back seat with the Miao girl, and Da Zhao briefly explained a few words to Master Duan, and then turned around and went back to the mountain.

Master Duan got in the car and asked me where I was going. I was stunned, and then couldn't help laughing, since I came to Yunnan day, I have been led by the nose, this time the initiative finally returned to my hands, it seems that receiving this Miao girl is my task, and my task has been successfully concluded since then, where I want to go next has nothing to do with them. I thought about it for a while and said to Master Duan, "Let's go directly to Kunming." ”

"To Kunming? I guess I'll have to wait until the evening to get there. ”

"Let's go to Kunming, I don't want to go back to that broken hotel in Wenshan."

Master Duan smiled at me, kicked the accelerator, and we hit the road. We just had a quick bite to eat at noon in the car rest area, and when it was almost eight o'clock in the evening, we finally arrived in Kunming.

After getting out of the car, I wanted to leave the master for a meal, but he didn't seem to want to stay with me in Kunming longer, just said that his mission was completed, and drove away.

I wanted to take the Miao girl to have some food, but along the way, I was also a little hungry. However, her outfit was so eye-catching, and I intuitively felt that I would be stared at by passers-by wherever I went. So, I simply took her to a shopping mall first, and just bought her a pair of canvas shoes, a pair of jeans and a white shirt that couldn't be more ordinary. It took me a long time to persuade the girl to change into this dress, to remove the mountain of silver jewelry from her head, and to buy her a suitcase for this purpose.

After this dress, it further confirms the saying that people rely on clothing, although this set of clothes is simple, but it makes this Miao girl suddenly have an urban atmosphere. Her long black hair draped over her shoulders, coupled with the unique fragrance of her body, attracted the attention of many passers-by along the way, maybe they thought that this girl was my girlfriend, and when I thought of this, my vanity suddenly flooded, and I walked a lot more energetically. It's just that she always follows me and doesn't say a word, which makes me feel a little dull and boring.

After shopping for clothes, it was already late, I took Miao Nu to a hotel and asked for a few plates of local specialties, and after I devoured them, my mood became cheerful. The Miao girl didn't know if it was unappetizing or what, she barely used chopsticks, just ate a few bites of dry rice and a few bites of vegetables, and drank tea there the rest of the time.

After eating, I got up to go to the bathroom, but she stood up with me. I said badly, I forgot that she was mute, as the saying goes, nine out of ten are dumb and nine deaf, and she probably couldn't hear me either. I asked her to sit down again, thinking about how to make her understand what I meant.

So, I pointed to myself, then to the hotel toilet, and then made a peeing gesture while making a "shhhhh As a result, after my set of actions, the Miao girl didn't know that she didn't understand, but she turned the people around her happy. I was a little embarrassed, but fortunately, the Miao girl seemed to finally understand what I meant, and sat down in her seat, and I was finally relieved.

I pushed the door and walked into the men's bathroom, just in time for a man to come out of it, and almost knocked me to the ground. I stumbled for a moment, and when I looked up, it was a tall, thin man with a long face, looking sick and pale, and I really couldn't understand that a big man from the Northeast was almost knocked to the ground by such a person. The man also seemed to feel embarrassed, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." ”

As a result, when he raised his eyes, the two of us looked at each other, and for a moment both of us were stunned, as if our looks evoked some memories of each other. But the time was short, and we only hesitated for a while, and then we walked away.

After going to the toilet, when she came back, the Miao girl was still sitting there motionless. I settled the bill, and I found a room here to stay, I wanted to get two single rooms, but unfortunately the single rooms were full, and in desperation, I had to live in a double room.

The room was nice with two single beds and there was even a good sized bath in the bathroom, which made me very happy.

I didn't hesitate to enter the house, turned on the TV, lay on the bed and lit a cigarette, and let the Miao girl sit down on the other bed. I could tell from her eyes that it was probably the first time she had seen TV, but she didn't show any surprise on her face.

Although I knew that she was mute, I still unconsciously asked, "What's your name?" What Bu Jin, right? ”

"Long Bujin."

At that moment, I didn't believe my ears at all, I looked back at the Miao girl in a daze, and she didn't look at me, just stared straight at the TV.

"So you're not dumb!"

This time, she didn't react again. So I asked, "Are you, don't you understand Chinese, can't understand what I'm saying?" "This time, I spoke very slowly, literally word by word.

She frowned slightly, as if thinking about what I had just said, then nodded at me and said, "I'll only be a little." ”

I jumped out of bed excitedly, in the past few days in Yunnan, the people I have met are either rigid people like Master Duan and Da Zhao, or mysterious old women like Ashuna, there is no decent person to chat with me, but it really suffocates me.

I said to her, "Long Bujin, I'll teach you Chinese." ”

She didn't seem to understand, so I had to slow down and explain to her with my body movements, and when she understood what I meant, I just nodded slightly. She's always nodding.

In this way, I started teaching her Chinese, but the process was slower than I expected, and I thought she had mastered most of the basic Chinese at first, only to find out later that she actually knew very little Chinese. She was able to answer me by her name, probably because she heard me say the word "Bu Jin", and she said "I can only do a little" probably to tell me that she didn't actually understand me.

After more than an hour of hard fighting, I finally got exhausted, and when I looked at my watch again, it was not early, so I asked her if she wanted to take a shower. She looked at me and didn't react, so I picked up the pillow towel on the bed and made a shower and back rubbing motion. This time, she understood what I meant, smiled slightly, and nodded at me.

"Then go ahead." I pointed to the bathroom and let her in.

I watched Bu Jin walk into the bathroom, didn't pay attention to it, continued to watch my TV, and after a while, I found that there was no movement in the bathroom at all, and I thought, could it be that she doesn't know how to use the water heater.

I got up and walked to the bathroom door and asked, "Bu Jin, don't you know how to use it?" Can I go in and help you? ”

There was no response, so I asked again, "Are you wearing clothes, I'm going in." ”

I hesitated at the door for a moment, then pushed the door in, and what came to me was a very strange picture.

I saw that the Miao girl Long Bu Jin was squatting on the ground at the moment, sniffing east and west at the bathtub, like a hunting dog, I don't know what to smell.

"What are you doing crouching on the ground?" At first, I thought she was disgusted with the bathtub, so I said to her, "Don't worry, this hotel is not bad, it should be quite clean." ”

However, Bu Jin didn't pay attention to what I was saying, and still sniffed around eagerly. I watched her strange behavior and didn't dare to disturb. However, judging from Bu Jin's expression, she seemed to be very frightened, as if she seemed to have found something, but she didn't dare to believe it, but wanted to make further confirmations. I thought to myself, could it be that she has been doing this since she entered the bathroom? Just as she was thinking, she suddenly stood up, touched the tiles on the wall with her hand, turned to the bathtub, and said to me abruptly, "Dead man." ”