From Chengdu to Suoxian, there is a distance of 1,700 kilometers, and many sections of the terrain are relatively steep, we walked for two days and two nights before finally arriving at Yala Town, where the Suoxian County Government is located.

Basang lives in a relatively remote area, seventy or eighty kilometers from the town of Yara, but on the day he finished talking to Seabeard, they rushed to the town of Yarra and had been waiting for us in the town for two whole days.

Yala Town is very small, with a few short streets, and the townspeople are dressed in distinctive Tibetan costumes, perhaps because of its location on the main transportation route, and there should be a lot of tourists passing through here to Lhasa every year, but the locals are not very curious about our arrival.

We found a Sichuan restaurant in the center of the town, which is supposed to be mainly aimed at foreign tourists, because at this time the number of tourists in Tibet is becoming scarcer, and we basically didn't see a few cars driving in the direction of Tibet on the way. So even though it was lunch time, the restaurant was deserted and there were hardly any customers.

Seeing our group walk into the store, the proprietress of the store immediately greeted us warmly and beckoned us to sit down.

We ordered a few random dishes, and the owner and the proprietress went into the kitchen, leaving only a little girl of seven or eight years old, lying on the counter, doing her homework, and peeking at us from time to time.

Since it was not the peak tourist season, the business was too deserted, so in order to save costs, the owner of the store laid off all the staff, and the couple are now both owners, waiters, and chefs.

While waiting for the food to be served, Seabeard called Basang, but five minutes later, a burly, dark-skinned, grim-faced middle-aged man dressed in Tibetan costume and wearing a black Tibetan felt hat walked into the store.

When Seabeard saw the Tibetan man, he immediately got up to greet him, and the two didn't say much, but first came to a warm hug, and after a few words of greeting, Seabeard brought the Tibetan man to us and introduced: "This is my comrade-in-arms Basang." ”

Basang took off his hat, held it to his chest, smiled at us, bowed, and said, "Tashi Delek." ”

Before we came, we all did some homework and knew that "Tashi Delek" means "hello" in Tibetan, so we all hurriedly got up and responded: "Tashi Delek." ”

We warmly beckoned Basang to sit down and started talking to him.

Basang told us that he now runs a ranch on the outskirts of Yala Town, which is not small, raising hundreds of yaks and thousands of goats, and earning four or five hundred thousand yuan a year. Now he has four or five workers to help take care of his ranch, and he basically doesn't have to worry about it, so when he has nothing to do, he drives around, and over the years, he has traveled almost all over northern Tibet, and even some inaccessible alpine mountains, leaving his footprints.

After listening to what Basang said, Professor Dong asked, "I wonder if the Basang brothers have ever been to Dagadoma Village?" ”

As soon as he heard about Dagadoma Village, Basang immediately nodded and replied, "Of course I have been!" I have an old fellow who lives there, and a few years ago a snowstorm froze one of his legs, and now life is more difficult, and I visit him every year. ”

"Then you must know that there is a Bon temple near the village of Dagadoma, right?" Professor Dong continued to ask.

"Bon temples? What is your name? Bassan asked rhetorically.

Professor Dong shook his head and said, "I went there more than ten years ago, and now I don't remember the name of the temple very much, I only remember that not far from the temple, there is a plateau lake with red water. ”

Basang immediately understood: "Chishui Lake! Are you talking about Doma Temple on Mount Dagadoma? ”

Professor Dong thought for a moment and slapped his thigh suddenly: "Yes! Right! It's called Doma Temple! So the Bassan brothers, you know that place? ”

"Of course I know, my old man believes in Bon and goes to Doma Monastery every year to pay homage. I also accompanied him twice. Speaking of this, he changed his words and asked, "Are you going to Naqu this time to go to Doma Temple?" ”

Professor Dong nodded.

"Doma Temple is located in the middle of nowhere, and it is not a big temple, what are you doing there so far?" Basan asked, confused.

Professor Dong smiled and said, "I'm going to visit an old man." He is the guru of Doma Monastery. ”

"Is it Guru Dolma?" Basang blurted out a name.

Professor Dong had a surprised expression on his face: "How do the Basang brothers know?" ”

Pasang smiled and said, "There is only one master in Doma Monastery, and that is Guru Dolma. Who else could he be? ”

Professor Dong said with a smile: "It seems that the Basang brothers are quite familiar with the Doma Temple, and on the way here, I was still worried that I would not be able to find the way to the Doma Temple. ”

Basang immediately patted his chest and said: "It's not me bragging, in northern Tibet, as long as you can name the place, I can take you there!" ”

We were chatting, the owner came up with a hot meal, counting, we haven't eaten a hot meal for more than ten hours, now smelling the smell of food, I suddenly feel hungry and growling, everyone else is the same as me, everyone is not polite, grab the chopsticks and eat.

To be honest, the food in this restaurant is actually not very good, not like authentic Sichuan food, but compared to the cold water instant noodles eaten along the way, it is simply a peerless delicacy, and a few of us quickly swept away the food on the table.

After filling our stomachs and resting for a while, we were ready to go.

Originally, Seabeard wanted Basang to ride in his car, but Basang insisted on driving his own car, and what we didn't expect was that he actually drove a JEEP Wrangler, and like Seabeard, he also removed the rear seat. Seabeard explained that this is not a coincidence, mainly because when they were in the army, they drove a JEEP car, which is why they chose the same car so tacitly, and also made the same modification of the car.

In this way, the four of us formed a small convoy and headed west along National Highway 317 under the leadership of Basan.

After about an hour of driving, the walkie-talkie told us that the altitude of our location is close to 5,000 meters, and that mainlanders who come to high altitude for the first time are often prone to altitude sickness, so let us all be careful, if you feel any discomfort, you must tell others in time, and don't brace yourself.

In fact, in order to prevent altitude sickness, we had already made corresponding preparations before coming to Tibet and took Rhodiola capsules for many days.

Rhodiola is a kind of medicinal plant that grows in the cold and pollution-free zone at an altitude of 1800-2500 meters, because it grows in the harsh environment of hypoxia, low temperature, strong ultraviolet rays and large temperature difference between day and night for a long time, so it has strong vitality and special adaptability. This also makes it have a special medicinal value, which can replenish qi and clear the lungs, nourish the mind and nourish the heart, especially for the prevention of altitude sickness, it has a special effect, so it is basically one of the necessary drugs to enter the Tibetan area.

However, as a traditional Chinese medicine, Rhodiola has a slower onset of action, so it generally needs to be taken in advance. After all, we have been taking Rhodiola capsules for almost seven or eight days in a row, I originally thought that we would not have any more altitude sickness, but after continuing to walk forward for about half an hour, I obviously felt a little unwell, and Dong Xiaodan's reaction was even more obvious, she frowned, her expression was painful, her complexion and lips were a little purple, and her breathing became rapid.

I hurriedly pulled over to the side of the road and called the others on the intercom, and everyone quickly stopped the car, and Basang came over to take a look at it and immediately said, "It's mild altitude sickness, just give her some oxygen." Seabeard quickly brought a portable oxygen cylinder, I took the oxygen cylinder from him, and hurriedly helped Dong Xiaodan put on an oxygen mask.

Except for Basang and Seabeard, everyone else had some slight reactions, so Wen Qingshan took a break in place.

Along the way, I didn't pay much attention to the scenery on both sides of the road because I was only concerned with driving, and I didn't pay much attention to the scenery on both sides of the road.

The blue sky, the white clouds, the endless plateau meadows, and in the distance, you can even see a plateau lake with a small area, the water of the lake reflects the color of the sky, like a sapphire inlaid on the earth.

Both I and I were captivated by the beautiful scenery in front of us.

But Wen Qingshan didn't have the heart to appreciate the scenery in front of him, he walked up to Basang and asked him, "Brother Basang, how far are we from Dagadoma Village now?" ”

Basang raised his head, looked around, pointed his hand to the front, and said: "Cross the mountain in front, and then continue along the 317 National Highway for half an hour, you will see a fork in the road, that fork in the road is the country road leading to Dagadoma Village, about forty or fifty kilometers long, but that road is not easy to walk, even if it is a qiē shun lì, it is estimated that it will take more than two hours to walk." ”

Looking in the direction pointed by Basang, at the end of the winding road, there is a mountain peak that protrudes slightly from the ground, which does not seem to be far away, but the experience of the past two days has taught me that in this inaccessible plateau area, "crying when you see the mountain" is a very common phenomenon, just such a section of the road, a few have to have dozens of kilometers, because the speed in the plateau area is not suitable to drive too fast, so I am afraid it will take about an hour to drive to arrive.