Chapter 210 Dangerous Road
Tibet is located in western China. It is very different from the time zone in the mainland. The night here comes late, and the day is also late.
After the original 7:40 alarm was turned off countless times, it was past 9 o'clock when Luo Ning woke up. Get up quickly, finish washing, and rush to the restaurant before 10 o'clock to eat the free breakfast prepared by the restaurant.
When I went out, I found that in addition to my own room, both Dorjee and Siberian War Bear had already checked out. After inquiring about the innkeeper, it turned out that the Siberian War Bear was busy looking for a car outside accompanied by Dorji when he fell asleep.
Because it just rained a few days ago, the road along the road is not easy to walk. So those taxis on the line refuse to go now. Renting a car has become a difficult thing. At about 11 o'clock, Luo Ning finally waited for the SUV rented by the Siberian War Bear at a high price.
Run all the way out of Bayi Town, with resorts on both sides. It doesn't match the bumpy road I imagined before: the newly built asphalt road is wide and flat, and the green mountains and clear water always follow them. On both sides of the road are towering ancient cypresses, and there are snowy mountains in the distance, which is really beautiful.
But it didn't take long to be shocked by the rotten road that came one after another: when crossing the Sejila Pass, the flags of the mountain flew at the foot of the snowy mountains surrounded by white fog, and then looked at the road in front of you - how could it be called a road. Large trucks transporting goods can't pass through at all. Off-road vehicles more than two meters wide drive carefully on it, which also occupies almost the whole road.
What's more, this road is not built on a flat road. After climbing over the snowy mountains, you will naturally hover over the blood pressure cliffs of the snowy mountains.
At this moment, when you get on this road, you can only drive all the way forward, and there is no possibility of turning around. Staring at the bottomless snowy cliff outside the window, Luo Ning suddenly said: The moment he stepped on this road, it was impossible to turn back and had a new deep understanding.
Luo Ning hypothesized what they should do if a car came in front of them to go from Bomi to Bayi Town.
For this question, the driver said proudly, "As drivers, we always have only the way to go and there is no circuit."
The driver's words are impassioned and carry them to Bomi, which is a charm of a task that the driver can only complete from life to death. Luo Ning and the Siberian War Bear didn't understand his words. Later, when they inquired about Dorji, Dorji said that the foundation of the road on the snowy mountains was artificially chiseled, and the road body was paved by baskets of people and livestock. Many people, beasts who came to build roads, died here. Due to their limited ability, they can only chisel more than two meters wide. So simply build this road into a one-way road with no return.
Speaking of the circuit, Doji pointed to the roof of the car: "There are actually two mountain roads, one is from Bayi to Bomi, and the other is from Bomi to Bayi. However, this road is coiled on the snowy mountains and intertwined with each other, so ordinary people can't tell that the mountain road is built by two one-way roads.
Due to the heavy rain here a few days ago, there were signs of landslides on the road. Sometimes, when they see the huge stone rolling down the road in front of them, Luo Ning and others have to get out of the car to clean up before they can continue.
Every time the road is cleared, the Siberian war bear will always curse the road. And he said that this was the worst road he had ever seen. Coupled with the landslides caused by rainy days, the Siberian war bears felt that they were not lucky enough.
Hearing the dissatisfaction of the Siberian War Bear, the driver smiled and said, "In fact, the biggest difficulty in driving is not the road. In addition to the danger that landslides can bring to cars, sometimes the mountain fog that suddenly condenses in the cold air on the snowy mountains is the most deadly. Clouds fascinate people's eyes, and sometimes the sudden danger is too late to brake, or rush directly down the cliff..."
The driver said, looking up at the white cold air surging like a white flag on the snowy mountain above his head.
As Siberian war bears complained that their luck was not very good. When they looked at the snowy mountains of Nanjabava, there was always a cloud on the top of the mountain and waited for half an hour.
When the fog dissipated, the driver drove the motor and continued to move forward.
When he reached the highest point of Panshan Highway, Luo Ning looked far below the cliff through the window: he could see the rivers in the distance, and the mountains and dangerous peaks were like walking under his feet. It felt really difficult to describe it in words.
The Siberian War Bear can't help sighing that the Sichuan-Tibet Road is heaven for a while and hell for a while. He has been marching in the wild for so many years, and this is the first time he has seen such a geographical situation.
Stay until you climb over this snowy mountain. Luo Ning and others finally saw the popular village. The smoke curled over the village, and it must be time to cook.
Doggie suddenly pointed to the village and said excitedly, "We're here, we're here."
Luo Ning thought that he had arrived in Motuo County, and later learned that the village-sized boundary turned out to be Bomi County.
"Bomi is neither your village nor the final destination. What are you excited about?" The Siberian war bear asked.
Doji suddenly felt his excessive performance and hurriedly bowed his head and said no. Luo Ning secretly looked at him and saw that he blushed slightly. He was not ashamed of his loss, but very shy.
"Ha ha, it's to the girl he likes. There is a small restaurant opened by the Menba people in Bomi County, right, Dorji.
The driver has known Dorji for a long time and deliberately teased him. Doji didn't say anything and suddenly told everyone about their Menba tribe.
The Menba settlement area is located in the Menyu area at the southern foot of the Himalayan Mountains on the roof of the world. The Menyu area is high in the north and low in the south, with an elevation of 3,600 meters at a high place and only about 100 meters at a low place. The peaks overlap and the primeval forests are dense. The rushing Yarlung Zangbo River turns south in the area of Nyingchi and Motuo, forming a fertile river valley with a mild climate, rich rainfall and evergreen all year round. It is known as the "south of the Yangtze River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau". The Menyu area is located in the southern foothills of the Himalayas and west of Luoyu.
Since the Zhuba Kaju faction established the rule of the Menba region in the 14th century, the production mode of the feudal serf system has gradually penetrated into the Ba society. The Tibetan rulers exercised long-term feudal rule over the Menba people. Under the feudal serfdom, the Menba people lived in poverty and had a low level of productivity. Until liberation, they still retained a large number of remnants of the primitive commune system.
The Menba people are mainly engaged in agriculture, hunting and gathering. Hand industry has not yet been separated from agriculture. Most of the craftsmen themselves are engaged in agricultural production. In the handicrafts, bamboo weaving and wooden bowls are made. The craftsmanship is exquisite and the best-selling Tibetan area. The production tools used by the Menba people are very simple, and there are few iron farming tools. About 70% of the land is slash-and-burn cultivation, and the Mot rice fields are also cultivated with wooden ploughs carried by two cattle.
So the cow has been a very precious production machine for them since ancient times. And the huge yak that is good at running is the god in their minds. They believe that those yaks sneak down from the sky. Because of these yoks, these yoks survive and breed on the ground, leaving the calves that the calves gradually evolved into ploughing cattle.
And in order to pray for a good harvest in the coming year, the Menba people sacrificed their cow god very early in the Tibetan New Year.
In 1951, Tibet was peacefully liberated. The Party and the people's government sent teams to visit the poverty and help develop production. In 1959, the Menba people and the Tibetan people, together, supported the People's Liberation Army to quell the rebellion launched by the upper-level reactionaries in Tibet and implemented democratic reforms. The victory of democratic reform has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the Menba people for production. They have developed production, built homes, and taken the road of mutual assistance and cooperation. At the same time, they have opened mountains and canals, improved soil, and gradually implemented scientific farming, which has changed the backward farming method of "slash-and-burn" in the past, and agricultural production has developed greatly. The material life of the ethnic people has been improved.
Life has become better, and various methods have gradually become more scientific. However, the status of cattle in their minds has not been shaken.
Along the way, Dorji was insuring them about the whereabouts of the yak. Dorji said that he had never seen the spectacular scene of flocks of yaks running together. But he believes that before his 24th birthday, he will definitely see flocks of yaks running wild. Because before his birthday, he will go to Lhasa on foot to worship. Moreover, he stopped all the way and kowtowed and prayed.
The long kowtow mentioned in Dorji's mouth is actually worship.
Many Tibetan herdsmen have a lifelong desire to worship the Potala Palace once in their lives. They worked hard and accumulated property. When it came to worship, they did not hesitate to disperse all their wealth. Many people did not agree with their practice and thought it was extremely stupid. But this practice can make them feel peace of mind, which is something we can't get in the hard work, intrigued shopping malls and life in the mainland, and it is also something we can't understand.
On the way to worship, when you look at their expressions, there is no pain or special joy. There is only peace, just like the sky of Tibet, and it is spotless. Their joy and ** were all released in front of the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple. How much do we successful people with knowledge, insight, money and status have to achieve to have the same joy as them?
When listening to the short Menba brother Dorji say these words, Luo Ning suddenly felt that he was deeply moved by the pious Tibetans in this land.
If there were no deception in the world, such as these worshiping Tibetans, it would be great!
However, there are always so many people in this world who seek, frame, and even aggressively plunder in order to get their own interests. It is because of their greed that most people's devout faith in peace has been ruined.
At this moment, looking at the dancing Doggie, Luo Ning suddenly became more sure of his crazy theory. He not only wants to save Xiuxiu and Qin Lao, but also thousands of ordinary people who have been poisoned by those bad people.