Chapter 5 Chapter two

There were more than a dozen men and women sitting in the bungalow, some of them were soldiers, some of them were not.Whether they are soldiers or local people, they are all members of the Xijiegu Working Committee.Members are in a meeting.The soldier who dragged him in asked sternly: Who are you?What are you shouting for?Father quickly took out the letter of introduction and handed it over.The man didn't even look at it, so he handed it to a man wearing glasses.The glasses looked carefully twice and said: Director Bai, he is a reporter.Director Bai was the soldier who dragged him in and said: Reporter?Journalists have to listen to us too.How many children did you bring?Father nodded.Director Bai said again: Don't you know our discipline?The father asked: What discipline?Director Bai said: Sit down, and you also join our meeting.

Father sat on his luggage.Director Bai told him that there are a total of thirty-two tribes in Qingguo Ama Grassland, distributed in five places: Xijiegu Grassland, Dongjiegu Grassland, Upper Ama Grassland, Lower Ama Grassland and Duoji Grassland.The tribes in the Xijiegu Grassland and the tribes in the Upper Ama Grassland have been enemies for generations, and meeting each other is life and death.And the father actually brought the children from the Shangamma Grassland to the Xijie Ancient Grassland, and tried to prevent the ancients from Xijie from chasing the Shangamma people. The father said: There were only seven of them and it was dangerous.

Director Bai said: The people here are just pushing them away. If there is a fight, the rules on the grassland are one-on-one. As long as the seven people are strong, they will not suffer. The father said: What about the dog?Dogs don't understand one-on-one.So many dogs are swarming up, how can I just ignore it? Director Bai ignored the dog and taught his father: You have to understand that it is a strict discipline not to get involved in disputes between tribes.You also need to understand that the fundamental reason why we were welcomed by the headmen and herdsmen on the Xijiegu Grassland was the isolation policy adopted on the Upper Ama Grassland.Several tribal leaders in the Shangamma Grassland used to defect to the Kuomintang. Ma Bufang had stationed a cavalry regiment in the Shangamma Grassland, and the headman's concubine was the leader's sister.

My father pondered: If you don't get involved in the conflict, why should you isolate the other party?But before he had time to express his doubts, his train of thought was interrupted by the scent of milk tea.Milk tea was stewed on the clay stove in the middle of the house, and a girl poured out a bowl and handed it to her father.The girl in blue clothes and blue trousers looks like a student. She looks good and speaks nicely: drink, the journey has been hard.Father drank a bowl of milk tea in one gulp, stood up and looked out the window worriedly. There were no children on the grassy slope in front of them, and those who fled and those who were chasing and beating had already run away.A large group of several hundred territorial dogs of various types that had just finished biting was moving away from there quickly.Behind them is a pile of golden fluff shaking with the wind, which is particularly eye-catching in the green of the sunset.Father said: It must have been bitten to death, I will go and have a look.With that said, he lifted his foot and left.

When my father came to the grassy slope, he saw bloodstains everywhere, especially around Gangrisenge. The thick blood was splattered, and the grass was crushed.He recalled the scene of the dog fight just now, the scene where Gangrisenger, who was as majestic as a lion, was killed by a large group of Xijiegu Tibetan dogs, he couldn't help shaking.He knelt down and touched the golden mastiff hair that was no longer fluffy, and his hands were immediately covered with blood.He picked a piece of bloodless mastiff hair to dry his hands, and was about to leave when he saw one of Gunriseng's front legs move like a spasm, and then moved again.Father was stunned: It is not dead yet?

The sky is numb, it is going to be dark.After a while, the glasses came to the grassy slope and said to his father: Director Bai thinks that you just came here and don't know the rules, so you should live with him.It turned out that all the members of the Xijiegu Working Committee lived scattered in the tents of the herdsmen, and only director Bai and his glasses as clerks lived in the blockhouse with white walls covered with black cow dung.The bungalow was donated by Suolang Wangdui, the leader of the Yeluhe tribe. In addition to housing people, it can also hold meetings, which is equivalent to the meeting of the working committee.The father said: "Okay, but what about this dog?"Glasses said: What do you want to do?Father said: This is a life, I want to save it.Glasses said: I'm afraid I can't, this is Grandma's dog, you have to make mistakes.

Father returned to the bunker.The glasses were moved from the corner to a wooden box and placed in the center of the carpet.Inside the box are barley fried noodles, mixed with milk tea and a little ghee, and it becomes tsampa.This is dinner.During the meal, Director Bai seized the time to tell him a lot of grassland rules, why you can't sit with your back to the Buddhist altar in the herdsman's tent, because the back of your head smells like a human body, and you can't sit facing the Buddhist altar. Stretch out your feet, sneeze and swear because the Buddha likes to be decent and clean. You can’t walk through the left side of the mani stone scripture pile because that’s the passage for the God of Earth and the God of Highland Barley. The status of the messenger of the human soul is second only to the vultures in the celestial burial. They cannot eat fried food because it is a blasphemy against the food given by the gods. They cannot eat meat slaughtered on the same day because the souls of livestock have not ascended to heaven. Hit snakes and beasts because they are relatives of your previous life. You can't pat men on the shoulders because the god of war or the god of hatred lives on them. You can't dry clothes on the tent because the auspicious dakini is floating on it. You can't. Walk into a house with smoking wet cow dung at the door because it is a sign of a sick person at home, you can't step over the firepit because it's an act of offending the Kitchen God, you can't defecate in the livestock pen because the devil with the disease pocket It is the use of dirty things to emit poisonous gas. You can't help the shepherd make butter because the God of Butter doesn't like strangers. You can't beat the shepherd's dog or the stray dog ​​because the dog is the shadow of a person. You can’t fart in the tent because the guardian of the tent will run away from home as soon as he smells unclean. He finally said: You must learn your lesson and don’t have anything to do with the people who went to the Ama Grassland.The father nodded and said yes again, but he was thinking about Gangrisenger in his heart.

When he was about to unpack his luggage and go to sleep, his father came to the grassy slope under the pretext of looking for a horse, and touched the blood-stained Gangrisenger again.Gangriseng seemed to know that someone was touching him, and moved once, then again, this time it was his ears, which kept moving, like a signal for survival. The father knelt on the ground trying to pick it up, but after a long time he realized that he couldn't hold it at all. He got up and ran back to the bunker, and said to the glasses, "help me lift that dog over here. It's dead. It's very big and big." A thick piece of dog skin.The glasses looked at Director Bai seriously.Director Bai pondered and said: It's Grandma's dog, I think it's okay to skin it.

Father found the bay red horse that was still grazing in the grassy swamp in front of the blockhouse, put on the bridle, pulled it to the grassy slope, and carried Gangrisenger onto the horse's back together with the glasses.Glasses whispered: How dare you deceive Director Bai?Father said: Why not? They came to the horse pen under the bunker and took Gangrisenger off the horse.My father asked: Is there a doctor in your West Work Committee?Glasses said: Yes, I live in the tent under the mountain.Father said: Can you take me there?Glasses said: Director Bai will criticize me if he finds out, and besides, I am afraid of dogs. Now that it is dark, the shepherd's dog will bite people.The father hesitated, looked carefully at Gangrisenger again, and said to the glasses: You go back, Director Bai asked, and said that I was skinning the dog.

Father resolutely walked down the mountain.In fact, he is also very afraid of dogs, especially when he saw that the lion-like Gangrisenger was almost killed, he knew how powerful the dogs in the Xijie Ancient Grassland were.But he still went, his sympathy overcame his cowardice, or some mysterious connection with animals in his nature played a role, making him like a hunter, the more afraid he was, the more he wanted to move forward Walk. The dogs in front of the tent barking far away, not one, but four or five.Father stopped and shouted: Doctor, doctor.The barking of the dog drowned out the barking of the father, so the father had no choice but to shut up. When the dog stopped barking, he suddenly shouted: Doctor, doctor.The dog ran towards this side, and the black shadow was like a ghost, forming a semi-circular encirclement and blocking his father.Father's heart was beating like a drum. He knew that if he walked forward at this time, the dog would jump at him, and if he moved backward, the dog would also jump at him. The only choice was to stay where he was.But he came to see the doctor, he had to go forward, what's the matter staying still?He said tremblingly: Don't bite me, don't bite me, I am not a thief, I am a good person.He moved forward while talking, but the dogs did not rush to bite him, but backed away as if nothing had happened.He was a little puzzled: Could it be that they really understood what I said?Hearing movement behind him suddenly, he broke into a cold sweat from shock, turned his head sharply, and found a standing black dog figure about to pounce on him.He let out an ouch, and was about to run away when he heard someone giggling. It turned out that the standing black shadow was not a dog.

A child appeared, the child who had stared with fierce anger at the children of the seven old mothers during the day.The night was as cool as autumn, but he was still barebacked and barefoot, as if the robes wrapped around his waist were always superfluous to him.He smiled and walked forward, walked a few steps and turned back to look at his father.Father hurriedly followed. The ghostly dog ​​shadow suddenly disappeared.The bare-backed child led his father to a black cow-hair tent, and stopped to let his father in.My father felt that there were dogs in the tent, so he stood there and did not dare to move.With his back alone, he opened the door curtain and got in, calling softly: Medoram, Medoram.After a while, the doctor Medolam came out with the medicine box. It turned out to be the girl who had brought milk tea to her father during the day.Father said: Is there any iodine?Medoram asked: What's wrong?The father said: The injury was too serious, and there was blood all over the body.Medoram says: Where?let me see.Father said: It's not me, it's Gangrisenger.Medoram says: Who is Gunrisenger?Father said: It's a dog. The two came to the horse pen under the bunker.Medoram took out a flashlight from the medicine box and let his father use it. He carefully inspected Gangriseng's injury and said: It's too late, the blood has almost drained from such a deep wound.Father said: But it is not dead.Medolam took out alcohol and rubbed it on Gunriseng's body, sprinkled another layer of anti-inflammatory powder, and then wrapped the most seriously injured neck, right rib and back thigh with gauze.Medolam said: This is called comfort therapy, and it is applying medicine to you. If you are still not reconciled, you can apply iodine again next time, and then gave father a bottle of iodine.The father asked: Then what should I do?Medoram said: Then carry it to the mountain to feed the eagle.Medoram and his father walked out of the stables one after the other, and suddenly saw two familiar black figures standing in front of them, Director Bai and his glasses appeared.Almost at the same time, my father saw another familiar black shadow standing not far away. That black shadow was barebacked and barefoot under the moonlight. hatred. Father's stubbornness was brought from his mother's womb, and even he himself was surprised: How could I do this?The harsher Director Bai's reprimand was, the more unwilling he was to listen.Director Bai said: Our mission here is to understand people's sentiments, publicize policies, contact the upper echelons, win people's hearts, and strive to gain a foothold in the shortest possible time. If you do this, our working committee will lose its foothold in the Xijiegu Grassland .You go back to me tomorrow, we don't need people like you here.My father said: I am a reporter, I am not under your control, don't wait until tomorrow, I will leave you immediately, from now on, I have nothing to do with the West Working Committee.As he spoke, he walked up the stone steps and took out his luggage from the bunker.Director Bai was so angry that his lips trembled: "Okay, that's fine, I'll just report it to my superiors, and someone will take care of you."Let's go.The door of the bungalow slammed shut. Medoram whispered to her father: How could you do this?What Director Bai said made sense. You can't affect your work because of a dog.Hurry up and admit your mistake.Father snorted and said nothing.He actually regretted his confrontation with Director Bai, but since he had already contradicted him, he had to pretend to be fearless.Medoram shook her head and wanted to leave.Glasses said: I'll take you back, don't come out at night.Medoram said: I am a doctor, I have to see a doctor.The glasses said: What if the dog bites me when I come out at night?Besides, you are a doctor of people, not a doctor of dogs. That night, my father stayed in the stable all night.He spread out his luggage between the sleeping bay horse and the unconscious Gunrisenger.After lying down, he couldn't fall asleep, his mind was in a mess, and it wasn't Director Bai that he thought about the most, but the child with the bare back.He knew that the child with a bare back would definitely not let go of Gangrisenge, and that Gangrisenge would not survive unless he took it away when he left Xijiegu tomorrow.But such a big half-dead dog, how can I bring it by myself?Forget it, leave it alone and go your own way.Another thought, if Gangrisenger is ignored, is it still necessary for him to leave Xijiegu tomorrow?Is it still necessary to go head-to-head with Director Bai? When it was almost dawn, my father fell asleep, and fell into a deep sleep as soon as he fell asleep.