Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen

Wangchuk went to the Dele manor in Menyu, and Deji and Tashi were really relieved.In the past six months, they have experienced too much sadness and hardship, and now they finally see the light of day.Deji invited relatives and friends to play Linka by the beautiful Lhasa River, firstly to clear away the previous bad luck, and secondly to adjust his heavy mood. All kinds of beautiful tents were set up in the open space under the shade of the trees in the forest.A Tibetan opera was sung happily, and the actors wore masks, singing and dancing.Deji, Zhuoga and many noble men and women are watching with relish, the masters and wives are laughing and laughing, and the servants are busy shuttling back and forth.Not far away, Tashi was leading a group of children to play the game of catching chicks with an eagle. Lan Ze was riding on his neck, laughing happily.Their laughter and laughter came from time to time.Zhuoga turned his head to look at Tashi, leaned in front of Deji and said, "Ajia, my brother-in-law has really changed. I have never seen him like children so much. I have never seen him hug Lanze in the past."

Deji also looked at them and said with emotion: "After this time, he also learned to be a father. You don't have children, so you can't experience the feelings of parents and children." "Ajia, you are just such a daughter, like a baby, why don't you have a few more with your brother-in-law? While you are young, you can't sit idle." "It's not ashamed to say this in this kind of place." "What are you afraid of? I just can't get pregnant all the time. Those brothers are useless..." Zhuoga suddenly stopped talking, and she poked Deji and said, "Ajia, look there, there."

Deji looked in the direction she was looking.A lady with heavy make-up was stretching her feet along the robe of a male nobleman. The male nobleman pretended to be nonchalant and reached out to touch her feet under the table. Deji told Zhuoga: "Don't worry about it." Tibetan opera continued to sing, and it was very lively.Zhaxi led the children to a tent, they continued to play, Lan Ze inadvertently ran into a tent, Gele and a woman were hugging each other in Lhasa.Lan Ze looked at them and called out innocently, "Second Uncle." Tashi chased him in, but he was stunned, and dragged Lan Ze away embarrassingly.

Ge Le didn't care, and greeted: "Brother-in-law, I'll find you later." Tashi hugged Lan Ze out of the tent, and responded nonchalantly, "Okay, okay, we'll talk about it later. Hey, I won't look back, there is a child here." The two people in the tent continued to laugh lewdly.Tashi took Lan Ze to the open space under the shade of the trees. Deji went up to meet him and asked, "Where are you going? I was just looking for you?" Lan Ze ran over and lay beside her ear, whispering softly.Deji listened, and looked up at Tashi in surprise. "Lan Ze, what are you talking to Grandma?" Tashi said to Deji again: "Don't listen to the child's nonsense."

Zhuoga was puzzled, stepped forward and asked, "What are the three of you talking about?" Tashi hurriedly picked up Lanze and said, "Come on, let's go to watch a Tibetan opera." At this time, an aristocratic gentleman rushed towards him angrily, and Zhuoga turned his head to look at the hookup couple, and said excitedly, "Oh my God, her master is here, it's exciting to watch." The nobleman rushed in front of his wife, threw the table over, and punched the male nobleman who seduced his wife in the face. The two of them fought and rolled into a ball.The aristocratic men and women surrounding them, not only did not fight, but booed instead, and the scene was extremely hot.

Zhuoga wanted to run over to watch the excitement, but Deji grabbed him: "Zhuoga, move the knife in a moment, and it will splash blood all over your body." Zhuoga shook off Deji and said, "Mrs. Gesang is still related to Yongdan Mansion. I can't just leave it alone. I'll go and have a look." "Mind your own business. Where's Gele? And Zhandui, I haven't seen these two brothers all this time?" "I'm definitely going to play mahjong again." "You're quite confident." "Just because of me, the two of them will mess around outside?" She leaned closer to Deji, and whispered again: "Especially Gele, he is a different person at home, as docile as a sheep, but he clings to me .”

Lan Ze suddenly yelled: "Second Uncle..." She ran over.Everyone looked back, and Gele walked up in a dignified manner, and he hugged Lanze.Lan Ze whispered in his ear: "Second Uncle, I didn't talk nonsense, Dad won't let me." Gele smiled and said, "You little girl, you're a big kid..." Tashi quickly took Lan Ze over, and said to Deji: "It's a mess here, you can take the children to another place to play." Deji understood and took Lan Ze away. At this time, Gele said embarrassingly: "Brother-in-law, go drink. I have been worried like you for a while, and now I have finally passed the disaster. We must be happy and happy, and get drunk."

"Drinking and having sex, you have no limits." "Who am I? The two sisters don't know, and you don't know." Not far away, Deji looked back at Tashi, and Tashi also looked at her. The two had a good understanding and nodded knowingly. At night, Tashi didn't come home late, and Deji was a little restless, worried that he would talk nonsense after drinking.She was lying on the bed in the tent, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.There are constant sounds of mahjong and dice playing outside.The curtain of the tent was thrown open suddenly, and two relatives helped Tashi in, who was drunk.The relatives stopped at the door and said to Tashi: "Qimei, you go to sleep, we leave."

The maid greeted him and helped Tashi into the tent.Tashi said with a stiff tongue, "It's okay, come in and sit for a while." "The young mistress is asleep, and we have to sleep all night. Let's go, let's go." The relative put down the curtain and left. Seeing that Deji was already lying on the bed, Tashi was a little at a loss, he dismissed the servants, recovered his normalcy, and asked, "Where is Lan Ze, where is she sleeping?" "Zhuoga wants to take her to sleep, Qiangba and nurse are in Zhuoga's tent. . . . I see you are drunk."

"I'm pretending, I drank a little, but not too much." "Just you, your tongue is hard, go to sleep." Tashi looked at it, and there was only one bed in the tent. He didn't know how to settle down, and asked softly, "You have a bed, where can I sleep?" Deji sat up and glanced around the tent, there was indeed no place for Tashi to sleep.Tashi put two small Tibetan tables together and tried to lie on them, but the result was not long enough, with his head and feet hanging in the air. Deji thought he was funny, and said, "Just sleep next to me and have a good night together."

Tashi looked at Deji on the bed, shook his head and said, "I'd better... make it up here." Deji's face darkened, he turned around angrily, and said, "I can still eat you." Tashi had no choice but to go over, sit down, and get up again after a while. Deji turned over and asked him, "What's the matter with you?" "I've never been too close to a woman. I'm not used to it." After finishing speaking, Tashi took off his boots and put them on the bed. "Stinks. Take it, take it." "I've always slept with my boots on my head. Have you ever seen it? You can ask Gundrup. All Tibetans sleep with their boots on their pillows." "They are low class people who sleep on their boots. Which nobleman have you seen like this?" Deji knew that he had slipped his mouth, so he fell silent. Tashi threw away his boots and said angrily, "I'm also inferior." "You, just be at ease as your inferior." Tashi lay down on the bed in a fit of anger. After thinking for a while, he reached for a stack of books. The top one was "Three People's Principles".He placed the book between the two of them, and a wall of books separated the bed. Deji felt that he was annoying, and asked, "You still carry this kind of book when you come out to play Linka?" "I wanted to take this opportunity to talk to Gele and the others. As a result... I didn't find a chance." "They're here to eat, drink, whore, gamble, and have fun. Whoever listens to your preaching, you really have something wrong with you." After Deji finished speaking, he turned around and ignored him. The two of them lay on each side, very awkward.Finally, Tashi sat up and said, "I'd better go play cards." After speaking, he got up to leave. Deji shouted: "Wait a minute." She took out a stack of Tibetan banknotes and handed them to Tashi, and said, "It's okay if you lose all, just don't show your timidity." Tashi blushed, took the Tibetan banknotes, turned and left .Deji sat on the edge of the bed, thinking about it, and smiled sweetly. She lost sleepiness and simply got up and went to Zhuoga to see Lanze.Zhuoga was sleeping soundly with Lanze in his arms, Qiangba and the nanny were taking a nap at the door, so Deji had to quietly get out of the tent.The nearby tent was brightly lit, and the laughter of playing cards and dice could be heard endlessly. She walked along the tent. Deji looked at the bright moon in the sky, a little distracted.The tent in the lights gradually fell behind her.She came to the edge of the woods and unexpectedly met Tashi standing by the river looking up at the starry sky.Deji was flustered for a while, and turned his head to leave.Tashi heard the sound, turned around and saw Deji.Seeing this, Deji had no choice but to bite the bullet and stand up. The two of them smiled awkwardly and stopped talking. Deji couldn't help asking: "Did you not go to play cards?" "It's noisy in the tent. Why don't I blow some air by the river, it's refreshing and cool." "I know...you don't like this kind of...eating, drinking, and having fun." "You know what I saw today?" "Lan Ze told me that you bumped into Gele and fooled around with a woman. This kind of thing has been seen a lot in the upper circles of Lhasa, so there is no need to make a fuss. Do you remember the young master who fought today?" "He should be Master Waldorf. You taught me to recognize him." "I'm afraid he can't count how many women he has had affairs with. He doesn't even spare servants, maids, nurses, and even winemakers and knitters. He's just a male dog. You Don't think that the slutty sons of Lhasa like him are just a few exceptions. Those nobles who have nothing to do are good at it. If they have more lovers, that's their skill. They will show off to each other. Some big lamas are also romantic It's a fashion in Lhasa's high society, and Gele is not much better than him, but Zhuoga doesn't know it." "I have heard of such dirty things, but I saw it with my own eyes today. Starting from the Zhongji Summer Banquet, throughout the summer, the nobles treated guests to dinner and played Linka. After one family finished, another family started, and there was an endless stream. At the foot of the Potala Palace, I saw the French court in the eighteenth century, full of extravagance and lust, ignorance and corruption.” "I'm disgusted too, but what can I do if I'm in it? Just keep clean." Looking at the vast plateau, Tashi said with emotion: "It is said that Lhasa is the last piece of holy land in the world, but how do outsiders know the scene in front of us, so dirty and corrupt, with intrigues and bloody strife among nobles. It happened to us." Deji smiled and asked, "What do you think? I would like to hear the opinions of the Revolutionary Party." "Change can only change. The system of theocracy is the root of all evils. This system has disappeared in Europe for more than 400 years. Since the Queen of England announced the "Supreme Decree", it has ended the medieval church and state in Europe The unity of darkness reigns. And in the depths of our snow-covered plateau, this system survives, what a pity!" "You want to end it too?" "To overthrow this system, violence will be used. I don't agree. But at least the Kashag can be abolished. The current Kashag government has nothing serious to do except collect taxes and corvees. Part of it is used to spend various and varied Buddhist activities that come one after another every year. How can this promote social progress? Look at us in Lhasa, where five percent of the people rule over ninety-five percent The middle and lower class of people. It is such a small group of people who are domineering and licentious, while the vast majority of the black-headed people have no clothes and no food. I have never been to hell, but I think hell is nothing more than this .” "Are these ideas from your books?" "Yes, not all." Tashi thought for a while, and then said seriously: "Deji, you and Lanze have finally lived a peaceful life. I have something to say to you tonight." Deji asked very sensitively: "Are you leaving?" "I have to leave Dele's Mansion... These dangerous thoughts in my mind will bring disaster to you and Lanze one day, and I don't want to hurt you." "I know what kind of world you yearn for. Dele Mansion is too small to hold you." "That's your home, not mine." "where do you want to go?" "I'm going to eastern Tibet, and then go to the interior. The revolution there is in full swing, and I'm going to learn scriptures." "Only by you, alone?" "Monk Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty went to the west to learn scriptures alone; today, Lama Tashi can also go to the interior of the East to learn scriptures alone." Deji said sarcastically, "Tang Seng is not alone, he has three apprentices. Monkey Sun, Zhu Bajie, Drifting Monk, do you have any?" Tashi was annoyed, and replied: "There will always be." "Master Tashi, your thoughts just now sound fresh and reasonable to me. But I'm afraid it's inappropriate to go to the mainland now?" "why?" "I heard from the British radio that there is a war in the mainland. The warlords are fighting. The natural disaster in Lhasa has caused the people to live in dire straits. If you go, you may not be able to get the scriptures. Don't tell me, you may lose your life in the chaos of the war. Besides, we will arrive soon. In autumn and winter, maybe, before you arrive in Chengdu, the snow has already closed the mountains. If you want to go out and relax, you might as well take Gangzhu and go to the pastures and manors in Dele Mansion to inspect the pastures and manors. , since the master passed away, no one has asked for a long time. If you go, it can be regarded as doing me a favor." Tashi felt that what she said made sense, so he jokingly said, "Why do I always help you?" Deji said to him: "Because you are the young master of this family!... Do you like to go or not!" She turned and left. Tashi had no choice but to follow behind, muttering: "I'll go, I'll just go!" The next day, Tashi took Gangzhu and five servants out, and they went to the Yidan Ranch in Dele Mansion.Several people rode to the shore of Yangcuoyong Lake, where the blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green waters, the scenery is pleasant.Tashi jumped off the horse happily.Two grazing servants were approaching by the lake with a large flock of sheep. Gangzhu introduced: "This is our family's Yidan Ranch. When the master is here, he will come here every year. The sheep in this pasture are the fattest, and the air-dried meat is the most delicious." He shouted at the two shepherds: " You two, come here!" Shepherd ran over and looked at Gangzhu, a little at a loss. Gangzhu reprimanded: "What are you looking at, stupid, Master Dele is here, hurry up and kowtow!" The two shepherds just bowed and saluted, their eyes even more strange. Gangzhu was a little puzzled, at this moment, he realized that Tashi was no longer behind him, but ran to the flock of sheep to play with the sheep.Tashi rode on the sheep, scurrying among the sheep, throwing himself up and down with joy.In the end, I fell and squatted. Gang Zhu was in a hurry, and ran over to call him: "Master, Young Master, stop messing around." "Whoever likes to be that bullshit master can do it! These days in Lhasa, I'm almost suffocating, now I have to let my temper go my way." Saying that, Tashi grabbed another sheep and rode on it. above. After Tashi had had enough fun, he followed Gangzhu to the village.When the servants on both sides of the village road saw Tashi, they put down their work, bent over and stuck out their tongues, in awe.Tashi waved his hands at the crowd and said, "Go ahead and do whatever you need to do." Gangzhu reminded him from the side: "Pay attention to your identity. You are the young master, and now you are the master of Dele Mansion." Tashi said disapprovingly: "This is not Lhasa, what a shitty master!" He then said to the crowd: "All living beings are equal, break up, break up." There was another village ahead, and Tashi and his party approached gradually.At the entrance of the village, an old woman with a brand new apron around her waist was pasting cow dung cakes on the wall with a female slave.A serf ran over and shouted at the old woman in surprise: "Grandma, grandma, Master Dele is here. There, look, look quickly, that is Master Dele." The old woman looked up and was at a loss for a moment. She was so frightened that she hurriedly put down the work in hand, bent over and stuck out her tongue, and stood aside, waiting for Tashi and others to arrive.Tashi stopped in front of the pile of cow dung, he took a deep breath and said, "What fresh cow dung, it smells like grass." But Gangzhu said: "Young master, it stinks, how can you smell the fragrance?" "Is that your nose?" Tashi held up a handful of cow dung, put it under Gangzhu's nose, and said, "Take a smell, is this a stinky smell? It's mellow! Your rotten nose gives you all good things." It’s ruined. This place is so good, the green grassland, oil drips from the tip of the green grass, and the golden rapeseed field is just like the painting on the thangka.” Gangzhu pushed away Tashi's hand and said, "Young master, put it down quickly, it's all sticky, how dirty it is." "When I was young, my mother and I used to stick cow dung cakes. Although I am only five or six years old, my cow dung cakes are round and thin, and they stick to the wall in one go. Come and try." Gangzhu pinched her nose and quickly avoided it. Tashi made a ball of cow dung and slammed it onto the wall. He asked triumphantly, "Old lady, old lady, am I doing a good job?" The old woman was too frightened to raise her head, bowed continuously, and said tremblingly, "Master, a living Bodhisattva! Master, Tashi Dele." "Come on, come on, old lady, let me help you finish pasting up the cow dung." The old lady still didn't dare to raise her head, she said: "Master, you can't do this, you don't dare." "Gangzhu, as soon as I smell this, I know I'm home. Just wait, I have to enjoy myself," Tashi said. "Old lady, don't stick around here, hurry up and help the young master." Gang Zhu ordered. The old woman immediately mixed up the cow dung and handed it to Tashi, who stuck to it one by one.Seeing Gangzhu standing beside him looking disgusted, he raised his hand and smeared the cow dung on Gangzhu's face, laughing loudly.