Chapter 2 Chapter two

As soon as the Toyota car entered Litang, the heavy rain disappeared without a trace, and the blue sky reappeared above the head, and even the tulle-like clouds could not be found.A huge rainbow is like a seven-color flyover, stretching across the sky on the top of the snow peak, and it seems to be a huge arch leading to the fairyland.On the side of the rainbow, the bright sun shines unimpeded, dancing among the endless green grass fields, purple, pink, and golden wildflowers are like jewels inlaid on jasper, and there are also large and small blue lakes, surrounded by golden light. Under the light, all reflect the crystal-clear light like diamonds.Herds of black yaks, white sheep and brown horses are scattered on this colorful canvas, against the background of the more towering and unseen sacred mountains, giving people the illusion that they are far away from the Plateau, back to flat fields.

"Baoling, look... how beautiful it is." Dai Xi softly called Xue Baoling, and supported her on his shoulder. Xue Baoling opened her eyes and stared at the peerless beauty outside the car window in confusion. After a while, a smile appeared on her pale face: "I saw it, this is, this is what was written in my father's note... the destination, the last place to leave the sky." ...nearly." "Well, I got it. Don't talk, Baoling." Dai Xi struggled to speak every single word. The plain was just an illusion, and they were still at an altitude of 4,000 meters, half-hanging in the dangerous sky.

The Toyota finally drove into Litang Town.Zhaji slowed down the speed of the car. The streets of this small Tibetan town were surprisingly clean and tidy. At such a height, there would be no place for filth. "Miss, let's have dinner here." Zagi, who hadn't spoken on the whole journey, suddenly spoke. Dai Xi straightened his waist with great effort, and there were shops and restaurants outside the car window. Local Tibetans in gorgeous Tibetan robes stood or sat in twos and threes, and a few tourists who were full of spring breeze walked through it. Lively and lazy cityscape.

"What time is it?" Dai Xi muttered looking at his watch.Ah, before I knew it, it was 5:30!But the surrounding sun was so brilliant, no wonder she didn't realize that it was almost evening. My head was swollen and dizzy, and I had no appetite at all.Dai Xi took a breath and asked Xue Baoling: "Baoling, are you hungry? Do you want to eat?" Xue Baoling closed her eyes and shook her head. Dai Xi said to the front: "Zaji, we don't want to eat dinner, can we continue on our way?" Zaji seemed to hesitate for a moment: "Miss, I want to eat." "That's true." Dai Xi thought it was reasonable. After all, driving on the mountain road for so long required too much physical exertion, and there were still hundreds of kilometers to Daocheng. The driver should have a meal and rest.However, this is Litang, where Li Weilian has repeatedly emphasized that he cannot stay for a long time... She lost her mind for a while.

The Toyota continued to move forward, and there were one- or two-story Tibetan-style earthen houses scattered along the roadside.The flat concrete roof, carved wooden window lattices, and complicated and beautiful patterns are just like what Dai Xi and the others saw in Kangding Hotel yesterday.Some lamas in yellow robes passed by the car window, holding prayer wheels, and whenever they met the mountain people, they folded their hands and bowed, saying to each other: "Tashi Dele." "This is Changchun Keer Temple." Zaji said. Dai Xi's drowsy mind was vigilant, and it turned out that he was facing the wall of a monastery.The prayer flags fluttering in the wind on the stacked mani piles of stones, you can already smell a special smell of Tibetan incense and ghee in your nose.

Zaji parked the car smoothly in front of the monastery. He turned around and said, "Manager Shao said, please invite the two ladies to visit this temple. This is one of the most sacred temples in our Tibetan nationality." Dai Xi looked at Xue Baoling: "Can you do it?" Xue Baoling just hugged the black bag tightly and nodded slightly. Dai Xi helped Xue Baoling get out of the car.Standing on the ground, just about to take a step, I found that my legs were as heavy as lead, and floating as if stepping on a pile of cotton. It was really difficult to move. "I'm going to eat." Zaji's voice came from behind, and Dai Xi couldn't turn his neck at all, and could only listen to the sound of the Toyota's motor roaring away.

The White Pagoda in front of the monastery was only a few steps away. Dai Xi supported Xue Baoling, and it took a lot of effort to move to the door.Perhaps because they are used to seeing tourists in distress, the Tibetans around them did not cast strange glances at them.After finally stepping through the gate of the courtyard, the two of them finally stood in front of the main hall. The lamas babbling and chanting in the hall wafted out, and the colorful and gorgeous murals on the four walls of the hall were faintly visible, but Dai Xi felt frightened for a while. It was found that they could no longer take the first half step.

Not only her own shortness of breath and splitting headache, but also Xue Baoling leaning on her shoulders was like a heavy burden, and Dai Xi couldn't bear it no matter how heavy it was. What scares Dai Xi even more is Xue Baoling's murmur: "Long youth... Forever nostalgic... Dad, Dad, you said that there is eternal... love here, where is it?... You mean Show me, Dad..." "Baoling! Don't be like this, cheer up!" Dai Xi was terrified, she felt dizzy in the extreme nervousness, and tried her best to help Xue Baoling, who was paralyzed, to sit on the steps in front of the hall.

Dai Xi knelt beside Xue Baoling, the blood was quickly fading from this pale and delicate face.Xue Baoling was half lying in Dai Xi's arms, looking at the top of the steps with distracted eyes. The Buddhist house at the highest point of the temple seemed to stand at the end of the journey to heaven, and the golden sunlight reflected its unparalleled beauty. "Dai... Xi, my heart, my heart hurts..." Xue Baoling clenched her chest tightly and groaned in pain. Dai Xi was at a loss, and she herself was almost collapsed under the strong altitude sickness. Apart from hugging her trembling petite body tightly, Dai Xi almost lost the strength to shout.

"Bao Ling! Bao Ling! You, don't..." Dai Xi screamed desperately, but her voice was pitifully small. Xue Baoling's breathing became weaker and weaker, but there was a faint smile on her lips: "Dad... I saw you..." She stretched out her hand, as if trying to grab something, "This place is so beautiful... You are not lying, take me , Take me away...the place of peace of mind...the eternal pure land..." "Baoling!" Dai Xi raised her head in despair, the figures in front of her eyes were shaking, sometimes approaching and sometimes far away like ghosts, no one stepped forward to help.She wanted to call for help but her throat was blocked—the tears blurred Dai Xi's vision, and she couldn't see anything...

"Swallow this up!" Who is talking?Dai Xi spread out her palm in a daze. Why did two dark brown balls the size of soybeans appear in her palm? "Hurry up!" It was that unfamiliar deep voice again, but Dai Xi trusted him infinitely.She raised the pill and swallowed it without hesitation, leaning against the stone steps, the fog in front of Dai Xi's eyes gradually dissipated.She saw it clearly—a burly figure who appeared at an unknown time, was supporting Xue Baoling's head with one hand, and holding a horn-shaped jug in the other, carefully pouring water into her mouth. Dai Xi rushed over: "How is she?" Turning to her was a dark and well-defined face: "Don't worry, there is medicine in this water, and she will be fine soon." His eyes were covered by big sunglasses, and his straight nose bridge and strong lip line formed A vicissitudes of face, long black hair neatly draped over his shoulders.Dai Xi was stunned: "Who... are you?" "My name is Tsering." The Tibetan and Pakistani man didn't say much, he turned his head and continued to feed Xue Baoling.Dai Xi's head was still heavy, but it didn't hurt so much anymore. Looking at Xue Baoling in those thick hands, she was really as fragile as a doll. Fortunately, the doll's lifeless face was slowly and miraculously glowing. The machine is coming. Finally Xue Baoling opened her closed eyes, she looked at Dai Xi in confusion, and moved her lips lightly. "Baoling!" Dai Xi almost cried with joy, "You're fine!" "Leave here immediately, otherwise she will still be in danger." Tsering said, and he glanced at Dai Xi, "Can you go by yourself?" "Okay!" Dai Xi said hastily, "But our car still has a driver..." Tsering waved his arms, and Xue Baoling was firmly hugged by him: "I'll see you off, and it will take nearly four hours to reach Daocheng, so we must hurry up." Tsering's car was a modified Land Rover!According to Tsering's instructions, Dai Xi wrapped Xue Baoling in a blanket and fed him water from the horned water bottle every half hour.Dai Xi himself also ate the bread and buttered tea given by Tsering, and his physical strength recovered a lot.It's amazing, sleeping bags, bedding, a small fridge with food and drink, and a first aid kit, you have everything in this Land Rover. After driving out of Litang, the sky quickly darkened.The mountains on both sides are gradually covered by twilight, and thick fog rises from the cliff abyss beside the mountain road, almost covering half of the mountain road.The speed of the Land Rover is faster than that of the Toyota, and every sharp turn seems to rush out of the cliff, or hit an interstellar meteorite-like rock, but such a thrilling road condition does not make Daixi flustered, she leans on the back seat, Beside her was Xue Baoling, who looked sleepy as usual. Dai Xi's heart was so peaceful and peaceful for the first time since he embarked on the journey in Chengdu. Because as soon as she got into the car, she discovered that there was a wooden cross hanging from the front windshield.This special cross that Indians used to worship the winds of the seasons, she had only seen on one person's car. "We're safe, Baoling." Dai Xi said with a smile, leaning into Xue Baoling's ear. As the night deepened, the shadows of the mountains disappeared into the depths of the dark wilderness.The covered sky is dotted with endless stars, and the starlight guides the way forward. The faint yellow light in the distance is Daocheng. Tsering sent Xue Baoling to the hotel room all the way before bidding farewell to Dai Xi and the others. "You can get up a little later tomorrow. Let's set off at 9 o'clock and go to Aden." Standing at the door of the room, the deep eyes of the light next Ren are bloodshot. sharpened their bodies and minds. "Thank you, Tsering!" Dai Xi said sincerely.Up to this moment, she and Tsering hadn't spoken a few words, but they could safely entrust their lives to him. "You're welcome." His smile showed the most simple shyness, "...he is my brother, as it should be." As soon as the door closed, the phone on the bedside table rang. Dai Xi answered it not unexpectedly: "Hello, William." Her eyes were moist. "Hello, Daixi." Is it her illusion?There was a rare excitement in Li Weilian's voice, "Is everything alright?" "OK." "Where's Pauline?" "She's fine too, she's recovered." "Can she answer the phone?" Dai Xi handed the microphone to Xue Baoling: "Baoling, William wants to talk to you." She quietly walked out of the room and closed the door gently behind her.There is no one in the hotel lobby full of Tibetan style, the cobblestone floor is unique, and two butter lamps are swaying on the wall. Dai Xi sat down by the stone wall, looked out from the square window, the starlight in the sky seemed to be at the level of sight, almost within reach. The phone at the front desk rang several times before a young Tibetan girl lifted the curtain and came out, asking confusedly, "Hello? Who are you looking for... Hey, is your name Dai Xi?" "Me?" Dai Xi answered the phone, and the Tibetan girl complained sleepily, "It's so late and I'm still awake." "Daisy, it's not easy to call you." Dai Xi smiled softly: "Let Baoling have a good time." "She's already asleep," Li Weilian's tone returned to calm, but the kind and gentle tone Dai Xi had never heard before, "You should go to sleep too. I just want to thank you again, Dai Xi, thanks to you today." I miss you. How are you too?" "Ok." "It's all my fault for not being thoughtful enough," he hesitated. "If you had made arrangements earlier, you would never have encountered such a dangerous situation today." "You didn't expect this to happen, did you?" Dai Xi asked. "Indeed not." Li Weilian admitted, "Okay, everything is over. Dai Xi, from now on you can really enjoy this journey. How about it, do you still like the plateau?" "like." "Then have fun, take more photos and bring them back for me to see." His tone suddenly became melancholy, "I haven't been there for a few years..." Dai Xi said in her heart, hum, it's not because you don't want to come! "Come back to play after you get cured." Li Weilian was obviously stunned, and then laughed on the other end of the phone: "Dai Xi, you don't need to remind me all the time! Well, from tomorrow onwards, I won't talk to you anymore, and I won't disturb your trip. .Go to rest, good night." After arriving in Aden, Dai Xi really understood the meaning of "where the soul is, where the heart is at peace".From Daocheng to Yading, beautiful scenery is everywhere, and there is no need to deliberately choose the scenery, as long as the place is within sight, it is a clear, safe, dazzling and beautiful fairyland. Tsering found a familiar herdsman, and personally led Dai Xi and the others into the top of the white clouds and deep in the forest.When they crossed the lush pastures, along the clear rivers, through the virgin forests full of spruces and redwoods, passed by countless colorful wild flowers, and encountered the shadows of yaks, wild donkeys and even antelopes, the noise was overwhelming. The earthly world completely withdraws from the boundary of the soul, and the body seems to have turned into a breeze, blending into nature silently. The sound of gurgling water followed them all the way, and they finally arrived at the resting place chosen by Xue Zhifan - Milk Sea, an ancient glacial lake, a crystal drop of water surrounded by snow-capped mountains.Xiannairi, Yangmaiyong, and Shanuoduoji, the three sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism, stand together with each other. The pure and flawless snow peaks are gently rippling in the blue waves. The tranquility and serenity of the world can only be described by the human word "Elysium". When the wind swept away the light smoke from Xue Baoling's hands, Dai Xi walked to her side. "Baoling, let's go." Xue Baoling did not move, her eye circles were red and swollen, but her expression was not sad. The golden sunlight refracted from the lake surface added a little bit of elegant radiance to her. "Daixi, do you know? My mother and elder brother are buried in the family cemetery in Hong Kong. Only my father chooses to be buried in this place far away from his hometown and relatives. I have always wondered, doesn't he feel lonely?" "Now I understand that my father has always been lonely. His heart is like this green lake, hidden deep in the snowy peaks of the plateau. To understand him and get close to him, you have to climb over the mountains and pass, and even risk your life... ..." At this point, Xue Baoling laughed "puchi", "A man like my father is not afraid of being alone, but of being misunderstood. If no one can really understand him, he doesn't care about being isolated from the whole world. Be with the mountains and rivers." "...Is it true that no one understands him?" Dai Xi asked. "Yes." Xue Baoling sighed leisurely, "Daisy, although I resent him for not caring for his mother, but since his mother passed away, there has never been another woman in his life. My son died young, and my daughter is born with a congenital deficiency. Father had a hundred reasons to marry another wife and have children, but he didn't, he chose to spend his whole life alone, and now he will be buried here alone. Dai Xi, I think I can finally touch his heart." Facing the holy mountain and holy lake, and bathed in the clearest sunlight, Xue Baoling said goodbye loudly: "Farewell, dearest dad! May you find eternal peace!" Back in Daocheng, they still lived in the original hotel.After resting here for a day, Tsering will send them to Zhongdian, from which there are flights to all parts of the country. After dinner in the hotel restaurant, the golden sunset is still very beautiful.This hotel converted from a Tibetan dwelling is made of stones as a whole, with green radish and purple flowers blooming all over the stone window sills.The setting sun flows lightly inside and outside the window sill, drawing different shades of light circles on the mats paved with five-color Tibetan homespun cloth. Xue Baoling and Dai Xi sat cross-legged on the card mat, smelling the special aroma of butter tea and coffee mixed, and when they were getting drunk, the door of the room was pushed open with a bang. Dai Xi glared at the visitor—wow, what a youthful and beautiful Tibetan boy!Tall, with dark skin, and especially those bright eyes, it seemed to hold the last sunset outdoors. He also spotted them, and immediately smiled with his white teeth: "You are Uncle Li's friends, right?" Uncle Li?Dai Xi and Xue Baoling were puzzled, but fortunately Tsering followed into the room: "Miss Xue, Miss Dai, he is my son Basang." Ms. Xue and Ms. Dai hurriedly greeted Basang, only then did they see that the handsome Zangba guy was probably in his early twenties, with his slender legs stretched out in tight jeans, a black T-shirt with a jacket and vest, and his black hair tied into a ponytail. It's no different than the models in fashion magazines.Dai Xi secretly made a face at Xue Baoling, Li Weilian's eldest nephew who suddenly appeared was a good match for him. Basang is much more talkative than his father, and started chatting with the two beauties as soon as he sat down.It turned out that Tsering asked him to find Zaji, Basang chased him all the way, and caught Zaji who was returning to Chengdu in Kangding.According to Zaji, he left Dai Xi and the others in Litang completely according to the instructions of Shao Chunlei, a travel agency in Chengdu.In fact, Zhaji felt guilty for doing this, but the Tibetan driver never cared about his business and only acted according to the employer's instructions, so it was obvious that Shao Chunlei deliberately sent Dai Xi and the others to a desperate situation. After hearing Basang's narration, Xue Baoling's face, which had improved, turned pale again.Dai Xi asked her: "Baoling, do you want to ask Manager Shao?" "No need..." Xue Baoling took a deep breath, "There is no need to ask anything." Basang was very concerned about them: "Miss Xue, are you feeling better?" "It's much better." Xue Baoling quickly expressed her gratitude, "Thank you so much, you saved my life!" She pointed to the horn water bottle on the table: "I'm still drinking this today, and my body is getting better and better every day. , works better than American heart drugs.” Basang laughed happily: "It must be more effective than American medicine. Uncle Li told me that our Tibetan area has the highest plateau in the world. Think about it, our secret recipe for preventing altitude sickness for generations is certainly better than that of other places." That's a lot!" Dai Xi suffered from an occupational disease: "Hey, such a miraculous prescription, why not produce it commercially? It can benefit everyone." "No." Tsering who had been silent all this time said suddenly. "what?" Basang explained: "This is the secret recipe left by our ancestors. There are several kinds of medicinal materials in it that grow on the snow-capped mountains of more than 5,000 meters. Every time you make a medicine, you have to climb several snow-capped mountains and go to the cliffs to collect herbs. , very, very dangerous, almost every time you collect herbs, someone will fall or even die!" "So this kind of medicine can only be prepared once every few years, when all the medicinal materials are collected," Tsering continued, "It is our most precious life-saving medicine, and it is never used unless it is absolutely necessary, and it must not be given to close relatives or friends. " "Oh!" Dai Xi suddenly realized, "Then this time..."