Chapter 10 Section 5

They visited a total of four masters, one higher than the other.Grandpa lives the highest, but he has not yet reached the top of the mountain. If the whole mountain is compared to a person, and the top of the mountain is compared to a person’s head, then the grandpa should live at the breast, where the clouds and mist are surrounded in a band like A woman's bra, and over the top of the mountain is a cloud of mist, like Arafat's white turban. Three of the four masters could only come in and out. Doctor Man brought gifts to honor them, but they didn't return anything, and their attitude was very arrogant, as if accepting the gift was a favor to the giver.Only the uncle gave Doctor Man a red cylinder, the diameter of which was about the same as the biscuit cylinder that Doctor Man bought, but longer than that, about a foot or so, wrapped in red cloth and tied with thin hemp rope.

The uncle also held a ceremony in return, which was held in a room with many long tables. Some wooden figures were placed on the long tables, and there was light smoke from the incense burner. It may be a legendary shrine.Dr. Man didn't let her into the house, so she could only stand outside the house and watch from a distance. She vaguely saw Dr. Man knelt down and kowtowed for a long time, and kowtowed several times before coming out of the room with his hands in his hands. There is just the red cylinder, which should be a gift from the uncle. She didn't know what the cylinder wrapped in red cloth was, and it was probably some kind of rough biscuit, but when the uncle handed out the biscuits, Doctor Man had to kneel for a long time, which seemed a little unreasonable, and it was tied so tightly, could it be Is it because he is afraid that Dr. Man will steal his mouth?

As soon as the two of them walked out of the uncle's sight, she asked in a low voice, "What did the uncle give you?" "Artifact." "What's the air?" "An artifact is an artifact." She realized that it was probably an "artifact" rather than a "spirit", and asked curiously, "What is it for?" "The one who wards off evil spirits." "To ward off evil spirits?" "Repel your evil spirits." She asked unhappily, "What evil do I have to get rid of?" "You'll know when the time comes."

"When?" He doesn't answer. The more she thought about it, the more curious she became, was it some kind of voodoo?Turn her over to "kill" her?But he shouldn't be that kind of person. If he wanted to "kill" her, he could have done it yesterday. Why would he use such a broken tube to play Gu? She kept asking, but he kept silent like a stone man. When going down the mountain, she asked him curiously: "Why do all the uncles live so high?" "Old man, of course he lives high." "How inconvenient for the elderly to live up and down the mountain!"

"Do you think they can't climb mountains like you? They have climbed mountains all their lives, and they can climb mountains better than anyone else." "How old is it? Too old to move?" "Then don't climb the mountain." "Just live up there and never go down the mountain? Where do you get your food and use?" "The little ones will send them up." "What if the little ones refuse to send them up?" "How is it possible?" He seemed disdainful of explaining, "This is the duty of the little ones." She didn't understand how the old people in the clan ruled the "little ones". They would definitely not be able to beat them, and it might not be exaggerated, but it seemed that there was an invisible force ruling the entire Manjialing people, making them They all believe from the bottom of their hearts that they should obey and serve the elderly.The ideological and political work here is really powerful. It doesn't cost a single shot, and there is no need to issue red head documents. I don't know what to rely on to rule people into obedience. Even people who have seen the world like Dr. exception.

She asked, "Are many of you going to college outside?" "Not much. Just me." "What about middle school?" "there's a few." "What about those who finished middle school and didn't get into college?" "Why not, come home." "Stay here forever?" "Is there anything wrong with staying here?" "Then why are you going out to study?" "Because I passed the exam." "If you think it's better to be in the city, it's better to be here." "Of course it's better to be here."

"Then why did you stay in town?" "Because I want to open a hospital here." This answer seems to be a bit different, and she thought for a while before she understood the reason: He wanted to open a hospital here, but he had no technology and no money, so of course he couldn't open it, so he wanted to go to the city to study medicine, and then set up a hospital here. He works as a doctor in the city to make money, and when he earns enough money, he will come back here to open a hospital. She was a little sad. He had set his own life trajectory long ago, and she had nothing to do with her. He just needed her to pretend to be his girlfriend. After pretending, what should the two of them do? Changing the trajectory of his life if he was busy.If she wants to be with him, she can only change the trajectory of her life.

If she saw everything here in a movie, she would find it very funny, and would laugh and say to the people watching the movie together: "What kind of place is this? It's too old-fashioned, and it hasn't evolved at all!" When she came to When she came to Manjialing and lived the life of Manjialing herself, she didn't find it funny anymore, and everything seemed natural. Perhaps it is not unreasonable for a place to have its own way of life, and it is not unreasonable for people in a place to agree with a certain way of life.People in one place may not understand the way of life in another place, but if they go deep into that place and stay there for a long time, they will be subtly influenced by the way of life there.

People in the city can’t understand the people in the mountains and find it funny, but maybe the people in the mountains look at the people in the city the same way, they can’t understand it, and they also find it funny.Only people like Dr. Man who have lived in both worlds are qualified to judge where the life is better, and he obviously prefers the life in Manjialing. She doesn't know if she likes the life in Manjialing. Maybe it's okay to stay for two days temporarily, but if she lives in this place for the rest of her life, she may not be able to do that. There are no shops or movies to watch. When you go out of the mountains, you will die on the road. Women suffer even more, and you have to go to the fields. This is how people live!

Back at his house, his mother had already made lunch and was waiting for them to come back for dinner.This time, I didn't eat fatty noodles. I ate a gruel with a small amount of rice. Most of them were starchy lumps that she couldn't name. He said they were yams. She tasted it and found it delicious. The yam chewed in her mouth like a sweet potato, with a slightly sweet taste.There are three dishes for lunch, one is fried green vegetables, the other is a kind of brown mushroom, and the last one is a kind of pink meat, which is thicker than pork, with a smoky taste and very fragrant.

She ate and asked, "What is this? It's delicious." He pointed at the bowls and introduced: "This is a mountain fern, and this is a mountain mushroom. My mother picked them on the mountain. My father hunted pheasants and my mother smoked them." She clicked her tongue in admiration: "It's delicious! It's much more delicious than the food bought in the vegetable market!" His mother was whispering to him again, and he translated: "My mother said that there are two pheasants at home, and I will take them home for you to eat." She was overjoyed, but kept humbly: "How dare you do that? You can keep it for yourself." "You're welcome, if we want to eat, my dad can just hunt a few more." After eating and resting for a while, he said to her, "Yesterday you said you wanted to take a bath. Now we can go to the pond in the back mountain to wash." "Okay, let me pack my things." "Pack what?" "Don't you need to bring shampoo or something?" "No, don't dirty the water in the pond." She still went to pack a bag, which contained towels and a change of clothes, and hid a bottle of shampoo and a bar of soap in it, all brought from the city by her foresight. The pond is behind the mountain, not far from his home, but as usual, we carry a distance and walk a distance.When she came to the front, she realized that it was not the clear spring water she had imagined, flowing down like a bathroom head, but a veritable "pond", in which many people had already soaked like dumplings. She asked in surprise, "Washing here?" "Ok." "How dirty the water is!" "Nonsense. The water is very clean." "There are so many people, and there are many men?" "They are all from the mountains. If you are afraid, you don't have to take off your clothes." He began to undress like no one else, and directed her, "What are you doing with me? You are a woman, you want to go over there." She looked in the direction he pointed, and saw some people's heads moving on the other side of the pond, probably the women on the mountain, so she walked over and got into the water with her clothes on. Those women all looked at her curiously, she quickly stuffed her body into the water, leaving only her head outside.Her clothes refused to suffocate, and part of them rose to the surface like a life jacket, pulling her toward the water.She looked at the others, and they were all naked, but because there were some fine particles in the water, the water in the pond was opaque, and the vital parts of those women could not be seen clearly. Infected, she secretly took off her clothes and trousers in the water and threw them on the shore. She also followed the example of those women, hiding in the water and scrubbing herself, only showing her head above the water. A head floated over and came up to her, stretched out a hand from the water, handed her a ball of black and soap-colored stuff, and made a bathing gesture, probably asking her to use it to wipe the bath. She took the thing and looked at it carefully. It looked like a sponge, but rougher than a sponge.She tried rubbing it on her arm, which was nice and muddy.She hid in the water, wiped her body with that thing, and immediately felt very comfortable. She found that the women in the bath were very self-conscious, and no one looked at the man, but she couldn't help but secretly looked at the man opposite, only to see heads floating on the water, their bodies hidden in the water, and they were all self-conscious , no one looked at the woman. After washing for a while, all the women here left.She looked at the opposite side, and the men had also left. Even Dr. Man went ashore at some point, got dressed, and sat on the bank waiting for her. She asked across the pond, "Can I wash my hair with shampoo?" "No. Don't spoil the water in the pond." "Does it clean without shampoo?" "Clean up." She dubiously soaked her hair in water, washed it, and combed it with her hands. She could comb it all the way to the tip of her hair. There was no feeling of tangle or stickiness, and it was really clean.Her face and body were also very smooth, and she didn't want to leave after washing it, so she swam around in it. He called her on the shore: "Okay? Washing for too long is not good for the skin." "why?" "After soaking for a long time, the skin will peel off layer by layer." Terrified, she immediately went to the pond, turned her back to him, got out of the water, went ashore, dried herself with a towel, and put on her clothes.She wiped her hair with a towel, and walked to him with her bag, and found that his face was radiant, his hair was black and shiny, covering his head softly, and there was a lock of curly hair drooping on his forehead, like the curly hair of a foreigner.She said in amazement: "I remember your hair was black and hard, why is it so soft now?" "Who said my hair is black and hard? It's because the water in city A is bad." "Really?" She touched her hair, which was also smooth and soft, pouring down like a black waterfall.She asked: "Is there any special mineral in this pond, which seems to be able to beautify the skin. Is it a hot spring?" "Maybe." "Why didn't anyone think of developing this place to attract tourists?" "The county government once wanted to turn this place into a tourist area, but the people on Lingshang did not agree." "The people on Lingshang are so powerful? Can't the government force development?" "Are they dying? Everyone on the mountain has shotguns." "People on the mountain will kill people?" "Anyone will kill if pressed." "What if the government brings the army here to develop?" "Then blow up the pond." She thinks this idea is too clever, thinking that this Manjialing, maybe this pond has some development value, if the people on the mountain blow up the pond, will they still develop it?She asked, "Aren't you afraid that the government will arrest you and put you in jail if you blow up the pond?" "What are you afraid of? You have to eat in prison." "And shot you?" "Then it would have been too late." She giggled, thinking that the people in Manjialing really live a chic life, not afraid of the sky and the earth. He helped her carry the bag, and the two walked home along the mountain road. She felt that her legs were not so sore, and she told him pleasantly: "This pond is so good. I took a bath in it, and my legs didn't hurt so much." , It was still very painful in the morning, but it’s much better now.” He didn't speak, but turned around and gave her a smile.He has a nice smile, like those handsome and affectionate men in foreign movies. Now she knew how to please him, and then boasted: "And my hair, it's so smooth!" He turned around again and gave her a smile. She praised everything Manjialing deserves to be praised, and won him many smiles. Finally, he asked her: "Do you like this place?" "like!" She thought he would reward her with a kiss, but he said, "Come on, I'll carry you."