Chapter 60 Chapter 14 Seeing Niqion Again

Xu Zhiwu, I don't know how to judge him. It can be said that he is a villain, but after his villainous behavior, he always has some actions that make you think he is still a good person.For example, after the company commander's phone call, he immediately apologized sincerely to us, saying that if we don't need to be suppressed by orders, we will definitely leave.And he is indeed unable to protect the golden eyes and silver beads.In short, the words are sincere and touching, no matter how angry I am, there is nothing I can do about him. Laba kept apologizing to us, but Lao Li and I were not allowed to leave no matter what.I had no choice but to accept the grievance, and stayed at Raba's house that night.

I woke up early the next morning. The dawn in Lhasa was later than that in the mainland, and it was still gray at seven o'clock. The sound of chanting sutras could be heard outside. It was people who got up early and worshiped.So I tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep anymore, and I was going to go around the Jokhang Temple. I sat up lightly, for fear of disturbing Lao Li.Unexpectedly, he woke up as soon as I reached for my coat.He asked me in a low voice, "Master Luo, where are you going?" "Go to the Jokhang Temple and go to sleep. It's rare to sleep late. I'll come back later to find you." I whispered, afraid of waking up Xu Zhiwu and the others.Hearing what I said, Lao Li turned over, stopped asking more questions, and continued to sleep.

The Jokhang Temple Square in Laba’s house was only a few steps away. As soon as the rolling shutter door was opened, a strong cold wind hit my face, which made me shiver.There were already dense crowds of pilgrims on the road, and none of them seemed to be aware of the early morning cold.Turning up the collar and tucking my neck into the collar as much as possible, I shyly walked towards the Jokhang Temple like an old man in his seventies who is afraid of the cold. But in a minute or two, we arrived at the Jokhang Temple Square.Vendors selling Tibetan incense and prayer flags in the square gathered densely in front of the two large incense burners. When they saw people passing by, they hurried over to ask if they wanted to buy incense. They also sincerely said that the incense was only one yuan a bag, and there were five large incense burners around the Jokhang Temple. , five dollars is enough.I originally wanted to make do with buying a few bags of Tibetan incense made of herbs and throw them into the incense burner, but when I saw pious people crawling on the ground, I thought it would be a bit inappropriate to stand in front of them while they were prostrating. , After thinking about it, I gave up.Just followed the crowd around these two incense burners, and went to find the other three incense burners.

It was not yet fully dawn, and the road was full of worshipers as dark as the tide. People chanted sutras while walking, and the sounds of chanting sutras that were incomprehensible lingered in their ears.There was a lama who was similar to an ascetic monk. When I passed by him, someone gave him money, and he took it in astonishment, and then continued to worship as before.I also saw a little girl, about four or five years old, following the adults, prostrating three steps and one prostration very skillfully, completely surrendering to the ground, not lazy at all.There were also people bowing respectfully to the storefronts along the street. I was a little stunned and didn't know why.

The shops in Lhasa always open late, but the small vendors around the Jokhang Temple have already set up their stalls early, some shouting, and some singing scriptures loudly. Looking at these pious people around me, I suddenly felt very gratifying and kind.These are lively and lively lives, aren't they all things that I have never come into contact with? He followed the crowd aimlessly, but within ten minutes, he turned around the Jokhang Temple.Back in front of the big censer on the front of the square, there are still dark crowds kowtowing.Another peddler came over and asked me if I would buy prayer flags: "Buy one, it's only ten yuan, and you can tie it up (to the pillar next to it for tying prayer flags). It's very effective."

I was a little dazed, even though the prayer flags were very effective when tied up, my mind was completely blank at that moment, I didn't know if I had any wishes that needed to be fulfilled, as if I didn't.So he shook his head and turned back. Walking out of the Jokhang Temple Square, a minute or two away from Laba's house, I ran into a group of Europeans, men, women, young and old, talking in low voices.Because Xu Zhiwu talked about Germans for a long time, although I couldn't understand whether their language was German, I still glanced at them a few more times.It was not yet fully dawn, so I couldn’t see their faces clearly, but one of the young men saw me looking at them, smiled at me with a friendly grin, and greeted me in English: “Hello!” I replied the same After saying a word, he stopped thinking about it and walked towards Raba's house.

Back at Laba’s house, everyone was still sleeping, and I still walked lightly into the room where Lao Li and I slept.Lao Li was fully dressed and was sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze.Seeing me go in, he hurriedly said, "Master Luo, are you back? So soon?" I nodded, followed by sitting on the edge of the bed, chatting with him casually. After a while, Xu Zhiwu and Laba also woke up.Laba said very sorry that there was no woman in the house, and Tibetan men would never cook in the kitchen, so we could only wrong us to go outside for some breakfast. Of course we don't mind these things, so we found a small restaurant to solve the breakfast problem at will.If you simply finished breakfast, then of course there is nothing to say.But the problem is that we actually met a group of Europeans on the road.At this time, the sky was completely bright, and a young man saw me and grinned at me. The smile was very familiar, and I immediately recalled that they must be the people I met at the Jokhang Temple Square.

But after the young man smiled at me, he left with everyone. It is estimated that each other's English skills are limited, so they can't talk to each other.I didn't think much of it either. Xu Zhiwu, on the other hand, never forgot about it. After dinner, he returned to Laba’s house and asked me, “Xiao Luo, do you know the group of foreigners you met in the morning?” I said: "How is that possible! It's just that when I went to the Jokhang Temple, I happened to meet them, and then the young man said 'hello' to me, and I replied, that's it." After Xu Zhiwu listened, he laughed at himself and said: "It seems that I am overthinking. Hey... If this continues, my nerves will collapse."

Raba looked at us guiltily: "I'm so sorry." Xu Zhiwu shook his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with you." At this point, he suddenly remembered something, and asked Laba, "Niqiong said that he is going to come to Lhasa, and it will be in these two days. Do you know?" When Laba heard Niqiong, he said hesitantly: "He also told me... I was thinking, just give him back the golden eyes and silver beads. He only needs to refund half of the price. This stuff It’s really an ominous thing, once it was given to me, it made me sleepless, and even my wife and children didn’t dare to stay in Lhasa. Tell me, why should I keep it!” At last, Raba became a little excited.

Xu Zhiwu didn't say a word, neither did Lao Li and I. After Laba finished speaking, he looked reluctant to part with him, and said, "If it is really returned to Niqiong..." Xu Zhiwu interrupted him unceremoniously: "I bought everything, how can there be any regrets!" Laba smiled awkwardly and stopped mentioning the matter. ... It was almost evening when Nijun came.A few of us chatted some irrelevant things upstairs, but he came upstairs by himself.However, he still stood by the door very politely and gently knocked on the open door, asking, "Rabba, can I come in? Didn't bother you?"

We didn't expect him to come so quickly, Qi Qi turned to look at him.If it were someone else, they would definitely feel uncomfortable when we turned around like this.But Niqiong came in calmly, shook hands and greeted everyone, very polite and very demeanor. Speaking of Niqiong, everyone's topic immediately shifted to him.Ask him if the journey was hard, why he came to Lhasa, and so on.Niqiong answered one by one in an orderly manner, saying that there was nothing hard on the road, and that he came to Lhasa mainly because he missed Brother Raba, and also wanted to visit my two good friends, Xu Zhiwu and me.When he said this, he immediately realized that he was being rude and ignored Lao Li who was next to me, so he quickly introduced himself to Lao Li... politely and sincerely. After talking for a while, it was already dark, Niqiong insisted to invite us to an authentic Tibetan restaurant in Xianzu Island for dinner, "The owner of that restaurant is a buddy I grew up with, and it must be the best dish when I go there. Shannan's The wild boar, the fish in Yadong...these are trivial things. I implore you to show respect no matter what." Speaking of this, we naturally cannot refuse.So Xu Zhiwu drove us to Xianzu Island in his vicissitudes off-road vehicle.On the way, Niqiong called someone: "Cesong... yes, I came to Lhasa and brought a few friends over... yes yes yes, you prepared all your best things for me ...Well, there are five people including me...okay." The explanation was completed in a few simple sentences, and he was not as polite as talking to us, he must be a very firm buddy. Lhasa is not big, and it took 20 minutes to go from Jokhang Temple to Niqiong’s friend’s Tibetan restaurant on Xianzu Island.As soon as the car passed the bridge on Xianzu Island, I saw a Tibetan man in a brown coat standing at the other end of the bridge.Niqiong pointed to the front and said, "The man in the coat in front is my friend Cisong." Xu Zhiwu stepped up the accelerator and drove over.Niqiong stretched out his hand out of the car window and waved it at Tsusong.Cisong immediately came forward with a smile. Cisong's Tibetan restaurant is located at the place where the Arch Bridge on Xianzu Island turns to the left.As soon as we got out of the car, Cisong took us inside enthusiastically, and before entering the door, a girl in a traditional Tibetan robe came over to offer khata to us.After the ceremony, Cisong told them: "This is a distinguished guest, go to the Lhasa Hall." Then he introduced to us quite proudly that all the restaurants in his Tibetan restaurant are named after the urban areas of Tibet. The Lhasa hall is located in the golden position of the restaurant and is also the most luxurious one. The Lhasa hall is on the third floor, and Cisong led us through the red and green corridors and up the cramped red-painted wooden stairs. However, just when I went up to the third floor, I saw another person standing on the balcony talking and laughing on the phone.