Chapter 12 Something Happened in Section 11

At this time, at the foot of the mountain less than ten kilometers away from the beautiful Tiantang Lake, a family of Mongolian herders was worried about their lost sheep. Grandpa Joplin was the patriarch of the family. When he saw his daughter-in-law entering the yurt with a sad face, he immediately realized that something had happened. "Dolma, what's wrong?" "Four or five goats are missing." Daughter-in-law Mengke Zhuoma dared not tell the truth. So much less!Joplin couldn't sit still any longer, stood up suddenly and walked out. "Who is going to herd the sheep today?"

"Sarina!" Sarina is Dolma's six-year-old daughter, who has not yet gone to school. As soon as Joplin walked out of the door of the yurt, he saw his granddaughter Sarina timidly outside, not daring to come forward.He immediately lost his temper: "Go into the house, get out! I'll kill you slackers! I told you to herd the sheep, so you just know how to play. See how I deal with you today!" Sarina glanced at her Erji (Mongolian: mother) for help, but unfortunately she couldn't protect herself, so she had to look at the little daughter in embarrassment. After entering the yurt, Joplin first bowed to the thangka of Guru Rinpoche enshrined in the shrine, chanting words, as if he was praying for something.

When all this was done, he didn't do anything to Sarina, but instead educated the child earnestly: "My child, keep the sheep. You should always watch some of them. You can't get mutton to eat if you patronize them. Our 'paradise' Why is the lake so beautiful? It is because she is the tears of a shepherd girl. Tears flow from the heart and represent the inviolable inner world of each of us. Therefore, this lake is also sacred and inviolable. Don’t try to go It is wrong to speculate on her, any attempt or attempt to get close to her. You must remember what grandpa said, and when you grow up, you will be responsible for herding sheep. You are a smart child, can you understand my words?"

Sarina listened half-understood. She didn't understand why grandpa suddenly said such a thing to her. Given her age and intelligence, she really couldn't understand it. She only knew that she had caused trouble and lost the sheep.When she saw her grandfather asking questions, she nodded hurriedly: "Well, grandpa, I was wrong. I will never be playful anymore. I will definitely herd the sheep well in the future. Don't hit me!" "Ah!" Joplin looked at the child, stopped talking, and only waved her to go out. "Battelle! Battelle!" The old man thought for a while and began to call his son.

"Hey! Dad, you call me?" Battar, who is nearly forty years old, is an authentic Mongolian man. Years of grazing life made his face as dark as the bottom of a pot. "You come with me to count the sheep again!" "okay!" One of the father and son was riding on the horse, the other stood aside, drove the sheep aside, and counted again and again. "One hundred and ninety-eight, and three less." "Battelle, bring my horse, I'm going to find my sheep!" Hearing this, the old man lost his composure. The son panicked, and immediately counted again: "I counted wrong, there are no missing sheep."

"Have you counted the goats?" "No, I don't know if the goat is missing!" "Quickly count it, it doesn't matter if you have one or two less, but it's not okay if you have too many!" "I can't do without one!" Battelle only dared to mutter in his throat, not daring to let his father hear him. The next day happened to be a day for offering sacrifices to the gods and praying for the gods to bless the livestock.In order to participate in the sacrificial ceremony under the leadership of the old man, Battelle's sister and brother-in-law rushed over from their home at the westernmost end of the Bayinbulak Grassland dozens of kilometers away yesterday.

"Abba, we are here to greet you today. According to the etiquette of our Mongolians, we present a khata to you." Battelle and his brother-in-law Shaila presented a khata to their father together. "May the fine wine you offer to me become the holy water of eternal well-being in the 'Lake of Paradise', and may our livestock increase year by year. May you be as pure as fine wine, as healthy as steel, and enjoy peace forever!" Joe With a kind smile on his face, Prin gave the most beautiful blessings to his descendants. "Eternal peace!" everyone said in unison.

However, today's prayer did not seem to be heard by the gods, and Sarina quickly ran over in panic: "Abba, Erji, our little pony is gone!" "What?!" Battelle was shocked and angry.If the sheep are the property of the shepherd, then the horse is the lifeblood of the shepherd.The foal is only two months old and is a descendant of the strongest horse in the family, Red Cloud.Battelle usually regarded this little pony as his eyeball, but now it's gone, wouldn't that kill him! Battelle couldn't care about anything else, he rode on his fast horse and went looking for his beloved pony.

"Hello, have you seen my little pony?" "No!" "Hello, have you seen my pony?" "How can I see your horse?" "let it go!" The herdsmen in the mountains live far away from each other. Battelle rode a horse for more than 20 kilometers and found several herdsmen's homes that he was familiar with. No one had seen his horse.He had no choice but to go home dejected. As soon as he got close to the yurt, his anxious wife Mengke Zhuoma hurried up to greet her: "It's terrible, Battelle, Dad is going up the mountain!" "What?" Battelle was shocked.He knew that the "going up the mountain" that his wife said meant going to the "paradise lake" on the mountain.What Dad likes to say most in his mouth is to warn them not to approach the lake casually.But why did he go by himself now?

"Where's brother-in-law?" Battelle still had a glimmer of hope, if brother-in-law Shayla was by Dad's side, maybe... "Brother-in-law went to help you find a horse, but you haven't come back yet. Why, didn't you see it on the road?" Before Mengke Zhuoma could answer, his sister Guma asked immediately, with a hint of anxiety on her face. "Oops." When Battelle heard this, he had no time to say anything, and hurriedly rode his horse and ran up the mountain. Chu Feng was awakened early in the morning by the sound of birds chirping one after another.He stood up and dusted off the dirt all over his body - Xilin is really a "know-it-all" in this mountain, and he was able to find such a relatively clean small soil cave by the lake to live in.It's a pity that the soil hole is too small, just enough for two people to lie flat in it, and if they want to turn over, they have to be considerate of each other.At the end of the night, both of them were covered in dirt.

The big golden eagle Erden didn't show up again last night.Xilin's infallible arrow technique can not only hit hares, but also shoot fish.The two washed their trophies in the lake water, and cooked them for dinner.Not to mention, this young man is really the pride of the mountain, he actually carries all kinds of seasonings for barbecue with him, the taste is quite good. "Ah, professor, wake up!" Ever since Xilin knew that Chu Feng was an expert in ancient philology, he insisted on calling him the word "professor".Chu Feng's tone of voice seemed to be influenced by Hollywood blockbusters. Chu Feng felt that he got up early enough, but he didn't expect the boy to get up early, mysteriously burying something in the ashes of the fire last night, when he looked up and saw him, he immediately smiled guilty, a little flattering! Chu Feng felt suspicious, and immediately walked to the ashes where he had just buried something, and pawed and pulled with his feet.One, two, three, four, five, six, a total of six dusty bird eggs that were slightly larger than eggs were lying there, and they looked almost ripe! "This is—" Chu Feng's face sank, "Here, you want to eat swan eggs, don't you think your life is too long?" Chu Feng is not worried about the regulations on the protection of wild animals, but is afraid of the huge number of thousands of animals in front of him. The flock of birds went mad. "No, professor, these are not swan's eggs, wild duck's eggs, hehe, wild duck's eggs!" Xilin's initial guilty conscience disappeared after Chu Feng opened his mouth.No matter how greedy he was, he didn't dare to eat swan eggs, so he got up in the middle of the night to dig out the bird's nests. He was also worried that the mother bird would find out about the trouble, so he only picked out two from each nest, and they didn't get rid of them. After hearing his explanation, Chu Feng was angry and funny. "It's a good thing you have a bird friend, so greedy? If you let it know, it will ignore you!" "Hey, professor, you don't know that. Just wait!" After speaking, Xilin whistled loudly. Chu Feng knew that he was summoning the big golden eagle, so he couldn't help squinting in the direction his head was facing. After searching for a short time, he saw a small golden dot, which was approaching from the sky quickly. The big golden eagle, Erden, also seemed to know that it was best not to disturb people early in the morning, and he didn't make any noise when he flew down.When Chu Feng saw the golden light, he felt a strong wind blowing against his face. When he took a closer look, the big golden eagle was already standing peacefully beside the young man, combing his feathers on his own. "It's done!" Smelling the aroma, Xilin peeled away the warm ashes with joy, and dug out a few eggs. "Hiss—huh!" The boy threw two to the big golden eagle immediately, regardless of the heat.The big golden eagle didn't even blink, pecked at the shell with a "kick", stretched its neck again, and wiped out one.Repeatedly like this, but within a few seconds, before Chu Feng picked up the two assigned to him, both of its eggs had already been laid. Chu Feng stared dumbfounded. It seems that these two have long been the "egg-stealing duo"!Judging by the technique and speed, even if it was the first time, he wouldn't believe it even if he was killed. This big golden eagle even ate two offspring of his own kind. He didn't have the slightest thought of "harming his own species". the remaining few eggs. The young man knew its virtue long ago, and he put the egg in his arms with an expression of guarding against thieves.Although Chu Feng was inexperienced, he had been in the army anyway, and knew what it was like to grab food, so he quickly held the two eggs tightly in his palm.The big golden eagle's eyes were extremely resentful. Regardless of these two, he happily settled his own share of "stolen goods".After the two finished eating, they didn't forget to dig a hole and bury the egg shell, completely destroying the egg and eliminating traces. After watering the fire once more to ensure that it would not rekindle, the two of them decided to continue on the road. At this moment, the big golden eagle suddenly let out a piercing scream "Yaoer—" and then flew into the sky with lightning speed. "What's the matter?" Chu Feng was rubbed against the side by its wings that stretched out almost five meters suddenly, and felt a strong force pushing towards him. After rolling with strength, he completely avoided it.Regardless of his embarrassment, he looked at Jin Dian'er going away, and asked Xilin puzzled. "Someone has an accident! Let's go and have a look!" The young Xilin knew the habits of the big golden eagle very well.In the open air, he never stood too close to it, so the sudden outstretched wings just now did not bother him.However, looking at the expression of the big golden eagle is definitely not a good thing. As far as the two of them could see, they could see that golden light falling down without flying too high, and the direction it fell was exactly the direction that young Xilin was aiming at—the east.The two looked at each other and chased after them. When I arrived at the scene, I saw an old man in a Mongolian robe lying face down on the hillside, motionless, and a horse whip beside him fell weakly to the ground.Looking at the scattered horseshoe prints again, Chu Feng knew that the old man must have fallen off the horse.He stopped the reckless move of young Xilin who was about to turn the old man over, first felt the old man's carotid artery, then stretched out his hand to measure the old man's breath, then lifted the old man's head slightly with one hand, and rolled his eyelids with the other. "It's a bit like a sudden cerebral hemorrhage!" Chu Feng himself is only half-baked, but he knows some common sense of first aid - if a person faints due to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, it is best not to move his body immediately. He pinched the old man fiercely, and after a long time, the old man let out a deep breath, although he didn't wake up, his breathing became more gentle. "Dole, Dole, Dole", the sound of horseshoes came from the mountain behind, and Battelle rode over with sweat on his face.From a distance, he saw two people on the hillside over there, one of them was squatting, as if checking something on the ground, and another person seemed to have fallen on the ground.Looking at this scene, he had a bad premonition in his heart. Chu Feng glanced back, looked at the attire of the rider on the horse, and guessed that the two of them might be a family, so he quickly stepped aside so that the rider who came later could see the old man on the ground clearly. Battelle jumped off his horse when he was more than ten meters away from the old man, threw away the rein, and almost knelt on the ground.That's Abba, that's Abba, and that's his robe, and the new boots he just put on this morning.Dad, why is he motionless on the ground? What happened to him? "Abba——" Battelle couldn't believe that the abba who was smiling and blessing him this morning disappeared in the blink of an eye!He let out a mournful cry, and was about to rush at the old man on the ground. He jumped halfway and was blocked.Chu Feng was very afraid that his pounce would cause the old man who had been rescued to fall apart, so he hurriedly stopped him: "Brother, brother, calm down, the old man is still alive, he's still alive!" The grief that Battelle had just begun to rise quickly melted away after hearing these words clearly. "What you said is true? Is my dad okay?!" Chu Feng smiled wryly. The old man looked as if he had fallen off his horse and had a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. Although he was still breathing and pulsed, it was far from the words "I'm fine". He didn't want to bother to explain, so he taught him to feel the old man's carotid artery and breath.Battelle also knew that his father was indeed still alive, but the situation was not good. "Brother, I can see that you are capable. Tell me, what should I do now?" Battelle's heart was already in a state of confusion. Looking at the two people beside him, one was a half-grown child who was useless, and the other calmly dissuaded him just now. At first glance, I was a knowledgeable person, so I had to ask Chu Feng for help with a bitter face. But Chu Feng really didn't want to promise him anything. He was not a doctor, and he didn't have emergency medicine at hand, so he had to pinch the old man's mouth hard, hoping to make the old man wake up. With great difficulty, the old man opened his eyes slightly, and immediately saw his son: "Ba, Battelle, quickly, quickly help me invite the little Living Buddha!" ​​After speaking, the old man fell into a coma again.This time, no matter how Chu Feng pinched him, he showed no sign of sobriety.