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Chapter 10 Pilgrims

More than a dozen people came in one after another, and someone looked at the bank opposite and complained: "Only the Agricultural Bank of China will build a bank in such a place."

"Isn't it closed too, let's order first." Yanzi said.

There are a total of four tables here, the rectangular ones, people in a car sit in a pile, and Wang Hai goes to order.

He is the organizer of this self-driving tour.

Ye Kai was not used to sitting with the two girls, so he went to find a kettle and a disposable water cup, poured a cup of boiling water for the girls, and then gave the kettle to people at other tables.

Seeing that Wang Hai hadn't come back yet, Ye Kai also walked into the back kitchen.

The chef said: "Green pepper fried pork, tomato and egg soup, boiled pork slices, twice-cooked pork? Got it."

"How much is it?" Wang Hai asked.

"48, 35, 65, 48, a total of 196, let's count your 190 as a table, by the way, the meat should be yak meat or ordinary beef, yak meat will cost an extra 80 yuan."

"Just ordinary ones." Wang Hai said, and when he saw Ye Kai, he whispered, "It's really fucking dark."

Ye Kai feels that there are really too many fellow villagers in Sichuan Province!

At this time, a tricycle was parked outside the store, which was somewhat similar to the one used by express delivery, with a wind horse inserted in the rear compartment.A very dirty man got out of the car and came in.

He ordered two vegetarian dishes, then made a meal for himself, took out cold dishes from his bag and started eating.

Wang Hai whispered: "Worshipers."

"I can't understand this kind of person."

"I've been brainwashed."

"..."

Ye Kai didn't know what pilgrimage was before, but he didn't see some on the national highway until he came to the snowy area this time.But the clothes are not so dirty, and almost all of them are wearing Tibetan costumes or monks' costumes.

Before the food was served and everyone had nothing to do, they just stared at this man. Ye Kai went out to take a picture of his car, and then came in and sat opposite the worshipers.

"Where did you come from?"

He took a bite and replied, "Aba, do you know Aba?"

"I know, that's a bit far."

Aba is also from Sichuan Province, and this pilgrim is a Tibetan from Sichuan Province.

"Where are you from?" he asked.

"I am also from Sichuan Province." Ye Kai asked, "Did you come all the way from Aba?"

"Really."

Ye Kai said to go, but in fact pilgrimage is not just walking, but kowtow, which is also called long kowtow in Tibetan.While chanting the six-character mantra or their own wishes, they made gestures, walked three steps, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and then repeated this action all the time.

"How long have you been gone?"

He put down his chopsticks and said, "From home? It should be a year and a half since I came here."

"Wow"

"More than a year."

Discussions came from behind Ye Kai, it turned out that they all gathered around and stood behind Ye Kai to listen to the two of them talking.

Only when we truly understand it can we discover the devotion of the Tibetans to their beliefs.It is unimaginable for the mainlanders to walk more than 1000 kilometers or even farther on the plateau with love power generation.

Pilgrimage may not get you what you want, but the perseverance and persistence that belief gives are extremely powerful.

This uncle is 48 years old. His face looks almost 20 years older than his actual age. He looks 68 years old. He is very optimistic and talkative, but he doesn't speak Chinese very well.

For two years, he could walk up to five kilometers a day, and every time he walked, he marked it with stones.Then come back and drive the car to the marked position, and then continue to worship.

His car contained all the things needed for survival, water, gas tank, pressure cooker, rice noodles, raincoat, quilt, tent.

A group of people were shocked and wanted to treat the uncle to something, but no one asked.

The meal was very quiet, and it wasn't until the uncle drove away in his car that it became lively again.

Dabing took the map and said to Wang Hai: "Let's go into the mountain this afternoon. Just now, I inquired with the boss. There is a road behind this mountain where Tibetans dig cordyceps and matsutake. Maybe we can dig some matsutake back. .”

Dabing is a fitness instructor who wants to be a pilot, but he has not received any trainees for a long time. He took a long vacation to come to the snow area to breathe the air without smog.

"Is there anyone living in the mountains? It's a bit cold to live in a tent this day." Wang Hai asked.

"I asked, if the Tibetans have built houses there, we will see if they can live in Tibetan homes. Besides, we have tents, what are we afraid of?"

Wang Hai went to ask the boss again, and then came back to tell everyone about the itinerary for this afternoon. Ye Kai saw that the place he pointed to was just a place name and a mountain name, but there was no way to go there.

Today's navigation system has been connected to the country's highway system. If there is no road in navigation, there must be no road in reality.

"How do we get there?"

"Go by car." Wang Hai said. "Forget about the broken navigation. I went around Yuzhou a few times before going out. Believe him, I went straight to the ditch. The locals said there is a way. If it doesn't work, we can just come back."

Ye Kai didn't want to go, there were no villages around that place on the map, but everyone came to this place together, and it was really embarrassing to leave on the way.

There is no signal in the mountains in the snowy area, and I have a satellite phone in my backpack, so I can call for help in case of any danger...

Just follow along.

After everyone got into the car after eating, there was another howl of wolves.

Going in from Zhongsha, there is no cement road that has been repaired, but a dirt road, and cars with a slightly lower chassis cannot drive in. Fortunately, these three cars are all off-road.

"It's cool, if you don't take this kind of road when driving cross-country, I will tell you for nothing." Wang Hai said.

Ye Kai put on his seat belt silently and looked out the window.

On the right is the pasture of the Tibetans, a large area. Ye Kai has never been in the countryside, so I don't know how many acres this land has.In short, the car drove for 10 minutes and did not see the end of the fence.

There are yaks and horses in it.

There are fewer cars in the snow area, but no one dares to drive fast.

All kinds of animals that are often in the middle of the road are the most powerful traffic police. Sometimes honking doesn't work, and someone has to get out of the car to drive them away.

Going deeper and deeper, the dirt road is gone, and now there is a road paved with gravel. Several cars replaced the four-wheel drive and roared hard on the stone road, and suddenly there was a loud noise behind.

Wang Hai stepped on the brake, got out of the car and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The tire blew out."

"Put on the spare ones first."

The boys started to change the tires in a hurry. Because the rocky ground was unstable, it was difficult for the jack to find a strong point. It took a long time to replace the tires with new ones. Looking at the watch, it was five o'clock.

40 kilometers away from the target location.

"It's too bad, I have to go back." One person said.

At this time, a man came back from the road in front and said, "The stone road is a few hundred meters away, and there is no road behind. It is a grassland. I saw a house from a distance, and there should be people living there."

How to do?
Everyone looked at Wang Hai.

"Go back, there is no signal here, what if something happens?" Swallow suggested.

They have already entered a very deep mountain, and it will take four hours to turn around from here, and this road...

"Go to the front to see the situation first, there is no going back this way."

Now it is going uphill, and the car can still barely hold steady, but if it goes backwards on this road, the car is likely to be unsteady and slide down directly.

Ye Kai got out of the car with his bag on his back and said, "Let's not take the car for now, we'll talk about it after we've passed this section of the road."

A few people walked along the stone road. That person was right. The end of the stone road is a grassland with a stream in the middle of the grassland. A little further away is a house.

　If you are interested in pilgrimage, I recommend a movie, Gang Rinpoche
　　Daily recommended collection

　　


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