One Pillow Huaxu

Wu Xie was sitting next to the fire pit, a copper pot was set on top of the charcoal fire, and the water in it was already boiling.The middle-aged man sitting opposite slowly picked up a small piece of brick tea, crushed it and threw it into the water.

Wu Xie stared at the kettle, the brick tea slowly sank to the bottom of the kettle in the steaming water vapor, and finally dyed the water maroon.

He straightened up and saluted the man.Following his movements, the sleeves slid down to reveal the scar on his arm. He looked calm and did not raise his hand to cover it.

The man on the opposite side obviously saw it, but he didn't say much, but there was a little surprise in his eyes.This person was wearing a Tibetan-style pulu robe, a black pullover waistcoat, and a blue bead chain around his neck.He also sat up straight and saluted Wu Xie.

Wu Xie started talking to the other party in Tibetan.The words he uses are not complicated, and the sentence structure is very simple, but the expression is fluent.After he finished speaking unhurriedly, the man nodded, showing a simple and honest smile, and then began to add salt and ghee to the discolored tea.

Wu Xie slumped her shoulders and sank her body back into the thick carpet.He looked at the busy villagers in front of him, and said four words with a smile: "The folk customs are simple."

He didn't use Tibetan, he said this to Zhang Qiling.Zhang Qiling also heard the conversation just now, and Wu Xie simply stated that they lost their way here due to an accident.

Wu Xie's speech omitted many details, but the other party quickly expressed understanding and warmly welcomed the two to rest here.

Zhang Qiling didn't answer Wu Xie's words, he calmly withdrew his gaze from observing the surrounding environment, and refocused on the village head opposite.Compared to Wu Xie's current laxity, he has always sat very upright.

The village chief filtered the buttered tea into the teapot, got up and filled the teacups in front of them.

Wu Xie thanked him, but didn't immediately reach out to take it.Zhang Qiling raised his hand to pick it up, and naturally held the cup under the tip of his nose for a second, and took a sip.

Then he pushed Wu Xie's cup in: "Drink it."

"Drink, why don't you drink." Wu Xie's tone was relaxed, and he took a sip from his cup without looking sideways.This tea has a mellow milky taste, rolling into the esophagus with heat, quickly dispelling most of the chill in the body.

Wu Xie raised his head with a smile, and praised a few words in Tibetan, as if he wasn't the one who didn't toast immediately.

This meeting can be said to be a feast for the guests and the host. The village chief finally arranged them in an empty room at the bottom, and kindly sent the two of them outside the door.

The bungalow was cleaned very cleanly, it was not big, but it was more than enough for two people, and the decoration was not much different from what they had seen before.Zhang Qiling put away the equipment of the two, looked around the room, and then lit the charcoal fire.

Wu Xie sat on the bed casually. This bed was built in the same way as a kang. The bed was covered with yellow mud and covered with a thick Tibetan blanket. As soon as a person sat on it, he sank into a warm softness.

But Wu Xie's expression did not loosen.His smile disappeared the moment he walked out the door, and he was sitting on the edge of the bed looking out expressionlessly.

Outside the window are active villagers, the sun has climbed into the sky, and the surrounding area is filled with warm colors.There are children chasing and playing in the open space, women in national costumes are gathering in twos and threes to wash clothes by the water, chatting loudly with laughter.

Wu Xie looked at the scene and spit out four more words: "The atmosphere is peaceful."

His eyes were half downcast, his expression was very lazy, as if his whole body was affected by this atmosphere, but his eyes never left the outside.He is gathering information.

Zhang Qiling walked to his side, stretched out his hand silently, and gently pulled down his collar.The moment the hand touched it, Wu Xie's muscles stiffened reflexively, and his eyes also turned away from the window at this moment.

But he quickly realized that the other party wanted to check his wounds.This process has been repeated countless times along the way, so Wu Xie no longer has any other big moves.

Zhang Qiling looked at the wound against his gaze, helped him change the medicine, and then said: "Rest."

At the same time, he pointed to the pillow with obvious intentions.

Wu Xie blinked, feeling a little funny, and said, "Tired?"

Zhang Qiling nodded lightly, turned over and sat on another bed, closed his eyes and began to take a nap.

The two of them drove all night, just to find a place to rest.He knew what Wu Xie was thinking, and he had been paying attention to everything here.

Wu Xie's nerves were too tense.

Although Zhang Qiling seemed to be asleep with his eyes closed, and his breathing was barely audible, he was always paying attention to the movements around him.After hearing Wu Xie's silence for a moment, he rustled the quilt away.When the surroundings fell into silence again, he opened his eyes, and Wu Xie was already lying down with his back to him.

Zhang Qiling got up and walked to the other side's bed silently.Wu Xie fell asleep facing inside, a small beam of sunlight hit his face through the gap in the curtain.As if to avoid the light, he raised his arms and buried his head below, so that no one could see his expression at this time.

Zhang Qiling raised his hand to pull the curtain tightly, pulled up the quilt of the other party, and then returned to his own bed.

Because Zhang Qiling was alert to the surrounding environment, Zhang Qiling's sleep was extremely light.About five or six hours later, the sun began to sink, and there were suddenly very light footsteps outside the house.

Zhang Qiling opened his eyes in the darkness, he quickly turned over and sat up, looking at Wu Xie.

The other party still kept his back to him, Zhang Qiling got off the bed and walked to the door.Without making a sound, he opened the door silently.

Standing outside was a young man in a Tibetan robe, about 20 years old, carrying a large basket, and was raising his hand to knock on the door.

Zhang Qiling's sudden action of opening the door startled him, the man coughed a few times in shock, and after recovering, he muttered something in Tibetan, and it took a few seconds before he seemed to have just realized it, and said in broken Chinese: " The village head asked me to come and said to send you some things."

He took down the back basket, which was full of food, water and daily necessities, and even a few sets of local clothes.

Zhang Qiling nodded, and just as he was about to raise his hand to pick it up, he heard footsteps behind him.

Wu Xie didn't know when she woke up, so she walked to the door with her hands in her hands.He looked wide awake, as if he hadn't been asleep at all.

Wu Xie stretched out his head to take a look at the things in the basket, and made a surprised expression, which was a bit deliberate and could be said to be artificial.Then he thanked him and looked up at the young man.

Suddenly, he turned sideways inside, gave up a seat, and said casually, "Come in and have a seat."

Wu Xie's series of expressions were as easy as changing faces, and the young man let out an "ah" and seemed to have no reaction.

Although this is a question sentence, Wu Xie directly said it as a declarative sentence.He tapped in with his thumb again, and the young man slowly walked into the room with his things on his back.

Zhang Qiling raised his eyebrows lightly, without saying a word, closed the door, turned around and followed back to the room, and lit the lamp on the table at the same time.Wu Xie sat down at the table, looked at the young man, and asked, "What's your name?"

The other party was coughing and tidying up his things when he heard this and said a word in Tibetan quickly.His voice was very vague, the name was not short, and it was mixed in the noise, neither of them could hear clearly.

The young man raised his head, thought about how to translate, and added in broken Chinese: "Call me Nada, I can speak some Chinese, the village chief is afraid that it will be inconvenient for you, so you can find me if you have anything to do in the future."

"Okay Nada." Wu Xie answered quickly, his voice was very soft, and he even had a smile on his face. Under the warm light, he looked very approachable.

He watched the other party organize things, and when the other party explained what was inside, he responded appropriately.He was very patient. After the young man finished speaking, he raised his hand and poured a glass of water, pushed it in front of the young man, and said:

"sit."

Wu Xie's voice was still gentle, but with an irresistible toughness.Na Da sat down in a daze, and Wu Xie was about to pour water into the cup in front of him again.

At this moment, Zhang Qiling raised his hand to take the kettle. The water was boiled before they went to bed, and it was already completely cold.

Wu Xie let Zhang Qiling boil the water, and continued to say to Na Da: "You are not from the village."

This is still a question that is said to be a declarative sentence.Nada showed surprise on his face, but quickly covered it up and said calmly, "Why am I not from the village?"

Although he said so, "how do you know" was written all over his face.Wu Xie shook his head, sighed, and said, "Because you are afraid of us."

Nada was puzzled: "Why should I be afraid of you?"

Wu Xie knocked on the table and said, "This is a good thing, I'm praising you,"

Following Wu Xie's movements, Nada's gaze was fixed on his wrist.There was a charcoal fire in the room, and it was very warm. Wu Xie wore a few unlined clothes, and the cuffs were rolled up at this time.

He looked calm and did not raise his hand to cover it.

Wu Xie was satisfied to see a trace of vigilance in the other party's expression: "Young man, it is right to be afraid."

After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and waved to the back: "Okay, now you have discovered our secret. Old Zhang, get rid of him."

When Nada heard this, he stood up suddenly, and he shouted in horror: "You just said it was a good thing."

Wu Xie wondered: "If it's a good thing, it means you can live a long time, no. Keeping fear can make you see many things clearly, but the risk is also relative."

Zhang Qiling walked back to Wu Xie with the kettle in his hand, his face showing helplessness when he heard this.He handed the cup to Wu Xie, and Wu Xie took a sip. The temperature was just right, and he smacked his lips: "It's all milk?"

Zhang Qiling said: "Tea leaves are not good for sleep."

Wu Xie stared at him for a few seconds, then quickly turned his gaze back to Nada who seemed to be about to flee the door in the next second.He drank the contents of the cup in one gulp, waved at the other party, and said, "Sit down, did you get up?"

Zhang Qiling also restrained his expression cooperatively at this time, and sat down next to Wu Xie with a cold face.Nada swept back and forth between the two, and reluctantly put his butt back on the stool.

"Tell me what you know first." Wu Xie said.

"What do I know?" Nada stared.At this moment, some villagers set off fireworks outside, and after a few explosions, a few lights flashed.He pondered for a long time amidst the muffled sound reverberating in the room, as if he had brainstormed in his mind, and finally said:

"Bosses, I am indeed not from the village. I live in an outer village. The water and soil there are not good this year, and the cattle raised cannot be sold at a good price. My uncle lives here and said that there is work to do, so I just moved here. .”

"Look, that's the answer." Wu Xie nodded in satisfaction, he patted Zhang Qiling's shoulder, and smiled at Nada, "Don't be afraid, he is the most bodhisattva-hearted among the three of us, and he won't kill you .”

Nada's eyes turned around on the expressionless Zhang Qiling's face, and then looked back at Wu Xie.He stared at the scar on his arm in front of him, and summoned up the courage to ask, "Aren't you really bad guys?"

Wu Xie sneered, and poured himself another cup of buttered tea without tea leaves: "I think we are all the same. Is it so important to distinguish between good people and bad people?"

Having said that, he suddenly stood up.Nada was frightened by his actions, Wu Xie seemed to be tired of this topic, and made a gesture to see off the guests: "You can go. We will chatter for a few more days, and we will meet again some other day."

Zhang Qiling sent the young man outside the door, and Wu Xie's words "We'll get together some other day" scared the other party quite a bit, just like encountering an evil spirit and saying "I'll take my life another day", and almost trotted after walking down the plank road to leave.

Zhang Qiling closed the door and saw Wu Xie lying back on the bed, he said: "You are testing him."

"This person is indeed different from the villagers. You can get a lot of things out of his mouth, but today is almost the same." Wu Xie looked up, "It's not important to distinguish between good people and bad people, what matters is who is on your side .”

He rolled his eyelids back, looked up at Zhang Qiling from below, and suddenly said, "Old Zhang, are you on my side?"

Zhang Qiling stopped when he heard this.He was still standing in the darkness near the door, Wu Xie couldn't see his face clearly, only heard him quickly and flatly "hmm".

Wu Xie raised the corner of his mouth, he was very satisfied with this answer, and it was not surprising.He continued: "But what if all the people on the opposite side are good people."

"Do you believe that you can meet Bodhisattvas in reality? There are still a truckload of Bodhisattvas. These Bodhisattvas are not afraid of your origin and provide everything you need. I don't believe it, unless I have logged into the Land of Ultimate Bliss."

Zhang Qiling sighed, he understood what Wu Xie meant, and said after a while: "I will pay attention, but the current environment is suitable for you to recover."

"Of course it's suitable, it's a fucking fairyland." Wu Xie said, "But there are no absolutely good people in this world. Pure villains are more likely to show their flaws. There is true love in the world, which is probably bullshit."

He repeated what he had just said to Nada: "Being fearful can make you see many things clearly. Rather than meeting a truckload of Bodhisattvas, I would rather meet a truckload of evil ghosts."