pilgrimage

A mountain wooden house where hunters lived stood quietly among the mountains, with wisps of heat rising from above. When Gesang pushed open the door in the cold air mixed with dust and snow, all the people in the house turned their heads to look at him.

Although they were all wearing Tibetan robes to keep out the cold, they didn't look like they were all Tibetans.Especially one of the black-haired young men with glasses, obviously smiling, but people can't see clearly what is in the depths of his eyes, with a sense of alienation, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

After Gesang's introduction, Ye Jing knew that the person wearing the glasses was a friend from the mainland. He heard that Gesang was passing through here and came here to pick him up. His name was Li Mu; The cabin is theirs and they live here at this time of year.The rest was a Tibetan boy of about the same age as Ye Jing, with a crew cut, who was the couple's helper. Everyone called him Nanka.

Ye Jing didn't have any extra strength left, so she simply greeted Gesang, while the others were very enthusiastic when they saw Gesang, patting each other's shoulders, laughing and saying something in Tibetan.Ye Jing was really exhausted, so Gesang asked Nanka to take him into the house to rest, and when he recovered, he would find time to send him back to the city.

The boy in the dark Tibetan robe didn't say much, he just led him into the back room silently.Different from the house where ordinary hunters rest, this wooden house is much larger. There is a firepit in the center of the house, covered with Tibetan carpets, a few simple wooden furniture, and lights hanging above it.The back room is separated by blankets, and there is actually a wooden bed, presumably because Li Mu is afraid that Li Mu will not be used to sleeping.

Ye Jing felt that something was wrong, but at this moment, the commotion outside attracted his remaining attention.Just as she was feeling strange, Nanka suddenly opened her mouth, her fluent Chinese surprised Ye Jing: "...there is a shortage of meat in the mountains. They are killing horses and preparing to celebrate Gesang's arrival later."

Ye Jing had never eaten horse meat before, so she was a little taken aback when she heard it, but seeing the young man opened his mouth, probably because his peers felt relieved, so he looked at the wall and asked casually: "Is the calendar posted on the wall? It seems It's kind of weird."

"...It's the Tibetan calendar, which is often used in Tibetan areas to keep time." Nanka replied.At this moment, someone was vaguely calling Nanka's name outside. Nanka lowered her eyes and ended the topic vaguely. After going out, she quickly brought in a bowl of brick tea for him.After thanking Ye Jing, he took it and drank it. He didn't notice that Nanka's expression was a bit strange. He blinked and felt that he was even more tired, so he lay down on the bed that Nanka pointed to him, and soon fell asleep.

There was no dream, probably because of exhaustion, or the relaxation that could end the journey soon, Ye Jing felt that her body was unusually heavy, her mind was blank, and she felt like she was about to sink into the bedding.After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes vaguely, and saw a figure shaking in front of him. He opened his eyes and tried to recognize it for a while, before he recognized that it was Li Mu whom he had met for the first time.The other party noticed that Ye Jing was looking at him, so he nodded and smiled at him.

Ye Jing felt that his smile seemed indescribable. At this time, the other party quickly left and flashed into the curtain, and Ye Jing fell into the darkness again.

When he woke up, it was already getting dark, and there was a group of people making noise outside.He sat up with his head supported, opened his eyes and looked around blankly for a while, feeling a little headache, it took a long time to react.After being dazed for a while, he slowly got out of bed with his wrinkled clothes, grabbed his hair and looked around. Just as he was about to go out, he caught a glimpse of light on the other side of the curtain that Li Mu entered, so he opened the curtain curiously. I looked at the corner of the window and found that it was a laptop that was not fully closed.

An indescribable feeling welled up in her heart, Ye Jing walked up, looked behind her and found no one else, so she turned on the computer as if uncontrollably.Yingying's light shone on Ye Jing's pale face. He found that the computer was not connected to the Internet, and there were no extra icons on the desktop. There was only an unsigned folder, which looked very conspicuous.

He opened it carefully and found some information.He read the first few pages carefully, and what caught his eye was only some Tibetan customs and habits, but when he flipped through the pages in a hurry, it seemed that they were all about Tibet.He scratched his head, and went back to read the first few pages. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door. He immediately synthesized the computer into its original appearance, and walked out of the door as if he had just woken up. Then I found out that it was Li Mu.

"Are you awake?" The young man wearing glasses smiled, "I remember your name is Ye Jing, right? You're pretty good if you followed Gesang here."

Ye Jing smiled stiffly, answered a few words vaguely, and then passed him by, as if running away.A bonfire was lit outside the house, and the people had dispersed, leaving only the woman in the couple cleaning up the mess, and Nanka sitting by the fire.Ye Jing and the woman nodded for a moment, feeling that they peeked at other people's computers and ran out and didn't know what to do, so they had to sit next to the familiar Nanka.

The young man in Tibetan robe raised his head, and the firelight cast a flowing color on his face.Ye Jing looked up following his gaze, and saw a deep night sky without stars, so dark that it could swallow people up, he scratched his head, not knowing what the other party was looking at, at this moment, Nanka stood up without saying a word go to the house.Ye Jing was a little embarrassed sitting there, and was about to say something, when Nanka suddenly stopped, without turning her head, and said in a flat voice, "Go to rest early, and I will send you down the mountain tomorrow."

Ye Jing froze for a moment, lowered her eyes slightly, and looked at the jumping flames, wondering what she was thinking.

The next day, Nanka came to inform Ye Jing that she was going to go down the mountain.Ye Jing packed her luggage, walked out of the wooden door, looked at the snow field outside, and took a deep breath.His current thinking is still very confused. Everything that happened these days made him feel like a dream. He thought of the strange temple and the hard-to-distinguish golden book, and thought that this secret might rot in his heart, but suddenly it seemed like As if remembering something, he looked at Nanka who was about to send him down the mountain: "By the way, where are Uncle Gesang and Grandma?"

He remembered that he hadn't seen them much since yesterday, and wanted to say goodbye.

"Uncle Gesang went out beforehand, but..." Nanka raised her eyes and looked at him with some doubts, "Who is the 'Grandma' you are talking about?"

"Oh?" Ye Jing was stunned, "Didn't the three of us come back together yesterday? It was Uncle Gesang's aunt, Uncle Gesang was accompanying her on a pilgrimage before picking me up...I remember it was her yesterday He helped grandma go in."

With that said, Ye Jing pointed at the woman.The woman who was pointed at by Leng Buding was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, and said in blunt Chinese: "What are you talking about, kid, I didn't help any grandma yesterday... Or did you read it wrong? It's really my aunt. It's not that old~~"

"No..." Ye Jing's eyes widened slightly.He looked at Nanka and the woman, and they met his gaze without fear, one with a blank face and one with a polite smile, but it didn't look like they were joking, and there was a kind of bewilderment in their eyes.

Ye Jing felt dizzy.He felt that there must be mistakes in those places, so he took a step forward and explained with a flustered smile: "...it's that granny...a short granny wearing a dark Tibetan robe and full of silver hair..."

"...I don't quite understand what you're talking about, but I really haven't seen any grandma." The woman frowned slightly, looked at Ye Jing with a weird look, and then looked at Nanka as if asking for proof. , "Is it the same in South Carolina?"

Nanka nodded and said, "Ye Jing, didn't you come back with Gesang yesterday? How can there be any grandma, you are fine..."

"Stop joking!" Ye Jing suddenly raised her voice and interrupted Nanka's words.He took a step back and looked straight at the two of them, his fingertips trembling and his pupils constricted.

He never doubted his memory, because the existence of the Tibetan grandma was so real along the way.He felt that there must be a mistake somewhere, and he didn't know why the two of them lied, but the surprise and doubt in their eyes were so real, and the strange gaze they cast on him made him unable to understand.

For a moment, he almost thought that he was the one who made the mistake of lying.

"...how come...you think about it again..." He felt a little confused in his mind, "what's the good of making such a joke..." He insisted on his point of view, but when he was alone, he began to slowly back slowly.Nanka frowned, shook her head again, then sighed, and took a step towards him, as if she wanted to say something.Ye Jing also pushed him away at this moment, and walked quickly into the room with an ugly expression.

It is futile to say anything now, but they must not be the only ones who saw the old man yesterday, as long as they find other people to ask, everything will be clear.The young man with glasses named Li Mu was not in the room, Ye Jing turned around and went to the back of the house, and found the woman's husband was chopping firewood, grabbed him and asked him if he saw Grandma.

"What grandma? I don't know." The man replied in blunt Chinese without raising his head.Ye Jing was taken aback: "No, you were there at the time, think again!"

The man was taken aback by him, and the ax fell to the ground with his movement, almost hitting his foot.He pushed Ye Jing away, bent down to pick up the ax cursingly, and said angrily: "If you didn't see it, you didn't see it! I said you are so strange, you just came out of Gesang's place yesterday, why did you come here?" Granny? Did you see a ghost?!"

The black-haired boy's hands froze, and he let go of him involuntarily. At this time, the woman and Nanka chased after him. Ye Jing turned his head dully, and saw Nanka stopped not far away, looking a little anxious .

He asked, Ye Jing, what happened to you?

What's wrong?It's obvious what's wrong with you...

Ye Jing glanced at everyone's faces one by one in a daze, all kinds of faces were blurred together, and suddenly felt as if she was in a huge vortex.He knelt down with his head in his arms, looking a little pained.

--What's wrong with me?is it my fault?Are there no pilgrims at all?