Confessions of a Salesman

I didn't want to pay attention to him and kept going, but after walking for a while, I saw that he was still lying there, so I just asked Aman to stop first, walked over, grabbed him and said, "You have to get up and go! If you keep walking like this for a while, you'll fall asleep. Do you know what it means if you fall asleep in the snow? You can't sleep forever! Cheer up!"

But Mr. Ma remained indifferent and said: "I really can't make it, I can't make it! There's nothing we can do!"

I had no choice but to drag him forward, and as I walked, I said, "It won't take long for you to lie on the ground like this, and your whole body will freeze to death. , will also be amputated!"

Mr. Ma barely stood up and supported me, but he still had a few steps to go before his body sank and he wanted to lie down again.

I had no other choice, so I helped him to the sledge, estimated the weight of a load, pushed the two sick patients aside, and pushed Mr. Ma into it.

The weight of three people made it difficult for the old cow, but he could still move forward with difficulty.

The sky finally dawned, the snow stopped, and we could vaguely see the village in the distance. At this time, I was exhausted, and my face was numb from the cold. Now I walk mechanically, going numbly. Go ahead.

Aman was not much better. A southerner was even more helpless when dealing with the heavy snow. He was staggering when he walked, and he relied entirely on his own willpower to act.

Only Lao Niu was still diligent and moved forward step by step.

Finally, I finally had no strength at all and fell into the heavy snow. Only now do I know that walking in heavy snow is actually as dangerous as walking in the desert.

Aman wasn't much better. Seeing me falling, he wanted to help me, but his feet gave out and he fell down. Lao Niu was still walking forward, as if he couldn't see that we all fell.

However, the horse in the sledge slowed down, stretched his head and saw the ox cart moving forward, but the two of us disappeared. He reluctantly jumped off the sledge, walked up to me first, and started to drag me: "Get up." Ah, it's coming soon. Open your eyes! Don't sleep! Why are you still sleepy? No, you can get on the sledge. I can still walk for a while! Hurry up, the old cows are gone. I'll catch up later. Not on!"

My eyes started to see the stars, and I couldn’t lift my feet at all. Mr. Ma pushed me, but after a few steps, he couldn’t drag me anymore. He barely dragged me to Aman’s position, helpless He looked at the two of us seriously, then left the two of us to chase the ox cart.

I was done thinking, this is going to leave us and run away!There are two people on the bullock cart!
But I didn’t have any strength at all and couldn’t care less. My eyes were getting heavier and heavier. My body didn’t feel very cold, but I knew this was not a good thing. It meant that my body was starting to become numb!

Aman and I lay our heads on the snow, and I yelled, "Aman, don't sleep! If you fall asleep, you really can't get up!"

Aman responded to me in a weak voice: "Don't sleep either! I'm really too sleepy!"

I knew that this was caused by the body being in a hypothermic state for a long time, which caused the brain to be deprived of oxygen. Once I lost consciousness, I could never wake up again.

I tried my best to open my eyes, and at the same time tried my best to stand up, but I was really powerless. It made me truly understand what it means to say that every day should not work, and the ground is not working. I can only blame myself for being too careless. I never thought that walking on the snow would be so difficult. It would not be worth it if I lost my life like this!But I still couldn’t open my eyes, and I began to hallucinate, and even saw someone in the sky waving to me. I knew I was going to see God soon, but even though I wanted to resist, I couldn’t do anything!

Just when I was desperate, my face suddenly hurt, and then I felt a person riding on my body, slapping me from left to right, and while slapping me, he said: "Why are you sleeping? Get up, get up!"

I gritted my teeth and opened my eyes, and saw Mr. Ma riding on me and slapping me in the face. I hurriedly said: "Stop hitting me, I'm awake!"

Mr. Ma slapped me again, got off me, covered me with a blanket, and ran to Aman to slap me.

My face was burning, but I was quite awake. The blanket on my body gave me some warmth. I slowly sat up. Aman also reacted. I covered my face and complained to Mr. Ma. : "Are you seeking revenge? Okay, okay, he's already awake, and you still fight him!"

Mr. Ma helped Aman up and said: "This is to save you! The bullock carts have all arrived in town, can you leave?"

I shook my head and said, "How long have I been asleep?"

Mr. Ma said, "I don't know, 10 minutes? 15 minutes? Can I help you and walk to the village, it's only a few hundred meters!"

I said feebly: "Let me slow down a little more, I really don't have any strength now!"

Suddenly, not far away, I saw the bullock cart coming back again, and I asked nervously, "Why is the bullock cart coming back?"

President Ma looked at it in puzzlement and said, "I don't know, I tied the ox cart to a tree! How can the old ox untie the rope by itself? The ox has become smart!"

Looking more closely, it turned out that someone was driving a cart. Two farmers-looking people were driving an ox cart towards us.

When he got closer, an older man, wearing a thick padded jacket and a headscarf, said, "You city people, you really don't know how to live or die! What the hell is this? You are walking in the snow with so little clothes! No! Looking for death?"

Another woman wearing a red down jacket said: "What nonsense are you talking about! Get people into the car first, otherwise they will freeze to death in a short while, hurry up!"

After saying that, several people lifted Aman and I into the sledge, and the ox cart started to move forward.

The car arrived at a dilapidated thatched house. The man in a cotton-padded jacket carried me down and placed me on the pit. The fire pit was very warm and the temperature in the room was also very high. I looked at the person lying on the kang. Xiaohei and Nangong felt relieved.

While the man was lighting the stove, he said to the woman: "People in this city are so careless. The guy who came before was also wearing single clothes. Fortunately, he drove here, otherwise he would have frozen to death! These people are even more ridiculous. , in this kind of weather, they dared to walk more than ten kilometers in the snow wearing only shoes and pants. It’s really their luck that they didn’t die!”

The woman put a big pot on the stove, patted the ginger and put it into the pot and said: "Why are you talking so much? Those who have never been to our place must not know the weather here! It is only October, and shorts are still worn in the south. Here! After a while, my ginger soup will be cooked. You feed it to them one by one. It’s used to ward off the cold! You can also drink a bowl yourself!”

The man said reluctantly: "I don't drink it, and I'm fine! I don't care if I drink that stuff, it's not as useful as a small fire!"

The woman stopped talking to him and did her own work.

Wrapped in a blanket, Mr. Ma sat next to me and said, "Don't worry, local farmers!" I took a closer look at the house, and it was clean and tidy inside, but there were no household appliances, not even a TV!He couldn't help but asked a little strangely: "Where is this place?"

The woman looked at me and replied, "This is Lotus Village!"

I hummed and said, "I know, I mean this is your home?"

The woman shook her head and said: "No, this is our barley field in autumn, a temporary resting place. You are now like this, so it is not suitable to move anymore! Are you here to ski? Why are you so stupid? You don't know how to wear more clothes. How dare you walk around in the snow on this kind of day? With two patients! I have already told our village chief, and he will bring the doctor over in a while and show you!"

I said gratefully: "Thank you very much! We didn't know that the weather was so cold! When we came, it didn't snow. When the sun came out during the day, one piece of clothing was enough. Although it was cold at night, It’s acceptable, but now that it’s snowing, it’s going to be winter, and we’re caught off guard!”

The woman was very honest and didn't hear it. I didn't answer the question she asked. She brought the cooked ginger soup in front of me, fed me a drink and said, "You are in pretty good shape. You recovered after lying in the snow for 10 minutes." Come here. Last year, two college students said they were going to explore the mountains. They were so desperate in the winter that they got lost. There was an emergency station less than 1 kilometer away from them. It was used by hunters. , they couldn’t walk through the temporary structures, so they had to wait for rescue, but when the rescuers arrived, they had been in the snow for too long, their feet were frostbitten, and they were amputated directly!”

I groaned and said, "I have no experience for the first time, it is indeed too dangerous!"

The woman sighed, "Why didn't anyone remind you!"

The man said from the side: "I just said, that ski resort is a mess, and it doesn't warn tourists! Can anyone come here? Even if it is a tourist spot, safety facilities must be done first. Ah! There are few people here, the coverage is vast, and there is no communication signal. Let alone going up the mountain, even in the town, it is often embarrassing and impossible to contact. Do you think we can mess around in this place?"

The woman gave the man a blank look and said: "You know what! This is called invigorating the economy! Without these tourists, how can we develop here? Relying on farming? It is winter for half a year, and the mountains are closed in October. If they don’t come, what will we eat and drink?”

At this time there was movement outside the door, and a loud voice shouted: "Dasheng, Dasheng's wife, the party secretary is here!"

The woman pushed open the door and said with a smile, "Oh, the branch secretary is here! The village head, Doctor Wang! Come in, everyone is inside!"

A bald man walked in first, with his hands behind his back, followed by two men, one holding a medicine box, and the other, also with his hands behind his back, following behind the bald man.

Dasheng’s daughter-in-law pointed at me and said, “He’s in the best health, he’s fine! The two lying on the bed are the most serious, and the remaining two are tired, so it shouldn’t be a big deal!”

The bald man looked at me, came out and asked kindly: "How are you?"

I guessed that he might be the party secretary, and he hurriedly replied gratefully: "Thank you for the leader's concern, I have nothing serious to do!"

The bald man groaned and asked, "Where did you come from?"

I replied: "We came from Guangdong. We originally wanted to go skiing, but something happened and we planned to go back. It snowed and we were stuck on the road. Fortunately, your enthusiastic folks saved us. Thank you, thank you!”

The branch secretary waved his hand and said, "This is what they should do! After a while, I'll call someone to drag you all to the town, stay at my house first, and have a good rest!"

Another man rushed to say: "Secretary, there is no need to trouble you, just go and live in my house in Murakami! It's close to here!"

The branch secretary made a troubled look and said, "This...isn't that good?"

The village chief smiled and said: "What's wrong with this? My home is close and the place is big!"

The branch secretary hesitated to speak. What seemed to be his purpose?The daughter-in-law of the college student said bluntly: "Aren't there two more patients here? Doctor Wang lives in the village, so it's more convenient! The party secretary is in the town, so it's not easy to run back and forth!"

The party secretary didn't say anything, so I thought for a moment and said, "Thank you all for your kindness. I'll just stay here. When they feel better, we'll leave!"

The branch secretary hurriedly said to Dr. Wang: "Yes, yes, show me quickly!"

Doctor Wang put down the medicine box and went to see Xiao Hei and Nangong.

The house is too small, with 4 people lying on a kang, plus me. There is a big pot on the ground, and there is no place to stand. The branch secretary and the village head stand at the door. If you want to come in, you have to ask Doctor Wang or Dasheng and his wife. They went out, but they had something to do, so the two of them seemed very embarrassed, so they had to say: "Then...then we will go back first, and we will come to see you when you live in the village. Welcome to our Fanjiatun! "

I hurriedly said: "Thank you leaders for your concern!"

After the two officials left, Dashengcai said, "Are you looking for someone to invest again?"

I asked curiously: "What investment?"

The college student’s daughter-in-law sighed and said, “It’s said to be an investment, but why invest? There’s nothing there. If you invest, the money is gone!”

Dasheng said with a smile: "Then support the construction! The main reason is to build a base station. The communication signal here is too bad, and it is too inconvenient to contact. There is no money in the village, and there is no money in the town. So, as long as you come As a tourist, I just want them to invest, which is actually a donation! If you dominate their family, you will donate a little bit. If you have money, you will be allowed to invest. In return, you will wait for the mountains to have mountain goods. , I will send you some and it will be regarded as a return on investment!"

I groaned and said, "Is that okay? How much does it cost to build a base station?"

Dasheng replied: "It's about 30 yuan!"

I exclaimed, "It's quite a lot of money!"

Dasheng nodded and said: "That's right. Our annual harvest is less than 8000 yuan. Besides, we definitely can't afford this money!"