Riding the wind of rebirth

"Let's eat, we can't wait any longer." Liu Hongtao was rubbing his hands like a green-headed fly. When Zhou Zhi looked up, he found that there were people gathered around the pot, like noisy dogs guarding the rice bowl.

Heilong was also at the kitchen, but he was more well-behaved and didn't come in, although his tongue was sticking out and drooling.

"Okay, okay, let's eat!" Amid the cheers of the crowd, Zhou Zhi scooped a few Ya fish into a large basin.

"Elbow has been riding a horse quite well these days." Old Chi Ri raised his glass and praised Zhou Zhi first: "He looks a bit like a Bimo, hahaha..."

"It's a joke to the Bimos who don't understand Yi language." Zhou Zhi also raised his glass and said, "Come on, let's wish Grandpa Chi Ri good fortune and a long life. With your support, we can do anything with peace of mind!"

"Come on, Happy New Year!"

“Happy New Year!”

Nowadays, the banquets are getting better and better. Gillette Abi used to boil eggs, slaughter chickens and sheep on festivals, and now he is asking about the rules of beating the cow.

She is from the Yi people living in the mountains. The production customs of the Yi people in the mountains are somewhat similar to those of the Qiang and Tibetan people. In addition to raising sheep, they also raise cattle and horses. However, only large households can afford to raise cattle, and generally each household only has one or two cattle. It is difficult for a family to raise hundreds of cattle like the Qiang and Tibetan ranches.

"Elbow, is riding a horse fun?" Liang Guangping and Liu Hongtao were very envious when they heard this.

"That's so much fun." Zhou Zhi said, "The key is that you can go to places that many cars can't see, and the scenery is magnificent."

"Then when can we go and play together, Grandpa Chiri?" Liu Hongtao put a chicken wing into old Chiri's bowl in a flattering manner.

Zhou Zhi put the chicken head into Lao Chi Ri's bowl. According to the Yi people's custom, if there is a chicken head in the bowl, it should be offered to the most respected person first. Li Hongtao knew some etiquette, but not much.

Chi Ri certainly wouldn't argue with the kids, especially the Han kids, and said with a smile, "Sure, how about these two days? Elbow wants to go to Anning River to see Pu Su Wu Wu. This section of the road is flat and easy to walk on, which is suitable for you who are just learning to ride horses."

"What is Pu Su Wu Wu?" After Liang Guangping came to the Yi village, he found that the customs here were very different from those in the north, and there was "exotic customs" everywhere.

"You know Easter Island, right?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"Yes, the big stone statue!"

"In addition to the giant stone statues, there is also Stonehenge." Everyone added in unison.

"Yes, similar to the ancient worship of Stonehenge, our Chinese ancestors also had it." Zhou Zhi said: "I have seen in the information that there are many such relics of stone worship along the Anning River. Grandpa Chi Ri would call them Pu Su Wu Wu."

"In our legend, before our ancestors came here, there lived a kind of dwarfs who built houses with huge stones and lived in them. Such houses are called Pusuwuwu."

"In the legend of the local Han immigrants, the stone circle is called 'Yuelu Tomb'. It is said to be the tomb of Yuelu Timur, a Mongolian who rebelled against Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty. However, this statement is unreasonable because there are many stone circles like this in the Anning River Valley."

"So, is there any paper on Pusuwuwu that explains what they are?"

"The Shu University Archaeology Department has come here to investigate several times." Zhou Zhi said: "Based on the discoveries around Stonehenge, this Pusuwuwu is actually a Neolithic tomb, but it is a special burial style called a secondary mass burial tomb."

“In the Neolithic Period, after the death of people living in the Anning River Valley settlement, a place would be chosen for burial. After several years when only bones were left, people would then dig up the first tomb again, put the bones into pottery jars, and move them together with the funerary objects to Pusuwuwu for burial. Judging from the specifications of the funerary objects, the burial style inside the tomb, the burial style outside the tomb, and the first burial were very different. This shows that in the Neolithic Period, the people living in the Anning River Valley had formed strict funeral rituals, social hierarchies, and a considerable level of architectural technology.” “Wow... how about we go take a look tomorrow?” Zhou Zhi’s words aroused everyone’s interest.

"We have to ask Grandpa Chi Ri. I don't know if there are enough horses." Zhou Zhi couldn't agree to it casually.

"Just drink up the wine and you'll have it. If you don't, you won't have it." Old Chi Ri raised his glass again: "Ping Wazi, Tao Wazi, you two are the masters of the saplings raised by Elbow and I. Come, Elbow and I will toast to you two!"

Zhou Zhi could only hold up his cup and complain silently. I knew the old man would not let us go...

The meal was very sumptuous. In addition to Zhouzhi's fried fish, sweet and sour fish cubes, and fish in milk soup, the main dishes included sauerkraut and potato rock chicken, and whole lamb soup.

The staple food is fried bait blocks and bait shreds soaked in soup, but Zhou Zhi didn't eat them because every year during the New Year's Festival, it is a time to summarize the year's harvest. Although the grain output in the village this year is still the same, the income of every household has quadrupled, mainly from the income from working on several construction sites, and this year the mountain products can be sold, and the income from mushrooms and ferns is also quite good.

Therefore, Lao Chi Ri and Tu Liang Zhi were in particularly high spirits, forcing Zhou Zhi to get drunk a little earlier than before.

I slept particularly comfortably in the countryside, not sure if it was because of the abundant negative oxygen ions, especially after getting a little tipsy and falling into a deep sleep. I felt very energetic when I woke up the next day.

Lao Chi Ri was already packing up the horses. This time there were even three more horses. Lao Chi Ri was arranging them into a team, with a lead horse leading two, and the remaining one leading one.

Li Lu, Liang Guangping and Liu Hongtao were happily practicing getting on and off a horse.

"The rice noodles are on the table, along with yesterday's fish soup, mutton soup, and chicken soup. You can soak in whatever you like." Old Chi Ri said, "We'll set off after we finish eating."

When I arrived at the kitchen, Wu Renzhong was squatting by the fire, eating noisily from a large bowl.

"Renzhong, why don't you come with us to take a look?" Zhou Zhi took a large bowl, put a handful of shredded rice into it, added chopped green onions, coriander, and chopped pickled cabbage, and after hesitating for a while, he chose fish soup, poured it into a large bowl, and squatted beside Wu Renzhong to eat.

"Eat this with it, it's delicious!" Wu Renzhong pushed the small bowl of fried peanuts next to him towards Zhou Zhi. "I'm not as lucky as you. I have to go to Meigu County to sue the Power Bureau today. This old power outage base is very dissatisfied."

"Isn't it the rainy season now? There is no shortage of water in the rainy season, so why is there no electricity?" Zhou Zhi felt strange.

"Haha, in the dry season, there is no water and electricity cannot be generated, so the supply needs to be adjusted; in the rainy season, there is too much water and the lines are soaked in water, which can easily cause problems, so we still have to stop the power supply frequently. Anyway, they always have their reasons."

"If it doesn't work, we can try another way." Zhou Zhi said, "If we rely on mountains, they will fall; if we rely on people, they will run away. How about we generate electricity ourselves?"

"Generate your own electricity?"

"Ah, just like our grain station is using solar panels to generate electricity now." Zhou Zhi said: "We have abundant wind resources here, so we can consider building a wind power station, or use the two reservoirs above the base to build two small hydropower stations."

“Is there any national policy on this?”

"There must be one." Zhou Zhi said, "As far as I know, many factories, mines and scientific research institutions have their own power plants, but many of them are just thermal power plants. Anyway, just ask around first. If you don't ask around, no one will tell you, so it's definitely not there. What if you ask around and it turns out to be there?" (End of this chapter)