The dust settles

Chapter 30

It's just me and her in the big room.I don't know what to say to her.She doesn't speak either.The room was bright, partly from the sun outside and partly from the jewels piled in front of Tana.She sighed and said, "Sit down."

I sat down beside her.

She sighed again, and it broke my heart.If she keeps sighing, it will kill me.Fortunately, she only sighed a couple of times before leaning over and falling into my arms.Then, our lips touched.This time, too, I let out a sigh like one who has finally arrived at his destination after a long journey.

Although her lips were cold, with this one touch I could speak.

I said to her lying in my arms: "Your icy lips will frostbite me."

She said, "You're going to save my mother, you promised her. Send your machine gunner back."

I said, "You wouldn't come to me without that, would you?"

She thought about it, nodded, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes.

Tana's appearance made my heart ache.I walked to the corridor outside and looked at the green hills in the distance.It was just when the sun was rising, and the green hills were looming behind the veil of the sun, like the sadness that suddenly rushed into my heart.Sadness when you don't have something is not sadness at all compared with sadness when you get something.The butler waited outside the door, seeing my appearance, he also sighed deeply.He came over, and just by the look in his eyes, I knew he was going to ask me, but she never followed me.I said, "Don't come here, I want to take a good look at the mountains in the morning."

Beautiful Tana, she broke my heart.

I stood upstairs and looked at the mountains.

All my men were standing downstairs, looking at me.

As soon as the sun rises, the curtain caused by the oblique light disappears, and the distant mountains clearly appear before the eyes, and there is nothing to see.The room was as still as without a beautiful girl sitting among a pile of jewels.I walked out by myself, so I had to walk back by myself.

The sun illuminated the jewels from the window, and the light of the jewels reflected on Tana, making her even more beautiful.I didn't want to spoil the beauty, but just said, "Ask your maid to put these away."

The maid came in and asked me: "This is not our place, do you know where to put it?"

I asked someone to give her two big boxes.At this time, I beat my boots with a whip and said to Tana: "Let's go, let's find Chieftain Lashepa, save your mother, and save Chieftain Ronggong."

I kept whipping the shaft of my boots, and I didn't turn to look at Tana who was following me.When they went downstairs, in front of the animals, Solang Zelang said, "The young master knocked the patent leather on the shaft of the boot."

The butler slapped Solang Zelang, "Master, I feel bad. A pair of broken boots is nothing. Get a new pair."

From one mouth to the other the orders of the steward were passed to the shoemaker.The shoemaker ran out of the workshop with a pair of brand new boots.The smile on his face is genuine.Since it opened up as a market here, he has done a lot of private work.The boots he made were not the prettiest, but they were very strong.The people who came and went to do business walked a long way and couldn't have been better in his boots.

The shoemaker came running with a pair of boots that were about to fall off.

He knelt down before the horse, took off my boots and put on new ones.This side is over, and ran to the other side.

When the shoemaker finished his work, I asked him, "Look at your feet, the shoemaker doesn't have a good pair of boots? Do you want to embarrass me in front of the people who come and go?"

This guy, wiping his thick black hands on his leather apron, was giggling.A man came last night, and in his haste to wait for the boots to be worn, he took both pairs off his feet, and he had to wear the man's broken boots.

I beat the shoemaker on the head with my riding whip, and gave him the patent leather boots I had just taken off.

We rode across the river until we reached the tent of Chieftain Lashepa.

Before I lifted the curtain of the tent, Toast Lashepa was already in front of us.He was so fat, and he was so bloated that he seemed to have rolled out of a tent.As soon as Chief Lashepa saw Tana, a frightened expression appeared on his face.

This fat guy, I'm sure he's never seen such a beautiful girl, not even in his dreams.

Tana was very used to the special effects caused by her appearance, and giggled while sitting on the horseback.God, you gave a person a beautiful appearance, but you still have to give her such a beautiful voice!

Toast Lashepa was a little at a loss amidst the laughter, and he blushed and said to me: "Such a beautiful girl is either a fairy or a goblin!"

I said, "It's Rong Gong's future chieftain!"

Chieftain Lashepa once again had a look of astonishment on his face.

I poked her soft waist with the handle of my whip: "Tana, I met Toast Lashepa."

Tana was laughing, but at this moment, she bit her own laughter and hiccupped, which was very loud like a reply: "Yeah!"

Toast Lashepa said into my ear, "Tell me, is she a fairy or a goblin?"

After everyone sat down on the carpets piled up in the tent, I said to Toast Lasheba: "She is neither a fairy nor a goblin. Tana is my fiancée."

Chieftain Lashepa laughed again: "You are destined to be a chieftain. Maiqi's family has no seat, and Ronggong's family made room for you."

I laughed too, and said, "But, Tana said, your troops are about to occupy all her future territory. Where will I go in the future, to be a chieftain in Lasheba?"

Chieftain Lashepa understood that the land and people of Ronggong's family were a big piece of fat. He had already bitten a big piece in his mouth, but now he had to let go of his teeth and spit it out.I smiled and said to him: "You are fat enough, you can't eat any more, and if you eat any more, your stomach will explode."

His eye circles were red, he nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll just order the troops to retreat."

Look at me now, since I opened up and mastered the market, my words carry weight.Lasheba also said: "I made such a big commitment, we still drink a bowl of wine."

I said, "No, just a bowl of tea."

While drinking tea, Toast Lashepa said to Tana: "Do you know who the biggest winner is? It's not you or me, it's him."

I wanted to say something, but a sip of hot tea was in my mouth, and I didn't want to say anything after I swallowed the tea.

When I came out of the tent, Tana actually asked me, "Is that fat man really Lashepa chieftain?"

I laughed out loud and gave the horse a hard whip on the ass.The horse carried me towards a small hill.As long as you pump my horse, it will rush to high places.It's very interesting.As far as I know, there are no horses that have to do this.It rushed until it reached the highest hill in the middle of the field.Now, the river, the wilderness, and the border market I opened up in the wilderness are all in sight.Tana's mount was also a good horse, and she rushed up the hill behind me.The gentle wind brought her laughter, cluck, cluck, that's how the ducks that are about to lay eggs cry in the grass in early spring.

Her laugh is a happy laugh.

This proves that I can bring happiness to the woman I love.

She rode on the horse and rushed towards me with a smile.The red tassels on the whip danced in the air.I yelled at her: "Are you the real Ronggong chieftain?"

Tana laughed and exclaimed, "I'm not!"

She yelled and rushed towards me, and I jumped off the horse and rushed towards her on the other horse.She let out a scream that could penetrate the bone marrow of a person.The horse rushed out from under the two of us.Tana put her arms around me.For a while, the two of us were up in the air.Then, it started to fall.The speed of the fall was not too fast, at least I had time to turn around in the air and let myself fall to the ground first.Then, there is my beautiful Tana.I could still see her eyes and teeth gleaming as she fell.

Goodness, how soft the summer meadows are!

As soon as we hit the ground, our lips were pressed together.This time, we both want to kiss.I closed my eyes and felt a hot and bright flame between my lips.The fire scorched us both, groaning.

For a while, the two of us separated, lying on the grass, looking at the white clouds in the sky.

Tana murmured: "I didn't love you at first, but when I rushed up the hill, I saw your back and fell in love with you all at once."

She came to kiss me again.

Lying on a small hill blown by the breeze, looking at the cloudy sky, I seemed to be in the whirlpool of the sea.

I told Tana how much I loved her.

She covered my eyes with yellow petals like deer antler silk cloth, and said, "No one can see me and not love me."

"I'm just a fool."

"Is there a fool like you in the world? I'm afraid, you're a weirdo, I'm afraid."

33. Feud
The famine is not over yet.

Although most of the chieftains think that their territory is in the center of the world, and that the territory in the center of the world is a place specially favored by heaven, they are still full of disasters like places without chieftains: water, fire, swordsmen, plagues and famines.Nothing can be avoided, and nothing can be spared.Up to now, there are famines even in years without natural disasters.It seems that the territory of the chieftains has been pushed to the edge of the world by some force.

The people believed that the famine would pass by autumn.

But that is based on past experience.In the past, in the fall, there would be something to eat in the fields: corn, wheat, yams, beans, and peas.People who don't starve to death in spring and summer don't have to worry about their own lives.But the problem now is that on most lands of most toasts, there are no crops to harvest, but endless lush poppies dancing in the wind.Some toasts, such as Lasheba, woke up suddenly and destroyed the emerging poppy. The harvest of peace of mind for the people under its rule.

I asked chieftain Lashepa whether it is true that the legend that he shed tears when the tobacco seedlings were eradicated was true.

He didn't answer me directly, but said that when he shoveled the tobacco seedlings, the other chieftains laughed at him. Now that the national government is fighting against Japan and banning smoking, it's time for them to cry about the opium that is becoming more and more cruel.

Maiqi's family ushered in another bumper harvest year, and corn and wheat piled up like mountains on the drying yard.

Blessed are the people of Maiqi’s family.The people of Maiqi's family didn't know where such good luck came from.Look at the sky, it's still as blue as before.Looking at the running water, it is still the same as before, looking at the increasingly open valley, rolling the waves, heading straight to the southeast.

I'm a little homesick.I have nothing to do here.If there is something to do, the butler will do it by himself.The housekeeper couldn't do it well, so Sangji Drolma became his good helper.The housekeeper said to me: "Sangye Drolma is a capable woman."

I said, "You're a capable person, of course, you're a man."

Not long after, he came to me again and said, "Sangye Drolma is a good man."

I said, "You are also a good person."

He was implying that he wanted to sleep with Sangye Dolma.Of course he wanted to sleep with the cook Dolma, who had been away from her silversmith husband for too long and wanted to sleep with him too.I noticed that Dolma didn't miss her silversmith as much as when she first came here.The steward said to me, "I'm getting old, and my legs and feet are inconvenient."

I understood what he meant, so I said, "Get a helper."

"I found one," he said.

"Tell her to do it well," I said.

The housekeeper promoted Sangye Dolma to be his assistant.After being a housekeeper for more than 20 years, the lame man has really shown his style as a housekeeper.Around his neck he hung a large enamel snuff-box by a silver chain.He would have a pinch of snuff before something came up in his head, and a pinch of snuff after giving orders to his servants.Snuffing his snuff, he sneezes loudly, his face glows red, he looks like a housekeeper.I told him this.While I was talking, he tapped the thin neck of the snuff bottle on his fingernails lightly, and when I finished speaking, he didn't reply, but put his fingernails piled with snuff close to his nostrils, and took a deep breath, in this way, He had to hold his breath in order to sneeze loudly.In this way, he can not answer my question.

On the northern border, all the wheat was paid tenfold.More importantly, I expanded the Maggie family's territory.What's more important than this is that I got a stunning beauty as my wife, and when my mother-in-law dies, I will be the chieftain of Ronggong.Of course, there are dangers in doing so.The men who once wanted to be Ronggong toast are all dead.

But I am not afraid.

I mentioned this idea to Tana.

Tana said, "Are you really not afraid?"

I said, "I'm afraid I won't get you."

"But you've got me," she said.

Yeah, if it's got to hold a girl down, put my hands on her tits, stick my own stuff in her belly, and make her bleed, then I've got her.But this is not all of a woman, let alone a woman's forever.Tana made me understand what is all and what is forever.So I said to her, "You break my heart. You break my heart."

Tana smiled: "If I can't call a man like this, I won't live in this world."

A vicious thought came to me suddenly, that if she were really gone, I would feel at ease.I said, "If you die, you will live in my heart."

Tana fell on top of me: "Fool, what's the point of living in your heart."

Later, she cried again and said, "It's not enough to live in your eyes, you also need me to live in your heart."

I said, "Let's go for a walk."

I love her, but I often have nothing to do with her.At this time, I always say, let's go for a walk.Most of the time, she prefers to be alone.That way, I can get away and walk away.See what the butler and his female assistant are doing, and see what chieftain Lashepa is doing.See who else is here to do business.Take a look at what new businesses are on the streets of the market.Chieftain Maiqi closed the fort on the southern border.Bring all the food to me.Food goes from here to all directions.Good things from all directions are gathered in my hands.

Today, she said, "Okay, let's go for a walk."

So, the two of us went downstairs.This is how beautiful women are. They were still crying just now, but now they are smiling again.

Downstairs, two servants had prepared their horses.

We got on the horse, Suolang Zelang and Xiao Eryi followed closely behind.Tana said, "Look at your two shadows, look at them and you'll know who you are."

I said, "They are the most loyal in the world."

"But they're not decent at all," Tana said.

Look, these people who think they're smart, they think they're beautiful, they think they're respectable want to be respectable and not loyal.On this day, although the wedding was not held, Tana, who is already my wife, also said: "Your housekeeper is a lame man, and you are looking for a cook as a lover." She asked me sadly, "Why are there not even decent people around you?" No?"

I said, "It's enough to have you."

The two of us are used to talking like this.If we speak, we use this method.He wasn't very serious about what he said, and of course, he wasn't serious at all.I know what to do when I'm in bed with her.But when I got out of bed and put on my clothes, I didn't know how to get along with her.She is smart.The initiative is in her hands.But I think she doesn't know how to treat me well.Respect your husband like other women, he's a fool.Take him for a complete fool, and he is a husband, and a fool different from other fools.Although I am a fool, I also know that a man cannot be inferior to a woman.Besides, just think about how she got into my hands and slept on the same bed with me without any ceremony, so I don't want to be humble to her.Because of this, whenever we leave the bed, put on clothes, and speak with thorns, if you sting me, I will sting you.

Letting a woman hurt herself constantly is not a long-term solution.

We came to the small river.The river water is very clear and the reflection is very clear.What a beautiful pair of horses, one red and one white.And how young and beautiful are the two on horseback!

On this day, using water as a mirror, I took a serious look at myself for the first time. If there is no problem with my brain, the second young master of Maiqi Toast is really a beautiful young man.I have dark, slightly curly hair, a broad and thick forehead, and a straight, firm nose. It would be even better if my eyes were brighter and not sleepwalking.That's it, I'm happy with myself.

I suddenly said to Tana: "If you don't love me, just go away. Find the man you love. I won't ask your mother to return my food."

This statement terrified Tana.

She bit her lip, stared blankly at my shadow in the water, and didn't speak.I just said "Drive" to my mount, and the horse went down from the bank into the water, crushing the shadows of the man and woman.Tana, no one has said anything like that to you yet?I crossed the river.Without help, she slid off the back of the animal and sat on the bank of the river.

I crossed the river and couldn't think of anywhere else to go.Ren walked around the market with his horse on his back.Tana is messing with my brain.There are fewer and fewer tents on the market, replaced by many flat-roofed adobe houses.It is full of things gathered from all corners of the chieftain's territory.They even got a lot of worthless stuff here.These adobe houses sandwich a narrow street.The turf on the ground has been trampled down long ago, and the ground is muddy on rainy days.Today is a sunny day, and the dust and the noise of the crowd from all directions are flying around.This scene happened entirely because of me.So, as soon as I appeared on the street, people stopped trading, and even the ongoing bargaining stopped on the tip of their tongues, on the changing fingers in the wide sleeves of their robes.They watched the founder of the first fixed market in the chieftain's territory ride by, and no one could understand how a fool could be the creator of new things at the same time.I walk among dust and voices and merchandise and adobe houses, but my heart is empty.Most of the time, my heart is full.Now there is an empty place.

My horse has gone up and down the street a dozen times.Chieftain Lashepa sat in front of an adobe house, looked at me without saying a word, and finally walked up to me and stopped the horse.

(End of this chapter)