Tibetan Mastiff Notes

Chapter 27 Wolf kills wolf (4)
I persuaded her for a long time, and uttered all the encouraging words I could find in my head, but Catherine still couldn't stand up, and she couldn't do it several times.I had to recheck her leggings, maybe they were too tight, but after checking, it turned out that Catherine's injuries were much more serious than we first thought. The most terrible thing is that her two calves were frozen stiff, and the blockage of blood vessels caused her temporary dizziness.I was so anxious that there was really no other way, so I had to decide to carry her down the mountain, but I didn't know whether the main rope and descending device could bear the weight of two people at once.

I tied Catherine on my back with a safety belt and a rope. Foreign women are much taller than Chinese women and have heavier bones. The deep snow pit is much heavier than carrying [-] kilograms of equipment.

I pulled the rope vigorously again, and after confirming that the rope could support our descent to the first destination point, I began to descend, because the weight had almost doubled, and it was very laborious and troublesome to control the rope with my right hand, and the speed was also slow. Not too fast, for fear of accidents, the two of us slid down slowly like snails.

Suddenly, Catherine twisted her body. Because her body was vertical, the blood all over her body flowed up her legs, and her unconscious legs began to swell. I hurriedly said, "Don't move!"

Catherine moved again.I was anxious, and shouted again: "Don't move, do you hear me?"

At this time, I heard the cracking of stones when the anchor was pulled out from the rock wall, and the sound of snow splashing out. At this time, we were still five or six meters away from the foothold below. The sky was dark, and nothing could be seen clearly, except for two blurred bright spots from the lights on the heads of Semba and his son.I felt my tense body loosen suddenly, and Catherine and I fell from mid-air!

I knew this was going to be a big trouble, and I didn't have time to adjust my posture. The two fell at the same time. I was afraid of hurting Catherine's leg the moment I fell to the ground, so I put my hands on the snow and twisted my waist to turn around .In this way, Catherine was out of danger, but I lay face down on the snow, my face was deeply embedded in the snow, and my body slid down along the slope of the snow slope, with my face drawing a large gap in the snow. trough.I used all my strength to insert my hands into the snow and dig hard at the rocks below, but what I got was a layer of ice crust, and the gravity of the two of them accelerated the speed of the slide.

I tried to use the crampons on my left foot to grab the ice, but the weight of two people cannot be solved by one crampon. I continued to slide. Dajie grabbed my hand, but failed to catch it. , My gloves were pulled by him.

At this critical moment, Uncle Cenba thrust the ice ax into the snow with great force, leaned his body, and lay down on the snow, the ice ax got stuck in a crevice in the rock.I hurriedly grabbed one of Uncle Semba's ankles, and with the other hand that took off the glove, I grabbed the ice crevice below. Dajie and Jonathan also came over to help.

If it weren't for Catherine's broken leg, I would never have carried her down the mountain, which nearly cost the lives of two people.I untied Catherine from her back, and everyone rested for a few minutes, fixed the rope again, and slid down.Further down, the slope became a little gentler, and Catherine was much more honest this time, not daring to move.Everyone has a little experience, knowing that in such a dark night, surrounded by snowstorms all around, if you don't pay attention, you will die, and no one dares to take it lightly.

After tossing around for most of the night, when we arrived at the pass, it was already past two o'clock in the night, and it was three o'clock in the morning when we set up our tents to rest. We could see that everyone was very tired. We boiled some hot water, cooked Have something to eat.

Catherine's leg is injured. In order to speed up the descent tomorrow, I boiled a pot of hot water and put it in a hot water bottle to warm her leg.The temperature is very low, the water boils very slowly, and the snow is frozen into lumps of ice. It takes half a day to heat a small pot of water.Jonathan lost one of his boots, and only wore a thick cotton sock on his feet, which was already numb from the cold. I had no choice but to cut off a piece of their original tent cloth and wrap it around his feet. Temporarily keep out the cold.

After tossing everything, it was already past six o'clock in the morning, except for me with my eyes wide open, everyone else was already asleep in a dream.I poked my head out of the tent to check the weather. This was the third day after we went up the mountain. The snowstorm was still falling, but it was slightly smaller than yesterday. I remembered that there should be a snowstorm at Duoji's place. I don't know how the situation at home is. up.

The survivors were finally rescued, and my nerves relaxed a little. I don’t know how Dahei is doing these days. It’s cold at home. Has Gesang cooked seaweed bone soup for her?Did the prince grab the tits?Has Greg been bullied yet?Can that little wolf cub have milk again?I knew Gesang was inexperienced and impatient with taking care of these little things.I was worried that Dahei would not have enough to eat and sleep, and even more worried that the little guys would be wronged, so I was very anxious, looking forward to going down the mountain earlier and rushing back earlier.I imagined the scene when I returned to Dorji's house - Dahei heard my footsteps, rushed out the door quickly, licked my face passionately, and then gave me an upright hug!
There was a bang, and I don’t know where the wind blows a mass of snow from the mountain wall, and it is hitting my mountaineering hat, which suddenly wakes me up from my deep dream. into my neck.I retracted my head and prepared to boil a pot of hot water for everyone to drink and eat before departure to replenish their energy, because for the next half of the day, we have no time to get food at all, and we have to spend it entirely on On the difficult matter of hiking down the mountain.

The fire was extinguished before the water was heated, and the gasoline was used up, so everyone had to soak the remaining yak jerky in half-cold water to eat.I was responsible for the task of carrying Catherine down the mountain, which required a lot of physical energy and calories to maintain. In order to increase the time for digestion and gastrointestinal emptying, and to prolong the time of starvation resistance, I tore the dried yak meat into small bite-sized pieces. chunks, swallowed without chewing.

Climbing Tianzi Peak usually goes up the mountain from the front and descends from the back side. Because the front side is steep, it satisfies the desire of those climbers to conquer, while the back side is a little flatter, which just eases the fatigue after climbing and makes it easier to go down the mountain.From halfway down the mountain, we no longer need to use descenders and ropes.Catherine's legs were still unable to walk after warming her legs with a hot water bottle. I carried her on my back, secured it with a seat belt, and went down the mountain carefully.

Because everyone has experienced a lot of hardships along the way, the last half of the road was very careful and careful. Although the speed was a little slower, there were no major accidents.It was just that Carter accidentally fell into an ice cave. We wasted some time and managed to pull him out. When we arrived at the foot of the mountain, it was almost dark again.

In this rescue operation, there was no helicopter rescue or technical personnel support. We relied on the strength of three people to rescue three trapped foreigners from the top of Tianzi Peak.When they reached the foot of Tianzi Peak, Xianba and his son did not go back in a hurry, but walked to a snowdrift. Dajie ran up and scraped the pile of snow away. Only then did I realize that it was built with mud and stones a small grave.Uncle Xianba didn't make a sound, just stared at the small grave silently, praying silently.Dajie told me that this is the tomb of Nanka. When he was going down the mountain, he rolled down halfway up the mountain and fell to his death.

I didn't make a sound, looking sadly at the lonely small grave in the ice and snow, imagining how Dahei's mother Nanka, like Dahei, has black hair and a mouth full of sharp teeth, how to fight against wolves, and how How to use the love of a mastiff to help the people it can help.I seemed to imagine Nanka as Dahei, and felt that the small grave in front of me was the future tomb of Dahei. I felt a sudden burst of grief in my heart. I was reluctant to part with Dahei, and cherished Dahei. I accidentally bit my lip and woke up.

The three foreigners couldn't understand our thoughts at all. They discussed in whispers, and later found out that it was a female mastiff. When they went to save people on the mountainside, they fell down and died, so they smacked in surprise. mouth.

24. Gege was taken away by wolves

Those foreigners simply can't understand that in China, a country that is so warm and respectful of etiquette, even a mastiff can be so humane and courageous.They thought we were making up a story, that it was just a downhill entertainment, and they didn't believe it.

Jonathan said his girlfriend had hurt her leg and had to find a place to get it right away, couldn't stay in this cold and snowy place, was mad at us for taking so long, and Carter was coughing non-stop.None of the three of us cared about those three foreigners, and tolerated their ignorance and incomprehension.It takes four hours to walk back to Uncle Xianba's house from the foot of the mountain on the back side of Tianzi Peak.

During the whole process of descending from Tianzi Peak, I had been carrying Catherine on my back, which consumed a lot of energy. Now I am dissatisfied with their incomprehension of Dahei's mother, and I don't want to carry her on my back anymore. It hurts a little at first, and my strength hasn't fully recovered yet.I tied a simple skateboard with the remaining two pairs of snowboards, tied a tent cloth on it, let Catherine sit on it, and we took turns pulling her back.

When we walked halfway, a group of people appeared in the dark night ahead. When we got closer, we found that it was Uncle Duoji who had rushed over with a few villagers from the village. These people were all experienced mountaineers in the village.

On the morning of departure three days ago, Uncle Xianba agreed to go down the mountain the next day. After two nights, Uncle Duoji saw that we hadn’t come back. Mountaineers, come find us.Fortunately, these climbers are relatively experienced. When they passed by the front of the mountain, they didn't find any traces, so they looked for the back side of Tianzi Peak, and they happened to bump into it.

Uncle Dorji saw that we were all fine and had rescued those people safely, so he kept praying.I know that Uncle Duoji has been worried about us for the past three days, and now, his hanging heart is finally let go.Everyone knows that we have suffered a lot when climbing Tianzi Peak. Several villagers built a stretcher with the tools they brought with them, and carried Catherine back.Along the way, everyone was excited and happy for our safe return, but I didn't feel any joy after success.

Back at Uncle Xianba’s house, we finally had a pot of boiling spicy yak meat soup. The half-starved picnic life in the past three days made me suffer.Because of the plateau climate reaction and the cold and bitterness that I have never experienced, what I eat is half-boiled lukewarm water boiled by snow cubes, and it is difficult for the stomach to digest the dry and hard yak meat. Now I eat boiling hot broth , I started to react when it was cold and then hot, and I had diarrhea.

In this kind of plateau place, and in such a cold climate, once you have diarrhea, you can't stop it.In the middle of the night, I had to get up to go to the bathroom as soon as I fell asleep, and I couldn't sleep well all night. In addition, the water and soil in the mountainous area were not acclimatized. When I woke up in the morning, my eyes were swollen like blisters.I originally planned to go back today, but the situation in front of me did not allow it. I was still having diarrhea, and it was very serious. The next few times it was like a thousand miles, and I had no strength in my whole body.No way, we had to stay another day.

Uncle Xianba found a car and asked Dajie to escort the three foreigners to the medical station in the town where his mother was. Dajie came back with some medicine for diarrhea.As for how Carter came back down the mountain to find his wife's body, we don't have to worry about it. His two friends can help him. Besides, the downhill is much safer than the uphill, and we don't need our help.

We waited all day, but Dajie didn't come back, because the distance was long and we were driving in the snow, so the speed was predictably slow.I was tormented by diarrhea for another whole day. At night, I really had no strength, so I drank some salt water myself.At this time, I deeply realized a truth: Diarrhea is not a disease, it is really fatal!

It was noon the next day when Dajie rushed back. He finally brought back the medicine for diarrhea. Dajie was really careful. To be on the safe side, he brought back all the medicines that could be used to cure diarrhea from his mother's medical station. .

Dajie saw that I stretched so hard that I lost weight in less than two days. I didn’t care about Sanqi 21. I took out every kind of pill and poured a large glass of water. I haven’t seen it clearly yet. , he poured it down my throat.God bless me, those medicines did not cause any adverse reactions in my stomach, and at night, the condition was finally under control.We walked for a day when we came to Uncle Xianba's house, and now it is the sixth night after we left home.

On the morning of the seventh day, we were ready to go back.Because he saw Nanka’s tomb when he went down the mountain, Uncle Xianba missed the female mastiff he raised in his heart, and confirmed again that Uncle Duoji wanted to give him a little mastiff. Uncle Duoji said that when the spring came, The little mastiff was also weaned and sent over.

We brought enough food and water, and changed into the clothes we had when we came. Suddenly, Dajie stopped me and said, "Brother, I don't think you are used to wearing Tibetan clothes. I don't wear them now." Well, only some old people and women still wear them. I will give you this mountaineering suit, and it will be easier to walk on the road.”

I said no, anyway, winter will be over soon, Dajie stared and said: "Soon? It's still early! There are still a few blizzards to come, and the door may be closed by heavy snow. You wear it first, at worst it will be spring." , bring it back when you send the little mastiff away!"

In fact, what Dajie said was right. I was not suitable for wearing those Tibetan clothes of brother Yangjin, and it was inconvenient to move, so I accepted the mountaineering suit from Dajie, but the new mountaineering watch Still insisted on returning it to Dajie.Although I am a retired soldier and not a literati or poet, I also know the truth that "a gentleman does not take away what others love".

I was very anxious and wanted to go home as soon as possible. I thought about Dahei. I don’t know how Dahei is doing now. She will drag her body just after giving birth and run outside the courtyard every day to see and wait for us to come back. Look at our figure returning from afar.

At this time of Dahei, we humans should call it "confinement".It is said that when a woman is in confinement, it is a process of recovery of the entire reproductive system. If the recovery is not good, it will affect the health of the mother, and it cannot be exposed to the wind and cold. Will Dahei be like a human being?

I was worried that Dahei would run all day in the snow to watch our return, so I hurried back, but because Uncle Duoji was too old to walk fast, I was so anxious that I almost wanted to run back with him on my back.

On the way back, the sky was still snowing, but it was not as strong as the wind blowing on the top of the mountain, and the snow flakes seemed to be much smaller. We hurried, but it still took a day of walking time.When it was dark, I saw the small village from a distance.

While calling Dahei's name, I ran back excitedly.Dahei didn't come out to meet me, I thought it was too far away, she didn't hear my call, so she ran faster.I called Dahei loudly, but Dahei still didn't come out.My heart suddenly turned cold, colder than the ice and snow on Tianzi Peak. Could it be that something happened to Dahei during the seven days when I was not at home?impossible!
I rushed into the yard, and when the sheep in the pen saw me coming back, they all yelled loudly.I saw that the sheep fences were scattered and were tied together again, and the binding was a bit messy.The yard was very quiet and there was no sound. I had a premonition that something had happened, and my eyes suddenly became sore.Just when I wanted to shed tears, Dahei suddenly yelled in the room. Along with Dahei's roar, I also heard the clang of the iron chain. What happened?Dahei is locked up?

Gesang came out from another room, and as soon as he saw his father and I had returned, he threw himself into Uncle Duoji's arms and said in a tearful voice, "Abba, something happened at home!"

"What's the matter, don't panic, talk slowly." Uncle Duoji patted Gesang's back and opened the door.I saw Dahei was tied to an iron chain, and the iron chain was fixed by an iron hook protruding from the ground in the corner of the house. Dahei rushed towards the door and pulled the iron chain straight.She yelled at us with some excitement, but also with a kind of angry sadness.

Uncle Duoji walked into the house, and we put down the luggage on our backs. I asked Gesang, "Why did you put an iron chain on Dahei?" , I just felt sorry for Dahei at first, but when I entered the house and put down my luggage and walked towards Dahei, I found Gege had disappeared!
I thought that Gege was being bullied by the prince again, so I didn’t know which corner of the red carpet he had got into, so I ran to the den to look for it, but I couldn’t find it after searching for a long time, so I asked anxiously, Gesang: “Where is Gege?”

"Gege was taken away by wolves!" Gesang almost cried.

Uncle Duoji and I didn't believe it. With Dahei here, which wolf would dare to break into the house to pick Gege?I asked Gesang like a cannonball: "What happened? Don't hesitate, finish it in one breath!"

(End of this chapter)