Tibetan Mastiff Notes

Chapter 38
He took a slight breath, took another puff of cigarettes, and continued, "After arriving here, I heard from Xianba that he saw a helicopter in the sky yesterday afternoon, and dropped a lot of food and medicine. I think you should have returned safely. , maybe it was sent to other places to deliver relief supplies, so I have been waiting here, I didn't expect such a big thing to happen!"

Last night, the white wind was blowing, and the snow flakes were like torn cotton wool. It was a dark night, and danger would come at any time. I can't imagine that we hid in the cabin to enjoy the warmth last night, Dorje The uncle is walking with great difficulty with Dahei.

An old man, a mastiff, walked forward in the dark night of the blizzard, with one foot deep and one foot shallow. The howl of the wind was like a ghost screaming, taking away all the heat from the person's body, and standing in the wind outlet After a while, it might freeze into a popsicle.Uncle Duoji said briefly, it was not as wonderful as Liu Zhi vividly described when I was catching wolves and fighting wits with wolves. I was very sad to see his leather boots and trouser legs soaked by the wind and snow, and his haggard look.

I hugged Dahei's neck and stroked her head, wondering what happened to the four little mastiffs at home.In such a bad snowstorm, as a mother, she resolutely left her toddler behind, and walked in the cold and alone all night with an old man over fifty years old against the wind and snow.What a desolate, lonely, dark, helpless and sad picture it is!
There was a bit of silence in the room, only Dahei kept cupping my hand, and Dajie suddenly said: "Brother, are you going back next year? When will you go back? Call me then, I want to visit Beijing." I Said: "Are you thinking about being a soldier? I haven't thought about when I will go back. Besides, the conscription is also in autumn. I will leave you an address. When you want to go, you can go to find it." me!"

I asked for paper and pen, and left Dajie's address and home phone number. Liu Zhi suddenly said, "Yo, I remember this place. I'm also from Beijing. I've been to that community before, but it's all high-level scientific and technological personnel." Where do you live! Someone in your family works at the Academy of Sciences?" I hesitated a bit and said, "Well, my parents both work there."

In fact, the last thing I want is that people always judge me by my parents. The reason why I didn’t follow my parents’ wishes, and went to university or went to Tsinghua University with some money, was because I didn’t want to live with my parents. Under the shelter of my mother, I am a person with brains and thoughts, not a puppet that can only be moved by being led by others.

The snow is still falling. Uncle Xianba and Uncle Duoji don't know what it's like to work in the National Academy of Sciences, and they don't want to know about it. All they care about is whether this year's sheep can survive this winter, and next year's life will be different. How to live, the people living at the bottom are most concerned about making a living.

Liu Zhi and Yang Zhonghua began to worry about not being able to contact the troops. In such a vast snowy day, it was impossible for the troops to search and rescue in the air, and it was even more impossible to search and rescue on the ground.Aunt Xianba suddenly said: "There is a telephone in the medical station in our town. Do you guys stay here and wait for my news, or go to the medical station with me tomorrow and make a call?"

Liu Zhi said: "Let's go to the medical station. Since it's in a small town, it's more convenient to communicate with the army. It's easier for the army to find us. It's too remote here. If it wasn't for Xiao Bing to guide us, We really can't find it here!"

32. I was accidentally injured by Dahei

Since the last time the wolves attacked the village, Uncle Dorji and I dare not stay outside for a long time. In such a snowstorm, we don’t know when the hungry wolves will make a surprise attack. The scouts and spies had been arranged in advance, and they would do it as soon as Dahei left.

Uncle Duoji and I were anxious to go back, firstly because we were afraid that the wolves would attack the sheep in the village, and secondly because we were also worried about the young Gesang and the four little mastiffs at home.We brought some food and hurried back. We hurried along the way, it was getting dark, and we finally walked home.In the past, I never had any special affection for the word "home", but now, for some reason, when I think of the place "home", I feel very warm.

When he entered the room, Gesang fell asleep on the table.He didn't dare to take off his clothes to sleep, and he still held the gun in his arms, sleeping soundly.The four little mastiffs were full of boiled meat porridge and huddled together on the carpet to sleep. Gesang wrapped a layer of cotton quilt around them.Dahei walked over distressedly and licked her four little babies.

We didn't disturb Gesang. Uncle Dorji took off his boots and poured the snow inside. I boiled a pot of hot water for him and soaked his feet.When the uncle soaked his feet, I found that his ten toes were black and blue from the cold, hard and swollen.I helped him rub his feet, but Uncle Duoji was still a little embarrassed, insisted on refusing, he really couldn't resist me, so he agreed to let me pinch his legs.The uncle's legs were a little stiff all the way down. When I pinched his knee, I felt a slight trembling under my fingers.

Uncle Duoji's knee was frozen, it may be arthritis, it looked very serious, and it was a big swollen piece when I touched it in my hand. I don't know what to say.In such a small remote place, there is no medical condition. I thought to myself: When I return to Beijing, I will send uncle a large box of medicine for my leg injury.The medicine is cheap, but the intention is true!
The blizzard lasted for two days, and the snow stopped on the third day, but the wind blew more violently. The thick snow on the ground was blown away by the wind. A layer of snow crust.The wind is still blowing, blowing that layer of snow shell so oily and shiny.

These days, the sheep can only gnaw hay all the time, until they are all yellow and thin, and their four legs are shaking like hay sticks in the wind.The wind blows recklessly, like a bully on the prairie, the sheep are whimpered pitifully and squeezed into a pile with all their strength.

The wind has been blowing for almost a week, and the old tree with crooked neck at the entrance of the village was blown straight. Finally, the wind seemed to realize that he was too ruthless, or maybe it was tired, and finally stopped for a while. The white snow field A rare ray of sunshine appeared in the sky.This is the first time since the snow has fallen for so long, I have seen the yellowish sunlight, which is as bright and dazzling as the light reflected by gold after being illuminated.These days, I feel like a scarecrow, covered by wind, snow and cold, with a musty smell all over my body. I jumped into the snow and shouted: "Dahei comes out to bask in the sun!"

Dahei hadn’t seen the sun for a long time, she jumped into the snow frantically, and rushed towards me. I knew she was going to play tricks on me, so I quickly dodged and hid.Dahei was not convinced, took advantage of my strength, turned around suddenly, knocked me to the ground with her fat buttocks, and then threw herself on me, screaming, the heat wave mixed with her, spraying me all over Face.Although I know that Dahei is playing with me, seeing the sharp teeth bared in front of me at such a close distance feels quite intimidating.

"Dahei, let go." Uncle Duoji came out of the room and shouted loudly. He also knew that Dahei was messing with me, but he was afraid that she would lose her hand if she was not careful.Mastiffs are wild animals. Once they play crazy, they will not be able to hold the claws firmly, and if they do not do it, they will kill people.

Uncle warned me more than once, when I was with Dahei, don't make too much trouble with her, don't look at Dahei who is so big, he is already a mother, and when he really fights, he is as crazy as a child.

I didn't pay much attention to Uncle Dorji's words. I always thought that having such a ferocious mastiff playing with me, and telling my family or friends about it when I went back, would be a matter of honor to my face!I was still teasing Dahei, lying on my back on the snow, pinching her chin, Dahei shook her head vigorously, left and right, like a rattle, and wanted to bite my hand, maybe she didn’t really want to Bite, just want to break free from me, and then put my hand in his mouth like a symbol of victory.

Everyone has forgotten how to measure, I just like Dahei, from the bottom of my heart, and I don't have any guard against her.As soon as Dahei shook his head, he opened his big mouth and bit me. I was pressed tightly under her body. I couldn't dodge, and I couldn't move. Before I could withdraw my hand, I was bitten by her. Clamped tightly between the teeth.I suddenly felt a piercing pain in my forearm. I gritted my teeth and said nothing, but I didn't dare to move for fear of causing a bigger injury.The big black teeth pierced through my thick sleeves, pierced into the flesh, and the blood quickly flowed out from the sleeves and dripped onto the snow.

"Dahei, let go!" Uncle Duoji shouted loudly when he realized that the situation was wrong, his face changed color because of his nervousness. He knew that a mastiff like Dahei could bite down in one bite, not to mention his arm, but even his thigh. Just bite your bones.

Uncle Duoji was so nervous that his legs trembled. He may have suffered a leg injury. He was in severe pain. He ran over to stop Dahei, slipped on his feet, fell on his back, and fell on the cold snow, screaming. There was a muffled bang.

Like wolves, mastiffs are animals that cannot smell blood. Mastiffs are no longer domesticated dogs. Strictly speaking, they should be classified as beasts. They cannot see blood, and they will become wild when they see blood. Arouse the greatest desire to fight.

Dahei sniffed his nose and refused to let go, but she knew very well that it was not the wolf that was crushed under her body, but her best friend Xiao Bing. The master looked at me who was under the pressure again, slowly let go, looked at us with a very innocent look, walked back into the house slowly without saying a word, and there was no more Excitement and enthusiasm when the play begins.Gesang didn't know what happened, and ran out of the house in a panic. Seeing his father fall on his back on the snow, he ran to help him in three steps at a time, but fell too.By the time he helped Uncle Duoji up, I had already got up and was rolling up my sleeves to check my injuries.

"Xiao Bing, are you seriously injured?" Uncle Duoji came over and asked nervously, his face turned pale with fright.

My arm had been bitten through several holes, and the blood was gushing out like a small fountain.I squeezed my arm a few times, and felt that neither the artery nor the bone was hurt. I was lucky, so I comforted the uncle and said, "It's okay, the flesh is hurt, it will be fine in two days."

"You still say you're okay? Your sleeves are soaked with blood. Come on, brother, I'll bandage you!" Gesang ran into the house and brought out all the medicines for the wound, but there was no gauze at home. So I found a piece of underwear to wear, tore it into strips, and wrapped it up for me.

Uncle Dorji didn't speak. He was old and his bones were hard, so the fall was not easy.It's not like Gesang's kid, who fell down, patted his butt, got up, and ran around alive and well.

The room was very silent. Gesang bandaged my wound, and Uncle Dorji lit a bag of cigarettes, smoking while staring at Dahei.He didn't scold her, didn't criticize her, and he didn't find anything to whip her, he just stared at her like that, which was the most severe way Uncle Duoji punished Dahei.A good mastiff can't be beaten, and it doesn't bother to beat the master, it's meaningless to them, because the heart of a real mastiff belongs to the master, and can communicate with the master, they are doing wrong things Sometimes, I would rather the master beat me hard to vent my anger than endure silent scolding from the master.Because the mastiff can sense the mood of the owner, the silent blame and disappointment in the eyes of the owner is the most unacceptable for the mastiff. One's own master is something that all mastiffs disdain and despise.

Dahei also realized that she had done something wrong. She knew that Uncle Duoji was scolding her with his eyes. She looked very sad. Although she still held her head high, her eyes dodged a little. She didn't dare to look at Uncle Duoji, and her two small eyes flashed to the left Dodging to the right, Gege looked for her to play with, but Dahei ignored him.

Dahei sat there blankly for a while, then came over suddenly, wanting to lick my hand as a gesture of goodwill, Uncle Duoji gave her a look, Dahei hurried back and stared at Uncle Duoji sadly.An old man and a mastiff are silently making eye contact.Dahei was a little aggrieved, she wanted to say something, but she couldn't express it in words, so she scratched the ground twice with her front paws, looked at me, then stuck out her tongue, and licked her nose , but dare not approach me again.I can no longer look at Dahei's sad, wronged and innocent eyes, like a poor child, with tears in his eyes.Dahei has always been very strong. When she was wronged, she held her head high, without a single tear, but her eyes seemed a little dodgy, and she didn't dare to look at Uncle Duoji and me.What a sensible and human mastiff!I couldn't bear to see Dahei suffer this kind of mental torture again, so I called Dahei: "Dahei, come here!"

Dahei glanced at me, wanted to come over, but didn't dare, moved his buttocks, sat on the spot without daring to move, and then stared at Uncle Duoji, looking left and right, dodging and dodging.I said: "Uncle, forget it! It's rare that there is good weather today, and Dahei was just playing with me. Although there was a little mistake, it didn't hurt the vitals. Besides, the main responsibility is on me. I am teasing her." It's just for fun, it's none of Dahei's business."

Uncle Duoji coughed, rubbed his legs, knocked off the soot in the pipe, and said, "She knows what she did, and she knows how to punish her."

After Uncle Duoji finished speaking, he ignored Dahei and went out to look at the sheep in the pen.When the sheep saw the good weather, they all wanted to go out to have fun. After all, they had been locked up in the pen for a long time, and the sheep's hair was thinning from eating hay.

Seeing that the master had walked out of the house, Dahei boldly leaned over, put his head on my hand, licked off the blood on the back of my hand, then sat down facing me, and looked at me with innocent eyes. I, as if asking for my forgiveness.Seeing that Dahei was wronged, I also felt uncomfortable, so I patted her head and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine, what is this small injury? In the past, the injury was worse than this. Besides, before you You saved my life, just play around like this, no matter how badly you are injured, I won't blame you, come, give me a hug."

Dahei bowed his head into my arms as if he could understand what I said.I stretched out my arms and hugged her.I feel Dahei at this time, like a wronged and helpless child, rubbing his head against my chest, I feel very warm, I am indescribably moved, hold it, and refuse to let go.

Gesang tidied up the medicine box and said, "Look, you were bitten like this by Dahei. This is a big mistake in the rules that Dad set for Dahei. Dahei will be punished tonight."

"Punishment? Punishment for what?" I asked suspiciously.I don't know that Uncle Duoji also set the rules for Dahei, can a mastiff understand what rules the master has set?Other mastiffs may not understand it, but I believe that Dahei understands it, and he has been sticking to it all the time. It's just that I had too much fun with me today, so I accidentally made a mistake.

In the evening, my hunch was confirmed.I found that after being with Dahei for so long, I can feel Dahei's mood more and more.At night, Dahei didn't go out to hunt, and Uncle Dorji and Gesang didn't give Dahei something to eat. I thought they forgot, so I ran to cut some meat and mixed it with salt and flour.

Dahei refused to eat, and pushed her rice bowl away with her mouth, but I knew she wanted to eat it, because her stomach was growling.Dahei glanced at the meat basin, swallowed his saliva, then turned around cruelly, pointed his butt to the meat basin, and never took another look.

The four little mastiffs have all their deciduous teeth, and when they smelled the smell of meat, they jumped into the meat bowl and rushed in to grab the meat. Gesang took the meat bowl away and said, "The little mastiff can't eat too much now. The meat will cause diarrhea."

In the middle of the night, Uncle Duoji and Gesang both fell asleep. I thought that Dahei was still hungry, so I got up from the bed, secretly brought the meat bowl, and sent it to Dahei. Dahei just hugged my hand , made out with me, but didn't even look at the meat basin.I whispered: "Dahei, eat, I know you are hungry."

Dahei licked my hand, didn’t say a word, and didn’t eat meat. Instead, he arched the meat basin with his mouth. I knew that Dahei was punishing himself for the mistakes he made. Even if I wouldn’t blame her, she couldn’t forgive her. She herself is willing to accept the master's punishment and starve for a day.Even human beings, when they are punished, can’t guarantee whether they will take advantage of loopholes, but Dahei does not. She punishes herself strictly according to the master’s rules. No one restrains her, and no one tie her up. mouth, but she just refused to eat meat, and even drank very little water.

I was deeply touched by Dahei's approach. A mastiff can unconditionally obey what no one can fully guarantee. It makes me ashamed, I'm a little ashamed, to do it differently.I knew that Dahei wouldn't eat anything tonight, so I had no choice but to take the meat bowl away and wait with her until dawn.I can't bear Dahei being punished, the main fault is on me, how can I go to sleep alone, but let Dahei go through this lonely night hungry?

It was a very long night, Dahei lay next to me, and at dawn, I fell asleep.Dahei woke me up when he licked my face.Today's weather was relatively clear, the prince and the prince boldly ran to the door, tried to go out, and went to play in the snow, rolling all over the snow.

(End of this chapter)