Tibetan Mastiff Notes

Chapter 41
Dahei's face was also wounded, and the blood glued the hair on her face together, making it look bloody.I felt sad when I saw it, and wanted to go to clean her wound, but Uncle Duoji held me down and said: "Wait a minute, don't get close to her nest now, be careful she bites you." I said: "No, Dahei Knowing that I will not bully her four babies, she will definitely not bite me."

"Why not?" Uncle Duoji glared at me angrily, and said, "She's going crazy now, and she wants to bite everyone she sees, so don't go there, in case I bite you badly, there's nothing I can do about it." Tell your parents."

I sat for a while, the outside of the house was dark and silent, the night was lonely and desolate, the snow on the tree was frozen in strips, and I stood alone at the entrance of the village, like a weather-beaten old man, I said: "Uncle, you and Gesang Go to sleep, I'm watching Dahei."

Uncle Dorji thought for a while and said, "Gesang, bring the iron chain here."

Uncle Duoji wants to tie up Dahei, he is not at ease, he is worried that Dahei will suddenly become angry somehow, and he is even more afraid that she will jump out and hurt people. They are all from the village, and it is not good to hurt anyone.I don't want to tie up Dahei, especially if such a heavy chain is tied around the neck, it must be very uncomfortable to fall down.Mastiff is a kind of free animal by nature, it is not suitable to be kept on a tether, because tying it kills its nature, it cannot be happy, and an unhappy mastiff is not a real mastiff.

I still can't convince Uncle Duoji that he is the real master of Dahei. If he insists on locking it, I can't help it. The iron chain shakes open and makes a heavy rattling sound.

When Dahei heard the sound of the iron chain, she turned her head and looked at us silently. She seemed to know that she had made a mistake. When she saw that the master wanted to lock her, she didn't argue or resist. body, showing his neck to his master.

Uncle Duoji put the iron chain on and fastened it with a click. The heavy iron chain tied Dahei's freedom and hurt my heart.I looked at Dahei silently, and Dahei also looked at me silently. She suddenly wanted to lick my hand, but she stretched her neck, but she couldn't reach me.

I stretched out my hand sadly and let Dahei lick it. Dahei was still the same as before, licking my palm with a warm tongue, without any sign of madness.It is also possible that only in my heart can I consistently believe that Dahei is normal, Dahei is not crazy, she just loves her child too much, and in Dahei's heart, maybe I am the only one who can live in this world. Whenever you feel safe, reach out to her to lick, instead of being wary of her or fearing her.Dahei was very sad when he saw his master locked him up. His eyes were lowered, but his head was still held high, and he licked the bandage on my hand apologetically.I wanted to stroke Dahei's head, but Uncle Duoji scolded me and said, "Don't touch her, let her lie down by herself."

I don't know if this is a punishment for Dahei or I am worried that I will be bitten by Dahei. I believe that Dahei will not hurt me. I can see from her eyes that it is a kind of apology to my brother, and I am satisfied. With innocent grievances.Dahei was really wronged, but she didn't want to argue about anything, she held her head up, forced back the tears that seemed to be soaking out of her eyes, then arched her four babies with her mouth, and hugged them into her arms.The four little mastiffs still couldn't understand their mother and what she had done for them, so they scrambled for teats to eat.

It was late at night, and the oil lamp was about to go out, so I added some suet into it, and finally waited until Uncle Dorji and Gesang had gone to sleep, and then I went to Dahei's den to see her.

I touched Dahei's head, but she didn't bite me, as usual, she gently pushed her head up, rubbed against my palm, and then stretched out her tongue to lick me, she wanted to lick me like usual when making out My face, but the iron chain restricted her freedom and made a rattling sound.

I moved my head closer and hugged Dahei's neck, Dahei licked my face affectionately, the saliva was sticky, I stroked Dahei's head, and whispered: "Hey, I can't lose my temper like this again in the future. Your master tied you up for your own good, because he was afraid that if you hurt someone, they belonged to fellow villagers, so what should we do?"

Dahei didn't make a sound, arched my hand for a while, and went to lick his little babies again.I felt sad, so I fetched a basin of clean water, and said, "Dahei, endure the pain, I'll help you wash the wound and apply some medicine, it may hurt, so don't bite me!"

Dahei couldn't speak, she just quietly stretched her head over and asked me to wash her face.

I wet the cloth with water and gently wiped the blood stains on her hair. The hair on Dahei’s face was covered with blood and had been freeze-dried. I was very careful when wiping. If it is heavier, if the hair is broken, it will affect the wound below.I wiped it over and over again, carefully, although sometimes Dahei would feel very painful, but she still trusted me, with a pair of small bean-like eyes, watching me wash and rub the medicine on her wound, there was no longer in her eyes. Anger was replaced by endless trust and loyalty, as well as an inseparable friendship.

I suddenly felt sour on the bridge of my nose, and my eye sockets became moist all of a sudden. I thought of leaving the prairie in the beginning of spring, going back to the noisy big city, and saying goodbye to my dear "buddy" Dahei, my heart ached. There was a cramping pain that made me unable to breathe.

After washing the wound and applying the medicine, Dahei lay on her side. She had stretched out her four legs and exposed her belly in front of me with confidence. The four little mastiffs were sleeping comfortably in Dahei's arms.Dahei had a crazy night, which consumed a lot of energy. I brought water and food to her, but she was not vigilant against me. She ate all the water and food, then licked her mouth, looking at her with satisfaction. Looking at me, he finally closed his eyes slightly and began to rest.

At this time, I feel that I am the happiest person in the world. When Dahei's master is wary of her, I can touch her intimately in front of Dahei without any precautions. She scrubs the wound.And Dahei also accepted me and approached me unsuspectingly. This was a kind of supreme satisfaction for me, and it also made me feel the glory and happiness that I had never experienced in this life.

The next day, the weather was still fine, and Tashimu and his wife got up early in the morning, knocked outside, and repaired the door of their house.As soon as I took a nap on my stomach, I was woken up. I ran outside the house to see that the sky had just dawned, and it was still gray with smoke.

Uncle Duoji came out with his clothes on, first went to see Dahei in the den, and saw that I didn't listen to his advice, so he washed Dahei's wounds and applied medicine in the middle of the night, and seeing that nothing happened to me, he didn't worry about it. Say something, wake up Gesang, make some food, and then say: "Taking advantage of the good weather, I have to go to herd sheep today."

I looked at the sky and said, "Why don't you be late, it's still too early?" Uncle Duoji opened the sheep fence, put a few cakes in his arms, took two pieces of dried mutton, and said: " Today we have to go farther, we have to cross this large snow field and go down to the hillside near the valley mouth to herd sheep."

I asked Uncle Duoji: "Why do you have to go so far? Can you make it back before dark?" Uncle Duoji said: "If you can make it back, have you seen the old sheep in the pen? The old sheep knows the way and can see it." When the weather gets dark, it will drive back with the flock, we just follow along. The nearby grass roots can no longer be eaten by the flock. If the voles and hares dig it again, the flock will dig it again, and next spring there will be no sprouts! "

I suddenly felt stuffy in my heart, and I felt something was wrong. I couldn’t explain what was wrong, but I had a vague premonition, an ominous premonition. I thought this premonition should be on Dahei’s body, so I ran away in a hurry Go inside and see her.

Dahei seemed to know that we were going to herd sheep far away today. She heard the sheep in the sheepfold bleating happily, so she stood up and wanted to go out to have a look.Dahei grew up on goat milk and has an unusual attachment to goats. Even though she has become a mother now, it still hasn't changed.

The iron chain held Dahei, Dahei couldn't get out, she stood silently for a while, took a breath, just like a human being sighed, and walked back to the nest sadly, looking at me pitifully, she might be Want to go out with us.I went over to touch her and said, "Hey, wait for me at home, and I'll be back when it gets dark."

When Dahei heard that I was going to leave, he suddenly bit my trouser leg and dragged it back hard. I thought she was reluctant to let me go, so I patted her head to let her go, and persuaded her, but Dahei was alive and well. Just don't let go.Gesang thought that Dahei had gone mad again, and was so frightened that he kept calling him "Abba". Uncle Duoji was also frightened, and rushed into the house with a wooden stick, scolded Dahei, and threatened her with the wooden stick in his hand.

Dahei is not afraid of a wooden stick, her skin is hard, and the wooden stick hits her like a tickle.Uncle Duoji had no choice but to come over and pry open Dahei's mouth with a wooden stick, and then I pulled out my leg. The moment I pulled it out, the strange ominous feeling in my heart suddenly ached again.Could something happen today?Should it be on the body of Dahei, or on the body of the sheep?
I'm not superstitious, but I believe in premonitions. I advised Uncle Duoji: "Uncle, how about going to herd the sheep tomorrow? I think Dahei is a little out of order. Will something happen today?"

Uncle Duoji insisted on going to herd the sheep, and said: "I have seen the weather, the pikas are repairing their nests and holes, maybe there will be a 'white hair wind' blowing over in the next two days, and a letter will blow over the mountains. There is nothing to eat, I don’t know how long it will last, and the weather is rare today.”

I thought for a while, what Uncle Duoji said was reasonable, but I was not at ease. Dahei was a little anxious. While struggling to shake the iron chain, he bit the iron chain with his teeth anxiously, and the iron chain was caught by her. Bite out a tooth mark.I remained silent, thought for a while, took the gun, put the sharp knife in the leggings, and then set off with Uncle Duoji to drive the sheep.

The weather looks good today, warm, big sun, strong white light reflected from the snow, piercing people's eyes.We pulled down the brim of our hats, half-closed our eyes, and walked forward under the leadership of the flock.In the snow, animals are much smarter than humans. They can explore the way and know how to avoid potential dangers. In this regard, humans are not as sensitive as animals. Go under the shade of a tree to avoid direct sunlight.

It was almost noon before we could see the small valley from a distance. Uncle Duoji and I quickened our pace and walked into the valley. The sheep seemed to know that there would be delicious food in the valley, so they ran forward happily.When Uncle Dorji and I rushed to the edge of the valley, the sheep had rushed down the hillside and went to the valley to dig grass roots and shoots to eat.

I took out the food, broke it into small pieces, and handed it to Uncle Duoji. While eating, Uncle Duoji scraped away the snow around him with his hands, revealing the slightly green turf under the snow.He pawed at the turf for a while, and said, "Xiao Bing, you see, the climate in the valley is much warmer, and the grass roots are still green, and some grass sprouts can be seen coming out of them."

I was amazed that spring would come so early. Uncle Duoji told me: "It's just that the climate in the valley is relatively warmer than other places. Before the grass roots freeze to death in autumn, there will be some young shoots wrapped in them. It will take a long time to wait until the new shoots come out in spring."

While we were chatting, a gust of wind blew over, and suddenly it was a bit cold. When we looked up again, the sun was receding towards the hillside bit by bit, and large thick clouds rushed over, covering the originally clear sky bit by bit. After a serious, the temperature dropped suddenly, and the sky began to be dark.

"The sky in the prairie, the baby's face is really changing rapidly, won't there be a blizzard all of a sudden?" I asked Uncle Duoji.

"That's hard to say. It will snow in the blink of an eye, and it will fall as soon as you say it. You see, the wind is already blowing." Uncle Dorji said.

The wind has really blown over. As soon as I turned my head, I was hit on the face by a gust of wind, and there was also a mass of snow blown from the tree, which was hitting my left eye. The muddy snow was wiped off, and when I opened my eyes again, the sky was already dark, and the wind was blowing harder and harder, and it was blowing more and more crazily.The sheep were still running happily in the valley. They wanted to eat the last green grass this winter before the snow fell. Uncle Duoji walked into the valley, shouting, and driving the flock of sheep together.

A snowflake fell on the back of my hand. Because the temperature was very low, the snowflake had not yet melted. The large snowflake was almost as wide as half the back of my hand. It reminded me of the blizzard on the top of Tianzi Peak.I immediately stood up and rushed into the valley to help Uncle Duoji drive the flock of sheep up the hillside.Before the sheep had caught up to the hillside, I saw a large black wolf's head suddenly appearing on the top of the hillside as if it had come out of the ground!

These wolves are very strong, with a thick head, a wide mouth, sharp fangs like daggers, and strong limbs. They run as fast as lightning, and they are quick to jump. Can knock down a large living person with an overwhelming advantage.

These are the alien wolves that migrated from the frontier. They are ferocious and greedy. They don't know how to understand the special biological chain relationship between wolves, sheep and herdsmen. If they do, they won't even think about it.

35. Wolf in Snow Valley

"Uncle, there are wolves!" I shouted, holding the gun tightly and pushing the bullet into the barrel.The flock was already trembling with fear, and even their calls were trembling, like a tape recorder stuck.

These wolves did not lie here before our arrival, otherwise, Uncle Duoji and I would have discovered that at least there would be wolf paw prints on the snow. It turned out to be a great meal.These wolves are very hungry like the flock of sheep that have been suffocating all winter. When they see fat sheep, they drool excitedly, then raise their heads and howl to the sky, reminding other wild animals around them not to fight the autumn wind. It has been occupied by Lao Tzu!

what to do?There were only four bullets in that shabby earthen shotgun, and there were originally six. When the wolves attacked the village last time, Gesang used up two more, and the range was not too far. Even if it could kill four wolves, it would still What if we still have two big living people and a large flock of sheep?
There seemed to be more than 20 wolves on the hillside, and they were counted one by one. There was a large row of wolf heads staring at us.My worries were not over yet, another wolf howled on the other side of the hillside. Suddenly, more than 20 wolves appeared in unison. Divide the dining table.

These wolves belonged to a pack, and they pinched us from both sides of the hillside, and we were like a buffet of food on the table, waiting for the wolves to feast on us.Don't mess around at this time. Although I was also very nervous, I calmed down immediately. I handed the gun to Uncle Duoji and left him for self-defense. Then I pulled out the sharp knife in my leggings and held it tightly in my hand.

Recklessly?In fact, it is not a solution, but I know that the main target of wolves is sheep. In the food information stored in the wolf's brain, tender lamb is far more delicious than rough human meat. If we are willing to give up these sheep, we will completely We can swagger out from the wolves' encirclement, and the wolves don't bother to bite us, it will only waste their time and energy.However, given up on these sheep, how will Uncle Dorji spend his winter?How will you spend the next year after the beginning of spring?I am not going to give up at this point, there must be a better way, I can see that the wolves are still watching, not ready to attack immediately, so I drove the sheep to the other side of the valley.

Uncle Dorji does not intend to give up these sheep to protect himself. The flock is his life, and the herdsmen on the grassland will never yield to the sharp claws and teeth of wolves. Back, back up slowly.

The flock has been driven to the other side of the valley. This is an open space between the two mountains. There is a narrow path passing through the gap. Uncle Duoji can drive the flock to retreat from here, and this road is also very narrow. If someone guards here, the wolves will not be able to encircle and wipe out a large area.

I said to Uncle Dorji: "Uncle, you drive the flock away first, and I will stop here." Uncle Dorji said, "That won't work, how can I leave you here alone, there are so many wolves, and I won't tear you to pieces." Fragments? Don't look at me as an old man, I know these wolves much better than you, you drive the flock away first, I will stop behind, besides, I have a gun, safe."

"What's safe?" I was annoyed and anxious, and said, "Those four bullets are useless, and the wolf hair can't hurt them. These are not local wolves, even if you know more about wolves than I do, But these wolves don’t know you, they only know that they will find food when they are hungry, and they don’t care if you are a human or a sheep. You go first!” I shouted, grabbed Uncle Dorji’s arm and pushed him back .The flock of sheep had been frightened by the wolves, and only then did the leading old sheep react, greet the flock, and retreat towards the mountain road one by one, but the old sheep stood at the mountain pass, breaking its back.

I was shocked by the sacrificial spirit of the old sheep. If a sheep can do this, how can a person be inferior to a sheep?No matter what I say, I can't let Uncle Duoji stay. I am young and strong, with strength and fighting skills, but Uncle Duoji is already a sick old man.

Uncle Duoji grabbed my collar and shouted at me: "No! You can run faster than me. You go first and drive the flock back. If you can, you can bring Dahei to rescue me. I will first Standing here, I don't think the wolves will rush over anytime soon, these wolves are very suspicious, the more I stand here alone, the less they dare to come over."

(End of this chapter)