Tibetan Mastiff Notes

Chapter 44
Uncle Dorji didn’t seem to have any hope for my words, but he didn’t want to dampen my confidence either. Although his own mood was extremely low, after thinking about it, he still said: “Let’s take a look first, and don’t act rashly. Wolves are very Smart and insidious enough, it’s better to be careful, don’t attract the attention of wolves.” I said: “The wolves have noticed us a long time ago, but they are eating, so they have not paid attention to us, and when they are full, they will probably eat us. Come to greet our father and son!"

Uncle Dorji lowered his head weakly, suddenly he remembered something, raised his head suddenly, opened his dull eyes, and asked me: "How is the weather outside?" I looked at it and replied: "It's very bad, the wind is coming It was blown in through the cracks in the door, and the face was cut like a knife, and the snow was falling heavily, covered with goose feathers! No, it was several times bigger than goose feathers."

Uncle Dorji seemed to have received a lot of comfort, and he had some hope again. He nodded with a smile and said, "That's good. The worse the weather is, the better our chances of survival will be. Wolves also know how to look at the weather and know how to count." All kinds of interests, when the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, the wolves will retreat, and besides, they are almost full from eating sheep, and human meat is not as good as lamb, so we just need to stay quiet and not mess with them."

I nodded, thought for a while, and then asked Uncle Duoji: "Uncle, when the status of the leading wolf is threatened, what else will it do besides bringing out the perpetrator to teach him a lesson?" Uncle Duoji was silent. After thinking for a while, he didn't say anything, but I could see that his face was not very good-looking.

I said: "If I were that wolf, I would kill the chicken and show it to the monkeys to re-establish my prestige. There are two ways to establish prestige: one is to strictly enforce the prohibition within the clan and create tension; Start a war, transfer the war crisis within the clan to the external war, and divert the attention of all wolves in the clan."

Silent, Uncle Duoji wanted to find a cigarette again, and his mood became a little depressed again. He knocked on the empty pot of dry tobacco, smiled helplessly, and said, "The one you are talking about is not a wolf, but a politician. The old herdsmen on the grassland, how can they understand these political relations?"

In fact, Uncle Dorji understands, he just doesn’t want to admit it, and he doesn’t want to accept this reality. Don’t think that the old herdsmen on the prairie don’t know anything. In fact, they know a lot. It’s the natural knowledge endowed to them by the difficult living environment. It is far richer than the truths we have summed up from social knowledge.

Uncle Dorji did not want to accept this reality. He couldn't believe that he died in a desolate cabin under the siege of wolves. Although he was over fifty years old and two of his three sons were completely independent, Gesang was still He is very young and still needs his teaching and care.

37. Dahei breaks the chain to save his master
Of course I don't want to accept this reality, but I can't help it. Even if I have been a soldier, so what, no matter how strong a person is with only three bullets left, it is impossible to deal with them at the same time with just a sharp knife. So many wolves.I counted again, and the door panels of the cabin were very narrow, and the field of vision was limited. There were about fifty wolves. Not to mention anything else, just exhausting my energy would exhaust me.

I stared closely at the wolves outside. Some wolves were still tearing at the mutton frantically, and some wolves were almost full, so they stood and licked the blood from their mouths.A wolf, covered in blood, with a ferocious look, standing on the snow covered with corpses in the dark sky, the scene is indeed a bit scary.

I am not the kind of person who gives up easily, even if there is only a little chance, I must firmly grasp it.I observed those wolves over and over again, and suddenly found that the big black-haired male wolf was leading his men and was retreating quietly.The alpha wolf didn't pay attention to this defeated subordinate, and already disdained to pay attention to it, perhaps wishing that it would leave sooner, so the big black-haired male wolf seized the opportunity, took a group of his men, and slipped away quietly. Break away from this migration alliance organized by the alpha wolf.

Where is the big black male wolf going?Break away from the organization and go it alone?Or find a place to recuperate and prepare for another battle next year?Or... I thought of the old wolf who was vengeful. Could it be that this big black-haired male wolf had the intention of abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, to join other alliance organizations, and to break with the tribes that migrated with him?

I was very excited and continued to observe the wolves outside with great interest. The departure of the big black male wolf made my mood suddenly clear. I believe that the big black male wolf will definitely come back. A ferocious wolf like this We will never give up easily, especially after being humiliated by the head wolf, the big black-haired male wolf will definitely come back to take revenge. What Uncle Duoji and I have to do is to wait.But how long will it take?One day, two days, three days?If the alpha wolf wants to attack us, in front of such a large number of wolves, it is a myth that we can persist for a day in such a dilapidated log cabin.

I was a little depressed again, but I was not disappointed yet. I believed that there is no unparalleled path. Good people like us should not have ascended to heaven so early. I looked out through the crack of the door again.

The sky was gloomy, the sky was covered with thick clouds, layer upon layer, snowflakes were flying in large swaths, the howling wind and howling wolves mixed together, it was eerie and terrifying.The pack of wolves has finished their meal, but the head wolf has no intention of leaving. It is staring at the cabin where we are hiding. All the wolves are lined up neatly, as if waiting for the head wolf to give orders. It looks like, It's really unfair that the alpha wolf is really going to take us as victims in order to establish its status and prestige in the wolf clan!
What's fair with wolves?I laughed at my own absurdity, told Uncle Duoji to take a good gun to defend himself, and then clenched the sharp knife in his hand. As long as any wolf dared to rush towards the small door, I would stab it through the chest with a knife, or, you can also Using the strategy of fighting wits with wolves with Liu Zhi last time, it might work.But the wolf is not stupid. Before it fully determined the specific situation in the cabin, it did not launch the main attack order. Instead, it called two thugs to circle around the cabin to scout the situation.

I took a breath and asked Uncle Duoji: "Uncle, you see that the sky is so dark. Can a wolf detect the number of people in this room just by its sense of smell?" , although they may not be able to see clearly, but they can definitely be judged from the intensity of the smell, otherwise, how can wolves hunt? If they are not starved to death, they will be beaten to death."

I thought I asked an idiotic question, so I looked out through the crack of the door again. A wolf's thug was standing in front of the cabin door, looking in through the crack in the door panel.Maybe my eyeballs were even bigger than that of the wolf. The wolf was startled, took a step back suddenly, shrunk its neck, walked over again, and looked into the room with the door open, looking sideways. He sniffed the smell of the house vigorously.

It was windy and snowy outside the house, and the smell was easily blown away by the wind, but it was relatively warmer inside the cabin, and the wind was also very small. The wolf sniffed through the crack of the door, and could smell all the smells in the house clearly.Suddenly, I heard the rattling sound of the door panel at the back of the wooden house. It was another wolf thug hitting the wooden panel with its front paws. Uncle Dorji jumped off the bare bed panel nervously, facing the back wall, and hugged him tightly. gun.

I heard the first wolf barking impatiently, maybe it was asking its two thugs about the scouting situation, and the two wolves were also barking, and I couldn't understand what they were barking, but I felt , the alpha wolf may want to attack us.I whispered, "I want to catch a wolf in as a hostage, otherwise we won't be able to survive the night.

"How to catch?" Uncle Duoji asked me, with a little doubt on his face.

It stands to reason that Uncle Dorje was born on the prairie, and his ancestors have lived on this prairie for generations. He should know more about wolves than I do, but under the current situation, he can't think of anything. A good way, after all, this is not one or two wolves, but the firepower of a group army.

I whispered: "Wait, wolves are the most cunning, and the alpha wolf should do some more reconnaissance. Uncle, hold your gun and shoot if there is an emergency. You will see my gesture later, I will open the door." "

I heard that I was going to open the door. When I thought of the [-] or so big wolves outside, Uncle Dorje’s expression became tense. Not to mention his nervousness, my palms were a little sweaty, but there was no other way. I could only use it again. The last method used the wolf's suspicion to play an empty trick, false and true, true and false, so that the leading wolf would not dare to attack rashly.

The two thugs got the order from the head wolf, and first made a tentative small-scale attack. The two wolves first pounced on the door panel, scratched the door panel with their sharp claws, and then looked for the gaps in the cabin that could be grasped, trying to grab the gaps. cracked, and the whole cabin was torn apart.

The cabin was very dilapidated and couldn't stand the wolves' torment for a long time. It was already dark outside and there was no light inside the cabin. After a while, it would be pitch black.With the sound of howling wind outside and the sound of wolves scrambling, I reminded Uncle Duoji: "Attention, get ready!"

A wolf thug was turning behind one side of the wooden wall, and slammed his whole body against the wooden board. There was a creaking sound from the cabin, and the other wolf clawed vigorously into the crack of the door panel.Suddenly, I slammed half of the door open, and the wolf lost its balance and rushed into the room.

Immediately, I quickly closed the door of the wooden house, and kicked the wolf hard in the back. The wolf jumped forward, and I stepped on it so that it couldn't turn over, and then I grabbed the wolf's back scalp with my left hand. , clenched the iron fist in his right hand, and it was a fist according to the wolf's open mouth.

Before the wolf could bite me, I punched it sideways with my fist, which distorted the wolf's mandible. The wolf couldn't close its mouth, the wind leaked out, and the howling from its throat was unpleasant. The fight was a little confused, and he didn't continue to resist.Uncle Dorji hurried over to help. He tore off a piece of cloth, tore it into strips, and tied up the four paws of the wolf like a cow. Another wolf thug was hitting the wall of the wooden house when he suddenly heard its companion Being captured alive, he jumped in fright, confused about the situation in the room, and hurried out of the way.

Not only the thug was taken aback, but the wolf and his brothers were also taken aback. Maybe they didn't expect the people in the room to be so fast. The wooden door opened and closed in a few seconds, and the men One of his brothers was arrested.Now that the wolf was disturbed, it couldn't determine what was going on in the house, so it ordered not to act rashly.

It became quiet outside the cabin, only the sound of wind and snow and dead trees struggling in the wind could be heard. I heard the wolf in the house grinning and howling, so I kicked it on the head , Said: "Howling, wait for your master to save you!"

The sky was completely dark, and the inside of the wooden house was so dark that we couldn't see our fingers. We could only judge the direction by our slight breathing, but there was still some light outside the house. Enough for us to see the movement outside.

I peeped through the crack of the door and looked out. As soon as I saw any movement from the leading wolf, I kicked the wolf in the house hard. When the wolf in the house howled, the wolves outside the house stopped moving again.

Wolves are cunning and patient animals. They can nest in the snow for several days, just to wait for a delicious meal. There is still enough leftover meat for them to eat for a meal or two.Although the wind and snow were heavy, the wolf had no intention of leaving. It seemed that it had decided to swear that it would never return without merit.

We all know the cunning of wolves, and they dare not relax for a moment. At first, they persisted. After a long time, Uncle Duoji became a little tired.For the safety of the two of us, I chatted with him from time to time to keep him awake at all times.

Suddenly, there was a long howling of a wolf outside the house, and all the wolves howled along with the wolf, and the wolves in the house also howled. Pain, screaming even louder.I thought the first wolf was about to attack us, and I was a little surprised. I didn’t say anything else, and rushed to the number of wolves outside. As long as they swarmed up, the cabin would be torn to pieces in less than a minute.The nerves in my whole body were tense, and I pulled out the sharp knife on the trouser leg, touched the front leg of the wolf, and stabbed it at the shoulder blade. The wolf in the room howled desperately, and the pig could not kill it. It's ugly.

The alpha wolf was shaken. It was a little anxious and hesitant. It kept pacing back and forth on the snow, then stretched its neck and looked into the distance.I suddenly understood that the restlessness of the wolves outside the house just now was not because of us, but because of some movement from afar.

I cut the front leg of the wolf inside the house again to help the wolf outside the house make an early decision.The alpha wolf was also somewhat annoyed by the howling wolves in the house. He suddenly stood up straight, faced his pack of wolves, and began to issue orders. The pack of wolves immediately divided into two lines: one line had more than 20 wolves, and the other line had about [-] wolves.

Under the command of the head wolf, the row of more than 20 animals suddenly got up and ran towards the boundless snowstorm, and disappeared after a while, while the row of [-] animals still stood guard outside the cabin and lined up. Formation, waiting for another order from the wolf.The alpha wolf may have suffered a loss from the big black-haired male wolf. Everyone knows that if you suffer from a fall, you will gain wisdom, and the wolf is no exception. The alpha wolf hesitated and did not move for a long time.

I stabbed the back of the wolf in the house again, and the wolf in the house screamed again. The wolf in the house became more anxious and kept pacing. It seemed that it was determined to make a decision. .I don't know why the group of wolves in front left, but judging by the way the leading wolf looked like, it seemed that it was about to give up its beloved thug in the house.

The wolf may have encountered a big trouble, far bigger trouble than this cabin, but he was not convinced and refused to admit defeat in front of the two two-legged animals, so he insisted on not leaving, waiting for the one who left ahead. The news of the team of wolves.

The team of wolves in front hadn't returned for a long time, and the leading wolf became more suspicious. It didn't know what trouble the vanguard reconnaissance platoon had encountered, and it didn't dare to act rashly towards the cabin.From time to time, I cut the wolf in the house with a knife. When the wolf in the house howled, the head wolf dared not act rashly.

In this way, the time ran into the middle of the night, and I thought, when it was dawn, the team of wolves sent out in front would not be able to return, and if the head wolf was impatient, he might retreat across the board.I didn't try to guess what kind of trouble the wolf was in, I just thought that the wolves outside could get out quickly, and then Uncle Dorji and I could get out safely.It seemed that the sky was about to dawn. The blizzard had been falling continuously since yesterday afternoon. The snow that had accumulated on the wooden roof had not yet melted. Watching the cabin rattle under the weight of the snow, like an overwhelmed old man.Now, what I am most worried about is not the wolves outside the house, but the small wooden house. The wind keeps hitting the mildewed wooden walls, and the snow is crushing on it. The dangers outside and the dangers inside are overwhelming. Unable to breathe, Uncle Duoji and I stared at the roof in a daze.

Suddenly, there was a rattling sound, and the cabin shook violently a few times in the wind. A large piece of snow on the roof was blown off by the wind, and the whole cabin shook pitifully in the wind. Uncle Duoji and I hurried Lift up a pile of rotten wood in the corner to support the four corners of the wooden house.The cabin swayed a few times, but it didn't fall down. The snow on the roof was blown off by the wind, and the pressure was relieved. The immediate crisis was over, but what about the wolves outside?
The sky gradually brightened, and I spent the night in fear. I took out the cake in my arms and handed it to Uncle Duoji for breakfast.The cake was frozen harder than last night, it was no stronger than a rock, and I couldn't even chew it, so I could only stick out my tongue and lick it slowly. I jokingly said: "It would be great if there was a fire, we can roast wolf meat." Eat." I was joking, when I suddenly heard a terrified howl from the wolves outside, and then howled desolately, and then I heard the mastiff's fierce howl from the wind and snow in the distance , the roar was mixed with the sound of wind and snow, which was particularly tragic.

I suspect that I heard it wrong. In such a blizzard, whose mastiff will come out, and when the sky is just before dawn?It couldn't be Dahei, Dahei was locked with an iron chain, Gesang didn't have a key, and couldn't open the lock, so whose mastiff would it be?

But the sound was so familiar, I thought it was my own hair that had misheard the sound, but Uncle Duoji was obviously nervous, he also heard the roar of the mastiff, walked to the door, and scratched at the crack look out.I asked in a low voice: "Uncle, didn't Dahei not lock the iron chain when we came out?"

Uncle Duoji also found it strange. After thinking about it, he said with certainty: "It's locked! I added a lock to it just because I was afraid that she would go crazy and bite people, and I asked little Gesang to watch her carefully. It can't be Dahei, whose mastiff is outside?"

I listened to it for a while, but it was clearly Dahei's cry. Only Dahei's voice can be so fierce and impactful. I like her cry. Every time I hear it, it's like Hearing the call to get up while sleeping, all the blood in his body was throbbing.

That's right, it's Dahei!

I clawed at the crack of the door and looked out.The wolves outside also became nervous, and under the command of the leading wolf, they turned around and bared their teeth and pressed their feet against the mastiff that was running wildly, ready to pounce.Along with the roar of the mastiff, I also heard the rattling of iron chains in the wind and snow.

(End of this chapter)