As soon as my voice fell, the door opened, and a man dressed in Tibetan clothes, not tall, with a scar on his face, gave a very fierce feeling.
The other party's face was white and red, and some disheveled hair came out from under the fox fur hat, and his face was deeply wrinkled, but his eyes were sharp and his hair was black, and he couldn't tell how old he was.
He puts a tight leopard skin edging on the outside, with his left sleeve tied around his waist and his right sleeve on his shoulders. The inner lambskin waistcoat is tied tightly with a braided belt, and a long knife is at random. Insert it on the belt.
His outfit makes him look like a man in the martial arts.
"You want to go to Xuefeng?" Mai Mai asked.
I nodded and said, "Yes."
"I told you the conditions for taking you to Xuefeng, Shamushak, right?"
Big Eye said: "Tell me, please be a guide, ten thousand a day."
Maimaiti nodded and said, "Then come in and talk."
The snow mastiff on the floor of the room, squatting, was half a person tall. Such a huge monster made us somewhat jealous, so we didn't dare to go in for a while.
Maimaiti recognized our worry and said: "Don't be afraid, it won't hurt you."
The three of us looked at each other and smiled, then followed Mai Mai Ti into the stone house.
The stone house is very strange, there are no windows, the light in the house is dim, and butter lamps are lit during the day, and the doorway is very short, and you have to cat waist to enter, but when you enter the house, it is suddenly spacious. There is a firepit in the middle with a large basin above. Hot water, there is an urn in the water, I don't know what is inside.
Under the dim light of the butter lamp, furniture and clothing were piled up in a mess, and large pieces of greasy dried meat hung above the head. The walls were so black that it was smoked by oil. In addition, a lot of things like tea bricks were pierced with ropes and hung on the wall. A long bed was used as a bed and a couch. The mattress was messy as if it had been eaten by a dog. There was a clean and tidy round blanket beside the bed. But that is where the snow mastiff sleeps, because it lay on it as soon as we entered the room, staring at us with only a pair of big eyes, which seemed unfriendly.
Seeing a room full of clothes, we don't know where to sit.
Maimaiti put a random roll of the ** quilt aside, and said, "Sit down. I'm alone at home, so it's messy."
We are a little bit embarrassed
Sit down carefully, Maimaiti moved out to a table, and then uncovered the tile urn in the water, and a smell of wine suddenly fragrant. It turned out that he was warming up the wine.
Maimat said: “This is a high-cold area. Visitors often experience wind and cold, so the way to treat guests is to replace tea with wine and drink to warm the heart and stomach.”
He took three large tea cups, poured four full cups of wine, and handed them to us. He passed the wine while whispering, like chanting and singing.
I have been to Xinjiang twice, and I have some understanding of the drinking customs here. I vaguely remember that this kind of hospitality wine must be drunk three sips first, but I can’t finish it. I turned my head and looked at Dayan and Zhang Ling, so I took a sip first.
After this mouthful, I suddenly felt like charcoal in my throat, and my belly burned like a fire, but I couldn't spray it out, and my face immediately turned red. Unexpectedly, this is not an ordinary rice wine, more like the height of Erguotou.
Zhang Ling and Dayan also took a sip, and Dayan immediately took a cold breath.
Maimaiti said: ";This is not highland barley wine. We are in an alpine region, so people like to drink strong alcohol. You may not be used to it."
Big-eyed and said: "It's okay, it's okay."
Maimaiti smiled and said, "Tell me about your purpose of going to Xuefeng."
After drinking three sips of wine, Zhang Ling said: "We are going to find a cave, Shambala Cave. I hope you can take us there."
Maimat was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, and said, "Sorry, I don't know where the cave you are talking about is. And as far as I know, there is no such cave on Xuefeng."
Zhang Ling said, "It doesn't matter if you don't know, as long as you take us up the mountain."
"What about going down the mountain?"
Big Eye said: "If you bring us up, naturally you are also responsible for bringing us down."
Maimaiti shook his head and said, "It's impossible. I'll take you up the mountain, who knows when you will come down? I can't wait for you in place."
Zhang Ling said: "You can wait for us for three days in place, and we will pay you as usual for those three days. If you don't see us back in three days, you can go down the mountain."
Maimaiti thought for a while and said: "Yes, but you have to pay in advance."
Zhang Ling said, "No problem."
Big eyes asked: "How long does it take to go up the mountain?"
Maimat said: "It's hard to say, if it is fast, it will take two days, if it is slow, it may take seven or eight days."
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So long? "
Maimaiti sneered and said, "The snow peaks here are not ordinary snow peaks. The fog on the mountain does not disappear all year round. If you are too slow, you can go up the mountain by yourself, or you can find someone else to take you up the mountain."
I smiled and said, "Shamshak said, here only you know the way up the mountain, so we trust you."
Zhang Ling also said: "We agree to all your requirements. Now can you tell us about the situation on Xuefeng, or the legend."
"The situation is very simple, Xuefeng Mountain is dangerous. As for the legend..." He paused, and continued: "Legend, Xuefeng Mountain hides the holy artifacts of the gods. The holy artifacts can satisfy all human desires, but what hides is destruction. The curse of everything."
We pierced our ears and listened to Maimat, but he only said this and closed his mouth.
Big eyes asked: "It's over? Is this over?"
Maimaiti nodded and said, "It's over. That's all."
I said, "Could you please elaborate."
Maimat said: "To be more specific, there are human beliefs hidden on Xuefeng."
The three of us looked at each other, here is the details, and the simplicity is clear.
Big Eye said: "You are clearly perfunctory to us."
Maimat said: "I am only responsible for taking you to Xuefeng, not a commentator."
His attitude left us very speechless, so after saying a few words that are not salty and not indifferent, Zhang Ling told him that we still need to wait a few days to go to Xuefeng, and when we set a time, we will come to him.
Then, we bid farewell to Maimaiti and started walking into the village.
After going around the col of the canyon, Zhang Ling asked with big eyes: "Should we ask Maimaiti to show us the way?"
Zhang Ling said: "Talking is better than nothing, of course we must invite. But before that, we still have to feel the situation here ourselves."
I asked: "You don't trust him?"
Zhang Ling said: "I can't say that I don't trust, but I don't like it."
I immediately smiled and said: "Unexpectedly, you will have emotional moments."
Zhang Ling said: "It's not sentimental, but he feels awkward."
Big Eye said: "Usually people who are very awkward have some very tricks. This person is definitely not easy."
I nodded in agreement, and said, "It's really impossible for most people to be able to raise a snow mastiff so docilely."
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