Chapter 22 Hometown
As Li Wei gradually became familiar with Sanda, his brother taught Li Wei less and less. Every day, he was sweating heavily from Li Wei to abuse him, constantly tapping his potential and constantly breaking through his limits. At first, Wang Chuan still often came to see Li Wei, but when he was familiar with all the training process of Li Wei in less than three days, he was too lazy to come back. The first is because it was too boring, and the second is because Li Wei's progress was not obvious. There was no way. This is fighting, and he focused on accumulating strength, just like the brother said.
: "You can know the method by repeating 100 times for each movement, you can realize the technical connotation by repeating 1000 times, and you can achieve instinctive use by repeating 10000 times. There is no way to take advantage of fighting. All you have to do is train! Training! Training again!" But Li Wei is a person who is good at finding fun in boredom, such as whether there is any difference between this punch and kicking and the last time, because training makes Li Wei's attention easier to concentrate, which is a considerable improvement.
At the beginning, Li Wei's mother saw that Li Wei's tender fist was stained with blood because of hitting a sandbag. She couldn't stand the pain and asked Li Wei to give up. However, Li Wei told her mother that she fell in love with fighting, and that she should support me instead of persuading me to give up. She was stunned by Li Wei's mother's words. Although she finally gave up that idea, every day when Li Wei and her brother came home very late, her mother always looked at Li Wei's hand with a look that touched Li Wei's heart. Li Wei knew that it was love.
As the days passed, Li Wei saw his hands from the beginning to the tender skin and peeling again and again, scars and then peeling, and finally a thick layer of cocoons formed on the fist, and the joints became thicker. The muscle lines of Li Wei's body became more and more obvious, and they were full of strength inadvertently. After taking a shower every day, he had an extra process, which was to pose in front of the mirror, and then fantasize that one day he suddenly grew into a muscular man like Schwarzenegger, and was washed by his brother a lot.
Monotonous days will be very slow, but if you face boredom with an optimistic and fulfilling attitude, time will pass quickly. The brothers who are not addicted to training every day don’t even know that the Torch Festival has arrived. It is still under the reminder of their mother that their mother has always opposed the endless exercises of Li Wei and others. It is rare to have a chance to have a reason to let the brothers rest. The parents have taken great pains to say.
The Yi Torch Festival is usually held from the evening of the 24th to the 26th lunar month. It is a grand festival for the Yi people of Li Wei and Yi people. At that time, they will kill cattle, sheep, and sacrifice to ancestors. Some areas also sacrifice to the landlords, feast each other, eat tumblers, and wish for a bumper harvest. When night falls, people wave torches, gather around the villages and villages, cross mountains and fields, sprinkle rosin powder on each other's torches, and lit up the fireworks. The mountains and fields are shining like daytime. According to the customs of the Yi people of Li Wei, sprinkle rosin powder on the torches, so that the torches "bang" a ball of sparks and a fragrance is raised, which means a good wish: the younger generations are scattered to the older generation, and the older generation is honored.
Respect and wish for longevity; elders sing to younger generations is caressing and wish for good luck; peers sing to each other is close friendship; young men and women sing to each other is the beginning of love. During the festival, people play the grand Sanxuan and play the flute and dance the "left foot dance" (dii foot dance) around the bonfire, and hold activities such as wrestling and bullfighting; Chuxiong, Maitreya and other places also hold traditional "fire sacrifice" ceremonies. On festival nights, deep in the mountains where the Yi people live, there are "fire trees and silver flowers that never sleep in the sky", and the scene is very spectacular. Due to the differences in regional customs in various places, the torch festival has always been known as the Chinese Carnival.
Due to work reasons, my parents couldn't spare time to go back to their hometown to celebrate the festival with grandma. This task was handed over to Li Wei and others, because their hometown was nearly 3,000 meters above sea level. A few years ago, although the township government mobilized to dig a road, the road was rugged and tortuous, and it was also a dirt road, which was covered in hot weather and mud on rainy weather. The traffic was not convenient, and there was not a small road that everyone had been walking for many years.
My parents prepared a lot of gifts for grandma and filled them with two baskets. It happened that Li Wei and his brothers carried one. The next day, Li Wei and his brothers set off. Matou Mountain is more than 20 kilometers away from the county town. They had to take a bus to Dasonglin opposite Matou Mountain and get off, and then walk up the mountain.
The big pine forest is not only a treasure land in East Tibet, but it covers an area of 18,000 acres of forest on the mountain with an altitude of 2,600 meters. On Matou Mountain opposite it, the entire big pine forest looks like a thin dog lying on the side. On the skinny "ribs", the pine trees that can't be seen at a glance are all green as jade as eye-catching. It is also the Huashan pine mother forest base in Li Weimen County. There are many animals and plants, including Yunnan pine, Huashan pine, fir trees and various ferns, especially mushrooms that surround the mountains during the rainy season. The medicinal materials include Coptis chinensis, Ganoderma lucidum, cold medicine, etc. Wild animals include pangolins, owls, wild boars, arch pigs, muntjac and porcupines. According to my father, there were also donkeys (wolfs) and leopards in the forest 20 years ago, but they were later organized by the armed forces and armed forces to massacre all the local militias.
After turning from the national highway into the Great Pine Forest, although the road was a bit rugged and bumpy, the scenery along the way was beautiful and pleasant. The pine trees were green. A small river beside the road was winding on the wide river beach. There were huge rocks with two-story high buildings everywhere on the river beach. This was caused by the flood that collapsed from the Matoushan Reservoir in 1992. Even in the past many years, the destructive power of the huge disaster was still clearly visible. But as the saying goes, misfortune is the blessing and the misfortune is hidden. The flood also created a unique and unique scenery, which will be mentioned in the future.
There are two routes to Matou Mountain. One is to walk upstream from the huge river where the reservoir collapsed, walk downstream from the cliff path on the side of Yinpan Mountain, and then climb up directly from the steep path of Matou Mountain. Although the road is closer, the road along the way is steep and steep, especially there is a section. Although it is just a small path, there is a straight cliff several hundred meters away next to the road. It is abandoned under the strong opposition of my mother. Another route is to break directly from the foot of Matou Mountain, from the side of the road up the mountain, and walk up straight along the undulating mountains. The road is gentler than the first one. Although the road is a little far away, it is much faster than the tractors going up the mountain along the main road.
With a basket on his back, there were soft pine needles under his feet. The breath was filled with the unique fragrance of pine trees. The endless birds and cicadas were singing even more angry. Li Wei and Li Liang strode forward, thinking that grandma would definitely be waiting for Li Wei and the villagers at the entrance of the village. Their strength increased a little more. As they grew up slowly, grandparents and grandpa left them. They all knew a cruel fact, that is, grandma was old, and as juniors, they could do very little for her. Even when they returned to their hometown to see her, there was only the Torch Festival and the Yi Chinese New Year in a year, but grandma understood Li Wei and never blamed anything.
Remember when my grandmother was a child, she took care of Li Wei. Because of her naughtyness, Li Wei pricked her hand and shed a lot of blood. Grandma blamed herself for not being able to eat any delicious food. Grandma couldn't bear to eat it and kept it for Li Wei and the others. She was almost ten years old and wet the bed. Grandma had never scolded Li Wei. She changed the bed sheets for Li Wei again and again. There were too many. Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help but ask the brother in front: "Brother, is it okay to go back to help grandma work this time?"
Brother stopped and wiped his sweat and said, "I think so too. But now we have to speed up. Arrive early, don't let grandma wait in a hurry." Li Wei laughed and rushed to his brother in a few steps, "Then let's play, brother!"
"Oh, the little brat is so despicable! Don't run away!" The brother chased after Li Wei...
Although the mountains are high and the road is steep, it cannot stop them from meeting their grandmother earlier. The two of them felt the wind blowing under their feet, and they arrived near the Dalong Cave not far from the village. Although Li Wei and his brother insisted on exercising every day, their legs were quite sore and numb, and their mouths were extremely dry. At this moment, they heard the sound of gurgling water in front of them. Li Wei and his brother couldn't help but speed up their pace. It was a mountain spring, which had already existed since their ancestors moved here. That spring was four years old.
Even if there is a severe drought, the spring water has been clear and sweet. It is said by the older generation that there is a dragon in this spring, and the name of the Dalong Cave comes from this. The mountains are short of water. The spring water goes down the mountain and irrigates the terraces on the mountain. Over the years, it has been the ownership of this spring. The upper village and the lower village often have a dispute. At the worst, there were large-scale armed fights. When the road was built, the water was afraid of offending the dragon in the spring, and the water was Gangu and specially moved the road a few meters away. The importance of this spring can be seen.
At this time, Li Wei was thirsty. Even though there was a bit mud on the stone slab next to the spring water, there was so much mud on it. Li Wei rushed over and prepared to drink it with pain. At this moment, a strong hand suddenly grabbed Li Wei's shoulder. When he looked back, he saw that no one was his brother. Li Liang raised his eyebrows: "You, you forgot to drink this water last time, which made the stomach and stomach irritate for a few days. It's really healing and forgetting to hurt."
Li Wei scratched his head and giggled, "There's no way, I want to drink the water every time I get here, and I forgot it for a moment."
The brother shook his head and found an unknown small tree with leaves the size of a palm by the side of the road. He took a few leaves and washed them with clean water. After two strokes, he folded them into a spoon-shaped container and handed them to Li Wei, "Drink slowly."
Li Wei did not refuse, scooped a spoonful of water, took a sip, and felt that the mouth was extremely sweet and clear, and a coolness slid down his throat. The originally extremely hot internal organs were boosted by the cooling nourishment. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After he had already adapted to the cold air, Li Wei took a few sips randomly like a cow drinking water, and then gave the position to his equally thirsty brother. Just like his calm temperament, Li Liang was not as impatient as Li Wei. He took a few sips casually, and then called Li Wei to wash his face with the mountain spring. The mountain wind gusts felt that the whole body was refreshing and comfortable.
After a while, they set out again. The village was right in the big dragon cave and climbed over the small hill not far away. It was in the village. Is grandma also waiting for Li Wei and others? Thinking of Li Wei, she couldn't help but speed up her pace, and she was expecting and excited. The closer she was to the village, the more her heart was beating like bumpy footsteps on the dirt road. She really wanted to cross that hill in one step, but the more anxious the road, the further the road under her feet felt. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get to the end. Finally, she climbed up the mound, and a huge pear tree jumped in front of her eyes. When she looked closely, Li Wei almost cried.
An old man sat under the tree. His hair was gray under the wrapping veil. The passing years had carved deep marks on her face like a knife. At this moment, the old man was curled up under the shade of the tree and fell asleep. There was a smile on his lips. Li Wei and his brother gently put down their backpack and knelt down quietly. Yes, the old man was Li Wei's grandmother. Since the last time he was injured, Li Wei had not seen his grandmother for several months. His grandmother had lost a lot of weight and his wrinkles became deeper. Li Wei's tears finally couldn't help but slide down.
Li Liang carefully picked off the grass clips on his grandmother's body. They were unwilling to interrupt their grandmother's sleep. The elderly's sleep was originally shallow. As the saying goes, they couldn't sleep enough in the first thirty years, but they couldn't sleep in the next thirty years. I don't know how long my grandmother received a call from Li Wei and the others to come up yesterday. She had been waiting here today. Li Wei wiped her tears and took out a piece of clothing from the back basket and supported her with her hands on her head, thereby blocking the mottled sunshine from the shade of the tree. The brother took a fan and gently slapped her grandmother in the wind.
After about half an hour, grandma slowly woke up. When she saw the two brothers Li Wei were beside her, she couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise: "Bao, when did you arrive?" She blamed herself again, "Grandma is old, I don't even know if my treasure comes."
Chapter completed!