Everest

Geng Aiqing was woken up by them early in the morning of the next day. He opened his eyes and squinted silently for 2 minutes. He didn't help but get up when he heard the alarm clock on his mobile phone. He didn't have the habit of staying in bed before. But since he came here, he felt that he didn't sleep enough!

According to the plan, after their adaptive training is over, they can prepare for the official mountaineering, but they did not expect to catch up with the time when the lama here is going to prepare a blessing ceremony for the climbers. The big guys discussed it and thought it would be good to pray for blessings. Come here, and don't care about delaying another day, Geng Aiqing also breathed a sigh of relief, he was actually quite nervous, ever since he saw the body of the victim on the mountain, he has been in a very tense state, although he He didn't say it, but he knew in his heart that this was not a good thing.

There were a lot of early climbers. Geng Aiqing looked around and found that basically everyone in the camp was up. Originally, Pei Lei said last night that it was enough for the men to get up in the morning to help and let Yongke sleep more, but they arrived at the camp behind the camp. On the small hill, Yongke had already arrived, and was carrying stones with a smile while following a few members of the climbing team.

"Tell me, how can her skin be good like this?" Pei Lei couldn't help but joked, "Let her sleep for a while and don't do it."

"Sister Yong is not that kind of person..." Lin Sheng didn't forget to take pictures, "You let her sleep more, she might wake up at five o'clock!"

"Hahaha..." Pei Lei laughed.

Yong Ke saw them stand up and waved to them, Geng Aiqing ran over to help, Yong Ke was also unambiguous, and immediately assigned a task, saying that it was a task, but in fact it was moving stones, they had to pile some big stones to a certain height This kind of stone platform is called Manidui, which is an important place for today's blessing ceremony.

About this ceremony, Geng Aiqing also asked about it last night. It has a professional name, called the Sang Sang Ceremony. It is a very ancient blessing ceremony in Tibetan areas. It is said that in ancient times, warriors prayed for soldiers who left home to fight. It is used for safe return, but until now, it has gradually become a ceremony to pray for the climbers, and the implication is to hope for their safe return. Geng Aiqing thinks this analogy is good, although they are different from soldiers who fought, but thinking of the Dangerous, maybe they have something in common.

In addition to the help of their mountaineering team members, there are also some lamas who are preparing for the activities. They have been placing things on the top of the stone since they were in the Tamani pile. Geng Aiqing paid attention, but did not see what it was. Laughing at the side: "It's normal if you don't know, I guess you haven't seen it before."

"See what?"

Shen Biwen went on to say: "The ceremony of simmering mulberry is actually a kind of smoke sacrifice. Here, fragrant branches and leaves such as cypress, mugwort, and rhododendron are prepared and piled up, and whole grains are placed in the middle, and finally they are sprinkled with water and burned. Tradition here believes that the smoke from such a fire will rise to the gods who live in the sky, so as to pray to them for blessing."

Geng Aiqing glanced at the sky half understanding, and asked, "Is it useful?"

"What's useful and what's not!" Lin Sheng kicked him while he was not paying attention, "Sincerity leads to success!"

Geng Aiqing snorted in pain, and chased him to beat him, but Lin Sheng had already run away with the camera.

At [-] o'clock in the noon, the mulberry stewing ceremony officially started. In fact, these climbers don't have to do anything, just sit around the mani pile and listen to the lama recite the scriptures. The branches and leaves on the mani pile are already It started to burn, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, Geng Aiqing always felt that he could smell a little burning aroma.

Speaking of it, Geng Aiqing usually sneered at these things, but at this moment, when he watched the climbers around him clasping their hands and muttering to the lama devoutly, a sense of solemn ceremony took him away. Being tightly incorporated into it gave him an urge to pray for God's protection.

Geng Aiqing was so immersed in this atmosphere that he couldn't extricate himself, and he didn't even notice when the chanting stopped. When he came back to his senses, someone slapped a lump of barley noodles on his face!

"...Damn it!" Fortunately, Geng Aiqing reacted quickly, and closed his eyes in time, otherwise it would be fun if the eyes were really blurred...

Geng Aiqing turned her head gloomyly, gritted her teeth and said, "Lin Sheng..."

Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he saw Shen Biwen standing behind him smiling.

"..." Geng Aiqing got stuck, before he could speak, Lin Sheng, who was hiding by the side, seized the opportunity again, and rushed forward to get his face confused again.

Shen Biwen came up with a ninja smile, and handed him a handkerchief: "It's all clean rice noodles, don't worry, this is also a custom here, to throw whole grains that represent blessings into the air to pray for blessings..."

Geng Aiqing looked around, everyone had already become one!He glanced at Shen Biwen sadly, and Shen Biwen choked for a moment: "But now it can be regarded as giving each other blessings..."

"..." Geng Aiqing watched as Lin Sheng ran away and hid behind Uncle Pei, taking pictures and recording while secretly peeking at him.

Tolerable or unbearable.

"Do you want it?" Shen Biwen saw his expression and handed him the rice noodles in his hand.

"Thank you!" Geng Aiqing didn't think too much, grabbed a handful, and then roared and chased towards Lin Sheng. Lin Sheng didn't notice it yet, and it was too late when he noticed the danger coming, and even brought him along. Geng Aiqing's face was covered with barley flour in Geng Aiqing's hand.

Everyone was playing in full swing, and in the end, it didn't matter whether they were in the same team or not. They were all throwing highland barley noodles representing blessings to each other. Everyone was in a mess, but they all looked very happy.

Shen Biwen stood on the edge of the crowd, his face and body were clean, as if he hadn't participated in this event at all.

A lama next to him noticed him and stepped forward to poke him.

Shen Biwen didn't know what he was going to do, but he put his hands together and bowed to him politely.

The lama smiled at him, with a kind of kindness on his dark face, and then the lama took out a handful of rice noodles from his bag and sprinkled them on Shen Biwen.

"..." Shen Biwen was stunned.

The lama didn't say anything, he smiled and walked back to the lama's team, and sat down quietly.

"Shen Biwen? Hey!" Shen Biwen came back to his senses, and when he heard someone calling his name from behind, he turned his head subconsciously.

A large handful of white highland barley noodles was sprinkled directly on him, and he had no time to hide, and was sprayed in the face in a real sense.

"Hahahahahaha!!" Geng Aiqing couldn't help laughing, "He actually turned around hahahahahaha, are you stupid!"

"..." Shen Biwen looked at him, forgetting to wipe the white face.

Geng Aiqing saw that he didn't react at all. It was his first time to participate in this kind of activity, and he was a bit calm: "Hey, won't you spill it in your eyes? Hello??"

"It's okay..." Shen Biwen finally moved and said.

"That's good..." Geng Aiqing breathed a sigh of relief, "This white flour represents blessings, right? If I want it from you, you can give it to me, and you just tell me to ask me to go to a lama to get it..." Geng Aiqing Seeing his white clothes, I still want to laugh: "Haha, but we are even! I stole your blessing, but I will give you my blessing too!"

Shen Biwen nodded.

"Here, return the handkerchief to you." Seeing that he was struggling to wipe his face, Geng Aiqing shamelessly returned the handkerchief he wiped just now.

Shen Biwen took the handkerchief and wiped it on his face.

"You need to wipe it here first, I went to find Lin Sheng?"

"Well, you go." Shen Biwen whispered.

Seeing him wiping his face vigorously, Geng Aiqing felt a little sorry: "Aren't you a clean freak?"

"No." Shen Biwen waved his hand at him, "I'll just wipe it off, you go."

"Okay..." Geng Aiqing was a little worried, and walked away at every step.

After Geng Aiqing left, Shen Biwen turned around. On the other side of the hillside was another hillside, full of unsightly rubble, but he was fascinated by it.

Shen Biwen is a little confused about himself. Since he started preparing for this trip to Mount Everest a few years ago, he has never wavered in his goal. As a result, although in his view, there will be no result, at most it will become a temporary topic of conversation for strangers.

But what about Geng Aiqing?Shen Biwen thought a little confused.

If the blessings can really be forwarded, he is willing to forward all the blessings to him, not because he likes it. In fact, even Shen Biwen himself has not figured out what this specious feeling is. He just thinks, like A person like Geng Aiqing who carries the word vigorous in his life deserves more.

If blessings can really be forwarded, Shen Biwen carefully assumes, is Geng Aiqing really willing to share some of her blessings with him?

If he knew that this trip to Mount Everest was also Shen Biwen's death trip, would he regret the blessing he sent?