I miss that bowl of fragrant butter tea

I was sixteen years old, and with a youthful vigor, I came to Work at Shangri-La.

In the novel "The Vanishing Horizon", it is depicted as a paradise, a place where gods and immortals live, and the most beautiful paradise on earth.

The majestic Haba Snow Mountain, the mysterious Meili Snow Mountain, the vast small meadow meadow, the vast primeval forest, the pure and quiet lake, the beautiful alpine canyon, the milk river, the twists and turns. On winter days, a hanging milky white ice is scattered in all corners, a burst of snow flies, the whole land becomes a white, winding for hundreds of miles, without wearing sunglasses, you can't go out.

So, it was almost impossible to work in the winter at that time. Only cats were in their respective cabins, roasting a stove that did not go out all night, burning a pile of potatoes, hanging a large teapot with wire on the stove, washing their faces, and drinking water.

Of course, boiling water also has an important purpose, which is to beat butter tea. First, burn the tea leaves in an iron pot, pour boiling water, filter and put the tea and ghee together in a container made of wood, and stir repeatedly for about five minutes. This process is called butter tea by Tibetans. They like to put some salt in the tea, and we follow the local customs, and we all make salty tea.

Since the ghee at that time was supplied by ticket, half a catty per month, in order to ensure that a bowl of ghee could be drunk every day, ghee was very little, dull and dull, in order to understand the hunger, put a few more spoonfuls, and drink tea in the second half of the month.

Shangri-La means "bright moon in the heart" in Tibetans. You can hunt hares in winter, enjoy wildflowers in spring, look at the blue sky in summer, and look at rows of green tree racks in autumn.

None of this goes deep into the heart. The most unforgettable, the most memorable or the bowl of rich, fragrant butter tea, drink a sip, as if penetrating into the six lungs, full of bleaching incense.