"Strangers Met in Namtso" (7) Tibetan singing and dancing performance hall

They arrive at the performance venue. After buying the tickets, it was almost an hour before entering the venue, so the group ordered some small dishes to eat at a nearby shop.

When seated, she deliberately sat far away from him, and deliberately did not look at him.

She also rarely joined their conversation. Everyone was talking and laughing, eating side dishes and drinking beer. She seemed to relax and smile more.

When they saw that the show was about to start, they returned to the performance venue to prepare for admission. It was like a nightclub, with an exquisite stage with many tables and chairs lined up under the stage, where guests could order additional drinks and watch the performance while drinking.

The venue was already crowded when they were seated. He stood behind her intentionally or unintentionally, so he logically sat next to her.

She felt a little uneasy in her heart, then cheered herself on and told herself. He's just an ordinary traveler, it's good for everyone to talk and laugh together.

When ordering drinks, one of the travelers saw that everyone wanted to order fruit soda, so he said he wanted to invite everyone to drink red wine. Of course everyone would not object, so the traveler ordered a few sticks of red wine. When the wine came, everyone just tasted it, and the wine in the glass didn't seem to be reduced much. Instead, she seemed to be really thirsty, and drank a large glass in one breath. Seeing this, the waiter next to her immediately added wine for her. Everyone immediately booed again, praising her for her good drinking.

She smiled a little embarrassedly, then picked up the glass and drank slowly.

She looked at the stage, and the song and dance performances were very similar to the Chinese folk dances she watched when she was a child. She couldn't help thinking: Are these really Tibetan songs and dances?

She suddenly thought that during the day she went to the solemn monastery to watch the lamas debating scriptures, but at night she went to a place like a nightclub to drink and watch performances. This comparison is really interesting. Thinking of taking another sip of wine, she couldn't help but smile.

He was sitting next to her smoking a cigarette, and when he saw her smiling, he said to her, "You seem very happy today."

"Have it?"

The show had already started, the venue was very noisy, and the two of them had to be very close to hear each other's words. She could clearly smell the distinctive smell of alcohol and tobacco mixed with his cologne on him.

She felt a little dizzy. Is it the effect of alcohol?

"I've rarely seen you laugh so much in a place with so many people."

"yes?"

"I saw your smile the most when you were with me."

She smiled again and said nothing. She was thinking, this is a dangerous fire, keep away.

"You went to Sera Monastery early this morning?"

"Yeah, seeing the weather is good, I remembered that there was a debate today, so I called a car to go there."

"Why didn't you ask me to come with you?"

"I see you are still sleeping. And I don't know if you want to go to Sera Monastery."

"Didn't we say we were going together before?"

"We didn't agree... Besides, didn't you go there with other people today?"

"When I got up for breakfast this morning, I heard they said they were going to Sera Monastery together. I thought maybe you would go there, so I followed."

He said such ambiguous words to her again.

She drank her third glass of wine that night. She felt that her body was very light and her body became much more sensitive, and she could clearly feel the breath he exhaled when her ear buddy spoke.

"Don't talk to me like this again, I'll misunderstand."

"Misunderstanding what?"

"Misunderstanding that you like me."

At this time, the performance on the stage entered the climax, the audience cheered and clapped, and she also shouted at the stage.

She is drunk. she thinks.

After the show, everyone walked slowly back to the hostel together. She felt light and happy, as if all the annoying things were gone. She suddenly understood why some people became alcoholics. Because the taste of being drunk turns out to be really good.

He kept walking beside her, as if he was afraid that she would stray out of the street.

Finally, they returned to the hostel. Everyone went back to their room. She felt very tired, so she immediately went to wash up, changed out of alcohol-smelling clothes, and lay on the bed.

She didn't fall asleep instantly. She was still feeling the feeling of being surrounded by thick alcohol. Kind of weird.

At this time, he also finished grooming and returned to the room. Seeing that she was still asleep, he sat on the edge of her bed and talked with her for a few words before going to sleep.