The material of Dust Settled is very national, which is related to the fact that the writer Alai is Tibetan and his life experience. Nevertheless, the power, hero and love involved in the novel are deeply rooted in people's hearts.
A famous toast, Maiqi, gave birth to a fool son with a Chinese wife after drinking, a son who was firmly regarded as a fool since childhood. But in many things, this fool is smarter than many smart people. This makes us wonder, is this fool really stupid or playing dumb? Or is he just as wise as a fool? Or are those smart things he did accidental?
In The Dust Settles, it seems that we can travel back to the era of the toast system. Every toast is like a local tyrant, who holds life and death, money, slaves and power in their respective territories. Toastmasters have a fortress-like official village, where there are slaves, lamas, treasures of gold and silver, executioners and execution platforms ...
Toastmasters' stupid son is out of tune with real life, but he has a premonition and behavior beyond the times and often doesn't play by common sense.
Mikey's toast became stronger than ever because he planted poppies, and then the rest of the toast followed his example, but the fool suddenly suggested planting wheat. As a result, opium supply exceeded demand, and no one cared. There was a famine in the territory of toast who planted opium poppy, but toast Maiqi survived the disaster. Later, a large number of victims rushed to take refuge in the fool, who finally opened a trade market on the border and established a new town.
a fool often doesn't love or hate, so he usually only sees the basic facts. In this way, the vulnerable mind is in a relatively safe position. Because he is a fool, he has always been sincerely cared for by his brother, because in the future, Miki toast will be passed on to his clever brother. But later, the fool didn't seem to be stupid, so he fell into a power struggle with his brother. However, it is such a fool who seems to have no desire, but in the end, after his brother was killed by an enemy, he became the heir of the toast.
You call him a fool. His behavior is really stupid many times. But you say that a fool is blessed with stupidity. He made many other toast people submit to him and got Tana, who thinks she is the most beautiful woman in the world, as his wife.
The love between a fool and Tana is tragic. In the time of famine, the female toast of Ronggong used her daughter as bait in order to get food for fools. A fool fell in love with her at first sight, but how could a beautiful woman like Tana be willing to marry a fool? It is a necessity. Tana betrayed the fool several times, but in the end they were still together.
A fool is lucky. Many people are with him when he grows up. Sanji Zhuo Ma, his first maid, taught him about men and women and made him understand the taste of first love. The executioner Er Yi and the slave Suo Lang Ze Lang are loyal to him and have always been his right-hand man. The clerk Weng Boyisi, who is enthusiastic about preaching, taught him many things, inspired him and taught him; The lame housekeeper, who helps him manage various business affairs, is his right-hand man; Of course, there is also his mother, who is heartbroken for this stupid son.
A fool is a witness of an era and the end of an era. In the place where black-headed Tibetans live, the toast system has a long history, and no one would think that this system would collapse, but the fool is like a prophet, indicating that he will be the last toast.
With the defeat of "White Han Chinese" and the victory of "Red Han Chinese", the huge official village of Maiqi Tusi, as well as other Tusi, fell apart in the rumble of guns. The fool was also plunged into the belly by the dagger of the enemy. "The blood dripping on the floor is a big one. When I get cold in bed, the blood slowly turns into the color of night on the floor."
After the dust settles, an old era has come to an end, and a new era is coming ...