Chapter 72 The Jiang Handle on the Sheep
"Adaxi, Jiax!" Yushan Jiang heard the noise and rushed out of the winter nest. When he saw Harimu and Li Long, he was very surprised. Happy, came over to shake hands and hug the two people, "I'm so happy that you can come! Let's go for a walk and go to the winter nest."
"Brother Yushanjiang, this is what you asked me to bring " Li Long pointed to the supplies on the horse and said, " I also brought you a bag of rice and a bag of noodles. Put them down first and let me know what’s missing later.”
“Thank you so much!” Yushanjiang sighed, “How about you? Bring these things, we may have a hard time in the future, the snow is too thick!”
Yu Shanjiang’s daughter was giving grass to the sheep in the sheepfold, while his son was watching the dog to prevent it from rushing over! , his eyes looked at Li Long with curiosity.
When Li Long looked over, the child lowered his head shyly.
The three grown men unloaded their things from the horses and put them into the winter den, then sat on the wooden kang and drank milk tea.
Yu Shanjiang's wife quickly mixed the milk tea - there was still hot water in the teapot on the small stove. All she had to do was scoop the milk skin into the bowl and pour the tea into it. A simple version of milk tea would be just fine.
Li Long took a nice sip, and a warmth spread from his stomach to his whole body, dispelling the thick chill.
"Eat finger meat at my place today." Yushanjiang said, "Li Long, I know you will definitely come back. I am very good at judging people. You are a friend I can make!"
Yushanjiang's words were not subtle, and Li Long was very touched. He smiled and said:
"You are too, your sincerity moved me. By the way, let me see if it has rained in the mountains recently." Is it snowing? It’s sunny outside, but it’s overcast in the mountains.”
“Well, it’s not a good thing,” Yushanjiang’s voice became deeper when he heard what Li Long said, “We prepared the fodder for autumn. It may not even be enough for cattle and sheep to chase. Some of them may not survive the spring..."
"Yes, the snow this winter is too heavy." Harimu also took a sip of milk tea and continued, "Add the forage prepared before. Last winter, I could put it in the pasture, and it was enough for one winter. Now the snow is too thick, and the cattle and sheep in the pasture cannot plow through the snow, and cannot eat the grass under the snow. The stored fodder is not enough... ”
There is nothing Li Long can do. Although there are horse numbers in the production team, although there is a surplus of fodder in reserve, it is far from the amount needed by Yushanjiang and Harimu for their cattle and sheep.
Li Long vaguely remembered seeing a similar situation in a book in his previous life, but he forgot how to solve it.
Besides, with his current connections, he can’t solve it at all.
The three of them were silent, but soon Yushanjiang smiled and said:
“It’s nothing, just as Li Long is here, I will kill a sheep for you and take it back later. You guys are celebrating the New Year soon, so you can just have a meal."
Li Long was about to refuse, but Yu Shanjiang seemed to know what he wanted to say, and waved his hand:
"It belongs to a friend, so don't talk nonsense! Just take it if I ask you to take it! By the way, there has been some movement nearby in the past two days, so I even gave you something!"
He stood up as he said this Getting up, Li Long and Harimu hurriedly followed.
The three people came out of the winter nest. Yushanjiang took them to the west side of the winter nest and used a wooden fork to part the snow, revealing the things buried underneath.
“This is... a roe deer?” Harimu said in surprise, “We met one when we were hunting wild boars that day. The guy was so smart that he ran away in the blink of an eye.”
"I just came over to steal my fodder, and then asked me to kill it." Yushanjiang said proudly, "Li Long, you should eat this, right?"
"Eat, if you don't want to eat, I'll take it away." Li Long knew that he was welcome to be with these two friends, "This is a good thing where we are."
"Stay there for a while. Let's take him away. Come on, Harimu will help, slaughter the sheep, and eat finger meat for lunch!"
The words were very heroic, but Li Long could hear a hint of sadness in them. Not to mention now, even future generations of herders will not be able to eat finger meat every day. Milk tea and naan are the most common meals.
Making this meal of finger meat is not only to welcome yourself, but also to use up some of the sheep that are about to be eliminated and reduce stress.
How can we help them?
A piece of information flashed through Li Long's mind, and he wanted to know how he could accomplish this with his current methods?
Except for a handful of salt, Kazakh traditional hand-picked meat is cooked without any other seasonings. Cook it in a large pot, cut and prepare sprouts (lamb onions) - after the meat is cooked, The nest is full of fragrance all winter long.
The two children in Yushanjiang had obviously not eaten finger meat for a long time. Their eyes were full of anticipation. Two large plates of meat were placed on the Kang table. They did not do anything, but waited for Yushanjiang to take away a piece. The bones with large pieces of meat were specially selected and handed to Li Long.
“This is Jiangbangzi, you eat it.”
Li Long didn't care about this when he ate finger meat at Harimu's house last time. Tao Daqiang was also there at that time, and they were a little anxious about eating.
This time he was a little surprised. When he saw the child, he wanted to show some humility. Harimu touched him and said:
"This jiangbangzi is for the most distinguished guest. Do you want it?" Eat first, then others can eat.”
The most distinguished guest? Li Long was very surprised and looked at Yushanjiang. Yu Shanjiang raised his chin and signaled him to take the meat quickly.
Li Long had no choice but to take the meat with both hands. Yushanjiang smiled and picked another piece and handed it to Harimu. Then he cut a piece of the sheep's ear and gave it to his son. Then everyone started eating the meat.
Although Li Long knew that Kazakhs were particular about eating meat, he did not expect that he would treat himself as the most distinguished guest.
He felt even more that he should think about how to solve this matter for them.
The mutton is really delicious. It doesn’t have so much fat due to the feed in later generations. It tastes delicious. It feels so good to take a few bites of the meat and then add some skin sprouts.
After eating finger meat, Li Long and Halimu drank a bowl of oily brick tea and left the winter nest in Yushanjiang.
And immediately, there was a sheep and a roe deer. The sheep had been disemboweled and skinned, but the roe deer was still intact, with only one gunshot wound.
According to Li Long's idea, roe deer seeds can be taken, but sheep are not. But Yushanjiang didn't listen to him at all, and tied the sheep directly to his horse. Now, Li Long couldn't let him go.
That's it, Yushanjiang pointed at Dongwozi and said with a smile:
"I took a big advantage! Before putting these things you brought, there were not three or five sheep. How can it be exchanged? "
Li Long was ashamed.
Back at Harimu’s winter home, the sun had begun to set, and Li Long was about to leave. Without a word, Harimu picked out a skinned bird from the snowdrift behind his winter home. The sheep was opened, placed on Li Long's carriage, and said:
"Actually, I plan to wait until you leave, because I'm afraid you won't want it. Brother Yushanjiang just let me go, so you won't refuse my share. You are celebrating the New Year, and this is a gift from a friend!"< br>
Li Long really couldn’t refuse.
The original plan was to send some warmth to my friends in the mountains years ago, but now it’s better, it’s my friends in the mountains who have given me a New Year’s gift.
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(End of this chapter)