Chapter 145: Sincerity is a must-kill skill: Li Long and his friends’ mutual surprise
Riding all the way to the mountainside, Li Long saw that on the road from the county seat to the mountain, the vegetation on both sides was already green. When you get to the mountainside, the colors become more brilliant. Large areas of Laowa garlic, which is a very famous national second-level protected plant in later generations, and XJ wild tulips are blooming on the slopes.
The reason why the locals call this thing Laowa garlic is because its rhizome is similar to a single head of garlic and tastes a little sweet, so in spring, children will dig it up and eat it.
This Lao Wa is actually Lao Wa, a crow, and the locals call it Lao Wa (wa).
Going further into the mountains, wild roses are also blooming, and some unknown wild flowers are blooming all over the mountains and plains.
The snow on the surrounding mountains has melted away, and there is quite a lot of water in the ravine. Occasionally, you can see black and gray swimming fish desperately running up under the splashing water.
There are basically two types of fish here, the Xiaogou fish, which is the alpine loach, and the Baitiao, which looks huge in the reservoir but is actually just a small fish. The locals call it noodle fish roe.
It seems that I can get some small nets to catch fish here when I have time - of course, when I stay in the mountains for a long time.
It was quite strenuous to pedal the car up the mountain. Li Long now missed the car in his previous life. With such a slope, it was easy to go up the mountain with just one step of the accelerator.
When he encounters a difficult section of road, he has to get down and push it, but he thinks that it will be easy to walk on the return trip. He doesn’t have to work hard all the way. He just holds the direction and brakes and slides down. alright.
When Harimu and the others went to their winter den, Li Long found that a high pile of wood had been piled beside the winter den, and the cattle and sheep pens were open. Harimu must have gone to graze.
Li Long parked his bicycle on the side of the road, locked it, took off the bag hanging on the handlebar, and walked into the ditch with it.
Now that the snow has melted, it is not convenient to walk in this ditch. Fortunately, the water is not very deep here, and Li Long jumped over in one jump.
The black dog over there started barking, and while barking, it rushed to the ditch, stopped two or three meters in front of Li Long, and shook its tail.
"It's okay, you still recognize me." Li Long smiled, waved to the dog, and walked towards the winter nest.
Hearing the dog barking, Harimu's wife came out of the winter den. After seeing Li Long, a smile appeared on her face, and then she shouted twice into the winter den, and then she saw Nathan running out of the winter den. , after seeing Li Long, he chuckled, then ran to the edge of the winter nest, untied the reins, quickly climbed onto a saddleless horse, raised the reins, and the horse bolted out.
Children of Kazakh herdsmen can already mount horses at the age of two or three - this is what Li Long saw with his own eyes. It’s tradition that I learned to ride a horse even before I could walk or run.
Li Long walked to Dongwozi and saw Harimu's mother walking down the mountain carrying a sack. He guessed that the old man must have gone to collect cow dung cakes.
Halimu's wife couldn't speak Chinese. She stretched out her hand to greet Li Long into the winter nest. Li Long waved his hand, and Halimu's wife went to make milk tea. Li Long helped Harimu's mother bring the sacks. As expected, it contained dried cow dung. According to the old man's instructions, Li Long placed the dung in pieces on the southeast wall of the winter nest.
Then he looked at the tall pile of wood curiously. What was Harry doing with all this wood?
Ten minutes later, Harimu and Nathan rode horses one after another and galloped to Dongwozi.
Halimu jumped off the horse, strode over, and said to Li Long with a smile on his face:
"Adasi, why did you come here - do you know? What did you do last time? The medicine I brought saved Nathan’s life! If it weren’t for your medicine, Nathan is in trouble..."
Li Long was a little surprised, but then smiled and said:
"It's nothing, I just want to help you. By the way. I brought you something good this time..."
He opened the sack and took out the radio inside.
"Radio?" Harimu looked surprised, "Is there such a thing... without wires?"
Halimu had obviously seen a radio before, which made Li Long a little confused. Curiosity and surprise.
"Yes, it has batteries installed. I heard there was a national station in it, so I brought one to you and Yushanjiang's family. I don't know if the signal can be received here."
"This... is too expensive!" Harimu waved his hands, "No, you shouldn't buy it..."
"Haha, this is nothing. The gun you gave me is more expensive than two radios." Li Long waved his hand, "Let's not talk about this. Come on, let's give it a try."
When Li Long took out the radio, Nathan came over curiously, and Harimu's wife was also looking at the door of Dongwozi.
Even the old man basking in the sun is looking at this side happily.
Li Long turned on the radio, and there was a "whistle" of electricity coming from it, which made Li Long a little disappointed.
Did you bring some trash?
He slowly turned the adjustment knob, and then a voice that surprised him appeared:
"This station is now broadcasting news..."
The voice of the Central People's Broadcasting Station!
“I can really hear it, so good!” Harimu’s face showed surprise, “We can hear the news, this is great!”
Whether it is the old lady, Nathan was still Harimu's wife, and when he heard this voice, he looked surprised.
Li Long was still dissatisfied. He shook his head and said, "It may be a bit low here. I'll look higher..."
He looked around, trying to find an open and high place.
“Go to the top of the winter nest.” Harimu also became more energetic this time, “That’s higher!”
With the help of Harimu, Li Long climbed up to the winter nest. On the top of the subway, Harimu and Nathan also climbed up.
Li Long began to turn the adjustment button on the radio, slowly turning it back. Then, amid the noisy sound of electricity, the voice of a female announcer came.
Minority languages!
Li Long smiled and turned to look at Harimu.
Halimu was a little surprised and frowned again. He walked over, took the radio from Li Long, and slowly adjusted it again.
This time, soon, Li Long heard the voice of an old man on the radio - also in a minority language. This time, Harimu laughed!
"Li Long, you are really our friend! This thing of yours is so good! So good!"
Li Long was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: the previous one was probably not Kazakh, this one was!
But no matter what, if you can receive it, it is the best!
"I will bring you some thin wire later. When it is not thundering or raining, you can tie it to this antenna and listen in the house." Li Long said with a smile. When they came down, Li Long saw surprise on the faces of Nathan, the old man, and Harimu's wife. Obviously, they were really satisfied with this gift!
The things sent can satisfy and make friends happy, and Li Long is also very happy.
"Let's go to Yushanjiang now. If he knows that this radio can hear the Kazakh station in this area, he will be very happy!" Harimu brought the horse and asked Li Long to ride it. He also rode the horse. The saddled horse galloped away with the reins raised.
Li Long thought it was good to be like this now. He followed Harimu and rushed towards Yushan River.
When he arrived at Yushanjiang's house, Li Long saw that Yushanjiang was pulling wood. The cattle and sheep pens were empty, and they must have been let out by the children.
He heard the sound, turned around and saw Harimu and Li Long, smiled and put down the tools at hand and walked over.
"Adasi, Jiax!"
"Okay, okay," Li Long smiled and hugged Yushanjiang, "I came here to bring you a radio this time. Let's tune it out."
The terrain of Yushanjiang's house is higher than Harry's The wooden house is high and open all around. Li Long didn't need to go to the roof. He only found the local Asak station after two adjustments.
Hearing the native language coming from the radio, Yushanjiang was first shocked, then surprised, and finally held Li Long’s hand in ecstasy:
“Is this for me? ? This is so precious! This... this is great! This is about the new policy for our herdsmen - Li Long, thank you so much -" br>Yu Shanjiang is already a little incoherent. After grazing in the mountains for a long time, the only people I can communicate with are a few nearby herdsmen. It is not easy to know the news from the outside world.
Now that we have radios, we can at least hear the district’s policies on herdsmen, as well as some ethnic programs, songs, novels, etc. For the herdsmen living in the mountains, their meaning is really not that of Li Long. The solution to boredom is so simple!
"Don't leave at noon. I want to slaughter the sheep. I want to call the nearby herdsmen to celebrate!" Yushanjiang was really excited. He held the radio and said loudly:
< br>"Don't leave at night, Li Long, you know? For us, this radio is better than gold We are going to have a party tonight, and I want everyone to know that I have a Han friend who treats us sincerely... and brought us food, medicine, salt, tea, and this precious radio. ——In the evening, you are here to attend our party..."
Li Long was also surprised. Harimu had seen the radio before, so he wasn't that excited. Yushanjiang's reaction surprised him a little.
Really, is it so important?
Li Long didn't understand.
"You are outside the mountain. You all know what is going on outside." Yushanjiang calmed down a little and explained, "For you, a very simple thing, for us It's difficult to say.
We actually want to know what it's like outside, but our tribe is not here. There are not many herdsmen in the mountains. Our tribe is further north, in Ili. , in Altay, there are only A few people.
We want to know the situation of our tribe, want to tell our children the history of our tribe, and want to know what the country’s policies are for us herdsmen - but we, I don't know.
Let's go down the mountain and ask. We don't know who to ask. Although it is said that the animal husbandry team has been established, we will do whatever others say, so we won't do anything. Understand.
Now that we have this radio, we can know how the country treats us, let our children know our history, and we can also listen to music in our free time..."
< br>At this time, music did play on the radio, which made Yushanjiang, including his wife and daughter in the winter nest, poke their heads out and listen curiously
“Look, what we hum is not as clear as this, nor is it so beautiful... I can proudly tell my son and daughter that this is the music of our nation, it is so beautiful... ..."
Li Long slowly understood.
How important information is for people who have been in isolation for a long time.
What's more, this information is not just news, it also contains history, music, and inheritance...
Li Long was also happy when he thought that what he had brought to Halimu and Yushanjiang was so valuable.
That’s great.
Li Long actually wanted to leave after delivering the radio, but Yushanjiang refused to let him go. He asked Harimu to keep Li Long while he rode out and soon came back with a sheep. , dismounted and took a knife to kill the sheep. Within half an hour, the sheep had been processed and put into the pot.
But Yushanjiang's wife and daughter were in the winter nest, listening to the radio while working, and Li Long could hear their quiet discussions and laughter.
"What are you doing with all this wood?" Li Long asked Harry Mu, pointing to the wood outside Jiangdong's Nest in Yushan.
“I didn’t want to say it originally.” Harimu explained to Li Long with a smile, “We think you are a true friend, so we thought we would leave before the snow melted. , I will build a wooden house for you nearby. It will be convenient for you to come here and bring your family. Now, the wood is almost ready, and the house will be built in the next two days..."
Li Long sounded a little shocked!
Build yourself a house in the mountains?
Isn’t this a bit exaggerated?
He waved his hands hurriedly:
"No, no, no, how can I make you so troublesome?"
"Li Long, treat us as friends, don't do this job." Harimu waved his hand, "You have been helping us since winter, and we all remember it!..."
"But you gave me more things, jade, sheep, guns..."
"We did give you some things, maybe in your opinion, those things are quite valuable. But, those things are of little use to us.
I told you that we used deer antlers to exchange for food, but what we got in exchange was just a little. Without you, those things would be useless in our hands. In our opinion, they are not even as good as a brick of tea, a bag of salt, A bag of flour helps.
It was you who replaced these things with what we needed. The medicine you brought cured my little Nathan’s disease. Look at the radio you brought, which made Yushanjiang feel We are no longer alone.
The food you brought makes it less troublesome for us to find someone to exchange it for - not everyone is as kind as you and would want to help us! "
"We are not friends, as we should be..." Li Long smiled, "And I think I get more from you..."
"I get this, no. Measured in money. "Halimu waved his hand, "Although we didn't learn much, we remember it in our hearts. My friend, you are so real!
So, if you are friends with us, don't refuse our gifts. Besides, what will you do if we change scenes after a while? It’s okay to live in our winter nest, but it’s better not to have a new one - then when we come back in winter, you can be our neighbor..."
Li Long, I have nothing to say.< br>
(End of this chapter)