Li Long has been dealing with the herdsmen of Harimu's tribe for two years, and they spend at least a quarter of the year in the mountains.
But this is the first time I have truly walked through this small tribe.
Li Long didn't know until later that there was another important reason why the old lady Sana gave him this rare piece of jade. It was because of his arrival that he took Talihar to a bear cave and unlocked his grandson's... Heart knot.
As an old lady in the family, Sana could tell that Talihar went out with Li Long with a gun and was obviously in a much better mood after returning.
To her, her grandson's health and happiness are much more important than that stone.
After finishing work and eating in the afternoon, Li Long held Jade in his arms, Yushanjiang helped him hold the little roe deer, and Halimu walked back with the extra shovel.
When he walked to Yushanjiang's house, Li Long took a bag and put the young roe deer in it, tied the openings, and punched several holes in the bag for ventilation.
The little guy couldn't resist, so he had to endure it.
Li Long took out the tools from the trunk and gave them to Yushanjiang, asking him to distribute them to everyone when he was free. Then he drove the jeep and headed out with Harimu.
Harimu led the way on horseback, and Li Long followed behind. The two of them could occasionally chat.
The trees in the mountains have turned green and grass has grown. Occasionally, you can see roe deer or wild goats passing by in the ravine.
When he arrived at Harimu's winter nest, he asked Li Long to come down and have a sip of milk tea.
Li Long then came down.
Harimu's mother took Nathan and Susken to the left-behind point to go to school. Right now, Harimu's wife is here. She did not go far away to graze sheep today. There is still hay beside the winter nest, and the sheep are in the nearby grassland. While eating, he didn't run far away.
Seeing Li Long and others coming, Harimu's wife went to make milk tea.
The two of them were standing and chatting outside Dongwozi. At this time, it is more comfortable outside than inside.
The surroundings here are more spacious, and the sun can still shine through, but because the shoes and socks are still wet, Li Long went to the trunk to get a pair of rubber shoes, took off the socks and put them on. I don’t have to change my socks, but I have to drive anyway, so I don’t mind it.
Harimu immediately thought of his experience of exchanging a lamb for a pair of rubber shoes.
That was before I met Li Long. Supplies are in short supply in the mountains, and they don’t go down to the mountains often. If people from outside come to the mountains to pick up antlers and dig herbs, the herdsmen in the mountains will go and exchange some supplies with them.
That era was gone forever after Li Long came.
After getting to know Li Long, there are still some people in the mountains who want to exchange a small amount of outside supplies for whole cattle and sheep. At this time, the herdsmen already know the value of outside supplies, and because of Li Long's existence, their supplies have been There is no shortage.
There is no such unequal exchange anymore.
He suddenly thought of something and asked Li Long:
"The black dog at Mulati's house has given birth to a litter of puppies. He can't raise so many puppies. Do you want one?"
"Yes, how old are you?" Li Long became interested immediately after hearing this.
Harimu and Yushanjiang both have dogs at home, but they are all big and old dogs. Li Long has never seen any dogs with puppies, so he didn't mention it.
Besides, it was not convenient for him to raise a dog before he got married. It's okay to raise it to my eldest brother's house, but before I buy a tractor or a car, I can't bring it to the mountains.
Now that there is a jeep, the big yard has a mistress, and Sister Yang and the others are also in the big yard, so Li Long has the idea of raising a dog.
Whether or not to let a dog help with hunting is one thing. The main thing is to keep a dog in a big yard. When I often go out, at least the woman in the yard has someone to embolden.
Those newly alive hedgehogs can't embolden a woman.
The herdsmen in the mountains raised authentic Kazakh shepherd dogs. Later generations gave it a very awesome name: Tianshan Mastiff. It is a large dog with very strong attack power and is much smarter than Tibetan Mastiff.
What Li Long remembered very clearly was that when he traveled to Yili in his previous life, he passed a herdsman's yurt on the grassland. Perhaps the sound of the car disturbed the cattle and sheep grazing nearby, and as a result, he angered two of them. Sheepdog.
The two dogs chased the car for four to five hundred meters, barking as they ran, their voices deep and fierce.
Obviously, the combat effectiveness is not generally strong.
I also heard that this thing can be used to duel with wolves, and even fight with snow leopards.
However, all the dogs Li Long has seen in this life are relatively docile. At least the dogs of the Harimu and Yushanjiang families are quite well-behaved when facing Li Long.
It seems that he has acquiesced that he is a friend of the host family, so he will not speak.
Therefore, as soon as Harimu said it, Li Long would definitely raise it.
"How many do you want? I'll tell him in advance and ask him to keep them for you. Or the sewer pipes will arrive at their house in two days. You can choose them yourself."
"Okay." Li Long was a little excited. He was thinking about getting a few more, one at his elder brother's place, one at Old Uncle Luo's place, and then... two in the big yard?
Let’s see then.
Anyway, I can afford it. To look after the home and the home, we still need our own dogs. Although the movie "Sai Hu" has been released during this period, and children all like this black-backed dog with erect ears, Li Long knows the power of local mastiffs.
The matter was settled like that.
The milk tea was cooked and the two of them drank a bowl each. Li Long stopped drinking more and drove back in the jeep.
When they arrived at the big yard, Gu Xiaoxia had already gotten off work and was walking slowly in the yard. Seeing Li Long come back, a smile appeared on his face.
"I brought back a little guy." Li Long smiled and opened the trunk, took off the bag, untied it and released the little roe deer.
The little roe deer was probably quite scared when it was sulking in the bag. As soon as it came out, it screamed and ran around. Gu Xiaoxia looked at this little guy and immediately fell in love with it.
"I'll get some medicine later and rub it on it to get rid of the parasites." Li Long said, "Let's raise it at home for a while."
"Okay, okay." Gu Xiaoxia still missed the days when the deer and roe deer had fun in the yard last year. Later it disappeared and I felt bad for several days.
Now that we have it again, how can we not be happy?
Girls prefer furry little things.
He took the jade out of the jeep again.
Gu Boyuan was not interested in the young roe deer, and thought it would be better to kill them if they were older. But when he saw Li Long holding this piece of jade, his eyes lit up:
"Good stuff."
"Yes, it was given by the herdsmen." Li Long placed the jade on the steps of the east wing and asked him to take a closer look.
"High-quality Mahe Jasper," Gu Boyuan looked at it carefully and touched it again. "And it only touches the stone skin, and the rest of the jade flesh is exposed, and there are no cracks. It is so rare."< br>
Gu Boyuan is also well-informed, and he has rarely seen jade like this.
Li Long smiled and showed the jade to Gu Xiaoxia. Gu Xiaoxia was just surprised and went to sit and play with the little roe deer.
She was sitting on a chair, holding some green vegetables that Li Long helped her pick from the vegetable field. The little roe deer was hungry, so it surrounded Gu Xiaoxia and shouted for food.
Not very afraid of people.
Li Long then put the jade away.
"You have to put this away, this stone is worth a lot of money." Gu Boyuan couldn't help but remind him, because he saw that Li Long was planning to put this stone in the side room.
That wing seems to be where Li Long keeps sundries?
Li Long smiled and said: "I know."
Still put it over there.
But the door was locked, which made Gu Boyuan feel more at ease.
This Li Long still needs to be reminded when there is no one else around. How can he be so careless?
Sister Yang shouted at the kitchen door that it was time to eat, and then she also saw the little roe deer, and then Han Fang who was doing homework in the house also saw it, and they all ran over to take a look.
"You guys eat, and I'll make some corn dough for it." Sister Yang thought about raising this thing like a little lamb. "It's so big, can it drink? Isn't it weaned yet?"
"Is it broken?" Gu Xiaoxia was unsure, "I just ate vegetable leaves..." Then she turned to look at Li Long.
"I don't know either." Li Long spread his hands, "When we found it, its mother asked the wolves to chase it away. We don't know how old it is."
"Then feed it first." Sister Yang waved her hand, "If you can eat vegetable leaves, you can drink glutinous rice."
Li Long and the others went to eat, and Sister Yang felt a little emotional. Now she could still feed the little guy with corn noodles. In the past, corn noodles were the staple food of the family.
When did this day get so good?
When the little roe deer saw that everyone was gone, it began to bark again.
Gu Xiaoxia was eating when she heard the cry and thought of it. Li Long quickly held her down:
"Don't worry about it. It will be fine as long as it gets used to it. If there is food later, it will stop barking."
After not barking in the grass for so long, you start acting like a baby when you get to the yard? Isn't it too fast to adapt to this? But you can’t get used to it!
But come to think of it, Buick still has a roe deer at home. It would be nice to get it back and have him as a companion.
There is also a nest of hedgehogs in the yard, but they are no match for the little roe deer and cannot keep them company.
After dinner, Gu Boyuan left and Li Long locked the door. After finishing her homework, Han Fang helped her mother clean up the kitchen and then went to play with the little roe deer.
At this time, children have relatively little homework and have a lot of time to play or help at home.
Li Long supported Gu Xiaoxia and slowly walked around the yard, just like a male lion accompanying a pregnant lioness to patrol his territory.
There was a little hedgehog sneaking around in the northeast corner and didn't know what he was doing. When he heard the noise, he immediately burrowed into the corner. He burrowed twice and then stopped and listened again.
Gu Xiaoxia stopped and looked at it with a smile.
All animals are fun to watch when they are young. This little hedgehog is actually not too small. It can be held in both hands, but it is naturally much smaller than its mother. It has two big ears standing there, which is quite fun to look at.
There are few adults in the yard and there are more small animals, which really adds to the popularity.
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Sister Yang actually wanted to raise some chickens, but Li Long refused. If raised in a cage, the meat is worse than bought outside. If it is not placed in a cage, the chicken will poop wherever it eats, and the yard will not be clean.
Just buy it and eat it. There are hedgehogs, roe deer, and two dogs later, and it will almost become a zoo.
Gu Xiaoxia left after twenty minutes. Li Long helped her into the bedroom and washed her feet.
At this time, Gu Xiaoxia's feet were already a little swollen, and soaking her feet would help. After the foot soak comes the massage.
She has been doing these things for a while. Gu Xiaoxia refused to let her go at first, but Li Long insisted, so she had no choice but to enjoy it happily and shyly.
"How can any man do this..." Gu Xiaoxia also said.
"Why do you care about others?" Li Long said while gently squeezing his swollen calf, "Do you want to take leave and stop going to work?"
"That's okay?" Gu Xiaoxia refused directly, "I'm not that squeamish!"
"This is not squeamish. You are pregnant with two children, not one." Li Long persuaded, "It's different."
"That's also squeamish." Gu Xiaoxia had her own persistence.
Okay, I can’t persuade you.
So Li Long decided that no matter how late every day, he would come back after working outside.
In fact, the herdsmen who dug the water pipes were also capable. Li Long was just worried that they would not be able to do it well. If the water pipes were blocked, it would be a big event to dig them again.
These young herdsmen themselves are the main force for grazing. Although they are willing to spend so many days digging water pipes, they cannot affect the grazing of cattle and sheep.
After all, in their tradition, herding is the main job. In Li Long's impression, the Uyghur people have been doing business for a long time, but this is not the case in Kazakhstan. The tradition is different.
After driving Gu Xiaoxia to work in a jeep the next day, Li Long continued to the mountains.
The fact that Gu Xiaoxia's husband sent her to work in a jeep has spread in the Education Bureau, and teachers in some schools know about it.
After what happened with Sister Wang, and Gu Xiaoxia herself was a pregnant woman, no one talked about it anymore.
When Li Long drove his jeep to Qingshui River, he unexpectedly met the militia company commander again.
Company Commander Meng Hai immediately stepped aside when he saw the jeep. Then he saw Li Long in the cab. After being stunned for a moment, he immediately smiled and waved.
Li Long stepped on the brakes and parked the car next to Meng Hai.
"Hey, Comrade Li!" Meng Hai smiled and greeted Li Long who got off the car, "Are you going into the mountains?"
"Yes." Li Long said, "What about you?"
"Clean the canal!" Meng Hai explained, "We are about to start farming. This winter, there is a lot of garbage in the canal, and some places have collapsed. We need to clean it."
He didn't know that Li Long was also from a rural background, so he explained it specifically.
Li Long naturally knew what the purpose of clearing the canals was. After all, people from the fourth team were also clearing the canals.
Cleaning canals, planting trees, and building roads were the most important public works in rural areas of Ma County in the 1980s.
Meng Hai enthusiastically invited Li Long to the village for some tea, but Li Long refused, saying that there was still life in the mountains.
He knew why Meng Hai was so enthusiastic. After all, the people in Qingshuihe Village made some money last year from the big broomstick.
At this time, the village cadres really thought about the villagers and were willing to pay some money out of their own pockets if they could help the villagers earn some money.
Of course, if you can earn some yourself, that would be even better.
Li Long himself also thought that if there was another big broom task this year, he would share some of it here.
To be honest, if this is the case, especially if the job is limited to just a few years. If there is a lot of work this year, he plans to share some of it here. Of course, if it is still the same as last year, then forget it.
After chatting with Meng Hai for a few words, Li Long continued to drive the jeep toward the mountains.
This time, Harimu was waiting for Li Long here in Dongwozi. When Li Long arrived, one of them rode a horse and the other drove to the Yushan River.
Then we went to Mulati's house together.
Just in time to get the dog back.
By the way, there's that little roe deer too.
The young men of the small tribe were already very skilled in how to dig ditches. They knew that the work of opening the water pipes required skills, so they left that section. By the time Li Long and the others arrived, half of the ditch had been dug.
The three of them went to clear out the water hole. They were very skilled at this job. What surprised Li Long was that he found sheep dung eggs in the water source.
Not all herdsmen have springs near their winter homes. Near the winter home of Mulati's family is just a stream flowing down from the cracks in the mountains.
Therefore, the water source of the water pipe is to intercept a relatively flat place in the middle of the stream, dig a puddle, and then lead the water pipe out.
There are sheep dung eggs here, indicating that wild goats or argali are active here.
But for the herdsmen, this is nothing. There are also animal footprints on the water you usually drink, so why should you be concerned about this?
Li Long just looked at it and said something, and then they went to dig a hole together.
Harimu asked Li Long to tie the gauze at the mouth of the pipe. One of him and Yu Shanjiang dug the puddle, and the other dug the stones from the puddle to the ditch.
It's all hard work.
Li Long tied the gauze very quickly, and after tying it up, he and Harimu smashed the stone ditch together.
In fact, this section is the easiest to freeze. As long as this is done well, the rest can basically guarantee that there will be no problems.
By the time this section was finished, the boys were already excitedly pushing down the water pipe.
After the water pipe was buried, Li Long asked Harimu to take him to see the litter of dogs.
The female dog is black, but the male dog cannot see it. The little puppy has opened its eyes. It is black and has black and white flowers. It is very cute.
"You take your pick." Harrison pointed to the litter of six dogs and said, "Mulati said they can keep one at home, and you can pick as many as you want."
"I want all five of them." Li Long laughed, "This dog is so beautiful!"
He was talking about bitches. Although the female dog still looked a little haggard, she was very big, bigger than the gray wolf Li Long had shot. The fur color is also bright, and it looks like it has been smeared with hair oil under the sunlight.
In order to protect her child, the black dog glared at the onlookers. Only after Mulati came over did she slowly relax her vigilance and lick the puppy from time to time.
The puppy is quite curious about people. It will run to the feet of several people on its fleshy short legs, smell them, or fight with the trouser legs, and bite them from time to time.
There are six puppies, three are pure black, two are black and white, and one is more white.
If there are five, Li Long plans to keep two in the yard, one for his eldest brother, one for old Uncle Luo, and one for Uncle Liang in Liangdong Building.
There are too many things in the yard, so it is better to have a dog to guard the yard.
Well, that's it. (End of chapter)