Chapter 289 Meeting
I don’t know whether the little boss can graze, but Aunt Li enthusiastically agreed.
When it was almost time for dinner, their children also came back, a young man of about eighteen years old and a girl of about thirteen years old.
The two were a little cautious at first when they faced Lin Zhen and Song Wei, but they became familiar and enthusiastic without saying a few words.
The people here have darker skin, with plateau red on their cheeks, but they look healthy and simple.
When he smiles, he shows his straight white teeth.
After the meal, everyone got closer.
Uncle Yu sent the two children outside to play with the little eldest son, and talked to Song Wei and the others about Feng Tingxuan.
"You came at the right time. In two days, he will have to drive his cattle and sheep out to graze. It is really hard for him to look at hundreds of cattle and sheep by himself. The environment here is also changeable. It's very dangerous, and sometimes there are sandstorms, and even prairie wolves. He will suffer if he loses his cattle and sheep."
"Fortunately, your uncle is careful, and he didn't do it only the first time. When he was proficient, he lost a ewe. After he came back that time, he couldn't eat for two days and had to do heavy work. Later, he studied hard with the herders and drove all the cattle and sheep back, but he was very tired."
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Song Wei frowned and said with a bit of urgency: "When can we see him?"
"In the evening, I will find a reason to call him over tonight."
"Thank you, Yu. Uncle."
Song Wei dug out a bag of tea and placed it in front of him.
“This is the tea we found in the mountains. You can try it by roasting it yourself.”
Tea leaves.
This thing is also a rarity here.
The northwest is mostly grassland and Gobi, and there are no conditions for tea trees to grow.
It may not be that difficult for them to eat meat. Not to mention the cattle and sheep in the pasture, there are also many wild animals on the grassland. If they are lucky, they can catch some prey.
Therefore, people here still have a huge demand for plants and vegetables.
The price of tea, a precious thing, has increased several times here, making it impossible for ordinary people to afford it.
When Yu Wei heard that they said they found it on the mountain, or that his family had speculated it, he accepted it without mercy.
"You can stay at my house tonight."
But there was no extra room in their house, so Song Wei lived with their daughter, and Lin Zhenze lived with Their son lives together.
Neither of them had any objection to this.
There was nothing to do in the afternoon, so Song Wei, Lin Zhen and their little eldest brother followed Uncle Yu out for a walk to help.
Most of the brigades here mainly operate ranches, and they also do planting, but not as much as the Ping An Brigade.
Working in the pasture is also very tiring. Livestock such as cattle and sheep are easy to get sick, and sometimes a disease can spread to a large area.
But at this time, animal husbandry doctors are scarce, and even because they cannot take the college entrance examination, there is no systematic learning direction for animal husbandry doctors.
So, everyone treats every cow and sheep very seriously in terms of food and hygiene.
Preparing forage, grazing, and cleaning cattle and sheep pens every day are tiring tasks.
Even in certain seasons, all livestock have to be transferred to pastures and driven to long distances.
The arrival of Song Wei and Lin Zhen attracted the attention of many people in the Nankang Brigade, and Yu Wei happily introduced them to them.
“This is my former comrade-in-arms and my nephew, and that is my nephew’s wife. They are all here to see me.”
Everyone was working enthusiastically, Song Weihe Lin Zhen was not idle helping to clean up the weeds in the wheat field.
"Lao Yu, you are so lucky. These two young people are doing a good job."
Yu Wei chuckled: "Yes, I still have a lot of strength."
>Song Wei used her energy when eating melons and quickly got involved with a group of local people.
It’s just that... communication is a bit difficult. The language spoken by the locals was really difficult for her. Sometimes they spoke Mandarin and sometimes the local language. She could barely understand part of the two languages mixed together.
But the body language is quite rich.
Fortunately, Song Wei quickly found an aunt who spoke Mandarin better, and secretly asked her about herding.
"What's so good about grazing? It's too tiring."
Song Wei: "But I think the scenery here is very good, the green grassland and the blue sky. I heard that this The lakes beside are very beautiful, especially in this season, there are many flowers blooming on the grassland."
The aunt laughed heartily: "It's comfortable to hear you educated people talk, and it's beautiful, but it's beautiful. We’re used to it and that’s it.”
"My partner and I would like to take advantage of this time to see the distant grasslands and take some photos. If we follow the shepherds, there shouldn't be any danger, right?"
"Taking photos?!" The aunt looked surprised.
Song Wei nodded: "Yes, I have been to the beach before, and I took a lot of interesting photos and wrote an article. It was included in an article, and I thought that the grassland is also so beautiful. I don’t know if I can take some photos and write an article.”
She didn’t do it to show off, but to find a reasonable excuse to leave with her uncle.
The arrival of her and Lin Zhen must not be hidden. It is better to be open and generous than to be secretive.
Sometimes the more they cover up, the easier it is to arouse suspicion. It would be bad if they found out they were secretly in contact with their uncle.
Now that the uncle has a special status, they must be careful.
So why not find an excuse and leave with your uncle openly then.
"You also submitted newspapers to the newspaper. You are awesome, little girl."
Song Wei said modestly: "It's just average. Good luck."
"Then you have to take photos carefully. The scenery here is also very good. It is no worse than the ocean. Our grasslands, mountains, cattle and sheep. If you are lucky, you can also encounter herds of wild horses, Tibetan foxes and There are many people who can take pictures of rabbits and other things.”
Now this aunt didn’t say that she had seen too much scenery here, and she was quite enthusiastic when introducing it to Song Wei.
“But there are also prairie wolves on the grassland, so you really have to follow the herdsmen, and it takes a long time to come back once you go out.”
“It’s okay, I can bear the hardship.”
The goal has been achieved. As long as the aunt spreads the matter later, she will not be suspicious when she sees them standing with their uncle and leaving openly.
After work, I went back to Uncle Yu's house. It was getting dark. While Song Wei was waiting, Yu Wei walked in with a thin man.
When I saw that person, I instantly overlapped with the uncle in my memory.
Feng Tingxuan was stunned for a moment when he saw her, and even doubted his own eyes.
He stood at the door and rubbed his eyes.
Song Wei looked at him and shouted softly: "Uncle, you...why are you so thin."
The flesh on the visitor's cheeks was sunken. Compared with the elegant and confident person in his memory, he looked decadent and frighteningly thin.
Song Wei couldn't help but feel sad.
Feng Tingxuan had an expression of disbelief on his face, and he took a step forward.
“Wei Wei, is it Xiao Wei?”
His voice trembled.
Song Wei nodded.
"Uncle, I am Xiaowei."
Feng Tingxuan walked up to her with red eyes, put his hands on her shoulders and looked up and down, tears quietly fell from the corners of his eyes, he restrained himself Trying not to let himself get so excited, his voice was choked with sobs.
“When you grow up, it’s better if you don’t suffer.”