Two days later, Gu Yunyang arrived in the Inner Province.

He first used a letter of introduction to find a guesthouse to stay at.

If it weren't for the fear of being investigated by Zuo Qiulin and his group, I wouldn't have stayed in the guesthouse; I would have stayed directly in the base space.

This guesthouse isn't cheap.

Fortunately, he wasn't short of money.

The same routine was followed: first, we went to the supply and marketing cooperative and the department store.

The food here is different from other places; there's a noticeably more meat.

Indeed, this area used to be inhabited by nomadic peoples, and the current herders still live a life of following the grass for survival.

The herders raise a large number of cattle and sheep, so the meat supply is relatively abundant.

In addition, there are many dairy products.

Gu Yunyang must have made a huge purchase.

Transportation at that time was far worse than in later times, and many fresh dairy products could only be purchased locally.

It is very difficult to transport them to other places.

However, Gu Yunyang didn't buy many.

These things are cheaper and fresher when bought directly from the herders' homes.

We can just put them in the two bedrooms in the base space, which will keep them fresh. Wouldn't that be great?

He just habitually goes for a walk to stock up on supplies.

He didn't hire any locals as guides; he simply rode his bicycle and set off on his own.

At night, they would stay in the base space.

At this moment, Gu Yunyang regretted it: "I shouldn't have stayed at the guesthouse. Anyway, I was planning to buy some meat products from the herdsmen. Why did I book a room at the guesthouse? It costs several yuan a night."

However, it was getting late, so we ate cheese and milk skin, which we bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. They tasted pretty good.

Gu Yunyang was quite accepting of it.

The next morning, Gu Yunyang got up again and rode for half a day before finally finding a herdsman's tent.

This place is indeed quite sparsely populated.

Indeed, with so many cattle and sheep, how much pasture must they eat?

If everyone is crowded together, there won't be enough food.

Gu Yunyang explained his purpose and showed the money to the herdsman, indicating that he was not the first person to come here to buy things.

The herdsmen still received him very warmly.

At noon, the herdsmen treated him to a local specialty, milk tofu, which tasted excellent.

Gu Yunyang wasn't very good at Mongolian, but he could understand a few sentences.

Fortunately, this herdsman probably interacted with Han Chinese a lot and could speak Mandarin, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to communicate.

In Mongolian, "Huruda" means milk tofu. This is one of the most well-known culinary traditions in Inner Mongolia. Milk tofu is similar to fresh mozzarella. It takes 100 jin (50 catties) of fresh milk to make 7 jin (3.5 catties) of milk tofu.

Milk tofu has a very delicate texture, with a rich milky aroma and a sweet, smooth taste that is particularly satisfying.

Gu Yunyang learned how to make milk tofu from the herdsmen. He remembered watching a video where milk tofu could be soaked in milk tea, coated with batter, and slowly fried in a pan. It was coated with sweet syrup, resulting in a crispy exterior and a soft interior, with a rich cheese aroma. The resulting pulled milk tofu had a unique flavor.

When the topic of milk tea came up, the herdsman offered him a cup of hot milk tea. The taste was a bit unique, but it was quite good.

After finishing his meal, Gu Yunyang began to discuss things with the herdsmen.

Two pairs of each of the following: grassland yellow cattle, shorthorn cattle, black-haired cattle, and black-and-white cattle.

There were also yaks, and Gu Yunyang brought two pairs.

There's a big pair and a small pair.

If it weren't for the plaza in the base space, there really wouldn't be enough room to raise them.

In addition to cattle, Gu Yunyang also bought some sheep.

He bought several pairs of Mongolian sheep, Ujumqin sheep, Alashan white cashmere goats, and Ordos Albas goats.

Some of them eat mutton, while others produce wool.

Of course, sheep that produce wool can also be eaten for meat.

In addition, he also received some Cistanche deserticola, Zhalantun crabapple, Kailu red dried chili peppers, Zhalantun black fungus, and bought a pair of camels.

Speaking of which, camel meat is not bad, especially camel hump, which tastes extremely good.

The herdsman didn't have enough of the breeds here, so he went to another place to get some for Gu Yunyang.

When they returned, they brought back two pairs of introspective donkeys, which surprised Gu Yunyang.

In addition, he also got the cows sorted out; there were four in total: one male and three females.