Chapter 289 Meeting

It was not known whether the young boss could herd cattle, but Aunt Li enthusiastically agreed.

When it was almost time for dinner, their children came back, a young man about eighteen years old and a girl about thirteen years old.

The two were a little reserved when facing Lin Zhen and Song Wei at first, but they became familiar and enthusiastic after just a few words.

The people here have darker skin and their cheeks are red from the plateau, but they look very healthy and honest.

When she smiles, she shows off her white and neat teeth.

After the meal, everyone became much closer.

Uncle Yu sent the two children outside to play with the little boss, and talked to Song Wei and the others about Feng Tingxuan.

"You came at the perfect time. In two days he will have to drive the cattle and sheep out to graze. It is really hard for him to look after hundreds of cattle and sheep by himself. The environment here is changeable and dangerous. Sometimes there are sandstorms and even prairie wolves. If he loses the cattle and sheep, he will suffer."

"Fortunately, your uncle is a careful person. He only lost a ewe the first time when he was not skilled. After that, he didn't have any food for two days and had to do heavy work. Later, he learned seriously from the herdsmen and managed to drive all the cattle and sheep back, but he was exhausted."

Song Wei frowned, his tone a little anxious: "When can we see him?"

"At night, I'll find an excuse to call someone over."

"Thank you, Uncle Yu."

Song Wei took out a bag of tea from the package and placed it in front of him.

"This is the tea we found in the mountains. We roasted it ourselves for you to try."

Tea leaves.

This thing is also a rare thing here.

The Northwest is mostly grassland and desert, which has no conditions for growing tea trees.

It might not be that difficult for them to get meat. Not to mention the cattle and sheep on the ranch, there are also many wild animals on the grassland. If they are lucky, they can catch some prey.

Therefore, people here have a great demand for plant vegetables.

Tea is such a precious commodity that its price has increased several times here, and ordinary people simply cannot afford it.

When Yu Wei heard that they found it in the mountains and that it was fried by their own family, he accepted it without hesitation.

"You will stay at my house tonight."

But their family didn't have any extra rooms, so Song Wei lived with their daughter, and Lin Zhen lived with their son.

Neither of them had any objection to this.

There was nothing to do in the afternoon, so Song Wei and Lin Zhen took the little boss and followed Uncle Yu out for a walk to help.

Most of the brigades here mainly run ranches, and some do plantations, but not as much as the Ping'an Brigade.

Working on the ranch is also very tiring. Livestock such as cattle and sheep are prone to illness, and sometimes once they get sick, the disease can spread to a large area.

It just so happens that at this time, veterinary doctors are scarce, and because people cannot take the college entrance examination, there is no systematic study direction for veterinary medicine.

Therefore, everyone treats every cow and sheep very seriously in terms of feeding and hygiene.

Preparing grass, grazing, and cleaning the cattle and sheep pens every day are all tiring jobs.

Even at certain seasons, all the livestock had to be moved to other pastures, driven far away.

The arrival of Song Wei and Lin Zhen attracted a lot of attention in the Nankang Brigade, and Yu Wei happily introduced them to them.

"This is my former comrade-in-arms, also my nephew, and that is my niece-in-law. They are all here to see me."

Everyone was working enthusiastically. Song Wei and Lin Zhen were also busy helping to weed the wheat fields.

"Old Yu, you are so lucky. These two young people are doing a great job."

Yu Wei laughed and said, "Yeah, I still have some strength."

Song Wei used the same spirit as when she was eating melons, and soon mingled with a group of local people.

It’s just that…communication is a little difficult.

The language spoken by the locals was really difficult for her. Sometimes it was Mandarin and sometimes it was the local language. She could barely understand part of the two languages ​​mixed together.

But the body language is quite rich.

Fortunately, Song Wei soon found an aunt who spoke Mandarin better, and secretly asked her about herding.

"What's so interesting about herding? It's too tiring."

Song Wei: "But I think the scenery here is very beautiful, with green grasslands and blue skies. I heard that the lakes here are also very beautiful, especially in this season, when many flowers bloom on the grasslands."

The aunt laughed heartily: "It's comfortable to listen to you cultured people talk. It's beautiful, but we're used to it so it's just like that."

"My partner and I would like to take a look at the grassland in the distance and take some photos. It shouldn't be dangerous if we follow the shepherd, right?"

"Take a photo?!" 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. I thought that the grassland is so beautiful. I took some photos and wrote an article. I don’t know if it will work."

She didn't do this to show off, but to find a reasonable excuse to leave with her uncle when the time came.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

There was no way to hide her and Lin Zhen's arrival, so it was better to be open about it instead of trying to hide it.

Sometimes the more you try to cover up something, the more likely it is to arouse suspicion. It would be terrible if investigation revealed that they were secretly in contact with their uncle.

Now that my uncle has a special identity, they must act carefully.

So it would be better to find an excuse and leave with my uncle openly when the time comes.

"You've even submitted newspapers to a newspaper office. You're awesome, little girl."

Song Wei said modestly: "It's just average, I'm lucky."

"Then you have to take good pictures. The scenery here is also great, not worse than the ocean. We have grasslands, mountains, cattle and sheep. If you are lucky, you can even see a herd of wild horses, Tibetan foxes and caracals. There are so many things to take pictures of."

Now the aunt no longer said that the scenery here was just like that because she had seen it so many times, and she was quite enthusiastic in introducing it to Song Wei.

"But there are prairie wolves on the grassland, so you really have to follow the herdsmen, and it will take a long time to come back once you go out."

"It's okay. I can endure 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 leaving with the uncle in broad daylight.

After work, he went back to Uncle Yu's house. It was dark. While Song Wei was waiting, Yu Wei walked in with a thin man.

When I saw that person, he instantly reunited with the uncle in my memory.

When Feng Tingxuan saw her, he was stunned for a moment and even doubted his own eyes.

He stood at the door and rubbed his eyes.

Song Wei looked at him and whispered, "Uncle, you...why are you so thin?"

The flesh on the man's cheeks was sunken, and compared to the elegant and confident person in my memory, he looked decadent and frighteningly thin.

Song Wei couldn't help but feel sad.

Feng Tingxuan's face showed a bit of disbelief, and he took a step forward.

"Weiwei, is that Xiaowei?"

His voice was trembling.

Song Wei nodded.

"Uncle, I'm Xiaowei."

Feng Tingxuan walked up to her with red eyes, put his hands on her shoulders and looked her up and down, tears falling quietly from the corners of his eyes. He restrained himself from being so excited, but his voice was choked with sobs.

"Growing up, it's good to not suffer."