The village where Sarin lives makes a living by farming. It is backed by mountains and is rich in resources.
They are not the traditional Mongolian herdsmen.
Sarin explained, “Herding is hard.
Far away from the city, it is extremely difficult to buy daily necessities. Planting cannot be done on the grassland, so it is very difficult to eat fresh vegetables.
The climate here is also a big problem. It is very cold in winter, and the wind on the grassland is colder than you can imagine.
Moreover, it is not enough to just keep the animals, we have to ensure their health. We have very few veterinarians here and there is a shortage of medicines.
Girls in pastoral areas are very willing to marry into the village so that they can have a stable life. "
Saren was very calm when he said this.
Song Shuqian and Tiantian could sense the sadness in their voices.
In such a remote and backward village, with only more than 20 households, Saren's mother was considered to have married into a wealthy family.
Saren's home is at the end of the village, in a small courtyard.
About 400 square meters.
There are four rooms in the house, built with a mixture of loess and grass.
The timing of their arrival was not very convenient, as everyone in the family had gone to work in the fields.
Saren explained, “It is the busy farming season now, and my family members go to the fields at dawn. At noon, my sister-in-law will come back to cook and bring it to the fields.
I won't be back until it's dark at night. "
Saren quickly boiled a pot of water and poured it for them, "Drink some water and take a rest first. I'll take you around the village. We can go to the back mountain near the village, but we can't go deep into the mountains because there are big creatures there and it's not safe." The guests should follow the host's wishes. Song Shuxi and Tiantian followed Saren's arrangements.
The two of them came here today just to check out the nearby villages as the autumn harvest is about to begin.
They also have to exchange some things with the villagers.
But it seems they came to the wrong place.
The villages here are relatively poor and it is difficult for them to be self-sufficient. I guess we don’t have any extra things to exchange with them.
As they walked around the village with Saren, they met almost no one, including children.
Saren explained, "Everyone went to the fields, and the children were brought along. The younger ones would lay out a mat and let them stay on it, while the older ones would start working.
The land in our village is rather scattered. The ones you saw when you came here just now are the closest to the village.
The crops we are planting now are a little far from the village. According to my walking speed, it takes about 50 minutes to walk there. "Song Shuxi and Tiantian immediately gave up the idea of going to the fields to take a look.
Too far.
Song Shuqian and Saren explained, "When Tiantian and I were living in the family compound, we would go to the village below every autumn to exchange some food and vegetables. You also know that the stomach of the men in the family is like a bottomless pit, and if we don't prepare more, it will not be enough.
Originally I thought it didn't matter who I replaced it with.
We have a good relationship, so why not come to your village and take a look, it will also help uncle and aunt to earn more money.
I didn't expect the situation here to be so difficult. "Saren smiled bitterly," The villagers are lucky enough to have enough to eat, there is no extra food to exchange.
You can ask the village chief and exchange it directly with the brigade.
There is no money in the village, and the brigade has been trying to find ways to make money. If the village wants to set up a place for barefoot doctors to treat patients, they have to prepare medicine in advance. "They walked halfway through the village before they saw anyone.
There were three children, with two young girls.
When the three children saw Saren, their eyes lit up and they called out "Sister Saren" and ran towards them happily.
Saren touched their heads one by one, "Big Head, Second Head, Little Tail, why are you back?"
The elder brother, Datou, looked at the two young girls next to him with disdain, "It's still these educated youths, they are incompetent at everything and are the number one trouble maker.
Bitten by a nettle.
There were such big nettles lying there peacefully, but they insisted on walking over them. I don’t know if they did it on purpose to avoid working. "
It can be heard that the young boy is very dissatisfied.
He muttered quietly, "It delays my time earning work points."
There were two female educated youth, one tall and thin, the other short and thin. The short and thin one held the tall and thin one tightly and kept winking at her.
Song Shuqian and the others pretended not to see it.
Saren introduced them to the three children, "These are my neighbors. You can call them Sister Song and Sister Tian."
The three children greeted them obediently.
Song Shuqian took out six candies from her pocket and said, "This is a gift from the sisters. It's nice to meet you."
The three children took it only after seeing Saren nod.
Xiaoweier grabbed a tomato from the vegetable bush next to him so quickly that they didn't have time to react.
Handed it to Song Shuqian, "Sister, this is a gift for meeting you."
This time it's Song Shuxi's turn to look after Saren. What should she do? I hope the child won't be beaten.
Saren rubbed Xiaowei's head with amusement and said, "You have quick hands."
Seeing that Song Shuxi had no intention of taking it, she said, "It's okay, just take it if I give it to you. They won't get beaten."
Song Shuqian was still worried, so she took out three more candies and put them in her hood, "If the adults at home beat you, just say that I exchanged three candies with you."
Ertou smiled and said, "Thank you, sister."
Song Shuqian could tell that this one was the smartest of the three children. He just kept observing them without saying anything.
The tall and thin female educated youth obviously couldn't wait any longer, "Is it going to end? Aren't you going to take us to find medicine?"
Only then did Song Shuqian and the others see that the entire arm of the female educated youth was covered with densely packed red rashes, which was quite horrifying.
There were deep scratches on it.
It must have been too itchy and he scratched it himself.
Song Shuqian swallowed back the words she was about to say. If it were her, she wouldn't be able to bear it.
After separating from the three children, Song Shuqian asked in confusion, "What is nettle? How does it bite people?"
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Saren explained, "It is a kind of plant. You remember when we entered the village just now, I asked you to walk on the right, but not close to the roadside.
The grass on the roadside is nettle.
If you touch a person's skin, it will become red and swollen. It will hurt at first, and then it will become itchy and extremely itchy.
The antidote is nearby.
It is the kind of grass that smells very bad, called wormwood.
Crush this stinking wormwood with a stone, apply it to the bitten area, and it will be healed in a short while.
The condition of the two female educated youth just now was not very serious. It would be fine if they didn't apply the stinking wormwood. The itching would go away after they stopped scratching for a while. "
Song Shuqian exclaimed that it was amazing that there was such grass.
"Yes, the grass here, if you don't know it, it's best not to touch it."
Tiantian asked, "How old are those three kids? Why aren't they going to school?"
Saren explained, “There is no school in our village. The nearest school is in Dayao Village, which takes three hours to walk to.
In our village, only the village chief and the accountant's grandson go to school. Six hours round trip every day.
The two children were just the right companions. "Song Shuqian was a little confused," Now the factory recruits people who have graduated from junior high school. If they don't go to school, they won't even be qualified to take exams in the future."
Saren smiled bitterly, "If I can't even have enough food, I won't think about the future.
Look at those mountains behind. There is coal in the mountains. The children go and pick up a little every day, so that the family can have a better time in winter.
You can also exchange some money. "
This was the first time that Song Shuqian experienced real poverty.
Compared to this place, people in Huludao are simply living in a honey pot.
Speaking of school, Sarendo said a few words, "Your children are grown up now. There is a school in our family compound, which is run by the military region itself, and the teacher is Sister Zhao.
All the children are in one class, and Teacher Zhao gives them lessons according to their situations. "Song Shuqian frowned quietly.
She was worried.
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