Chapter 80 Meadow Area
This should be the kind of family in the village who goes to the town to wholesale some goods and sell them to fellow villagers when they have nothing to do.
Zhao Yeqing decided to sleep in this house tonight.
Most of the rural people here are ethnic minorities, and their houses are mainly stilt houses. A few families made money and built high-rise buildings, and this family is one of them.
The house has four floors and many rooms. The two chose an empty bedroom that was usually unoccupied and laid out their sleeping bags.
There were only drinks but no water in the warehouse, so Zhao Yeqing used the water in his kettle to boil three packets of instant noodles.
There are quite a lot of instant noodles, about seven or eight boxes.
Zhao Yeqing was so full that he decided to take a box with him.
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The two stayed in the village for five days. When Zhao Yeqing was hungry, he ate potato chips and biscuits as snacks, and when he was thirsty, he drank beverages, as if he had returned to his previous life.
Mu Xi could only drink white porridge with pickles and dried vegetables found from the villagers' homes.
Until the dermis of the wound on Mu Xi's leg healed and he could throw away the crutches, the water in the kettle was also used up.
Early in the morning, the two filled their backpacks.
She didn't take rice, only a little flour. Zhao Yeqing also took the seeds stored in each household.
She picked some snacks that were light and easy to carry. Although they would not fill her up, they were high in calories and just a little bit would be enough to burn calories for the day.
Some seasonings were also replenished, as well as a full jar of lard.
I also found the thing that my home lacked the most - plastic film.
She filled herself up with food before leaving as she couldn't take anything else with her.
The instant noodles are light in weight, so Mu Xi tied them together with the box outside the backpack.
This box was opened by Zhao Yeqing, who stuffed a few packets of all flavors into the entire box.
Zhao Yeqing couldn't bear to take his eyes off the air conditioners in the villagers' homes.
There is air conditioning but no electricity, there is electricity but no air conditioning, is there anything more sad than this in summer...
The two packed up and planned to return the same way.
Zhao Yeqing encountered various snakes along the way and gradually became immune to them. On the way back, he wanted to take care of the wounded and suggested that he walk in front to lead the way.
Since the road was easy to travel on without having to clear new land, Mu Xi did not refuse.
He didn't notice it when he was going down the mountain, but when he was going up the mountain, Mu Xi, who was walking behind, had time to look around and found a stream. The amount of water was almost the same as the one that gushed out from the cliff before.
However, the upstream direction of the stream was not the south where they wanted to go back, but spread further west.
"Are you going?"
Zhao Yeqing was a little conflicted. They had already gained something from this trip, but the main purpose of this trip was actually to find water.
As she looked at the stream, a word came to her mind that she could not refuse - now she was here.
"go!"
West, meadow area.
The further west you go up the mountain, the wider the view becomes.
The altitude of the mountain on the west side is higher than that on the south side, at 1,800 meters, and it is also cooler than the south side.
The two followed the stream upstream and found that the water was gushing out from underground. The grass in this area grew particularly well.
“This shouldn’t be the source either.”
Mu Xi looked around and found that not only was the grass nearby tall, but the grass was still lush as he went west.
This means that the water only flows out from here, and the source should be further west, not necessarily on the ground.
Huhu and Xuebing were running happily on the vast grassland. As they ran, their speed slowed down and they finally stood still, watching the things spinning around under their feet.
Zhao Yeqing walked over to see what was going on, wondering if the two were catching snakes again.
She walked over and took a look, her eyes widened.
"Mu Xi! Look at this!"
Mu Xi walked closer and saw that the ground was covered with small round black particles.
He looked forward and saw scattered spots everywhere.
This is sheep dung.
Zhao Yeqing slapped her forehead, and then she remembered that her grandfather said before he died that the west was full of grasslands, and the herdsmen living there complained that after the tourism development, the tourists who came littered and drove the cattle and sheep everywhere.
In addition, with the subsequent urban development, support for the grassland areas became increasingly perfunctory, and the number of herdsmen in the mountains decreased.
"Mu Xi, let's go take a look!"
Lamb! Roasted whole lamb sprinkled with cumin!
The meadow area on the mountain is not as flat and endless as the grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibet region. There are many small hills, and only some flat land between the mountains. The herdsmen build their houses in these places.
The two had never been here before, so they followed the traces of sheep dung. After walking for an hour, they finally saw the house sitting on the meadow.
It was a very simple wooden house, built with logs. The wood had already turned dark brown and looked a bit old. There were only three or four rooms in total.
Maybe they were afraid that the strong wind on the mountain would blow away the roof, leaving rocks on top.
Zhao Yeqing thought that if the owner of the sheep agreed, she could exchange grain for mutton and she only needed to go down the mountain a few more times.
Mu Xi walked forward and pushed open the door, and there was no one inside.
Finally, the two found a skeleton outside the sheepfold where there were no sheep.
The two looked at each other and returned to the house.
"That shouldn't be the case." Zhao Yeqing was puzzled. "The traces of the sheep flock don't look like no one is taking care of it."
Could it be that the sheep don’t belong to this owner, but to someone else’s family nearby?
Mu Xi shook his head, he didn't know either.
The two knew very little about the mountains to the west, nor were they clear about the living habits of the sheep.
This house didn't look like anyone had lived in it recently. Zhao Yeqing found some special seeds in it. She didn't recognize them. They looked like wheat but not exactly the same.
Mu Xi took it and looked at it, guessing, "It might be barley."
"What about this?" Zhao Yeqing held up a bag.
Mu Xi shook his head. He really didn’t recognize this person.
There was no label on the brown bag, and besides seeds there were some strange plant roots.
Among a pile of seeds, the only ones that can be identified are wheat and rapeseed.
Mu Xi found a notebook on the owner's desk.
The owner of this house must have been quite old. His notebook was an old-fashioned one like his grandfather's, with a black rubber strap and grid.
It records the feeding, shearing, treatment and production of the sheep.
There are also some information about the management of seeds and nearby pastures.
I remember every stroke clearly.
There are also many books on breeding, prevention and control, and grassland management on the table.
Zhao Yeqing looked through the books carefully and compared them, recognized the seeds inside and confirmed what Mu Xi said, that it was indeed highland barley, and the rhizome was called large-leaf fast-growing Sophora japonica, which was also a kind of feed.
She has an idea.
"Mu Xi, do you think we can raise sheep?"
Mu Xi looked at her eyes, which were as bright as the ones he had seen when he saw the pheasant chick before.
Without answering, he read through all the information and got a general idea of how to raise sheep, how to prevent and control diseases, and how to grow forage grass.
I recalled the places near my home that were suitable for raising sheep, and planned a plan in my mind before I spoke.
"able."
Can't but can.
Zhao Yeqing narrowed his eyes and smiled, thinking, there is water and pasture here, and food at the foot of the mountain. Apart from the fact that the house is a bit shabby and unsafe, and the chance of encountering wild beasts is relatively high, there are almost no disadvantages.
"How about we stay here for a while?"
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