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There were small snowflakes falling from the sky, and the little yak was anxiously pacing at the door, waiting for the guard to warm its milk.
For some reason, it got separated from the herd and was found by a patrolling conservation station officer. The ranger raised it little by little by collecting milk from everywhere.
The camera set up in the yard faithfully recorded the little yak treating itself as a companion of the protection station staff. After happily drinking milk, it followed the staff who were jogging in the morning to exercise together.
"They are like family." Xia Zhitang was afraid of affecting the reception, so he stood on tiptoe and whispered in Lin Jingming's ear.
Lin Jingming stared at the monitor and nodded silently, but his earlobes turned slightly red.
However, Xia Zhitang was so immersed in the cuteness of the little yak that he didn't notice Lin Jingming's slight abnormality at all.
The stationmaster looked at the snowflakes that kept falling like willow catkins and felt a little worried. Xia Zhitang pushed Lin Jingming.
Lin Jingming understood and picked up the spare camera and quietly pointed it at the stationmaster.
In the afternoon, the stationmaster asked the team members to drive out to collect milk for the yaks.
Lin Jingming quickly arranged for a cameraman to ride in the car with them, and he himself asked someone to drive after them.
The car drove for a long way before we saw a family of herdsmen setting up tents.
However, as winter was approaching, the herders refused to exchange yak milk. The stationmaster negotiated for a long time without success, and the sadness in his eyes became even more intense.
The milk stored in the protection station is almost gone, and there is still no food for the little yaks. The camera faithfully records their current predicament.
Xia Zhitang walked out feeling a little uncomfortable. After Lin Jingming finished directing the filming, he went out to look for someone.
I saw a man and a cow squatting outside the wall of the protection station. The depressed Xia Zhitang was stroking the fur of the calf that was sticking to her.
He shook his head and smiled, then walked over and squatted next to Xia Zhitang.
"Unhappy?" Lin Jingming looked at Xia Zhitang stroking the calf's thick black hair with her fingertips, and he really wanted to stroke Xia Zhitang's hair, but unfortunately she absolutely refused.
Xia Zhitang sighed: "Someone said not to interfere with them."
She imitated Lin Jingming's tone: "We want to shoot the most natural things."
"Be patient, we can help them, but for now, filming comes first." Lin Jingming whispered in Xia Zhitang's ear, "There are still a few bottles of pure milk in the car. If the milk at the protection station really runs out, we can take them out for emergency use."
Xia Zhitang was about to speak when Lin Jingming placed his finger in front of her lips: "Don't yell, wait and see how they solve it first."
Xia Zhitang froze, not daring to move. Lin Jingming's warm breath sprayed on her earlobe: "Don't smile at them. Those kids will be embarrassed if you smile."
He took advantage of Xia Zhitang's inability to react and bit her earlobe lightly, then quickly ran away.
Xia Zhitang picked up a ball of snow and threw it directly at Lin Jingming. The small white snowballs scattered all over Lin Jingming's dark blue jacket.
The calf seemed to have discovered something interesting and started to chase after it.
After running a few steps, he didn't see any snowballs coming towards him. He turned back in confusion, opened his big innocent eyes and tilted his head to look at Xia Zhitang who was blushing.
The next day, the camera recorded the stationmaster pouring the last drop of yak milk into the calf's food bowl, and the last bucket of milk had been emptied.
The little yak circled around the stationmaster without knowing anything, and couldn't wait to lick the last rations stored in the protection station.
The stationmaster made several phone calls and finally contacted a herder who was willing to foster the calf.
He happily asked the station attendant to drive the car over, touched the little yak reluctantly, and prepared to send it to its new home for foster care until spring and then pick it up again.
However, the calf was unwilling to leave. No matter how hard the stationmaster and station attendant tried, it refused to get on the bus.
The stationmaster coaxed it softly in its ear, telling it that it was not that he didn't want it, but that there was no milk now, so he sent it to another place to drink milk, and would pick it up immediately when the milk source arrived.
The calf shook his ears, as if he understood, but still refused to cooperate.
The men remained in a stalemate with Xiao Niu for a long time, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on their hot foreheads.
Xia Zhitang couldn't help but tug at Lin Jingming's clothes: "Did it get abandoned by its mother once, so it's even more afraid of being abandoned?"
"The cub's instinct is to choose the place it thinks is safest." Lin Jingming thought for a moment, "This is the love that transcends species between humans and cows."
"Xia Zhitang, help me keep an eye on it." Lin Jingming suddenly had an inspiration, "I need to change the script."
He took out a palm-sized notebook and pen from his pocket, sat on the thin snow and began to create.
Xia Zhitang quietly stepped forward to take over Lin Jingming's command position so that he could concentrate on his work.
When the webmaster decided to give up, Lin Jingming was still writing there.
Xia Zhitang directed the camera to film their backs as they returned with the calf. The calf finally followed them obediently. The stationmaster and his men were both angry and amused, tapping the calf's head and scolding it all the way.
Lin Jingming finally finished writing the last word. When he looked up, only Xia Zhitang was standing next to him with an umbrella.
"Let's go back." Xia Zhitang reached out and pulled Lin Jingming up.
Only at this moment did Lin Jingming feel the unbearable numbness coming from the red fingertips.
Seeing that he was feeling uncomfortable, Xia Zhitang blew on his fingers and said, "Why did you take off your gloves? You'll get frostbite soon."
"Give me some help?" Lin Jingming looked at Xia Zhitang innocently, "It hurts."
"Heh, you deserve it." Xia Zhitang sneered and mocked him.
However, seeing Lin Jingming's uncomfortable look, he couldn't bear it, so he took off his gloves, held his cold right hand and put it in his pocket.
"Go back to the protection station and soak your body in warm water." Xia Zhitang's tone was firm, but his hands were warm.
Lin Jingming restlessly intertwined his fingers with hers, saying confidently, "Increase the contact area."
"It's just this short distance. Get out of here immediately when you get to the protection station!" Xia Zhitang couldn't help but kick him in the calf.
"I see, I see." Lin Jingming immediately changed the subject, "I adjusted the structure of the film..."
The two of them walked towards the protection station while talking about the film. Xia Zhitang moved his small umbrella between them, and snowflakes fell on the umbrella.
Finally, the stationmaster decided to raise money to buy boxes of pure milk for the calf. Everyone took out a 20-yuan note, and he took out a few 10-yuan notes. The stationmaster even took out the 100-yuan note he had saved for cigarettes, and raised enough money for the calf to drink milk for the next few days.
Lin Jingming saw that it was almost done and patted Xia Zhitang on the back: "Go and deliver the milk."
"Go ahead." Xia Zhitang said in a low voice.
"Put it under your seat. I originally intended to keep it for you in an emergency." Lin Jingming said in her ear, turned around and left.
Xia Zhitang looked at the stationmaster's back, then looked at Lin Jingming who was leaving in the opposite direction, and finally decided to chase the stationmaster first.
When she came back with the milk, the station staff who stayed behind thanked Xia Zhitang over and over again.
The hungry calf watched them walk towards the kitchen, and seemed to realize that dinner was about to begin. He kept trying to rush to the stove to lift the lid of the pot and eat his meal.
For safety, the station staff pulled it by its corners and locked it outside.
Two cameras in the kitchen recorded the station staff cutting open milk cartons and pouring this precious resource from the grassland into the calf's enamel bowl.
Outside the door, the calf was circling anxiously, occasionally pushing against the door with its little horns.
"What do you think we'll do when we run out of milk?" Xia Zhitang looked at the confused calf and felt a little worried. "We can't just keep buying boxed milk like this. Their salaries aren't that high."
"Don't worry, just wait." Lin Jingming was quite calm. "If it really doesn't work out, we can provide some financial support. We can always raise funds on Weibo to support them."
He moved closer to Xia Zhitang. "But it's best to let them figure it out on their own. This conservation station was built not long ago and has already adopted its first yak calf. It's inevitable that they'll need to adopt other animals in the future. What we can do is provide a platform to increase exposure, but they are the people living on this land, and they have to learn to adapt."
"Lin Jingming, do you sometimes feel powerless? As the objects of record, we can't change anything." Xia Zhitang was rarely depressed.
"Recording itself is meaningful. We've allowed more people to see them," Lin Jingming consoled her earnestly. "Before we started filming, what was your impression of yaks? A Tibetan specialty? Or delicious yak jerky?"
"Shall we first get in touch with it and understand it, and then process and refine it so that more people can see it?" Xia Zhitang and Lin Jingming looked at each other.
"If I continue to shoot documentaries in the future, I will encounter more powerless situations." Lin Jingming gently brushed the fallen snow off Xia Zhitang's shoulders, "but seeing it itself is a kind of meaning for them."
"Will you continue to make documentaries?" Xia Zhitang suddenly asked.
"Yes," Lin Jingming sighed and turned to look at the gray sky. "So I have to work hard to make money. Without financial support, I have no choice."
Lin Jingming's profile was deeply imprinted in Xia Zhitang's pupils, and she suddenly realized that she could no longer remember what he looked like when they first met.
At this moment, Lin Jingming, standing in the falling snow and shining, quietly became an indelible mark in Xia Zhitang's heart with a brand new image.
After staying at the protection station for three days, they received intelligence that traces of a herd of wild yaks had been discovered, so they decided to move into the wild.
After some discussion and survey, they decided to take a short rest and then set out to photograph the last herd of yaks in the wild.
The vehicle carrying supplies arrived at the protection station. After receiving the supplies, the filming crew packed their luggage and prepared to set off as soon as there was daylight the next day.
In the evening, the stationmaster stood outside the lounge arranged for Xia Zhitang and others with some trepidation, wanting to go in but not daring to.
Although he heard from Doji that Miss Xia had an exceptional and indescribable boyfriend, the fact that she was brave and beautiful made his heart beat uncontrollably like a big star on TV.
They might never see each other again tomorrow. He wanted to be with her again very much, but he couldn't find a suitable reason, so he could only wander alone at the door.
"Stationmaster." Several young station staff members emerged from the room, holding bottles of wine. "What are you standing there for? Go have a drink with Director Lin and the others!"
"There are still people on duty!" The stationmaster glared at his young teammate holding a bottle of wine.
"Tsering and I don't want to drink. We're on duty tonight!" Bian Ba, the smartest one, winked at the stationmaster. "Okay, if we don't have a drink, they'll be leaving tomorrow."
When the security guard knocked on the door and came in, Lin Jingming was confirming the supply list with Xia Zhitang, Duoji and Qin Ye for the last time.
"Director Lin, would you like to drink?" Bian Ba raised the bottle in his hand.
"Okay, Doji, do we have some extra dried yaks? Let's use them as snacks and have a drink together tonight." Lin Jingming agreed readily.
About ten people crowded into the small office of the protection station. The group of people who had formed a bond with yaks gathered together in a lively atmosphere.
"I'll drink it for her." Lin Jingming took the wine glass in front of Xia Zhitang and drank it in one gulp.
Xia Zhitang tugged at the corner of his clothes.
Lin Jingming's face flushed slightly as he explained, "She's a woman who can beat up wolves. I can get drunk, but she has to stay sober."
The station staff looked at the stationmaster with some sympathy: It turns out that Miss Xia’s unspeakable boyfriend is Director Lin!
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