Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 142 The same kind of breath
"What do you mean?"

Now, both of them were dumbfounded.

It was agreed to go to the grassland to buy sheep, but what about the Yellow River?
"You mean, find a car after crossing the Yellow River, and hire someone to bring the sheep over?" After a pause, Wang Yanqiang asked again.

Wang Manyin looked at the two geography blinds, and explained speechlessly: "Uncle Yanqiang, why do you have to have something to do with the Yellow River. The Yiketuo Banner where Wu Enqi is located is located in the south of the Yellow River, and the Loess Plateau. The boundaries of the mountains and cities are closely connected. We can drive a walking tractor all the way to the place.”

"There are grasslands in the south of the Yellow River?" Liu Xiangyang was also very surprised.

In his mind, only after crossing the Yellow River can he reach the grassland.

"Have you read the "Geography Atlas" left by Shang Zhimin before? Yiketuo Banner belongs to the Hetao area. 'The Yellow River is full of harm, but only rich', have you heard this sentence? There are not only grasslands and deserts in that place, Moreover, crops can be planted, irrigated by abundant water from the Yellow River. The yield per mu of corn, wheat, and sorghum is higher than that of our Guanzi Village..."

In order for the two of them to have a clear understanding, Wang Manyin could only popularize science briefly.

What later generations can easily find on the Internet is extremely rare information for people in this era.

The city known for its "proud and elated" is actually close to the boundary of Yushan City.The Mu Us Desert, known as the "Shame of the Desert", is the natural dividing line between the two places.

Before that, Wang Manyin borrowed many books from Shang Zhimin, including a "Geography Atlas".It's a pity that I didn't have time to return it, and the other party had already left Guanzi Village.

When he decided to go to the grassland to buy sheep, Wang Manyin carefully studied the map of that area.

When he came out this time, he also deliberately brought the "Geographic Atlas" with him so that he could read it at any time.

After explaining, Wang Manyin took out the set of "Geographic Atlas" from his cloth bag.

"You bastard, if you don't tell me earlier with the map, you'll scare us." Wang Yanqiang said sarcastically.Feeling flustered by oneself, people have made preparations in advance.

However, it can also be seen from this point that Wang Manyin's work makes people feel more and more at ease.

Liu Xiangyang was even more depressed: "The map is always with you, let me see a hammer."

Then he looked at his watch again.

"It's almost twelve o'clock, let's just eat something and take a break, let the engine cool down for a while, and then continue on our way."

The two didn't object after hearing it, and jumped out of the car immediately.

They found a leeward place to sit down and gnawed on the dry-stove biscuits.After taking a few mouthfuls, he lifted the gourd and drank a gulp of cold water, and felt the dryness and heat in his body gradually disappear.

When passing by Mijia Town, Wang Manyin bought [-] or [-] dry oven sesame cakes from the black market, just to eat on the road.There is a lot of food in the space, but there is no way to take it out right now.

Taking advantage of the rest time, Liu Xiangyang also picked up the geographical atlas and studied it carefully.

After eating and drinking enough to fill up the fuel tank and water tank, the three of them continued on their way.

This time it was Wang Yanqiang who drove the car.

The further north we went, the wind and sand gradually increased.

The surrounding vegetation is also much sparser, and more of it is bare sandy land.On the mountain ridges along the way, sections of mottled rammed earth walls continue to come into view.On the top of the mountain, you can occasionally see the abandoned Gaotai Baozi.

"Brother Wang, is that the Great Wall?" After checking the map, Liu Xiangyang had a basic understanding of the geographical environment in this area.

Wang Manyin nodded: "That's right. Historically, the Loess Plateau area has always been a fortress to defend the northern nomads from going south. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, Yushan City was one of the 'Nine Border Towns'. Not only the Great Wall of Qin Dynasty was left here, but also the The Great Wall of the Sui Dynasty and the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. The further you go north, you can see more military forts. In the early years, people took the west entrance, one of the routes we are taking now, and Mijia Town is also an important transit point. After leaving the Great Wall, Even if we have really stepped into the grassland..."

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the owner of this land has been changing like a revolving lantern.In addition to the Han people, there are Xiongnu, Qianghu, Northern Wei, Xixia and so on.

The king's flag changes on the top of the city, and I will appear on the stage after you sing. The war has never subsided.

The further north you go, the more desolate the roadside scenery becomes, and the plants turn into shrubs such as Artemisia annua and Caragana.

Pieces of sand appeared, and farther away, high and low sand dunes could be vaguely seen.In some places, there is still a puddle of clear water, which is the legendary "Haizi".

Going forward, you can see sparse flocks of sheep.

Liu Xiangyang said with some disappointment, "'The sky is blue, the wild is vast, the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low', this scene does not match the description in the poem."

In a word, it is not like the grassland in my imagination at all.

"You said that more than 1000 years ago, this place was indeed a place with abundant water and grass..."

The three of them took turns driving the walking tractor. Apart from stopping in the middle to let the engine cool down, there was almost no rest along the way, and they didn't know how far they traveled.

Watching the sun go down, I decided to find a place to spend the night.

They didn't plan to drive at night, after all, this is a sparsely populated grassland, and it would be troublesome if they got lost.More importantly, I am afraid of encountering wolves at night.

Fortunately, they didn't walk for long before they saw cooking smoke rising in front of them.

They thought it was a village at first, but when they got there, they found out that it belonged to a grassland commune.

But this place is even more dilapidated than Shigejie Commune. There is only one street, with earth and tile houses sparsely built on both sides.There were almost no people on the street, and the three of Wang Manyin were extremely conspicuous.

"Where to stay at night? This place doesn't look like a big car shop." Liu Xiangyang asked.The food is easy to solve, the big deal is to mix the dry stove with cold water, the key is where to stay at night.You can't live in the wild, what if you encounter wild wolves after sleeping until midnight.

"The shop is on the lips...stop the car, let's ask that person,"

Wang Manyin pointed to a prairie man wearing a long robe beside him more than ten meters away.

Although the other party looked no different from the prairie people, Wang Manyin instinctively felt an indescribable intimacy at a distance of more than ten meters.So... It's very similar to the smell of the previous one, it's breezy.

When he got closer, Wang Manyin asked with a smile: "Hi, we are from the south, and I want to ask you something."

"Xiangdang, what are you doing?" The other party seemed very enthusiastic.

The pure and fluent Loess Plateau dialect almost stunned the three of them.

Wang Yanqiang was even more surprised: "Are you from Yushan?"

"The sufferers in the world are one family. I was a frontier businessman from Yushan when I was a teenager. I made a small fortune by going to Mongolia and married a prairie mother-in-law here. Later, I followed the flag. You can call me Li Zhawa."

When the other party spoke, his eyeballs rolled around, and it was not a good bird at first glance.

"We want to ask, is there a big car shop in this commune?"

"Yes, you want to stay in a hotel... You still need to eat, do you have any food stamps?" Li Zawa asked in a low voice.

Just listening to these words, Wang Manyin knew that his previous feeling was correct, he was indeed a bum who wasted on small business, no wonder he looked very kind.

He looked around and immediately lowered his voice and asked, "No, do you have any?"

"How much..."

After asking clearly, Li Zawa suddenly stretched out her wide sleeves.

Wang Manyin was taken aback for a moment, then came to his senses, and also put his hand into his sleeve.

This is a code word used by small traders in the black market in the Yushan area, which was born out of the price bargaining of livestock trading.

For example, the thumb represents one, the index finger plus the middle finger represents two, the thumb plus little finger represents six, and one finger crooked represents nine...

In addition, some hidden gestures are added inside, so as to determine whether the buyer is a stubbler or a colleague.If there is stubble, the seller will raise the price, or even give fake food stamps.In addition, it can also prevent unannounced investigations by market managers.

The predecessor often ran back and forth in the Yushan area, so he was naturally familiar with these things.However, I have been to the black market in Mijia Town the furthest since I traveled, and this is the first time I have used it.

After confirming that they were traveling together, Li Zawa relaxed a lot, and simply took out the food stamps for inspection.

After carefully checking the anti-counterfeiting marks, Wang Manyin signaled Wang Yanqiang to take the money.

After the Qing Dynasty, Li Zawa enthusiastically took the three of them to the big car shop.

They carry certificates with them, so it is not troublesome to stay in the hotel.

The big car shop here is no different from that in the original Xixian County. When you enter the door, you will find a large north-south kang with a row of reed mats on it.

If it is crowded, it can accommodate more than a dozen people.The backyard is spacious enough to park a cart and feed livestock.

The fee is not expensive, [-] cents a night.If you add bedding, you have to pay an extra [-] cents.The three of them didn't hesitate and asked for a bed each.

When the buddy came out with the quilt in his arms, the three of them were a little dumbfounded.The bedding has not been removed and washed for many years, and the surface of the quilt has been worn to a shiny color, and the smell is too strong.

But they have already brought them, and they are not embarrassed to return.

What's more, this is a grassland. Although it is twenty or thirty degrees during the day, the temperature is still relatively low at night.When you are away from home, you can only make do with it.

With food stamps, they didn't intend to treat themselves badly, so they directly asked for meat buns and rice porridge.

The food in this big car shop is very solid. The meat buns are as big as the mouth of a bowl. Except for a little green onion as a condiment, the rest are coin-sized pieces of mutton.

Wang Manyin is better, he often makes tooth sacrifices in the space, and he doesn't have much desire for meat.

Wang Yanqiang and Liu Xiangyang were completely starved to death. They grabbed the meat buns and stuffed them into their mouths. They ate a few before slowing down.

You can go from the beginning to the end of this grassland commune by taking a piss, and there is nothing to visit.After filling their stomachs, they sat on the kang and chatted with others.

After some nonsense, Liu Xiangyang and Wang Yanqiang went to bed first, while Wang Manyin kept watch with his eyes open.

Although the atmosphere is relatively good now, one has to be careful when going out.After all, the three of them carried more than 100 yuan, which is not a small amount.

Being used to living a comfortable life at home, Wang Manyin didn't sleep well all night, only feeling itchy all over, tossing and scratching back and forth.

Get up in the morning, as usual, is mutton steamed stuffed bun porridge.

After eating and drinking enough, the three left on a walking tractor.

They kept asking along the way, and at noon, they finally found the place where Wu Enqi lived.

"Wang Manyin, Liu Xiangyang, two distinguished friends, I am very happy to meet you." Wu Enqi was very pleasantly surprised when he saw the two of them, and immediately gave them a warm hug.

(End of this chapter)