Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

This should be the kind of people in the village who would go to the town to wholesale some goods and sell them to people in the same village.

Zhao Yeqing decided to sleep at home tonight.

Most of the rural people here are ethnic minorities, and the houses are mainly stilted buildings. Several families built buildings after making money, and this family is one of them.

The house has four floors and a lot of rooms. The two of them chose an empty bedroom that was usually unoccupied and laid out sleeping bags.

There were only drinks but no water in the warehouse, so Zhao Yeqing used the water in his own kettle to boil three packs of instant noodles.

There are a lot of instant noodles, there are seven or eight boxes in each box.

Zhao Yeqing felt so full that he decided to take a suitcase with him.

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The two stayed in the village for five days. Zhao Yeqing ate potato chips and biscuits when he was hungry, and drank drinks when he was thirsty. It was as if he had returned to his previous life.

Mu Xi could only eat white porridge, with pickles and dried vegetables found in the villagers' homes.

Until the dermal layer of the wound on Mu Xi's leg healed, the crutches could be thrown away, and the water in the kettle was exhausted.

Early in the morning, the two filled their backpacks.

She didn't bring rice, but only a little flour. Zhao Yeqing also brought the seeds saved by each family.

She picked some snacks that were light and easy to carry. Although they were not filling, they were high in calories. Eating just a little was enough to consume calories for the day.

Some seasonings were also added, and there was a full jar of lard.

I also found the most lacking thing at home - plastic film.

There was nothing left that she couldn't take away, so she showed herself off before leaving.

The instant noodles were light in weight and were tied to the box by Mu Xi outside his backpack.

This box was opened by Zhao Yeqing, who stuffed a few packets of each flavor into the box.

Zhao Yeqing couldn't bear to look away when he looked at the air conditioners in the villagers' homes.

There is air conditioning but no electricity, there is electricity but no air conditioning, what could be 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 injured and suggested that he should go ahead and clear the way.

It was still easy to walk without having to open up wasteland, so Mu Xi did not refuse.

He didn't notice it when he went down the mountain. When he went up the mountain, Mu Xi, who was walking behind, had time to look around and found a stream with almost the same amount of water as the one that came out of the cliff before.

It's just that the upstream direction of the stream is not to the south where they want to go back, but to the west.

"going or not?"

Zhao Yeqing was a little confused. They had already gained something from this trip, but the main purpose of this trip was actually to find water.

She looked at the stream, and something came to her mind that she couldn't refuse - it's coming.

"go with!"

To the west, the meadow area.

The further you go towards the mountains to the west, the wider your view becomes.

The altitude of the west mountain is higher than that of the south, at 1800 meters, and it is also cooler than the south.

The two of them walked up the stream and found that the water came from under the ground. The grass in this area grew particularly well.

"This shouldn't be the source."

Mu Xi looked around for a week and found that not only was the grass growing taller here, but the grass was still lush as he continued to the west.

This shows that the water only flows from here, and the source should be further west, not necessarily on the ground.

Sticky and Xuebing ran happily on the vast grassland. As they ran, their speed slowed down, and they gradually stood still, watching their feet turn around.

Zhao Yeqing walked over to see what was going on, but the other two were catching snakes for fun.

She walked over and took a look, her eyes widening.

"Mu Xi! Look at this!"

Mu Xi took a closer look and saw that the ground was covered with small round black particles.

He raised his eyes and looked forward. There were scattered everywhere.

This is sheep dung.

Zhao Yeqing slapped her forehead, and then she remembered that her grandfather had said before his death that the west was full of meadows, and the herdsmen living there complained, saying that after tourism development, the tourists littered and drove cattle and sheep everywhere. .

Coupled with the subsequent urban development, support for the meadow areas has become increasingly perfunctory, and there are fewer and fewer herders on the mountains.

"Mu Xi, let's go take a look!"

Sheep! Roasted whole lamb sprinkled with cumin!

The meadow areas on the mountains are not as endlessly flat as the grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibet region. There are many small hills, and there are only some flat areas between the mountains. The herdsmen built their houses on these places.

The two of them had never been there before, so they followed the traces of sheep dung. After walking for an hour, they finally saw the house sitting on the meadow.

It is a very simple wooden house, built with logs. The wood is already dark brown and looks a bit old. There are only three or four rooms in total.

Maybe it was because the wind on the mountain was so strong that it would blow off the roof and put rocks on top.

Zhao Yeqing thought that if the owner of the sheep agreed, she would exchange grain for the mutton, and she would only need to run down the mountain a few more times.

Mu Xi stepped forward and opened the door, but there was no one inside.

In the end, the two found a white skeleton outside the sheepfold without sheep.

The two looked at each other and returned to the house.

"It shouldn't be." Zhao Yeqing was confused, "The traces of the sheep don't look like they were managed by anyone."

Could it be that the sheep is not owned by this owner, but there are other people nearby?

Mu Xi shook his head, he didn't know.

The two of them knew little about the mountains to the west, and they didn't know much about the living habits of the sheep.

This house didn't look like someone had been living in it recently. Zhao Yeqing found some special seeds in it. She didn't recognize them. They were like wheat but not exactly the same.

Mu Xi took it and looked at it, guessing, "Maybe it's highland barley."

"What about this?" Zhao Yeqing held up a bag.

Mu Xi shook his head, he really didn't recognize this one.

There was no label on the brown bag, and besides the seeds there were some strange plant roots.

Among the pile of seeds, the only ones that could be definitely identified were wheat and rapeseed.

Mu Xi found a notebook from the owner's desk.

The owner of the house must have been quite old when he was alive. His notes were in an old-fashioned notebook like his grandfather's, with black rubber straps and grids.

It records the feeding, shearing, treatment and production of the sheep.

There are also some seeds and the management of nearby pastures.

Remember each stroke clearly.

There are also many books on breeding, prevention and meadow management on the table.

Zhao Yeqing carefully read through the comparison and recognized the seeds inside, confirming Mu Xi's statement that they were indeed highland barley, and that the stem was called Sophora japonica, which was also a type of feed.

She has an idea.

"Mu Xi, do you think we can raise sheep?"

Mu Xi looked at her eyes that were as bright as when he saw the pheasant cub before,

Without answering, he flipped through all the information and got a rough idea of ​​how to raise sheep, how to prevent and treat diseases, and how to grow pasture.

I recalled the places near my home that were suitable for raising sheep, and I made a plan in my mind before speaking.

"can."

Even if you can't, you can.

Zhao Yeqing smiled and narrowed his eyes, thinking, there are water sources, pastures, and food at the foot of the mountain. Apart from the dilapidated house and the high chance of encountering wild beasts, there are almost no shortcomings.

"How about we stay here for a while?"