Reborn in Changbai Mountain, I rely on my divine eyes to dig ginseng and hunt

The mother-in-law scolded me with a stern face: "You are making trouble again. Your sister-in-law is pregnant and she is taking you to ride a horse-drawn sleigh in such a cold weather."

Zhao Ling looked at Liu Xia Lian pitifully. He had few opportunities to see his sister-in-law since she came into the family.

Liu Xia Lian suggested: "How about this, we don't have much to do during the New Year, there are so many horses at home, and the wood is ready, so let your brother make one."

Zhao Ling pestered Zhao Hua again. Zhao Hua had no choice but to say, "Okay, then I'll get a sled. I remember I had one at home."

Liu Xia Lian and her sister-in-law helped her mother-in-law prepare meals, while her father-in-law and Zhao Hua went to the woodshed to rummage around and soon carried a sled into the main room.

It's been a bit cloudy these two days and the weather is very cold, which is a perfect time for sledding.

The sleds in Northeast China are not pulled by dogs, but by heavy horses. A heavy horse weighing 1,500 to 1,600 kilograms can pull a sled easily. It is most labor-saving on ice, but a little difficult on snow.

This is an old sled. The overall structure is still good, but some of the wooden boards are damaged. Zhao Hua used tools to make a few accessories and added them, and a usable sled was finally produced.

But there were too many things to do at home, so I had nothing to do during dinner. There was a horse farm and a sika deer farm in Zhaojiagou. Although there were hired workers to look after them, firecrackers were set off everywhere during the New Year, and fire prevention of the piles of hay was a top priority.

My father went to the Sika Deer Farm, and Liu Xia Lian and Zhao Hua went to the Mongolian Horse Farm.

In the past few days, firecrackers have been set off everywhere. In order to avoid startling the horses, they have not been let out. The activity area with red brick walls is completely open to the sky. Corn stalks processed by a grass tumbling machine are scattered in the wooden feed trough, and a small amount of corn, barley and bean cake are sprinkled on it. This is the perfect feed. More than 200 Mongolian horses run around happily on the field, and eat when they are tired.

In the small field next to it, there are two yellow horses, which are stud horses of the Iron-hoofed Horse. They are raised separately to avoid crossbreeding or biting other horses.

Liu Xialian pointed at the dozens of black horses that were purchased a few days ago and asked, "Are these horses really going to be bred with the Arabian horses?"

"Well, I asked an old horse breeder, and he said that the horses of the old days were even shorter than our grassland horses. Later, they introduced Anglo horses for improvement. In just a few decades, they bred tall Oriental horses with quite handsome appearance. So I feel that if the Ferghana horse is used to improve the Mongolian horse, the effect will definitely be obvious. If the offspring bred have the handsome appearance of the Ferghana horse, as well as the Mongolian endurance, disease resistance, and cold resistance, then it is 100% perfect. If it only has the handsome appearance of the Ferghana horse, then it is also 80% successful. After all, the goods are sold for their skin, and people who buy this kind of riding horse don't want it to do rough work at all."

There were two workers at the horse farm. Zhao Hua arranged for them to go home and rest for two days and come back on the second day of the New Year. They were all from the village, so it was only right for them to go back and celebrate the New Year.

In fact, Mongolian horse breeding is very easy and simple. Usually, you just need to feed them grass once in the morning, once in the evening, and water them once in the afternoon when it is getting dark.

Today is New Year’s Eve, and we will watch the Spring Festival Gala in the evening.

So Liu Xialian suggested: "It's already four o'clock in the afternoon. Let's feed them water and feed them early. We can also watch the Spring Festival Gala from the horse farm in the evening."

"Okay then, I'll feed them, you take a rest, there's not much work to do, a few carts of fodder will be enough."

"It's okay, just move more and you'll have a baby soon."

The electric tricycle built by Liu Daqiang was used. The carriage was raised and widened. The big iron fork was filled with grass silk in a short time. The silk kneading machine was too powerful. If it was fed directly to the horse without processing, less than one-third of it would be eaten. First put the grass into the feed trough, and then sprinkle the concentrate.

Moreover, Mongolian horses are very smart. The feed and grass must be mixed quickly, otherwise these horses will only eat the concentrate and not the straw.

There was a mischievous horse. Seeing that Liu Xialian was a stranger, it turned around and kicked her with its butt while eating. In fact, Liu Xialian had already seen it and quietly dodged and ignored it.

Dahua couldn't stand it anymore, so he rushed over from a long distance, hit the horse in the face, and started a big fight with it. The horse ran around in grievance.

Liu Xia Lian cursed: "You deserve it, I fed you grass, and you still wanted to come over and kick me."

Generally, the workers at the horse farm are familiar people and will not be replaced easily, because horses know people.

I pulled three carts of grass, which is basically enough for this afternoon. You don't need much feed, about half a pound per horse on average. Because there is a stable, the horses can go into the stable at night to avoid the wind and snow. If they are in the wild, the horses will be arranged in formation, with the strong ones standing outside to fight the wind and snow, and the old and weak ones inside. Don't underestimate the difference in position, the temperature inside and outside can differ by several degrees.

Liu Xialian's horse farm in Lijiatun is not as well managed as Zhao Hua's. There are only more than 100 mares and two stallions. They mainly breed iron-shoe horses, supplemented by purebred breeding and mainly focusing on crossbreeding.

It is mainly the crossbreeding of iron-hoofed horses with heavy horses and iron-hoofed horses with donkeys, which is an important method of breeding draft horses.

After feeding the horses, Zhao Hua locked all the big iron chains on the stables and threw a few firecrackers outside, which then released the four guard dogs.

The couple went into the room and heated the kang. It was New Year's Eve. After the lively lunch, they had their New Year's Eve dinner.

Liu Xialian cooked two dishes, one is Linyi fried chicken and the other is braised carp. Chicken and fish are must-haves for the New Year's Eve dinner.

In addition, a pot of smelly wild boar meat was stewed. Zhao Yong had killed a boar weighing more than 200 kilograms a few days ago. The meat smelled bad, but no one in the supply and marketing cooperative wanted it, so he had to leave it behind to feed the dogs.

These are all the food for four big dogs and one big spotted lynx. After a year of hard work, they have to eat something good during the New Year.

The pace of life is slow these days, and without mobile phones, we don’t have to worry about wishing each other a happy new year.

The sky gradually darkened. At eight o'clock in the evening, Zhao Hua had already adjusted the antenna, and the black-and-white TV began to broadcast the Spring Festival Gala. It was not satisfying to watch, and it was far less satisfying than the color TV in the new house. However, the stable with more than 200 horses must be attended to.

The lively Spring Festival Gala has begun. The hosts at that time were still young, and the wonderful singing and dancing performances by familiar yet unfamiliar faces made the event very lively.

After a few more programs, there was nothing interesting to watch, so I switched to the local channel. Liu Xialian pointed at the screen and said, "Look, Zhao Dashan, Xie Ersao."

Zhao Hua was also shocked: "People really have infinite possibilities. In the hotel, she was just a receptionist, but when she came to Zhao Dashan, he actually appeared on TV. Is this the Spring Festival Gala?"

"No, they are from the Liao Province TV station. They are more interesting than the Spring Festival Gala."

There was a barking sound from the guard dog outside, something was happening.

The two men picked up their hunting rifles and went out with flashlights. The horses had already gone into the stable, but a large black bear was wandering outside the big iron gate. It was probably because it didn't have the New Year's Eve dinner.