On the icy and snowy grassland, here is a gathering place for herdsmen. Tents stand on the ground, and the smoke is blown away in the cold wind. The children play carefree on the snow, while the adults
It's non-stop busy.
Winter is the hardest time. The weather is too cold. Cattle, sheep and horses need to be kept warm. They lose fat and lose weight very badly. If they are not taken care of properly, they may freeze to death.
Every time a cow or sheep freezes to death, it is a loss for the herdsmen. Now the price of cattle and sheep has increased a lot. The demand for cattle, sheep and horses in the pass is too great.
In the Beijing-Tianjin area alone, an extremely large number of cattle and sheep are consumed every day. Around Beijing and Tianjin, many people are already raising pigs and sheep in order to meet the huge demand for meat in the two big cities of Beijing and Tianjin.
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"Batu~Batu~"
Qiqige looked at Batu who was riding a horse in the cold wind and shouted loudly.
Batu, who is already a teenager, is now like the eagle that has begun to soar on the grassland. He likes to ride horses and gallop. Even in the winter, he still rides out for a run every day.
"what?"
Batu rode up to Qiqige's side and asked with a pout.
"I'm going to ask Abu for dinner."
Qiqige said.
"I'm not going, he's not my Abu."
Batu said dissatisfied.
His mother got married again at the beginning of this year, and she also married a Han, and now she has given birth to a younger brother. This made the teenage Batu feel very dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to do so because of this
Things are so common on the grassland.
The dead are dead after all, and the living will continue to live.
In the past, there were fights among the grassland tribes, and women were snatched away. Even Genghis Khan's wife was snatched away. In the end, she was brought back with someone else's child in her belly. This child was born.
He is also treated as his own child.
It was expected that Eji would remarry, but as a young man, he was somewhat resistant to this.
"Go quickly~"
Qiqige glared at Batu. Although Eji was married, he came to live on the grassland and lived with them. After living together for this year, she had accepted her Abu.
Batu curled his lips and rode his horse to the foot of a hillside not far away. His cattle and sheep were all kept here. This was also his Abu's idea. He said that the north wind here was warmer, and the wood was used.
Fence the area so that the cattle and sheep can be more concentrated, so they are less likely to get cold.
"Batu is here~"
Li Dahai looked at Batu who was riding over and said with a smile.
"It's time to eat~"
Batu looked at Li Dahai in front of him, pouted and shouted.
"Okay, you go ahead and eat. I'll be back after adding the fodder."
Li Dahai nodded and replied.
He was originally a poor man by the sea in Changli County, North Zhili Province. His family was very poor and he was already thirty and could not find a wife.
And now the Beijing-Tianjin area is developing extremely rapidly. Everyone is making more money, and the cost of marrying a wife has also increased. So even though he has been working for people in the Beijing-Tianjin area in the past few years, he has also made some money.
They also built new houses and so on.
However, Li Dahai, who is over thirty years old, still cannot find a wife. He originally wanted to go to Korea or Japan to find a wife, or simply go to Nanyang to buy a wife.
But once when he came to the grassland with someone, he happened to meet Anmul who was going to Shuanghu Town. When someone matched him, he decided to stay on the grassland and live a life of a herdsman.
"Hmm~"
Batu nodded and rode back to eat.
Back in the tent, Eji was happily teasing the baby, while his sister Qiqige was busy preparing lunch, including finger meat, noodles, rice, chili, potato stew, corn on the cob, and fragrant milk tea.
, a very rich life, which was unimaginable a few years ago, but now it has become commonplace.
"Where are you Abu~"
Anmul looked at Batu and asked.
"He asked me to come back first and he was adding fodder."
Batu sat down with his mouth pouted and ate meat in big mouthfuls.
"Batu, what do you think of what Abu told you?"
Anmul looked at Batu, smiled, and then said.
"No, I don't want to learn any skills. I want to be a warrior."
Batu said dissatisfied that Li Dahai actually wanted him to go to Tianjin to learn some craft. He didn't want to learn any craft. He wanted to ride a war horse, pick up a scimitar, and become a warrior.
This year, he saw the emperor's cavalry on the grassland. Thousands of cavalrymen walked near his home's pasture. The troops were so majestic that Batu's blood boiled with excitement.
"Be a warrior?"
"You kissed Abu to become a soldier, but you never came back. You are the last of your Abu's bloodline. Do you want to never come back?"
Anmu immediately became angry and asked sharply.
She is a woman. Even though Abu is already a teenager, she is only in her thirties. Her ex-husband followed the little prince on an expedition and never returned, leaving her with Batu and Qi alone.
Qige, she knows how hard this life is.
She didn't want her son to become a warrior or pick up the machete again. She just wanted him to grow up healthy, start a family, and live a stable life.
What's wrong with life now?
Eat well, wear well, don't have to worry about war, feel very safe.
When Eji said this, Batu immediately fell silent, but at his rebellious age, it was still difficult for him to change his mind. Only when he really grows up will he understand that a stable life is the best.
good life.
"It's also good for children to have their own ideas."
At this time, Li Dahai walked in with a smile and touched Batu's head. Batu turned away stubbornly. He hated the man in front of him who had snatched his forehead.
Moreover, this man does not have the spirit of a prairie man at all. He can neither wrestle nor bend a bow or shoot an arrow, nor can he even use a machete. He does not look like a prairie man.
But he had to admit that although he didn't know these things, he was very hardworking and smart, and he learned to herd quickly, take care of cattle, sheep, and horses, etc., and he would learn it very quickly.
He is also good to Eji, his sister and himself, and because he is well-informed, he knows a lot of things. He knows the prices of cattle, sheep and horses in the customs, so he can sell all the cattle, sheep and horses in his family.
It’s a good price, and he’s good at cooking. The noodles are Batu’s favorite.
"You, just know how to pamper him. He has grown up and is no longer a child."
Anmul also smiled when he saw Li Dahai.
There is nothing you can do about marrying a Han man.
The wars in the past few years caused the loss of a large number of men on the grasslands. Too many men became widows, and there were no men to remarry, so many of them married Han Chinese who came to work on the grasslands.
Although the Han people are not as tough as the grassland people, many of them cannot even bend a bow or shoot an arrow, nor do they know how to take care of cattle, sheep, and horses.
But the Han people have advantages. They have strong learning ability, many of them are skilled in crafts, they are considerate, caring, diligent, and knowledgeable about their wives.
Ever since Li Dahai came to this home, her life has become much better. Li Dahai has taken care of all the things in the house. She suddenly has a pillar of support, which makes her feel a lot more relaxed.
"Yes, you are already a man, it's time to find Batu a wife."
Li Dahai smiled and nodded, then looked at Qiqige and said, "Qiqige has grown up. She is as beautiful as a flower. Now that she is beautiful, it's time to get married."
Hearing Li Dahai's words, Batu curled his lips, while Qiqige's face turned slightly red.
"Qiqige, do you want to marry here in Tianjin?"
After thinking about it, Li Dahai also asked.
"I don't want to marry in Tianjin."
Qiqige blushed and said, in fact, she wanted to get married a long time ago, but there was no one in the family to help, so it was delayed until now. After Anmul married Li Dahai, she could get married.
It's just that there are very few men on the grassland, and it's not easy to find suitable partners, so Li Dahai also wants to ask Qiqige's opinion whether she is willing to marry to Tianjin. Li Dahai has relatives and friends in his hometown, or
There are many young men of marriageable age.
"Haha, okay, you can marry wherever you want. When you meet a young man you like, remember to tell me and I will take care of it for you."
Li Dahai laughed happily.
The family was enjoying a sumptuous lunch. Although Batu didn't like the Han Chinese Abu very much, he could still accept it. The grassland was like this. Even if he didn't like it, he still had to accept it.
Just like Li Dahai married Anmur, he had to accept Batu and Qiqige, just do as the Romans do, live here on the grassland, and live your own life. After all, this is also the Ming Dynasty.
Ta da~ da da~
At this moment, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats. Anmul immediately hugged the baby in her arms nervously. This had become her instinctive reaction. In the past grassland, whenever she heard the dense sound of
The sound of horse hooves can make people nervous.
"The great emperor has come to give orders, the great emperor has come to give orders~"
“Ask us to move to Australia~”
Someone rode a horse to each tent and kept shouting loudly. Suddenly, the herdsmen in the tents came out one after another, with confusion and worry about the future in their eyes.
"Batu, let's go take a look together."
When Li Dahai heard this, he couldn't help but frowned, thought for a while and said to Batu.
"Hmm~"
Batu nodded, put on his clothes and hat, and followed Li Dahai and walked outside.
The good emperor's order came, and he even asked them to immigrate to Australia. The herdsmen were all unfamiliar with Australia. What kind of place was this?
Everyone is very satisfied with their current life and do not want to immigrate to other places at all.
