Tsering Quzhen, who was helping her mother, was very happy to hear what Chen Xing and the others said, and said: "Dad said you guys are not used to eating tsampa, but really, tsampa is delicious."
Chen Xing smiled and asked: "You didn't go to school?"
Tsering Quzhen’s expression changed and she stopped talking.
Tashi said: "Tsering Quzhen wants to stay at home and herd cattle with us, and he has passed the age of studying, so he will not study."
Chen Xing opened his mouth to persuade, but in his mind he thought of their situation.
Nima Zandui's family is a herdsman, raising dozens of yaks and horses. Just the couple and an elderly mother cannot complete the daily operations of herdsmen such as herding cattle, milking, etc. Reading is of course a good way out.
But after they have gone to school, there is no one at home to help. Besides, are the young people who have gone to school still willing to return to this grassland?
After more experiences, Chen Xing’s thoughts have changed.
But he still murmured: "It's also good to be literate."
"I am literate, my mother taught me."
"That's still pretty awesome."
Chen Xing nodded and sat on the chair in the living room.
Xie Kaiji and the others were sitting next to them and whispered: "You don't look very happy. It doesn't matter to us whether other people study or not."
"No, I just thought of a teacher."
Li Shan said:
"Education is not necessarily the only right way. Look at this family, they have raised a large herd of yaks and more than ten horses. Such a family may be much richer than us. Peace of mind. Have breakfast. I am very fond of Zanba.
The taste is very curious."
Xie Kaiji said: "Be careful of diarrhea."
"What's this? I searched it on the Internet. Just wash your hands and it'll be fine."
Li Shan looked unconcerned.
What is tsampa?
Grind highland barley into flour and fry it, then dip it in butter tea and knead it into a ball to eat.
As long as you wash your hands, there is nothing in this process that will cause diarrhea.
Butter tea and tsampa were both ready-made, and Tashi quickly brought them up. The butter tea was in a fruit processor, and when it was poured out, it was hot butter tea. The color was still the same as milk tea, but darker. p>
Zanba is still powder.
Chen Xing asked: "How is butter tea made?"
Tsering Quzhen said proudly: "It's very simple. Boil water to make tea. Then, without the tea leaves, just put salt, butter and tea in a blender and stir."
Zhaxi said: "Go and cook the noodles." After driving her daughter away, she said: "Now that the electricity is available, this is how it is done. Traditional butter tea needs to be made by hand. The one made is more fragrant than this one. If you have time, you can
I’ll do it for you once.”
Xie Kaiji shook his head and said: "Our time is tight and we will leave soon."
There are still three days left for their vacation. They have to drive back after returning to the Holy City to take a tour, otherwise they will not be able to make it to work in time.
"Leaving now?"
"I was already pressed for time, so I couldn't help it, but I saw everything I needed to see when I came to Tibet this time, and I made the right choice."
Li Shan nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
Although there were a lot of dissatisfactions along the way, overall it was very satisfactory, and it allowed me to express all the depression of working in a mountainous area for several years.
Chen Xing is thinking about it.
He should have left, but Brother Jie sent a message saying that yesterday's heavy rain caused a mudslide on a section of the road leading to Ali, and he couldn't find a car for a while. He wanted to stay here for a few more days to experience Tibet.
The life of herdsmen.
Tashi taught two first-time tsampa eaters how to knead it.
She felt that it would be difficult for mainlanders to grasp the proportion of flour and ghee if they had never eaten this kind of food.
But both Chen Xing and Li Shan have fished before. Have they never eaten tsampa or kneaded fish ingredients? So they succeeded when they added water for the second time.
Chen Xing took a small bite to taste.
The flour ground from wheat has a wheat aroma, and the flour ground from highland barley also has the aroma of highland barley. This smell is much more fragrant than the rice eaten at home. Chen Xing is not disgusted with it, and because of the addition of butter tea, Zan
The cake also has the fragrance of milk, the lubrication of oil, and the salty taste of salt.
Eat a bite of tsampa and drink a bite of butter tea.
After going back and forth twice, Chen Xing became familiar with the taste and it became much faster to eat.
He has a high tolerance for all things he can eat, food that is not bitter and tastes good.
The first bite of butter tea is strange, but as long as you don't mix this drink with something as sweet as milk tea, you can quickly adapt to the taste.
This is a kind of tea water that tastes salty, has a milky aftertaste, and is a little oily.
According to the method Tsering Quzhen said before, put tea leaves, salt and water, and then add butter, which should have the same effect.
But Chen Xing is used to eating, but Li Shan can't. He can eat tsampa, but he can't drink butter tea. He has a natural resistance to this kind of fatty drink. After eating a few more tsampa, it will be gone.
He was stunned and hurriedly beat his chest.
"Phew, it's killing me."
"Want to drink tea."
Chen Xing reminded.
"You're not used to drinking, what about you?"
"I think it's okay." Chen Xing said.
"Not used to it."
Tashi poured a bowl of butter tea for everyone, and Xiaobei also took a sip. He thought the taste was unique and he could drink it.
Xie Kaiji didn't even touch it. He had tried it before and couldn't drink it.
"I'll treat you to Tibetan food when we get to the Holy City later. Sweet tea is delicious. Generally speaking, pastoral areas far away from the city like to drink butter tea, while people in the city prefer sweet tea." p>
Xiaobei made a humming sound and kept nodding, and then asked Chen Xing: "Are you leaving?"
"I...I'll stay for one more day."
"Okay, then you have to be careful alone,"
Chen Xing smiled and said: "I don't have a car, so the things you often talk about can't happen to me."
"You have to be careful then." He said,
Then the three people went to discuss how much money they should give the family. Although they were a little uncomfortable with last night's accommodation and the breakfast and dinner for the past two days, their attitude was very good. If they were not used to it, it was a matter of personal constitution.
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Tashi opened the door and came in with a bucket of milk.
The chat between several people was paused, but the three of them were still communicating with their eyes.
Xie Kaiji took out his wallet and counted the money under the table. Chen Xing took a look and saw that there was not a lot of cash in it. In modern society, everyone uses WeChat to pay and rarely brings a large amount of cash. Xie Kaiji brought these for emergencies. p>
He took out 600 yuan, took back his wallet, stood up and said: "Sister Tashi, there are 600 yuan here, which is just for our accommodation fee last night. It's not much, mainly because we didn't bring much cash with us.
, you just take it."
"No, no, it's just a matter of convenience, no charge."
They are so kind to Chen Xing and the other four, but they don’t want to collect tourists’ money.
If it weren't for the four of Chen Xing and the others, Nima Zhandui and her mother-in-law would have to stay outside for who knows how long. He is also an elderly person. It is not good to hide from the rain in the car. It is not good to walk several kilometers and come back in the rain.
Most likely you will get sick.
So they were only grateful to Chen Xing and the others, and never thought of collecting money.
