Wula Grassland is more than 900 kilometers away from the capital. Le Xiaoxiao drove his family, maintained a safe speed, and refueled twice on the way. It took nearly five hours to reach Jiuqu Bay, the most famous scenic spot in Wula Grassland Pastoral Area.
Wula Grassland is quite a county-level area. The management committee of the pastoral area is located in the southwest corner of the entire prairie, which is relatively far from the central area of the prairie.
When classmate Le drove the helicopter to find Jiuqu Bay, he did not need to park at the scenic spot, but he needed to use Jiuqu Bay as the coordinate point to find the way to his aunt's house.
My aunt's house is not on the route that connects the famous scenic spots in Wula Grassland, but in the depths of the prairie. There is no name of the village on the map. The route given by her eldest nephew Le Shuhai is based on the scenic spot Jiuqu Bay.
The route drawn from the starting point.
After walking around the scenic spot, Le Xiao's classmate found the correct route and continued running.
Facts have proved that her eldest nephew Le Shuhai was a bit unreliable. The starting point he chose when drawing the map was thousands of miles away from his family's base camp.
Le Shuhai's route map starts from Jiuqu Bay in the south of the grassland, and his family's base camp is in the north of the grassland, which is equivalent to passing through most of the grassland from south to north.
Classmate Le, who chose to trust his eldest nephew Le Shuhai, finally found the place near his destination after flying for about an hour.
She also decided not to trust the local aboriginal nephews in her great-aunt's family in the future. Facts have proved that the local aborigines may not be reliable!
If her eldest nephew was more reliable and used a village marked on the map in the hinterland of the grassland or a village near Xingmeng on the scenic route as the coordinate point, it would be easy to find him.
Classmate Le, who was inadvertently diverted from the route by his unreliable eldest nephew, silently considered the feasibility of bringing his eldest nephew in for a beating.
Before she could figure it out, she had already flown to the settlement where her great-aunt's family lived, and easily found which tents belonged to her great-aunt's family.
The herdsmen on the grassland, their ancestors lived from grass to grass a long time ago. There is no fixed point. In the era without satellite phones, if you want to find someone, you may not be able to find someone even if you have to run to death.
The herdsmen who live from grass to grass are usually a family or a family of brothers as a unit. Wherever they camp, there is a temporary village. Sometimes a village consists of a family or a yurt.
Nowadays, the herdsmen on the grasslands have fixed settlements, most of which have no official names. The village names cannot be found on satellite maps. Only the people in the village committee know which settlements are occupied by whom.
The village committee is composed of several settlements. If the village committee wants to find someone, the fastest way is to find the "headman" of a certain settlement. The oldest and most respected person in each settlement will be elected as the leader.
"Headman", Mongolian or Manchu people call them "flag master".
The settlement where Mrs. Baoyin's home is located has a relatively large number of herders living there, but because it is deep in the prairie, there is no official village name, and there are no herders' homes to receive tourists.
August is not the grazing season. Every family of herdsmen has set up tents on the pastures. There are many foundations in the settlements that were revealed after the tents were demolished.
The grassland is flat. The ground where residents set up tents in settlements has been consolidated and fixed foundations have been built above the grassland. The tents are set up seven or eight centimeters above the ground to prevent snow or rainwater from flooding into the tents when it rains or melts.
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The students from Le Primary School looked down from a high altitude outside the herdsmen’s settlements, and what they saw was a very beautiful picture:
On the vast grassland, a small lake shines in the sun like a pearl inlaid on the green carpet. A winding river comes from a distance, passes by the small lake, and then winds away from the grassland.
The herdsmen's tents are scattered on both sides of the small river path. In order to protect the water source, the herdsmen did not set up tents for nearly a mile around the small lake.
In addition to a nearby settlement, there is also a herdsman settlement in the upper reaches, about eight or nine miles away from the small lake, where more herders live.
Further downstream, there is a residential settlement about five miles away.
August is one of the months when grassland plants grow best. The pastures are luxuriant, the plants are vying to bloom beautiful flowers, and herds of cattle and sheep decorate the grassland into an exquisite carpet.
The yurts in the sun look like mushrooms emerging from the green grass, so cute.
As for the figures of the herdsmen who are active from time to time, they are like little bees, adding a touch of movement to the tranquil landscape painting, making it come alive.
Grandma Baoyin’s house is easy to recognize - there is the largest white tent ger group in the settlement!
Normally, in a village, only the tent of the village leader's family is the largest, but Mrs. Baoyin's village is an exception.
Because Mrs. Baoyin is the oldest longevity elderly person in the village and the oldest registered longevity elderly person in the entire Wula Grassland. She is truly a "longevity star" and "people's auspicious person".
The old lady is very famous in the nearby area and is deeply respected by the herdsmen, and the leader also respects her.
Old Mrs. Baoyin has many husbands and brothers, many children, and her family also has many clan members. Every year during the White Moon, her children and grandchildren gather together, or during the first month clan members come to pay New Year greetings. A normal-sized tent cannot accommodate so many people, so the Le family ordered an extra-large tent.
The big tent.
Old Mrs. Baoyin was respected by everyone and was a popular person on the grassland. Her family had a very large tent, and no one else had any objections.
After finding the herdsmen's settlement, Le Xiao's classmate easily located his aunt's house and flew the helicopter to the area where the tents were located and landed near them.
Old Mrs. Baoyin turned 100. Her husband, brothers, children, descendants and other ethnic groups all knew that the old lady was originally from Han nationality, so they celebrated her 100th birthday in the Han way.
It was a big event, and every branch of the clan sent people to the event.
Taking into account the large number of people, the young people of the Lejia family set up more than a dozen square tents on the grass not far from their homes for serving meals. They also dug pits on the grass for bonfire dances at night.
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Young people of the same ethnic group with the surname Le also helped, while the elderly stayed in the big tent of the Le family to talk to old Mrs. Baoyin and the old people from the same village or nearby who came to wish the old lady a birthday.
Most of the people from the same village also came to Lejia, some went to help, and some sat in the four-corner tent, played chess and talked.
When they saw the helicopter flying from the south, the guests and hosts cheered.
Old Mrs. Baoyin also came out of the tent surrounded by the elderly, took her children and grandchildren who were holding wine and hada, and went to the grass a few hundred meters away from the tent to greet her mother-in-law's family.
Except for those who were busy with work, men, women, old and young all followed Mrs. Baoyin to welcome guests from afar.
The men, women, and children standing on the grass raised their heads and followed the slowly landing helicopter with their eyes.
Under everyone's attention, the white iron bird fell gently, and soon reached a place less than ten meters above the green space. Then the distance got closer and closer, and then it landed smoothly.
The iron bird landed successfully, and the propeller blades on the top of the shell were still whirring and rotating.
After the small plane came to a stop, Classmate Le got out of the cockpit, ran around the nose of the plane, reached the other side, and opened the door to pick up his younger brother and his father, Aunt Feng.
Leshan, who had been prepared for a long time, packed his bag and stood behind the aircraft door. As soon as his sister opened the door, he rushed towards him and let his sister carry him out of the helicopter.
Zhou Qiufeng and Leba each carried a big bag on their backs and a box.
The couple got out of the cabin door. They originally wanted to put down the boxes and then go back to move the luggage. When they saw the aunt coming with a large group of people, they quickly put down their things and went up with their children.
When the helicopter first stopped, the sound of the rotating propeller blades and the wind were very loud. Mrs. Baoyin and others did not come forward, but stood far away and waited.
The visitors who gathered around Mrs. Baoyin's eyes lit up when they saw the girl coming out of the helicopter's head cabin. The girl was wearing a light purple coat with wide sleeves embroidered with exquisite patterns, and a golden dress studded with gems draped over her shoulders.
Xialei.
She had a bun on her head and wore a phoenix hairpin and pearl flowers. The phoenix hairpin held a nine-piece bead chain in its mouth. The jewelry sparkled with gold and pearls, looking gorgeous and noble.
From her long skirt to her ankles, a pair of embroidered shoes inlaid with treasures were exposed.
As the girl in full dress walked, her two wide sleeves and skirt were fluttering and dancing like huge butterflies. The beaded hairpin on her head swayed, swaying into a bright star.
The girl dressed up in the sun is dignified and elegant, so dazzling that people can't take their eyes away.
Seeing the gorgeously dressed girl, everyone was amazed. Grandma Baoyin is so lucky!
Grandma Baoyin's natal granddaughter came all the way and dressed up as if attending a feast, which is enough to show how much she values and respects her elders.
No one else would envy the grandma's lucky star.
When they saw the little boy that the girl took down from the helicopter, the eyes of the guests sparkled again. The little boy was wearing a purple robe with a round collar. He was white, tender, and cute. He felt as soft as a newborn calf. He missed it so much.
Go give me a hug and a rub!
Everyone's reaction to the young couple who came down behind was slightly calmer.
The middle-aged couple wear retro-style blue clothes. The men wear long shirts under their tops, and the women wear horse-faced skirts under their tops. The silk fabric is thin and smooth, and you can tell it was made at a high cost.
The lady also wore a bun and a small crown, looking dignified and generous.
Old Mrs. Baoyin was so happy that she could hardly close her mouth when she saw her mother's brother's two little grandchildren. She couldn't help but be happy when she saw her mother's nephew and nephew's daughter-in-law in long gowns and skirts.
She knew that her nephew, nephew and daughter-in-law were all hard-working people. They usually liked to wear loose casual clothes and did not like robes and skirts that easily restricted their hands and feet. This time they wore retro Tang suits, which showed how difficult it was for the young couple.
Everyone dressed up carefully and came to their home as if they were attending a festival, showing that they valued and cared about her as an aunt.
Mrs. Baoyin didn’t feel lost even though she didn’t have her natal family before. She still feels valued by her natal family after having her natal family. It’s so wonderful!
