was just open and it was not popular to go out to work, and most of them grow their own little land at home. When you go far, you just run to a nearby city to work as a migrant worker. I am relatively wild and have no interest in those things. I just want to go further and see what other people's life looks like.
I bought a ticket to Beijing and went from Beijing to Inner Mongolia. It was almost time to Hohhot. I saw that everyone was farming along the way, but I didn’t see many grazing people.
I heard that cattle and sheep can walk around, and food has no legs, so the road is built along the grain growing line. If you want to find a pastoral area, then go to Hulunbuir Prairie .
I took out the remaining money and wanted to give a passing truck driver to take me to Hulunbuir . The driver said he would not charge the money for anything and asked me to buy some fruit and we could eat it on the way.
I bought pears and apples and sat in the passenger seat to be a companion with the driver. It's hard to encounter a car in an hour when you go to Hulunbuir. The driver said that when the autumn grain harvest is bumper, the pastoral areas will exchange beef and mutton for grain, and there will be more cars on the road.
Because you walked far north, there was no enough rain or light, so you could not grow food, it was all grassland. You can see small flags planted by people in large areas on the road. These are the dividing lines of each place, and later they were surrounded by barbed wire.
When I was almost at Hulunbuir, I could clearly feel that the environment was different. First of all, the temperature dropped. When the window was opened, the wind blew, I felt the bone-thrusting cold air. When we set out from Hohhot , we were just wearing a thin shirt.
Because there are almost no people on the road, I told the driver: Why isn’t anyone here to herd sheep in this large grassland? Then I heard the howl of wolves, the open and upright cry. At that time, the wolf pack had come out before the sun set.
The driver drove the car and glanced at the side casually, and said: The wolf is on the mountain next to him. It is probably the wolf that saw the movement of the truck and told other wolves to pay attention to us. If possible, rob us.
The driver knew that I was a foreigner from South . He was afraid that I would be afraid, so he told me a few short stories about encountering wolves, how old he kicked the wolf away, etc. Just tell me that it is normal to meet wolves here, so I don’t worry.
I am afraid of any coincidence. At that time, those large trucks were not as good as they are now, and the probability of failure is high. When we usually go to the city to take the bus, we all know that if we enter the city three or five times a year, we can always encounter a car failure once.
I am afraid that there will be problems with the truck at this time, so won’t we be surrounded by wolves? I was afraid of anything I came, and I heard the truck stopping with a loud noise. It scared me to sweat.
The driver, who looked calm, was also a little nervous. He asked me to hold a large wrench half a minute longer than my arm and follow him closely. He took a small wrench and pliers, drilled under the car, and went to repair the brake spring.
I stood outside waiting for him, and then I understood why he asked me to take such a big wrench. This is not for repairing cars, but for fighting wolves.
After I figured it out, I felt a layer of cold sweat suddenly squeezed out from the back of my head. I just thought I couldn't explain it here, that would be too embarrassing. It would be better to stay at home and farm.
The driver was lying under the chassis of the car and worked hard for more than ten minutes. When I was about to modify the brake pads, I saw small stones rolling down on the surrounding mountains, making a bang.
The driver came out, pulled me and ran into the cab. As soon as we entered the cab, we closed the door when we heard a crowd of wolves bustling outside, with all the big and small, and a total of about ten.
Luckily, the brake pads were repaired and we can get on the road. The car left when I started fire and stepped on the accelerator. The group of wolves behind actually followed our car for a hundred or two meters before giving up tracking.
The driver said that if the car was not repaired, we would have to leave here even if we drove slowly. We must not confront the wolf. The wolf has extremely strong patience and can exhaust us to death. I looked at the night fog rising around me and gained a new understanding of this vast and sparsely populated grassland.
After driving the forest, walking forward, I saw that the sky was surrounded by the sky, and the stars and moon were hanging very clearly in the sky. The driver said: This is the arrival of Hulunbuir, it is endless and it is all the grasslands, but you came at the wrong time, and now the grass has basically withered.
After stopping at the freight station, the driver lies on the steering wheel to rest for a while. I couldn't sleep either, so I got off the car and wanted to stroll in this strange city in the middle of the night. The person who managed the street shouted: Who, why are you wandering around without sleeping?
I went back to the passenger seat honestly, lay on my side, leaning against the glass window. You can see the sky with one eye, and you can see the movement of the ground with one eye.
I can't sleep hard, and then when I open my eyes, it becomes dark and the driver wakes up. I helped the driver unload the goods. The driver said he didn't want your fare, but you are real, and you helped me unload the goods to cover your fare.
Then the driver invited me to have a local mutton rice. The mutton is cooked with large pieces of mutton in the pot, with only salt and no other seasonings added. Generally, if you cook for an hour, even four or five pounds of lamb is cooked thoroughly and can be eaten.
It's so delicious. I've never eaten meat like this before. I've eaten a lot of meat in the past year. At that moment, I decided to stay here to develop. Even if I dare to eat meat like this, it should not be difficult to make money.
At that time, I was preparing to harvest the grass. In a large winter pasture, animals are not allowed to eat, and the grass grows to the waist deep. The sheep next to them were all eating grass on the dry short grass. When they saw someone coming, they bleated a few times.
During that time, someone would come to find temporary workers to help their ranch harvest and pack grass. At that time, the mechanization was still very low, and almost everything was mainly artificial.
Occasionally, we encounter a mechanized grassland, and the machine often breaks, and once it breaks, we can't find parts. It's normal to stop for ten days and half a month. Gradually, everyone's trust in the machinery becomes very low.
I heard that the deeper you go to the grassland, the more you can find a job with a high salary, because there are fewer people there and more grassland per capita, and only by paying high prices can you hire a short-term worker.
I think it makes sense and decided to walk to the Northeast grassland area for another two days. This will make it easier to find a job and get a higher salary. I was too short of money and decided to set off on the same day.
When you walk to the intersection of the suburbs of the city, someone rents a horse. Seeing that you want to leave the city and walk deep into the grassland, you should ask you: Do you want to rent a horse? He doesn't have the word "members" as it shows that the locals speak directly.
Although there was no need for a deposit at that time, it was all about credit. You just need to give him the fee for using the horse, and go to the local area and hand over the horse renter in the local town. This is equivalent to the earliest taxi. When the horse arrives, the people over there will know that this is our horse at a glance.
As soon as the horse arrives, he will walk directly to the renter, and it will not work if you whip it. After you are put down, the horse renter will take the horse to eat the grass. Before eating the grass, you will be rewarded with a handful of grass seed-rich planting grass.
I asked the price and said it was too expensive and replied: Don’t rent it. The horse renter said: Young man, you don’t know how difficult this section of the road is. Recently, a group of wolves came. You can still run over on horseback, but you can’t run away by walking.
Is this person trying to make money from me, right? I just wanted to rent the horse to me, the wolf pack he mentioned was probably lying to me. I didn't take it seriously, carrying my canvas schoolbag and walking towards the boundless grassland with my agile legs. (To be continued)
