"Bang" "Bang" "Bang..."
Early in the morning, Zhou Yang heard banging sounds coming from the yard. He immediately got dressed and went out to check.
When he came to the yard and saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but feel happy!
I saw Fan Debiao and Liu Yunlong getting up at some point. One was cleaning the snow in the yard, and the other was chopping firewood at the firewood stack!
Looking again, the iron bucket outside the house was dripping wet, and the water tank in the main room was full.
Obviously, this is the work of both of them!
What kind of guard is this? They are just two long-term workers for him!
After yawning, Zhou Yang couldn't help but ask: "Why did you two get up so early? Why don't you sleep more!"
Fan Debiao rubbed his cold and red hands and said, "I'm used to it!"
Liu Yunlong, who was next to him, glanced at Fan Debiao with some resentment and said, "I was forcibly taken out of bed by the squad leader!"
Fan Debiao chuckled and said, "Aren't I afraid that you will relax?"
Zhou Yang smiled and said, "Okay, I'd better stop doing this in the future. If you didn't know better, you would have thought that my family hired two long-term workers!"
"It's okay. If you feel bad, then give me some more meat, chicken, etc. every day!" Fan Derbiao said with a grin.
"He is waiting for me here... Okay, I'll make you milk tea and eat dried meat later!" Zhou Yang said with a smile.
While talking and laughing, Zhou Yang poured some hot water from the big teapot and started to wash up.
Afterwards, he got busy in front of the stove!
Suddenly there were two more people in the family, and together with my mother and their family, there were six people in total.
In this way, every meal must be taken seriously, instead of just improvising like before!
Zhou Yang has already thought about breakfast, milk tea and steamed buns!
The milk is delivered from the livestock shed. During this period, many cows give birth, and the newborn calves cannot take much milk, so the members who manage the cow herd will squeeze out the excess milk.
Last night, when they came back from dinner at their father-in-law's house, they saw a small bucket under the eaves with four or five kilograms of frozen milk in it.
Knowing that it was sent from the stable, Zhou Yang accepted it without any politeness.
However, the milk from local cows has a strong smell, and neither Bao'er nor Li Youwei can get used to it, so Zhou Yang can only choose to make milk tea.
The milk tea we drink here is pure Mongolian milk tea, and the preparation method is relatively simple!
I saw Zhou Yang adding half a pot of water to the pot, and then started to make tea.
The water is from a deep well in the village, and the tea is local red brick tea.
After the tea is boiled, use a slotted spoon to remove the tea leaves, but it does not need to be filtered particularly cleanly. The black tea foam left in the milk tea will make it more flavorful.
After the tea is boiled, add the milk!
There were many people at home, so Zhou Yang poured half a bucket of milk into the pot, stirred it slightly, and then added an appropriate amount of salt.
When the water in the pot boils again, the milk tea is ready.
While making milk tea, Zhou Yang put the leftover steamed buns from yesterday's lunch into the pot to heat. He also took out a hard piece of air-dried mutton and chopped it into pieces for later use.
Breakfast is almost ready here, and the mother, Li Youwei, and Baoer in the room are also getting up!
After washing up, everyone started eating breakfast!
When Liu Yunlong, who was chopping firewood, returned to the house from the stack of firewood and saw the breakfast on the kang, he was completely stunned!
In the middle is a large bowl of milk tea with a milky aroma, and next to it is a large plate of dried meat chopped into small pieces, as well as large white steamed buns.
To be honest, this breakfast really scared him!
Liu Yunlong is from the south, and his family background is not considered wealthy, but it is not bad either.
Over the years, he has always felt that the living standards in the north are really not as good as their hometown, especially breakfast. Ordinary people either don't eat it at home, or they just have the same old meal as the next day.
But on the first day he came to Babaoliang Village, he felt that he had learned a lot.
Looking at Liu Yunlong's appearance, Zhou Yang didn't explain too much. This was still their place. In the pastoral areas further north, breakfast was called a hardcore breakfast.
After breakfast, Zhou Yang took Fan Debiao and Liu Yunlong out of the house, while his mother took out all the dirty clothes in the house and prepared to help wash them.
She came back this time just to help her son and daughter-in-law wash, wash, sew and mend before the New Year.
This is originally a tradition in the northern region. Before the New Year, not only the dirty clothes must be washed, but the bed sheets and quilts must also be removed and washed.
In addition, the house also needs to be cleaned, so it will be a busy few days.
Ye Lifang knew that her son was smart, but after all, he had lived in the city since he was a child and didn't understand these trivial things at all.
In addition, he is currently busy with work and has heavy tasks, so the family's livelihood should be entirely supported by his daughter-in-law.
But my daughter-in-law is still pregnant, and washing, carrying, and pouring water are strenuous tasks, so how can I ignore her!
...
As for Zhou Yang, he went straight to the brigade headquarters after coming out of home!
Although it is already the depth of winter, the educated youth members of Babaoliang Village are still very busy!
In addition to pig farms, feed mills, and bone meal factories that require a lot of labor every day, there are also a large number of cattle, sheep, mules, and horses that need to be taken care of in the village.
All in all, most people have not been idle because the autumn harvest is over, but have become even busier!
In the office of the brigade headquarters, the little girl Tan Shiqing has just lit the stove and is preparing to use the stove seat to boil tea. This is what she does every day.
Seeing Zhou Yang and others pushing open the door and walking in, he immediately asked with a smile: "Captain Zhou, you are here!"
"Well, where are the others? Didn't they come?"
"No, Party Secretary Li went to the commune for a meeting, Uncle Zhang went to the feed factory, and Captain Wang took people to repair the livestock shed. It is said that a few cows fought last night and the fence of the livestock shed was knocked down again!"
"I know, then I'll go for a walk in the village, and you can do your work first!"
"okay!"
After coming out of the brigade office, Zhou Yang planned to go to the livestock shed to have a look.
He heard that the village bought more than a thousand sheep from Houcaochao, plus more than 600 cattle and horses, but he had never seen them before!
As soon as he came out of the brigade headquarters, Zhou Yang saw a large group of long-tailed sheep coming towards him from a distance!
There were two commune members in front and behind the sheep, and it seemed that they were preparing to go out to herd the sheep outside the village.
Zhou Yang recognized that the person leading the way was Chen Fugui from the fourth team. When he came over, he immediately asked: "Uncle Fugui, are these sheep easy to take care of?"
"It's Zhou Zhiqing, it's okay, it's not difficult to take care of, but it's just a wild habit!"
"If you drive them out like this, will there be any grass in the ground?" Zhou Yang asked again.
"It's not bad. There are still a lot of crop stubbles and weeds left, and there are also a lot of tree leaves in the woods. The sheep can eat some if they are driven out. If they come back in the evening and add some feed, they won't be hungry!" Chen Fugui smiled. said.
"Okay, Uncle Fugui, you guys are busy first, let's go to the back for a walk!" Zhou Yang said.
"okay!"
After the sheep passed by, Zhou Yang and others continued to walk forward. After walking for a short while, they saw a large herd of cattle coming towards them.
These cattle are common cattle on the grassland. Some cattle are pure yellow all over, while others have white patches on their bodies, and there are also some black and white ones inside.
Hundreds of cows came towards us, their momentum was much more powerful than those of more than a thousand sheep. Even Zhou Yang himself was dumbfounded!
Compared with the sheep herders, there were more cattle herders, seven or eight in total. Zhou Yang even saw a student of Qin Xueyi in the crowd.
Although he couldn't quite remember the student's name, he must have been from the laboratory.
I wanted to ask, but when I saw a few "unruly" bulls in the herd, their eyes seemed not very kind. Zhou Yang and others still did not dare to cross the herd to communicate with the student.
After the herd of cattle passed by, Zhou Yang, Fan Debiao and others were laughing and chatting, maybe they might encounter a herd of horses if they wait a little longer!
But until they got to the livestock shed, they didn't see the horses. Instead, they saw a large number of commune members surrounding the livestock shed, and they didn't know what they were busy with!
(Mongolian milk tea)
(Inner Mongolia hard breakfast)
(Inner Mongolia hard breakfast)
(sheep)
(flock)
(cattle)
(herd)
