Bianshanhan [farming]

In these few days of cold weather, the ewes are about to give birth to their lambs.

In order to keep their mother and child safe, the pregnant ewes were placed in the wing room.

Li Qingzhuo and Li Qingfeng heated up the kang in the side room for things. The floor was covered with soft hay, and two sheep with bulging bellies were lying on it. Next to them were two other big sheep and a lamb, which were born a few days ago. of.

It's too cold, I'm afraid they won't be able to bear it, so they are raised here.

One of the ewes that had just given birth had no milk, and the lamb was bleating hungry. The other ewe was very irritable and only milked her own child.

Li Qingzhuo added some warm water to the soybean noodles, sat on the grass mat, and brought the hungry lamb over. Mixing the soybean noodles with water, he made a small dumpling with his hands and fed the soybean dough to the lamb.

The soybeans were crushed as soon as they were cooked, and they were still warm at this time. The little lamb didn't know what it was, and struggled not to eat it. Li Qingwen pinched its mouth and put it in.

The wind outside was getting stronger and stronger, and the door was slightly ringing, but the wooden door was thick and strong, and it only moved, and there was a heavy door curtain behind it, which blocked the air-conditioning that sneaked in.

On the kang, Li Qingfeng was sound asleep, and the two ewes on the ground looked a little uncomfortable, probably about to give birth, so Li Qingzhuo fed them something.

The door was opened, and a gust of cold wind suddenly blew in. Li Qingzhuo blocked the door, feeling cold all over.

Soon, the door was closed, Li Maoxian came in, and Li Qingzhuo called "Father" in a low voice.

Li Maoxian first went to the kang to warm his hands, then touched the bellies of the two ewes, and said in a low voice: "If you don't give birth tonight, it should be tomorrow morning."

Li Qingzhuo said: "Father, I don't know when, you should lie down for a while."

"I just woke up, so I'm not sleepy." Li Maoxian said: "Second brother, go and rest for a while. Tomorrow morning, the fourth child and Zai'er will go on patrol with Jiang Cong. You should also go around together, the border town is huge."

Tomorrow is the last patrol to the north before the year. Although Lord Lowe is dead, no one knows whether the people of Luoche Kingdom will make a comeback. Therefore, the defense of the border town is heavy on the east, but the north has not been relaxed.

After Li Qingfeng came back from the forest, he couldn't stay at home after resting for a few days. It happened that Jiang Cong was going to patrol, so he had to follow him for a walk.

This patrol was the same as before, and they also had to bring other exiles with them. Li Qingfeng and the others who used to go around were smarter than exiles.

Jiang Cong nodded, the boys outside the camp were gearing up, and Li Qingfeng even called Li Qingzhuo and Li Qingwen.

During these days when Li Qingzhuo was at home, apart from visiting and doing work, he would read a book when he had a little spare time. Looking at him like this, he knew how hardworking he was in the capital.

Both Chen Shi and Li Maoxian knew that their second son was a hard-working man, and they couldn't bear him to be so tired all the time, so they urged him to follow him for a walk to the north.

The two ewes were also very happy. After the start, they gave birth to two lambs one after another. The two lambs were carried to the mother's belly, found the milk, and began to eat quietly.

Li Maoxian didn't leave either, and lay down next to his two sons, and the three of them slept in the wing room until Maoshi.

In the border town in winter, it gets dark early and bright late, Li Qingwen is the first to sleep, but wakes up late. He put on his clothes and wanted to go out to feed the animals, but was stopped by his mother, so he had to take off his thick fur coat and sit down. On the small bench in front of the stove, light a fire.

They didn't have breakfast together. Li Qingwen and Jiang shi had a separate pot. The bottom of the pot was pumpkin porridge. On top of the pot was a three-pronged log. On top of the log was a low basin with egg custard.

Li Qingwen's face was flushed red by the fire in the fire pit. He stuffed the sorghum stalks out. The squeezed stalks were very dense and could burn for a while after being stuffed.

Taking advantage of this time, Mrs. Chen made a bowl of honey water for her younger son. Jiang Cong brought the honey back from Liu He's tribe. No one touched it, and he drank it alone.

The winter in the border town was already dry, and sleeping on the kang made it easier to get thirsty. Li Qingwen drank all the water in one bowl, and thought he could eat two more bowls of porridge.

Although it is cat winter, there is a lot of work to be done, such as shoveling snow, digging manure, weaving sacks, boiling sugar... Therefore, you have to eat something hard in the morning to fight hunger.

The breakfast at Li Qingwen's house is fried buckwheat noodles.

The buckwheat noodles had been kneaded a long time ago and were covered with a blanket. Mrs. Chen took out the frying bed to wash it, and then put it on top of the western pot.

There was no need to turn on the fire in the east pot anymore, Li Qingwen dragged the small bench to the west stove, and after a few handfuls of firewood were burned, the water in the west pot boiled.

At this time, Li Qingfeng came in yawning, he sat on the bench and watched the fire, Li Qingwen washed his hands, pulled the awakened buckwheat into balls, stuffed them into the bed, and pressed the pole.

The dough is pressed and leaks in strips from the holes below and falls into the pan.

Li Qingwen was frying the pan here, while stirring the pot, Mrs. Chen filled out the contents of the pot on the east side, Li Qingrui came over to serve his wife's meal, Mrs. Chen started to fry sauerkraut after washing the pot.

After pressing and roasting, put the unfinished stewed pumpkin on it and cover the pot. Li Qingwen started to eat his egg custard and porridge. Li Qingfeng was also hungry. I ate the thick layer of minced meat on top before rolling the rest into my mouth.

When the Taobao was cooked and the mules and horses outside had been fed, the masters cleaned the snow from the soles of their shoes outside the door before coming in.

The table was placed in the front room, because Li Zhengliang and Li Zhengming were still lying on the kang, so the table was placed on the ground.

Li Qingwen dug a large plate of chicken jelly from the basin, Li Qingzhuo stood in front of the chopping board, and brought the stewed meat that his mother had kindly prepared on the table, and Mrs. Chen poured sauerkraut and tofu on top of the baobao as a marinade.

Li Qingrui put his cold hands on his son's buttocks. Li Zhengliang, who was pretending to be asleep, let out a scream and shrunk down as hard as he could. Li Qingfeng went up and lifted his quilt away.

The elder son is easy to deal with, but the younger son can't be so rude. Li Zhengming has been crying for getting up since he was a child. Li Qingrui carried the dog into the house, and the dog's nose and mouth rubbed against Li Zhengming's face.

Li Zhengming woke up, mouth pursed, Li Qingrui took his hand and put it on the dog's fur, "The dogs are hungry, why don't you get up and feed them?"

When Li Zhengming heard this, he regained his energy, immediately put on his clothes and put on his shoes, Chen said: "Slow down, grandma just put food for them..."

It is too difficult to get up in winter, and this situation has to be done every day. Fortunately, Li Zhengyan is a caring person. He goes to bed and wakes up by himself every day, and even puts socks on for his father.

Thinking of his eldest daughter, Li Qingrui finally felt a little better.

As soon as the hot pan was in the mouth, everyone was eating quickly. Li Qingwen could eat some now, and the amount of vegetables and meat was slowly increasing.

Li Zhengzhuo was holding Li Zhengyan. This little guy was not always very peaceful. She was more honest on the second uncle's lap. In addition, she was very cute when she sat with Jiang Cong.

Li Qingfeng was not a slow eater in the first place, so he stuffed his stomach in the back room, ate two bowls of 饸烧, burped after eating, and ran to the camp to look for Jiang Cong.

This patrol took more than ten days to go back and forth, and there was enough food, grass and dry food. Jiang Cong led the officers, soldiers and exiles, and Li Qingfeng rode a horse, followed by more than 20 sledges.

Li Qingwen was let out after being wrapped up tightly by his mother. He originally wanted to ride a horse, but dressed like this, he couldn't even lift his legs and couldn't ride a horse, so he could only sit on the sledge honestly.

Riding against the wind, sitting on the sledge has something to block it from being blown.

Besides them, Ma Yongjiang, Qi Min and others also came to join in the fun, and the long team left the camp under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Li Qingzhuo didn't go, he finally came back to see his parents, he wanted to spend more time with his family.

Mao Mao ran happily on the snow with the big dog and the little dog. They were good at running and full of energy. They were tired of going around the camp for a long time. I don't know how happy they are to come out this time.

Looking at their cheerful backs, Li Qingwen felt a little bit reluctant. He was going to the capital after the new year, and he didn't know when he would be able to see these little guys again.

Although Li Qingwen really wanted to take Mao Mao away, he also knew that Mao Mao's ancestors lived in the northern snowfields for generations. In order to resist the cold, they adapted to the environment and grew a thick coat of hair. If they went south, they would be very hot. Hard.

The dogs ran all the way to the horse in front. Li Qingwen felt even worse when he saw Jiang Cong on the horse.

Although Jiang Cong is not an exile, but if he wants to be stationed in the border town, he can't escape, and it will not be easy to meet him in the future...

As if aware of his gaze, Jiang Cong turned his head, the eyes behind the snow mirror looked at Li Qingwen, and the horse under him couldn't help but slow down.

Jiang Cong's horse and Li Qingwen's sledge were walking side by side. He stretched out his hand and asked, "Boy, come up?"

Li Qingwen shook his head, he was too thick to move his legs.

There were other people leading the way, and Jiang Cong was not in a hurry to go back. He rode beside him on horseback. Li Qingwen leaned on the sledge to watch him, and the two of them didn't speak.

Going north is against the wind, and getting up early is a bit hard. Not only people, but after a day, the horse's muzzle and nose are also covered with a large amount of hoarfrost.

After dark, they pitched a tent in a mountain depression, and Li Qingwen entered the tent. After warming up, the first thing he did was to take off the outer leather sleeve, so that he felt that he had grown legs.

The night in the border town is very long, so when you encounter prey on the road, you will shoot it. At this time, Li Qing was taking the prey far away to deal with it. Li Qing hurriedly boiled a pot of water for his brother. Because he scooped too much honey, he finally soaked half a pot honey water.

Li Qingwen could do these things, but when his parents came out, he told Li Qingfeng to take care of his younger brother, since he agreed, he would do it.

Li Qingwen drank the sweet water slowly, and couldn't help but think of the embarrassing incident when he was in a hurry last time, so he immediately put down the honey water.