Chapter 208

Mahal first looked at Ye Xiaoxian. Seeing that ye Xiaoxian had carriages and their clothes were not too shabby, Mahal said to them, "our Tianshan tribe is in Baoning city. It belongs to a big tribe. Other tribes are either short of water or very cold. Do you know Huoyanshan? The parts over there are very hot and can be roasted when people go, and most of them are desert and very bitter."

When they heard about the flame mountain, the others were a little nervous. At the same time, they were glad that they were not assigned there.

But ye Xiaoxian has seen the documentary and knows that the soil at the foot of Flame Mountain is rich and suitable for growing grapes. There is no water shortage there. In summer, local people like to sleep on the roof.

She suspected that Mahal had other purposes.

Sure enough, Mahal said, "we have to choose to come to our tribe. Although every family in our tribe has its own life, there are many collective assets in the tribe. We need to donate money. If we have money, we need to donate some."

Liu said, "but we are refugees. Refugees can't eat enough. Where can we have money to confess?"

Mahal said, "I don't mean now. I mean that in the future, you will settle here. Of course, you have to work. There are farms here. If you have nothing to do, you can come and help herding sheep, but there is no salary, only two meals a day."

Liu asked again, "what did you eat these two meals?"

"A Nang." Mahal said: "there have been two groups of refugees in front of us who are helping shepherd. Although we are the best tribe here, we can't compare with the city. It's impossible to have delicious food for you. It's good to raise sheep. The key is to fill your stomach, isn't it?"

Everyone looked at each other and felt that the next days would be very sad.

Liu Yuanwai asked, "men can raise sheep. What about women and children? They can't eat?"

Mahal said, "you can help milk sheep and roll wool. It's also two nangs a day."

It means that if you don't eat enough, you won't die of hunger.

Ye Xiaoxian asked, "Mahal patriarch, what about our land distribution? I remember that the inner official said that when we came here, we could be divided into yurt houses and twenty kilograms of noodles per household."

Mahal said, "that's true, but now the tribe has no face for the time being. You need to wait. Yurt, come with me to get it."

Ye Xiaoxian liked the scenery here and saw the tribe of Mahal. There were few tribal people, and there were some yurts standing sparsely. Each family had an average of two yurts, some for eating and some for sleeping. The yurt also had windows open. When you open the windows, you can see the blue sky, white clouds and grass outside.

If she didn't have to worry about food and drink, she could stay here all day.

She is looking forward to staying in earlier.

Mahal asked to send some men to lead him to the yurt. Liu Yuanwai and the young adults of the Xiao family went.

However, after receiving the yurt, ye Xiaoxian found that the materials on the yurt were broken. It seemed that they had been used for a long time and were obviously eliminated.

Member Liu is a human being. Of course, I can see it, but I didn't say it.

Ye Xiaoxian said, "Mahal patriarch, I remember the interior official said that the yurts they distributed to the refugees were new, and these funds were allocated by the Bank of Baoning county."

After ye Xiaoxian asked, member Liu coughed twice outside, indicating that ye Xiaoxian should not talk disorderly. This is the land of others, and the refugees can only accept it here.

Mahal smiled "hehe" and pretended to say, "did you hear wrong? We haven't received the imperial court's silver here. The yurt is a little old, but it can't be used. Otherwise, you can catch up and ask if the internal official has gone far."

Nonsense, how long have you been away? I can't catch up with you now.

Ye Xiaoxian can't say any more. This is their land. Bear it first.

Mahal went to a hill in the distance and said, "you two families should camp there for the time being. Here, there is a tree."

Ye Xiaoxian said, "can't you come here?"

Mahal touched his moustache and smiled: "of course not. Although you are assigned to our tribe, you are not local after all. If you live too close, it will interfere with our people. After all, the living conditions of your people in the pass are different from those of our tribe, aren't you?"

Ye Xiaofei took a faint breath.

Xenophobia is the root of a nation's vice. Where is there no such person? People live here well, and suddenly some outsiders are installed. No one is happy.

Well, then live far away and the well water will not offend the river.

Ye Xiaoxian said to Liu, "it's getting late outside Liu. Let's hurry to tie up the yurt. It's business to settle down earlier."

Liu Yuanwai also has this intention.

Mahal said with a smile, "then discuss it. If you plan to come and help us herd sheep, you can give me the list earlier so that I can arrange which one you are responsible for."

Ye Xiaoxian didn't answer him, and the others didn't agree.

It takes two nangs to feed the sheep in one day. Doesn't it take people as animals? Don't say that the Xiao family won't agree if member Liu, who has always been a good person, doesn't agree.

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A group of people finally pulled the yurt and all the materials to the small hill over there. When they opened the yurt again, they found that not only the materials for the yurt were broken, but also the piles used to fix the yurt were broken.

Southerners have no experience with these things. Even if these things are good, I'm afraid it will take a long time to build them, not to mention they are so broken.

Everyone began to swear:

"Damn it, what's that? Chief Mao, isn't this a pit for us?"

"Deliberately swallowed our noodles and our new yurt, and gave us some junk, just to let us help them be slaves."

"How can people live with this kind of thing? Alas, I don't know if the trees in front can be cut down. If we can, we'll cut some out to build a house."

“……”

Ye Xiaoxian was still calm. She said, "the wooden house is good, but you know, it's very cold in winter here. The wooden house can't resist the cold wind. In summer, the hot sun here is very dry, and the wooden house may be burned by itself."

"What about that?" Everyone looked at Ye Xiaoxian.

Ye Xiaoxian said, "the only way to do this is to build these broken yurts first, and then cut some wood in the nearby mountains tomorrow and replace these broken piles.

That's the only way.

A group of people put down their things, and the man began to study the construction of the yurt in a hurry. Under the leadership of Ye Xiaoxian, the woman set up a stove and prepared to cook today's meal. The children went to pick up wood nearby.

When the smoke curled up, the big guy's heart began to settle down.

Smoke means smoke, fire and hope.

Ye Xiaoxian looked at the nearby grassland, the towering snow mountains in the distance, the mountains behind her and the river not far away, and her mood gradually stabilized.

Aside from the Mahal patriarch and the exclusive people here, the scenery here is still very beautiful. As long as they are patient and don't conflict with the people here, they will stabilize here sooner or later.

When the smoke from cooking here rose, ye Xiaoxian attracted some little boys nearby. Looking at their clothes, they should be from Tianshan tribe. These children may have come near because they smelled the aroma.

The children here are very strong due to the environment. It is said that the children here began to learn to ride horses at the age of three or four, and can follow adults to graze at the age of five or six.

Probably influenced by the xenophobia of some adults, their eyes were hostile. Ye Xiaoxian guessed that some adults must have told them that refugees came to be slaves and were inferior to them.

Ye Xiaoxian is now making pancakes. People on their side generally eat Nang, which is similar to pancakes, but Nang can be kept for a long time, and pancakes are fresh. Ye Xiaoxian also put some bacon bought in Baoning County, which smells very fragrant.

When those children smelled the fragrance, there was no hostility in their eyes, but stared at them with a greedy look.

Ye Xiaoxian waved to them.

The children thought Ye Xiaoxian told them to come and eat, so they all ran over.

The Xiao family also thought that ye Xiaoxian wanted to distribute food to the children, so they said to Ye Xiaoxian, "leaf, why do you give them? People treat us as slaves, and we still flatter them?"

Ye Xiaoxian didn't answer. She didn't immediately give the pancakes to the children. Instead, she pointed to her forehand and hurriedly set up a yurt team. Then she said to the child, "you go to help. If you help, you will have pancakes to eat."

They didn't know the language, but ye Xiaoxian made many gestures, and they finally understood what ye Xiaoxian meant.

It's not difficult for them to build a yurt. They have to help adults since childhood, just as children in the South help their families plant fields since childhood. These little boys took action immediately after understanding Ye Xiaoxian's meaning.

A group of men were in a hurry and didn't know where to start. They were about to quarrel. Now as soon as these little boys joined, they quickly helped them build the yurt.

Some broken piles were also tied up with ropes by these little boys. One of the little boys also pointed to the mountains and forests and made another action of cutting trees, probably to let them cut some new wood to make piles if they want to have time.

Another little boy pointed to the hole and then motioned in the direction of the tribe, perhaps to tell them where to find better felt.

Ye Xiaoxian was very satisfied with them, so she gave them pancakes first. The little boys got something to eat and hugged them again.

Liu Yuanwai couldn't help praising Ye Xiaoxian: "Ye, you are so clever that you can think of buying them with cakes. I thought you let them eat for nothing in order to please them."

Ye Xiaoxian smiled and then branded others' bacon pie.

They have five yurts in total, and each household has two. Because the conditions are poor, they can only sleep in one yurt for men and one yurt for women. The remaining one is shared by the two families for meetings, meals or group activities.