Winter passed in an instant.
When spring comes, the ice on the river melts. Ye Xiaoxian specially goes to the river to see the ice scene.
The ice melts slowly, floats on the water, and slowly rushes downstream, getting smaller and smaller.
The green trees on both sides of the river were originally frozen, but now they have melted, some of them have sprouted a little green buds, and the snow on the grass is about to melt. If you remove the snow, you can see the grass tip with teeth below.
Everything seems to be thriving.
According to Aunt Bayer, as soon as the snow and ice melt in spring, the nomads will come back. At that time, there will be flocks of cattle and sheep in this area.
In order to make a living, ye Xiaoxian started the potato chip business again. At the same time, she asked the firewood cutting team to see if there were any other game when cutting firewood. Of course, sometimes she would follow.
As soon as spring comes, the wild vegetables on the mountain will grow. When ye Xiaoxian used to be a chef, she studied the wild vegetables on the mountain and could distinguish some edible fungi.
Although sometimes her fingers are red with cold when picking wild vegetables, she misses green vegetables after eating potatoes, Chinese cabbage and leek in winter.
She couldn't help picking a large basket and came back to make wild vegetable soup and wild vegetable cakes. If there were more, she would fry two dishes separately. Every time she put it on the table, she was robbed.
Southerners like green vegetables, especially in Qinghe County. If they don't eat vegetables for three days, they will feel terrible.
After another period of time, all the ice under the iceberg melted, the grassland became tender green, and the herdsmen came back.
Tianshan tribe has many festivals in spring, among which the animal Festival is relatively grand.
This program is specially opened for slaughter by local people in order to get a good omen. If there are sheep at home, they usually kill a sheep to worship heaven. After worship, they sing and dance, and ride horses and shoot arrows.
The patriarch's family also came back. There are many sheep in their family. He is also the patriarch. He needs to kill three sheep and put them in the front row of the sacrificial ceremony.
On that day, the elders of the tribe went to ask the patriarch, "what about the refugees assigned last year? Do they want to participate in this ceremony?"
The patriarch was about to say that they had no sheep and participated in a fart.
But just before the winter, Li Chengru approved him once, saying that he did not treat the refugees fairly and set a good example in the family. He was worried that he would be taken in by the old fox outside Liu at that time. He said, "let them come. If they don't have sheep, then pay the money. If they don't have money, come and help kill the sheep. There's no reason for them to come and eat for nothing."
Mainly after the ceremony, everyone should sit around and hold a bonfire dinner and eat roast mutton.
The people responsible for communicating with the refugees are the patriarch's wife, dati and Guri.
They began to communicate from the near. Those who moved with the farmers directly informed the farmers that they could let the refugees participate in the Eid al AdhA Festival, but they could not eat for nothing. They could either help kill the sheep or pay money, or they could return to the farmers' family, who were responsible for their own refugees.
Some farmers have as many minds as clan leaders. Now they have just moved back. Where do the refugees get the money to pay for mutton? Even if they help kill sheep, one sheep per family, they don't need much labor at all.
These farmers said that their refugees did not participate because they had to graze and feed sheep during the Eid al AdhA.
Some farmers with a better mind will report the number of refugees in their families.
For example, aunt Bayer's family, her man and son also migrated back. The family was divided into two refugees, all of whom were covered.
Dati and Guli informed that they were close and finally reached Ye Xiaoxian's side.
"Hey, find someone in charge and come out!" Cried dati.
Liu Yuanwai has always been the "steward". He quickly stood up with a smile.
"Do you guys want to attend the Eid al AdhA?" Dati didn't even get off the horse and shouted directly on the horse's back.
It happened that Aunt Bayer had just told everyone about the Eid al AdhA in the language class yesterday, so they all knew what kind of festival it was.
And when they had dinner yesterday, they also discussed that if they could go, everyone would go and it would be best to integrate into it.
"Let's go, all of us." Liu yuanwaidao.
Dati said impatiently, "you can't go if you want. First, you have to pay money or find a sheep to kill yourself. Second, come and help kill the sheep or do other work."
Liu asked, "pay the silver? How much?"
"There are so many of you, at least 10 liang of silver. You can eat two sheep at that time." Dati said.
Liu took a breath.
10 liang of silver, you can buy half a camel, you can also buy five sheep, so it doesn't pay.
Just as he was struggling to repent, the sound of horse hoofs sounded not far away.
Doriku came, too.
Doriku looks very handsome riding a brown horse on the grass.
When Guli saw doriku, she couldn't help but clip her legs inside, and her face turned red. The horse was frightened and stepped back two steps.
When doriku reached them, he immediately tightened the rope, and the horse stopped steadily in front of dati.
"Doriku, what are you doing here?" Dati was very unfriendly to doriku.
Doriku is a prodigal son and seldom listens to the patriarch. Now the patriarch hates these foreign refugees, but why did doriku mix with them?
It is said that doriku also lent them boats to catch fish and taught them the skills of fishing in winter, which was handed down by his father.
Doriku asked dati, "did you invite them to the Eid al AdhA? Do you want conditions? What conditions?"
"Why are you asking so many questions? What's none of your business?" Dati said.
Guli on one side replied, "let them give 10 liang of silver, or give their own sheep, or help us work."
"Oh, let them produce sheep. I happen to have sheep there." Doriku looked at member Liu again and said, "I happen to have several sheep there. I'll sell you one cheaper."
"This..." Liu didn't know whether to ask for it or not.
Dati asked, "how much did you sell them? A sheep?"
Doriku said, "I'll sell it for a silver or two."
"You..." dati was so angry with doriku that she meant to give them two sheep to eat with 10 liang of silver.
"Are you a fool?" Dati asked.
"My sheep have been raised for a long time, just to kill them for food. Why can't someone sell them now?" Doriku road.
Then he asked Liu Yuanwai, "do you want to? I only let one end. Is there more?"
Liu Yuanwai is actually hesitating.
It's said that doriku has no parents. He managed to raise several sheep. Is it appropriate to let one out?
"No mother and mother-in-law." Doriku said to member Liu in the words taught by Ye Xiaoxian, "I brought sheep to you on the day of Eid al AdhA."