Chapter 30 Chapter 29 Resting at the Mastiff Field

Early in the morning, Yifeng helped Lao Xiao guard the gate of the mastiff farm, waiting for the water truck to arrive while shaving.People in the mastiff farm never drink the water in the river, so sending water has become a big deal. Grassland lacks water?Sad to say.This is the most beautiful wetland in China, and we live by the water at the source of the Yellow River. It is said to be the purest plateau Fengshui treasure, but the water quality here is really hard to compliment, and the humus content is extremely high.I once walked down the Heihe River with Yifeng. Rotten plastic bags, instant noodle boxes, rags, women’s purses, used medicines, tourists’ snack packages on the river surface... all kinds of garbage floated with the flowing water Heavy ground and stop and drift, it is clear that the pollution of the river surface is not a day's work.It made us feel panicked... People are really the dirtiest!No animal in the natural world will make garbage. The resources consumed by animals are taken from nature and returned to nature.For example, wolves prey on their prey, and the leftovers are further consumed by other animals, and finally they are completely decomposed by bacteria, and even the corpses of wolves are returned to other creatures in nature. This cycle is perfect and clean.Only humans can produce garbage that is difficult to degrade, and even humans themselves have become an indigestible burden on nature, and they have to be burned after death.

The river water could not be used, so the people in the mastiff field started to think about underground water, and they spent a lot of effort to dig a well so that the pump could pump water up for use.The water was exactly the color of coffee, and it couldn't settle for a long time. It was used to wash hands and cracks, and the clothes were all dyed yellow.There were white foam and dead rats floating in the water. It was disgusting to wash, let alone drink.Where did the dead rats come from in the covered well?We analyzed it and found that the pikas and zokors on the pasture are too dense, especially in this area, where there are three or four pika holes or zokor mounds on an average of one meter square.When this well was dug, some went directly to the "home" of the zokor; Tunnels were dug in the direction of the well, and water leakage occurred during the construction... It is not surprising that a few rats died in the well water every now and then.This well is a source of fire for both people and rats.

The people in Mastiff Farm had to buy mountain spring water from outside to drink from a long distance. Every time they pulled a cart over, several families divided them into buckets and stored them in a warm place next to the stove to avoid freezing. Several large buckets of water lasted for a week. left and right, especially precious.As for taking a bath, that is simply a luxurious thought.The stream at Langdu Beach where I camped before is considered good, but I still need to fold several layers of gauze towels, cover the surface of the bucket to filter the humus, and cook it over a fire.However, on the plateau where the air pressure is insufficient, even boiling water can be reached in and touched. It is impossible to completely disinfect and sterilize, so we can only let ourselves gradually adapt to the water and soil.

After the beginning of winter, the low temperature of minus 20 to 30 degrees every night has already broken the water pipes of the mastiff farm, and the water pumps can no longer pump water from the well. The remaining water has to be saved for flushing the toilet, so I dare not waste it.Sometimes the toilet won't flush, and people are so embarrassed that they can't do anything, because the sewer pipes are also frozen, so they have to boil water to flush the toilet.A few workers who stayed at the mastiff farm for the winter got together to discuss how to solve this "urgent task" that they have to face every day after winter.

Someone said: "Just go to the wild to solve it." The other said: "No, last time I was chased by wild dogs outside, which made me run all over the mountain with my pants in my hands."Life in the grassland is very specific, winter will bring a lot of mischief to the people here, learning not to complain is also a kind of joy. The scorching sun, strong wind, rain and snow, and hail all test all kinds of life here, including human beings.The harsh grassland grows nothing but grass, and produces nothing except cattle and sheep, so the diet on the grassland is relatively simple and simple. After a long time, instant noodles, rice with soy sauce and stored potatoes are the main food. When it comes to meat, my saliva drools so much that I have to pick it up with a basin.Lao Xiao inquired everywhere, and finally found a shepherd who was willing to sell sheep. I bought a 150-jin ram from this shepherd. I planned to raise it for a period of time, slaughter it for everyone as a tooth sacrifice, and also store meat for Green. .

As soon as Lao Xiao led the big sheep to the backyard, the sheep went crazy when it saw a dead yak head lying on the grass, hit Lao Xiao's butt hard, and ran away dragging the rope.Lao Xiao had no choice but to close the backcourt door with his hands on his buttocks. But he said that the yak head was originally dragged out of which pasture by the territorial dogs by the river. A group of dogs were quarreling around with the uneven distribution of spoils. Green Xunsheng found it and immediately confiscated it. The territorial dogs were so angry Blowing beards and staring, but all of them seemed to have taken root on the ground. No one dared to come forward to trouble Green, but only dared to form a circle and stare at Green. The bull's head was picked up and thrown into the backcourt.Green snatched the bull's head because he was a drunkard, and just used it to fight with the territorial dogs. I picked up the bull's head and gave it to him for his own use, but he lost interest. He just took out the cow's tongue and ate it. Senger went to bed by his cage.

The movement of Old Xiao leading the sheep into the yard earlier aroused Green's curiosity. He followed Lao Xiao through the kennel like a ghost. Feeling into the back yard.Green quickly found the big sheep hiding in the alleyway at the corner. He was overjoyed, and imitated Old Xiao's example, picking up the sheep rope on the ground to lead the sheep.Although the old saying goes, "Lead the sheep by hand", but the sheep are not so stupid that they can be taken away by a wolf "by the mouth".Green can't pull it back and forth, but it makes the big ram annoyed. The ram rushes out of the alleyway to show off its power - bumping, bumping, stepping, stomping, all moves are breathtaking!Kicking, kicking, slamming, kicking, all kinds of desperate attacks!The goat's hooves like meteor hammers kept greeting Green.Green couldn't ask for it, so he simply started a war of attrition, tossing the sheep day and night, not letting the sheep eat, not letting the sheep drink, and not even letting the sheep lie down to rest.As long as Green is eyeing something, he must be none other than him, and some are just a matter of time.

Green and the sheep are exhausted... Everyone advised me to "call the wolf away and not allow him to catch the sheep".I smiled wryly, wolves are not dogs, and no one has been able to command wolves since ancient times.Even for Green, my order is just a reference, and whether he accepts it depends entirely on his mood.Wolves and sheep are issues left over from history, and it doesn't matter who holds them. At night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse.A clear wolf howl sounded from the back yard, the sound was long and warm, anxious and expectant.I opened the window and listened carefully, and it was indeed Green's call, which seemed to be calling for help from my companions. The excitement in the voice was more than anxiety, revealing a sense of accomplishment and a long-lasting sense of urgent cooperation.After the sound, there was a pause for a few minutes, and only a few barks from far away were replaced.The invitation in the second sound became more intense, and the Tibetan mastiffs in the kennel began to bark uneasily.That night, Green’s long wolf howl rang out from time to time, and he couldn’t bear to be disturbed. He closed his eyes and listened quietly in his sleep. Ever since the big wolf left Green and left angrily, it had been a long time since he had heard Green’s call so indulgently. That voice sounded like the sound of heaven in the quiet night. .Summoning the pack to hunt together was a display of Grimm's primal nature, older than the years he lived and the air he breathed.This is the purest voice of the grassland.

The next morning, Lao Xiao climbed up to the wall for a peek, and came back and said, "I'm still guarding, the wolf is asleep, the sheep is standing, and the sheep is covered with hoarfrost. I guess I didn't sleep well that night." On the third day, after Lao Xiao climbed the wall to look again, he came back and shook his head: "No way, the sheep will lose fat if they are hungry like this for a few days." Green howled for two consecutive nights, and the Tibetan mastiffs also howled for two nights, making everyone unable to sleep well. After discussing with each other, this sheep was bought for food, and sooner or later it would die. It's better to die quickly than to be consumed by Green.If it was really bitten to pieces by wolves, people would not be able to eat it.When I made up my mind, Nima and Lao Xiao and I divided the labor to catch the sheep. After two days and two nights of hunger and thirst and standing as punishment, the upright leg of the lamb was almost frozen into a popsicle, and the big ram was no longer like the first sheep. One day was so majestic, three people and a wolf went to chase and intercept the sheep.

When slaughtering sheep, everyone was afraid of accidents and asked Yifeng to lock Green in the backyard.Seeing that the sheep that had been guarding for several days did not allow him to participate in the final hunt, Green jumped up in anger, flying over the eaves and walls to the top of the wall, so anxious that Yifeng grabbed the wolf's tail and shouted: "Hurry up, this kid can do it!" Jump out!" Lao Xiao and I grabbed a sheep's horn, Nima dragged the rope in front and finally dragged the big sheep to the river... After slaughtering the sheep, everyone left Green's heart, liver, and a large amount of minced meat by the river.As soon as Yifeng opened the closed iron door, Green couldn't wait to rush out to clean up the battlefield.He snatched heart, liver and leftover meat, the softest meats that are easy to devour, and wolfed them down without chewing. In the blink of an eye, the wolf's stomach bulged up. Very satisfied.I cut the slaughtered sheep in half, divided half among the families, and kept the other half as Green's grain.

The territorial dogs by the river looked at Green gobbling it up, all salivating.Finally, two dogs dared to come up and tried to run away with a sheep gut.Green, who was eating, didn't allow them to be presumptuous, and ejected silently, the left and right bites were as fast as lightning; in an instant, the dog's back skin on the left was torn off alive, and the bright red dog meat was steaming in the cold wind. The dog's neck was bleeding; the pain caused the two dogs to scream and run away, blood dripping all the way behind them.Green roared loudly, and the dogs scattered in horror, not daring to be presumptuous, and stood far away watching the mutton and swallowing their saliva. "Green has started to establish his prestige." Yifeng said. "At least he won't be bullied anymore, some cruelty is forced out." I sighed slightly. Green's swallowing of the lamb chops suddenly stopped, and he issued a stern warning threat, because another daring dog appeared in front of his food, and came closer to him little by little, looking hesitantly at the person in front of Green. The guts of the sheep swallowed their saliva.Green raised his neck hair, bared his teeth and stared at the dog viciously: "There's another guy who doesn't know what's good?" However, Green stopped. According to the law of wolf nature, males do not fight with females. What appeared in front of them was a female dog. She was the wife of White Face, the former heroic leader of the territorial dogs.The difference is that her abdomen is no longer protruding, replaced by two rows of shriveled breasts hanging below her belly, her hair that was once smooth as satin is no longer moist, and her washboard-like ribs are looming as she walks, that The days of worry-free food and clothing no longer exist with the decline of the white face.She is now the mother of a litter of puppies and cannot let the maternal instinct of starving puppies drive her forward.Her footsteps trembled slightly due to fear, but the sheep's internal organs seemed to have cast a spell on her, and the sound of the white face's distant stop did not seem to reach her ears at all. Green's neck hair calmed down slowly, and finally it was softly attached to his neck. The wolf teeth retracted their cold light, and the scene in front of him seemed to touch the hidden pain in his heart.He glanced at her, stopped growling threateningly, and took two steps back slowly, exposing the slippery sheep's internal organs between them.Unbelievable surprise and deep doubts flashed in the eyes of the yellow dog who was waiting for Green's brutal bite to grab a bite of food.Bailian limped and approached with difficulty while baring his teeth at Green, but he didn't dare to move forward when he was more than ten meters away. Green's abnormal calm also made him dare not act rashly.He understood better than anyone else that he couldn't beat Green at the beginning, and now that he is disabled, he is no match for Green.But worries about his lover and a strong desire to feed his young son drove him to warn Green with a hoarse voice. The yellow dog was already very close, and her eyes were fixed on Green's actions, every nerve was highly sensitive, and every hair exuded infinite doubts.She cautiously approached the sheep's internal organs, and Green's slight snort and eye blink would make her subconsciously jump up and dodge, for fear that the violent wolf in front of her would launch a vicious and deadly surprise attack without warning.When the tips of her teeth finally reached the fishy-smelling sheep offal and dragged a large lump of sheep stomach and sheep lungs to her, she finally believed it was real.She ignored the urge to swallow and dragged her internal organs and ran towards the white face. Perhaps the side of her partner was the safest place for her. The greedy territorial dogs saw the yellow dog dragging out a mass of sheep's internal organs, so they rushed to snatch it, biting down a few dogs that ran in the front with white faces, and protecting their wives back to the nest.The dogs didn't dare to chase after him, after all, Bailian still had the power he had before, and his teeth were still sharp.The dogs turned back after taking a few steps, and continued to salivate at the leftovers in front of Green, hoping that Green would also give them a small gift. With a white face protecting his wife's going back, he turned his head slightly, glanced at Green with extremely complicated eyes, turned and left. Green sighed softly - I didn't want to express it that way, because I've never seen a wolf sigh before.But in the cold air after the snow, when the deep white mist exhaled from Green's lips, I seemed to feel the loneliness and sigh in Green's heart. Green picked a large piece of lamb chop from the rest of the meat, put it in his mouth, and walked away.Behind them, a group of territorial dogs cheered and snatched the leftovers. Back at the mastiff farm, Yifeng happily shook the sheep's head in his hand and handed it to Green: "Boy, save it for eating when you're hungry." I was very puzzled: "Green is full, what are you doing with the things left for those dogs?" Yifeng said mysteriously: "The sheep skull picked up by the wolf is a work of art with special significance. I will collect it after he gnaws it clean in a few days." After a moment of silence, he felt a little regretful, "It was finally slaughtered. If you don’t save the sheep for Green, why are you taking advantage of those territorial dogs?” I sighed, sat down on the grass and touched Green’s bulging belly, saying, “That’s also Green’s assignment. No matter how annoying those dogs are, they are always his partners.” Maybe I’m the only one who can enter Green’s inner world and touch His deep loneliness.He needs the company of the same kind, although this kind of company is full of hostility, threat and greed, but it is a kind of company after all, which can satisfy his need for group living.As he grows older, his eyes become more and more lonely and deep, and only when he is with us, his eyes become clear, pure and mischievous like an angel. Green, who was full of food and drink, looked particularly lazy. He stretched his four legs comfortably, and slowly leaned towards me to lie down. I called him: "Come to sleep." , pouted his buttocks, kicked the ground with his hind legs, pushed his body to my hand like a bulldozer, and met my palm with his big head. I bent my fingers and knocked his head: "Lazy guy, walking a few steps will kill you Huh?!" Green comfortably enjoyed my scolding, which was the sweetest whisper in his ears. Under the warm winter sun, the two of us cuddled together, gradually getting sleepy.I lay my pillow on Green Nuannuan's stomach, listening to his even undulating breathing, and fell into a dream.The scene of Green’s childhood seems to be just yesterday, he crawled on my stomach like a little pompom, smacking his mouth and dreaming with his eyes closed tightly, his small body rose and fell on my stomach with my breathing ... Now he has grown up and looks like a big wolf.As he matures, I know that the inevitable separation is coming. I suddenly hope that time will pass more slowly, and Green will grow more slowly, and I want to accompany him all the way... In a blink of an eye, Yifeng has been at the mastiff farm for more than a week, and gradually adapted to the plateau climate.He often drives back to the Langshan territory to inspect.He found a long-abandoned dilapidated house about four meters square on a hillside diagonally opposite Wolf Mountain. He didn't know whether it was a temporary camp for herdsmen or a place for people who went up the mountain to dig up the caterpillar fungus to spend the night.Yifeng was overjoyed. He bought some lightweight building materials that had been removed after the Zhouqu disaster near Langmu Township. He dragged them up like ants moving house every day, and quietly asked unrelated workers in the county to repair the small house. There was a painted steel door and glass windows framed in wood.A hole was dug above the house, a chimney was led down, and an iron stove was placed in the center of the hut.He did all this in secret before taking me to this observation point.I was both excited and surprised. Although the hut is simple, it is much better than a tent. It provides shelter from wind and rain. It can be dismantled when leaving, and there is no pollution.I don't know if it can withstand snow pressure, but Yifeng has done architectural design, I believe him.Looking through the window, you can see the wolf mountain opposite and the pasture below the mountain at a glance. He joked with a sense of accomplishment: "Look, we have a house facing the prairie where spring flowers are blooming. After two days I get used to the plateau climate, so we will come here with Green." However, Yifeng's stomach is not Fighting, still can't adapt to the river water here, every time I drink it, my stomach hurts once, and I can only go back to the mastiff farm to rest, eat and drink water at night.It is difficult to seek medical treatment for illness on the plateau, and it is impossible to survive in the wild if you cannot pass the water and soil barrier.After all, living in isolation on the barren hills deep in the grasslands is both attractive and frightening. Food?drinking water?beast?disease?Failure to consider any link may be fatal, not to mention the temperature of minus 20 degrees, which can freeze people into ice sculptures overnight.Going there requires courage and technical support. That prairie hut has also become a place of dreams that we both look forward to and fear...