Chapter 72: The sheep's tail fat on the sheep

"Friend, hello!" Hearing the movement, Yushanjiang rushed out of the winter camp, saw Halimu and Li Long, and was exceptionally happy, coming over to shake hands and hug both of them, "You can come, really too happy! Walk walk walk, go into the winter camp."

"Big Brother Yushanjiang, this is the thing you asked me to bring." Li Long pointed to the supplies on the horse's back and said, "And brought you a bag of rice and a bag of flour, put them down first, and tell me if you lack anything later."

"Really thanks to you!" Yushanjiang sighed, "If you hadn't brought these things, our life might not be easy in the coming days, this snow is too thick!"

Yushanjiang's daughter was adding grass to the sheep at the sheep pen, and his son was watching the dog to prevent it from rushing over. His gaze toward Li Long was also very curious.

When Li Long's gaze looked over, the child lowered his head shyly.

The three big men unloaded the things from the horse's back together and put them into the winter camp, then sat on the wooden kang and drank milk tea.

Yushanjiang's wife skillfully mixed the milk tea—the tea water in the teapot on the small stove didn't stop heating, just scoop the milk skin into the bowl, then pour the tea water in, and the simple version of milk tea was ready.

Li Long drank a mouthful beautifully, a warmth spread from his stomach to his whole body, dispelling the thick cold.

"Eat hand-grabbed meat at my place today." Yushanjiang said, "Li Long, I know you will definitely come back, I have a good eye for people, you are a friend worth making!"

Yushanjiang's words didn't have a bit of restraint, which made Li Long feel quite moved, and he said with a smile:

"You guys too, it's your sincerity that moved me. By the way, I see if there was a snow shower in the mountains recently? It's sunny outside, but it's cloudy in the mountains."

"Yeah, not a good thing," hearing Li Long say this, Yushanjiang's voice became low, "The forage we prepared in autumn might not be enough. Cattle and sheep can't catch up with fat, some might not survive until spring..."

"Yeah, the snow this winter is too big." Halimu also drank a mouthful of milk tea and followed up, "The forage prepared before, plus being able to graze in the pasture in winter, was enough for a whole winter. Now the snow is too thick, cattle and sheep can't dig the snow to eat the grass under the snow, relying only on the stored forage is not enough..."

Li Long couldn't help with this either. Although there was a horse station in the production team, the surplus forage was there, but compared to the amount needed by Yushanjiang, Halimu, and their cattle and sheep, it was far from enough.

Li Long vaguely remembered seeing similar situations in books in his previous lifetime, but he forgot specifically how to solve it.

Moreover, with his current connections, he simply couldn't solve it.

The three of them were silent, but soon Yushanjiang said with a smile:

"It's nothing, it just happens that Li Long is here, I'll slaughter a sheep for you to take back later. You are about to have the New Year, just in time to eat a meal."

Li Long was about to refuse, but Yushanjiang seemed to know what he wanted to say, waved his hand:

"We are friends, don't talk nonsense! Let you take it, you take it! By the way, there was movement nearby these two days, I also hunted something for you!"

Saying this, he stood up, and Li Long and Halimu hurriedly followed.

The three of them went out of the winter camp, Yushanjiang took them to the west side of the winter camp, used a wooden fork to pry open the snow, and revealed the things buried underneath.

"This is... a roe deer?" Halimu said in surprise, "We hit a roe deer when we hit wild boars that day, that guy was too clever, it ran away in the blink of an eye."

"I just ran over to steal my forage, and then I shot it down." Yushanjiang said proudly, "Li Long, you guys should eat this, right?"

"Eat, if you don't eat it, then I'll take it away." Li Long knew that there was no need to be polite when with these two friends, "This is a good thing in our place."

"Then take it away later. Walk, Halimu come help, slaughter the sheep, eat hand-grabbed meat at noon!"

The words were said very heroically, but Li Long heard a few traces of desolation in them. Not to mention now, even in later generations, it was impossible for herdsmen to eat hand-grabbed meat every day. Milk tea and naan were the most common meals.

Making this meal of hand-grabbed meat, firstly to welcome himself, and secondly to consume some sheep that were about to be eliminated, reducing the pressure.

How to help them?

Information flashed through Li Long's mind, wanting to know how he could accomplish this matter with his current methods?

Kazakh traditional hand-grabbed meat, except for a handful of salt, no other seasonings were added. Boil it in a large pot, cut the onions (onions) and prepare them—when the meat was cooked, the whole winter camp was full of fragrance.

Yushanjiang's two children obviously hadn't eaten hand-grabbed meat for a long time, their eyes were full of expectation. Two large plates of meat were placed on the kang table, they didn't move their hands, but waited for Yushanjiang to pick out a piece of bone with a large piece of meat and hand it to Li Long.

"This is sheep's tail fat, you eat."

Li Long didn't pay attention to these when he ate hand-grabbed meat at Halimu's house last time, Tao Daqiang was there at the time, and they were eating a bit anxiously.

This time he was a bit surprised, seeing the children there, thinking about yielding, Halimu nudged him and said:

"This sheep's tail fat is for the most honorable guest, you eat first, others can eat."

Most honorable guest? Li Long was very surprised, looking at Yushanjiang. Yushanjiang raised his chin, signaling him to take the meat quickly.

Li Long had to take the meat with both hands, Yushanjiang smiled, picked another piece and handed it to Halimu, then cut a piece of sheep ear for his son, and then everyone started eating meat.

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Although Li Long knew that Kazakhs had requirements when eating meat, he didn't expect that he would be regarded as the most honorable guest.

He felt even more that he should think carefully about how to solve this matter for them.

The mutton was indeed delicious, unlike later generations which had so much fat due to feed, it was fragrant in every mouthful, chew a few mouthfuls of meat and then have a petal of onion, that feeling was really too cool.

After eating the hand-grabbed meat, Li Long and Halimu drank a bowl of brick tea to scrape the oil, and left Yushanjiang's winter camp.

And immediately, there was one more sheep and one roe deer. The sheep had already been gutted and skinned, the roe deer was still complete, with only one gunshot wound.

According to Li Long's idea, the roe deer could be taken, but the sheep should be forgotten. But Yushanjiang didn't listen to him at all, and directly tied the sheep and bound it to his horse. In this way, Li Long couldn't refuse even if he wanted to.

Just this, Yushanjiang pointed to the winter camp and said with a smile:

"I took a big advantage! These things you brought, if it were before, how could three or five sheep be exchanged?"

Li Long was ashamed.

Returning to Halimu's winter camp, the sun had already tilted to the west, Li Long was about to leave, Halimu didn't say a word, dug out a sheep that had been skinned and gutted from the snow pile behind his own winter camp, put it on Li Long's carriage, and said:

"Actually, I planned to say it when you left. Afraid you wouldn't want it. Yushanjiang Big Brother released it directly, then you wouldn't refuse this share of mine, right? You are about to have the New Year, this is a gift from a friend!"

Li Long really couldn't refuse.

Originally planned to send some warmth to friends in the mountains before the New Year, now it's good, friends in the mountains sent a New Year gift to himself.

A bit moved.

Dropped off the new book list yesterday, collection, reading, and other data fell like a cliff, really making people feel cold. Said it entered the third round of recommendation today, don't know what the effect of the recommendation will be. Unknowingly opened the book for a month, the current data is generally okay, thanks to everyone's support.

Thanks to book friend 20181031171518682 for the reward, thanks to everyone for the monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, and suggestions. Hope today's data will be better.

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