Chapter 551 Preparing to Dig Cordyceps

Due to the geographical location, there is a certain time difference between Z Province and the capital. Darkness and dawn are about one or two hours later than the capital. Therefore, it is usually around 7, 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning. It's daylight, and it doesn't get dark until eighty or ninety o'clock in the evening.

In May, the sun rises at about seven o'clock in the morning. In winter, it doesn't arrive until eight or nine o'clock.

Although the daybreak is later than in the mainland, Leyun’s body clock is regular. She wakes up at five o’clock on time, goes back to the space to meditate, and takes care of the crops before leaving the space. It’s still dark, so she has to first Lie down and wait.

The biological clocks of Mr. Yan and the brothers of the He family are also on time. They wake up from five to six o'clock. They all lie down for a while, then get up and run to the toilet at 6:30, and then He Mingjun and Brother Mingzhi They both made a fire and boiled hot water.

Before the water boiled, Dawa and his son and daughter-in-law also got up one after another. Dawa went to the sutra hall to chant sutras, Quzhen Dolma was responsible for cooking, and Sangmu went to take care of the sheep and cows raised at home. Milk the goats, clean, feed them with water and fodder.

Le Yun waited for the masters to get up before getting up. She ran to the toilet first, then went back to the second floor. She moved a bench and sat by the fire, watching with great interest He Xiaosan's aunt making breakfast. She liked Tibetans the most. Supplies such as copper pots and silver pots are particularly unique.

In order to entertain guests, breakfast is very rich, and it is also the most original Tibetan breakfast. It includes Tibetan buns, naan, cheese, tsampa, butter tea, offal of the sheep killed yesterday, blood sausage, and dried beef. .

Everyone sat around to have breakfast, each with a wooden bowl in which to make tsampa.

It was the first time to eat breakfast with ethnic characteristics. Le Yun learned from He Xiaoshi and mixed the tsampa with butter tea, kneaded it into small dumplings and ate it. Needless to say, the taste was really good, sweet, fragrant and soft. , uniquely delicious.

The little girl ate happily, stretching out her spring onion-like jade fingers to pinch tsampa happily, eating blood sausage and cheese. The bright smile on her face was like the sun shining on the snowy peaks of the sacred mountain. Gunzhen Dolma and Sang Mu were very happy to see it.

Yan Xing sat on the side where the male guests were sitting, looking at the cute little Lolita opposite her with a cheerful smile. He was particularly surprised. The little Lolita seemed to be able to find fun wherever she went, and she was so adaptable. It can only be described as "perverted".

He Mingsheng and He Mingtao have not eaten Tibetan food many times and are not used to it. However, the grandma’s family warmly entertained her and she had to accept their kindness. They ate naan and Tibetan cheese, air-dried beef and drank butter tea.

After breakfast, we took a rest and packed our bags to set up camp at the place where cordyceps were dug. He Mingjun went to pick up the team on the road to take them to the camping place.

Many people in the village packed their bags and went to camp. Cini and Wangdui also carried their luggage and loaded the car. It was not until nine o'clock that they saw the sun, and those who had packed their bags set off.

Many villagers areThey use yaks and camels to pull goods, and some use carts to pull goods. The procession is huge and spectacular.

Z Province is vast and sparsely populated. Some villages have an area of ​​hundreds of miles. Dawajia Village also has a lot of territory, with a radius of almost 200 miles. The Cordyceps Area is about 20 miles away from the village. On the road, we first take a short asphalt road, then a natural dirt road, and then walk to the natural pasture area. The alpine meadows under several mountains are where we camp every year.

The place to camp was well chosen, with a river meandering through the snow-capped mountains, the terrain was flat, and cars could travel there. The place is wide enough, so you don’t have to worry about running out of room to camp.

Some families in the village had set up tents two days ago. Some tents were far apart, while others were relatively close.

When they arrived at the place, each family dispersed in the direction they liked.

The He family brothers followed Xiao Shiwu’s uncles and stopped at a place they liked. They loaded the car and set up tents. The tents of brothers Cini and Wangdui were put together.

The He brothers had two tents, both of which were beautiful white felt tents. Yan Xing and his brothers set out to set up camp. He Xiaoshi was bored when he saw the little beauty carrying a small backpack. He was chewing a grass root and ran over to accompany her. After saying a few words, he quietly came closer and said, "Little Lolita, do you want to ride a yak?"

"Can you ride a yak?" Le Yun jumped up and down. , eyes full of stars.

"Okay, Uncle Cijie's yak is idle. If you want to ride it, we can go over and experience it." He Mingzhi pointed to a white-haired cow in the distance to show the little Lolita. The yak was far away. It looks like a sheep with a saddle cloth on its back. The village chief came here on a yak.

"Let's go." Le Yun saw the yak's eyes shining, and rushed away.

He Mingzhi said hello to the village chief’s uncle in Tibetan, and accompanied the little beauty to run towards the yak. ​​The village chief’s family was setting up tents, and when he heard Dawa’s grandson shouting, he responded with a smile. Many villagers He also heard it and looked at the little guest from afar with a smile.

He Xiaoshi and Little Loli ran to the yak and grabbed the yak’s reins. Tibetan cattle never wear nose rings, so they can just put on the bridle and saddle. And riding, of course, refers to those who are tame. Anyone who is not tame and approaches may be knocked or gored by the horns.

He Xiaowu held the cow, Leyun happily skipped to the side of the yak, patted the cow's shoulder, smiled, turned over and climbed onto the cow's back, sat firmly, and was beaming with joy. Blind Eye, the Le family also had a cow before, and she could climb on its back and sit on it. Later, because her grandfather passed away and no one took care of the cow, Grandpa Zhou Man bought the cow and raised it, and it still exists today.

The little beauty jumped onto the back of the cow. He Mingzhi was a little dumbfounded. Her posture was so handsome and she was even more nimble than him. Could it be that the little beauty was the legendary know-it-all?

Make sure the little loli is sitting firmly, he led the cow and walked slowly. The little girl on the cow's back smiled brightly. After walking for about a hundred meters, the little loli stopped, turned over and jumped off the cow's back.

"Little beauty, what's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" He Mingzhi quickly let go of the reins and ran to the little Lolita to ask.

"No, the cow is tired and needs to rest." Le Yun patted the cow's head and jumped briskly on the meadow. In May, the plateau grassland is green and yellow, with dead grass and budding grass. Young shoots, desolation and vitality coexist, just like the environment and climate of Z Province, they are contradictory yet tolerant of each other.

“How does the little beauty know that she is tired?” He Mingzhi accompanied the little Loli to the camping place.

"I am a medical student. Whether it is a person or an animal, there are signs of fatigue and illness. Just look, listen and smell."

"Little beauty, my grandma... is her health index good?" He Mingzhi hesitated and asked in a low voice. The doctor of the little beauty didn't say anything. He felt that his grandmother's health was not as good as before.

　"Better than the eldest lady in your family, but not as good as the third old lady in your family. She has a peaceful mind, a broad heart, and a fat body. In terms of body, if nothing happens, she will have a year and a half ahead of her. There is no danger."

He Mingzhi frowned slightly. The little beauty meant that their grandmother's health was not too optimistic, because she said one and a half years, not three to five years. .

Because the great-grandmother’s health is still on the shoulders of little Loli, he can’t immediately ask little Loli to help grandma diagnose and treat her. After all, he is at grandma’s house now. If he asks her for help now, it will always feel very uncomfortable. It wasn't appropriate, so he decided to wait until he returned to Beijing to find time to tell little Loli about his grandmother's health problems.

In order to prove that he was not an idler, He Xiaoliu helped his brothers move things and set up tents. When he saw his fifteenth brother playing with the little lolita, it was called jealous, but he could only be jealous. , who told him not to understand Tibetan.

Le Xiao’s classmates jumped back to the camp to watch the handsome guys working in an orderly manner.

The tents were too big, so it took a lot of time to put them up. It took a few handsome guys dozens of minutes to put the two tents firmly on the ground, and put tarps and soft mats inside. , then lay carpets, and each tent has a stove for burning cow dung, as well as basins and stainless steel kettles for boiling water.

There were two tents, one for the people who purchased Cordyceps sinensis, and one for the He family brothers and little Lolita to live in. After setting up camp, they brought a small amount of dried cow dung from the car. First, light a fire to warm the tent and wait for the other trucks to arrive.

The villagers set up tents, and some people returned to the village to transport cow dung and other necessary items. The official day for digging Cordyceps was the 16th. The previous few days were the preparation time for the villagers to set up operations and transport items. As for those who have set up camp, they will not secretly go to the mountains to dig up Cordyceps, because there are sacrificial activities before digging for grass, and then they go to the mountains to dig for grass.

He Mingjun received a vehicle transporting supplies on the road and took him to the camp site. They were two hours late. It was almost noon when they arrived, and everyone was busy moving the supplies. Sleeping bags and personal luggage, as well as some cow dung and smokeless charcoal, mineral water in pure water barrels, pots and pans for cooking, as well as rice, vegetables, dry food and other items.

After everything was sorted, it was lunch time. Mr. and Mrs. Cini and Mr. and Mrs. Wangdui made lunch to entertain the guests, and everyone enjoyed a Tibetan meal together.

In the afternoon, He Mingjun and his eighth brother He Mingtao drove back to the village with their uncles to help move fuel. By mid-afternoon, a fuel company also delivered the dried cow dung fuel ordered by the He brothers to the village. And helped transport the burning to the camping place before leaving.

In the afternoon, the villagers’ children who were outside also returned to the village to live in the tents, waiting to dig grass in the mountains tomorrow. Among them were Dawa’s grandchildren. Cini has two boys. Wangdui has three boys and a girl, Pubu also has four children, and Pasang has only one son and one girl.

He Xiaosan and He Xiaoshiwu’s older cousins ​​are adults and married. He Xiaosan, the oldest cousin, is still single. He Xiaoshiwu is still studying. Never mind.

Two of Dawa’s grandchildren have joined the army, and two have graduated from college or junior college and returned to their hometown to work. The children who did not go to college have at least attended junior high school. It can be said that the Dawa family is the same in the village. A very distinguished family.

The grandsons of the Dawa family who received state salaries did not come back to dig cordyceps. The children who worked outside sometimes came home to dig grass, but sometimes they did not necessarily come back. Sometimes they only dug for a few days. .

The grandsons of the Dawa family are not divided into different families. They all live together. The younger generation also has children, the oldest is seven or eight years old, and the youngest is three or four years old. They are very Lively, the He family brothers chatted and ate with their cousins.

Le Yun has a good memory, but when faced with so many names, many of which are very similar, she also feels dizzy. Fortunately, she has children. She plays with them, eats candies, and reads textbooks. , guided them in their homework, and were honored to receive a look of admiration.