Domestic yaks are different from wild yaks. They are smaller and have thinner hair. They walk very slowly in the wind and snow.
Zhaxi Baza was not afraid of the loss of the animals, but he was afraid of them wandering away. If they accidentally fell into the ice hole in the vast snow field, they would not be able to save them.
"Where did you go?"
After walking for a while following the traces left by the buffalo, Zhaxi Baza finally became a little anxious.
Because the place where the trace points is getting closer and closer to the river beach.
The surface of the Maquan River is already frozen at this time, but because there is no glacier to melt snow, the river channel has shrunk, and many river sections have dried up.
The Maquan River at this time is actually more dangerous, because the bottom is covered with sand and the top is covered with thin ice. If the cattle walk over it, they will accidentally fall into it and freeze to death soon.
Zhaxi Baza was a little anxious, and when he thought of the situation where his ten cows had all died in the Maquan River, he felt pain in his flesh.
Those are all big cows that have been raised. People who don’t understand outside think that a cow should have a price, but for the Tibetan herdsmen, the cows are full of money. Their income and life A lot of raw materials come from here, so no one will buy the cattle they have worked so hard to raise.
If the ten cows were really gone, then Tashi Baza's work would be for nothing this year, and there would be a great famine.
Zhaxi Baza couldn't help driving the motorcycle much faster, he really wanted to know how his cow was doing.
Near the river beach, because the terrain is flat, the wind is stronger than usual.
Many traces of yaks were covered by wind and snow, making it difficult to see clearly.
But it was difficult for Zhaxi Baza, because where the cow walked, besides the hoofprints, there were also cow hair.
The gray-black ox hair is particularly conspicuous in the white snow, and it is easy for experienced herdsmen to distinguish it.
Walked along the beach for a while.
finally-
Zhaxi Baza saw the little bit of black on the snow.
"My cow!"
He was very excited, although it was too far away, and there were countless black spots, but his cattle were not dead, at least not all of them were dead.
Zhaxi Baza's motorcycle drove faster, and the buzzing sound was louder than the wind.
"One, two, three, four... well, wrong, one, two, three, four... one, two, three..."
Suddenly, accidentally, the wheels of the motorcycle slipped, and Zhaxi Baza fell to the ground with a "slap".
The car slid forward and slid a long way before finally stopping.
Zhaxi Baza got up from the snow, his head and face covered in snow, quite embarrassed.
But he couldn't help laughing, the river beach was soft, there were no big rocks, only snow and sand, even if it fell on the ground, it was like playing.
Tashi Baza was happy that his cows were not dead. He had made it clear just now that none of his cows were lost, and all ten of them were here.
Zhaxi Baza went over to help his motorbike that had fallen to the ground and hadn't turned off, sat on it, and then drove towards the cattle.
Finally, he came to the herd of cattle and saw his ten yaks strolling leisurely on the river beach. Zhaxi Baza was both happy and angry: "You guys, what are you doing here? It's so far away. It made it hard for me to find it.”
The cows are familiar with Tashi Baza, and they will not run away when they see him, so they continue to walk casually, lowering their heads to the ground from time to time, moving their mouths a few times, as if they are eating.
Zhaxi Baza was curious, what is this eating
He stopped the motorcycle quickly, and walked over by himself, holding the rope at the same time, preparing to lead his cows one by one, so that they could never lose them again.
As he got closer, he saw some green plants in the snow, and the cows just pushed through the loose snow on these plants and ate the branches and leaves of these plants.
"What is this?"
Tashi Baza was very curious and couldn't help squatting down to examine it carefully.
In the cold weather, the surrounding grass froze to death. Only when the weather warmed up and the snow melted, the grass would grow again.
But these plants can still grow, and yaks love to eat them, which is very surprising.
Tashi Baza felt that his yak survived and did not get lost thanks to these plants, and he wanted to find out what it was.
"this… "
Pulling away the snow with his hands, he finally saw the appearance of these plants clearly.
These plants are nothing but the sandy locust tree that he had participated in planting together before.
Zhaxi Baza thought of a lot of things in an instant. Qu Ji Cidan bought these sand-grown locust trees at a high price back then. Nutritious forage.
Everyone heard it at the time, and to be honest, although no one thought that Quji Cidan was spending money in order to fill his own pockets, the herdsmen all felt that Quji Cidan was cheated by those treacherous businessmen, and it was nothing to buy them at high prices Special saplings.
When Zhaxi Baza was helping to plant trees, he whispered to his old buddy Suolang Wangdui that Quji Cidan might suffer for a while.
But now seeing that the sand-grown locust tree can still grow so well even in such a cold winter, and the branches and leaves grown can still attract his own cattle to look for food even under the cover of wind and snow, Tashi Baza suddenly I feel that Quji Cidan is probably not deceived. These strange plants called sand-born locust trees seem to be really different.
For a moment, Zhaxi Baza almost forgot about his cows, and squatted on the ground looking at the locust trees growing in the sand, unwilling to get up for a long time.
"When it comes to spring, if the snow melts and they all grow out of the ground, it will be really amazing!"
Zhaxi Baza pulled five or six sand-grown locust trees in a row, examined them carefully, and found that they were all growing well, even in such a cold winter, they still kept growing, which really subverted his cognition.
Finally, come back to God.
Zhaxi Baza carefully piled the snow back on the sandy locust tree, preventing these seemingly weak plants from being exposed to the wind and snow and being attacked.
Then he took his own cow and started to walk back slowly.
While walking, Zhaxi Baza was thinking about those locust trees in the sand.
He heard before that if he is willing to contract his own land to plant trees and control sand, the government will provide subsidies.
He decided that after the winter, he would go to see how the locust tree grew. If there was no problem, he would also contract a piece of land to control the sand.
At that time, all of them will be planted with sandy locust trees, and they will be able to receive government subsidies and have more and better fodder, killing two birds with one stone.
"You bastards love to eat it, it's definitely worth it!"
Zhaxi Baza said something to the cattle.
At this moment, the leading yak couldn't help but let out a "Hum", and then the other yaks also yelled, as if they were responding to Tashi Baza.