Chapter 8: The White Calamity

So, Li Zhiqiang and Lin Zishu chatted, Lin Zijiao sat on the edge of the kang, holding a Chinese document in his hand, looking at it without a match, but his ears were high and listening to the conversation between the two.

“…… That guy Weiguo, I really admire him, not only me, but also the big guys obey him! Not to mention anything else, even those old herdsmen praise him vigorously!" Li Zhiqiang smiled and gave Lin Zishu a thumbs up: "You and Weiguo have one and one count, and they both have two hits!"

Lin Zijiao was a little puzzled, who is Wei Guo?

Li Zhiqiang met the little girl's gaze, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be something in this gaze.

He would be mistaken, thinking that the little girl didn't praise her, so he hurriedly reassured Lin Zijiao: "Zijin is also good! ”

Lin Zishu answered with a smile: "Don't praise her, the child's family knows everything, Brother Qiangzi, my brother didn't come back with him? ”

Li Zhiqiang frowned: "Did you write a letter to Weiguo? He definitely didn't receive it, didn't it snow some time ago, the road was blocked, people couldn't get out, and the letter couldn't come in, I was also because my brother got married on New Year's Day, and I just followed the first grain truck out, your brother knew that I was going back, and he specially asked me to bring you food, you must know that Zijin is sick, he will definitely come back." ”

Lin Zishu was relieved, got up and opened the paper bag he brought, which contained some milk products such as yogurt eggs (cheese made by the herdsmen themselves) milk skin milk tofu, and in addition to a few hard beef jerky.

She picked up two items of food in the paper bag and handed them to Lin Zijiao and said, "Eat, my brother brought it to you." ”

Lin Zijiao looked at the cheese, the cheese made by the herdsmen herself was very sour, a puff of sour water came out of her mouth, silently picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, and continued to listen to the two talk.

From the words of the two, Lin Zijiao understood that this so-called Weiguo was her brother Lin Zilu, and it seemed that the name of her brother Zilu was the same as that of a disciple of a famous person in history, so he abandoned it with great disgust and changed his name to Lin Weiguo.

After graduating from high school, Lin Weiguo gave up the job assigned to him by his father, responded to the call of the country, and wholeheartedly wanted to go to the countryside to become an educated youth.

In line with the principle of going to the most difficult places, Lin Weiguo applied to go to a pastoral area hundreds of kilometers away from his home and the conditions were relatively poor.

Lin Jiaming and his wife also had nothing to do with this fanatical and stubborn son, and when they found out, the son had already signed up, and even the luggage was bundled, and in the end he had to go.

Li Zhiqiang went two years later than Lin Weiguo, he was mobilized on the street, and his enthusiasm naturally cannot be compared with Lin Weiguo.

“…… It's not me saying miles, Wei Guo can win glory for us, Genzheng Miaohong has a positive mind, takes the lead in everything in labor, and is good at taking care of people in life, he is now the head of our Jinsha Sumu educated youth, even those educated youths from big cities obey him!

The educated youths in our mine who went to Wulinqi have all been stained with him, as long as they talk about the Dongfanghong Coal Mine in Jinhai City, no one dares to underestimate ......"

Lin Weiguo's letters to his family have always been a few simple sentences, reporting good news but not bad news, in an era when transportation and letters are inconvenient, it is rare to have such a messenger as Li Zhiqiang.

Lin Zishu and Li Zhiqiang chattered and talked.

Although he knew that his brother had been gone for five years and everything was very stable, Lin Zishu still carefully asked his brother about his food, clothing, housing, transportation, labor and life, whether he was healthy, whether he was homesick, whether he could adapt to life in the pastoral area and other things.

Li Zhiqiang asked about the situation of the Lin family, and prepared to go back to report to Lin Weiguo.

Li Zhiqiang was talking, with a smile on his face, in fact, he was a little hesitant in his heart, Lin Weiguo didn't let him tell his family, but, seeing Zishu's anxious and concerned look, should he tell them?

In this state of uncertainty, the two chatted unconsciously for more than an hour.

Lin Zijiao went out to add coal to the stove once, and when he came back again, he heard Lin Zishu shouting, "Really, is my brother okay? How is the injury? Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Lin Zijiao's heart tightened and looked at Li Zhiqiang.

Li Zhiqiang was a little embarrassed: "Your brother won't let me tell you, I don't think you care about him, thinking that there is still a month to celebrate the New Year, you discuss it with your parents, it is better to simply take him back in advance for the New Year." ”

As he spoke, his face was a little annoyed: "You can't say that I told you, otherwise Weiguo will definitely be angry with me, but I promised him not to tell you." ”

"Okay!" Lin Zishu agreed happily and neatly, and he was embarrassed by his gaffe just now: "Brother Qiangzi, I didn't blame you just now, but I was in a hurry......

Li Zhiqiang smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay! Don't say that you are anxious and afraid, we were also scared enough at the time, when we first brought it back, Wei Guo was almost frozen and hard, and he couldn't even walk, or Uncle Baoyin personally took action and slowly rubbed his body back with snow."

Later, Su Mu came to the car and took him to the health center, and the other serious one was simply sent to the Qi Hospital, and I heard that half of the sole of his foot was cut off. ”

Lin Zijiao was anxious when she heard this, and she really wanted to interject and ask, did she miss any major events with only a spade of coal?

"Brother Qiangzi, tell us what the details of the situation were at that time?" Lin Zishu calmed down a little and asked.

Lin Zijiao's heart was relieved, it seemed that Li Zhiqiang only reported the news, and he didn't have time to say the details.

"Oh, the white-haired wind at that time, it was blowing......"

Speaking of this, Li Zhiqiang was also embarrassed and afraid.

Some time ago, there was a white-haired heavy snowfall under the banner of Ullin, and the snow covered the grassland tightly, which can be regarded as a medium-scale white disaster (snow disaster).

The snow does not freeze and the snow freezes, and the weather after the snow is so cold that it can really freeze people's ears and toes. Both herdsmen and educated youths, except for those who have production tasks, are easily reluctant to go out in the yurt.

Fortunately, this snow disaster is different from usual, in previous years, the snow disaster must be accompanied by drought, but this spring and summer is abundant, the pasture harvest is abundant, the storage of forage is relatively sufficient, and the damage of the white disaster is relatively reduced.

Although grazing is also required in the winter on the grassland, it depends on the weather, and if the snow covers half the height of the grass, you cannot go out to graze.

Livestock can't pull the thick snow on it, and if they are let out, let alone let the livestock eat hay, in case the snow layer in some places and freezes the shell, it will cut the hooves and wrists of sheep and horses, and injure the livestock.

In the first few days of heavy snowfall, the Gacha authorities issued a notice that the livestock were only to be fed some stored hay and drinking water, and that there was no need to graze, and the animals were all confined in sheds.