People in the Beijing-Tianjin area are immersed in the joy of the New Year.

On the grasslands in the north, the cold wind is howling, the goose feathers and heavy snow are falling non-stop, and it is another cold winter.

However, Qiqige's family is not worried about this winter, and the family of three lives in a warm tent, drinking milk tea, which is very comfortable and comfortable.

"This snow is so big~"

Qiqige looked at the goose feather snow outside, and after a night's work, a thick layer of quilts was spread on the grassland, and when she looked up, there was a vast sky between heaven and earth.

"This is a white-haired wind, if it was before, when this white-haired wind came, it would definitely kill people."

Kikige's mother, Anmur, said with a solemn face.

Her mind drifted far away, back to before.

She remembered the previous winter, when it was also raining so much white-haired wind, and the cattle and sheep in the house were frozen to death by herds and herds, and the snow was too big and too long, and it was difficult for the cattle, sheep and horses to get food, and they starved to death a lot.

Once spring begins, the most difficult days for the herdsmen will come, and the cattle, sheep and horses will freeze to death, starve to death, and the food for these herdsmen will be gone.

Many people are starving and cold, and it is difficult for some elderly people to survive in weather like Baimaofeng.

What the herdsmen are most afraid of is the white-haired wind in winter.

Between heaven and earth, they are as if they are sealed in this white world.

The cattle and sheep had nothing to keep warm, and they had nothing to eat, and they starved to death in large numbers.

Even people are extremely anxious.

In winter, cattle and sheep are frozen to death and starved to death, and sometimes, the tents are blown off, and even people are frozen to death.

Lacking warmth, herders sometimes can't even drink a sip of hot soup.

No one likes weather like this.

For the herdsmen on the grassland, their favorite is the autumn when the cattle and sheep are flocked, and the most hated is the winter, because often in the winter, they watch the herds of cattle and sheep that they have worked so hard to raise, and the herds are frozen to death, starved to death,

I even have to worry about my livelihood in the winter and next spring.

"Eniang, what are you eating today?"

Just as Anmur's thoughts kept drifting.

Her son Batu had woken up and was about to grow a year old, and Batu had grown so much taller that Yanran already had the appearance of a prairie man, like an eagle with wings ready to fly.

Anmur smiles every time she sees her son, the hope of their family, and the most precious thing her husband has left her.

"Let's eat rice~"

Anmur said with a smile.

"Eat rice again, can you eat buns or dumplings or something, I'm tired of eating rice every day."

Batu said with a slight pout.

"It's good to have rice to eat, in the past, in the winter, we grassland people had to take their lives to go to the Central Plains to grab grain for this rice, and I don't know how many people died on it."

When Anmur heard this, he immediately said.

This child has also been raised now, and even the rice is beginning to be disgusted.

This fragrant rice couldn't be eaten even if he wanted to eat it before, and he actually hated it.

Also, before the winter, Anmur's family went to the grassland town to buy a lot of grain, and prepared hundreds of catties of rice and flour at home, enough to eat casually this winter.

"This Han people have vegetables to accompany rice, and it is not delicious to eat rice without vegetables."

"Let's make noodles and eat them, and make dumplings."

Batu pouted slightly, and said again.

Always talking about the past, the hard days of the past, no one wants to go, how comfortable it is now.

The food in the family is not finished, and the cattle and sheep also have corn stalks and dried straw from the customs to eat, and their days are comfortable, and they can even pay attention to eating.

"Let's cook noodles and eat them, the dumplings are not good, I really want to eat them, find a time to go to the town."

Anmur shook his head slightly, turned around and commanded Qiqige: "Qiqige, go boil water and noodles, make noodles and eat." ”

"Yes, Eniang~"

Kikige nodded briskly, and then got busy very diligently.

"It's time to find a husband for Kikige~"

Looking at Kikige's figure, Anmur thought the same in his heart.

Originally, Qiqi Gege should have married a long time ago, but Batu in the family was still young, and Anmur couldn't be busy at all, so he never married her off.

Now that Batu has grown up and is already a man, he can do a lot of things, and it is time to marry Kikige.

"It's a pity, there are too few boys now~"

Then Anmur couldn't help but feel worried, and there were several great battles and accidents on the steppe, which caused the men on the steppe to be very scarce, and there were too many, too many women who were widows at a young age like Anmur.

Even among the children, there are very few men, and teenage men are very scarce, and almost all the men on the grassland died in those battles.

Otherwise, don't talk about Qiqige, she Anmur is also going to remarry.

Marrying with children is also a very common thing on the grassland, but there are no men, and women like them can't marry if they want to.

In the past, cow dung was used to boil water and noodles, but now, people also use honeycomb coal.

Honeycomb coal is very convenient to use, the key is that it is high in heat and very durable, it is one of the favorite things of grassland herders, but this thing cannot be used in tents, and it is easy to let things happen.

When using it, you must open the exit of the tent to allow air to circulate so that it is safe.

Anmur went to see his cattle and sheep.

With such a big white-haired wind, she was very worried about her family's cattle and sheep.

Soon, she came to the sheepfold where her cattle and sheep were, and after a careful count, the situation was quite good.

There is no loss of cattle, sheep and horses in the family, and the situation is still very good.

This is mainly due to the large amount of hay and straw transported from the Kannai side, there is plenty of grain and grass, and the cattle and sheep have not lost too much fat, and the situation is very good.

Anmur began to add forage to the cattle and sheep, and the hay and straw from the customs were not cheap, but she still bought a lot of them.

In the past, if you only relied on the hay you made on the grassland, it was not enough for the cattle and sheep in the winter, so many times, the cattle and sheep had to freeze to death and starve to death.

Now it's different, the hay and straw from the pass are very abundant, and the cattle and sheep can not only eat, but also be used for heating, and there is no problem at all in winter.

Get busy, and time flies.

"E-niang, eat~"

Soon, Kikige had already cooked the noodles and shouted loudly to her to go back to dinner.

Back in the tent at home, in a big pot, the mutton soup is tumbling, exuding an attractive fragrance, in the iron pot next to it, the noodles have been cooked, and the milk tea next to it also exudes the fragrance of tea.

Such a meal is a very ordinary meal for the Kikige family.

Mutton, noodles or rice, mutton soup, milk tea, a very ordinary meal.

However, Anmur looked at the scene in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten slightly.

She remembered last winter.

It was the hardest winter of her life.

The men followed the Great Khan and never returned, and it is said that they all died.

It was also a cold white-haired wind, and a large number of cattle and sheep in the family died due to the lack of hay.

There is not even a decent pot at home, and every time she cooks and eats, she is very worried, she doesn't know what to do, and the whole person is very helpless.

Eating beef and mutton every day, and because of the lack of salt and tea, the whole person's stomach is swollen and swollen, very uncomfortable, eating meat without tea to supplement vitamins and promote digestion, Qiqige and Batu are often sick, and their complexions are very poor.

That winter, it was so hard.

She couldn't even remember how she got here.

Looking at everything in front of me, I always feel a little unreal.

There is endless food, endless tea, endless salt, and this full pot and pan.

"Sister, I want to eat spicy food~"

Batu was holding a large porcelain bowl in his hand, looking at the noodles and mutton in the bowl, and the whole person seemed to have no appetite.

Although Kikige's craftsmanship is very good, this noodle always feels inferior to the noodles in the town.

"Every time I say I want to eat spicy food, this spicy is so expensive that you are about to eat it all."

Kikige pouted slightly, but still took out a spicy sauce in a glass jar from the box.

"Eating noodles must be accompanied by spicy seeds, you can't always eat that taste without spicy food~"

When Batu saw the spicy man, his eyes lit up.

Spicy is really a good thing, the more you eat it, the more addictive it becomes, and it is a perfect match with noodles and lamb.

He picked up the spoon and filled himself with a spoonful, and then began to eat the noodles with a snort.

"Eniang~"

Kikige was more sensible, giving Anmur a spoon and another spoon herself.

She also likes to eat this spicy seed, whether it is spicy with noodles in winter, with rice, or as a dipping sauce, it is a very good choice, which makes people appetite.

"Ah~"

"It's enjoyable, this spicy is so delicious~"

Batu screamed as he ate.

Why didn't there be such a good thing as spicy before, but now he can't do without spicy.

There is no spicy food when eating, and the whole person has no appetite.

"Kikige, there's too little sugar in this milk tea, right?"

After eating a full meal, Batu poured himself a bowl of milk tea, took a sip gently, and immediately frowned slightly and said.

"Why do you want so much sugar?"

"The sugar in the house is almost running out, save some use, otherwise you will go to the town to buy sugar in such a white-haired style?"

Kikige looked at his younger brother and said very dissatisfied.

My younger brother's mouth is getting more and more picky now, this one is not delicious, and the sugar is not enough.

"I'll buy it~"

"If there is anything missing in the house, I'll buy it~"

As soon as he heard that he was going to the town to buy something, he immediately said excitedly.

It's too boring in the winter, but it's still lively here in town.