"Since the other day, there has been a situation of lamb loss near the yurt where we gathered."

"We didn't think much of it at the time, and it wasn't surprising that some of the lambs would break away from the flock and get lost. And sometimes our flocks are very close to each other, and it is possible for the lambs to go into other flocks. ”

Listening to Uncle Ali's words, the people in the room all nodded, and what he said was the real situation.

"Uncle Ali, what's the situation with Uncle Xidu?"

Uncle Ali turned his head to look at Uncle Xidu, whose eyes were red and swollen beside him, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Brother Xidu's lamb has lost the most. ”

"In the beginning, our lambs just disappeared for no apparent reason, and then we took turns keeping vigils, patrolling the sheepfolds every hour with flashlights."

"The night before yesterday, when I was keeping vigil, I heard the screams of Uncle Hitus's lamb, and when I rushed over, I found a tragically dead lamb on the edge of the sheepfold, whose neck had been bitten off."

"Is it a wolf?" Zhang Junbao couldn't help but ask.

"Maybe it's a wolf," Brother Pony nodded as well, looking thoughtful.

"Uncle Ali, is there a wolf near our yurt?"

"Or have wolves ever appeared on our grassland?"

"Yes."

Uncle Xidu's voice suddenly sounded, and everyone's eyes shifted to him again.

The children of the steppe worship the wolf totem and regard the whole nation as the descendant of the wolf, but now that their lamb is lost, it may be that the wolf has taken it.

This incident must have been a big blow to Uncle Xidu.

"That was twenty years ago, and it wasn't the same on the prairie then as it is now."

"Every spring, wolves that have been nesting for the winter will come out to feed, and at that time, every family comes out to graze to guard against wolves."

"Later, the militia in Qili organized several large-scale encirclements and killed many wolves, and after that, there were few wolves to be seen."

As soon as Uncle Xidu finished speaking, he sighed, with a melancholy look and confused eyes, obviously recalling the past.

"Retribution."

"Back then, we thought that by killing those wolves, we would be able to graze in peace, but as a result, the grassland has become like this."

"The grass has all been eaten."

Hidu cried again.

The people sitting around, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't know what to say to comfort Uncle Xidu for a while.

"The existence of wolves stabilized the balance of the grassland ecosystem, and although the large-scale killing of wolves back then seriously damaged the ecosystem, it should have little to do with Uncle Xidu's lamb being bitten to death."

Da Fei is like a wise man who stays out of things, sitting there and talking.

He has a very high level of education, and Zhang Junbao doesn't understand things like the stability of the ecosystem, maybe only Da Fei can explain it to everyone.

"I was part of the militia, and now the wolves are back."

Uncle Xidu sighed for a while, and said what happened twenty years ago.

At that time, the autonomous banner herders near the border had their own militia units, which were issued with semi-automatic rifles and grenades.

At that time, the militia was part of the security of the border and an important part of protecting the herders' property.

Twenty years have passed, and the militia has long since been disbanded.

The weapons of the past have been handed in, and the hot-blooded youth of the past has also been twilight.

Their beloved grasslands have also changed.

"Uncle Xidu, Uncle Ali, let's go with you."

Lao Geng made the final decision, he took Da Fei and Da Bing to follow Uncle Xidu to check the situation, leaving Brother Xiaoma, Brother Qiang and Zhang Junbao to stay at the station.

In the small courtyard, looking at the back of Uncle Xidu and the five of them riding four horses, Zhang Junbao sighed for a while.

He didn't expect that Lao Geng, Da Bing and Da Fei could ride horses, and they seemed to be on par with Uncle Xidu, the old driver of the grassland.

Staying at the station, Zhang Junbao couldn't help but sit on the edge of the small courtyard.

Think about it a few days ago, he told Lao Geng that he wanted to ride a horse, but now that he thinks about it, he can't ride a horse at all.

Uncle Xidu's lamb was bitten to death, and nine times out of ten the wolf did it, but where is the wolf?

"Whew......."

A crisp howl interrupted Zhang Junbao's thoughts, and Xiao Bai's mud-stained figure appeared in his field of vision.

"You shit, where are you going crazy."

"Whew......."

The little white fart ran to Zhang Junbao's side, and when he was nearby, he suddenly shook his hair hard, and a burst of black mud fell on Zhang Junbao's body like rain.

"Whew......."

There was another roar of excitement, and before Zhang Junbao could make a move, Xiaobai had already turned around and ran away with a big grin.

"This dog's day has become a sperm."

Zhang Junbao looked at the mud spots on his body and couldn't help but scold.

When I turned my head to look at Xiaobai again, I realized that the little guy had grown up.

When I first brought him back, his body was like a ball of meat, with soft hair, a pink nose and mouth, and it was still very cute at that time.

It's been less than three months since I got it back, and the little guy has grown up.

Looking at his body of about sixty centimeters, Zhang Junbao sighed for a while, and doubled in size, feeling like he was blowing up a balloon.

"Xiaobai, Xiaobai, if you run into wolves, you will definitely be eaten."

"They're wolves, you're just a little milk dog."

"Whew......."

Xiaobai, who was hiding on the side, seemed to hear Zhang Junbao's words, shouted loudly twice, and ran towards Zhang Junbao angrily.

It looks like a wronged child wants to seek justice from an adult.

Seeing that Xiaobai was about to rush to his side, Zhang Junbao stretched out his big hand, grabbed Xiaobai's front legs, and then pulled Xiaobai into his arms with a hard pull.

"Hey, hey, little one, look where you're going!"

Just when Zhang Junbao was cleaning up Xiaobai, Lao Geng and the others had already arrived at Uncle Xidu's house.

The group went straight to the sheepfold, hoping to find enough clues there.

"Look, that's where I found the lamb bitten to death that night."

Uncle Ali pointed to a thick fence stake in the sheepfold and explained to Lao Geng.

Da Fei squatted on the ground and carefully inspected the wooden stake and the fence of the sheepfold, then stood up and asked, "Uncle Xidu, this fence has been repaired, has it?" ”

"Yes, when I found out that the lamb had an accident that day, I immediately filled the hole in the fence."

"I'm really afraid that those wolves will come to plague the sheep."

Da Fei nodded, he had already seen the repaired hole just now, enough for an adult wolf to get into.

"The wolf must have come."

"This is what I picked up from the ground."

As he spoke, Da Fei raised his right hand, and a handful of gray-black wolf fur was fluttering in the wind in his hand.