After dawn the next day.

The nomads who had gone out in search of cattle and sheep had returned.

Most of the cattle and sheep were recovered.

After counting, in addition to the cattle and sheep that were bitten to death, there were probably dozens of heads lost.

The loss of dozens of cattle and sheep is not small.

Moreover, those steppe wolves who were slashed by Ye Youran hesitated and their fur was seriously damaged.

The value is also not very high.

But the nomads were already satisfied.

The first is to be able to save the lives of the family.

There are also cattle and sheep that are kept alive, as well as wolf skins to compensate for the loss.

Their losses have been minimized.

This also made their gratitude to Ye Youran stronger and stronger.

shouted one benefactor after another, which made Ye Youran a little uncomfortable.

Ye Youran also understood.

They were a large family with the surname Temujin.

There are five brothers in the family, with wives and children.

It is rare for a family of twenty or thirty people to herd together.

Maybe it's also because they have a lot of people.

The number of cattle and sheep grazing is naturally large, so it provokes such a large group of wolves to besiege it!

And the ancestor of this big family called Temujin is also the famous Genghis Khan in history.

Genghis Khan's real name was Temujin.

The surnames of the Mongolian people are actually different from those of the Han people.

In 1997, the Mongols enacted a new law on the use of surnames.

It is stipulated that Mongolian nationals should choose the names of historical figures or ancestors as their surnames.

Therefore, there are four main sources of Mongolian surnames.

The first is based on the name of the tribe.

The second is to use the clan name as a surname.

The third type is based on the ancestor's name.

The last one is to directly take the Chinese translation of the surname as the surname.

However, Mongolian people generally take the names of their ancestors as their surnames.

Genghis Khan, in particular, is the pride of many Mongolian people.

It's a kind of glory that they are proud of.

Therefore, there are still many Mongolian people with the surname Temujin.

And under the warm hospitality of Uncle Temujin.

Ye Youran is a person who does not refuse.

Although the goat's milk wine is not very delicious, as long as Ye Youran is not used to drinking it,

But Ye Youran still drank a lot.

This also made many people more and more respectful to Ye Youran.

For the Mongols, the strong themselves are particularly respected.

And for people who are not drunk with a thousand cups, they will also be particularly respected.

In the end, all the men were almost drunk by Ye Youran.

And Ye Youran is fine.

In the evening, Temulun finally woke up.

Ye Youran nervously guarded Temulun's side and saw him open his eyes.

Ye Youran asked for the first time:

"Hello uncle, may I ask if your surname is Uranghan Gilmo Gilmin?"

Temulun looked at Ye Youran a little blankly.

He didn't speak.

Because he is not a good talker per se.

On top of that, he's still a little confused.

"Uncle Temulun, we were besieged by wolves last night, and he saved us all. ”

And beside Ye Youran, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl helped Ye Youran explain.

It's just that she is half Chinese, half Mongolian, and she is grunting.

Ye Youran also listened a little big.

And when he heard that it was Ye Youran who saved him.

Other nomads also helped him recover most of his cattle and sheep.

Only then did he look at Ye Youran gratefully and nodded.

"Great, uncle, I'm looking for you this time. Can you get me some rice from your rice bowl?"

Ye Youran finally put forward his own request.

Ye Youran wants to find the nine-character surname Mi, and the number of people with the nine-character surname is the smallest.

It is also the rarest.

This most difficult hurdle has finally been overcome.

"Huh?"

And Uncle Temulun looked at Ye Youran very strangely.

Wants the rice in his rice bowl.

Why is that?

Came all the way here to find him, just for the rice?

It's a bit weird, too.

"Uncle, I know this request is very strange, but I really need it, I don't want more, just a little bit, you can grab a handful for me." ”

Ye Youran didn't know how to explain it.

After all, this kind of thing is too superstitious for ordinary people.

It's too mysterious.

"I don't have rice at home, we don't eat rice. ”

Uncle Temulun looked at Ye Youran a little weakly.

The traditional variety of food of the Mongolian people has always been very small.

Especially for nomads, they don't know how to farm.

Because they will migrate with the condition of the aquatic plants.

There is a way to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and rely on the sea to eat the sea.

There are three main types of food for nomadic people.

The first is meat products, such as self-raised cattle and sheep, or hunted animals.

The second is dairy products, which are also cow, sheep and mare's milk, which are almost all homemade and natural.

The third type is a variety of drinks that use milk as an ingredient.

Although the types and sources of food for nomadic people are relatively small.

However, it has a very scientific food culture and dietary rules.

But for southerners, the most common staple food is rice.

For the Mongols, it is a very scarce thing.

Maybe the Mongolian people living in the city are okay.

But for the nomadic Mongols.

Rice is almost a food they dare not imagine.

Of course, it's also food they don't need.

Ye Youran asked Temulun for rice.

He really didn't!

"You can take what you have in my tent, but you don't have rice. ”

Temulun said in unfamiliar Chinese.

If Ye Youran wants him a few cattle and sheep, then he will definitely give them.

Because there is no Ye Youran, all his cattle and sheep will be gone, and there will be no life.

But if you want rice, Ye Youran is looking for the wrong person.

"Uncle, I don't want all your things, I just want your rice. ”

Ye Youran smiled bitterly:

"You see if this will work, I'll take you to the city, can you buy a bag of rice and give me some?"

Ye Youran is also out of line.

It must be the rice that Temulun himself has to pay for to be considered his.

Only this kind of rice is what Ye Youran needs.

Nothing can be replaced.

"Good!"

Although Temulun and the girl surnamed Temujin couldn't understand why Ye Youran's request was so eccentric.

But in normal times, Etmurun does not like to come into contact with people.

He categorically would not agree.

But Ye Youran is his savior.

It saved his life and relieved him of financial losses.

So Ye Youran's request is no longer strange.

As long as he can be satisfied, he is willing to satisfy Ye Youran.

"Thank you, thank you so much, tomorrow we will go to the city together, and then I will send you back. ”

Ye Youran was excited, and the stone in his heart also shed tears.

This trip was not in vain.

Early the next morning, Ye Youran arrived at the bank of the Ula River and filled a bottle with a little river mud.

Wanmiao incense starts from Khan Mountain.

The mud of a thousand rivers will start from the Ula River.

And the nine surnames of rice started from Temulun.

After loading the river mud, Ye Youran said goodbye to the men of the Temujin family.

Then he took Temurun and went west.

To the west was the closest town to where Ye Youran and the others were now.

The town is not big though.

But there should still be a sale for rice.

When he arrived in the black soil town, Ye Youran realized how expensive the rice he usually ate was.

Ordinary rice was sold for more than a dozen yuan a catty.

Of course, the price is reasonable.

After all, this is a rarity for the people of the steppe.

Rice is not used as a staple food, but purely for tooth sacrifices.

Scarcity is expensive, and there are few people who buy it, and if you don't sell it expensively, it's not enough to rent it.

"Uncle Temulun, thank you so much. I'll send you back. ”

took a small half catty of rice, and Ye Youran thanked Temulun in every way.

"No, I have a relative here, I'm going to stay for a day, and I'll go back by myself then." ”

(End of chapter)