Chapter 14 The Half Moon Climbs Up

We spent a week in the valley, spending every day laughing and singing, and it was the happiest time of A-Ying's life.

The grassland that has been beaten is filled with the fresh fragrance of grass, which is the last dedication of grass to mankind. The young leaves that are born again, like a green carpet of fluff, the smell of cow dung burning and the rich aroma of milk tea, raising a wisp of light blue smoke, rippling among the yellow, green and red trees, whether it is early morning or dusk, it refuses to disperse for a long time, and there is always a trace of reluctant feelings. The river is quiet and clear, and the sapphire blue glow cleans the clear sky into a deep blue.

The steppe in autumn, the Irtysh in autumn, less the romance of spring, the hustle and bustle of summer, and more of the maturity and calmness of autumn.

The geese are horizontal, sprinkling a place away from sorrow, the sky is scarce, and it blends into all kinds of other feelings. Is it sorrow, is it goodbye? There is always a taste that cannot be shaken and cannot be explained.

Another moment of separation. Again, a separate scenario.

Murat and his companions took us to the entrance of the small village.

Ah Ying cherished the feelings of farewell, overflowing with words, and tears flowed like a river. Thank you one by one for your hospitality to us in the past few days.

"100 gold coins is not as good as 100 friends. We are good friends, don't say words of thanks, brotherly friendship, you bring us joy, bring Anqi amorous songs, make us happy, we will miss you, waiting for you to come back! Murat responded sincerely to A-Ying.

Our friends helped us to our horses, patted the red horses, and the horses jumped briskly and trotted forward.

"Shhhhh

"Brother, let me take another look at them, and take another look at the river valley!" The little girl behind me begged me softly.

Standing on the high slope, I looked back at my friends who were a hundred steps away, still standing there, waving goodbye to us. "Goodbye! I'm going to miss you guys! The sound of the clear lingling reverberated through the river valley, waving the apricot yellow sari, as if to sweep away the friendship and longing of the river.

"Crying again?" I'm also a little damp and clear-eyed. "No, it's just that I can't stop crying, they're so nice, it's so beautiful here!" The little girl snuggled up behind me and hugged me tightly.

"Horses, run! Yo ho ho ho ...... "The gray smoke behind me conveys my gratitude and blessings to my friends. The morning sun behind us made the wind wave the hand of the poplar tree, shaking the leaves and making a loud noise, conveying its blessings and greetings to our ears. Bon voyage!

We turned back along the road, the scenery was still the same, and we arrived at the happy sunny grass beach again.

I grabbed the reins and lifted A-Ying off the horse. We led the horses side by side on the grass.

A-Ying looked at this meadow affectionately, it was just an ordinary meadow in the arms of the Irtysh, but it was extremely sacred because of our alliance with Wuxia!

"This is our wedding hall, our wedding room, and the place where our hearts are forever connected. I really want to stay here forever, like Mulati and them, a yurt, a herd of cows and sheep, a herd of children, living a carefree life here. How beautiful! A-Ying said emotionally.

"Then after graduation, come here." Looking at A-Ying's white and red face, bitten by mosquitoes and midges, I said with a smile.

"No, my dad won't say yes!" The silly girl said seriously. It was as if a decision was about to be made.

"Don't be in a hurry, think slowly, and then make a decision, okay?" I know that there is a magic in my steppe, and anyone who has been to the Altai steppe will be bewildered by the blue sky and white clouds, the beautiful grass and clear water, and the scenery of the lush forest and light wind, and will take care of this place as a lifelong dream home. What's more, the people who love each other and love are also here.

What to do now is to let A-Ying engrave the most beautiful everything here in her mind, so as not to forget the way back in her dreams.

In the past few days, traveling in the river valley, walking through the forests and grasses, and swimming in the Irtysh in the scorching sun also allowed A-Ying to see the real grassland scenery, appreciate the majesty and simplicity of the Irtysh, and taste the life of Kazakh herdsmen. She's mature, she's strong. She learned to milk cows, learned to cook milk tea, and learned to fry Baoershak with Mayila's sister-in-law, of course, she likes to eat Baoershak the most, except for the naan cakes, I didn't let her bake it, because I was afraid of roasting my little girl...... She's fallen in love with it so much.

As he walked, the sun's rays began to heat up. Under the shade of the trees, we began to enjoy a hearty lunch.

Air-dried meat, cold mutton, naan cakes, baulshak, milk wine, milk lumps, full of taha, enough to eat for three days, and a line of military pot milk tea. Mayila's sister-in-law is so nice!

Ah Ying sliced the meat slightly awkwardly, and kept admiring: "It's so fragrant!" Look, is my flesh peeling the same as Murati? Looking at her finely chopped meat, A-Ying said to me with a sense of accomplishment.

"Well, it's delicious! Fragrant! Ah Ying's shaved meat is of international standard. Any meat that you cut like this can't do if it's not fragrant! "I've learned to pat on the back.

"Brother, I want to stay here for one night, just the two of us, no one should disturb us, I just want to be with you, okay?" A-Ying lowered her head, didn't look at me, and said to herself.

"Here......" I hesitated a little, "we don't have tents, we don't have pots, we don't have ......" I don't understand, what she thinks.

"There is this bay of river, there is this forest, there is this forest birdsong, there is this bright moon, and you are enough." A-Ying said with a full look in his eyes, as if he was already in the arms of Irtysh in the moonlight.

"Okay, I'll go find some branches and build a grass hut, and you go collect some dry firewood and make a bonfire at night to keep warm." The light of the fire can not only strengthen the courage, but also repel mosquitoes, snakes and scorpions and other poisons, I am very expert in arranging.

Sleeping in the wild, for us herdsmen, is life. Every spring, when cattle and sheep change fields, they have to travel hundreds of kilometers to the warm and cool summer pastures of the Altai Mountains, and it is common to sleep in the wild.

I chose a clean sandy area and built a straw hut very carefully, which is not beautiful and very strong. Withstands the toss of a small wind.

Herdsmen are grazing by grass and living near water, and water and grass are the basic conditions for our survival. Although at that time, we Han people no longer lived a nomadic life, but the experience of survival was passed down from generation to generation.

I'm quite satisfied.

A-Ying has already picked up a lot of branches, and she is still busy picking them up, very serious and persistent. At first, Sinip was still behind her, running around with her one by one, but later Sinip also felt bored, and lay on the firewood pile, closing his eyes and basking in the sun.

"A-Ying, rest for a while, that's enough, don't pick it up." I shouted A-Ying under the scorching sun.

"Hey, here we go." Happily flew back to the hut.

"Thirsty or not?"

"Thirsty!"

"Let's drink some milk tea." I handed over the marching pot, which was the fragrant milk tea that had been burned in the morning.

The river valley at noon is so quiet. The sun scorched the river hot, reflecting a dazzling light.

"I'll go down to the river to catch fish!" I was a little nervous, making exaggerated gestures to hit the water.

"Can you catch a fish? You're not a fisherman? A-Ying smiled and looked at the fish-holding man hovering in the air, and looked at me with bright eyes.

"Just look at it!" I felt inspired and eager to give it a try.

When I took off my clothes, I didn't have the standard samurai physique with broad shoulders and a broad back, but I had strong biceps, six angular abs, and thick pectoral muscles, which I had developed while beating grass on the prairie - the gift of the prairie. It's not as perfect as Michelangelo's masterpiece, but it's strong enough! Enough to make me proud!

"Strip naked!" A-Ying looked at the sky with both eyes and an unquestionable tone.

"Good!" There is no trace of it on his body. Boom! Roll over and jump into the water.

"It's dark!" There was laughter behind him, and I didn't know whether it was admiration or teasing.

Seeing A-Ying on the shore, staring intently at me in the water, "I have to trick her into the water, I thought badly."

"Hey, catch!" I triumphantly threw a pike ashore.

"Wow! You can really catch it! Brother, you really can! The pike was jumping around on the sand, and A-Ying screamed and laughed and hurriedly caught the fish.

"Don't take your head, beware of biting you!" I shouted at her in the water.

"Grab it, see where you're going!" A-Ying carried the fish and waved it at me ostentatiously.

"Oh—" I plunged headlong into the river again, grabbed at the weeds, and the bottom of the river was not moving.

"Brother, brother!" After a minute or so, I heard her shouting from the river. "No, I have to hold it for a while", I can dive underwater for about 2 minutes.

"Brother, brother, are you okay! Don't scare me..." With a hollow sound, he threw himself into the water, and his mouth was still screaming.

"Humph! You're finally in the water, and if you don't go down again, you're going to be suffocated to death!" I thought to myself, I lifted my little girl under the water, floated to the surface, and took a long breath, I was really choking!

Looking at A-Ying's face again, she turned pale with fright, hugged my neck, and cried so much that it rained." You bastard! You bastard! Big bastard! You're going to scare me to death, aren't you! "It's scary.

"Silly girl, it's really not scary! I've done it," I thought to myself.

Soaking wet, he hugged me in his arms and comforted me for a while before his face turned around. "If you dare to scare me again, beware that I kill you!"

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

One by one, they were taken off and sunned on the grass one by one, and the flowers were green.

"Your goal has been accomplished?" Still dissatisfied, with white eyes, shy, cute.

It's so dark! Hair! Against the backdrop of snow-white skin. Wash the gelat in the Huaqing pool, look back and smile! This is the situation!

What are you hesitating about! Squeezed into the warm river water, he couldn't wait to swim to her side, and hugged the creamy figure...

"I'm afraid I'm going crazy for you... Wait for the moon to rise"...

Bonfires burn red in the middle of the night, illuminating the deep river valley like roses, like the street lamps in Urumqi sprayed with roses. The people are still those two people, but the scenery is different and more beautiful!

We drank milk wine, ate grilled fish, nibbled on mutton, talked about the past love stories, recalled the warm and romantic good times in the past, and snuggled up to each other, looking forward to the moon rising quickly and witnessing our love!

The moon climbed up very late, and half, still bright. Shine on the Irtysh. The long river makes the moon, the moonlight and water light are integrated, the perched birds are groaning, and the wind shadow and the shadow of the tree are mottled.

"The moon has risen," I whispered, looking at A-Ying's moonlit skin.

"I saw it, it was beautiful"

"Come on! My bride! Tell me how much you love me! Ah Ying's face was as red as a nine jewels, blooming with wild brilliance on a moonlit night.

Oh... Oh..., milk wine! Kumiss! Milk wine that is as clear as the river! It... It actually made my body unconscious...

A-Ying! Just laugh!