(2) Parents' thoughts 4
"Our famous specialties here are: roast lamb shank, whole lamb mat, hand-grasped mutton, milk tea, goat's milk, mare's milk wine, wheat noodles, Zishan smoked chicken, jerky, Hada cake, honey hemp leaves, Dexing no roasted wheat, etc., as well as the combination of eating methods from all over the country, the launch of the little fat sheep shabu hot pot, Chifeng's pair, Ordos's potato roast beef strips, etc., if Mr. Su and Mrs. Su want to taste, I will do it." Arjuna smiled and said, "I know you like to eat green vegetarian vegetables, although there are them in the supermarket in town, but I still recommend that you try the wild vegetables we make, and if you can, we can dig some tomorrow." Perhaps it was because she guessed the preferences of Su Yuedong and his wife, Arjuna said suggestively.
"Of course, this is great," Su Yuedong replied happily.
In life, curiosity should be said to be the happiest thing; To put it bluntly, it's about doing something you've never done before, tasting something you've never eaten before, and enjoying what you've never felt before.
He took the mare's milk wine that Unch had poured for him, and took a gentle sip: it was hard to swallow; He pouted......
"If you don't like it, just spit it out!" Wu Enqi looked at Su Yuedong's strange appearance and said with a generous smile.
"I have known for a long time that you Mongolians are very hospitable, but the guests must first drink a bowl of mare's milk wine, I seem to remember that this is the highest etiquette for your guests, and besides, after the guests finish drinking, it is also a respect for the host......" Su Yuedong swallowed the sip of mare's milk wine he drank in, and said embarrassedly.
"It's okay to spit it out, and now we all understand that our favorite mare's milk wine doesn't necessarily like it – they don't like that smell, so, slowly, we don't force our guests to drink mare's milk wine." Looking at Su Yuedong, whose face was flushed in order to swallow that sip of wine, Wu Enqi smiled and shook his head and said, "You must know that we are most proud of our broad-mindedness, besides, now that the information is so open, we will not be stubborn enough to refuse to accept the habits and love of other peoples, right?" ”
"Well, that's right, by the way, Wuenqi, are you alone at home?"
"No, and Mom and Dad, they went to graze, and they may not come back until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Unch said embarrassedly.
Obviously, the grazing business is all young people go, but now the young people are difficult to meet the status quo, they have gone out to Taojin, if it is not for the development of tourist areas in these years, many young people have returned, the young people in the past, there will be fewer young people in the pastoral areas.
"Oh! So you've been out too? Why is it coming back? I don't feel like you're not a grazing person, or more precisely, you prefer to get out of the grasslands, right? Su Yuedong asked as he ate slowly.
"Hey......" Unki glanced at Arjuna, stopped talking, and let out a long sigh.
"Eat first, eat first, don't talk about those things that affect your appetite, Lao Su, do you feel it, in fact, these things are quite delicious." Xie Lianyu said.
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Although Unchi and Arjuna had good appetites, they didn't eat even a quarter of the whole sheep.
Wu Enqi helped Arjuna quickly clean up the dishes and leftovers: "Does Mr. Su like black tea or green tea?" Or coffee? I've got it all here, and it's for guests. ”
"Coffee, but not now, later, by the way, do you have a wine glass at home?" Su Yuedong remembered that the mare's milk wine that Wu Enqi had given him was a porcelain bowl.
"Of course, at least, my house is also a small hotel, isn't it?" Unqi gently pressed Arjuna, who was about to go to get the wine glass: "I'll go!" ”
Su Yuedong took out a bottle of Wuliangye from the back of the car, put it in four cups, and put it on a quarter cup: "Come, do it yourself." He picked up a glass himself, motioned to everyone, and took a sip gently: "Drinking, I like the habit of foreigners, I don't like to be at the dinner table, I prefer to have a drink when chatting." ”
Looking at the hesitant appearance of Wuenqi and Arjuna, he smiled and said: "Come on, there are things that have to be shared with everyone to taste, don't worry, the cost of food and accommodation will not be less, believe me!" ”
"Come on!" Xie Lianyu also picked up the wine glass and invited.
They glanced at each other, and raised their glasses at the same time. Because, they know that this wine is not cheap.
"How much income does this small farmhouse you open make a year?" Su Yuedong asked.
"Other people's good, there are many houses built outside, plus the pit and abduction, you can have three or four hundred thousand yuan, me...... When it's good, it's 350,000! Because, that is, from July to September, it is only three months. Unch replied casually.
"Oh, that's it? So, shouldn't it be more profitable to go to herding? Su Yuedong continued to ask.
"Of course, but...... With enough to eat now, I don't think money matters......" Wu Enqi thought thoughtfully.
"You don't like grazing?" Su Yuedong asked again.
"Hmm!" With a thick unwillingness, Wu Enqi hummed softly: "I like the outside." ”
"If you like the outside, why don't you go out and stay here instead?" Su Yuedong brought up the topic just now.
"We ......" Unqi showed an indignant look: "Hey......"
Su Yuedong didn't ask any more questions, staring deeply at Wu Enqi, who was bowing his head and a little sad, and then turned his head to Arjuna and cast a questioning look.
"Our academic performance is not bad, and our family is not unable to afford us to go ......to college," Arjuna began to explain in a heavy voice: "But Unqi and I have wanted to go to the army and the military since we were young, so we went to the army...... We stayed there together for five years, and when we came back, we went out to work...... Later, I came back disappointed......"
"You're all coming back from the army?" Su Yuedong looked at Arjuna and Wu Enqi respectively, and said to himself: "I understand...... so, what you do is rough work, heavy physical labor......
"We're not afraid of manual work...... Arjuna Shi waved her pretty little hand, "but the environment, the copper-smelling crowd...... You must know that the army has taught us to have ideals and ambitions, but is the ideal money? Ambition is a car bungalow? We are not afraid of hardship, we are not afraid of being tired, and we are willing to make a screw, but this screw nail should not be screwed on a scrapped machine......" Arjuna said as she spoke, tears of grievance flowed from her eyes: "Is it possible to make a lot of money, even if the career is successful?" Is it true that people live just to have a breath of gas? Could it be that people's greatest enjoyment is eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling? Are ideals and ambitions just empty words? ”
"No --!" Staring at Arjuna seriously, Su Yuedong resolutely denied: "Tell me, what kind of dreams do you have!" At this time, Su Yuedong exuded the momentum of the superior.
"What kind of dream?" The teary-eyed Arjuna looked at Su Yuedong in confusion: "We...... We just want a beautiful working environment...... A group of loving, enthusiastic and harmonious neighbors and colleagues, a group of like-minded friends...... There is also a salary ...... enough for living expenses, which may be too demanding for us, but this is our dream ......"
"What do you have? What will you do? Su Yuedong asked seriously, and his eyes were firmly fixed on Arjuna and Unqi, waiting for their answers.
"What do we have? What will we do? ......" Unchi raised his head slightly, glanced at Arjuna blankly, and muttered, "What will we do?" Except for knives and guns, we only graze...... Yes, only grazing ......; What do we have? One has no diploma, and the other has no level...... Hey, there's only one dream, one dream that doesn't matter......"
"What else?" Su Yuedong was obviously a little bit of a joke, because, he wanted to see if they would be angry, yes, he tried to provoke them, but he was disappointed......
Arjuna and Unki weren't angry, if someone were to ask now: you should be angry, but why not be angry? They will definitely say: I don't know, really, some things, what they see, are not necessarily true, just like now, Su Yuedong is obviously teasing them, but from their hearts, there is no feeling of being teased; Why? Because, this is called "fate".
"As I said, our academic performance is not bad, so when the work requires it, we can definitely learn everything we need to learn, but they only believe in diplomas, even if the major difference between work and study is ......; We have also thought about it, and thought that whether it is the University of Electrical Engineering or the University of Letters, as long as we register and pay the money, the diploma is not a problem at all...... But that's not what we want, what we need is a boss who values us as a person! We would love to trade our dedication for the affirmation of others, but no one has ever given us a chance, and no one has been able to give us a chance......" Unki's answer was breathless.
"What kind of work do you want to have?" Su Yuedong's face was straight.
"We have jobs we like, and we don't like jobs, but we really don't know what we like, but one thing is certain, happy with colleagues and friends with the same heart and mind, even if you don't like the job, I believe that I can like it slowly!" Unqi thought about it seriously and said.
"You understand life and know very well what you want...... Su Yuedong smiled faintly: "I think, I can help you, oh, by the way, do you have to go to the metropolis?" ”
"With our current conditions, do we have a choice? In the end, you can be happy when you go to the metropolis? In the past few years, didn't we just lose most of us? Unch laughed to himself.
Su Yuedong nodded with satisfaction: "Come, drink." He took a sip to himself, then raised the wine glass to the others, and muttered to himself without the topic: "The great task of heaven and the people must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and empty their bodies......"
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The next morning, like the Mongols, Su Yuedong and his wife had eaten fried rice and drank goat's milk, and they went to learn to ride a horse with Unqi, and Arjuna was there, and one person taught one, and it should be quick, but not much, because riding a horse is an experience; To put it bluntly: if you ride more, you will be there.
The morning was the first time, so Su Yuedong and his wife learned to ride for two hours, Su Yuedong had ridden after all, so they were able to trot, but Xie Lianyu stayed on "walking", and the reins had to be pulled by Arjuna.
Following Unchi's advice, he rode for only two hours in the morning and another hour in the afternoon. Because, if you don't have enough rest, your crotch will hurt and you can't stand it.
During the break, they were not idle, and under the leadership of Unchi and Arjuna, they picked many wild vegetables......