As soon as I finished discussing this matter, the "Lele car" stopped in front of the two yurts on the grassland, only to see Ding Sitian wearing a Mongolian robe, with a turban on his head, milking goats, I almost didn't recognize her when I saw her, the dress change was too great, or I thought it was a Mongolian girl if I didn't look carefully, Ding Sitian didn't expect me and the fat man to come back to visit her suddenly, I was stunned for a long time before I came back to my senses, rushed over and hugged us, so excited that I choked up, my comrades-in-arms reunited after a long absence, and they all had endless things to say, But there are a lot of things in my heart, and I don't know where to start.

This grassland is located in the northernmost area of the Barun Left Banner, there are only three or four herdsmen, including the educated youth who came to insert the right, the total number of people in the whole grassland is not more than fifteen or sixteen, Ding Sitian is settled in the herdsman's "old sheepskin" home, usually except for the "old sheepskin" family of three, there is not even a person who can speak, suddenly saw the comrades-in-arms when the big tandem, can't help crying with joy.

I comforted Ding Sitian a few words, and told her briefly about me and the fat man who failed to be a soldier and also went to the Xing'an League to settle in the queue, Ding Sitian sighed lightly, and seemed to be extremely sorry for us, but she immediately cheered up and said: "Now we are also very good, you see how magnificent the scenery of our grassland is, the blue sky is used as a bed, the yellow sand bibimbap is delicious, the life on the grassland is the most exercised, you will play for a few more days when you come, and I will take you to ride a horse tomorrow." ”

If the horse is ridden by outsiders, or the horse is lost, it is a great bad luck for the herdsmen, and there are not many horses here, so I thought that there was no chance to ride a horse at all, and I didn't have this idea, but I didn't think that Ding Sitian told us that the herdsman here "Old Sheepskin" was not Mongolian, he fled from the mouth before liberation, and lived half his life on the grassland, and simply became a herdsman after liberation. I don't pay much attention to the taboos on the grassland, I get acquainted with him, and he doesn't get angry when he rides his horse.

I know that behind Ding Sitian's optimistic attitude, there is more of a helplessness to fate, how can Huangsha pretend to be fragrant? But I still don't mention those disappointing words, so she introduced us to the herdsman "Old Sheepskin" family, "Old Sheepskin" has lived on the grassland for half a lifetime, but the country accent is difficult to change, and there is a strong northwest accent, he said that you are really here, tonight is just to slaughter cattle and sheep, entertain guests from afar, and the herdsmen and educated youths near the evening will come.

As soon as I heard the news, the fat man and I were so happy that we couldn't even close our mouths, the herdsmen on the grassland were so hospitable, I had never heard of it before, this time I saw it was really convinced, we just came to slaughter cattle, but also to kill sheep, how embarrassing is this? I can't help it, not to mention that we still came empty-handed, and we already knew to bring some souvenirs as gifts, but we have heard the name of mutton for a long time, so we will be cheeky today, what time do we usually eat?

Ding Sitian said with a smile: "Don't treat yourself as an outsider, today's sheep slaughter is because there have been several natural disasters in this grassland this year, but because the herdsmen sacrificed their lives to protect the collective property, there was no loss to the collective property, the league said that we are a typical example of supporting agricultural Dazhai, because the Inner Mongolia grassland is close to the border, and it is under military management, so the upper revolutionary committee sent a cadre to take pictures of us and report on the exemplary heroic deeds of the herdsmen. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to treat you to fresh lamb. ”

I just understood what was going on, Bai was happy for a long time, it turned out that it was so grand to entertain others, and what pastoral area is a typical example of supporting agriculture Dazhai, can Dazhai be compared with pastoral areas? But since people want to catch the typical, we are not qualified to ask, it doesn't matter if there is me in the world, I should be quite content to eat the mutton.

It was not yet dark, several herdsmen and educated youths in the vicinity arrived one after another, plus us and the old sheepskin, there were only more than 20 people in total, and the intellectual youth accounted for half, although the rest of the educated youth we did not know, but as soon as they mentioned the identity of the educated youth, they were all brothers and sisters, and the old society worshipped the feeling of the same, the common fate made there is no distance between each other at all, it didn't take more than a while to get acquainted, the evening grassland sunset, a thousand miles, it is the most beautiful time, A knowledgeable youth went to the cadre to borrow a camera, and everyone took a group photo together, happily waiting for the dinner to start in the evening.

I and Ding Sitian helped the "old sheepskin" to slaughter the sheep out of the pen, I think today is very fun, and see the blood-red sunset, the west mountains rise and fall, so I gave birth to the intention of traveling, and said to the "old sheepskin", tomorrow I want to borrow a few horses, let Si Tian take us to ride the horse to the depths of the grassland to play.

"Old sheepskin" heard this, his face changed greatly, he told me that there is no way to go, the end of the grassland is the Mongolian Loess Plateau, that is, the area connected by the Mongolian desert, there is a place called "Hundred Eyes Cave" in the depths of the grassland, now the four old, some words did not dare to say, but because you are all friends of the girl Sitian, I dare to tell you clearly, "Hundred Eyes Cave" hides a dark demon dragon, close to the herdsmen or cattle there, all of them have been swallowed by the dragon king, all have to go and have no return, if it is not for this year's winter famine, The herdsmen are worried that the livestock will not catch enough autumn fat, otherwise they will definitely not graze on the meadow so close to the "Hundred Eyes Cave", you don't ask, who would dare to go half a step deeper into the grassland, if the demon dragon is alarmed, I am afraid that the immortal heaven will not be able to bless us.

Seeing that the "old sheepskin" said something serious, I couldn't help but feel funny, this is too, how can there be a dragon on the grassland? And it's still a demon dragon that can devour people and livestock, this kind of thing may be easy to bluff children, can I believe it?

"Old sheepskin" saw that I didn't believe it, and talked about a personal experience, decades ago, he shepherded sheep to the grassland "Bayan", and heard about the legend of the Mobei Demon Dragon, which was extremely evil, so that the grassland near the "Hundred Eyes Cave" became a forbidden area by the local herdsmen by default, and the livestock were thrown over there, and no one dared to look for it, anyway, whether it was a person or a horse, they couldn't come back if they went, and once a group of people came from the northeast mountains, carrying an old big box, looking like a coffin, and I don't know what it containsThe gang arrested the brother of the "old sheepskin", held a gun and insisted that he lead the way to the "Hundred Eyes Cave", and the "old sheepskin" quietly followed behind to save his brother, but he did not dare to go inside further when he followed the Hundred Eyes Cave, and watched his own brother enter it with the group, and never came out again.

"Old Sheepskin" swore that he saw the black demon dragon with his own eyes that time, and he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, and he really didn't dare to get any closer, and since then he had nightmares every night, and hated himself for being cowardly and cowardly, seeing his brother walk on Huangquan Road, but he didn't have the courage to save him back.

I saw that his words were conclusive, and his expression was not hypocritical, so I naturally sympathized with his brother's plight, but if I wanted to say that there was a dragon in the world, how would I believe it, and shook my head and said to the "old sheepskin": "What is that one you saw...... Dragon, I'm afraid it's not blind, I guess maybe it's a black python? Some pythons are as thick as buckets, and it is indeed easy to be seen as dragons. ”

"Old Sheepskin" looked at me with a gaze that suddenly became solemn, and he stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky: "In this later life, do you think that my old man lives on a dog at such an old age, and he can't even tell the difference between a snake and a dragon?" What python can go to heaven? I saw the god with my own eyes...... The god is the dragon in the sky, in the heavens. ”

(Note: Bayan - Mongolian Rich Man)