The sun is setting in the west.

Xu Fenglei stood outside the tent, looking at the vast grassland, feeling the cool breeze on the field, and closed his eyes comfortably.

"The grassland does have its charm."

He exclaimed,

"Cheng Qian, this vast grassland, and the cattle and sheep over there...... How does it compare to what you imagined? ”

Li Chengqian raised his head and looked at the starry sky.

“…… Very good. ”

He thought about it for a long time, and finally two words came out of his mouth.

When he first came out of Shuofang, the meadows were all bare, and he was greatly disappointed by the desolate scene.

But when he followed Tudo's mother and daughter all the way back to the real grassland, he realized that this was the real grassland!

There are all kinds of elements in his fantasy!

Of course, the only thing that responds to people is the feces everywhere, and the key is that they are still hidden under the green grass, and you can't find it at all, only when you step on it, and when you feel that soft foot, you find out-

Special mother, I've been recruited!

At this point, it's too late.

"Uncle Xu, Li Gaoming, it's time to eat!"

Tudo stepped out of the tent and shouted at the two.

"Okay, here!"

Xu Fenglei turned around with a smile, looking a little expectant.

This is also the first time he has eaten in an ordinary Turkic house, and the previous Jieli Khan and they ate roast mutton and roast beef and the like, which was extremely luxurious and did not represent the people at the bottom.

Now this meal is the real Turkic specialty.

The two entered the tent, and the firewood inside had already been lit and crackled.

Tudo's mother's name was Shezhe, which means pearl in Turkic.

I saw her holding a few rough bowls, beating a few bowls of sticky vegetables from the bucket, and handing them to Xu Fenglei and Li Chengqian.

Tudo distributed the cheese to the two of them.

"Honored guests, the hospitality is not good."

Scherche said with some apologies,

"Originally, there were distinguished guests who came to the door, according to our Turkic customs, to slaughter lambs, but this year's sheep have not yet given birth, and Tuduo's father and brother have gone to distant places to graze, and it may not be back until a few days."

"So...... That's all I have to say, so please forgive me. ”

"Wait a minute, you two, I'll go get a piece of bacon."

Then she got up and took the meat.

"No, no, no."

Xu Fenglei said,

"We are here to experience life, what we want is the daily food of the Turkic people, if you make it too rich, our experience will not be good."

"Besides, there is little salt on the grassland, it is really not easy for you to get some bacon, don't waste it."

"Come, come, sit."

"This is a vegetable soup, right? It smells like a fragrance! ”

He turned his head to look at Li Chengqian, and said:

"Cheng Qian, taste it."

Li Chengqian looked at the bowl of sticky vegetable soup, there seemed to be some mush in it, and he didn't know what it was.

He was a little embarrassed, but under Xu Fenglei's gaze, he still reluctantly took a sip.

"Ahem! cough cough cough ......"

"What does this smell like! It's so bitter, it's so bitter......"

He almost threw up while eating!

This herb is mushy and has not been cooked at all! He suspected that he didn't even put salt!

Just by eating the original taste of the ingredients, can it be delicious?

"This ......"

She Zhe pinched the hem of her skirt, a little embarrassed.

"You try the cheese, it's still better."

Seeing his unpalatable appearance, Tudo gave him cheese empatheticly.

Li Chengqian hurriedly took the cheese and took a bite-

Good guy, the face is directly deformed!

This cheese is sour ...... He's going to lose his teeth!

"You kid, you're used to eating and drinking, even if you're out of the house, you don't treat you very badly, and now, you can't get used to eating the things of ordinary Turkic people?"

Xu Fenglei said with a smile,

"Although this cabbage paste is unpalatable, it is a rare vegetable for people on the grassland, that is, it is just a little bitter, and everything else is an advantage."

Shh

As he spoke, he took a big sip.

When I was in Moyushan, three meals a day of coarse tea and light rice were similar to this.

It's good to be able to fill your stomach, but what more do you need a bicycle?

"And this cheese, you may not be used to eating it for a while, but if you chew it, it will be sweet."

Xu Fenglei broke off another piece of cheese and put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and said,

"Well, like me, the more you chew, the more you chew, the more flavorful it gets."

Li Chengqian listened to his words, and slowly tried to chew, this chew ...... His face finally relaxed.

"Like...... It's really not that bad. ”

He scratched his head and laughed.

Seeing him laugh, Scheer and Tudo, mother and daughter, also laughed.

The four of them sat around the firewood, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

"By the way, I have a question."

Li Chengqian chewed the cheese and said,

"Why is there so much manure on the pasture? Don't you clean it up? ”

"How disgusting is this foot...... You can't wash it off, you don't seem to have any water......"

Tudo pursed his lips and smiled.

"Feces are precious!"

She explains,

"It makes the grass grow more vigorously, and the cattle and sheep have more to eat!"

"Why do you want to clean up such a good thing? In the past, there were people who came to steal feces at night! Ran away by my Abba! ”

Li Chengqian: "??? ”

Steal...... Feces?!

Did someone steal this thing?

It was a bit more than he could have imagined.

"Don't make a fuss, this situation is not only Turkic, but also in Datang."

Xu Fengleidao,

"Manure increases the fertility of the land! It stinks, but it's a good thing! ”

"Whether it's pasture or farmland, you need the support of fertility to grow good things!"

"In the countryside of Datang, there is even a profession called dung tyrant! Specializing in monopolizing the feces thing, you just, you have to go to the place designated by the dung bully to pull, otherwise he will bully you! This is a valuable resource. ”

Li Chengqian's eyes widened.

, all have to be controlled?

This time he's really pulling his ass with a knife - his eyes have been opened!

"It seems that my understanding of the world is still too little, too little, too shallow."

Li Chengqian shook his head and said,

"The world is so big! It's a lot more to see! ”

Xu Fenglei smiled.

"Your father doesn't necessarily know about this, after all, he is from an aristocratic background, and he still knows too little about things in the folk villages."

He said,

"Fortunately, your master, I am a child of a peasant family, and I basically understand something."

Li Chengqian nodded convincingly.

Master knows astronomy and geography, so there is nothing he doesn't understand!

The conversation between the two, listening to Schezhe's ears, couldn't help but make her eyes shine.

Just the words 'aristocratic background' contain a lot of information!

"Aunt Shezhe, then I still have a doubt."

Li Chengqian said again,

"Why go to a distant land to graze? I think the pasture here is also very fertile. ”

"Can't you graze in front of your house?"

She Zhe heard Li Chengqian call her, and then came back to her senses.

"This, Tudo knows."

She laughed,

"Tell him, Tudo."

Tuduo nodded, turned his head to look at Li Chengqian, and said:

"Because sheep eat grass! If you keep grazing sheep near your home, the grass here will be eaten up quickly! It's bare! ”

"So...... The sheep should be herded back and forth in a circle, and they should be put where the grass grows high! We Turks have rules! ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he suddenly realized.

"I see, I have seen ......"

He nodded again and again, and asked,

"Then there are a few more questions, where are you going to get water?"

"Also, what do you do on weekdays besides selling things at the market? Are there any other activities? Will you go horseback riding on the prairie? ”

"And ......"

Li Chengqian turned into a curious baby at this time, and grabbed Tuduo and asked several questions in a row.

Tudo was also very patient and answered them one by one.

Seeing that the two teenagers and girls were chatting hotly, Xu Fenglei and She Zhe didn't bother, they were both eating herb paste, nibbling on cheese, and listening to their conversation.

She Zhe also looked at Li Chengqian from time to time, and there was a little smile in his eyes.

……

It's night.

She Zhe held two blankets and placed them in front of Li Chengqian and Xu Fenglei.

"This is his Abba's previous blanket, and his brother's, and the distinguished guest will be there."

"It's cold at night on the grassland, so we'll sleep outside with some fires next to you."

As she spoke, she casually pulled up a curtain.

A small tent was split in two.

Inside, there are Xu Fenglei and Li Chengqian, and there is a fire that still has residual warmth.

Outside, Schercher and Tudo approached the door, huddled in a blanket.

Obviously, they plan to suffer a little bit of their own suffering, but also to let the guests have a relatively comfortable sleeping environment.

"What's so embarrassing?"

Xu Fenglei excused himself,

"Why should we two big men sleep outside, you women sleep inside, it's safer and warmer."

Schercher smiled and shook his head.

"Sleep, don't let the guests sleep outside."

She said,

"Also, her dad doesn't know when he'll come back, and if he comes back overnight and doesn't see us, but sees two strange men, it's dangerous."

"So let's sleep outside, and it's easy to explain when the time comes."

"Two distinguished guests, rest early, the deeper the night, the harder it is to sleep."

Tudo also nodded.

"Brother Gao Ming, go to sleep!"

"I'll take you on horseback riding tomorrow! My foal is so happy! ”

The friendship between boys and girls always progresses quickly, and at this moment, the brothers and sisters are shouting.

When Li Chengqian heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Good, good! I'll just sleep! Go horseback riding tomorrow! ”

He excitedly crossed the curtain and lay inside.

Xu Fenglei arched his hand slightly and said politely:

"Then it's hard work for the two of you."

"Where's the guest?"

The two sides exchanged a few polite words, and he also went behind the curtain.

However, unlike Li Chengqian, Xu Fenglei did not choose to lie down, but crossed his legs and began to meditate.

When you are away from home and live in this kind of place, you must be vigilant.

If you don't guard against Shezhetuduo and her mother and daughter, you have to guard against other accidents, after all, this is on the grassland, and the guards who follow the guards are a little far away, and it is impossible to arrive at the first time if something happens.

Therefore, he planned to let Li Chengqian sleep well.

Himself, according to the cultivation method taught by Sun Simiao, put his hands together, supported the Lao Gong acupoint with his thumb, and meditated cross-legged.

"What do you do in the first step of meditation?"

"Uh...... Eliminate distractions? ”

Xu Fenglei muttered in his heart and closed his eyes.

After a while, a voice came:

"Master, what are you doing?"

The voice was very low, like a mosquito calling, and only Xu Fenglei could hear it.

"Why are you not sleeping yet?"

Xu Fenglei raised his eyelids slightly and said,

"Sleep! Aren't you going horseback riding tomorrow? ”

Li Chengqian rubbed his eyes.

"That blanket stinks, I can't sleep......"

"I heard Tudo say that the Turks don't take a few baths in their lives, it's terrible......"

He muttered.

Xu Fenglei smiled.

It's normal for this delicate prince to not be used to living.

"And what are you going to do?" He said.

"Master, let's talk......"

Li Chengqian whispered,

"It's better to rely on you."

"What do you think of this grassland?"

The corners of Xu Fenglei's mouth rose slightly.

"As expected, after all, I've spent a lot of time here, and I've conquered this land by the way."

He smiled lightly,

"What do you think?"

Li Chengqian's expression was bitter.

"I think...... Not very comfortable. ”

His voice was quieter, for fear of being heard by Tudo and Schezhe,

"Didn't the child want to be a Turkic chieftain before...... Now it seems that being a Turk is too hard. ”

"Eat well if you don't eat, and sleep in such a tent, the wind is noisy at night!"

"The most important thing is...... Can't take a shower yet! I'm sweating and sticky today, but I'm still sleeping in that stinking blanket. ”

"I don't feel as comfortable as a common person in Chang'an."

Xu Fenglei chuckled.

"But right...... If you want to say good, there are also good places. ”

Li Chengqian said again,

"For example, the wind here is really comfortable, the grassland is really wide, and it makes people feel relaxed and happy!"

"When I look up, I can see the sky full of stars! The stars here are brighter than those in Chang'an! ”

"Go to the pasture and gallop on the horse, you must be very happy!"

“…… All in all, there are good things, but there are many things that I didn't expect before I came, but they are real life to experience. ”

Xu Fenglei bowed his head slightly and listened quietly.

At this time, he just needs to be a good listener.

"Comfort is temporary, and the joy of feeling is also temporary, but at other times, there are many difficulties and hardships to face."

LI Chengqiandao,

"So...... The boy doesn't want to be a Turkic chieftain anymore. ”

"If you can, you will have the opportunity to come and have fun in the future, ride a horse, and see the grassland."

Xu Fenglei raised his eyebrows.

"Really?" He was right.

"Really! It's more real than gold! ”

Li Chengqian said busily,

"Children will never think about such unrealistic things again! Please rest assured, Master! ”

"Now I feel ...... The best at home! ”

Xu Fenglei laughed and touched his head.

"You can think like this, it is not in vain that your master will accompany you out for a walk."

He said,

"Okay, go rest, you're tired."

"I'll sleep for one night, and after riding tomorrow, we'll go back to Chang'an, your father and queen mother are probably thinking about you for a long time!"

(End of chapter)