The old man smoked his pipe and listened to Chen Zhen's story without batting an eyelid. Then, he gave him a good lecture. He was most angry about the two Han students using firecrackers to blow up the wolf's den. He had never known that using firecrackers to blow up the wolf's den had such a powerful and effective effect. The old man held the silver pipe lid and shook it, making a series of metallic sounds. He shook his beard and said to Chen Zhen,"What a sin, what a sin…You blew the female wolf out with a few shots." You Han people are much more powerful than the Mongolians in lighting fires and smoking. The female wolf doesn't even have the time to dig and block the hole. The Mongolian wolves are most afraid of the smell of gunpowder. If you blew up a hole with wolf pups, the whole nest of wolf pups would run out of the hole and be caught by you. Killing the wolf cubs like this would not take long for all the wolves on the grassland to be gone. The wolf had to be beaten, but not like this. If they fought like this, Tengri would get angry, and the grasslands would be finished. In the future, he could not use cannons to blow up wolf nests. He could not tell the young stable boy and other people to use cannons to blow up holes. Even the little stable boy has been led astray by you…
Chen Zhen did not expect the old man to be so angry. The old man's words also made him feel the serious consequences of blowing up the wolf's den and pulling out the wolf cubs. Once this method was popularized, no matter how tight the defense facilities in the wolf cave were, it would be difficult to block the loud sound of the big firecrackers and the smell of gunpowder. There had never been a custom of lighting firecrackers on the grasslands during festivals. The fireworks were brought to the grasslands by the blind and educated youths. Bullets were strictly controlled on the grasslands, but firecrackers were not guarded. There was no ban on them along the way from the mainland to the grasslands, so it was easy to bring them along. If a large number of firecrackers were to flow into the grasslands, and the dosage was increased, along with chili powder and tear powder, used to kill wolves, then the wolves that had dominated the grasslands for tens of thousands of years would not be able to escape misfortune. From then on, the grassland wolves might really be exterminated. Gunpowder had an epoch-making lethality to the grasslands that were still in the primitive nomadic stage. If the totem of a nation was destroyed, the spirit of the nation might also be strangled. Moreover, the grasslands that the Mongolians relied on to survive might also disappear with them…
Chen Zhen was also a little afraid. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, Father, don't be angry. I promise Tengri that I will never use cannons to blow up a wolf's den again. We also promise not to teach this method to others. Chen Zhen made two promises. In the grasslands, credibility was the foundation of the Mongolian herdsmen, and it was one of the instructions left behind by the Great Khan. The word 'guarantee' carried a lot of weight. The grassland tribes had always believed in guarantees. Mongolians sometimes made a promise while drunk, and as a result, they lost their good dogs, horses, swords, and even their lovers.
The old man's facial muscles began to relax. He looked at Chen Zhen and said, I know you beat the wolves to protect the sheep and horses, but protecting the grasslands is more important than protecting the cattle and sheep. Young men and horses nowadays were always competing to kill wolves. They didn't know any better…The radio only praised those heroes who killed wolves. The people from the farming area were really blindly managing the grasslands and pastures. After that, the people of the grasslands would suffer…
Gasmail handed Chen Zhen a bowl of mutton noodles and a small jar of pickled wild chives. She knelt beside the stove and added another bowl of noodles for the old man. She said to Chen Zhen," Not many people listen to your father's words now. He told others not to beat wolves, but he himself did not beat wolves. Who would believe your father's words?
The old man smiled bitterly and asked Chen Zhen," Then do you believe Abba's words?
Chen Zhen said: I believe, I really believe. Without wolves, the grassland would be easily destroyed. Far, far away in the southeast, there was a country called Australia. There was a large grassland there. There were no wolves or rabbits there. Later, someone brought rabbits to this country. Some rabbits escaped to the grassland. Because there were no wolves, the rabbits gave birth to more and more rabbits. They dug holes in the grassland and ate more than half of the pasture, causing huge losses to the animal husbandry in Australia. The Australia government was so anxious that they tried everything, but nothing worked. Later, he made a large number of barbed wire grids and laid them on the grassland. The grass could grow, but the rabbits could not get out. They wanted to starve all the rabbits to death underground. However, this method still failed. The grasslands were too big, and the government could not afford to provide so many iron wires. I originally thought that since the grass in Inner Mongolia was so good, there must be a lot of rabbits. However, after arriving at Elun, I realized that there were not many rabbits here. I think this must be the work of the wolves. When I was herding sheep, I saw wolves catching rabbits many times. The two wolves caught the rabbit accurately.
The old man was fascinated by the story. His gaze gradually softened as he kept muttering, Australia, Australia, Australia He then said,"Tomorrow, bring me the map. I want to see Australia." In the future, if anyone says that they want to kill all the wolves, I'll tell them about Australia. A rabbit destroying a draft farm was a big deal. A rabbit could give birth to several litters of rabbit cubs in a year, and a litter of rabbit cubs was more than a litter of wolf cubs. In the winter, the marmots and mice sealed their holes and could not come out. However, rabbits still came out to look for food. Rabbits were the wolves 'winter food. If the wolves ate rabbits, they could eat fewer sheep. But even so, he still couldn't kill all the rabbits. If there were no wolves, a person would have to step into a rabbit hole after taking three steps on the grassland.
Chen Zhen quickly said,"I'll send you the map tomorrow." I have a huge world map for you to see.
Alright, you've been tired for a few days. Go back and rest early. The old man saw that Chen Zhen still didn't want to leave and said," Do you want to ask your old father how to get the wolf pups out?
Chen Zhen hesitated for a moment before nodding, saying," This is the first time I've dug out a wolf cub. Abba, you have to let me succeed at least once.
The old man said,"I can teach you, but don't take out more money in the future."
That was for sure. Chen Zhen made another promise.
The old man took a sip of milk tea and smiled mysteriously. If you don't ask your Abba, you can forget about catching that nest of wolf cubs. In my opinion, you'd better spare that female wolf. Don't go overboard.
Chen Zhen anxiously asked,"Why can't I catch the wolf cubs?"
The old man stopped smiling and said," That wolf hole was blown up by you, and this wolf hole was drilled by you. There's a human smell in the hole, and the hole is blocked by you." The mother wolf was sure to move tonight. She would dig another hole to get in, take the wolf cubs out of the hole, and then dig a temporary hole elsewhere to hide the wolf cubs. In a few days, it would move to a place where no one could find it.
Chen Zhen's heart was beating wildly. He quickly asked," Was this temporary hole easy to find?
The old man said,"If a man can't find it, a dog can." Your yellow dog and two black dogs will do. Looks like you're really determined to fight this female wolf to the end?
Chen Zhen said,"Abba, why don't you take us there tomorrow? Yang Ke said that he had been deceived by the wolf."
The old man smiled and said,"I'm going to the north for a walk tomorrow." Last night, we caught a big wolf in the trap, but I didn't touch it. The wolves in the north were hungry and had returned. Tomorrow I might have to pick up all the traps. You have to get enough sleep these two days and prepare for the siege. It was best to talk about this matter after the fight.
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