The old man said,"Dorki's family is a Mongolian in the northeast. Their hometown is a farmer and has some cattle and sheep." There were a lot of Han people there, and their habits had all followed the Han people's. These outsiders had long forgotten about the Mongolian gods and their ancestors. When his family members died, they would be buried in a wooden box and not fed to the wolves. Of course, their family dared to use wolf skin quilts and wolf skin pants. On the grassland, wolf skin and fur were the thickest and densest to block the cold. Two sheep skins stacked together were not as cold as one wolf skin. Tengri was biased towards the wolf, giving it the cold-resistant fur. However, the people of the grasslands never used wolf skin as a mattress. The Mongolians respected wolves, and those who did not respect wolves were not real Mongolians. Even if the Mongolians were to freeze to death, they would not sleep on wolf skins. The Mongolians who slept on wolf-skin mattresses were trampling on the Mongol gods. How could their souls ascend to Tengri? Think about it carefully, why is Tengri protecting the wolf?
Chen Zhen said,"Are you saying that wolves are the guardians of the grasslands?"
The old man smiled and said,"Yes!" Tengri was the father, and the grassland was the mother. The wolves killed all the living creatures that harmed the grasslands. How could Tengri not protect the wolves?
The wolf pack moved again. The two of them hurriedly aimed the lens at the wolves that had raised their heads. But the wolf quickly lowered its head and stopped moving. Chen Zhen carefully searched for the wolf in the tall grass, but he could not see the wolf's movements clearly.
The old man handed the tube to Chen Zhen and asked him to use the binoculars to observe the hunting situation. This pair of binoculars, which had been dismantled into two single tubes, was a high-powered military telescope of the Su style. Billig had picked it up from the old battlefield of Su and Japan on the Elun Plains more than 20 years ago. The Elun Grassland was located in the western part of the Greater Xing 'an Mountains, north of Beijing, bordering Mongolia. Since ancient times, it had been the southern passage between the northeast region and the Mongolian grasslands. It was an ancient battlefield where several different ethnic groups and nomads fought, and it was also a place where the potential conflicts between nomads and farming people were seen. During the Second World War, not too far north of this place was a battlefield where the two sides had a large-scale fierce battle. At the end of the Second World War, this place was also a military passage for the Mongolian army to send troops to the northeast. Until now, there were still a few deep tank lanes on the Elun Prairie, as well as the remains of several tanks and armored vehicles. Almost all the local old herdsmen had one or two pieces of military supplies such as a Soviet-style or Japanese-style bayonet, kettle, shovel, helmet, and telescope. The long iron chain that Gasmer used to tie the calf was the anti-slip chain of the Soviet truck. Among all the Su and Japanese military supplies, only the telescope was the most cherished by the herdsmen. Up until now, the telescope had become an important production tool in the Elun Grassland.
The herdsmen of the Elun Grassland liked to split their binoculars into two single binoculars. First, it could shrink the size and be easy to carry. Secondly, one telescope could be used for two. The herdsmen treasured the things they could not produce. The Mongolian herdsmen had excellent eyesight, but it could not compare with the eyesight of wolves. With a monocular, it was enough to make a person's eyesight reach or surpass the eyesight of wolves. Billig said that ever since binoculars came to the grasslands, the hunters had been able to hunt more things, and it was easier to find the lost herds. But old man Billig said he thought the wolves 'eyes were much sharper than before, and if you looked through a telescope at a wolf in the distance, you could sometimes see it staring straight into the lens of your telescope.
After Chen Zhen stayed in the old man's yurt for half a year, the old man took out the other half of the lens barrel from the bottom of the car cabinet and gave it to him. This made Bilig's son, Batu, jealous because Batu, the horsekeeper, was using a domestic telescope. Although the telescope was very old, and the barrel had been ground with a lot of anti-slip brass particles, the lens was of excellent quality and the magnification was high. Chen Zhen loved it very much and always wrapped it in red silk. He rarely used it, only when he was helping the cowherd find cattle, helping the stables find horses, or when he went hunting with Billig.
Chen Zhen used his binoculars to search the hunting ground. With the eyes of this hunter, the hidden hunting instinct in his heart was finally awakened. Everyone's ancestors were hunters. Hunters were the first role humans played in this world, and it was also the role they had played for the longest time. Chen Zhen thought that since he had come from the most developed capital of the Celestial Empire to the most primitive prairie, he might as well continue to be primitive and relive the taste of the most primitive human character. He felt that it was too late for his hunting instincts to be awakened. He was deeply saddened by the fact that he was the descendant of a farming people. The farming people might have been fed with food, vegetables, and crops for dozens of generations and become as timid as sheep. They had long lost the bloodlust of their ancestors. Not only did they lose their hunting nature, but they had also become the targets of the great powers.
The wolf pack did not seem to show any signs of attacking. Chen Zhen had almost lost his patience with the wolf pack. He asked the old man if the wolves were still going to surround him today. Are they going to wait until it's dark before making a move?
The old man lowered his voice and said,"How can you be impatient in war?" The opportunities in the world were only given to the patient, and only the patient experts could seize the opportunity. How could Genghis Khan defeat the Great Jin Kingdom's million-strong army with just a few cavalry? Defeat dozens of countries? It was not enough to rely on the wolf's ruthlessness, but the wolf's patience. No matter how strong the enemy was, there would be times when they were confused. A big horse was confused, but a small wolf could bite it to death. Without patience, he was not a wolf, a hunter, or Genghis Khan. You always say that you want to understand wolves and Genghis Khan, but you should be patient and lie down.
The old man was a little angry. Chen Zhen did not dare to ask any more questions and patiently trained his endurance. Chen Zhen aimed the camera at a wolf. He had observed this wolf many times. It almost died there like a dead wolf. After half a day, it actually remained in the same position. After a while, the old man softened his tone and said," After lying down for so long, have you figured out what the wolf is waiting for? Chen Zhen shook his head. The old man said: The wolf is waiting for the yellow sheep to eat and sleep.
Chen Zhen was shocked and asked,"Are wolves really that smart?" How could it understand that it had to wait until the yellow goat was too full to run before attacking?
The old man said,"You Han people don't understand wolves. Wolves are more intelligent than people." Let me test you, do you think a big wolf can catch a big yellow goat alone?
Chen Zhen thought for a moment and replied: Three wolves, two wolves chase, one wolf ambush, catch a yellow sheep may be able to catch. It was impossible for a wolf to catch a yellow goat alone.
The old man shook his head and said,"Do you believe that a powerful wolf can catch a yellow sheep alone?"
Chen Zhen looked at the old man in surprise and said," Then how? I really can't think of anything.
The old man said: Wolf catching yellow sheep has a unique skill. During the day, a wolf would stare at a yellow goat and leave it untouched. Once it was dark, the yellow goat would find a place with thick grass to lie down and sleep. At this moment, the wolf couldn't catch it. The yellow goat was asleep, but its nose and ears weren't asleep. If there was any movement, the yellow goat would jump up and run, and the wolf couldn't catch up. The wolf did not make a move for the whole night. It lay not far away and waited for the whole night. When the sky turned white, the yellow goat had held its urine for the whole night. When the urine bubbles swelled, the wolf took the opportunity to rush up and chase after it. The yellow goat couldn't urinate when it ran. It couldn't run far before its urine bubble burst. Its hind legs cramped and it couldn't run anymore. Look, no matter how fast the yellow goat ran, there were times when it couldn't run fast. Those old wolves and alpha wolves knew that they could catch the yellow goat in a short while. Only the smartest yellow sheep would be willing to stand up in the middle of the night and pee, not afraid of being chased by wolves. The hunters of Elun often woke up early in the morning to snatch the yellow sheep caught by the wolves. They cut open the stomach of the sheep and found that it was full of urine.
Chen Zhen laughed softly and said,"God, I can't think of such a bad move from a wolf." How capable! However, the Mongol Hunters were even more cunning!
The old man laughed,"The Mongolian hunter is the apprentice of the wolf. How can he not be cunning?"
Most of the yellow goats finally raised their heads. The yellow goat's " waist drum " was even bulkier than its stomach that had been holding in urine all night. Some of the yellow goats had their legs spread out and were no longer straight. The old man looked carefully with his binoculars and said," The yellow sheep can't eat anymore. Look, the wolves are about to attack.
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