After Old Guo introduced the situation of the ranch, he called a few herdsmen and asked them to bring the group of educated youths to their place of residence.
The herdsmen here were quite kind to these students who had come from afar. They said," Come with us and put your luggage away. We won't be responsible if you lose it.”
Most of these people were leaving home for the first time. When they thought about living in a strange place for at least a few years, they could not help but bring things, afraid that they would not be used and inconvenient.
Only Xu Jinyan was alone. He only had a green shoulder bag and was lightly dressed.
They were just curious about their surroundings.
The educated youths lived at the other end of the village, so they had to pass through the entire village.
In Xu Jinyan's opinion, the local customs and the villagers 'mental outlook were completely different from those in Beijing.
However, their attention was elsewhere.
The more they looked at the surrounding environment, the colder their hearts became. How could a normal person live in such a simple and crude place?
Thinking about how he would be living in such a place for a few years, he couldn't bring himself to be excited at all.
When the villagers saw this group of strangers, they could not help but stop and gather together to whisper.
"Is this the educated youth from the city? Look at their little faces and hands, how pale they are! That young man's hands are whiter than my wife's butt!”
"Go, go, go. Don't talk nonsense here. These are all cultured people sent by the organization to support our construction.”
"I know, I know, I know. But I'm really curious. Do you think these young masters and young ladies from Beijing can endure the hardships here?”
"Hard to say."
The villagers looked at them with envy. They were straightforward and did not hide anything. They had the simplicity of the grassland people. Their eyes were clear and revealed the simplicity and sincerity of the working people.
Compared to the Qin Huai, Ru, Jia, and Zhang families in the Siheyuan, it was a world of difference.
Xu Jinyan was in a good mood. These people would be his neighbors in the future.
Finally, after passing through the entire village, they arrived at the place where they were going to stay.
After looking at the surroundings, everyone's faces turned completely green.
There was only one word that could describe this place, and that was simple and crude!
It was incomparably simple and crude!
There was nothing in the clay embryo room except for a wooden board placed on top of a few bricks to serve as their bed.
He couldn't shelter himself from the wind, nor could he shelter himself from the rain.
Even a straw shed for cows and sheep would be better than this!
Everyone wailed. They had never lived in such a simple place before!
The stick was even more unable to accept it. He had grown up under the pampering of Qin Huiru and Jia Zhangshi. He could have anything he wanted, so he was much more fragile than his peers.
he cried, breaking down.! Can people live here? How dare you let us live in a place that even dogs don't live in?!”
The herdsmen were at a loss in the face of the questions. It was not that they were stingy and deliberately made things difficult for this group of educated youths, but the situation in their village was like this.
They were also short of supplies. It was already good enough that they could temporarily build a few adobe houses together. They really could not afford any more.
"After you put down your luggage, go to the grain-smashing field to gather. The village committee director wants to assign you tasks.”
Since they were already here, they should take it as it was. They were living under someone else's roof now, so they did not have the right to choose.
The educated youths could only grumble as they arranged their luggage.
Compared to other people's complaints, Xu Jinyan was not unhappy. On the contrary, he was very relaxed.
It was fine if the housing conditions were not good. He would slowly renovate it in the future. One day, he would be able to transform this place into his ideal home.
The most important thing was that the people here were simple and honest, different from the scheming neighbors in the Siheyuan.
After settling their luggage, the group of educated youths walked towards the village's grain-smashing field, which was on the way they had just come.
Although it was called a square, it was just a piece of land that had been stepped on very tightly. A large flat stone was placed there as a high platform for speaking.
By the time the people in the know walked to the square, the villagers had already arrived. The village committee director was standing on a big rock and talking about something.
Seeing that everyone was present, the village committee director took out a piece of paper from his pocket.
On this piece of paper was the list of educated youths he had written in advance and the tasks they would be assigned.
Following the announcement of the village committee director, all the educated youths were assigned tasks.
Silly Zhu and Bang Geng were assigned to the Wrangler Team Six.
Xu Jinyan was assigned to Liar Guo's team, Horse Herding Team Seven. The captain's surname was Dong, and he was about 50 years old.
After Director Dong of the village committee assigned tasks to the educated youths, he put the paper away.
His turbid eyes swept across the people in front of him who were obviously hesitant and uneasy.
" Everyone, don't be nervous. Just treat this place as your own home. Of course, the conditions are definitely not as good as yours."”
He took a puff of his pipe. He knew the ins and outs of these people.
Most of them were students, but there were also a few criminals who had been sent here.
With so many mouths, it was difficult for the cooperative.
"Have you ever herded a horse before?”
The educated youths looked at each other when they heard this, but no one spoke.
There were people who let go of cows, but they had never come into contact with horses.
The village committee director frowned disappointedly. He had pushed these people over to help them with the construction, but it was already good enough that they were not a burden.
His shoulders couldn't be lifted, and his hands couldn't be lifted.
They still had to find someone to teach them how to herd horses. Wasn't this wasting their time?!
If it weren't for the policy that they had to accept these educated youths, they would rather not have them.
However, the village committee director would not say it out loud. He smiled again.
"Grazing horses is not difficult, but it is not easy either. As long as you are willing to put in the effort, you can still achieve great things at the foot of the Qilian Mountains.”
"Of course, at this stage, I don't need you to know how to herd horses. However, you have to first understand the horse feed in the pasture, what horses like to eat, what they can't eat, and what they should eat to treat diarrhea."
These were the basic knowledge of herders. Only by understanding these things could they graze. Otherwise, even if the horses were poisoned, they would not know what the problem was.
Some of the educated youths were quick-witted. They knew that the village committee director was testing them. In order to better their lives in the future and to make the village committee director have a better impression of them, they did not care whether they knew or not. They just spouted nonsense.
She thought that no matter if it was right or not, it was over as long as she guessed it. What if she guessed it right?
The village committee director listened to their blind words and his expression was a little ugly. He thought to himself that this group of educated youths was indeed here to cause trouble!
"On the way here, I saw a lot of purslane growing on this piece of land. This kind of Chinese medicine is both medicinal and edible. It is rich in vitamins and can treat digestive diseases.”
At this moment, Xu Jinyan suddenly spoke.
Qilian Mountain was indeed a treasure land.
Not only purslane, but also verbena and June snow. These rare herbs were actually everywhere.
This was what he had learned from the complete understanding of horse herding.
The village committee director's eyes lit up when he heard that, and then he asked a few more questions.
The educated youths present were either silent or confused. Only Xu Jinyan answered everything.
This time, the village committee director and the herdsmen looked at Xu Jinyan differently.
Old Guo turned around and whispered to Uncle Dong as if he had found a treasure.
"Finally, a useful one!"
"What were those nonsense words from before? I was worried about the horses in their hands. If I fed them, they would poison the horses to death!”
"I also like this young man. He was the quietest along the way.”
Uncle Dong nodded. The more he looked at Xu Jinyan, the more satisfied he felt.
"Forget about the others. Sigh, I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking. Even if we don't have enough manpower, we can't just casually find some young people to make up the numbers. We still have to spend time teaching them horse herding knowledge from the beginning. It doesn't seem like we're here to help.”
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