Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

The next morning, the group had breakfast early and then walked to Xianghai Pao. This fragrant sea foam is actually a general place name. This range is actually very large, and it does not refer to just one bubble.

The entire landform of Xianghaipao is dominated by desertification and salinization plains, generally with fixed sand dunes, swamps, wetlands and lakes distributed among them. There is a large area of ​​reed marshes in the meantime, forming an endless sea of ​​reeds, which is also a unique scenery here. The water and grass here are abundant and it is a paradise for animals, especially birds. This season is the best time for them to breed their offspring.

At this time, the reeds have not reached their most lush moment, but looking at this endless reed marsh can still make people feel excited. Zixuan reached out and picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the reed marsh.

A lot of birds flew out of the reed swamps. No, it shouldn't be called birds. That would make them think they were small birds. No, these are large cranes, including red-crowned cranes, white cranes, gray cranes, white-headed cranes, demoiselle cranes, and white-naped cranes. Jinghan carefully identified each one and found that there were five or six kinds of cranes. Isn't this too shocking?

Looking at these cranes hovering in the sky, everyone's eyes were attracted by their graceful figures. No wonder people say, "A crane lining the clouds in a clear sky brings poetry to the blue sky."

"Zixuan, you are serious, why do you have to alarm them?" Mr. Xue looked at Zixuan.

"Mom, these guys are hiding in the reeds. If you don't do this, you won't be able to see them at all. We can't go in, right?" Zixuan didn't take it seriously and said with a smile.

"Don't tell me, there are really a lot of cranes here. I thought they all grow in the south. I didn't expect there are such beautiful birds in the north." Mr. Xue was really stunned. There are no such birds in the mountains. .

Jinghan was thinking about something else again, "Zixuan, you said the reeds here are quite good. Can you let the locals make mats and sell them? Every household has to use these things. We used to use them, it seems. Are they all shipped from the south?”

Zixuan couldn't help laughing, stretched out his arms to hug Jinghan, buried his face in Jinghan's neck and kept laughing. "Madam, I didn't bring you out for any other reason. I just wanted to see you bored at home. You are already busy enough, and I can't bear to make you worry anymore. You should take good care of yourself and live a peaceful life. Just have the child. As for the rest, let the husband worry about it, okay?" Zixuan was touched. Jinghan could think about the people even when she was out playing. This showed how much Jinghan thought about herself. Very heavy, it's all for your own sake. But Zixuan couldn't help but smile, and just smiled like that.

Jinghan was annoyed and stretched out her hand to push Zixuan away. "Go away. I'm helping you with good intentions, but you still laugh at me. Get out of here and ignore you." After Jinghan said that, she also laughed. I became obsessed with this. No matter what I saw, I always thought about whether it could be exchanged for money.

"Jinghan, what are you talking about? Zixuan is your husband, how can you talk about your husband like that?" When Mrs. Xue heard this, she immediately scolded Jinghan with a straight face.

"Mom, it's okay. Jinghan and I often play around like this. It's my fault. I shouldn't laugh at her." Upon hearing this, Zixuan quickly helped Jinghan speak.

Ms. Xue shook her head, "You, just get used to Jinghan. This is our family together, and we don't care what she says. If you are with an outsider and he says this to you, do you still want to lose face?" "

"Mom, Jinghan is not the one who doesn't count. In front of outsiders, Jinghan is the princess. How can you talk like this? Aren't these all members of your own family?" Zixuan put his arm around Jinghan's shoulders and defended Jinghan. .

"Okay, sister, let's not interfere with this young couple's affairs. Come, follow me over there. It seems that there are more cranes over there." Qian took hold of Xue, and the two of them walked along a furry road. Tao walked aside.

Zixuan supported Jinghan and followed Xue and the others, and they all walked forward together. Along the way, cranes flew up from the grass and hovered in the air from time to time. There are not only cranes here, but also swans, bustards, gray geese, white-fronted geese and other birds. Of course, various raptors are also indispensable, such as golden eagles, white-tailed sea eagles, vultures, etc., which are also often seen. This is an animal paradise, not only these birds, but also roe deer, yellow sheep, wolves and other animals. There are more than 30 kinds of fish in the lake, such as herring, grass carp, carp, and aohua.

Of course, not all of them could see these, but they were introduced by the few villagers who were following them. They have grown up near Xianghaipao for generations. During their spare time, they go hunting and fishing, so they are very familiar with this place. Just now they just sent everyone here from a distance, but now because they were going somewhere else, they followed them again.

"Let's go to the sand dunes ahead. The elm forest over there looks very special." said a young man.

Everyone continued to walk forward, and sure enough they saw the elm trees growing on the wind-swept sand dunes in front of them. These elm trees are in various shapes and forms. I don’t know what kind of tree they are. They are one tree, one cluster, one layer after another, one row after another. They have different shapes and are eye-catchingly green.

"Those trees are so strange, so fun." Everyone saw it, Ruyu and Rumei Ruxue shouted in surprise.

Jinghan looked at it and knew that it was Mongolian yellow elm. In her previous life, it was a very rare tree species. After seeing this fragrant sea foam, Jinghan understood in her heart that this was probably the Xianghai Nature Reserve in her previous life. No wonder there is such a beautiful scenery, Xianghai is comparable to Changbai Mountain. There is Changbai in the east and Xianghai in the west. It really deserves its name.

Everyone was a little tired, so they rested in the elm forest, while a few people from the local village went hunting. After a while, they came back with a lot of things, including hares, wild geese, and even a roe deer. A man next to him came back with a string of quite large fish.

"Wait a minute, everyone. Let's get some more dry firewood. Let's bake these here for lunch. We don't have anything else here. There are a lot of these things. Let the guests have a taste." The young man in the lead said , and ordered two of them to deal with the prey, and the rest to get some dry firewood. The two young boys brought by Zixuan had to go to help. It didn't take long for the firewood to be obtained and the prey to be cleaned.

Everyone worked together to light a fire, and then the villagers took out salt, rubbed it on the prey, and roasted it on the fire. Gradually, the fragrance wafted out.

Jinghan was already hungry easily, and she was even more hungry after walking all morning. As soon as she smelled this smell, her stomach couldn't help but growl, making Jinghan's face turn red.

Zixuan took a piece of grilled fish and handed it to Jinghan, "Be careful and eat slowly."

Jinghan took the grilled and fragrant fish and carefully pulled off some of the fish meat and ate it. Perhaps because she was hungry, Jinghan felt that the fish was really delicious. It didn't take long before one of the fish was eaten by Jinghan.

Zixuan looked at it and gave the one in his hand to Jinghan. The other things were not ready yet, and Jinghan couldn't eat rabbits or wild geese. Pregnant women always have some taboos, so Jinghan can only eat fish.

Xue and Qian were eating rabbit meat. Qian had never eaten like this before and felt it was very fresh. "This is really interesting. It seems like I should go out for a walk more often. I feel my appetite is much better."

There was still fish in Jinghan's mouth, so she quickly nodded in agreement, "Well, well, aunt is right, but shouldn't we go out for a walk more often? Otherwise, if we stay at home all day long, we will get sick. "

"Eating can't stop your mouth? Eat honestly and be careful of fish bones." Mr. Xue didn't know what to say to Jinghan now. Maybe it was because she was too worried. Xue always felt that Jinghan's current behavior was inappropriate. Jinghan's temperament is a little out of touch and she doesn't care about anything, so Xue is particularly worried. When Jingya was pregnant before, Xue had never been like this.

Jinghan also understood her mother's worries, smiled, and went to eat the fish without saying anything. Mrs. Just like my mother."

"Mom, what are you talking about? Mom is doing it for my own good, how can I not know? Maybe I was sick last time and frightened my mother, so I am so nervous. Hahaha, I am in good health. It's okay." Jinghan finished eating, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, then came to Xue's side, hugged her mother's arm and started acting coquettishly. "It would be great if mother could stay here with me all the time."

"You, you are almost a mother, and you are still acting coquettishly here. How can mother stay with you all the time? When your sister-in-law gave birth to a child, mother was not able to go and help for a few days. If your sister-in-law knew about this, she would feel in her heart I don’t know what to think yet.” Ms. Xue couldn’t help but sigh. She had given birth to too many children, and it showed at this time. As an old man, how can you be so fair and impartial? People's hearts are all biased, it's just that some people are a little bit biased, and some people are very biased.

"You have done so much for our family since you were a child. Even though Mom has always been with you, I still feel that I owe you. But after all, we have four children in our family. We have to live up to our reputation, right?" As an old man, it's the same. not easy.

"Mom, we all know this. Jinghan and I are so happy that you can come here. Jinghan is just a child at heart and just wants to stay by her mother's side. When she gives birth to the child, she will be busy if she has something to do. Okay." Zixuan was very grateful to the Xu family.

Jinghan also felt that she was a little too childish, and smiled sheepishly, "Mom, I'm just talking casually. Wait until I give birth to the baby, and then I can go home. It's always close to home. I'll go home and live there for a while.