Rebirth on the top of the mountain, my herding career

Qin Xifeng thought for a while and realized that there happened to be a few rams and a few sterile ewes at home that needed to be culled, so he said, "Yes, there are some, but not many. You can follow me to the corral later."

Before winter, most of the rams and almost all fattening sheep will be sold, leaving a few rams for breeding in the coming year. However, he now has two excellent Kirk breed sheep, so the extra rams are nothing.

Use it and sell it.

"Jianjun, Xifeng, you go and do your work, I'm going back."

Seeing that the two of them had something to do, Gulidan said goodbye and left.

Qin Xifeng then took Wang Tiejun to visit Atik first. Wang Hai brought some dried fruits to Atik and happened to take them over.

In addition, Qin Xifeng also needs to say hello to his father about selling sheep.

Atik didn't have any objections and let Qin Xifeng handle it by himself.

Finally, Wang Jianjun picked 2 rams and 3 ewes. These sheep were all adults, with the average weight of each ram reaching 50 kilograms and the average weight of the ewes being 36 kilograms.

According to the current purchase price, the total is 1,060 yuan. Qin Xifeng received an integer, which is a full 1,000 yuan.

If Wang Jianjun bought these sheep and transported them to the city, he would definitely make some money.

“The price of livestock is really low nowadays!”

Qin Xifeng went to see Wang Jianjun off. This guy was driving so many livestock back, and it would probably be late at night when he got home.

On the way back, he had some emotions.

Prices are low these days, and per capita income is also low. The 1,000 yuan in cash he carries is a lot of money, not a small amount.

Just when I was about to calculate it, my family’s cattle, sheep and horses were worth twenty to thirty thousand yuan. It sounds like a lot, but that’s not how the calculation works.

Grazing also requires costs, such as winter fodder, labor costs, treatment costs for livestock diseases, etc.

Moreover, these livestock are almost all the property of the family, and they are not the annual income. How can you sell them all? Unless you can no longer survive.

"Abba, where are you?"

"I'm at the corral. Did you send Jianjun away?"

"Well, I just sent you off. You can go home and wait for me in a while. I will go find you."

Qin Xifeng called Atik, who was currently wandering around the corral. Naturally, his focus was on the 10 ewes for the experiment.

When Atik saw that his son had something to do with him, he returned home.

"Abba, Ama, this is the money Jianjun bought the sheep just now. It's a total of 1,000 yuan. It's all here. You can keep it."

Qin Xifeng arrived soon, and the first thing he did after entering the door was to hand over the 1,000 yuan in cash in his arms to his grandmother.

Grandma glanced at Atik, who thought for a moment, reached out, took out 500 yuan, and handed it back to Qin Xifeng.

He also said: "You bought veterinary medicine before, and you will plant alfalfa next. You can keep the money first. If you don't have enough, you can ask me for it anytime."

"Abba, I still have money in my hand, I don't need it for the time being."

Although Qin Xifeng is not rich, he is really not short of cash.

Atik didn't bother with him, walked up and stuffed it directly into his pocket.

Qin Xifeng smiled helplessly and stopped refusing. He planned to wait until he met Zaren in the next two days and asked his elder brother to buy some flour and clear oil for him.

the next day.

After getting up, Qin Xifeng first listened to the weather report, then took the instrument to the corral to monitor the health of the livestock, and then went back to have breakfast.

The falcon waited eagerly on the scaffold, and Qin Xifeng took some yak meat from the shade to feed it.

There was actually a lot of yak meat sent by the instructor last time, but most of the leftover meat was made into air-dried meat.

Falcons don't eat carrion, so the little fresh meat left behind won't last long.

While Qin Xifeng was feeding the falcon, he looked at the two chickens jumping around outside the yurt. These two chickens were brought over by Wang Jianjun yesterday, and it looked like they would end up in the falcon's belly in a few days.

"We can try raising a group of chickens. The weather is getting hotter and there are a lot of bugs on the hillsides. They can't get enough of them."

Since fresh meat is not easy to store, raising some chickens is also a way. But this matter is not urgent. I will wait until I have time to go to the countryside in a few days to visit.

Qin Xifeng saw that the falcon was full, so he took it up the mountain.

"Abba, I'm going up the mountain first. You can go back and drive the livestock out for a walk. We'll meet at the old place at noon."

He wanted to visit Pass No. 4 today and then go to the cave.

These days, he was either busy with one thing or another, and he didn't take the time to look for where Shadir and the others were originally hiding.

Of course, this matter is not an important matter. For Qin Xifeng, having an extra safe place on the mountain may come in handy in the future.

That's all.

Winding along the canyon, Qin Xifeng asked the falcon to check ahead to see if there were any traces of strangers' activities.

Falcons now know how to distinguish humans from other animals at high altitudes, but sometimes the information sent back is not very accurate, which requires long-term training.

However, Qin Xifeng is not in a hurry. In such a short period of time, the falcon can already be on guard in the sky. He is actually quite satisfied.

After crossing the meeting point, he randomly chose a road and headed straight to Pass No. 4.

Today the weather was sunny, windy and sunny, and there were no abnormalities along the way. He watched at the mountain pass for twenty minutes, wiped the boundary markers as usual, and then turned back.

But he didn't go down the mountain directly, but went to the cave.

The location of the cave is very hidden, and there are some camouflages at the entrance. It is difficult to find it unless you look closely.

Qin Xifeng cleaned up the debris at the entrance of the cave, then walked in carefully with a strong flashlight in one hand and a hunting knife in the other.

The cave is very dry, you can feel the slight air movement, and there is no peculiar smell.

The entrance to the cave is a bit narrow, and can only allow one cow to pass through. But after walking in for more than ten meters and turning a corner, the cave suddenly opened up.

"Oh, it's quite big!"

The cave suddenly became bigger here. 20 people and 20 yaks came in, and it didn't feel crowded at all.

There is some domestic garbage in the cave, but overall it is quite clean.

Apart from that, there is nothing.

"It seems that this is a temporary hiding place for Shadir and others, and there is no reserve. Let's clean it up a little. Later, when my father and I go to inspect the mountain pass, we can use this place as a resting place."

Qin Xifeng couldn't say that he was disappointed. Anyway, he never thought that he could pick up good things here.

"Huh? There's another hole over there?"

He looked around with a strong flashlight and suddenly found an inconspicuous small opening in the corner of the cave.

He immediately stepped forward and found that the entrance to the cave was even narrower, and he could only move forward with his waist down.

Standing at the entrance of this small cave, you can clearly feel the wind blowing from inside. Obviously, this small cave is connected to the outside world. No wonder the cave is not boring at all.

He put away his hunting knife and entered the cave entrance curiously.

After walking for a while, the inside became increasingly narrow, and after about 20 meters, it became impassable.

On the one hand, it's because if you want to continue moving forward, you can only crawl forward.

On the other hand, there are a lot of fist-sized and even football-sized gravels in the small cave, which virtually makes it more difficult to move forward.

Qin Xifeng gave up his plan to continue exploring and prepared to return the same way.

When I turned around, I accidentally dropped the bright flashlight on the ground.