Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

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It has been a whole week since Wang Zhan left Sijiu City. The last time he stayed at Ajima's house was for three days, all the time he lived in the west wing of the courtyard. After Wang Zhan left, Ajima did not move at all, just made the bed and dried the quilt.

When Wang Zhan brought his sister and followed Ajima to stroll in the village, the villagers were very surprised. Looking at this Han couple dressed in traditional Mongolian clothes, they all smiled. Wang Zhan was wearing the clothes of Ajima's grandson, and Wang Li was wearing the clothes of Ajima's married daughter when she was a child.

There was nothing special about Wang Zhan's robe, but Wang Li was different. Ajima dressed her up carefully and put all the headdress and jewelry on Lili. Half of her body was bright silver and the other half was purple-red, which looked very beautiful.

The village chief's grandfather was also a comrade-in-arms of Aijima's sacrificed son. They joined the army together, left their homes together, and fought together in the south and the north. However, the village chief came back, but Aijima's son did not. This is why there is a story that all three grandsons joined the army and participated in the Northern War.

After listening to the village chief's story about Aijima, Wang Zhan respected Grandma Aijima even more and became closer to her.

On the day Wang Zhan arrived, the village chief promised to find a pony for Wang Li at the request of Grandma Ajima. The village chief fulfilled his promise the next day. At this time, Ajima was holding the reins of the pony and teaching Wang Li how to ride. Wang Li was so excited on the pony's back.

The next afternoon, Wang Zhan and his sister accompanied Grandma Ajima to Doma's ranch.

When Jinqi Village was established, Grandma Aijima was the first person to respond to the call and move into the village. After the land reform, she was allocated thirty sheep and ten horses, and of course fifteen acres of uncultivated land. As her grandmother was old, she gave the sheep and horses to Mr. and Mrs. Muren, and Doma is their daughter.

The land was given to the village chief Burigude, who took care of Grandma Aijima all year round, and three meals a day were delivered to her by Burigude's wife.

After Dolma became independent, every year before the White Festival, Dolma would send meat and clothes for the New Year. The clothes were exchanged from his father's wool. This happened every year, and Grandma Ajima would always give half of these things to the lonely elderly people in the village.

Aijima was a kind-hearted old woman who never asked anyone for money or other things. She often said that all she needed was three meals a day, and the rest was something she could not bring with her when she was born and could not take with her when she died, so it was useless for her to keep it.

Three people and one horse were walking on the grassland. Wang Zhan asked Ajima how far it was. Ajima's grandmother always said they were almost there. Unexpectedly, it would take more than two hours to walk. Wang Zhan was afraid of tiring her out, so he always wanted to carry her on his back. Wang Li also wanted to give her pony to her grandmother.

The pony couldn't do it, as it couldn't bear Ajima's weight. Wang Zhan's idea was also rejected by Ajima. Ajima said, "Walk more on the grassland. Changshengtian will see our hard work and bless us."

Fortunately, it was afternoon. Before reaching Doma's ranch, Wang Zhan saw three horses running towards them in the distance. Wang Zhan tensed up instantly. Ajima held his hand and said, "Don't be nervous. It's Doma and his sisters."

Doma was an excellent rider, and when he was 20 meters away from them, he jumped off the horse, which made Wang Li's eyes light up and her face was full of admiration.

Doma smiled and said, "Grandma, why are you here? I saw you at the tent, so I came to pick you up."

After saying this, Doma also looked at Wang Zhan and his sister, and asked with a smile: "Who are these two children?"

Aijima introduced Wang Zhan and his sister to Doma and her sisters. Doma's sisters were not very old. The second oldest was called Duolan, who was fourteen years old, and the youngest was called Sandan, who was ten years old.

Aijima was finally helped onto the horse by Doma, who was holding the reins in front and Wang Zhan following behind. When he turned around, Wang Li was already chatting animatedly with the other two little girls, laughing like silver bells from time to time.

In front of him, Dolma was talking to grandma, speaking Mongolian from time to time. Wang Zhan simply stopped listening and looked around. After about ten minutes, Wang Zhan saw a small hill. The hill was not very high, only about seven or eight meters at the highest point. On top of the hill was a big tent and a small tent. Dolma walked to the door of the big tent and shouted, "Abu, Eji, I brought grandma back."

Wang Zhan finally met the Burigude couple that his grandmother had mentioned. Their skin was dark due to years of grazing, but from Burigude's facial features, it could be seen that she was a beautiful and gentle Mongolian woman.

Buzhigude is tall, estimated to be over 1.8 meters tall, a figure that is rare in the current Sijiu City. He looks like a strong man, with bright eyes that reveal a sense of determination.

Two people, one on each side, helped Ajima into the tent. Wang Zhan looked at the furnishings in the tent. It was basically the same as Ajima's house, nothing special. The reception table was placed on the north side, and the floral carpet on the floor was exactly the same as the one in Ajima's house. It was obvious that they were made by the same person, and it seemed to be the masterpiece of the hostess.

Aijima waved to Wang Zhan, and Wang Zhan sat on the right side of Aijima, cross-legged. Aijima introduced Wang Zhan to the Burigude couple, and also said that Wang Zhan and his sister would stay on the grassland for a few days to look around, and asked Burigude to take care of them.

Burigude smiled innocently and said, "No problem, come over tomorrow and I'll take you hunting."

Ajima smiled with relief and said, "He also has a younger sister, who was probably kidnapped by your two precious daughters."

Naya, Burigude's wife, smiled and said, "He must have gone to see Zanher. The puppy was born the day before yesterday and just opened its eyes this morning."

At this time, Doma came in with a tray in one hand and a copper kettle in the other. She first put the copper kettle on the stove next to her, and then put a few silver cups in front of Grandma and Wang Zhan, saying, "We don't have anything good here, just some freshly heated milk tea, please have a taste, distinguished guest."

Then he put a plate of milk skin and a plate of milk crisps on the table, picked up the copper kettle on the stove, poured milk tea for the four people, and finally poured some for himself, and then sat down next to his mother.

Wang Zhan could see that this girl named Doma was a sensible and capable girl. His Abu allowed her to herd sheep alone, which showed that he saw her strength in being able to stand on her own. Whoever could marry her would be blessed.

A few people were drinking milk tea and chatting. Wang Zhan asked some questions of interest on the grassland and introduced the situation in Sijiu City to them. After listening to Wang Zhan's introduction, everyone present felt that the life of people in the city was not as good as theirs.

Wang Zhan thought about it, nodded and said, "I am really not as good as you. You don't know that before I came out, I got the news that meat will also be rationed, and will be supplied by tickets in the future."

The food coupon system was also implemented on their grassland. After all, there were very few cultivated fields here, and it was only in the past two years that land was reclaimed for growing crops. But when they heard that meat would also have to be supplied with coupons, several people were surprised.

Wang Zhan continued, "I heard from Yiji that you have a lot of cattle and sheep here, so why don't many people in Sijiu City buy meat?"

Burigude thought for a moment and said, "We don't know about that. Our cattle and sheep are all purchased by the town. We are forbidden to sell them to individuals. Of course, we can eat them ourselves, but as for how the town handles them, we don't know."

When Wang Zhan thought of Uncle Li, he had a guess that most of it might have been used to pay off debts.

(End of this chapter)