The snow has been falling for three days and three nights, and the winter nest, which has always been leeing and snowing, has begun to be covered with thick snow. The worst thing is that the temperature has dropped sharply, and the herdsmen have begun to hug the houses, those big-bellied ewes.

Sheep in pastoral areas usually give birth in early spring, in order to give the sheep enough time to grow up and have the energy to fight against the cold winters in northern Xinjiang.

But in this way, the entire pregnancy of ewes is basically in winter. During pregnancy, ewes have a worse physique, so herders will add some feed to them in winter. After all, next year's harvest will be all in their stomachs.

But no matter how you add it, it is just a complementary food, and sheep still needs grass. But if the snow goes down like this, where can sheep still have grass to eat? Without grass, and with the severe cold, this will be a devastating blow to the flock!

All road construction projects in the Corps have been suspended. The cold climate has frozen the land as hard as stones and cannot be dug. All the soldiers returned to the company and continued their work.

Many companies will also use this weather to start military training and training. Some people may be disdainful of this behavior and think that this is sensationalism, but no one will think that war really happens, and no one will look at the seasons and weather.

Zhang Jianmin walked around the company's winter nests in the morning. The horses were almost unable to ride, and the snow had basically reached the horse's knees. The horses at this depth could not run. After all, the company's winter nests were not far away, so I could really contact you if you had anything to do.

When he returned to the house, Li Lian and another companion had already gone to herd sheep. He looked at his watch and it was already past one noon. So he quickly took a basin to dig a few pots of snow outside and put it into the pot as much as possible, and started steaming buns.

Don’t worry about the unclean snow in northern Xinjiang. For this land without industrial pollution, if the snow water here is tested, it can definitely be cited.

Because the number of coal mines is gradually increasing, the winter nest has started to burn coal. This thing is resistant to burning and has a high temperature, so the temperature in the house is so hot that it cannot wear a coat.

Almost everyone in the Corps can steam buns, including older dolls. Just like people from ethnic groups can almost make naan, this is the most basic survival skill.

Zhang Jianmin's steamed buns weigh about half a pound, but they basically have to eat two steamed buns like this.

The steamed buns were steamed, and there was still a lot of mutton left last night. Zhang Jianmin put the pot on the stove, washed the potatoes and crusts and threw them into the pot.

Every year in winter, a group of sheep is killed. This is because the winter nest is tight forage, and the growing sheep are basically slaughtered at this time. Compared with the sheep that did not have mutton to eat before, Zhang Jianmin and his family had several sheep hangings outside. This one cannot be finished.

Li Lian hid and walked into the house: "Jianmin, the snow is too heavy. If this continues, the sheep will not be able to eat grass."

"Well, let's chop some bales later and be prepared to not get out!" Zhang Jianmin was ready to deal with the worst case.

After dinner, Zhang Jianmin and Li Lian went out to change their companions to herd sheep. The snow was too thick, and a person could not move the flock of sheep at all. The leader sheep would also lose their direction in this vast sea of ​​learning. Because everywhere they look, they are the same color.

The advantage of the winter nest is that the flock is close to each other. After two people walked twenty minutes, they saw their flock. Zhang Jianmin shouted and his companions went to have dinner. Zhang Jianmin walked up to the top of the mountain, and the winter nest was herding sheep. As long as the flock was separated from the designated valley, there would be no danger.

The places that can be selected as winter nests are basically because of the special terrain. Not only are they leeing, but they are also in the ravine with relatively little snow. However, when Zhang Jianmin climbed up the mountain, he felt that the snow on the hillside had become thicker.

When he climbed to the top of the mountain, he saw several other flocks of sheep in the company. Zhang Jianmin shouted a few times, and the response from there was also coming. The sound in the mountains was farther than that in the plains, because there were echoes.

The wind on the top of the mountain was strong, and it was the place with the least snow. Zhang Jianmin heard a few faint screams and looked down and laughed. It turned out that two snow chickens who could not find food were curled up behind a stone, and were so hungry that they could not fly.

Zhang Jianmin smiled and grabbed the two snow chickens in his hands. He turned a blind eye to the beautiful feathers of the snow chickens. He only knew that this was a rare delicacy. He could not catch them normally.

Hu Zi saw the snow chicken in his hand and climbed up from the hillside, running and jumping around Zhang Jianmin. Zhang Jianmin cursed: "You are so promising, at least I can only eat it after I cook it?"

Hu Zi shouted twice, as if answering: "My mind-boggling master, who said dogs must eat cooked food?"

Suddenly, Hu Zi shouted in one direction. Zhang Jianmin took a look and didn't see clearly anything. He quickly took off the telescope hanging around his neck to observe in that direction.

I saw a few gray dots moving towards this side. It turned out that the wolf, who could not find food, began to approach the human grazing ground.

The wolf is very smart and rarely approaches humans in general. They know that these two-legged creatures are their most dangerous enemies. Although they are not strong in combat, the weapons in their hands are powerful, and each stroke of those weapons will cause them serious damage.

Zhang Jianmin frowned and took off the Type 56 submachine gun hanging on his shoulder. This gun was a copy of the Soviet-made AK47 and had extremely stable performance.

There are five wolves in this pack, so he is not worried about the threats these wolves can bring. However, this small pack of wolves is definitely based on family units. Such wolves will belong to a large pack. Once the desperate wolf pack begins to gather in the winter nest, it will cause real danger.

Think about hundreds of wolves coming together to attack the flock of sheep. How many guns do you have to shoot? What's more, those herders don't have guns at all, and such a small group of wolves will cause harm to them.

"Huzi, stop calling, let them come over!" Huzi seemed to understand his master's words, immediately fell silent, leaned down, and looked towards the foot of the mountain.

Several wolves had heard the barking of dogs just now, but they did not stop, but instead accelerated their pace, because there would naturally be food where there were dogs.

But the barking of the dog suddenly stopped, which made the wolves a little confused. Has the food left? The wolf stopped and looked at the hill where he heard the sound just now, and decided to take his family up to take a look.

This is an ordinary family of wolves. The head wolf is tall and has gray hair that seems to be soaked in grease and shines. After running in the snow for so long, no hair is wet.

Side by side with it is his wife, who is slightly smaller in size, but her limbs are full of strength. Behind them are three female wolves, who are also subordinates of the wolf, but their status is lower. There is also a little wolf. I wonder which female wolve was born and adopted by the wolf king?
Chapter completed!