Although nomadic life is bitter, in Li Juan's works, we can always feel the simple truth between people and the infinite scenery of nature.
Because the nomadic journey is very long, I often trudge for hours on the vast Yuan Ye. It is not easy to meet a few people, so I cherish it all the more. Kazakhs will not only provide food and tea for their neighbors who have just moved in, but also provide yogurt for people passing by.
Even when food is scarce, they will still follow ancient customs. Because they know that in this vast land, they are now givers and may one day become the givers. But this purpose is only additional, and their behavior has been deeply rooted in daily life.
When Zach's mother's family just moved to Qian Shan Summer Ranch, the neighbor who once lived here asked her two children who could hardly walk to send a bottle of tea. Halfway through the explosion of the bottle, they also cried and made no noise. Instead, they knocked the glass residue off the bottle and went home with the empty shell of the thermos bottle.
The next morning, my pregnant mother brought them a new bottle of tea
Smahuli and the neighbors who just moved here will also turn against each other and even fight because they confuse the sheep. These are all young people in their twenties. But don't think too much. The next day, they still went to each other's house for tea and chat as if nothing had happened. Sometimes it's even good, just want to have a fight, and then have a big fight with each other's house.
This reminds me of a similar description in a book I read before. China, who lives by the salty sea, employs local people to collect saltwater worms here. He may only go to the headquarters in the city once a month and spend the rest of the time on the desolate salty sea.
He is the only one from China, and there is no signal on his mobile phone. He has to rely on alcohol to adjust every day. Or one day, riding a motorcycle in the undulating wilderness, chasing wolves until they are exhausted.
Smahuli is tall and thin, has rhinitis, and likes to eat onions with yogurt. I like licking my mother's big tin spoon that stirs Hutu soup; I like to find a big stone between eating grass and sleeping on the floor; I don't smoke or drink, I like to laugh, and I am very lively, but I will be shy in front of outsiders.
Kathy has sausage-like fingers, dim hair and a rough red and black face. She is careless and forgetful. It is also very tough, driving sheep, guarding the house and cutting ice alone; I will also boast that when I came to Dongkuer to meet other girls, Kathy began to pay attention to her appearance and asked Li Juan countless times every day, am I dressed so beautifully?
Unknown kannika nimtragol, thin, haggard and quiet. She married from a farm to a ranch. After giving birth to a child, she has to take the child and move with the big team in rotation to be confined. When I first got married, I curled up in a small corner of the yurt all day, suffering from illness and loss alone. Finally, one day, she secretly decided to make peace with the wilderness.
Suhula is slim and fair-skinned, and her beauty is an extension of urban life in pasture. She always wears a gentle and charming smile, her words are deep and clear, and there is a wonderful sense of surprise in her voice. She is not only beautiful, but also very different in details and manners from here.
But there are many rumors about her. She stole 40 thousand yuan from her family and ran to Urumqi with others to be cheated. She studied computer operation in a training class in the city, and her skills improved. She ... she wanted to change her life, but she finally came back. Back to the original life, willing to step into the original track, say nothing, explain nothing.
Among Kazak herders, the one with the longest migration distance and the most migration times is one year? On average, I move every four days. This is a nation that is always on the road, all people who adjust their living conditions according to the patrol environment and seasonal changes.
They go from winter pasture to summer pasture, and then from summer pasture to winter pasture. They only take what they can get, but they don't take luxury goods, things they don't need, and even throw away things they don't need all the way.
In their lives, it seems that everything is on the way to leave. Youth, aging, friendship, property … all follow the sheep.