Ghost Blowing Lamp II

Chapter 25 The Gadfly (Part [-])
Needless to say, Ding Sitian's expression has already told me that the frightened herd of cattle is running towards us. The cattle on the grassland are always gentle, but once they startle the herd, they will form a group and attack, which is more powerful than a runaway wild horse. It was so fierce that hundreds of cows could not stop them from rushing over, and even cars could be trampled into iron sheets.

I didn't bother to ask why the cows exploded. I jumped up from the ground and kicked the fat man awake, but the "chief" Lao Ni drank too much yesterday, and he couldn't wake up no matter how hard he kicked. In desperation, I had to He and the fat man carried him up. Fortunately, he slept with his clothes on. All his belongings were left with this outfit. He only grabbed the military satchel and followed Ding Sitian out of the tent.

It was already bright outside, and dust was rising all over the sky from the east. The sound of trampling hooves mixed with the screams and screams of the cattle in the herd, and the overwhelming crowd rushed towards us. There were a few faithful The shepherd dog rushed over and barked at the frenzied cattle, trying to help the owner stop the cattle, but at this time the cattle were already red-eyed, and the momentum of running wildly did not stop at all. Meat puree.

How could I have imagined that there was such a formation, seeing the bulls rushing forward, it was too late to turn around to avoid the bulls' impact and stampede, but waiting in the distance, we would be crushed by the hooves of the cows, we were shocked and stunned for a while With such little effort, even the voice of my voice was drowned out. In the confusion, Ding Sitian grabbed my arm and ran desperately to the back of the yurt.

I am fully aware that with two fleshy legs, I can't run away from the startling cow, and I can't ask Ding Sitian why she ran there. Although I was worried that she would lose her sanity and run away from the fright, I still dragged Old Ni along with the fat man and followed her. He ran over without turning his head, he could tell from the sound alone that the herd of cattle behind him was getting closer and closer, and the yurt where he stayed just now had been crushed, within a dozen steps, he would definitely be trampled to death.

In desperation, I found a dry river ditch a few steps ahead. This ditch has been weathered for a long time, and it has been dry for hundreds of years. The ditch has been gradually eroded by sand, soil and weeds. The remnants of wide gullies are like a crack in a green carpet of grass. It is also one of several natural firebreaks on the grassland. Only then did I understand Ding Sitian's intention. She led us to run here to let us Everyone jumped into the ditch to avoid the collision of the frightened cattle.

Fatty and I carried "Shou Zhang Ni", and Ding Sitian and I tried our best to stab. The four of us almost rolled into the ditch of dry dirt. As soon as we entered the ditch, the top of our heads was pitch black, and silt, sand, and grass clippings fell one after another, and there was a deafening noise The sound of hooves made people tremble, and we covered our ears tightly. It took an unknown amount of time before the howling cows completely crossed the ditch.

"Chief" Lao Ni finally woke up, sitting in the ditch, looking at the three of us, at a loss, what happened just now?At this time, "Lao Yangpi" and his son and daughter-in-law rushed over. They didn't care about chasing the cattle. They were relieved when they saw that Lao Ni was fine, and dragged us out of the ditch respectively. Everyone talked about what happened just now. Almost everyone drank too much last night. I don’t know who led the horse and brought down the fence of the cattle pen before leaving. The largest herd of cattle in the Barun Left Banner is here. Fortunately, there are loyal shepherd dogs surrounding the cattle and keeping them The cattle were not lost, and the cattle were grazing on the grass outside the circle, and nothing happened in the morning.

When "Lao Yangpi" woke up in the morning, he found that the cows had gone out of the pen. This happened often, and it was not a big surprise, so he called his son and daughter-in-law to come out to help drive the cows. As soon as they moved behind the herd, something unexpected happened. Something happened, a big gadfly appeared out of nowhere and bit a grazing cow severely.

The tail of the grazing cow usually swings back and forth, mainly to hit the gadfly or mosquitoes in the grass. The gadfly is a kind of insect. In fact, it can be divided into two types: meat-eating and vegetarian. The male only sucks grass juice, and the female The gadfly is specialized in sucking the blood of livestock. It has a gray-black body and transparent wings. Compared with mosquitoes and flies, the gadfly is especially frightening to the cattle. The sensitive part of the herding cow was so painful that the cow jumped out so high that the rest of the cows were frightened and exploded. They rushed out like headless flies and came towards the yurt. Ding Sitian found that the cow had exploded After the group, instead of running for their own lives, they took the risk to rescue the three people who were still sleeping, otherwise they and their tents would all be turf now.

No one can stop the cows when they are frightened, because the momentum is too strong, even the horses are frightened, their legs are weak, and they dare not chase after them. They can only run wildly on the grassland until they are exhausted. Stop, that's when the shepherds can catch up and chase the cattle back.

After hearing the ins and outs of the matter, Lao Ni was so frightened that he almost lost his soul. If there were no educated youths who risked their lives to save him, he might have died in his sleep without knowing how he died. He was so grateful that he shook hands with us. Haven't you seen the chief executive?Of course, he didn't take Lao Ni, a big-ass cadre, seriously like ordinary herdsmen, but he felt that he was more easy-going and amiable, and saving people was a matter of course, so he didn't take much credit for it.

"Chief Ni" said to the crowd again: "Even Chairman Mao said that in a small world, a few flies hit the wall. I don't think it's a big deal for a few gadflies to make trouble on the grassland. I just need to recover the scattered cattle as soon as possible." That's good, I'm going to report the exemplary deeds of your pastoral areas when I go back, and my superiors will call on all pastoral and forest areas to learn from you, so don't make any mistakes at this time." "Old Yangpi", asked him why he didn't hurry up and chase those cattle?

"Old Sheepskin" had a wrinkled old face with no color on his face, and an expression of despair. After the cattle crossed the ditch, they separated into several groups and ran away. It's better to talk about other places, and when that place is mentioned, "Lao Yangpi" feels a wave of fear in his heart. Of course, he dare not tell Lao Ni directly for this reason.

I can see clearly from the sidelines, and I know the difficulties of "Lao Yangpi". I don't believe that there will be any "demon dragon" in the depths of the grassland, so I immediately stood up and said to Lao Ni, I will be responsible for chasing the cows that run west, and the alliance It is not easy to create a model pastoral area in the city. Can this matter be kept quiet, otherwise the advanced model of the "old sheepskin" will become a backward model.

Old Ni nodded and said: "It's fine for the educated youths to go over there to chase the cattle, but you have to be careful, after crossing Mobei, you will be on the national border. If the cattle go to Outer Mongolia, it will be troublesome if you want to get them back. International incidents will cause huge losses to national property. Right now, I will try my best to suppress this matter for the time being, and wait for you to come back here. After counting the losses, I will go back and report to my superiors. The cattle are running away Many calves were trampled to death, I think we must find a way to minimize the loss."

(End of this chapter)