At the table, Harimu spoke as he ate his noodles:
"The grass at Summer Pasture is really good this year. When the grass grows well, our cattle and sheep eat well, and there are quite a few wild animals around too. Deer, plenty of roe deer, and you can even see herds of wild mountain goats. Those animals bring in wolves and foxes... anyway, it gets pretty noisy at night."
Listening to him, Li Long felt quite drawn to the place. He always had something to do; otherwise, he really ought to go along and see Summer Pasture.
"Every household has a radio this year. When there's nothing else to do, it's pretty comfortable riding along with the sheep and taking a radio with you. I'm going to bring some batteries back this time. Every family actually has batteries, but we're worried there won't be enough once we use them."
Li Long remembered the portable radio the County Seat had awarded him and said:
"There's something else I need to tell you."
He told Harimu how his house repairs had made the Autonomous Region Daily, and how he had been commended and rewarded for it.
"I'll buy another radio. When you go back later, put one at your place for your mother to listen to, and the other at Jade Mountain River's."
Harimu nodded. When he had arrived at Li Long's house earlier, he had seen the television antenna, and Li Long had told him he had a television and a radio at home. Since Li Long wasn't short of them, putting them in the courtyards back home was fine.
"Because of you, I received a commendation and even went to a conference in the Autonomous Region," Li Long said with a smile. "So I'll keep the honor, and you