Li Long took three tractors to Kadeer's pasture.
The pasture lay fairly deep in the mountains, and this stretch of road was rough. They followed a small river, driving through the water wherever there was no road.
Fortunately, both the tractors and the Jeep handled rough terrain well enough to get through.
Along the way, Tursun mentioned that there were other herders farther into the mountains, but their pastures could only be reached on horseback, not by tractor, so they had to give those up.
When they reached the pasture, Li Long saw that the terrain was indeed fairly gentle, but the grass was poor.
He could tell that the soil was different. The previous two pastures had mostly humus, while this one was mainly yellow soil and brown soil, with plenty of stones mixed in and little woodland nearby.
Kade'er's Winter Camp was nearby too, and he had prepared milk tea and nang for them.
Li Long took the supplies he had brought out of the Jeep and handed them to Li Jianguo and the others.
There were sesame cakes, canned food, watermelons, and so on. He was mainly worried they might not be eating well here, and he had brought some medicine too.
Li Long had calculated their pay for all three jobs, but had not given it to them. All three were staying here at night, after all, and he worried that carrying money might attract the attention of someone with ulterior intentions.
Kadeer warmly invited them to eat before starting work. Tursun left after eating half a nang, since he had other things to do. The same was true of Li Long, though he left a little later, mainly because he wanted to ask about the bear gallbladder.
"A bear's gallbladder?" Listening to Xie Yundong's translation,