Akinai giggled. Indeed, he sang very nicely, but he never sang when there were many people. There were only a few people who could hear him sing except Toya.

Asgen threw herself into her mother's arms and begged, "Mom, just sing one, sing one, good mother, please."

Toya smiled but did not answer, gently stroked her son's little head, and looked at the beautiful grassland affectionately.

Yes, this grassland is the most beautiful grassland in her heart, the grassland she loves most. I remember that when I first walked into the Peacock Ping Grassland, I was no more than two years older than my son is now, and there was no second brother Ma Suhe at that time.

It was the father, Maherdemutu, who was driving the car, and the mother, Narentuya, was holding her eldest brother Masud, who had just learned to walk, in her arms. She and her sister, Ma Hongxia, were sitting at the back of the car, hanging their legs down and kicking the roadside.

Playing with tall and dense grass. Later, the two of them came up with a trick and started kicking the wild flowers blooming on the roadside to see who could kick faster, more accurately and more. Their mother quickly stopped them and said: Don't kick those flowers.

Son, is it so harmful to people? Only if every flower has seeds, there will be many beautiful flowers on the grassland next year.

The two sisters, who were having fun, did not listen to their mother.

After so many years, the grassland now has indeed deteriorated compared to the one when Toya was a child. The pastures are not as high and dense as before, and there are not as many wild flowers as before. Is it really the same as the "kicking flowers" when I was a child?

"Is it relevant?

Dad Maherdemutu taught the two sisters at that time: As the old saying goes, "You need to nourish the mountains if you rely on the mountains." It's the same with us herdsmen. We must nourish the grasslands if we rely on the grasslands. If everyone doesn't take care of them, one day

Without grass and flowers, it would not be a grassland, not even a meadow.

At that time, my father was so young and eloquent. He had a lot of words and proverbs in his belly. At that time, people praised him: This old horse is really good at talking. He could listen to his chatter without cutting off his ears.

I know it hurts.

Dad can also sing, and his favorite song is of course the long-tuned Mongolian folk songs. One of them, "Noengiya", is probably his masterpiece.

"The water of the Laoha River is long/the horses on the bank are dragging the reins/the beautiful girl, Noengiya/married to a far away place/next to my parents/made of silk and satin/...Haiqing

The river is rippling/I miss my parents’ long friendship/A horse is used as a bride price/My daughter is married to a foreign country..."

The melody was long and somewhat sad, and Erdemutu's deep and rich voice sang it beautifully, which fascinated Hongxia and Toya. Perhaps the little girl's mind is better able to understand the profound meaning of the song, and it is easier to arouse

Let’s resonate.

Narentuya said: I said, Lao Ma, I should be the one to sing this song, why did you sing it for me?

Erdemutu asked back: Could it be that marrying our old Ma family will make you suffer?

"You still don't know whether I have suffered or not?"

Erdemutu just laughed and did not answer.

The years pass ruthlessly, urging the children to grow up, but also taking away the youth and beauty of their parents. Now, Matoya has become a mother herself, with a lovely son, but her parents are not in good health.

My father can no longer sing. Does this make Toya happy or sad? Maybe, life is just like this.

What you can't go back is your childhood, and what you can't forget are your memories.

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The car drove up a small hill, and the field of vision suddenly broadened, revealing the beautiful panoramic view of the Peacock Screen grassland. The blue sky, white clouds, and eagles occasionally passed by, as if I could hear melodious pastoral songs coming from the distance.

Come, attract people's attention and look along the green carpet-like grassland to the horizon.

Matoya couldn't help but sing:

The Baoyin River is clear and long

The red horse is busy driving

Beautiful grassland, paradise in the heart

Happy family goes to a distant place

Snuggle up next to your parents

Like a docile lamb

Play in lush pastures

Thick love is longer than the river water

…

Toya's voice is not only sweet, but also very penetrating and contagious. The singing goes over the hills and reaches far away. This is the charm of Mongolian long tunes. The long tune folk songs have free rhythm, stretch, and melodious tunes.

It is pleasant to the ear, with a long melody and large ups and downs. Someone once joked about why the Mongolian long tune is produced? That is because the horses on horseback gallop when grazing, and the breath when singing will rise and fall with the bumps of the horses. The grasslands are vast. If you want to make

In order for the song to spread further, one has to open one's throat and "shout" out the energy from the Dantian, thus producing a uniquely charming long tune. Of course, whether this is actually the case remains to be verified by experts.

What Toya sang was the melody of "Noengia", which is an important folk song that her father had imprinted on her mind since she was a child. The lyrics were based on the original long-melody lyrics with the help of a school teacher.

Modified, adding content from his hometown. "Nonjiya" is a Horqin folk song circulated among the people. The song describes the sad story of the beautiful and kind Mongolian girl Noengiya who married in a foreign country, showing the ancient grassland.

A long history and unique customs.

When Toya married into Huadeng Gacha, although it could not be said to be a "marriage far away", she left her village after all. At that time, she would often hum the folk song "Noengiya" intentionally or unintentionally, and she would

I imagine myself to be the poor girl "Noengia" who leaves her family and marries in a foreign country.

Later, when she moved back to Sarentai Gacha, Toya no longer felt sad when she sang this long tune. So, she tried to change the words, such as changing "Laoha River Water" to herself

The "Baoyin River Water" of this grassland and so on, and I asked a familiar school teacher to help polish it to make this long-tuned folk song more suitable for my mood.

"Baoyin" means "happiness" in Mongolian. The Baoyin River is the mother river of the Peacock Ping Grassland, and it is also the "happy river" for the grassland herdsmen. The nameless river at the pastoral point of Toya and Ajinai

The creek is a tributary of the Baoyin River.

Aginai and Asgen remained silent. Even "Xiri", who was running around and barking, followed the Lele car obediently and seemed to be listening attentively to the beautiful singing voice of the hostess.

The car started to go down the hill, and Toya continued to sing——

Peacock Screen Grassland, Waves

Parents’ kindness should never be forgotten

Stay with me year after year

Not afraid of wind, frost, snow and rain

…

Both Aginai and Asgen were intoxicated by the singing. Although the five-year-old Asgen still did not understand the deep meaning of the lyrics, the long melody had penetrated deeply into his soul...

After turning a ridge, the singing gradually stopped, and the father and son were still immersed in Toya's melodious singing.

…………

Asgen said: Mom, it sounds so good.

Toya caressed her son's head and said: Your father's singing is so beautiful.

Asgen went to beg Aginai again: Dad, Dad, can you sing one?

Aginai just laughed and didn't answer.

Toya: I want your father to sing, but the water in the Debaoyin River is flowing backwards.
Chapter completed!