Chapter 14: An Ancient Oasis
Shen Yuqi: "Uncle and aunt have seen so many doctors and done so many professional examinations, even if we are clinicians now, there is no way, there are some diseases, and there is no medical solution at present." ”
Lingling: "Perhaps, if you go to other big hospitals for examination, there will always be one that can find out the cause." ”
Lianzi: "The medical conditions in our Yunhai City are already among the best in the country. ”
Lin Xiaoxiao: "Or maybe some diseases are very rare, and the doctors in the big hospitals have never seen them." ”
Lingling: "The doctors in the big hospital have never seen it, and the small hospital is even less playful." ”
Boss Qi: "Bah, don't say it's unlucky, a few of us who learn prevention, we can't help, change the topic." ”
In the next trip, the four people helped take care of the uncle and aunt, fetched hot water, threw out garbage, and talked about the customs and customs of southern Xinjiang.
Speaking of tourism, the uncle proudly introduced, "Everyone thinks that southern Xinjiang is very mysterious, in fact, it is mainly because the infrastructure of southern Xinjiang is weak in the past, the territory is vast, but the traffic conditions can not keep up, and tourists arrive in southern Xinjiang with inconvenient transportation and accommodation, so many people are discouraged." Now it is different, airports, railways, highways, and village-to-village projects, the road leads to the head of the village, and there are hotels in cities, counties and townships, and accommodation is also convenient. ”
Lingling: "The B&B we booked on this trip. ”
Uncle: "By the way, other facilities supporting the tourism are also very perfect, take our Baren Township as an example, because it is located in the Gobi Oasis, the scenery is beautiful, in recent years, more and more tourists have been recruited, many tourists do not live in hotels, they like to live with the locals, that is, the homestay you said, my neighbor will open a homestay, every year from spring to autumn, can receive a lot of tourists, rich benefits. ”
The aunt also said: "You are going to the south of Xinjiang this season, all kinds of fruits are ripe in autumn, the most famous in Baren Township is fragrant pears, as well as apples, walnuts, pomegranates, red dates, just to taste fresh, the current scenery is also beautiful, everywhere green." ”
Lin Xiaoxiao: "I have seen the scenery of Baren Township on the Internet, the edge of the oasis is the vast Gobi Desert, the oasis is densely wooded, the streams are intertwined, and it feels like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River on rainy days. ”
"This feels right, and that's why my wife and I decided to stay in Baren Township in the first place. ”
chatted all the way, and two days and one night passed quickly.
The four of them successfully arrived at the railway station in an ancient oasis in southern Xinjiang.
Before getting out of the car, Lin Xiaoxiao and the four of them changed into light long-sleeved and long pants, and they also hid their trousers in their socks.
Uncle and aunt looked strange, Lin Xiaoxiao smiled and explained: "I heard that there are many mosquitoes in southern Xinjiang, and this is to prevent insect bites." ”
It was already 5:30 p.m. when the train arrived at the station.
It was already evening at half past five in the afternoon in Yunhai City, but there was a two-hour time difference between southern Xinjiang and Yunhai City, and the sun in Baren Township was still shining in the sky at this time.
According to the agreement, the B&B sent a car to pick up people at the station.
An old four-wheeled van with the owner himself as the driver.
The boss was a middle-aged man in his fifties, with a typical Uighur appearance, with deep eyes, a high nose, and black hair with curls.
The owner of the B&B first introduced himself, with a long list of names, and finally worried that these Han girls would not be able to remember, so he intimately instructed: "You can just call me Maimaiti." ”
The boss's Mandarin was broken, but he could barely understand it.
The uncle and aunt on the train actually knew the owner of the homestay, greeted each other as soon as they met, and warmly let the uncle and aunt hitchhike.
Uncle: "Thank you, then I'll trouble you." ”
Maimaiti: "It's not troublesome, I can help Mr. Li, and everyone still envy me." ”
The uncle's surname is Li, and because he stayed in Baren Township because of his teaching, he has a good reputation among the villagers.
The owner of the B&B, Maimaiti, talked about Mr. Li's return to his hometown in the east to attend his son's wedding, and only set off after greeting for a while.
On the way, Shen Yuqi, the boss of the dormitory, asked the owner of the homestay, "Uncle Maimaiti, how far is it to the homestay?"
"It's not far, just over an hour by car. ”
The four of them were shocked for a while, on the map, the B&B is very close to the straight line distance from the train station, but it takes an hour to walk on the spot?
Lin Xiaoxiao asked vigilantly, "Why is it so long?"
The boss Maimaiti patiently explained: "There is a lot of rain this autumn, and the river is flooded in the previous season, and the road is impassable, so it is necessary to detour to a highway bridge more than 30 kilometers away." ”
It turns out that the rainy autumn is a good thing for the farmers here, but the traffic is inconvenient and there is a detour.
The minivan drove on the Gobi Desert Highway, and the surrounding scenery was vast and desolate, and there was not a single car in sight on the vast highway.
There are sparse bushes growing on the Gobi Desert, and not far away there are herds of camels, and some people are grazing camels.
Lin Xiaoxiao rolled down the window, her head sticking out of the window, and she didn't expect the air to be very moist, with a hint of moisture in her breath.
As far as the eye can see, the mountains stretch ahead.
There are trees on the mountain, the color is like dai, there is a river in front of the mountain, and the sound of water is murmuring.
"It's beautiful. Roommate Lingling looked at the distant scenery and sighed loudly.
"Lingling, such a beautiful scenery, you don't have any good words to describe it. Boss Qi said with a grin.
"It's so beautiful, isn't that a beautiful word?" Lingling asked dissatisfiedly.
"Beautiful! and very down-to-earth. "Boss Qi," such a beautiful scenery in front of me reminds me of a poem, the desert is lonely, and the sun sets over the long river. ”
Lotus seed: "What I remember is that the valley is murmuring and the trees are falling. ”
Lingling: "I also think of a song, in the desert wind and sand, the Great Wall rain and snow." ”
Boss Qi: "There is another song, the desert sand is like snow, and the moon of Yanshan is like a hook." ”
Lin Xiaoxiao: "The spring breeze lingers temporarily, and then steps on the peak to look at the eyes."
The wind blows the waves in the oasis, and the rain comes up the mountain from the green fields.
The people who talk and laugh in front of the respect are still the same, and the extraterritorial chickens and insects are sad.
Mo sighs that Shaohua is easy to pass away, and he still goes to Hexi Terrace in his third year. ”
Several people gave Lin Xiaoxiao a thumbs up, "It's still our little calf!"
Maimaiti's B&B is located in the southeast corner of Baren Township, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the environment is quiet.
A row of brick houses, a large yard, and some cattle, sheep and camels in the backyard.
"Wow, sure enough, it's the same as in the photos, the scenery is so beautiful. Lingling sighed.
The boss Maimaiti's family of 5 all live in the homestay, in addition to Maimaiti and his wife, there are also his son, daughter-in-law and a two-year-old grandson.
There are two rooms booked, similar to the hotel standard room with two single beds in it, but the conditions are worse than the hotel, but there are typical characteristics of southern Xinjiang residents.
The area for washing your face, brushing your teeth, and taking a bath is shared, and a water heater is installed.
Maimaiti briefly introduced the general situation of the homestay to the four people, as well as the surrounding attractions and precautions when traveling, and then instructed them, "You can put down your luggage and rest for a while, and then you can have dinner for a while." ”
Lingling felt hungry and asked, "Uncle Maimaiti, what are you going to have for dinner today?"
"Lamb pilaf, pulled noodles, large plates of chicken, and fruits are all you can eat. ”
It's all Xinjiang specialty food, and I want to drool just by listening to it.
"Uncle, do you want us to help?" Lingling was really hungry.
"No, no, you play, there are washed apples and grapes, pomegranates and almonds on the stone table in the courtyard, you can eat as you like. ”
In addition to receiving foreign tourists, Maimaiti's homestay also operates a small supermarket that sells daily necessities and home-made food.
The family is responsible for the division of labor, and usually the son and daughter-in-law take care of the supermarket business, Maimaiti and his wife wash vegetables, cook and clean.