Chapter 51: Why Is It So Expensive?

Jia Lei and Professor Wang were very satisfied when they saw the mammoth tusks in surprise, this thing is not very valuable in the local area, many souvenir shops have ivory statues for sale, but these, the souvenirs sold are all small decorations after hanging, and the mammoth ivory she sent out is the best and most complete quality.

"With such a big tusk, I don't know how big this ivory mammoth should be?" Jia Lei said in surprise while holding the tusks. This tusk is as tall as him, and the mammoth tusk has a large curvature, and the tusks of one meter and a half are only more than a meter high.

"It's not tall, it's more than three meters tall, it's a baby elephant!" Sasa replied.

Urshaman kicked her secretly in anger, because this thing was to be given to Professor Wang for free, so Usamin picked the smallest pair from the pile of ivory in the tribe.

"More than three meters tall is not tall? I don't know what an adult mammoth looks like? Is it the same as in the cartoon?" Jia Lei said, touching the ivory.

The cartoon Ice Age is the conscience of the animation industry! Jia Lei likes the tall and mighty mammoth in it the most.

"Do you like mammoths? I can show you that there's a group of mammoth fossils in an ice field behind us that is not hot, and the ice is so hard and transparent that you can see the mammoth's eyes through the ice. Sasa told Jia Lei that Jia Lei became interested when he heard it.

"I want to go, I must go and see what a real mammoth looks like!" Jia Lei said excitedly.

"If you buy a hundred pounds of sugar for our tribe, I'll take you there. Sasa said.

"It's just a hundred pounds of sugar! Jia Lei patted his chest and said.

"Really? That's a hundred pounds of sugar? You know, the white sugar in the shops of Yakustia has long been out of stock, and only the big people in the city can eat it. Sasa said.

"What? Out of stock, isn't it because I have money and don't have a place to buy it?" Jia Lei asked.

"No, there is still some sugar flowing from Moscow on the black market, but the quantity is not much? The entire black market can produce 100 catties of sugar a month, and I'm afraid you can't buy 100 catties of sugar in the whole city. Gusila told Jia Lei.

"Why can't you even buy some sugar in this place? Jia Lei asked frantically.

"It's so cold here that we can't grow any crops except potatoes, so some grain, flour and vegetables have to be brought in from outside, including basic necessities. Gusila said that as a well-informed city man, he knew more than the nomadic tribe of Sasa.

"Is sugar also a scarce basic daily necessities, and how common is this thing?" Jia Lei asked.

"Of course, sugar is not a basic daily necessities......" Sasa hurriedly rushed to talk to Jia Lei in front of Gu Sila.

"I'll just say it, sugar is ......" Jia Lei and Sasa were interrupted before they could finish their words.

"Sugar is a luxury in all of Siberia!" said Gu Sira with a sneer, looking at Jia Lei, a young master who didn't know the sufferings of the world.

"Oh my God! this luxury is too cheap...... This leather coat on our body can be exchanged for a cart of candy. No wonder someone exchanged diamonds for sugar with me a few days ago!" Jia Lei grabbed the collar of the bearskin coat on his body and gasped.

"A broken bearskin can be exchanged for a cart of candy, your stuff is too cheap!" Sassa cried out in surprise, and the eyes of everyone nearby who heard it glowed green.

"That way, if I take a few bearskin coats, I can get a lot of sugar back. Sasa said yearningly.

"If I were willing to bring a cart of candy here, wouldn't I be able to get a wagon of bearskins? Jia Lei also followed Sasa to imagine that wonderful scene.

"Two fools, don't you think about why business is so good and no one has done it for hundreds of years?" asked Gusera.

"Why?" asked Jia Lei.

"We are more than 8,400 kilometers away from Moscow, and it takes at least six hours to fly from the capital to Moscow, and there is only one flight a week to the capital, and the train travels for at least a month. We are only 1,800 kilometers away from Huaxia, but we have to take at least half a month's train, and the cheap things that are too cheap to transport from here to the outside world are not enough for the fare. The only thing we produce here is diamonds, which are small in size and high in value, and our grain here is all subsidized by the Soviet government, and everything they ship is free of charge, and all the food in the store is sold at a uniform price throughout the country. But our government must exchange diamonds!" said Gusera, and Jia Lei immediately withered when he heard this.

"I was originally going to get the bear skin and ivory here to sell in Huaxia Kingdom, but it seems that there is no way. Jia Lei said dejectedly.

"You can take a plane or choose to take a ship, the weight of the plane is not suitable, but you can take advantage of the summer to take advantage of the sea by ship, but we have very few foreign cargo ships here, you can't just get a freighter for something. Gusila asked.

"It seems that this place can only sell ivory!" Jia Lei was disappointed and said that it was Sasa who was more disappointed than him, and it turned out that this rich man had no choice.

Jia Lei and Sasa were talking, and Wu Shaman took the opportunity to get a relative with Professor Wang.

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"I heard that you are the husband of Sister Wuyunge, and I haven't heard from my sister since she was sent to the capital to make peace when she was ten years old, and I don't know how she is doing?" asked Ushaman with a look of concern.

"Wuyunge is very good, although her aunt's family is a child of the Eight Banners, but the two shops in the family are still there during the Republic of China, and life can go on, and she also went to a girls' middle school! Unfortunately, there was a war later, and her aunt's shop could not be opened. So she was married into our house, and except for a few years when we had suffered during the exercise thirty years ago, she had servants to serve her like the young lady. Professor Wang said that he could only pick up good things about his wife's family.

"But I heard that the Huaxia Kingdom has been in turmoil for more than ten years, hasn't Wuyunge suffered?" asked Wu Shaman, clutching her clothes, she was a little jealous of her cousin's good luck.

She was sick, and she died before she could be at her worst. I came this time because of her last wish, and Uyunge wanted to see her family again after she died. Meet his parents and brothers!" Professor Wang wiped his tears and said, fortunately, they are now in Jia Lei's villa and are not afraid of the cold.

"But my parents and brothers and I have also been separated, and our tribe can't find the original place. We nomads do not have a fixed cemetery, and we will be buried wherever we die! But some of the leaders will be buried in the Holy Mountain! I'm afraid that Wuyunge's wish will not be fulfilled, and our brothers have all scattered and run away, and I don't know where they are!" Wu Shaman said, although she knew that her cousin was still there, but she was afraid that Jia Lei would forget about her as a distant relative when he saw Udaru, so she didn't say anything.

"I've heard of this, and she's just talking about it! I can see your sister today, and she will be at ease in heaven, in fact, she just wants to know the news of her family. Professor Wang said.

But I know where my grandfather's grave is? He had a good relationship with the Qing Dynasty at that time, so he learned from those people who set up a tomb on the holy mountain. Ushaman said that he was also his grandfather, so Ushaman knew the location of the cemetery.

"Then can I go to the cemetery and have a look? I will burn some incense for the elders, and when I go back, I will bring Wuyunge's clothes and set up a mound for her in the cemetery. Professor Wang said.

"Then we'll say okay, tomorrow I'll take you to our tribe as guests, and then we'll go to the cemetery together. Ushaman said

"Thank you so much, I really don't know how to thank you?" Professor Wang said excitedly, his wife's last wish was about to be fulfilled.

"Thanks, we're all a family, it's too cheesy to talk about money, you can just send some food!" said Ushaman with a smile.

"Isn't that too shabby? My grandson is a rich man, you don't have to save me money. Professor Wang said.

It's a pity that Professor Wang doesn't know that what he eats and uses in Yakutsk is the most expensive thing! You have to find the latest chapters by yourself to read books?