Chapter 52: Fish Fish Upstream on the Fish Road?

(In order to avoid being scolded for being stupid, the author declares again: I have examined the party, and the following plot is real in reality.) Don't spray!)

Since Jia Lei and Professor Wang both wanted to see the legendary mammoth earlier, they set the time to go to the tribe two days later, and Jia Lei got up early on that day.

"Is Jia Lei's gift ready?" asked Professor Wang.

"It's not good, I sent someone to the black market in Yakutia City to buy sugar, but all the white sugar in the black market was only collected by me for more than fifty catties, and here it is the same as we did in the seventies, you need a ticket to buy white sugar. And the purchase is restricted! The government's stores were out of stock at the beginning of the month......" Jia Lei said.

"What then? Didn't you promise Sasa that you would give him 100 pounds of sugar as long as he showed you a mammoth?" asked Professor Wang.

"I'll give him half first, and I've already sent someone to take a train to Yakutsk, the capital of Yakutia, to buy it, and it is estimated that he will be back in two days. Jia Lei said that I am afraid that only the capital Yakutsk can buy so much sugar in this vicinity.

"That's good, every time I see the life of the Soviets now, I think of the days when I was suffering more than ten years ago, when I couldn't eat a single tael of sugar a year, just like the people here. I knew how painful it was to be sugar-deficient!," Professor Wang recalled.

Jia Lei immediately rushed out, you must know that people love to think about the old days when they are old, and Professor Wang always reminisces with Jia Lei about the events of more than ten years ago when he sees the Soviet stores supplied with tickets, and he has to ramble in his ear for at least a few hours at a time.

"You guys are coming, come up quickly. Sasa said while standing outside Jia Lei's door with a herd of reindeer.

"What are you bringing the reindeer for?" Jia Lei asked curiously.

"Of course it's for you to ride. Sasa said.

"Isn't this thing used for sledding?" asked Jia Lei in surprise.

"It's too cold for horses on our side, and we usually ride reindeer when we go out in the summer. Sasa said.

"I've never ridden a horse, let alone a deer, so forget it, I'll just ride it. Jia Lei hurriedly said.

"Our tribe is in the mountains, there are no roads inside, cars can't drive in, and it's summer and it's not suitable to go out by car outside the city. Sasa said.

"What does it have to do with the season? I've only heard that it's not suitable to go out in winter because I'm afraid that the oil will freeze, but what does it have to do with summer?" Jia Lei asked.

"You'll know in a while, let's go!" Sasa said, and then he let Jia Lei ride the reindeer.

"This thing won't go crazy halfway and make me handsome, right?" asked Jia Lei as he carefully sat on the back of the reindeer.

"No, it won't. The one you ride is the most docile, nothing like this has ever happened!" Sasa said.

"Really?" Jia Lei said, carefully touching the reindeer fur under him with his fingertips.

"Flutter!" the doe shook her head, let out a breath from her nose, and took two steps, but did not look frightened at all.

"That's so obedient! I'll touch it again. Jia Lei was finally relieved, and then he began to touch around with his hands.

"This antler is so big and hard!" Jia Lei said as he touched the antlers.

"Don't patronize and play, we have to hurry, or we won't be able to reach the tribe when it gets dark. Sasa said quickly.

"I'm going to see the mammoths." Jia Lei said happily.

"Jia Lei, don't touch your hands, don't touch your head! Professor Wang said quickly when he saw that Jia Lei was about to touch the top of the reindeer's head.

"I know!" Jia Lei quickly withdrew his hand.

"Sasa, I'm sorry, Jia Lei only bought 50 catties of sugar for the 100 catties he promised you, you won't mind, right?" Professor Wang asked.

"You can actually buy 50 catties of sugar, you are amazing!" Sasa said admiringly.

"I'm not good, I'm just spending a little more money!" Jia Lei pretended to be relaxed and said, God knows that the 50 catties of sugar cost him a thousand dollars!

$20 a pound of sugar!

"I have already sent someone to Yakutsk to buy the remaining fifty catties of sugar, and I will be able to give it to you in a few days. Jia Lei said.

"Thank you so much! No wonder my mother said that she would have to come all the way from the mountains to confess her relatives to you, you are more capable than the leader of our tribe. Sasa said.

"By the way, don't we have to say hello to the tribal leader in advance when we go to your tribe? I brought him a gift. Jia Lei said.

The gift was just a pound of sugar and some wine, and Jia Lei had been in Siberia for so long and finally understood what kind of gift would be popular with the locals.

"No need to say hello to the chief, my dad is the chief!" Sasa said proudly, patting his chest.

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"Click! Click!" Jia Lei sat on the reindeer and slowly walked out of the city, the more he walked out, the more surprised he became.

"Where is the road outside the city, why does it look like it's all mud?" Jia Lei asked, looking at the thirty centimeters of mud under his feet.

No wonder Sasa said you can't drive, you can't see the ground at all on this road, and the wheels are easy to get stuck in the mud and can't get out. It's better to ride a reindeer, at least if you get stuck in a pit and the reindeer can climb out on their own.

"Do you see the trees and poles on both sides of the road?" asked Sasa.

"See!" Jia Lei nodded.

"We all follow that way, just walk between two rows of trees and it must be the way!" said Sasa, and then he laboriously pulled his feet out of the dirt, and he walked at the front of the line leading the way with the deer leading the way, and could not sit on the deer.

"How long will this nasty sludge go?" asked Jia Lei.

"It's still two hours to walk, and in some places the mud is deep and we have to take a detour. Then we had to take a boat for another hour, and after we got off the boat we were at the foot of the tribe's mountain. Sasa said.

"Why don't you move to the city?" asked Jia Lei.

"What do we do to live in the city? If we live outside the city, we can herd reindeer to survive in exchange for all kinds of food and supplies, but if we live in the city, we will have no food without work! We will starve to death. Sasa said.

"Do you have a salary if you live outside the city?" Professor Wang asked curiously.

"Of course there is! We are raising reindeer for the Soviet government, and our wages are the same as those of many workers, and they give us oil and flour and other things every month, but since the great changes in Europe last year, our food and non-staple food sources have been cut off! Sasa said.

"I'm afraid I forgot about you where the Soviet Union is messing up right now, but the Russian government should still be in charge of this, right?" Professor Wang asked.

"Don't worry, just rush your diamonds, no matter who is the leader, they will not forget you. It's just that the situation has been too chaotic recently, and many places are fighting for independence, and when these things are arranged, the traffic can resume operation. Jia Lei said.

"Let them hurry up and make a result, and if it drags on, people in small places like ours are going to starve to death. We also have reindeer and fish to eat here, and a little further north we can only eat fish. Sasa said.

"Fish, what fish do you have here?" asked Jia Lei curiously.

"You don't know that we have a lot of rivers and lakes here, and it's not a problem for all of us to have a river or lake of our own. Sasa said with a smile, and Jia Lei felt that he was bragging.

Reality tells Jia Lei that simple working people can't lie - Jia Lei looked at the five rivers in front of him and the little mustache above him, and his mouth was open enough to swallow an egg.

"The last time I was here was here, it was less than half a month, and there was no river here at that time?" Jia Lei asked in surprise.

"Because it's hot, when the snow melts, there is a river. That's how our rivers and lakes come from!" Sasa said, and then he led the reindeer to the boat that had been prepared by the river.

"Do we still need to take a boat?" asked Professor Wang.

Of course, in most places in Siberia the boat is the main means of transport. My teacher when I was in school said that Siberia has the most lakes and fresh water in the world. Sasa said, and then he slammed the wooden boat and left.

In the Soviet Union, education was compulsory, and children of the age had to go to school!

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Jia Lei deeply felt that the boat was indeed the most important means of transportation in Siberia, because it could not only walk in the water, but also be as convenient as a fish in water when it was one or two meters deep on the road.

"Jia Lei, look, there are fish swimming on the road!" Professor Wang said when he suddenly pointed to the right as he passed by a boat on a road that was originally there.

"Where is it? How can there be fish on the road?" Jia Lei looked over in surprise.

"Right next to that car, where the rear tires are. Professor Wang said that Jia Lei took a closer look and saw several fish swimming in the muddy water.

"What the hell is this!" said an American guy as he pounded the steering wheel as his car sank into the mud and stalled.

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After climbing over the mountains and rivers and walking through the swampy meadows, Jia Lei and Professor Wang finally came to the foot of the mountain where the tribe was located.

"Woo——! woo——!" Sasa picked up the horn at the foot of the mountain and blew it.

"Are you informing them that we have arrived?" Jia Lei asked as he looked at the endless primeval forest mountains in front of him, the primeval forests of Siberia have not been cut down for thousands of years, and many big trees grow to be one meter thick.

"Uh......h Oh...... Woohoo......" Suddenly there was a wolf howl in the woods, and Jia Lei was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated.

"Run, there's a wolf!" Jia Lei called.

"No need to run, this is not a wolf, this is a sled dog we raised!" Sasar said, pulling the reindeer reins of Jia Lei.

"Woo!" said that, several swift figures swooped down the path.

"Erha!" Jia Lei said as he looked at the familiar face in front of him, and then he was completely relieved.

"This is a Siberian sled dog, right? I've only heard of it before, but I've never seen it before!" Professor Wang hurriedly rode over on a reindeer.

"Yes, they're good helpers, and they can help us hunt and pull sleds in the winter. Sasa said.

"It's a pity that I'm too lively and likes to run around!" said a man walking out of the mountain road.

"I understand!" Jia Lei nodded and said.

"Distinguished guests, we have prepared a sumptuous lunch for you, please come with me!" said the man.

"I'd like to go see the mammoths first! I'll be eating in a moment. Jia Lei said anxiously.

"Then you must wear an extra piece of clothing, the snow and ice have not melted where the mammoth is. Sasa hurriedly said, and Jia Lei listened to him put on his coat.

Jia Lei followed Sasa towards the tribe, and he found that the further he went, the colder it became.

"Why don't you live outside in a warm place?" asked Jia Lei wrapped up his clothes.

"All the soil in the outside is fluid, we can't build a house, we don't know where to go the next day if we live in a house like that, only in the forest will there be dry soil and solid rocks to build a house, otherwise the house will sink into the soil." Sasa pointed to a poorly built house in the village and said that Jia Lei saw that one corner of the house was already stuck in the mud.

"Whose house is that?" Jia Lei asked curiously.

"Kennel!" Sasa said.

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Jia Lei followed Sasa to a shady depression, and found a mammoth in a huge glacier on the ground, with all its skin, fur and flesh.

"This mammoth still has meat on it, I thought these corpses had already turned into fossilized bones?" Jia Lei said in surprise as he looked at the behemoth in the ice. You have to find the latest chapters by yourself to read books?