467、Frontier Trip (10)
After finishing his affairs in Urumqi, Li Yi continued with Wu Wan to the northern city of Altay. www.biquge.info The city of Altay has been rich in gold since ancient times, and it is the main area inhabited by ethnic minorities.
The transport plane landed in the northernmost place near the border, and after the plane landed, Li Yi knew that Wu Wan's investigation was a bit of a suspicion of taking into account both public and private interests.
Wu Wan's parents have been stationed in the northernmost border area of Altay for many years, where they are mainly engaged in environmental protection work. In many places, due to the large amount of gold mining, coupled with the unscientific mining method, it has caused great damage to the local environment.
After Wu Wan got off the plane, she immediately took the team to start surveying, and at the same time carried out a lot of scientific research work, until very late, she and Li Yi went to the place where their parents lived.
"This is where your parents live?"
Li Yi couldn't help but be very surprised when he saw the large number of simple marching tents on the hillside.
"Because Mom and Dad had to move around a lot, for so many years, they have been living in tents like soldiers, and I grew up in tents!"
Wu Wan wanted to see her parents immediately, but was told that her parents were out to collect samples, so she had no choice but to continue to return to the transport plane to start her own scientific work.
Li Yi looked at Wu Wan, who was busy, and suddenly thought of the medicine he had made from freshwater algae and some precious herbs in the magical cave, so he walked up to Wu Wan and said:
"Dr. Wu, I'm going out for a walk in the next two days, and this bottle of beauty therapy and health care products I made will be used for you!"
"What you made can't be a fake drug!"
Wu Wan looked at Li Yi and was skeptical, and Li Yi replied very confidently: "I guarantee the efficacy of the medicine, you can try it, it is definitely worth the money!"
In Wu Wan's suspicious gaze, Li Yile left the transport plane, found a local car and started to play around, looking for local good things along the way.
"Master, what do you call it?" asked Li Yi.
The taxi driver Li Yi was riding in was a local Uyghur in Xinjiang, with two beards, tall, somewhat thin, and a somewhat handsome appearance.
"My name is Alimu!" the driver said as he drove.
"I have to use a car these days, how much does it cost me to charter your car every day?"
"I don't want your money, you are my daughter's idol, if you are willing to guide my daughter in designing clothes, then I will be grateful!"
Alimu speaks Chinese fluently, but with a strong Xinjiang flavor.
"Oh, how old is your daughter?"
"My daughter Ayiguli is sixteen years old this year, since she had a car accident three years ago, she has no way to walk, she has been staying at home to teach herself to paint, design clothes, in the last year she saw the clothes you designed on the Internet, she admires your design talent very much, you are my daughter's idol, I can't believe that I can meet you!"
Alimu is a very talkative person, and Li listened to the other party with great interest:
"On the New Year, Mr. Li, you are in the limelight on TV and the Internet, my daughter has been begging me to take her to Haicheng to find you, but our family is not good, it is not easy to go far away, and I don't know if you are willing to fulfill my daughter's wishes!"
Alimu drove a taxi to an intersection, waited until the light changed green, drove forward for a while, and said, "Mr. Li, please wait a moment, I'll go to my friend's place to ask something!"
"Then let's go together!" said Li Yi.
"Okay!"
Alimu parked his car in a roadside open space on a small street that sells a variety of Xinjiang-style handicrafts. Li Yi followed Alimu while looking at the various handicrafts at the entrances of various stores.
The most distinctive of these handicrafts is a craft knife, a colored stone handle such as crystal stone, a curved blade, a silk scarf, local clothing, etc., and some gold and silver jewelry are mostly fakes.
"Alimu, the gold ring and gold necklace you brought are not pure, they are not worth much, and they are not ancient things, I can only give you seven thousand at most!"
"Seven thousand, I've found someone to appraise it, it's worth at least fifty thousand!" Alimu shouted dissatisfiedly.
"Hmph, seven thousand, I still look at the face of my old friend, if you sell it, you can sell it, and if you don't sell it, take it away!"
Alimu walked into a handicraft shop with a bearded and very sturdy man, and Li Yi then walked in. I saw the big man walk into the counter, take out a pair of rings, and a necklace is still on the counter.
"This is not the gold ring and gold necklace I sold you before!"
Alimu looked at the big man at the counter and was very angry, pointed at the other party and said:
"Sadiq, we've known each other for so many years, I didn't expect you to cheat me!"
"Alimu, this is what you brought at the beginning, I am a very reputable person to do business!"
Li Yi looked at the greed and cunning in the eyes of the big man Sadiq, and decided to make this unruly guy suffer a little, so he turned on the special item scanning ability, and he didn't expect to make a new discovery soon.
There is a statue of Guanyin in Sadiq's shop, which is dusty because the locals don't value Buddhism, and a bronze knife covered in black patina that has been placed under a counter as a footrest.
"This boss, how much is this thing worth!"
Li Yi picked up a string of fake pearl necklaces and asked, Sadiq didn't realize that Li Yi and Alimu knew each other, and regarded Li Yi as a fat sheep to be slaughtered, and immediately came over enthusiastically and introduced:
"This is the best South Sea pearl, a string of 12,000!"
Li Yi despised Sadiq very much in his heart, if it was really a South China Sea pearl, according to the size of a string of pearls, it would be worth at least 100,000, it seems that this guy has been deceiving people for a day or two.
"The price is fair, can you swipe your card here?"
"Of course, WeChat Pay can too!" said Sadiq triumphantly.
Li Yi took out his card and was about to pay, when he suddenly pointed to a very ordinary sheep's horn and asked, "How much is this thing?"
"This is the best antelope horn, only I have it here, 30,000!"
"Wrap me up too!"
Seeing that Li Yi was about to be fooled, Alimu hurriedly walked over and whispered:
"Mr. Li, these things are all fake!"
Li Yi looked at Sadiq, who walked to the side and bowed his head and wrapped his horns, and said:
"Look, he has good things here, since he lied to you, I'm going to teach him a lesson!"
Sadiq wrapped the things, Li Yi paid the money, pointed to the statue of Guanyin and the bronze knife on the foot, and said:
"Sell these two things to me cheaper, I didn't make a counteroffer at the price you offered just now, boss!"