Chapter 80: Hoh Xili
"Drop, congratulations to the host for completing the food task, you can take three ingredients from three gardens, ten mountains and one sea. ”
"Let's accumulate first!" In the celebrity chef challenge some time ago, he has obtained a lot of ingredients, and now he really doesn't lack anything, so he stayed in Jiegu Town for a night and will set off for Hoh Xil tomorrow.
It takes about seven or eight hours to get from Yushu to Hoh Xil, and the road conditions on the plateau are complicated, with various washboard roads, wave roads, crater roads, as well as gravel, swamps, grass beaches, river loops, and snow fields...... If you don't have a powerful off-road vehicle, it's best not to try to cross no man's land, especially if you have a super cooking vehicle.
In November, Hoh Xil is unusually cold, a large area of uninhabited land makes people panic, a person's trip can only be accompanied by music, occasionally can see some wild animals, Wuling Hongguang drove along the Qinghai-Tibet line for several hours and finally arrived at the first destination of You's trip - Wudaoliang.
Wudaoliang Town is a residential area on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, with military stations, pumping stations, highway sections, weather stations, gas stations, as well as grocery stores and small restaurants, and the Hoh Xil Reserve Authority has a protection station here, which can be used to reach the Sonam Dajie Conservation Station from the hinterland of Hoh Xil, which is about 100 kilometers away from Wudaoliang.
The locals described Wudaoliang as saying that only one wind blows once a year, blowing from spring to winter, there are no birds in the sky, no grass grows on the ground, and the wind blows the stones and runs." When they arrived at Wudaoliang, they cried and cried for their mother; Nachitai was sick, and Wudaoliang was dying", which shows the horror of Wudaoliang.
The population of the entire Wudaoliang adds up to 100 people, and it can reach more than 200 people in the summer, which shows the harsh environment here, and the protection station is also the place where the Wudaoliang police station is stationed, there are four policemen, together with the staff of the protection station, a total of less than ten people, responsible for social security and social order in the reserve and its surrounding areas, handling relevant administrative and public security cases, preventing and combating poaching, poaching and other criminal offenses, they have overcome the high altitude, cold and lack of oxygen, lack of materials, Manpower shortage and other difficulties protect the pure land of Hoh Xil and provide safe protection for Tibetan antelopes, wild yaks and other wild animals.
You will be here for a few days, cooking food for the local people, and he will live and work with the staff of the protection station, and he will be warmly welcomed by the protection station staff.
He was greeted by the station's head, Yang Ji, a Tibetan man in his forties.
"Hello, welcome to Wudaoliang," Yang Ji said with a big fan-like hand.
"Hello, I'm sorry for the trouble. "Wudaoliang's living materials are very scarce, and every additional person is a burden.
"Whereever, you're here to help us, it's us who want to trouble you. Yang Ji said with a smile.
"Gatso, you take Master You to settle down. Yangji said to a Tibetan man in his thirties.
"Good"
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In addition to bringing food this time, You Yishou also purchased some daily necessities, such as biscuits, instant noodles, mineral water, etc., and when the staff of the protection station saw the latter driving a van through the forbidden area of life, they couldn't help but feel admiration for the latter.
After everything was cleaned up, You Yishou began to prepare dinner, Wudaoliang also has some small restaurants, of course, eating on the plateau does not pursue taste, and it is already very satisfying to be able to eat hot rice.
You have to do hot pot with one hand, it is absolutely unimaginable to eat hot pot at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters in Hoh Xili, because of the pressure, he uses a black pot to cook, so that you don't have to worry about cooking, the hot pot ingredients are mainly a pint of red beef, small tail spirit mutton and some vegetables, especially fresh vegetables are more precious than gold.
At night, when the staff of the protection station and the police station saw the steaming hot pot, everyone's eyes couldn't help but widen, which was incredible.
"Master You, how did you do that?" Yang Ji asked in shock.
"It's just boiling it in a pressure cooker, and then pouring it into the pot," You said vaguely.
"It's amazing to be able to make hot pot on the plateau. One of the middle-aged police officers said.
"I still used to eat hot pot when I was on a business trip. ”
"It's so fragrant. ”
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"Master You, let me introduce you, this is Gesang Qiangba, the director of the Wudaoliang Police Station. Yang Ji introduced at the dinner table.
"Hello, Director Gesang," You said, getting up with one hand and shaking hands with the other party.
"Hello Master You, welcome to your arrival. Gesang said with a smile.
"Come, let's toast Master Xiaoyou together and thank him for his help. ”
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Eating spicy and fragrant hot pot and drinking plateau spirits, the feeling is so special.
After nightfall, You Yishou felt a little tightness in his chest, he knew that he was suffering from altitude sickness, after all, the air in this place was thin, even if his physique was good, he was still a little uncomfortable, and he had no choice but to enter the system to practice the Yi Jin Sutra.
Early the next morning, You Yishou got up to make breakfast, and due to the cold weather, in order to dispel the cold for everyone, the latter decided to boil some mutton soup.
Mutton soup has a long history in Chinese cuisine, is deeply loved by the people, and is a characteristic local food all over the country.
You put the bones of the small-tailed spirit sheep into the black pot to boil the soup, and then put the fresh mutton cut into the soup pot and the cleaned haggis into the soup pot to boil, after cooking, scoop it up and drain it, then cut it into thin slices and put it in boiling water, then pour it into the soup bowl, rush into the hot and snow-white mutton soup, sprinkle with chopped green onions and coriander, and serve with a secret dipping dish prepared by chili oil, pepper noodles, salt, monosodium glutamate and other seasonings, and then make some steamed buns to soak and eat.
"Wow, what a fragrant mutton soup"
"I drooled when I smelled it"
"Drink a bowl of mutton soup, and you won't be afraid of the cold when you patrol today. ”
"Can Master You make more buns for us to eat on the road?"
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When You Yishou learned that everyone was going out on patrol, he took the initiative to find Yangji and Gesang and asked him to go with him and cook for everyone on the way.
"Master Xiaoyou, it's very dangerous to patrol in a no-man's land, and maybe you'll encounter poachers, so you better stay!" said Gesang, who was wiping his gun.
"It's Master Xiao You, you just cook some dry food for us, we have to go out for three or five days this time, and the road is very difficult. Yang Ji also persuaded that the danger of the no-man's land was extraordinary, and they did not dare to let You Yishou follow the adventure.
"Stationmaster Yangji, director Gesang, I'm really not afraid, I'm here to work and live with you, please agree to my request." You said resolutely.
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In the end, at You Yishou's insistence, the two agreed to take him with them, but all actions had to be commanded.