Chapter 34 Visiting Qianling on the way home

At seven o'clock the next morning, Li Hao woke up Yang Qianxun, and then called to wake up Liu Zhiyang, the three of them freshened up, retired from the room, and went to the gas station to refuel, it was already dawn, but there was basically no one on the street, breakfast was not finished, and the three of them began to march towards Golmud.

The car quickly got on the Liuge Expressway, walked more than 100 kilometers, the car drove out of the highway toll station, and turned into the expressway, because there are few cars on the road, the road surface is also very wide, and the high-speed feeling is not much different, three people while enjoying the scenery along the way, while happily moving forward. Yang Qianxun took out his mobile phone, looked at the time, and said to Li Hao and Liu Zhiyang: "My mobile phone has no signal!" Li Hao also looked at his mobile phone and said: "There are no people here, hundreds of kilometers, except for the vehicles going back and forth on the empty highway, the hills on both sides and the loess that cannot be seen at a glance, there must be no signal." ”

At noon, they arrived in Golmud, the second largest city in Qinghai Province. After finding a restaurant first, I filled up my stomach and walked around the street. The urban area of Golmud is located on the impact plain in the south-central part of the Qaidam Basin, with an average altitude of 2,780 meters, a total area of nearly 120,000 square kilometers, a total population of 300,000 and an urban population of nearly 200,000. After two days of walking, I finally felt like I was in the city. After inquiry, the Zarkhan Salt Lake in Golmud is the largest magnesium and lithium salt deposit in China, and there are a large number of vehicles transporting salt, but it is far away from Golmud, and the three of them have dismissed the idea of going to investigate. There are no coal mines near Golmud, there is an iron mine and a jade mine, and it is said that soon after the discovery of the jade mine, many Hui people went crazy and were later forcibly taken over by the local garrison. Iron Mine is a state-owned enterprise, and they didn't ask if they needed a car. However, there was a person who provided information, 30 kilometers away from Golmud City, there was a road maintenance unit that needed a vehicle, the three people saw the time and drove to find it, they were greeted by a young man in his twenties, saying that he had contracted the work of pulling earthworks on the highway, and they could follow along, 28 yuan for a car, using a dump truck, thinking that this young man had already picked a layer of skin on the earthwork, the three of them did not have much interest, so they said goodbye to the young man, said that they would go back to consider, and after leaving phone calls for each other, they returned to Golmud.

After running so far to Golmud, the three of them were not interested, and decided to stay for one night and return to Xining early the next morning.

On the way back to Xining, he encountered many Tibetan yurts, Liu Zhiyang was very curious, and said to the two: "Can we go to the Tibetan yurts to have a look?" Don't know what it's like inside? ”

Yang Qianxun said with a smile: "When I was in high school, there was a classmate's brother who was sent by the government to the Tibetan branch, according to my classmate, her brother once went to the Tibetan yurt, and the Tibetans are still very warm to the guests, and when they go, they will pour you a bowl of butter tea for you to drink, if you don't drink it, you can't do it, do you know what the key is?" Her brother saw that the Tibetan wife was wiping a bowl with dried cow dung, could he drink it? I'm afraid that we will go, and I will also bring us a bowl of butter tea rubbed with dried cow dung, will you drink it or not? ”

"Tibetans in Qinghai are different from Tibetans in Tibet, right?" Liu Zhiyang said a little scared.

"I'll try it to see the difference, or I'll park the car on the side of the road, and you can go and come back and tell us?" Li Hao also teased him, "Actually, marrying a Tibetan daughter-in-law is also a good life here." ”

Liu Zhiyang deliberately discouraged and said, "Since you don't want to go, I'll forget it." ”

"It's just the difference in customs and habits, the cleanliness you see in your eyes is the same as the cleanliness that Tibetans think, as long as your heart is clean, what is the difference between what to wipe the dishes?" Yang Qianxun sighed with a smile.

After leaving for a week, when I returned to Xining, it was already mid-January, and the Chinese New Year was about to begin. The three of them had nothing to do, so they decided to go home early for the New Year, recharge their energy, and return to Qinghai after the New Year to do a great job.

Liu Zhiyang decided to take the train directly to Zhengzhou, Yang Qianxun discussed with Li Hao, and asked Li Hao to go to her house for the New Year, Li Hao said: "Or you go back with me, you see how much my grandparents like you, you go to my house, they don't know how happy they are!" ”

Yang Qianxun said: "There are too many people in your family, I have to adapt slowly, I have promised my parents when I went home last time, I want to go home for the New Year, we will go to my house first, and then go to your house on the second day of the new year, how about it?" ”

Li Hao tried to persuade again, and finally agreed to go to Yang Qianxun's house first, since it was agreed, it didn't make much sense to stay in Xining any longer, so he decided to set off the next day and drive home.

But what to buy? The two thought for a long time, and finally Li Hao said: "Since I am going, of course I can't just buy some small things, just forget it, let's drive back, it's convenient to bring things, why don't you just go to the market to buy a sheep and bring it back?" ”

Yang Qianxun said in surprise: "You are too exaggerated!" ”

"A sheep is more than 1,000 yuan, which is not expensive!"

"I don't like to eat mutton very much at home, what if you buy so much and go back, who will eat it?"

"There's me! Go to your house, let your mother cook it for me every day, and when I finish eating the mutton, I will go back to Jiangxi! ”

"Oh! It turned out to be bought for yourself! That's different. ”

The two went to the nearby vegetable market, walked around the mutton stall, and after looking at it for a while, Li Hao pointed to the sheep that had been killed on the shelf and said, "One sheep really feels too much, why don't we buy two big leg of lamb and some fresh yak meat?" ”

Yang Qianxun smiled and nodded, indicating agreement. The two spent more than 1,200 yuan to buy beef and mutton, and bought a box of Tianyoude barley wine. Yang Qianxun said: "Let's go to the supermarket to buy some yak jerky, my brother is home from vacation, you can give him food." ”

The two loaded the things they bought into the car and went to the supermarket, Yang Qianxun took all kinds of yak jerky, Li Hao carried a box of Qinghai old yogurt, and said: "This is more famous in Qinghai, you can take it back to your mother to drink." ”

The two returned to their residence after shopping, and Liu Zhiyang went to buy a train ticket and did not come back. Looking at the time, when it was time to cook, Yang Qianxun walked into the kitchen and said, "Clean the refrigerator today, and leave tomorrow, otherwise everything in the refrigerator will be broken when you come back." "After half an hour's effort, four or five dishes were prepared, and Liu Zhiyang has not come back yet. Yang Qianxun brought out the last dish in the kitchen and said to Li Hao: "You call Xiao Liu to see if he is coming back soon?" ”

Li Hao made a phone call, hung up after two rings, and then heard the sound of the door opening. Liu Zhiyang walked in with a smile and said, "I'm really on time!" ”

The three of them began to eat, and Liu Zhiyang said while eating: "I can't leave tomorrow, I have already contacted my fellow countrymen, and we will go together the day after tomorrow." ”

Li Hao and Yang Qianxun both looked at him and smiled, Liu Zhiyang was a little embarrassed: "Don't think too much, we just take the car to Zhengzhou together, and nothing else." ”

Yang Qianxun smiled and said, "Did you make an appointment to come back together?" ”

At seven o'clock the next morning, Li Hao and Yang Qianxun packed up early, saw that Liu Zhiyang was still sleeping, quietly opened the door, and left with his suitcase. Go to the basement to put your bags away and drive on the road. Opening the navigation to see that from Xining to Jinan, less than 2,000 kilometers, Li Hao said: "If we don't rest, we should be able to get home in 20 hours." ”

The car passed the toll booth on the highway and watched Xining get farther and farther away. Li Hao said to Yang Qianxun longingly: "Do you know what my ideal is? ”

Yang Qianxun made a thought, came over for a few seconds and said, "Make money!" Make a lot of money! ”

Li Hao smiled and said, "You don't know me too well, making money is not the ultimate goal." I think when we really have money and no longer work hard, my biggest wish is to take my lover, buy a big pickup truck, drive all over China, eat all the famous foods in "A Bite of China", and write a travelogue by the way, and if I can, make our travelogue into a documentary, and it will be in vain! ”

Yang Qianxun said: "Why buy a big pickup truck? Are station wagons bad? ”

Li Hao said: "The big pickup truck is good, we look along the way, there are good-looking and peculiar stones to pick up, you can put them in the car and pull them away, maybe you will also pick up treasures such as jade and gold!" Wherever you go, you can buy what you want, and if you buy it, you can load it in the car and take it home. That kind of life, oops! It's beautiful just thinking about it! ”

Yang Qianxun said fascinatedly: "It's very beautiful!" Why don't we go too fast, first realize your part of the ideal, along the way to encounter some good attractions, we stop to play? ”

"I'm afraid that the meat in the car can't be left out for too long?"

"On such a cold day, it should not be a big problem if it is placed in the rear trunk."

Li Hao thought for a while and said, "Okay, why don't we go and see Qianling, haven't you always been interested in these?" ”

Yang Qianxun said happily: "Okay, it's not bad to go and see Wu Zetian's tomb!" ”

The two took turns to drive, except for refueling and eating, they didn't get off the highway, and finally drove to Xi'an at six o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. On the way to the city, I happened to pass through Qianling, but when I drove to the ticket office at the entrance of Qianling, the staff had already gotten off work and stopped selling tickets. Yang Qianxun said: "Since we are here, let's stay for one night, and we will come and see tomorrow before leaving, right?" ”

Li Hao said that the two of them were on the edge of Xi'an City, and they found a nearby hotel to stay, Li Hao proposed: "Let's go eat mutton steamed buns?" ”

Yang Qianxun also wanted to taste the taste of this famous Shaanxi food, so the two went out hand in hand to find a restaurant where they could eat mutton steamed buns. Not far from the hotel, there is a small shop specializing in mutton steamed buns, the two of them went in to ask for mutton steamed buns, and the hot mutton soup was served, Yang Qianxun learned from the other diners in the store, broke the steamed buns in his hands into small ones, put them into the bowl little by little, broke a steamed bun, picked up the chopsticks and tried to eat a piece, it was not as delicious as imagined, looking at Li Hao who was sitting opposite to eat energetically, and slowly ate it.

At half past seven the next day, the two of them were thinking about going to Qianling and went out early. After breakfast, I rushed to Qianling, the ticket office had not yet worked, I sat in the car and waited for more than half an hour, finally bought the ticket and drove into the parking lot inside. As soon as the car was parked, a middle-aged man who was not tall and dark and thin walked up to Li Hao's side and asked them if they needed a tour guide, Li Hao looked at him and said, "Are you a tour guide?" How much does it cost once? ”

The middle-aged man said: "I am from this village, and I often work as a tour guide here, which is not expensive, 30 yuan." ”

Li Hao said, "Okay, you take us around." ”

The middle-aged man talked while walking, and he was very expert when he heard it, "The mountain where the Qianling Tomb is located is called Liangshan, about 87 kilometers northwest of Xi'an, it is the only imperial tomb in the eighteen mausoleums of the Tang Dynasty that has not been stolen, and it is also the only joint tomb of two emperors in ancient Chinese history. It is built in a way that is based on a mountain as a mausoleum. In addition to the main tomb, there are seventeen accompanying tombs, and the burials are all members of the royal family and meritorious heroes. ”

Walking on the wide Shinto, Yang Qianxun asked, "Why don't these stone statues have heads?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "The four old ones were broken during the wenge period, and they were all smashed." Go up the steps in front, there are sixty-one statues of Hufu gods on the left and right, also have no head, it is said that it is the time of the Ming Dynasty, there is a foreign envoy to play in Qianling, find that his ancestors were actually standing here to guard the tomb, feel that it is both damaging to the national character, and degrading and degrading, self-esteem has been strongly damaged, so he wants to destroy these stone statues. But he was afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the local people, so he came up with a clever plan. Every night he would go to the fields near Qianling and trample the crops, and then the next day he fanned the flames and told the people that they were all made of stone statues, and they became sperm at night and began to trample the crops. If you want to protect your crops, you must destroy these stone statues and cut off their heads so that they can no longer come out and harm the crops. The local people thought that the foreign envoy had a point, so they cut off the heads of the stone statues in a fit of rage. However, some archaeologists say that it was a natural disaster that brought disaster to these stone statues. There is information to prove that during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was an earthquake of eight to eleven magnitudes in this area, and this Qianling belonged to the epicenter of the area, so the local area suffered a devastating blow, and these stone statues may have been destroyed by that earthquake. ”

Listening to the introduction, they also saw the sixty-one stone statues of Hufu without heads, and on the right hand side of Shinto was a tall wordless tablet. It is said that Wu Zetian has three theories about setting up a wordless monument for himself, the first one is that Wu Zetian erected a wordless monument to boast of himself, indicating that his merits and virtues cannot be expressed by words. The second theory believes that Wu Zetian erected a wordless tablet because he knew that he was guilty of a great sin, and he felt that it was better not to write the inscription. The third theory believes that Wu Zetian is a self-aware person, and it is a smart move to erect a wordless monument, and the merits and demerits are for future generations to comment.

As the tour guide walked around Qianling for more than two hours, Li Hao and Yang Qianxun prepared to rush home. The tour guide wasted no time in asking them: "We produce a kind of jade here, the jade quality is relatively soft, the price is not very high, many people who come to travel will buy some to take home, if you are interested, you can go to my house to see, my family also does jade processing." ”

Li Hao said: "We are in a hurry and have no time to go. ”

The tour guide took out a string of bracelets worn with rope from his body like a trick and said, "Look at what I have here, how many do you pick and bring?" ”

Yang Qianxun remembered the two Kunlun jade bracelets that he gave away last time, and became interested, took the bracelets from the tour guide and asked him, "How much is one?" ”

"Fifty-one." The tour guide said.

Li Hao saw that Yang Qianxun wanted to buy it, so he counteroffered: "Twenty-one, if we can sell it, we will buy it for a hundred yuan." ”

The tour guide waved his hand and said, "No, you have too much to offer, three for one hundred yuan." ”

Yang Qianxun said while picking: "Just one hundred and fifteen, I'll buy you ten." ”

The tour guide took back the bracelet from her hand and made a gesture to leave, Yang Qianxun saw that he was leaving, a little reluctant, but he didn't say anything, the two got into the car and reversed the car on the road, and then the tour guide came over and said, "I sold it to you." ”

Yang Qianxun immediately got out of the car and said with a smile: "That's it, it's over if you don't say it sooner?" He took the bracelet from the tour guide, carefully selected, and was satisfied with selecting ten that looked less flawed, paid the money, and left Qianling happily.