Chapter 213: The Trek
The Jade Dragon Kashgar River, that is, the famous White Jade River in ancient times. The river originates from the Kunlun Mountains. After flowing into the Tarim Basin, it merges with the Karakash River to form the Khotan River, the river is 325 kilometers long, there are many tributaries, the basin area is 14,500 square kilometers, the river is rich in white jade, green jade and black jade, it is the main river of Khotan jade since ancient times.
As time passed, Xiao Jin dug out thousands of pieces of high-quality jade from this river and some surrounding mountains, but he never saw the chalcedony. Good Hetian jade seed material, shape. The whiteness and skin color and moistness are good, which can be called a high-quality product. The seeds are formed after thousands of years of grinding and scouring in the riverbed, and it is indeed rare to be able to harvest a piece of seed material with excellent shape and few defects. But no matter how rare it is, it will be useless to the little tree.
It has been ten days, and it has been out of the range of the Yulong Kashgar River. The farther and farther the mountain road goes, the higher it goes, the more rugged it becomes. Although it is already summer, as the search deepens, what greets Shuyun and Xiaojin is not the singing of birds and flowers, but the increasingly cold wind and the glacier that does not melt all year round. The temperature is getting lower and the environment is getting worse.
Although Shuyun had already changed into the thickened mountaineering clothes she had brought from her previous life, Shuyun had compressed the time to rest in the space as much as possible in order to find the chalcedony as soon as possible. Shuyun's profession can be regarded as relying on her face to eat, for her son, she really fights, fortunately, there is white jade paste, and she will smear some when you rest, and it will be fine soon, which is a blessing in misfortune!
So-yun is on trekking poles. Staggering forward step by step in the cold wind, and beyond that is the place known as Maitreya Pagoda Mountain by the locals. Kim said he felt it strongly. It is highly likely that chalcedony will appear. Shuyun had been to Kunlun Mountain in her previous life, and she still knew a lot about some of the places here. I once heard the introduction of the local people - the Qianlong period of the Yu water control jade mountain. The green jade weighs more than 5,000 kilograms, that is, it is collected from the Maitreya Pagoda Mountain. I couldn't help but feel a little more confident in Xiao Jin's induction. Seeing that she was about to reach her destination, Shuyun, who had not rested for more than 6 hours, patted her cheeks tiredly, gritted her teeth and accelerated her pace.
"Yunyun, stop for a moment, this is it." Xiao Jin, who was exploring the way in front, suddenly shouted loudly.
Shuyun was overjoyed, and hurriedly ran to Xiaojin's location in two steps. Looking in the direction of Xiao Jin's head, there is a steep gray-white mountain wall. It is sporadically covered with some white snow and ice.
"Xiao Jin, go to the space to rest for a while, eat something, recover your strength, and then look for it." Although Xiao Jin seemed to be in good spirits, looking at the hard and tall mountain wall, Shuyun knew that the next work would definitely not be easy.
"It's okay, let's start now, sooner or later, I'm in a hurry." Xiao Jin said and rushed towards the mountain wall in a hurry.
"Wait. No matter how anxious you are, don't miss the effort of this meeting, and rest in advance, be obedient, if you are tired. The little tree is even more hopeless. Shuyun tried hard to chase after Xiao Jin and persuaded urgently.
Looking at Shuyun's concerned face, Xiao Jin, who had been attached to the mountain wall, could only reluctantly turn around and come back.
Shuyun took Xiao Jin into the space in a flash. The fragrance of fruit trees and the buzzing of bees in the space. The air is fresh and the climate is warm and pleasant. It's like being in heaven. It's like returning to my mother's arms, it's so kind, warm, and reassuring. and the outside are simply two worlds.
Xiaoshu is no longer as verbose as before, but he is becoming more and more sensible, knowing that Shuyun is hard, he dragged his sick body with difficulty to take care of his younger siblings, and tried his best not to let himself fall asleep. Shuyun was very distressed when she saw it, but no matter how she persuaded her, the child just smiled and didn't speak. Shuyun thought he should go, but when he turned his head, he was busy again when Shuyun was away.
Shuyun can't, and can also understand the child's mood of wanting to share for himself, so she can only do her best to do things in advance, or prepare properly, so that Xiaoshu can spend less effort.
When Shuyun came in, Xiaoshu was accompanying Yuanyuan and Bubbles to look at a "Wildlife Atlas" found from the study, and when he heard Shuyun's footsteps, he raised his head, showed a slightly weak smile to Shuyun, and said happily: "Eniang, are you back?" Isn't it tiring? ”
Shuyun took off her heavy mountaineering clothes and said with a smile: "Don't be tired, is there anything uncomfortable about Xiaoshu, are Yuanyuan and Bubbles naughty?" ”
"My son is fine, not uncomfortable, and Yuanyuan and Bubbles are also very well-behaved."
"That's good, come, let Eniang see first" Shuyun said and went to the bedside and gave Xiaoshu a pulse.
"You two are good, don't make trouble." Shuyun was concentrating on giving Xiaoshu a pulse, but she didn't want to, the two milk babies were unwilling to be lonely and crawled over, rushing to drill into Shuyun's arms.
Looking at the two small buns that were laughing and dancing, Shuyun could only helplessly let go of the little tree, first carried the two to the cotton mat spread on the floor and placed them, and threw two small cloth tiger toys to them. Only then did he barely appease the two little master sects.
Shu Yunfu gave the vein to the little tree waiting obediently. Judging from the pulse, Xiaoshu's current physical condition is still very stable, and it has not deteriorated, but it is improving day by day. But Shuyun didn't dare to take it lightly, this poison is like a time bomb, and a little relaxation may bring unbearable consequences.
"The situation is okay, but Xiaoshu, you must not be too tired, rest more, and try to eat as much as possible what Eniang prepared for you, it is very good for your body." Shuyun touched her son's bright head and said gently.
Xiaoshu smiled shyly and nodded. Shuyun knew that this kid had an idea, so he should keep an eye on it himself.
After feeding the children, Shuyun also ate some hastily.
Although there are few people here, for the sake of caution, Shuyun still looked carefully outside, and after making sure that there was no one, he took Xiao Jin, who had been waiting on the side, out of the space again.
It's just past noon outside, and it's a little warmer.
"Shuyun, you wait here, I'll go." Xiao Jin said and quickly ran out of the way.
"Be careful." Shuyun could only shout behind him.
"It's okay, don't worry." As he spoke, Xiao Jin's figure had already sunk into the mountain wall.
It's not the first time that Shuyun has seen Xiaojin's ability, but she still thinks it's amazing and incredible. As soon as Xiao Jin's crystal horn touches the mountain wall, rock, soil layer, etc., with a little force, a crack will open there for Xiao Jin to pass through. The end is stunning!
Shuyun waited anxiously in front of the mountain wall, staring at the gap opened by Xiao Jin, motionless, afraid of missing something.
Only a quarter of an hour later, a fist-sized, oval-shaped jade was rolled up on the little golden tail, the jade was yellow like a steamed chestnut, the essence was light, the body was like clotted fat, firm and delicate, thick and warm, and beautiful. Obviously, it is a piece of superb jade that has been stripped of the stone skin by Xiao Jin.
Shuyun held back her heartbeat and asked a little eagerly, "How is it, is there any chalcedony in it?" ”
Xiao Jin said with some frustration: "It doesn't look like it, I want to make sure again." With that, Xiao Jin rolled the jade in front of him, shone it in the sun, and then shook his golden head in disappointment and threw the jade to Shuyun. Without saying a word, he turned around and went into the mountain wall.
In fact, with Xiaojin's ability, although it is difficult to distinguish between the best jade and chalcedony, it is not a problem to see things secretly, and there is no need to run out again to look at it again in the sun. But every time he encounters such a situation, he will confirm it again and again. Until you can be completely sure that there is really none, you will rush to find the next target.
Shuyun looked at the place where Xiao Jin disappeared, holding a rare and superb jade in her hand, and sighed wordlessly.
From noon to nearly midnight, Shuyun and Xiaojin ignored the bad weather and the danger hidden in the dark after nightfall, still carried the portable explosion-proof searchlight taken out of the space and continued to search, busy for almost a whole day, only rested for ten minutes halfway, hastily matted the bar to eat, drank saliva, until they were too tired to return to the space to sleep.
The next day, before dawn, I started looking again. Shuyun and Xiaojin searched for it again and again. I stayed at Maitreya Pagoda Mountain for five full days and turned the mountain over completely. The best white jade, green jade, black jade, and topaz have collected a lot, even blue and white seed jade, peach blossom jade and topaz combination, etc., such a rare jade has also found a few pieces, and even dug up a piece of egg yolk size, which only exists in the legendary red jade, but still failed to find the figure of chalcedony.
Shuyun and Xiaojin could only helplessly pick up their disappointment, cheer up, and repack and set off for the next jade-producing place.
Montenegro, that is, the ancient name of Karalangitak, its mountain is one of the main peaks of Kunlun Mountain, the peak reaches 7562 meters, the mountains are steep, and the ice and snow cover the ground. The place where the jade is produced is the Agjugai Valley.
Montenegro is a treacherous terrain that is difficult to reach, so you have to hike it. Shuyun could only give up riding the flame, and when she made a detour with Xiao Jin, it was already another day. At this time, the river begins to melt, and ice deposits are widespread in some parts of the river.
The jade-producing land is above 5,000 meters above sea level, and as the glacier moves down to the snow line and gradually melts, it is often found that Khotanese jade gravel is carried from the upper source. But it's a very dangerous place, with the slopes collapsing from time to time, and boulders everywhere, with a thunderous roar, drift of boulders and ice tumbling down into the river.
Due to the melting of snow and ice, the water level rises, and floods hit here almost every day. But the danger also comes with the benefit, due to the collapse of the rocks, and the flood water washes huge blocks of ice down the river, and these ice blocks and ice melt to expose the jade. Therefore, the best jade resources here are still very rich.
Shuyun and Xiaojin avoided countless hardships and carefully searched here
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