The man in military uniform also quickly discovered that these two big and four small are a very special combination. It was similar to the situation introduced by Nie Feng on the phone, and he knew that the person he was waiting for had arrived.

"Hello, I'm Queenie? Hamat, you are the one Nie Feng said, you want to borrow a car from me, right? ”

"Hello, Queenie, I'm Ai Wanlin, this is my wife Bai Xiaolan, this is Nie Feng's son Nie Xinyuan, this is the twins Bai Shijun and Bai Shibing, and this is my daughter Ai Xiaoyu."

When Ai Dad came, he checked a lot of information, the names of Xinjiang people are different from the names of the mainland, the front is the first name, and the back is the surname.

Xinjiang people give their children a name that they will use for a lifetime, in addition to the parents' attitude towards life, the influence of the spontaneous factor is obvious and very interesting.

Or a certain fruit that the parents have eaten, a certain flower, a tree, etc., or a place where the child is passing by when he is born, or a record of a certain folk or national event, or the sun, moon and stars, zodiac signs, etc., may be used as a name, anyway, to commemorate or remember a person's birth.

In Xinjiang, there is also a clear sign that all boys are called Balangzi and all girls are called Kizibalang.

No matter where you are walking, wherever you are, as long as you are still walking on this land, as long as you need their help, if you shout these two names, they or they will immediately stop, or turn over and dismount, or turn around and smile at you.

Then, as if they were their most precious friend, they approach you seriously and extend a warm hand to you.

This is the purest and most primitive exchange of human feelings, and this is also the greatest thank you for Xinjiang's unique character style.

"Hello. Hello, I've finally waited for you. I'd better hand over the car to you, I have to rush to work in the afternoon! ”

Queenie? Hamat was very happy to hug everyone, and after the most Lu picked up the little girl Ai Xiaoyu, who he thought was the cutest girl, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed, and the task given to him by his comrades was about to be completed.

"Queenie. It's lunchtime, why don't you have lunch with us, you're busy with work, you can't skip lunch. ”

After handing over the jeep to him, Ai Wanlin happily invited.

"Okay, I'll invite you to eat our roast mutton from Xinjiang, right? When you first come to Xinjiang, you must not have eaten authentic roast mutton, which is the best food in Xinjiang. ”

Queenie? Hamat is a typical Xinjiang person. Hospitable, informal, he is so hospitable, Ai Dad is embarrassed to say that his invitation is coming, which is too emotional.

For this lunch, everyone ate an authentic roast whole lamb, but it was not roasted on the spot. It's already baked by the store. Otherwise, it will definitely take more time to wait.

Roasted whole lamb is browned in color. The skin is crispy and fragrant, the meat is tender and tasteless, and the fragrance is overflowing, and it feels like the whole street is full of the smell of mutton.

After eating, Queenie? Hamat left, and everyone made an appointment. When they returned from Hotan, Ai Dad invited them to an authentic freshly roasted whole sheep feast.

Back at the hotel, everyone began to study the topographic map of Xinjiang, and everyone discussed this time. Detailed routes for their road trips.

Ai Xiaoyu summed up everyone's suggestions, "We drove this time, starting from Urumqi, first going to Turpan, then going to the former ancient country of Loulan, the current Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, and then going to the Aksu region, but in the middle of Kuqa County, take Shaya County, pass through Alar City, and finally go to Hotan." ”

"Little Peach Blossom, and Ai Dad and Ai Mom, I found that our journey may be farther than walking all over Chongqing. In the past two months, Xinjiang and Sichuan have come and gone. I think we're going to stay a little bit longer in each place, to see, to walk around, to collect some local produce.

If we don't have time to go back to Urumqi, we can only choose to take a military plane in Hotan, which my father told me before I left. He gave me the phone number of one of his comrades-in-arms in the Hotan garrison, just in case. ”

Nie Xinyuan came to Xinjiang to feel firsthand that Xinjiang is really vast and sparsely populated, and the two regions here together may be equivalent to the entire Sichuan Province.

"Xinyuan, if that's the case, how can we return the car we borrowed to Queenie? Hamaiti? ”

Ai's mother is generally more careful, although she feels that Nie Xinyuan's worries are very difficult, but if people don't have faith, they won't stand, they have already promised Queenie? Hamat will drive the car back for him, and when the time comes, he will regret it, which is not a good habit.

"It's okay, didn't I just send Uncle Queenie out of the city alone for a while? Actually, I just told him what I was worried about, and when the time came, I could only ask an acquaintance from Wada to help drive him back the car. Fortunately, Urumqi is the capital of Xinjiang, and people from the Hotan army often come here, and we don't have to worry about Uncle Queenie running out of cars in a hurry. ”

Ai Dad and Ai Ma listened to Nie Xinyuan's words, and they praised him for a while, they really didn't expect him to be so careful, and they took all aspects into consideration.

After no psychological burden, I drove around the city of Urumqi for half a day in the afternoon, although the sun here is big, the temperature is not particularly high, and it is hot but not stuffy.

In the early nineties, there were very few people who traveled to Xinjiang from the mainland, and their group was very much noticed by the locals, but most of them were friendly and enthusiastic.

After shopping for a long time, the six people were all shotguns. The whole body is changed into the costumes of ethnic minorities, with bright colors and colors.

Ai Ma and Ai Xiaoyu put on colorful dresses, colorful headscarves or hats on their heads, and they had a large necklace around their necks and colorful bracelets on their wrists.

Of course, these on their bodies did not satisfy them, and they also collected all kinds of headscarves and delicately embroidered small flower hats, as well as various decorations to the ring space, and planned to go back to Jiangjin to wear them one by one.

As for Ai's father and the three boys, they all changed into short jackets, which are modern Uyghur national men's clothing. The texture of this national costume fabric is delicate and comfortable, the style is loose and fitted, and it is generous and decent.

Tie a belt around your waist, which makes you feel very energetic. They also wear hats of various patterns and styles on their heads, or bright small flower hats, or woolen top hats, or black and white round hats, etc.

Similarly, each of the four men chose a lot of different colors and styles of clothing, and the men's embroidered shirts in Xinjiang also made them happy.

Ai Ma also selected a lot of gold and silver jewelry, jade carving products, wood carvings, and men's and women's leather boots, which may be used for her own use or given away.

Everyone also chose a sharp Ingisha knife for self-defense and meat.

"Little Peach, you are really beautiful as a little girl from Xinjiang, you should usually wear such bright clothes to look good!"

Nie Xinyuan has changed into a colorful patchwork skirt since Ai Xiaoyu, wearing a small flower hat with colored beads, and his eyes have been following her around, without blinking.

A slim little girl, with two small braids hanging in front of her, a perfect melon seed face, eyebrows like a crescent moon, peach blossom pupils, a beautiful nose, and lips as bright as cherries. At a young age, he was scorching.

"Brother Xinyuan, the summer over there is hotter than here, and it feels hotter to wear too bright dresses. However, the dress of you, Ah Jun, and Ah Bing is quite tasteful, a bit like a modern and improved version of ancient clothing. ”

Ai Xiaoyu actually discovered that the costumes in Xinjiang are very bright, if many people wear them like this, no matter how beautiful and handsome people are, they will be drowned in this colorful clothing.

Ai Dad saw that the time was not very early, so he urged: "Laughing, our clothes, costumes are almost bought, let's go to the next stop now." Let's go to the pharmacy and the flower market to see if we can collect some seeds of herbs and flowers and trees unique to Xinjiang. ”

Ever since Dad knew about the existence of the ring space, he would want to collect all kinds of plant seeds that were not in it anytime and anywhere, and enrich the varieties inside.

"Yes, there are many special fruits in Xinjiang that are very good, such as grapes, cantaloupe, pomegranates, figs, peaches, Korla fragrant pears, Kuqa small white apricots, Aksu apples and so on. Let's go and find the seeds, take them home and try to plant them, maybe we can eat the pure fruits of Xinjiang in Jiangjin in the future. ”

Ai Xiaoyu has always been happy to be a foodie, especially all kinds of local fruits, vegetables, and foods are very rare.

"Little Peach Blossom, don't forget, Xinjiang is most famous for the Tianshan Snow Lotus!"

"Yes, if we could buy the Tianshan Snow Lotus or its seeds at the pharmacy here, we wouldn't need to make this trip! It's a strange flower, and there will definitely be fewer and fewer of them in the future. ”

If it weren't for Nie Xinyuan's reminder, Ai Xiaoyu would have really forgotten the Tianshan Snow Lotus. The growth environment of Tianshan Snow Lotus is very particular, generally growing at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, and there are no restrictions on mountain slopes, valleys, stone crevices, watersides, meadows and other places.

Now is the season when the wild snow lotus flowers in the Tianshan Mountains are in full bloom in July, and it is also the best time to buy fresh snow lotus.

Several people came out of the flower market with a full harvest and entered the largest Chinese medicine shop in Xinjiang.

A businessman from other places came out and left with a big bag on his face.

Ai Dad asked in a not very pure Uyghur language: "Boss, is there any fresh Tianshan Snow Lotus for sale?" ”

"Huh? You also buy Tianshan Snow Lotus? I'm sorry that the guy who went out just now bought all the snow lotus in the store! ”

Hearing this, everyone regretted that they didn't come to the pharmacy first, but entered the flower market. (To be continued......)