A lie is a piece of driftwood, and sooner or later it will be washed ashore by the waves.

- Albanian proverb

On the first day of work, Niu Mulin came to the administrative office early in the morning and waited for Director Yang to assign work.

The TV station allocated a total of 5 college students this time. Among them, two are Han Chinese, two are Uyghurs, and one is Niu Mulin. The other 4 people's homes are all in the city, and they don't have to worry about food or housing. Only Niu Mulin is a foreigner who needs dormitories and canteens, and there are many troubles in life.

Director Yang officially announced: "Niu Mulin, Ma Xiaosha, Parzati, and Kerim, the four of you have gone to work in the Ministry of Information. Yang Fan went to work in the advertising department. ”

Director Yang took them to the office of the Ministry of Information on the second floor of the small school, officially handed them over to Xu Tao, the director of the Department of Information, and then left with a sigh of relief.

Xu Tao is about 30 years old, his body is slightly fat, and his skin is very good, white and red. He sat down in a chair, leaned forward on his desk, stared at the four college students in front of him with a pair of small eyes, and pondered for a long time, but did not say a word.

Niu Mulin and the others were numb and at a loss by Xu Tao's scalp, and their hearts were upset and uneasy.

Someone happened to come in and inform Xu Tao: "Director Xu, Secretary Feng called you." ”

Xu Tao slowly stood up and walked out of the office slowly.

Niu Mulin and the others felt that the period of time just now seemed to have been stretched out a lot, and now they finally got rid of the embarrassing and embarrassing situation.

Niu Mulin saw that the other staff in the office were buried in their work, and he didn't talk to them, as if he had robbed them of their jobs. He remembered what the head teacher had told the graduating students: "After working in the unit, you must have an eye, take the initiative to clean up, and turn on the water for everyone." ”

Niu Mulin stepped forward and took the thermos on an old table in the corner, his hand felt heavy, and he knew that there was still a lot of boiling water in it, so he put down the thermos stupidly.

He also noticed a lot of old newspapers scattered on his desk, so he beckoned his new colleagues to sort out the old newspapers together.

In a few moments, the old newspaper was finished.

However, Director Xu still did not return. They want to sit down, however, there are no extra chairs in the office. The four of them were pestled there like 4 telephone poles, and they became a few extra idlers in the office.

In the end, they had to walk out of the office of the Department of Public Information in a boring way and chat in the open space at the entrance of the small second floor.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise from an office on the first floor.

Niu Mulin saw that Zhao Gang, the curly-haired man on duty in the power distribution room last night, was pushed out of the door on the first floor by several people.

Director Yang followed closely. He was agitated, his hair was disheveled and disheveled, his glasses with one leg broken were hanging diagonally from the bridge of his nose, and bright red blood was running from his nostrils.

Director Yang shouted angrily: "Zhao Gang, you are simply lawless!" I must ask Secretary Feng to comment on this truth. This issue must be addressed today. ”

Zhao Gang replied unconvinced: "You are looking for Secretary Yu and Secretary Xue to comment, and Lao Tzu is not afraid!" I just won't let you care about me! ”

Where have Niu Mulin and other 4 college students who have just stepped into the threshold of society seen such a scene? They looked at Director Yang and Zhao Gang in surprise, guessing that the two of them must have quarreled and brawled. Is there any problem between adults that can't be solved well, should it be solved by fighting? Especially the TV station employees who shine with civilized, modern and high-quality brilliance?

Niu Mulin heard the sound of a window opening. He looked up and found that the windows of all the rooms on the second floor facing the courtyard were open, and a black head was sticking out of it. Some people watched indifferently, as if they had already become accustomed to it. Some people are smiling and gloating. Some people frowned and shook their heads helplessly.

The conflict between Director Yang and Zhao Gang began in a vigorous way, but ended in obscurity. How they stated their reasons in front of Secretary Feng, and how Secretary Feng criticized and educated them, Niu Mulin didn't know. The people at the TV station quickly forgot about it and began to pay attention to the emerging contradictions.

When it was almost noon, a young and beautiful Uyghur girl came to look for Niu Mulin and others.

She said in Chinese, not very fluent: "I'm Azgul, a Uyghur newscaster. The TV station's cafeteria is not a halal cafeteria. I'm partnering in the canteen of the unit outside. Director Yang, let me take you to dinner. ”

The two Uyghur boys, Parzat and Krimu, replied in Uyghur: "Rehmat (thank you)." Our home is in the city. We'll go back to our house for dinner later. ”

Azgul asked them with concern, "What are you two doing in the Ministry of Information?" They all write in Chinese, and then translate them into Uyghur. ”

Both Parzati and Crimea graduated from the Uyghur Department of Chinese and can only speak some everyday Chinese, and the level of Chinese writing is at most elementary school.

Klim said firmly: "We must reach the level of writing Chinese manuscripts within a year." ”

Niu Mulin encouraged them: "Okay. I'll teach you Chinese. You teach me Uyghur. ”

Parzati and Crimea replied in unison: "Good! ”

Azgul also said, "And me." I'm an announcer, and I speak Uyghur the most standard, so you can learn from me. I'll learn Chinese with you. ”

Niu Mulin felt extremely relieved to see their diligent and studious appearance. He believes that no matter which nation it is, as long as it is willing to open its mind and learn from the strengths of others, it will have great hope.

Azgul took Niu Mulin and the others out of the courtyard of the TV station through the small door on the side of the dormitory, and walked down the rugged and steep path down the mountain.

On the red mountain road at the foot of the mountain, Azgul and Niu Mulin waved goodbye to Parzati and Krimu, and then walked towards the wide bright road.

Azgul, about 20 years old, medium height, slender build, combed a long black braid, round face with a pair of big talking eyes, thick black eyebrows almost connected at the center of the eyebrows, long eyelashes, a high nose bridge, and a sweet smile at the corners of the mouth. She wore a form-fitting Adelaide silk dress and a pair of flat-heeled black cowhide shoes. The whole person looks very gentle and elegant, and even a little shy.

They arrived at a unit cafeteria, about 15 minutes away from the television station.

While waiting in line to eat, a tall, fat Uyghur cook told Azgul in Uyghur: "The leader of our unit has said that he will no longer accept people from other units to eat." You ask him to try it out in another unit. ”

Azgul asked, "Which unit in the vicinity still has a halal canteen?" ”

The fat chef replied, "The municipal party committee has." ”

Niu Mulin grew up in the Altay Production and Construction Corps. The inhabitants there are mainly Han Chinese and a very small number of Hui, Dongxiang, Salar and Kazakh, and there are no Uighurs. Azgul was the first Uyghur he came into contact with. She made a good impression on him.

Niu Mulin was eating finger rice while chatting with Azgul.

He asked, "What does Azgul mean?" ”

Azgul replied proudly: "Az Ma means yes, Gulma means flower." Taken together, it means. ”

A bookish young Uyghur man joined the conversation.

Azgul introduced to Niu Mulin: "This is the deputy director of the Propaganda Department. ”

Niu Mulin stood up, shook hands with Turhon, and then sat down again and chatted with them about some basic information about the Uyghurs.

Propaganda is Turhon's forte. Hearing Niu Mulin ask about the Uyghurs, he immediately opened the conversation, and said in a gushing voice:

"The ancestors of our Uyghurs are mainly the Dingling people, a northern nomadic people who lived in the Baikal region of the Soviet Union in the 3rd century BC.

At the end of the 1st century, that is, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Ding Ling people gradually migrated to the Mongolian steppe in the south, and exchanged and merged with some ancient local ethnic groups.

Later, the ancestor of the Uyghurs, Tiele, became part of the Western Turkic Khanate.

In 744, the Uighurs were the different transliterations of Uyghur Chinese. Together with the Tang people, they eliminated the Turkic Khanate.

The Uighur people living along the Orkhon and Selenga rivers in Mongolia established the Uighur Khanate, which covered a vast area southwest of Lake Baikal, the upper reaches of the Yenisei River, the southwest of the Altai Mountains, north of the Tien Shan Mountains, and west of the Khing'an Mountains, which is now Mongolia and northern Xinjiang. Later, the Uighur Khanate occupied part of southern Xinjiang south of the Tianshan Mountains, the Seven River basins of Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union, the Zhenzhu River is now the Syr Darya River in the Soviet Union, and the Ferghana River in the Soviet Union is now the Soviet Union, and maintained friendly relations with the Tang Dynasty for a long time, made peace with the Tang Dynasty many times, and twice sent troops to help the Tang Dynasty quell civil strife. ”

Niu Mulin interjected: "I know, it seems to be the rebellion of Anshi. ”

Turkhon smiled and nodded, and continued:

In 788, the Chinese transliteration of the Uighurs was changed to Uighur.

In 840, the Uighur Khanate was wiped out by the Kyrgyz ancestors from Siberia. With the exception of a small number that remained in their original settlements, the vast majority of the Uighur tribes were forced to make a large migration to the west and south.

The southward Uighurs were divided into two main groups.

The first group migrated to the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, where they converged with the Uighur tribes who had settled there as early as the Wu Zetian era, and established a political center in what is now Zhangye in Ganzhou, known as the Ganzhou Uighurs or Hexi Uighurs. In 872, the chief established himself as khan in Ganzhou, which was later ruled by the Western Xia and the Mongols. They have long lived in the Hexi Corridor, and their way of life and religious beliefs have been greatly influenced by the Mongols, forming the Yugur people in today's Gansu Province.

A second Uighur tribe came to the region north of the Tien Shan. They established the Uighur regime of Gaochang centered on Xizhou, also known as Gaochang and present-day Turpan Basin. This regime lasted until the middle of the Yuan dynasty. Historically, it was known as the Western Uighurs or the Uighurs of Gaochang. They lived together, worked and lived with the local people of all ethnic groups, exchanged with each other, and gradually integrated, developing into today's Uyghur people in eastern Xinjiang.

The Uighur tribe that migrated westward entered Central Asia and joined with close relatives such as the Qarluqs, who had earlier entered the region. Because they operated in the area west of the Green Ridge in what is now called the Pamir, they were historically known as the Green Ridge Western Uighurs. In the late 9th and early 13th centuries, the Uighurs, together with other Turkic-speaking tribes, established a powerful regime, the Qarakhanids. During the most powerful period of the Qarakhanid Dynasty, it stretched from Kuqa in the Aksu region in the east, to the steppe region near the Aral Sea in the west, to the Amu Darya, Penchi River, Karakoram Mountains and Kunlun Mountains in the south, to the grasslands of Lake Balkhash, the Ili River valley and the Seven River basins in the north, and to the Lop Nur Desert in the southeast. Together with the inhabitants of the Tarim Basin, they gradually developed into the Uyghur ethnic group in southern Xinjiang and Central Asia. ”

Azgul asked, "Turhon, what happened to the Qarakhanid Dynasty?" ”

Turkhon replied: "The Qarakhanid dynasty was destroyed by Khorezm in 1212, before the Mongol expedition to the west.

For the next few hundred years, the Uyghurs lived in the Mongol Empire, the Yarkand Khanate, the Manchurian Qing Dynasty, and the Republic of China.

In October 1955, the People's Republic of China established the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a provincial-level ethnic autonomous region in Xinjiang, where the Uyghur population is concentrated.

The Uyghur people have their own national language and belong to the Turkic language group of the Altaic language family. He has used a variety of languages. Now it is mainly based on the Arabic alphabet and the new script based on the Latin alphabet.

The Uyghur economy is dominated by agriculture, growing cotton, wheat, corn, rice and other crops, and is also good at garden art. The largest grape production base in our country, Grape Gully, is located in the Turpan Basin.

The Uyghur people have their own unique culture and art. The folk tale collection "The Story of Avanti", the music and dance epic "12 Muqam", and folk dances are well-known at home and abroad. Traditional dances include the Bowl Dance, the Great Drum, the Hoop Dance, and the Puta Dance. Folk dances include Senem and Chardiana. Folk musical instruments include tambourine, dutar and rewafu.

Uyghur ethnic medicine is also an important part of the medicine of the motherland. ”

Niu Mulin praised from the bottom of his heart: "Your eloquence is too good. It takes 5 minutes to tell the history of a people for thousands of years. ”

Turkhon blinked his eyes and said playfully, "It's over." It's my job. ”

After saying goodbye to Turhun after eating, Azgul and Niu Mulin went to the nearby municipal party canteen.

On the way, Azgul shyly asked Niu Mulin for advice: "What do you think of Turhon?" ”

Niu Mulin guessed in his heart that Turhong might be pursuing Azgul, and Azgul was also hesitating, so he replied: "He is very good, has a wealth of knowledge, and has handsome looks, and is a very promising person. ”

Azgul smiled faintly and said nothing more.

They came to the compound of the municipal party committee and found the staff canteen, only to see that it was empty, only a few cooks were cleaning up the dishes.

Azgul greeted a man who looked like a caretaker, and then asked Niu Mulin to eat with him in the cafeteria.

The chubby administrator glanced at Niu Mulin quickly and agreed.

Niu Mulin and Azgul happily left the canteen of the municipal party committee and walked towards the television station.

Niu Mulin felt that Azgul was warm and honest through a series of things just now, so he dispelled the inhibitions of the first meeting and asked curiously: "Azgul, I see that you look different from other Uyghurs?" ”

Azgul smiled and asked, "What's the difference?" ”

Niu Mulin replied, "I think most of them have long faces, but yours is round. Why is that? ”

Azgul laughed happily and said, "You are the real material for being a journalist, and your eyes are looking too closely." My dad is a Uyghur. My mother is an Uzbek. The Uzbeks are the most beautiful people, do you know? ”

Niu Mulin had never dealt with the Uzbeks, so naturally he didn't know anything about it. He shook his head honestly and replied, "I don't know." ”

Azgul said: "The Uzbek people have very big eyes and a very high cultural quality. My mother's father and mother came to China from Uzbekistan in the Soviet Union a long time ago to do business. My mother's father and mother lived in Kashgar, and later moved to Urumqi and married my mother's father and mother's youngest daughter, that is, my mother. Do you understand? ”

Niu Mulin listened to Azgul's narration with great difficulty, and his heart was still changing the name of the unit in his math homework, corresponding to the different fathers and mothers in Azgul's mouth.