The car slowly moved forward along the dirt road.

It's daytime now, so I can see clearly.

Sitting in the car, the neat wheat fields and cotton fields on the side of the road come into view, and others are rarely seen.

These are all cultivated in the wasteland by the group field over the years.

The wheat has already headed, and it is estimated that it will be harvested within this time, but it seems that the harvest will not be very good.

Although there is a river here, it is too far away. Unlike later generations, where there are still water pumps, the water is completely carried by manpower. How efficient can this be?

Some canals have been dug, but the flood season will not be until mid-August, and the grain will be harvested by then.

The car drove forward for a while, and the destination was the Gobi terrain. Occasionally, some scattered oases could be seen, and there were some local residents near these oases.

Zhou Xiaochuan was chatting with Xiao Wu.

Xiaowu's surname is Dong and his name is Dong Qingwu. It has been seven years since he was transferred here, and he has experienced seven boring years here. I am 26 years old and still not married.

And most of the people who come here are not married.

Speaking of his daughter-in-law, Xiao Wu said helplessly: "There are more than 400 people in our compound, and there are only 30 women. No one came to find someone."

Zhou Xiaochuan said with a smile: "Don't worry, the organization will arrange it."

This made him think of a more funny, but also more sad plot in the future.

The chief arranged for the female soldiers to have a blind date. Twenty men and twenty women would choose the one who sees the right eye first, and the others who don't see the eye will be directly assigned.

However, this situation will be much better in 1966. When a large number of educated youths come to the Northwest, it can be regarded as a solution to the marriage dream of many young men.

But at that time, the Eight Immortals really showed their magical powers across the sea. Competition is also quite fierce.

After passing a few small oases and seeing someone herding sheep nearby, Zhou Xiaochuan asked strangely, "Brother Wu, there are people raising sheep near you, why don't you buy some from there?"

Xiao Wu sighed helplessly: "If you want to buy it, someone has to sell it to you. These are their staple foods. These sheep are their treasures, and they will kill them when they really run out of food. ."

"And... forget it. Be careful on the road."

Zhou Xiaochuan probably understood what the other party meant when he heard his words, but be careful he didn't understand what he meant.

But soon he understood what it meant.

When I came to a larger oasis, there was a crowd in front of me.

There were about a dozen people.

Seven or eight women were nesting in the middle of the road, and three or four men were standing coldly not far behind with hatchets and earthen shotguns in their hands.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu sighed helplessly, "Hey, here we go again."

The car slowly stopped in the middle of the road, Xiao Wu jumped out of the car, and the car behind also stopped, but the other party did not get off.

"I beg you, give me some food, I really don't have anything to eat."

"Yes, please."

...

A few women were in the middle of the road, and Xiao Wu approached, whispering something Zhou Xiaochuan could not understand, and discussing with the other party.

The popularization of Chinese is not yet in place, so most of them are still used to speaking their own local dialects.

After a while, the other party nodded in surprise.

Dong Qingwu turned around, came to the back of the car, put down two bags from the back, and threw about 200 catties of grain on the side of the road. It started the car slowly.

At this time, the people on the side of the road gave way.

The cars passed through the crowd with expressions of gratitude.

Dong Qingwu looked at Zhou Xiaochuan with a strange face, and explained helplessly, "They are really short of food, but they don't want to exchange sheep or something. This is better. Before, I went directly to the group farm to "get" food directly. ."

"No one cares?"

"How do you manage it? If you catch it, you don't have to honestly release it, you have to give it food before releasing it."

Zhou Xiaochuan nodded when he heard the words. Without further research, he looked at the nearby terrain and asked, "Then why don't you take a detour?"

Dong Qingwu smiled: "Do you know what is the most dangerous on the Northwest Road?"

Just wanted to say is it a wolf? Then thinking of what Xiao Wu said just now, he thought for a moment: "Swamp?"

"Yes, there is a large area of ​​wetlands here. Now because of the drought, you can't tell which ones are wetlands and which ones are normal. So these paths are not changed randomly, and if you change, others will follow."

Zhou Xiaochuan nodded when he heard the words. Valley

Then came across two such situations.

However, there is an estimate that the two cargo vehicles were not found in advance. When people found out that they were chasing, the vehicles had already left.

As the vehicle moved forward, the road became more and more difficult to drive, and gradually there were more and more stones on the road.

Fortunately, all the big stones have been cleaned, and only some small stones are left. After driving for nearly four hours, we stopped at a compound at the foot of the mountain.

When they came to the mining compound, there were only a few scattered people walking on the road, but they looked at the car with a happy look on their faces.

"Brother Wu, do you have a letter from me?"

It is estimated that someone who is familiar with him asked Dong Qingwu.

"I don't know, it's all in the car, I'll go find it myself in a while."

"Hey, good."

After a while, two people came over after hearing the news, both wearing military green uniforms. About fifty years old.

Probably the reason for the dry and windy air here, rough skin and some chapped face and lips.

One of them smiled at Dong Qingwu and said, "Xiao Wu, if you don't come again, my cooking class will run out of food."

Dong Qingwu smiled at him when he heard the words, and then saluted the other person who didn't speak, "Commander Lin, I'm here to deliver supplies."

The other party looked at him and complained; "Finally, I thought you all forgot us. We are stepmothers."

Dong Qingwu and Xiao Liu smiled and didn't answer.

"Okay, let's go to the cafeteria to see if there is anything to eat."

Then he looked at Zhou Xiaochuan who did not speak, thinking that the other party was here to visit relatives, and said, "If you are visiting relatives, go to the duty room to register."

Dong Qingwu explained the origin of Zhou Xiaochuan after hearing the words.

Seeing this, Lao Lin nodded, "That's fine, but I suggest not to look at it. It's all about the beauty of stones. If you like it, I'll give you a few to play with."

Zhou Xiaochuan hurriedly said, "Commander Lin, I'm just here to take a look."

Hearing Zhou Xiaochuan's words, he pouted, in his opinion Zhou Xiaochuan is a rich family in a big southern city.

Didn't see the skin whitening, and not so thin? Can a child from a poor family be like this?

After working here for so long, do you really think he doesn't understand anything?

The demand for Hetian jade is small, but many of the gifts for the rich and some foreign guests use these things~lightnovelpub.net~ Now it is a period of public-private partnership, and there are still many rich people.

Otherwise, why do you have to spend so much effort mining these useless things.

Do you really have nothing to do when you are full?

But none of this has anything to do with him.

"Okay, I'll let Xiao Wu take you around after dinner. You can go up and see for yourself." After he finished speaking, he pointed to a stone road leading to the mountain outside the compound.

Anyway, jade is a very important thing, how much can you take away? And good quality is controlled by someone.

Xiao Wu's words interrupted Lao Lin's thoughts.

"There is a notice from the group field that you have to hand in 500 catties of fish this time around."

When Lao Lin heard this, he muttered, "I really think I am an immortal."

Then he said impatiently: "Okay, I understand. Let's go eat quickly."

Dong Qingwu looked at the things in the car and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go to eat first, we have to go back soon."

After saying hello, Zhou Xiaochuan and Xiao Liu were greeted.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaochuan hurriedly said, "Brother Wu, I'm not going to eat. I have some corn tortillas with me. I'll come back after a look."

Seeing this, Dong Qingwu hesitated for a while, then nodded.

But before leaving, Zhou Xiaochuan took out a part of the engine and smiled at Dong Qingwu: "Brother Wu, take a look at the car later, I don't feel right when driving on the road. Don't lie down on the road for a while. nest."

The other party hesitated when he heard his words, "Is there? Why didn't I feel it?"

But thinking of the scene where the other party repaired the car last night, he was also a little worried, and then he nodded: "Okay, I'll take a look after dinner."

After speaking, the two rushed towards the cooking class.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaochuan left the compound with his backpack on his back, and walked up the mountain along the stone road.