Hello, 1983

The camel caravan slowly moved forward, and the more he walked, it became more and more desolate. The plants and trees on the ground gradually became sparse, and replaced by various weathered rocks and fine stones on the ground.

Everyone had some dry food at noon, had a short rest, and continued to move forward in the afternoon.

Riding on the camel's back, everyone gradually became miserable.

Although the camel's back is softer, after sitting for a long time, his legs are gradually numb.

There is also the kind of constant friction back and forth that gradually wears out the flesh on the inner thighs.

When we stopped to rest at night, everyone got off the camels and all turned into band legs.

Fortunately, Li Likun was prepared and gave a small bottle of medicine.

Liu Qingshan had nothing to do. He felt very uncomfortable at first when he rode a camel.

Later, he gradually gained some experience, and his body slowly bumped up and down with the ups and downs of the camel, as if it was integrated with the camel beneath him, so naturally he was not so distressed.

But this method cannot be taught to others, even if he teaches, others will not be able to learn it.

Aizimaiti cleaned up some dry branches of dry grass, raised the fire, put a small iron pot on it, boiled water and boiled a pot of hot soup.

He tore the jerky he brought into small strips and put them inside, and at least he could take a sip of it.

Everyone was much more energetic with a bowl of hot broth for each person.

As the sun sets, the temperature suddenly begins to drop. Liu Qingshan takes out the down jacket from his luggage and asks everyone to put it on.

Aizimaiti was very easy to deal with. He wrapped the sheepskin coat he brought around and led more than a dozen camels to find a place with slightly lush grass.

People are full, but the camels are still hungry.

Although it’s okay for camels to not eat or drink for a few days, you can ask camels to reserve more while there is still food now.

Liu Qingshan also wanted to stroll around and eat, so he followed behind, and Miss Xiaoxu was also following him.

At this moment, the world seemed even more vast. There were only two people rustling footsteps on the ground.

After leaving, Miss Xiaoxu became much calmer. Perhaps it was because she had made all preparations in her heart.

"Qingshan, you said that living is so tiring, why do people still have to live?" the girl suddenly asked softly.

Liu Qingshan was also a little caught off guard against such a profound philosophical question and subconsciously replied: "Maybe it's out of instinct."

Then he felt something was wrong and said with a smile:

"In my current understanding, first of all, I must live well, and then let the people I care about and love live well."

The girl was silent again, kicking stones from time to time, and didn't know whether Liu Qingshan said anything, but she heard it.

Suddenly, the girl picked up a small stone from the ground and placed it in front of her eyes and looked at it: "What a beautiful stone, it seems to shine?"

What she was holding was a stone the size of a pigeon egg, which was rosy and translucent.

I don’t know if it was because of the erosion of water or the blow of wind and sand, the surface of the stone showed a natural frosted state.

Liu Qingshan was also stunned. Karamay, Devil City, and Stone, these words were linked together, reminding him of a jade that was discovered in later generations that was very late.

That is golden silk jade, and the best among golden silk jade is this kind of chalcedony that can shine faintly, called: gem light.

The rarest and most precious golden silk jade is the most precious in red. One gram of which can reach the gem light level is 10,000 yuan.

Of course, that was decades later. As for now, this kind of gem is still lying quietly on the Gobi Desert like those ordinary stones, receiving the baptism of wind and sand.

In fact, as early as the ancient Loulan Kingdom, gold silk jade was used as a gem by the Loulan people and was widely used.

However, as the ancient Loulan Kingdom was submerged in the sea of ​​sand, no one cared about this kind of jade.

Liu Qingshan's mouth slightly raised, and he thought about how to repay Aizimaiti and the herdsmen who helped nearby.

"I just put this stone on my chest." The girl next to her gestured on her chest with the red gem light.

The stone is really a bit like a heart shape, and it doesn't even need to be polished. It can be worn just by inlaid it slightly around it and fixed it.

Liu Qingshan nodded. Of course he could understand the girl's intentions, so he smiled and said:

"After I go back, after my jewelry processing factory is established, I will find the best designer to help you make a pendant with this."

But the girl smiled, her smile was so bright, as if the whole sky had lit up: "No, I'm going to give this to Brother Hai."

Well, it’s time now, you still show me your food.

Liu Qingshan was speechless, and while walking, he lowered his head and searched on the ground, he soon found a yellow one, which was almost the same as an egg. He held it in his hand and could feel the residual heat after being sunburned, which felt very warm.

Looking at the color, it was like chicken oil, with a hint of red floating on the top. Even if Liu Qingshan didn't know much about jade, he knew that this thing could definitely be called beautiful jade.

At this time, Aizimaiti came back from a stroll, and the camel was already gnawing at the bushes on the ground in front.

Seeing the stones in Liu Qingshan and the others' hands, Aizimaiti smiled and shook his head, then waved his hand. It was probably because this thing was everywhere and had no value.

Liu Qingshan has heard that before the value of golden silk jade was discovered, you could pick up hundreds of kilograms a day with a earthen basket on this Gobi Desert.

But later on, you will be lucky to be able to pick up a pound a day.

Liu Qingshan shouted and called Li Likun over as an interpreter. He said to Aizimaiti seriously:

"Brother Aizimati, I need this kind of jade, but I don't have time to stay here to collect it, so I'm going to entrust this to you."

"You can ask the herdsmen around you to help me pick up this kind of jade, and then I will send people to take it away regularly. As for the price, let me think about it..."

Aizimaiti waved his hands repeatedly: "No, we are friends, there are stones everywhere, so we won't ask for money."

Liu Qingshan smiled and shook his head: "It is precisely because I am a friend that I will not deceive my friends. You should be rewarded for your work, which is fair."

"Okay." Aizimaiti nodded, then casually plucked the ground with his feet a few times, then picked up a piece of golden silk jade: "Look, it's very easy."

Liu Qingshan held it in his hand and looked at it. It seemed that the quality was average. It seemed that he needed some simple tutoring and explaining the quality clearly.

He doesn't want to collect these ordinary gold silk jades, it's best that they are all gem light-level.

So he asked with a smile: "Brother Aizimati, don't you ask about the price?"

Aizimaiti laughed: "My friend, I just said that even if I don't have money, I will help you."

"This kind of quality is the best, I will give you a hundred yuan per kilogram."

Liu Qingshan shook the yellow gem light in his hand and the red gem light in Miss Xiaoxu's hand.

Although it was sold by Lunke for decades, considering the difference in prices, Liu Qingshan did not offer too high prices.

After all, this thing has to be stored for a long time.

"Oh, my friend, are you kidding."

Aizimaiti shook his head hard, but he couldn't understand why the stones everywhere were worth so much money.

One hundred yuan per kilogram, you can buy several sheep.

"I never joke with my friends." Liu Qingshan said with a calm expression.

Now Aizimaiti was not calm, and he muttered: "Oh, I think about it, I need to think about it..."

Even Li Likun, who was acting as a translator next to him, widened his eyes: "Boss, no, I want to stay here to pick up stones now!"

"Of course, I will leave the matter here to you and Wang Xiang in the future. You are responsible for collecting the jade and transporting it back to the capital."

Liu Qingshan felt that it was appropriate to leave this matter to Li Likun, and even if Hetian jade was contacted with the procurement channel, he could hand it over to them.

"Thank you, thank you!"

Li Likun was overjoyed. Such an errand was much better than driving on the construction site.

Aizimaiti, who was standing beside him, thought for a long time, and finally figured it out. He walked to Liu Qingshan:

"My friend, I understand. You want to thank me, but you can't give me money directly, so I want to compensate me in this way. No, this won't work. I'm very angry now!"

Liu Qingshan blinked, a little amused. Are you thinking about something?

I guess I couldn't understand it even if I explained it to him, so Liu Qingshan took out the jade pig dragon on his chest from his collar:

"Brother Aizimaiti, tell me how much this jade can be worth?"

It was a little dark, Aizimaiti came to the front and turned on the flashlight: "This can be considered jade, it's just a stone."

Indeed, compared with the gem light gold silk jade in front of you, the material of Hongshan ancient jade is indeed much different.

"But this thing is worth at least 10,000 yuan now. Of course, this is something left by ancient humans thousands of years ago, so it is worth a little higher."

Aizimaiti was obviously starting to be confused again. He was a little confused: When will the stones everywhere be valuable?

However, there is time for him to think slowly, so Liu Qingshan is not in a hurry. After these herdsmen exchanged gold silk jade for real gold and silver, they must have believed it.

After putting a few camels, Aizimaiti was a little absent-minded and drove them to a pile of weathered rocks.

The camels formed a circle, all crawling on the sand, and their big mouths began to chew slowly.

Camels and old cows are similar, and they are both ruminants. People call this "inverted chewing".

"Let's sleep too, I'll have to hurry to go tomorrow." Aizimaiti took off a few sheepskins and rolls of blankets from the camel's back and then demonstrated them to everyone.

He spread the sheepskin on the ground, next to a big camel, Aizimaiti went up to the sheepskin, curled up, and covered his blanket with his body, even his head.

A whimpering voice came from the blanket: "It's very warm."
To be continued...