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Chapter 177 Is there a desert outside Yumen Pass?False at a glance!

Kony's home is not in the urban area of ​​Altai, but in a nearby county. It takes at least two hours to drive there. Kony called a friend to pick him up.

In fact, Chen Xing could find a car to go there by himself, but he couldn't handle Kony's enthusiasm.

After calculating the time correctly, Chen Xing went downstairs and waited by the roadside.

This city is not much different from the mainland, but the various stalls on the road have some Uighur characteristics, and the sky is very beautiful, and it is not the same as that of Tibet.

Compared with the sky in Qinghai-Tibet, the sky here is more prosperous and open.

The sky in Tibet is like countless big cottons that have been laid out to block the sun. It is shocking enough, but not detailed enough.

The clouds here are not as big as the Tibetan land, but they are delicate enough.

It may not be obvious during the day, but Chen Xing observed it carefully last night. The night sky here is like velvet covered with diamonds, and every star is swaying its own light to the local people without reservation.

If you want to shoot the starry sky, this may also be a choice that is not lost to Tibet.

Chen Xing's time management is still very good. After waiting for a few minutes, a car stopped in front of Chen Xing.

The window of the driver's seat was opened, and a handsome young Uighur man asked Chen Xing, "Hi, is your name Chen Xing?"

"It's me, hello, hello."

Chen Xing greeted warmly.

This person drove for two hours just to pick him up, Chen Xing still felt a little embarrassed.

He glanced at Chen Xing several times, and said convincedly, "No wonder Kony said that I will know who you are when I get there. Come on, good brother, get in the car."

He spoke in the same manner as Coney, with a familiar style.

Chen Xing put his things away, got into the car and asked, "What did that guy Kony say about me?"

The young man started the car and said, "He asked me to come to the Huashen Hotel. When I get downstairs, you must be the most handsome person around. If you don't meet such a person, let me call you."

"..." Chen Xing was powerless to refute.

Is this a compliment to yourself?
But if he said it out, wouldn't it appear that he was too narcissistic?

"How old are you?" he asked again.

"20"

"Very good, very young, I'm 26, and I haven't figured it out yet. Ko Ni said that you have been admitted to a foreign school, are you considered an international student?"

"kindness."

"That's great, are you in love?"

"not yet."

"Then you must have come here at the right time. Our Uighur girls are all beautiful, and they all dance, folk dances, which are pretty."

Chen Xing hummed and agreed.

In terms of his aesthetics, the Uighurs really grew up in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't be so obsessed with Kony's sister.

In fact, it has been so long, and Chen Xing has never gotten a photo or video of Ko Ni’s sister, and has long forgotten what she looks like. She only saw it secretly when Ko Ni was chatting with her family. Just a few glances.

I just remember she was pretty.

"That's right, I have a younger sister..."

Chen Xing suddenly looked up at him!

No way?
"Why are you so surprised? Let me introduce to you my sister. She is 19 years old and also likes to take pictures. She heard that her elder brother Kony knew a professional photographer who could win awards abroad, so she asked me to Treat you well, so that you can teach her two more tricks when the time comes."

"Ah..." Chen Xing suddenly realized something in embarrassment.

So this is ah.

I think too much.

"That's no problem, no problem, but I'm not too good at taking pictures, as long as your sister is not afraid that I will teach her badly."

"Hahaha, teaching bad? It won't be bad, she's just like that."

It can be seen that it is my brother.

The vehicle is galloping all the way forward. If the navigation is driving now, it is estimated that the navigation has reported speeding more than ten or twenty times.

Driving so fast, many people will be afraid.

But in fact, Chen Xing didn't feel that this car was dangerous. First of all, the road was well repaired. It looked like a provincial road, but the road was wide and straight, and there were no other obstacles on the road except for some dust. things.

And after leaving the city, there are fewer vehicles coming and going.

So even if you drive more than 100 yards, it doesn't feel much to the people in the car.

During this time, Chen Xing also got a little more familiar with the people who came to pick him up.

His name is Awuli, and he is Ko Ni's childhood friend.

The mandarin is so-so, and like most people in Xijiang, they have a mouthful of mandarin that tastes like kebabs.If he heard such an accent on the streets of his hometown, Chen Xing would immediately wonder if there is a new mutton skewer restaurant opened somewhere?

But in fact, many mutton skewers are from the mainland, just learning the pronunciation of people in Xijiang.

Two hours passed in a flash.

The car drove into a small city.

But at the same time, all the facilities are well repaired, the roads are wide, the exterior walls of the buildings are all pink, and all the surrounding houses seem to be built by an engineering team, they are very similar.

There are also many shops along the street, street trees and trash cans on the side of the road.

There are even trash bins.

Isn't Altai the farthest place in Western Xinjiang?How could it be repaired so well? This is completely inconsistent with Chen Xing's imagination of this place.

He had always thought that this place was like the one in the movie, where the living environment was poor, and he lived by grazing, raising a lot of cattle and sheep.That's why so many people go out to sell lamb kebabs.

And isn't this the Western Region? It was also mentioned in the previous texts... the Yellow River is far above the white clouds, is there an isolated city called Wanren Mountain?The latter sentence is why the Qiang flute should blame the willows, the spring breeze does not cross the Yumen Pass.

Good guy, it's not much different from the inland cities now.

Better than Tibet.

So much better.

Chen Xing's impression of many Tibetan places is relatively backward, especially some Tibetan compatriots who are far away from public travel routes, and they still retain their simplicity when facing outsiders.

It's really here... I don't know if I don't come, but I'm startled when I come.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that I have rarely heard of anything here before, and the media does not have much desire to report on this place.

The car was parked at the gate of a community.

When Chen Xing got out of the car, he saw Ko Ni walking towards him with a smile on his face, holding a bag of food in his hand.

He came over and hugged Chen Xing, and said, "I'm so happy that you can come. Most of the students in our group don't have time, and only two or three are willing to come."

"Normal, people like me who don't have anything to do and run around all day long, and still like to join in the fun, are still rare."

"It's not that you don't have business. I have seen videos of you winning awards abroad in the group. You look so handsome in a suit receiving the award."

Chen Xing smiled and said, "Did you fall for your sister?"

"Why are you still thinking about it? How long has it been? I've said that my sister doesn't like a man like you, and I can't even take a few sips of wine."

"Ah this..."

"What is this?" Coney pulled Chen Xing and said, "Let's go, I have prepared a lot of things, but I am a little anxious about time, and the preparations are not very sufficient. I hope you will not be offended."

Kony has been in the mainland for a long time, and many habits are more inclined to mainlanders.

But he also has Uighur heritage.

Friends come from afar, there must be a big celebration.

After Awuli parked the car, seeing that Koni was about to drag Chen Xing away, he trotted over and said, "I, me, me, don't forget me, I am the one who picked up Chen Xing for you."

Ko Ni said, "Do you still want me to invite you over when you come to my house? If you are bothered, you have to come by yourself."

A Wuli raised his head and laughed twice, and said: "I won't go today, later, later, when you have time, you can bring Chen Xing to our house to play."

He was just joking, he knew that Chen Xing was their guest today.

The two met often, and they separated very simply, without saying much.

However, he and Chen Xing added a friend.

This was agreed in the car before, but because Awuli wanted to drive, he waited until he got out of the car before leaving contact information with each other.

Kony took Chen Xing upstairs.

Don't ask what kind of building it is, this area is all pink residential buildings, the kind with six or seven floors.

What the buildings in ordinary small towns look like, these buildings are what they look like.

Their house was on the third floor. When Chen Xing entered the house, he was taken aback.

An auntie was holding a golden basin and greeted Chen Xing with a smile on her face.

"Hi, welcome to our house, wash your hands first."

From the hot steam coming out of the water, it can be seen that it is hot water, and there is a towel next to it.

What does it mean?
Wash your hands in a golden basin?

There is no mention on the Internet that Uighurs have this custom.

Before he went to visit someone's home, he would search for some etiquette of being a guest, but there was very little useful information, it just said not to bring pork when going to a religious family... By the way, who would come to visit and bring pork these days?
There are also some other taboos, which are useless, as long as you know a little bit of ritual, you will not do it, and it has nothing to do with a single region.

Ko Ni said to Chen Xing: "Wash your hands, this is our custom when facing distinguished guests."

Chen Xing thought in his heart that I was not a distinguished guest, and then he finished washing his hands in embarrassment, and wiped them with the towel placed next to the basin.

Ke Ni and Chen Xing said: "That was my mother just now, he and my father both live in the country, this time they will come up after I get married, but my father will come in two days, sit down, don't stand."

Chen Xing sat on the sofa, looked around and explored the room.

This seems to be a new house, the walls are very white, the room is tidy, even the chandelier on the ceiling is spotless.Chen Xing's house wouldn't be so clean even during Chinese New Year.

It should be specially prepared by Kony for the wedding.

In fact, he was a little apprehensive.

The better Kony's family treats him, the more uneasy Chen Xing will feel, because he didn't bring any gifts when he came to the door this time.

How could he know that he came here directly?

The car is parked downstairs in the community, and there are no shops around.

Kony put the bag he had been carrying not far away, like a table where they had dinner, and said, "Have you had breakfast?"

"Eat it, I must have eaten it."

"That's why I didn't have lunch, haha, knowing that it's your first time in our western border, I'll get you some of our specialties here."

The aunt walked out of the kitchen with a plate in one hand, and said, "I brought this from home, and I planted it myself. See if you like the guests, so I'll go back to the room to watch TV first, and you can talk slowly."

Kony also came out with a plate, and said with a smile, "Mom, I already told you that you don't have to be so polite."

"I don't understand the things about you young people. I'd better watch TV."

Kony also put the things he was holding on the coffee table, and said, "Eat first, I have some things left, I'll get them."

"Enough!! Enough!"

"It's in the kitchen, it's all done."

Just walking back and forth a few more times, the originally empty coffee table was filled with all kinds of food in an instant.

There are naans that are very common here, the things that Koni just mentioned, there are fruit plates, there are many fresh fruits in them, and there are large walnuts with thin skins, jujubes, dried apricots, ebony plums, sun-dried black raisins, toffee ,jam.

Ko Ni pointed to the thing he had been carrying just now and said:
"This is called baked bun here. The skin is very thin naan skin, and the inside is filled with mutton. It is delicious. Here is naan. We cut it open, and it is especially delicious when dipped in grape sauce."

When Chen Xing heard other things, he listened very carefully, and was a little eager to try, but when he heard Ko Ni's introduction to baked buns, Chen Xing suddenly had an appetite.

He still likes to eat salty and fragrant things.

If the naan must be dipped in some sweet jam, then Chen Xing might as well just eat the naan.

The baked buns look a bit like a very small egg-filled pancake, only one-third the size of a mobile phone, bulging, and it is obvious that there is something wrapped in it.And it's all said to be baked buns, baked buns, and the baked buns have more burnt yellow than egg-filled pancakes.

This is just bought by Kony, and it can't be said to be hot when I hold it in my hand, but it is still warm.

Kony also took a piece, and said to Chen Xing: "You can't eat this directly in your hand. It has a lot of gravy in it. You have to bite it off from the top and eat it slowly. Would you like to try one?"

"OKOK, don't worry, I'm good at eating this kind of juicy food."

Where is he from?
Xi'an.

Isn’t Roujiamo meant to be eaten slowly from the top down?
However, no matter how you eat the roujiamo, the gravy will flow, so there must be something to hold it.If you take it empty-handed, it may take less than 2 minutes for your whole hand to smell like Roujiamo.

The baked buns are hard to hold.

Tapping it lightly with your fingers can make a sound like a hollow wall.

When you bite into it, it has a crispy feeling, just like eating potato chips or biscuits, the thin skin is chewy when bitten, and it also has a meaty taste.

Bite open a mouthful, revealing the meat inside.

It smells like simple mutton, pepper and salt, without extra seasoning, so the mutton also has a bit of a smell.

But Chen Xing is no longer a person who just came out of Sichuan Province. He has experienced the baptism of mutton with mutton in Xi'an successively, such as mutton steamed buns and Roujiamo. The mutton in this kind of baked buns is simply pediatrics.

Fragrant and crispy, the mutton is still very large, which is definitely a boon for meat eaters.

Chen Xing ate several in a row.

Then I looked at the other fruits and snacks on the table... The satisfied stomach even made two sounds of its own in this situation.

I love Xijiang.

Yes, it was the stomach that said, probably because he wanted to eat authentic big plate chicken.

(End of this chapter)