Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Her movements were very light, but Hanati was as alert as a gray wolf in the mountains. He suddenly sat up and slapped Ayala hard in the face without saying a word.

"Are you going to be a thief?" Hanati was genuinely shocked. "You weren't like this before. You learned bad things from those Han people. Ayala, you've changed. You've become as cunning as the Han people!"

Hanati pulled out his belt and started beating Ayala. Ayala gritted her teeth and didn't scream, because she knew the more she screamed, the harder Hanati would beat her, and the more he would think she was a useless woman.

Hanati smoked for about ten minutes and suddenly felt uncomfortable in his chest. He had drunk too much and was not fully recovered yet. He rushed out and drank alcohol outside.

When he came back in, Ayala had already straightened her clothes and hair and added coal to the stove. Everything was as normal as if the violence had never happened.

Hanati looked at the woman and couldn't help feeling a headache.

She used to be the most beautiful girl in Western Tianshan. When she was willing to marry him, he felt that he was the happiest man. But after so many years, he seemed to have never entered her heart.

She looked gentle, quiet, and sensible. She took good care of the household, cooked delicious meat, made delicious milk tea, and even took good care of her husband. She was good at everything, but Hanati felt that she had never loved him.

Hanati couldn't help but sneer. He was the bravest and most capable man in this mountain. Did he need the kind of love that those people down the mountain talked about?

He does not need it.

He just needs an obedient woman, a woman who can provide him with all kinds of services! Yes, that's it.

Hanati sat on the tatami very depressed, turning his head away from Ayala. Ayala took out the baked potatoes from the stove, peeled off the charred potato skin despite the heat, and then put it in front of Hanati while it was hot.

"Hanati, I'm not a thief. While you were asleep, I added fodder to the sheepfold. I also delivered milk to the camp today. I should have made some money, but it's with you. Also, I often stew meat to entertain your friends so that you can have fun and drink. You know, as long as people work hard, they should be paid. I've earned at least half of the reward for all the work I've done!"

Hanati raised his hand to hit her again. She was so scared that she closed her eyes but did not hide.

Hanati's slap didn't land on her face in the end. Instead, he took out his wallet from his pocket in annoyance, grabbed some money, raised his hand suddenly, and scattered the money all over the floor and tatami.

Ayala was afraid that the money would fall on the stove and get burned, so she screamed and immediately rushed over to pick up the money. When she finished picking up the money, she saw that Hanati had fallen asleep on his side.

Ayala counted the money and thought it was enough for tuition.

She walked over, pulled open a quilt and covered Hanati with it.

……

The next day, Ayala arrived at the camp early, made some milk tea, and went to Fang Ya's medical room. Fang Ya didn't hesitate to see her and said directly, "Go and sort out the medicine with the nurse."

Ayala responded and followed the nurse into the warehouse to sort the medicines. It was very cold, but she didn't feel cold at all. Instead, she asked the nurse humbly about the techniques and reasons for classifying the medicines. In order for the nurse to answer her questions well, she took on all the heavy work and quickly moved more than a dozen medicine boxes over.

The nurse was very happy to have help, so she told her some of the tricks.

After working like this for over an hour, Fang Ya came out and said, "Hurry up and get back to work. The workers will be back soon to make milk tea."

Ayala responded and went out.

Gulinar was already standing by the stove. Seeing Ayala, she said, "I know what you've been up to. They say Dr. Fang has accepted an apprentice, and you've gone to see Dr. Fang. When you bring the milk here, don't worry about making milk tea. Leave it to me, and you can just go to Dr. Fang."

"How can this be? It will be too much trouble for you." Ayala refused.

Gulinar smiled and said, "It's not a bother at all. It's my pleasure. It will be a blessing for the herders to have another doctor in the Western Tianshan Mountains."

"There is something that I am very curious about. Why did Dr. Fang let me study medicine but not let you?" Ayala really didn't understand. In terms of intelligence, she felt that the young man Gulinar was much smarter than her.

Gulinar blushed and said, "Because Dr. Fang knows I will leave Western Tianshan. I want to marry Ye Minglang and go back to Shanghai with him. If I learn it and run away to Shanghai, I will be of no help to the herders in Western Tianshan."

Ayala suddenly realized.

Ayala suddenly said, "Gulinar, you're so brave. Are you really going to Shanghai someday? Is your father willing too? And do their parents agree?"

Gulinar smiled and shook her head. "His parents don't agree, but it doesn't matter. Ye Minglang and I will solve this problem. As for me, my Ata is still alive. He will make the decision for me. He agrees with Ye Minglang and I being together now."

She became more and more proud as she spoke, and then said, "Ayala, tell me, isn't Ye Minglang much better than the men of our Western Tianshan Mountains? Aside from his poor horse riding skills and the fact that he gets lost easily, he's much better than the men of our Western Tianshan Mountains in every other way."

Ayala pretended to think, "Well, everyone has their own opinions! If we want to live in Xitian Mountain, Ye Minglang may not be able to do it, but if we want to go to Shanghai, he is definitely better than the men in Xitian Mountain."

Gulinar smiled even brighter. "Ayala, you're saying two things, it's the same as if you didn't say anything. You are the most cunning woman in our Western Tianshan Mountains."

Ayala smiled a little embarrassedly, "I'm not cunning at all, I just want to live a good life. I'm willing to learn something so that I can make some contribution to the herders in the future."

"You are just like Secretary Ling, you only know how to speak Mandarin." Gulinar said and laughed.

Ayala finally blushed.

Inside the tunnel.

Ling Fengxi sneezed, and Wu Yongjie next to him said, "Someone must be missing you."

Ling Fengxi rolled his eyes at him. He wondered when Wu Yongjie would be able to change his habit of talking in a casual manner.

Wu Yongjie added, "If someone didn't miss you, you might just have a cold and be stuck in the butt with a needle again."

Ling Fengxi finally couldn't help it, "Wu Yongjie, can you please talk less? Can't you see I'm looking at the parameters?"

Wu Yongjie was actually quite bored at the time and just wanted to find someone to talk to and argue with. Ling Fengxi's retort actually played into his hands. He said, "Oh, you're just a leader. Do you think you're our professional technician? You're still looking at parameters? What you're doing is useless. You can't even look at it for an hour, but it's worth a professional technician's once."