Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Gulinar had been to school, and her blood boiled when she heard this. "What's on the other side of the mountain?"

Wu Yongjie said, "The west side of the West Tianshan Tunnel is adjacent to Yining Prefecture, and the east is part of the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. If we can successfully cross the West Tianshan Mountains, the economies of southern and northern Xinjiang will be unblocked, and transportation will be very convenient. For example, the current distance from Yining to Aksu Prefecture is 1710 kilometers, but with this tunnel, the entire journey will be shortened to 500 kilometers..."

Seeing that everyone was not confused, Wu Yongjie said, "For example, if you want to transport your milk to Aksu Prefecture now, it will take about two or three days, and you have to change vehicles. You have to get off the bus and take the train, or get off the train and take the bus. It's very complicated.

If you take the bus, it will take at least two and a half days, and by the time it gets there, the milk will have gone bad.

The cost is high and naturally no real economic benefits can be generated.

However, if the route is shortened to 500 kilometers, and the tunnel is built to allow full traffic, it would only take four or five hours to get there, allowing for a day trip and return. Your milk will still be fresh, and you can certainly sell it further afield. Furthermore, they can bring more abundant products here, and your life will be even better.

This time, everyone understood and cheered.

Wu Yongjie spoke very well, even Ling Fengxi was fascinated. If the economy of the north-south region were unblocked, what a prosperous scene it would be.

After eating and drinking, the two wanted to return to the camp, but it was actually a bit difficult because it was already dark.

But the two insisted on returning to the camp.

Wu Yongjie was afraid that if he didn't go back, those rebellious brats would cause trouble and no one would deal with it. Ling Fengxi felt almost the same way. Besides, Lu Haoyang's engineering team was still going on and needed someone to connect with him from time to time.

In the end, it was Ayiben and Nurlan who contributed two camels and two horses, and Gulinar's father and Ayiben sent them back to the camp.

After all, riding a camel takes less time than coming here, but it was already around one o'clock in the morning when they returned to the camp. Fang Ya had not slept yet and was looking at the camps below from her tent.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Ling Fengxi and Wu Yongjie arrived safely.

Wu Yongjie looked up and saw Fang Ya. He smiled and said to Ling Fengxi, "Instead of buying a nice house, it's better to choose a good neighbor. You placed the medical team in that location. I wonder if there was such a profound meaning behind it. How wise! It must be nice to be cared for by others, right?"

Ling Fengxi said, "You've all been obsessed lately, spouting Xinjiang proverbs all the time."

"How can we deal with local people in the future if we don't know how to speak a few words? We must understand that 'those who are separated will be buried by the snow, and those who are divided will be swept away by the storm'. We must integrate into this place when we live here, and 'Separated fingers are weak, but together they become an iron fist'."

Ling Fengxi opened the curtain and entered his tent, then stuck his head out again, "Shut up and go back to sleep."

The next day, at noon, they delivered milk. Gulinar whispered to Fangya, "If cow's milk isn't enough, goat's milk will do. There's about half of it here. I left a bucket in front of your tent. Goat's milk is warmer for women."

Fang Ya nodded gratefully. "But goat milk might be more expensive, right?"

"It doesn't matter. We've charged you three dollars each, so we'll have to supply enough milk anyway."

Gulinar really knows how to do business. She placed a large bag of milk in front of each tent according to the number of registered tents.

Although the quantity was large, it was delivered quickly because it was ordered. Because the weather was cold, the milk could be hung inside or outside the tent and would not spoil.

You can make hot milk tea to drink after work in the evening.

What made Gulinar depressed was that she still hadn't seen Ye Minglang today.

She asked, "Sister Fang Ya, what is Ye Minglang busy with? Why is he not here every day?"

Fang Ya smiled and said, "Take the girls from our medical team to the county to take a bath."

"Ah?!" Gulnar's face was filled with shock and disappointment. "He took girls to take a bath? What's his relationship with those girls? Are they getting married?"

Fang Ya then put down her pen and looked up. "What were you talking about? He was just acting as a driver, taking the girls to the county, and he would pick them up in the afternoon."

"So they don't have that kind of relationship? They don't even take a bath together?"

"Hahaha..." This made Fang Ya burst out laughing. "No, he is a very serious person. He is the most serious guy in our camp."

Gulinar felt that her thoughts had been seen through, her face turned red, and she turned around and ran out.

Anyway, I will have to deliver milk every day, so there will always be a chance to meet you.

There were some workers outside watching the camels and horses that delivered milk. Aiben, Yerlan and others were chatting with the workers, and it was very lively for a while.

That night, the entire camp was filled with a faint aroma of milk.

Many people don’t know how to make milk tea, they just simply heat the milk, but this is already very good. Everyone sits around a tent, boils a pot of milk tea, pours a large cup for each person, holds the cup and drinks slowly, plays and chats.

Almost no one came out of the tent to act alone that night. Before, there were always people who couldn't stay in the tent, saying it was too cold, and ran out to find dry firewood to light a bonfire to keep warm. This made Ling Fengxi worry about the fire every day, but he never changed his ways.

With the milk tea, this phenomenon disappeared automatically that evening.

Ling Fengxi felt that the milk was indeed worth buying.

Ling Fengxi was a little surprised that Ye Minglang could make milk tea. He took out a new brick, put it in boiling water and boiled it for a while, then poured milk in and continued to boil it, and then added some salt.

"Oh, Xiaoye, are you so well prepared?"

"Then shouldn't I be sending them down the mountain these days? It's more convenient, so I'll prepare more. I think their salty milk tea is really delicious and addictive."

"Not bad, not bad. From now on, you will be the one to cook my share of milk."

Wu Yongjie also walked in, "And me, I also want to drink milk tea here with Xiaoye."

Ye Minglang was very happy, his eyes shining, "Gulinar's family is really nice. Fortunately, I met them, otherwise I would have no milk tea to drink now."

Wu Yongjie and Ling Fengxi exchanged glances, and Wu Yongjie said, "Looks like you're going to get into trouble, kid."

"What?" Ye Minglang seemed not to hear clearly, which made Ling Fengxi laugh.

I don’t know if it was because of the milk, but after a few days of drinking a pot of hot milk tea every night, the number of people with colds in the camp actually decreased. Even those who were originally "hospitalized" took the initiative to leave their tents and return to the workers' camp to join in the fun and drink hot milk tea with everyone in the evening.