After Lu Chuanbei and the others praised the proprietress, she generously brought out several fruit plates.
There are yellow apricots the size of goose eggs, large bunches of purple grapes, golden sea buckthorn fruits, Hami melons with green skin and red flesh, eight-cornered star anise pears and other local fruits of Xinjiang.
In addition to these, there are also many dried fruits, such as black mulberries, raisins, dried apricots, etc. There are so many varieties that it is impossible to count them all.
[Oh my god, are the fruits in Xinjiang so abundant? ]
[Wow, are these raisins really that size?]
[Look at the raisins in the fruit bowl, then look at the raisins in my house. Are they all raisins? Why is there such a big difference?]
[What a huge yellow apricot! Almost as big as a goose egg, right?]
[And that eight-cornered fruit, why have I never seen it on the market?]
[That's called anise pear, and it's only found in Xinjiang. Because it's difficult to transport and easily damaged, it's rarely shipped outside of Xinjiang.]
[Gulp... Seeing this plate of fruit, I'm already craving it. So who on earth said that Lu Chuanbei and his friends couldn't eat good food in the desert?]
I had such high expectations for Director Liu, but it seems I was wrong after all.
[No, everyone, type "Director Liu is no good" on the public screen!]
[That's right, wasn't it agreed that they would suffer? Now they're getting the good stuff right away!]
For a moment, comments criticizing Director Liu's failure were everywhere.
Director Liu's mouth twitched: "These people, why are you so anxious? Who put the good show first at the beginning?"
The staff on the side couldn't help but shudder when they heard this, and looked sympathetically at the few people who were still eating fruit in the live broadcast room.
Lu Chuanbei and others, who still didn't know what tricks Director Liu was going to use, were now immersed in the deliciousness of the fruit.
Because Xinjiang's fruits and vegetables have long days of sunshine and few rainy days, they are rich in sugar and taste like honey.
Song Tiantian ate thumb-sized raisins one at a time, and her little teeth were almost stuck together from eating them.
But Lu Chuanbei saw that the situation was not good, and quickly stuffed the menu into Song Tiantian's hand: "Come here, girl, take a look at what dishes you like to eat."
When Song Tiantian opened the menu, she was dazzled by the wide variety of dishes.
There are more than a dozen pages full of lamb skewers, lamb pilaf, big plate chicken, lamb stewed noodles, baked buns, pepper chicken, grilled lamb chops, roast beef, mixed noodles, naan, etc. It seems that they are all full of meat, and there are only a few dishes at the end that look lighter.
What attracted Song Tiantian the most was the pilaf with several large pieces of mutton. The golden pilaf made people's appetite increase at the sight.
The big skewers of grilled skewers also looked delicious, as did the baked buns that were baked until golden brown.
Song Tiantian nodded, pointed at a few dishes she liked, and called to the proprietress, "Auntie, I want to order."
"Okay, what do you want?"
"Mutton pilaf, grilled skewers, and these baked buns!"
"I want this, Xinjiang fried rice noodles, and these grilled lamb chops." He Jingnian also shouted.
"And this, Xinjiang Dapanji." Xu Anjia also added a dish.
"This stewed noodles looks delicious too." He Xuebin pointed at the menu.
The proprietress looked at the dishes she had written down and smiled at He Xuebin and the others: "Okay, but are you sure you want these? The dishes here are very large, and it would be a waste if you can't finish them."
"Don't worry, we are big eaters, and even if we can't finish it, we can still take it away."
"Yes, pack a few more dishes." Lu Chuanbei said quickly: "When we get there and have nothing to eat, we can still eat these to fill the gap."
"What you said makes sense." Xu Qi said, and hurriedly opened the menu and added a few more dishes.
Director Liu: …
Soon, a table full of dishes was served, including a whole rack of grilled lamb chops, a large plate of chicken on a plate as big as a washbasin, and a large plate of lamb pilaf. The abundance of lamb and golden rice made one's mouth water at the sight.
Upon seeing this, Xu Qi quickly served everyone a bowl of pilaf: "Come on, come on, try this pilaf first, and these lamb chops, they look delicious just by looking at them."
"Woo woo!" He Xuebin couldn't help but tear off a piece of lamb chop and started to eat it. "This lamb tastes amazing, and it doesn't smell at all. It's full of milky flavor."
"That's because the sheep here are all locally raised goats, and they eat pure natural grass, so the smell is much less than other mutton." As the proprietress said this, she placed the knives for cutting mutton on the dining table for everyone to use.
[Just cut the meat with a knife and eat it. This big piece of lamb looks so delicious! ]
[Put down that mutton, let me eat first! ]
[I'm not envious. It's just a skewer of meat bigger than a mahjong tile. How can it be as delicious as the small skewers I ordered... Woohoo, when can I finally have skewer freedom?]
I can't take it anymore. Who said they had to come to the desert to suffer? If this is how suffering is, then please punish me as much as you want. I'm not afraid of suffering at all. Please, give me a chance to suffer.
[Director Liu is so disappointing! I failed my weight loss attempt again today!]
[It's just mutton pilaf, who can't afford it?... My small portion of mutton pilaf costs over a hundred... Never mind, I'll just order a few 5-yuan mutton skewers.]
Xinjiang's lamb skewers and lamb pilaf—I can already imagine the taste...
[Slurp… It’s just some grilled lamb, isn’t the lamb noodle in my hand delicious? But can there be less lamb in this lamb noodle?]
After having a delicious meal of Xinjiang specialties and packing up a lot of delicacies, Lu Chuanbei and others embarked on their journey again.
But this time, the driver was offline.
"What did you say? We have to drive the rest of the way by ourselves?" Lu Chuanbei looked at Zhang Bosong in disbelief.
Zhang Bosong nodded and took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to them: "This is your destination. Please find it during the recording of the program."
"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Fang Xiuzhu looked at him with a somewhat ominous look. "What do you mean by finding this place during the recording of the program? What does this mean?"
Zhang Bosong didn't explain, but instead handed the envelope forward again: "You'll understand all this after you read this letter."
"Also, you have to walk the rest of the way on your own." After saying that, Zhang Bosong stuffed the envelope into Fang Xiuzhu's hand and quickly walked towards the car that had been parked at the side at some point.
The staff also moved quickly, and soon, only Lu Chuanbei and others were left in the entire open space.
He Xuebin looked at the envelope in Fang Xiuzhu's hand and asked, "Do you want to open it?"
"Look!" When Fang Xiuzhu said this, he always felt like he was gritting his teeth.
Opening the envelope, Fang Xiuzhu took out a folded letter from it. When he unfolded the letter, a bright and prosperous scene instantly unfolded before his eyes.
Upon seeing this, Fang Xiuzhu was stunned: "Is this... the Silk Road?"
"Silk Road?" Xu Qi hurried forward and looked at the map.
Sure enough, the map showed the route of the Silk Road flowing through the desert. The names of places that were once on the Silk Road were also marked on this map, as well as several marked red dots.
He Xuebin looked at the red dots and asked, "What do these red dots mean?"
"It should be the clue left for me by the program team?" Lu Chuanbei guessed.
"You mean, the production team wants us to find these places first before they can tell us our final destination?"
He Xuebin was completely upset: "This is not a joke, and if I remember correctly, there was no such thing when we were choosing postcards. Director Liu, isn't it a bit unethical for you to do this?"
Director Liu behind the camera just smiled and said nothing.
After complaining for a while and getting no response, Lu Chuanbei and others could only continue to look for clues on the map.
But no matter how they looked from above, there were only a few scenic spots on the Silk Road intersecting with those red dots.
Seeing this, Fang Xiuzhu couldn't help but put the map away: "No matter what, let's set off to the first stop first."
"This is the only way out of this situation now."
"Let's go, it's so hot. We can discuss it in the car."
As he spoke, Lu Chuanbei and the others pulled Song Tiantian and the others into the car.
Once they got on the bus, they faced another problem.
"Wait, is there anyone among us who can drive a bus?"
"No, I only have a C1 driver's license, so I can't drive a bus."
"I have a driver's license for driving a tractor and a boat, but I don't have a driver's license for a bus." Fang Xiuzhu looked at the steering wheel, silently thinking that he would get one after he returned this time.
"I'll do it." Xu Qi stepped forward and said, "I took a special test when I went out to record the show. I didn't expect it would be useful now."
"Great! Luckily, Director Xu is here to drive the car. Otherwise, those guys behind us would probably have made us figure out how to get through on our own."
"Of course. Director Liu can't stand us getting ahead. He might even be secretly delighted to see that we can't drive a bus." He Xuebin hummed a few times at the drone as he spoke. "Sorry to disappoint you. We have someone here who can drive a bus."
Just like that, Xu Qi drove Lu Chuanbei and the others towards the Tarim Highway. When the car started, He Xuebin suddenly asked a question that made their hearts tremble: "By the way, what if we run out of gas halfway through the drive?"
"Why are you saying such horrible things now?"
"Is there still hope if we turn back now?"
"Wait, do we have money for gas?"
For a while, this trip was full of uncertainty...
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