Song Tiantian turned her head and looked at her friends who were approaching.
Xu Anjia was already excited: "Tiantian, you heard it, there is Hetian jade here!"
"I heard it, and the price seems to be very expensive." Song Tiantian was tempted when she heard what He Xuebin said just now that as long as she picked up a piece of Hetian white jade, she could live a good life without completing any tasks.
Not only her, He Jingnian was just like his father, eager to try, "We'll be there soon. We must find more Hetian white jade so that we can have a good time here later!"
"It's a good idea, but Hetian white jade is very rare, and we may not be able to find it." Xiangfangnan said realistically.
"Indeed." Xu Anjia also said: "I heard from my mother that the white jade produced in Hetian is becoming less and less."
"That's even better," He Jingnian said happily. "As long as we can find Hetian white jade, we can sell it for a higher price. This way, we won't have to complete quests to earn exchange coupons later."
"That's true, but we have to be able to find it." Although Xu Anjia also wanted to find Hetian white jade, he was still a little worried when he thought about its rarity.
"Don't worry, there will be no problem." He Jingnian said confidently: "We are people who can even dig out springs. This little bit of Hetian jade can be found by just picking it up!"
"It's Hetian white jade. Ordinary Hetian jade can't be sold at a high price." Xiangfangnan reminded.
"Yes, yes, it's Hetian white jade. We can definitely pick it up." He Jingnian was still full of confidence at this moment.
But when they really arrived at the destination, everyone was dumbfounded.
The total distance from Qiemo to Hotan is nearly 600 kilometers, and it takes nearly seven hours to drive. Lu Chuanbei and his team found the program crew to refuel on the way, and used up three redemption coupons before they could drive to the vicinity of their destination.
But now, it was getting dark.
Because it was already late, they were not in a hurry to continue their journey. Instead, they found an open space for parking about ten kilometers away from their destination and settled down temporarily, preparing to continue their journey after dawn the next day.
Although it was dark at this moment, the stars in the sky and the bright moon shone brightly on each other, illuminating the ground.
Even without turning on the headlights, the surroundings are bright.
It has been nearly seven hours since we left Qiemo, and apart from lunch, we only ate some fruit in the car.
By this time, I was already starving.
As soon as the car stopped, Lu Chuanbei and his friends found some stones on the roadside and built a simple stove next to the car.
In order to make it quick and easy, Xu Qi simply cut a piece of mutton and used the remaining vegetables and noodles in the car to cook two pots of hot mutton noodles.
Although Song Tiantian and the others had already changed into cotton-padded clothes in their desert suits, eating a bowl of hot mutton noodles on this chilly night still made them feel comfortable and warm.
After eating, Lu Chuanbei and others, who were already tired after a day of work, used the remaining water in the car to wash up simply, then got into the car and got into their sleeping bags.
It’s true, this sleeping bag looks thin and light, but it’s extremely warm and soft to sleep on. Once you get in it, you’ll sink into it and won’t want to get up.
Before getting into their sleeping bags, Lu Chuanbei and Fang Xiuzhu glanced at the gap left on the car window before they went to sleep peacefully.
The night gradually deepened.
One person was still tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
Xia Weixing looked at his colleagues who were already asleep in the tent, tossed and turned for a long time, and finally couldn't help but get up and crawl out of the sleeping bag.
Xia Weixing put on a thick cotton coat and walked outside to the sand dunes.
The moonlight illuminates the sand dunes into white sand, which looks much softer than during the day. Xia Weixing, who usually sees this scene, will stand on the sand dunes to appreciate the beautiful scenery of the desert at night and the starry sky that is within reach.
But at this moment, Xia Weixing's mind was full of what Song Tiantian had said to him in the afternoon, and the map that he habitually stuffed in his arms and carried with him even when he slept.
After all, anything can happen in the desert, and maps can sometimes play a crucial role.
For safety reasons, those who explore and survey in the desert all year round will do this.
However, Xia Weixing's focus was not on the map, but on the place that Tiantian had casually circled.
Although, he also felt that it was just a spur of the moment action in the afternoon, he wanted to witness with his own eyes whether Song Tiantian's luck in treasure hunting was the same as what he saw in the live broadcast room.
But he was just a little curious. He couldn't put his hopes on a three-and-a-half-year-old child.
Therefore, he originally planned to just treat it as a souvenir of the encounter, put it away and show it off to his colleagues when the show was broadcast.
But what Song Tiantian said in the afternoon kept circling in Xia Weixing's mind.
In particular, Tiantian also left him a string of phone numbers. Xia Weixing opened the note again and took a look at it. He had already memorized the string of numbers on it.
but……
"If you find anything, let her know." Xia Weixing scratched his head in distress: "So, should I dig? Or should I dig?"
After muttering a few words, Xia Weixing opened the map and took a look. He didn't know if it was a coincidence, but the place where Song Tiantian drew a circle was also near Qiemo, and it was only ten kilometers away from where they were now.
"But there has never been any trace of the existence of ruins in this place?" Although Xia Weixing looks very young, he has actually been excavating desert ruins with Professor Gu for four or five years.
So although I can’t say I have a very thorough understanding of this desert, I still know a lot that I should know.
Just like the place Song Tiantian painted, Xia Weixing had been there before.
But there were nothing but sand dunes there, no clues to refer to or find.
For this reason, Xia Weixing couldn't help but hesitate, wondering whether he should go for another inspection...
Time passed little by little, and the sky gradually brightened.
As soon as five o'clock passed, the sky outside the car became brighter.
But the people in the car still didn't move. After all, it was not very hot in the morning in Xinjiang, and several people who were already tired after a whole day were still curled up in their warm sleeping bags, wrapped in the warmth of the sleeping bags, and didn't seem to want to move at all.
Until the sunlight came through the car window and found Lu Chuanbei's face.
Lu Chuanbei stretched out his hands and waved them in the air a few times. After failing to get rid of the bright color in front of him, Lu Chuanbei finally opened his eyes in despair.
The dazzling sunlight made Lu Chuanbei completely sober.
He glanced at Song Tiantian lying beside him, and seeing that she was still sleeping, he got up and pulled the curtains on the car window to block the sunlight coming through, allowing the little girl to continue sleeping.
After Lu Chuanbei got up, Xu Qi and Fang Xiuzhu also got up and came to the car.
At this time, Lu Chuanbei had already cooked a pot of porridge on the stove they had set up yesterday. The rice porridge was bubbling in the pot, emitting bursts of rice fragrance, which made Xu Qi and Fang Xiuzhu, who had just got off the car, feel a little hungry.
Xu Qi touched his stomach and glanced at the rice porridge in the pot: "I'll stir-fry two more dishes and drink them with the porridge later."
As he spoke, he took a few eggs from the car, a whole round cabbage, and a white radish as thick as his arm, preparing to make some side dishes to go with the porridge.
The white radish and cabbage that have been washed in Qiemo do not need to be washed again. Just cut them into strips, pieces, or shreds and set aside.
Pour the cut radish pieces into a bowl, use salt to remove moisture, wash them slightly, then add seasonings, white vinegar, chili rings, light soy sauce, a little sugar and salt, stir and marinate for a while, and a crispy and delicious white radish piece is ready.
Crack the egg onto the shredded cabbage, stir constantly, add a little seasoning, and mix in one direction to form a dough. Then you can fry it directly in the pan into a cabbage omelet. The fresh and tender omelet is perfect for porridge.
After Lu Chuanbei and the others had eaten, they cooked another pot of porridge. Song Tiantian and the others had just gotten up.
After everyone finished breakfast in batches, they set off on their journey again.
In less than half an hour, Song Tiantian and her group arrived at the location given by the program team, near a river in Hotan County.
At the beginning, Song Tiantian and others were full of expectations.
But when they arrived at their destination, things were not what they imagined.
The wide river beach covered with Hotan seed materials that they had imagined turned into a large river beach that looked like it had been mined and excavated for a long time and was now abandoned.
This deserted river beach was littered with pebbles dumped on both sides of the beach. Stones of all sizes were like mountains, stretching out on both sides of the beach, making the river channel below, which was less than one person wide, appear even smaller.
The originally wide river channel had dried up at some point, leaving only a small stream in the middle. It looked so desolate that it seemed as if the stones on the riverbed would be covered up if they were just tilted a little.
Not only that, there is no trace of human habitation around here. There are only the saxaul forest and sea buckthorn forest not far away. The fruit trees planted by people are still diligently guarding this area.
When the car arrived here, it was already bright. This river channel, which seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, looked even more desolate under the sunlight.
[Is this Tiantian and the others' destination? ]
[No way, this place looks like it's been abandoned for a long time. Could there be Hetian jade here too?]
[Looking at this situation, it should be the case. This river channel may also be where you can pick up Hetian jade.]
[What the above person said is correct. The pebbles piled up like mountains on both sides of the river where Tiantian and the others were standing were the pebbles that the people here dug out from the river when they were searching for Hetian seed materials.]
[Oh my god, so many pebbles, how much Hetian jade must have been mined to pile them up like this]
[I now wonder if there is any Hetian jade in this river, even though it has become so dry.]
[Yes, this place looks like it has been mined for a long time and then abandoned. I now strongly suspect that all the Hetian jade in this area has been mined out.]
[Perhaps. After all, Director Liu is such a trickster. I would be surprised if he would let the guests come to a place where Hetian jade is everywhere.]
[That makes sense, but isn't this place too desolate?]
At this time, Zhang Bosong shouted to Lu Chuanbei and the others with a loudspeaker: "Okay, I believe everyone has seen the river you are in now."
"Yes, but are you sure this is the place we're at?" He Xuebin asked Zhang Bosong hurriedly, "Did you make a mistake somewhere?"
"Yes, this is our destination, the Kuyi River in Hotan," Zhang Bosong said, holding a loudspeaker. "As you can see, this was once a popular channel for mining Hetian jade. However, due to over-exploitation and diversion in recent years, this river, which originally connected to the Baiyu River, was artificially expanded and diverted. The once abundant river water gradually dried up after the diversion, resulting in the current state you see."
"Your mission today is to search for Hetian jade in this river. If you find ten pieces of qualified Hetian jade, you will receive the address of your destination and 10,000 yuan in living funds."
Hearing this, Lu Chuanbei and the others couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ten thousand yuan for survival funds?"
"Has the production team gotten rich recently? Why are they so generous?"
"What's going on? Why did you suddenly stop scratching?"
"Oh my god, Brother Zhang, have you been kidnapped by someone? If so, just blink and give us more money!"
"Wow, Uncle Zhang is so generous this time." Song Tiantian and the others couldn't help but marvel at the rare generosity of the program crew.
"Yeah, I thought we wouldn't see any money this term, but I didn't expect that we would be able to make money on the second day after coming here."
"That's great! With this money, we don't have to live in the car anymore."
Netizens were also stunned by the generosity of the program crew!
[What's up? Stingy Director Liu has become generous?]
[Impossible, the production team actually changed their attitude?]
[What's going on? Why are the production team suddenly so wealthy? Is there some conspiracy going on? Or is the Hetian jade in this river so scarce that it's almost extinct, so they're spending so much money?]
[It's possible, or there's a conspiracy. Anyway, no matter what, I don't believe the production team would suddenly become so generous!]
[Yes, this money might just be a blank check. There must be very little Hetian jade here. They don't have to worry about how many pieces Tiantian and the others can find. That's why they offered such a generous sum of 10,000 yuan!]
[That's definitely the case. Besides, didn't Lao Zhang just say he wanted ten pieces of high-quality Hetian jade seed material? This place is high-quality... emmm, no matter what, this money is definitely a waste of money.]
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