Lu Ting smiled helplessly and nodded in agreement, "Okay."
Su Miaoyan was delighted. She put a straw hat on Lu Ting, and then put one on herself as well, before walking out of the courtyard.
The bees had returned to the yard with Su Miaoyan in the afternoon, but when they entered the hive, Su Miaoyan could clearly hear the spatial notification sound.
[The "domestic pet" has returned to its "pet den" after a long day of work and is exhausted. Rest time: twelve hours]
Su Miaoyan: ...
When Su Miaoyan went out, she saw a countdown timer above the beehive.
Su Miaoyan pulled Lu Ting to the front of the beehive, but even when the two of them finally reached the front of the beehive, it still did not make a sound.
It seems to be truly in hibernation.
Su Miaoyan seemed to be deep in thought.
Lu Ting frowned and asked in surprise, "Wife, what's wrong with this nest?"
Although he didn't know when the beehive had appeared there, Lu Ting guessed that it was related to the flowers and plants his wife had planted in the yard.
Su Miaoyan replied, "It's nothing. I was just curious whether the bees returned to their hives when they came back to the yard with us today, since they helped the research institute so much. Now that I see they are all resting, I'm relieved."
Lu Ting understood.
The two went out together. Su Miaoyan glanced at the bicycles parked in the yard, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally tried to speak: "Lu Ting, do you think everyone's out here to cool off at this hour?"
Having lived in the military region for many years, Lu Ting naturally knew the habits of the people living there.
He gave a low "hmm," and said, "That's right, twelve o'clock is a good time for everyone to go for a walk in the Gobi Desert."
In the summer, the Gobi Desert is too hot. Most of the families living in the residential compound choose to stay at home during the day and then go out for a walk when it cools down in the evening.
Midnight is the coolest time of day, so most people go out at this time.
Su Miaoyan said, "Lu Ting, let's ride our bicycles there. When we get to the Gobi Desert, we can park them under the sheds on the outskirts. What do you think?"
Lu Ting naturally had no objections, and casually took a straw basket and put all the tools inside.
Although he didn't know why his wife was digging for jade, he believed that she would tell him when she wanted to.
"good."
The two drove one after the other toward the Gobi Desert.
Many soldiers, like poplars, stood tall on the Gobi Desert shrouded in darkness at each of their outposts.
Along the way, Su Miaoyan saw many family members going for a walk on the Gobi Desert. They were chatting and laughing, and they were holding kerosene lamps for lighting.
Su Miaoyan sat on the back of the bicycle, holding a grass basket in her left hand and gripping the bicycle seat with her right hand to keep herself from falling off.
A cool breeze blew against them as they walked, causing their dark hair to flutter in the wind. Su Miaoyan leaned gently against Lu Ting's strong back, her skin bathed in a soft moonlight.
Outside, away from the flat and open road, what comes into view is an endless expanse of Gobi Desert.
On the Gobi Desert, the yellow sand still stretched endlessly. From Su Miaoyan's perspective, the full moon that had just been hanging high overhead now seemed to be parallel to the Gobi Desert, radiating a white light in her eyes.
Su Miaoyan also saw several shadows appearing on the vast Gobi Desert under the moonlight. At first, Su Miaoyan thought they were the shadows of saxaul trees, but later, when Lu Ting parked his bicycle under the shed and walked forward, she realized that they were family members who came out for a walk at night.
When she planted trees last time, Su Miaoyan already knew where most of the jade was located. She glanced at the people not far away, then at the dark road on the other side, and finally pointed in the dark direction, saying:
"Lu Ting, let's go that way."
Lu Ting had already locked the bicycle. He looked up in the direction Su Miaoyan was pointing and replied, "Okay."
With him there, and the soldiers on night duty, the military region is generally not in any danger.
The two walked in another direction. The further they went, the stronger the wind became, and their sleeves were lifted by the wind. They strolled through the yellow sand. The surroundings were very quiet, and Su Miaoyan felt as if her soul had been cleansed, and she felt a sense of peace and tranquility.
Soon, the two arrived at a place full of jade.
At that moment, a notification sound rang out from the space, and then Su Miaoyan saw that a river had appeared not far away!
However, when she came here to explore the terrain with Ma Yingchun last time, she found no sign of a river at all!
Could it be that we've gone to the wrong place?
Su Miaoyan looked around, but... everything gradually overlapped with the scenes in her memory.
She didn't go to the wrong place!
Seemingly noticing her surprise and confusion, Lu Ting brushed the stray hairs from her forehead behind her ear. Their eyes met, and with just a glance, Su Miaoyan knew that Lu Ting understood something.
Sure enough, the next moment, Lu Ting's voice rang in my ears.
"Wife, haven't you been here before, but you haven't seen this river before?"
Su Miaoyan nodded, not denying it, "Yes, I came here with Sister Ma last time, but I don't recall... this river existing here."
Lu Ting explained with a smile, "This is the lower reaches of the Taka River, but the Taka River is a seasonal river. Only when the temperature is high enough, the snow and ice melt into water, and there is enough water flowing into the Taka River, will the dried-up riverbed here be filled with water again, thus forming a river."
"Of course, whenever the temperature drops, the area dries up again because it doesn't get replenished by melting snow and ice. But it will start flowing again every summer. You may not have seen it before because the time hasn't come yet."
Su Miaoyan understood.
"Shall we... go take a look?"
She remembered that there were many jade stones here.
"good."
The two walked to the riverbank. The river was very shallow and the channel was not very wide, but the water was extremely clear, and the pebbles at the bottom could be clearly seen.
Both sides of the river were piled with pebbles, big and small, all kinds of shapes and sizes.
Su Miaoyan's eyes sparkled. Yes, this was the place, the place she and Ma Yingchun had visited last time.
Immediately afterwards, Su Miaoyan took out her tools and, relying on the system's prompts, began searching for jade stones in the surrounding area.
As we arrived at a certain place, the notification sound in my ear suddenly became extremely loud.
With her sixth sense, Su Miaoyan successfully located a stone that looked somewhat like a goose's head. She pulled it out from a pile of pebbles and carefully examined it in the dim light.
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