As night fell, the lanterns started to come on. Lu Cheng and Jiang Qiuyun walked out of the hotel, walking leisurely and tasting delicious food.
After entering the Hotan Night Market, fireworks hit your face. From the huge ostrich eggs and goose eggs cooked over charcoal fire, to the rich aroma of roasted whole lamb and noodles, to the juicy watermelons and muskmelons on the white board, Hotan Night Market
Every delicacy served is particularly tempting.
While the stall owner was greeting the diners, he was fanning his hands to smell the aroma of roasted whole lamb.
Roasting is an ancient cooking method. At Hotan Night Market, every baked product exudes the most original fragrance.
The most unique snack in Hotan is undoubtedly baked eggs, especially roasted goose eggs. These eggs, which are extremely difficult to bake, can only be baked completely because of the simple and peaceful temperament of the people who bake them. Baked eggs at Hotan Night Market
, basically roasted slowly on a charcoal fire sprinkled with ashes. This is a technical job that requires patience and endurance. The stall owner has to keep turning the eggs and control the heat, otherwise the eggs will really be in the ashes.
It exploded "bang bang bang".
Naan is the most common delicacy in Hotan night market, and it is always placed silently on many stalls. Although silent, those naan without exception reveal a kind of simple beauty. People who eat naan sit in front of the stall and drink.
Sip yogurt or fragrant tea while laughing and talking.
Kebabs are another common delicacy in Hotan Night Market. The stall owners’ kebabs are unique in their craftsmanship and they pay dedicated attention to it. They will use the best quality mutton, the best ingredients, and the most skilled techniques. After grilling
The mutton meat is delicious and has a unique flavor.
The way to eat Hotan rice dumplings is quite special. The stall owners not only add yogurt but also preserved fruits to the rice dumplings. You can also add sugar, honey, milk, etc. This way of eating is extremely refreshing and unforgettable.
In addition to rice dumplings, some stall owners at Hotan Night Market also sell wontons and dumplings. Those wontons and dumplings exude the fragrance of skin, coriander, and mutton. When they are cooked in a hot pot, the stall owners will tell you one humor after another.
When the dumplings and wontons are out of the pot, the stall owner will also give you exquisite small plates, either sesame oil plates, clear oil plates, original sauce plates, hot sauce plates, etc.
It was rare for Lu Cheng and Jiang Qiuyun to be so relaxed and carefree, tasting various delicacies in a leisurely manner. Seeing the haggis filled with heat, the mutton kebabs filled with fireworks, people of different nationalities gathered around the stall, eating, talking, and laughing.
It’s fun. In such a harmonious atmosphere, Hotan Night Market is not only a market, but more like a city living room that integrates and highlights the beauty of harmony.
The next day, they went to Yulongks River.
This river has attracted countless tourists and is known as the "Holy Land for Jade Lovers". The endless stream of jade pickers has become a unique local scenery.
Yulongks River is rich in white jade, sapphire and black jade. It has been the main river for producing jade in Hotan since ancient times. Fishing for jade in the water and stepping on jade is a unique landscape of Yulongks River and Karaks River.
However, in fact, the entire river has been dug with excavators, making it increasingly difficult to find beautiful jade!
Lu Cheng and Jiang Qiuyun came to see the excitement.
It's July, so I put on my sun hat, walk barefoot in the river, step on large and small pebbles, and occasionally bend down to pick up a pebble that looks like jade. It feels fresh and comfortable.
Jiang Qiuyun has opened the heavenly aperture and also knows some Qi-gaining techniques. Although she is not as proficient as Lu Cheng, she is much better than ordinary people.
Like a little girl, she happily fished out a white stone from the water and shouted: "Wow, I picked up one! Look, is this white seed jade?"
Lu Cheng said: "Yes, but this one is too small. The larger the seed material, the more precious it is, and the larger it is, the rarer it is. The jade nugget weighing more than 6 kilograms is a special-grade jade material, the weight of more than 3 kilograms is a first-grade jade material, and the jade nugget weighing more than 1 kilogram is a second-grade jade material.
Grade jade. Anything less than one kilogram is called 'zero'."
Jiang Qiuyun smiled and said: "Small has its advantages, I picked this up with my own hands."
Tourists gathered around to watch.
Some of them recognized Lu Cheng and Jiang Qiuyun, so they greeted them warmly, and more and more people gathered around them.
"Lu Cheng? Yun Ji? It's rare to see you here. Can you please take a photo with me?"
"Miss Yunji, can you give me an autograph? I heard that one of your calligraphy works sold for 30 million yuan? Then your autograph must be valuable too!"
"Mr. Lu, can you make amulets? I heard that you sell one amulet for 100 million. Is this true? Then you will make a fortune!"
"Mr. Lu, I have seen your impressive appearance in the Olympic Games, and today I finally saw you in person!"
Lu Cheng and Jiang Qiuyun couldn't stay any longer, so they signed a few words and left quickly.
Afterwards, they drove westward and arrived at Yecheng, then turned south and entered the Xz Autonomous Region.
This road is far away, 2,600 kilometers long. Although it is an asphalt road, the G219 national highway has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. It is the highest road in the world, with the most difficult conditions and the most difficult sections. It has to climb 5 roads along the way.
Mountains above 5,000 meters, 16 icebergs, 44 glaciers, 300 miles of no-man’s land...
Fortunately, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery. Along the way, you can see the majestic and majestic Himalayas, the world's highest peak, the ruins of the ancient Guge Kingdom, and the must-see king of sacred mountains, Kailash.
, the holy lake Manasarovar, the birthplace of the four major rivers in Asia, as well as the vast and majestic Zada Earth Forest, etc., fully experience the exotic customs of Tibet.
Three days later, they arrived at ls and spent two days exploring.
Then they continued eastward, taking g318 through Linzhi, Bomi, Mangkang, Batang, Kangding, and Ya'an to Chengdu. Although this section of the road was only 1,994 kilometers, they walked for four days and spent a lot of time traveling along the route.<
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Now that I’m in Chengdu, I have to visit Jiang Qiuyun’s grandfather and grandmother.
Jiang Qiuyun gave her grandfather a piece of Hetian topaz weighing 5 kilograms. As soon as the topaz was taken out, the whole family was stunned!
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Huang Hanzhang is a retired old engineer. He used to work at the Sichuan Geological Survey Institute for thirty years. The inconvenience in his legs and feet was caused by too much field work. Sichuan is close to the snow-capped mountains and glaciers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the climate and environment are harsh, making field inspections very difficult.
After he saw Huang Yu, he was stunned.
Although my uncle and aunt are not knowledgeable about goods, they also know that this is a rare treasure. No matter what kind of topaz it is, it is worth a lot of money, especially if it is so big, I don’t know how much it is worth!
Thinking that Jiang Qiuyun gave this to the old man, and that the old man could only live another twenty years and the treasure would fall into their hands, they couldn't help but feel excited and their eyes lit up.
The younger uncle asked: "Is this amber? Beeswax? Huanglong jade? Or Tianhuang stone?"
Huang Hanzhang said: "What amber, beeswax? This is Hotan topaz!"
"Is Hetian Huangyu the same as Tianhuang stone?"
"It's not the same kind of item. Tianhuang stone is produced in Fujian and has no jade content."
"Which one is more precious?"
"They are all precious. Especially this size, with bright color, no impurities, crystal clear, soft as fat, fine texture, moist, yellow and positive color, warm and moist as fat, rare and rare, it is a rare treasure among jade!"
"Dad, how much is this stone worth?"
"If you change it to mutton-fat white jade, it will cost 30,000 to 50,000 yuan per gram; topaz is more expensive, and the exact price depends on the size. The bigger it is, the more expensive it is. At 100,000 yuan per gram, this piece of topaz is worth 500,000 to 600 million yuan!" "Ah?"
Not only the uncle and aunt were shocked, but also Jiang Qiuyun was surprised.
She turned to look at Lu Cheng with questioning eyes and thought to herself: "The jade in our hands is seven to eight hundred tons! How much is so much jade worth?"
Lu Cheng knew what she was thinking, so he smiled slightly and said: "Things that are rare are valuable." The implication is that if there are too many jade stones and they flood the market, they will become worthless.
They spent two days in Chengdu, and then they drove directly back to Daicheng instead of going to Yunnan or Guangdong to buy jadeite rough.
The reason is that Lu Cheng has seven to eight hundred tons of Hetian jade, which he had never expected before going out. He thought he could dig some Hetian jade, but he didn't expect to find a cave left by his predecessors!
With these Hetian jade, there are more than enough materials to make jade charms, and there is no need to buy jade for the time being. What's more, he still has 280 pieces of high-quality jadeite in reserve.