Chapter 1125 Journey
However, Mr. Sun still felt that we should break things off first: "My working experience is a bit long, and with the policies of the autonomous region, my salary is a little higher, more than 800 yuan a month," Factory Director Qin You can vouch for me.”
“Gong Sun’s salary is so high!” Zhou Zhi couldn’t help but marvel. This salary was almost thirty days more than the day he was promoted to Manzhou. Let’s calculate it as ninety-one days. . "
"Director, look..." Worker Sun was already excited. In these few days, it is more than half a month's salary!
However, I still instinctively asked Director Qin for instructions first. .
"The factory doesn't care if you do some private work during the holidays." Director Qin said with a smile: "But Xiao Zhou is our big customer, and Lao Sun is also a landlord, so we have to take good care of him. People are optimistic about it, don’t let us The distinguished guest is disappointed with us in Beijiang.”
“Aren’t you worried about me being the factory director?” Sun Gong said with a smile, “Then when will we start?”
“How about I "We'll leave tonight?" Zhou Zhi said, "The three of us will take turns to drive. We can get to Hotan tomorrow night." At the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, passing along the way Many familiar places - Dabancheng, Turpan, Malan, Heshuo, then along the west bank of Bosten Lake across the desert to Korla, then along the Tarim River to Alar, and finally along the Hotan River to Hotan.
This distance must be less than 2,000 kilometers. There is no expressway at this time, and it mainly runs on the three national highways 217, 314 and 580.
It takes nearly thirty hours of driving without stopping except for changing drivers.
This is not the most important thing. The key is the issue of money. How to get the money to Hotan is the trouble.
Hotian does not have as good financial conditions as Urumqi, so it cannot handle this overwhelming wealth.
For everyone’s safety, it is impossible to go on the road with two million in cash.
The most ridiculous thing is that even check books are no longer easy to use. Mainland checks take too long to clear in northern Xinjiang and are prone to various loopholes, so no one uses them much.
In the end, Xu's father came up with a way. After Zhou Zhi added an additional two million in wire transfer funds, he asked President Zhao to open a personal check book for Zhou Zhi from the autonomous region branch.
Originally, the approval process alone took several days, but it was able to be done so quickly. Firstly, the funds remitted by Zhou Zhi were large enough, and secondly, considering Xu’s father’s face, it was a special matter.
Leave the follow-up matters of Urumqi to Factory Director Qin and Director Zhang, Zhou Zhi and Xu’s father, and Sun Gong set off immediately, with Xia Mili driving first. Except Xu’s father, everyone rotated every four hours.
Zhou Zhi finally understood why there was such a demand for good cars in places like the snowy areas of Northern Xinjiang. If this car was any worse, he would not suffer the consequences of such a trip.
While Zhou Zhi and Xu's father were doing business at the bank, Sun Gong showed his master's style and ran home to get the food he needed along the way.
Two eight-pound thermos bottles filled with piping hot milk tea.
A large package of braised beef, a large package of white-cut mutton, a large package of skin teeth, dry mixed lamb tripe made with celery and lamb tripe.
Piyazi are onions, and vegetables are relatively scarce in northern Xinjiang in winter.
Fortunately, there are still a big bag of apples, walnuts and a pile of staple food, including naan that won’t go bad for a year.
The Overlord is a good car. Zhou Zhi sat in the passenger seat, wearing the sunglasses prepared by Sun Gong for him, and listened to Xia Mili's popular science on the precautions for driving in Northern Xinjiang. The vast northern Xinjiang is sparsely populated, and since it is the Spring Festival, there are even fewer cars and people on the road.
Although it is not a highway, the road conditions are very good, and most of the places the road passes are very flat. The two sides are either deserts or grasslands. The roads often go straight for dozens of kilometers.
"The reason for wearing sunglasses is because it is winter now, there is a lot of snow, and we must wear them to protect our eyes before the light dims." Xia Mili was a little proud: "Your road in Sichuan is as different as ours in northern Xinjiang Isn’t it different?”
“That’s because the road to Sichuan is difficult to reach the sky. It took three years to build a highway and it was only half-built, and it is still on relatively flat ground in the middle of Sichuan.” Speaking of this, Zhou Zhi said. Also a little speechless.
"It's different here." Xia Milili said: "The Gobi desert here is endless, and the road surface is often gravel, dust, desert, river bed, swamp, and now there is also ice and snow ”
“So we must drive attentively. At this time, there is often heavy fog in the morning. When encountering heavy fog, we must turn on all the lights that can be turned on, because there are often wild animals on both sides of the road, and headlights can keep them away. Get off the road in advance.”
“In this kind of weather, we must not park on the roadside. It is safer to drive some distance away from the road.”
“Northern Xinjiang. The sunshine in the Gobi is much stronger than inland, and there is no place to block the sun in the Gobi. Even if there is no snow, even the dust from the oncoming vehicle can dazzle you, so be careful when there is an oncoming vehicle or a sharp turn, and always wear sunglasses.”
“There is another trick. Even when there is ice and snow on the road, we would rather walk Snow, if you don't walk, there will be ice. This will minimize slipping."
Zhou Zhi nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "No wonder my cousin can drive for the big boss. He is the top scorer in the 360 line. The driver also has to use his brain.”
"I can't compare to you and Gangzi, a great college student. All I do is to serve the boss. If I don't be more careful, my job will be gone." Xia Mili smiled honestly: "But the season with the best scenery for us is spring. In autumn, the weather is not bad, at least there are many fruits.”
“Most people are not willing to come in winter, the scenery is not beautiful, and it is very cold.”
“The scenery is also beautiful, the scenery of the north. , Qianli Frozen, thousands of miles of snow drifting." Zhou Zhi looked at the vast snowfield next to him and expressed his sincere admiration: "It's so vast and vast that even if you don't go to Northern Xinjiang, you can't understand the artistic conception that the creator of the words wants to convey. It's so perfect. .”
"Hahaha, you weirdo with your elbows knows how to compose lyrics. If you are from our clan, you will definitely be able to be an Akon who sings "Aria"!"
"What, what, what, what?" Zhou Zhi didn't understand at all.
"Aken is a troubadour." Xu's father explained later: "Aria means lover, but the troubadour's aria means 'song for lover', which is mainly sung at weddings. "
"That's right." Zhou Zhi smiled: "Brother, give us one!"
"Just one. Come on! "Being able to sing and dance is a basic skill for ethnic minorities in northern Xinjiang: "Let me play "Girl with Black Eyebrows", our Uzbek folk song."
As expected, Shamili opened his voice. The strong melody composed of the special vibrato and melodious portamento unique to the ethnic minorities in northern Xinjiang completely attracted Zhou Zhi at once.
When Xia Mili finished singing, Zhou Zhi clapped wildly: "It sounds so good! My cousin is so amazing, he is on the same level as Kerim!"
"You are talking nonsense!" Xia Mili praised Zhou Zhi very happily, but he still did not dare to compare with Kerim. He was the first person to sing XJ folk songs in Chinese during the Spring Festival Gala.
(End of this chapter)