We did not stay for dinner. The students will leave Kashgar for Turpan at noon tomorrow. Originally, out of good intentions, they wanted to rent our car and drive all the way to Turpan.

But they misunderstood me. In fact, I am not in the tour charter business. We went back directly to Kashgar. The students all went back to their rooms to take a shower. There was no condition yesterday and I didn't wash up in the evening or morning. I went to buy some.

Dried fruits and cheap handicrafts are intended as gifts for the students to take away.

"Brother Miwa, is there any difference between the students and the previous tourists?" Lei Jiajia asked me.

"Students have less requirements. The previous guests were much more particular than students. However, it is more tiring to take care of students. They always have endless questions to ask," I said.

"What kind of guests would you rather have?"

"Give me more money." I didn't hesitate.

In fact, I prefer to meet people who are interested in Xinjiang, because we can have common topics, and I am more open to introducing them. But Lei Jiajia asked this, and I must answer this way.

"Alimujiang asked me a few questions today. He wanted to grow cantaloupe so that it could be on the market in winter. I rejected it because the temperature conditions were not enough. Xinjiang's off-season cantaloupe is not impossible here. It requires a lot of investment and there is no sunlight in winter.

OK." Lei Jiajia said.

I asked some more questions and said that off-season cantaloupes are grown on a relatively large scale in Hainan.

"Hainan has introduced cantaloupe for more than 20 years, and the area exceeds 200,000 acres. From this perspective, Kashgar's competitiveness is too weak. Hainan's advantage is that all high-end cantaloupe varieties in the country are cultivated in Hainan.

Our agricultural science is doing better. Although there is more rain, the quality is no worse than Xinjiang’s melons, and is even better than Xinjiang’s cantaloupes. Transportation is another advantage.”

Lei Jiajia was a little helpless when she said this. This is the first time I have learned similar information. I didn't expect that cantaloupe, which is generally believed to require drought and sufficient sunshine, can grow well in Hainan.

"In fact, throughout the west, Hebei, Shandong, Guangxi and other places have relatively large areas of off-season cantaloupe cultivation. If there are unused greenhouses here, it is still possible to grow cantaloupe now, and they will be available in autumn and winter. But you have just started,

It's better to be safe," Lei Jiajia added.

It seems that the scale of production is still a bottleneck now, and funding and farmland for off-site planting are problems that need to be solved.

"When you have money, you can grow most of the varieties you want with a greenhouse. Nowadays, cold greenhouses can only grow some cold-resistant vegetables in autumn and winter."

"I'm even half a scholar. I'm a layman in farming. I can't carry it with my shoulders or lift it with my hands. It's better to be safe." I said.

"Looking at what you said, you always get discouraged before you do anything. Don't think you can't do it. If you can do it in Alimujiang, you can do it. When we find free time, we will go there a few more times. The greenhouse is not working yet. Alimujiang

They can still deal with it. When the weather gets colder, we must let them master the management skills." Lei Jiajia said.

I suddenly realized that I thought Lei Jiajia was unwilling to do this before, but now it seems that she thinks there is not enough time. Indeed, the temperature is now managed according to routine.

After dinner, the students went out for a walk in twos and threes. After my guidance, they had put down their fear and dared to go to the ancient city alone.

Zhang Boyuan walked up to me alone. He said he wanted to treat me to a drink. My car had to be driven back, so he didn't dare to drink. He was a little disappointed, but he still took a beer by himself and asked Azina what kind of side dishes he ordered.

I asked him why he didn't go to play with his classmates, and he said he just wanted to chat with me.

"Brother Li, I can see that you are not a full-time tourist bus driver. I heard that you came from Shanghai. I also want to come to Xinjiang after graduation."

"Tell me, what do you think?"

"My family is in a small county below Zibo, Shandong. My parents have a traditional Chinese medicine clinic. They want me to go back and inherit the small clinic after graduation. But I don't really want to. Every year, several students from our school sign up to work in Xinjiang. I heard that various

Not bad at all.”

"I don't know what major you are studying. Are you planning to take the national examination or are you considering other considerations?"

"I want to be a police officer. I have had this dream since I was a child. I have learned that some units do not have too many professional requirements, and police work is one of them."

"Then you have seen the situation in the past few days. According to my understanding, this place is not conservative and there is indeed a shortage of talents. The advice I can give you is that you should consider your own development and avoid making impulsive choices.

.”

"Well, I understand. Thank you, Brother Li. I just want to learn more about southern Xinjiang through this trip. I think young people need to start a career and stick to the path arranged by their parents. This is not the future I want. I am very envious.

Brother Li’s.”

"Don't envy me. Although I seem to be free and at ease, I often feel confused. If you choose to be a disciplinary force, you won't be so free. And actually living here is another situation. For example, if I come into contact with

Many of them are still living in the villages. The rural areas you saw today have relatively good conditions, and you only experienced it briefly."

"It's okay, I'm willing to go to the village."

Zhang Boyuan was very eager to learn more about Xinjiang. His topic never left Kashgar. I was a little unsure about his thoughts, so I asked him if he had any long-term plans to stay in Xinjiang.

"Xiao Zhang, you see, the golden time of young people is only a few years. If you regret it after working and living in Kashgar for a few years, you may have various problems when you want to go back to your hometown. You go back

What you can do, whether you can adapt again, and whether you can accept a new life, these are all questions. If you get married and have children in Xinjiang, your wife and children will also be a big problem."

"I haven't thought about it that much, but I think society is more developed now, and the gap between the two places will become smaller and smaller. And I feel that materialization here has less impact on the relationship between people. If you get married,

For me, it may be true love, and family has become the primary factor in my future choices."

"It seems that you know a lot about Xinjiang. I welcome you to come. I hope I can eat and drink here with you again. Do your parents know what you think?"

"Because there are still two years until graduation, I haven't told them yet. I just watched an old movie before coming here, The Wrangler played by Zhu Shimao, so I'm actually already making mental preparations for this."

I have seen the movie Wrangler. The story told is very simple and I didn’t have much emotion when watching it. But now that Zhang Boyuan mentioned it, I thought about it and I can already understand the story told in the movie.

"It's rare for someone your age to watch such an old movie. I didn't understand the emotions expressed in novels and movies before. Thank you for reminding me. Now I can fully understand the content expressed in it. Really, looking back

The actors at that time were really good at it. I will watch it again when I go back later, but now facing the same temptation, I may not be able to insist on staying."

"Brother Li, are you married?"

"No."

"That's not to say whether you persist or not. The situation is different. Xu Lingjun still had many limitations at that time, such as not understanding life abroad, such as whether he could take his wife and children with him, such as whether he could give up what he was already familiar with.

In life, Xu Lingjun in the movie didn't even return to Shanghai, but most of the educated youth who came to Xinjiang at that time returned to Shanghai."

Zhang Boyuan and I kept changing the topic, but we never left the west. He was right, information spreads very fast now, people can easily get a general idea of ​​a strange place, and the transportation is very convenient.

Very easy to go.

"Zhang Boyuan, how many years am I older than you? Many of the people I know came to Kashgar after graduating from university. Some are village officials and some are in the media. Except for a few people who are doing it for their own development, they would rather be chicken heads.

Fengwei, they think they may be mediocre in the mainland. Most people come to Xinjiang for the relatively easy access to the system."

"It doesn't matter what their purpose is. They should have contributed to the development of Xinjiang, right?"

"That's for sure. What I want to say is that if you can become an elite in Kashgar, you can actually do it in the mainland. It's a bit like gold will shine wherever it goes. But on the other hand, if you are not suitable for being in the scene, the same goes for Kashgar.

It is not suitable for the development of the scene. This is what I am worried about and what I want to remind you most."

Zhang Boyuan was silent. He should understand what I said. Southern Xinjiang is not a happy land. Both the workplace and the officialdom are also full of competition. It is not that everything will go smoothly just by doing one's duty.

"I still have two years to think about this, thank you, Brother Li."

When I got home, I went up to the roof to look at the distance. It was a good thing that it didn't rain in Kashgar. Zhu Feifei didn't call me this time. It seemed like it was just a coincidence.

I took the initiative to send a message to ask her if she had slept, because it was already very late.

"Brother-in-law, I haven't slept yet. You haven't cared about me for many days. Is there any other purpose for caring about me so late?"

"Don't worry, I really don't care about you enough. I apologize to you. I had a long chat with a college student who came to visit today, so I wanted to talk to you."

"How about you come here and I'll get you something to eat."

Although I didn’t think it was good to go to a single young girl’s residence in the middle of the night, I thought it was more important, so I dressed neatly and drove there.

Feifei opened the door for me in her pajamas and sat on the sofa in her room. I talked about the key points of what we talked about today. The most important thing was her purpose of staying in Kashgar.

"Brother-in-law, I understand what you want to say. I have thought about it carefully and I am willing to stay here. The director has also talked to me. Now their tasks in the villages are relatively heavy. There is a serious shortage of medical and health personnel in rural areas. They

I hope I can go directly to the front line, I agreed."
Chapter completed!