"Krimujiang, come here, I'll give this to you." Li Wen waved to the little boy beside him.

What Li Wen gave to Kerimujiang was a Daxia dictionary and several storybooks.

Today, during my conversation with Aheqi, I learned that the children of these herdsmen are basically illiterate.

In the 1960s, the country began a campaign to eliminate illiteracy and allow students to attend school uniformly, but it was still very difficult for people in these remote areas.

The government built a school in the Uighur brigade headquarters, but there are still very few children who go to study.

It's not that Uyghur children don't like to study, it's that the Uyghur tribe is too far away from Timur's team, more than 20 kilometers away.

The adults are busy farming and grazing for their livelihood every day, and have no time or energy to send their children to school.

They are not worried about children going to school alone. This is a grassland area and it is too dangerous. There are wolves.

So these children have continued to repeat the life of their ancestors since they were able to run.

There are still a few people in this tribe who have read books and are literate.

Li Wen left this dictionary so that these children can know a few more words and break through their understanding of the world through storybooks and novels.

"Krimujiang, you can ask Uncle Aheqi to learn this Daxia dictionary. There are also these story books, you can read them after you learn how to read.

Knowledge is a good thing, it can change your life." Li Wen patted the spiritual little boy and said.

"Xiaren, thank you."

The little boy didn't know what to say, he just learned thank you from Amanda.

Li Wen didn't speak, he just smiled and touched the little boy's head.

"Aheqi, Maimaiti, do you have anything you want to exchange? I can give you a discount." Li Wen said with a smile.

At this time, apart from Li Wen and the others, there were only the little boy Haldi who was with Kerimujiang today, two other children and two women at the door of the yurt.

"We are all ready." Maimaiti and Aheqi looked at each other and said with a smile.

"Then hurry up!"

"I have to change it for you quickly, otherwise the other herders will not have good things when they come soon." Li Wen urged, asking several people to get their things quickly.

"Comrade Li, this is my sheep bowl and my two children."

Aheqi introduced the woman carrying a sheepskin bag celebrating the festival and the two children, a boy and a girl.

Li Wen smiled and performed Uighur etiquette with Ahqi's wife, took out two malt lollipops from his pocket and handed them to the two children.

When the two children saw the candy, their eyes instantly lit up and they refused to admit it. They took the candy from Li Wen's hand and stuffed it into their mouths.

The Aheqi family has a lot of things, including more than ten kilograms of dried meat, more than a dozen sheepskins, and finally seven or eight kilograms of dairy products. It seems that the salesman's family still has some capital.

Li Wen asked the Aheqi family to choose something worth 70 yuan. If they didn't want something, they could give it money.

Finally, Aheqi and his wife discussed and chose a flashlight, six batteries, a small iron pot and some tea leaves, and finally ordered twenty pounds of soybeans and some grain.

Although the items chosen by the Aheqi couple may not look like much, they are the daily necessities that the herdsmen urgently need.

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s talk about the iron pots! All the things from the herdsmen’s homes before 1962 were handed over. Even if they were returned after 1962, all the iron products would be gone.

Now in the entire tribe, it is estimated that only Captain Amanda's house has one pot, and everyone else uses earthen pots.

The Aheqi family bought so many things for just over 40 yuan, so Li Wen found more than 20 yuan for the couple.

The next step is to buy things from Tijia. Buying from Tijia is obviously a bit inferior, and the total cost of everything only costs more than 20 yuan.

However, they also chose flashlights and batteries. In the end, they chose a bag of rock candy and dozens of kilograms of grain, and all their money was spent.

"Comrade Li, there are only two of them in the Haldi family, mother and son. Can you help collect those fruits?" When it was the turn of Haldi and his son, Aheqi stood up and said.

"Okay, didn't I say today that I'll take all the money from Kerimujiang and the others?" Li Wen said with a smile.

The Haldi family didn't have much to offer except cantaloupes and melons, which they sold for four yuan.

But in the end, Haldi's mother saw the price offered by Li Wen and actually took out a red fox skin from her sheepskin pocket.

"Oh! This fox fur is so beautiful." Li Wen was immediately attracted.

Haldi's mother spoke to Ahqi for a while in Uighur.

"Comrade Li, this fox skin is a relic of Haldi's father. Haldi's mother hopes to exchange it for an iron pot." Aheqi translated.

"This fox skin is very complete and beautiful. There is still some leftover for a pot.

Let's do this! Add ten yuan to a pot and let them choose what they want." Li Wen said with a smile.

Ahqi smiled and said a few words to the Haldi mother and son on the side.

After hearing this, the two of them kept saluting to Li Wen, making Li Wen blush.

The Haldi mother and her son may often not have enough to eat, so they exchanged ten yuan for a tea cake and a bag of brown sugar, and the rest was exchanged for grain.

After the three Aheqi families were replaced, there was only about a hundred kilograms of food left. However, this time Li Wen brought only white flour, which was of considerable value.

After changing things, the other herdsmen hadn't come over yet, so Li Wen took out the gift he was going to give away.

Li Wen smiled and took out a two-pound tea cake and handed it to Maimaiti.

"Maimaiti, this is a piece of tea cake. Your "sheep bowl" entertained us warmly today. This is my gift to you."

Because Maimaiti's wife did not speak Daxia language, Li Wen could only have an affair with Maimaiti who was standing beside him.

"Oh! My friend, your gift is too valuable." Maimaiti excitedly took the tea cake and said a few words to his wife in Uyghur.

"Aheqi, this is a gift for you. Thank you for helping me be my guide today." Li Wen took out a pack of rock candy and gave it to Aheqi.

Aheqi is worthy of being the son of a salesman. He followed Li Wen for a long time today and didn't ask for anything, but his enthusiasm was remembered by Li Wen.

"Comrade Li, rock candy is very precious here. Thank you for your generosity, I have to give you a gift." As he said, Aheqi took out an agate ornament from his pocket and handed it to Li Wen.

Agate is really not a rare thing in Xinjiang in this era, but it is also a piece of other people's hearts, and etiquette is less important than affection! Li Wen took it with a smile.

After waiting for a few more minutes, other herdsmen rushed towards the door of Maimaiti's house carrying sheepskin bags.

In more than an hour, more than 30 families in the Timur tribe emptied their wealth.

Li Wen also harvested hundreds of kilograms of dried meat, more than 200 kilograms of dairy products, more than a hundred sheepskins, and of course some other things, but none of them were of much value.

For these things, Li Wen paid more than 100 kilograms of tea, more than 200 yuan of daily necessities, and more than 100 yuan.
Chapter completed!