Hanhai is a desert area covering an area of nearly 10,000 square kilometers. Looking from a distance, it is an endless golden yellow, full of drought and poverty.
But a long, long time ago, this was a prosperous grassland filled with cattle and horses, and lush greenery. However, the ruthless nature slowly turned this place into a dry desert.
The journey from City S to Hanhai is not easy. The plane can only reach nearby urban areas, and then transfer to an arranged off-road vehicle to go to Hanhai. Xiao Zhiyi and Yueyue were sitting in the back seat. Her mood during the journey
It's all very heavy, especially when you see that the scenery outside the window is all desert.
This is her first time to the desert. When she read travel notes written by others, she only thought that the desert was particularly beautiful, with a kind of decayed beauty of the vicissitudes of the world. But when she saw it with her own eyes, she realized how cruel the beauty in those photos was.
, the desert in reality is full of poverty.
Xiao Zhiyi simply couldn't imagine that there were people living in this kind of place, but the fact was that there were people living here, and they had been living here for generations, guarding this desert.
Yueyue didn't speak during the whole journey, probably because of what happened yesterday. She didn't say a word to Xiao Zhiyi, and Xiao Zhiyi didn't ask for trouble. The three of them were silent along the way.
Of course, there are more than just the three of them in this business. Su Yi also brought a team. If he wanted to change the environment here, he had to leave it to professionals, so he brought a lot of geological exploration personnel.
The motorcade drove for a whole afternoon, and finally entered a village as the sun set. Under Yueyue's guidance, the car stopped at the entrance of the village committee.
As soon as they got off the bus, someone came out to greet them. They were an old couple over sixty years old. The old woman was very happy to see Yueyue and came up to hold her hand: "Yueyue, you are back. You are worried about me."
Yueyue gave her a reassuring WeChat message and introduced both parties.
The old man is the head of this village, and the old woman is his wife. This village is called Riyue Village. It is already the largest village nearby and the closest village to the town. Compared to villages deeper in the desert, this village is considered
'Rich'.
Su Yi nodded to the village chief, and then was welcomed into the village committee. It was said to be the village committee, but in fact it was the village chief's home. It was a very small home, with not much area in total. A group of people came in, making it look like
Extremely cramped.
Xiao Zhiyi looked at the furnishings at home. To be honest, she had only seen the furnishings of this era on TV. They were very old, and the tables, chairs, and benches were all covered in sand. Nowhere was clean.
The village chief's wife wanted to clean their stools, but Yueyue sat down without caring and said to Su Yi and Xiao Zhiyi: "Whether you like to sit or not, this is the environment here."
"Is there anything you can't do?" Xiao Zhiyi pulled Su Yi and sat down. They were not here to enjoy themselves. They were mentally prepared to endure hardship before coming.
The village chief's wife was still embarrassed and wanted to pour them tea, but Yueyue stopped her.
"Let's get down to business." Yueyue looked at the village chief's wife, asked her to sit down, and then said to the village chief: "This person has a lot of money to spend. He is willing to spend money to improve and manage the environment of Riyue Village. He has many manpower.
We have brought them all, and we will start geological surveying from tomorrow. Please tell the villagers and ask them to cooperate."
The village chief nodded happily: "Okay, okay, I'll go door to door. Old lady, go cook and entertain the guests."
As he said this, the village chief ran out excitedly.
The village chief's wife is also very excited and is going to cook.
Yueyue said: "We don't eat at home, nor do we live at home. Please stop working. I just came to tell you first so that you don't worry."
"Then where are you going to live?" the village chief's wife asked hurriedly.
"In the town, come back tomorrow and you will stay in the village permanently." Yueyue said and stood up.
Su Yi and Xiao Zhiyi also got up, and then the large group got on the bus again and turned around to head to the nearest town.
It took more than an hour to drive to the nearest town. Under Yueyue's guidance, the motorcade stopped again and stopped in front of the most luxurious hotel in the town.
Although it is said to be luxurious, it is actually equivalent to an express hotel in the city. Su Yi has probably never stayed in a hotel of this quality.
"Enjoy your last good night's sleep. After all, you can only live in tents from tomorrow on." After checking in at the front desk, Yueyue went directly upstairs with her room card.
Su Yi and Xiao Zhiyi were in the same room. Before going upstairs, Su Yi told the captain of the survey team to go to the room to find him later.
After a while, the captain of the survey team knocked on the door. Su Yi opened the door and let him in. The captain was an experienced geological surveyor, whom Su Yi spent a lot of money to invite.
"Professor Wang, after preliminary observation of the environment here today, what do you think?" Su Yi also asked directly.
Professor Wang also told Su Yi directly: "The situation of underground water sources cannot be determined with the naked eye. We still need to rely on technology to survey. However, from my experience, environmental management here is not easy and will definitely be a long process."
It’s a huge project.”
Su Yi nodded and explained: "You make a list of what you need to prepare and tell people to buy it."
"Okay." After chatting for a while, Professor Wang went back to prepare.
Xiao Zhiyi had been riding in the car all day and was leaning on the sofa without energy. Looking out the window at the night, it seemed that there was no other sound except the wind. The residents living here seemed to be used to going to bed early. It was only seven o'clock.
, there is no one on the street anymore.
Su Yi came over, hugged her and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"I think about how the people living here have lived for many years. I used to feel that I was very unfortunate, but now that I think about it, I am already very lucky." Xiao Zhiyi hugged his waist tightly and said.
Su Yi didn't have as many emotions as she did. In this world, there were many people who were more unfortunate than herself. He was not God and could not save so many people.
"Are you hungry? I haven't eaten much all day. I'll take you out to eat something." Su Yi asked.
"There are few people on the road, how can we have something to eat?" Xiao Zhiyi was very doubtful.
"Look for it. If you don't find it, come back and eat instant noodles." Su Yi pulled her up.
Xiao Zhiyi took out her cell phone: "I'll ask Yueyue if she's going."
"Don't call her, it's just the two of us." Su Yi took away her mobile phone, took her hand and walked out: "Think of it as a date."
Xiao Zhiyi smiled: "Okay."
After all, the two of them had never been alone together since the day of their engagement. Even though it hadn't been long, it seemed like a long time had passed.
The temperature at night was a bit cold, and both of them were wearing thick clothes. Xiao Zhiyi refused to wear gloves, so he and Su Yi interlocked and walked on the deserted street.
The two of them walked for a long time before finally finding a noodle shop that was still open. They quickly walked in and ordered two bowls of mutton noodle soup. There were no side dishes and the conditions were not that good.
The boss quickly brought the soup noodles and asked them if they were traveling in Mandarin.
Su Yi said: "Well, honeymoon."
The boss enthusiastically said congratulations and introduced them to interesting places nearby. Only then did the two of them realize that there were indeed developed tourist attractions nearby. No wonder this town was relatively prosperous.
Since someone has already done development here, it means that the geological environment here has the possibility of being changed and managed. Thinking of this, the two of them have a little more confidence.