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Long ago, in the days
when horses still had short tails
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there lived a strange man.
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He often lied on the hill
facing downwards.
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A huge tree pierced his chest
right through to his back.
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The top of the tree pointed up
to the sky.
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Because a century before he had drunk
from the spring of long life
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he lived for a full hundred years.
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But his wife and his family
all left this world long before him.
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So the strange man lived
an unhappy life.
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He tried to kill himself
by impaling his body onto a tree.
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But the tree was nurtured by the water
from the spring of long life.
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He ended up living for a hundred years
with the tree stuck in his body.
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He sprinkled the water from the spring
of long life onto the forest
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and let the plants grow forever.
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My uncle once said that if you put
your hand into a hole in a tree
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you can feel the tree's heart
beating just like that of a lamb,
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bringing you comfort.
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Lying like this relaxes me.
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I can feel the plants
bouncing about around me.
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Khader.
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Tokpas.
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Arsin Khazer.
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Sultan Khazer.
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Zair Khazer.
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Orman Khazer.
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Abdul Khazer.
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I looked for ages
but couldn't find my name.
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I could only find my grandfather's
grandfather's name.
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Perhaps from my grandfather's
generation onwards
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our names became too small
to be shown on the tree.
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I would have to use a microscope
to see my generation.
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- Bring the milk in.
- Okay.
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This is my uncle, Yerken Bek.
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He taught me all
I know about plant collecting.
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He'd often jokingly call me
"the botanist".
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He once told me
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that a Frenchman called Rousseau
stood amongst his sheep and told him
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that even someone who doesn't know
the name of a single plant
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can become an accomplished botanist.
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Be gone, be gone!
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All bad things be gone.
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My name is Arsin Abdul Khazer.
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I'm Kazakh.
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I'm 13 years old.
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I'm 1.55 metres tall.
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I weigh 41 kilos.
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I'm blood type A.
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I live on the northern grasslands
of Xinjiang.
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My grandfather was from
the Kerait tribe.
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If you look at a map you'll see
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this place is only five kilometres
away from Kazakhstan
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in the most northwesterly
corner of China.
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Ringing in your ears is the laughter
two leaves make
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as they rub against each other
in the wind.
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Each leaf represents
different people’s lives.
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When a child is born
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a new leaf grows.
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If a leaf turn yellow and wilts
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it means someone must be in trouble.
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Three winters ago
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my uncle disappeared
in the mountains around my village.
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We had a lot of snow that year.
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The snow was higher than I am now.
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Our family still
haven't found my uncle.
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Some people say
he must have frozen to death.
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But I don't believe that.
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Maybe he found the spring of long life
and didn't want to come back.
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Or he got lost on purpose.
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Inspired by my grandfather
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Uncle Yerken temporarily became
the village doctor in his youth.
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He later fell in love
with a girl from the village.
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My grandfather was against it
but he wouldn't listen.
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My uncle and the girl went to live
in the forest for a long time.
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Until one day my uncle
returned alone from the forest.
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From then on he lived here alone.
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Can you help me out?
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Your hand.
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Hey, Nurbul.
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How are you, dude?
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Did you see the photo
of the sheep I sent you?
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You never call me.
Up to no good as usual?
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You'd be better off back here.
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We'd watch over hundreds of sheep
like wolves.
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For sure.
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Of course it's good money.
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Hello?
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Hello?
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Our sheep are getting mixed up
with the others.
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Brother!
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The sheep!
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Watch your sheep!
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Don't chase them over there.
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Get your sheep out of here!
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That's my brother.
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He's also my grandmother's son.
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It's Kazakh tradition to give
your firstborn to his grandparents.
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But I don't like calling him Uncle.
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Because that just reminds me
of my Uncle Yerken Bek.
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What did you just call me?
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Brother.
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What am I to you?
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My brother.
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My uncle.
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Uncle.
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My uncle told me that lambs
eat different types of grasses
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as they make their way
up the mountain.
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You can't let them
retrace their steps.
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So that in the following year
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the lambs can eat the grass that grows
in those places in the next year.
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The natural gas produced by the company
will be transported to inland provinces and regions.
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by-products such as tar, middle distillates,
and naphtha can also be produced.
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It will be able to become the world's largest
single-unit coal-based natural gas enterprise.
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Relying on high-quality coal resources,
Xinjiang is focusing on coal bases such as Yili and Zhundong
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to create a modern coal chemical industry cluster.
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accelerating the process of converting
resource advantages into economic advantages.
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Give it back.
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Stealing again!
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Come on.
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My mum says no tabs.
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Call your dad.
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He does what my mum says.
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You're a feisty one.
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How much?
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One yuan.
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Arsin.
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Thanks for last time.
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This is on the house.
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Let me take you somewhere.
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Here.
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It tastes really nice.
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Look.
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Well done!
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It's true.
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She may be Han Chinese.
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But so what?
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Grandma?
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Grandma?
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Grandma?
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Tell your uncle to come and eat.
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You mean my brother?
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No, I mean your uncle.
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Grandma says it's time to eat,
Brother.
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You go on ahead.
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Let's go home then.
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I'll go without you then.
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Come and play, Arsin.
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It's too small.
And there's a crack in it.
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It's not worth anything.
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Bigger stones are better.
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Where's it from?
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The canal.
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Hey, boss!
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Yep?
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Let's go!
Bazaar's closing.
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Let's go.
I'm coming.
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I've got to go now.
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Lock the door, Meiyu.
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Okay.
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Hey, did you know?
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there was once a scholar
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who heard that praying mantises used
a leaf to make themselves invisible.
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One day he managed
to find such a leaf.
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He went around
with the leaf over his eyes
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stealing from people.
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But he was found out.
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Do you know why?
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The leaf was over his eyes
and he couldn't see anyone.
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But he thought people couldn't see him.
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Maybe there really is such a leaf
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and your uncle found it.
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And he's hiding behind it.
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It would have to be a really big leaf
to hide him completely.
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If we're lucky
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maybe we can find one.
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Brother?
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What did you say?
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Brother.
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- Be thorough. Pick all the wool up.
- Okay.
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Have some grapes.
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Okay.
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Is that your friend?
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Call him over.
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Mum, are you home?
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I'm here.
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How are you?
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I'm fine.
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In good health?
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Yes.
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I brought you some tea,
vegetables and fruit.
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Just a few things.
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Lovely.
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Who else's home?
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Arsin.
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Long time no see, Arsin.
How are you?
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You're so tall now.
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You best take these things inside.
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I’ll help Grandma.
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What are you cooking?
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Naan bread.
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You need to add a log to the stove.
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- I need to take this call, Mum.
- Okay.
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Hello?
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It's been checked.
Do we have to check it again?
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Does it have to be today?
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I'm back at my mother's house.
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It's a hassle to go back now.
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It's all on my desktop.
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Okay. I'll go back then.
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- Mum?
- Yes?
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My boss wants me to go back to
the office to hand in some paperwork.
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I have to go.
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Have some tea first.
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Next time.
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I'll visit another time.
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Take care!
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Eat up.
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Cold naan bread isn't very nice.
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I made too many.
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Five.
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Four.
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Three.
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Two.
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One.
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Meiyu gave me a plant.
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She said that 30 million years ago
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this plant lived
at the bottom of the ocean
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and that this place
was once a vast sea.
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The wind strokes
the surface of the sea.
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The waves lap the shore.
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Ready?
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I'm opening my eyes.
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Arsin?
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Arsin?
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You're scaring me.
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How are you, my boy?
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I just came from the place
where your uncle lives.
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What are you on about?
Where's my uncle?
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He's drinking tea in his yurt.
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Arsin?
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He can't be.
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If you don't believe me
I'll recite a poem.
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You're scaring me, Arsin.
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My friend!
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When the cold rain falls
from the sky above
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Please follow the river
to seek what you find.
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- The air drifts across the plains.
- I'm going.
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Like ripples from a spring.
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You will learn to breathe.
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You will...
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Go away.
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What's up with you?
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Looks like your head
is in the clouds.
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I'm trying to find a leaf
that can make people invisible.
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What rubbish.
You sound like your brother.
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Did you ever find your uncle?
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I remember it was your uncle
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who taught us to wrestle.
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But I beat him.
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That was just once.
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Your uncle's girlfriend
was looking for him or something.
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I know where
your uncle's ex-girlfriend lives.
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No way!
Where does she live?
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If you agree to a rematch
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I'll tell you.
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Forget it.
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No wonder your head
is in the clouds.
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Is that the best you can do?
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By 2015, 2.6 million tons of coal-based urea,
800,000 tons of coal-based dimethyl ether
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100 billion cubic meters of coal-based natural gas
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and 1 million tons of coal-based ethylene glycol
will be produced...
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Hey, boy.
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Hang on.
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Help me check this camera.
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Move to the left.
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Now to the right.
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More to the right.
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Now to the left.
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Stand back a little.
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Move forward a little.
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Now to the left.
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Okay.
Thank you!
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The goat's inside.
Chase it out.
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Nine.
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Eight.
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Seven.
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Six.
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Five.
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Four.
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Three.
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Two.
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One.
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How are you, Batar?
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You never call me.
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I hear you're making big bucks
in the city.
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Don't you plan to come back?
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Okay.
Enjoy the good life!
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My brother once looked after horses
for someone in Beijing.
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One day he and his flatmate
were using the washing machine
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and they got into an argument.
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My brother hit his flatmate.
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He thought he'd get
turned in to the police.
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So he put his wet clothes
in his suitcase and left Beijing.
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He carried his drenched suitcase
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all the way back home.
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As he got home he felt more relaxed.
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When he saw the grasslands
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from the bus window
he started to cry.
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When I went to Shanghai
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I met a girl in a restaurant.
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I doubt that.
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You're drunk.
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We talked all night
on the streets of Shanghai.
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When the sun came up
we even had coffee together.
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We lost track of time.
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But guess what?
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Later I found out
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she was from Uliya Village
down the road.
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From the fourth house on lane 18
in the east of the village.
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Her house door was blue.
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Is Shanghai really that fun?
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Shanghai's nice enough.
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But it's too remote.
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Brother?
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Brother?
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Shining like a star.
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Roaring like the waves.
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Oh, life!
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Let me kickstart my life!
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With an indominable spirit!
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Let me fire up my life!
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There are so many
twists and turns ahead.
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And so few people to guide me.
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But my precious dreams
have always been kept alive.
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They are bound to come true
in the bright of dawn.
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Life is a long journey!
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Life is a long journey!
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Life is a long journey!
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People envy you when you succeed.
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But no one cares if you fail.
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Oh, life of illusions!
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You cannot embrace goodwill.
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Or stop yourself from failing.
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Oh, unfortunate life!
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There are so many
twists and turns ahead...
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After he got to the village
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my brother was constantly on edge.
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He worried his boss in Beijing
would send someone
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to find him or make him
pay compensation.
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But no one ever came.
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No one even called him.
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It was like
he'd never left the village.
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He simply stayed in the village.
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Did you just fart?
58:59.433 --> 59:00.141
Stop farting.
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I want to.
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Stop it!
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That's your uncle's ex-lover.
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Xinjiang is rich in mineral resources.
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Over the past 60 years
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especially since the Central Xinjiang Work Symposium.
59:54.058 --> 59:55.807
The situation of lack of oil and electricity and backwardness
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in resource development in Xinjiang
has changed dramatically.
59:58.433 --> 01:00:01.600
The pattern of all-round development
of various types of resources has gradually taken shape...
01:02:06.016 --> 01:02:10.641
Though no one knows the names
of the plants that grow in the village
01:02:11.016 --> 01:02:15.516
that doesn't stop them from growing.
01:02:17.308 --> 01:02:19.057
I thought Meiyu and I
01:02:19.058 --> 01:02:21.516
would also grow up here.
01:02:22.308 --> 01:02:24.516
But today she told me
01:02:24.766 --> 01:02:26.516
she's going to Shanghai.
01:02:27.933 --> 01:02:31.891
Her mum has arranged for her
to go to boarding school.
01:02:32.683 --> 01:02:36.350
She'll leave after
the summer holidays.
01:05:30.850 --> 01:05:36.516
The distance from here
to Shanghai is 4792km.
01:05:37.183 --> 01:05:39.683
If I were to walk
to where Meiyu's going...
01:05:41.600 --> 01:05:42.766
I did the maths.
01:05:43.391 --> 01:05:48.266
It would take me 1657 hours
and 20 minutes.
01:05:48.641 --> 01:05:50.683
That's around 69 days and nights.
01:05:53.183 --> 01:05:57.266
Maybe I'd get there
in a month on horseback.
01:05:58.016 --> 01:06:00.766
It might be faster by bus.
01:06:01.141 --> 01:06:03.683
But I'd have to get a night bus
to the city.
01:06:04.016 --> 01:06:07.183
Then take a night train to Urumqi.
01:06:08.141 --> 01:06:09.433
Then from Urumqi
01:06:09.641 --> 01:06:14.141
I'd have to get a train for two days
and three nights to reach Shanghai.
01:06:22.766 --> 01:06:27.641
It wouldn't take me that long
to get to Shanghai.
01:06:29.350 --> 01:06:30.516
Who on earth are you?
01:06:39.266 --> 01:06:42.141
I can get to Shanghai in a flash.
01:06:42.308 --> 01:06:44.516
Stop bragging.
01:06:47.475 --> 01:06:49.058
If you don't believe me
01:06:50.641 --> 01:06:52.766
close your eyes.
01:06:53.600 --> 01:06:55.558
When I count down to one,
you can open them.
01:07:01.016 --> 01:07:01.766
Three.
01:07:02.350 --> 01:07:03.225
Two.
01:07:03.808 --> 01:07:04.558
One.
01:07:16.350 --> 01:07:17.058
Hello?
01:07:17.891 --> 01:07:18.641
Hello?
01:07:22.683 --> 01:07:23.557
Hi, babe.
01:07:23.558 --> 01:07:24.641
What are you doing?
01:07:27.183 --> 01:07:28.558
Miss me?
01:07:29.933 --> 01:07:32.100
Herding the sheep.
What else?
01:07:34.850 --> 01:07:39.475
I need to get rich
to take you out for hotpot.
01:07:41.225 --> 01:07:43.141
Who are you with?
01:07:45.308 --> 01:07:46.975
How about I meet you tonight?
01:07:48.850 --> 01:07:51.391
In my private jet of course.
01:08:08.808 --> 01:08:11.141
In order to prevent water
from evaporating
01:08:11.641 --> 01:08:14.766
thistles convert their leaves
into prickly thorns.
01:08:15.058 --> 01:08:18.016
This is a resilient strategy
01:08:19.016 --> 01:08:23.016
that this plant adopts
to survive in specific conditions.
01:08:23.766 --> 01:08:29.516
I suppose I should be stronger
like a thistle.
01:08:30.391 --> 01:08:34.391
But of course I don't want
to hurt her with thorns.
01:08:54.558 --> 01:08:59.391
ACHNATERUM SPLENDENS: A LUCKY GRASS
THAT CAN STOP PEOPLE FALLING FROM THEIR HORSE
01:09:32.641 --> 01:09:35.641
Who will you miss
when you go to Shanghai?
01:09:42.641 --> 01:09:45.516
Do you really want to go?
01:11:13.683 --> 01:11:16.183
Where are you going this early?
01:11:16.933 --> 01:11:19.183
Don't be back too late.
01:11:37.058 --> 01:11:39.350
Come and play, Arsin.
01:12:08.683 --> 01:12:10.808
- What are you doing?
- None of your business!
01:12:19.933 --> 01:12:21.308
The sheep got in!
01:12:41.558 --> 01:12:46.640
The total tax revenue provided to our county
is expected to exceed 150 million yuan
01:12:46.641 --> 01:12:50.808
and local employment for the children of farmers and herders
has reached 65 people.
01:14:02.266 --> 01:14:04.558
Go away.
She doesn't want to hang out with you.
01:14:05.558 --> 01:14:07.766
Go away, you weirdo.
01:14:15.058 --> 01:14:16.891
Your uncle's a weirdo too.
01:14:17.516 --> 01:14:20.100
You uncle's a drunk
who doesn't pay his debts.
01:16:22.683 --> 01:16:26.433
The woman said that when
she started seeing her future husband
01:16:27.433 --> 01:16:30.308
because they lived far away
from each other
01:16:31.183 --> 01:16:33.933
every evening they'd go
to the top of the hill
01:16:34.225 --> 01:16:39.641
and wave a flashlight to show
they cared for each other.
01:16:41.308 --> 01:16:42.308
But one day,
01:16:42.725 --> 01:16:46.058
the man went up the mountain
with his sheep and never came back.
01:16:46.308 --> 01:16:48.600
But the woman continued
to go to the hill
01:16:48.891 --> 01:16:51.225
and wave her flashlight,
01:16:51.600 --> 01:16:53.975
waiting for her lover to return.
01:17:10.475 --> 01:17:14.058
Do you know my uncle Yerken Bek, madam?
01:17:16.350 --> 01:17:18.683
No.
01:18:23.475 --> 01:18:25.433
Meiyu's leaving.
01:18:25.725 --> 01:18:29.183
She's going to get
the night bus to the city.
01:18:29.808 --> 01:18:33.600
Then the night train to Urumqi.
01:18:34.225 --> 01:18:35.808
Then from Urumqi
01:18:36.058 --> 01:18:39.975
she'll get a train for two days
and three nights to Shanghai.
01:18:43.308 --> 01:18:46.350
In Shanghai there's
a Shanghai Station,
01:18:46.808 --> 01:18:48.808
a Shanghai South Station,
01:18:48.933 --> 01:18:50.725
a Shanghai Hongqiao Station,
01:18:51.225 --> 01:18:55.558
and a Shanghai West Station.
01:18:58.808 --> 01:19:03.308
I asked her which station in Shanghai
she'd arrive at.
01:19:03.808 --> 01:19:06.350
But she said she didn't know.
01:19:20.933 --> 01:19:22.433
My uncle said
everyone who leaves
01:19:23.350 --> 01:19:24.850
goes round in a circle.
01:19:25.975 --> 01:19:28.725
Eventually they all
come back to the village.
01:20:40.558 --> 01:20:46.600
I keep telling myself
I must remember all of this.
01:20:47.308 --> 01:20:49.058
If only all of this
01:20:49.308 --> 01:20:50.683
were a herbarium,
01:20:51.058 --> 01:20:55.850
it could be preserved intact forever.
01:23:08.683 --> 01:23:10.683
This is for you, buddy.
01:23:11.058 --> 01:23:13.308
I'm going to the autumn pastures.
Take care.
01:23:19.975 --> 01:23:22.307
The grass is like our mother's hair.
01:23:22.308 --> 01:23:24.808
If you pick grass like that
their heads will hurt.
01:23:47.308 --> 01:23:48.433
Hello?
01:24:35.475 --> 01:24:37.183
Where are you going, Brother?
01:24:37.725 --> 01:24:39.766
Beijing.
01:27:31.558 --> 01:27:36.100
Uncle Bek once told me a love story.
01:27:36.558 --> 01:27:38.933
After heaven and earth
had been created
01:27:39.475 --> 01:27:41.475
the sun and moon fell in love.
01:27:42.183 --> 01:27:45.933
They were dying
to get close to each other.
01:27:46.600 --> 01:27:49.516
But however hard they tried
they simply couldn't.