WEBVTT 00:00:58.516 --> 00:01:02.308 align:center Long ago, in the days when horses still had short tails 00:01:02.891 --> 00:01:05.183 align:center there lived a strange man. 00:01:05.766 --> 00:01:09.766 align:center He often lied on the hill facing downwards. 00:01:10.391 --> 00:01:14.766 align:center A huge tree pierced his chest right through to his back. 00:01:15.141 --> 00:01:17.016 align:center The top of the tree pointed up to the sky. 00:01:17.516 --> 00:01:21.641 align:center Because a century before he had drunk from the spring of long life 00:01:22.016 --> 00:01:26.141 align:center he lived for a full hundred years. 00:01:30.808 --> 00:01:37.891 align:center But his wife and his family all left this world long before him. 00:01:38.516 --> 00:01:42.516 align:center So the strange man lived an unhappy life. 00:01:43.016 --> 00:01:48.391 align:center He tried to kill himself by impaling his body onto a tree. 00:01:48.891 --> 00:01:57.183 align:center But the tree was nurtured by the water from the spring of long life. 00:01:58.266 --> 00:02:04.558 align:center He ended up living for a hundred years with the tree stuck in his body. 00:02:08.141 --> 00:02:14.058 align:center He sprinkled the water from the spring of long life onto the forest 00:02:15.266 --> 00:02:20.225 align:center and let the plants grow forever. 00:05:09.891 --> 00:05:13.933 align:center My uncle once said that if you put your hand into a hole in a tree 00:05:15.266 --> 00:05:19.141 align:center you can feel the tree's heart beating just like that of a lamb, 00:05:19.725 --> 00:05:21.558 align:center bringing you comfort. 00:05:23.016 --> 00:05:26.183 align:center Lying like this relaxes me. 00:05:26.558 --> 00:05:29.975 align:center I can feel the plants bouncing about around me. 00:07:12.516 --> 00:07:13.391 align:center Khader. 00:07:13.891 --> 00:07:15.141 align:center Tokpas. 00:07:16.141 --> 00:07:17.433 align:center Arsin Khazer. 00:07:18.433 --> 00:07:20.016 align:center Sultan Khazer. 00:07:20.641 --> 00:07:22.391 align:center Zair Khazer. 00:07:22.891 --> 00:07:24.641 align:center Orman Khazer. 00:07:25.016 --> 00:07:26.766 align:center Abdul Khazer. 00:07:30.058 --> 00:07:33.141 align:center I looked for ages but couldn't find my name. 00:07:34.141 --> 00:07:37.266 align:center I could only find my grandfather's grandfather's name. 00:07:37.516 --> 00:07:39.933 align:center Perhaps from my grandfather's generation onwards 00:07:40.266 --> 00:07:43.516 align:center our names became too small to be shown on the tree. 00:07:43.766 --> 00:07:49.808 align:center I would have to use a microscope to see my generation. 00:08:13.141 --> 00:08:17.891 align:center - Bring the milk in. - Okay. 00:09:00.766 --> 00:09:02.891 align:center This is my uncle, Yerken Bek. 00:09:03.058 --> 00:09:07.058 align:center He taught me all I know about plant collecting. 00:09:07.558 --> 00:09:11.266 align:center He'd often jokingly call me "the botanist". 00:09:12.558 --> 00:09:13.682 align:center He once told me 00:09:13.683 --> 00:09:17.891 align:center that a Frenchman called Rousseau stood amongst his sheep and told him 00:09:18.016 --> 00:09:21.391 align:center that even someone who doesn't know the name of a single plant 00:09:21.808 --> 00:09:26.516 align:center can become an accomplished botanist. 00:11:32.058 --> 00:11:35.183 align:center Be gone, be gone! 00:11:35.391 --> 00:11:37.766 align:center All bad things be gone. 00:11:54.141 --> 00:11:56.766 align:center My name is Arsin Abdul Khazer. 00:11:57.016 --> 00:11:58.766 align:center I'm Kazakh. 00:11:59.058 --> 00:12:01.016 align:center I'm 13 years old. 00:12:01.391 --> 00:12:04.266 align:center I'm 1.55 metres tall. 00:12:04.516 --> 00:12:06.183 align:center I weigh 41 kilos. 00:12:06.516 --> 00:12:07.891 align:center I'm blood type A. 00:12:12.766 --> 00:12:15.766 align:center I live on the northern grasslands of Xinjiang. 00:12:16.391 --> 00:12:18.558 align:center My grandfather was from the Kerait tribe. 00:12:18.933 --> 00:12:20.891 align:center If you look at a map you'll see 00:12:21.141 --> 00:12:25.016 align:center this place is only five kilometres away from Kazakhstan 00:12:25.641 --> 00:12:30.141 align:center in the most northwesterly corner of China. 00:12:51.391 --> 00:12:54.516 align:center Ringing in your ears is the laughter two leaves make 00:12:54.766 --> 00:12:57.391 align:center as they rub against each other in the wind. 00:12:57.891 --> 00:13:02.183 align:center Each leaf represents different people’s lives. 00:13:04.183 --> 00:13:07.016 align:center When a child is born 00:13:07.808 --> 00:13:09.766 align:center a new leaf grows. 00:13:11.016 --> 00:13:12.808 align:center If a leaf turn yellow and wilts 00:13:13.433 --> 00:13:16.016 align:center it means someone must be in trouble. 00:13:20.641 --> 00:13:22.850 align:center Three winters ago 00:13:23.266 --> 00:13:27.391 align:center my uncle disappeared in the mountains around my village. 00:13:28.266 --> 00:13:30.641 align:center We had a lot of snow that year. 00:13:31.016 --> 00:13:33.725 align:center The snow was higher than I am now. 00:13:36.766 --> 00:13:39.391 align:center Our family still haven't found my uncle. 00:13:39.891 --> 00:13:42.808 align:center Some people say he must have frozen to death. 00:13:44.558 --> 00:13:46.391 align:center But I don't believe that. 00:13:47.141 --> 00:13:52.266 align:center Maybe he found the spring of long life and didn't want to come back. 00:13:52.891 --> 00:13:57.266 align:center Or he got lost on purpose. 00:15:03.641 --> 00:15:05.058 align:center Inspired by my grandfather 00:15:05.391 --> 00:15:09.308 align:center Uncle Yerken temporarily became the village doctor in his youth. 00:15:10.141 --> 00:15:13.141 align:center He later fell in love with a girl from the village. 00:15:13.516 --> 00:15:16.516 align:center My grandfather was against it but he wouldn't listen. 00:15:17.308 --> 00:15:22.266 align:center My uncle and the girl went to live in the forest for a long time. 00:15:23.433 --> 00:15:27.641 align:center Until one day my uncle returned alone from the forest. 00:15:28.391 --> 00:15:33.891 align:center From then on he lived here alone. 00:16:51.016 --> 00:16:54.016 align:center Can you help me out? 00:17:10.016 --> 00:17:10.683 align:center Your hand. 00:18:22.266 --> 00:18:23.641 align:center Hey, Nurbul. 00:18:23.891 --> 00:18:25.641 align:center How are you, dude? 00:18:25.766 --> 00:18:28.766 align:center Did you see the photo of the sheep I sent you? 00:18:31.641 --> 00:18:35.391 align:center You never call me. Up to no good as usual? 00:18:44.391 --> 00:18:46.016 align:center You'd be better off back here. 00:18:46.141 --> 00:18:48.516 align:center We'd watch over hundreds of sheep like wolves. 00:18:49.391 --> 00:18:50.141 align:center For sure. 00:18:51.433 --> 00:18:52.891 align:center Of course it's good money. 00:18:53.683 --> 00:18:54.516 align:center Hello? 00:18:56.266 --> 00:18:57.058 align:center Hello? 00:19:09.641 --> 00:19:12.308 align:center Our sheep are getting mixed up with the others. 00:19:13.516 --> 00:19:14.641 align:center Brother! 00:19:16.933 --> 00:19:18.016 align:center The sheep! 00:19:27.266 --> 00:19:28.391 align:center Watch your sheep! 00:19:48.766 --> 00:19:50.058 align:center Don't chase them over there. 00:20:02.225 --> 00:20:03.933 align:center Get your sheep out of here! 00:20:10.891 --> 00:20:12.183 align:center That's my brother. 00:20:12.933 --> 00:20:14.891 align:center He's also my grandmother's son. 00:20:15.141 --> 00:20:19.683 align:center It's Kazakh tradition to give your firstborn to his grandparents. 00:20:20.266 --> 00:20:22.141 align:center But I don't like calling him Uncle. 00:20:22.891 --> 00:20:26.475 align:center Because that just reminds me of my Uncle Yerken Bek. 00:20:29.516 --> 00:20:31.391 align:center What did you just call me? 00:20:32.016 --> 00:20:33.016 align:center Brother. 00:20:34.433 --> 00:20:35.641 align:center What am I to you? 00:20:37.808 --> 00:20:39.141 align:center My brother. 00:20:41.933 --> 00:20:42.933 align:center My uncle. 00:20:43.141 --> 00:20:44.141 align:center Uncle. 00:20:53.183 --> 00:20:56.808 align:center My uncle told me that lambs eat different types of grasses 00:20:57.016 --> 00:20:59.141 align:center as they make their way up the mountain. 00:21:00.933 --> 00:21:03.183 align:center You can't let them retrace their steps. 00:21:03.433 --> 00:21:05.766 align:center So that in the following year 00:21:05.933 --> 00:21:10.766 align:center the lambs can eat the grass that grows in those places in the next year. 00:21:25.891 --> 00:21:31.057 align:center The natural gas produced by the company will be transported to inland provinces and regions. 00:21:31.058 --> 00:21:35.349 align:center by-products such as tar, middle distillates, and naphtha can also be produced. 00:21:35.350 --> 00:21:39.932 align:center It will be able to become the world's largest single-unit coal-based natural gas enterprise. 00:21:39.933 --> 00:21:44.349 align:center Relying on high-quality coal resources, Xinjiang is focusing on coal bases such as Yili and Zhundong 00:21:44.350 --> 00:21:46.974 align:center to create a modern coal chemical industry cluster. 00:21:46.975 --> 00:21:50.433 align:center accelerating the process of converting resource advantages into economic advantages. 00:22:28.641 --> 00:22:29.266 align:center Give it back. 00:22:29.808 --> 00:22:30.766 align:center Stealing again! 00:22:31.433 --> 00:22:32.141 align:center Come on. 00:22:46.266 --> 00:22:47.558 align:center My mum says no tabs. 00:22:48.266 --> 00:22:49.140 align:center Call your dad. 00:22:49.141 --> 00:22:51.183 align:center He does what my mum says. 00:22:52.975 --> 00:22:54.933 align:center You're a feisty one. 00:23:02.391 --> 00:23:03.391 align:center How much? 00:23:03.516 --> 00:23:04.641 align:center One yuan. 00:23:35.141 --> 00:23:36.725 align:center Arsin. 00:23:37.516 --> 00:23:38.683 align:center Thanks for last time. 00:23:38.808 --> 00:23:40.516 align:center This is on the house. 00:23:46.641 --> 00:23:48.766 align:center Let me take you somewhere. 00:25:23.766 --> 00:25:25.350 align:center Here. 00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:44.225 align:center It tastes really nice. 00:25:56.850 --> 00:25:57.975 align:center Look. 00:26:01.391 --> 00:26:02.516 align:center Well done! 00:26:53.475 --> 00:26:55.391 align:center It's true. 00:26:56.141 --> 00:26:57.600 align:center She may be Han Chinese. 00:26:59.016 --> 00:27:01.141 align:center But so what? 00:27:44.141 --> 00:27:45.141 align:center Grandma? 00:27:48.558 --> 00:27:49.516 align:center Grandma? 00:27:54.391 --> 00:27:55.308 align:center Grandma? 00:28:04.516 --> 00:28:08.516 align:center Tell your uncle to come and eat. 00:28:10.266 --> 00:28:11.891 align:center You mean my brother? 00:28:12.016 --> 00:28:14.141 align:center No, I mean your uncle. 00:28:29.766 --> 00:28:31.641 align:center Grandma says it's time to eat, Brother. 00:28:32.016 --> 00:28:33.391 align:center You go on ahead. 00:28:49.933 --> 00:28:52.308 align:center Let's go home then. 00:28:56.016 --> 00:28:57.891 align:center I'll go without you then. 00:29:36.058 --> 00:29:38.016 align:center Come and play, Arsin. 00:30:45.808 --> 00:30:48.808 align:center It's too small. And there's a crack in it. 00:30:49.641 --> 00:30:51.641 align:center It's not worth anything. 00:30:52.308 --> 00:30:55.183 align:center Bigger stones are better. 00:30:56.058 --> 00:30:56.891 align:center Where's it from? 00:30:57.058 --> 00:30:57.516 align:center The canal. 00:30:57.641 --> 00:30:58.266 align:center Hey, boss! 00:30:58.391 --> 00:30:58.890 align:center Yep? 00:30:58.891 --> 00:31:00.266 align:center Let's go! Bazaar's closing. 00:31:00.475 --> 00:31:02.058 align:center Let's go. I'm coming. 00:31:02.183 --> 00:31:04.016 align:center I've got to go now. 00:31:06.808 --> 00:31:09.225 align:center Lock the door, Meiyu. 00:31:09.433 --> 00:31:10.058 align:center Okay. 00:33:39.266 --> 00:33:40.683 align:center Hey, did you know? 00:33:41.016 --> 00:33:42.516 align:center there was once a scholar 00:33:42.891 --> 00:33:47.141 align:center who heard that praying mantises used a leaf to make themselves invisible. 00:33:47.516 --> 00:33:49.808 align:center One day he managed to find such a leaf. 00:33:50.308 --> 00:33:52.516 align:center He went around with the leaf over his eyes 00:33:53.016 --> 00:33:54.141 align:center stealing from people. 00:33:54.433 --> 00:33:55.808 align:center But he was found out. 00:33:56.266 --> 00:33:57.725 align:center Do you know why? 00:34:00.516 --> 00:34:03.641 align:center The leaf was over his eyes and he couldn't see anyone. 00:34:03.766 --> 00:34:05.391 align:center But he thought people couldn't see him. 00:34:06.433 --> 00:34:08.141 align:center Maybe there really is such a leaf 00:34:08.641 --> 00:34:10.391 align:center and your uncle found it. 00:34:10.766 --> 00:34:12.516 align:center And he's hiding behind it. 00:34:15.641 --> 00:34:19.141 align:center It would have to be a really big leaf to hide him completely. 00:34:19.641 --> 00:34:21.016 align:center If we're lucky 00:34:21.141 --> 00:34:22.725 align:center maybe we can find one. 00:34:54.891 --> 00:34:55.641 align:center Brother? 00:34:57.391 --> 00:34:58.266 align:center What did you say? 00:35:00.600 --> 00:35:01.266 align:center Brother. 00:35:39.808 --> 00:35:42.391 align:center - Be thorough. Pick all the wool up. - Okay. 00:35:49.391 --> 00:35:51.266 align:center Have some grapes. 00:35:51.641 --> 00:35:52.058 align:center Okay. 00:36:55.141 --> 00:36:56.683 align:center Is that your friend? 00:36:57.016 --> 00:36:57.975 align:center Call him over. 00:37:34.933 --> 00:37:37.641 align:center Mum, are you home? 00:37:38.141 --> 00:37:39.641 align:center I'm here. 00:37:40.266 --> 00:37:42.141 align:center How are you? 00:37:42.308 --> 00:37:43.683 align:center I'm fine. 00:37:45.641 --> 00:37:47.391 align:center In good health? 00:37:47.641 --> 00:37:48.891 align:center Yes. 00:37:50.141 --> 00:37:53.433 align:center I brought you some tea, vegetables and fruit. 00:37:53.891 --> 00:37:55.141 align:center Just a few things. 00:37:55.308 --> 00:37:55.766 align:center Lovely. 00:37:55.933 --> 00:37:56.808 align:center Who else's home? 00:37:57.016 --> 00:37:58.141 align:center Arsin. 00:37:58.308 --> 00:38:00.808 align:center Long time no see, Arsin. How are you? 00:38:01.433 --> 00:38:02.725 align:center You're so tall now. 00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:05.475 align:center You best take these things inside. 00:38:06.350 --> 00:38:08.725 align:center I’ll help Grandma. 00:38:10.766 --> 00:38:11.850 align:center What are you cooking? 00:38:11.975 --> 00:38:12.641 align:center Naan bread. 00:38:13.016 --> 00:38:15.183 align:center You need to add a log to the stove. 00:38:27.600 --> 00:38:30.641 align:center - I need to take this call, Mum. - Okay. 00:38:31.016 --> 00:38:32.433 align:center Hello? 00:38:33.808 --> 00:38:36.766 align:center It's been checked. Do we have to check it again? 00:38:37.766 --> 00:38:40.058 align:center Does it have to be today? 00:38:41.266 --> 00:38:44.641 align:center I'm back at my mother's house. 00:38:45.266 --> 00:38:47.266 align:center It's a hassle to go back now. 00:38:49.891 --> 00:38:52.600 align:center It's all on my desktop. 00:38:55.141 --> 00:38:57.391 align:center Okay. I'll go back then. 00:39:07.933 --> 00:39:09.683 align:center - Mum? - Yes? 00:39:09.891 --> 00:39:13.850 align:center My boss wants me to go back to the office to hand in some paperwork. 00:39:14.766 --> 00:39:16.266 align:center I have to go. 00:39:16.516 --> 00:39:18.266 align:center Have some tea first. 00:39:18.516 --> 00:39:19.141 align:center Next time. 00:39:19.266 --> 00:39:20.891 align:center I'll visit another time. 00:39:21.016 --> 00:39:22.183 align:center Take care! 00:39:37.391 --> 00:39:38.766 align:center Eat up. 00:39:39.516 --> 00:39:41.516 align:center Cold naan bread isn't very nice. 00:39:42.058 --> 00:39:43.516 align:center I made too many. 00:40:01.766 --> 00:40:02.391 align:center Five. 00:40:03.308 --> 00:40:04.016 align:center Four. 00:40:04.308 --> 00:40:04.891 align:center Three. 00:40:05.308 --> 00:40:05.891 align:center Two. 00:40:06.141 --> 00:40:06.725 align:center One. 00:41:03.516 --> 00:41:05.933 align:center Meiyu gave me a plant. 00:41:07.016 --> 00:41:09.141 align:center She said that 30 million years ago 00:41:10.016 --> 00:41:13.391 align:center this plant lived at the bottom of the ocean 00:41:14.141 --> 00:41:16.808 align:center and that this place was once a vast sea. 00:41:17.391 --> 00:41:20.058 align:center The wind strokes the surface of the sea. 00:41:20.641 --> 00:41:23.766 align:center The waves lap the shore. 00:42:39.766 --> 00:42:40.933 align:center Ready? 00:42:42.266 --> 00:42:43.641 align:center I'm opening my eyes. 00:42:54.891 --> 00:42:56.266 align:center Arsin? 00:43:00.766 --> 00:43:02.183 align:center Arsin? 00:43:03.266 --> 00:43:04.850 align:center You're scaring me. 00:43:26.808 --> 00:43:28.266 align:center How are you, my boy? 00:43:28.975 --> 00:43:30.975 align:center I just came from the place where your uncle lives. 00:43:32.141 --> 00:43:34.183 align:center What are you on about? Where's my uncle? 00:43:35.266 --> 00:43:37.266 align:center He's drinking tea in his yurt. 00:43:37.391 --> 00:43:38.266 align:center Arsin? 00:43:38.516 --> 00:43:39.266 align:center He can't be. 00:43:39.641 --> 00:43:42.058 align:center If you don't believe me I'll recite a poem. 00:43:43.641 --> 00:43:44.683 align:center You're scaring me, Arsin. 00:43:44.808 --> 00:43:46.183 align:center My friend! 00:43:46.975 --> 00:43:49.641 align:center When the cold rain falls from the sky above 00:43:49.933 --> 00:43:52.266 align:center Please follow the river to seek what you find. 00:43:53.100 --> 00:43:55.766 align:center - The air drifts across the plains. - I'm going. 00:43:56.683 --> 00:43:57.975 align:center Like ripples from a spring. 00:43:58.183 --> 00:43:59.100 align:center You will learn to breathe. 00:43:59.475 --> 00:44:00.058 align:center You will... 00:44:45.766 --> 00:44:46.808 align:center Go away. 00:44:51.641 --> 00:44:53.766 align:center What's up with you? 00:44:54.183 --> 00:44:56.266 align:center Looks like your head is in the clouds. 00:44:58.266 --> 00:45:01.391 align:center I'm trying to find a leaf that can make people invisible. 00:45:01.891 --> 00:45:04.516 align:center What rubbish. You sound like your brother. 00:45:08.766 --> 00:45:11.266 align:center Did you ever find your uncle? 00:45:14.308 --> 00:45:16.391 align:center I remember it was your uncle 00:45:16.683 --> 00:45:18.808 align:center who taught us to wrestle. 00:45:20.808 --> 00:45:22.891 align:center But I beat him. 00:45:24.141 --> 00:45:26.766 align:center That was just once. 00:45:27.183 --> 00:45:33.016 align:center Your uncle's girlfriend was looking for him or something. 00:45:36.016 --> 00:45:39.016 align:center I know where your uncle's ex-girlfriend lives. 00:45:41.558 --> 00:45:43.433 align:center No way! Where does she live? 00:45:43.891 --> 00:45:45.433 align:center If you agree to a rematch 00:45:45.641 --> 00:45:47.808 align:center I'll tell you. 00:45:47.933 --> 00:45:49.766 align:center Forget it. 00:46:14.308 --> 00:46:17.308 align:center No wonder your head is in the clouds. 00:46:22.433 --> 00:46:25.266 align:center Is that the best you can do? 00:46:43.266 --> 00:46:48.849 align:center By 2015, 2.6 million tons of coal-based urea, 800,000 tons of coal-based dimethyl ether 00:46:48.850 --> 00:46:51.099 align:center 100 billion cubic meters of coal-based natural gas 00:46:51.100 --> 00:46:54.474 align:center and 1 million tons of coal-based ethylene glycol will be produced... 00:46:54.475 --> 00:46:55.266 align:center Hey, boy. 00:46:55.391 --> 00:46:55.933 align:center Hang on. 00:46:56.433 --> 00:46:58.016 align:center Help me check this camera. 00:46:58.933 --> 00:47:00.516 align:center Move to the left. 00:47:01.183 --> 00:47:02.308 align:center Now to the right. 00:47:03.016 --> 00:47:04.141 align:center More to the right. 00:47:05.766 --> 00:47:07.141 align:center Now to the left. 00:47:08.308 --> 00:47:09.766 align:center Stand back a little. 00:47:11.183 --> 00:47:12.933 align:center Move forward a little. 00:47:13.766 --> 00:47:16.183 align:center Now to the left. 00:47:18.516 --> 00:47:21.141 align:center Okay. Thank you! 00:48:27.641 --> 00:48:29.308 align:center The goat's inside. Chase it out. 00:51:11.183 --> 00:51:12.141 align:center Nine. 00:51:12.766 --> 00:51:13.516 align:center Eight. 00:51:14.141 --> 00:51:15.308 align:center Seven. 00:51:15.683 --> 00:51:16.766 align:center Six. 00:51:17.266 --> 00:51:18.141 align:center Five. 00:51:18.808 --> 00:51:19.516 align:center Four. 00:51:20.141 --> 00:51:21.016 align:center Three. 00:51:21.641 --> 00:51:22.308 align:center Two. 00:51:22.600 --> 00:51:23.266 align:center One. 00:51:46.850 --> 00:51:47.891 align:center How are you, Batar? 00:51:49.725 --> 00:51:51.891 align:center You never call me. 00:51:53.016 --> 00:51:55.433 align:center I hear you're making big bucks in the city. 00:51:58.016 --> 00:52:00.058 align:center Don't you plan to come back? 00:52:01.350 --> 00:52:03.766 align:center Okay. Enjoy the good life! 00:52:30.933 --> 00:52:34.308 align:center My brother once looked after horses for someone in Beijing. 00:52:35.183 --> 00:52:38.683 align:center One day he and his flatmate were using the washing machine 00:52:39.058 --> 00:52:41.433 align:center and they got into an argument. 00:52:42.016 --> 00:52:44.016 align:center My brother hit his flatmate. 00:52:44.683 --> 00:52:46.600 align:center He thought he'd get turned in to the police. 00:52:47.308 --> 00:52:50.641 align:center So he put his wet clothes in his suitcase and left Beijing. 00:52:51.975 --> 00:52:54.391 align:center He carried his drenched suitcase 00:52:55.016 --> 00:52:56.766 align:center all the way back home. 00:52:57.641 --> 00:53:02.766 align:center As he got home he felt more relaxed. 00:53:03.683 --> 00:53:05.600 align:center When he saw the grasslands 00:53:06.016 --> 00:53:10.766 align:center from the bus window he started to cry. 00:53:44.391 --> 00:53:46.558 align:center When I went to Shanghai 00:53:47.808 --> 00:53:50.683 align:center I met a girl in a restaurant. 00:53:51.766 --> 00:53:53.183 align:center I doubt that. 00:53:53.391 --> 00:53:54.683 align:center You're drunk. 00:53:55.766 --> 00:53:59.141 align:center We talked all night on the streets of Shanghai. 00:54:00.808 --> 00:54:03.683 align:center When the sun came up we even had coffee together. 00:54:04.350 --> 00:54:06.850 align:center We lost track of time. 00:54:08.558 --> 00:54:10.641 align:center But guess what? 00:54:10.808 --> 00:54:11.766 align:center Later I found out 00:54:12.016 --> 00:54:14.266 align:center she was from Uliya Village down the road. 00:54:15.641 --> 00:54:19.058 align:center From the fourth house on lane 18 in the east of the village. 00:54:19.683 --> 00:54:22.558 align:center Her house door was blue. 00:54:28.308 --> 00:54:31.058 align:center Is Shanghai really that fun? 00:54:33.266 --> 00:54:34.891 align:center Shanghai's nice enough. 00:54:35.391 --> 00:54:37.683 align:center But it's too remote. 00:54:59.808 --> 00:55:01.600 align:center Brother? 00:55:03.350 --> 00:55:04.641 align:center Brother? 00:55:28.058 --> 00:55:30.141 align:center Shining like a star. 00:55:30.641 --> 00:55:33.016 align:center Roaring like the waves. 00:55:34.641 --> 00:55:36.141 align:center Oh, life! 00:55:38.100 --> 00:55:40.183 align:center Let me kickstart my life! 00:55:40.600 --> 00:55:43.266 align:center With an indominable spirit! 00:55:44.308 --> 00:55:46.808 align:center Let me fire up my life! 00:55:47.641 --> 00:55:51.516 align:center There are so many twists and turns ahead. 00:55:52.266 --> 00:55:55.975 align:center And so few people to guide me. 00:55:56.516 --> 00:56:00.850 align:center But my precious dreams have always been kept alive. 00:56:02.266 --> 00:56:05.891 align:center They are bound to come true in the bright of dawn. 00:56:06.641 --> 00:56:09.891 align:center Life is a long journey! 00:56:11.641 --> 00:56:14.516 align:center Life is a long journey! 00:56:16.641 --> 00:56:19.516 align:center Life is a long journey! 00:56:28.183 --> 00:56:30.266 align:center People envy you when you succeed. 00:56:30.766 --> 00:56:33.475 align:center But no one cares if you fail. 00:56:34.641 --> 00:56:36.891 align:center Oh, life of illusions! 00:56:37.891 --> 00:56:40.058 align:center You cannot embrace goodwill. 00:56:40.641 --> 00:56:43.058 align:center Or stop yourself from failing. 00:56:44.308 --> 00:56:46.766 align:center Oh, unfortunate life! 00:56:47.391 --> 00:56:50.516 align:center There are so many twists and turns ahead... 00:57:43.558 --> 00:57:45.058 align:center After he got to the village 00:57:45.266 --> 00:57:48.141 align:center my brother was constantly on edge. 00:57:48.558 --> 00:57:51.141 align:center He worried his boss in Beijing would send someone 00:57:51.433 --> 00:57:54.433 align:center to find him or make him pay compensation. 00:57:56.516 --> 00:57:57.808 align:center But no one ever came. 00:57:58.058 --> 00:57:59.475 align:center No one even called him. 00:58:00.350 --> 00:58:02.308 align:center It was like he'd never left the village. 00:58:03.308 --> 00:58:06.391 align:center He simply stayed in the village. 00:58:41.933 --> 00:58:43.141 align:center Did you just fart? 00:58:59.433 --> 00:59:00.141 align:center Stop farting. 00:59:00.516 --> 00:59:01.266 align:center I want to. 00:59:05.766 --> 00:59:06.933 align:center Stop it! 00:59:32.558 --> 00:59:36.058 align:center That's your uncle's ex-lover. 00:59:48.725 --> 00:59:50.515 align:center Xinjiang is rich in mineral resources. 00:59:50.516 --> 00:59:51.265 align:center Over the past 60 years 00:59:51.266 --> 00:59:54.057 align:center especially since the Central Xinjiang Work Symposium. 00:59:54.058 --> 00:59:55.807 align:center The situation of lack of oil and electricity and backwardness 00:59:55.808 --> 00:59:58.432 align:center in resource development in Xinjiang has changed dramatically. 00:59:58.433 --> 01:00:01.600 align:center The pattern of all-round development of various types of resources has gradually taken shape... 01:02:06.016 --> 01:02:10.641 align:center Though no one knows the names of the plants that grow in the village 01:02:11.016 --> 01:02:15.516 align:center that doesn't stop them from growing. 01:02:17.308 --> 01:02:19.057 align:center I thought Meiyu and I 01:02:19.058 --> 01:02:21.516 align:center would also grow up here. 01:02:22.308 --> 01:02:24.516 align:center But today she told me 01:02:24.766 --> 01:02:26.516 align:center she's going to Shanghai. 01:02:27.933 --> 01:02:31.891 align:center Her mum has arranged for her to go to boarding school. 01:02:32.683 --> 01:02:36.350 align:center She'll leave after the summer holidays. 01:05:30.850 --> 01:05:36.516 align:center The distance from here to Shanghai is 4792km. 01:05:37.183 --> 01:05:39.683 align:center If I were to walk to where Meiyu's going... 01:05:41.600 --> 01:05:42.766 align:center I did the maths. 01:05:43.391 --> 01:05:48.266 align:center It would take me 1657 hours and 20 minutes. 01:05:48.641 --> 01:05:50.683 align:center That's around 69 days and nights. 01:05:53.183 --> 01:05:57.266 align:center Maybe I'd get there in a month on horseback. 01:05:58.016 --> 01:06:00.766 align:center It might be faster by bus. 01:06:01.141 --> 01:06:03.683 align:center But I'd have to get a night bus to the city. 01:06:04.016 --> 01:06:07.183 align:center Then take a night train to Urumqi. 01:06:08.141 --> 01:06:09.433 align:center Then from Urumqi 01:06:09.641 --> 01:06:14.141 align:center I'd have to get a train for two days and three nights to reach Shanghai. 01:06:22.766 --> 01:06:27.641 align:center It wouldn't take me that long to get to Shanghai. 01:06:29.350 --> 01:06:30.516 align:center Who on earth are you? 01:06:39.266 --> 01:06:42.141 align:center I can get to Shanghai in a flash. 01:06:42.308 --> 01:06:44.516 align:center Stop bragging. 01:06:47.475 --> 01:06:49.058 align:center If you don't believe me 01:06:50.641 --> 01:06:52.766 align:center close your eyes. 01:06:53.600 --> 01:06:55.558 align:center When I count down to one, you can open them. 01:07:01.016 --> 01:07:01.766 align:center Three. 01:07:02.350 --> 01:07:03.225 align:center Two. 01:07:03.808 --> 01:07:04.558 align:center One. 01:07:16.350 --> 01:07:17.058 align:center Hello? 01:07:17.891 --> 01:07:18.641 align:center Hello? 01:07:22.683 --> 01:07:23.557 align:center Hi, babe. 01:07:23.558 --> 01:07:24.641 align:center What are you doing? 01:07:27.183 --> 01:07:28.558 align:center Miss me? 01:07:29.933 --> 01:07:32.100 align:center Herding the sheep. What else? 01:07:34.850 --> 01:07:39.475 align:center I need to get rich to take you out for hotpot. 01:07:41.225 --> 01:07:43.141 align:center Who are you with? 01:07:45.308 --> 01:07:46.975 align:center How about I meet you tonight? 01:07:48.850 --> 01:07:51.391 align:center In my private jet of course. 01:08:08.808 --> 01:08:11.141 align:center In order to prevent water from evaporating 01:08:11.641 --> 01:08:14.766 align:center thistles convert their leaves into prickly thorns. 01:08:15.058 --> 01:08:18.016 align:center This is a resilient strategy 01:08:19.016 --> 01:08:23.016 align:center that this plant adopts to survive in specific conditions. 01:08:23.766 --> 01:08:29.516 align:center I suppose I should be stronger like a thistle. 01:08:30.391 --> 01:08:34.391 align:center But of course I don't want to hurt her with thorns. 01:08:54.558 --> 01:08:59.391 align:center ACHNATERUM SPLENDENS: A LUCKY GRASS THAT CAN STOP PEOPLE FALLING FROM THEIR HORSE 01:09:32.641 --> 01:09:35.641 align:center Who will you miss when you go to Shanghai? 01:09:42.641 --> 01:09:45.516 align:center Do you really want to go? 01:11:13.683 --> 01:11:16.183 align:center Where are you going this early? 01:11:16.933 --> 01:11:19.183 align:center Don't be back too late. 01:11:37.058 --> 01:11:39.350 align:center Come and play, Arsin. 01:12:08.683 --> 01:12:10.808 align:center - What are you doing? - None of your business! 01:12:19.933 --> 01:12:21.308 align:center The sheep got in! 01:12:41.558 --> 01:12:46.640 align:center The total tax revenue provided to our county is expected to exceed 150 million yuan 01:12:46.641 --> 01:12:50.808 align:center and local employment for the children of farmers and herders has reached 65 people. 01:14:02.266 --> 01:14:04.558 align:center Go away. She doesn't want to hang out with you. 01:14:05.558 --> 01:14:07.766 align:center Go away, you weirdo. 01:14:15.058 --> 01:14:16.891 align:center Your uncle's a weirdo too. 01:14:17.516 --> 01:14:20.100 align:center You uncle's a drunk who doesn't pay his debts. 01:16:22.683 --> 01:16:26.433 align:center The woman said that when she started seeing her future husband 01:16:27.433 --> 01:16:30.308 align:center because they lived far away from each other 01:16:31.183 --> 01:16:33.933 align:center every evening they'd go to the top of the hill 01:16:34.225 --> 01:16:39.641 align:center and wave a flashlight to show they cared for each other. 01:16:41.308 --> 01:16:42.308 align:center But one day, 01:16:42.725 --> 01:16:46.058 align:center the man went up the mountain with his sheep and never came back. 01:16:46.308 --> 01:16:48.600 align:center But the woman continued to go to the hill 01:16:48.891 --> 01:16:51.225 align:center and wave her flashlight, 01:16:51.600 --> 01:16:53.975 align:center waiting for her lover to return. 01:17:10.475 --> 01:17:14.058 align:center Do you know my uncle Yerken Bek, madam? 01:17:16.350 --> 01:17:18.683 align:center No. 01:18:23.475 --> 01:18:25.433 align:center Meiyu's leaving. 01:18:25.725 --> 01:18:29.183 align:center She's going to get the night bus to the city. 01:18:29.808 --> 01:18:33.600 align:center Then the night train to Urumqi. 01:18:34.225 --> 01:18:35.808 align:center Then from Urumqi 01:18:36.058 --> 01:18:39.975 align:center she'll get a train for two days and three nights to Shanghai. 01:18:43.308 --> 01:18:46.350 align:center In Shanghai there's a Shanghai Station, 01:18:46.808 --> 01:18:48.808 align:center a Shanghai South Station, 01:18:48.933 --> 01:18:50.725 align:center a Shanghai Hongqiao Station, 01:18:51.225 --> 01:18:55.558 align:center and a Shanghai West Station. 01:18:58.808 --> 01:19:03.308 align:center I asked her which station in Shanghai she'd arrive at. 01:19:03.808 --> 01:19:06.350 align:center But she said she didn't know. 01:19:20.933 --> 01:19:22.433 align:center My uncle said everyone who leaves 01:19:23.350 --> 01:19:24.850 align:center goes round in a circle. 01:19:25.975 --> 01:19:28.725 align:center Eventually they all come back to the village. 01:20:40.558 --> 01:20:46.600 align:center I keep telling myself I must remember all of this. 01:20:47.308 --> 01:20:49.058 align:center If only all of this 01:20:49.308 --> 01:20:50.683 align:center were a herbarium, 01:20:51.058 --> 01:20:55.850 align:center it could be preserved intact forever. 01:23:08.683 --> 01:23:10.683 align:center This is for you, buddy. 01:23:11.058 --> 01:23:13.308 align:center I'm going to the autumn pastures. Take care. 01:23:19.975 --> 01:23:22.307 align:center The grass is like our mother's hair. 01:23:22.308 --> 01:23:24.808 align:center If you pick grass like that their heads will hurt. 01:23:47.308 --> 01:23:48.433 align:center Hello? 01:24:35.475 --> 01:24:37.183 align:center Where are you going, Brother? 01:24:37.725 --> 01:24:39.766 align:center Beijing. 01:27:31.558 --> 01:27:36.100 align:center Uncle Bek once told me a love story. 01:27:36.558 --> 01:27:38.933 align:center After heaven and earth had been created 01:27:39.475 --> 01:27:41.475 align:center the sun and moon fell in love. 01:27:42.183 --> 01:27:45.933 align:center They were dying to get close to each other. 01:27:46.600 --> 01:27:49.516 align:center But however hard they tried they simply couldn't.