I haven't decided whether to go to Xi or Erenhot since September. On the afternoon of September 27th, the scene of "the sky is wild" suddenly appeared in my mind like a movie, and my heart felt as painful as being hit by a heavy object. I am familiar with this feeling. It's homesickness I booked a train ticket to Erenhot in an indescribable state of chaos.
I didn't have time to bring anything, so I set off with a pajamas and a big shawl in my rucksack. I got on the train at ten o'clock in the evening. After three hours, many people got off the bus. I put on my shawl and slept peacefully in the long chair, without even dreaming. I don't know how long it took. When I opened my eyes, the bus stopped and everyone was ready to get off. A boy saw that I was still lying down and told me that I had arrived at the terminal.
It was not dawn when I left the station, and my cell phone was turned off. I don't know when that was. On the street, there are only people who just got off the train with me. Someone was picked up by relatives and friends at the station, and someone entered the hotel opposite the station. A person does not know the southeast and northwest, a little lonely. Cold, too. I also went to that hotel, but there was no room. I had to walk 100 meters into another hotel. The room is big, but it's much cheaper than I expected. Turn on your cell phone when you enter the room. It's past five. I had another good sleep. Go out after eight in the morning.
This is a quiet and beautiful town, and the starting price is everywhere you take a taxi. I strolled around several commercial points easily for half a day. No traffic jams, no queues. People are carefree, and people who open stores actually go home for dinner and rest at noon. Live a comfortable life.
Don't look at such a small city, but there are many foreigners, Zhejiang people and Xinjiang Mongolians. What some people don't understand is that the Mongolians in Xinjiang speak Mongolian similar to mine, while the local Mongolians speak Mongolian different from mine and can't even communicate in Mongolian. So, I did the most talented and wonderful thing in my life here-talking to a local Mongolian, which didn't make sense, and finally invited a Zhejiang person to be our translator. Back at the hotel, I couldn't help laughing when I remembered it.
The next day, I didn't think it was wonderful. Because, I found that no one in Erenhot did not understand Mongolian. The Zhejiang people here speak Mongolian better than me. You may not understand Mandarin Chinese, but no one does not understand Mongolian. There's nothing I won't say. Only then did I guess that the joke I heard a few years ago might be true. The joke is: a Mongolian in Tongliao works as an interpreter for the Mongols. He first introduced himself and said, I am a translator in a company. Only "I" is said in Mongolian, and the others are all in Chinese, such as company name, company and translation. In this case, Mongolians don't understand, but if it's translation, you have to follow suit! After walking all day, we had a meal. After dinner, the Mongols wanted to go to the toilet and asked our translator where the toilet was, but we couldn't understand the word toilet in Mongolian. In desperation, the Mongols had to make gestures, and our translator understood and said, Ah, you have to go to the toilet! , over there. The word toilet in this sentence he said is still Chinese. The Mongols went that way. After a few steps, the translator stopped them again and said, don't go into the ladies' room! Mongols don't understand. At this time, a southerner in the seat next to him could not help cursing: Damn, this fucking Mongolian is so stupid, he knows everything, but he still doesn't understand.
Shopping in Erenhot is also very pleasant. In the wholesale market here, the retail price is similar to the wholesale price, and they are all very cheap, so don't worry about being cheated.
I bought two pairs of Mongolian agate bracelets and some agate bracelets on the first day. The more I went back to the hotel, the more I liked it. I bought some more the next morning. Sorry, I tried on a pair of bracelets and put them on easily. However, I can't take them off. I tried everything, but I still couldn't get it off, so I had to buy it. Comfort yourself: I was predestined with this bracelet in my previous life. Incredibly, a few days after I came back, Nana, the little girl across the street, helped me take it off easily.
On the second day in Erenhot, the military training of my niece who came here to attend college ended, and I had a little friend on my journey. We spent an afternoon visiting the National Gate Scenic Area and the dinosaur ruins park.
Standing in front of the country and looking over there, the vast wilderness is endless. Although it is the border between the two countries, it is not as nervous as Rhoda in Yunnan. There are not many tourists here either. It feels very quiet and peaceful.
Erenhot is the earliest place to record dinosaur fossils in the international paleontology history of Inner Mongolia. There is a dinosaur ruins park here. In the vast Yuan Ye, there are many dinosaur skeletons and various dinosaur models everywhere. There are only me and my niece in the whole park. In the early autumn sunset, it seems to be back to the ancient dinosaur era.
I would also like to mention here that my niece's school-the only institution of higher learning here-is a branch of Inner Mongolia Normal University-Inner Mongolia Normal University International College. The school is built in the suburbs, with beautiful buildings and beautiful campus environment. There are many foreign teachers and Russian and Mongolian students. At the beginning of this session, my niece went to our school two years ago and went to Mongolian National University two years later. After graduation, you can get a double degree and a double diploma and receive postgraduate treatment.
After coming back from Erenhot, I have been very glad that I met this small town.
The picture comes from the internet.