1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:00:58,516 --> 00:01:02,308 Long ago, in the days when horses still had short tails 4 00:01:02,891 --> 00:01:05,183 there lived a strange man. 5 00:01:05,766 --> 00:01:09,766 He often lied on the hill facing downwards. 6 00:01:10,391 --> 00:01:14,766 A huge tree pierced his chest right through to his back. 7 00:01:15,141 --> 00:01:17,016 The top of the tree pointed up to the sky. 8 00:01:17,516 --> 00:01:21,641 Because a century before he had drunk from the spring of long life 9 00:01:22,016 --> 00:01:26,141 he lived for a full hundred years. 10 00:01:30,808 --> 00:01:37,891 But his wife and his family all left this world long before him. 11 00:01:38,516 --> 00:01:42,516 So the strange man lived an unhappy life. 12 00:01:43,016 --> 00:01:48,391 He tried to kill himself by impaling his body onto a tree. 13 00:01:48,891 --> 00:01:57,183 But the tree was nurtured by the water from the spring of long life. 14 00:01:58,266 --> 00:02:04,558 He ended up living for a hundred years with the tree stuck in his body. 15 00:02:08,141 --> 00:02:14,058 He sprinkled the water from the spring of long life onto the forest 16 00:02:15,266 --> 00:02:20,225 and let the plants grow forever. 17 00:05:09,891 --> 00:05:13,933 My uncle once said that if you put your hand into a hole in a tree 18 00:05:15,266 --> 00:05:19,141 you can feel the tree's heart beating just like that of a lamb, 19 00:05:19,725 --> 00:05:21,558 bringing you comfort. 20 00:05:23,016 --> 00:05:26,183 Lying like this relaxes me. 21 00:05:26,558 --> 00:05:29,975 I can feel the plants bouncing about around me. 22 00:07:12,516 --> 00:07:13,391 Khader. 23 00:07:13,891 --> 00:07:15,141 Tokpas. 24 00:07:16,141 --> 00:07:17,433 Arsin Khazer. 25 00:07:18,433 --> 00:07:20,016 Sultan Khazer. 26 00:07:20,641 --> 00:07:22,391 Zair Khazer. 27 00:07:22,891 --> 00:07:24,641 Orman Khazer. 28 00:07:25,016 --> 00:07:26,766 Abdul Khazer. 29 00:07:30,058 --> 00:07:33,141 I looked for ages but couldn't find my name. 30 00:07:34,141 --> 00:07:37,266 I could only find my grandfather's grandfather's name. 31 00:07:37,516 --> 00:07:39,933 Perhaps from my grandfather's generation onwards 32 00:07:40,266 --> 00:07:43,516 our names became too small to be shown on the tree. 33 00:07:43,766 --> 00:07:49,808 I would have to use a microscope to see my generation. 34 00:08:13,141 --> 00:08:17,891 - Bring the milk in. - Okay. 35 00:09:00,766 --> 00:09:02,891 This is my uncle, Yerken Bek. 36 00:09:03,058 --> 00:09:07,058 He taught me all I know about plant collecting. 37 00:09:07,558 --> 00:09:11,266 He'd often jokingly call me "the botanist". 38 00:09:12,558 --> 00:09:13,683 He once told me 39 00:09:13,766 --> 00:09:17,891 that a Frenchman called Rousseau stood amongst his sheep and told him 40 00:09:18,016 --> 00:09:21,391 that even someone who doesn't know the name of a single plant 41 00:09:21,808 --> 00:09:26,516 can become an accomplished botanist. 42 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:35,183 Be gone, be gone! 43 00:11:35,391 --> 00:11:37,766 All bad things be gone. 44 00:11:54,141 --> 00:11:56,766 My name is Arsin Abdul Khazer. 45 00:11:57,016 --> 00:11:58,766 I'm Kazakh. 46 00:11:59,058 --> 00:12:01,016 I'm 13 years old. 47 00:12:01,391 --> 00:12:04,266 I'm 1.55 metres tall. 48 00:12:04,516 --> 00:12:06,183 I weigh 41 kilos. 49 00:12:06,516 --> 00:12:07,891 I'm blood type A. 50 00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:15,766 I live on the northern grasslands of Xinjiang. 51 00:12:16,391 --> 00:12:18,558 My grandfather was from the Kerait tribe. 52 00:12:18,933 --> 00:12:20,891 If you look at a map you'll see 53 00:12:21,141 --> 00:12:25,016 this place is only five kilometres away from Kazakhstan 54 00:12:25,641 --> 00:12:30,141 in the most northwesterly corner of China. 55 00:12:51,391 --> 00:12:54,516 Ringing in your ears is the laughter two leaves make 56 00:12:54,766 --> 00:12:57,391 as they rub against each other in the wind. 57 00:12:57,891 --> 00:13:02,183 Each leaf represents different people’s lives. 58 00:13:04,183 --> 00:13:07,016 When a child is born 59 00:13:07,808 --> 00:13:09,766 a new leaf grows. 60 00:13:11,016 --> 00:13:12,808 If a leaf turn yellow and wilts 61 00:13:13,433 --> 00:13:16,016 it means someone must be in trouble. 62 00:13:20,641 --> 00:13:22,850 Three winters ago 63 00:13:23,266 --> 00:13:27,391 my uncle disappeared in the mountains around my village. 64 00:13:28,266 --> 00:13:30,641 We had a lot of snow that year. 65 00:13:31,016 --> 00:13:33,725 The snow was higher than I am now. 66 00:13:36,766 --> 00:13:39,391 Our family still haven't found my uncle. 67 00:13:39,891 --> 00:13:42,808 Some people say he must have frozen to death. 68 00:13:44,558 --> 00:13:46,391 But I don't believe that. 69 00:13:47,141 --> 00:13:52,266 Maybe he found the spring of long life and didn't want to come back. 70 00:13:52,891 --> 00:13:57,266 Or he got lost on purpose. 71 00:15:03,641 --> 00:15:05,058 Inspired by my grandfather 72 00:15:05,391 --> 00:15:09,308 Uncle Yerken temporarily became the village doctor in his youth. 73 00:15:10,141 --> 00:15:13,141 He later fell in love with a girl from the village. 74 00:15:13,516 --> 00:15:16,516 My grandfather was against it but he wouldn't listen. 75 00:15:17,308 --> 00:15:22,266 My uncle and the girl went to live in the forest for a long time. 76 00:15:23,433 --> 00:15:27,641 Until one day my uncle returned alone from the forest. 77 00:15:28,391 --> 00:15:33,891 From then on he lived here alone. 78 00:16:51,016 --> 00:16:54,016 Can you help me out? 79 00:17:10,016 --> 00:17:10,683 Your hand. 80 00:18:22,266 --> 00:18:23,641 Hey, Nurbul. 81 00:18:23,891 --> 00:18:25,641 How are you, dude? 82 00:18:25,766 --> 00:18:28,766 Did you see the photo of the sheep I sent you? 83 00:18:31,641 --> 00:18:35,391 You never call me. Up to no good as usual? 84 00:18:44,391 --> 00:18:46,016 You'd be better off back here. 85 00:18:46,141 --> 00:18:48,516 We'd watch over hundreds of sheep like wolves. 86 00:18:49,391 --> 00:18:50,141 For sure. 87 00:18:51,433 --> 00:18:52,891 Of course it's good money. 88 00:18:53,683 --> 00:18:54,516 Hello? 89 00:18:56,266 --> 00:18:57,058 Hello? 90 00:19:09,641 --> 00:19:12,308 Our sheep are getting mixed up with the others. 91 00:19:13,516 --> 00:19:14,641 Brother! 92 00:19:16,933 --> 00:19:18,016 The sheep! 93 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:28,391 Watch your sheep! 94 00:19:48,766 --> 00:19:50,058 Don't chase them over there. 95 00:20:02,225 --> 00:20:03,933 Get your sheep out of here! 96 00:20:10,891 --> 00:20:12,183 That's my brother. 97 00:20:12,933 --> 00:20:14,891 He's also my grandmother's son. 98 00:20:15,141 --> 00:20:19,683 It's Kazakh tradition to give your firstborn to his grandparents. 99 00:20:20,266 --> 00:20:22,141 But I don't like calling him Uncle. 100 00:20:22,891 --> 00:20:26,475 Because that just reminds me of my Uncle Yerken Bek. 101 00:20:29,516 --> 00:20:31,391 What did you just call me? 102 00:20:32,016 --> 00:20:33,016 Brother. 103 00:20:34,433 --> 00:20:35,641 What am I to you? 104 00:20:37,808 --> 00:20:39,141 My brother. 105 00:20:41,933 --> 00:20:42,933 My uncle. 106 00:20:43,141 --> 00:20:44,141 Uncle. 107 00:20:53,183 --> 00:20:56,808 My uncle told me that lambs eat different types of grasses 108 00:20:57,016 --> 00:20:59,141 as they make their way up the mountain. 109 00:21:00,933 --> 00:21:03,183 You can't let them retrace their steps. 110 00:21:03,433 --> 00:21:05,766 So that in the following year 111 00:21:05,933 --> 00:21:10,766 the lambs can eat the grass that grows in those places in the next year. 112 00:21:25,891 --> 00:21:31,058 The natural gas produced by the company will be transported to inland provinces and regions. 113 00:21:31,058 --> 00:21:35,350 by-products such as tar, middle distillates, and naphtha can also be produced. 114 00:21:35,350 --> 00:21:39,933 It will be able to become the world's largest single-unit coal-based natural gas enterprise. 115 00:21:39,933 --> 00:21:44,350 Relying on high-quality coal resources, Xinjiang is focusing on coal bases such as Yili and Zhundong 116 00:21:44,350 --> 00:21:46,975 to create a modern coal chemical industry cluster. 117 00:21:46,975 --> 00:21:50,433 accelerating the process of converting resource advantages into economic advantages. 118 00:22:28,641 --> 00:22:29,266 Give it back. 119 00:22:29,808 --> 00:22:30,766 Stealing again! 120 00:22:31,433 --> 00:22:32,141 Come on. 121 00:22:46,266 --> 00:22:47,558 My mum says no tabs. 122 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:49,141 Call your dad. 123 00:22:49,141 --> 00:22:51,183 He does what my mum says. 124 00:22:52,975 --> 00:22:54,933 You're a feisty one. 125 00:23:02,391 --> 00:23:03,391 How much? 126 00:23:03,516 --> 00:23:04,641 One yuan. 127 00:23:35,141 --> 00:23:36,725 Arsin. 128 00:23:37,516 --> 00:23:38,683 Thanks for last time. 129 00:23:38,808 --> 00:23:40,516 This is on the house. 130 00:23:46,641 --> 00:23:48,766 Let me take you somewhere. 131 00:25:23,766 --> 00:25:25,350 Here. 132 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:44,225 It tastes really nice. 133 00:25:56,850 --> 00:25:57,975 Look. 134 00:26:01,391 --> 00:26:02,516 Well done! 135 00:26:53,475 --> 00:26:55,391 It's true. 136 00:26:56,141 --> 00:26:57,600 She may be Han Chinese. 137 00:26:59,016 --> 00:27:01,141 But so what? 138 00:27:44,141 --> 00:27:45,141 Grandma? 139 00:27:48,558 --> 00:27:49,516 Grandma? 140 00:27:54,391 --> 00:27:55,308 Grandma? 141 00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:08,516 Tell your uncle to come and eat. 142 00:28:10,266 --> 00:28:11,891 You mean my brother? 143 00:28:12,016 --> 00:28:14,141 No, I mean your uncle. 144 00:28:29,766 --> 00:28:31,641 Grandma says it's time to eat, Brother. 145 00:28:32,016 --> 00:28:33,391 You go on ahead. 146 00:28:49,933 --> 00:28:52,308 Let's go home then. 147 00:28:56,016 --> 00:28:57,891 I'll go without you then. 148 00:29:36,058 --> 00:29:38,016 Come and play, Arsin. 149 00:30:45,808 --> 00:30:48,808 It's too small. And there's a crack in it. 150 00:30:49,641 --> 00:30:51,641 It's not worth anything. 151 00:30:52,308 --> 00:30:55,183 Bigger stones are better. 152 00:30:56,058 --> 00:30:56,891 Where's it from? 153 00:30:57,058 --> 00:30:57,516 The canal. 154 00:30:57,641 --> 00:30:58,266 Hey, boss! 155 00:30:58,391 --> 00:30:58,891 Yep? 156 00:30:58,933 --> 00:31:00,266 Let's go! Bazaar's closing. 157 00:31:00,475 --> 00:31:02,058 Let's go. I'm coming. 158 00:31:02,183 --> 00:31:04,016 I've got to go now. 159 00:31:06,808 --> 00:31:09,225 Lock the door, Meiyu. 160 00:31:09,433 --> 00:31:10,058 Okay. 161 00:33:39,266 --> 00:33:40,683 Hey, did you know? 162 00:33:41,016 --> 00:33:42,516 there was once a scholar 163 00:33:42,891 --> 00:33:47,141 who heard that praying mantises used a leaf to make themselves invisible. 164 00:33:47,516 --> 00:33:49,808 One day he managed to find such a leaf. 165 00:33:50,308 --> 00:33:52,516 He went around with the leaf over his eyes 166 00:33:53,016 --> 00:33:54,141 stealing from people. 167 00:33:54,433 --> 00:33:55,808 But he was found out. 168 00:33:56,266 --> 00:33:57,725 Do you know why? 169 00:34:00,516 --> 00:34:03,641 The leaf was over his eyes and he couldn't see anyone. 170 00:34:03,766 --> 00:34:05,391 But he thought people couldn't see him. 171 00:34:06,433 --> 00:34:08,141 Maybe there really is such a leaf 172 00:34:08,641 --> 00:34:10,391 and your uncle found it. 173 00:34:10,766 --> 00:34:12,516 And he's hiding behind it. 174 00:34:15,641 --> 00:34:19,141 It would have to be a really big leaf to hide him completely. 175 00:34:19,641 --> 00:34:21,016 If we're lucky 176 00:34:21,141 --> 00:34:22,725 maybe we can find one. 177 00:34:54,891 --> 00:34:55,641 Brother? 178 00:34:57,391 --> 00:34:58,266 What did you say? 179 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:01,266 Brother. 180 00:35:39,808 --> 00:35:42,391 - Be thorough. Pick all the wool up. - Okay. 181 00:35:49,391 --> 00:35:51,266 Have some grapes. 182 00:35:51,641 --> 00:35:52,058 Okay. 183 00:36:55,141 --> 00:36:56,683 Is that your friend? 184 00:36:57,016 --> 00:36:57,975 Call him over. 185 00:37:34,933 --> 00:37:37,641 Mum, are you home? 186 00:37:38,141 --> 00:37:39,641 I'm here. 187 00:37:40,266 --> 00:37:42,141 How are you? 188 00:37:42,308 --> 00:37:43,683 I'm fine. 189 00:37:45,641 --> 00:37:47,391 In good health? 190 00:37:47,641 --> 00:37:48,891 Yes. 191 00:37:50,141 --> 00:37:53,433 I brought you some tea, vegetables and fruit. 192 00:37:53,891 --> 00:37:55,141 Just a few things. 193 00:37:55,308 --> 00:37:55,766 Lovely. 194 00:37:55,933 --> 00:37:56,808 Who else's home? 195 00:37:57,016 --> 00:37:58,141 Arsin. 196 00:37:58,308 --> 00:38:00,808 Long time no see, Arsin. How are you? 197 00:38:01,433 --> 00:38:02,725 You're so tall now. 198 00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:05,475 You best take these things inside. 199 00:38:06,350 --> 00:38:08,725 I’ll help Grandma. 200 00:38:10,766 --> 00:38:11,850 What are you cooking? 201 00:38:11,975 --> 00:38:12,641 Naan bread. 202 00:38:13,016 --> 00:38:15,183 You need to add a log to the stove. 203 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,641 - I need to take this call, Mum. - Okay. 204 00:38:31,016 --> 00:38:32,433 Hello? 205 00:38:33,808 --> 00:38:36,766 It's been checked. Do we have to check it again? 206 00:38:37,766 --> 00:38:40,058 Does it have to be today? 207 00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:44,641 I'm back at my mother's house. 208 00:38:45,266 --> 00:38:47,266 It's a hassle to go back now. 209 00:38:49,891 --> 00:38:52,600 It's all on my desktop. 210 00:38:55,141 --> 00:38:57,391 Okay. I'll go back then. 211 00:39:07,933 --> 00:39:09,683 - Mum? - Yes? 212 00:39:09,891 --> 00:39:13,850 My boss wants me to go back to the office to hand in some paperwork. 213 00:39:14,766 --> 00:39:16,266 I have to go. 214 00:39:16,516 --> 00:39:18,266 Have some tea first. 215 00:39:18,516 --> 00:39:19,141 Next time. 216 00:39:19,266 --> 00:39:20,891 I'll visit another time. 217 00:39:21,016 --> 00:39:22,183 Take care! 218 00:39:37,391 --> 00:39:38,766 Eat up. 219 00:39:39,516 --> 00:39:41,516 Cold naan bread isn't very nice. 220 00:39:42,058 --> 00:39:43,516 I made too many. 221 00:40:01,766 --> 00:40:02,391 Five. 222 00:40:03,308 --> 00:40:04,016 Four. 223 00:40:04,308 --> 00:40:04,891 Three. 224 00:40:05,308 --> 00:40:05,891 Two. 225 00:40:06,141 --> 00:40:06,725 One. 226 00:41:03,516 --> 00:41:05,933 Meiyu gave me a plant. 227 00:41:07,016 --> 00:41:09,141 She said that 30 million years ago 228 00:41:10,016 --> 00:41:13,391 this plant lived at the bottom of the ocean 229 00:41:14,141 --> 00:41:16,808 and that this place was once a vast sea. 230 00:41:17,391 --> 00:41:20,058 The wind strokes the surface of the sea. 231 00:41:20,641 --> 00:41:23,766 The waves lap the shore. 232 00:42:39,766 --> 00:42:40,933 Ready? 233 00:42:42,266 --> 00:42:43,641 I'm opening my eyes. 234 00:42:54,891 --> 00:42:56,266 Arsin? 235 00:43:00,766 --> 00:43:02,183 Arsin? 236 00:43:03,266 --> 00:43:04,850 You're scaring me. 237 00:43:26,808 --> 00:43:28,266 How are you, my boy? 238 00:43:28,975 --> 00:43:30,975 I just came from the place where your uncle lives. 239 00:43:32,141 --> 00:43:34,183 What are you on about? Where's my uncle? 240 00:43:35,266 --> 00:43:37,266 He's drinking tea in his yurt. 241 00:43:37,391 --> 00:43:38,266 Arsin? 242 00:43:38,516 --> 00:43:39,266 He can't be. 243 00:43:39,641 --> 00:43:42,058 If you don't believe me I'll recite a poem. 244 00:43:43,641 --> 00:43:44,683 You're scaring me, Arsin. 245 00:43:44,808 --> 00:43:46,183 My friend! 246 00:43:46,975 --> 00:43:49,641 When the cold rain falls from the sky above 247 00:43:49,933 --> 00:43:52,266 Please follow the river to seek what you find. 248 00:43:53,100 --> 00:43:55,766 -The air drifts across the plains. - I'm going. 249 00:43:56,683 --> 00:43:57,975 Like ripples from a spring. 250 00:43:58,183 --> 00:43:59,100 You will learn to breathe. 251 00:43:59,475 --> 00:44:00,058 You will... 252 00:44:45,766 --> 00:44:46,808 Go away. 253 00:44:51,641 --> 00:44:53,766 What's up with you? 254 00:44:54,183 --> 00:44:56,266 Looks like your head is in the clouds. 255 00:44:58,266 --> 00:45:01,391 I'm trying to find a leaf that can make people invisible. 256 00:45:01,891 --> 00:45:04,516 What rubbish. You sound like your brother. 257 00:45:08,766 --> 00:45:11,266 Did you ever find your uncle? 258 00:45:14,308 --> 00:45:16,391 I remember it was your uncle 259 00:45:16,683 --> 00:45:18,808 who taught us to wrestle. 260 00:45:20,808 --> 00:45:22,891 But I beat him. 261 00:45:24,141 --> 00:45:26,766 That was just once. 262 00:45:27,183 --> 00:45:33,016 Your uncle's girlfriend was looking for him or something. 263 00:45:36,016 --> 00:45:39,016 I know where your uncle's ex-girlfriend lives. 264 00:45:41,558 --> 00:45:43,433 No way! Where does she live? 265 00:45:43,891 --> 00:45:45,433 If you agree to a rematch 266 00:45:45,641 --> 00:45:47,808 I'll tell you. 267 00:45:47,933 --> 00:45:49,766 Forget it. 268 00:46:14,308 --> 00:46:17,308 No wonder your head is in the clouds. 269 00:46:22,433 --> 00:46:25,266 Is that the best you can do? 270 00:46:43,266 --> 00:46:48,850 By 2015, 2.6 million tons of coal-based urea, 800,000 tons of coal-based dimethyl ether 271 00:46:48,850 --> 00:46:51,100 100 billion cubic meters of coal-based natural gas 272 00:46:51,100 --> 00:46:54,475 and 1 million tons of coal-based ethylene glycol will be produced... 273 00:46:54,516 --> 00:46:55,266 Hey, boy. 274 00:46:55,391 --> 00:46:55,933 Hang on. 275 00:46:56,433 --> 00:46:58,016 Help me check this camera. 276 00:46:58,933 --> 00:47:00,516 Move to the left. 277 00:47:01,183 --> 00:47:02,308 Now to the right. 278 00:47:03,016 --> 00:47:04,141 More to the right. 279 00:47:05,766 --> 00:47:07,141 Now to the left. 280 00:47:08,308 --> 00:47:09,766 Stand back a little. 281 00:47:11,183 --> 00:47:12,933 Move forward a little. 282 00:47:13,766 --> 00:47:16,183 Now to the left. 283 00:47:18,516 --> 00:47:21,141 Okay. Thank you! 284 00:48:27,641 --> 00:48:29,308 The goat's inside. Chase it out. 285 00:51:11,183 --> 00:51:12,141 Nine. 286 00:51:12,766 --> 00:51:13,516 Eight. 287 00:51:14,141 --> 00:51:15,308 Seven. 288 00:51:15,683 --> 00:51:16,766 Six. 289 00:51:17,266 --> 00:51:18,141 Five. 290 00:51:18,808 --> 00:51:19,516 Four. 291 00:51:20,141 --> 00:51:21,016 Three. 292 00:51:21,641 --> 00:51:22,308 Two. 293 00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:23,266 One. 294 00:51:46,850 --> 00:51:47,891 How are you, Batar? 295 00:51:49,725 --> 00:51:51,891 You never call me. 296 00:51:53,016 --> 00:51:55,433 I hear you're making big bucks in the city. 297 00:51:58,016 --> 00:52:00,058 Don't you plan to come back? 298 00:52:01,350 --> 00:52:03,766 Okay. Enjoy the good life! 299 00:52:30,933 --> 00:52:34,308 My brother once looked after horses for someone in Beijing. 300 00:52:35,183 --> 00:52:38,683 One day he and his flatmate were using the washing machine 301 00:52:39,058 --> 00:52:41,433 and they got into an argument. 302 00:52:42,016 --> 00:52:44,016 My brother hit his flatmate. 303 00:52:44,683 --> 00:52:46,600 He thought he'd get turned in to the police. 304 00:52:47,308 --> 00:52:50,641 So he put his wet clothes in his suitcase and left Beijing. 305 00:52:51,975 --> 00:52:54,391 He carried his drenched suitcase 306 00:52:55,016 --> 00:52:56,766 all the way back home. 307 00:52:57,641 --> 00:53:02,766 As he got home he felt more relaxed. 308 00:53:03,683 --> 00:53:05,600 When he saw the grasslands 309 00:53:06,016 --> 00:53:10,766 from the bus window he started to cry. 310 00:53:44,391 --> 00:53:46,558 When I went to Shanghai 311 00:53:47,808 --> 00:53:50,683 I met a girl in a restaurant. 312 00:53:51,766 --> 00:53:53,183 I doubt that. 313 00:53:53,391 --> 00:53:54,683 You're drunk. 314 00:53:55,766 --> 00:53:59,141 We talked all night on the streets of Shanghai. 315 00:54:00,808 --> 00:54:03,683 When the sun came up we even had coffee together. 316 00:54:04,350 --> 00:54:06,850 We lost track of time. 317 00:54:08,558 --> 00:54:10,641 But guess what? 318 00:54:10,808 --> 00:54:11,766 Later I found out 319 00:54:12,016 --> 00:54:14,266 she was from Uliya Village down the road. 320 00:54:15,641 --> 00:54:19,058 From the fourth house on lane 18 in the east of the village. 321 00:54:19,683 --> 00:54:22,558 Her house door was blue. 322 00:54:28,308 --> 00:54:31,058 Is Shanghai really that fun? 323 00:54:33,266 --> 00:54:34,891 Shanghai's nice enough. 324 00:54:35,391 --> 00:54:37,683 But it's too remote. 325 00:54:59,808 --> 00:55:01,600 Brother? 326 00:55:03,350 --> 00:55:04,641 Brother? 327 00:55:28,058 --> 00:55:30,141 Shining like a star. 328 00:55:30,641 --> 00:55:33,016 Roaring like the waves. 329 00:55:34,641 --> 00:55:36,141 Oh, life! 330 00:55:38,100 --> 00:55:40,183 Let me kickstart my life! 331 00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,266 With an indominable spirit! 332 00:55:44,308 --> 00:55:46,808 Let me fire up my life! 333 00:55:47,641 --> 00:55:51,516 There are so many twists and turns ahead. 334 00:55:52,266 --> 00:55:55,975 And so few people to guide me. 335 00:55:56,516 --> 00:56:00,850 But my precious dreams have always been kept alive. 336 00:56:02,266 --> 00:56:05,891 They are bound to come true in the bright of dawn. 337 00:56:06,641 --> 00:56:09,891 Life is a long journey! 338 00:56:11,641 --> 00:56:14,516 Life is a long journey! 339 00:56:16,641 --> 00:56:19,516 Life is a long journey! 340 00:56:28,183 --> 00:56:30,266 People envy you when you succeed. 341 00:56:30,766 --> 00:56:33,475 But no one cares if you fail. 342 00:56:34,641 --> 00:56:36,891 Oh, life of illusions! 343 00:56:37,891 --> 00:56:40,058 You cannot embrace goodwill. 344 00:56:40,641 --> 00:56:43,058 Or stop yourself from failing. 345 00:56:44,308 --> 00:56:46,766 Oh, unfortunate life! 346 00:56:47,391 --> 00:56:50,516 There are so many twists and turns ahead… 347 00:57:43,558 --> 00:57:45,058 After he got to the village 348 00:57:45,266 --> 00:57:48,141 my brother was constantly on edge. 349 00:57:48,558 --> 00:57:51,141 He worried his boss in Beijing would send someone 350 00:57:51,433 --> 00:57:54,433 to find him or make him pay compensation. 351 00:57:56,516 --> 00:57:57,808 But no one ever came. 352 00:57:58,058 --> 00:57:59,475 No one even called him. 353 00:58:00,350 --> 00:58:02,308 It was like he'd never left the village. 354 00:58:03,308 --> 00:58:06,391 He simply stayed in the village. 355 00:58:41,933 --> 00:58:43,141 Did you just fart? 356 00:58:59,433 --> 00:59:00,141 Stop farting. 357 00:59:00,516 --> 00:59:01,266 I want to. 358 00:59:05,766 --> 00:59:06,933 Stop it! 359 00:59:32,558 --> 00:59:36,058 That's your uncle's ex-lover. 360 00:59:48,725 --> 00:59:50,516 Xinjiang is rich in mineral resources. 361 00:59:50,516 --> 00:59:51,266 Over the past 60 years 362 00:59:51,266 --> 00:59:54,058 especially since the Central Xinjiang Work Symposium. 363 00:59:54,058 --> 00:59:55,808 The situation of lack of oil and electricity and backwardness 364 00:59:55,808 --> 00:59:58,433 in resource development in Xinjiang has changed dramatically. 365 00:59:58,433 --> 01:00:01,600 The pattern of all-round development of various types of resources has gradually taken shape... 366 01:02:06,016 --> 01:02:10,641 Though no one knows the names of the plants that grow in the village 367 01:02:11,016 --> 01:02:15,516 that doesn't stop them from growing. 368 01:02:17,308 --> 01:02:19,058 I thought Meiyu and I 369 01:02:19,058 --> 01:02:21,516 would also grow up here. 370 01:02:22,308 --> 01:02:24,516 But today she told me 371 01:02:24,766 --> 01:02:26,516 she's going to Shanghai. 372 01:02:27,933 --> 01:02:31,891 Her mum has arranged for her to go to boarding school. 373 01:02:32,683 --> 01:02:36,350 She'll leave after the summer holidays. 374 01:05:30,850 --> 01:05:36,516 The distance from here to Shanghai is 4792km. 375 01:05:37,183 --> 01:05:39,683 If I were to walk to where Meiyu's going... 376 01:05:41,600 --> 01:05:42,766 I did the maths. 377 01:05:43,391 --> 01:05:48,266 It would take me 1657 hours and 20 minutes. 378 01:05:48,641 --> 01:05:50,683 That's around 69 days and nights. 379 01:05:53,183 --> 01:05:57,266 Maybe I'd get there in a month on horseback. 380 01:05:58,016 --> 01:06:00,766 It might be faster by bus. 381 01:06:01,141 --> 01:06:03,683 But I'd have to get a night bus to the city. 382 01:06:04,016 --> 01:06:07,183 Then take a night train to Urumqi. 383 01:06:08,141 --> 01:06:09,433 Then from Urumqi 384 01:06:09,641 --> 01:06:14,141 I'd have to get a train for two days and three nights to reach Shanghai. 385 01:06:22,766 --> 01:06:27,641 It wouldn't take me that long to get to Shanghai. 386 01:06:29,350 --> 01:06:30,516 Who on earth are you? 387 01:06:39,266 --> 01:06:42,141 I can get to Shanghai in a flash. 388 01:06:42,308 --> 01:06:44,516 Stop bragging. 389 01:06:47,475 --> 01:06:49,058 If you don't believe me 390 01:06:50,641 --> 01:06:52,766 close your eyes. 391 01:06:53,600 --> 01:06:55,558 When I count down to one, you can open them. 392 01:07:01,016 --> 01:07:01,766 Three. 393 01:07:02,350 --> 01:07:03,225 Two. 394 01:07:03,808 --> 01:07:04,558 One. 395 01:07:16,350 --> 01:07:17,058 Hello? 396 01:07:17,891 --> 01:07:18,641 Hello? 397 01:07:22,683 --> 01:07:23,558 Hi, babe. 398 01:07:23,641 --> 01:07:24,641 What are you doing? 399 01:07:27,183 --> 01:07:28,558 Miss me? 400 01:07:29,933 --> 01:07:32,100 Herding the sheep. What else? 401 01:07:34,850 --> 01:07:39,475 I need to get rich to take you out for hotpot. 402 01:07:41,225 --> 01:07:43,141 Who are you with? 403 01:07:45,308 --> 01:07:46,975 How about I meet you tonight? 404 01:07:48,850 --> 01:07:51,391 In my private jet of course. 405 01:08:08,808 --> 01:08:11,141 In order to prevent water from evaporating 406 01:08:11,641 --> 01:08:14,766 thistles convert their leaves into prickly thorns. 407 01:08:15,058 --> 01:08:18,016 This is a resilient strategy 408 01:08:19,016 --> 01:08:23,016 that this plant adopts to survive in specific conditions. 409 01:08:23,766 --> 01:08:29,516 I suppose I should be stronger like a thistle. 410 01:08:30,391 --> 01:08:34,391 But of course I don't want to hurt her with thorns. 411 01:08:54,558 --> 01:08:59,391 ACHNATERUM SPLENDENS: A LUCKY GRASS THAT CAN STOP PEOPLE FALLING FROM THEIR HORSE 412 01:09:32,641 --> 01:09:35,641 Who will you miss when you go to Shanghai? 413 01:09:42,641 --> 01:09:45,516 Do you really want to go? 414 01:11:13,683 --> 01:11:16,183 Where are you going this early? 415 01:11:16,933 --> 01:11:19,183 Don't be back too late. 416 01:11:37,058 --> 01:11:39,350 Come and play, Arsin. 417 01:12:08,683 --> 01:12:10,808 -What are you doing? -None of your business! 418 01:12:19,933 --> 01:12:21,308 The sheep got in! 419 01:12:41,558 --> 01:12:46,641 The total tax revenue provided to our county is expected to exceed 150 million yuan 420 01:12:46,641 --> 01:12:50,808 and local employment for the children of farmers and herders has reached 65 people. 421 01:14:02,266 --> 01:14:04,558 Go away. She doesn't want to hang out with you. 422 01:14:05,558 --> 01:14:07,766 Go away, you weirdo. 423 01:14:15,058 --> 01:14:16,891 Your uncle's a weirdo too. 424 01:14:17,516 --> 01:14:20,100 You uncle's a drunk who doesn't pay his debts. 425 01:16:22,683 --> 01:16:26,433 The woman said that when she started seeing her future husband 426 01:16:27,433 --> 01:16:30,308 because they lived far away from each other 427 01:16:31,183 --> 01:16:33,933 every evening they'd go to the top of the hill 428 01:16:34,225 --> 01:16:39,641 and wave a flashlight to show they cared for each other. 429 01:16:41,308 --> 01:16:42,308 But one day, 430 01:16:42,725 --> 01:16:46,058 the man went up the mountain with his sheep and never came back. 431 01:16:46,308 --> 01:16:48,600 But the woman continued to go to the hill 432 01:16:48,891 --> 01:16:51,225 and wave her flashlight, 433 01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:53,975 waiting for her lover to return. 434 01:17:10,475 --> 01:17:14,058 Do you know my uncle Yerken Bek, madam? 435 01:17:16,350 --> 01:17:18,683 No. 436 01:18:23,475 --> 01:18:25,433 Meiyu's leaving. 437 01:18:25,725 --> 01:18:29,183 She's going to get the night bus to the city. 438 01:18:29,808 --> 01:18:33,600 Then the night train to Urumqi. 439 01:18:34,225 --> 01:18:35,808 Then from Urumqi 440 01:18:36,058 --> 01:18:39,975 she'll get a train for two days and three nights to Shanghai. 441 01:18:43,308 --> 01:18:46,350 In Shanghai there's a Shanghai Station, 442 01:18:46,808 --> 01:18:48,808 a Shanghai South Station, 443 01:18:48,933 --> 01:18:50,725 a Shanghai Hongqiao Station, 444 01:18:51,225 --> 01:18:55,558 and a Shanghai West Station. 445 01:18:58,808 --> 01:19:03,308 I asked her which station in Shanghai she'd arrive at. 446 01:19:03,808 --> 01:19:06,350 But she said she didn't know. 447 01:19:20,933 --> 01:19:22,433 My uncle said everyone who leaves 448 01:19:23,350 --> 01:19:24,850 goes round in a circle. 449 01:19:25,975 --> 01:19:28,725 Eventually they all come back to the village. 450 01:20:40,558 --> 01:20:46,600 I keep telling myself I must remember all of this. 451 01:20:47,308 --> 01:20:49,058 If only all of this 452 01:20:49,308 --> 01:20:50,683 were a herbarium, 453 01:20:51,058 --> 01:20:55,850 it could be preserved intact forever. 454 01:23:08,683 --> 01:23:10,683 This is for you, buddy. 455 01:23:11,058 --> 01:23:13,308 I'm going to the autumn pastures. Take care. 456 01:23:19,975 --> 01:23:22,308 The grass is like our mother's hair. 457 01:23:22,391 --> 01:23:24,808 If you pick grass like that their heads will hurt. 458 01:23:47,308 --> 01:23:48,433 Hello? 459 01:24:35,475 --> 01:24:37,183 Where are you going, Brother? 460 01:24:37,725 --> 01:24:39,766 Beijing. 461 01:27:31,558 --> 01:27:36,100 Uncle Bek once told me a love story. 462 01:27:36,558 --> 01:27:38,933 After heaven and earth had been created 463 01:27:39,475 --> 01:27:41,475 the sun and moon fell in love. 464 01:27:42,183 --> 01:27:45,933 They were dying to get close to each other. 465 01:27:46,600 --> 01:27:49,516 But however hard they tried they simply couldn't.